Christmastime Chaos

The girls spent the following days cuddled under blankets, binge watching Star Wars movies ahead of the latest installment and decorating the modest apartment.

"Thank you so much for helping with the tree." Sam said to Sandra from the kitchen as she baked Christmas cookies along with a couple of extra Star Wars themed ones for their continued marathon.

"You're very welcome, I think I did a pretty good job." Sandra congratulated herself. The tree was a nerd's dream come true. Pokéball ornaments, a TARDIS, some Harry Potter ones, Nightmare Before Christmas of course, and even some handpainted Totoro ones.

Sandra made her way to the kitchen to sneak a kiss from Sam, as well as a cookie.

"Hey! Those are still hot!" Sam scolded and soon Sandra was fanning her open mouth in an attempt to cool down.

Once she recovered, her face grew serious. "My mom texted me the other day while you were at work. She wants us to come over for Christmas. And she's pretty serious about it...."

"That doesn't sound good." Sam said, her voice heavy with dread. "Yeah, especially since a lot of my family is coming over. My very religious, very Southern family...." Sandra warned.

The two fell silent until the timer went off for the next batch of cookies.

"I guess we'll worry about that when it's time." Sam said with her more masculine voice, she'd been working on in preparation, which caused the two to laugh.

"I love you Sandra, we'll get through this. Together." Sam said with a smile.