Snow Cover

Chapter 10 Breakfast Surprise

Julia's POV

I swing the door open just for my mouth to drop open in surprise. "John.. Hey." I say feeling the smile emerging on my lips as he looks almost shy about this interaction. His eyes ping around nervously as he smiles then clears his throat. "Hey Julia.. I'm sorry for coming here earlier than we had planned.. I was just really excited to see you.. I couldn't stop thinking about you." He states looking away as I smile even bigger.

"Really?" I find myself asking as he vigorously nods, looking almost embarrassed. "I was thinking about you too." I reply as this comment from me makes a smile emerge on his features. "Really?" I nod feeling so silly about this interaction, almost childish, but it's a sweet, innocent act that we both are experiencing together, which makes me feel not so bad about this interaction just because of that realization.

"Would you like to come in? I am making breakfast right now." He nods his head as I step back to let him in. He comes in then stopping automatically when I see that he is staring over at my roommate and her boyfriend, "Hey John, nice to see you again.. and so soon after just seeing her." Chanel playfully states this will a big smile plastered on her face. He waves as he looks back at me. "I'm not trying to intrude.. I can leave, then come back." he says to me as I shake my head, then wrapping my hand around his arm to help lead him in.

"It's not a problem.. why would you think that?" I ask as he shrugs his shoulders. "I just thought we were going to be alone.. But I didn't want to bother since you were spending time with your friend." he explains as I keep shaking my head before Chanel replies for me. "It's not a bother, I swear, we are just hanging out.. and I will have to be getting ready for work soon enough." I keep nodding with her explanation while leading a reluctant John into the place. "Here have a seat." I say pulling out the chair at the island, beside Tom.

John takes a seat as I circle back around to continue cooking. "So John, are you excited about getting going on this trip?" Chanel asks just starting the conversation while being friendly. I see in my peripherals that he is nodding. "I am.. Excited about certain aspects of this trip.. Now." he says as I smile thinking I know what he means. "Do you normally go on these trips?" she asks as John clears his throat, probably not expecting any type of inquiry.

"Well, I have been asked to go on these business trips a lot.. But I think this is the only one I am actually excited for." He says as I smile even bigger, just continuing to cook. "Really? You weren't excited about going on these trips before?" Chanel asks I think just trying to get him to talk about what he is excited about, or maybe not believing him because who wouldn't be excited about a trip like this? "Well don't get me wrong, these ski resorts are fun, but I imagine it will be way more memorable now that I have found someone worth taking with me." He says as I glance back at him, noticing that he is smiling over at me, causing my face to heat up as I keep smiling to myself.

"Yeah I bet having someone there with you that's as fun as Julia will make it memorable for you both." Chanel replies as John retorts without hesitation. "Oh, I can already tell that this is going to be memorable for the both of us." I grab a plate and filling it with food as I flip around putting the plate in front of him. "I think it will be memorable for us as well." Our eyes lock as we smile at one another. I grab the plate of food for myself while shutting everything off, but as I spin around I can see that Tom and Chanel are getting up and pointing at the now empty chair besides John for me to see and occupy.

I take the seat besides John as I look back at Chanel curiously while she winks at me. "I have to start getting ready for your shift.. but it was nice to see you again John.. Oh and Julia, thank you for the delicious breakfast.. I'll be back out to say goodbye before we all leave." she declares as I smile then nod, watching them leave the room and back to hers. "I thought you and you roommate weren't close." He says to me as I shrug my shoulders.

"We are as close as two people getting to know one another while living together can be. We started out as strangers and now we are friends. We are not close friends, but still friends. We work and live together, there is no way that we wouldn't get remotely close in that instance." I explain our weird situation as much as I can. "But she is at least someone that would notice if you were gone." he says as I nod. "Yes, she is probably the only person who would notice if I was ever absent.. Well, besides my boss, but that's for different reason." I declare as he sends me a small smile, I think feeling bad for my lonely situation but not making me feel bad for it.

"This food is great." He says casually changing the subject I think because he doesn't want me to feel bad. I take a bite agreeing with him, I actually did a great job, which isn't always the case, but I did my best. "Thanks, I just wanted to give Chanel a special thanks because she is the one taking my shifts this weekend just so I can come with you." I explain to him, taking a bite of my food as he nods then thinks about that.

"Well I am glad that she was willing to take that for you to help you have a time you will never forget with me." he declares as his arm wraps around the small of my back. I nervously turn to look over at him before he crashes his lips to mine. I still have food in my mouth, so I'm caught off guard. I keep my lips closed, not wanting to gross him out since he was, what I assume, trying to be spontaneous with this action when he obviously couldn't resist holding back, just thinking about last night and the time we could have.. at least that's what I assume.

He kisses me for a short moment before breaking our lips apart just to sheepishly smirk over at me as he takes another bite. I swallow what's in my mouth, not trying to be rude, but he caught me off guard, then sending him a small smile as well, making his grin grow only slightly as his eyes continue to stare into my eyes before looking back at the plate. I think he realizes that I had the food in my mouth as he looks away then softly apologizes. "Sorry for bothering.. I just couldn't resist." His words are soft as I find myself automatically shaking my head as I swallow the next bite I had taken.

"Not a bother at all.. Don't worry about it. I liked it and I like being surprised, so it worked out great." he sends me a small smile in response to my comment before saying under his breath, "I am full of many surprises that I will show you this weekend." I feel my head automatically tilting at that comment. "Really?" I ask as he clears his throat sounding nervous as if he wasn't sure if he wanted me to know this.. But I guess if he is planning on showing me either way this weekend, then one way or another I will find out.

We continue to eat away at the breakfast I had made. Eating the food is met with almost complete silence, I can feel the awkwardness of the situation.. but it's not bad it's just the silence from being new with one another and trying to figure out what to talk about. I can feel his eyes on me making me feel more nervous then what I was before. I try to ignore it, so I don't think too much into things to make this trip any harder or awkward than it needs to be. I just need to relax and take this new experience one step at a time.

"So.. are you excited about going on this trip even though you still do have to deal with the work side of it? So it's not entirely a vacation." I ask him just trying to fill in the voids of our silence. "I'm excited to have time alone with you.. does that count? I have imagined this since I met you, and can't wait to show you what I have planned." he states as those words really get my attention. "Really? like what?" I ask out of pure curiosity.

I watch as his smile grows from that question before he replies. "A fun drive over there.. some dinner there after our long trip, along with some dessert in the room.. Then the next day will be a skiing day.. with food to rejuvenate us to have a very fun night after some meetings." He states as I feel the excitement with his words making me heated. So I play around with this, trying to get him to admit what he is talking about.. Maybe in sexy details.

"Oh fun at night.. Like going bar hopping or dancing?" I play stupid for the fun of it and I think he can tell this by the playful tone wrapped around every single word. He chuckles and shakes his head before leaning in closer. "I have some fun ideas for the bedroom, but I also brought some things for us to play with.. We will just say it's made for the ladies, but I know it can be fun for the both of us.. I'm just trying to see what you like to do and how far you will take things with me." he states in a very sexy tone that I'm starting to think that he is talking about s*x toys.. but I haven't used much from my basic vibrator in my dresser.

"Oh really? That's intriguing." I state this because I really am intrigued whether he knew I would be or not.. I knew he would be a person that could show me new things in all different aspects of life and I meant it when I said I want to learn something new because like Chanel said I might really like it. This could be a lot of fun.. and even if I don't like it then at least I know I gave it a legitimate shot, instead of judging before trying.

I smile over at him as I keep thinking about what it could be before he gets my attention. "So.. wanting to make this as fun as possible for you, I did get you something that I thought would make this trip exciting and fun for us along the way." he says in almost a whisper to me as I clean the rest of the food off of my plate, "You shouldn't have." I softly say feeling nervous about this as he leans in closer with his breath feathering off of my ear and neck, sending chills through me.

"Oh but I did.. I want to make this as memorable as possible." I let out the breath I was holding in, before looking over at him. He has a huge smirk on his face making me heat up at that sight alone. I have to calm myself down, or we won't leave this apartment for the trip ever.