Thank you for being you//An Alerrie fanfic

Chapter 17

Alex's POV

It was Christmas Eve and the whole family was in London, this included my parents, Perrie's mum, Christian, his girlfriend and Mads. I could already tell this was going to be a great Christmas, I had all my favourite people with me. We were getting ready for a dog walk with Otis, Leo and Hatchi, I'm also pretty sure the whole troop was going out. My mum and Perrie's mum were literally best friends at this point and that was really nice for me and Perrie to see. I was walking mainly with my dad as I haven't been able to see him as much recently because I'm in Liverpool and he's got his coaching in Portsmouth so it's difficult. Christian and his girlfriend are walking together in front of everybody, I was happy for my brother, he'd been with Holly for 3 years now after getting together one party in year 11. Perrie and Maddie were walking together and it was making me smile more than anything else, it seemed like Mads had finally found someone she could talk to no matter what. She trusted Pez and Perrie was willing to listen and make her feel important, my little sister looked up to her just as much as she did to me. 

We were still walking, I'm pretty sure that at this point we were most certainly lost, it was dark and I was carrying Hatchi because he was too lazy too walk. Must get it from his mother, ha! When we finally got home, 2 hours after we left, but to be fair it wasn't that bad, at least it didn't rain, it was 8pm and Perrie wanted to watch Christmas, so did Mads and Holly. Christian didn't but he was so whipped that he was going to watch them because it meant that he could spend time with Holly. I don't know why I'm making fun of him though, I'm doing the exact same thing, Perrie's got me whipped and I don't even want to do anything about it. 

Four Christmas films later, it was 12 in the evening and officially Christmas, my first ever with a girlfriend. "Merry Christmas baba" I turned to face Perrie before kissing her "Merry Christmas babe, I love you" she replied "love you too" I said before kissing her again. It was about to get semi-heated and then I remembered that our families were still in the room, I pulled away and pulled Perrie upstairs to bed. 

Perrie's POV

I woke in the morning, under Alex's warm embrace, I smiled at this incredible human. He was the best Christmas present I could ask for. He eyes fluttered open and I stared into his brown orbs. He chuckled as we sat there fighting over who got in the shower first, I won obviously. I picked out a Christmas jumper and jeans along with some fluffy socks. 

The hot water cascaded down my body and it was the best feeling ever. After about 30 minutes I stepped out the shower and got dressed. I then got my concealer out of my makeup bag in an attempt to cover up the visible hickeys that were displayed on my neck. I'm gonna kill that boy, they were impossible to cover up and I wasn't a fan of the idea of going downstairs like this. I heard Alex knock on the door, I let him in and hit him. "Ouch what was that for" he asked me, I pointed to my neck "hmm I did a good job" he said in response, laughing. "Alexxxx they won't be covered up no matter how much concealer I put on" I whined with a smile on my face. After 10 more minutes of trying to cover them up I decided that what I'd done was good enough and Alex could finally take a shower. When Alex was out of the shower we walked downstairs to a selection of presents. My inner child was suddenly released, running over to the presents and finding which ones were mine. I heard Alex laughing behind me, probably snapchatting it for his private story because the world wasn't aware of our relationship yet.

I saved Alex's bag of presents until last, as they say 'save the best until last'. He picked out which present he wanted me to open first. 5 presents later, I had got chocolate, fluffy socks, gym wear, a Liverpool shirt and a framed photo of us two. There was two presents left, one big, one small. I opened the biggest one first, under his orders and screamed at the sight of them. "No fucking way did you" I said, a little more quietly this time. He did his usual and just laughed at me. He'd bought me PJ's with Hatchi on them, they were definitely coming on tour with me. I hugged him and gave him a quick peck on the lips before reverting my attention back to the final present in the bag. It was small and I had no idea what it was, I ripped off the wrapping paper, and tears filled my eyes. How could such a simple gesture have so much effect on me. I stared at the golden beauty in front of me, a necklace engraved with an A&P on one side and 6.11.16 on the other. It was quite possibly one of the best presents I'd ever gotten, well maybe apart from him, it had so much meaning to me. I dived on him, squeezing him as tight as I could, he kissed the top of my head. "Love you shweetheart" he whispered, I giggled "love you too, thank you so much" I whispered back. We stayed in this position for a few more minutes, watching his sister open her presents. Timberland boots were followed by a book. I watched her reaction mirror my own, this boy was something else. I let go of Alex so he could shuffle over to her before deciding to shuffle over myself. I hadn't seen the present but I knew that Alex and Christian had been working on it for over a month, Maddie flicked through page after page of photos of the three of them, each page filled with kind and loving words, and I knew that they both meant every single word of it when they said how special she was and how much they loved her. After all that I handed Alex his presents, "mine are gonna look shit now after all that" I said laughing, this time I was in charge and this meant I could order him what presents to open in what order. I'd given him, clothes, shoes, a watch, everything he could've wanted and then he got to the biggest on yet. He opened it and a massive smile spread across his face, not one to cry is my boyfriend but he actually looked touched by the present. 

Alex's POV

I read the words spread across the frame, my eyes darting from photos to words. "To the funniest, most talented person I know, I can't put into words how proud of you I am. To the person that I can rant to about anything knowing full well that he would listen, no matter what, even if most of the time he really didn't care. Thank you for fixing my broken heart, thank you for making me find my happiness again. And finally thank you for being the best boyfriend I could ask for and thank you for being you. Never have I met someone so perfect for me, I thank fate everyday for bringing us together. I love you more than life itself and I can't put into words how much you mean to me. I love more than anything else in this world, thank you baba, I love you" as well as being filled with my favourite pictures of us. The silly, goofy ones that nobody will ever see because they're for us. And us only. Like Perrie is for me. And me only. Like I am for Perrie. And for her only. 

A/N So I know that the events are from this year and the anniversary date is the actual one, I just decided it would be easier that way. Anyway, thanks for reading, make sure you vote, share and comment. 

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