AN: Warrick finally gets his Christmas present from Archie.
Chapter 5 - Candy Canes and Chocolate Kisses
I ambled into the shipment room and found Trista chatting with Archie about her and Greg's meeting of the deep blue ocean.
Archie looked up. "Hey, Warrick." Trista glanced at me and sighed. I situated in my corner and observed her. Archie looked back at her. "So, what happened after you hit the water?" He looked back at her with interest.
Trista looked at Archie. "My foot got stuck in the child seatbelt. Greg got me loose." I looked at the floor.
Archie smiled. "I'm going to go find him." He got up and gave each of us a candy cane and a Hershey kiss and patted us on our shoulders. "Have fun, you two." We watched him leave.
"Thanks." Trista looked at me. I assumed she had been talking to Archie and sighed. She snapped her fingers in my face. "Hey, Warrick." I jumped. "I said thanks." She paused. "For letting me borrow your jacket.
I nodded in reply. "It looks nice on you." She smiled and swept part of her still damp brown hair behind her ear with her hand. I looked around, suddenly much too aware of my surroundings. "So…"
"Thanks for the necklace. I like it." She smiled. At ME! The girl that I spent almost every waking moment thinking about smiled at ME, the one that wants to love her.
I smiled back. "You're welcome, Trista." She glanced up and smiled. "What?" She got up and walked over to me. 'What's going on?' My mind asked, frantically searched for an answer.
"Maybe you should look up?" She smiled.
"You expect me to be able to look away from your beautiful smile?" She tilted her head, still smiling. "I… said that out loud didn't I?" She nodded. I looked up to see if I could find what she had seen. There, above my head, was a sprig of mistletoe. 'Thank you, Archie.' I looked back at Trista to find she was closer than she had been just a moment before.
She looked up at me innocently. "Well?"
I blinked a few time before it finally sunk in what she was waiting for. "Uh… I… um…" She leaned forward and kissed me square of the lips. 'Where'd she learn to kiss like that?' I pulled away a bit and looked at her. She smiled. I opened my mouth and moved my jaw up and before closing it again.
"Are you alright?" She asked with a concerned twinkle in her eyes. I nodded. She blushed a bit. "I uh… should go brush my hair…"
"Your hair looks fine." She looked at me skeptically. "You're a beautiful girl, Trista, and-"
"Call me Tris." She kissed me again and walked towards the door.
My heart sunk. "Where are you going?"
She smiled at me. "To brush my hair. You can come along if you want."
"Sure." I smiled and walked out with her. "Here." I handed her my Hershey kiss. "You can have it."
"Thank you." She unwrapped it and stuck it in her mouth. I smiled at Archie as Trista and I walked to the locker room. Archie nodded and watched us as we walked through the door and out of sight.
Chapter 5 - Candy Canes and Chocolate Kisses
I ambled into the shipment room and found Trista chatting with Archie about her and Greg's meeting of the deep blue ocean.
Archie looked up. "Hey, Warrick." Trista glanced at me and sighed. I situated in my corner and observed her. Archie looked back at her. "So, what happened after you hit the water?" He looked back at her with interest.
Trista looked at Archie. "My foot got stuck in the child seatbelt. Greg got me loose." I looked at the floor.
Archie smiled. "I'm going to go find him." He got up and gave each of us a candy cane and a Hershey kiss and patted us on our shoulders. "Have fun, you two." We watched him leave.
"Thanks." Trista looked at me. I assumed she had been talking to Archie and sighed. She snapped her fingers in my face. "Hey, Warrick." I jumped. "I said thanks." She paused. "For letting me borrow your jacket.
I nodded in reply. "It looks nice on you." She smiled and swept part of her still damp brown hair behind her ear with her hand. I looked around, suddenly much too aware of my surroundings. "So…"
"Thanks for the necklace. I like it." She smiled. At ME! The girl that I spent almost every waking moment thinking about smiled at ME, the one that wants to love her.
I smiled back. "You're welcome, Trista." She glanced up and smiled. "What?" She got up and walked over to me. 'What's going on?' My mind asked, frantically searched for an answer.
"Maybe you should look up?" She smiled.
"You expect me to be able to look away from your beautiful smile?" She tilted her head, still smiling. "I… said that out loud didn't I?" She nodded. I looked up to see if I could find what she had seen. There, above my head, was a sprig of mistletoe. 'Thank you, Archie.' I looked back at Trista to find she was closer than she had been just a moment before.
She looked up at me innocently. "Well?"
I blinked a few time before it finally sunk in what she was waiting for. "Uh… I… um…" She leaned forward and kissed me square of the lips. 'Where'd she learn to kiss like that?' I pulled away a bit and looked at her. She smiled. I opened my mouth and moved my jaw up and before closing it again.
"Are you alright?" She asked with a concerned twinkle in her eyes. I nodded. She blushed a bit. "I uh… should go brush my hair…"
"Your hair looks fine." She looked at me skeptically. "You're a beautiful girl, Trista, and-"
"Call me Tris." She kissed me again and walked towards the door.
My heart sunk. "Where are you going?"
She smiled at me. "To brush my hair. You can come along if you want."
"Sure." I smiled and walked out with her. "Here." I handed her my Hershey kiss. "You can have it."
"Thank you." She unwrapped it and stuck it in her mouth. I smiled at Archie as Trista and I walked to the locker room. Archie nodded and watched us as we walked through the door and out of sight.