Day 9 Prompt - Wrapped up
"Hoo hoo!" Mrs. Hudson called as she knocked on the door to 221B and stepped into the living room.
Sherlock was crouched under the Christmas tree placing a pair of gloves and a gift card on the tree skirt. "What do you want, Mrs. Hudson?"
Mrs. Hudson walked up to the decorated tree. "I was just checking to see if you're up. I've got your morning tea ready." She spotted the items that Sherlock had just placed. "Sherlock, dear, those are supposed to be wrapped up before you place them under the tree."
"What for?" he asked standing up. "These are items John needs and wants. There's no reason to surprise him."
"That's not the point, Sherlock." She sat down in John's chair. "Its tradition and everyone looks forward to the excitement of unwrapping gifts."
Sherlock just blinked at Mrs. Hudson.
"Well, I guess everyone gets excited but you. You probably already know what you're getting anyway." She studied Sherlock for a moment. "Don't you remember what it was like unwrapping gifts as a child?"
"I deleted it. It wasn't important."
"Wasn't imp…Oh, Sherlock." She looked at Sherlock sadly. "Those gifts still need to be wrapped up. Let me take them downstairs and wrap them for you." Mrs. Hudson took the two items down to her flat and retuned with the tea. She found Sherlock lying on the sofa obviously in his mind palace. With a fond look, she set the tray on the coffee table and returned to her flat. She left John's gifts on her kitchen table with the expectation that Sherlock would be down in a bit to wrap them up himself.
