Breaking the shadows

Secret Santa

1996

Tuesday December 21st

Last night before bed we all picked a name from a hat, I picked Mrs. Weasley, and I knew exactly what to give her, I would make her a canvas of her family and the I would buy her a necklace with the letters M and W on it.

We arrived in the city in the afternoon, and I was going straight to the art supplies to find the perfect size for the canvas, after a long time of speculating I decided on a eight by ten canvas.

Then I headed to the jewellery shop where I fell in love with a ring, with a green stone, I bought it for Ginny, but luckily, I also found the necklace I was looking for, for Molly.

I paid and got both boxes wrapped, Molly's in baby pink wrapping and Ginny's in green so I could see the difference.

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I met with Ginny half an hour later and we went home together, I asked Ginny if I could borrow her room for a couple hours, I told her that I was tired and I needed a nap, and she asked: "I could use a nap too, do you mind if I join you?"
And I knew that I needed to come clean so I told her: "I'm your mothers secret Santa and I need to paint something, and I can't really do it in the kitchen."

Ginny: "So you weren't going to nap, were you?"

"No, I wasn't, I was going to paint."

Ginny: "Yeah sure, you can borrow my room but then you nap with me, okay?"

"Yes of course." we both smile and we walk hand in hand back to the burrow.

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As we got home, I got straight to work on the background on my painting. I still had four days, but it takes a few hours for the paint to fully dry, and I need layers so it will take a few days for it to dry fully.
I painted the background in a light yellowish tone. It took a bit time to mix the right colour, but it didn't take so long to make the background as I thought, so when I was done, Ginny was already laying in her bed, waiting for me. I put my canvas on a plastic bag and put it on her drawer.
I crawled up to Ginny and we cuddled for a while. 

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Puplished: 07-06-23