10 Days To Go

See this entry for an explanation of this madness.

The present rattled slightly when shook, and Orlando wrestled with his conscience, that little voice that insisted he really shouldn?t be doing this.

The yellow wrapping paper was smooth beneath his fingers, and the pink ribbon ran elaborately around the long box, culminating in an all-too-perfect bow.

The door crashed open. Inconveniently indefinite paralysis overcame him.

Billy raised an eyebrow.

"I swear, I was, just moving... I was just moving the present over here, into the corner, where it would be safer..."

"I walk in on you wearing pigtails, and you're worried that I found you clutching someone else's present?"