Merry Christmas everyone! Has everyone been good this year?
I know that Christmas isn’t exactly here... yet. But I’ve been working on a new chapter of my Billy & Krista series. Here’s part 1.
Getting back to school wasn’t as bad as I’d thought. We missed each other during the classes we didn’t have together, and when I was at work in the evening. But the old proverb “absence makes the heart grow fonder” proved to be true.
Every night I came home she greeted me at the door. Her hair down and flowing around her shoulders, blue eyes sparkling, always wearing cute pajamas. On Friday nights, she’d wear hose under her pjs, and would tease me into tickling her.
Time flew by when we were together, and Christmas was approaching fast. We’d been together for nearly a year and it had been the best year of our lives.
Currently I was watching her standing on a chair, putting up garland around out apartment.
“You could help you know.” She said, looking over her shoulder.
“I could... but I’m enjoying the view.” I answered, watching the cute way she stood on her tip toes reaching up to hang the decorations.
She laughed, then wiggled her butt. “Okay well can you at least make sure I don’t fall? I don’t want to take off my tights.”
I glanced at her feet on the wooden chair, they looked cuter than usual in opaque back tights, peeking out from the legs of her jeans. I hadn’t been thinking how slippery it might be for her.
“Sure angel,” I stood up, and put my hands on her hips, bracing her. “That better?”
“Mmmhmm” She hummed sweetly, and taped up another section. “Gosh I can hardly believe it’s almost been a year since we’ve been together.”
“Tired of me already?” I joked, giving her waist a little squeeze.
She giggled, and twisted a little. “No way, I just wish you’d have said something sooner. I mean how could you not like a guy who gives you his only pen?”
We both knew there were some things that happened to us that would have different had I been a little more bold. But we were determined not to give that chapter of our lives any more of our time.
“I still can’t believe someone as great as you is in love with me.” I said. “You are so out of my league.”
“I am so not.” She said. “I knew you were a nice guy right away. Take last Christmas Eve, I showed up at your door heartbroken and half frozen. And you took care of me. I was so in love.”
“I thought I’d have a heart attack when I suggested you spend the night and you accepted.” I said, sliding the chair across the floor a bit with one hand, bracing her with the other.
“You should have seen your face, it was so cute. Like a happy puppy.” Krista began hanging another strand. “I love being with you.”
“I love it too. This was the best summer of my life. I’ve never been to a beach before.”
Krista stepped from the chair to the top of the stove to hang the next section.
“Speaking of the beach, don’t get any ideas.” She laughed, then moved her feet in a quick little hop as if the metal was hot, and giggled. “I know you got a charge out of watching me dance like that.”
“I did like watching the way your legs were moving... maybe I’ll make some Christmas cookies.” I joked, reaching for the knob.
“Don’t you dare!” She said, playfully kicking my hand away, before going back to hanging garland. She was almost finished and it looked great.
“And this was my first camping trip. That lake was beautiful.” Krista said, stepping over to the counter to hang the last section of the decorative rope.
“That crazy bear that chewed up your Keds.” I said, noticing she was on her toes again, stretching out to reach the ceiling.
“I named him Prince.” She giggled.
“Making s’mores and telling stories around the campfire with you was a lot of fun.”
“So was our tickle fight in the tent.” I took that as a hint, and fluttered my fingers on her nylon arches.
“Hahahahaha hey knock it off, you’ll make me fall.” She giggled standing normally for a moment.
“I thought angels could fly.” I teased her, tickling the tops of her feet, causing her to lift them one at a time, trying to keep them from my hands.
*giggle* “Billy... come on. At least wait until I’m finished.”
As soon as the last piece of tape went on the last section I started again. Tickling the tops of her feet, she giggled and did a little hop to escape the tickles. When she lifted one foot, I quickly tickled her exposed sole.
“Hahahahaha Billlllyyy... *giggle*” Her hopping and dancing while I tickled her feet was cute, but I didn’t take into account how slick the counter top was for her nylon feet. “Hahaha...wooooaahh!”
She slipped and came down, but I had no problem catching her. Well almost no problem. My socks caused my feet to slide on the kitchen tiled floor “Woah!” I shouted as I went backward and landed on the couch.
“Good catch tiger.” Krista said, giving me a kiss.
“I guess I should have stopped huh?” I said, laughing a little.
“Nah, it was kind of fun. I can’t believe you and Bobby never decorated the apartment.”
I shrugged. “We’re guys, it’s not a thing for us. We exchanged gifts that was that.”
She sighed with mock frustration. “Boys. You’re lucky I’m here.”
“I’m lucky to have you period.” I said, giving her a hug.
Christmas Eve came, and our first anniversary came with it. I set my alarm early so I could wake up and make a her special anniversary breakfast. The alarm sounded and it hit the off button in record time. I slid out of bed like a ninja. As I stepped out of my bedroom, it became apparent that my future wife had the same idea.
“Happy Anniversary!” We said simultaneously, and laughed.
“Okay we’re definitely thinking like a couple.” She said, greeting me with a good morning kiss.
I picked her up in a hug, and gave her a kiss back. “So what do you want to do today?”
“Well I would like to go out for a nice romantic dinner, but everything in town is closed.” She said, and put on a cute pouty face.
“Why don’t we team up and make our own dinner?” I asked.
“Salad... lasagne... no dessert though. I’m getting chunky.” She said. I disagreed, I thought she was a knockout but she was a little self conscious about not being able to get in her usual exercise because of the rain and snow.
“You look great angel, really. But how about we compromise and just have a couple cookies each?” I offered. She thought about it for a moment and nodded.
We tag teamed breakfast. Soon the smell of hot coffee, maple syrup, and blueberry pancakes filled the air. Krista took care of the coffee and warmed up the syrup. She offered to help with the pancakes too, but I was getting better at this and wanted to practice.
“These are awesome.” She said, dipping a piece in syrup and popping it into her mouth.
“Thanks, I’m using my Mom’s recipe. So what’s next?” I asked, washing down a bite of pancake with a sip of coffee.
“Well in my family, we always had a tradition where we opened one gift on Christmas Eve. Why don’t we open our anniversary gifts and then do that tonight?” She said, I could see the excitement in her eyes.
“Double early Christmas!” I said excitedly, I couldn’t wait to see the look on her face when she opened her gift.
“Sounds like a plan. After that, cuddle on the couch and watch Hallmark movies?” She loved those movies, but I’d mentally roll my eyes every time she turned on one of those. They were cookie cutter low budget romantic holiday movies with basically cut and paste plots. But I suppose I couldn’t throw stones, I’d seen every Friday the 13th at least twice. At least I got to cuddle with her.
After breakfast we went to our respective rooms, and came back with presents. “Your first.” She giggled, and sat up with her feet tucked under her.
I carefully tore the paper, and couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw what she got for me. “No way!” I gasped and opened up a brand new Sega Mini. “You’re the best!”
“I take it you like it.” She said, kissing me on the cheek.
“I love it!” I said, kissing back. My old Sega that I’ve had for years had finally given out. I was bummed for weeks because we couldn’t play Sonic with each other.
“I’ll make you a deal. One Hallmark movie, then Sega.” She said, sitting back down.
“You got it. Open yours now.” I said, handing her a tiny box with a red ribbon.
Krista let out a bigger gasp than I did. “Oh my gosh... I love it!” A tear ran down her cheek as she took out a silver heart locket. She opened it and found a picture of us from Christmas at the family dinner last year. I helped her with the clasp and she immediately put it on. The tiny pink crystal sparkled as it hung from the thin silver chain.
“How did you get this picture? I don’t remember anyone taking it.” She asked, as I wiped away her happy tears with a tissue.
“Mom snapped it while we were kissing under the mistletoe.” I said. It was going to be hard to top this with her Christmas gifts.
“Happy anniversary angel.” I said, kissing her.
“Happy anniversary tiger.” She said, and kissed back.
This was going to be a great Christmas.
I know that Christmas isn’t exactly here... yet. But I’ve been working on a new chapter of my Billy & Krista series. Here’s part 1.
Getting back to school wasn’t as bad as I’d thought. We missed each other during the classes we didn’t have together, and when I was at work in the evening. But the old proverb “absence makes the heart grow fonder” proved to be true.
Every night I came home she greeted me at the door. Her hair down and flowing around her shoulders, blue eyes sparkling, always wearing cute pajamas. On Friday nights, she’d wear hose under her pjs, and would tease me into tickling her.
Time flew by when we were together, and Christmas was approaching fast. We’d been together for nearly a year and it had been the best year of our lives.
Currently I was watching her standing on a chair, putting up garland around out apartment.
“You could help you know.” She said, looking over her shoulder.
“I could... but I’m enjoying the view.” I answered, watching the cute way she stood on her tip toes reaching up to hang the decorations.
She laughed, then wiggled her butt. “Okay well can you at least make sure I don’t fall? I don’t want to take off my tights.”
I glanced at her feet on the wooden chair, they looked cuter than usual in opaque back tights, peeking out from the legs of her jeans. I hadn’t been thinking how slippery it might be for her.
“Sure angel,” I stood up, and put my hands on her hips, bracing her. “That better?”
“Mmmhmm” She hummed sweetly, and taped up another section. “Gosh I can hardly believe it’s almost been a year since we’ve been together.”
“Tired of me already?” I joked, giving her waist a little squeeze.
She giggled, and twisted a little. “No way, I just wish you’d have said something sooner. I mean how could you not like a guy who gives you his only pen?”
We both knew there were some things that happened to us that would have different had I been a little more bold. But we were determined not to give that chapter of our lives any more of our time.
“I still can’t believe someone as great as you is in love with me.” I said. “You are so out of my league.”
“I am so not.” She said. “I knew you were a nice guy right away. Take last Christmas Eve, I showed up at your door heartbroken and half frozen. And you took care of me. I was so in love.”
“I thought I’d have a heart attack when I suggested you spend the night and you accepted.” I said, sliding the chair across the floor a bit with one hand, bracing her with the other.
“You should have seen your face, it was so cute. Like a happy puppy.” Krista began hanging another strand. “I love being with you.”
“I love it too. This was the best summer of my life. I’ve never been to a beach before.”
Krista stepped from the chair to the top of the stove to hang the next section.
“Speaking of the beach, don’t get any ideas.” She laughed, then moved her feet in a quick little hop as if the metal was hot, and giggled. “I know you got a charge out of watching me dance like that.”
“I did like watching the way your legs were moving... maybe I’ll make some Christmas cookies.” I joked, reaching for the knob.
“Don’t you dare!” She said, playfully kicking my hand away, before going back to hanging garland. She was almost finished and it looked great.
“And this was my first camping trip. That lake was beautiful.” Krista said, stepping over to the counter to hang the last section of the decorative rope.
“That crazy bear that chewed up your Keds.” I said, noticing she was on her toes again, stretching out to reach the ceiling.
“I named him Prince.” She giggled.
“Making s’mores and telling stories around the campfire with you was a lot of fun.”
“So was our tickle fight in the tent.” I took that as a hint, and fluttered my fingers on her nylon arches.
“Hahahahaha hey knock it off, you’ll make me fall.” She giggled standing normally for a moment.
“I thought angels could fly.” I teased her, tickling the tops of her feet, causing her to lift them one at a time, trying to keep them from my hands.
*giggle* “Billy... come on. At least wait until I’m finished.”
As soon as the last piece of tape went on the last section I started again. Tickling the tops of her feet, she giggled and did a little hop to escape the tickles. When she lifted one foot, I quickly tickled her exposed sole.
“Hahahahaha Billlllyyy... *giggle*” Her hopping and dancing while I tickled her feet was cute, but I didn’t take into account how slick the counter top was for her nylon feet. “Hahaha...wooooaahh!”
She slipped and came down, but I had no problem catching her. Well almost no problem. My socks caused my feet to slide on the kitchen tiled floor “Woah!” I shouted as I went backward and landed on the couch.
“Good catch tiger.” Krista said, giving me a kiss.
“I guess I should have stopped huh?” I said, laughing a little.
“Nah, it was kind of fun. I can’t believe you and Bobby never decorated the apartment.”
I shrugged. “We’re guys, it’s not a thing for us. We exchanged gifts that was that.”
She sighed with mock frustration. “Boys. You’re lucky I’m here.”
“I’m lucky to have you period.” I said, giving her a hug.
Christmas Eve came, and our first anniversary came with it. I set my alarm early so I could wake up and make a her special anniversary breakfast. The alarm sounded and it hit the off button in record time. I slid out of bed like a ninja. As I stepped out of my bedroom, it became apparent that my future wife had the same idea.
“Happy Anniversary!” We said simultaneously, and laughed.
“Okay we’re definitely thinking like a couple.” She said, greeting me with a good morning kiss.
I picked her up in a hug, and gave her a kiss back. “So what do you want to do today?”
“Well I would like to go out for a nice romantic dinner, but everything in town is closed.” She said, and put on a cute pouty face.
“Why don’t we team up and make our own dinner?” I asked.
“Salad... lasagne... no dessert though. I’m getting chunky.” She said. I disagreed, I thought she was a knockout but she was a little self conscious about not being able to get in her usual exercise because of the rain and snow.
“You look great angel, really. But how about we compromise and just have a couple cookies each?” I offered. She thought about it for a moment and nodded.
We tag teamed breakfast. Soon the smell of hot coffee, maple syrup, and blueberry pancakes filled the air. Krista took care of the coffee and warmed up the syrup. She offered to help with the pancakes too, but I was getting better at this and wanted to practice.
“These are awesome.” She said, dipping a piece in syrup and popping it into her mouth.
“Thanks, I’m using my Mom’s recipe. So what’s next?” I asked, washing down a bite of pancake with a sip of coffee.
“Well in my family, we always had a tradition where we opened one gift on Christmas Eve. Why don’t we open our anniversary gifts and then do that tonight?” She said, I could see the excitement in her eyes.
“Double early Christmas!” I said excitedly, I couldn’t wait to see the look on her face when she opened her gift.
“Sounds like a plan. After that, cuddle on the couch and watch Hallmark movies?” She loved those movies, but I’d mentally roll my eyes every time she turned on one of those. They were cookie cutter low budget romantic holiday movies with basically cut and paste plots. But I suppose I couldn’t throw stones, I’d seen every Friday the 13th at least twice. At least I got to cuddle with her.
After breakfast we went to our respective rooms, and came back with presents. “Your first.” She giggled, and sat up with her feet tucked under her.
I carefully tore the paper, and couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw what she got for me. “No way!” I gasped and opened up a brand new Sega Mini. “You’re the best!”
“I take it you like it.” She said, kissing me on the cheek.
“I love it!” I said, kissing back. My old Sega that I’ve had for years had finally given out. I was bummed for weeks because we couldn’t play Sonic with each other.
“I’ll make you a deal. One Hallmark movie, then Sega.” She said, sitting back down.
“You got it. Open yours now.” I said, handing her a tiny box with a red ribbon.
Krista let out a bigger gasp than I did. “Oh my gosh... I love it!” A tear ran down her cheek as she took out a silver heart locket. She opened it and found a picture of us from Christmas at the family dinner last year. I helped her with the clasp and she immediately put it on. The tiny pink crystal sparkled as it hung from the thin silver chain.
“How did you get this picture? I don’t remember anyone taking it.” She asked, as I wiped away her happy tears with a tissue.
“Mom snapped it while we were kissing under the mistletoe.” I said. It was going to be hard to top this with her Christmas gifts.
“Happy anniversary angel.” I said, kissing her.
“Happy anniversary tiger.” She said, and kissed back.
This was going to be a great Christmas.
