Hey everyone! It's Bushee! This will be the final chapter of Into The Woods! I just wanted to let all of you know how grateful I am for your comments, and even the fact that you've clicked on one of my works, making it this far. It's been a long journey writing this fic and though I'm sad to have it come to an end, it's been super fun to write! You should all know ho much it means to me that you've liked this work enough to get to the final chapter... without further ado, enjoy!

Baz

It's still shocking to me, waking up beside the love of your life, that is. The moment Simon realizes that I've woken up he brushes his hand across my cheek and presses his lips to mine lightly.

"Morning, love," Simon starts. "Merry Christmas." I pull him down for another kiss and feel a smile playing on his lips as he happily complies.

"Everyone will be over here soon." I say. Simon nods and walks towards our dresser, opening it up and pulling out some clothes. He tosses me a shirt and some sweatpants. I don't think Dev could give a crap about what I'm wearing at this time of morning, neither do I.

Simon peels of his shirt and I force my eyes elsewhere as he changes. I change as well, facing the opposite direction of Simon before sitting back on to my bed.

Eventually, I realize it's probably a good idea to brush my teeth before everyone arrives at our room, so I make my way over to the bathroom.

I do my best to fix up my hair in the bathroom mirror (it's quite disgusting in the morning) while my toothbrush falls out of my mouth and into the sink.

Simon laughs as I give the toothbrush a vulgar gesture, telling it to fuck off. I didn't spot him in the doorframe. He walks in and starts to brush his teeth too, making sure to give me the space I need, as I'm still doing my best to fix my mop of hair.

A few seconds later, there are a couple knocks at the door, Simon and I leave the bathroom only to witness the door being practically knocked down with a loud bang, Penny and Agatha being shoved in by Dev and Niall.

"What the hell are you doing!?" Simon rushes over to where Penny and Agatha stumbled to.

All four of them look out of breath and pale. "Holy shit," Niall starts. "We almost got caught smuggling two girls in to the boys dorms. That's what happened. We practically flew at the first sign of someone. Crowley that could've ended badly."

I can't keep a smirk from my face. "You four are just big dramatics, aren't you?" I say. Penny laughs and everyone smiles.

"Let's get to the gifts!" Agatha says, placing down bags and items that account for all four of them. I grab my own gift from underneath my bed and place it on the floor, Simon does the same with his.

Everyone sits in a circle around the pile of gifts covering the ground. I sit next to Simon, and next to him is Penny and Agatha. On my other side is Dev then Niall.

Niall eyes the pile on the ground, thinking. "How do we decide who goes first?"

Simon

"I can go first," I start. "Whoever I got can give their gift away next, we'll do that until we finish every one."

Everyone agrees and I grab my gift from the pile. "Who'd you get, Si?" Penny asks. I can't help but smile. I just about struck gold with my pick. I hand my gift over to Baz, who is sitting directly to my right.

Baz smiles too when he realizes that I was the perfect person to draw his name. I covered my gift in snowflake wrapping paper, I figured it'd be funny since Baz would always call me Snow. He still does occasionally, it's only been a short time since we got together.

Baz looks up at me with amusement dancing in his eyes, and it's like a silent joke passes between the two of us. I watch as he starts tearing the wrapping paper, until he uncovers a pair of black jeans.

"Simon," Baz is grinning like a cat. "How the hell did you know I needed a pair of jeans?" I'm glad he seems to really like them.

"I didn't know you needed a pair. After we got together during the camping trip there was a day you wore blue jeans. I liked them on you."

Dev starts cackling while everyone else grins. "At least you know that your boyfriend likes to stare at your ass, Baz!" That gets everyone else laughing, including myself and Baz. You'd think the comment would make me embarrassed, but I laugh because it's more than partially true.

Baz pauses his laughing abruptly and pulls me in for a passionate kiss. "I love them, thank you Simon." He murmurs.

"Aw!" Penny squeals. "You two are fucking adorable, stop making me jealous. I swear to god if Dev and Niall start this shit-"

"We'll see…" Dev says, wrapping his arm around Niall's shoulders. Dev leaves a peck on Niall's cheek and suddenly I can spot a blush rising on his neck.

"Well," I say. "It's your turn Baz." He reaches in to the pile of gifts and grabs one. The gift is in a bag with roses on it. I think it's safe to assume that he got either Penny or Agatha, unless he wanted to piss Dev off.

Baz hands the bag over to Agatha and she smiles down at it. "I was sure Penny got me." She says, smirking at Baz. Agatha turns to Penny. "I thought you'd tried to trick me when you came out of the store without a bag."

"Mm you'll find out what I did soon enough." Penny says.

Agatha

I put my hand in to the bag and pull out a small box. I'd feel pretty bad for Baz, having to shop for a girl, considering he doesn't seem to have any interest in women. Romantically, that is.

I open up the box to find a silver chain necklace. On the end is a monarch butterfly, the wings shine orange and black just like the real thing. I love it. I don't have a clue how Baz was able to pick out something like this for me.

I look across the circle to where Baz is sitting. His hair falls over his eyes, he's looking almost embarrassed. "Baz I- it's lovely." I'm not sure why I start to tear up, maybe because I realize that it must've been hard doing something like this. Buying your boyfriends ex a gift.

I pull the necklace out of the box and move to clasp it around my neck. Then I crawl across the circle to wrap Baz in a hug. I just barely caught the smile on his face before I hugged him.

"Thank you Baz, I really mean it when I say it's lovely." I pull away and give Baz another close lipped smile. He returns it happily.

I glance at Simon, and he's smiling softly too. He makes a move to grab my wrist. "Why're you crying, Agatha?" He doesn't say it to mock me at all, Simon looks concerned.

My hands instantly fly up to my face and touch my cheek to find they are indeed wet with tears. "Oh uh," I start. "It's just, I know it was probably really hard for you Baz, to have to get something for your boyfriends ex, that's all. I didn't want to come between what you guys have, I want nothing but for everyone here to be happy. I know you two really love each other."

I tense as both Simon and Baz make a move to wrap their arms around me. I immediately loosen up and melt in to the touch. "We love you too, Agatha." Baz says. "Don't ever think I'm anything but grateful for what you did during that trip."

Baz lets go, but Simon keeps his arms around me. "When you tried to let me off the hook after seeing Baz and I in the woods, I was overwhelmed after the two of us really did get together. You realized it even before I did, and didn't try to keep me to yourself. I'm so, so lucky to have you in my life Agatha."

I know my face isn't in the best shape when we pull apart, Simon's words made me even more emotional. I squeeze Baz's shoulder once, giving him another little smile before sitting back down beside Penny.

Dev and Niall haven't said a word, they probably figured that there was nothing to say. Penny grabs my hand and squeezes, letting go of it once she realizes that I'm okay.

It's my turn now, so I reach for the biggest gift in the pile. Everyone looks at me anxiously and I grin down at the gift sitting in my lap. What I picked out is more of a joke, but I hope Niall will like it.

Niall

I stare with wide eyes as Agatha hands me a huge box. Picking it up, I realize that the gift is surprisingly light for its size. Glancing at Agatha once again, I can tell she's suppressing a laugh.

The box isn't wrapped, it's already got a christmas design on it. I pull off a few pieces of tape from the side and can't help the giggle that escapes me as I look at what's staring back at me.

Agatha leans over and puts a hand on my knee, still laughing a little. "I thought that it'd be kinda funny to get you that, because from one car ride I could tell you like to sleep a lot."

I pull out the blue pillow from the box and squeeze it against my chest. "Damn Agatha, why is this pillow ten times more comfortable than the shit ones we have?"

"I was just getting to that…" Agatha starts. "I figured that with all of the sleep you were doing during the car ride, you'd need a better pillow than the shitty ones that are provided at Watford."

Baz puts his hands up in the air in defeat. "I don't know how the hell Agatha knows Niall so well after an hour in a car together."

She chuckles and I do too. "I also figured out from that car ride, that Dev probably doesn't want to be a pillow for the rest of his life, so I got one for you."

Now Dev laughs, pulling Niall into him. "I can be your pillow whenever you'd like, but I guess that even us pieces of furniture need a break once in a while."

I lean over and envelope Agatha in a hug. "Thank you, I don't think you realized how much I'm going to love this."

Agatha ruffles my already messy hair and smirks. "No problem, Niall."

I move to place the pillow behind me before reaching over to grab one of the three remaining gifts. Mine is in a plain red bag. The store was nearly out, but it was the best I could do.

I hand the bag over to Dev with a small smile.

Dev

I couldn't be happier when Niall hands me his gift bag. The bag is an average size, just about anything could be in here, knowing Niall.

I stick my hand in without looking at what I'm grabbing and Baz starts laughing before I can even see what I've pulled out. Soon enough Simon and Penny have joined in with the laughter and eventually Agatha does too.

I realize that I'm holding a black beanie. I flip it around, trying to figure out why everyone is pissing themselves with laughter, until I read what is sprawled across the front of the hat.

Happy camper

Soon enough I join in to the laughter, leave it to my boyfriend to get us all laughing about a few weeks of hell.

"You all know I'm going to be wearing this every day for the next year." I say and pull Niall in for a kiss. I love him so much. I love his gift because only he'd think to get me something like this.

"There's something else." Niall tells me. I kiss him again before pulling away.

"What did I tell you!" Penny says. I do my best to hold in a laugh, and it ends up turning into more of a snort before I give in.

"I'm sorry!" I laugh. "I love my boyfriend, I'm going to kiss him!" Penny sighs in defeat.

I reach in to the bag and pull out a baby blue scarf. It's perfect. I can't even remember how long it's been since I'd mentioned to anyone that baby blue is my favourite colour.

I practically tackle Niall with another hug, speaking softly. "It's just perfect. I love it, Niall. You remembered my favourite colour."

He kisses my cheek. Of course I'd remember your favourite colour! I love you, Dev." I nearly faint when Niall makes a move to kiss me. It's almost always me who's the first person to make a move. My heart swells at the thought of Niall becoming more confident with me.

Once I pull away, it takes me no time to grab my bag and hand it over to Penny.

Penny

I can't help but smile as Dev hands me his gift. I'd figured it out after Niall gave his gift away. Mine is the last one in the circle.

It's a little bag with a smiley snowman on it. "Love the bag," I say. "You're off to a good start, Dev."

I peer into it and pull out the first thing I see. It's a bottle. I'd recognize it anywhere. A smile creeps onto my face as I read the label to everyone else.

"Purple hair dye. You know me damn well Dev, I'm shocked. I was going to change the colour of my hair after Christmas, looks like you beat me to it."

"Thank crowley you like it, I had no clue what you'd want from me." Dev says. I lean over and punch his knee lightly.

"Have some confidence, man. I love it, expect to see the ends of my hair purple in a couple days."

I can tell Dev is really happy with the reaction his gift got out me, and he's definitely relieved that I like it. It's almost a given fact that if it'll help my hair, I'll love it.

I reach in to the bag, because I'd spotted something else before grabbing the hair dye. It's a small box, probably containing jewelry.

I open it to find a pair of hoop earrings inside, a little pearl like bead attached to each one. "Dev!" I say, my face probably reflects everything I'm feeling right now. He blushes slightly.

"I got my ears pierced a couple weeks ago, I needed a pair that's better than the shit earrings I have. These are beautiful! Thank you so much, I love your gift."

I hug Dev, and he hugs back right away. "It's almost funny how relieved you are that I love your gift. Did you really think I wouldn't like it?"

"Well," He starts. "I got you two things, hoping that if you didn't like one, you'd like the other for sure. I'm so glad you like both."

I kiss his cheek and he blushes harder. "Of course, Dev. Thank you."

Simon

I grin at Penny when she picks up the last gift in the pile and hands it over to me. It's a plain white box, and I know that whatever is inside I'm going to love.

"I'm curious about this one." Agatha says before giving the box a confused glance.

"Me too," Niall says. "For Baz and Simon who have no clue what we mean, Penny walked out of the store without a bag. We have no clue what the hell is in there."

A mystery, even better. It's so like my best friend to try and throw everyone off. The box is fairly big in size, almost as big as the box Niall's pillow was in. It's a little smaller height-wise though.

Everyone is quiet as I pull the lid off. I look into the box, then close it again before lunging for Penny and laughing like a lunatic.

"I fucking love you Penny, so much. I love what's in that box, too. Where the hell did you buy that many scones if you didn't get them at the store we went to? Every other place must've been closed."

Penny pulls me to her and ruffles my hair. "I'd only want the best for you, Simon, so last night I went down to the cafeteria and asked the cooks if they'd help me make some scones for you. They didn't seem too thrilled about it, but I got it done. There you have it!"

"You've created a monster." Baz laughs.

"Penny I can't believe you made these!I would've been ecstatic with just store bought ones, but home made scones, even better! Especially since my best friend made them!"

"What can a friend do but feed your scone addiction, Simon? I made a couple of different flavours, those should last you a few days, I hope."

"Mm, I doubt that." Baz says.

"We all know those scones aren't going to live see tomorrow." Dev chuckles. "That was real nice of you, Penny."

"Love you lots, Penny." Simon hugs me again.

"I wouldn't be to thrilled yet," I start. "Remember who made those, they'll probably taste like balls of shit. I can't bake for shit, so all I can do is pray they'll taste okay."

"Penny, I'm going to love these even if they do taste like balls of shit, because they'll be lovely balls of shit. If they even taste like shit. Which I'm sure they'll taste amazing. Thank you so much, Penny!"

I sit back where I was originally. "That actually turned out great! I'm glad that everyone is happy with their gifts. Now, I think we should all get some breakfast."

Everyone nods and agrees. "Are all of you coming out to see the fireworks later?" I ask.

"What?" Penny says. I figured that not everyone knew about this.

"Watford is going to be putting on a small firework display once it gets dark, just in front of campus. You coming?"

"If you are, of course I am!" Penny says. Agatha, Dev, and Niall tell us that they will be there as well. Once everyone leaves with their gifts, Baz and I head down for breakfast and later head off to attend some of the Christmas celebrations happening around the school.

Baz

As the sky darkens, Simon and I head out to the front of campus. Some of the students have already laid out blankets on the grass. Others are sitting down talking with their friends. Simon and I sit where we find an empty spot, near the centre of where everyone else is seated.

The only light that we're getting out here is from the campus building that isn't too far off, which doesn't make seeing very difficult.

I spot Dev and Niall sitting a small distance away from where Simon and I sit. It makes me smile when Dev leans his head against Niall's chest. I'd expected them to come looking for us, but I won't deny that I'll be happy spending the night with Simon.

After a while, it is announced that the fireworks will start in a minute. Simon nuzzles his head in to my neck and I wrap a blanket around the both of us.

I spot Penny in the distance and she meets my eyes. She mouths something along the lines of It's okay, and points to Simon before sitting with Agatha a little ways away.

I'm going to assume that she means to let us get some not so private alone time, but I'll take what I can get.

Soon the fireworks begin and Simon shifts his head so he's still leaning against me, but he'll be able to see the lights.

Flashes of blue, red, yellow and every colour you could imagine light up the sky. Simon moves to kiss my cheek and mutters, "I love you so much, Baz." before focusing back on the sky.

I turn his gaze back to me and kiss Simon with all of the love that has been bottled inside me for years, the love that I've finally been able to show him.

"I love you more than this world, Simon. You mean everything to me." Suddenly the sky lights up with a pink heart. Simon and I both notice Dev and Niall with their foreheads pressed together.

Dev mutters something before Niall kisses him, similar to what Simon and I just did.

It makes me so happy that the four of us found happiness during that camping trip. That we found love. The fireworks continue to spark in the distance.

Simon puts his hand on my cheek. "Who new that a trip into the woods could change our lives forever," He says, before taking me by the back of the neck.