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I closed the balcony door behind us; I could go back and clean up the wine bottle and glasses later.
She was only a few feet away, watching me with an amused expression on her face. She giggled, glancing up above us. “Look...”
I glanced up. Mistletoe. I cracked a smile as I looked at her in front of me, her tipsy smile widening as our eyes met.
“Come on...you need to go to bed...” I said, ready to pick her up and carry her up the stairs. I didn’t want to be trying to find a doctor in the middle of the night.
“Mmm…kiss first.”
She stood there perfectly still, her eyes glinting with a happiness I hadn’t seen there in far too long.
“Okay…” I leaned in and kissed her cheek.
She pulled back, glancing up at the mistletoe again.
“No good. Redo.” She tapped my chest. “You can do better.”
I chuckled. “Abbie, you need to go to bed.”
“Kiss then bed.”
She stepped forward, wrapping her arms around my neck.
She stood up on tiptoe and pressed her lips to mine in a sweet kiss.
I took the opportunity to swing her up into my arms as I pulled back from the kiss and headed carefully for the stairs.
She giggled.
“Better. I’ll give you a seven out of ten.” She leaned closer, her voice dropping to a whisper. “I still say you can do better.”
I chuckled. “Whatever you say, Princess…”
I made my way down the hallway, stopping in front of her closed door. Of course it would be closed. And I had my hands full…of Abbie.
I glanced at her. She yawned and nestled closer to my chest, a mix of chlorine, her familiar citrus perfume, and red wine surrounding me. Her eyes seemed ready to flutter closed. “Hey, Abs?”
“Hmmm?”
“Can you open the door?”
“What?” She glanced over. “Oh…”
I crouched down a little so she could turn the door handle.
I pushed the bedroom door open further with my foot. “Light?”
I stopped for her to reach out and flick the light switch.
“Nuh uh.”
I laughed. “Okay.”
It took a moment for my eyes to adjust to the darkness of her bedroom.
I stepped into the room and headed towards the silhouette of her bed, setting her carefully down on the edge of it.
“What do you want to sleep in?”
