"...well. This is.. unexpected."

"Yeah. Kind of unfortunate."

"What should we do?"

"I'll take mine over there, you'll keep yours here, and we'll put on some Christmas music or a movie while we wrap 'em up?"

"Deal."

One of the perils of living together with your partner and both celebrating Christmas? Trying to keep the secret of what you had gotten for each other. You thought you'd solved the problem this year, having asked for a day out of work to get your shopping and wrapping done. What you hadn't known was that Davina asked for the very same day. You'd gone out to the nearest mall and shopped until you were ready to drop, getting things for friends, family, and of course something for your lovely girlfriend. Jewelry, both nice, elegant things and more quirky, goofy pieces just to make her laugh. You thought she'd like it. You really hoped she'd like it. But when you walked in the door of your shared home, what did you find but the woman herself, holding onto what was thankfully a gift meant for her young pony-obsessed niece.