It's Hard to Say "I Do" When I Don't

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Later when all my family had arrived and been greeted, we sat down to eat. It was fine, everyone was chatting nicely, my aunts hadn't been asking any weird questions yet. I was dishing Allie some mashed potatoes when my aunt Audrey broke the ice.
"So, Ashton, who's this?" She asked politely, motioning to Patrick. "He's my boyfriend Patrick, he's also in the same band I'm in." I explained. He smiled next to me while he ate some green beans. Both my aunt Audrey and aunt Leana looked a little shocked. "A boyfriend? That's never happened." Leana whispered. "Well aren't you glad something finally happened?" I mumbled. My brothers just stayed quiet and minded their own buisness.
After dinner my deserts were passed around and I went to go set up the yearly musical in the DVD player, this year it was Kinky Boots. I came back into the room and saw Patrick eyeing the Pfeffernüsse. I smirked and walked over while pulling out my phone and starting a video. "Why don't you try it?" I asked. He looked a little confused as to why I was video-taping but bit into the tiny cookie. He chewed for a bit before slowing down. I giggled. "How does that taste?" I laughed. He swallowed the cookie before calmly walking over to the cabnet and grabbing a cup, then grabbed the milk and poured into the cup before taking a giant gulp. I laughed. He finished and turned to me.
"That was the spiciest cookie I've ever had in my life, why did you say it was sweet?" He asked. "Because I wanted you to taste what I had too when I was little, trust me, I hate those cookies too, but I make them for my family because they actually like them." I explained before stopping the video. We sat down to watch the movie and I was on my phone for the majority of it becuase I watched Kinky Boots a lot. I posted the video to Instagram with the caption: he heard sugar cookie, it's a spice cookie. I chuckled and posted the little video. I put my phone away so it wouldn't buzz continueously as notifications came in.

We finished the movie and Allie had fallen asleep mid-movie. I picked her up and went upstairs to tuck her in. My family has had the same rooms for forever, so they knew where to go. I quietly closed the door and went over to my own room. Patrick was changing into his pajamas and he didn't have his shirt on. I blushed and turned around to face the wall.
"What are you doing ma chérie?" I heard Patrick ask as I felt him draw closer. "Looking away to be polite." I said. I felt his arms wrap around my waste as he rested his chin on my shoulder. "This has happened before just opposite sides, and I didn't know Ashton Jae could be flustered." He teased. "Oh shut up and put a shirt on." I rolled my eyes before squirming out of his grip and going to the bathroom to take off my makeup. I walked back out and got my pajamas on and climbed in next to Patrick. He instantly put his phone down and cuddled in next to me, sighing heavily. I ran my hands through his hair as a comfortable silence set it around us, and it stayed like that until we fell asleep.

I've been busy
-DLJ

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