MARSHALL APARTMENT
"This is kind of fun, don't you think?"
Sally asks
with a broad smile as she drapes another strand of tinsel on
the tree with a flourish.
"Guess so, yeah,"
Stan shrugs. He
looks at the decoration in his hand -- a ceramic scene of a snow-covered
cottage with two children standing outside it -- in confusion.
Sally notices his bewilderment. "That
can go on the windowsill."
Stan obliges, though none too excitedly.
She pauses mid-move, with another
piece of tinsel in her hands ready to be hung. "You're not much for getting
into the Christmas spirit, huh?"
"I dunno," he says. "Seems a little
pointless, doesn't it?"
"No! It's fun!"
He doesn't seem too convinced. But
before Sally has the chance to try and sway him some more, the front door
opens.
Alex
freezes the moment he steps
inside, clearly a bit taken aback by the scene in front of him. "Uh ...
hi."
"Hi," Sally greets him vibrantly.
"Wanna help us finish decorating?"
The young man's gaze darts about
the room, already very outfitted for the season, as far as he can tell.
He withholds a crack about the North Pole throwing up in the apartment.
"No, I'm fine. You guys finish up."
Sally shoots him a look that's meant
to wonder if he is crazy. "You sure? We're having an awful lot of fun."
"I'll pass." He makes his way to
the kitchenette and pulls the refrigerator open.
Sally is right on his heels, and
the moment he rises from the fridge with a can of Sprite, she is in his
face. "What are you doing, trying to make Stan feel uncomfortable here?"
she hisses.
"No, let him get as comfortable as
he wants." Alex pops open the can and takes a sip. "So he's in on the Christmas
decorating already, huh?"
"I asked him to spend the holiday
with us. We've been getting pretty close, you know."
"Great. So what, are you two gonna,
like, get married now?"
She shoots him a cold, hard stare.
"What would be so bad about that?"
He simply rolls his eyes. "Oh, nothing.
We could be one big, happy family, right? You know how bad I always wanted
a daddy ... what a Christmas gift."
"Don't get bratty with me!" Sally
snaps, doing what she can to keep her voice down.
"I wasn't aware that I was," Alex
says dismissively, pushing past her. He disappears into his bedroom and
emerges a moment later. "I'm going out. I'll see you later."
"Fine," Sally says without much feeling
as he blows out of the apartment.
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