The three of them arrive at Liam's childhood home; Hazel walks towards the front door in her Red dress and Black pumps along with her Brown hair all curled. Before she can even knock on the door, it opens ''come in, you three, Thomas I could use your help with setting up the Hot Cocoa bat, seeing that I saved your favorite part?'' says Avery smiling as she is thrilled to see Hazel with her little boy. "Marshmallows?'' responds Thomas curiously, seeing that this is his favorite part; he usually ends up sneaking a few of them before placing the rest of the bag inside of the bowl. Another thing that he loves more than Marshmallows is having his hot cocoa minty, so Thomas puts two or three giant candy canes inside of his mug and loves watching them dissolve in his Christmas mug. Before putting the whipped cream and, of course, the marshmallows on top,'' you bet I also just started to put the candy canes inside the jar. Want to help me with both ?'' asks Avery, already knowing the answer to her question?
However, she still has asked her grandson for the last six years since he was about to turn three.''Absolutely you don't have to ask me twice ''says Thomas, ecstatically seeing this is a tradition that he looks forward to helping his grandma every Christmas eve.''Well, what are we waiting for? Let's head to the hot cocoa bar, shall we? I'll race you, ''says Avery smiling as she loves this time of year where all the people she loves are all under one roof for the holidays with one another. Liam watches his little buddy race his mom, reminds him of back when he was Tom's age doing the same thing with his mom that Thomas is doing right now.''You remember when we used to do that with mom, back at that age?'' asks Holly, curiously reminiscing to back when she and Liam were kids. Thinking back to how long ago that was & how much has changed since then, I mean, both of them have surprisingly have managed to stay in the hometown that they both grew up in all of these years, including generations of Browns before them.''Indeed I do. I am, however, going to miss you after you leave Peppermint though. I always thought that our kids would have grown up in the same town, ''states Liam, sad that his baby sister is going.''Hey, no matter where either of us ends up, we will always be connected, plus there is facetime on how we can stay connected. Plus, it's not as you will only have Tom; you will also have Hazel as well ''hinting Holly wondering what the love vibe is going on between the two of them right at this very minute, seeing that Hazel came with them; tonight.''Honestly, I don't know what's going with us now, and we are just taking it one day at a time, because of Tom and not wanting to get his hopes up & with Hazel and me going our separate ways'' states Liam.
''You two belong with one another, I saw it from day one when she stepped foot in this town, isn't that why you went after her in New York?'' asks Holly curiously, wondering why her brother is turning this into a more extensive procedure than what it actually is.''Yes, I did, and for your information, our first date will be in the city; that way, she can show me around Brooklyn''states Liam to his sister, showing her that she clearly shouldn't. Jump to conclusions before knowing every detail because Holly doesn't. Hearing those words makes Holly stunned because she doesn't have any comeback or response, only because Liam truly gave it to her to where she is speechless. He then walks away from his sister & finds Hazel looking at the beautiful Christmas tree, all decorated from top to bottom in Red, White,& Silver ornaments. Topped with a Red and White now, and underneath the beautiful Brown Christmas tree were hundreds of presents wrapped in Red and White wrapping paper wrapped in many designs. A few of them have little White trees with a Red stripe across the middle; the others are white with detailed writing & up and down, including a Gold bow.
''So, how are your cookie decorating skills?'' asks Liam curiously, wondering after seeing her master pancake skills this morning. He forgot what this felt like & the excitement of getting to know someone new again, with it so long ago. Back when he was a Junior in high school, and learned everything & every detail about Zoey. Where his heart is racing, a thousand miles per minute which are the different emotions precisely on how he is feeling right now except that Liam is now older & wiser plus knows what to do in certain situations even though he has only been In one relationship so far in his life plus with Hazel only being the second girl that he has ever looked at or even talked to well. Besides his mom, Hazel is only the third woman that he has ever talked to, & his sister Holly is the second, which would make Zoey the third & Hazel the fourth, but really, who is even keeping track considering two out of the four are his mom & sister.''Why are you afraid of a challenge?'' asks Hazel curiously, not mentioning it to him until later on; her secret revealed that she has unique skills of decorating cookies back when she was in high school for school bake sales for fundraisers for the football team & for clubs. After that, she would bake cookies in college, mainly for the guys on the football team before & after games which consist of her school colors, Black & Red..''Oh, it's so on, Brown vs Mcknight''smirks Liam as he is ready for a Christmas Cookie Bake-Off. As Liam and Hazel have there first almost couple competition