Always Been You

Chapter 9

Semi edited.

~~~Lexi's pov~~~

We get to Dollar tree and grab all the candy that aren't the best to eat but is great for decorating.

After we're done getting stuff from there we go to Walmart to get the candy we're probably going to eat more than use for decorations.

We also get graham crackers to make the gingerbread houses instead of the premade kits.

They taste better that way and you won't break your teeth.

I push our cart full of Christmas colored and shaped treats through the aisles until Kristen stops me.

"Do you have any Christmas pajamas?" She asked.

It's a tradition to wear Christmas pajamas while we decorate the gingerbread houses.

I shook my head. "Nope, I should probably pick some up while we're here."

"I need to also, maybe I'll torture the boys and put us all in matching ones" She smirked.

I laugh. "Do it "

We look through the bins in the middle of the aisle to see if they have any good family sets.

We turn up empty so we do a mix and match and get red and black flannel bottoms and t shirts that says Merry Christmas.

She looks at it. "Not what I wanted, but it'll have to do" She said.

"I think it's cute, plus you won't have to hear my brother bitch the whole time."

She nodded. "That's true. Ok let's get you something, maybe something cute to impress someone, but not overkill" She smirked.

I rolled my eyes. "You never quit do you?"

She took control of the cart and moved to a section of the pajama department. "Nope, now come on, we gotta find something cute" She said.

She grabs a bunch of pajama pants and then some short sleeve Christmas graphic tees.

Basically what I was going for so I'm not mad about her choices.

She hands me what she picked out then pushes me to the dressing room. "Ok, come out with each one so I can see which one looks good" She said.

"Ok" I shut the door behind me and proceeded to try on each outfit.

There's only a few I like since some of them are leggings, which I hate so I end up going with a pair of black and white plaid pajama pants that make my butt look good.

I give her the rest of the outfits. "Ok, I'm going with these but I want a different type of shirt."

"Ok, those are a good choice, they make your ass pop so he'll definitely be looking" She said.

"Exactly what I was thinking."

Her eyes widen. "So are we trying to get his attention?" She asked.

I shrugged. "Maybe. I kinda want to test the waters before I really do anything because I was thinking that if it was really just lust then I wouldn't have had butterflies when he's next to me or I wouldn't have wanted to keep cuddling with him so simple subtle flirting is my next plan of action and go from there."

She grins. "I'm so excited! As you know I've been rooting for you guys forever and I really hope this works out because you deserve someone good for you and who better than your best friend" She said.

"You're not wrong, but I'm just gonna play it by ear and see what happens. I have to make sense of my feelings first."

"I know, but I'm still excited" She said.