Christmas decorating
No ones pov
Max sighed as she stared out her girlfriends dorm window. "Why are you sulking?" Rachel asked staring at her girlfriend, "I'm not." Max said and Rachel gave her a look. "You're sulking." Rachel said back and Max groaned. "It's just, my favorite part about this year is decorating the tree. But I can't do that with this broken leg." Max said gesturing to her leg and the wheel chair she was sitting in.
Rachel thought for a moment then an idea came to her mind. "What if I decorate the tree exactly the way you want it? I can be like your arms and legs." Rachel offered and Max smiled widely. "You'd really do that for me?" Max asked with hopeful eyes.
"I would do anything for you." Rachel flirted and Max blushed, "Oh stop being so cute. Come on! We have decorating to do!" Max exclaimed happily as she rolled over to the closet.
Rachel wondered what she had really gotten herself into.
Rachel got the tree out of the closet and started setting it up while Max untangled the lights and opened the box of ornaments. "Dammit why won't this stupid thing stand up!?" Rachel asked frustratedly.
Max stifled a laugh when she saw her girlfriend desperately trying to put up the tree. "You have to read the instructions babe." Max said and Rachel looked down to see the instructions on the floor. "I knew that." Rachel said defensively and Max giggled.
"Do we put the lights on first?" Rachel asked curiously after she finished putting up the tree. Max gave her a look, "Well duh. Have you never decorated a tree before?" Max asked and Rachel looked down sheepishly. Max's eyes went wide as she gasped, "Oh my dog, you've never decorated a Christmas tree before!" Max exclaimed loudly.
"Oh shush! It's not that big of a deal." Rachel said rolling her eyes causing Max to stare at her in disbelief. "Not that big of a deal?! Rachel it's a huge deal! Decorating the tree is the best part of Christmas!" Max said loudly and Rachel couldn't help but smile at her.
"Well, maybe you've just had better Christmas experiences than I have." Rachel said laughing a bit and Max frowned. "Well this year is gonna be great." Max said convincingly causing Rachel to smile. "As long as I'm with you, it will be." Rachel said as she walked over to max and bent down to kiss her.
"Okay Casanova, lets just get this dorm Christmafied." Max teased and Rachel rolled her eyes, "My dorm's gonna look like one of Santa's reindeer threw up on it, isn't it?" Rachel asked and Max looked down with a sheepish smile. "Maybe." Max said softly and Rachel stared at her in horror.
"Just hand me the lights Caulfield." Rachel said and Max giggled as she tossed Rachel the Christmas lights. Much to Max's surprise, Rachel wrapped the lights around the tree perfectly.
"Keep in mind I'm usually the one who sets the tree up perfectly." Max reminded her girlfriend and Rachel shot her a look, "You've told me that twelve times already Maxine." Rachel said sarcastically. "Just hand me the ornaments and I'll hang them up. Easy." Rachel added and Max nodded.
"Fine." Max said as she reached into the box of Christmas ornaments and handed Rachel the first one. The process went on like that for awhile, but after the first couple were hung up Rachel started regretting her offer immediately. Max really was a perfectionist when it came to the Christmas tree.
Every time Rachel would hang an ornament the way Max wouldn't want it, she'd get scolded. Or every time Rachel would hang one of Max's favorites too low, she'd get yelled at.
"No, no, no. That's red and you're hanging it too close to another red one, you need to move it." Max said staring at where Rachel had hung the most recent ornament. "Max half of the ornaments are red." Rachel said shooting her girlfriend a sarcastic look.
"Well it TOO CLOSE, move it to the left." Max said hurriedly and Rachel sighed exasperatedly, "You're wish is my command." She said as she moved it. "Better." Max said smiling smugly and Rachel rolled her eyes.
After Rachel finished putting all the ornaments on, it was time for the star. "Now remember it has to be angled perfectly." Max said sternly and Rachel gave her a look, "I know, I know." The blonde said sarcastically as she took the star out of her girlfriends grasp.
Rachel stood on her tiptoes as she put the star on the top and smiled pleased as she stepped back down. "Babe it's crooked." Max said and Rachel gasped, "Max it's not crooked! Look at it, it's at a perfect angle! It's straight!" Rachel argued and Max shot her a look. "Rachel that stars about as straight as you." Max said and Rachel rolled her eyes.
"You are so lucky I love you." Rachel grumbled as she took a deep breath and fixed the star. After about twenty attempts on trying to get the star angled perfectly, Max was finally pleased. Rachel sighed in relief as she stepped back and admired the tree with her girlfriend.
"It actually turned out better than I thought it would." Max admitted smiling happily at the tree. "I am pretty amazing." Rachel said jokingly causing Max to roll her eyes playfully, "Well you have a point there." Max said and Rachel laughed.
"Thanks for putting up with me today." Max said as she stared up at Rachel. Rachel looked down at her girlfriend with a smile, "It was no problem, the way you get around this time of year is pretty cute." Rachel teased causing Max to blush. "The way you put up with how I get this time of year is pretty cute too." Max teased back and Rachel laughed.
"Just next year do me a favor." Rachel said and Max smiled, "Anything." Max said. "Don't break your leg so close to Christmas." Rachel joked pleadingly and Max rolled her eyes. "No promises." Max teased as Rachel laughed and leaned down to kiss her.