Calmly sipping her tea while browsing through the daily prophet she couldn't help the quirked lips forming a smirk as her lover could be heard in the rest of the house frantically searching yet another room for her Christmas presents. Glancing up from the newspaper as she heard the thudding steps against the stairs followed by silence she sagged with relief in her chair. Picking up her tea again she was just taking another sip when suddenly her little cottage was filled with a cacophony of noises from the array of muggle Christmas animated toys the dark witch very much loved.

Chuckling to herself, even as she clamped her hands over her ears, she shook her head with a bemused expression on her face. Bella knew how much those toys irritated her and this was her lover throwing a tantrum at not getting her way. If anyone had told her that Bellatrix Lestrange was this adorable near Christmas she would never have believed it.

Using her wand to clean the front of her shirt she glanced up as she heard the angry clicking of heels in the hallway. Seeing the witch in question step into her kitchen she schooled her face into an expression of polite interest as if she hadn't heard the assorted thumps and bumps littered with muggle swear words she had taught the witch. "Where are they Muddy? It's Christmas Eve and I know you've hidden my presents from me".

Cocking an eyebrow at the bossy witch she smirked again as she reached for her tea, "after last night my love I thought I was the only one giving orders". Staring at the dumbfounded look on the pure blood's face she laughed once more as she drained her tea and scraped her chair back against the stone flagstones, "I'm popping into the office, I had an owl while you were busy".

"But Muddy..it's Christmas Eve.. you promised to take me ice skating before we went for a walk in the snow". Was that really Bella's bottom lip trembling? Closing the distance between them she caressed a finger down her lover's pale cheek before bending and capturing her mouth, their tongues sliding against each other. Running a hand over Bella's side she brought it up to cup and lightly knead one breast, feeling the nipple taughten beneath the thin fabric of the pyjama top Bella wore. Nipping at that ruby red bottom lip she dragged Bella against her, her hands tightening around Bella's waist as she pushed up the hem of her nightshirt and pressed her knee between those pale thighs, groaning at the wet heat she could feel there. It was the sound of the floo roaring to life in the other room and the polite masculine cough of her assistant that had her reluctantly stepping back, her own breath hitched even as a smirk pulled at her lips, "I won't be long".

Deliberately swaying her hips more as she left the room for the floo in the living room she smirked all the more as she felt the witch watching her and imagined the look on her face at being teased again. It was payback for the night before, when Bella had been the one teasing her all night long until long after the sun had risen this morning. Though she couldn't help but press her thighs together as she waited to reach her office. She couldn't wait to give Bellatrix her present tomorrow. She'd been anticipating it for weeks since she had stumbled on the barely legible ancient tome in the Black library.