In a manner that the council of the house might not find too great, once Kiley had opened the door and was out of the way Juno slid the ladder into the foyer with the carpet's help, and then ran in after it, tracking snow everywhere, letting out a trail of curse words entangled in each other much like Christmas lights. She'd had to kick it a couple more times to get it fully into the house, but eventually there it was, and she trusted Kiley to close the door after them. "Thanks Kiley, your next hot drink is on me. Meaning I'll make you hot chocolate with marshmallows if you want. Irish style if you really want."
Sighing, she rubbed her hands together, then her ankles - stupid idea, walking out there in insidey clothes, and then her face. Her eyes sort of burned, too. "Fuck this better count for something this is the biggest sacrifice I've made for Christmas in my life. YOU HEAR ME SANTA?" she jokingly shouted, addressing one of the cameras. Then she approached Kai and the box she was peering into. "Ooh you got tree-toppers! Holy shit is that Yoda?"
Going back to sort-of drag the ladder closer to the tree - not her floor, not her problem - Juno looked at Jack. "What were you doing upstairs anyway?"