Saintwood: Homecoming ✔️(Wattpad version)

New Year, same old me

I woke to the sun shining through the window. Ryan was lightly snoring next to me, and being on Christmas break was the best. I lifted my left hand, noticing how the sun glistened off of my engagement ring. It still didn't seem real. Every day, I looked at it to see if it was real or not.

I think back to that night about how I would walk away from him and everything. It was my anxiety, making me create all these terrible scenarios in my mind that are ten times worse than what they are. It was something I had to work on myself. Thank God for Ryan. I don't know what I would do without him in my life. Just like I was his world, he was mine. I couldn't imagine being with anyone but him.

I laid there quietly, deep in thought. Especially since it is New Year's Eve today, I was going into the new year as the same old me. The only difference now, I was engaged. The thought unnerved me. Would it be different? Would we have more problems with people trying to interfere? We also had our unknown enemy, which mostly we hadn't heard from lately, but it didn't mean we were in the clear. What about if he tires of reassuring me? What if we go our separate ways? What if?

See what I mean? It's a never-ending battle. I let thoughts run wild through my mind that I wasn't paying attention to my surroundings.

"You know, if you keep thinking the way you are, you will develop an ulcer," I heard someone say.

I snapped back to reality to see Ryan hovering over me. Had I been that lost in thought, I didn't notice him waking up? I guess so, I thought to myself.

"I know, but I can't help it. It all seems too perfect. Like something will happen again to mess everything up," I sighed.

"Alex, nothing is perfect. The minute you think it is, that's when it crashes and burns," he reminded me.

"I guess," I said, feeling anxious.

"Look, I know you overthink everything, but trust me, I will never lose interest in you. We will never drift apart, especially now that we'll be together more with me, helping you with the professor and at the bakery. I know you enjoy doing both things and I love being with you, so why not kill two birds with one stone," he grinned.

His smile made me smile, and he leaned down, kissing me, and I put my hand on his cheek, returning it. Then he got out of bed. "Come on; we got to get ready and pack."

"Pack? Where are we going?" I asked, confused.

"I thought of a special way to celebrate our engagement and bring in the new year," he mentioned.

"Where?" I asked him.

"I booked two nights at a ski lodge," he answered.

"Really," I asked excitedly.

"Yep," he answered.

I was about to get up when someone ran into the room and jumped on me. It was Frazier.

"Did he tell you the good news?" He asked me.

"You mean the ski lodge?" I said with a knowing look.

"Yeah," Frazier grinned.

"Yes, why," I asked, giving him a suspicious look.

"Hello, roomie," he said with a cheesy grin.

"Seriously? Ryan, please tell me this is not true," I yelled to him.

Ryan came into the room. "Did you honestly think we could sneak away without these idiots knowing?"

"Yes," I mumbled.

He came over to the bed and sat down. "Don't worry. I booked three rooms."