2010 ~ (l.s) *book 1*

Part 16

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We were woken up by the twins jumping on us. "It's Christmas! It's Christmas!" They exclaimed excitedly. Louis rolled over and looked at the time. "Jesus," he groaned. "It's half past five girls. Go back to sleep."

"Can't." Daisy smiled. Lou sighed before reaching out to grab her and pull her down.

"Well then, guess you'll just have to stay with us until everyone else is up," He said. Daisy huffed, sitting in Louis' lap. Phoebe sat down on my lap as well, I just wrapped my arms around her humming a soft melody until they fell asleep again. They were obviously still tired, and both of us knew that if they didn't go back to sleep they'd be grumpy later.

The girls re-positioned themselves so that they were both lying face down on our chests. It was adorable. I looked over at Louis who was stroking Daisy's hair and smiled softly at the picture. This image that someday could be us, a small family all curled up together in bed on Christmas morning. It was a happy thought.

Louis must have noticed I was looking at him because he winked and slowly moved closer to me until our forearms were touching. "I like this," Louis whispered, looking between me and the twins. "Us with the girls."

"Me too." I probably looked like my face was going to melt because of how fond I am but I don't care, I am fond.

I leaned my head on his shoulder before drifting back off to sleep.

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"Should we wake them?"

"No, or at least not until I get a picture." *click*

"Can we please wake them up now? I'm hungry."

"We won't wake them yet hun. They were obviously up late. Grab the girls and let's go get some breakfast."

I felt Phoebe being lifted off my chest, the warm weight no longer there. I heard the door close. I opened my eyes and turned towards Louis who was already watching me. "Morning angel." He yawned.

"Morning, merry Christmas." I smiled sleepily. He pulled me into his arms.

"Merry Christmas." he sang. I sighed, I love these mornings.

"We've gotta get up before the girls come and attack us."

I hummed, not really moving. Louis sighed, sitting up and rubbing my back. "Last night was amazing. Thank you."

" 'm," I sat up. "It was. We are definitely doing that again." Louis wrapped his arms around me. I smiled, leaning into his touch. We sat there on the edge of the bed for a while until he finally moved to get up.

"Might as well get dressed now. We probably won't be able to come back up for a while." he carded his fingers through his hair. I sat up as well. We had a quick shower and got dressed before heading downstairs to get breakfast.

"Christmas!" Phoebe giggled as she and Daisy ran toward us. I scooped Daisy up before she could run past and started tickling her.

"S-stop! It tickles!" She giggled. I did and placed her on my hip like Lou had done with Feebs.

"Presents?" Phoebe asked, poking Louis' cheek.

"Sure, go get everyone." We put the twins down and watched as they ran off to get the others into the living room. I grabbed Louis' hand and intertwined our fingers, pulling him into the kitchen to make some tea before sitting down by the tree. Everyone was already there as we sat down and immediately phoebe was in my lap, smiling from ear to ear handing me a gift. Lottie and Fizzy had already sorted all the gifts into piles by name. "You go first," Fizzy said, handing phoebe a gift. "Then we'll go around opening presents one by one."