Jared & Piper || 001
Piper had never been a fan of Christmas. It had been a yearly reminder of how shitty her parents were. They never made much of an effort and there was never enough money for the presents she wanted. Over the years she had started doing her own thing and it worked just fine for her. She usually spent the entire day lounging around getting high, then she ordered herself dinner at some place that was way too expensive and opened the nicest bottle of wine she could convince herself to buy. This year Piper had found herself tangled up in Jared’s sheets. He had offered to spend Christmas with his brother and sister a few days later so that she didn’t have to be alone. Normally she would’ve said no and insisted he go home for Christmas, but he had caught her with her guard down. She couldn’t deny how much she didn’t want to spend Christmas alone anymore.
Piper had lost track of what day it was. She and Jared had been curled up in bed for about a day, only getting up to pee and take the occasional joint shower. It had been magical. Piper had convinced herself that if he was willing to spend Christmas with her that it was time to be more open with him. It felt like things had shifted between them like they couldn’t deny that maybe this wasn’t just casual sex. Their third Christmas movie of the day had just ended when Piper’s stomach started to growl. They had been surviving off takeout from their favorite places, but they had run out after Piper had convinced Jared to split a joint with her. Now they were left with only stale pretzels and beer. Jared had been the one to check the time and see just how late it was. At this time, on Christmas Eve, their only choice was the gas station down the street from his apartment. Piper was excited to see that it was snowing, twirling around in the flakes as they walked down the quiet street. A big grin spread on Piper’s face as she realized she hadn’t been this happy in a long time. Taking advantage of the quiet Piper wrapped her arms around him and planted a kiss on his neck while he was walking. There wasn’t a soul around to see them and she was going to enjoy every minute. She didn’t detach herself from him when they went into the gas station and her heart soared when he didn’t make any effort to move away from her. They must’ve looked like stoned teenagers the way they hung all over each other while loading up on junk food they wanted. As they waited at the register Piper wrapped an arm around his waist sliding her had lower smirking at him until her hand was firmly grasped on his butt. She gave it a squeeze as she pressed a kiss to his lips. “Merry Christmas Jared,” she whispered against his lips.
