Wouldn't Change A Thing

Fuck up a Christmas

The next morning, I wake up a little late and therefore rush to take a shower, wash my hair, put on my outfit that i bought yesterday and get ready to drive to my parents' house in Stratford, as that is where we will spend Christmas this year.

This year, it's just my parents and my little brother, my uncle and aunt and my three cousins, one of whom is Simon and then me, who's gonna celebrate Christmas together.

it takes about an hour to drive to my parents in Stratford from London so I choose to drive so I'm there early to help out with everything cause my parents always gets very stressed at this time.

when I finally arrive at the house I take Milo on a leash and knock on the door. It's my little brother Jack who opens the door. "Hi Jack!" I say and give him a big hug. I have missed him. "you've really grown since the last time I saw you" I say, shocked at how tall he is all of a sudden. "I'm 15 so that makes sense and hopefully I'll get taller. You on the other hand look a lot like yourself" he says and laughs. "was that an insult" I say sarcastically and open my mouth surprised by what he just said.

I walk into my parents who are in the kitchen and are busy cooking and preparing the table for the guests. "Hello parents, you look like someone who needs some help" I say and smile. they both look up. "Yes thank you" my father says as my mother walks up to me and gives me a hug.

I immediately begin to help them. "when are the guests coming?" I ask. "In an hour or so" my mother replies. I suddenly remember something. "Has Simon written you any messages" I ask, remembering when he called me. she abruptly stops what she's doing and stares at me. "how do you know?" she says with a furrowed brow. "Well, Simom called me yesterday and said you hadn't replied to his messages, but what is it about?" I ask again. she starts doing what she was doing before.

"He um asked if he could bring his friend to celebrate Christmas with us today"
"his friend? And what did you say?"
"I said yes" I sighed a little because I really didn't hope that his friend would somehow ruin Christmas for us, but also thought that it was probably fine. I've never met any of Simon's friends before, so I had no idea who it was who suddenly was going to be with us on Christmas Eve.

We had finally finished cooking and everything and now it wasn't long before the guests would arrive. I was really looking forward to the food and talking to everyone.

my thoughts were interrupted when I could hear someone knocking on the door. I couldn't really gather myself to get up from the couch, but my little brother was 2 seconds away from opening it anyway. The guests had finally arrived.

I caught sight of my uncle and aunt and my two cousins. Simon was nowhere to be seen, as he also lives in London, so it takes some time to drive here.

eventually Simon came in with his friend. I was quick to think he looked a bit like a rapper. It was probably the hair, his darker skin and his style of clothing that reminded me of it, I think it looked pretty cool to be honest.

he was very confident and outgoing when he said hi to my parents and Jack. I'm probably staring at Simon and his friend a little too much right now, but hopefully no one notices.

I was still sitting on the couch, although maybe i should go and say hi to Simon and his friend.
But I remained seated..

Simon suddenly looked at me, who was already looking at them. He walked up to me with his friend right behind him. "And this is my cousin Emma" Simon said pointing at me. I couldn't resist looking at his friend, there was just something about him that was compelling in a way.

"Hi Emma" Simon said and gave me a quick hug. "This is my friend JJ, who will celebrate Christmas with us this year" JJ smiled at me and I think I blushed a little. "Hey Emma" JJ said and shook my hand. "hi JJ, welcome to the family" I said with a small grin. "Just make yourself feel at home JJ, I'm going to take a shit so see you in an hour." Simon said and JJ laughed.

JJ sat down on the couch next to me, but still with quite a bit of air between us, and took out his phone. I was really curious about him and who he was. "What do you do for work?" I asked him. he looked up from his phone. "you don't know who I am?" he said surprised. I smiled "um no I don't think so.. Are you famous or something like that?" He smiled. "I'm a YouTuber like Simon, I also make music and am a boxer" I nodded slowly. "Can I guess what music you're making?" "Sure." "Rap" I replied, thinking it was obvious. "Oh shit yea you're right. How did you know?" he asked me. "I mean." I said and he just nodded "yeah okay fair enough"

"But it all sounds very exciting. I wish I could be a singer." I said and looked down on my hands.

"Oh, you will one hundred percent" he said like it wasn't even a question. "Why do you think that, you've never even heard me sing" I said confused. "you just look like you'd be good at singing and everything else you do." He says and I can feel that it makes me happy inside when he says it. "Thanks, that really means a lot to me" I say blushing. "No of course, I'm just being honest you know" he says and laugh a little.

"JJ?"
"Yes?"
"Can i ask you a question"
"Yea sure" he says and leans back on the couch.

"Ummm, why are you here on Christmas Eve and not with your own family?" I ask and sincerely hope that I don't spoil the mood by asking about it.

He sighs and laughs a little afterwards. "yeah, that's a very good question, ummm no, I've had some problems with my family, which has just made me think of taking a little break from them for a while. That's all I guess."

I feel sorry for him although I don't really know what happened. it must be awful to spend Christmas without your family. Or at least I would think so. "Anyway, I'm happy that you can spend Christmas with us, even though I've only just met you, but you seem really nice." I say smiling at him. He looks at me for a long time and smiles and I can't help but take my eyes off him either.

He blushes a little and our eye contact is interrupted by Simon who has finished shitting, finally. "What are you guys doing" he asks, why does he sound so happy. "Nothing really" I say and take out my phone, pretending to look at something.

"Dinner is ready!" My mom yells. Finally, I think to myself, I'm absolutely starving. I jump up from the couch on both legs and go to the table with all the food. it smells really good. I could feel JJ's eyes on my body, following me, as I walked to the table. he is really attracting and I can't help but think that there's more to him than just a YouTuber, boxer and rapper and I'm curious on what that might be.

We all sat and enjoyed the food. I talked a lot with Simon about him and Talia and their engagement. I didn't really talk to JJ, but we often made eye contact and smiled at each other that made me blush every time. He is so cute. Am i really getting feelings for someone i nearly just met?...

Since i feel like this chapter is getting sooo long, I'm just gonna end it here, so stay tuned for the next chapter :) hope you like it so far.