addison // jack avery

epilouge

it's christmas eve and everyone is here, the whole family and their families. almost everyone is in the kitchen cooking and singing every christmas song in the books. all the kids are upstairs, yes all, there's more. 

after we had the twins, christina and corbyn announced their engagement, as did tate and jonah a few months after. both weddings were beautiful and babies came soon after them. corbyn and christina had two boys, two years apart, tommy and dash. dash has only just turned 3 months old. 

tate and jonah had a son a few months after the twins were born, they told us at their wedding. they named him lucas and he is gorgeous. all the boys are close, norah watches over them as the only girl but she hopes for the newest member to be a girl. 

daniel and angi are expecting, she should have the baby in a few months but for now everyone is deciding whether it's going to be a boy or a girl. as far as zach is concerned, he's been dating a girl for about a year now, and you will never guess who it is. 

bella. 

she moved out to los angeles when she finished school and immediately picked up with zach where they left off. 

the twins are upstairs with lucas and tommy, these four never leave each other's sides and it's adorable. most of the time they are playing music upstairs, pretending to be the boys. i crept upstairs and looked into stiles' room and sure enough, they were playing with the instruments that stiles and noah got for their birthday. 

i let them know that bedtime is coming close and they nodded, continuing with their concert. i was about to head back down when a familiar body was placed against my back, wrapping his arms around me.

a- hi jack

he kissed my neck and i laughed quietly, turning around and kissing him. he smiled into the kiss, i pecked his lips once more before grabbing his hand and going back downstairs. 

kristen smiled as i reentered the room with jack by my side, i helped her out with the food while all the kids ran downstairs, each taking a cookie off the bench. noah and tommy ran around to me, sticking their tongues out laughing. i put down the cloth and chased after them, sending screams through the house. 

i tried not to fall over as christina jumped out from the doorway, chasing both boys with me. we laughed as they panicked, realizing they were being cornered. we started tickling both of the boys, falling over from laughter. tommy jumped on my back, and noah did the same to christina and we carried them back down. 

we fell back onto the couch and they scurried off to join stiles and lucas who were playing with dani and jonah. i went over to where corbyn was sitting with ashley, watching the snow fall and laughing at stiles and tommy running around each other. 

corbyn held his arms out and i hugged him, leaning my head on his shoulder and sighing. i looked up and saw jack smiling, holding hands with norah and walking through the kitchen and stopping to talk to ava on the way past. 

i looked around the room and felt warmth seeing the whole family together, extended. my embrace with corbyn was cut short when noah came running over, jumping into corbyn's arms. i stood next to ashley, linking arms as we watched the little boy cling onto corbyn. 

noah- luke and stiles are chasing me

c- where's tommy

noah- hiding

we laughed as ashley picked him up and ran with him into the other room, smiling and laughing. the tree rustled and luke walked out from behind it moments later, running with them. 

the cooking seemed to be done for the day and everyone gathered in the living room to start our tradition, watching elf on christmas eve. i was in jack's arms, lucas laying beside me in my lap. stiles and noah were fighting over the blanket and sitting with zach, while norah was comfortable with jonah and tate. 

the movie started and soon everyone was asleep. 

-the next day-

we had all retreated to our rooms last night, but zach, stiles, noah and norah were jumping on the bed, causing jack and i to move around until we woke up. well, we were awake, couldn't sleep through 'merry christmas' being echoed around the room. 

i turned to jack and he smiled and said merry christmas, i returned and he got up, wrestling zach off the bed. stiles and noah jumped on top of them both and norah jumped around laughing. 

stiles and noah ran down the stairs with jack and zach on their trails, norah held her hand out for me and i took it, walking downstairs with her. before turning down the stairs, tate and christina came out, smiling at us. 

n- merry christmas aunty tate and aunty christina

she hugged them and they both smiled wider. 

c- merry christmas beautiful

t- merry christmas light

c- and merry christmas to you, best friend

a- merry christmas

they hugged me and we looked downstairs to see all the boys wrestling each other to get to the presents, laughing and calling for us to come downstairs. we laughed and sighed before heading down and sitting on the couches together. 

z- hey light? do you want to hand out the presents?

n- ooh yes please

she moved down and sat beside the tree, looking at the labels on the presents. we watched as she slowly pronounced the names, handing them to each person and watching their reactions. whenever they would smile, so would she. 

everyone was spoiled, that was undeniable but the gift i got from jack was the best i could ever receive. he took me outside where we sat on the doorstep, watching the cold wind sway the trees. i was wearing one of his old jackets that he wore to finland in 2018 and his arm was around my waist. 

i listened to the breaths escaping both mine and jack's mouth, warm air showing in the wind. jack kissed my forehead and the warm touch made me feel at home, in his arms. i smiled as he looked down to me. 

j- i love you, my light.