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Vegard stuffed the smallish box into his coat before zipping it up when he came out of his car in the parking lot. It was their last day before the entire office went on their collective Christmas vacation, aka the day they revealed their secret Santas. He wandered into their floor and looked around. He wasn’t surprised to find he was the first one there. It was, after all, only 7:00am.
Placing the carefully wrapped gift on his unsuspecting recipient’s desk, he went on to his own office to get some work done in the quiet.
Time went by, people seeped into the office one by one, all except the one he was waiting for. What’s more, more and more presents were piling up beside his on the unmanned desk.
Bård came into their shared office, glancing back at the suspicious desk, still holding a gift in his hand.
“Can you believe this?”
“I knew we shouldn’t have left him in charge of secret Santa.” Vegard shook his head, “he’s always pulling annoying pranks this time of year.”
A loud, theatrical gasp sounded from the main room.
“For me?? All of this?! You really shouldn’t have, you guys!”
Calle was milking the joke for all it was worth, acting like an emotional pregnant woman at her baby shower. Vegard came and stood beside his brother in the doorway, arms crossed over his chest and a reluctant smile on his face.
"But no, I can’t accept all this just like that… Oh, if only I’d known this was going to happen, I would have prepared something for all of you too.."
People were laughing at his performance, and smiles widened on those who began to realize what he was getting at.
"I would have perhaps come in late last night, taken over one of the tables in the cafeteria and filled it with gifts for each and every one of you…"
Everyone laughed. They knew what was happening, but hesitated to go downstairs before he was done talking. The office was at a complete stand still for three seconds, all eyes on Calle, who completely without warning screamed, “GO!"
Everyone took off immediately in the direction of the stairs, including Vegard who got completely swept up in the excitement and dashed past Calle with a gleeful grin on his face.
Bård strolled over to Calle’s side, both of them watching the people go. When the last one was out, Calle turned his gaze to his friend.
"If you don’t hurry, Vegard might steal your present." He said with a wink.
Bård only smiled and handed him his gift, “Well played, Larsen. Great way to make sure you never have to handle Secret Santa again.”
"Tusen hjertelig takk, my friend, that was precisely what I wanted for Christmas." Calle said, bowing his head and grinning up at him with self satisfaction, as Bård turned to follow the others out the door.