"You got us Kinetic?" Nick asked, sounding shocked as he looked down at the box, "You shouldn't of" He laughed putting it aside.

"She really should have!" Kevin jumped up, grabbing the box and heading over to the mains.

"That's big Macy. I was serious when I said you didn't have to get me anything" Nick mumbled, looking pretty shocked.

"That's what you buy this time of year for right? The big smiles on people's faces" I grinned pretty proud of what I had got.

"In this family we buy gifts to make everyone else feel bad. We go out of our way to try and get the better gift and rub it in the other's faces. We also use the 'but I got you this' card" Nick grimaced, not really happy with his words.

"You make Christmas sound great in this house Nick" Joe smirked, "He might, but the rest of us don't".

"Aren't you happy with it" I pouted looking at Nick pretty damn upset. "No! I'm...amazed with it. I'm upset by the fact you didn't get us all a key ring to share. You would have been $160 richer and I would have had something to look at and play with when I'm bored" He smiled still not looking happy.

"You would have also given him the gift of complaining" Kevin smirked trying to shove a plug into a socket. "We'll sorry to deprive you of your joy but I wanted to get you something that would make you smile, so smile" I grinned, hoping it would rub off on Nick.

It eventually did. "Thank you Macy, but now I feel bad; you're gift isn't going to be half as good" He laughed looking down. It finally hit me that he was looking embarrassed.

"Hugs are just as great" I smiled, putting my arms round him, in an awkward side-way hug.

"Heard that one before" He smiled letting me hug him anyway. "Most people say it to be nice. The sweet thing is, she means it" Stella laughed watching me forcefully smother Nick with my hugs.

He looked down at me, looking pretty happy with what he just heard. "What can I say?" I said breaking the awkward eye contact, "Hugs are my crack" I smiled moving away.

"That's one drug I've been meaning to try" He grinned bringing me back into the weird hug.

"That's weird, when I hug you, you call mum". I laughed looking at Joe as he looked at Nick with a smug smile.

"Yeah, when you grow long hair, use make-up and grow a lot of other things, then you can hug Nick without getting accused of abusing him" Kevin grinned. I felt Nick's grip tighten on.

"O-ow! Nick, I can't breathe" I squeaked, having all the air pushed out of my lungs.

"Sorry!" He smiled letting me go. I nodded rubbing my arm and turning to face sympathetic Stella.

"You know what I'm hungry, I say we go down and get a cold turkey sandwich" Joe smiled clapping his hands together.

"But I need to put this together..." Kevin pouted pulling the puppy dog eyes. "Get dad to do it. I don't fancy playing it when I'm a hundred" Joe smiled, grabbing Stella's hand and forcing Kevin to follow down the stairs.

"On Christmas, you'd expect them to stay" I frowned, looking at the distant, lip biting Nick. "Nick?" I chimed clicking my fingers in front of his face.

"What? Oh yes, agreed" He smiled, looking desperate to answer right. I ignored it getting to the point, "Do I get my present then?"

I'm not greedy or spoilt. I don't even care if it's a broken pen. I'm just nosey; I want to know why I had to wait a week and a half for it.

"What? Oh, I lost it" He smiled, blatantly lying. "No you haven't. You don't have to give it to me, I just want to know what it is" I smiled, making sure he knew I weren't spoilt and greedy.

He sighed pulling the little box from out of his pocket. "Whilst the others are out of the room, I don't have anyone else to talk to about this and I know you'll give me good advice" He breathed, seeming to break out of a shell he'd been hiding in.

"You can tell me anything" I smiled, not really caring about coming on too strong, he'd already made that impossible.

"Well... I like this girl"- Oh...-"And I know I shouldn't because they always mess with me"

"That's true."

"But I'm sure this girl knows better."

"Maybe she does."

"But she should know that I'm not all that crack up to be."

This has to be the most awkward conversation I've ever had. I've got the nerve to turn round and tell him the girl hates him. But why would I do that? I'm not mean... "Dude, you're Nick of JONAS, she'll love you. If you don't get hurt, how are you ever going to feel again?"

"But I don't want her to see me like that. The real Nick isn't all serious and perfect. He's very insecure, accuses everyone of everything and almost always messes up. He ruins everything that's good for him and doesn't appreciate as much as he should. He knows he should, but he doesn't know how" He mumbled, looking at me through his covered face. Sometime through his depressing speech he'd pushed his curls down past his eyes.

"Then she'll have to look past that won't she. And before you say all the other stuff I know you're going to say. If she cares, she'll pick you up when you're down, keep you there when you're happy, accept that you're insecure and do everything in her power to stop you ruining anything good, even if it means knocking you out. And she'll teach you, if she's that damn special Nick." I smiled trying to seem supportive, but there was no denying my heart was sinking a little.

"Can I ask you a BIG favour Macy?" He grinned placing the box on my lap.

"Anything" I smiled looking down at the box.

"Will you make sure she's really nice to me and will accept me for who I am, even if I'm highly annoying, embarrassing and clingy?"

I looked at him, noticing the pained look on his face. I didn't want to promise I'd get in the way of his love life, after last time, I weren't sure I had the heart to. I hated having to watch him cry and I hated having to try and comfort him.

"I don't want to get involved Nick... I can't do that." I sighed passing him back the box. I didn't want to open it.

"But it can't happen if you don't agree" He frowned, passing it back.

"I can't stop her from hurting you" I sighed, picking at the box with my finger nail.

"That's all I ask."

I shook my head slightly, my fingers making their way to the lid. "Promise" He said again, stopping me once more.

"Fine, yeah, I promise" I frowned, refusing to look at him, but more than daring to scowl at his hand.

He let go, keeping his hands to himself and moving away a little. I opened the box to reveal a large gold charm with the words 'Nick's heart' written on it. Like a locket, I opened it up to look at a mirror.

"You're heart is a mirror" I asked, looking at him confused finally.

"No... Who's in it?" He smiled, making me look in it again. "A very pretty young lady" I smirked letting my own vanity show.

"Exactly" He grinned not even giving me the eye roll.

I thought I got it, but for the sake of not getting hurt, I didn't let myself believe it. "So... Inside your heart is a pretty young lady?" I asked, getting caught off guard when I looked up at him and he was so much closer than before.

He didn't answer me and to be honest I was thankful for that. The eye contact wasn't half as awkward as it normally was.

I Looked away from Nick's stare, finding it impossible to pull my gaze away from him completely. I let my eyes rest on his lips.

"Mistletoe!" Before I could look up at the plant Joe was holding, Nick had his hand round the back of my neck and was kissing me.

At first I did nothing, shock was the definition of the whole moment. But after a couple of seconds of making this awkward moment even more awkward, I kissed back.

I giggled, unable to speak as Nick pulled away to watch my response.

"Wow, this is the longest Macy's gone without talking" Kevin smirked after a few seconds. I refused to look at my audience.

"You couldn't wait 5 more minutes could you?" Nick sighed, looking up at Joe. "You said 5 minutes; we were down there for 10. You owe me 5 minutes" Joe said, stuffing his face with Turkey, "Plus, mum's tidying up."

"Didn't think about helping?" I smiled finally, trusting my voice not to break again.

"She speaks once more." I looked at Stella, holding back a giggle. She knew I was screaming inside.

"You've kissed him, now you must go out with him" Joe said looking very amused but a little stern. "Leave her alone, I don't mind that much..." Nick mumbled looking down and finishing his sentence by mumbling to his hands.

"Tuesday" I smiled answering Nick's unasked question.

"Why not tomorrow?" He asked looking up at me, seeming to be confident enough to be rude.

"I gave up time with my family to come and spend the day with you. Plus, I got gift cards. Mumma's taking me shopping" I smiled feeling brave enough to kiss him on the cheek.

"I need to go" I grinned getting up and going over to the stairs.

Yes, I was trying to seem 'not bothered'.

"Merry Christmas everyone" I grinned. "Taking you home" Stella smirked, knowing I'd explode in the car.

If you can think of a date they should have, I'd be more than happy to use it.
Sorry I took so long to update. Really sick...