Mistletoe by Lyn Gardner

Author:Lyn Gardner [Gardner, Lyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Tags: (v5.0), Christmas Stories, Fiction, Gay & Lesbian, Humorous, Lesbian, Romance
ISBN: 9781301583713
Amazon: B00AH61KMY
Publisher: Lyn Gardner
Published: 2012-12-01T22:00:00+00:00

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Looking up from his cup of hot chocolate, Santa smiled as Percy scampered into the dining room.

“You wanted to see me, sir?” he said as he approached the table.

Motioning toward a chair, Santa said, “Sit down, Percy. We need to talk.”

Sensing a bit of foreboding in Santa’s tone, Percy grew worried.

Keeping one eye on the man in the red suit, Percy pulled out a chair and hopped onto the seat.

“It seems we might have a bit of a problem,” Santa said.

“A…a...problem, sir?”

Momentarily forgetting that his lead elf was also his most nervous elf, when Santa realized his mistake, he shook his head. “Relax, Percy, you haven’t done anything wrong.”

“I haven’t, sir?” Percy said, his voice raising an octave.

Amused, Santa asked, “I don’t know, have you?”

“What? No…no, sir. Of course not, sir. Well, other than the small detail about Miss Diana’s letter in the sack lining, but we’ve taken care of that, or we will after I deliver the last sprig of mistletoe.”

“Actually, that’s why I called for you. It seems that the last party our Diana is supposed to attend is not on the twenty-first as we were told.”

“It’s not, sir?”

“No, apparently He has a new secretary, and she misread His handwriting. I received an e-mail from Him this morning with the correction. It seems that Jamison Nash’s party is on the twenty-fourth.”

Tilting his head to the side, Percy asked, “The twenty-fourth?”

“That’s right,” Santa said, waiting for the elf to catch up. It didn’t take long.

“The twenty-fourth!” Percy shouted as he jumped from his chair. “Why…why…why…why that’s Christmas Eve, sir! I can’t deliver mistletoe on Christmas Eve, sir. My job is sitting on the sleigh with you. Helping you deliver the gifts. It’s what I work for. It’s what I wait for. It’s what I live for!”

“I know that, Percy, which is why I called you in here,” Santa said, watching as Percy climbed back onto his chair.

“You and I have a decision to make.”

“We do, sir?”

“Yes, we do. As I see it, we have three options. The first is that I send another elf in your place to deliver the mistletoe.”

“But no one else has traveled by themselves, sir. They always go in groups, except for me, that is.”

“Yes, I know,” Santa said. “The next option would be for us to forego the placement of the last sprig, and concentrate on our deliveries for Christmas Eve. We can’t forget that there are millions of children depending on us, so if one wish never gets granted, that’s the way it will have to be.”

“I don’t like that option, sir,” Percy said quietly, shaking his head.

“No?”

“No, sir. Every child gets a wish granted. That’s the rule. We can’t break the rule, sir.”

“You forget. Miss Diana isn’t a child anymore.”

“But she never got her wish! You can’t go with option number two, sir. You just can’t.”

Nodding his head, Santa said, “Well, then…there’s only one other option, isn’t there?”

Tears formed in Percy’s eyes as he realized what Santa was saying.

Swallowing back his emotions,

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