"Come on Gilinsky let's go! I don't want to be late to my moms." I called from downstairs, watching my every move as I was holding a tower of presents. It was christmas day and my mother invited me to her new apartment for christmas. She finally saved up enough to buy a new small apartment with her sister on the outskirts of LA near her job. My aunt is spending it with her boyfriend and his family, so my mother invited me over.

I'm surprising her with the greatest gift of all. That i'm dating gilinsky. I know i know it's cheesy but she'll approve of it and be happy.

I bought her three gifts, a new sweater, a fit bit watch thing, and candles. For gilinsky, I got my boy his necklace, a new pair of calvin klein joggers because i spilled wine on his one night, and then a watch, but it has a sound wave of me saying i love you engraved.

For christmas eve last night he showed me one of his gifts for me. Last night he went out and got a dozen red roses for me, along with a tattoo on his inner middle finger. Crazy right? It's a smiley face drawn out by me. We've been together for a solid three or four months in think, I wanted to make sure he wasn't crazy, plus it's pretty small.

But i automatically fell in love with it. He cares THAT much about me.

"Yeah yeah babe i'm coming! I wouldn't want to leave a bad impression on your mother that we were late." He chuckled skipping down the stairs to me. Arriving to the front door with me, he took half of the presents so I could see a bit better.

Giving me a kiss on the forehead, he whispered. "Merry christmas Johnson." Smiling at the end, moving away to open the door.

A rose tint popped on my cheeks, What a sweet talker.

I followed him outside and shut the door, making my way to the trunk to put all the gifts.

I also prepared a chocolate cake and macaroni and cheese, i'm not a chef but damn I would say i'm pretty damn good.

We placed the gifts in the back, him shutting the trunk door. "I'm excited J, it's also my first time basically meeting her in person." He exclaimed holding my hands and swinging them up and down.

"Hey you said hi to her once when she dropped me off from her house, she's a real doll, she'll love you so much." I smile walking to the passenger seat of the Jeep.

As I get in so does gilinsky, and he continues the conversation.

"I'm sure of it. I want to give off the impression of that i'm a great guy for you and am very comfortable with my money. I'm just doing it so everything with us would be well." He rants on, putting on his seatbelt.

I raise an eye at him. "Babe, she's gonna love you so much trust me. No way she would treat like shit. She's seen you in television and on the radio, you are in great hands." I go holding his thigh as he turns on the engine.

"Your mom and dad loved me, so my mom is sure to consider you family by the end of the day." i giggle leaning over to kiss his cheek. He starts to blush as he nods, and backs out of the driveway.

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"Jack! Sweetie how much i've missed you!" My mom greeted when she opened the door. She quickly took the mac and cheese and set it on some table next to the door, and hugged me so tightly. I've missed her too, it's been a month since i've seen her, but for my mother and i it's a lot.

"I've missed you way more mom. You have no idea." I smile, kissing her head as i pull away. She automatically looked over at Gilinsky, her smile continuing to shine.

Gilinsky handed the brownies to me and held his hand out to shake. "Mrs. Johnson, I've heard so much about you and how great you are, such a pleasure to meet you on Christmas day." He beamed.

She automatically lit up and brought him into a hug, putting him in surprise. "Oh please call me jennifer! You are such an amazing person hun. I've seen everything you've done. Come on in both of you."

We walked in and G shut the door behind him. Her mini tree was bright with different ornaments, the walls had two stockings to pretend they had a fireplace, and a table set up in the living room for us three. She still just thinks I invited G to get to know her, but little did she know she'd be getting a great surprise.

We followed her in the kitchen and sat down at her dining table. She was finishing up her main course which was just a turkey. We caught up with each other and what was new, me and gilinsky doing absolutely nothing to make us look like we are a couple.

This was such a small group for a christmas dinner, just three people, but genuinely it meant a lot just catching up with my mom about everything. I love her and misses her.

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It was around seven thirty and we were about to start eating, I was just transferring all of our food and wine to the more formal table in the living room. We are about to tell her about us, and i'm excited. Yes kind of nervous, but for the four hours of us talking, she seems to like him. He threw out jokes, compliments, and was plain overall kind to her, which is just what i wanted.

We put the last plate of the table and all sat down. me and gilinsky were sitting on the across from my mom. "Hopefully you guys enjoy this!! I'm just excited to eat it all." My mom chuckled adjusting her glasses. I looked over at gilinsky and quickly got my moms attention.

"Mom I kind of have a surprise, a early gift." I smiled intertwining my hand with his under the table. She looked up and raised her eyebrow. "What's up J? Is all okay?" She asked?

I nodded my head and continued. "Gilinsky isn't here because he couldn't catch a flight in time to see his parents, he's here for a different reason." I smiled really hugely. G was just having his moment right now, he was ecstatic and you could see it on his face.

It stayed silent for a while and I didn't really know what to do. She tried figuring it out but didn't say a word to us.

Jack and I glanced at each other and and didn't exactly know what to do.

Finally she went stopped the guessing game and shrugged, going back to swirling her wine.

I cleared my throat to make her look up, to my surprise she smirked at me and laughed. "You two are dating right?"

My eyes widened. I mean she just knew? Funny how the mother instinct is. Gilinsky turned red and chuckled.

"I-I mean yeah but I wouldn't think you'll guess it." I chuckled and scratched the back of my head, holding up our holding hands for her to see.

She smiled so hugely and clapped her hands. "Jack baby i'm so happy you finally completely lost memory of Dylan, not only that you seem to be happier. Mr. Gilinsky seems to be very very happy as well." She spoke. "It's a mother's feeling to know. Besides I would say it's kind of obvious to me, you are my son after all."

I was about to speak but Gilinsky took over. "He's an absolute dream Mrs. Johnson. We've been together for 3 almost four months officially, and I love him." He beamed running his hand through his hair.

He's such a charming person, I mean who can't love him?

Her eyes widened a bit but soon went back to normal. "Thank you Jack. You as well are an amazing human for keeping my child sane. Pretty ironic, the names. Jack and Jack." She giggled, picking up the spoon to serve herself food.

The most important people in my life now adore each other. An amazing Christmas for me.

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