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The Gift
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She eased out the front door and locked it behind her. Tina pulled out her phone and called Helena.
“Helena? It’s me. Don’t bother about picking me up. Bette fell asleep, and if she wakes up and can’t find me, but sees my car still there, she’ll put two and two together. I’ll be over in a few minutes.”
She hung up and got in her car and made it to Helena’s place up in the hills in record time. Helena handed over the keys to the new car with a conspiratorial air. “Good luck!” she said.
“Thanks for all your help,” Tina said, giving Helena a quick hug. “I couldn’t have pulled this off without you.”
“Nonsense,” Helena said, smiling. “You’d have found a way. I wish I could be there to see Bette’s reaction.”
“Don’t worry about that,” Tina said. “I’m going to record the whole thing for posterity. I’ll pick up my car when things calm down. Call you tomorrow?”
“See you later, then,” Helena said. “Off you go.”
Tina climbed into the car and inhaled the new car smell. Nice, very nice, she thought. She ran a hand over the smooth leather interiors. Bette was going to love this.
She drove carefully home, fearing all the way that she would run into something. She breathed a huge sigh of relief when she got home and eased the car into the driveway. She sneaked around to the trunk and opened it, pulling out a huge red bow that the car dealership had provided. It was a nice touch. She affixed it to the top of the car and crept inside the house. Her note was on a table by the door where she had left it, so Tina picked it up and crumpled it in her hand as she shut the door, shoving the paper and the keys into her purse.
“Tina? What are you doing?”
Tina whirled around to see Bette coming downstairs, yawning.
“Me? Nothing. I thought I heard someone at the door.”
“No one there?”
“Nope. I must’ve just been hearing things.”
“I fell asleep,” Bette said, stretching her arms over her head.
“I saw you. You looked too cute to wake up, so I left you there,” Tina said, coming forward.
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What a great Xmas present for us. Thank you, o’malley. I loved this episode-heck, I loved all of them, but this was my fav. Thank you.
This was one terrific story. Thank you!!
Thanks for this Christmas gift. Awesome post. And I so dont mind if you post Chistmas stories all year round. It’ll be like Christmas every day! Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas
I loved it! Thanks for all the little holiday gifts, they were wonderful.
I loved this story: quasi-angst, pseudo misery – love, hugs and kisses abounding. Thank you for the lovely Christmas present. I enjoyed every minute of reading it!
I very much enjoyed the Christmas stories. I loved all of them. Thank you.
I’d thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this story …love the banter between Bette and Tina (“undergifter”) to Alice’s suggestion of “metal art” gift…What did Bette get for Tina? Thank-you O’Malley for this terrific heart-warming christmas story. Hope you’re having a fantastic festive season!
That was wonderful.
This was beautiful. :o) Thank you!!
That was a wonderful story and so like them. Very lovely. Don’t mean to be a spoil sport, but what did Bette get Tina and what kind of car was it? We could have another chapter to complete this series of stories by telling us what Tinas’ gift was from Bette and what kind of car Bette got? How they all enjoyed the drive and Bette and Tinas special “thank you” when they went to bed, or at least a hint of it. Thanks for posting.
I loved the big reveal! Count me in the camp that wants a sequel. :) thanks :)
This was such a cute story. Thanks!
I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed this story! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, o’malley!
What a heartwarming story. I love it. Thanks for this post.
Excellent Christmas stories! Ya know….the Christmas season extends into January too…..that means you can write us more stories! Please!
Em…Omalley…what did Bette give T for X’mas? Oh, please do tell…This was simply delightful. I think my fav X’mas story of 2009. The entire premise of “undergifting”, competetiveness, Tina’s predicament, the gang’s solution, and the build up to Bette getting the car (I was holding my breath on that one)…was so great! Best of all, your dialoque is so real and just shows the connection we love in Tibette. So well done! Love your writing…and yes, I’d take your stories 365 days a year…no pressure. LOL! Merry X’mas!!!
great holiday story…oh btw what kind of car was it? and what did bette get for tina?
Awesome Brilliant Story. Thank you. Loved it. Merry Christmas and the Happiest of the New Year to you Omalley. Thank you for your wonderful stories.
Awesome! Another cute one! All these years later!