"So, are you taking your girlfriend home for Christmas?" Sarah asks her son during their weekly phone call.

"I'm not sure yet, she might have to go to her family." Steve lies

There was no girlfriend, he just wants his mother off his back. Sarah kept sending him phone numbers of daughters of her friends for him to date. He was sick of it, so he has been lying to his mother for about three months. And so far, it's going well.

"I really want to meet her, so do your siblings." Sarah says

"I know, we're just trying to figure the Christmas thing out." Steve says

"She's welcome for New Year's too." Sarah says

"Umh, yeah, I'll ask her." Steve says

"Okay, bye sweetie!" Sarah says, "By the way I'm in the city right now, so I'll stop by tomorrow."

"Okay, bye mom." Steve says and hung up the phone. He slammed his head on his desk and groaned.

"How long are you gonna keep lying to her?" Maria asks

"Not long, I'm gonna end my fake relationship in January." Steve says

"Okay, anyways, I need your signature on these sells." Maria says and dropped some papers on his desk.

"Last minute Christmas purchases?" Steve asks

"Yes." Maria says, "And now everything is sold, so in the new year you got tons of work."

"Fantastic." Steve mutters

"So, got any plans for Friday night with your girlfriend?" Maria jokes

"Not really." Steve says

"You should go out more, maybe you'll find some inspiration for new art." Maria says and left Steve's office.

Steve finished up some paperwork and locked up the gallery. He finally had a break from work. Maybe Maria was right and he should go out more, so instead of going home he went to the nearest bar he could find.

Steve sat down at the bar and ordered a beer. He looked around and saw a woman sitting two chairs beside him with her head in her arms. Steve moved over to sit beside her.

"Are you okay?" Steve asks

"Mmh? Yeah." The woman replies and looked up at Steve.

"You don't look okay." Steve asks, "You wanna talk about it?"

"I just had a bad break-up and he kicked me out of our apartment. So now I'm homeless and I won't move back in with my parents, even though they offered." The woman says

"Let me buy you a drink." Steve says

"I'll take a vodka." The woman says, "I'm Natasha, by the way."

"Steve." Steve says

"Nice to meet you Steve." Natasha says and gave him a smile.

"So... Was he a jerk?" Steve says

"Kinda, he cheated on me." Natasha says

"That's horrible." Steve says

"And he's a damn lawyer." Natasha says and sipped her vodka.

"Well, what do you do?" Steve asks

"I'm a personal assistant, you?" Natasha says

"Artist, I make paintings." Steve says

"That's awesome! I love art." Natasha says

"And I like to make it." Steve says

Natasha woke up the next morning with a bad headache. She noticed it wasn't her room she was in, she didn't even recognize the room.

The bathroom door opened and Steve walked out in sweatpants.

"Morning." Steve says and sat beside her on the bed. "Hungover?"

"Yeah." Natasha says

"I'll make you some breakfast." Steve says

"Where are my clothes?" Natasha asks

"Well this morning I noticed some stains from drink number 5, the one you spilled. I put them in the washing machine." Steve says

"That's very nice of you, but what can I wear now?" Natasha asks

"Well your underwear is over there." Steve says and pointed at a small pile of clothing at the door. "And I'll grab a hoodie of mine."

Steve opened his closet and pulled out a black hoodie. He tossed it over to Natasha who catched it and put it on.

"The bathroom is over there if you want to freshen up." Steve says

"Thanks, I'll see you in a bit." Natasha says

Steve walked out of the bedroom and Natasha rolled out of the huge bed. She picked up her underwear and walked to the bathroom.

Meanwhile Steve stood in the kitchen making pancakes and a fruit salad. It was almost noon, so bruch would be the best option for food.

The bedroom door opened and Natasha walked inside the living room. She saw Steve in the open kitchen making food.

"I have a painting similar to this one in my apartment." Natasha says and pointed at a painting on the wall.

"You do? That was one of my first collections." Steve says

"I can't believe I got a painting in my house made by the guy I had a one night stand with." Natasha says and laughed.

Natasha wrapped her arms around Steve's back and pressed a kiss again his back. "What are we eating?"

"Pancakes with a fruit salad. You must be hunger after last night." Steve says

"Well..." Natasha says and sat on the counter, she wrapped her arms around Steve's neck. "I could go another round if you want to."

Steve smiled and kissed Natasha. Natasha's hand went inside Steve's hair and Steve pulled Natasha closer by her waist.

"Oh my God is that you're girlfriend?" A loud squeal behind the two was heard.

Steve quickly pulled away from Natahsa and helped her off the counter.

"She's pretty." The same voice was heard that belonged to a young girl with brown long hair.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Steve asks

"We wanted to meet your girlfriend." Sarah says

"You have a girlfriend?" Natasha whispers

"No, just play along. Please." Steve whispers back and Natasha nodded.

"Aren't you going to introduce us?" Sarah asks

"Right, umh, Natasha meet my mother and sister. Mom, Wanda, meet Natasha my... girlfriend." Steve says

"It's nice to finally meet you." Natasha says

"You too! Steve told so much about you." Wanda says

"Did he now?" Natasha says and shot Steve a smirk.

"Yes, well, why don't me and Natasha have brunch and we'll talk later." Steve says and pushed his mother and sister to the door.

"Wait!" Sarah says, "Natasha, are you coming to Christmas with us or not? Steve told us you might spend it with family, but he never gave a good answer if you would join us."

"Umh, well... I... Eh..." Natasha says

"If you were going to spend it with your family you would say yes, so you don't have plans." Sarah says

"She might spend it with friends." Steve says

"Umh..." Natasha says

"We'll take that as a no, which means you're coming." Wanda says

"Have a nice breakfast, can't wait to see you at Christmas, Natasha!" Sarah says as the two walked out.

"They can be very forward, I'm sorry." Steve says, "I'll say something like you will spend it with family anyways." Steve says

"Don't, Christmas is a few days away and I was suppose to go on a trip with my boyfriend for the holidays, but we broke up and now my parents are taking a trip, so I got nothing to do anyways." Natasha says

"Oh, well, are you sure you want to spend it with me and my family?" Steve asks

"Yes, it will be fun." Natasha says, "And it will help you."

"Thank you so much, I owe you big time." Steve says

"Well make me dinner tonight and I might call it even." Natasha says

"So it's a date?" Steve asks

"I didn't say that, I just want to know what else you can cook." Natasha says, "So where are we going anyways this Christmas?"

"Massachusetts." Steve says

"Really? You seem like a Brooklyn kinda guy." Natasha says

"I was born in Brooklyn when my parents were on a trip here, so umh, yeah I'm from Massachusetts." Steve says

"Wauw, didn't know that." Natasha says, "What town?"

"Midgard. It's pretty small, but great." Steve says, "Where are from?"

"Russia." Natasha says and put a grape in her mouth.

"So you got thick sweaters, right?" Steve asks

"Yeah." Natasha says

"Great." Steve says

"When do we leave?" Natasha asks

"On Wednesday, like 6 p.m. I'll pick you up." Steve says

"Great. How long are we staying?" Natasha asks

"Till New Year's, so I'm thinking of coming back here on January 4th, so it's a two week trip." Steve says

"Sounds perfect." Natasha says, "Now let's eat, I'm starving."

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new story! this time a Christmas one.
I hope y'all enjoyed the first chapter, please leave a comment of your thoughts! and I'll try to post a chapter every Friday from now on.