Away From Home (Dalton Rapattoni Fanfic)

CHAPTER 20

Skylen's POV

"Hey guys?" I asked whiling peeking my head into the twins room.

"Hey Sky, what's up?" Mary asked me. She stopped playing her uke and looked up at me.

"What are you doing for christmas?" I asked now sitting on her bed.

"Since mom and Dad are gone I was gonna spend it with some girl friends."

"And I'm spending it with Eric." right Eric, Kaylee's boyfriend. He's not a horrible guy or anything. He's actually pretty funny. "And I think he's gonna propose!" she squealed out.

"Didn't Dalton invite you over for Christmas?" Mary asked me completely disregarding what Kaylee said. I have a feeling Kaylee already said it about a thousand times.

"Well yeah, but I don't know if it's just dinner or what. It was a very fast conversation."

"Then call him and ask him."

"I hate asking people stuff you know that!"

"Yeah but Dalton is your boyfriend."

"Okay fine. But if it's just for dinner what am I going to do? Just sit here binge watching every netflix original series?"

"I mean that sounds super fun. But you'll never know til you call him!"

"Okay okay okay." My phone started buzzing. I pulled it out and saw daltons contact. "Speak of the devil." I walk out of their room before answering the phone.

"Hey," I answered.

"What are you doing right this minute?"

"Nothing really. Got to the house a few minutes ago... why?"

"We're going Christmas light looking. Put on a jacket and we'll be there in 10."

"Who is 'we'?"

"My family, Soph, mom, dad, becca."

"I don't want to intru-"

"Skylen, baby-" a new voice interrupted me. I think it was Kiva. "-you are family. All we need to do is change your last name to Rapattoni, which I'm sure Dalton would love to do-"

"Ma!" I laughed at dalton in the background.

"My point being. You now have 7 minutes!"

"Wa-" she hung up on me. I went to my room to put on a jacket when my phone rang again.

"Dalton, you just hung up."

"Correction. My mom hung up. You sounded like you were about to ask something?"

"Um... no. it's fine."

"You were definitely about to ask something. What's up?"

"I'll ask later."

"Or you could ask now." I heard his voice twice. I turned and he was in the doorway. I hung up and rolled my eyes.

"How'd you get in?

"Kaylee. What's wrong?" he took my hands in his.

"Nothing."

"Stop lying to me. It's the day before Christmas Eve you should be ecstatic!"

"I am!" he rolled his eyes and pecked my lips.

"We still on for tomorrow?" I gave him a confused look. "Do you not remember?"

"You said christmas I assumed like dinner."

"What? No way. You're gonna wake up at 8am with me and my family and open presents with us because deep down we're all children."

"That sounds amazing!"

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We pulled up to a house where there were so many lights and they all seemed to move at different times. Uncoordinated. Everyone was getting out and I followed.

Kiva turned on the radio and played with it for a second before landing on the station she wanted.
Everyone got out of the car. I leaned against the car and Dalton put his arm around me.
"It's all off." I told him.
"No it's not," i gave him a confused look. "Listen to music. It matches." so I did. And he was right. It was beautiful.

"So Sky, how come you're not spending Christmas with your family?" Kiva asked me as we drove to the next house. "I mean you're always welcome with the Rapattoni's." she added.
"Thank you. We haven't really celebrated Christmas in a while now that I think about it. My parents go on a cruise every year"
"So you guys just fend for yourself on Christmas?"
"When i was 10 me and my siblings all just become little adults. Normally we spend it with each other. The past few years have been a little tricker I guess."
"Well you are always welcome with us. And even at 21 you can still be childish."
"Hey!" Dalton fought back.

"What happened when you were 10?" Dalton asked me in a hush tone so no one could hear him.
"I'll tell you later." he nodded then kissed my head.

"I'll walk you inside" Dalton told me when we pulled up to my house.
"You wanna just stay tonight as well?" he asked.
"The twins and I are gonna watch stupid hallmark movies and eat ice cream but thank you. What time do you want me over tomorrow?"
"Whenever you wanna show up."
"Dalton"
"Okay Okay okay... uh 3?"

"Sounds perfect. Gives me time to go shopping."

"You don't have to Skylen."

"I want to!"

"Okay. I will see you tomorrow then," he kissed my forehead and went back to the car with his family.

"Why do they leave?" Kaylee asked in the middle of our movie.

"What do you mean?" I asked her.

"Why do mom and dad have to leave every christmas?"

"You know why." Mary stated.

"No I don't! I get it hurts. I really do but it was 7 years ago! They don't have to leave!"

"Kaylee calm down" Mary spent the next few minutes trying to get her to calm down. Something I was never good at. I wondered the same questions though.