Those Three Words - (Beau Brooks / Luke Brooks Fanfiction)

Chapter Twenty Five - Preparation

I answered my phone and smiled to see it was Beau.

"Hey."

"Bella, you could have told me about coming tonight! I went to answer the door and bam, stood on the gift, crushed inside out."

"What?! Are you taking the piss right now?!" I screamed, knowing how much that would cost to replace. I then heard laughter crash at my eardrum. "Oh Beau, ha ha very funny. You got me seriously worried then!"

"C'mon babe, it was a joke!" Babe. A chill ran through my body; no matter how many times he called me that, it never got old.

"I know, I know. I'm sorry but I can't see you tomorrow."

"Why not? Can't you at least tell me what you had planned?"

"I just can't, and that would be telling, I love you, bye." I hung up and my phone then rang again immediately.

"What?"

"I love you more." *Beeeeeeep* He hung up. He really knew how to put a smile on my face. I threw my phone onto the sofa and begun making some noodles in the kitchen. Nobody was in the house and all of my stuff was back at my bungalow, so the only thing left to do was eat. My mind kept turning back onto Beau, and my body went hot with excitement. I blushed to myself, thinking of all the nights we spent together.

After I practically threw the noodles down my throat, I took a taxi back to my house with a few treats in a bag. I still needed to decorate my hole living with cute gestures like mini heartshaped candles, heart shaped confetti, a little branch of mistletoe and other things. I arrived to the front of the bungalow and paid the taxi driver with a very generous tip, I fiddled in my bag to find my key and then unlocked the big, wooden door. As I walked through the doorway, I felt a weight being lifted off my chest, knowing that the venue of my Christmas with Beau was sorted. I strolled over to the grand fireplace and placed several red and white candles across it. Then I unrolled a huge, furry rug in front of it, just like the first night we met. Cheesy, I know. I walked into the main bedroom and took my first look at it. The bed was huge and luxurious, but the bed cover was hideous. Luckily, I came prepared and took a deep red coloured duvet cover to replace it and then I threw the old one in the bin. After straightening the duvet, I sprinkled some confetti, almost covering the bed. From the doorway I sprinkled some more confetti leading to the dining table where I was to cook a tasty meal. I placed a few more candles on the table and around each room, ready to light the next night. I must say, the whole house looked beautiful.

My phone began ringing, and it was Beau for the second time that day. Boy, did he make me happy from a simple phone call.

"Beau."

"Bells, I was just thinking to myself, why am I not seeing you tomorrow? I know we are exactly 'normal' at the moment, but I honestly can't stop thinking about you." My heart stopped. Literally, stopped. But he just mentioned tomorrow, and the whole thing with Luke was suppose to take his mind away from me.

"I can't stop thinking about you either. But, I have plans tomorrow with my girls which I can't squeeze out of. I'm sorry."

"All day? It's Christmas Isabella, they can't keep you all to themselves, you said you had something planned for me."

"I'm sorry Beau, when we were planning it you may have crossed my mind but I'm afraid I can't go back on my word." Harsh words, but I knew everything would make up for it.

"Oh, never mind then. I'll probably just... Go to a party with Luke and the boys. I'll speak to you whenever." He cut off, without saying I love you, without even saying goodbye.

I rented a few films out for me and Beau to watch. One being The Titanic, also reminiscing on the first night we met, and the other being Elf, considering it was Christmas.

Christmas Day

When I woke up, I was lay on the big, fluffy rug by the burning fire. I decided to text Luke to see what his plans were for the day,

•Merry Christmas Lukey, so what are you planning with Beau for today?•

Almost straight away he texted back,

•Merry Christmas gorgeous, and we are just going to go to the gym for a few hours and go out for a drink with the boys. I wish I could see you.•

•I might see you later. I was wondering if you could drop Beau off at my house later, maybe say it's a party? That way he won't even suspect anything until I open the door of course.•

•Sure, I can't wait to see you.•

I decided to stop the conversation there, that way I would have more time to shop for an outfit to impress Beau. I never thought I'd have to, but I seriously messed up so I needed to prove myself. So as I went into town, walking as there were no buses on, I saw lots of festive spirit spread across each and every street. Back at my home it didn't really feel like Christmas, but now out of the house, seeing everyone's joy, it feels a lot better. I skipped over the road to a shop, part-owned by Lily. It was shut so I quickly gave Lily a call to see if she would come and open up, saying it was code red emergency. It took her about 5 minutes to drive up.

"Thank you so much, you're a life saver!" I squeezed her tight.

"No problem, as long as I can help yours and Beau's relationship." She smiled and got her keys out of her designer bag. I really needed a job so I can afford a car and all of these luxuries that Lily had. "So just pick anything you like, it's on me."

"Honestly? But it's so expensive in here." She shot me a smile and walked over to the rails to search me a nice dress.

I found the perfect red, slim fit midi dress just my size. I tried it on and it fit like a glove. Perfect.

"Now all you need is underwear." Lily said and my eyes turned to the lacy lingerie section.

"Er, that's not really my style."

"Course it is! You wanna look good for Beau don't you?" As those words left her mouth I thought to myself, 'stop being such a sensetive, insecure freak Isabella. Live a little!' And my little prep talk worked. I jumped over to the sexy underwear stand and picked out a very revealing, red and black bra with matching knickers and stockings. Wow, this was a change to my normal bland underwear.

When I was leaving the store, I gave Lily another loving hug, "thank you again! Have a lovely Christmas Lily."

She returned the kind gestures and I began to walk away, "hey, you aren't walking are you?!" I heard her shout from across the street.

"Yeah, it's only a few miles!"

"Shut up! Let me give you a ride, I wanna see your new bungalow anyway!"

I jumped into her car and she drove me home.

(A/N- I haven't updated for at least a week because I've been so hung up on After. But my next chapter will be really saucy and detailed, the first real sexual scene I've done, so don't be expecting pages of sex. It will be uploaded in a couple of days!)