"Stuck In The Friend-Zone Again and Again"

"So Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me"

A/N: I wrote part of this in a hammock on a beach in Mexico and part back in the freezing cold climate of Canada.

We all gathered in the basement, spread out across the floor and couch.
Luke and I, of course, were cuddled together on the couch.

"Budge up, will ya?" Calum complained. "Paris might as well be on Luke's lap and then there'll be room for me."
Luke didn't hesitate to pull me onto his lap, wrapping his arms around me securely.
"Better?" I asked.
"Much," Calum grumbled, sitting down beside us.
"Let's do gifts before Calum gets any grumpier," Michael laughed.
Calum rolled his eyes but smiled.
I stretched over and dropped gifts in Ashton and Calum's laps, then got Calum to pass Mikey's present to him on the floor.
I did the same with Luke's gifts, since I was preventing him from doing it himself.
The boys each handed us our respective gifts, and finally we were ready to open.

"You go first Ash," I suggested.
He tore open the paper on my gift, to reveal a set of expensive high quality drumsticks and a bag of really nice Columbian coffee beans.
"Oh my god," Ashton said, examining the drumsticks. "These are awesome! They must have cost a fortune!"
"I know a guy," I shrugged, even though that was a complete lie.
Sometimes people deserve to be spoiled.
"And this coffee is supposed to be amazing!"
Ashton was my fellow coffee fanatic.
"It is, my parents get it for me every time they visit Columbia," I gushed.
"Is that often?" Calum cocked an eyebrow.
"Often enough," I shrugged. "Since they bring back about 5 bags each time."
"Thank you so much!" Ashton exclaimed.
"It was no trouble, Ash, really," I insisted. "But you're welcome."
"Me next!" Luke declared, pulling out a gift from Calum.

We all continued in that fashion until every gift was opened.
I received coffee mug covered in Calum's messy scrawl of lyrics, baked in the oven so it would stay from Cal himself, as well as a new pair of Converse low tops, in yellow this time, from Ashton. Michael got me a set of guitar picks with doge on them, as well as a Piplup toque to match his Pikachu one ("For all those cold Canadian winters").

(If you don't know anything about Pokemon Piplup sort of looks like a blue penguin and he's really cute. Also a toque is like a beanie but it's meant for warmth not style. It's a Canadian term)

The boys teased Luke and I, inquiring what our gifts to each other had been in a cheeky manner.
"What did you get Paris?" Calum asked with a grin, poking Luke's dimple. "A wedding ring?"
The boys burst into fits of giggles.
"Oh yeah, very funny," I rolled my eyes, squeezing Luke's hand.
"What? You're practically married already, we figured Luke might as well go ahead and make it official."
"Oh shut up," Luke rolled his eyes. "We're young and in love and all of those other overused terms."
"And I wouldn't have it any other way," I said with a giggle, snuggling further into Luke, which was quite a feat since I was already on his lap.
Luke grinned.
"You guys are gross," Michael stated, getting up. "I'm going upstairs to play X-Box."
Calum and Ashton agreed with a laugh, following Michael up the stairs.
I stood up and held out my hand to Luke. "C'mon, let's go."
He cocked an eyebrow at me, eyeing my hand. "I'd pull you over."
"No you wouldn't!"
Luke grabbed my hand and pulled fast and hard, taking me by surprise and sending me flying into his chest.
Nose to nose, me actually on top of Luke half laying on the couch, Luke grinned. "Told you so," he smirked in a quiet voice.
"Only cause you tried pulling me into you," I protested softly.
"Oh contraire," Luke smiled. "I think you just fell for me." He smirked.
"Oh no, that happened a long time ago," I smiled cheekily back.
Luke leaned in slightly, and for a moment I thought he was going to kiss me, but then he wrapped he in a hug.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
I pushed myself off of him and took his hand, waiting for him to stand so we could join the boys upstairs.