His Golden Cuffs: Christmas
Anya stood in front of the rack and stared at it . She reached forward and flipped a shirt to one side, when Shayna poked her head around and said, "Okay, Anya . I get it . You are over this store . "
Anya sighed at the cheerful woman and said, "It's not that . I'm just at a loss for what to get Leo for Christmas . "
"Latest iGadget?"
"Oh, he already has it . The latest anything in the world and he already has the damn thing . He has everything and it literally doesn't occur to him not to buy whatever catches his eye . There is nothing that he wants that I can give him . "
"An experience instead?"
Anya gave Shayna a look . "Seriously, if there is something he wants to try, he goes and does it . There aren't any impossible-to-get concert tickets that he doesn't already have . "
"Oh, the glorious agony of wealth!"
"Right?" Both women giggled .
Anya sighed at her friend and assistant and continued, "Sorry . I know I'm being ridiculous, but I just can't seem to help it . I'm so freaking run down lately . Everything feels like such a mess . "
"Except for being wildly in love with a man who would fly you to the moon . Hey, actually ... "
Anya interrupted her and said, "He's already in talks with the Russians . Although I'm not especially keen on him doing a space flight . "
Shayna laughed, "Of course! Of course Leo is in talks with the Russians to be blasted into space . I'm now officially tapped out of ideas . "
"I'm being a bear . I just don't want to get him yet another pair of cuff links . " Anya smiled to herself when she thought about the first pair of, well, the first cuff link she'd given him . She had the other half of that set, part of the still ongoing game between them .
Shayna said, "Guys need to wear more jewelry . "
"I know! He has a pretty easy out giving me stuff . I don't wear much, but with the holiday season and all the charity balls, apparently I can't wear the same necklace every time . "
"Oh the pain, the pain of paparazzi judging your gems!" Shayna flung a hand over her eyes, laughing at Anya .
"They get really mean! I shouldn't look at the gossip sites, but getting nailed as a 'worst dressed' just because I didn't wear enough fancy sparklies burns . "
"They are assholes whose only job is finding something, anything, to say to get clicks . You guys are super boring these days . No good drama for them to feed off of . Go have a drunken nightclub brawl! Ohhh, we can do fishbowl drinks again! That always leads to an interesting night . "
Anya shuddered at the memory of the big blue bowl of mystery booze she had imbibed with Shayna and Brian . "No way, Shayna . I had a hangover for a week solid after that . Staying out super late and getting up to shenanigans just isn't that appealing to me . I fell asleep at eight last night! We curled up on the sofa, watching TV and I was basically out cold during the opening credits . Leo had to carry me to bed . "
Shayna said, "We've been working pretty hard lately, maybe we should ease up?"
"I think maybe it's just the cold of winter settling in and I'm hearkening back to my primordial ancestors . I'm ready to hibernate!" Anya held a dress up but put it back after Shayna wrinkled her nose and shook her head at it .
"I would love to just sleep through winter . Especially when it snows . Which, FYI, we've never really talked about it, but if it snows or sleets or whatevers? I'm working remote, in my PJs . "
Anya said, "Definitely . I've never gotten the drive to get people to come in when it's so dangerous to be on the roads . Unless you are an actual brain surgeon, it can wait . I have no idea what the various business policies are, I should get on Leo about that . "
"Don't forget the little guys . Not every job can be remote, and the lowest paid employees are almost always the least able to spare a day off . " Shayna realized she was practically wagging her finger and grinned at her boss .
Anya smiled and said, "And they
Anya stood in front of the rack and stared at it . She reached forward and flipped a shirt to one side, when Shayna poked her head around and said, "Okay, Anya . I get it . You are over this store . "
Anya sighed at the cheerful woman and said, "It's not that . I'm just at a loss for what to get Leo for Christmas . "
"Latest iGadget?"
"Oh, he already has it . The latest anything in the world and he already has the damn thing . He has everything and it literally doesn't occur to him not to buy whatever catches his eye . There is nothing that he wants that I can give him . "
"An experience instead?"
Anya gave Shayna a look . "Seriously, if there is something he wants to try, he goes and does it . There aren't any impossible-to-get concert tickets that he doesn't already have . "
"Oh, the glorious agony of wealth!"
"Right?" Both women giggled .
Anya sighed at her friend and assistant and continued, "Sorry . I know I'm being ridiculous, but I just can't seem to help it . I'm so freaking run down lately . Everything feels like such a mess . "
"Except for being wildly in love with a man who would fly you to the moon . Hey, actually ... "
Anya interrupted her and said, "He's already in talks with the Russians . Although I'm not especially keen on him doing a space flight . "
Shayna laughed, "Of course! Of course Leo is in talks with the Russians to be blasted into space . I'm now officially tapped out of ideas . "
"I'm being a bear . I just don't want to get him yet another pair of cuff links . " Anya smiled to herself when she thought about the first pair of, well, the first cuff link she'd given him . She had the other half of that set, part of the still ongoing game between them .
Shayna said, "Guys need to wear more jewelry . "
"I know! He has a pretty easy out giving me stuff . I don't wear much, but with the holiday season and all the charity balls, apparently I can't wear the same necklace every time . "
"Oh the pain, the pain of paparazzi judging your gems!" Shayna flung a hand over her eyes, laughing at Anya .
"They get really mean! I shouldn't look at the gossip sites, but getting nailed as a 'worst dressed' just because I didn't wear enough fancy sparklies burns . "
"They are assholes whose only job is finding something, anything, to say to get clicks . You guys are super boring these days . No good drama for them to feed off of . Go have a drunken nightclub brawl! Ohhh, we can do fishbowl drinks again! That always leads to an interesting night . "
Anya shuddered at the memory of the big blue bowl of mystery booze she had imbibed with Shayna and Brian . "No way, Shayna . I had a hangover for a week solid after that . Staying out super late and getting up to shenanigans just isn't that appealing to me . I fell asleep at eight last night! We curled up on the sofa, watching TV and I was basically out cold during the opening credits . Leo had to carry me to bed . "
Shayna said, "We've been working pretty hard lately, maybe we should ease up?"
"I think maybe it's just the cold of winter settling in and I'm hearkening back to my primordial ancestors . I'm ready to hibernate!" Anya held a dress up but put it back after Shayna wrinkled her nose and shook her head at it .
"I would love to just sleep through winter . Especially when it snows . Which, FYI, we've never really talked about it, but if it snows or sleets or whatevers? I'm working remote, in my PJs . "
Anya said, "Definitely . I've never gotten the drive to get people to come in when it's so dangerous to be on the roads . Unless you are an actual brain surgeon, it can wait . I have no idea what the various business policies are, I should get on Leo about that . "
"Don't forget the little guys . Not every job can be remote, and the lowest paid employees are almost always the least able to spare a day off . " Shayna realized she was practically wagging her finger and grinned at her boss .
Anya smiled and said, "And they
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