Guts

When I woke up, Jack and I were spooning. At this point I didn’t even care, that’s what friends were for right? He stretched and opened his eyes and realized it was me and he freaked out. He had thought I was Maria, go figure. I told him she had to go home but would be back.

*Again with the I’m a dude, you’re a dude!*
^I think that was just an excuse, because the little one eyed monster in your pants didn’t seem to care ;)
*Lex!*
^Haha my poor Jacky ran off in embarrassment, I don’t get why he is still embarrassed after all this time though, I guess I better go get him

He helped me out of bed and we went to the kitchen to go get some food. My mom had made food and left a note saying she went to work and if we needed ANYTHING to call her. She wrote that my dad would be in her room, but he was still jet lagged so he would probably be asleep for a while.

We grabbed food and headed to the living room to watch TV. After about 2 hours of TV Maria came in with a huge grin on her face. She was excited about something but before we could as, Zack came in and almost engulfed me in a bear hug until Maria slapped him over the head and reminded him I was burned. He settled for a light hug and gave Jack the bear hug.

They were both smiling like idiots though and Jack and I were confused as hell. They knew something we didn’t and they didn’t seem like they would be giving up the secret. We begged but they kept their mouth shut. They said they wouldn’t tell us until my mom was home from work, which would be about another 4 or so hours, depending on the weather, which seemed like it was only getting worse. Snow was all over the ground and before to long it would soon freeze.

We all settled in for a movie, Jacks pick, and can you guess it? Home Alone. About half way through it my mom came in covered in snow and looking like an Eskimo. She was sent home because the weather was getting bad. After my mom unbundled, Maria looked at her and nodded and her face lit up.

Maria, my mom, and Zack all looked at us and smiled. Jack and I were dying to know what was going on. Maria excitedly told us that all the families would be spending Christmas at my house. Jacks brother, mother, and sister were all going to be there. Also Maria and Zacks mom and dad, they were trying to work things out between them. Plus my dad would be staying for Christmas.

I had totally forgotten that Christmas was only 2 days away. Lucky I had already went Christmas shopping for everyone months again so I didn’t have to worry about it. I just needed to wrap everything. I was however excited that everyone would be coming over for Christmas!
My mom set off to the kitchen to see what we had and what we needed. My dad had woken up from his nap, Jack and Zack were gaming, which left Maria and I. she beckoned for me to follow her and we went to my room. She asked me how I was feeling and how I was doing. At the moment I was surprisingly okay just in a little pain. She got my pain pill and rubbed the burn cream on me and told me to get to sleep.

As I laid down she sat down next to me and held my hand and stroked my hair. As I was drifting off she started singing.

“Hey dad look at me
Think back and talk to me
Did I grow up according to plan?
And do you think I'm wasting my time doing things I wanna do?
But it hurts when you disapprove all along
And now I try hard to make it
I just wanna make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
Can't pretend that
I'm alright
And you can't change me
'Cause we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect”
I fell asleep sometime in the middle of it and I woke up a few hours later to Jack jumping on the bed telling me to look outside. I got up and saw at least 3 feet of snow. It had snowed that much since I had fallen asleep?

I went to the living room and it turns out my dad had bought a tree and brought it in while I was sleeping! The decorations were all set out; all we needed to do was decorate. Zack and Jack set to decorating the living room, while Maria, my parents and I set to decorating the tree. 2 hours, at least a dozen glasses of egg nog, and non-stop laughing, we were done. The house was full of Christmas spirit.

We all sat down to watch Christmas movies until sometime after midnight. Everyone was falling asleep. Jack and Maria were curled up together on the floor. My mom and dad were passed out holding each other, and Zack had his head on my shoulder. I carefully laid his head on the couch and got up and got blankets for everyone and went to my room to lay down.
As I laid there, I thought about how lucky I was to have such a great family, I don’t just mean my parents, but Zack, Jack, and Maria, they were all my family to. I made a vow that I would try and be stronger for them, they needed me.

Notes

Hey, guys! I just wanted to say thank for reading, you guys are awesome! I hope you like it so far? things will pick up soon, its only break, what will happen when school starts again?
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Also thanks for being here for me, it means a lot! <3
Whelp off to update the next chapter of my BVB story! The next chapter of this one should be done soon also!

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xoxo ^.^