Iris's P. O. V.
With a lot of attention from my parents, and a lot of help from Ava and Zach, I made it through the three weeks of school left.
Ava made sure to either come to my house or invite me over, anytime my parents had to leave me alone. I started getting tired of it, feeling like I always needed a babysitter, but I understood why they did it. They still didn't trust me by myself. I still didn't trust me by myself, but I wish I could.
Kristin's family and my family had the same flight to Dallas. We were flying in a day before the other boys so we could help Myta with everything. I sat by the window next to Ava as the plane took off and flew to Dallas.
I was beyond excited to see Zach. Not only did I get to see him after three weeks, but I didn't have to leave this time. After we spend Christmas and New Years at Zach's house with everyone's family, I'd be flying back to California with the boys.
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I saw the most adorable thing ever when we landed. Isla and Reese ran straight towards each other and hugged each other tight.
"They're so cute," I commented as they smiled and giggled while they talked to each other.
"It's great that they've become best friends." Myta smiled. I hugged her, then the rest of Zach's family, before introducing them to mine.
Myta drove us all home and we hung out for a bit. Our flight was a late flight so by the time we got there, it was already past 10.
I went to bed, eager for the next day when I'd see all the guys.
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My alarm went off, waking me up earlier than usual. I slowly got ready and went downstairs to find Myta, Kristin, Isla, and Reese ready. They all wore cute Christmas sweaters for our Christmas Eve party tonight.
We drove to the airport and waited the short time until the guys flight landed. Jonah came first. He gave us all a big hug. Corbyn and Daniel came next, doing the same. Jack came and hugged me super tight, making it hard to breathe.
When he let go and moved on, my smile got wider. I spotted Zach right in front of me. He dropped his bags and picked me up pulling me as close as possible. I kissed all over his face, ending on his lips.
"I've missed this." He smiled hugging me tighter.
"Merry Christmas!" His mom shouted walking up. I stepped back and let them reunite. I went back over to the other guys hugging them again.
"I missed you guys," I said standing back.
"We missed you, too." Jonah smiled.
"Merry Christmas!" Daniel yelled smiling.
"Merry Christmas." I laughed.
"When are your families flying in?" Myta asked bringing Zach and Reese over to us.
"They all should be here in like an hour or so."
"Let's just wait here. I'm sure the fans are dying for your attention." I laughed.
"Yours too," Zach said pointing to a few girls in shirts with my name or face on it.
"Woah," I said before walking towards them with a huge smile on my face.
We barely noticed how long we had been talking to the fans until we saw Daniel's parents, brothers, and sister walk up. We said our hello's and eventually the other families arrived also.
Obviously we couldn't all fit in Myta's car. Instead, we just split up and called ubers to take us all back to Myta's house.
Everything was already set up, we just needed the guests. We had food, games, decorations, and anything else you could think of. Myta really went all out for Christmas.
We didn't really have anything planned until later when we would all get together and watch The Polar Express. We all just hung out, enjoying each others company.
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"Oh, this is hard." I tapped my chin. The guys had challenged each other to a gingerbread house contest and I was the judge.
"How do we know that she won't pick Zach because he's her bae?" Daniel asked.
"I'll be fair. Plus, Zach sweetie, you have like barely any decorations." I pointed out looking at his house with nothing but frosting and a few pieces of candy.
"I got hungry." He shrugged.
"Okay I think I've decided," I said looking at the houses again.
"Who won!?" Corbyn shrieked.
"Um I definitely think I won. I mean look at mine, and look at yours," I said making them all glare.
"We purposely didn't include you in the competition because we knew you'd win," Jonah complained.
"Well you're right, I did win." I shrugged happily. I pulled out my phone and took multiple pictures of my gingerbread house that looked almost identical to the one on the box. If only the icing weren't so difficult.
"Okay, I'm starting the movie in five minutes!" Myta called bringing everyone into the spacious living room.
Zach and I squeezed together in the recliner. Just as I was about to grab a blanket, Reese jumped on top of us.
"I'm sitting with y'all," she said snuggling between us. Luckily, the chair was big and we all fit. I grabbed a blanket throwing it over the three of us. Kristin brought out steaming mugs of hot chocolate.
The movie began and as the songs started, we all sang along. And I really mean all.
Once it ended, we all were obviously tired. The younger kids went to bed, and at midnight we helped the parents with a special task.
Since there were so many people in the house, the bedrooms were given to the parents, leaving all the kids to sleep in the den or somewhere else.
Zach took me up to their office. He said that he wanted us to have some privacy.
"I'm so so so glad that you're not leaving this time," he said as we got under the blankets on our blow up mattress.
"Me, too. It's crazy how slow the days go by when you miss someone that much."
"But we made it." He slowly pulled me into his chest.
"Yeah." I sighed. It was quiet for a second before our lips were instantly molded together. The small space between us quickly closed. I could feel his touch all over my body, and it was the best feeling ever.
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