I Know It's Hurting You, But It's Killing Me (A7X Fan Fiction)

Chapter Twenty Six: Merry Christmas

Sorry it took me almost 3 weeks to get this up. I spend the first week and a half working on my johnny OS for his birthday, and the next week and a half trying to put this together.. so I hope you enjoy it :D

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 – 7:29 AM – Christmas Morning at the Haner house

            “Wake up!” Lyric heard a voice yell and she felt her bed shake. Rolling over, she groaned.

            “Go away Jimmy,” Brian muttered, shifting under the covers and protectively wrapping his arm around Lyric’s waist.

            “But it’s Christmas morning! And Matt won’t let us open presents until everyone is awake,” Jimmy pouted, jumping up and down on the bed again.

            “How did you even get in here?” Brian asked, finally sitting up and rubbing his eyes, Lyric burying herself farther under the blankets.

            “I used one of Lyric’s hairpins that I found on the kitchen counter to pick the lock of your bedroom door,” he stated, matter-of-factly, as if it were obvious.

            “Last time I let you guys spend the night,” Brian mumbled, throwing one of the extra pillows at Jimmy. “Now leave. We’ll get up in a few minutes,” he said seriously, sliding back into bed.

            Once Jimmy left, Lyric appeared from under the comforter. Brian greeted her with a good morning kiss.

            “Merry Christmas, Bri,” she whispered against his lips before kissing him back.

8:02 AM – Christmas Morning at the Christ residence

            Johnny woke up Christmas morning to a warm body lying next to him. Someone else’s legs were intertwined with his; her head was resting on his bare chest; her arms were wrapped tightly around his waist.

            When the girl in his bed started to stir, Johnny smiled and kissed the top of her head, “Merry Christmas, babe.”

            “Merry Christmas, Johnny,” she spoke into his chest as her fingers softly traced random patterns into his skin.

            Johnny’s phone that started ringing had obnoxiously broken the silence of their moment, causing Johnny to groan. Without trying to move the girl in his arms too much, he then sat up and reached for his phone that was on the nightstand. “Hello?” he groggily answered.

            “Hey Short Shit! When are you coming over to Brian’s?” a loud voice on the other end of the phone boomed.

            “Oh, right. We… er, I’ll be over in about a half an hour, okay?” he replied, almost giving it away that he’d be bringing his “lady friend” with him. Thankfully the other man was too excited to notice Johnny’s slip up.

            “Okay, see you then!” he exclaimed before hanging up.

            “Come on, Tatiana,” Johnny coaxed, running his hands soothingly up and down her arms. “Jimmy is expecting us at Brian’s soon.”

            “But I missed this – lying in your arms all morning,” she told him, snuggling up against him, hoping for just a few more minutes in his arms.

            “So did I. Being away on tour without you was torture,” he confessed, those words sounding foreign coming from his lips.

            Johnny was never really one to show emotion towards girls, but Tatiana was different. She was the first woman he had ever thought about keeping around for a while. And all of the emotions he was feeling were completely new to him.