Ryan bit his lip as I removed the wrapping paper. "Did your mom wrap this?" I asked him.
His face got serious. "Are you saying you think I can't wrap a present?"
I giggled. "I knew it! She totally wrapped this."
"So," Ryan mumbled under his breath.
I laughed again and ripped the rest of the paper off of the small package. I gasped when I saw the color of the box. "You got me something from Tiffany's?!" I couldn't hide my excitement.
He smiled. "Open it."
I did as I was told and carefully pulled the top off. I saw a white gold chain with two hearts hanging from it: one bigger, one smaller. The larger heart had Tiffany and Co. engraved on the side. "Oh, my God, Ryan, this is beautiful."
"So you like it?" His smile was very shy.
I pulled him into a deep kiss. "I love it." I kissed him again, quickly, and said, "Put it on me?" Ryan took the necklace from my hands and reached around my neck. I lifted my hair off my back and he clasped the ends together. "Thank you."
Ryan kissed me again and whispered, "I wanted to get you something just as beautiful as you."
I smiled and felt my cheeks get hot. "Your turn." I got up and dug around my closet for the large package. I found it and drew it out. I carried it over to my bed and Ryan smiled.
It was barely out of my hands when he started shredding the paper off. Ryan opened the box and pulled out what was inside: a couple of guitar picks, a few mousetraps, a Neil Diamond CD, a 4-pack of RedBull, a gift card to our favorite diner, a 6-pack of his favorite beer, a DVD, and a framed picture of the two of us a few months before. The same picture was stuck in between my mirror and its frame, and Ryan constantly commented on how much he loved it.
The whole time Ryan was pulling item after item out of the box, he was laughing. When he finished, he laughed harder and pulled me in to a big, passionate kiss. "I love you," he said when he pulled away.
"I love you, too. Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas."