Chapter 1 has been edited for grammatical errors just fyi.
I took a little different approach with this one, I put in a little more story about their lives. Let me know if you want more like this or let me know if you dont care about that and just want them to fuck! Lol
Much thanks to everyone for the tremendous support and thank you my regular readers!
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"But you two grew up so close!" My mom expressed her thoughts of our relationship, "I can't help but feel like its a little wrong!"
"Mom, it's really not! You hear of stories about childhood friends falling in love all the time! This is no different!" I reasoned.
"He is your brother's best friend, not yours!"
"Mom! Stop being so old time-y! We're not in the stone age anymore!"
"I know but I can't help it, I practically raised him!"
"Well moma, think of it this way.." a smile crept across my face as I argued a great point, "...you practically raised him! That means you thought him how to be the perfect gentleman and how to treat a lady!"
"Yea, so?" She looked confused.
"Well isn't that what you want for your daughter? A gentleman that knows how to treat her right?"
"Hmmm..." she glared at me, defeated, knowing I had the better argument.
"Come here!" She smiled as she opened her arms wide to hug me, "As long as you are happy!"
I scooted closer to her on the sofa and gave her a big hug just as the back door opened and a few mins later in walked Tyler, "Well speak of the devil.."
"Tyler!?!?" Mom said sternly as she stood to walk half way over to him, "I've got a bone to pick with you!"
"I swear, it wasn't me!" He smirked as he recited his age old defense.
Mom crossed her arms and stood in front of him just to intimidate him.
"Just so that I'm clear, what am I not guilty of?" He asked curiously.
She smiled and embraced him in a hug, "Dating my daughter!"
He hugged her back as he sighed, "Oh, I'm so glad Katie finally told you!"
"I am too because I would have died waiting for you to grow a pair big enough to tell me!" She joked with Tyler as she walked out of the living room and off to the store.
He smiled, so charmingly and sat next to me on the couch, "Thanks for finally telling her!"
"Mhm!" I nodded and leaned in for a kiss.
"So you know how you love a well lit, well decorated house for Christmas but you guys don't really do it much since your dad passed?"
"Yes, but Christmas isn't for months from now!" I look at him skeptically.
" I know, I just figured since you're mom will be on a cruise this year that you might want to spend Christmas with me?" His hopeful grin beamed across his face.
"Of course I'll spend Christmas with you!" I kissed him on the cheek softly.
*Four Months Later*
"Can I take this blindfold off yet!" I complained.
"No! Tyler yelled as he walked me over to the middle of his apartment.
He started undoing the blindfold, "Now you can open your eyes!"
I opened my eyes to a beautifully decorated apartment with a gorgeous fully decorated tree, lights, garlands and decorations everywhere and the fireplace going. He had spread a few blankets in front of the fireplace with pillows, our love nest, as he called it. Next to our nest was wine, two glasses and an assortment of cheeses, meats, apples and crackers.
"Wow, Ty!" I was in awe.
He grinned, knowing he achieved what he had set out to do.
"Just wanted to do my best for my best girl on Christmas Eve!" He wrapped his arms around me and kissed my forehead.
We laid in front of the fire all night sipping wine and snacking. I had a few glasses of wine and started feeling tipsy. Tyler was laying on his back and I laid on my right side, my left leg draped over him and my head laid in his chest.
I was maybe about 10:30 if not 11pm when there was a knock on the door. "Who's that at this time of night?" I asked, "Just ignore them, they'll think you're sleeping!"
"No, it will just be a few minutes, let me get it." Tyler insisted.
I rolled over on my stomach and poured myself another glass of wine as Tyler walked around the short hall way to get the door.
"Wow, Beth, what are you doing here?"
"Hey you, I just wanted to bring by these cookies and wish you a Merry Christmas!" I heard the voice of some blonde bimbo.
"Oh, umm thanks, you shouldn't have!" Tyler responded nervously.
"Well I wanted to! Looks like you decorated a bit." She flirted.
"Well that was very nice of you and yes I have a few tricks up my sleeve!" Tyler responded, almost flirting back.
With the liquid courage, I started getting myself off the floor to confront his bitch.
"Well, aren't you going to let me in?" Her stupid voice resonated.
"Umm, I'm sorry, I have comp-" Tyler was cut off as I approached.
"We're kind of in the middle of something so how about you go away?" I hissed.
"Katie, c'mon don't be rude!" Tyler sounded upset.
"Really Tyler?!?" I stormed off into the living room.
"I think you should go, Beth!" Tyler passed the tin of cookies back to her and shut the door.
"What the hell's wrong with you?!" Tyler asked angrily.
"Are you kidding me? Some girl shows up at your apartment at 11pm on Christmas Eve and is obliviously trying to fuck you and you ask what's wrong with me?!?"
"Kay, your overreacting, calm down!" He spoke, "I hooked up with her in the past but I swear I haven't seen her in months if not more than a year. I obliviously don't want her, I have a girlfriend!"
"Well you know what Ty, from the way you were flirting with her, she couldn't tell that you had a girlfriend!" I shouted as I started gathering my things to leave, "If some guy came to my door at this hour and flirted with me like that, you would have punched him out."
"Katie, come on, don't leave!" He tried to stop me.
"Just leave me be Tyler!"
"Look, you're drunk, I'm not letting you drive, let me at least drive you home." He pleaded.
"Fine, but I'm not talking to you on the way there!"
I was silent the entire ride home, finally calmed down and couldn't help but think I did overreact. Maybe I should just give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was getting to the point of telling her about his girlfriend but I jumped the gun. But who was this bitch to just show up that late at night and expect to be invited in? All these thoughts going through my head as Tyler pulled into the driveway. I sat in silence for a moment in the truck not saying anything.
Tyler jumped out and came around to open my door. A single tear rolled down my cheek as I saw him.
He opened the door and the garage light caught my face, "Baby, I'm so sorry, please don't cry!" He cupped my face in his hands and brushed the tear away with his thumb, " I should have handled that a lot better and set her straight, I'm sorry I made you upset!" He pulled me into a hug, cradling my head into his chest.
I wanted to be mad but he was just so damn sweet. I hugged him back, "I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have overreacted like that!"
He kissed my forehead, "Let's get you inside; It's cold out here!"
He helped bring my few things in and hugged me again.
"How about you spend the night?" I looked up at him hoping he would want to.
"Of course I will babe, even though you're fucking nuts!" He joked referring to my overreacting earlier.
As we laid in bed cuddling, I couldn't help but think about how stupid and petty the whole thing was then I started thinking, he did all of that for me knowing what Christmas was like for me growing up and I knew nothing about how he spent his Holidays. I knew he had a tough upbringing but I'm sure if it was anytime that his family would come together it would be around the holiday time.
"What was Christmas like for you?" I asked with caution.
"Umm just Typical I guess..." he struggled.
"What does typical mean? Did you guys decorate? Did you have a tree? Did you have any family traditions?" Completely misreading his earlier response.
"Sure.. if by family tradition you mean my dad coming home drunk on Christmas eve, cussing and yelling at us then storming out leaving me to wonder if he was dead or alive all night 'till Christmas morning, then yes!" He said oddly calm but sarcastically.
"Oh, I'm so sorry hun, it was stupid of me to ask, I should have known!" I apologized.
"No, no, I'm sorry Kay, you were little when all of this was happening, you were too young to understand it and I never did open up to you about it so I can't expect that you'd know. Besides, I feel like thats a normal question people ask each other when they're dating. I shouldn't have been snappy, ask anything you want and I'll be open and honest and not sarcastic! I promise!"
What could I possibly want to ask him after that! I felt horrible, Christmas must be a terrible time for him and I've just been selfish all night.
We were silent for a few minutes, he caught onto my hesitation to ask any further questions.
"It started when my mom and dad got back together when I was 8. At first, it was just heckling, name calling the occasional shove but then my mom lost her job when I was 10 and we had to move in with my grandmother down the street from you guys. That when I made friends with Brad and his cutie little sister. Shortly after we moved in, grandma died and my mom inherited the house. Mom couldn't find another job forcing dad to take up two jobs, thats when the abuse started."
"Ty-" I was cut off.