With All My Heart |Discontinued|

Christmas/New Year Party Part 1: Preparations

DING DONG!! You door bell rang, echoing through the empty house. You ran towards the door and opened it. 

  "Nathan! Why are you here so early? It's only two. You couldn't wait for five more hours?!" You joked but ushered him in.   

He walked into the kitchen and you followed suit. He smelled the wonderful smell of food cooking lingering around the air. Before he got carried away, he set the bag he came with on the counter.   

"Luna, I bought some extra stuff for tonight." He told you and started to unwrap the grocery bag. He took out tons of chips, sweets, and sodas.   

You ran over and picked up the few things that he had bought. "Yah! This is SO much! We are not gonna eat all of this." You complained and kept counting and recounting the snacks.   

"What if we do? Are you willing to make a bet?" Nathan started to wash his hands, first turning on the hot water, then applying soap... Alot of it! Finally, he used the same hot water and rinsed his hand dry.   

"Yes i am! And if i win i want... To go to an amusement park. I haven't been there in so long." You pouted cutely.   

"Hmm... Then if i win... I want a kiss---"

Your eyes widen, "WHAT?! On the lips!?"   

Nathan chuckled and shook his head, "You didn't let me finish silly. I want a kiss... On the cheeks." You sigh in relief and clutch your chest. It was beating in an un-normal way and you didn't know why.   

Nathan wanted to say lips but when he saw how freaked out you were, he decided to just say cheeks. Oh how much he wanted to say the word lips. *You don't know how much i want to kiss you right now Luna*.   

You interrupted his train of thoughts by pushing him out of the kitchen and into the living. "What are you doing?" He asked walking back into the kitchen.   

"Noo... What are YOU doing?! I have to cook for the party!" You emphasize on the word 'you'. You raised your arm and motioned him to sit in the living room and wait.   

He stubbornly stood there with his hand crossed across his chest."I'm not letting you use a knife again from now on. Remember what happened last time?!"   

*Yeah, i cut myself and went to the hospital... They told me about--- ARGH forget about it Luna* You kept repeating it over and over again trying to forget. But you knew deep down that you would never forget about that day and what the doctor had told you.   

Just to satisfy Nathan, you nodded your head and let him stick around. He did wash his hands and the worst thing he could do is ruin the food. You turn your attention back to your soup that was in the pot, almost reaching boiling point.    

Both of you went back and forth to each others station and checked on each others thing. You kept tasting your soup to find it quite bland with no flavour at all. You kept adding salt or other spices to it but still won't taste any different.   

Giving up, you decided to seek Nathan for help. "What to do?! My soup doesn't taste right Nathan."    He went over to your side and taste it. After barely one sip of it, he started coughing nonstop. You patted his back and got worried, *Is my soup that bad?*.   

"It's not--- bad." He lied. "You seem to added a bit too much pepper. Am i correct?" He commented. You nodded and amaze how he could sound so much like a critic when he's talking about food.   

He ponder for a bit with his hands resting at his hips. Just when you thought that he couldn't do anything to help and was about to speak up, he started adding stuff into the soup. His hand was moving so fast that you could barely keep up with what he was putting in.   

"What did you... Put in?" You were speechless and couldn't find the right word to say.   

He held out a spoon in front of your lips, "Just a few of this and that. Taste it, it'll be delicious i promise."   

He made airplane noises as the spoon moved closer to your slightly open mouth. But when you were about to try it, he pulled the spoon back and laughed, amused at your cute, confused face. He kept teasing you and wouldn't let your mouth get anywhere near the silver spoon.   

"Hphm! I'm not eating it anymore--- No i don't want to! You ruined my mood." You turned away with your back facing him. Slight irritation was shown on your face.   

Nathan turned you back around but you wouldn't look at him but just turned your head to the side. "I'm sorry Luna. Here..." He held the spoon so it would be touching your lips. You hesitated it but tried it anyways.   

Your eyes became round, and your lips have an urge to break into a big smile. But you didn't want to give him the satisfaction and pretended to still be mad.   

"So..? It's good right?" He looked at you curiously waiting for the answer. You ignored him and turn toward the pot still sitting on the stove. "It's good. My cooking is always good." Being cocky, Nathan returned to cutting his vegetables.    

For a minute, he glanced over to where you were standing and saw you taking another sip of the soup. "Yahh Nathan, where did you get the skill to cook this good and have Luna tasting it a second time." He complimented himself.   

You turned around and quickly tried to hide the spoon from him but it was no use. "You... Saw?" Your face flushed a tint red color and tried to hid your face behind the small spoon.   

Nathan laughed to himself and returned, once again, to the amazingly cut vegetables. *You are too cute Luna*   

DING DONG!! The door bell rang louder this time. Nathan decided to go and get it since he saw you busy tending the soup.  

"COMING!" He screamed, hoping the person on the other side had heard.   

He opened the door, letting the cold air drift inside. "Oh, Seth." He said in a monotone voice. Seth smiled and nodded lightly as a way to say hi.   

Nathan let him in and closed the door. "Is Luna here?" He asked.   

"She's in the kitchen." Nathan showed him where the place was and went back to cutting.   

"Hi Luna" Seth said in a soft voice. When you turned around, he was already hugging you.   

*When were they on such good terms?!* Nathan thought with twinge of jealousy.   

After he released you, you smiled and asked, "Why are you here so early?"    

"Early?! It's nearly 7." He said.  

Checking the clock, you saw that Seth wasn't lying. You started freaking out and was afraid that nothing was gonna be finish in time. But then you remembered that you woke up earlier today and started preparing around 10. Seth smiled at how silly you were being, but didn't mind it one bit.    You told Seth to wait in the living room for everyone to come and he nodded. But before he left, you gave Nathan a look and cleared your throat.   

Nathan caught your drift and said, "Uh... Seth. I'm sorry about last time. We didn't really meet correctly. I'm Nathan, it's nice to meet you."  

Nathan held out his hand so he could shake it. But he looked at it, did a little wave to Nathan, and walked into the living room. You giggled at the scene. Nathan cough and tried to save the last of his pride but failed. 

You started to pour out the soup in different bowls, while Nathan was putting more foods on plates. Both of you carried all of them into the dining room and set them neatly on the table.

Soon... Too soon, the door bell rang again. This time Seth went to open it, greeting (more like just stood there) Zane holding Taylor's hand, Jacob and trailing closely behind him was Carol. 

"FOOD! I'm hungry!" Zane rubbed his stomach.

"Nice uh... House" Taylor complimented (would that even be a compliment?!) 

"Thanks for inviting me" Jacob flashed you a smile while putting his coat down on the couch. 

"MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. LET'S PARTY!" Carol jumped up and down excitedly.