𝘾𝙄𝙉𝙉𝘼𝙈𝙊𝙉 𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙆𝙎 , dreamwastaken

iv.

a/n : merry christmas eve !!! probs will be a full christmas morning special tmrw :)

jade woke up that morning much quicker than she normally would, for a reason she couldn't put her finger on. she actually woke up at a reasonable time (which for her was before noon), and she got herself ready for the day ahead of her. today was christmas eve, so she was going back home to her parents house for the evening.

by the time she was fully ready, it was about 11, so she decided to finish wrapping the gifts that were sitting at the foot of her bed. she went into the living room, sat down on the floor, turned on the tv to a hallmark christmas movie, and started to wrap. about three presents in, she heard her phone buzz on the couch behind her.

clay

good morning :)

merry christmas eve

jade

same to you

are you doing anything today?

clay

i'm just hanging at my parents house later on

can i have the ft i was promised?

jade thought for a moment before answering him.

jade

sure. give me a minute

she picked up the scraps around her and went to their messages. she hesitated over the call button for a moment, with multiple things going through her head. what if my apartment looks messy? what if i look messy? she shook the thoughts from her head and called him. she set her phone up on her coffee table using a mug and a book as a stand, and waited for an answer. the phone rang for a moment, before she was alerted that the facetime was unavailable. she cocked her head in confusion before quickly returning to wrapping her gifts. if she was being honest, it hurt her a little bit. shake it off, you don't even know him, she thought to herself.

a few minutes later, her phone lit up next to her.

incoming facetime from: clay

she waited a moment before answering. she took a breath and accepted the call.

"hi, i'm so sorry for not answering, my sister called and she wanted to know what was going on tonight and when i was coming over. i didn't mean to leave you hanging," he said quickly before smiling and shaking his head. the feeling of worry that was in jade's heart before had disappeared in that moment. "anyway, how are you?"

"i'm good, i'm just wrapping the presents i haven't yet. i procrastinate so bad but i love wrapping things," jade laughed, gesturing to the mess of paper and boxes in front of her.

clay nodded and was quiet for a moment.

"you said you had a cat right?" he questioned. jade nodded and picked up her phone from its spot on the table. she walked into her bedroom where cinnamon was sat on her pillow.

"sorry it's kinda messy in here, but yeah, here he is. i'd pet him but he'd probably attack me." she said, flipping the camera back to face her after a moment. clay then moved from his spot on the couch to across the room where his cat was sat in a chair. he picked her up and held her like a baby.