"Good morning sweetie." Leonardo yelled from the kitchen. "Did I wake you?"
"No, I just woke up and was trying to figure out where you went. Why are you making breakfast, let's get back to bed." Olivia said, as she sat at the small table they had in their dorm. Leonardo was cooking with nothing but an apron on. Olivia couldn't help but fantasize. His strong chest and ripped six pack with small dew of sweat. All she wanted to do was go back to bed and continue making love like they did the night before. She loved him being inside her, caressing her body, gently kissing her thighs, legs and neck.
"It's Christmas! It's a De Mare tradition. Make the best breakfast of the year and shower loved ones with gifts."
After hearing what Leonardo said it snapped her back into reality, "Wait I had to get you a gift?" Olivia asked.
"You already gave me a gift."
"What's that?"
"You're love."
"Awe, you're such a girl." Olivia teased Leonardo. But she was touched. Sure their relationship started off rocky and maybe she got with him way to soon after her break up with Usher, but in her heart she knew he was the one. "So where's my gift Leo?"
"Where's my gift Live?"
"Well if you come back to bed I'll give you your gift." Olivia flirtatiously said, dropping her sheets and walking towards Leonardo fully nude. She hugged him from behind pressing her breast against his bare back, wrapping her arms seductively around him towards his chest, while one hand wondered off to his erected penis.
"Live, we can do this after breakfast. I don't wanna burn the food." Leonardo acted like he didn't want to, but he didn't resist or push her away when she started kissing his neck gently and nibbling on his ear. "Live, I'm almost done." She continued to seduce him. She had one hand on his chest, one had on his erection caressing it, while she kissed his neck and back.
"But Leo, " she purred, "I want you now." Leonardo couldn't fight the temptation any longer, and lifted her and kissed her passionately. "Leo" she moaned, then their was a knock on the door.
Leonardo stopped kissing Olivia and whispered, "Who could that be?"
Olivia was too into her passion to even care. She continued to kiss his neck and then whispered in his ear, "Who cares." Then another knock came. Olivia hopped off Leonardo mad, and walked to the door and opened it, without realizing she didn't have any clothes on, "Yes." It was Usher. To make things worse, her parents was with him. Olivia felt flustered and then said "Oh shit."
Marie said, "Young lady please put some clothes on!"
Clayton angrily said, "That boy better not be naked!"
"Dad!" Olivia said feeling extremely embarrassed and now feeling completely naked. "Uhm, why are you guys here?"
Leonardo pops by the door, fully clothed and said, "Because I invited them."
"You invited Usher?"
"Not him, I guess your parents brought him or he came on his own. Breakfast is almost ready just please feel free to sit on the couch while this young lady put some clothes on." Leonardo was charming. Olivia still don't know how he put his clothes on so fast.
As Olivia walked to her room with her sheet feeling confused and embarrassed, her mother whispered to her husband, "So did you see the hickies on her neck or was it just me?"
Clayton yelled, "HICKIES!"
Olivia hurried and shut the door. She didn't want to think about what her dad could possibly say, but she knew she had to put on a turtle neck.
While Olivia was changing, Leonardo asked Usher to come into the kitchen to "help" him get the plates ready.
"What are you doing here?" Leonardo whispered angrily at Usher.
"I have a gift for O that I bought her a while ago." Usher whispered back.
"Are you aware that you are dating my high school ex girlfriend?"
Usher looked shocked, then it all made sense. She didn't mind him talking about Olivia because she was still in love with Leonardo. Then he rememebered that she told him that her ex's parents invited her to their Christmas dinner. "Then man to man, I gotta warn you. Your parents invited El to the Christmas dinner and I'm her date."
Leonardo dropped the utinsles. "WHAT?" He tried to whisper and not yell.
"Her parents are in Italy and they cut her off after they paid for her rehab."
"She was in rehab?"
"Yea apparently she got into drugs really bad a little before you two broke up. When you stopped answering her phone calls and text messages, she knew it was time to go to rehab and clean up her act. She did it for you."
Leonardo was lost for words. He didn't know what to say. He couldn't believe she was on drugs, but then it made sense. All the cheating she did and always being out late. He felt sorry for her. He did, once upon a time, loved her but now he's madly in love with Olivia. She was his soul mate. "I gotta tell Live. If you want, you can stay for breakfast. Thanks for the heads up."
"No problem. I'll stay. I kind of miss Mr. and Mrs. Jones. They're really cool. You'll like them. Olivia gets her sweetness and holding grudges from her mother. She gets her anger and humor from her father." Usher told Leonardo.
"I met them on Thanksgiving, but thanks. I'm starting to see the similarities. Her father doesn't seem to care for me so much."
"Talk about sports. He loves football and NASCAR."
"I don't know anything about football or NASCAR. Well except my brother is friends with some race car driver. That's about it."
"Well talk about that."
"Thanks. You really didn't have to do that."
"I know. But I really do love and care about Olivia. Don't get me wrong, I will try to get her back, but as long as you're making her happy now, I can't." Usher paused. He knew Leonardo was a good guy and he hates the fact he's not with Olivia right now. "I'm just saying, while you have her, take good care of her. I will get her back."
Leonardo laughed. "Sure thing." He knew Olivia was his forever, he just need Usher to let her go. Not for her, but for himself.
Olivia finally came out of her room. She was wearing a cream turtle neck with a hints of gold threading, black jeans, and her Christmas white snowflake house slippers. "Hey Moomi and Daddy." Olivia hugged her parents.
"I take it that Leonardo surprised you." Her father said, feeling much better that his daughter looked innocent and not tainted.
Leonardo stepped out from the kitchen, "My little Christmas surprise! I knew you wanted to spend Christmas with your parents, and since we're having dinner with mines, I thought the next best thing would be breakfast."
Olivia looked at Leonardo with so much love in her eyes and they began to tear up. "Thank you so much." Then she hugged him.
"Get off," Clayton was about to interrupt her moment with Leonardo but Marie stopped him.
Leonardo kissed Olivia on her forehead and then announced "Breakfast is served." Then Leonardo guided her parents to a beautifully set table. While her parents walked towards the table, Leonardo pulled Olivia to the side to tell her that Usher is staying for breakfast.
"Why?" Olivia whispered so no one will hear how upset she was.
Leonardo guided her to room, "Because, " he closed the door, "I feel bad for the guy. He misses your parents for heaven sake. Eventually you're going to have to forgive him. Not saying you two gotta be friends, but you need to forgive him." With that he kissed her on the forehead and they both headed to the table where everyone was.
After the breakfast and the gifts exchange, Usher asked to give Olivia's gift to her in private. Olivia was hesistant and looked at Leonardo for his approval, and he nodded her head. While they left, Leonardo continued to entertain her parents and try to win her father's approval.
Olivia took Usher to her room and then said, "What do you want? Why did you even get me a gift for?"
"I had bought it a while ago before we broke up." Then he handed her his gift.
It was a small box. "If this is jewelry I can't except it."
"It is, and you will except it. I promise you'll love it."
Olivia looked hesistant but she was curious. She ripped off the wrapping paper slowly and opened the small box. There was a faux pearl necklace that had an O dangling in the middle. Olivia gasp.
"I told you you'll love it." Usher said with a smile.
"I don't know what to say."
"Say nothing and put it on. Here let me help you." Usher went behind Olivia, facing her mirror. "See when I saw this online I thought about how much you loved the necklace on 'The Other Boleyn Girl' and I was like that would be the perfect gift for her. So I went to see if I could customize it with your initial and I could. So I ordered it, and it came in the mail last week. I figured I might as well give it to you."
"It's so pretty!" Then Olivia gave Usher a hug. He held her like it was the last time.
When Olivia tried to let go, he kept hugging her. "I miss you so much O, it hurts. I'm sorry for hurting you and I hope you could eventually forgive me."
Olivia had tears coming down her eyes, "Sure Usher, I forgive you. But it'll take time for the pain to heal. I'm still hurt by what you did, and when I think about it it makes me mad."
"I understand. But I'm hurt too. I was with you for three years and you decided to lose your virginity for someone you haven't even known for a year. Then you're in a new relationship and you guys are meeting each other's parents. How am I supposed to feel?"
They stopped hugging, and Olivia wiped her tears, "I don't know Ush. But the reason why I gave myself to him is because I feel like he's my soul mate. I'm in love with him. It's different from what we had. I never felt this way before, not even with you. I loved you with my whole heart, and with him, I love him down to my soul. God put us together. Us being together, in a co ed dorm room, it's fate, destiny. Leonardo isn't just a guy I've had a crush on for years and eventually started loving. Leonardo is someone I feel doesn't complete me or make me whole, but we're two wholes who are in love with each other. I feel like I've known him all my life. I'm sorry Usher but he's my soul mate. I want to spend the rest of my life with him."
Usher stormed out the room and headed towards the door. "Is everything ok?" Marie asked.
Usher looked like he was about to cry and was angry. "Yea. Thanks Leonardo for letting me stay, and I hope I see you two again Mr. and Mrs. Jones." Then he slammed the door behind him.
Marie and Clayton looked confused and didn't know what to do. Leonardo saw that Olivia didn't leave her room so he excused his self and gave Mr. Jones the remote to the tv.
"What happened?" Leonardo asked as he went into Olivia's room.
Olivia was sitting on her bed silently crying touching the necklace that her old lover gave, "I hurt Usher. My actions hurt him and I didn't think what being with you would do to him. I only seen him that hurt once, and that's when his brother died."
Leonardo sat next to her and held her. "It's ok Live. I know you didn't want to hurt him but don't feel bad." He kissed her on the forehead. "You're parents are still here, you want me to ask them to come in or leave or...what do you want."
Olivia wiped her tears, "Just give me a minute, I'll be right now." Then she forced a smile. Leonardo saw that she was conflicted, but Usher cheated on her. She shouldn't be the one feeling guilty.
Once Olivia came out of her room without a sign that she's been crying, she joined her soul mate and her parents. They played Monopoly, Olivia's favorite board game. Afterwards her parents decided to head out because they had to see Marie's parents. "I don't see why we have to go, your mother can't stand me."
"Well that doesn't matter because we've been married for over 20 years and you both gotta get over it." Then she kissed her husband on the cheek. "Come on you grouch."
Olivia and Leonardo escorted her parents to the door and they exchanged hugs. "Love you Moomi and Daddy. Tell Gambie and Grandpa I love them."
"Ok sweetie." Then Marie kissed her only daughter on the cheek. "Call me and tell me what happened with Usher. Don't act like nothing happened either." They both laughed.
Once they closed the door, the love birds started to clear the table and clean the kitchen. Leonardo felt that it was a good time to reveal that Usher and Ellanora was going to be at his parent's dinner.
"So Live, I have some good news and bad news. Which one you wanna hear first?"
"The bad news." Olivia said with a smile, "The good news will soften the blow."
"I'll give you the good news first then. You're parents wasn't the gift I was talking about."
"Oh really." Olivia looked at Leonardo. "So what is my gift?"
"Now here's the bad news."
"Really? OMG, ok what is it Leonardo."
"Ellanora is going to be at my parent's house for dinner."
"Ok. Awkward but ok. But does that mean she's..."
Before she could finish Leonardo said, "Yea, he's going to be there too."
"What the FUCK!"
Leonardo couldn't help but laugh, "Live it's ok."
"How do you know? She told you? Your mom told you?"
"No, Usher told me. My ma wouldn't tell me. She doesn't like giving uncomfortable news. Knowing her she didn't tell my fatha either."
"Well dayum."
