MERRY
CHRISTMAS 2001
"Merry
Christmas, Joe, yer family comin' down this year?" Levon asked as
he
packed
away the papers on his desk and stacked them into the Out
basket.
LaFiamma
gave his partner a weird look. His family had stopped coming down
two
years
ago. "Nope, I'm going to see them," Joe answered with a
grin.
"See
them! Man, you can't...."
"Yup,
" LaFiamma cut in, "Mother Minnie gave me a personal invite to spend
the
weekend
with her."
"Mother
Minnie?! That's where I'm going!" The blond Texan quipped back in
surprise.
"Well,
guess I'll be seein' you there then," Joey replied suppressing a
smirk.
The
Italian turned on his heel and was gone before his partner could
recover.
"How
come she didn't tell me?" Lundy muttered to himself as he grabbed his
hat
and
raced after his partner, only to see the elevator doors close as he
came
through
the doors of the Major Crimes Unit.
Just
as he approached the elevator, the doors opened and there stood
LaFiamma,
his
hand on the door opening it open. The look on Lundy's face was
priceless,
Joe
wished he'd had a camera. "Oh, and she said to be sure to bring you
along
too!
Said she wanted you on time this year."
"On
time? I'm always on time." The Texan growled moving toward the
elevator.
"She
means she wants you there tomorrow - Christmas Eve Day. Not Christmas
Day
like
you usually do. And I'm to chaperone you." Joey said grinning from ear
to
ear.
"Don't
need no chaperone. Besides I always go on Christmas Day. Ain't packed
or
nothing.
Ya kno LaFiamma, something else is going on here."
"Well,
partner," Joe remarked as they stepped off the elevator and walked
to
the
police garage. "I'm packed and ready. We can stop by my place, pick up
my
stuff,
and I'll hang out at your place until you're ready. Then we'll drive
down."
"Something's
going on here, LaFiamma, what is it?" Levon repeated, trying to
figure
out why Minnie would specifically ask Joe to bring him down
early.
"Did
I say anything was going on?" Joe responded
innocently.
"No,
but you got that look! I know that look!"
"You
been a detective too long, Lundy. You're suspicious of everything.
It's
Christmas!
She wants to see you for more than one day."
"You
ain't gonna tell me, are you?"
Joey
LaFiamma glanced at his partner as they got into the Jimmy. I told him
the
truth,
pure and simple. Minnie wants to see him, enjoy his company, our
company,
it's what Christmas is all about - family.
"Hey
Lundy, say Merry Christmas to all those friends of Houston Knights
that
continue
to keep us alive."
Levon
rolled his eyes and said brightly, "Merry Christmas Knights, wherever
you
are!"
"Same
here," Joey replied with a grin, "Happy Holidays ... and safe driving
out
there."
JoeyPare
- 23 Dec 2001<
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