rob schumann (musicandlaw) wrote,
@ 2008-12-24 23:52:00

CHRISTMAS WITH CLAIRE!
WHO :: rob and claire
WHAT :: CHRISTMAS!
WHERE :: claire's dorm
WHEN :: midnight on christmas
RATING :: pg?
STATUS :: open

Maybe the suit was a little much. The red color did not exactly flatter Rob's complexion, and the polyester material made him hot and itchy. But dammit, it was Christmas! In his hands were two gold-wrapped presents and on his face was a huge smile. He bounced on the balls of his feet until--yes! Finally! His watch showed 12:00 AM. It was officially Christmas! And it was officially time to bang down the door until Claire opened!

BANG BANG BANG! He straightened the Santa hat and repuffed his pillow-stomach. BANG BANG BANG! He announced his presence with a loud, "HO HO HO!" and winked at the next-door neighbors who came out to see what was going on.

"Surprising the girlfriend," he told them, his grin unyielding and spirit vomit-inducing. BANG BANG BANG! Where was she? Where was Claire?!

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	creation 2008-12-25 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	Claire screamed when she opened the door, making her even less of a favorite of her neighbors. "Oh my God," she shrieked, laughing and smacking his arms ineffectually. "Rob! Oh my goodness what are you doing, you psycho!" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-26 12:23 am UTC (link)
	"Santa," he corrected with a wink. "My name is Santa. And since you've been such a good girl this year, I figured you shouldn't have to wait for your presents, little girl. Tell me, what do you want for Christmas this year?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-26 10:15 am UTC (link)
	"My boyfriend to not be a dork and kiss me," Claire said, scrambling for the pillow making his belly, trying to tug it out. "I can't kiss Santa, you know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-26 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	Santa-Rob raised an eyebrow. "I always enjoyed the naughty girls a bit more." He scooped Claire up and kissed her hard. "Merry Christmas," he mumbled into her hair. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-27 02:33 am UTC (link)
	"Merry Christmas you dork," Claire murmured back happily, giving him a delighted little squeeze. "Lucky thing you're cute or else there's no way you could do stuff like this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-27 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"You shouldn't call people names. That's not the way to get presents," he grinned, holding up the gifts. "And I'm assuming you want presents, don't you, little girl?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-27 04:56 am UTC (link)
	Claire gasped teasingly. "Presents? Ohhhh, presents! Yes I want presents~" She giggled and slipped away. "Come in, I have something for you too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 02:03 am UTC (link)
	"Do you really?" he grinned, wiggling his eyebrows. "Well then, we'd better exchange gifts then, shouldn't we?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-28 06:31 am UTC (link)
	"Guess we better," Claire giggled, tugging him back towards the room. "Come in, come in. What'd you get me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 06:34 am UTC (link)
	Smiling a bit stupidly, he handed her two packages: one, a small box, and the other the size of an average book. He wasn't very good at being discreet. "Open!" he said, bouncing on his feet. "Open them now!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-28 06:42 am UTC (link)
	"No no no wait!" Claire said, scrambling to her underwear drawer (not very discreet either) and finding a small box of her own to hand to Rob. "At the same time okay? Are you ready? Are you ready? Are you READY?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 06:50 am UTC (link)
	"Okay! Okay! GO!" Rob ripped off the paper and opened the box, finding musical note cufflinks that any musical nerd would adore more than anything (which he did). He beamed at her brightly, anxious to see her reaction to his gifts. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-28 06:58 am UTC (link)
	Claire almost beat him to having the gifts open first, if she hadn't stopped to see him open his. "Do you like it?" she asked self consciously, fingers frozen in pulling off the wrapping around the smaller box -- jewellery of some kind, she was guessing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 07:16 am UTC (link)
	"I love them, Claire-Bear! They're great. My mom will love them, too." He leaned over and kissed her cheek. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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2008-12-28 07:18 am UTC (link)

Claire glowed, so proud of herself. "Oh I hope so," he murmured, hiding behind her hair, comfortable in her happiness. With a soft little noise of struggle, Claire managed to pull the rest of the paper off her first gift, a small little jewellery box. She gave Rob an excited little look before carefully opening the top. "Oh Rob" Claire gasped, seeing the ring nestled inside.

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	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 07:29 am UTC (link)
	Rob shrugged, feeling a bit embarrassed. "It's not much, but I thought maybe you'd like it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-28 07:31 am UTC (link)
	"Oh it's beautiful!" Claire said, delighted, taking it out to put into her finger. She tried a few to find the best fit on her right ring finger. "Oh my god Rob it's so much better than the cufflinks, oh you win at presents!" Claire reached out to give him a hug, pleased enough to forget about the other package for her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 07:34 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah?" He scratched the back of his head. "Well, I'm glad you like it." He hugged her back tightly, and as subtlety as possible, tried to reach for the second present, deciding he did not want to give it to her--he couldn't do it. He couldn't. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-28 07:37 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks, you," Claire said sweetly, taking it from him, thinking he was handing the present to her. "What's this one? Is iiiiiit a book? Is it a plane? OH MY GOD IS IT A PONY ROB?" she asked playfully, giving it a shake. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 07:49 am UTC (link)
	He winced when she took it from him, regretting his decision to pull it out from the bottom of his last drawer and wrap it. What the HELL WAS HE THINKING?! "No, uh. Not a--" he gulped, uncharacteristically nervous. "Not a pony." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-28 07:52 am UTC (link)
	Claire pursed her lips at him, playfully skeptical. "Are you suuuure it's not a pony?" she asked sillily. "Fine," Claire sighed, pulling open the wrapping. "I guess I'll live another year without a pony..." She frowned slightly, out of puzzlement, not displeasure, at what she held in her hands. "Um. What...is it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 07:57 am UTC (link)
	Looking at the ceiling, too embarrassed at how horribly awful this present was, he explained. "Open it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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2008-12-28 08:01 am UTC (link)

Claire leaned against her boyfriend comfortably, biting onto her bottom lip in thought as she opened the book. At first she didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Music and notes. Rob was a composition major, nothing too strange.

Until she took a closer look, heart shaking into what Claire was certain must have been a very loud drum beat. They were all about her.

"Um. You didn't. These aren't. Um." She turned her head to gape at Rob, incredibly flattered and suddenly shy and disbelieving.

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	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 08:10 am UTC (link)
	Rob shrugged, his face flushed. "Sometimes it's hard to get you out of my head," he told her quietly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-28 08:18 am UTC (link)
	Claire just stared a moment more before, almost helpless for any other ideas, simply flung her arms around his neck and buried her face into his shoulder. "I love you so much, oh my God," she murmured, words muffled. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 08:24 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, good," he smiled into her hair. "I was kind of afraid you'd be turned off by what an unbelievable girl I am." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-28 08:26 am UTC (link)
	"Wow, Rob, not the time to try to talk me into macking girls." She poked his side, teasing. "You're amazing. I want you to play me every single one. Oh no better yet, record them for me so I can play them for everyone ever. I think yes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 08:32 am UTC (link)
	He groaned and rolled his eyes. "But you can play them! That was the point, that you play them!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	creation 2008-12-28 08:34 am UTC (link)
	She blinked blankly at him. "But you're so much better than me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	musicandlaw 2008-12-28 08:38 am UTC (link)
	"Never," he grinned, kissing her. "You'll forever be too good for me." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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