EroticReverie

Sydney Snow

"Wow...this is..." I pause, as our driver comes to the end of the long private drive, as if you even needed a private drive in the fucking mountains with no other houses for miles. I balk at the giant mansion...cabin? Ski lodge? What the hell was this place? It looked like it could fit the entire towns residents inside of it from where we lives two hours away. 

Before me, is a picture perfect log style cabin..mansion....I still havent decided what to call it. But it's the biggest home...ski lodge...whatever the hell it is, I've ever seen. 

"This is their home?" I whisper to my friend Nikki. 

"Yup. Bitchin right?" she says with a twinkle in her eyes. 

"Nobody says bitchin." I whisper to her. She laughs and the driver peeks in the rearview at us. And older guy, an amused smirk on his lips. The entire drive here Nikki's outgoing, carefree, shameless vocabulary and conversation has caused the drive to stifle plenty of smirks and laughs. His shoulders even shook a few times as she didnt even care to whisper when telling me about how she ghosted a guy because he asked if he could call her mommy while "getting freaky"...as she put it. This poor, poor man. 

"Who lives here anyways?" I whisper , something I probably should have asked sooner. But Nikki called me last minute, literally, the LAST fucking minute, to take the place of her friend Beth who had to bail, last minute for a family illness that sent her half way across the country. 

Nikki works as a part time Nanny, mostly part time, quick short jobs, for rich families who are in the city for whatever reason, and for local families as well whenever their fulltime nanny's bail becausse the kids are monsters, or for whatever other reason. Beth and her run the business, so the fact I had zero experience in nannying, didn't matter, because Nikki was her own boss. 

"Oh.." she laughs. "I'm so glad you didn't ask that two hours ago babe" she says. 

I freeze, my head turning slowly. 

"What do you mean Nicole Mildred?" I ask, glaring at her, using her middle name like I'm her mother.

"Ew." she scrunches her nose.

"Dont you dare ever say that outloud again, or I will disown you as my best and hottest friend" she says. 

"Nicole...." I say. What did she mean she's glad I didnt ask sooner? Who the fuck were we nannying for? 

She bites her lip and smiles and waggles her eyebrows. 

"Nicole...Mildred..." I whisper hiss.

She scrunches her nose again. 

"Okay, okay, just promise you'll never say my middle name again, like...ever." she sighs. 

I roll my eyes. 

"It's....the Hollidays." she says. 

My face scrunching up. What the hell did she mean..I knew what fucking time of year it was..I knew it was the week of Christmas and I knew.....then it registers. And she must see it registers, cause she nervously smiles.

"Merry Christmas?" she says while cocking her head with a shrug and lifting her hands palms up in the air. 

"no." I whisper.

"Yes." she nods as she lowers her hand.

"You didnt think to tell me this sooner?!" I nearly shriek. 

"shhhhh, easy, easy girl" she says as if I'm a feral cat. And I just might be, if she wasnt my best friend, I would retract my claws and slash them over her face. 

"I cant believe you!" I say as the driver pulls up right in front of the massive cabin mansion ski lodge, near the large wooden steps that lead to a massive outdoor deck that leads into the first floor. 

"Whaaaat?" she says. "I did it for you babes." she bats her eyelashes. 

"He's married." I hiss. "why the hell would I want-"

"Divorced." she cuts me off.

My mouth hangs open as I pause.

Her brows cocks with a devious smile as she nods.

"Regardless." I bite out. "What makes you think I want to fucking work for him on the week of Christmas?" I hiss under my breath. "What is ACTUALLY wrong with you Nikki?!" 

"Oh come on, it wont be that bad. " she says and nudges me.

"It'll be just like old times." she smiles. 

"The old times, we're fucking awful. Seriously Nikki, why? " I whine and press my fingers to the bridge of my nose and pinch them.

"I'm getting a migraine...and i feel like i'm going to throw up." I say.

"You are so dramatic." she sighs and shakes her head.

"He's singleeeeee, and probably ready to mingle, IF , you know what I mean." she wiggles her brows again and I reach over, lightly slapping her arm. 

"You're the worst best friend that ever fucking existed" I hiss, my eyes darting to the driver who is sitting there, pretending not to listen, and pretending not to be hiding a smirk. 

"Oh my god, are they ALL going to be here?" I ask. 

"yeah Syd, it's the holidays, for the Hollidays, duh" she says and I glare at her. 

Her eyes pop open wide. "Yeah, okay, got it. You're ready to murder to me." 

"And bring you back to life, and murder you again, and again." I hiss.

"ouch. that hurts Syd, that really hurts" she says hiding a smile.

"You brought me....to my ex boyfriends house...for Christmas" I hiss at her. 

"Oh come onnnnn, where is your Christmas spirit? Maybe you two will rekindle that old flame." 

I roll my eyes. 

"Tell me you arent DYING for the chance to finally actually boink that man!" Nikki says. 

"Nikki!" I yell and she jerks her head back. 

"what? you totally are! I know you are! you think i dont know you stalk his instagram with your burner account? I see you follow him bitch." she says as I look at the driver who is looking in the rearview. 

"I do not STALK him." I glare at Nikki and then shoot my eyes to the side toward the driver.

"What?" Nikki asks oblivious.

"What?" she asks again then looks to the driver.

"Jeeves. This stays between us." Nikki says and then swings her arm up front and hold out her pinky and he looks at it and then over his shoulder at her. She wiggles her pinky.

"Cmon Jeeves" she bats her lashes and winks. 

"Stop calling him Jeeves" I whisper hiss. 

"That's his name Sydney" Nikki says and looks to me and my brows furrow and I look at him as he turns his head further and looks at me.

"Arthur Jeeves." he says and nods.

"Oh." I say and he smiles and Nikki sticks up her nose.

"See. Me and Jeeves are tight, arent we Jeeves?" Nikki says , still wagging her pinky in the air. 

"Whatever you say Miss Nicole..Mildred." he says with a little smirk and Nikki gasps, and I smile. Oh..I like Jeeves. I like him a lot. 

"Jeeves!" Nikki gasps. "I thought we were friends! You're just like her! " she nods to me. "Traitors...the both of you." she says pulling her hand back. 

"I will not tell whichever Holliday you speak of that your friend still fancies him." he says with a nod. 

"I do not..." I pause and BOTH of them look at me. "..fancy him" I finish, my tone less convincing. 

"She totally does." Nikki whispers. "Like, bad." 

"Nikki!" I give her a shove. 

"Oh, and it's Hudson she fancies." she says.

"Oh my god" I sigh and then throw myself back against the seat.

"Ahhh." Jeeves nods. "Yes. Mister Hudson." 

"Your secret is safe with me Miss Snow." Jeeves says turning further in his seat. Looking at Nikki and then at me. 

"thanks" I mutter and sigh. 

I give one last look to Nikki. "I hate you." 

"Love you." she winks.