YouTube Love

Chapter 30

It was Christmas time, Mark and I had been living together for a while now. Mark was working nonstop recording videos. We were going to New York to celebrate Christmas with my family. Then we'd be spending New Year's with his family. I was packing since we were leaving in the morning to the airport for our flight. Mark trudged in the room and flopped onto the bed with all the folded clothes I had laid out. "Hey!" I exclaimed with a smile. "At least let me move the clothes!" He groaned and then got up slowly. I giggled as I looked at him. He had his hair all furled and he looked exhausted. "I just finished recording almost 40 videos...I want to sleep." I wrapped my arms around his stomach and laid my head on his chest. He hugged back and rested his head on top of mine. "Don't get me wrong," he said in a low voice. "I love what I do. It's just, 40 videos is a lot. I still have half of them to edit." His grip tightened around me; I did the same. I broke the embrace and started putting the clothes into the bags, Mark helped me and we eventually had everything packed. I went to get changed into the pj's I hadn't packed away. We would be gone for about 2 weeks.
Mark and I crawled into bed, setting the alarm; I then turned out the light. I turned over to face Mark who was half asleep. I tapped his shoulder and he opened his eyes fully. "What's up buttercup?" he asked. I motioned for him to come closer. He comes closer and I wrap my arms around him, he places his head on my chest. We both fall asleep in that position.

The alarm blares and I wake up. The sun wasn't even up yet. The bedroom was still dark. I look down at a sleeping man resting on my chest still. I smiled and played with his fluffy hair. I leaned down and kissed the top of his head. I turned the alarm off and gently shook him. He woke up and looked up at me. "Morning handsome." I said smiling. He smiled up at me, hugging me around the waist. "Hi beautiful." I giggled then looked around. "Alright," I said and moved up a bit. Mark moved off of me and on his side of the bed. "Who wants to shower first?" I asked. Our flight was at 8:45 am, so we had a few hours to get ready and pack up any last minute things. Mark told me he'd go first and he took the blanket off of him. He walked into the bathroom, turning the light on. "Agh!" he exclaimed as the blinding light hit his sleepy eyes. I squinted my eyes as the light hit them. "You okay?" I asked. "Yup. I'm good." I heard the shower turn on and I got out of bed. I went and turned the bedroom light on. I pulled the sheets up and made the bed, figured coming home to a clean house would be nicer than a messy house. I took out my phone and checked any social media. I sent out a tweet "Going home to NY today! Can't wait to see my family."

I heard the shower turn off, Mark soon emerged with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist. I tried hard not stare. "Like what you see?" he asked curiously. I giggled. "Maybe..." I winked. He sauntered his way over, pulling me close to him and kissed me. I broke away and he frowned. "Mark," I said with a smile. "I still have to shower, sweetie." I told him. I walked into the bathroom and got in the shower. The hot water felt so good especially since I had been cold almost 24/7. I quickly washed my hair and face, then got out; wrapping my robe around me. I walked out and saw him dressed in shorts and a t-shirt. "Babe," I said. "You may wanna dress a bit warmer. We are going to New York, there is snow there." Sighing, Mark took his shirt off. I just stared at the 6 pack, appreciating the view.

I sat and did my makeup quick then put on some comfy plane clothes while still attempting to look cute. I walked out to see Mark in a pair of pants and his ever famous red checkered flannel. "Is THIS better?" he asked turning around with his arms straight out to the sides. I laughed and just walked over, hugging him. I put my chin on his chest, looking up at him smiling. He looked down at me giving me a half smile. I could tell he was slightly annoyed with having to change into warmer clothes. "Maaaaaaark," I said to him. "Don't be annoyed." He rolled his eyes and then he sighed. "I'm not annoyed." he said. "Yeah, okay." I pulled him down and kissed him.

We arrived at the airport and went through bag check and security pretty quickly. Then, we went and sat at the gate. There were not a lot of people in the airport seeing as how it was still pretty early. I pulled out my phone and started recording, "HeeeeEEEEEEEyyy everyone! We are on our way to my home state, New York! We are celebrating Christmas with my family and I'm so excited." I turned the camera to have Mark in the shot by himself. "Hey Markimoo." He looked up from his phone and waved. "What's goin on everybody?" he asked then looked back down at his phone. I went and sat next to him, saw that he had just posted a picture to Instagram.

I put my head on his shoulder. He turned his head to look at me then he went back to his phone. "I cannot wait to see my family and have Mark meet them." I told the camera as I turned it back to me. I then continued to tell the camera what else was going on, how early it was, and all that fun stuff.

After about 15 minutes, they finally called our boarding. We grabbed our carry ons, and presented our tickets to the woman behind the desk. We walked down the walkway to our plane hand in hand. We made our way to our seats and sat down. Mark sat next to the window and I sat in the middle seat next to him. I pulled out my phone again and turned to have the camera facing us. "We're on the plane!" I snuggled up to him cutely and he just chuckled. I turned my head to look at him, "You ready to meet my family?" I asked him. "I mean, I guess. I just don't want to fuck up any chances of them liking me. I mean, what if I say something or do something wrong? I am basically screwed over at that point. Also, what if yo-" I pressed my lips to his. "Stop worrying," I said when I finally broke away. "They are going to love you." He just nodded but I could tell he was still extremely nervous.