larry christmas | LARRY

7th of december

"Oh, excuse me" I apologise kinda embarrassed, after I bumped into a man in his 40s. Captured in my thoughts I walked the way down between the many shops, paying no attention to what or who was around me.

The man just stops and gives me a weird gaze, making me feel uncomfortable, so I decide to leave him behind and go further on.

A little bit Christmas-happiness please.

In front of me I see a shop, surrounded by loads of shining decorations. It looks really cozy, so I head over. As I enter, I hear Christmas songs are playing and it smells of candles and cookies, just like home.

I remember coming back home and finding my mum in the kitchen, baking cookies and spread so much festive spirit. Every time she saw me, she hugged me while still wearing the apron full of flour, destroying my clothes for the day. But I didn't mind, I didn't at all. My mum's smile is literally the most beautiful in the word and I would do everything to keep this. God, how I miss her. Luckily I'm going to see her on Christmas day, even though I still haven't found a perfect gift.

I walk down the hallway, having a look at some things every then and now. I really don't know what I should get for my friends and family, it's always like that. I'm horrible, I know.

Without knowing how I got there, I find myself standing in front of a table filled with little things, but I only pay attention to one thing.
A snow globe. A snow globe with a reindeer, santa and santa's house in it. I find it cute, and I immediately know I found the right gift.

After I got all the gifts I need, I enter another shop. Surprisingly it's pretty empty, so I don't need to wait long. I step in front of the pay desk, greeting an employee.

"Hi, how can I help you?"

"I would like to get an engraving on this"

I hold up the snow globe I bought earlier, showing where I want it to be.

"Sure, what should I engrave?"

A smile appears on my lips.

"L&H, please"

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"Guys I'm back, where are you all?" I shout, placing the bag with the things I got on a chair.

"Niall's room" I hear someone answer, so I make my way towards it. As I'm about to step inside, I meet Liam leaving the room.

"Hey mate, Niall's not doing good. He's got fever so let him rest a bit"

"Oh no, really?" I frown worried, feeling bad for the blond guy. "Yes, I gotta go and make some tea, do you also want a cup?"

"No thanks, I'm fine"

With that I go into the room to see Niall laying in bed and Louis sitting beside him. The cover almost reaches his red nose, making him look really bad. His eyes are closed, so I assume he's sleeping. I sit down next to Louis, looking worried at our little leprechaun.

"Is he okay?"

Louis looks at me for a second, shakes his head in concern and turns back to Niall. As he begins to snore quietly, we tiptoe out of the room and close the door, so he won't hear much of Liam, Louis and I.

After Liam brought some tea into Niall's room, we all went downstairs and took places at the table, having some funny conversations.

My cheeks are hurting so bad because of unstoppable laughters, it's insane. Louis and Liam can't stop either, so we basically just laugh for minutes without even talking anymore.

I grab for a cookie, giggling at them. Louis next to me rests his head onto his hand and looks at Liam, who's sitting on the opposite of him.