I turned down Jameson when I was twelve

I spent that Friday night with Steve Carrell

The one where Dwight became the head of Sales

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My eyes flutter open and I see light shining through my curtains. I grab my phone and see I got a text. Hey I get to sleep in as long as I want since I'm on break! Sigh...

I open the text and smile.

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I feel myself smile and roll my eyes. I think it's funny he knew I would read it in the afternoon.

I smile and decide to make my bed. That's plenty of time!

Um no... I'm gonna eat first. I walk down the stairs and see my parents starting to clean and Jade watching tv.

"Scarlett can you unload the dishwasher?" My mom asks.

"Sure..." I say opening the dishwasher. After I'm done putting everything into the cabinets and drawers I make myself some cereal.

I walk into the living room and see Jade watching Arthur. "What's up?" I ask her.

"Are you excited for the party tonight?" She asks smiling.

"Ya sure!..." I say. It's so much work! I doubt any of my friends care. Ethan definitely doesn't since he just lies on the bed while we binge watch movies.

"I can't believe the year is almost over! I feel like time seems to speed up during the holidays." She says.

"Scarlett and Jade I need you guys to start cleaning. Can you guys dust the shelves and tables?" My mom asks.

Jade starts to complain and I lightly punch her arm. "Mom's gonna get mad at us if we don't follow her." I say.

30 minutes later we finish dusting every single surface in the house and run to our rooms, so our mom doesn't tell us to clean anything else.

I walk into my bathroom and stare at my reflection. I roll my eyes at myself and redo my bun. There, happy?

I slide my hands into my sweatshirt pocket and exit my bathroom. But it smells like him...

I start to fold my laundry and watch YouTube until my mom tells me to do more chores. An hour later someone knocks on my door and I sigh. "Come in!" I say.

"Damn you look better in my clothes than I do..." Ethan says.

I turn around and jump into his arms. "Hi!" I say smiling.

He tightens his hold around my thighs and says, "I missed you."

"It's only been three days..." I say laughing.

"I can miss my beautiful girlfriend even if I saw her an hour ago." Ethan says grinning.

"Ew no I look like a mess." I say against his shoulder.

"You always look beautiful in my eyes. I love it when you do that cute bun." Ethan murmurs against my neck.

"Ethan do not give me another hickey. The party is tonight and I plan on putting my hair up." I say moving my neck away from him.

He softly plants his lips on mine and murmurs, "Too late."

"Ethan!" I say blushing.

"Hey you gave me like three last time." He says shrugging.

"Ya but that... it..." I say trying to stop the blush.

He laughs and kisses me again. "You're so cute." He says.

"Jade, Scarlett, and Ethan get down here." My mom yells.

"Oh no. She's gone into panic cleaning." I say grabbing Ethan's hand.

I lead him down the stairs and my mom starts to talk to all three of us. "Jade can you clean up all your toys and your room?" My mom asks.

She looks at Ethan and I and asks, "Can you two wash and dry the nice plates and then layout the snacks?"

"Sure thing ma'am!" Ethan says.

My mom smiles at me and says, "Definitely a keeper."

I smile and we head towards the kitchen. I pick up the first plate and start to rinse it. I hand Ethan the plate and he dries it with a hand towel.

"What food are you guys serving?" He asks.

"Pizza, wings, ribs, and then a bunch of desserts and snacks." I say shrugging.

"Pretzels?" He asks with a grin.

"Of course." I say with a nod.

I take out a bunch of snacks from the pantry and hand some of the bags to Ethan. I take out some serving bowls and ask, "Could you just pour some of the snacks into the bowls?"

"Sure." He says starting to open the bags.

Once we're done my mom comes into the kitchen and says, "Thank you guys! I just need to vacuum so you guys can just chill until the party."

I start heading back to my room when Ethan says, "Red wait."

I turn around and see him pouring himself a bowl of pretzels. I laugh and say, "Do you want to finish The Office? There's only a few more episodes left."

"We should just bring the bag then right?" He asks with an adorable grin.

I smile and say, "Look I love you and all but if you make a mess in my room I'm going to kick you out."

After I say that sentence he freezes and drops the bowl of pretzels. I snort and say, "I just told you not to make a mess and you just drop the whole thing huh?"

I lean down to pick up the pretzels. "Hey are you gonna help?" I ask standing up to look at Ethan.

"You love me?" He asks with the happiest smile in the world.

My eyes widen when I remember what I just said, and I start blushing. "I mean y-ya..." I say stuttering.

He leans down and smashes his lips against mine.

"Say it again." He murmurs with a smile.

"I love you." I say with a goofy smile on my face.

"I love you more Scarlett." He says leaning his forehead against mine. He wraps his arms around me and I give him another light kiss.

I hear my mom coming into the kitchen and automatically try to push Ethan away. But his first instinct is to grab my wrist and pull me closer.

"Thank you guys for-" My mom starts to say but stops when she sees us. "Am I interrupting?" She asks with a smirk.

Ethan says yes while I say no, and I lightly smack his arm. My mom just laughs and grabs cleaning supplies from a cabinet.

When she walks away I turn to face Ethan and see him grinning. "What?" I ask.

"I love you." Ethan says.

"Good for you!" I say picking up the rest of the pretzels. I throw away the pretzels and glance at Ethan. They were on the floor for more than five seconds! Like at least five minutes...

He continues to pout and I sigh. "I love you too... Whatever." I murmur shyly.

He gives me another big smile and leans down to kiss my forehead. "So you still want to watch The Office or..." I ask.

"Of course." He says grabbing the bag of pretzels.

We run up the stairs and head to my room. I shut the door and jump onto my bed. I wrap myself in my blanket and tap the empty space beside me for Ethan.

He scoots besides me and I place the blanket over him. "I can't believe we're almost done with the series!" I say starting the episode.

"It feels like it was just yesterday that we started to watch this series together in the cafe." He says pulling me to his chest. Shut up I love cuddles.

"Should we go down? I think everyone's here already..." Ethan says.

"I have to go socialize...?" I say frowning.

"Or we could just stay in your room..." Ethan says wiggling his eyebrows.

"On second thought let's go now!" I say grabbing his hand and pulling him towards the stairs. Ya I really doubt that...

He chuckles and I turn around to glare at him. He immediately stops and pretends to look innocent.

When we step into the living room Meg, Lyla, Hunter, and Harper are already here. "Finally!" Harper says.

"What were you guys doing up there?" Lyla asks wiggling her eyebrows.

"Just binge watching movies!" Ethan says shrugging.

Ethan goes to sit by Hunter while I sit beside the girls. "So binge watching huh?" Meg asks with a smirk.

"Guys we weren't doing anything so get your minds out of the gutters!" I say covering my face.

"Only three more hours to go until the new year!" Harper says changing the subject.

"What do you guys want to do until then?" I ask.

"You still have Uno?" Hunter asks.

"Ya! We should invite Jade and Ellie to play!" I say smiling.

"I'm going to crush all of you." Hunter says clapping evilly.

I go into the kitchen and see Jade and Ellie hanging out. "You guys want to play Uno with us?"

"You want too?" Ellie asks turning to Jade.

"I don't care!" Jade says shrugging.

Ellie turns to me and says, "Sure!"

When we all settle in and each have 7 Uno cards we play the starting card. "Who wants to go first?" Meg asks.

"Me!" Hunter says placing a red 7 on the blue 7.

When it's my turn I decide to play it safe and just play a green 9 card. A few minutes later Ethan plays a +4 card and changes the color to yellow! "How could you?" I say frowning at him.

"I'm sorry that's the only card I could have played!" He says.

"I thought you loved me..." I say dramatically picking up four cards from the stack.

Ellie plays a reverse card and I say, "Thank you Ellie!"

She smiles and says, "Get revenge!"

"No..." Ethan says starting to panic.

I play a +2 card and smile evilly.

I leave the front door ajar and sit on the swinging chair. I have my coat on... And it's snowing! It's still pretty!

I can't believe I only have one more semester of high school... True. Despite what everybody says I feel like every single year of high school wasn't easy.

I mean sure freshmen year was probably the easiest out of the four but I feel like eighth grade was easier than freshmen year you know? So seniors saying how freshmen should stop complaining about work should shut up. We're all stuck in high school either way.

I look at the time on my phone and see only a few more minutes until midnight! Someone steps onto the porch and I get ready to attack them.

I see it's only Ethan and I relax. "Hey." I say sitting back down on the bench.

I pat the spot beside me and he says, "Yay I get to sit on the swinging chair!"

I laugh and he wraps an arm around my waist. I place my head against his chest and he says, "You excited for the new year?"

"Definitely." I say with a smile.

"Cause you have an amazing boyfriend?" Ethan asks.

"I do? Where he at?" I say looking around.

Ethan rolls his eyes and says, "You're mean..."

I laugh and peck his lips. "You're adorable."

"I'm happy we had that little Netflix trip for The Office." Ethan says.

"You think we might have gotten together if we didn't watch that together?" I ask curiously.

"Definitely. I would come up with some way to hang out with you outside of school and work eventually. It might have taken a couple more months though since I would always chicken out and stuff..." He says laughing.

"You really liked me the first week of school?" I ask.

"Ya I had a tiny crush on you... When I bumped into you at the cafe I just thought she's the one you know?" He asks.

I smile and start blushing. "When I first met you I thought you were a klutzy asshole."

"Ya I guess I was an idiot..." He says laughing.

"But you're my idiot and I wouldn't change it for the world." I say. Ethan smiles at my words and kisses me on the forehead.

People inside start counting down so Ethan and I start to as well.

Eight.

Seven.

Six.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One!

Ethan wraps his arms around my waist and I lean in to kiss him. When we separate he whispers, "I love you."

"I love you more." I say. He softly smiles and we head back inside to greet everyone.

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