I woke up the next morning, feeling surprisingly well. I turned over to look at the clock. It was 12 in the afternoon. Josh and I stayed up until 3 in the morning. When I turned back over to face Josh, I saw his blue eyes open and looking at mine.
"Hey." I smiled. And cuddled up to him.
"Hey." He lifted my chin and kissed me. I pulled my chin back down to my chest and rested my head on his chest.
"What's today?" I asked.
"The day before Christmas Eve." Josh smiled.
"Oh, ok." I yawned.
"Do you want to get up?"
"I'm still tired." I told him.
"Ok, I'll go make breakfast, and you can sleep. I'll even bring it up here.
"That's a big problem." I told him looking at him now.
"Why? What's better than breakfast in bed?" Josh chuckled.
"I can only sleep if you're here too. That's what's better than breakfast in bed." I told him. He kissed me then and I scooted up so our faces where parallel. I continued to kiss him and then we heard a knock on the door.
"Josh? Reed?" Someone shouted.
"It's my mom." Josh whispered. We both got out of bed, Josh put on some clothes and I brushed my teeth. We both answered the door.
"I'm sorry; did I wake you guys up?" Mrs. Hollis asked.
"No, no it's ok." I told her, Josh just nodded.
"Oh, well we're all going out to dinner tonight. I really want you guys to come! I had so much fun the other day talking to you guys. And Tess and Tori just can't stop talking about Reed! They love you." She smiled. I smiled also and she continued. "Well I'll leave and let you guys get breakfast. Bye!" Then she hugged us both and left.
"They love me." I said sweetly and smiled leaning on the doorframe.
"I'm sorry."
"Josh!" I laughed and slapped him arm.
"What?"
"That's mean! You should love your sisters too!" I told him.
"You know what's mean?" He had a twinkle in his eye.
"What?"
"That you're this far away from me." He smiled and slowly started to walk over to me.
"It it a pretty big doorframe. I said, once he got so close, I looked up to inspect the frame. Josh wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my neck and my collarbone.
"If this is just on a normal basis, what's going to happen when I wear that dress?" I asked him smiling huge.
"I don't know. I just might go crazy." Josh smiled and kissed my collarbone again.
"As long as you don't break any furniture." I laughed and lowered my head. I looked at Josh and kissed him on the lips. "We should go get that breakfast." I told him.
"Are you still tired?" He asked me.
"No, I'm awake." I smiled and took his hands from around my waist and pulled him downstairs. We had eggs, pancakes, sausage, and orange juice.
"Wow, you're a great chef." I smiled after I swallowed a bite of sausage.
"Really, all I had to do was take the two trays out and heat them up in the microwave." Josh laughed.
"That works." I giggled.
We finished the food and washed the dishes. After, we took showers and got ready for dinner at 5. I wore a white Chanel top and 7 for all mankind jeans. I was going to top the outfit off with my new UGG boots.
It was only 4 when we where already. So we sat on the couch, no TV or iPod on. Just us and the beautiful sun.
"Are you going to be fighting with your sister the whole time?" I asked Josh. I was laying on his chest, on my back and playing with his fingers. He laughed at me and said,
"I'll try my best for you."
"Ok." I replied.
I heard a vibrating noise and knew it wasn't my cell phone, it had to be Josh. He reached into his pant pocket and pulled out his phone.
"Hello? Hey. Yeah we're just hanging out. Ok, we'll go to then Bye." Josh hung up his phone and put it back in his pocket. "Let's go." He said.
I got up off of him and walked over to the foyer. I grabbed my bag and jacket, and Josh got his jacket. We entwined our hands and walked out. It was snowing, and a beautiful sight outside. In croton, the snow looked gray. But here, it was pure white, and against the city lights, it was breath taking.
"I love it when it snows." Josh smiled.
"Me too." I agreed.
He held open my door, shut it when I got in and then jogged over to the other side of the car.
"Let's do this." Josh smiled and backed out of the driveway.
About 15 minutes later, we where in a restaurant and getting seating. Tess wanted to sit next to me, so I let her.
"So Reed," She asked as she unraveled the napkin around her silverware.
"So Tess," I said and I placed my napkin on my lap and she did seconds later. I smiled at her, she smiled back.
"Why do you even like my brother? He's just so weird." She shook off the thought and gave me a weird look.
"I like your brother for a lot of reasons," I told her feeling my face turn a shade of light pink.
"Trust me; I don't want to hear them all." Tess laughed.
"Reed? How do you know when you're in love?" Tori asked me.
"Tor, I thought you already where in love." Josh chuckled.
"Well I just want to make it clear," Tori sighed. "I'm not so sure he likes me anymore."
"Well, how do you know?" Tess asked.
"You know it because when ever you see that person; you two are the only ones in the room. And you just feel this feeling. Trust me, you'll know." Josh smiled. He just told that to Tori and Tess, but he was looking at me the whole time.
"Ah! I'm not in love! How do I get in love?! I need answers!" Tori shouted.
"Tori, you don't know anything about love. Just wait until you're older." Mr. Hollis told her strictly.
Josh widened his eyes at her and then took my hand under the table. Then he let go of my hand and traced his knuckle down the hem of my jeans. It's something he hasn't done since like last year.
"How long have you guys been dating?" Tori asked, taking a sip of her water.
We looked at each other. I don't even know I tried to do the math.
"When did we start?" Josh asked.
"Like, last Thanksgiving." I said.
"So… about a—"
"Well back in October—" I was going to remind him about the Legacy, we weren't together for almost a month then.
"We've been together ever since last Thanksgiving." Josh interrupted my sentence with his own statement. Then he took my hand under the table and squeezed it. I smiled at him, and he had the same smile for me on.
Soon Gia and Lynn came, along with our food. The whole family ordered one big dish that we all put onto our plates. It was delicious but I was so tired by the end. But everyone was laughing and talking. So I decided to try to stay up.
"Hey Reed?" Gia asked me, she came up and bent over a bit so we where almost eye level.
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to come to the bathroom with me?" She asked.
"Uh, sure." I scooted the chair out and got up. We then started for the bathroom.
"I'm sorry, I just can't go alone. It's a phobia." Gia smiled.
"It's ok! I was actually about to go myself." I smiled.
I came out to wash my hands and Gia was already there waiting for me.
"Are you excited about the Hollis Christmas party or what?" She asked applying more lipstick.
"I am, I just bought a dress the other day. Josh loves it." I smiled, remembering his reaction in the store.
"That's great! I did the same I was shopping in Boston for one, but only New York has the best shopping, so I waited until the day we got here!" She smiled.
I laughed, "That always works."
Then we came out of the bathroom laughing, I saw a huge smile on Josh's face as I sat back down.
The rest of the dinner went by smoothly, no fights broke out and everyone was so nice to each other. It was nothing like dinner in my family. But now we where back in our room, getting ready for bed.
"My cousin Hunter is coming tomorrow, you know the exact day of the party. He always does this. And he'll bring a girl that he just met a few weeks ago, and she'll be gorgeous." Josh told me as I walked out of the bathroom. He was sitting on a chair in the bedroom.
"Gorgeous?" I asked.
"Yeah, but don't worry. You're my girl." Josh insured me.
I just smiled. I was so excited, Noelle was going to be here tomorrow, and Dash was going to propose to her.
"Ohmigod." I gasped.
"What is it?" Josh asked.
"Dash, he's proposing tomorrow, at your party. Did I totally forget to tell you this?" I asked him.
"Uh, yeah. Reed, he's proposing tomorrow?! At the party?" Josh clarified.
"On stage. In front of everyone." I added.
"Wow," Josh said.
"I know, bold right?" I asked, placing shirt in the laundry bin.
"Yeah." Josh sighed. "So in front of everyone?"
"Yup, on stage, for everyone to see. He's probably thinking that, that way it's impossible for Noelle is turn him down." I shrugged and walked over to Josh. He looked up at me and smiled.
"Ready for bed?"
"Yeah." I bit my lower lip and sat on his lap. I placed my head on the spot between his shoulder and neck and he held me. It was just right. As if we fit together perfectly. I smiled.
"I love you." I told him and kissed his cheek. I pulled back and looked at him. He smiled and said,
"I love you too." Then he kissed me on the lips.
We got into bed a few minutes later, then something crossed my mind.
"Josh?"
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Why did you tell your sisters that we have been together since Thanksgiving?" I asked turning around to face him.
"Because, when we weren't together, I still loved you. And we knew that some day we would be together again. And I didn't hate you, and I knew you didn't hate me." Josh told me. He wrapped his arms around my waist.
"But I didn't know if you would ever take me back." I whispered.
"But I did, so we can just forget about it. And pretend I never went out with Ivy, or kissed her, or liked her. Because my love for you is much more powerful." Josh told me. He looked me dead in the eye as he said this. Tears started to prickle in them, but they didn't fall.
"And I'm never going to be with anyone else." Josh smiled.
"Neither am I." I promised.
"So we've been together ever since Thanksgiving." Josh said.
"Ok." I gave him a closed smile and closed my eyes. He kissed me and then we both drifted off to sleep.
Cute huh? lol, well i think it is. It was like 4 pages long. It'll do. Thanks to everyone to who leaves great reviews. I love reading them! Ok, so update for next chapter, it's the big Hollis party. And I have a question, is Hunter a cousin or a brother? I'm not sure. But in here he's a cousin. And everyone's going to be there. It'll be a really long one so you're in for a treat :] review plz
peace out,
Lauren