Marissa awakens to the sound of a shower running, the water flowing down in a disturbed pattern beating upon the person in the shower. Ryan it was Ryan in the shower and if she cut a whole in the wall she would quite easily be able to touch him. Bad thoughts, nope must not think about Ryan….in the shower…..right there. Gently she touches the wall, maybe she should move the couch from this wall it was letting her imagination run wild. Ryan had tried many times over the past few days to let him sleep there, but she wouldn't allow it. Besides it was only temporary.

The water cuts off and Marissa slowly eases herself out of the warm bundle of blankets and almost immediately the tingle of goose bumps races up her arms.

"Brrrr", she grabs one of her blankets wrapping it round her shoulders and walks stiffly to the kitchen working out the kinks in her back, and begins what she has been doing every day since she had been here….makes him breakfast.

A tousle headed Ryan enters the kitchen a few minutes later and takes the coffee Marissa hands him

"Mnnn its so cold outside" he mumbles into the coffee while looking out the window.

They both watch as a family across the road attempts to haul their massive Christmas tree through their skinny gate. It puts a smile on Marissa's face

"I think you need one"

Ryan gives her the look and she returns it with an innocent one

"No way your getting one…..in fact go put something warm on now we'll go before you go to work" getting herself excited. Ryan rolls his eyes and shuffles off to find a coat, but cant help smiling. It had been a while since he'd had a Christmas tree. The Cohen's always had one and that's where Christmas dinner was so there didn't seem any point to him.

Meanwhile Marissa changes her clothes putting on some jeans and a woollen jumper. Finding a coat proves to be a problem as there's so much stuff all round the place, she spots it at the end of the couch under another top. Mentally she remindes herself to clean up the mess she's made of Ryan's living room and feels guilty for not doing it sooner.

"Ready" he emerges bundled up warm in a woollen hat and coat seeming resigned to his fate.

"Lets go" she nods pushing him on ahead of her.

"How bout this one" Ryan points pulling Marissa closer to see where he's pointing

"Wow its really nice, do you think it'll fit though"

Ryan looks at her sideways wanting to pull her even closer. Nope there would be no thoughts about that while looking for Christmas trees it was just wrong and he diverts his attention to the tree sizing it up like a seasoned Christmas tree expert.

"Probably not" her voice utters huskily and he follows her on past several more, bumping into her when she stops to sneeze loudly.

"They're all either to tall, to skinny or to bushy"

He puts up his hands "hey now who wanted the tree?"

But Marissa's not listening, she's staring over his shoulder and he watches it go from a look of curiosity to total excitement.

"There it is, look its perfect"

Ryan turns round coming face to face with what obviously by Marissa's reaction is going to be in his house for the next few weeks.

Just a short one sorry all I could find time for still got a heap of r/m and s/s to post but it will have to wait. Sorry guys but just really busy.