Becca's P.O.V
Christmas Eve, that time of year when everyone should be filled with holiday cheer and so should I considering that this was my first time actually celebrating it. Instead I found myself feeling a bit blue after getting off the phone with Logan who just broke the news that he along with Kendall, James and Carlos will not be able to make it home due to the freak snowstorm that caused all flights to be delayed.
"Hey Becca are you ready to go to Ryan's little Christmas Eve get together?" Jaime my room mate asked, entering my room but suddenly stopped when she saw me in tears. "Hey hun, what's wrong?" She asked making her way over to my bed and sat next to me.
"I just got off the phone with Logan, and he's not going to be home for Christmas. My first Christmas and I'm not going to share it with the love of my life.'' I said, trying hard to hold back the tears.
"I know just got the same call from James, and I'm sure Logan feels horrible for it and will find a way to make it up to you but there's not much that they can do about it. Look in the bright side, you still are going to be able to celebrate it with us, who just happen to love you just as much and we'll do our best to make it as memorable as possible ok?" She said holding her hand out. I wiped the few tears that had ran down my checks with the back of my hand and leaned in for a hug.
"Either way it's going to be a lot of fun, I can always count on the 3 of you to cheer me up. I love you guys." I said holding her close, feeling like one of the luckiest people ever to have such wonderful friends like them in my life.
"And we love you just as much, now go get all dolled up so we can head over to Ryan's before he has a hissy fit." I joked, letting go of the hug and took my phone out of my back pocket and showed her all the missed calls and messages I had from Ryan alone.
"Wouldn't want to keep the princess waiting now would we." I smiled, then made my way over to my closet and after about 10 minutes of looking for what to wear I settled with a plain black long dress with a cute bright read bow on the side. I quickly got dressed, put a little make up and put my hair up letting some of the curls down. Then made my way to living room to meet up with Jaime.
"Wow, you look adorable Becca." She said looking over my direction.
"Thanks, this happens to be one of Logan's favorite dresses...and..." I began to say but stopped myself when I felt tears start to form.
"No,No,No..none of that Becca. We aren't going to cry, we are going to have an awesome Christmas Eve that's completely dedicated to you." Jaime said, while walking over to me and pulled me by the arm and walked me over to the coat closet to grab our coats along with the few gifts we had for Jeremy and Ryan then walked out.
The Car ride to Ryan's wasn't any better, It felt like the longest 15 minutes of my life since Jaime insisted on blasting Christmas music. I did my best to completely ignore it and distracted myself by looking out the window to watch the snowflakes fall on the window. We had finally arrived, and just seconds before I felt myself getting ready to have a mini breakdown.
"Guess Jeremy got here before us." She said pointing out Jeremy's car as we pulled into the driveway. We both got out the car and walked up the little path to the door way and rang the doorbell. Ryan's house was a small white two story house with a country feel to it, yet very cozy that he shared with Kendall. We waited about 2 minutes till we finally heard someone walk up to the door and opened it.
"Hey Becca, you look so cute." Ryan greeted me then pulled me in for a hug and a quick peck on the cheek.
"Thanks, and your sweater...just wow.." I said when the bright red colored sweater with actual working lights and little penguins dancing caught my eye.
"My god, Do we even want to know?" Jaime asked, leaning in for a hug from Ryan and made her way in.
"It's a Nau childhood tradition and I plan to carry the Ugly sweater tradition on to you guys. I got you all sweaters, You can Thank me later." He said reaching down by the door to pick up 2 gift bags and held them out to us.
"Oh you shouldn't have..really I mean it, you shouldn't have." Jaime said while opening the bag and pulling out a pink sweater with lavender bows and jingle bells on it, then looked over to me to give me a 'What the Fuck' look.
I looked back at her scared to actually look inside the bag, but felt like I had no other choice because he was staring dead at me waiting for me to open the bag. I slowly opened it and pulled out a maroon sweater with cute little bears and pink hearts all over it.
"So, do you like them?" Ryan asked a bit over excited looking over to us, trying to read our faces.
"Uh yeah." Jaime said being a bit over dramatic while doing her best to put on a fake smile.
"Sure, but I'm not all that cold so...I'll just put it to the side if you don't mind." I said as polite as possible while walking inside to avoid the question.
"Fine by me, but we have to take some pictures with them on before the night is over for my scrapbook." He said walking right behind Jaime and I to the living room entrance.
"Hey where's Jeremy?" Jaime asked peeking her head in the living room area. Jeremy who was wearing an awful green and red sweater that had a big Christmas tree and reeindeer on it, walked over to where we were. He stopped by the doorway entrance and smiled at us. Both Jaime and I busted out laughing, leaving him and Ryan confused.
"I know...It's a horrible sweater, but it's all for the spirit of Christmas." Jeremy said looking down at the sweater and started to chuckle along with us.
"As ugly as that sweater may be, we aren't laughing about that, you two just so happen to be standing right under the mistletoe." I was barely able to say without having to stop to laugh.
"Jeremy, will you fucking stop standing under the damn mistletoe..this is your second..you know what, I'm just going to go ahead and take this damn thing down. "Ryan said, reaching up to pull it down but I quickly jumped in to stop him before he could actually take it down.
"No, please leave it up. Who knows it might bring us all some good luck." I said doing my best to not get my hopes up yet again.
"Ok, fine it will stay up but it's not like any of us are going to get kissed under it tonight right?" Ryan asked, meaning it as a joke but for some reason I took it to heart and it was enough to get me to start tearing up.
"Oh no, that's not what he meant...damn Ryan, great going." Jaime said reaching back to hit him on his stomach with a bit of force.
"Oh crud, I'm sorry Hun. I didn't mean it like that, I was just trying to make light of the situation. We are all bummed that none of our boyfriends can be here to celebrate with us, but that doesn't mean we are going to let it ruin Christmas. We still have a blast, and will only make it twice as special when the boys finally get here which according to Kendall the earliest they can be here is tomorrow around noon or so. You guys should all stop by here in the morning around that time so we can all have breakfast together." Ryan said walking over to me and wrapped his hands around me, holding me into a tight hug.
"Thanks Ryan, I needed that." I said as I hugged him back.
"Anything for you Becca, Ok so no more crying. Lets go ahead and have dinner." Ryan said pulling me out the hug then grabbed me by the hand to lead me to the dinning room, Jaime and Jeremy soon followed.
"Oh wow Ryan, I'm impressed. Since when do you know how to cook?" Jaime asked looking over the dinning room table that was set with all sorts of side dishes and a big ham in the middle of the table.
"I actually took a few cooking classes because you know what they say, A way to a man's heart is through his stomach, and my man sure as hell likes to eat." Ryan quietly laughed, walking behind each of us and pushed our seats in as we sat down.
"So that's why Kendall keeps you around huh?" Jeremy joked.
"Uh trust me, there's plenty of other reasons why he keeps me around hun." Ryan said winking over at Jeremy before he sat down across the other end of the table. We quickly said grace and began to eat.
I happen to look over at Jaime, who was filling up her plate with twice as much food as me.
"Damn Jaime, you think you have enough there?" I asked sarcastically, wondering if she was even capable to eat all that at once.
"Huh oh I'm just really hungry, and everything looks so good" She said looking up and noticed we all had matching questioning looks.
"Is there something you need to tell us Jaime dear?" Jeremy asked, obviously trying to hint at something.
"As of right now no, nothing to share. Hey can you pass me the Mac & Cheese?" Jaime asked reaching over with her plate. We all ate dinner while making small talk with each other, really enjoying each other's company. Halfway into the dinner I noticed Ryan squirming around a bit while trying to get a hold of his phone.
Ryan's P.O.V
While eating I felt my phone vibrate and wasn't exactly sure which pocket I had put it in. I searched for it, then pulled it out to read a text from Logan.
Hey Ry, Can ya do me a favor?
I read it over again a bit confused as to what he could mean by that, then text him back.
No, I will not high jack a jet to come get u bro.
I laughed at my comment while trying to act as if it was just a random text, not sure if Logan wanted me to let Becca know that he was texting me.
No u knob, Come meet me outside now. But Don't let Becca Know.
He texted back.
"Uh, Hey go ahead and finish your dinner you guys. My mom is trying to get a hold of me, I'll be right back." I said while excusing myself from the the dinner table and sneaked my way over to the hallway entrance then quickly texted Logan back to figure out exactly where he was.
Dude, where the hell are you? This better not be a joke.
I looked out the window near the door trying to see if I could spot him.
I'm pulling in your driveway
I read his text while opening the door trying to to be as quiet as possible so I wouldn't draw any attention to myself. Once outside, I walked down the driveway and waited for Logan to pull up. He drove up and parked the car on the side street just in case Becca would spot him. He walked out wearing a Santa Clause outfit with the beard, wig and all.
"Wow dude, awesome costume." I said walking up to him to pull him into a hug.
"Thanks, just trying to make sure that I make this as special as possible for Becca." He said as we both began to make our way up the house.
"So sweet of you, Is it just you here?" I asked, hoping that Kendall would also be with him.
"Yeah just me, and trust me it took alot of work and effort to get here but it was well worth it to be able to share Christmas eve with Becca. Oh dude before I forget, Kendall wanted me to give you this. He told me to tell you to open it in private...I don't even wanna know." He said with a grossed out expression while handing me a little green box with a pretty green bow on it. I took the present and right away my imagination went wild with thoughts of what could be inside.
"Ok so how are we going to do this, how are you planning to surprise her?" I asked stopping him right by the door.
"Well, I was just planning on walking in and her just being surprised by the fact that I'm here and able to spend Christmas with her." He said shrugging his shoulders.
"Nah, too easy..here. Why don't you go ahead and play along with me ok." I said winking at him. He of course looked at me with concern and fear of what I was planning on doing
Becca's P.O.V
We waited around for Ryan to come back to finish eating not wanting to seem rude, but that didn't stop Jaime from picking at her food.
"My god, must be some phone call huh." Jeremy said getting a bit anxious.
"I'm sure he'll be back any second, Jaime don't you want to maybe wait till he gets back to continue eating maybe?" I asked watching her eat.
"What, I am waiting." She said taking another bite of food.
Seconds later we heard Ryan walk back in the room with someone.
"Hey I'm back and guess who I found being all stalker like in the front yard, It's Santa." I yelled out like an over excited 4 year old.
"Wow Ryan, even if this is my first Christmas ever, I don't believe in Santa." I said rolling my eyes at him, not paying much attention as to who would be in that Santa get up.
"Well you should, especially if he's standing right in front of you?" he said whispering loud enough for me to hear him.
"Come on Ryan, don't you think we are all a tad bit old to believe in Santa?" Jaime asked getting a kick out of how excited Ryan seemed.
"Santa is real and I'll prove it to you. Your real right Santa?" He asked turning over to him with a childish grin on his face.
"Oh, Uh yeah I'm real."The person in the suit said in a Santa like tone, trying to play along and obviously trying to hide his voice.
"Ok then if you're real then, I want my boyfriend here for Christmas." I said getting up from my seat and walked over to him.
"Becca, I know Santa is magic and all but even some things are out of his hands." Ryan said stepping back a bit.
"Well, that's all I'm asking for Christmas and the only thing that would make this night twice as special. But of course you can't do anything about it right?" I asked now close enough to him to notice the slight resemblance he had with Logan.
"I may not be able to bring your boyfriend home, but do you maybe believe in miracles?" He asked in that goofy cartoon like voice.
"I don't know anymore, should I?" I asked now questioning where this was even going.
"Why don't you go ahead and take a step forward and close your eyes and count to 3 then answer that." He said while taking a step back.
"What? Now your starting to sound like a crazy person. Ryan, is this some hobo you got to dress like Santa?" I asked looking back at Ryan who seemed to be having a hard time trying not to laugh.
"What no, but I wish I had thought of it. Will you just close your eyes already damn it." Ryan said now a bit impatient.
"Fine whatever, if it will get you to shut up already." I said closing my eyes then taking a step forward while counting to 3. As soon as I got up to 3, I felt someones lips pressed on mine, within seconds I knew that it was Logan. I backed out the kiss quickly and opened to my surprise, Logan was standing in front of me.
"Oh my god Logan, how..?" Was all I was able to compose myself to say before tears ran down my cheeks.
"I was able to hitch a ride with a family of 5 little kids, their two dogs and their horrible British accents. Believe me, It was a nightmare but all worth it to be able to be here and be part of celebrating your first Christmas my love." He said as he took the beard off and wrapped his arms around me.
"Baby thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I can't even begin to tell you how much this actually means to me. You're the best thing that has ever happened to me." I said, resting my head on his chest while pulling him as close as possible.
"You're just as special to me and I'm willing to do anything for you to make sure you're happy. Your happiness means everything to me and I'm willing to do the impossible to make you smile sweetheart." He whispered into my ear, while wiping the tears off my cheek.
"I love you Logan, I..." I began to say but interrupted by Ryan clearing his throat. We both looked over at him, then noticed that he was pointing up at the mistle toe hanging right above us.
"I guess I did get my wish for Christmas after all." I said turning back to Logan and smiled before leaning in to press my lips on his and kissed him slowly, wanting to enjoy every second of this very moment. After about 2 minutes of a lingering kiss we both backed off the kiss to catch our breath.
"Wow, some kiss." He said smiling down at me and held me close.
"Ok, sorry to cut the moment short but how about we go back to eating. We still have to take a picture of us in our ugly sweaters." Ryan said as he walked back to the table.
"So that explains those sweaters you two goofs are wearing. It's ashame Kendall and Carlos are missing out on this." Logan said as he took my hand and walked over to the table.
"He made me do it, I had no say in all of this." Jeremy said trying to claim his innocence
"Hey dude, I thought you said that it was a good idea." Ryan said glaring over at Jeremy.
"Well thank goodness for iPhones huh, that way we can share this moment with them." Jaime said pulling out her phone and took a picture of Jeremy and Ryan making sure she got a good shot of the sweaters.
"Oh don't you dare Jaime, come on, so uncalled for." Jeremy said reaching over to take the phone away but Jaime had already sent the picture.
"Too late sweetheart, now both Kendall and Carlos will get a good laugh at how ridiculous you two look." Jaime teased, waving the phone back and forth.
We all finished eating dinner then helped Ryan clean up a bit. Soon after we all walked to the living room and to drink hot chocolate and eat some sugar cookies Jeremy brought.
"So Becca, how was this for your first Christmas Eve?" Ryan asked, looking over at Logan and me all cuddled up in a thick warm blanket.
"This has been one of the best days of my life, and I have all of you to thank for that. I have such amazing friends and the world's best boyfriend." I said, cuddling close to Logan as I gave him a soft kiss. I laid my head on his shoulder while waiting for Ryan to put on a Christmas movie. The movie played, keeping every one's attention for about 30 minutes then at around midnight we all started to fall asleep one by one. I heard Logan whisper in my ear "Merry Christmas, I love you." while placing a kiss on my forehead before I finally closed my eyes.