Title: last Christmas
Series: One tree hill
Pairing: Sarah/Clay
It hadn't snowed that year.
But that didn't slow her down. She loved Christmas. He watches her from across the room. He's never been that much into Christmas. But the smile on her face is enough for him. He watches as she walks around searching for the perfect tree – and he can't really understand what she's looking for. They all look the same to him. - but he still follows her around everywhere. He would follow her all across the world. Just to make her smile like that.
An hour later he's angry at her.
Sure he understands that she wants the perfect tree. But did it really have to be the biggest one there? But she smiles and he can't stay angry. They spend the next day decorating that enormous tree. When they are done he looks around the room. And the first thought that goes trough his mind is – it looks like Christmas threw up in here - but he doesn't tell her that. He tells her he loves it. She loves it. And he would do everything for her.
She reads the same story she reads every year.
And he's still mesmerized by her. He can see them doing this every year. For the rest of their lives. Sure he's never been one for Christmas. But she is and that is enough for him. It had started to snow quit suddenly. They hadn't really expected it. She had rushed out and he of course had followed. And what did it matter that he was freezing? She was so happy. So happy. And he rushed after her. And they'd spend their night throwing snow balls at each other.
Eventually they had sat down in the snow. Staring around themselves.
It was the best Christmas ever. ( of course he stayed in bed with the flu for the next week)
Two years later. Exactly two years after that Christmas he finds himself looking at a white beach. And Nathan and Hayley sit down not to far from him. And they don't know this but he had held Sarah like that once. And sure he never liked Christmas. But he'd happily carry the biggest tree for her. And spend an entire day decorating. He'd happily end up with the flu in his bed. For her. But she's not here.
It snowed this year. It didn't matter anymore.
Last Christmas they had been together. Last Christmas I gave you my heart.