The Heart Of Everything

16. Are you jealous?

"Sammie bear!"

"Oh my god." I growl as I drag Kimmie's duvet over myself. She started to call me that for about two weeks ago, and it hates it.

"I hate it!" I say angrily to myself before I hear Kimmie come in her door.

"Oh my god!" I growl as she jumps over me and drags down the duvet from my face.

"Careful, honey!" I say irritated and she has a satisfied grin on her face.

"You can't just jump on me all the time!" I tell and then sigh. Kimmie leans down and kisses my nose.

"Good morning." She smiles brightly.

"Hi, honey." I say softly, affected by her smile, goddammit. She just makes me happy no matter how upset I should be. Kimmie leans down, resting her head on my chest.

"Sam?"

"Hmm?" I answer as I start stroking the back of her neck.

"What are you going to do on Christmas?" She asks and it makes me clench my teeth. It's less than a month to Christmas and dad told me for a couple of days ago that he has to work. He was so upset that no one could do that job in Europe. Dad has to be there for the firm for over a week.

He felt so awful for not being home since he was gone a lot already. I told him it was fine, I don't want dad to feel any worse than he already does. He promised me that he was going to work less next year, so I hope he will. I guess I have to be alone on Christmas until dad comes back.

"Home I guess." I answer easily. Kimmie moves and looks at me.

"With your dad?" She asks, I hesitated to answer and she notices.

"You are going to be home alone?" She asks worried and shocked. I bit my inner cheeks and shrug, not sure how to respond. Kimmie is going to celebrate with the rest of her family on her mother's side. So she will be gone.

"Come with me then." She says.

"I... huh... what?" I mess up my words so badly that I shake my head of myself. Kimmie is laughing at me and it makes me roll my eyes.

"Come with me, I said." She smiles.

"No, I can't do that. It's your family and I..."

"I love you, Sam, and I want you there with me." She tells me softly.

"No, I..." I stop as she looks at me with her begging green eyes that make me surrender. I might not be weak for anything, but for her I am. Just one look at her and I fall. God, she is making me such a softy.

"I'd love to." I tell her with my whole heart because I want to. Just a little unsure if her family is okay with it, Kimmie's mother, father, and little sister, like me, I think. The rest of the family I haven't met, those are the ones that make me a little unsure about it, and nervous. Oh god, Sam is nervous that is not normal. Kimmie has a beautiful smile on her face.

"I can't wait." She tells so happily, I don't think I have heard her so thrilled before and that makes me delighted. Even though I can feel the heart in my chest beating a little too fast, for what I have dragged myself into now. But I do not want to disappoint my Kimmie and being alone is boring, especially on Christmas. She kisses me softly, just the way she looks at me and it makes me calm down again.

Something touching my cheek causes me to turn my head and then I hear Kimmie giggle. She keeps on poking and it starts to get annoying.

"Okay, honey, I get it." I tell her irritated as I move with little Bella who fell asleep on me as we watched a movie, we had to babysit her or well Kimmie had to. Then I was the one ended up doing so since she needed to do her homework. So Bella and I decided to watch a movie.

"Are you cheating on me?" She asks chuckling and it makes me look at her. Kimmie's little sister has stolen me a lot from her lately.

"Are you jealous?" I ask raising my eyebrow.

"Of a four-year-old, hardly." She says while rolling her eyes. I grin at her.

"Yes, you are." I smile and she shakes her head irritated.

"Come here." I say as I lift up my arm and she lay her head on my chest. While little Bella is laying on my stomach. Bella is like the smaller version of Kimmie just that her eyes are blue and not green like Kimmie's. I lean down and kiss her forehead, then close my eyes again as I lean back down. I have been sleepy all day, and just laying on Kimmie's couch with her sister has just been great for me.

"Honey?" I whisper, but no response. Then I lean down to see Kimmie with her eyes closed. I close my own and lay down, trying to sleep again.

The sound of footsteps causes me to wake and I rub my eyes. When I open them, I see the older red-haired and her husband, Bruce. Bella has his eyes while Kimmie has her mother's. Kimmie and Bella are still sleeping upon me, but Kimmie has moved so her face is buried in my neck and I can feel her breathe on my skin. The brown haired moves towards us with a smile on his face.

"I am just gonna steal the little one." He whispers as he lifts up Bella in his arms. Then walk out of the living room with his daughter. Kate sits down on the couch next to Kimmie's feet, smiling.

"Kim asked before we left that she wondered if you could come with us to celebrate Christmas." She tells me and I slowly nod, uncertain about what is to come.

"Since you have to be home alone," Sadness cross her face.

"We could not ever say no to you, but I need to warn you," I raise my eyebrow, confused now.

"Watch out for my mother when she is drunk, and my little sister, Molly. She is a little, well like Kimmie says grumpily." I snort of her words. Seems like a fun family.

"I think you will blend in just fine. If you keep on just the way you do now with Kim, I think you could make Molly shut up as well." I just sit there blinking my eyes, trying to keep my laughter inside.

"You want me to be an asshole like Kimmie calls me?" I ask a little unsure. Kate laughs at my words.

"Well, if you could just put my little sister in place, then that is the best present I could get." She says and winks at me.

"You don't care if the others might get angry?" I ask wondering.

"Oh no, they are just going to think it is as fun as I do."

"Um, okay." I say unsure and scratch my head.

"We are an insane family, just wait and see." She says as she pats her daughter's leg.

"Okay, I see you two tomorrow." She says and stands up.

"Goodnight." She tells me as she starts walking.

"Goodnight."