“Of course you can” Bette smiled and tilted her hand on one side. She looked almost shy.

            “Thank you” the blonde whispered and hugged her tightly.

            “Merry, merry Christmas!” the heard a voice coming from the front door; it was Alice. She entered the house waving her hands and smiling broadly, “This is for you, Mrs. Peabody” she handed her a rectangular box. There was an expensive fountain pen in it.

            “Oh, that’s amazing, Miss Pieszecki. Really, thank you so much”

Bette raised a brow and looked at her friend, she knew something was swirling around in her head, Alice quickly answered her silent question, pulling an envelope out her pocket, “I think we should use this beautiful pen for this” it was the contract for the moving of the mall. Tina quickly looked at Bette, who was clenching her jaws, trying to hold herself from killing Alice. Mrs. Peabody, instead, was pretty willing to do that, “Oh, that’s a good idea, my dear” and signed it.

            “Bette?” Alice said, smirking, handing her the pen and the piece of paper.

Bette hesitated and after glancing at Tina, she replied: “Uh, you know, Alice, I don’t really work at Christmas day. Let’s do it another time, shall we?” earning a broad smile from Tina. What a beautiful sight, she thought.

            “Alright! Let’s enjoy our Christmas day, then!” the older woman uttered, turning to face Bette, who was standing on Tina’s left side. Peggy cleared her throat and pointed at something above her heads, “Don’t you two think you should do something?” both women lifted her heads and realized what it was… mistletoe. The two of them glanced at each other; Tina blushed and Bette kept looking at her. She slowly got closer and Tina shivered at the anticipation of the touch. Their lips were a mere inches apart, then it happened. They touched. It was a gentle and chaste kiss, but the electricity in it was something beyond reality. They stood like that for several minutes; they pulled out at the sound of the doorbell. Alice was the one to open the door… she went back to the living room, followed by a tall man, “Um, this man told me he wanted to talk to you” she said to Bette.