Snippets of a Spiders Non-Spidey Life

How Does One Untangle Christmas Lights?

It hadn't come to much of a surprise to anyone, after all they had been dating for at least a year and a half by that point, and they were all really excited about helping the couple to move in. Of course Tony had done background checks on all the residents and an overall safety check before they were allowed to move in officially.

Once everything had been set up with everyone going home for the evening and all the empty take away boxes being dealt with appropriately, Peter turned to Michelle with a knowing look.

'You know what we need?' He didn't wait more than a second before answering his own question. 'A Christmas tree.'

'Right now?'

'Yeah, it's almost Christmas and we haven't got anything festive in here. We NEED a tree.'

With a small shake of her head, she smiled,'Ok then, let's see if we can find a tree then.'

Normally she wouldn't have given in that easily but she had just moved in with the person she loved and she was feeling all sentimental and warm inside. It just felt right. They would go on a night-time adventure to find a Christmas tree.

As it turns out, not many shops were open that late at night but that didn't really matter much to them. They were wrapped up in layers of coats and hoodies, both their own and each others, with bobble hats, scarves and gloves pulled on tight. They walked hand in hand, laughing as their breath fogged up the air in front of them. The coldness of the outside air didn't even penetrate the first layer of warmth, thier hearts creating enough warmth for one another to fight of any chills.

When they finally found a shop that was both open and sold Christmas trees they rushed inside, being enveloped by the warm shop air. Looking around, they grabbed the last tree available and carried it over to cashier, who was quite amused watching their antics.

Dragging their tree back to their home was quite a monumental task but once it was there it went straight up. The tree that would hold so many memories from that day forward, ingrained in their Christmas traditions, basically part of the family.

'That was a fun night,' Michelle carried on, 'but I got to go pick the monsters now.'

'I can go if you want to stay here.' Peter offered.

'Nah its fine, I promised them I would pick them up this morning. You have to filter out the fragile decorations anyway.' She replied with a laugh.

Peter pulled her in for a final hug and she pecked him gently on the lips. They slowly pulled apart, preparing to get their assigned jobs completed. One heading to the school to pick up the kids and the other to filter through as many boxes as they could removing everything that could get broken or damaged in the coming hours, as a precaution.

Peter sat down on the floor, becoming shorter than the mound of boxes next to him. The task didn't seem very monumental to begin with but the sheer amount of boxes to look through in the short amount of time he had was quite a task. He grabbed a little cookie from the side that they had made as a family the previous day.

From the first box Peter started to search through, he pulled out a small snow globe. It was one of those where you inserted your own picture. On one side was a small photo of a very little Peter squashed in between his parents. He didn't remember that day very well at all but it was still one of the most complete memories he had of his parents and he could piece it together with all the stories had had been told over the years. 

It was Christmas eve and Richard and Mary Parker had decided to take their two year old son to the mall, picking up some very last minute presents on the way. It was a cooler day than the milder weather they had been experiencing during this christmas season. Peter's oversized coat keeping him warm and his little rosey cheeks peeked out from between his hat and scarf.