wheelsy_sheriff: (bushes)
wheelsy_sheriff ([personal profile] wheelsy_sheriff) wrote2008-12-15 02:16 am

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[after this and this]

He's gone the entire morning and it's mid-afternoon when the truck backs into the driveway.

The screen door bangs open and there's a knocking on the other side of the door that sounds like he might be kicking it, he is, and a muffled, "Kate!"

Waiting outside on the porch is Bill and a pine tree that's attempting to smother him against the front door.
justdidntseeit: (tidings of comfort and joy)

[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-16 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
Her face brightens and she reaches for one of the bags, pulling out the box of ornaments and placing them on the couch.

"These should go on first," she says, lifting the box of lights from the bag.

She's opening them when she spies two empty slots in the box of candy canes and chuckles.

"I hope you don't mind sharing those candy canes with me and the branches."
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[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
She unwinds the lights from the packaging and plugs them in (all the better to check their placement on the branches); after a couple of circles, she hands over the neatly looped strands.

"You're taller, sheriff."
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[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
She winds the garland around the base of the tree and works it halfway up before handing it to Bill.

"I think you only like me for my eyeballing skills."
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[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I just hold it over your head for the next few years."

She's smirking as she makes a few minor adjustments.

"It'll come in really handy around my birthday."

To say nothing of Christmas. And Valentine's Day.
justdidntseeit: (tidings of comfort and joy)

[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
"somethin' i'll have to learn to live with"

Warmth settles in her stomach.

We're going to be okay. We have to be.

"Yeah," she agrees, stepping back to admire their handiwork.

She hands over one of the boxes filled with ornaments.

"I can't let you near the candy canes, though."
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[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
"At eating them."

She's chuckling as she pulls ornaments from the second box.
justdidntseeit: (tidings of comfort and joy)

[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
She hangs a wooden Rudolph and peeks around the tree.

" -- that's a lot of jelly beans."

A beat.

"Unless it was a small bowl."
justdidntseeit: (baby it's cold outside)

[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 07:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Mm-hmm."

She selects a tiny snowman from the box at her feet.

"I was going to make pizza tonight, but if you're full ... "
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[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Only if you're sure."

She's smiling as she glances at the box from the shed, then steps over to dig through its contents.

"These are adorable ... "
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[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Sweet," she finishes, grinning as she lifts out a Popsicle-stick frame with fossilized Froot Loops surrounding the photo of a much-younger Bill.
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[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"And I bet there's more where this came from."

She pulls her best innocent face as she gives the ornament the prominent placement it deserves.

"Next time I see her, I'm asking for photo albums."
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[personal profile] justdidntseeit 2008-12-17 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Scrooge."

She's still smiling as she turns and follows him to the box, peering over his shoulder as he tries to bury what looks like a lot of shellacked macaroni on a snowflake-shaped field of green construction paper.

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