The Travellers' Love (COMPLETED)

The New Cutie, John

Celeste POV

It's Saturday and Theo's and my mom is taking me shopping. Mostly for baby stuff. I get up from the couch and look at my phone. It's still 11 o'clock so I have time. They said they will come and meet me at 12:30 so I need to get ready. I walk upstairs into my room -or should I say our room and go into my walk in closet. I look at my clothes and try to figure out what I want to wear. I only have a little bit of a belly, but l dress for comfort at this point. So, I take out my roots tracksuit, put it on and I let my wild hair fall down and frame my face; I'm too lazy to do anything to it.

I look at the time again and it's 11:56. I walk down stairs and watch TV for the rest of the time that I have to wait. I suddenly hear a knock on the door and when Theo goes to get it, I can hear talking in the foyer. Female voices; they're here. I get up and walk to the front to meet them, getting my phone and wallet on the way out.  I bend around the corner to see my mom looking at Theo up and down.

"I know, isn't he just the cutest? I'm glad that they are together, I hope that the baby gets his grey eyes and Les' red hair. What a combination!" she pinches his cheeks and I laugh.

"I'm just hoping for a healthy baby but alright." he says and I walk towards my mom and give her a big hug.

"How are you?" she smiles at me and tries to flatten my big hair.

"Good. Oh, your hair! What a wild tale it tells." she sounds like a wise old lady. I laugh and hold her hand. She looks down at my hand and I realize that I totally forgot to tell her.  She gasps as if she has been robbed of her air for her whole life and has only been able to get it back in this very moment.

"ENGAGEMENT RING?" she brings my hand up to her eyes. Theo's mom runs over and looks at it, then at both of us. They hug us both.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Rachel asked.

"It kinda just happened. We didn't mean not to tell you guys, sorry." Theo says as he starts pushing us out the door. "Now, you girls go have some fun. Go, shoo." he smiles and kisses me on the forehead.

We leave the house and go into my mom's Hummer H2. My mom and I are so alike, we both love big cars like that. I hop in the back and we drive off. The sky is like a beautifully painted ocean; reflective and dreamy. I love all things nature, so much that my mom used to call me a nymph. It was true. I would spend hours outside and used to love going camping. I would always play some music in the background and just appreciate nature, or sit in complete silence and meditate. Those moments calm me so much; they're my fav things to do.

We finally get to the mall and I step out and wait as they park. I stand at the entrance for a good two minutes and as I was waiting, a young looking guy comes up to me. He's tall but not as tall as Reece or Theo. He has green eyes, blonde hair and he seems familiar but I can't remember who he is.

"Celeste?" he comes even closer and looks into my eyes. "Yup, definitely Celeste. How are you?"

I just look at him. "John....John Addams? High school...? Come on, we graduated a couple of months ago."

The memory comes back, Jesus, this pregnancy is really taking a toll on my brain. He was one of my closest friends throughout high school. I missed this kid. He is like Reece and Thomas mixed together. In fact, this is Thomas' best friend but I haven't seen him because that has been going on in my life. I wrap my arms around him and give him a big hug. He hugs back.

"Wow, I thought you forgot me already." he laughs and I pull away.

"Long story..."

"I've got time..." he gives me his big toothy grin and I laugh.

"Alright, hold on let me tell my mom to meet me at the food court. We gotta walk and talk." he nodes and I tell her to meet me in the food court in thirty minutes.

"Alright were do I start..." we walk into the mall. "So, I met Reece on a trip summer before grade 12, Thomas' close friend, you know him. We got close and then we went on a trip together and this guy yelled at me -and you know me..."

"You called him something bad in Scottish, didn't you..." he gave me a disappointed look. "What if he was some CEO." I giggled at that. Little does he know... 

"Anyways, so we went to Australia and there was only one bed so we had to share. We got closer and when we came back and his girlfriend broke up with him. We got drunk and slept together."

I could feel his death stare beating into my head. "Just sleep, no sex." I say. He sighs a sigh of relief and I laugh. "So then, I saw that jerk again at Starbucks and again during me and Reece's  trip to japan. This time, me, Reece, this guy and this girl were in an elevator together and the girl, who later turns out to be his assistant, dropped his passport. I picked it up and I knew what floor he got off but not the door. I don't know why I wanted to give it back, but I did. So, I went to the front desk and pretended to be his girlfriend in distress. I knew his personal information, so I wasn't too scared."

He starts to die of laughter. "I can't imagine you doing all of this but then again, I can."

"OK, OK. I know, it's funny but let me speak. Long story short, he catches me and then we go up to his apartment so I can explain but then his assistant comes back then tries to fight me and be mean but he stood up for me." As we walk around the mall, I continue the story of many laughs and weird moments.

"You worked at a big company...as a CEO's assistant?" he looks at me like I'm telling him I jumped over the moon. Is that the only thing that shocked him?

"Is that what you are focused on?" he laughs. 

"No, I was just super shocked at that one thing. Not only is it unlike you to do to work but as an assistant?  You don't like being told what to do... how did that work?"

"Well, it was Theo's dad so it wasn't that bad." he looks like I killed someone again.

"So wait, you and Theo are now together and you broke up with Reece....because you're pregnant." he looks down at my belly and realizes. "and that's why u have bad memory...'cause you have baby brain...this makes a lot more sense now." he rubs my belly as if it is a genie's lamp.

"Oh, rich, little, ginger baby. Please grant me 3 wishes." I slap his head.

"Owww." he rubs the spot where I hit him and pouts.

"Anyways, here we are at the food court. I gotta go back to my mom and my in law. Oh yes, I forgot to tell I'm getting married." I show the ring and he screams like a girl.

"I'm sooo coming to this wedding, I'll be your maid of honor." I laugh at him.

We go our separate ways and I go to find my mother and Rachel. I find them a minute later.

"Let's go shopping!" I say with all the joy in my heart and we all head out.

To the baby stores!

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