Brianna was in the kitchen, making a sandwich. Everyone was use to her odd eating habits by now. She would be in the kitchen every two hours, eating something light. This went on into the late hours of the night and the early hours in the morning. She couldn't eat a large amount of food at one time, but her metabolism demanded more calories a day than a quarterback needed in a week. It was seven o'clock in the evening, which meant a peanut butter and grape jam sandwich. At nine o' clock, it was going to be ham and cheese.
The main door up front was opening and closing a lot -- meaning most of the Vanguardians were slowly making their way back to the HeadQuarters. Bianna sat on the countertop and munched on her sandwich.
"Beakwinged comrade!" said Blackwulf, grabbing Brianna and playing with her hair. "You miss out on all games. Comrade Luchadore still won you gift, eh!" As if on cue, Brianna was handed one of the uglist teddy bears she had ever seen. In light of the holidays, however, she smiled.
"Thanks boys. I suppose everyone gets to open one gift on Christmas eve. There are two wrapped gifts underneath the trees with your names--" she never got to finish the sentence. Blackwulf and Luchadore were gone.
The HQ was slowly getting louder as everyone came in. The festival had lightened everyone's spirits. It seemed strange to Brianna -- they must not have found out about the Strikeforce yet. Leslie spotted Brianna and motioned for her to come over. "Come on, someone's gotten a hold of Grimm's eggnog recipie."
"But I just ate --"
"Oh come on, its Christmas. Anyway, with Phil not here, I might as well stick with you." Brianna opened her mouth to object some more, but Leslie began talking again. "Look, its not like you're going to be flying anytime soon. So why worry about food weighing you down?"
"Fine," said Brianna. She took a sip. "It's kind of bitter..."
"Yeah well the rum they found was --"
"Rum?" said Brianna. She put down the cup, looking guilty.
Leslie just laughed. "I can't believe this. There goes the drunken Irish stereotype."
