It's now December yay! Which means that I will be writing one-shots everyday counting down to the holidays! So here it is Day 1!

"Aaassssh. Aaassssh. Wake up." Dawn was shaking her boyfriend back and forth, trying to be as gentle as possible.

Ash groaned, opening his eyes to look at the clock. It read 8:06 A.M. "Isn't this sort of thing suppose to happen on Christmas day? I think you're confused." Ash pulled his blanket over his head. Only to have Dawn yank it back down. "No, silly! It's December 1st, which means it's almost Christmas! We have to decorate."

Dawn played with his wild black hair, making it stick up even more. "Come on, I made coffee." She dragged the blanket completely off his body and pecked him on the cheek before leaving the room, knowing he'd follow.

Ash scooted out of the bedroom groggily, rubbing the sleep from his eyes and yawning. When his eyes finally adjusted, he saw an array of boxes filled with stringed lights, tinsel and various Christmas decorations. In the corner of their living room was a fake tree that almost touched the ceiling.

"How in the world did you put that together by yourself? And where did all these boxes come from?" He asked joining her in the kitchen where she was pouring two cups of coffee. "A ladder. And the decorations came from my mom, she's not decorating as much now that I'm not around."

He rubbed her back with one hand while grabbing his mug with the other. She was so happy that he couldn't help but smile. "Well what are we waiting for? Let's do this." Ash led her into the living room and picked up the first box he saw, setting it on the couch.

"Okay, let's see here." He started studying the contents in the box, which were an assortment of small statues of reindeers and nutcrackers. "Um…where do these go?"

Dawn sighed, gripping his shoulders. "You have to read the side of the box. Those are for the mantel, sweetie." She snickered and took the box from him. "How about you light the tree, I'll take care of this." She giggled and retreated to the fireplace, excitedly arranging the reindeer in a row.

Ash pulled a string of brightly colored lights from the box, getting them tangled in the process. He tried to mask how much of a difficult time he was having by loudly singing Christmas songs, inviting his girlfriend to duet. "Oh the weather outside is frightful." He caroled

"But the fire is so delightful!" She chirped. "And since we've got no place to go…"

"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow." They harmonized perfectly.

By the time they finished singing Dawn was already done decorating the mantel and the few coffee tables around the room, and Ash was still struggling hanging the lights.

She chuckled, sneaking up behind him. "Having some trouble dear?" She asked, looping her arms around his neck.

"A bit." He replied, grabbing her hands from his stomach and spinning round to face her. "I guess you're just going to have to help me." He smiled pecking her cheek. "If you insist." She grumbled sarcastically, even though she was secretly hoping she'd get to help anyways.

They had a system: he'd unravel and she'd wrap around. They yelled the lyrics to Winter Wonderland as they worked taking full advantage of living on their own.

After a few minutes they finished the lights and started hanging ornaments. Ash didn't do much hanging as he would often give the ornaments to Dawn to place "perfectly" on the tree but he enjoyed it anyways. He enjoyed doing anything with her.

When they were all done they stood back to admire their work. Dawn cuddled into the crook of Ash's arm as her eyes gazed over their masterpiece of a room.

"Looks like the north pole in here." He commented kissing her on the temple. "Let's take a picture!" Dawn yelled happily setting her phone on a timer and racing to do the perfect pose in front of the tree. Dawn was smiling with her eyes shut, her arms bundled around Ash, while he kissed her on the temple.

"Looks perfect." Ash smiled examining the picture through the screen.

"Merry Christmas, Ash." Dawn pecked his cheek.

"Merry Christmas, Dawn" Ash replied wrapping her into his arms.

New Story Coming up tomorrow. Bye!