crossover_chick | A Multiverse Christmas Carol: Stave Eleven

Stave Eleven:
“Mother! Mother, there’s someone pulling up outside!”
Alice peered over her children’s heads. Sure enough, through the frosted glass she could faintly see a carriage stopping outside the little two-up, two-down the Van Dorts called home. Frowning curiously, she opened the door as the driver got down. “May I help you?”
“I was told to take this fellow to Mr. and Mrs. Van Dort’s,” the driver said, as the door to the carriage opened. “Are you the lady of the house?”
“That’s me,” Alice confirmed, privately marveling over anyone calling her the “lady of the house.” “What’s all this abou–”
She stopped dead. The man coming out of the cab was from the local poulter – and he was carrying the biggest turkey she’d ever seen in her life. Behind her, she heard Vincent and Lorina gasp. “Compliments of the season, Mrs. Van Dort,” the man said with a smile. “Our biggest prize turkey, hand-delivered.”
Alice gaped for a moment, staring at the bird. It was huge and white and wonderful. A bounty, a feast, a –
A mistake. She swallowed and got her wits about her. “There’s been some sort of misunderstanding,” she said, even as she heard the twins hiss, “No Mum!” “That can’t be for us.”
The man frowned at her. “You are Mrs. Van Dort, are you not?”
“Yes, but--”
“What’s going on?”
Victor appeared on the scene, looking quite confused. “Who’s at – oh my,” he said, eyes going wide as he spotted the turkey. “What’s that doing here?”
“He claims it’s for us,” Alice said, looking up at her husband. “You haven’t ordered anything but that goose from the poulter’s, have you?”
“No! Look, I’m sorry, there must be a mistake,” Victor told the man. “We have no way to pay for that.”
“Oh, no trouble there, sir,” the man said with a bright grin. “Paid for.”
Alice’s jaw dropped. “Paid for?” she whispered. “That’s – that’s free?”
“For you, anyway,” the man chuckled. “Anonymous donor. Said for you to have a Merry Christmas.”
Alice and Victor stared at each other. “Anonymous – it couldn’t be--” Victor said slowly.
“Your parents? No, we both know they’d never do a thing like that,” Alice replied. “And I haven’t the slightest clue who else could have. . .but I’m not turning down free meals for a month,” she added, turning back toward the man with a grin. “Bring it in!”

-TTV: *laugh*-
Yeah. I always WONDERED what the Cratchits' reaction to that turkey arriving on their front step was! And now I get to write it! With a fandom cast, granted, but still! This was one of my favorite ones to write, simply because it finally got me back to my OTP here. And it's from Alice's perspective! We could always use more Alice!
-VD2: Do you really think that turkey could be meals for a month for them?-
I'm sure Alice would find a way to stretch it appropriately. Every scrap of meat counts, after all!

All right, can't stay, involved in a chat. But I wanted to get this up. And at some point tomorrow, we will have a Sims update! Can you believe it? Nell Liddell of Steampunk Gulch is finally going to become a kid, wow.
But that's for tomorrow -- for now, good night!