California dreaming:
a/n: this is my first multi part story! I hope you like it:)
not my gifs: I’ll be working on combing this soon!!
your stomach churned as you slowly opened the email sent to you from one of the internships you applied for. you gulped, and took a deep breath, you really needed this internship. you clicked on it, and the email opened, it was a long paragraph. you focused, and began to read. “Dear Y/N L/N, we are proud to inform you that you have been accepted to participate in our company’s internship. Please know, that if you accept, it will require an immediate move to to California.”
you read the rest of the email, and stare at the top. you start to slowly smile ‘oh my god’ you stood up ‘I got accepted!’ you did it, you finally secured yourself a paid internship, after months of rejection, getting the internship was the best feeling. you search for your phone, excited to share the news with your family and friends.after calling your mom and dad, you quickly find the contact for your best friend. you start to call a certain dark haired blue eyed freckly boy. after a few rings he picks up ‘y/n hey’ you smile when you hear his soft voice through the phone ‘Jamie’ you said excitedly ‘I’ve got something to tell you’. he laughs ‘go ahead’ ‘I got accepted! to the internship in California. I’m moving there in a week.’ Jamie lets out a small cheer ‘seriously, y/n this is the best news I’ve received all week!’ you laugh ‘I get to see you again’ you smile when he said that, ‘I can’t wait to see you Jamie’. you mull over the details of your move with him, and hang up.
you take a deep breath, and sighed. you really loved jamie, you didn’t mean to catch feelings for him, but how could you not, especially since you grew up with him. he was always by your side, and you were always by his. he was the sweetest boy you have ever met, and he was so gentle with you. he knew everything about you, and you knew everything about him. you shared the same interests, and you never grew bored from him. he knew how to make you laugh and smile, he knew how to cheer you up. the only catch was, is that you didn’t know if he liked you back. you were to scared to approach him about it. so you hid it. it was going to become hard for you once again once you arrive in California. he even offered to let you stay at his place in Anaheim while the company finds you a place in Los Angeles. feelings aside, you were excited to see him again.
you were due to start the internship a week later after receiving the email, but you had decided to leave a few days earlier, to get the lay of the land. you wanted to look around Los Angeles and Anaheim for a bit first, because for the internship you will be traveling back and forth. plus you would have extra time with Jamie. at the moment though, you were currently at Toronto Pearson international airport, hugging your family goodbye. you pull away from your mom, and she presses a kiss to your cheek ‘say hi to Jamie for us’. she gives you a knowing look, and you blush under her stare ‘I’ll make sure that he calls you’. she smirks ‘we’ll miss you y/n. now go have fun’ you smile, and slowly start to walk away,lugging your luggage with you.
the flight was short but felt longer because you kept fidgeting in your seat. you were excited, and you couldn’t wait to finally land. you hurried off of the plane, and searched for him the moment you left the tunnel. you couldn’t seem to spot him anywhere, until you lock eyes with a familiar pair of blue. you smile and squeal, and start running towards him. he does the same and you meet in the middle and collide in a hug. it truly was the best feeling ever, having Jamie’s hoodie clad arms wrap around your waist, and you clutching onto his neck. his cologne was something you loved, and you were in bliss. you hold on for a moment longer and pull away. you smile and take a good look at him ‘I’m sorry, who are you?’ you tease ‘are you the jamie Drysdale’ he laughs ‘stop it y/n/n’ ‘almost didn’t recognize you, I think your hair grew in width’ you tug on the ends of his hair, that was showing under his cap. he blushes ‘it did not’ you laugh ‘I missed you drysie’ his face softens ‘I missed you too y/n/n’ you hug again, he really did look good. you grab your luggage, and loop your arm through his, he looks at you, smiling wide, his freckles on show ‘you ready to go?’ you nod ‘yes come on, show me your bachelor pad’ he laughs and leads you away.
you don’t think you smiled this much since jamie went away for world juniors. you haven’t stopped talking since you left the airport. there was so much you both missed, even if you had almost daily FaceTime calls. it just wasn’t the same over the phone. now you could look at him in person, watch how his eyes lit up whenever he talked to you about the boys or hockey, or when you talked about yourself. you admired him as he talked and drove, the wind making his hair fly around a bit. he finally stops the car, in front of his apartment building ‘it’s just me for now. so we got the place to ourselves’ you smile and get out of the car. he helps you carry your bags and leads you towards the building. ‘you wearing enough sunscreen there drysie’ ‘oh hush’ ‘I mean I’m worried, we’ve been outside for five minutes, that’s dangerous’ he looks at you, and raises his eyebrows ‘I’m not that pale’ you smirk ‘who are you trying to convince’. he grabs your arm ‘If I get you food will you possibly stop teasing me’ you smile ‘oh I like that idea. maybe I will’. you both make your way up to his apartment and he opens the door. ‘nice Jamie, I see your living in style’ he blushes ‘it’s all right’. you walk in and admire the room ‘I love it.’ he smiles and goes to sit on the couch ‘so are you ready to do our monthly Jamie and y/n movie marathon’ you nod ‘absolutely. I just wanna shower first’ he nods and stands up to show you to your room. it was small, but cozy. he looks at you ‘i hope it’s comfortable enough, I actually put on sheets for you’ you gasp ‘my god, did you jamie drysdale put on sheets for little old me’ he rolls his eyes but smiles cheekily at you ‘go shower y/n/n, I’ll order us a pizza’ ‘and I’ll make cookies later how does that sound?’ he nods ‘breaking my diet already huh?’ ‘always ‘ he gives you one last smile and leaves you alone. the butterflies in your stomach have yet to subside. how were you going to do this.
you re enter the living room and see Jamie prepping up plates to eat the pizza . he smiles again when you enter, and your heart races. he hands you a plate ‘since you’re my guest, you get to chose the movies tonight’ you laugh ‘yes! I feel so special’ ‘anything for you’ you blush and look away. you fall into a silence and then Jamie pipes up again ‘oh by the way quinton might be stopping by, I accidentally packed his shirt once we left world juniors, so he’s going to come and grab it. and maybe hang out.’ you nod ‘for sure. I love Q.’ you walk towards the couch and make yourself comfortable, Jamie sits close beside you. you redden a bit, not expecting him to sit so close. you grab the remote ‘you ready to start?’
time passed, you were able to watch a movie and finally you and Jamie made it to the kitchen to bake your infamous cookies. ‘Jamie stop eating all the chocolate’ he looks at you innocently ‘you have another bag’ you give him a look and he hands you the bag that he was holding ‘thank you’ ‘you’re scary, but cute’ you look up at him while he says that, he pays no mind to what he said and continues to dollop cookie dough onto the baking sheet. what did that mean? your thoughts were interrupted when you heard a loud knock on the door, Jamie went to go open it and you could hear him and Quinton laughing loudly and talking. you hear another voice there as well, curious about who it could be. just before you go to walk to the door the two boys enter. Quinton first, smiling and laughing with Jamie, his tall frame adorned in a nice hoodie. he notices you and runs to give you a hug. you laugh ‘it’s so great to see you Q’ you pull away ‘it’s a canadian reunion’ he laughs ‘nice to see you l/n’ your interrupted when you hear another boy say ‘hey, it’s not just canadian, who said I didn’t miss Jamie’. you look over to the new boy. he was tall, around the same height as Jamie, his dark hair was swept up behind a backward baseball cap, he was wearing a nice tight fitting black shirt that complimented his muscly figure. he had a small smile adorning his face. he looks at you, and gives you a dimpled smile and holds out his hand ‘hi, I’m Alex’. you take one look at him, and you knew you were in trouble.
