A short and sweet decorating chapter by me~ Tumblr: iron-Frosted-Fiction
Finished just in time!
The perfectly fluffed, six and a half foot tree sat in the perfect spot in the living room, just off from the couch but not quite in the corner. The group set bags of lights and ornaments onto the furniture before turning to the tree. The evergreen needles practically begged to be decorated. Charlie walked over to the record player and popped on a Christmas vinyl with a smile.
"Now we're ready to get decorating," she said and pulled out strings of lights. Sam took them from her and began to string them across the top of the tree. The two walked around the tree carefully spacing the multi-coloured bulbs to keep from leaving gaps. When they reached the bottom Sam plugged it in and the lights twinkled in shades from pink to blue, blinking in and out in different patterns.
Crowley and Gabriel grabbed the white tinsel and began to string it around the tree. Despite their difficulties reaching the top they refused to let anyone help them. the rest chuckled and strung the rest of the lights and garland around the room. The room gained a warm glow as soft lights twinkled from the ceiling and on the television stand, and the mantel of the fireplace. They returned to the tree where Gabriel and crowley had finally finished stringing the tinsel.
Charlie grabbed Kevin's hands and swung him around the room as "Rocking around The Christmas Tree" began to play. The others chuckled at the two until Gabriel grabbed Sam and began dancing with him. Dean smiled and pulled Cas into a dance as well. The six laughed, feeling carefree. Crowley rolled his eyes at them and began to pull ornaments from the bags. Charlie, smirked and spn Kevin out onto a couch. He fell with a huff as Charlie grabbed Crowley and pulled him into a silly dance. Kevin, still slightly dizzy laughed at the discomfort on Crowley's face.
A third of the way through the song, everyone stopped, both dizzy and tired. They all picked ornaments from the bags and moved back to decorating the tree. They scattered ornaments of different shapes and sizes onto the branches. From brightly coloured balls, to miniature figures and plastic icicles. Each had of course picked out a special ornament to go on the tree to represent them. Crowley's was a suit and tie. Kevin chose a cello ornament. Dean found a gun ornament and sam a book ornament. Charlie was the last to place her ornament. She pulled it carefully from the box she kept it in.
"I've had this for as long as I remember," she said as she placed it gently onto a branch. "I would place it on the christmas tree every year." The group smiled softly as they looked up at the Hobbit inspired christmas ornament.
"The room looks wonderful guys," Kevin said, a delighted grin on his face.
"You know I think this is by far the best Christmas decorating I have ever seen," Sam chuckled. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"How about we go and make some hot chocolate while Samsquatch and Deano put the angel on top of the tree?" Gabriel smiled and put his arms around Charlie and Kevin, leading them to the kitchen. Crowley, and Charlie made hot chocolate and Kevin delivered the cups to everyone while Dean uncovered the angel from the piles of stuff they had. Everyone's hearts excited for their tree to finally be finished.