This Christmas (Mavi)

2

I was halfway through my 11th episode of Spongebob when the doorbell rang. I got up slowly, pausing for a second when a wave of dizziness hit me. Opening that second bottle had been a terrible idea. I carefully made my way to the door, peeking through the window next to it.

"If it's a stalker fan, I swear to god,"
I grumbled to myself. The dizziness and nausea from standing up too quickly had me feeling horrible and I was not in the mood for human interaction. But when I finally recognized the person on my doorstep I had to do a double-take. What the hell was he doing here?
I opened the door only to find myself face to face with Avi. Leaning against the doorframe I smiled too brightly at him, clapping my hands together, something my tipsy brain thought would be a good idea.

"O hey Avi!" I said, faking a cheerful tone, that I was sure wasn't very convincing.

"Hey Mi-" Avi started his sentence but stopped abruptly when he noticed my puffy eyes and tearstained cheeks.

"Wait, have you been crying?"
Avi's voice was laced with concern as he stepped closer to study my face. I took a step back, pulling my sleeves over my hands and crossing my arms.

"I'm fine,"
I said, looking down to hide from his concerned eyes. God, I did not need this right now. Knowing that he would be with his family tomorrow and that I would be in an empty house with only a bottle of wine to accompany me made me long for another drink. Or three.

"Wait, why are you still here? Didn't you leave yesterday with Scott and Kirstie?"
I sighed as I repeated the samd story I'd told my dad two hours ago.
"I had stuff to do in LA so I booked a flight this morning instead of last night but there's like a nation-wide strike so all air travel is shut down. I've looked for something but there's nothing available anywhere. Looks like I'm going to spend Christmas alone," I mumbled, still not looking up. I felt a tear roll down my cheek and suddenly Avi's arms were wrapped around me, pulling me into one of his famous bear hugs. His embrace made the tears I'd been holding back stream freely and I pressed my face into his shoulder, my tears staining his flannel.

"Oh Mitchie, I'm so sorry,"
Avi whispered, hugging me closer.
We stood like that for a while, until my sobs slowly started to subside and I felt my eyes dry again.
I realized he probably had a reason to be here, and it sure as hell wasn't so I could sob into his shoulder and whine about my life. I suddenly felt quite pathetic, crying like this, and I quickly removed my arms from where I'd been gripping his waist.

"Sorry for that,"
I said, stepping back while using my sleeves to dry my face.

"It's fine Mitchie,"
Avi smiled sympathetically at me. God, he was too sweet for this world.

"Why did you come here? Aren't you supposed to be on your way to your family right now?"

"Oh I was just dropping something off for a new song so I wouldn't forget. I wasn't planning on coming in but I saw that the lights were on so I decided to see if anyone was home. But I might as well come in now since I'm here anyway,"
And with those words he brushed past me into the house. I shut the door quickly and ran after him, or at least tried to. Too much wine and running didn't make a very good combo, I found, and I managed to trip over my own feet, falling right into- Avi's arms? I clung to his arms and smiled up at him apologetically. Avi just laughed at my drunkenness.

"Mitch, you know you shouldn't drink in the morning,"
He said, pulling me to my feet again. I pulled a face.

"You'd think that a girl would deserve a drink after hearing she won't be able to be home for Christmas,"
Avi just shook his head at me and picked up the bottles from the table, walking into the kitchen to throw them in the trash.

"Hey! Those weren't empty yet!"
I yelled at his back.

"No more wine for you!"

A/N

Second chapter, woo! Im gonna try to update everyday (probably not gonna happen tho since Im lazy af)
Im kinda proud tho bc I actually managed to finish this chapter today!
Also I apologize for all of the bad grammar thats probably in this, English isnt my first language but Im trying.
Thanks for reading!