It took us just over a week to make it to Massachusetts by car. I drove mine and Chris drove his car, but at night we would pull over and we would sleep together in one of our cars. The whole journey was uncomfortable and long, but I was content because I was with Chris. I didn't matter where I was, as long as he was with me, I could do anything.

Chris told me that his aunt lived in a small town named Fielding, which was twenty minutes away from Harvard Law School. Apparently, his aunt owned a real estate that had the perfect little apartment for us. We would be staying with her and her daughter, Sophie, while we got everything sorted with our own place and then we would be free to move in after that.

We pulled up outside Donna's house. I gasped. It was so picturesque. It was a cute little red-brick house with a beautifully kept garden containing roses, lavenders and lilacs. There was a neat stone path leading through the garden all the way to the front porch. I opened my car door, stepped out, closed the door gently and leant against the car, breathing in the scent. It was unfamiliar, but it already began to feel like home. It was somewhere that I felt I could belong to.

Chris was at my side then. He wrapped one of his arms around my waist and smiled down at me. "What do you think?"

"I think this place is beautiful," I replied. "I could really get used to living here."

"That's the idea."

We began to make our way up to the house. "So how is your aunt related to you?"

He smirked. "Isn't it obvious?"

"Ha ha," I replied and I poked my tongue out at him. He winked back at me.

"I know what you meant," he continued. "Aunt Donna is my father's younger sister. She distanced herself from my dad because she didn't approve of the way he treated me and my brother. You know, when he used to get drunk and…." He trailed off.

I grabbed his hand in reassurance.

"Anyway, she never really spoke to my father in about five years. She has a daughter named Sophie, who is a year younger than us."

"Are you close?"

"Yeah, we were, once upon a time. But we didn't get to see each other a lot, you know, after Donna left."

I nodded understandingly. Chris bent over to the side and plucked a rose from the garden and handed it to me, and gave me an irresistible smile. "This is for you."

I took it from his hands, and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "Thank you."

He smiled wide, grabbed my hand and led me up to the door. He rapped on the door twice, and while we waited, I looked at my refection in the window and smoothed out my hair and straightened my clothes. I wanted to look my best. Chris noticed my fidgeting, smiled and bent down to kiss me just under my jaw line. "You look beautiful. Stop fidgeting."

Just as he said this, the door flew open and a woman with long blonde hair answered. She looked to be in her mid thirties. She had green, welcoming eyes. Her hand flew to her mouth as she gazed at her nephew. She looked like she was about to cry with happiness. "Christopher?" she breathed in disbelief.

Chris smiled nervously. "Hey, Aunty Donna."

She cried out and flung her arms around his neck. "Oh, Chris! My little Chris!" she pulled away. "Well, you're not so little anymore! You're all grown up, and not to mention, very handsome."

Chris smiled bashfully. I smiled at Donna. She seemed to be a genuinely friendly lady. Much different than Chris' dad. It was hard to believe that they were blood related. Chris' aunt turned her eyes towards me.

"And who is this?"

"This is my girlfriend," Chris gazed proudly down at me.

Donna smiled. "So you must be Georgiana? Chris had told me a lot about you."

"I've heard a bit about you, too," I replied, smiling at her. I couldn't help it. She was just so friendly. A welcome change. I held out my hand to her. "I'm Georgie."

She shook my hand. "I'm Chris' aunt. But you already knew that."

I smiled at her. Suddenly, she had her arms around me and was hugging me tightly. I was a bit taken aback at first, but then I hugged her back. She pulled away after a moment. "It's lovely to meet you, dear."

"Yeah, you too."

"Well, come in," Donna said, ushering us through the door. "You two must be exhausted! Travelling all this way!"

"Yeah, my arms feel quite stiff from sitting still all that time," Chris said. "Where's Sophie?"

Donna was about to answer, but a scream of excitement came from the top of the stairs. I spun around to see an incredibly beautiful girl standing the top of the staircase. Her long, wavy blonde hair cascaded down her back. Her blue eyes, identical to Chris', sparkled with untamed excitement.

"CHRIS!" She squealed as she ran down the stairs. She was followed by a tall, brunette guy who lingered where she was standing.

Chris laughed. "Hey, Soph!" She ran into his arms and hugged him tightly around the middle. He wrapped his arms around her tightly and they embraced like that for a minute or so.

Sophie pulled away. "Oh my God! I can't believe you're finally here! My favourite cousin in the whole world!"

Chris laughed. "Glad to hear. Sophie, I want to introduce you to someone." He detangled himself from his cousin's arms and went to me. He wrapped his arm around my waist and said in a tender voice, "This is my Georgie."

"Hi!" Sophie said, coming over to us and wrapping me in a hug. Again, I was surprised by their unabridged emotion to a stranger. Chris was positively glowing with happiness. Sophie pulled back. "I'm Sophie. It's so nice to meet you. Chris," she turned to him, "you never said how gorgeous she is."

I blushed. Chris laughed. "Well, I guess I wanted you guys to see for yourself."

Sophie smiled and turned toward the stairs, her hand still on my hip. "Rick!" she cried. "Come down and meet my cousin and his gorgeous girlfriend." I blushed even harder at her words.

The guy at the foot of the stairs came down. He had dark brown hair and dark eyes. He was almost as tall as Chris was. He smiled shyly.

"This is my boyfriend, Rick." She said, wrapping her arm around his waist

"Hi," he muttered.

Chris smiled and held out his hand. "I'm Chris, Soph's cousin."

Rick shook his hand. "Rick."

"Nice to meet you," I added.

"Where's Annie?" Donna asked her daughter.

"Annie?" I asked. "Another relative?"

Sophie laughed. "No, no. Annie's my friend. We're gonna go and pick her up and hang out around town. You wanna come," she asked us.

Chris smiled. "Nah, that's okay. I think we might just hang round here for a bit. Relax a bit, you know."

She hugged us again, lingering on me a little more, I noticed. She hugged her mother fiercely and ran out the door with Rick behind her.

A/N: hey guys, hope you're enjoying the story. Just letting you know, I will be starting a few new stories soon, so if you like Harry Potter or Twilight, keep an eye out for my Penname for these stories! Thanks so much for being so supportive of my story!!