((Happy Christmas eve! Going to be watching Home Alone at my aunt's house tomorrow just for the plot (p.s. it's Marv)

Anyway, I thought this idea was just the cutest. Marv is just the most adorable idiot ever, and nobody will ever change my mind about that.

Summary: After me and Marv bump into each other once, we constantly think about each other until we meet again

Words: 2k words

I was leaving the store after doing some grocery shopping for my Mom when I saw him for the first time. I can still remember that day like it was a dream come true, almost as if it just happened yesterday. I handed the cashier the cash Mom gave me before leaving the store with a handful of bags. The cassette tape in my walkman ended, so I kept walking while trying to press the rewind button, which I kept struggling with. I suddenly bumped into someone's chest, dropping my groceries onto the parking lot. "Damn, I'm so sorry." A voice said as they kneeled down the same time I did. "It's my fault, I wasn't looking where I was going." I spoke as I looked up at the stranger. My sentence trailed off once my eyes landed on the handsome stranger; brown curly hair, facial hair, and piercing blue eyes. He handed me a bag of my groceries, standing up to show the major height difference between the both of us. "Thanks." I smiled before brushing past him, not wanting to stay in the freezing cold for too long. "You're welcome." I heard him say before I climbed into the passenger seat of the station wagon. Mom closed her book and started up the car and drove home. All the while I was thinking about that handsome stranger I saw at the store, becoming flustered at the very thought of him. I remember during our encounter that I started feeling butterflies in my stomach from just being in his presence.

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After leaving the store to grab some things for Harry, I started to think about that girl I accidentally bumped into. She was one of the most beautiful girls that I've ever seen, and I just couldn't seem to get her off of my mind. I thought about her so much while shopping that I forgot half of the things Harry had asked me to get. I threw the bags beside me after climbing inside the warm van. "Did you get everything?" Harry asked me, "I feel like I forgot something." My response was followed by an annoyed groan. "Oh look, you did." He said after looking through the bags. I leaned my head against the headrest, not wanting to go back outside into the cold to get the one single thing I forgot. "I'll get it." Harry left the van and disappeared into the store. Now that I was all alone, the thoughts of her came back to my mind again. She was pretty and also so nice to me, but that still couldn't mean anything. I wonder if I'll ever get lucky enough to meet her again. Harry returned a couple minutes later, which I barely even noticed because I was still thinking about that girl. I had just met her an hour ago and I was already imagining what a relationship with her would be like. "Marv, hey!" Harry bumped my shoulder, "Huh?" I snapped back into reality, "The hell were you thinking about?" He threw the bag beside the others. "It was, uhhh- nothing." I fidgeted nervously as I spoke. Harry stayed silent for a moment before starting up the van and leaving the store parking lot.

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The whole rest of the week I just couldn't stop thinking about him. But soon the day of Christmas shopping arrived, and I thought that I wanted to get that handsome stranger a gift, if I ever see him again. I just won't mention it to Dad when I ask for some money, maybe he won't be that suspicious about it. Everyone went to the mall and into separate stores of their own interest, while I was wandering around window shopping. It was actually hard trying to find a gift for a complete stranger, but I was gonna damn well try. I stopped in my tracks when I noticed one of the most beautiful snow globes I've ever seen. "It's beautiful." I smiled as I walked into the store. I grabbed the snow globe and asked to have it wrapped at the checkout so nobody in my family would be suspicious of my gift. But now the hard part was actually trying to bump into this stranger again, which probably won't be too hard knowing that we live in such a small town. Except the day I saw him again was Christmas day, because I decided to take a small walk to get away from the loud commotion at home, and because I wanted to see if I could bump into that stranger again. Which I actually managed to do.

It was so cold out that I could see my breath in front of me in the freezing air. But I believed it was much better than the crowded house, which eventually gave me a massive headache. I'm sure that there's too many people in that house for anybody to even notice me missing. Now that I was all by myself, my thoughts started to wander to him again. It felt as if every time he ever came to my mind, I would instantly feel butterflies in my stomach without him even being here. It almost felt as if I was lovesick. I kicked small pebbles on the sidewalk as I walked. "I feel like it would've been better just to stay home." I said to myself as I started shivering really bad. There was snow covering every inch of the ground. I looked up after hearing a car engine, then saw a blue van in the distance. When the van drove past, I couldn't help but peek inside to see two people arguing in the front seat. I shrugged it off and continued walking down the icy sidewalk. About 20 minutes after seeing that van, I actually saw it parked in one of my neighbor's driveway. "Weird." I stopped walking and watched as two men came out the back door carrying large bags, that's when I realized my neighbor's house was being robbed. Before I could even intervene, I noticed the taller one throwing something inside the side door of the van. "Oh my-" I whispered once I realized that it was the same guy that I saw at the store last week, who's also been my main thoughts for the past week as well. I noticed that he had a snorkel resting on his forehead, with the tag still attached. A smaller guy returned outside a moment later. "Hey, what are you looking at!?" He shouted in my direction. "Crap-" I mumbled to myself before speeding down the sidewalk, completely unaware that one of them was following behind me. A hand landed on my shoulder and I quickly spun around to see that same guy from the store last week. He had the same surprised look on my face as I did. "I remember you." He spoke up, "I do too." I responded. His friend must've been confused about why he was talking to me instead of doing what he ordered. "I've been thinking about you all week." He said, "Me too." I smiled up at him weakly. He glanced back at his friend who was too distracted by putting more things into the van. "Uhm, I-" I watched as his hand reached into his pocket, pulling out a small white box. "I just stole it from that house over there, if you don't mind." He cleared his throat, "I don't mind." I took the box from him and reached into my bag for the present I got him. "For me?" He looked at the colorful wrapping paper with a confused look. "Yes." I pushed it into his hands. Then he started unwrapping the box, opening it to see the beautiful snow globe that cost me at least 30 bucks. The smile on his face was enough to make my day so much better.

"How'd you know I liked collecting snow globes?" He asked as he shook the snow globe, displaying small snowflakes in the small globe. "I didn't, I just picked it out." I smiled at his reaction. "Marv! The hell are you doing!?" I heard someone else shout in the distance, followed by him turning around to look at the smaller person. "One second!" He shouted back before taking his attention back to me. "Because I would love hanging out with you more, I live at the biggest house in the neighborhood. Feel free to visit anytime you'd like." I said to Marv while he still looked fascinated by the snow globe. "Really?" Marv smiled widely, "Mhm." I hugged the small gift box against my chest. Suddenly he approached me and pulled me into a really tight hug. "Marv!" A voice called out as Marv pulled apart from me. Marv stared at him with a stupid confused look on his face. "I told you to stop her, not flirt with her!" He said to Marv as he shoved him, "It's not my fault!" Marv complained. I smiled widely as I watched both of them argue back and forth. "Well, I gotta go now. I'll see you later." I rubbed Marv's arm before continuing to walk down the sidewalk. Once I returned home and was laying in my bed, I opened the small box Marv gave to me. I smiled until my face hurt when I saw the beautiful necklace inside the white jewelry box with burgundy colored cushioning. "Oh, Marv. It's beautiful." I gently took out the diamond necklace and held it in front of my face. Later that night there was a knock sounding at my window. I laid down my book and peeked out the window to see Marv looking back at me. My entire face lit up as I opened my bedroom window to let him inside. "I was thinking about you too much, I had to come over." He brushed himself while I closed my window to save the warm air from my heater nearby. "Awww, I was thinking about you too. I love the necklace by the way, it's beautiful." I sat down on my bed. "The snow globe is beautiful as well. I love it because it reminds me of you." He sat down next to me. My face started heating up at the compliment, and then the butterflies from when I first met him returned. I was too deep in thought to even notice Marv cautiously wrapping his arm around me, causing me to instinctively lean against his shoulder. "When I first met you, I thought you were just trying to be nice." Marv spoke up, "usually girls just run away from me." He continued. "Why?" I giggled lightly, "Look at me. I obviously look like a crook." Marv responded. "I was being nice to you because I thought you were the most beautiful person I've ever seen." I answered as my eyes gently closed from the amount of love and warmth I was feeling. "Is that true?" He asked while his hand gently caressed my waist. "Yeah." I said. "I've never really felt this way towards a girl, this feeling, it just-" Marv stopped in thought for a moment, "Lovesick?" I looked up at him. "If that's what you call it." He returned the lovestruck look, "Butterflies in your stomach and everything?" I asked him, "Yeah, especially whenever I think about you. It's way worse when you're actually near me." Marv answered. "It's the same for me." I looked down at his hand that was twitching a little on his thigh, must be from how nervous he is. I reached for his hand and tightly held onto it, "Feel better?" I smiled, "Yes, way much better." He smiled back at me. Soon I dozed off just by leaning against him, waking the next morning to him cuddling up with me.