Miley and Nick- 24
Christmas Time
I sat down on the couch looking at the Christmas tree that we had put up together. Nick was at work and I was stuck here all by myself at our apartment. I smiled at the thought of saying it was ours. It's been two years since he's asked me to move in with him, and honestly things couldn't have been going better. But I mean things weren't perfect, there were fights. But there haven't been any recent ones, and they were mostly over the stupidest things.
I love how I notice things about Nick that I never noticed before, even when I stayed the night here. Like when he's done with the toothpaste he will roll the end up and make sure that there is no toothpaste at the top. He likes to organize his socks by color, I don't know why and I don't plan on asking. That's his thing and I am not about to change it. It's kind of adorable really. I noticed that once he's done with the dish that he's just used, he washes it immediately. He must have gotten that from his momma because Denise does the same thing. But that doesn't mean that the place is spotless, I mean seriously this place could use a good clean down.
Which why on my day off I am going to spend the whole day cleaning out apartment. The place was decorated with Christmas decorations; we were both lovers of the holiday. There was approximately one day until Christmas Eve and weirdly I got my schedule and I was off until January second. When I asked my boss about it, he shrugged it off and said 'Merry Christmas my gift to you, a Christmas vacation with pay'. That came to me as a total shocker. I don't know what happened there. But I was down with that.
I finally got up from the couch and went to the closet in the hallway to grab the vacuum. When I was finished I set it back into the closet and went to sit down on the couch. I looked around still amazed at how much Christmas stuff was around me at this very moment. It was just the two of us living in here but still we had so much things hanging up. But my eyes went from the decorations to the pictures hanging. Ever since I moved in here I had made it my little hobby to add some every now and than. I put up the picture I got him for his eighteenth birthday, and some from when we went places. Like the picture of us in front of the princess castle when we went with his little sister, mom and dad. But I did hang up some pictures of his family and of my family, and than some of out best friends. I had this really adorable picture of Elizabeth, Taylor, Joe, Nick and I hanging up. Elizabeth was now three and she was so cute. She looked like Joe in the face but had Taylor's hair and ice blue eyes.
Poor Nick though with having me in the apartment full time he's come to find out what it's like to have a girl around twenty-four/ seven. One time Nick was going to look for his shaving crème and he couldn't find his so he ended up having to use mine. I went to kiss him and his chin smelt like a fruit cup. And than he was going through him underwear and come to find out I must have been having an off laundry day, because he pulled a bunch of mine out of his. Oh, and I will never forget the day he was got so frustrated because he was going through boxes underneath the sink and he couldn't see anything and every time he would pull something out of there it was be a box of tampons or something feminine . Poor guy, oh well he's stuck with me and my necessities. I laughed and got up from the couch, I had to do something to show I was home all day. I grabbed the spray that contained bleach and started to wipe down the tables and the counters. When I was finished with that I grabbed the window cleaner and cleaned every single window and the mirrors, picture frames, and TV's.
I heard Elvis whining and I grabbed his leash knowing he wanted to go outside. I grabbed a poop bag, as much as I hated it I knew I had to do it since Nick wasn't here. Elvis was still Elvis; the dang dog is a hyper one. He loves to go outside and run out his energy. Sometimes Nick and I would take him down to the dog park, but I didn't feel like doing that today. Plus Nick was going to be home soon and I missed him today. I was still asleep when he left so I didn't get a chance to say my morning good-byes to him.
When Elvis was finished doing his business I took him back up to the apartment. I closed the door and let him off the leash. I went into the family room and sat down on the couch to watch TV and pass time. I lay down and covered myself with a blanket. I felt Elvis jump onto the couch and lay at my feet. He was getting to be such a big dog, but I didn't mind he made me feel safe when Nick wasn't around. I reached behind me on the side table to grab my cell phone to check if I had any messages, which I didn't. I set my phone back and flipped the channels until I found a movie that looked good. I knew I should be cooking dinner right about now but I really didn't feel like it. So I grabbed my cell phone again and called up the Chinese place down the street and ordered our favorites. I told them that I would be down in a few to grab it.
A few minutes later I got up and went to get my tennis shoes on before I went to go get the food. I pulled my hair in a pony tail and grabbed Elvis's leash, figuring he could use a walk.
"Come on boy" I said patting my knee as he jumped off the couch and ran to me, I bent over and hooked his leash on his collar. I went over and grabbed my wallet and stashed it in my jean shorts and grabbed my keys. When I went to go over to the door I heard it click open and I saw Nick come through. I smiled at the sight of my gorgeous boyfriend and waited until he looked up from the mail.
When he dropped it on the table he looked around and when he finally caught sight of me I waved.
"Hey hun" He smiled and noticed that I had the keys in my hand "Where are you going to?"
"I am going to get our dinner that I ordered from that place down the street" I said going over to hug him
"Do you have an extra two minutes to spare?" He asked letting go
"Yeah how come?"
"Well I'll get changed out of my work clothes and I'll go with you" Nick smiled and went into the room to change. I grabbed Elvis' leash again and soon after Nick came out dressed in a pair of jeans, and a t-shirt. I smiled and waved him to come out the door. We walked out onto the sidewalk and began to head down.
"So how was work?" I asked
"Work was okay…not much else happened today" Nick said, he worked with my dad at the recording studio. I knew Nick didn't like it as much but for now he said he could deal with it. I think what Nick really wanted to do was teach music at school or something. He could if he wanted to, but for now he said he was fine with his job.
Nick grabbed my hand and brought me closer to him and kissed my temple.
"How was your day?" He asked as we turned right
"I just cleaned and nothing else" I laughed at home productive my day was
"You should have just waited until I got home than I would have helped you"
"I was bored" I shrugged "Plus I was home off of work and I didn't want you to have to clean once you got home from work"
"I don't mind" He said
"I know you don't but I do" I smirked as I gave him the dog leash to hold as I went into the place to get our food. We walked back to our apartment and started to eat our dinner.
"So I talked to my mom on my way home and she said that dinner was starting at five" He said taking a bite out of his egg roll
"Okay, but we should go over there early and help her out" I said putting some soy sauce over my rice
"That's fine" Nick nodded taking a sip from his water.
"It's so weird, it doesn't even seem like winter because it's so sunny and hot" I said scooping some rice into my mouth
"Sucks we can't go to Utah or somewhere where it's actually cold for winter" Nick said leaning back in his chair, I guess he was finished.
"I know I would love to actually see my breath in front of me" I laughed and than got up to put the food away since we were finished, Nick got up to help me and I smiled at his helpfulness.
When we were finished I felt two arms wrap around my waist from behind as I turned off the kitchen sink water.
"How about the two of us just relax in bed the rest of the night" Nick whispered in my ear and kissed right below it.
I turn around smiling and nod my head
"I love the way you think" I said, Nick smiled and nodded, Nick pinched my hip playfully and he grabbed my hand brining me to lie next to him.
"I love you" I said kissing his cheek
"I love you too" He responded smiling
XOXOXOXOXO
I laughed as I saw Joe come through the door running with a three year old on his head. He was such an awesome dad. Elizabeth giggled as Joe stopped and leaned forward and dumped her on the couch.
Taylor came through the door and waved at everyone who was sitting on the couch. Oliver and Lilly had arrived earlier at Denise's. She had invited everyone for dinner. My friends couldn't stay the entire night because they had to go to their own families houses but they were stopping by and that's all I could ask for. I wouldn't be able to see them for a while because they said they were going away for vacation. Not together but on their own.
I got up and went to hug Taylor who accepted and squeezed me.
"I missed you sis" She said and let go to smile at me
"Me too" I said hugging her again
"Hello" Denise said coming in the room to greet her guests
Taylor smiled and hugged her, before asking if she needed any help
"Yeah good luck, she doesn't want any help. Trust me I tried" I said laughing while following the ladies into the kitchen. My dad's girlfriend Heather was standing there talking to Danielle whom has grown up so much. She looked just like Denise. My dad has been dating Heather for about a year now, he met her at a super market and has been seeing her ever since. I like her and all but she will never replace my mom.
"Hey" Heather said smiling at me, and than Danielle looked up and saw me standing there.
"Hey" I said waving at Heather and than opened my arms for Danielle to give me a hug.
"Hey aunt Miley" She said hugging me close
"Are you ready for Santa to come tomorrow?" I asked smiling down at her.
"Yep I hope he brings me the American Girl doll I have been wanting" She said smiling with some of her teeth missing from when she lost them
"I am sure he wills he brings the good girls the good stuff" I said winking as she went off into the other room.
"I bought Elizabeth a new bike so she could learn to ride one" Taylor said chomping on some carrots.
"Well I don't have any kids" Lilly laughed
"Join the club" I laughed along with her, and grabbed a carrot too.
Denise looked up at me and smiled
"What" I laughed
"Nothing" She shook her head and went back to cooking, I shot a confused and amused look to Taylor and Lilly.
"Will you girls set the table for me" Denise asked as she got the rolls from the oven
"No problem" I said going over to where she kept the holiday dishes and the three other girls helped me.
When we were finished the boys came in to see if we needed help with anything. Of course they would come in after we were finished with the table. But that's alright the night was still young.
I smiled and shook my head no at Nick. "We got it"
Nick put thumbs up before going into the other room with the rest of them. The girls and I put the food on the table, and when we were finished went in to get the guys. Denise had talked Lilly and Taylor into staying for dinner since they weren't opening presents until afterwards anyway. They both agreed saying they were spending the night at their parents house anyway.
I went in to get the boys and they looked like they were all serious talk. I cleared my throat to make my presence known and Nick scrabbled up from the couch with a big smile on his face.
He grabbed my hand and brought us to the table, but not before yelling back to the others. "Let's eat" Nick pulled out the chair for me to sit in and I thanked him after I sat down. Nick took a seat next to me. The others sat down, I watched as Taylor sat Elizabeth on a phone book, hey it worked. Nick grabbed my hand and I grabbed Lilly's as she sat next to me and so on and so on.
Paul had decided to say grace and once we were finished, I dug in. I loved when Denise cooked she made the best of things. There was so much to eat, like ham, mashed potato's, fresh rolls, and just everything you could imagine that looked good. Christmas was my favorite holiday.
Chatter filled the air as I buttered my roll.
"So what are your all plans during the holidays?" Denise asked looking around the table.
"Well Joe, Elizabeth and I are going to be going to my mom's house and spending some time with us and than we are going to Joe's parents for a few days"
Joe and Taylor hadn't yet moved to Malibu yet, they said they haven't found any places yet that they liked. When Taylor had the bad they had to give up the house they had been wanting because things weren't moving fast enough for the owners. When Joe tried to explain about them just having a baby, the owners really didn't care. So Joe ended up telling the women off and gave up the house. So the three of them still in L.A, and have been wanting to move back ever since.
"We are just going to go to Utah" Lilly smiled shrugging while taking a sip of her iced tea that she had gotten before we sat down.
"Lucky" I mumbled as I stabbed my cooked carrots, that was the one thing that I wanted to do. Was to go somewhere where there was an day in the year where the temperature was under seventy degrees.
"Yeah that's my gift to myself this year, to go skiing" Lilly laughed as she went to take a bite out of her ham.
I smiled and went back to eating, maybe next year we can do something like that.
Once dinner was finished, everyone chipped in on helping clean up. That way we could get the gifts, because we knew that the other needed to leave. My dad smiled at me and patted my back before going over to the dishwasher.
Why was everyone acting so weird?
I went into the other room with the kids, I had to get out of the kitchen. I don't know what was going on but I had to get away from the nutcases. Seriously they were starting to annoy me. Lilly joined me soon after and sat next to me
"So what did you get Oliver for Christmas?" I asked looking over at Lilly as she sat there fiddling with her red shirt, Lilly looked up at smiling and wiggled her fingers for me to come closer. Lilly wrapped her hand around my ear and whispered
"A positive pregnancy test" Lilly whispered and leant back to look at me, I stared shocked at Lilly. That sure was some gift.
"That's amazing" I said truly excited for my best friend as I pulled her in for a hug.
"Thank you" She smiled wrapping her arms around me too.
"Honestly I thought you were glowing extra hard when I saw you walking through the door" I winked at her laughing
Lilly slapped me on the shoulder and rested her head on my shoulder. I rested mine on top of hers. I love my friends and family. Nick came in soon after and sat next to me and rested a hand on my thigh.
"What's going on here?" He asked laughing
"We are just sitting her relaxing soaking in the Christmas joy" I smiled at him and closed my eyes once again.
I heard people start coming in here I guess they were finished cleaning up the kitchen. I opened my eyes and saw that they were getting the presents ready. I felt pressure on my thigh and saw Nick getting up to go over we set our gifts for our friends and family.
I lifted my head and so did Lilly. Danielle sat on the ground along with Elizabeth. Taylor laughed at her daughters big smile, she loved getting gifts.
"The two youngest can go first" Denise announced giving Lizzy hers first. Danielle gave her mom a confused look "You don't get yours until tomorrow morning"
Danielle pouted but the stern look on Denise's she perked up a little. I laugh a little and grab the few gifts and give them to Danielle and than some of them to Lizzy.
"Thank you" Danielle smiled at us and than Elizabeth smiled up at Nick and I giggling like a little girl.
Once they were finished Paul had set the trash in the huge trash bag he had gotten from the garage.
Gifts were being opened and ripped I opened mine from my friends. I loved every singe one that they gave me.
I watched as the families smiled and laughed as Elizabeth ran around the house with her bows. Out of every gift that she got, she was most interested in the bows. I watched as Denise hugged her daughter and than Nick her son. Taylor tried to calm down Elizabeth but it was no use because heck it was their kid, she was bound to be some kind of hyper. Lilly was glowing with the news that she told me, and if only Oliver knew right this second.
Have I mentioned how Christmas was my favorite season?
Thank you for reading, once again this chapter is part of a couple chapter. Did I have you guys on your seat? Did you think that something special was going to happen… Who knows there's still Christmas day or another year to go.
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