The Twelve Mates Of Christmas: The Complete Collection by Sable Sylvan

Author:Sable Sylvan [Sylvan, Sable]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Christmas Eve Eve, 2013

Kevin helped carry the last of the boxes into the community center. A bunch of kits for building gingerbread houses and many boxes of shoe-shaped gingerbread cookies were out on the tables. As Kevin unloaded Avery’s car, the pile of donated shoe boxes inside the community center grew bigger and bigger, like a Christmas pyramid. The shape almost reminded Kevin of a Christmas tree. The whole town of The Wreath had come together and helped in any way they could, from setting up the community center and donating brand-new boxes of shoes to volunteering to work with the kids and giving them baked goods.

“Alright, is that all of them?” asked Kevin.

“Yep,” said Avery. “But, not so fast — I have you for the day, so you’re my bitch for the whole day.”

“What do you want me to do?” asked Kevin. “Clean out the ovens back at the bakery?”

“I could make a dirty joke about that, and I will — that sounds sexual, Kevin, and if I’m being honest, I’d prefer if your boss ‘cleaned’ my ovens out,” sassed Avery. “But, no. I want you to volunteer here with Stella.”

“No problem,” said Kevin. “What does that entail?”

“Let me know if we need to send over extra kits,” said Avery. “Maybe a kid drops theirs, and they need a replacement after running out of the included backups. Maybe they need more icing.”

“Wait, extra kits?” asked Kevin.

“I’m a Christmas elf with baking magic, among other things,” said Avery. “I can just snap my fingers and make them appear out of thin air.” Avery snapped her fingers and made a kit appear out of thin air. She worked even faster than the elves from the story with the cobbler.

“Then why didn’t you just make all the kits?” growled Kevin, wildly gesturing. “You could’ve saved Stella so much time!”

“To give you and Stella some time together!” said Avery, passing Kevin the kit. “Krampus thought she was meant to be with Nivek — every year, the bakery gal has ended up with his lumberjack, and he didn’t include you in that number until Nivek’s shenanigans yesterday. I guess he switched teams in the eleventh hour. Anyway, toodles, bitches — I got Christmas elf shit to do.”

Avery got in her van and drove off, leaving Kevin with a gingerbread kit in his hands.

Kevin walked into the event space.

“Here,” said Kevin, passing Stella the kit. “I guess Avery found an extra.”

“Great,” said Stella, putting the kit on the table. “Well…I guess you can head out now.”

“Avery wants me to help you,” said Kevin. “So, whether you like it or not, I’m going to be here, tonight. I’ll try to stay out of your way.”

“Works for me,” said Stella.

An event coordinator came up to Kevin and Stella.

“Hey, I’m sorry to interrupt you two,” said the event coordinator, a cheery woman with cat-eye glasses whose nametag read ‘Darla.’ “Two of our volunteers dropped out at the last minute. I know you two work with the bakery, but…”

“We’d love to help,” said Stella.

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