I’d already posted this over on the Erotica Readers and Writers’ Association website, but it’s pretty safe for work – until the twelfth day 😉
Hope you have fun reading.
On the first day of Xmas, my true love sent to me… a wanker with a spare key.
Dear Darling
I hope you landed safely in Riyadh and that you got a decent night’s sleep after the rough journey.
I found the sweet little note you left on the kitchen table—you have twenty-four gifts organised for me? Wow! One day at a time, eh? It’s a good thing I work from home; I can catch all those delivery men.
However, as grateful as I am for the imminent arrival of lovely pressies, I would’ve really appreciated it if you could’ve warned me about ‘Spud’ (what’s his real name?)
I realise that you’ve served together and that he needs a place to stay for a couple of weeks, but he gave me a bloody great shock by arriving while I was in the shower. Literally! He apologised for needing the loo in an emergency, but he didn’t show much sense of urgency while washing his hands and face. That man cleans himself at the speed of a sloth giving himself a pedicure. Thank goodness for frosted shower glass! Let’s hope this has just been a case of first-day teething problems. I’m sure he’ll settle in.
Right – I’ve got dinner to make, so I’ll email tomorrow.
Donna
On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me… two dirty gloves
Hi love, quick text to say thanks for the first pressie. I love the pre-loved gauntlets. They’re very robust. I’m sure that if I ever need to handle a batch of thermite cacti then I’ll stay very safe, lol. Am we getting a stove? I’d love a stove. Some of our neighbours have applied to have one installed and they keep going on about not having to pay for heating anymore. Warm nights by the fire sound ideal to me—especially with that dodgy door leading out to the roof terrace.
Spud made an effort to apologise for springing in on me yesterday by bringing home burger and chips from Tony’s Takeaway. It was a nice thought but—alas, like the gloves—the chips had clearly been ‘pre-loved’ between Tony’s place and my front door.
Hope you’re getting through your first day okay. I know it’s always rough when you go back on tour. xxxx
On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me… three French hens!
Evening Dan
I hope you had a good day setting up and that you won’t get sent out to some grim fox hole straight away.
I now understand the gloves! The three French hens arrived in the early afternoon, and I needed the gloves to round them up and get them out of the kitchen. Damn, their claws are sharp! They also move surprisingly fast once released from a cage. For the time being, they’re hanging out on the roof terrace. I had to nip out this afternoon to buy them a hutch (no idea what you call an enclosure for hens), and spent a good couple of hours trying to build it.
Spud isn’t hugely fond of the hens, I’ve noticed. He complains (without a hint of irony) that they’re ‘messy.’ Hmm. Sorry. I WILL try to stop complaining about my sudden house guest. If he could replace some of the red wine he’s been working his way through, then that would be grand.
Are the hens safe with pizza, by the way? I’ve noticed that pizza certainly isn’t safe around THEM.
Much love. I’ll try to call tomorrow.
Donna xxxx
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love sent to me… four calling birds
Hi Dan
Just a quick note to say thanks for the calling birds. I’m afraid they turned out to be quite temporary presents. Spud left the door of the roof terrace open when he went for a smoke and the birds made a swift exit, stage left. The hens didn’t follow them, you’ll be glad to hear. Mind you, it’s probably a good thing that we don’t have seven birds roaming around the apartment. My neighbours slipped a passive-aggressive little note under my door this evening, asking me if the ban on pets had been relaxed.
You have the greatest imagination for gifts but I’m not sure our flat is really designed to accommodate quite so much wildlife 😉 (gentle hint).
Right, I’m behind on my work so I’d better spend a few hours catching up. Love you lots
D xxxx
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me… five gold rings!
On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me… Six geese a-laying
Dan
I know things got heated on the phone, and I’m sorry we argued. But I did try hinting that I couldn’t take on any more animals. Goose eggs might be great for Christmas, but the bloody geese aren’t. They’re like miniature forces of destruction. I’ve already had to sell two of the five gold rings to cover the cost of repairing my furniture and getting the carpet professionally cleaned.
It’s all very well telling me to put the geese on the roof with the hens, but these geese:
- are unexpectedly murderous – we only have two French hens now
- aren’t having any of this sit-in-the-cold rubbish. They like being warm, it seems.
We managed to get all six of them outside, but after their streetfight-showdown with the hens, they lined up by the doors, giving us death stares through the glass. Even Spud was freaked out in the end. Sorry love, but tomorrow morning, those geese (and the hens) are going straight to the park on Millbank, where they can squawk, cluck and screech to their hearts’ content.
On the seventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me… seven swans-a-swimming
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OUTGOING TELEGRAM OFFICE: RAF_LN
DESTINATION OFFICE: SdA_Rh
Attn: Captain Daniel Forrester
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Stop it with the bloody birds STOPÂ
Swans are fucking evil STOP
Send me one more bird (or creature) and we’re finished STOP
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On the eighth day of Christmas my weirdo sent to me… eight maids a milking
Dan
I’m tempted to email your CO and ask him to send you for a psych-eval.
What in the name of the fat noodly fuck am I supposed to do with these maids? WE DON’T HAVE ANY COWS! We don’t even have any room for them to sit anywhere, let alone stay here. They’re just wandering around the flat, clenching and unclenching their fists, looking lost, libidinous and weird.
Spud’s cheered up for the first time in a couple of days. He’s convinced he can get at least four of them to ‘milk’ him. He’s an annoying git, but I’ve seen the ‘goods’ and can understand why he thinks he’s a two-maid job.
I’ve spent the money from gold ring #3 on minibus hire so Spud can drop the maids off at various railway stations tomorrow.
I missed my publishing deadline, by the way. Thanks a bunch for keeping me so busy.
D x
Ps: please, please tell me that there aren’t any cows coming? That should be a stupid question, but I wouldn’t put anything past you anymore.
On the ninth day of Christmas my dickhead sent to me… nine ladies dancing
Dan, allow me to summarise. Nine ‘ladies’ dancing in the corridor = eight morally offended neighbours = 7 formal complaints to building management = six rude messages left on my voicemail = five equally irate messages left on their voicemail (I’ve blamed you, by the way) = four dancing ladies being arrested = three arrested ladies demanding I pay their bail = 2 hours sleep last night, and one furious EX-FIANCÉE.
On the tenth day of Christmas my ex-dick sent to me…  ten lords a-leaping
You immature tosspot! The last thing I need while I’m packing is a bunch of drunken peers flinging themselves around the flat. I don’t know WHY I even answered the door.
I’ll be as glad to leave Westminster as I am to leave you. Spud was my hero today. Using a cattle prod, he persuaded all ten lords to make themselves useful by carrying all my boxes down to the moving van. It seems that Spud doesn’t like being leapt upon any more than I do.
On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love sent to me… eleven pipers piping
Joke’s on you, buster. When you get home, you’re homeless. We’ve been evicted. Spud has found a two-bed apartment in Lambeth. I’m moving in with him.
Have fun sweet-talking the bailiffs and reclaiming your worldly goods from SCARY_BLOKES_STORAGE.com.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, your ex-girlf sent to thee… twelve drummers coming
Hi Dan!
Thanks for your call. I couldn’t make out much of what you were saying—you really ought to shout more slowly when calling overseas—but I gather that you objected to the early-morning bukkake shower. Spud and I both felt that, after so many angry messages, we ought to try showering you with love and affection. I’m only sorry we weren’t there to see you receive your unexpected bounty. And in answer to your question, yes, the drummers will follow you around, alternately drumming and coming for the rest of the day.
I trust there will be no more xmas gifts from you.
Be well
your ex, Donna xxxx
Your ex, Donna xxxx
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