Once Jace dropped me off and I walked into the shop ready for the third degree and all I see is mom smiling at me.

"Good morning Willow." She smiles.

"Morning mom and yes before you ask I stayed the night with Jace and we got extremely close and he told me he loves me," I said.

"Oh Willow honey I'm not surprised. And do you love him too?" She asked.

"I do mom... I love Jace more than I ever thought I would." I said.

"Well, love looks good on you." She smiled walking off.

Edward walks in and he does a double-take when he sees me. "You had sex!" He whispers.

"Shhh, Edward!" I snort.

"Shut the front door! You so did Jace." He laughs.

"Twice." I giggle and walk over to pick up a box of ornaments.

The rest of the day went by smoothly. I couldn't stop thinking about Jace and last night.

People come in and out and mom's idea to move the old ornaments to the front worked and we sold them all. I want to talk to her about a remodel but I would have to be here longer for that.

Am I trying to figure out a way to stay here? What am I doing? I am in a Jace haze it seems.

Lunchtime comes around and Jace shows up with lunch. We go out back and sit at the little table.

"I missed you today Willow. My dad said he could tell from my smile things went good." He laughed.

I snorted... "Well, mom knew when she saw my clothes and Edward said I looked like I had sex."

Jace laughs and leans over for a kiss. I kiss him back and smile and place my hand on his leg. "Thanks for coming by."

"You are all I could think about. Your brother said he didn't want any details." He laughs.

"Yeah, I would say not. That makes it funny though that now we can rub it in his face." I grin.

"Do you have plans this weekend?" He asked.

"Just supposed to go over Casey's and meet her hubby and kids. Do you want to go with me? I mean I can ask her." I said.

"No it's ok I have to work in the mornings but we can spend the evenings together if you want. I mean my apartment is quiet." He said.

"Sounds good to me Jace," I said standing up.

"I better get back to the nursery we have more trees to go cut." I'll talk to you when I get off." He said pulling me close to him and kissing my lips.

I wrap my arms around his neck. "I can't wait," I said kissing him again and then I walked him back out to his truck.

Once I walked back in mom smiled at me and I just went back to my stool to work on ornaments.

Around an hour later she walks over and sits down beside me. "Willow, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure mom what's up?" I looked over at her.

"Will the love of a good man keep you here?" She asked.

Wow, that really knocked me back. I looked at her and smiled... "What if I said maybe?"

"That boy has loved you for a long time and I've never seen the two of you so happy." She said.

"Could just be a Christmas miracle mom." I laugh.

"Oh Willow honey I hope so. I'd love it if you came back home and I'm sure your dad and brother and Jace agrees with me." She smiled.

"You're getting too far ahead right now mom. We are just enjoying what time we have and figuring it out along the way." I said.

"Ok honey." Mom said patting my hand before walking off to help a customer.

We closed up shop around 7 and I headed home to shower and change and head over to Jace's apartment.

I pull up to his apartment and spot his truck right away. I head up to his apartment and knock on the door.

Jace opens the door and smiles. He's in a pair of white basketball shorts and a dark blue v-neck t-shirt. He looks really good.

"I thought I would order some Chinese. I hope that's ok with you." He said.

"Sure it is Jace I'm hungry. I didn't eat when I went home just took a shower and grabbed some clothes." I said sitting down on the couch.

He walks over and sits beside me and puts his arm around my neck to pull me close and kisses my lips.

"I've never kissed so much in my life." I giggle.

"Same I've never been a kisser because that's intimate." He said.

It didn't take long for our food to arrive and we got comfortable in front of the couch and found a movie to watch.

Once full I closed up my container and snuggled up to Jace. He put his arm around me and kissed the side of my head.

Once the movie was over I yawned and looked over at him. "Are you going to stay the night Willow?"

"I had planned to unless you want me to leave," I said.

"Hell no, I don't want you to leave." He said standing as I did and swooped me off my feet and carried me into his bedroom and put me on his bed.

I pull him down on top of me and kiss him over and over. "Let me go clean up our mess I'll be right back." He said.

I went into the bathroom and pulled my hair up and brushed my teeth and put my pj's on. I slipped into the bed and checked my phone and set an alarm and waiting on Jace.

He walks in with a bottle of water and sits it on his nightstand and starts taking his clothes off.

When he turns around and I see that tattoo with my initials in it makes me love him even more.