Second update of the day! How 'bout them apples? I need a prompt if y'all would like another drabble tonight! This was prompted by PSdancer54! Enjoy!

"Tada," Eddie grinned, spreading his arms wide as he gestured to the box of Christmas lights on the table.

"What about them?" Patricia muttered, flipping the page of her magazine.

"I'm gonna hang 'em up." He explained as if it was obvious, which it sort of was.

"And…?" she drew the A out and put her magazine down, green eyes flitting to his tanned face.

"And…I want you to help Me." he shrugged. He held her shoulders and lifted her out of her chair. He grabbed the box and placed his hand on the small of her back, pushing her gently toward the front door. "I need you to hold the ladder, so I won't fall."

"You won't fall, doofus." The auburn haired girl rolled her eyes but walked with him anyway. She liked that he chose to ask her to help him instead of Nina, it made her feel good. If he wanted her to hold the ladder so he wouldn't fall, that meant he trusted her. She nearly sighed at the happiness she was feeling. He trusted her. She mentally slapped herself for being so girly.

"Alright, I'm gonna go get the ladder. You can stay here, or come if you want, I'd like the company." He winked and headed around the corner of the house.

Patricia willingly followed. It wasn't dark out but it was quickly becoming so. The other house residents were out, either on a date or Christmas shopping. When she got to the shed, Eddie was already hauling the ladder out.

"Grab that staple gun and shut the door for me, would ya?" he grunted, headed for the front yard.

"Uh…yeah." she nodded absentmindedly. She grabbed the gun and pushed the door shut before trailing after her boyfriend.

"Okay, just hold the ladder for me while I climb up and I'll handle the rest, got it?" he smiled, pushing the legs of the ladder into the ground so it would be more stable.

Patricia nodded again and handed him the silver staple gun when he held his hand out for it.

"Actually, I wanted your hand." he raised an eyebrow, kissing her cheek, and began ascending the steps.

Patricia bit her lip, holding onto the ladder's side bars tightly, until her knuckles turned white, but she didn't notice. Though she had denied he would fall off, she couldn't help the fear that bubbled up inside of her when he leaned over the side of the ladder so he could hang up the next foot of lights. After hanging the first strand up, he came back down and grabbed the next rope of lights. He moved the ladder a little, kissed Patricia's other cheek, and climbed up again. He stapled every foot of the lights and plugged the two stray ends together so he could lengthen the strands.

He repeated the process. He would come down, grab some lights, move the ladder and then kiss her. After both of her cheeks came her nose, her forehead, and then her hands. He continued this until he had one strand left. He headed up the steps again, after kissing her second hand, and strung on the first half. Patricia sucked in a breath when he wobbled but he called down, assuring her that he was fine. A minute later, Eddie was falling to the ground and Patricia was frozen in her spot. The ladder hadn't even moved; he just fell. She snapped out of her shock and ran to his side. He groaned and scratched the top of his head.

"Eddie. Eddie, are you okay?" Patricia asked frantically, taking his face in her hands.

"Yeah, I'm fine. That's gonna hurt in the morning." He joked, trying to sit up but instantly regretted it and laid back down.

"What happened? The ladder didn't move, I was holding onto it."

"Nah, I jumped." The blonde waved it off.

"…you what?" she asked in a deadpan tone.

"I thought it'd be fun. And I wanted to see if you'd care if I got hurt." He shrugged, staring at the stars above them.

"You tried to check to see if I care? By jumping off a ladder, two stories up? Hello, Suicide! Scaring the bloody living daylights out of me? Well, guess what, if I you didn't know if I cared about you maybe you don't deserve my concern." She stood but was immediately pulled down.

"I was kidding. I just slipped. I'm fine, I promise. I know you care about me. I'm sorry for joking about something like that." Eddie whispered, bringing her face close to his so he could rest their foreheads against one another's, green orbs staring into hers pleadingly. "Forgive me?"

She kissed him quickly.

"No, Yacker, I'm gonna kiss you." he pushed her up, off him, and then down into the grass. He got up and hovered over her, despite the pain, and kissed her. The pain vanished as she kissed back and his body was instantly warm when she ran her fingers through his spiky hair.

"Come on," she broke the kiss and pushed him off. "Let's get you inside and on the couch with a movie and some soup."

"Will you cuddle with me?" he asked sweetly, letting her lift him off the ground and leaned on her side as little as he could.

"Of course." She nodded with a smile, slowly making their way to the front door.

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