Normally the Christmas holidays are one of the most boring holidays for me and my family because my parents either have to work on Christmas or they're off celebrating it with their friends and co-workers and I'm the one that's left alone to entertain myself, but this year, I felt like I wouldn't be alone this time because I had Nathan. After working hard on my mid-term exams in high school and preparing for the winter break, Christmas Eve finally showed its face around the corner and I was excited to be celebrating it with Nathan.

The reason why I'm celebrating the holidays with Nathan on Christmas Eve instead of waiting till tomorrow is because we were both invited to an ugly sweater Christmas party by one of the popular girls in our classes. There was going to be Egg nog, Christmas music, tasty food and just enjoying everybody's company. I really felt like I needed a break from everything. At least just for one night. Dealing with school work and my parents and not to mention Matt and Alex, the stress really wears on me. I had bought a Christmas present for Nathan, but I figured I should wait until tomorrow to give it to him because his mom invited me to eat dinner with them.

After slipping on my so called 'ugly sweater' (which is a green sweater with ugly red polka dots and a reindeer that looks high), I did a few last minute touches and set out to meet up with Nathan so we can both walk to the party together.

"Man! I'm totally excited for the party! What about you?" Nathan asked me as we were both headed towards the party.

"Yeah. I'm...I'm glad I finally get to have a decent Christmas this year. I don't know what I would've done if it was the same before." I admitted.

Just then, Nathan slipped his fingers in between mine and gently squeezed my hand. I looked at him to see his bright smile.

"No worries okay? We'll get to enjoy this day together."

I smiled in relief at Nathan's words and nodded.

...

When we got to the house, we both heard Christmas music blaring on the other side of the door. Suddenly, I felt nervous and I wasn't sure why. Was it because this was my first teen Christmas party? Or was it because I'm afraid of what's going to happen tonight? I wasn't sure. Nathan apparently could feel my nervous vibes because I felt him gently squeeze my hand which caused me to look at him and see his beautiful smile.

"Don't worry about anything okay? I'll stick by your side for the night." He assured me.

I nodded then took a few deep breaths before knocking on the door. A couple moments later, the girl who was hosting the party, opened up the door and greeted us with a big smile.

"Hey, guys! Come on in!" She said as she stepped to the side and opened the door wider for us.

I stepped into the house and looked around. There were a lot of kids from school with equally ugly sweaters on. Some people were mingling, others were chowing down on the snacks on the snack table and there were few making out in the corners of the room. It seemed like a typical teen party except there was no alcohol (at least not in sight). Who knows, there could be alcohol in the egg nog.

I turned back to the hostess and looked at her ugly sweater. It was red with some sort of crazy design and it had the words, YOLO ON CHRISTMAS. I didn't really get it.

"Nice...uh...sweater." I complimented.

"Oh?" She brieftly looked down at her sweater before looking at me and smiled.

"Thanks. I thought it was pretty funny so I got it. Your's nice too. And your's too, Nathan."

Nathan grinned. "Thanks."

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention that Nathan's ugly sweater was black and had Star Wars Darth Vadar on it with the words, I'M YOUR FATHER, SANTA. I slightly smirked. Typical Nathan.

"Anyways, enjoy the party guys! Oh and by the way..." She leaned in closer to us to whisper.

"There's alcohol in the egg nog so drink up! And if you two want some private time, there's a bunch of vacant rooms upstairs~" She whispered then pulled away from us and winked.

"Have fun!" She said then walked away to go mingle.

I stood there, blinking my eyes.

I mean, it's obvious by now that most people, if not everybody at school, knew that me and Nathan are dating now, but I really wasn't expecting us to get a free pass to hook up in someone else's house.

Just then, I felt Nathan's warm breath on my ear.

"You know, maybe we should follow her suggestion~" He teased in my ear and I quickly jumped back, letting go of his hand.

"You're! You're!" I was speechless.

Nathan then chuckled and wrapped his arm around my shoulder.

"I got it. I got it. We'll take it easy~" He said then we both started walking over to where everybody else was.

...

An hour or so passed since me and Nathan arrived at the Christmas party and I was starting to get a little bored. I wasn't really comfortable with talking to anybody from school. Even though Nathan is here with me, I felt...shy.

Nathan had just left to go to the bathroom so I was all by myself for the time being. I was starting to feel nervous again and sick to my stomach so I tried taking a few deep breaths to calm myself when I saw someone heading towards me and my heart dropped.

Matt.

"Hey! Didn't think you would be here!" He said, grinning.

I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Why are you here?"

Matt laughed. "Are you serious right now? Why wouldn't I be here? Especially since my girlfriend is hosting the party~"

My eyes slowly widen.

"Wait...your girlfriend is...Nikki?"

Matt nodded as he shoved his hands into his pants pocket.

"Of course~ So...where's your other half?"

"Huh?...Oh!" I quickly realized he meant Nathan since everybody at school knew that me and Nathan are practically joined at the hip."

"He just went to the bathroom. He'll be back soon." I said, glaring at Matt.

"Ah~ Want me to wait with you?"

"No!" I quickly said and shook my head.

"I'm...I'm fine. You go back to your girlfriend..."

Matt nodded.

"Of course. Later~" He said then he walked away.

I let out a breath of relief then I checked the time on my phone.

"He's been gone for over twenty minutes now. Does it take THAT long to use the bathroom? He said he was just going to piss..."

I sighed and felt like I had to go see what he's doing so I started making my way up the stairs and down the hall to the bathroom. The door was closed so I lightly knocked on it to see if Nathan was still in there.

"Nathan? You in there?"

When nobody answered, I slowly opened up the door to see a couple making out.

"Oh! Sorry!" I said then I quickly closed the door back and tried to calm my pounding heart.

"Okay...That was embarassing..."

Once I felt calmer, I looked around.

"Where is he...?"

I started looking into the rooms, trying to find him. One or two rooms were already occupied by a couple, but so far, I couldn't find Nathan. I started to become a little worried and nervous.

"He wouldn't have left the party...would he?"

I finally checked door number five. I slowly opened the door and when I peeked inside, I was shocked.

"What...?"

I quickly closed the door and cluched my chest, not believing what I just saw.

"Nathan...and Alex?"