It Started With A Punch (COMPLETE)

Chapter 28

Insomnia. An illness that causes you to not sleep at night... even if you're super duper ultra mega sleepy!

Of course, I had to get up and open Jace's gift, and now my sleepiness couldn't get any better!

My phone suddenly played Taylor Swift's version of 'Santa Baby' so loud, that I had no choice but to get up and kill that song.

And by the time I got over to my phone, then and there did I realize that there was a whole lot of gifts waiting for me downstairs and that I just slept on the floor last night.

I laughed at myself, picturing what would have happened if someone caught me asleep on the floor.

In fact, I was so zoned out in my thoughts, that I didn't realize that whenever Taylor Swift was playing on my phone, it meant that someone was calling. And I just remembered that, when a voice spoke, snapping me back to earth.

"Hello?" I answered, not having a single idea on who's calling me at 7am.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY!" Adam greeted cheerfully.

"O-oh, Adam." I said "Merry Christmas, too babe" I greeted

"You don't sound too happy to hear from me?" he said, all the cheerfulness gone.

"It's not that babe" I said as I sat down on the edge of my bed "I just woke up"

"Oh. Well, I'm guessing now is the perfect time to open your gifts?" Adam suggested

"Right" I said as I got up and walked out of my room "hey babe?"

"Yeah babe?"

"You might... wanna cover your ears for a sec.." I said

"Why?" he asked

"Just... do it!" I said, and before he could say anything else, I did what I always did during Christmas Morning when I'm the first to wake up

"GUYS WAKE UP! IT'S FREAKIN' CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I shouted. From the top of my lungs

And like the usual Christmas mornings, Nick was the first to show up on the stairs. He'd been running out of his room so fast, a pair of his boxers got caught in his feet.

I'm guessing he saw me laughing at him, because he narrowed his eyes at me as he got down the stairs

"Is this a prank?" he asked me the moment he reached the bottom of the stairs

"I wish" I answered. He rolled his eyes then walked over to the tree and squatted under it

Oh Adam!

"Babe! You still there?" I asked

"Yeah" Adam answered with a groan

"Aww, did my shouting damage your hearing?" I asked him, and he chuckled

"No. My cousin decided to do the same" Adam answered, and I heard a few shuffling sounds, probably Adam's making his way over to where they open their gifts.

"Oh, well, I'm sorry still" I said

"Well, aren't you gonna open your presents yet?" he asked. I turned to look at Nick, who was impatiently waiting for mom and dad to get down so we could open our gifts. I groaned

"I'll talk to you later, okay?" I told Adam, then hung up.

"MOM! DAD!!!!!" I shouted, and after a few seconds later, feet stomping and a door swinging open was heard. 

Mom and dad soon appeared on the top of the stairs with still sleepy eyes. Nick and I looked at each other with a look that said 'I know you're thinking what I'm thinking' and on cue, Nick and I shouted