Victoria wasn't normally the crafty type; she usually was the one who paid someone else to make the decorations for her, or put up the tree, even hanging lights on her home. But this year, she was trying to impress Joy, and show her girlfriend that she could be more. Victoria was determined to win Joy's heart. She wanted her to see that she wasn't going to buy out Christmas like she had in previous years. Stringing the last of the popcorn and berries to make their garland, Victoria looks at her work, admiring it proudly.

'Joy, honey…come look…I've finally finished our homemade decorations!'

Joy peers out from the kitchen, her sweater still very much covered in the flour from the cookies she had just finished baking. She sees the garland, and smiles.

'That's absolutely beautiful, love. Let's hang the garland together; I'll bring out the cookies.'

Victoria smiles sweetly, thinking to herself, 'Step one to wooing Joy, complete.'

Joy comes out of the kitchen, bringing a tray of cookies. Setting them down on the coffee table, she smiles at Victoria, who was patiently waiting for Joy to help her. Joy takes one end of the strand, and Victoria the other, and they carefully wrap it around the tree. As they carefully put the garland on the tree, they talk a little bit.

Victoria smiles sweetly, 'So…this is our first Christmas as a couple…'

Joy smiles sweetly, turning a corner around the tree. 'I'm excited to be spending it with you. And we get the house to ourselves, with Elka and Pierre and Melanie and her new man going on their ski trip for Christmas.'

Victoria nearly had forgotten. Melanie and Elka had booked this trip a few weeks ago to spend the holidays with their boyfriends…and that left Joy and Victoria the house. Well, actually…it was Joy, Victoria and baby Wilbur, Joy's grandson. But Wilbur was sound asleep in his new crib, after a morning of opening gifts for their 'early Christmas'. Victoria got him a train set, and Joy got him a little engineer's hat to go with the train theme. The little boy clapped and squealed with utter delight as the train made its rounds around the track, whistling. Joy smiles and looks at Victoria and they share a smile.

After a good meal, and playing with Wilbur until the baby was sleepy and wanted his crib, Victoria and Joy put the baby to bed, and it was just them, and getting the tree ready.

'Wilbur's a sweet baby, 'Victoria mused.

Joy smiles at Victoria, stringing the garland around another part of the tree. The advantage of their tree is it was already lit. Elka had a tree in her basement that already was ready to go. So Victoria and Joy hauled it out, and set it up. They had gone Christmas shopping the day before, and placed all their gifts under the tree. It was just they needed some décor for the tree.

'He really is sweet, I'm glad Owen let him stay for the holidays. I'm sure he'd rather be here with his Nana and her girlfriend, don't you think?'

Victoria smiles at Joy. 'I'm sure he'd rather be here of course! The train set was a winner with him. I'm so glad I remembered what Tony and Oscar enjoyed when they were kids. Except I don't think Wilbur's big enough for a life size train set just yet.'

Joy rolls her eyes, 'Babe, let me spoil him rotten. I'm his Nana after all.'

Victoria leans in to kiss Joy's lips gently. She pauses and looks at her, smirking.

'I know, I just thought he'd enjoy some trains. Every little boy likes trains!'

Joy nods, agreeing with Victoria. Victoria was so sweet, so loving. Quite a bit more attentive as a girlfriend, she noticed. Apparently, Victoria in love was a lot different than she was when not in love. She was absolutely sweet and caring and not as self-absorbed. Victoria cared about Joy and her grandson more than anything in the world. Through Wilbur she felt she could make up for what she did to her own kids. She wanted to be a part of Wilbur's life. Not only that, she wanted to be Joy's…but only if Joy would let her.

Hanging the last of the decorations carefully, Joy smiles at Victoria. 'Victoria, you did wonderfully with this all…never thought you'd have it in you to be crafty.'

Victoria smiles, knowing she scored more points towards winning Joy over. She wanted her so badly it hurt her. They were dating, just newly together. Victoria had known her feelings towards Joy for years, but never came fully out with them until recently. When she told Joy, Joy surprisingly confessed her feelings as well. They decided to date, and give their feelings a chance to blossom. And nearly three months later, they were blossoming daily. Victoria was ready to be intimate with Joy, but she didn't know if Joy was ready as well.

'Well Joy, I wanted to show you that I don't have to buy Christmas like I did in the past. I wanted it to come from my heart.'

Joy blushes. 'Aw, Victoria…that's so sweet. Why did you decide to do this?'

Victoria smiles sweetly, taking a deep breath. 'Joy, I'm in love with you. I wanted to wait for the right time to tell you. But I'm in love with you. I was trying to win your heart by doing all these things. I know in the past I've let you down or things didn't work the way I planned, but I love you Reyjoyla Scroggs.'

Joy stands there, speechless at Victoria's words.

'I…I love you too, Victoria. I wanted to say it as well, but I was too scared to.'

Joy runs into Victoria's arms and throws her arms around her neck, hugging her.