Chapter 58// "Huh I've always thought they mythological"
"Merry Christmas" I shout flipping my Christmas hat that was on my head. The top bobby bit kept on falling I'm my eyes
I smile brightly as I hug Daniel, and then Alec. We were celebrating Christmas all as friends at Daniel's house and mine.
I was really excited for today, this was because both Elliott's and Conner's parents were away in New York so we were going to make our own little family.
It was only 5 am but I was desperate to open the presents, but we weren't allowed to until everyone was here.
Aiden was picking up Winter and all Elliott and Conner had to do was walk across the road to our house and they were still making it seem like this is difficult for them, seeing as they aren't here yet.
Suddenly the front door flies open and in walks Elliott holding a huge bundle of presents that were so high I couldn't see his face.
"The king is here" Elliott calls.
Yes, I think we have realized that.
*
Everyone was unwrapping presents like crazy.
That's when the sound of the doorbell rings through the house, everyone looks up confused not knowing who would be at our door at this time on Christmas morning, but I knew because I invited them.
I jump up in my traditional Christmas PJ's and run to the door before they feel like I'm ignoring them.
Christmas was a time of forgiveness and togetherness, so how could I leave him out.
I pull the door open and I see him covered in snow. He shakes off his dirty blonde hair as he walks into the house; he rubs his light blue eyes and yawns.
"Merry Christmas Crescent" He smiles brightly, I hadn't seen him in such a long time and now as he was here I felt like there had been a big empty whole in all of us without him.
I pull him in for a hug that I had to stand on my tiptoes for.
I guide him towards the main living room that was currently filled with wrapping paper.
We both walk in and everyone stops to look at us, some looked downright shocked and others looked somewhat happy.
"Carter,on " Daniel says out loud jumping up.
There was an awkward moment of silence until Daniel speaks up.
"What are you doing here?" He asks as he walks towards Carter and he didn't look too happy.
I bmy lip, was this bad decision I have made?
"Cress invited me" Carter replies, I give my brother a sheepish smile.
"Dan I'm sorry for, the bet, I'm for using your sister" Carter explains, his eyes were beginning to become red-rimmed and he looked like he was about to start crying.
"Well fuck being angry" Daniel shouts and pulls Carter in for a tight hug. I felt myself almost tearing up from the look on Daniel's face. The pair of them were literally having a moment.
Eventually, they pull away "Man life hasn't been good without you" Daniel smiles genuinely, which he rarely ever does.
That's when Carter looks over at Elliott. I knew Elliott and I knew he was always unforgiving.
"So you come here, after you've joined Aaron's gang. You come here after you were in the same building where Cress was being held. And you expect me to forgive you"
"Elliott I missed you more than anyone, we've been friends since we were kids. Can we really let that go?" Carter pleads with Elliott.
I saw Elliott's facial expression soften.
"Come here bro" And they both hug it out. Aw, I felt like a proud little mother.
"You did something really good, " Conner said from behind me that makes me jump. I look at him in surprised he hasn't talked to me since we got back from New York and I would be lying if I said I didn't miss him.
"I know, Cater has missed you all so much"
"Do you want to go have a talk in the kitchen?"
I nod at Conner getting up, I see Elliott looking at me worriedly but I just ignore his glances.
Inside the kitchen, there were lots of nearly prepared dishes for the Christmas dinner this afternoon. I had the turkey in the oven right now so the room was really warm and stuffy.
"So what do you want to talk about," I ask stuffing a spoon of chocolate moose in my mouth.
"Well I wanted to talk about us, but now I think we should talk about getting you a dentist appointment"
"Seriously," I say putting another chocolaty spoon full in my mouth. I was in chocolate heaven.
"Seriously, I think you might need to see a diabetic doctor as well"
I roll my eyes at that.
"Are you happy with me calling it off?" he ask, well that's not exactly the question I thought he was going to ask me.
"I don't know" I admit.
"Do you love Elliott? Like genuinely love him" His light blue eyes staring at me intensely. I could lie to him to make him feel better but I knew that would only end in more heartache.
"Yes, I love Elliott," I say. This made me sound like a bad person seeing as it seemed like I loved Elliott when I was with Conner.
"But I thought that when he left, I didn't love him anymore. I thought I would never forgive him, but when he came back that changed. There's always been something between Elliott and me, something neither of us can let go of"
Conner looked even sadder than before.
"I never thought Elliott would fall in love with a girl, he was always so wild and never wanted to be held down by one person"
I think that's what everyone thought.
"Crescent, I love you in a way I have never even liked a girl before. You were honestly my first everything. I never had time for girls but there was something about you that caught my eyes. And because I care about you so much that I want to tell you this"
"If you were to go and kiss Elliott right now, I'd support you. I'm not going to blind myself with my love for you, I'm going to let you be happy and know that no matter what you will always have a friend in me. I don't want it to be awkward between us anymore. Somewhere out there, there will be a girl for me" Conner explains. Even though he wasn't trying to make me feel bad, my heart ached for him.
"I just want you to be happy Blondie, well I guess you're not really blonde anymore"
He always called me blondie, yet it made no sense if he did that anymore, that though suddenly made me feel really sad. Like I was letting go off Conner.
"You know I fancied you since I was little when little girls write down their thoughts in their diaries and mine was filled with thoughts of you. You were the person all my liked posts about love on Facebook were about"
He smiles at that showing off his deep dimples. A part of me didn't want to let go of Conner and I wanted to get back with him. But I knew the decision I was making was right.
"You'll find her one day, the girl of your dreams. You're the greatest gentleman I have ever met"
Oh gosh, my nose was all itchy as well as my eyes, I hated it when this happened when I felt like crying.
Conner stands there silently having nothing else to say, so I hug him, as I knew he was being shy.
I hold on to his familiar figure for a second too long before I let go. He makes his way to the main living room, while I take a detour to the bathroom. I take a piece of tissue from the tissue box and wipe the corner of my eyes, I didn't want it to seem like I had been crying.
I rub the tissue on my nose and sniffle slightly, before dropping it in the toilet and flushing away all my tears.
I come downstairs to find everyone playing a game of dares. I settle in beside Alec and Winter.
Daniel and I had offered for Alec to invite his boyfriend, but sadly he was celebrating Christmas with his family so he couldn't come.
In turns, everyone was picking out a small piece of paper out a cup, that Winter had written out last night, so it was obvious she had planned this. God save us all from Winter's dares.
It was Winter's turn next.
"Give a lap dance to the person on your right. Huh? Well, I guess that's Daniel" She says devilishly. She has totally rigged this game.
Winter climbs on top of Daniel and I thought I could watch the lap dance but eventually, I have to turn away, that was far too PG for me. Well, at least it wasn't too inappropriate for Elliott who was whistling at the pair of them.
Next was my brother's turn, he picks out a small square of appear and turns red when he see what was written on it. We all look at him curiously, he had just had a lap dance from winter, and I don't think anything can be worse than that.
"Kiss the person to your right passionately"
Well shit, that would be Elliott.
Daniel stands there not knowing what to do for a few seconds. My brother most definitely didn't have the balls to kiss Elliott.
That was until Elliott stand up, in is black ripped jeans, blue sweatshirt, and matching beanie on his head and walks up to Elliott.
Elliott and Daniel were around the same height.
And Elliott pulls Daniel in for a kiss.
It wasn't even a slight peck; it was something that belonged in porn.
There were tongues and everything is this kiss, and I couldn't look away because in my opinion and everyone else's in the room it was seriously sexy.
Elliott is the first one to pull away, as his cheeks seem slightly flushed away as opposed to Daniel who looked like a tomato.
I have never seen Daniel loose his usually bigheaded attitude and instead act so nervous.
"I still don't see what girls are on about when they kiss you" Elliott sigh sitting back down.
"I think I know why so many girls sleep with you know and why they keep coming back, " Daniel says oppositely to Elliott's statement.
Wow, wow, wow, hold the phone, Daniel just admitted that Elliott is a really good kisser.
That's what brings me back to me and Elliott and I realize that Elliott and I haven't kissed in a solid year.
I'd have thought thing would be awkward between Daniel and Elliott now but no they were acting completely normal.
"Cress I think it's your and Winter's turn" He prompts.
"Kiss my ass" I roll my eyes at Elliott.
"Sure" Elliott replies.
"Bite me" I snap at him.
"Hell yes"
"Fuck you"
"Well if you insist"
I decide to keep my mouth shut after that.
The rest of the game was boring because no dare could match up to that between Elliott and Daniel.
*
The whole of the day passes by in a blur, with most of it for me spent in the kitchen. Alec and Aiden both offer a helping hand, but now I was just setting everything out for dinner.
It had been a family tradition every year for Daniel and me to watch Narnia, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. And usually, it ended up that Elliott joined us in past years.
I set out the last bits of cutlery when I hear something shuffle behind me.
I look around to see Elliott stand there, tall and sexy holding and envelope in his hands.
He walks up to me and put the envelope out in front of me.
"Merry Christmas Dawson" He smiles. His ocean blue eyes gleaming with excitement.
I look at the envelope when I take it from him and then look back up to him.
"You didn't really think I wouldn't get you anything" He cocks his head to the side ever so slightly.
I pull at the corners f the lightweight, white envelope.
I pull out 2 small laminated, rectangular pieces of card.
Why was Mickey Mouse on the front of it?
I focus my eyes on the tiny writing.
"It's 2 tickets to Disneyland in Paris" I state and then it hits me.
"You're taking me to Disneyland," I say astounded putting a hand over my mouth.
As a child I always wanted to go to Disneyland, it was almost every child wish. Except when my mom was alive she was too ill to travel and always needed medical care. Then with mom's best friend, she always had to work and so we never got to go.
I place the cards down on the table and into a hug with Elliott.
"Jeez Cress your choking me" Elliott coughs, I pull away slightly.
"Thank you so much," I say pouting at him, I was filled with so much excitement.
It was Disneyland, it was Paris. The city of love.
"Don't thank me too much it was a joint idea between Daniel and me. If you must know he got winter the same present"
Elliott tells me as my arms are still wrapped around Elliott's neck.
I loved it so much when Elliott wore a beanie, it was the only time when his hair was out of his face and I could focus on his eyes.
"You have the most breathtaking eyes Elliott"
His lips quirk up at the corners at my comment.
He places both hands on my hips pulling me right up against him. Him being so close to me always takes my breath away,
"Do you know what I can't wait for Cress?" Elliott asks softly.
Getting me in bed, but I don't say that out loud, instead I shrug.
"For the day you do the laundry and when you go to fold it you'll have to sort out my clothes form yours"
He moves his face close to mine that I feel his breath fanning my face.
That's when I hear footsteps along the hall, and I try and pull away form Elliott but he carries on holding me.
He looks at me for a steady moment unmoving, he leans down and gives me a cheeky kiss on my nose before pushing me away from him.
"Hey is dinner ready yet?" Daniel asks showing up in the doorframe.
Daniel looks between the pair of us as Elliott pretends he's very interested in the interior design of my mother's kitchen, though I could tell Elliott was also holding back a smile while I comb my hands through my hair.
"Am I interrupting something?" Daniel asks trying to hold back a smile.
No, nothing" Elliott and me both deny simultaneously.
"Dinner's ready, you call everyone" I smile putting seasoned potatoes in a glass bowl.
When Daniel leaves I feel Elliott's presence directly behind me as he leans against me.
"I'll get that kiss Crescent" He growls in my ear and then leaves to sit at the table leaving me stunned.
"Is that a turkey on the table?" Alec asks, looking like his mouth was really gong to start watering.
"Huh I've always though they mythological" Elliott says poking at it.
"Don't be stupid Elliott" I reply to Elliott holding my spatula in his direction.
"Oh cress what are you going to do with that" Elliott smirk at me while wiggling his eyebrows.
"Is that what the pair of you were going do before I entered the room?" Daniel ask putting a whole tart in his mouth.
I don't even know what these two idiots were both referring to.
Author note:
This is freaking 3 updates in less than 24 hours, and just so you all know I don't have any of these chapter pre-written in the slightest. I've locked myself in my room and solidly typed all day. I legit have neck cramps from sitting upright so long.
Do I regret it?
No.
And yes I know its not Christmas, actually it's quite the opposite, but it is in this book so deal with it.
In all honesty, I was going to kill of Carter, but then I decided I loved him too much.
Now don't you guys go ahead and ship Daniel and Elliott because that is not going to happen (Though I slightly ship the bromance too).
I think I need to slap some sense in to myself.
I hope you don't all think thing are going to go uphill from here, because there are a few more surprises waiting.
Keep voting and commenting my lovlies x