Ramblings of a madwoman

“Can we switch him on yet?” Abby asked.

“No. All the trimmings, remember?” Ryan replied, brandishing a length of red tinsel.

“Oh, come on,” Connor whined.

“Connor, if anything ever teaches you not to make a bet against me again, let it be this,” Stephen countered.

“Okay, ready,” Ryan declared.

Abby hit a switch near the floor and multicoloured lights flashed on.

Connor closed his eyes and bore the laughter of his co-workers as the lights wrapped around his body blinked on and off, baubles hung from every button and pocket and tinsel tickled his nose.

“The human Christmas tree!”

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lsellersfic

Chapter six.

“I told you it wasn’t a good idea.”

“Yeah…I didn’t see things going that badly though.”

“I should have toned down the geek. I always over geek don’t I? I shouldn’t have gone all sciencey like that. It was only a simple question about Yorkshire pudding.”

“I don’t think it was just the science that was the problem. Re-enacting Star Wars with your peas and having a sprout as Darth Vader may also have been a sticking point.”

“Eugh, Abby, my own parents barely like me. Why did we think yours would?”

“Because I love you, and I’m always right.”

“Stop sulking”

“I’m not sulking…Well okay maybe a little bit, but this is a perfectly acceptable situation to be sulking in.”

“I told you earlier Connor, if you’re going to act like a child just because you’re ill then I’m going to treat you like a child.”

“But I like soup and hot ribena when I’m ill, I can’t help it. Though I can’t say being tucked in wasn’t interesting…” (Abby glared at Connor’s grin) “but this is taking things too far.”

Abby smiled the smile of a winner.

“Tough luck. Lie down. Here we go; ‘Once upon a time…’”