Converse by Day, Skates by Night [boyxboy]

The End (Chapter 25)

Song: Imagine by Pentatonix

I woke up before Cole and noticed the clock reading 6:56 am, the sun was trying to peak up and shine brightly on Christmas Day. I managed to escape Cole's hold and I headed down the stairs to be greeted with the kitchen lights on and displaying a tall shadow.

"Morning honey," my mother greeted me, she was always, and will forever be the first one up in the mornings in this house. 

I waved to her and went over to the stove top orange kettle and filled it up with water and turned on the burner and waited for the water to boil for my Jasmine Green tea to be made. The relaxing scent pulled me and my thoughts were drowned out, until the high pitch train whistle snapped me out of thought. 

Pouring the water into my heat changing mug, I watch the animation come to life, the vine leaves changed from a dark forest green to a bright, warm green, almost blue, color.

"So, what did you get me?" My mom questioned me, making me arch a brow as I sipped my tea calmly.

"That's for you to find out later today, Merry Christmas mom," I said, as she walked over to me and kissed my forehead and told me a 'Merry Christmas' and went back to the living room to watch a cooking channel.

As for myself, I went back up to the dark room and sat in my bed and turned on my laptop, which I got blinded by the bright light, turning the brightness down, I looked through all my emails and replied to some that I got from work and friends telling me a 'Merry Christmas' and how I was lucky to celebrate way before everyone else. Smiling at the memories of all my friends that I missed, I told them they will soon celebrate Christmas too.

I felt someone grab my hand and mumble some unknown sentences, making me sadly turn away from a YouTube vlog and be greeted my a sleepy, yet awake Cole, who looked really dead.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" I questioned him, making him groan and flop over to his other side, facing the wall and speaking more clearly, yet grogly.

"Time?" 

"Almost 8," I replied, letting go of his hand and stretching over for my lukewarm tea, but failing because I got pulled into an embrace hold, making me roll onto my stomach and scream into the pillow.

"Don't leave," Cole whispered in my ear, making me turn my head and glare at him.

"I wasn't, I just wanted my tea, that is probably cold now," I spoke, going back to looking into my comfy pillow.

"Hmm, not allowed," he told me, bringing me closer to his chest, making me grumpy and annoyed at his behavior this morning. 

I slide Zoe's present over to her on the floor, sitting on the cool floor with Cole's arm wrapped around my waist, while he drank his dark roast coffee in one hand. I watch her open it and her eyes gleamed with happiness with the eye-shadow pallet she wanted for weeks.

"Now you'll make me seem like a shit person," Zoso said, making me tell her I'll love it no matter what it was.

Grabbing her perfectly wrapped red present, I unwrapped it to be greeted with a pop figure that I've been dying to get for so long, yet no one sold it.

"I know you've been looking for it for months, but I finally found it and I got it instantly," she told me, I thanked her and told it was perfect.

Handing mom's gift, she got a quick snatch on it, making me deathly afraid of her. I got her a cook book with various recipes from around the world, she's been dying to get one of them for her kitchen.

"Here's yours," Colton said, handing me a medium sized present wrapped neatly, but not as neat as Zoe's.

I was about to unwrap it when Kiko started to claw at the paper and leaving shreds of paper everywhere, causing me to laugh and leave her be. 

After she finally got tired of it, I finished it off and saw a picture frame of us in Berlin holding each other in an embraced hug, looking at each other as the sun started to set behind us and the buildings showing behind us. 

"I love it," I whispered to him, tears threatening to fall and land on the glass, but I held it in and kissed his cheek. 

"And here is yours," I said to Cole, reaching beside me and pulling out the small box that I told him was for my dad.

"You told me it was for your dad? You tricked me," he smirked, making me smirk back and sip my tea innocently, as I watched him in amusement unwrap the many layers of paper, making him curse and say why, and making us laugh at his frustration.

He finally got to the delicate black box and opened the lid that contained the black stainless steel watch he saw in Berlin and was bedazzled by the gift.

"I noticed you really liked it and when I had to go back, Aunt Holly was their and I asked her if she could get it for me since I couldn't," I told him as he side hug me and kiss my forehead and telling me 'thank you'.

"You guys are lame, here let me help," Abby said, Olivia following behind her, making me nervous on what they were going to do. I glanced over to Zoe, who sat there all pretty and innocent, until she spoke up.

"Look up," she told us, making me look up, I saw a mistletoe tied onto a string that dangled above myself and Cole. I blushed hugely in embarrassment and glanced to Cole, who was slightly blushing.

We both couldn't speak for a bit, until Colton broke it by taking my chin into his hand and whispering words that meant a lot in so many different ways, but in this situation, it meant personaly and everything to me.

"I love you Zander," and connected his soft lips to mine, millions of sparks exploding in my stomach as I closed my eyes and kissed back.

I pulled away and whispered to Cole,

"I love you to, Merry Christmas," and pecked his lip lightly.