End Up Here ||michael.clifford||

Sixteen

Three days later

D e c e m b e r 2 5 t h

My eyes snapped open out of a dead sleep. Christmas!

I rolled out of bed and padded into the lounge room. Anna was still sleeping. Quietly, I fixed my hair so I looked almost human and then took Lux out for a quick walk.

When I got back, Anna was just coming out of her bedroom.

"Merry Christmas!" I chirped. "You to. CAN WE OPEN PRESENTS NOW?" She shouted. I covered my ears and giggled. "We promised we'd wait until Michael and the other boys get here, remember?" I reminded her. She rolled her eyes. "Oh yeah."

"Actually I should probably call him and tell him we're up and they can come over any time." I babbled and ran off to my room to find my phone.

He picked up on the second ring. "Merry Christmas." Michael sang into the phone. "Merry Christmas to you to." I replied. "So what's up?" He asked. "Uh Anna is very eager for presents so I suggest you get over here soon!" I exclaimed. "Okay we'll be there soon. See ya." "Bye."

I changed into skinny jeans and a grey sweater, curled my hair and applied a little mascara and eye liner.

Anna opened the door and was attacked by three eager boys. Michael moved right on past her and engulfed me in a hug. "I love you." He said. My heart swelled. "I love you to."

"Can we open presents now? Please?" Anna begged. I looked over at Michael. He shrugged. "Be my guest."

Anna, Calum and Luke ran over to the lounge room, jumped over the couch and plopped down on the floor, looking for presets with their names on them.

I had gotten Anna a pair of sapphire earrings (her birth stone) and a gift card to Starbucks, Luke got a plush penguin and a gift card to Starbucks (he's so white girl), Ashton got a new set of drumsticks with flames on them and an All Time Low poster and Calum got a guitar strap for his bass that was black and had his name embroidered in it in lime green cursive letters and a new green day shirt because Luke stole his.

For Michael I got a really expensive set of Abercrombie and Fitch cologne, a new eyebrow bar that had blue, pink and purple swirly balls on it and a guitar pick necklace that said HERS on it in purple block letters.

I have a matching one that says HIS.

Mikey got me a pandora bracelet that had 6 charms on it. A heart with an M in it for Michael, a guitar for Calum, a penguin for Luke, a drum for Ashton, a shopping bag for Anna, and a piece of candy for Candice.

He also got me a pair of really expensive hoop earrings and a delicious smelling perfume.

Luke got me a penguin happy napper for the baby, Ashton got me a set of baby band shirts (green day, nirvana, romones, all time low and sleeping with sirens), Calum got me a set of Alex and Ani's and Anna got me a pair of grey Vans.

"Thank you all so much! I love them!" I squealed, hugging everyone. "Who got those baby band shirts?! Those are fucking adorable!" Michael asked. Ashton raised his hand slowly. "Where did you get them?" I asked. He shrugged. "Amazon."

Ashton had to leave shortly after that because he was driving out to Adelaide to see Emily.

Michael, Calum and Luke stayed behind to watch Disney movies with us though.

We watched Maleficent, Tangled and Wreck It Ralph before I fell asleep in Michael's arms.

They were leaving again tomorrow and I was really upset. Don't get me wrong, I was very enthusiastic about spending Christmas with him but I would've liked him to stay until new year's at least.

When I woke up from my little slumber, Anna was teaching Michael how to do a cartwheel in our kitchen. Okay then...

"Do I even want to know?" I asked. "Probably not." Anna giggled. "It's quite entertaining to watch." Calum called from his position on the counter. "Yeah, Michael almost kicked me in the face!" Luke piped up. "Nice job." I teased and gave him a thumbs up. He flipped me off and turned to do a rather awful cartwheel.

"Graceful!" I joked. "I know right! It's fantastical!" Anna beamed.

We ordered Tai for dinner because they were the only place open and none of us can cook.

All too soon, the boys had to leave. "What time to you leave tomorrow?" I asked Michael. He wrapped his arms around my waist and looked down at me. "Early, unfortunately. Otherwise I'd just stay here." He informed me. I nodded quietly. "What's wrong?" He asked. "Nothing it's just... when are you coming back?" I asked. "February 2nd is our last show but I think we have to stay in LA until the 5th." He explained.

I inhaled sharply. "What? What's wrong?" He asked, panicking. "That's cutting it really close." I mumbled into his chest. "Close to what?" He asked, completely puzzled. "To February 10th."

"What's on February 10th?" Calum asked. "My due date!" I exclaimed, getting frustrated.

How could he not remember?

"Oh yeah... you'll be fine. And if anything happens, have Anna call me. I'll come home immediately." He said determinedly. "Okay." I agreed and smiled. He kissed the tip of my nose. I giggled and pushed him away. "We should get going..." Luke said awkwardly. "Yeah. I love you Lily. I'll text you tomorrow when we're getting on the plane." Michael promised. "Okay."

He kissed once more before being dragged outside by Calum and Luke.