Let Me In | Herophine Fic

Majorly Early Days

JOSEPHINE

I don't think I've woken up in such a state as I did with Hero for a long time. It was worse than when I drunk texted him, well before I thought anything was possible between the two of us. I thought my head was going to fall off. It was like a weight on the top of my shoulders my body couldn't handle. Needless to say, he was holding my hair for the majority of the morning, right up to us checking out and going home. Both of us breathed a huge sigh of relief when Martha said she'd have Mila for the night to allow us to recover. We didn't do anything other than lounge on the couch and laugh at the new batch of drunk selfies we took throughout the night.

Christmas Eve has finally arrived and it's the last day I'm spending at my place for... a while. It goes without saying, I'm spending Christmas with Hero and Mila at theirs. It only felt right. And my place is too small and all the gifts are there - or rather, the ones we're not sending to the North Pole are there. Everything is hidden in various rooms, closets, wardrobes and drawers around Hero's house. So much so that he has a list of where everything is, so at night, we can place them under the tree, ready for Christmas morning which he's already warned me will be an early one.

Hero kindly opened his home to me since we first started getting to know one another. And he's opened it to me at Christmas too. Mila stated what she heard in How The Grinch Stole Christmas, that no one should be alone at Christmas. It warms me to know I'll be spending one of the most important days of the year with the two people I love the most. And what warmed me, even more, is that, when Hero goes away to play his next football match up in Leicester, he's asked me to stay at his place with Mila. He's not leaving her with Martha or Mercy, he's leaving her with me. And honestly, I'm so excited.

While it'll just be me and Mila in the house alone together, I'm planning on surprising her with a girly pamper night. I'm thinking of ordering us a pizza or whatever takeaway she fancies, nail painting, manicures, pedicures, facemasks, a chick-flick movie, the whole works. I've already lifted out the things I had in my bathroom and packed them at the bottom of the large, duffle bag I'm taking to Hero's for the next week or so. But I'll have to order some things to do it all which won't be a problem, I'll just get them delivered to Hero's for us. I know she'll never have had anything like this with anyone so it'll be nice to share this with her. And admittedly, I've not had a spa day or pamper in a good while either.

After waking up, having my breakfast, showering and finalising my packing, just as I close the zip on my bag I hear three distinct knocks on my front door. Smiling, I rise and make my way from the bedroom towards the living area and front door. I pull open the door and see both Hero and Mila standing in front of me, both of them have wide smiles on their faces.

"Princess Jo!" As always, Mila launches herself from the ground and into my arms. Although now, unlike when Hero and I first got together, I fully expect it. My arms automatically open to catch her and I pick her up, feeling her wrap her legs around my waist.

"Hey, sweet pea," I place a kiss on her cheek before lifting my head up to Hero. Smiling he dips his head down and places a kiss on my lips. His warmth engulfs me as he wraps his arms around my waist, holding both of us against him.

"Hello, love," I feel his hands stroke up and down my back.

"Come on in, I'll just get my bag," I step back and work my way through the kitchen. Hero closes the door behind himself while I carry Mila through the kitchen and into the living area. Telling her to stay put, I place her down on the couch and head into my room. I take hold of the zipped, duffle bag and walk back out to them both. Hero wanders over and offers his arm for me to place the bag on. He smiles, wrapping it over his shoulder.