It's been a decade since nerdy best friends Noora and Bilal made a high school pact to marry each other. Ten years later, they're both successful and alone at their high school Christmas reunion, and Bilal is ready to fulfill the pact. Noora's life is a little more complicated, but they can agree on one thing—a little fun between two old friends is fine, at least for the holidays. This contemporary holiday quickie first appeared in the anthology A Holiday Reunion: Welcome to Counterpoint .