‘’You never told him this before.’’ She told him surprised.
‘’We have so many things that we have yet still to learn about each other, Desiree.’’ He told her with a smile as he pulled out his phone from his pants pocked and dialed her number.
After ten minutes or so on the phone Elliot hung up with a grin on his face. ‘’Desiree, she asked me to go to her home tomorrow and have lunch with her, she would like to meet you.’’
‘’I would love to meet your mother.’’ She told him with a smile.
‘’It’s settled then, now let me help you with those clothes.’’ He told her as he sat down next to her on the floor and started to take out his clothes from his suitcase.
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Later that evening after they had finished unpacking and had dinner at the hotel restaurant Elliot took Desiree for a little sightseeing in London.
‘’I’m telling you London looks so beautiful at night, not that in the morning it doesn’t but at night there is something magical about it.’’ He told her once they got out of the subway and led her up the stairs. ‘’Turn around.’’ Elliot whispered in her ear once they got out of the station.
When she turned around and looked up she was surprised to see the Big Ben towering above her, it was a breath taking sight and she stood there gaping for a few seconds.
‘’I knew that you’d be surprised.’’ He told her as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
‘’I can’t wait to see more, come on let’s go!’’ She told him excitedly as she took his hand in hers and ran down the road which was above the Thames river as they both laughed and passed tourists who gave them odd looks.
They both felt carefree and the troubles of yesterday were locked safely away in their minds. All that mattered was that they had one another to hold on to.
28☕
❝He kissed her like her lips were air and he couldn’t breathe ❞
‘’Desiree, are you finished? You have been in there for an hour!’’ Elliot said as he knocked on the bathroom door of their hotel room. In thirty minutes they were supposed to be at his mother’s house, but since she was taking so long there was no way that they were going to be there on time. Thank God his mum was a patient woman.
‘’Just one more minute!’’ She yelled from the other side of the door.
‘’If you are not coming out until the count of three I will burst this door open. 1…2…-‘’ Elliot told her playfully.
‘’Okay okay I’m ready!’’ Desiree said as she quickly opened the door and bumped straight into him as he was standing too close to the door.
‘’What took you so long?’’ He asked her as he looked down at her in his arms.
‘’I just wanted to look my best, I’m meeting your mother for the first time and I want to give her a good impression.’’ She told him as she looked up into his mesmerizing green eyes. He looked down at the outfit that she had picked out, a white skater dress, a red military jacket and thigh high black boots. She looked stunning.
‘’You look perfect no matter what baby girl, now let’s go.’’ He told her as he placed a swift kiss on her pink lips and walked out of the hotel room hand in hand.
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‘’But Elliot, what if she doesn’t like me? What if I’m too boring?’’ Desiree had been worrying and asking him questions since they had got on the subway. When Noah was going to introduce her to his parents as his girlfriend she wasn’t worried at all, but that might have been because she had knew them before. Meeting Elliot’s mum was a whole other story.
‘’Desiree, please stop worrying you’ll see how she’ll love you and besides it doesn’t matter if she won’t, which is impossible, I’m the one dating you not her.’’ He told her as they arrived at the house and walked to the front door.
After a few seconds that Elliot knocked on the door a stunning brunette middle aged woman opened the door.
‘’Elliot!’’ She took him in her arms immediately and started crying. ‘’I can’t believe you’re really here Elliot!’’
‘’I missed you too mum.’’ Elliot told her as he hugged her back, and after a few moments they broke apart and his mother looked at Desiree for the first time and looked questioningly at Elliot before welcoming them inside.
‘’Mum, this is Desiree my girlfriend.’’ Elliot introduced her.
‘’You didn’t tell me that you had a girlfriend last time I called Elliot. It’s nice to meet you Desiree.’’ She told her as they shook hands and Desiree gave her a small smile.
‘’It’s nice to meet you too, Ms .Mason’’
‘’Oh please call me Anne, sweetie!’’ She told her as she grinned at her and told them to follow her into the kitchen where they were greeted by Anne’s fiancée Paul and soon after started eating.
‘’So Elliot, what brought you back to England?’’ Anne asked him while they were eating.
‘’Desiree has always wanted to come to London, so I thought that it would be a great idea if we spent Christmas here.’’ He told her as he gave a side glance at Desiree who was small talking with Paul.
‘’That’s a really nice idea, Elliot. I never thought you were a romantic.’’ She told him surprised.
‘’She’s different than the others, mum.’’ He told her as he looked lovingly at Desiree, who turned to look at him and grinned.
‘’I wish you both the best of luck, you make a cute couple.’’ Anne told them with a smile as she raised her wine glass to congratulate them, and so did Paul.
‘’Thank you!’’ Desiree told them as she turned to a light shade of red.
‘’While we are talking about love, Paul and I would like to invite you to our wedding which is in two months.’’ Anne told them as Paul took her hand in his and kissed it.
‘’It would make us so happy if you could make it.’’ Paul told them with a smile.
Elliot knew that they were engaged but he hadn’t realized that they were going to get married so soon. Compared to Hannah, Paul was a way better step parent, maybe better than his own father.
‘’We would love to come, what do you think Desiree?’’ Elliot asked her.
‘’I love weddings! We’ll be there!’’ Desiree told them with a bright smile. ‘’And congratulations!’’
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After they had spent about two more hours there, Elliot and Desiree went back to their hotel room.
‘’I told you that she’d like you.’’ Elliot told her in the middle of the Christmas movie that they were watching on TV.
‘’I like her too.’’ She told him as she turned sideways and sat in an Indian position.
For a few moment they just sat there on the couch looking deeply at each other without saying a word.
Elliot leaned slowly towards her, eyes blazing, and her heart started pounding in her chest as desire pooled in her belly.
‘’Do you have any idea how much I want you, Desiree Lock?’’ He whispered as her breath hitched. He reached up and gently ran his fingers down her cheek to her chin. He leaned down and kissed her. His lips were demanding, firm and slow molding hers. He unzipped her dress while he placed feather like kisses across her jaw, to her chin and the corners of her mouth. Slowly he peeled it off her and threw it on the floor. He moved back and gazed at her.
‘’Oh Desiree.’’ He breathed. ‘’You are so beautiful. I want to kiss every inch of you.’’
She just stood there flushed looking up at him in just her light blue underwear but she soon leaned in and kissed him passionately. ‘’I want you to.’’ She whispered and with those words he lifted her up and took her to the bed, gently pushing her down as he climbed on top of her.
She lifted up her hands and started unbuttoning his black shirt, and before they knew it they were both naked and breathing heavily.
‘’Are you sure you want to, Desiree?’’ He asked her as he looked down at her. She looked beautiful with her dark hair fanned on the pillow and her cheeks flus
hed and eyes bright.
‘’Yes, I’m sure. I love you Elliot.’’ And with that he inserted her slowly and for the first time they both made love to someone.
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❝I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month❞
The next morning Desiree woke up in Elliot’s arms and moved closer to him to absorb his body warmth since there was a cold chill in the hotel room, most probably they had forgot to switch on the heater the night before.
When she moved closer to Elliot she noticed that he wasn’t wearing anything and when she looked under the covers she saw that she was in the same state. That was when she realized that the wonderful dream that she had had the night before wasn’t a dream, but had in fact been reality. Desiree blushed and got out of the bed, wrapping her small body in the fluffy night gown that provided the hotel. She grabbed her phone from her bag and some clothes and went to take a hot shower.
Thankfully the hot water helped to soothe the soreness that she felt and she took longer than necessary to finished her shower. After she was done with the shower she looked at her phone to check what time it was and was surprised to see that it was the 25th December, Christmas day!
She ran back into the hotel bedroom and jumped on Elliot.
‘’Wake up wake up wake up!’’ She screamed excitedly as she nudged Elliot in an attempt to wake him up.
‘’What’s wrong, is everything okay, are you hurt?’’ Elliot said as he quickly set up in bed and took her face in his hand as he looked at her with wide green eyes.
‘’It’s Christmas!’’ She told him with a grin as she kissed him on the lips. For a second he just started at her with a confused look on his face but then a grin spread on his face as he realized what day it was.
‘’Happy Christmas, baby!’’ He told her as he changed their position so he was straddling her, while she laughed and tried to move away from him. They stayed on the bed for a while, he tickling her and she trying to get out of his reach.
It was possibly the first Christmas that Desiree wasn’t going to spend with her family. Since they were a very religious family they used to go to the early Christmas mass and then go for breakfast at some restaurant where they would open their Christmas presents. As she remembered these moments she felt Elliot’s hands move away from her.
‘’What’s wrong Desiree?’’ Elliot asked.
‘’Nothing is wrong.’’ Desiree took this opportunity to get away from him and sat down on the armchair facing the bed instead.
‘’Desiree tell me.’’ Elliot insisted.
‘’It’s just that I’m a little homesick, I remembered how we used to spend Christmas as a family and I just miss them.’’ She told him as she avoided his eyes.
‘’Desiree, you know that if you want to go back all you have to do is tell me. I won’t get angry at you I promise and I understand that you miss your family, after all it was my fault that happened what happened, if I hadn’t been an idiot none of this would have happened.’’ He said with a sad tone, deep down he regretted taking her away from her family, but at the same time he was glad that she was there in London with him, he loved her company.
‘’I don’t want to leave, I like it here and I wanted this to happen.’’ Just as she said this she spotted a stain of red blood on the bed sheets and she immediately blushed, and as she did Elliot looked to were she had been looking and burst out in a fit of laughter.
‘’I wanted this to happen to, and I’m glad it did.’’ He told her as he moved closer to her and the events of the night before were repeated.
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‘’Where are you taking me Elliot?’’ She asked him as they walked together down the snow covered streets of London after they had had a lovely Christmas lunch.
‘’I’m taking you to pick your Christmas present.’’ He told her with a smile.
‘’Oh Elliot, there’s no need for you to do that, I have everything I want here with me and besides I haven’t gotten you a gift.’’ She told him a little embarrased.
‘’You gave me the best gift ever, Desiree. Come on we’re here.’’ He said as he help open a shop’s door open for her. ‘’You can pick anything you like, don’t worry about the price.’’ He whispered in her ear as he went to talk with the shop keeper.
Desiree looked around at the shop’s display glasses and was surprised and thrilled when she saw that they were full with beautiful pieces of jewellery. She was a girl after all and the saying ‘Diamonds are a girl’s best friend’ was sort of true.
After about twenty minutes of looking at the display glasses and trying to decide between beautiful ruby earrings or a clear diamond pendant, Elliot walked towards her and wrapped his arms around her.
‘’So have you picked out anything?’’ He whispered in her ear as he looked at the pieces of jewellery before them.
‘’I really like those earrings and that necklace over them. I don’t know which one to choose.’’ She told him as she pointed at the two items.
‘’Michael can you come here please?’’ Elliot asked as he waved at the shop keeper. ‘’Desiree, this is my uncle. Michael this is Desiree, my girlfriend.’’ He said as he introduced them.
‘’It’s nice to meet you, Desiree.’’ He told her as they shook hands.
‘’It’s nice to meet you too.’’ She told him with a smile.
‘’She would like those ruby earrings and that diamond pendant over there.’’ Elliot said as he pointed at the pieces she had chose.
‘’Elliot, you don’t have to get both of them.’’ She told him with wide eyes, she knew that pieces like that weren’t cheap.
‘’I told you not to worry about the price, didn’t I? It’s the least I could give you Desiree.’’ He told her as he gave her a quick kiss on her forehead and then followed Michael where he was packing the jewellery.
‘’You make a cute couple, I hope that you two last and Elliot don’t do anything which may scare this one away.’’ He told them as Elliot handed him his credit card.
‘’I won’t.’’ He replied as he took the black bag which held Desiree’s Christmas present.
‘’I would like to see you two again, Merry Christmas!’’ Michael told them with a smile as they started to walk towards the door.
‘’I would like that. Merry Christmas to you too and a happy new year!’’ Desiree waved before they walked out of the shop and made their way back to the hotel, where they spent their night eating chines take out and pizza and watching holiday movies while they enjoyed one another’s company on their first Christmas together.
30☕
❝Wherever we are together that is home❞
‘’Rise and shine, baby girl!’’ Elliot said in a high pitched voice as he nudged Desiree.
‘’What time is it?’’ She groaned as she covered her head with her pillow, she loved sleep and the previous night she hadn’t had much time to sleep.
‘’It’s six thirty.’’ He told her as he grabbed her from the waist and lifted her up on him.
‘’Jeez why so early, Elliot?’’ She asked him as she stood up and turned around so she was now straddling him whilst frowning at him.
‘’I have a surprise for you, come on let’s go chop chop!’’ He joked as he playfully slapped her behind as she ran off giggling.
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They had been on the subway for about quarter of an hour and Desiree couldn’t stop thinking about how amazing the past three weeks in London had been. She had received some brief calls from her mother and Alice but none from her father. Life with Elliot was just perfect, they did have the occasional fight and argument here or there, but other than that everything was fine.
Another ten minutes passed on the subway and she started to think that maybe they were going to visit someone, but who?
A few minutes later they got off the subway and in a taxi, Elliot told the driver the address and sped off.
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