Why We Fell in Love

Chapter Ten

"Merry Christmas!" I yell, running downstairs seeing Gavin, dad, and Gramps. "How are my favorite men doing? Great? Great!"

"Jeez kiddo, you doing drugs now?" Gramps jokes as I roll my eyes.

"Ha ha, very funny. I'm just very excited about today," I smile, hopping onto the sofa and staring at the Christmas tree. I'm absolutely mesmerized by the twinkling lights. "What's our agenda?"

My dad stands up to look formal," we open presents... And then sleep."

"That sounds great, bet I got more presents than Abs," Gavin says, crawling towards the tree and picking out presents. I shake my head before helping him. We both hand everyone their presents.

"Let em' rip," dad yells as we all start ripping the presents open. I take my time because I'm not a wild animal. The first one I opened was from Gavin and he got me new Nike's. He knows I've been complaining about my old tennis shoes. Look at my brother caring about me.

It took us all a good half an hour for things to die down. I didn't ask for much but I did somehow receive a lot. I'm currently upstairs petting Noah Jr. and he's such a soft little pup. I glance at my table and see a familiar bag. This was Noah's Christmas present.

My laptop started ringing and it was Meghan trying to Skype me. I click the green button," Merry Christmas Abs!" she yells. "And merry christmas little Noah!"

I smile," merry christmas Meg, how's Florida treating you?"

Meg and her family gets to go to sunny Florida every Christmas because that's where her grandparents live and I am so jealous," it's treating me fine. I actually kind of miss the snow."

"Oh yeah, there's a good five inches of snow outside now... Thanks to yesterday," I say as Meghan whines. I don't get why she's whining. I would take sunny Florida over cold, windy Jersey any day.

"Well I'll be back for Dylan's New Year's Eve Party. What're you doing today?"

I shrug," I don't know yet but I have to drop off Noah's present as his place. I want to go ice skating so bad."

Meg smirks," well you two can be all couple-like and go ice skating and hold hands and-"

"Zip it," I say, cutting her off. I swear, she is too obsessed with the idea of Noah and I. I hope he's having a good Christmas so far. I wonder if he bakes any Christmas cookies with his mom.

"EARTH TO ABBY," I hear Meghan yell. "Were you daydreaming about Mr Hunka Hunk?"

I shake my head," I'm hanging up and getting ready."

"Yeah, to go over to your love-"

With that I hung up. I went with jeans and a cozy knit sweater and a jacket over. I also wore my UGG Adirondack boots because Im not ruining my shoes in the snow. "Dad, I'm heading to Noah's."

Everyone stares at me and smirks," have fun," Gramps says. I shake my head before taking the Christmasy bag and going into my beetle. Noah Jr has been living life lately. I brought him out into the snow yesterday and he absolutely loved it. He's one smart and adorable pup.

I park in the Evans' residence but see Noah and Brooke sitting on his front porch. Yeah, girls don't visit often. Noah doesn't notice I came because his back was faced towards me but Brooke saw and I know she's taking advantage. They were talking until Brooke's lips plunge onto Noah's.

If this was me last year, I would've drove away and cried my eyes out but I'm 18, I can handle this. I grab Noah's bag and exit the car, walking towards the lovebirds. Noah is surprised and wanted to say something but I walk into his house seeing Debra and Chris. 

"I am so happy to see you, Merry Christmas Abby," Debra greets, hugging the crap out of me. 

"Its very nice that you stopped by," Chris says, smiling.

"Of course, and Merry Christmas to you too," I smile back. I reach into my back pocket and pulled out two pieces of paper as Noah walks inside, joining us. "I got you two a month full of massages at the spa in the mall. I know you always talk about how nice it is."

All of them are speechless," thank you so much Abby," Debra cries, hugging me once again. "I appreciate this so much. I knew I should've gotten you something."

"Noo, thats perfectly fine," I say. "I hope you two enjoy it."

"We definitely will, thank you," Chris says, staring at the paper like its a piece of gold.

Noah clears his throat," Abby, can you come up to my room?"

I nod before following him up the stairs into the familiar room. It smelled absolutely disgusting and I understand where the stench is coming from. His piles of clothes increased, there was now a collection of empty beer cans and empty packs of cigarettes everywhere. And there was also a red lace bra on his floor. He caught my eyes looking over there," it's not how it looks."

I shrug," it doesn't matter, its not like we're dating."

He sighs before walking over to me," Abby, I care about you a lot. I just... Can't be seen with you."

"Because I'm an embarrassment."

"No," he immediately states. "Its just... Things are complicated."

"Yeah, no, I completely understand," I say as he gives me a confused look. "Who was I fooling thinking you were actually changing and doing better? Who was I kidding when I thought you were changing for me? And I was only kidding myself liking you. So yeah, I completely understand."

"Abby, I have feelings for you, I really do."

"I can tell," I sarcastically says, rolling my eyes.

He rolls his eyes as well," the moment I laid eyes on you, I knew you were different than any other girl," he says, making my heart skip a beat. Is he telling the truth right now? "And why wouldn't I have feelings for you? You always care about me whether its my drinking habits or my fighting habits, you're so kind like that time you gave the homeless man outside McDonalds $20 because it was the only thing on you, you're insanely adorable like the first time you went into my car and started playing with every single button in there. You're a completely different person when you're out on the court and I mean that in a good way. You're confident and fearless and you give it your all. And that time when you, Meg and Dylan were outside next to my car, when I saw you and Dylan, I wanted to punch him right then. I'm always so nervous around you because I don't want to say the wrong thing. Abby, I fucking like you."

Oh. My. Lord. What do I do? What do I say? Do I tell him I like him back? But he doesn't want to be seen with me. So why would I even try? Oh right. Because he's fucking hot. Like have you seen his abs?

"So what happened here?" I ask, taking a seat on his bed and looking around. God I'm so lame.

"Uh... Brooke threw a party and I was forced bringing everything home," he explains. "And that red bra... Well..."

"You and Brooke disgust me," I say.

He laughs," that's my moms. She brought up my laundry in a basket and I found this in it. And have you seen Brooke's tits? They're not that big."

Ew, barf. "Well that's nice, I should get going, Merry Christmas."

"Wait, whats in that bag?" he asks, snatching it out of my hand. He pulls out a basketball.

I scratch the back of my head," um, I customary made it for you to practice at home... Or you can just leave it in your room. It's matte black to match your car and it has silver lining to match your tires or whatever. And I got your initials and jersey number on it so everyone knows its yours."

He stares at it for a couple seconds before tossing it over his shoulder and onto his bed. Ok, guess he doesn't like it. He then grabs my hand and pulls me towards him, making me sit on his lap. Immediately, his lips are on mine and we're hardcore making out. I know I should pull away but I can't. Because no matter how hard I try, I still have feelings for Noah.