'11:59 . . . Midnight. It's officially Christmas, time to wake up Shane.' Cori thought as she got off of her bed and tip toed out of her room to Shane's across the hall. She didn't bother to knock and walked in closing the door quietly behind her. She looked toward Shane's bed expecting him to be their but only saw empty covers. Cori laughed thinking Shane had beat her to it. She walked out and crept toward the living room where the tree was. With the tree in sight she also saw Shane kneeling and placing something beneath it. He had his back to her and was blocking any view of what was in his hands.
"Shouldn't you have done that before now?" Cori asked with a smile. Shane jumped and a box flew from his hands as he was turning around. Cori picked it up and seeing it was opened accidently saw a ring that had a karat diamond in the center. She didn't look at Shane instead looked at the tag that had been taped to the top of the box.
"Shane, are you proposing to me or is Santa?" she asked looking him in the eyes. Shane blushed and replied,
"Well, me but I was gonna dress up as Santa and ask you to be my Mrs. Claus." Cori felt tears well up in her eyes as she leaped forward and pulled Shane into a hug.
"Of course, I'll marry you, Shane Claus." She said as she kissed him.