Alysa and Chris have a 'unique' friendship. Whenever they're not in a relationship they hook-up with each other. One hook-up causes a life changing event, but Alysa makes a decision that will throw everyone's world into chaos.
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Chris' family all gathered at his mom's house Christmas Eve and stayed over so we could open presents in the morning. I climbed into the guest bed after putting Aurora in the playpen. I grabbed my tablet and started reading the script for my shoot next month, making notes. Chris came in and looked in on Aur before coming and climbing into bed with me.
"I can't do this." I muttered to myself. "Why did I think I could do this?"
"What?" Chris looked at what I was doing. "Lys, don't torture yourself. You're going to do it, you're going to rock, and you're going to be a Disney princess. Where is the down side?"
"This is just so big. A live action Disney movie about a fairy tale that wasn't animated first. And the dancing, I hate the waltz." I grumped and turned off the tablet. Setting it aside I chewed my thumbnail.
"You know how much I love Disney, if I thought you would fuck this up I would tell you to quit." He grabbed my hand out of my mouth. "Stop stressing or no present."
"You actually picked up something for me while you were buying every toy in the stores for Aur?"
"I left the big kid toys there. Here." He held out a small blue box.
"Woah, there's not a ring or anything in there." I eyed the Tiffany's box like it would explode. He got me to date him and move him into my house in an alarmingly fast pace. Gotta draw the line somewhere.
"Please, you won't even put out. Why would I put a ring on it?" He laughed in a hushed voice. I had almost forgotten Aur was in the room. I took the box and opened it. It was a heart bracelet in white gold with diamonds. On the back was Aur's birthdate and the time she was born in beautiful script.
"Oh Chris...thank you." I breathed. I had been wanting to get something to commemorate her birth for a while. So he bought me a bracelet from Tiffany's, how was he real? I used to talk about how I wanted one when we were younger. I looked up at him. "I-I-um, I lo-"
"Hold that thought." He put his finger on my lips. "Seb and I had a discussion a while back about this."
"About how to express how much he likes you? Are you going to ask for a threeway?"
"No, we'll save that for Valentine's. Anyway, in Romanian they have a word that doesn't have a literal translation in English. It means longing, but with more...love, I guess. 'Dor'."
"Longing? Really? Did he not see the reason that would be funny to me? I dor you, dor, I like it."
"Good, now I don't have to worry about Aurora growing up with a complex because mommy never said 'I love you'." Chris laid back in the bed.
"I do though, you know that you two are my world? Right?" I asked as I put on my bracelet.
"Hey now, don't go all cute and fluffy on me. I may lose interest." He chuckled and turned out the light.
