The 12 Days of Christmas
Getting into the Christmas spirit and saddened by the fact that this is the last year of Lost – before we find out what ultimately happens to Sawyer and Juliet, I thought I'd give them a little Christmas fun. This is a 'Days of Dharma' fic – just a little fluff piece to give our beloved characters a little bit of holiday joy. Hope it does the same for you!
The sun was poking through the white puffy clouds, warming Juliet's face as she walked slowly down the beach. The motor pool was slow, so after lunch she'd been given the rest of the afternoon off. Instead of being cooped up in the house she decided to take a walk.
It was mid December yet the air was as hot as ever. Growing up in Florida, Juliet never saw snow, but since being trapped on the island, around this time of year she always dreamed of the frosty white flakes that made Christmas seem complete.
She thought then about the Christmases she had experienced on the island. Juliet had been on the island for just over four and a quarter years and was coming up on her fifth Christmas. The holiday season hadn't been terrible as an other. They'd exchanged presents, had had Christmas trees, holly and decorations – even mistletoe. She briefly remembered stealing a kiss from Goodwin during her second Christmas. It was late, the holiday party was nearly over – only a few stragglers remained in the rec hall. They had been standing under the mistletoe, and as not to be seen he had pulled her around the corner towards the game shelves, but it had been her first mistletoe kiss, so she hadn't minded.
"Wait up!" She heard someone shout behind her, pulling her out of her revere. Turning she saw Sawyer running to catch up.
She smiled instantly and lifted a hand to wave. He slowed to a trot knowing she'd wait for him. She thought about him then. This would be Sawyer's second Christmas on the island. The first had passed by without him even knowing it. They had been too busy trying to get off of the damn island. She hoped for his sake that his second Christmas would be a bit better.
"Hey there Sunshine," Sawyer drawled as he bent over to catch his breath, hands resting on knees.
"You know for a security guard, you aren't in the best shape," she joked and was awarded one of his best smiles.
"Watch it now Blondie," he warned. "Think it's been a little bit too long since you've been tossed off the end of that dock."
She laughed and they started ambling along.
"So what brings you to the beach in the middle of afternoon Mr. LaFleur?" she asked.
"Eh, things were slow so I decided to knock off early." He replied. "Plus," he added, "today is a very important day."
"It is?"
"Sure," he continued. "It's December 13th."
"Yeah?" she replied, not sure where he was going with this.
"C'mon Juliet, haven't you ever heard the song '12 Days of Christmas'?" he asked.
"Sure I have."
"Well, as of today there's only 13 days until Christmas, so that makes tomorrow Day 1."
She stood there for a moment, not sure what to say. Then, "I thought that Christmas Day marked the first day of Christmas and the twelve days were from Christmas to the Epiphany?"
"Oh," he paused. "Well, when have I ever done anything the right way anyway darlin'?" he drawled, trying to cover his embarrassed smile.
The last thing she wanted to do was make him feel bad so she started to play along. "So…tomorrow will I be finding a partridge in a pear tree somewhere?" she asked.
He paused, clearly realizing he hadn't fully thought through his big Christmas plan.
"And what the next day and the day after that? Where are we supposed to find all those birds?"
He laughed. "Yeah I guess that song is a little outdated."
"We could just skip to the five golden rings day!" she said with a smile.
"You wish!" he exclaimed. "Well, maybe we can update the song a little bit, make our own version of the 12 days of Christmas."
"How?" she asked. "We're stuck in the 70s, even if we update it, it will still be 30 years outdated."
He just shook his head. "Have a little faith Blondie!" He exclaimed as he gave her a small wink and took off running down the beach.
"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?" she yelled after him, but he simply waved and kept running.
She shook her head and laughed. Since the others had left and they'd taken their little trip through time, she'd spent a lot of getting to know that man, yet he still threw her for a loop every single day. She continued her leisurely stroll down the beach, but couldn't help but be a little bit excited for what he had in store.
TBC…
I'm thinking this will be a three-chapter fic – chapter two will be Days 1-6 and chapter 3 will be Days 7-12. Will update tomorrow and Thurs so keep an eye out! Any feedback/ideas for the days is more than welcome!