Choices.

Chapter Twenty-Four

Jen's POV

Christmas was way better than I could have hoped for. Harry came with me and a few of the others to Church, which officially made him the boy of my dreams. After Christmas brunch, which was fruit, bacon, and homemade cinnamon rolls, we gathered around our tiny tree to open a few gifts.

Instead of buying everyone in our large group of friends a present, we did a secret Santa. I got Niall some golf balls and tees. Niall got Harry some new sunglasses, and Harry gave Scarlet a scarf with cats on it (we had bonded over our love of cats), and in turn Scarlet gave Liam a scrapbook for all of the pictures he takes with his dogs. Liam gave Kat a charm bracelet with a small, silver music note, which made her blush and tackle a very pleased-looking Liam into a hug. After we pealed the two apart, Kat gave Louis an Adidas snapback and Louis gave Kallie a gift certificate to her favorite tattoo place. Kallie gave me a curling iron and then laughed in my face when I told her I barely knew how to use one.

Kat and I gave everyone a framed picture of the 8 of us from before the concert. Liam gave Kat another charm for her bracelet: a heart with a diamond in it. The boys gave each other a couple gifts and everyone (except me, obviously) opened up gifts their families had sent them. Kat and I swapped gifts, which was hilarious because we got each other the exact same scarf.

We were all talking to each other and having a great time, when Harry interrupted us.

"Wait, there's one more present! I almost forgot," he said, digging in his pocket and pulling out a very small box.

Harry carefully handed it to me and squeezed in beside me on the couch.

"But you already got me my present!" I said in confusion.

"I know," he grinned at me. "This one is from all of us. And that means that you can't give it back!"

I unwrapped the light blue paper and took the lid off of the small, black box. Inside was a single, small diamond earing.

"It's for your new piercing," Harry smiled. "I was going to get one for you, but I knew you would never accept it, so we all pitched in and got it for you."

"Thank you, everyone!" I exclaimed, getting up and hugging everyone.

I sat back down next to harry, who put his arm around me and pulled me into a side hug.

"You can just think of it as a 'welcome to the family' gift," he said, smiling down at me and winking as he added, "and you can think of us whenever you wear it."

"I will be sure to do that," I laughed, leaning my head against his shoulder and watching my new (and old) friends. "I'm going to miss you guys when I go home."

"We're going to miss you too," he sighed, resting his head on top of mine. "It won't be the same without you here."

We all talked and joked around for a while, just enjoying the company of our amazing friends. After a while, we decided to go our separate ways to call our families and wish them a Merry Christmas.

We had a delicious supper, made by Harry, Liam, Scarlet, and yours truly. Afterward, we all changed into our Christmas pajamas and snuggled up to watch Christmas movies.

It was of the best Christmases ever.