Jayden

"Wah!"

I looked up from untangling the cords of the Christmas lights at the sound of the muffled cry.

"Um, Krys…? You okay in there?" I called.

"Yeah yeah!" came the muffled reply. "Just…OW!...dropped something on my head…and my foot…"

I smiled and chuckled to myself. It cracked me up how clumsy we both were. And how we laughed at ourselves! Something always seemed to happen to us, whether it was Krys spraining an ankle, me banging my head and tripping over things visible and invisible, and/or Krys almost fainting at the school's blood drive or me walking face first into a wall because I missed the doorway.

"Here it is!" Krys emerged triumphantly from my garage, carrying the Christmas tree decoration box.

I laughed.

"Oh sweet success! How hard we must work for you and how much pain we must suffer!"

Krys gave me a lopsided smile and rubbed her head.

"Yeahhh…not exactly smooth of me to pull the box out from underneath another box and have that box smack me in the head!"

"Want me to kiss your boo-boo?" I laughed making a kissy face and then looking innocent.

She stuck her tongue out at me before giggling, placing the box down, and hugging me tight.

"I'm just glad you're okay now…" she said gently.

I embraced and held her close for a few seconds before dropping a quick kiss on her head and then dancing backwards so she couldn't get me. Unfortunately, I didn't see that she had placed the box on the floor behind me, and I tripped and fell backwards on top of it.

Krys freaked.

"Oh my goodness Jay! Are you okay! Are you hurt! Wow, I'm such an idiot, I should've put the box on the couch, oh my goodness…"

She fell to her knees and took my hand pulling me up to the sitting position. I couldn't help it. I burst out into full laughter, and tears began to roll down my cheeks. Krys was shocked, then smiled, then broke out laughing too. We both fell onto our backs, holding our bellies and screaming with laughter. Suddenly, the front door opened and Ivan stuck his head in.

"Hey guys, I got the…what in the world?" he said, watching us with an amused expression.

"Oh, nothing Iv," I said, sitting back up and wiping off my tears. "Just us being the King and Queen of Clumsiness."

"Yeah," Krys chimed in, also sitting up. "We are the very definition of that term!"

Ivan laughed heartily then stepped inside and closed the door. He bowed majestically and said:

"Well my good King and my dear Queen, your faithful servant has returned with the tree. I hope you are well pleased with it."

"We better be, or it's off to the gallows with ye!" Krys proclaimed, sending us all back into another fit.

We finally pulled ourselves together and came out to see the tree Ivan had picked out. I caught my breath and stared in awe.

"Oh Iv…" I breathed.

The tree Ivan lifted out of the truck's bed was a magnificent evergreen, with full lovely branches, and with a perfect height. It was in pristine condition, with the fresh snow still within its limbs.

"Ivan!" Krys squealed and clapped with joy. "It's absolutely, one hundred percent, without a doubt, drop-dead, GORGEOUS!"

Ivan laughed merrily and leaned the tree against his tall frame.

"Well my King and Queen, how very glad I am that you love it so." He chuckled and smiled brightly before picking it up, shaking the snow out, and carrying it into the house.