Deception **ON HOLD**

chapter thirteen

( I am sorry but this chapter is basically a filler chapter.)

I wake up to Beth dragging me out of bed while Mason is pulled out by Bryce. Everyone is sitting on the floor in the living room yawning when we enter.

I ask, " Beth did Marie call you and wake you up since we are not there?" she nods, " the boys also got on the phone cursing us out for not being there so she wouldn't mess with them."

I giggle and everyone else besides Ree and Hales looks confused so I tell them, " I stay with the Royce's on holidays since my dad is an asshole." they all nod in understanding.

Beth ushers us to sit down before she starts handing presents to everyone from where we all placed them last night. Everyone has the same amount since our parents have already had us open theirs before we left.

"before we open presents i have a big gift for everyone.....a new song called wanted!" i tell them and cheer before i start singing.

(actual song is Wanted by Hunter Hayes)

You know I'd fall apart without you

I don't know how you do what you do
'Cause everything that don't make sense about me
Makes sense when I'm with you

Like everything that's green, girl, I need you
But it's more than one and one makes two
Put aside the math and the logic of it
You gotta know you're wanted too

'Cause I wanna wrap you up
Wanna kiss your lips
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
And never let you forget it
Yeah, I, I wanna make you feel wanted

Anyone can tell you you're pretty, yeah
And you get that all the time, I know you do
But your beauty's deeper than the make-up
And I wanna show you what I see tonight...

When I wrap you up
When I kiss your lips.
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
And never let you forget it
'Cause, baby, I, I wanna make you feel wanted

As good as you make me feel
I wanna make you feel better
Better than your fairy tales
Better than your best dreams
You're more than everything I need
You're all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted

And I just wanna wrap you up
Wanna kiss your lips
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
And never let you forget it
Yeah, I wanna make you feel wanted
Baby, I wanna make you feel wanted

You'll always be wanted

Bryce opens his first and gets an couple bracelet from Beth who holds her left wrist up to show the other one. Luke and Hales gave him a basketball signed by everyone on his favorite team.

Kayden and Ree gives him a gift card for Starbucks. I give him a gift card to Dick's sporting goods. Mason tells Bryce his present is in his room back at their flat.

Beth opens her presents and gets a necklace from uke and Hales, makeup kit from Ree and Kayden (no doubt Ree's work), an amazing bracelet from Bryce and a scrapbook from Mason and I since she takes so many pictures.

We all decided to go in big and pay for a lot of art stuff and a new studio for Halley, who was so happy she about fainted. Luke, Ree, and Kayden get a lot of stuff from Dick's sporting goods.

Mason gets two basketballs, three gift cards, and I got him a football signed by his favorite player. I got four new books, a gift card to Books A Million, and a necklace that has half a heart charm and on the charm it says the words forever we.... As I look puzzled Mason reaches into his shirt and pulls and exact necklace with the words will be together.

Once I realized they connected tears come to my eyes because the only other one who got me stuff like this was my mom. I throw my arms around Mason and kiss him passionately.

Everyone cheers and whistles at us and I pull away cheeks red from embarrassment. For the rest of christmas day we all lay around watching more christmas movies before falling asleep in the living room.

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