Squeezing my eyes shut, I try to imagine the look on her face when I give it to her. S'not working. I'm tryin' too hard. Wish I hadn't wrapped it before Will came cause I coulda shown him, but best laid plans and all that rot. It took me awhile to figure out just how to redo something that was already fairly balanced, almost all weekend, in fact. But I finally put the finishing touches on it right before she breezed in last Monday morning.

Deli walks in, a soft smile on her face and she takes the present from me, slipping it into my bag. Pressing a soft kiss to my cheek, she says, "Don't worry she'll love it."

I watch her walk out the door with a book before sitting on the bed sifting through the drafts scattered on the table beside it. I study the original, then first try of the new one. It took me hours to figure out best how to rearrange the figures, but in the end it was something very simple that worked best. The big bear and the man each with an arm around each other's shoulders, and on their laps lay the panther and the wolf, their heads resting on each other's back, tails curled around their mates. T

Working Will in had given me some trouble, but I was pleased with the result. It had been meant just as a gift for Toga, but since then, had come to mean something more. Or would at some point, and I know she'll get that. Shaking my head, I realize I'd inadvertently gotten a frame that would match her décor perfectly. Sometimes I wonder if I'm becoming a softie for this woman. But then I start limping, and well, doesn't seem like a bad way to go after all.

Just yankin her chain. Heh. Wait till she has to eat those words. Maybe I should make her a bet…