Kickin' it with the Cousins-
A/N: Helloooooo! Happy New Year! Wow- 2019! Sorry I haven't posted in a bit but there was some shit in my life and then it was Xmas and this is a pretty long chapter anyways soooo- yeah. Anyway, thanks so much to anyone reading this- it means a lot. Without further ado... enjoy! Emma x
Chapter 9-
*Kim's POV*
Wow- New York City. It's even more beautiful in person than you ever realise. I'd love to live here someday- just imagine, me and Jack in one of those cute Brooklyn town homes with the big open plan kitchen and a big fire that we can all sit 'round at Christmas and watch elf next to the Christmas tree and stockings hung neatly over the fireplace... I've thought way too much about this.
I shake off those~magical~ throughts and snap out of my daydream to see Morgan running off ahead. Since she's the one who lives here we all just decide to follow ahead, though it's Morg so who knows how that will end...
Jacob sprints off to catch up with her, eventually catching her in his arms and swirling her around by the subway station. I smile as I watch the couple- I mean I knew me and we're destined to be together, but those two as well- Christmas will be fun!
*Rudy's POV*
Finally, we make it to the hotel after nearly getting my hair shaved off on the subway, almost (if it wansn't that is to my expert ninja karate skills... and the others may have helped too) getting mugged, and then- maybe getting slightly pissy- with the receptionist in what turned out to be the wrong hotel... anyway.
We make our way to the awesome glass lift that'll take us up to our rooms, I hope the rooms will be as fancy as everything else around here, I'll have to make sure the kids don't rack up the bill too much though. Wait a second- shit, I haven't actually sorted the rooms out yet! I mean, Jack and Kim will want to be together, but can I trust them not to do anything stupid. But in fairness, two of the rooms have an adjoining door so they'd probably just swap with Jacob and Morgan anyway, I guess I'll just have to trust them all. I'm not letting them off that easy though, they can go boys and girls to start with at least.
"Okay everybody, room assignments"
"Morgan and Kim and Grace, Jack and Jacob, Milton and Jerry, and I will have the big, luxury suite all to myself, your welcome" I say before tossing a bunch of room cards at them and dramatically (and of course elegantly) flouncing off down the hall to find my room.
*Jerry's POV*
Phhh right... cos those room assignments are gonna happen. I'm just saying but it's pretty obvious that couples are gonna want to spend time together- sorry Milton.
"So guys, who's got which room?" I ask as I look down at the card Rudy had tossed into my hand; 130.
"Me and Jack are meant to be in 122"
"and girls in 124"
"okay, well then everyone go to your room and see how many beds there are, then meet back here to re organise" Gracie suggests.
As me and Milt make our way to 130, I start fantasising about the hotel room. I mean, this place is swag yo; imagine how sick the mini fridge is gonna be, this is gonna be aweeesomeeeee!!!
beep* oh for frick sake, stupid key card.
"Just give it here Jer",
honestly, does he really think I'm that stupid that I can't open a door, "the key's broken dude!"
He won't listen to me though and had to go all smartsy and swipe the key from me. He puts it in the door and it swings open to reveal the trim within,
"oh shut up" I roll my eyes as we make our way inside.
"Holy Christmas Nuts!"
Wow. This room is so SWAG. I mean, two huge double beds, with plush the white company bedding and a soft, light yellow strip of fabric across the bottom. There's an entire, free fully stocked fridge and bar area in one corner, like basically a kitchen, and two walls of completely floor to ceelling windows with white remote control blinds to shut them. And just to top it off, the bathroom has a massive hotub with a tv and bubbles and lights and everything- whoooo.
When we get back to the meeting place it turns out everyone's was about the same, but with a slightly different colour scheme, and the girls had two rooms adjoining.
"Well then how about this" Gracie proposes, "Jack, Kim, Morgan, and Jacob take 124, me and Jer will take 122 and Milton hon you can have 130, okay?"
"Sounds good" we all agree; I chuckle to myself at Gracie's bossiness, it's so cute. So we all grab our stuff and head off to our respective rooms.
*Morgan's POV*
Wow. I mean I've lived in New York my whole life but never anything this fancy shamncy. To be honest though, I'm just excited to go see my family and friends in Brooklyn, they are gonna love Jacob -especially my friends- what? He's hot, don't deny it.
My family live in an apartment block in Brooklyn and for as long as I can remember I've called it home. I love it there; from my cookey old neighbourhood who thinks the world is gonna end, to the old granny down the the hall who makes the best chocolate chip cookies in the world. But one of the best parts is that one of my best friends- Sophie, lives across from me. We always used to pretend like we were on iCarly and she'd come across to mine and then we'd try to convince my big brother and her mum to play along with us.
I turn to Jacob as I finish unpacking my stuff into a chest of draws.
"So you wanna go meet my family later?"
"I mean sure yeah" he replied. I chuckle at the worried look on his face.
"Don't worry they'll love you, just don't piss off my brother. Besides, it has to go better than when Jack first met Chuck right?"
Jack rolls his eyes at me as Kim bursts out laughing at the memories.
"Never gets old" she laughs,
"Okay, okay we get it. So the Jack Factor didn't initially work on one person. Big deal!" He shakes his head defensively.
"Well I mean it seemed like a pretty big deal to you at the time baby but okay" Kim replies, still giggling.
"S'okay bro, everyone else still loves ya" Jacob adds as we all burst into another round of laughter whilst Jack pretends to sulk on the bed.
Eventually Kim goes over and hugs him, kissing him on the cheek before grabbing his arm and dragging him up to join us.
"You ready?" I ask Jacob
"yep, lemme just grab my keys and then we can go". He takes my hand and we head off to catch the subway.
*Jacob's POV*
This is terrifying. I mean, it's one thing having to impress Morgs' parents but her older brother too- how can she be so confident about this. I mean don't get me wrong I'm sure they're lovely but still/ this is scary.
Eventually we make it off the subway after a ~creepy~ encounter with some dude who thought he was Santa Clause- don't even ask.
I wrap my arm around Morgan's shoulder and she leads the way to her house. It's actually really close to mine. I'm surprised we hadn't met before to be honest, it I guess it makes sense 'cause we go to different high schools.
Once we make it inside we head for the staircase. We only get up about five or six steps however before we're bombarded by a very hyperactive teenage girl running straight at us. She starts to collide into us but I manage to catch her before she tumbles down the stairs.
Before I can say any thing though, she says
"why you must be Jacob"
I give her an inquisitive and slightly creeped out look- how the frick does she know that, I don't even live here. Morgan just chuckles behind me and the girl responds, "I've heard so much about you".
Morgan bursts out laughing and the girl joins in as I just stand there confused.
"What?" I ask the girls.
"Jacob, this is Sophie. She's my best friend here in New York, you remember me telling you about her?" She replies between giggles.
Realisation dawnes on me.
"Ohhhh, yeah I remember- way to make an entrance"
"You were right Morgan, he is cute"
"dude he's right there, let's have this conversation later okay"
I just smirk as I wrap my arm around Morgan's shoulder,
"so you think I'm cute huh?"
Morgan rolls here eyes, "there's that Brewer cockiness, I am dating you ya know"
"and I wouldn't have it any other way" I wink at her with a chuckle on my lips.
"Okay as cute as this is, and as happy as I am that Morgan finally got a boyfriend" Sophie says, "someone has been in NYC this whole time without you sooo"
"Okay okay we get it" Morgs giggles, "how about we all head up to mine and say hi to my family and then we'll go back to the hotel and introduce you to everyone and catch you up".
"Sounds good" we all agree and head upstairs; here goes nothing...
*Josh's POV*
"Hey guys" I smile looking up at my parents from the counter, "Morgan's on her way up with Soph and this Jacob"
"Ohh exciting" my mum replies,
"this should be fun" my dad adds.
"Yay I want to help embarrass him!" This will be great. To be fair Morgan and dad did the same to me when I started dating my girlfriend Peyton. I love my lil sis though, she annoys the hell out of me, but I love her. I don't get to see her as much now I'm in college so it's nice to get to spend some quality time with her. I have to say, it'll be fun t see Kim again too; I haven't seen her in person for a couple of years so I can't wait to catch up.
Just then I here the door bell go and Morgan walk in, followed by Sophie and a fairly tall boy with dark blonde hair, who looks kind nervous, and looks like he probably isn't used to the feeling.
"Morgan! You're finally here!" Mum exclaims from behind me, "and you must be Jacob" she smiles.
"Yes ma'am, it's nice to meet you" he replies
"Well it's nice to meet you dude, I'm Josh- Morgan's older, nicer, more attractive sibling" I add with a wink, "so you guys have been together all summer?" My dad asks
"Yes sir" he nods
"And you're fond of my daughter huh?"
"Um yes sir"
"And you live in New York too?"
"Yes sir, I live in Brooklyn as well"
"and you and Jack are cousins right?" he asks
"Umm yeah" he looks kind of weirded out by that.
"And you know that how?" Morgan asks
"Kimmy told me when we were FaceTiming" I tell her, "she also told me not to embarrass you but, well, after Peyton, how could I not?"
"Fair enough" she says turning to Jacob, "Peyton is Josh's girlfriend and me and dad embarrassed them SO bad the first time she came over, we're really good friends now though"
"We should go see her later" Sophie suggests.
"Good idea" Morgs replies, "but we need to go meet up with everyone else first"
"Oh I'll come, I want to go see Kim anyways, embarrass her and Jack"
"Oh I wouldn't bother" Morgan says, "Jack is even more cocky than this one" she says smirking at Jacob.
"Yeah he says he has 'the Jack Factor'" Jacob adds "but you gotta love the dude".
"Sounds like Kimmy does" I say wiggling my eyebrows
"Oh hell yeah" Morgan replies "they won't actually say it though"
"Shit this will be fun" I laugh
"Well then shall we go" Sophie says.
*back at the hotel
*Sophie's POV*
It's great to Morgs back, it's been weird not having her around all the time; we've been best friends since forever. It's nice to finally see her with a guy- she's definitely prettier and nicer if you ask me but I always seem to be the one with a guy not her. I mean she's got long dark hair and she's so funny and kind and she has those piercing, bright blue eyes. I have ash blonde hair and green eyes; I just recently broke up with my boyfriend Daniel and it'll be nice having Morgs back to keep me company. Josh has been great though to be fair, helping me to get through it and everything. He's a great friend.
"So guys what hotel are you at?" I ask the couple in front of me.
"Some fancy one in Manhattan" Jacob replies
"no idea what it's called though" Morgs adds.
"Well when we get there you can introduce us to all your Seaford buddies" Josh says as we reach the entrance of th hotel.
"Sounds good"
We all make our way through the fancy hotel lobby and up the lift to the rooms; we stop outside room 124 and Morgan let's us all in. We walk in to find to teens about the same age as us watching tv on the sofa, the boy tickling the girl as she laughs furiously. I can immediately see that they are both really attractive and I'm assuming that they're the famous Jack and Kim. I met Kim once when we were younger and I remember her being really sweet but I can't really remember much about her except for what Morgan and Josh have told me.
"Ahem" Morgan shouts at the two lovebirds,
"Oh hey guys" they shout getting up
"Hey Joshy" Kim shouts as they make their way over.
"Stop calling me that Kimmy" Josh snickers resulting in death glare from Kim, before engulfing him in a big hug.
"And you must be Sophie" she smiles at me, "nice to meet you"
"you too" I reply and we start just taking about random things and generally just getting to know each other- she actually seems really nice.
*Jack's POV*
"Hey man I'm Jack" I smile at Josh, "you must be Josh"
"yeah I am, and you must be the famous Jack Brewer I've heard so much about"
"flesh and blood, Jacob wa spretty nervous about meeting you today" I smirk as Jacob death glares me. Josh chuckles at the boy,
"nah you're cool man- but look after my baby sister or I will hurt you"
"Joshua Crawford stop threatening my boyfriend" Morgan shouts over to us.
"So Jack, I hear you're dating Kim huh"
"yep" I smile wistfully
"look after her okay" he warns me- as if I ever wouldn't, "although she can certainly look after herself" he adds.
"Very true- but I would protect her with my life trust me. And so would Jacob for Morgan."
"What is it about you Brewers? Were you all just like born superheroes or something"
"far from" Jacob chuckles, "but Jack definitely wins on hero complex".
"So you got a girlfriend Josh?" I ask him
"yeah, her names Peyton, she lives in Brooklyn nearby"
"wait- is her name Peyton Flyer?" Jacob asks
"yeah...? How did you know that?"
"Oh she went to my high school, she used to tutor me when I was a sophomore. I remember her saying that she had a boyfriend called Josh"
"small world hey"
"So how 'bout we get out of here and go explore- meet Peyton on the way?" I suggest to everyone.
"Sounds good baby" Kimmy smiles, joining us.
"Let's go grab everyone else then" Jacob says
"fair warning though- they're a little crazy" Kimmy giggles- she's so cute.
And with that, I grasp her hand and we all head off to grab the guys and explore the wonders of New York City.
hope you enjoyed xxx
