Finally it was Christmas Day. As the store wouldn’t be opening, Aaron figured on having a lie in. But Ben had other ideas. Who knew the big bear reverted to a ten year old child on Christmas morning?
“You gotta get up, it’s Christmas!” Ben urged excitedly.
Privately Aaron was intrigued to learn what was in all the boxes that had magically appeared each morning, not to mention the meaning behind the various drawings on the backs of the gift tags, but he decided to tease Ben a little first.
“I’m tired. You wore me out but good yesterday.”
Ben giggled. It was an actual giggle. “You mean I wore your butt out yesterday.”
Aaron turned over to hide his smile. He liked this playful side to Ben a lot. But Ben saw the move as Aaron ignoring him and he wasn’t about to stand for that. He threw of
