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way. After dropping the presents off, they took an elevator down to
the cafeteria and ate in the corner of the large room alone. They
talked about old times and new, about work and life. Mostly they
just laughed and smiled, filling the gap between them faster than
water fills a channel.
    The next day, the day before Christmas Eve,
the secret santa gifts were passed out. Gavin got his at the
station on his floor, Kelly did the same. When he picked it up he
checked twice to make sure it was his because he recognized it
immediately. It was the one Kelly was carrying, the one he nearly
flattened when they ran in to each other.
    He went to his desk and dialed her extension,
she answered excitedly.
    “You'll never guess who my secret santa is!”
Her smile was so evident it could've been a video call.
    He smiled, thinking of the minuscule
possibility that they found each other even before they collided in
the hallway. They were paired in the random drawing, a Christmas
miracle on the grandest scale.
    “Can't be as good as mine. I got a present
from this gorgeous woman on fifth. I'm planning on asking her
out.”
    There was a pause, then “Well you better act
fast, because I heard she was falling for an amazing guy from the
OR.”
    He laughed out loud, leaning back in his
chair. Outside, snow was starting to stick to the windows. By the
time they both left, it would be covering the ground in a white
sheet. She giggled and wished him a merry christmas, a supervisor
in the background asking her about a chart so loudly he could
hear.
    “Merry Christmas baby. I think this is the
best one yet.”