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-Kitty's POV-
So it's the last day of school before we break up for Christmas and for once I'm actually excited, I can't remember the last time I was excited about Christmas. But this time I would be spending it with Marley; I'm going to be spending it with the girl I love. So I'm certain that this is going to be the best Christmas ever.
Unfortunately, there has been no new gossip to replace the one about me, so people are still talking about me and throwing me glances. It's starting to get frustrating, at first I didn't mind that much but now it's been going on for a few days, can't they just give it a rest?!
It's not just looks either; some of the idiot jocks are starting to call me names. Whenever they do, I just ignore them and walk away but inside it is affecting me because sometimes I believe what they're saying. They've only done it a couple times and normally it wouldn't affect me at all but this is kind of a touchy subject for me, and yeah it's bothering me a little.
But I don't care about that right now, I've been thinking all week about what to get Marley for Christmas and so far…I got nothing. At first I was thinking about getting something expensive for Marley, but then I thought that Marley doesn't care that much for money and that it would probably mean more to her if I got her something from the heart. But I still can't think of anything though, I can't even begin to explain how I feel about Marley, so getting her something from the heart is very hard.
You're putting way too much thought into this
Shut up, this is Marley; I wanna give her something special
Yeah I know but what I mean is you're making this too complicated, first think about what Marley loves
Umm, her mom?
Kitty are you kidding me? You can't give her, her mom for Christmas stupid! Think of something else
Right sorry…When we were in the meadow, she said her favourite thing in the world was roses?
Perfect! So she likes roses, give her something to do with roses, but make it awesome
That's your advice? Make it awesome?
Hey, I'm not gonna do all the work here!
I sigh heavily and shut my locker; I run my fingers through my blonde hair in frustration. Ugh, why is it so hard to give gifts?!
"Hey Wilde-cat" I hear a voice say behind me and I turn around to see Unique standing there with a grin on her face. I furrow my eye brows and give her a funny look.
"What'd you just call me?" I ask her bewildered, she rolls her eyes. Because Unique is Marley's best friend, we decided to get to know each other more and she's pretty cool. We only have one thing in common so far, we both care about Marley.
"Wilde-cat? Y'know cause your names Kitty and your last names Wilde?" she says to me, looking at me like I'm crazy. I just raise my eyebrow at her and shake my head, she sighs and goes to stand next to me as we start to walk down the hall.
"Whatever, so Marley told me you two are gonna be spending Christmas together" Unique says bumping my shoulder playfully and a smile forms on my face from just hearing Marley's name. When I realize what she said I nod and sigh a little, thinking about what to get Marley for Christmas again.
"Yeah but I'm having a little trouble thinking of what to get her for Christmas" I tell Unique and she makes a humming noise.
"She loves roses, so I'm thinking something to do with that" I tell her and she smiles widely, I don't really know why though, what'd did I say?
"I'm sure you'll think of something, what class you in now?" she asks me when we stop outside her class, I smile at her.
"Got a free period, gonna go do some more thinking of what to get Marley" I tell her, starting to walk backwards slowly. Unique nods her head at me, almost approvingly.
"Okay, see you later Wilde-cat" she smiles teasingly at me and I sigh with a small smile at the new nickname she has for me. I turn around and make my way down the hall, still racking through my brain, trying to think of something worthy enough to give to Marley.
…
I decided to go to the library for my free period and luckily for me, there actually was a book about roses and their meanings in here. When I saw it I immediately picked it up and I've been looking through it for a while now, picking out ones that express a little how I feel about Marley. But all this is going to mean nothing if I can't figure out what exactly I'm going to give her.
Okay Kitty, think. Don't make it confusing; just give her something from the heart. Something from the heart…That's it!
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-Marley's POV-
Man, I am so excited! Just a few more hours till school finishes and then it will be a few more days till Christmas Eve, oh I can't wait!
I make my way over to my locker and when I open it up a note falls out, a small smile plays on my lips as I bend down to pick it up. In neat script it says 'Marley' on the front and I would recognise that writing anywhere. Kitty. I open it up and read the few words that are written down.
Hey Marley, meet me in the auditorium, love you – Kitty x
I smile widely at the note and close my locker before rushing to the auditorium, with a skip in my step. Hmm, I wonder what she wants?
…
As I make my way into the auditorium I look around for any sign of Kitty, but it seems to be empty. Where is she? Is she not here yet? But she told me to meet her.
"Kitty?" I call out and walk up to the stage, as soon as I step onto the stage; I see Kitty come walking out of the right side with her guitar in hand and a cute grin on her face. Had she been there all that time? She just smiles at me and takes my hand to pull me over to where a chair is sat at the middle of a stage, I'm confused as she gestures with her hand for me to sit on it but I comply and sit down.
"So um, for a few days now I've been thinking about what to get you for Christmas and before you say anything, yes I do have to get you something, I love you. But the thing is, it is so hard to get you something because I would give you the world Marley, even though it still wouldn't be enough. So I thought I would give you something from the heart" Kitty tells me softly and I can see she looks nervous as I look up at her eagerly and with tears in my eyes at what she had just said about me.
She strums a chord on her guitar, to make sure it's tuned properly. Oh my gosh, is she doing what I think she's doing? She takes a deep breath and begins to play a familiar tune on her guitar and then opens her mouth to…sing!
Oh, her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they're not shinin'
Her hair, her hair falls perfectly without her tryin'
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday
Oh my gosh, I can't believe that she is singing to me. Me! She starts to look a little less nervous and smiles at me charmingly while singing the next part of the song.
Yeah, I know, I know when I compliment her, she won't believe me
And it's so, it's so sad to think that she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me do I look okay?
I say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl, you're amazing
Just the way you are
Her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday
A blush covers my cheeks and I look down when she sings the first two lines and giggle as she looks like she really means what she's singing.
Oh, you know, you know, you know I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for, then just stay the same
So don't even bother asking if you look okay
You know I'll say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl, you're amazing
Just the way you are
The way you are
The way you are
Girl, you're amazing
Just the way you are
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl, you're amazing
Just the way you are, yeah
Kitty finishes kneeling in front of me and tears are streaming down my face, happy tears of course, very happy tears. I'd been smiling brightly throughout the whole song; I can't believe Kitty did this! No one has ever sang to me before, especially a song as romantic as this one! Man, I love her so much.
"So um, did you like it?" Kitty asks, panting a little. I smile wider and bite my lip; I shake my head at her making a cute, confused look appear on her face.
"I loved it Kitty" I tell her and wipe at my eyes, trying to rid myself of any tears. She laughs softly and brings her hand up to wipe the rest of my tears with the tip of her thumb. I look deeply into her hazel eyes.
"No one's ever sang to me before, that was the most romantic…amazing thing…" I trail off and she smiles lovingly at me, and I don't care if anyone sees us right now, I lean forward and press my lips softly against hers, trying to put all the love I feel for her in the kiss.
She's surprised at first but slowly starts to respond to the kiss, placing her hand upon my cheek. The kiss is soft, slow and simple, but it's perfect. I can feel all the love she's putting into this kiss and I know that she can feel my love for her also. This is the most emotional kiss I've ever had, ever dreamed of having.
After another minute of soft kissing, we pull away from each other and lean our foreheads together, both of us with matching smiles on our faces.
"I meant every word" she whispers softly and I giggle, seeing complete and utter honesty in her eyes.
"Merry Christmas Marley" she smiles lovingly at me and I run my fingers through her soft, wavy hair smiling while sighing happily.
"Merry Christmas Kitty" I say back, leaning in for another kiss which she happily complies. This is the best Christmas present ever!
…
Okay just a few more minutes till the final bell goes, just a few more minutes before the beginning of Christmas break, just a few more minutes until I'll get to see Kitty again. My leg's bouncing up and down, wishing that time would go faster.
Jeez would you calm down?! You look like you're hooked up on too many energy drinks
Oh shush, I'm just excited!
Yeah, I can see that
The bell ringing interrupts my thoughts and all the class starts to yell in excitement, I think I even saw the teacher look relieved that school was over for a couple weeks. I'm the first one out of the room, springing up out of my seat as fast as I could, running down the hall to the kitchen, excited to tell my mom what Kitty had done for me in the auditorium.
I push open the kitchen door and run through slamming my hands on the metal table to stop myself from running into it, and smiling widely at my mom who seems shocked and a little scared from my abrupt entrance.
"Mom you'll never guess what happened to me today" I tell her and she recovers from her shock and smiles at me, going back to cleaning up the kitchen.
"Oh yeah? What happened dear?" my mom asks me, with a questioning eyebrow raised. I smile and start to bounce on the spot, not being able to contain my excitement.
"Kitty sang to me" I tell her and she looks up at me, stopping what she's doing.
"Really? What did she sing?" she asks and sits down in front of me, she looks just as excited about this as I am.
"Just The Way You Are and afterwards she said she meant every word" I smile dreamily and rest my chin on my hand, thinking about how romantic Kitty is.
"Oh Marley, that's so great! Y'know I like Kitty, she's…different. You have a keeper" my mom tells me and I sigh, smiling.
"I know mom, it was just so…romantic, she's romantic…and perfect" I say dreamily, starting to get lost in my thoughts about Kitty, getting snapped out of them when my mom laughs slightly at me.
"I'm so happy that you have Kitty Marley, I think she's really good for you" my mom smiles, placing her hand over mine. I blush and smile back, squeezing my mom's hand in mine. I'm glad that my mom approves of Kitty; I always knew she'd like her though.
"She is…I think she's the one mom" I tell her softly and my mom just nods with a knowing look in her eye, going back to cleaning the kitchen while I stay sitting down, thinking about my amazingly romantic girlfriend.
"So Marley sweetie, I really am sorry that we can't have a tree this year but you know that we barely get by as it is and with your therapy sessions-"my mom starts but I cut her off with a small smile, not wanting her to get upset again.
"Mom I know and honestly it's okay…hey I know what will cheer you up" I smile brightly at the thought that just popped into my head, sitting up straighter on my stool as my mom looks at me curiously, giving me her full attention. I clear my throat a little and start to sing my mom's favourite Christmas song.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel!
And by the light of that same star
Three Wise men came from country far
To seek for a King was their intent
And to follow the star wherever it went.
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
Born is the King of Israel!
When I finish my mom is almost in tears and I smile at her hopefully, I hate seeing my mom get upset and I hope that singing this song for her is making her feel better.
"Oh sweetheart that was so wonderful, I love you Marley" she comes over to me smiling widely and my shoulders sag in relief, happy that she's not sad anymore and accept the hug that she wraps me in.
"I love you too mom" I mumble into her shoulder smiling, I really do love my mom so much.
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-Kitty's POV-
Wow, I'm so happy right now! Marley liked the song, loved the song in fact and I could not be more glad about that. I truly meant every word I sung and I made sure Marley knew that. I was nervous that I would mess up, since I didn't have much time to prepare but as soon as I looked into Marley's sparkling blue eyes, I didn't feel nervous or scared anymore, all I felt was my deep love for her.
I never thought true love was real, that it was just a fantasy and a myth. But when I'm with Marley, it feels so incredibly real. I didn't think a love like this existed until I met Marley.
Would you stop with the love-y dove-y stuff! You're making me sick
Hey, shut up, you know how I feel about Marley; she makes me love-y dove-y
I know I know, but you never used to be like this
Well I'm a different person now. I get cut out of my thoughts by the final bell ringing along with kids chatting about their plans for Christmas break. I think about how close it's getting to Christmas and smile widely; jumping right out of my seat and rushing through the door, heading for the place I knew Marley would be right now. It took me a few minutes but I finally got to the kitchen and what I hear makes me stop outside the door, it's the most beautiful singing voice I've ever heard which means that it must be Marley. I smile brightly listening to her sing, she truly is amazing. I wait a few seconds before I knocked on the door lightly.
"Knock knock" I say playfully and look inside to see Marley and her mom smiling brightly at me. Marley jumps out of her seat and crashes into me, I almost fall from the force of the hug but manage to keep Marley and myself up right and hug her tightly back.
"Hey" I say softly into her ear, squeezing her waist bringing her closer to me.
"Hi" she breathes out into my shoulder. A throat clearing brings us out of our embrace as we pull away from each other to sheepishly look at Mrs Rose who has a small smirk on her face.
"Hey Mrs Rose" I smile and give her a small wave.
"Hello Kitty, Marley was just telling me about how you sang for her" Mrs Rose tells me with a smirk still on her face and a glint in her eye. I blush smiling sheepishly and turn to look at Marley who's smiling brightly and looking at me with her sparkling blue eyes.
"Really?" I mumble and raise my eyebrow at Marley; she bites her lip and nods slightly.
"Well I think it was incredibly sweet of you Kitty" Mrs Rose smiles at me and turns back to cleaning up the kitchen; I blush at her words and look down at the ground. Marley grabs my hand and squeezes it gently which makes me look up at her to see that she's smiling softly at me and I unconsciously smile back.
Marley looks so cute right now that I can't help but lean over and kiss her cheek softly. I smile slightly as I feel her skin getting hotter under my lips as she blushes.
"I love you" I whisper softly into her ear and pull away slightly so I can see her face. She blushes and bites her lip while smiling brightly.
"I love you back" she whispers and now it's my turn to blush lightly and smile charmingly at her. Oh yeah, this is already the best Christmas break ever.
…
It's been a few days since school had finished and tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I haven't seen Marley since we broke up for Christmas break and I've missed her like crazy, we text and call each other every day but it's not the same, and I can't wait to finally see her tomorrow. It's almost midnight now and Marley and I had stopped talking around an hour ago because she was tired and needed some sleep. I've tried to go to sleep but I just can't, I don't know why, maybe I'm just really excited for tomorrow, since I'll finally see Marley again.
Jesus it's only been 3 days! And you literally haven't stopped texting and calling her since!
I miss her alright!
Yeah, I kinda guessed that
I groan and run my fingers through my hair in frustration, I can't sleep and I miss my girlfriend. I look at my alarm clock to see that it's just turned midnight and sigh. There is no way I'm getting any sleep tonight without seeing Marley; I get out of my bed and walk over to my closet to get a hoodie and my leather jacket since it was snowing outside. I open up my bedroom window and start to make my way down the tree, jumping down onto the snow covered ground. I take in a deep breath and wrap my leather jacket tighter around me, damn it was cold. I start to walk down the street, making my way to a very special person's home, because I needed to see her.
…
Around 10 minutes later I finally come to a stop in front of the Rose residence and I sneakily make my way over to the tree that I had climbed many times now. Once I'm at the top I look through Marley's window to see her sleeping peacefully with a content smile on her face. Jesus, she is so freaking adorable. I smile softly before realising how freezing it is out here in the snow and tap lightly on her window.
I see her shift slightly before she opens up her sleepy eyes to look over to the window and I wave to her sheepishly. Once she sees me her eyes widen and then brighten as she jumps out of bed and opens the window with a smile.
"Kitty? Oh my gosh, what are you doing here?" she asks me, looking surprised and happy at the same time, I smile widely at her.
"I missed you and I couldn't stand to be apart from you any longer" I tell her, making her swoon as she sighs happily, her smile getting impossibly brighter.
"I missed you too" she bites her lip shyly, making me smile with adoration towards her. I begin to remember how cold it was out here and clear my throat.
"Um, could I maybe come inside cause I'm freezing my butt off out here" I tell her sheepishly and she seems to snap out of her swooning and gasps, apparently just realising that it was snowing out here.
"Gosh, I'm so sorry, yeah come in" Marley ushers me inside and I smile at her thankfully, sighing as I feel the warmth of Marley's bedroom. I run my hands through my hair, shaking all the snowflakes out of it. I put my hands down and look at Marley to see her smiling at me; she's bouncing on the spot lightly looking like she wants to do something but is restraining herself. I raise my eyebrow at her questioningly.
"Are you oka-"I get cut off when Marley lunges herself at me, wrapping her arms around my neck and burying her face into my shoulder. It surprises me at first but it only takes a second before I immediately respond to the hug and wrap my arms tightly around her waist, bringing her closer to me and inhaling the beautiful scent of Marley Rose.
"I can't believe you came all the way over here in this weather just to see me" she mumbles into my shoulder and I breathe out a chuckle into her hair.
"I would do anything for you Marley, I would go to the moon and back if it meant I got to see you for just a second" I tell her honestly, I feel wetness on my shoulder and I pull back slightly to see Marley with a tear dripping down her face as she smiles widely.
"That is the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me" she tells me quietly and I bring one of my hands up from her waist to tuck a fallen strand of hair behind her ear, keeping my hand in place, caressing her cheek softly. She closes her eyes and sighs, leaning more into my hand.
"I love you so much Kitty" Marley says, her voice cracking slightly at the end of the sentence, a couple more tears flowing down her face. I bring my other hand up placing it on her other cheek and wipe her tears away softly with the tip of my thumbs. She wraps her hands around my wrists, keeping my hands in place and we both lean in slowly, our foreheads touching.
"I love you too" I whisper softly before closing the distance and pressing my lips against hers. She responds instantly and kisses me back softly and lovingly. The kiss is slow and I caress her cheeks with my hands softly as her hands move up from my wrists, to my arms, then to my chest and then wraps them around the collar of my leather jacket.
The kiss is filled with so much love, all the love we feel for each other and it's like nothing I've ever felt before. I love her so incredibly much.
…
The next morning we are awoken by Marley's mom and apparently she must have heard me come in because she didn't seem too surprised to see me. We talked and laughed while we had breakfast and then put a movie on. Which brings us to now with me, Marley and Mrs Rose squeezed together on the couch, watching The Holiday. Marley has her head on my shoulder snuggled into my side while my arm is wrapped around her waist. I've never been so comfortable, happy and content in my life. Right here with Marley, this is where I want to be, always.
The movie ended too soon, and before I knew it the credits were rolling down the screen. I look down to see Marley smiling happily at the screen, I'm guessing that she enjoyed it and I can't help the smile that pulls at my lips from how incredibly adorable she is. She must feel me staring because she looks up to me and smiles a little wider and her eyes have a little extra sparkle in them. I blush a little from being caught staring and Marley just giggles at me and kisses my cheek lightly.
"You are so cute" she whispers to me, making my blush go a deeper shade of red while I smile charmingly at her.
"Well you're cuter" I mumble to her smiling making her giggle cutely again.
"No, you're cuter" she smiles rubbing her nose against mine in an eskimo kiss, I shake my head at her playfully.
"Nu-uh you are" I tell her tapping her nose lightly with my finger making her smile widely.
"No, you are" she says nuzzling her forehead against mine, I laugh softly as she giggles again, she's so damn adorable.
Ugh, you're making me sick!
What? Come on, Marley thinks I'm cuter than her when she is so much cuter than me!
Alright fine, you're both cute, now would you please cut it out!
"Oh my God, you two are so adorable!" Mrs Rose coos at us making us both blush furiously but the smiles never falling from our faces. Marley rests her head down on my chest sighing and I kiss the top of her head softly.
…
Around an hour after cuddling on the couch, Marley had managed to drag me outside to play in the snow. I had never seen a more adorable and beautiful sight than Marley Rose in a cute winter hat, a scarf and a slightly puffy coat. The only other times I can remember seeing something as beautiful is every time I've ever seen Marley.
I can't remember the last time I had played in the snow and this was honestly the most fun I've ever had in my life. We went from having snow ball fights to making snow angels to making a snowman. Marley had put one of her hats on the snowman and Mrs Rose had lent us her scarf to put around its neck, overall I think we did a pretty good job. We were currently walking around Marley's lawn, with her hand linked in my arm as we talked and laughed.
"Y'know in some ways you're kinda like a snowflake" I tell Marley softly, she looks at me with her eyebrow raised and a small smile on her soft pink lips.
"And how is that?" she asks curiously, cuddling closer to me as we walked across the snow, I chuckle softly looking down.
"Well every snowflake is different and beautiful; I mean you could never get two snowflakes that are exactly the same. Which sorta reminds me of you, there's no one like you Marley" I finish softly, lifting my head up to look at her to see her smiling softly at me, those baby blue eyes standing out even more in the white of the snow everywhere.
"I love you Kitty" she breathes out softly before leaning forward and planting her lips on mine, I kiss back softly as she places her arms around my neck. I place my hands on her waist before wrapping my arms around her and yanking her into me forcefully, pulling us down onto the snow covered ground. She breaks away from our kiss and squeals as we hit the cold floor while I laugh loudly. She hits my shoulder playfully which only makes me laugh harder. I can see her trying to hold her giggles in and I lean over to place a sweet kiss on her cheek, this seems to work because when I pull back I see her giggling cutely and she pulls me into a big Marley Rose hug as we roll around in the snow, laughing together happily.
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We continued to play in the snow for a while until Mrs Rose told us to come inside and warm up since it was starting to get dark out, had we really been playing for that long? Wow, I guess it's true when they say that time flies when you're having fun.
Once we got inside we realised how cold and wet we were-
Haha, you do realise how dirty that sounded right?
You have a sick mind
I'm your mind
Whatever! As I was saying, before I was rudely interrupted
Hey, I was just pointing out the obvious
Alright, alright so anyway since Marley and I were cold and wet from the snow, Mrs Rose said that we should each get a shower and then come downstairs to dry off and have some hot chocolate. I eagerly agreed because Mrs Rose makes the best hot chocolate I've ever had. Marley offered for me to go first but I insisted that she did, I wasn't going to let her catch a cold or anything like that from being damp for too long.
While she was in the shower I decided to look around Marley's room, it's funny because I've been in it so many times before but never actually seen it, properly anyway. I notice that Marley has a few books stacked up on her bedside table, right next to her lamp. The one on top reads Beauty & The Beast, I smile a little, that is so Marley.
I walk over to her bedside table and pick up the book, accidentally knocking over the other few books onto the floor.
"Dammit" I curse under my breath as I bend down to pick them up, I notice that somehow one of the books had fallen underneath the bedside table and reach under it to pick it up. Once I take it out I look at the cover and realise that it wasn't one of the books that had been sitting on Marley's bedside table because it read 'Marley's Journal'. Curiosity got the better of me and I flip open to the first page.
Whoa, Kitty what the hell are you doing? You can't read Marley's journal!
Why not?
It's invading her privacy, put it back!
But…Ugh, fine!
I make a move to close it before I see my name written in Marley's neat hand writing. Before I can read what's written about me I hear a throat clear behind me and quickly stand up, turning to face the source of the sound. I see Marley standing in the doorway with her eyebrow raised and a smile playing on her soft pink lips. I put her journal that was still in my hand behind my back so she couldn't see it, but it's then I realise that the only thing covering Marley's perfect body is a thin white towel. I can't help but let my mouth drop open at the sight of an almost naked Marley Rose.
"Whatcha doin?" Marley asks me curiously, her eyes flickering down to where my hands are placed behind my back, still holding her journal in a tight grip. I smile sheepishly at her, which makes her giggle a little bit.
"Nothing" I tell her unconvincingly, she walks towards me slowly her eyes going from trying to see behind my back and back up to my eyes.
"What's behind your back?" she asks me with a glint in her eye, I gulp nervously taking a step back as she takes another one forward.
"Uhh, nothing?" it comes out more like a question than a statement and I can see that she doesn't believe me. She stares at me for a few seconds before lurching forwards and trying to grab what's behind my back, I manage to move around her fast enough to get away from her prying hands.
"Come on Kitty, just show me!" Marley tells me with a playful smile on her face as she keeps trying to grab what's behind me while I keep dodging her. I shake my head at her as I put my hand on her shoulder to keep her in place; she finally stops trying to reach behind my back and looks deeply into my eyes breathing heavily from running around her room. Like always, I start to get lost in her eyes, it's impossible not to.
As I stare deeper and deeper into her sparkling baby blue eyes I don't notice when she reaches behind my back and grabs her journal, bringing it to her chest and quickly moving away from me.
"Aha!" she yells triumphantly and looks at the book in her hand, realising what it is her eyebrows furrow together and she looks at me with a confused expression while I look at her wide eyed.
"Marley I swear to God I didn't read any of it! I was looking at the books on your bedside table and then I knocked them over by mistake so I went down to pick them up and I picked up your journal thinking it was one of the books but it wasn't, I caught a little glimpse but then you walked in and I swear I didn't read anything!" I explain to her so fast that I could hardly understand what I had said but it seems like Marley understood just fine since she's looking at me with a wide…smile?
"Kitty calm down, it's okay I believe you" she reassures me, throwing her journal on her bed and walking over to me wrapping her arms around my neck, I smile in relief and place my arms around her waist.
"So did you see anything in your little glimpse?" Marley asks raising her eyebrow, and I blush a little remembering about seeing my name in her journal.
"I may have seen my name in there" I tell her and now she is the one who is blushing, I smile a little at how cute she looks when she blushes.
"Yeah um, I uh, I write about you a lot" she admits biting her lip and her cheeks growing a deeper shade of scarlet. My heart beats a little faster thinking about Marley writing about me in her journal, I smile brightly.
"That is adorable" I tell her making her smile, I place my hands on her cheeks and pull her in for a kiss. The kiss lasted longer than I expected, and before I knew it our tongues were duelling together softly and slowly. She fists my shirt in her hands tightly, bringing me closer. After another minute of heated kissing we pulled away in desperate need for oxygen. We both pant heavily and I lean my forehead against hers smiling.
"Wow" I whisper, breathless and she giggles, nodding her head in agreement.
"Yeah, wow" she pants back, it's then I realize again that Marley is still in just a towel. I blush and look away from her.
"Um Mar, you're kind of wearing just a towel right now" I tell her awkwardly and she seems to catch on and blushes widely looking down.
"Oh right yeah, sorry" she mumbles embarrassingly, I chuckle at her and brush her hair back out of her face, lifting her head up slightly so she's looking at me.
"It's fine Marley, it's just a little teasing don't you think?" I say playfully making her giggle a little.
"Yeah, I guess" she sighs and we laugh softly with each other.
"I'm gonna go get a shower, be back in a few" I tell her, kissing her forehead softly and walking backwards to the door until finally turning myself fully around heading to the bathroom to take a warm shower.
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-Marley's POV-
Man, I have never been so happy! When Kitty came out of the shower I lent her some of my pyjamas and we went downstairs where we were greeted with some hot chocolate and a warm fire. We cuddled up on the couch for an hour and talked to each other and my mom. It was getting pretty late so we decided to go to bed and once my mom bided Kitty and I goodnight we cuddled together on my bed and it didn't take long before we fell asleep in each other's arms.
We were awoken the next morning by my mom yelling my name from downstairs, I grew a little worried and told kitty I'd be right back, giving her a soft kiss on the cheek before running out of my room and down to steps to where my mom was still yelling for me to come down.
"Mom?! What is it, what's wrong?" I ask worriedly, and once I get in the living room my question is answered. I gasp and bring my hands up to cover my mouth in shock, looking at the Christmas tree and decorations that littered across our living room.
"Yeah, that was my reaction too. I came downstairs and the back door was open, I thought it was a burglar but then I saw all this" my mom gaps and spreads her arms out, gesturing to all the decorations as I'm still trying to convince myself that I'm not dreaming. I slowly walk over to a gift bag under the tree and take out what's inside.
"Oh my gosh, mom I think this is from Beniton!" I say excitedly, holding the colourful sweater up to my body to see that it's a perfect fit.
"Oh my- I think I'm going to pass out…Marley there's eight hundred dollars in here!" my mom tells me astonished, my gapping mouth turns into a huge smile.
"Oh Merry Christmas mom!" I yell happily throwing my arms around her; I can't believe that an actual Christmas miracle has happened to us. I hear footsteps coming down the stairs and I look up to see Kitty standing in the doorway rubbing her eyes.
"Hey what's going o-"Kitty cuts herself off as she fully opens her eyes and widens them as she looks around the living room.
"Kitty look what happened!" I say excitedly and break out of my mom's hold to jump onto Kitty, bringing her into a tight hug.
"Oh my God, this is amazing" Kitty mumbles into my shoulder and I nod in agreement.
"…I still think we should call the police though" I say after having a second thought, Kitty and my mom laugh softly at me as we pull each other into a warm group hug, still a little overwhelmed with what's happening right now.
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When we finally stopped thinking that this was all a dream, we sat down on the couch and started to open up some presents. My mom had gotten me a new hat and sweater, which I thanked her profusely for and to Kitty's surprise she had gotten her something too, a blue sweater that matched my pink one.
"Thank you Mrs Rose, this is really generous of you" Kitty thanks my mom with a smile and leans over to give her a hug while I smile brightly at the two; I knew that my mom liked Kitty.
"Oh you're welcome dear" my mom smiles at Kitty as they pull away from each other, I go to get up but Kitty clears her throat and pulls me back down, giving me a pointed stare.
"Now you didn't think that I wouldn't get you something for Christmas right?" she asks disbelieving and I gap at her, confused.
"But I thought the song-"she cuts me off with a light chuckle.
"No Marley, that was kind of a present I guess but it wasn't THE present" she says, putting emphasis on the 'the'. I sit patiently as she walks over to the front door where her jacket is hung up on the coat rack and reaches into one of the pockets to pull out two black velvet boxes. She drops back down on the couch in between me and my mom, handing us each a box.
"Merry Christmas" she says to both of us softly, smiling. I take the box from her with a smile as my mom takes hers.
"Oh Kitty dear you shouldn't have" my mom says while Kitty just shrugs, looking sheepish. I open the lid and gasp at what's inside, my eyes widening. Kitty sends me a hopeful smile as I try to get some words out.
"Oh my…Kitty this is…this is beautiful!" I tell her astonished and look back down at the silver necklace with a sparkling pink rose dangling from it. Kitty seems to look relieved and motions for me to turn around, I get what she's trying to say and turn around, holding my hair up. She takes the necklace and places it around my neck, clipping it in place. I hold the sparkling rose in my hand, getting a better look at it as my smile gets impossibly wider.
"Do you like it?" Kitty asks nervously and I look up at her disbelieving.
"Kitty I love it" I tell her honestly and lean in to give her a kiss on the cheek, when I pull back she's smiling charmingly and her cheeks are reddening.
"Oh my God, Kitty this is beautiful!" my mom says from beside us and we turn to look at her as she is holding a necklace similar to mine except instead of a pink rose it's a purple one. Aww, my girlfriend is so sweet!
"I'm glad you like it Mrs Rose" Kitty smiles and my mom laughs wrapping Kitty in a big hug while I continue to analyse my gorgeous new necklace!
"Aww, I love it sweetheart" my mom smiles and when they pull out of their hug I quickly get up and run to my room, yelling that I'll be right back. I grab my present for Kitty and run back downstairs to see confused and curious faces looking at me.
"Oh come on Kitty, you didn't think I would get you something?" I ask her with my eye brow raised; she looks a little surprised and smiles widely at me.
"Marley you didn't have to-"she starts but I cut her off before she could finish.
"I wanted to" I smile back at her and flop back down on our couch, handing her the wrapped present. I bite my lip nervously as she opens it; man I hope she likes it. When she's fully unwrapped the present she opens up the box inside and her eyes widen in shock, I hope that's good shock.
"Marley this is…I love it" she breathes out, taking out the bracelet I made for her out of different coloured string with 'K + M' clipped onto it.
"I got the K and M from a type writer and made them so they could clip on to the bracelet" I explain as she fastens it onto her wrist smiling at me and pulling me into a tight hug.
"I love it and I love you" she whispers softly into my ear making my smile get even brighter.
"I love you too, Merry Christmas Kitty" I say softly into her shoulder and I can feel her smile into mine.
"Merry Christmas Marley"
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A/N: Hey guys! Please don't hate me! I know it took I while to update but I gave you an extra long chapter to make up for it! Yayy
So unfortunately it will probably take another little while for the next chapter because I still have exams and studying to do :(
Hopefully you liked this chapter and please please review! It would really cheer me up! See you next chapter :)