To RandomFanAuthor- Aww, that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me! ^_^ And Reyna dropkicking Lou... it can be arranged...
"Oh, you never let me win!"
"Ain't my fault ya've got weak-ass noodle arms."
"Right, listen here, Fish. I don't have Amazon training or-"
"I ain't Amazon trained."
"-or wear armour that's fifty times my weight-"
"It's about three times."
"-or fight monsters that you've pissed off in the past-"
"That one's right."
"-so forgive me if my 'weak-ass noodle arms' aren't a match for your Wonder Woman-ness."
"Still ain't an Amazon. Rey's sister is the Amazon queen though."
"What? Really? Ooh, give me her number!"
"Um, we don't really have phones?" Reyna shrugged a shoulder.
"Oh, yeah, forgot about that." Lizzie huffed. "Fine, tell her I'm single."
"Thought you were straight?"
"How can you be straight if there's an Amazon Queen?"
"I'll give ya that one." Louisa agreed. Reyna cleared her throat and glared. "What? Your name literally means 'queen', I ain't gonna get much better than that, am I?"
"Aww, nice save, Fish. Could've done without the eye roll though." Louisa stuck her tongue out, finally delving into the cracker she had won. She beamed at the red hat, gave her sister the nail file. "What's the joke then?"
"You." Louisa smirked, setting the hat on her head lopsidedly. "Why did no-one bid for Rudolph 'n' Blitzen on eBay?"
"Should've gone to Amazon." Reyna muttered.
"Because you can't sell animals on eBay?" Lizzie said at the same time.
"No. 'Cos they were two deer."
"Oh, ha ha." Lizzie wrinkled her nose. She made to say something more when her attention fixed on something over their heads. "Um…" She pointed up, taking a step backwards and grinning. Louisa squinted at her suspiciously, only looking up when Reyna swatted her arm.
"Ew."
"Mistletoe." Reyna felt her face warm. Louisa was rather pink, eyes following the string suspending the plant. Annabeth, held up via piggy-back by Percy, had taped string to the ceiling right across the room. They were at a safe distance and she had left enough give in the tape to lower the mistletoe a little more. Louisa still glared at them. Annabeth smiled sweetly and waved. Percy snickered.
"Ah, you know the rules." Lizzie teased, wagging her finger at them. "Wait, hold on, boomer's homophobic senses are tingling. Excuse me." She squeezed between them. "Boomer!" She called cheerily. "What was Grandad like?"
Reyna glanced at Louisa as soon as Denise had been distracted. The mistletoe was less than a foot other their heads now. Louisa studied it warily. She slowly raised her hand, poking it with her forefinger. A spark of green shrivelled the mistletoe, spinning up and along the string. Annabeth yelped, shaking her hands as her end of the string crumbled.
"Not fair!" She chided, Percy setting her down to inspect her hands. Louisa shrugged, kissing Reyna's cheek.
"Merry Christmas, Rey-Rey."
"You too, trouble." Reyna smiled, taking her hand in her own.
"I ain't trouble."
"You're always trouble."
"That's more like it. Wanna steal the Christmas puddin'?"
"I'll take some mince pies."
"Mom!" Lizzie called. "Boomer won't tell me anything about Grandad!"
"Don't call me 'boomer'!"
"OK, boomer!"
It's Chrisssttmmaaaaaaasssss!