Destiny & Distance

25°

—We should stop by a CVS so I can buy an emergency pill -she suggests me-

—Yeah, we should

I drove to the nearest CVS and she said she wanted to go alone because I might get attention... And Chris Evans buying an emergency pill next to a unknown woman means they're a thing. I surely didn't want any scandal around us. I parked the car and kissed her, I was about to give her money when she reached for her clutch and mouthed a "don't worry"

—I'll be right back babe -she winks at me and closes the car door-

A few minutes went by and she arrived with a bag, she sat in the passengers seat and turned on a light.

—Brought you this -she smiles and hands me a Jamaican iced tea-

—Thanks -I open it up to drink it-

She opens a water bottle and then took the pill. After she swallowed it, she smiled at me

—Done. No kids on its way -she jokes-

—Good for us, I guess -I chuckle and start the engine-

Our way back home was completely silently. She was deep into her thoughts and so was I

How are we really gonna do to make this relationship work? I come to Boston like 3 times in a year. I'd lover her to move to L.A but at the same time I don't wanna ask her to do it because I feel like it's kinda selfish. On the other hand I don't think she will give up what she's built over me and I don't want her to if she feels that way... But someway, somehow we have to make this work. And we don't have much time to talk about it since it's already December 25th, so we really need to decide because I have to be back in L.A by January. Right before I even realized I was again parking at my mom's house

—How do I look like? Is my makeup smudged? Do I look like I had sex like an hour ago? -she asks turning to face me, making me laugh-

—You look beautiful, your makeup is all on and isn't smudged

—Gotta thank Urban Decay for that. Its setting spray passed the test -we laugh-

We then stepped out of the car, we left the presents in my car so we could sneak out around 5AM and put them on the tree. As soon as I opened the door, we could see my siblings and Shawn chatting, when they noticed us their faces lighted up

—There they are, the bunnies -Scott jokes-

This dude is always making jokes about everything

—Shut up -Gabbie answers ashamed and sits on the empty couch- what are you guys doing?

—Just talking about life, what were you two doing? -Shanna asks-

—Buying something -I say, I wasn't lying tho- and here's the wine, by the way

Shanna stood up and took the bottles out of the CVS bag, when she did that I remembered that the empty package of the emergency pill was still there, I saw Gabriela looking at me. I'm 100% sure she was thinking the same as me. Shanna saw the package but didn't say anything nor acted suspicious or weird and I mentally thanked her for that

—Well, join us on our talk -Shanna winks at me and then pours some wine-

I went to the kitchen and teared up the package making sure it wasn't readable, then threw it in the garbage

—I'm back. So, tell us about you Shawn, sorry that I wasn't here most of the time

—Don't worry -Shawn smiles at me- there isn't much to say, I'm an architect, I'm here visiting my family, I work at Seattle which is where Scott lives -he turns to smile at Scott and my brother returns the smile-

—Really? That's awesome. You'll get to spend a lot of time together then, are you leaving on January to Seattle? -I ask Shawn and he nods with his head- oh great, bet you two will end up catching the same flight

—And what about you two? -he asks-

—What do you wanna know? -Gabbie smiles-

—How did you two meet, where do you guys live?

—Well we... We met because of Chris' mom -she pauses- I met Lisa first and she invited me over, when I came I met Scott, Shanna and Carly, a few weeks later Chris came and we met here -Shawn listens at her carefullly- and I live here but Chris lives at L.A

We all were there listening to the story, but Shawn was the most into it

—Wow. And how do you guys make it work? -Scott asks and Gabbie looks at me, as if she was trying to say something-

—We actually haven't figured it out yet, but we have to -she pauses again and turns to see Shawn- we haven't been together for too long, to be honest

—I hope you guys can make it -he gives us a sincere smile-

—Thank you, I hope so too -I finally speak-

—Mom and dad are asleep already -Carly starts to speak- my high-heels are killing me and I'm kind of sleepy, shall we finish these two bottles and go to bed?

—I'm sleepy too -I say-

—Would you like to stay, Shawn? -Scott asks his boyfriend-

—Of course -he smiles at him-

—But what if we leave these bottles here and finish 'em up later? I really really want to sleep -Shanna says-

—I'm okay with it -Gabriela answers-

—Let's go then -Carly stands up and we all did the same- night guys! See you in the morning -she smiles and left-

—Gabbie and I are leaving too, so we'll see each other in a few hours, bye -I say and Gabriela waves at them, following me to my bedroom-

As soon as we got there, Gabriela took her heels off

—Sorry, they were killing me -she says amusingly-

—Don't worry, wanna take a shower? -I ask her-

—Hmm... Yeah, where did you put my PJ? -she tries to find it looking through the room-

—It's over there -I point it- but if you want, I can give you a shirt of mine and you can change to your PJ in the morning

—Sounds perfect to me, your shirts are comfier

We hopped in the shower, but nothing sexual happened. It was more of an intimate moment, I washed her hair which made her laugh, we gave each other little kisses that tasted like soap or shampoo and ended up laughing at it. It's crazy how this girl and I got along so well, whenever I'm around her I feel comfortable, I really enjoy her presence and her personality

—Can we do this often? -she smiles at me as she dries her hair with the towel-

—Whenever you want to, I have no problem with it -I smile back- now let's go to the bed, I'm really sleepy