"Whooo it's tomorrow! Are you still sick Vaults?" I nearly shouted as I woke up.
"I feel a lot better actually." Vaults answered.
"Good, cause we're decorating today! So get you're working clothes on!" I said merrily as I got up and skipped into the bathroom.
"Whatever you say…" I heard him get up from behind me and groan. I just shrugged it off and entered my bathroom. I turned on the shower and took off my clothes. I got into the warm tub and began to clean myself. I hadn't taken a bath since I had gotten sick, and I felt disgusting! I began to hum a tune and put shampoo in my hair when I heard the door open.
"Vaults?" I heard a grunt in reply and sighed, "Perv."
"Hey, I need the bathroom to so get over it." Someone is a little grumpy!
"Whatever, just don't come in the shower." I heard a sigh and continued to clean.
"Why do we need to decorate?" Vaults asked.
"It's part of the Christmas spirit!" I answered cheerfully, "We have to put up some garland, a mistletoe, lights, and I have a whole bunch of other decorations to!"
"What's a garland and mistletoe?" Must I explain everything?
"Garland is like Christmas tree strips! Mistletoe is a small plant we hang up. When two people walk under it they have to kiss!" I smirked, "Though you don't need mistletoe as an excuse to kiss me."
"…" He knows he wants to.
"You know you want to." I said, winking even though he couldn't see me.
"You know you want to, too." Vaults said. I turned off the water and wrapped my towel around myself before stepping out of the shower, "Do you want me to leave?"
"Yes please." I got on my tiptoes and kissed him quickly before he walked out. I finished drying and threw on some clothes that we're lying around in the bathroom. I walked out and saw Vaults already changed and sorting through my box, "You must really want to decorate!"
"No I'm just…curious…that's all!" Vaults picked up some garland.
"That would be our garland!" I sat near him and dug into the box, "Oh snowglobes!"
"Hey, I have a few of those back home." Vaults muttered, "What is this dinky little thing?"
"Mistletoe!" I leaned over the box and kissed him. When I broke off he quickly pulled me back in, he eventually backed off though, "I knew you would enjoy that decoration."
"Shut up, you like it to." I smirked.
"I'm not afraid to admit that though." I giggled and took it from him. I though of where I could put it, and I finally decided that hanging it on the top of the door would be the best. I grabbed some garland and started stringing it all around our…I mean my house. I found the perfect vacant shelf to set it on and that's exactly where I put it. Vaults smiled warmly and decided to string some lights through the garland. I placed my snowglobes on the shelf to complete it and then smiled at our work, "It's missing something!"
"What?" I ran over to the box and looked through it. There it is! TINSEL! I grabbed the bag and went of the the shelf. I handed Vaults some and we spread it out all over the shelf. I nodded in apporval and thought about what to do next. I puled out a couple other giant Christmas boxes and looked through them. I spotted some big red bells that would be perfect to hang above the kitchen ware. I looked for a suction cup, but of course they had to be at the bottom. I got up and ran over to the kitchen, and tried to reach over my kitchen ware. I falied miserably though even if I jumped. I jumped again and felt a pair of arms lift me up, Vaults's arms obviously. I giggled and placed the sunction cup then bells on the wall, "Perfect."
"Yep." He put me down, but didn't let go of my waist. I squirmed around to face him and smiled, "Where should we put my nut crackers?"
"Depends what those are." he answered.
"Come here I'll show you." I snuck out of his arms and walked over to my box, "They're like mini soldiers only you can crack nuts open with them! I think they're mostly used for decorations nowadays though."
"OK, we can place them…" We both scanned the room, "How about we put one on your bed table?"
"Good idea!" I took a medium sized one and placed him near my bed. This one is my favorite because he doesn't look like a soldier. He's actually dressed up like a bar and holding a jar of honey. I'm glad to know I can sleep near him every night now, "Since there is more room on the shelf why don't you pick a few small ones out and put them on there?"
"OK." Vautls quietly picked out three and placed each one in between a pair of snow globes.
"Very nice!" I commented, Vaults just rolled his eyes and searched through the box for some lights, "We should hang some on the walls going all around the room!"
"OK, I'll do that." Vaults busied himself with figuring out how to posisition them. I stared at him for awhile and started to laugh. He was trying so hard, it was adorable! I never expected our first Christmas together to be this great! In fact…I never expected to be spending Christmas as a couple let alone with each other! I smiled as he fell over. After helping him up I went over to my boxes. I wonder what I should put out next. I found my four giant bows and decided to wrap those around my bed posts. Glancing back over at Vaults, a smile palyed across my lips. He had finally decided how he wanted the lights to hang and he had arranged them very well so far. Vaults turned towards me and smiled and I could've sworn my heart skipped a few beats. He hardly ever smiles so it's amazing when he does.
"That looks great!" I gave him a thumbs up and continued with my own work. I pulled out some of my old Christmas crafts and placed them all around the room, "I have to put out Mister Plushie Santa to!" I grabbed my big stuffed Santa and desperatley searched for a special spot to put him in.
"What is that?" Vaults asked from across the room.
"Oh…Vaults meet Santa! Santa meet Vaults! You two are going to be good friends!" I smiled and continued my search. I was extremely happy to find an open spot near my book shelf, so without hesitation I set him there. I giggled and ran back over to the box. It was so much fun to decorate, especially around Christmas time!
"I need to put some pointsettas out!" I grabbed my pointsetta garland and placed it all around my kitchen counter, "Wondeful! Now I need some holly berries…" I ran over and dove back into my box. I pulled out my precious holly berries and put them at the ends of the shelves on the book shelf. I stepped back and after nodding went to get a mini tree and place it somewhere. I carefully lifted the oldest one out of the third box and looked around the room. I could place one plain one on my kitchen counter, one with ornaments as a centerpiece for the table, one with lights on the desk I had purchased in the fall, and the one I was holding now (that would soon have ornaments and lights on it) on my window sill by the door. Smiling at my perfect plan, I placed the tree I was holding back into the box and grabbed the plain one. I walked over to the counter, careful not to drop it. When I got there I gently placed it and began to mess with the branches. Once I was satisfied, I looked back at Vaults who was still messing with the lights. I laughed again at his attempt and turned back to my trees. I grabbed a box filled with small ornaments, picked up the tree, and walked over to the table. After taking a seat I opend the box and began to place ornaments on the small tree. All the snowman, Santas, and candies looked so cute on it, that a squeal escaped from my mouth. Vaults looked over at me and I gave him a small wave. I pushed my tree into the middle of the table and walked back over to the box. I pulled out another small tree and strung some white lights around it. I put it on my desk and plugged it into a nearby outlet. I smiled and ran back over to the box and decorated the last tree. After putting it in its rightful place I looked around the room. Vautls had put lights up and they looked great! I still had a few things to put out, but after the tree tommorrow we would be good to go!