"Stuck In The Friend-Zone Again and Again"

"Think It's Time"

"We should probably get downstairs," I said after a few minutes snuggled into his chest.
"We've got time," he whispered in my ear. "Everyone's probably getting dressed."
"We should be too, then," I said, starting to get up.
"Can't we just stay here for a bit?" Luke asked, resting his head in the crook of my neck.
"We've got all the time in the world to cuddle, baby." I reminded him. "Christmas only comes once a year."
I could feel him smiling against the skin of my neck. "Did you just call me baby?"
I blushed. "I-"
"I like it," Luke smiled wider, pressing a kiss to my cheek. "It's cute."
I smiled a bit. "Maybe I'll use it more often, then."
"Please do," Luke grinned.
I pushed myself out of his grasp and stood up, keeping Luke's hand in mine.
"Get dressed," I told him.
"I don't wanna," Luke whined. "And I don't want you to either. You look so cute in those PJs."
"I have to," I told him with a small smile.
Luke pouted some more. "Can I at least pick your outfit again?"
I laughed. "Yes, now I'm going to get in the shower."

I showered and dried my hair, shuffling back to Luke's room wearing my fuzzy panda robe.
He looked up and smiled when I appeared in the doorway. "You look cute like that too."
"Let's go," I giggled, rolling my eyes and leading him to my room.
I sat down on the bed and waited for Luke to find what he wanted.
He dug through the closet, apparently looking for something in particular.
He finally unearthed my green 5SOS tacky Christmas sweater.
"Found it!" He declared.
"Now for pants."
He opted for plain black leggings, following with a pair of roots socks.
"Here," he said, handing me the clothes.
"Cute," I smiled at my adorable boyfriend.
"And it's festive!" Luke beamed.
I giggled. "Go shower. I'm going to get dressed."
Luke nodded and retreated to the bathroom, leaving me to dress in the outfit he had chosen.
"His own merch," I chuckled to myself, sliding the sweater over my head.

Once I was dressed, I pulled out my camera; I had to make a Christmas vlog.

My YouTube channel had really taken off, and I usually made a video every week. This week I had promised a Christmas vlog, since it was highly requested by my audience.

I set it up on my tripod on my desk and hit record.
"Hi guys! Today as promised I'm filming my Christmas vlog! As most of you know I'm really obsessed with Christmas, so I've been looking forward to this for 364 days. I'll show you some of what I've got so far.
I leaned in close to the camera so my necklace was the centre of the frame. "Luke got me this beautiful necklace. I absolutely love it. It's even got a polar bear!"
I sat back in my chair. "I also got this really cute hat, mitts, and scarf set from Ben and Jack," I added, showing them to the camera.
I showcased a few of my favourite gifts, including some designer makeup from Grace, and a white tank top with a side eye emoji on it from Alice.
I was wrapping up that part of the vlog when Luke popped his head in.
"Hi babe, ready to- oh sorry, are you filming?" He apologized, realizing what I was doing.
"Just vlogging," I said. "C'mere."
Luke came fully into the room, showcasing his matching red 5SOS tacky Christmas sweater.
"You look cute," I complimented with a giggle.
"So do you," he replied with a smirk, coming over to me.
He pulled me out of my seat and sat down, pulling me back down on his lap.
"Oh yeah, in case you guys didn't see the picture that has yet to be taken or posted at this point but will be by the time this is posted, Luke and I are together."
"And happier than ever," Luke smiled, kissing my cheek.
I scrunched my nose at his cuteness and he giggled. "You're like a bunny."
I laughed, getting off his lap.
"Okay let's go do stuff."

I turned off the camera for that point in time but took it with me as Luke and I made our way downstairs.

I began filming again and got Jack, Ben, and their girlfriends who had just arrived to say hello, followed by Liz and Andrew, who said breakfast was ready.

"Mmmm breakfast," I said, sweeping the camera over the table loaded down with food.
"Put the camera down and eat," Luke ordered.
I giggled. "Okay, I'll talk to you later guys!"

Breakfast was delicious. There was bacon, eggs, chocolate chip pancakes and waffles, strawberries and raspberries, and sausages.
I filled my plate, neatly organizing everything so my waffles didn't touch my eggs and my bacon got flooded with syrup.

"So, how did you two love birds sleep last night?" Jack asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Good," Luke answered. I nodded.
"Whose bed did you sleep in?" Ben put in casually, taking a bite of his waffle.
I blushed, seeing as we hadn't said we'd slept together, but he'd known.
"Luke's," I mumbled, taking a sip of my apple juice.
Ben nodded. "Figured."
"How long were you two together before you told everyone?" Andrew asked, sounding like he had been waiting since last night to ask.
"About a week," Luke confessed.
"I knew it," Liz said. "When I saw you two cuddling that day I knew it. You both were positively glowing."
We both blushed.
"Aww, baby Lukey and his little girlfriend were cuddling," Jack teased in a fake simpering tone.
"Oh stuff it Jack," Luke rolled his eyes, cheeks still pink.
"I think they're cute," Jack's girlfriend put in, hinting to Jack that he should shut up.
"I didn't say they weren't cute..." Jack mumbled. He shut up nonetheless, his desire to make his girlfriend happy overpowering his pathological need to tease his younger brother.
"Have you told the fans yet?" Ben's girlfriend inquired.
"Not yet, we're going to today," Luke answered.
"How are you going to tell them?" Ben asked.
"Post a picture of us with a caption on Twitter and Instagram probably," Luke told him.
"What kind of picture?"
"A cute one," I interjected hesitantly. "Coupley."
"That's a good idea," Ben nodded approvingly.
"Thanks," I smiled lightly.

By this time, everyone was pretty much done eating, so we began to clean up.

Once everything was clean, I went upstairs to skype my brother, with Luke following close behind me.

I pulled out my camera to vlog a bit, allowing Ryan and Sara to say hello to the camera through the laptop.

After we spoke to them, the boys came over so we could exchange gifts.

"I heard you guys are moving in together again," I said to Calum and Ashton.
"Yeah, we finally found a nice place. It's too bad our old place flooded before you could see it; you would have liked it," Ashton nodded.
"I saw it in pictures and videos," I chuckled. "Like the series of snapchats with Calum on drums and Ashton's plans to bring fire."
Everyone burst into laughter.
"I forgot about that! That was right after we moved in together," Calum said between laughs.
"The fandom imploded," I informed them.
"We figured as much," Calum laughed.

A/N: sorry for the hiatus I've had writers block and been really busy 😬 this was supposed to be longer

Ashton's new tattoo 😍❤️

I'm going to Mexico for the next week, ciao 🌊