-:- January -:-
As Jo walked into her own house, she sighed. It wasn't like the Duncan's house at all, in fact, she sort of missed the house.
Not that she'd let anyone know.
Sick and tired of her own mother's sighing, Jo decided to take a walk. It isn't snowing hard or anything, so she wrapped her scarf around her neck.
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She soon then trudged outside, smiling at the brick house. It had a small glow coming from the living room.
Suddenly, Jo tripped over her two own feet, landing face-first into the white fluffiness. But the white fluffiness wasn't snow. She looked up with brown eyes to see a pair of her own color looking back at her. "Gabe?" She asked hopefully and Gabe looked concerned.
"Are you okay?"
Jo, realizing that he was actually caring for her, scoffed and said, "I'm fine, you weirdo."
"Then quit holding onto my waist," He retorted, pushing her away and sitting up. "I guess this is what happens whenever you want some time to yourself and you live next to a psychotic girl!"
"You're the one who was sitting out here in the snow!" She remarked, sticking her nose up in the air and folding her arms across her chest. Her coat was formfitting, Gabe noticed, and it wrapped perfectly around her chest and stomach. The fur collar was a deep, dark brown, matching her eyes.
"Jo…" Her jeans hugged against her thin legs as she stood up, offering her hand to the older brunette. He had on a white coat and jeans, and it was starting to get cold for him. He grabbed onto her and stood up. They looked at each other until Gabe broke the ice. "What are you doing here?"
"What – I can't play in the snow because I'm fourteen? Is that what you're saying?" She asked, raising her perfectly-shaped eyebrow and glancing away from the boy, only to look back at him.
"No, I mean, look at me! I'm fifteen—that's not what I was saying—I didn't mean—" Once again, Gabe Duncan was stuttering in the mere presence of me, Jo thought as she held a finger up to his mouth. He shut it respectably as she moved closer to him, getting up in his face.
"Shut up," She whispered, earning both a glare and a blush from him. "And plus, I wanted to hang out." She said, moving back and giving him some room to breathe.
"Okay, come on," He said, turning around and walking towards the door.
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Once inside, Jo took off her coat, scarf, gloves, hat, and boots. Gabe followed suit and together, they sat on the floor. Jo just now realized it was almost midnight, and that today was New Year's Eve.
Jo sat extremely close to Gabe, and Gabe allowed it, which Teddy Duncan thought was really cute. Jo's shoulder blade, which was resting on Gabe's arm, was hurting his arm and making it sore, and he pushed her away from her. Teddy sighed and continued to do what she was doing in the kitchen. Everybody else was busy doing something, so it was only them on the floor.
PJ appeared behind Teddy and looked at Jo, surprising Teddy a bit.
Jo scowled at Gabe and sat on the couch. Gabe, surprised by the loss of her body heat, quickly followed her and sat down next to her. He looked at her and all of a sudden, he felt the urge to wrap his arm around her neck.
He looked at PJ, whose head was peeping over the counter, looking at them. Gabe looked a little over to the right, and Teddy's head was popping out of the flowers. What do I do? He mouthed; Jo was looking at the TV. She watched the news, which was only on for New Year's Eve.
She snuggled closer to him, searching for warmth, and laid her head on his shoulder. He blushed and he didn't know why; PJ looked at Teddy and smirked.
He slowly wrapped his arm around her and she raised her eyebrow, but didn't push him away.
Teddy sat down on the floor next to Charlie, and PJ sat in the chair.
Gabe knew his parents weren't going to be back until tomorrow, so the kids could have a New Year's Eve together. Gabe had already tried to kill PJ twice today, and Teddy had stopped it both times. So, he was a little frustrated when they were in the room, but with Jo there, he surprisingly felt… better.
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Five seconds until the ball in Times Square dropped. Jo looked at Gabe and smiled. They hadn't moved from the position that they were in before, only she wrapped her hands around his waist.
Four seconds… Gabe was looking at her, and she was staring at the TV. Maybe… maybe I am in— He thought, but was interrupted by the crowd on the TV screaming "THREE!".
Three seconds… "Guys, when it turns one, make a wish and a resolution when the ball hits the ground!" Teddy's perky voice rang through as everyone looked at the ball, waiting for it to hit the ground to start the New Year.
Two… Jo began to close her eyes and Gabe followed.
One…
And when the ball hit the ground, everyone was wishing and making resolutions. Even Charlie closed her eyes, but Jo (who was done with her wish and resolution) knew Charlie had no idea what was going on. Then, the gang started to open their eyes. Gabe was the last to do so, and when he opened his eyes, he looked straight at Jo.
"Hey, do you mind if I sleep over tonight?" She asked, innocence layered throughout her voice. Gabe quickly nodded without thinking and looked for Teddy and PJ, or even Charlie, and they were gone.
Gabe was stuck down here with Jo.
And he knew, even though she asked innocently, she was going to torture him.
She always does.
She's Jo.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Good Luck Charlie, or the characters… :)
Author's Note: :) Hope you guys liked it! *makes a heart out of my hands and flashes it towards the webcam on my computer, pretending you guys could see exactly what I'm doing*
