Short, rushed, and simple. Enjoy though~
"Take care of cows, check. Take care of chickens, check. Take care of horse and dog, check. Bond with Vaults…OH MY GOSH I HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET!" I ran in my house, "Its bonding time buddy!"
"No…" I dropped to my knees.
"Pleeease. Just look through my scrapbook with me!" he sighed and reached under my bed.
"Huh…what is this box?" I walked over to him and immediately grabbed the box out of his hands.
"It's my other Christmas box!" I hugged it tightly as Vaults gave me a confused look.
"What is a Ch-Chri- whatever that is box?" he asked.
"You know Christmas! The holiday!" his expression didn't change, "You know people get gifts. You decorate a tree and your house, and bake gingerbread cookies. It's more about being with each other though."
"You're insane. Why would you randomly get gifts one day? Who in the world would want to decorate a tree? What's the point if it's going to be taken down any?" he grabbed the box and opened it, "Is this what you put on your tree?"
"Yes!" I said gently taking the pickle ornament from his hands, "This one is my favorite! Whoever found the pickle got an extra present. I remember the first time I found it…"
Flashback…
"OK, now that we opened all the presents you two look for the pickle!" my mom shouted.
"Yay!" My bother and I got up and ran over to the tree. We began to desperately search for the famous pickle ornament. We both knew the pickle present was the best and most expensive one, so we both wanted it pretty badly. "FOUND IT!"
"Good job Chels!" my dad handed me the present, "Here ya go!"
"Yay!" I took the gift and opened it, only to find a can of mixed peanuts.
End of Flashback…
"My brother got it every other year, and the one year I got it, it was a crappy present." I finished.
"Wow…do you…um….have any other stories?" he asked shyly.
"HA! I knew you wanted to hear them!" I giggled and then thought for a second, "Well…"
Flashback…
"Chelsea hunny what do you want for Christmas?" my mom asked.
"I want….a pony!" I shouted.
"You're wish is my command!" I knew she was joking, so I just giggled then told her what other things I had wanted.
That Christmas…
"Chelsea your last present is outside!" my dad took my hand and led me outside. He told me to close my eyes, and when he told me to open them there it was. A pony.
"We lived on a farm, so we we're able to keep it. It was my first animal, and I loved him dearly." Vaults smiled…he actually smiled! The emotionless cowboy with no heart smiled! I looked at his face in shock. His smile made me feel all warm inside. So I looked half happy and half shocked.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked, returning to normal.
"Oh nothing!" I said, blushing.
"So why do you decorate the tree?" Vaults asked.
"It's fun and you put the presents under it! Oh there are also presents in stockings!" I answered with a smile.
"Stockings?" I sighed.
"Big socks that we hang over the fireplace…" I explained, "Anyway, we put ORNAMENTS on the tree. They came in all different shapes, sizes, and colors!"
"OK…not that I care, but when is it?" he asked, turning his head away.
"It's on the 25, and yes you do care!" then I got an idea, "I know we can celebrate it together this year!"
"What? Oh no way, I'm not getting caught up in all this!" we had a staring contest for about five minutes, and of course I won, "Fine!"
"Yay!" The rest of the day I told him a bunch of my Christmas stories and explained what we were gonna do. He ended up falling asleep on me, but I was happy just to be able to check bonding with Vaults off the list.