"Stuck In The Friend-Zone Again and Again"

"Arrow Heart"

MIKEYS TUMMY💕💕💕

Ashton's mum, Anne Marie, was the first person we saw when we got downstairs.
"Luke, Paris, so good to see you!" She exclaimed, hugging us both.
"Hi Anne Marie," Luke smiled.
"Harry and Lauren will be so glad to see you both!" she exclaimed.
She smiled at me. "Harry has not stopped talking about you. I think he's got a bit of a crush on you, if I'm honest."
I blushed and laughed.
Luke smiled, squeezing my hand, and led me on into the kitchen.
Harry, Lauren and Ashton were with Calum, grabbing drinks from the fridge.
"Hey guys! Paris, you look great!" Ashton complimented, pulling me into a hug, Calum following suit.
"Thanks," I blushed.
Lauren smiled at me. "I like your outfit."
"Thanks, Luke picked it out," I blushed again.
"Hi Paris!" Harry chirped, looking up at me. At 12 years old, he was just 5"3" tall.
"Hi Harry," I smiled gently.
He held his arms out and I bent down slightly to hug him.
"I missed you!" Harry smiled brightly.
"I missed you too," I smiled back at him. "Much happen while we were gone?"
"I'm the captain of the football team," Harry said proudly.
"Football or american football?" I clarified.
"Football," Harry said. "Mum says I'm gonna be just like Cal!"
"Not like me?" Ashton asked.
"No, you fuckin suck. I was gonna go pro," Calum said with a laugh.
Harry grinned, a blush spreading across his cheeks.
"That's amazing, buddy!" I smiled. "I'm proud of you."
Harry beamed.

Michael appeared and Ashton shooed Harry and Lauren away. "Go find Mum."
Lauren rolled her eyes at him, but flashed me a smile and led Harry away.
He turned around and locked eyes with me smiling a little smile as he was taken away.
Ashton, Calum, and Luke burst into fits of laughter as soon as Harry was out of earshot.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"Harry," Ashton gasped between laughs. "He's like in love with you."
My blushed lightly. "Guys, come on, that's not nice. He's only 12!"
"Going for younger men, are you?" Calum wheezed, gasping for air.
My face turned scarlet. "G-guys, r-really. S-stop," I began to stutter.
Luke stopped laughing and took my hand, rubbing the pad of his thumb over my hand.
He knew I only stuttered when I was really nervous or embarrassed.
"Cut it out guys," Luke said firmly. "We've got 10 year olds asking to bang us, we really can't talk."
They slowly stopped laughing and looked at us, side by side.
"Sorry."
Luke released my hand before the boys noticed, but stayed tight to my side.

"We should probably go join the others," he said after a moment.
We all nodded and followed Luke into the living room, which was crowded with people.
Four families in one spacious living room was tight, but doable.
We all chatted with each other, catching up since the last time we'd talked.
Calum's mum told me about the newest trend Mali had been filling her in on, and Mali and I talked about how cute it was how she listened so well. Karen (Michael's mum) and I said we should start placing bets on Michael's next hair colour.
After awhile, Liz appeared saying dinner was ready, and we all fixed plates and scattered around the ground floor.
"When do you wanna tell them?" Luke whispered in my ear as I took a bite of my pasta.
"I don't know," I whispered back. "Soon? Cause I wanna hold your hand."
I blushed. "Okay."

He waited until everyone was done eating dinner and gathered in the living room again, munching on dessert.
He stood up and pulled me to the front of the crowd.
"Um, Paris and I have an announcement," Luke said, clearing his throat.
The room hushed in a moment and all eyes were on us.
I gazed up at Luke expectantly.
He smiled down at me and took my hand.
"We're dating."

The many reactions were hilarious.
Calum spit out the cookie he was chewing.
Ashton yelled: "what!?"
Michael exclaimed: "Well it's about time!"
Mali and Lauren whooped.
Funniest of all, Liz said. "Well it took you too long enough!"
I blushed, and when I looked at Luke his cheeks were pink as well.

The boys were already dragging us off downstairs to interrogate us before anyone could say anything else.
Luke leaned over and whispered in my ear as we descended the stairs. "Now I don't have to let go of your hand."
I smiled at him as the boys pushed us onto the couch and stood in a semi circle surrounding us.
"How long has it been?" Ashton demanded.
"Like a week," Luke confessed.
"A week?" Michael exclaimed. "A whole week and we didn't know?!"
"Nobody knew," I said. "Well except for my brother."
"We're your brothers, too!" Calum reminded me. "What about us?"
"Ryan couldn't tell anybody important he's over 15,000 kilometres away," I pointed out.
"Still," Michael whined.
"Well you know now," Luke said.
"And we're happy for you," Ashton said. "It actually explains a lot."
"Like what?" I asked.
"Like why you and Luke have seemed so happy the past week whenever we've talked. I mean you're both usually cheerful but it's like you're glowing," Calum chipped in.
"If I didn't ship it so hard it would disgust me," Michael added.
I laughed. "Thanks Mikey."
"So are you guys going public soon, or-?" Ashton asked.
"Tomorrow?" Luke asked/answered, glancing at me questioningly.
I nodded. "A cute Christmas photo with a lovey caption?"
"Perfect, Luke smiled at me.
Michael pretended to gag. "I might change my mind about the disgust."
Luke and I laughed, and he squeezed my hand lovingly.
"We should probably get back to the party."
"I guess so," Calum agreed as Luke helped me stand.
"And Luke," Michael turned around. "-we expect full details." He wiggled his eyebrows.
"Okay, 1. I'm right here,-" I started.
"2. I'm 16."
"3. You're such a dumbass, do we need to flashback?" Luke put in.
"Oh yeaaaaah," Michael remembered what Luke was talking about, looking worried. "Sorry, Paris."
"It's okay I'm used to sex jokes; I make them," I told him.
Michael looked relieved.

"C'mon," Calum said, leading the way upstairs. "It's almost time to start Home Alone."
Every year, all of their families gathered in the living room to watch Home Alone together before heading home to go to bed.
"I love that movie," I stated.
"Me too," Luke agreed.
"Stop having things in common, we get it, you're perfect for each other," Michael groaned.
Luke and I just laughed.

Could Christmas Eve get any better?

A/N: I'm sorry if this is shit idk where my head has been at lately. My emotions were so fucked and I didn't feel.

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