It was cold and cheerful and Gail was miserable. There was Christmas music everywhere, children and parents littered the packed streets, bells ringing and horns honking obnoxiously. But worse of all, they stood in the middle of a flurry. A fucking flurry. And not one of those cute little ones that could easily be mistaken for a heavy snow fall, no, it was snowing as if they stood in a snow globe and a manic child was shaky it.
But still there they were, all huddled up in their coats, mitts, hats and scarves, attempting to watch the Christmas parade.
"Holly, we've been here for twenty minutes, can't we go now?" She complained, yelling over the ruckus of the event.
Holly turned to her girlfriend, a huge grin on her face, and Gail's heart melted. Her nose and cheeks were red, her dark eyes sparkled with wonder. The was until their eyes met. The sparkle died out and in its place stood 'I guess'. Gail's stomach dropped. "Yeah. My glasses are a mess in this snow and it is pretty cold out here, I feel like my nose is going to fall off any second." She tried to joke but it fell flat, to anyone else it would have been fine, Gail knew better and could hear the quiet disappointment.
"No." She drew out the word and wrapped her arms around one of Holly's. "Wipe off your glasses 'cause we're staying till the end." She sighed and nuzzled into her girlfriend. Gail hadn't remembered to bring gloves so she hid her hands in Holly's armpit, and burrowed her freezing nose into Holly's scarf.
"We don't have to, really. It's freezing and you're miserable. We can see Santa at the mall with Anne this weekend, really it's no big deal." Holly continued to try and convince the blonde about leaving, none of which was real, not when her tone was so low and she stopped smiling. Gail untucked herself from the brunette and without hesitation she pulled Holly in by her scarf. The doctors words died on Gail's lips. Their noses were freezing, and their lips were no better, but it did taste like hot chocolate and Holly was smiling again. So maybe Christmas parades weren't horrible.