Love, war, and football

Chapter 36

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All my thoughts were cut off when two people sat down next to me. "So what happened to that ring?" Liam asked playfully as he nudged me. I just shook my head at him.

"It's in a box at home. It kind of got bent really bad and I've meaning to fix it."

"How that happen?" Emily gave me a curious look.

Letting out a sigh, I looked up and said "It was in Aiden's car." Silence hushed over us and I groaned before falling back into the grass. "Merry Christmas." I grumbled.

Liam and Emily exchanged glances before getting up and drying off their feet. Then they both looked down at me. "Get up." I just sent them a small glare. They shrugged. Next thing I know they are dragging me away from the pool.

"What the hell man!?" I struggled until they just let my arms drop.

"Get up or I will haul your ass up. No being miss depresso on Christmas. Now get your ass inside, we are about to hand out gifts." I got up but I still fought to go back inside. I couldn't get anyone gifts, I was just able to get something for my parents. I love these guys but I have to save as much money as possible for college.

Despite me struggling, they brought me inside and pushed me to the couch between Shaun and Drake. What the hell people? Throwing on an innocent smile, I watched as Steve started handing out presents. I noticed how most of them was just like little gift bags with candy or something.

I was tossed one and I opened it to find my favorite candy and a small little plush dog. "Awww it's so cute!" Lifting up the dog, I hugged it and it stayed on my lap as we were passed more gifts. When I did that, I swear both the guys snickered at me.

In a swift movement, both my arms went out and I heard two groans before I just hugged the dog again. A few people snickered at the scene but then Steve went back to playing santa. There wasn't many gifts and most of them were small things like a t-shirt, perfume, money, candy, or other things like that.

Poor Jisa was overloaded with stuffed animals from everyone. Looking around I noted that everyone was content at their gifts and I looked down at my small pile of candy and a t-shirt. "Hey there is one last gift here for Taylor." Steve says as he picks up a small box. He tossed it to me and before I could catch it, Drake had reached forward and caught it.

He smirked at me as I pouted and I tried getting it back but no luck. Pouting, I just crossed my arms and looked away. Shuan chuckled and patted my head. Drake peeked inside the box and his eyes widen ever so slightly. "Here it's from dad." He said very nonchalantly but I could tell he was trying to hide a smile.

I took it from him and sent him a small glare before giving Oliver a curious look. Of course he just shrugged at me and gave me a sly smile. I see where Drake gets his slyness from. Slowly I opened the box to see a keychain surrounded by tissue. It was a leather keychain with the intials T.R. on them.

By then I already had a big smile but then I lifted up the keychain and a familiar set of keys were on them. "No fucking way!" I practically jumped up from my seat, after pushing all my stuff into Shaun's lap. Oliver just gave me a huge grin before standing from his seat next to Annie.

"Come on," He walked to the garage and I ran after him, bouncing on the balls of my feet. "This is now your car." It was the navy blue 1965 mustang. Except it just had a car wash or something because it looked brand new. "I had it washed while you were inside."

Without giving him a warning, I ran from the car to Oliver and gave him a huge hug. "Oh my gawd thank you! I can't say thank you enough!" He just laughed and patted my head before ushering me back inside. "Now I really feel bad because I didn't get anyone gifts." I looked down as we came into the living room.