The Rough, Sadness, And The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

Nine

"Anyone home?!" I yelled walking into Lisa's house. "JORDAN!" I heard Stella yell. "You've taken over my family." Chris mumbled and let the dog off their leashes. The dogs ran through the doggy door in the living room going outside. He took my coat off and hung them up with his and the leashes. 

There was loud steps coming down the stairs and Stella ran around the corner. She ran straight to me and i picked her up. She put her arms around my neck giving me a big hug. 

"How have you been, Stella?" I asked. "Good. Where were you two for Thanksgiving?" She asked and moved her head from my neck. "Oh, I was just sick. I didn't want to get people on the plane sick and then come here and maybe get some of you sick." I told her. "Hi, Stell." Chris said and kissed the side of her head. "Hi, Chrissy." She smiled.

"Ma! Where are you?!" Chris yelled. I set down Stella and she went outside probably where everyone was and we walked into the kitchen. "I'm right here. Sorry, i didn't greet you at the door i'm trying to not burn some things." She said stirring a pan with some onions and a pot of noodles. 

"Here let me help." I walked over and took the spoon in the onions from her. "Oh, it's no problem, Jordan." She said. "I don't mind helping, Lisa. And it's good to see you." I said and gave her a side hug. "It's good to see you too." She smiled. 

"I'm just a bunch of chopped liver with my family apparently." Chris set down the cookies i made and threw his hands up. "Oh, hush. I missed you too, Christopher." Lisa said and gave him a hug. 

"Where's everybody else? Maybe they'll give me a hug before Jordan." He asked. "Rude." I said. "They're outside. Playing in the snow." Lisa answered. Chris went outside and i stayed to help Lisa. 

"How are things between you and him?" Lisa asked. "Good. Everything is back to normal with the exception of this." I held up my right hand and showed her the ring. "Oh. It's beautiful." She grabbed my hand and looked at it little bit closer.

"Yeah. I love that it's different than others. But all happened the day after Thanksgiving. He came to the house with this box on Thanksgiving and dropped it off. Late at night i ended up opening it and seeing pictures and some of my jewelry the boys left. There was a note telling me what was going on with Minka and what the pictures were for. Then i opened the other envelope and this was in it. I ran out of the house and went there. We talked and he asked me for real." I told her. 

"Good because that boy called me after you left breaking down in tears. He really does love you, Jordan. You make him very happy." Lisa told me. "Thank you. He makes me really happy too." I smiled. 

"Where'd you go when you left? Because Chris went to your old house and said you weren't there." She wondered. "I went to Scar's." I answered. "You flew to the other side of the country?" She raised her eyebrows. "Yeah. I knew he would go straight to the boys house. And i don't have anywhere else to go in LA. And i knew if i showed up here, he would find out some way and be on the first flight out. And i figured i should see how Scar was doing with the pregnancy and i wanted to see Rose too." I explained. 

After a few minutes everyone came inside and i said hello to everyone. We all ate and kids went back upstairs to play and the dogs went with them. 

"Alright the kids are gone and believe the lie you told of not being here for Thanksgiving. So, as much as we're all happy this has been figured out. What the hell happened?" Shanna asked and Chris sat on the floor between my legs.

"She started it." Chris pointed at me. I just lightly smacked the side of his head and he looked at me. "Fine." He groaned. 

"It started when mom came to see while i was in Atlanta. We started talking about how the recording was going, how me and Jordan were doing, and what i think our future would look like. We got to the discussion of marriage and things like that. And once mom left i thought about it A LOT. During some of my free time in Atlanta i was looking for a ring. But i couldn't find one that told me that it was prefect. So when i came home i started looking again and asked Minka for help. She-" Chris was cut off by Shanna. "Hold on. Minka? Why did you call Minka for help?" She questioned.

"Let's go through the list shall we. One, mom, other side of the country. Two, you two, also on the other side of the country. Three, Scarlett, other side of country, plus she was filming, plus family and getting pregnant again. Four, Lizzie, is planning her wedding. Five, Lily, Ryder's fiancee their planning their wedding. And six, Amelia, Mateo's girlfriend has a full time job. So yes, i did reach out to Minka. Nothing ever happened and she was happy to help me find what i needed to propose. In fact she has a boyfriend and she was just happy i found someone i could settle down with." He said and kissed the side of my knee. 

We told the rest of what happened and played some games. We talked 'till the kids came down and basically fell asleep on Carly and Shanna's lap. We left and said goodbye to everyone. Me and Chris went back to the house with the dogs. 

"You know i love you. But my family loves you more than me now." Chris said and wrapped his arms around me. "That's a bunch a bull shit. Your family loves you so much." I said.

"I know they do. But i'm saying it because it makes me happy that they love you just as much as I do." He told me and started to lightly kiss my neck. I leaned head back and softly moaned. "I love you too." I smiled.

Chris pulled away only to grab my hips to spin me around and put me on the kitchen counter. I put my hands on his shoulders and pulled his body in-between my legs. He ran his hands over my thighs and I bit my lip. 

"What do you want to do?" He asked. "I don't know? What do YOU want to do?" I asked. Chris just chuckled and leaned to my ear. Even though we were home alone.

"I want you. I want to take you upstairs. And I want to do something new. I want you to sit in-between my legs with your back on my chest. I want you to spread your legs open and let me touch you. Let me be the only man to touch you." He whispered. I could just feel myself getting wetter. He moved his head and looked in my eyes. "Huh, Babygirl?" He asked. 

"First, you will be the only man to touch me like this for the rest of my life. Second... what the hell am i still doing on this counter then?" I asked then smirked. Chris growled under his breath and put his head on mine. 

He grabbed my thighs and pulled me closer to him. He ran his hands down my legs and wrapped them around his back. I leaned forward and started kissing his neck. He picked me up and placed his hands on my ass to hold me up. "Well, i better get started." He said and started walking.