My Habit from This Town

43) All I want for Christmas

Song for this chapter is All I Want (For Christmas) by Lima Bean

**Louis' P.O.V**

A few months had passed after finding out what Ethan did. I had gotten a new therapist, as I couldn't deal with Pat anymore and things were starting to look up. It was almost Christmas, and even closer to my birthday. I was excited but also slightly sad. It would be my first Christmas and birthday without my family around. Around this time, I kept getting depressive episodes but luckily Harry was always there to help me. I wanted to get him the best Christmas present to make up for it. And I knew exactly what to get him.

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It was officially Chris eve aka my birthday. Niall, Liam and Delilah came around and we all exchanged presents, as tomorrow they were spending time with all their families.

I had gotten them all matching Christmas jumpers and the joy on Niall's face was worth it. He immediately forced Liam to put his on as he changed into his own, and put Delilah's on. It was such a cute sight.

Harry had gotten them some ornaments for their Christmas tree and they had gotten us lots of little house decorations, like cute signs. They also got us a joke present of lube and condoms. I just rolled my eyes.

"We aren't there yet boys. We will tell you when we are." Harry chuckles. I get up to get a drink and just send a quick wink in Niall's direction.

"Tomorrow." I mouth to him and run off into the kitchen. Niall follows me, of course

"Excuse me? Did I lip read correctly? Tomorrow?" He asks, getting more and more excited.

"Yes. But it's a surprise so don't ruin it. You cannot keep secrets for the life of you." I shove him jokingly.

"Guess our present isn't a joke after all then." He winks at me and grabs the juice from the fridge. He pours some into a glass and some into a sippy cup for Dee and wanders back into the living room smiling. I swear that boy just sees my life as a reality tv show. I make four hot chocolates, with extra whipped cream and tiny marshmallows, and take them into the living room.

As I sit down, Harry gets up. Before he can move any further, I pull out some Flakes and a container of chocolate sprinkles and I just smile at him.

"Perfect." He says, sitting back down and smiling at me back. I don't know how long we are just sat there smiling at each other but it isn't long as we soon get interrupted by an awkward cough from across the room.

"LIAM!! WHY DID YOU STOP THEM? IT WAS CUTE!" Niall yells at him, gently slapping his arm. Harry and I just roll our lives and chuckle.

The boys leave around 9pm with a sleeping Delilah. We had all eaten dinner together and watched The Snowman, which is why Dee was now sleeping. Harry and I made our way into our bedroom and I fell asleep in his arms as usual, feeling safer than ever.

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"Merry Christmas gorgeous." I got woken up the next morning with Harry bringing me a tray of breakfast and my essential cup of tea.

"Morning." I smile at him. "Merry Christmas." I take the tray and give him a kiss before he gets back into bed. We eat our breakfast in bed and discuss the plans of the day, which was not much as it was Christmas. After breakfast, we went through our daily routine of one washing the dishes whilst the other showers. Today was Harry's day of dishes, which was perfect so I could sneak one more tiny gift under the tree.

Time came for us to finally open presents. We had decided to do them in the evening, only opening a couple during the day. As we finished opening presents, I got the tiny present from the back of the tree. I have it to Harry and rushed off. I was going to surprise him, but it just made it look like I was desperate for the bathroom.

All the little gift was was a little note saying:
You're everything I've ever wanted. You're all I want for Christmas and all I ever want.
Meet me in the bedroom ;)

I had even drawn a little winking face at the end. As I lay on the bed, waiting for Harry, I hear him call.

"Louis? Where are you?" He asks stupidly. He knows where I am.

He enters the bedroom and I see his beautiful eyes light up. "Baby. You look beautiful." He says to me. At this point I wasn't wearing any clothes.

I stand up and approach him without saying anything. I kiss him slowly and gently at first. As he gets more into it, it gets more intimate. He shoved me backwards into the bed.

"Are you sure?" He asks. I nod and try to reattach our lips. Mine felt lonely without his. "Where's Niall's present?" He jokes slightly but I don't laugh. I shake my head.

"I'm on birth control this time. I just want to feel you. All of you." I tell him. He nods.

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We wake up the next morning intertwined at usual. I turn and face him and just watch him sleep for a bit. He is such a beautiful sleeper. I'm about to kiss him to wake him when I hear a whisper from the doorway.

"You look so creepy you know?" I chuckle at this Irish comment. How does he always manage to capture our big moments?