I made a point of writing this for you guys tonight because I'm going to Chicago tomorrow. And I had to clean my room today so I could, that's why I didn't write it this morning. I want to update my KH story too, so both chapters will probably be short. So… enjoy. :) Also, thank you guys soo much for reviewing. I really appreciate it.
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Ellie was very happy to hear there was a game of football going on outside. She wanted any reason to escape even the slightest amount of work. Ellie hadn't been sleeping well lately.

She stepped onto the stone steps once again and watched her relieved breath roll out into the cold in front of her. She watched the game from her perch for a while until she spotted Bernard. She smiled a huge smile and then found her way around the crowds of elves at the sidelines.

"Hello, Bernard." She greeted. He smiled and nodded in response. "Curtis."

They watched the elves all tackle Santa and they fell to the ground. Ellie paid more attention to the smile on Bernard's face than to the game.

"Why don't you ever play, Bernard?" she nudged him with her shoulder jokingly. He chuckled and simply told her "Football just isn't my thing."

At that point, Ellie realized she had never grabbed her coat, being way too eager to procrastinate, and she was freezing. She Shivered, but really didn't want to leave; she loved to watch tinsel football. She sucked it up and shivered silently. Of course, until her teeth began to chatter and Bernard looked at her questioningly. She unfolded her arms to better show her lack of coat. He looked surprised, but he should've known how weird she was by now.

"Ellie, you're going to freeze to death. Go back inside." He said, concerned for her health.

"But I love tinsel football." She sighed as her body involuntarily tensed and shook. Bernard saw the blue-ish tint in her lips signaling the start of hypothermia. Knowing how stubborn she was, he wouldn't be able to get her to go inside without a fight. Bernard thought for a moment, and decided the best thing to do was share his coat; it was plenty big enough. He unzipped his coat and help it open offeringly, exposing his body to the cold. As soon as Ellie realized what Bernard was doing, she found a place against his chest, and his arms and coat surrounded her. She took in the warmth of his chest on her back, and it quickly surrounded them both, trapped by the coat.

Standing there, with Ellie in his arms, and his head beside hers, he (for the first time in a couple hundred years) didn't think about work. He didn't think about what he had to do next, or what needed to be done. He thought about how perfect this all felt. How it felt like he was supposed to be holding her close, smelling the faint smell of sugar cookies in her hair. Bernard liked how perfect things felt.

But it ended all too soon. The game was over and everyone was returning to work. Bernard opened up his coat again and Ellie emerged.

"Thanks, Bernard." She beamed, "I'm going to get inside before I freeze again." "Bernard smiled and nodded, slightly speechless.

He turned to see Curtis making kissy faces at him, pausing every few seconds to add 'you like her! You love her! You want some more of her!" causing Bernard to blush.

"Shut up, Curtis." Bernard muttered as he pulled the younger elf's hat into his face and pushing him down onto his butt and trudging away, desperately needing some work to distract himself with.

"He acted angry, jamming his hands into his coat pockets, but smiled to himself about it, knowing it was true.
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Sooo, yep. They're adorable. Enough said? Would you guys kill me if the rating went up? Just wondering. Kthanks :)3; KingdomHaley