"It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go..." Felix's Christmas caroling rang out loudly, and off key, as he threw up decorations on the tree.
"Felix if you don't stop singing, I swear I'm going shove that tree down your throat." Jake growled as he typed furiously on the computer
Felix voice stopped flat and he snuck a nervous glance at Hayley who simply rolled her eyes.
"He's just a Grinch," She said simply reaching down and grabbing Jake's present from under the tree. She tossed the box, which landed on his lap with a rattling noise. "Here you can open my present early as long as you get some cheer."
"I don't want cheer," Jake growled dropping the box on the table next to him with a thump and returning to his typing, "I'm not in mood for it."
"But it's Christmas!" Felix exclaimed, "It's mandatory cheerfulness!"
"Not if your in my history class," Jake groaned, stabbing the keys now. "My stupid teacher assinged not one but two essay's all due on guess when, tomorrow!"
"But's Christmas Eve, I mean if it's due tomorrow shouldn't you have most of it don-" Felix started but stopped when Jake turned around and glared. "Oh."
"it's what you get for waiting til last minute," Hayley chimed cause Jake to give her a very dirty look.
Felix looked at the watch on his arm and suddenly exclaimed, "Damn it, I got to be home. My mom thinks I'm at the library which closed ten minutes ago." He grabbed his bags off the chair and eyed the tow of them from the doorway, "You two better not go near the misletoe while I'm gone."
Jake and Hayley both looked up from what they were doing, looked at each other than glared at Felix.
"Yea, Well Merry Christmas! See you tomorrow!" And he was gone.
A silence feel over the pair, only broken by the tapping of keys and tinkling of tree decorations in Hayley's hands. Finally Jake said,
"Hayley, don't bug me or I'll kill you." He threatened, glaring at his screen with so much hate it seemed like he wanted it to explode by his sheer will.
"Jake, your the idiot who thought it was a good idea to-" She mocked before suddenly Jake was out of chair and had Hayley pinned to the wall, his eyes so fierce it took the breath right out of Hayley's chest.
"I'm not kidding," He said, his voice so close to her ear she could feel his breath on her face.
Woah, She thought her heart pounding like she had just run a mile. She was frozen to the spot and having a very hard tearing her eyes away from the stubble on Jake's chin and his eyes. And then she looked up and blushed uncontrollably.
"What?" Jake looked up over his head and saw what she was looking at, mistletoe.
They froze. Hayley had broken up with Brian 2 weeks ago as their schedules (mostly Hayley's) had made it impossible for them to date. They had the invitation to kiss, they had the opportunity and judging by the tightness in Jake's chest, they had the potential.
Both of them froze looking back at each other.
And then jumped about a foot away from each other.
"Should we..?" Jake asked looking at her, breaking an awkward silence.
"But we're..." Hayley added having trouble speaking as she involuntarily draw closer to him.
"And it just a silly tradition..." Jake added drawing closer to her, his hand tentatively touching her cheek.
"Yea there's no reason to follow it..." Hayley said stepping closer to Jake so their chest were touching.
"Well?" He asked.
"Well?" She asked.
And then they kissed. A sweet, innocent kiss that sent Hayley flying and Jake right out of his grumpiness. For one brief moment they forgot they were friends, colleagues even. They forgot they borderline hated each other. They even forgot about the bloodthirsty monsters only a couple feet away from them. When they pulled back from this innocent kiss, there was a moment of leftover bliss that made both they're hearts ram and left them breathless.
And then Felix burst in the door and the pair turned to look at him, confused that he had entered they new reality.
"What are you guys doing?" Felix asked grabbing his abandoned scarf off the chair where he had accidentally left it.
Hayley and Jake looked at each other, took one step back apiece and then said at the same time,
"Nothing!"
Wrote these very quickly so I hope you enjoyed it :) Happy Holidays
