Letter and Reply 26
Monday, December 1st and Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003
Letter and Reply 26
Delivered at 1:57 pm, Monday, December 1st.
Dear Billy,
I’m glad to hear you had a good Thanksgiving. Mine was well-spent, I think; I ate entirely too much and did far too little. I think I’ve gained twenty pounds. Overall, a success.
Though, I do think that you’ve had two few Thanksgivings. Maybe you could stick around until next year and we’ll have another.
As for Dom... Well, I wouldn’t be too sure about how he feels, you know. He could be mad about you and you wouldn’t even know it. And as for you...well, I trust you with all my heart. As far as I’m concerned, you can set your heart on anyone you’d like. I don’t want you to think that you’re stuck with me just because I started these letters. All right?
Not saying...that you have to find someone else either...
So! Shopping, then. You buy gifts for your whole class? That’s awfully sweet of you, Billy. What do you get for the little things? Candies and toys? Hopefully nothing that makes noise. I’d suggest candy. Put something in their mouths to keep them quiet for a while. Little darlings.
I almost forgot about Dom’s birthday! It is coming, isn’t it? I really must find something for him. Now that I know he’s on the ‘nice’ list, I can get him a much fancier sack of rocks than I was planning on.
A bit of response for your responses:
1. I wouldn’t let you cook anyway. Your job is to sit and be treated like an angel.
2. The best fishing poles are made of strings and sticks. And pinecones for hooks.
3. If I bury you in the sand, I’ll be sure to come back to get you for dinner.
4. Stupid movies are good, too. I’m easily distracted anyway. Who cares about movies. In fact, let’s just pretend the television is on and... ‘talk’ instead.
5. My shirt sleeve can only be a tissue for very special people. Guess where you fit in.
6. Well, I have unlimited kisses for the coldest noses
7. I own puddle jumping, Billy. I really do. I’ll show you the deed later.
8. Certainly Dom wouldn’t disrupt the Cheerio isle?
9. I don’t think the cashier would let Dom back in the store to even apologize.
10. Come over and I’ll give you a massage right now.
11. So long as you don’t get soap in your eyes when you pull me in the tub, I’m fine with extra baths.
12. Now, there’s a fight you’ll beat me at every time – pillow-fighting. I honestly don’t think I could hit you, even if you started it. (But I’ll still tickle you).
13. Billy, if I tell the clouds that it will make you smile, they will snow indeed.
Your pumpkin pie was wonderful, sweetheart. I literally ate it in about fifteen seconds, tops. It had just the right flavor. You should make desserts more often, love; I know that Dom and I are both longing for the next masterpiece now that we’ve had a taste. Brilliant job!
Hah, Billy, if I found you in my mailbox, I might just have to give Dom a tip. I think I can picture you with a stamp on the top of your head, and I could also picture myself smiling uncontrollably. I’ll warn you, though, I’d have to wrap you back up, but in a slightly different material called “arms and kisses.” I think, if you asked him, Dom might actually find enjoyment out of boxing you up like a pretty parcel. But I don’t think he’d fancy the idea of wheeling you over on his bicycle! Also, even if it wasn’t telling where I lived, you may still peek along the way, and I can’t have that.
I guess you’ll just have to wait twenty-three more days.
And so will I.
Twenty-three...
Repaying-Billy-for-Every-Little-Thing, Continued:
48. Go to an ice cream parlour to try every flavour with him
49. Leave sticky notes everywhere around his house for him to find, (saying only the nicest things)
50. Make him into a parcel so I can unwrap him
51. Try more of his lovely desserts
52. Take pictures of him looking breathtaking around the house
53. When February finally comes, make him my Valentine
54. Show him why I should be his Valentine
55. Catch snowflakes on our tongues
56. Build snow fortresses
57. Commence snow wars
58. Retrieve him after the snow wars to tend to his injuries
59. Find out what it feels like to have his hand in mine
60. Slip my affection over him when he isn’t looking
Counting Every Second,
MS
Delivered at 4:12 pm, Tuesday, December 2nd
Dear MS,
I'm glad to hear you're keeping well-fed and my pie didn't make you sick. Er... it didn't, did it?
I buy a lot of little things for my class. It's mostly supplies for the 'winter' party (bloody rubbish how we have to keep it so PC) we have on the last day before break. Candy and such. It is sure to be a sugar filled day.
I'm glad to see I will dominate in one "extreme" sport at least. I rock at pillow fighting. I'm still holding out for my title in puddle jumping, though...
Remind me to make nothing but desserts for Christmas, if it makes you happy. I know a few recipes I might try... besides, it's infinitely more enjoyable to make sweet things than boring old meals.
Hmph, if you won't let me mail myself to you, maybe I'll just have to stow away in Dom's mailbag. Do you think he'd notice?
48. Go to an ice cream parlour to try every flavour with him - Not at once, I hope! I'd hate to have you have a stomach ache.
49. Leave sticky notes everywhere around his house for him to find, (saying only the nicest things) - Leave some in places I wouldn't ever think to look, so one day in the distant future, when I need a pick me up, I can find one and smile.
50. Make him into a parcel so I can unwrap him - You could do that without making me into a parcel.
51. Try more of his lovely desserts - I'll get to work.
52. Take pictures of him looking breathtaking around the house - You must be an amazing photographer.
53. When February finally comes, make him my Valentine - I already am. Year-round!
54. Show him why I should be his Valentine - I already know, but I wouldn't mind a reiteration.
55. Catch snowflakes on our tongues - We'll need to wait until they're ripe. January, at least.
56. Build snow fortresses - If we ever get enough!
57. Commence snow wars - I'm afraid you'll probably win at that one - I have terrible aim.
58. Retrieve him after the snow wars to tend to his injuries - Or simply warm frozen skin.
59. Find out what it feels like to have his hand in mine - That's something I'm looking forward to!
60. Slip my affection over him when he isn’t looking - When won't I be looking, when you're around?
Let me tell you, if I had a time machine... these twenty-two days would not exist.
Tick tock,
Billy
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