Emma had gotten a taxi home and when it pulled up to her house, she got out, eyeing the porch next door where Sean was out, sitting on the steps, and just seemed to be needing time on his own. It was late though, and Emma was slightly worried he'd catch a cold as it was starting to snow.

Instead of going up her driveway, she went up his. "Hey.." she felt nervous, but swallowed it down.

He glanced up and then sat up a bit, staring up at her as she stopped in front of him. "Hey."

They stood there for a moment, shifting and trying to find more words. "Are you trying to catch a cold? Or frost bite?" she teased.

He smiled but looked down, something still weighing on him. He cringed when he glanced back up at her, "I'm sorry for last night."

Emma raised her eyebrows. He was sorry? "No biggie." she replied, smiling softly. He smirked back. Emma then felt her knees go weak.

Oh boy.

Sean stood up slowly, a bit nervously as he asked her, "What are you up to tonight?"

He stopped in front of her and Emma giggled a bit, answering honestly, "Watching the Grinch."

"What?" he laughed a bit.

She looked at him as if he was the crazy one, "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas?" he shrugged. She gaped, "Come on." she said and grabbed his hand. She led him over to her house. This guy needed to watch this movie.

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Her house smelt like her. Vanilla. Other than downstairs near the kitchen and family room, that smelt like apple pie. Her mother must of cooked earlier.

Sean sat on the other end of the couch Emma also sat on, her little tabbie grey cat sleeping in the middle of them. Damn cat.

Sean cornered his eyes at Emma during the end of the movie, smirking a bit to how into it she seemed, like she turned into a 5 year old all again just by watching it. She turned her head, and caught him smirking at her (probably silently making fun).

She playfully glared, "You're going to miss the best part."

I guess to her, the part where the town sang and held hands, was the best part. He shook his head with a grin as it ended and she got up. The cat meowed and also pounced up to follow her than gave up as Emma gave it no attention so walked off. Emma shut off the tv and came back to sit on the couch, facing Sean. "So what'd you think?"

"You won't be happy if I said I didn't like it."

She nodded, agreeing.

He joked, "So.. I guess I liked it." Deep down, maybe he admitted it wasn't so bad. "So if you're so into this holiday," he looked around, "How come you don't have a tree?"

Emma laughed, "That's tomorrows job. I can't do it without my cousins, they'd kill me. They-" she glanced at her clock, "Well, they should be here by now but if Paige is driving I'm not shocked if they're lost.." she looked worried for a moment, "Or if Jt drove, they might of ended up in a completely different city."

Sean liked how happy Emma looked as she explained her and her sister and cousins Christmas traditions. She explained her sister to be a classic Queen B, and Paige as a diva. Jt sounded like a class A comedy act.

She then asked him, "You want to come?"

"To pick a tree out?"

Emma teased him, eying him a bit, "Yeah. You could maybe carry it a little better than Jt to the car."

Sean gave her a knowing look that he knew she was bugging him and knew very well he could lift a tree. She giggled and tried to be serious, "It'll be fun. I promise."

"Alright.." drifted Sean, unsure of this but wanted to spend more time with her.

The door then opened around the corner, and Sean raised an eyebrow hearing caroling or..something.

A guys voice rang through the house, "Batman smells, robin laid an egg! Ba-"

"JT!" a girls voice shut him up, "Shut up, already!"

The boy scoffed while closing the door behind them, "Just cause you weren't the talented singer in our family doesn't mean you have the right to get so jealous."

"Can you stop? I drove 7 hours listening to you. Give me some peace."

"Oh I'll give you a piece." Jt said, playfully throwing his fist up in the air, "Piece of my knuckle sandwhich!"

Paige rolled her eyes. She walked around the house and called 'Hello?'

Emma gave Sean pitied look, "In here!" she called back. She went to get up and gasped, "Before I forget so it's not awkward. If JT somewhat flirts.. well, it's cause he is. He's gay."

Sean blinked, then nodded, getting up and following her as she walked out of the tv room to meet up with her family.

"Hey" he heard Emma greet, and she hugged another blonde girl who looked happy to see her. Sean held back and leaned against the wall.

Jt, a tall and slim younger guy, stood at the entrance still. "Emma." he greeted, and she walked over to him. He put his hands on her shoulders before bringing her in for a hug, "I heard about the boyfriend. What happened?"

"We broke up." She said simply, smiling a little smugly. It was nobody's business what happened. Her and Kelly weren't meant to be.

Jt gave her a look, "Thankyou for that obvious story."

Emma giggled and hugged him, "I missed you."

"Missed you too." Jt gave Paige a look after pulling away from Emma, "I had to put up with her for 7 hours."

Emma rolled her eyes smiling and then Jt's eyes fell on Sean over in the corner and did a double take. Paige turned, noticing her younger brothers awe in something. She too raised an eyebrow.

"Hi." Paige bluntly greeted, crossing her arms. Who was this? He was quite the eye candy.

Jt doopily smiled over to Emma. Now he knew what happened to the last boyfriend..she met this guy. This guy looked bigger, better and yummier than the last one.

"Isn't he handsome?" he whispered loudly to Emma.

Emma hid her blush, again sending Sean a look who chuckled. Jt went over and nodded in greeting, stopping in front of Sean. He eyed his biceps. Sean eyed him back oddly.

"Hi I'm JT. Pleased to meet you, I have heard nothing about you." Jt put his hand out, and Sean manly shook it, causing Jt to whine out loud.

Paige laughed, "Careful. He's never worked out a day in his life. You're probably crushing his hand."

Sean let go and muttered, "Sorry." he cleared his throat, glancing at Emma. He hated to ruin her time together with her family. "I'll see you tomorrow?" he walked toward the door.

Emma led him out, glancing over her shoulder to glare at her cousins who smirked and watched them go. She took a step out the door and closed the door halfway behind her so they had privacy.

"Yea. 11am good?" she asked. He nodded. She nodded back with a smile and then put a piece of hair behind her ear. "Ok. Well, night then. See you tomorrow."

Sean blinked, and snapped out of it. She looked so pretty with the Christmas lights on the porch lighting her features up. The pretty lights twinkled and he was in a trance as they sparkled softly in her eyes.

He nodded and turned, slowly heading to the stairs to walk down off the porch. When he reached them though, he stopped. Emma went to turn to walk back into the house and he turned just in time, stopping her.

"Emma." he grabbed her hand. She gasped, being pulled back and was turned to face him again, for him to grab the back of her head and he leaned in closely, capturing her lips with his. He couldn't resist any longer. He had to have her, or at least kiss her.

His other hand let hers go so he could rest it on her waist and he pulled her in close.

It was the sweetest, yet hottest of kisses. His lips were soft and smooth against hers, but above all, hungry ,,for her.

What started off as soft and sweet soon became a bit more heated. And by heated I mean he pushed her against the wall, and her fingers became tangled in his hair. His lips repeatedly crashed against hers and she kissed deeply back until slowly pulling away and now breathless..

Emma kept her eyes shut, her fingers brushing against his jawline. He kept his eyes closed too and tried to catch his breath as he leaned his forehead down against her. She felt her heart pounding and bit her lip.

Wow.