Epilogue: Sweet Little Kisses

And here is the end of Heartbreak and Mistletoe. Thanks so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed hearing the story as much as I liked telling it. So, without further ado, time for the Flock to open their gifts.

Max POV:

Fang was the last one to come into the living room. Freshly showered and wearing a black T-shirt over his bandages, you could barely tell he had been attacked. Fang said it hurt to laugh and yawn, but he never did much of either, so I guess it was okay.

It was December 29th, four days after Christmas and four days after the Eraser incident. But it was never too late to open presents, which is what we were about to do. Fang sat down next to me and I gave him a brief kiss. "How are you feeling?" I asked softly.

"Better," he kissed my hair.

"First we'll do the ornament exchange," I said. "Starting with Angel, who will give whoever their ornament, then that person will give theirs, and so on."

Angel handed Iggy a silver box. The ornament was handmade, I knew because I had supervised her myself. It was a normal glass ornament, and Angel had filled the inside with green, red, and gold paint. Then she had written, "My favorite pyro, love Angel" on it.

"Favorite pyro," Gazzy looked hurt. "That hurts. What about family?"

Angel giggled and threw her arms around Gazzy. "You're my favorite prankster," she assured him.

Iggy gave Fang an ornament that was yellow and had a smiley face on it. He said it matched his personality (Fang was not amused). Fang gave me a star-shaped ornament with a picture of classic Mickey and Minnie Mouse kissing under the mistletoe.

"Aw, thanks," I said, kissing him. I handed Nudge her ornament.

"Ohh, thanks Max! I love Tinker Bell!" she squealed. Nudge handed Gazzy an ornament that looked like a bomb. It was black and sparkly and had BOOM written on the side in red and yellow. The hook looked like a fuse.

Gazzy gave Ella an ornament that looked like a hummingbird, and Ella finished up by giving Angel a spun-glass angel holding a trumpet.

"Okay guys," Mom said. "We're going to go youngest to oldest for opening presents. Ari, you had an early Christmas with your mom, right?" Ari nodded. "Okay, so it will go Angel, the Gasman, Nudge, Ella, Iggy, Fang, and Max. Good?"

"Good!" we replied. Off we went. The first gift Angel opened was from Iggy. He gave her three new headbands. Gazzy opened a model World War II fighter jet from Fang. We went on, and it took about thirty minutes.

I ended up with new jeans and a new shirt from Nudge, new eye shadow from Ella ("For when you and Fang go on dates!"), a dolphin Pillow Pet from Angel, a book about birds from Iggy (Ha, ha *sarcasm*), and a Mickey Mouse poster from Gazzy. I opened Fang's gift last. My face lit up.

"It's the watch I wanted!" I said. The same purple-strapped, white-faced watch I had been admiring at Target. "How did you know?" I asked happily.

"Oh, a little bird told me," Fang said with a wink. I looked over at Angel.

She gave me a sheepish grin. "Well, he wanted to get you the perfect gift, so I figured I'd help out."

"It's awesome," I said. I wanted a watch because I didnt like jewelry, but it was pretty and feminine. A nice compromise.

"Not as good as what you got me. I can't believe you guys got me a new iPod!" Fang was thrilled.

"Yep. And I uploaded all of both your favorite songs and my favorite songs, so we can listen to it together," I said.

Fang raised one eyebrow. "Who said I was sharing?" I glared and he laughed.

"Merry Christmas," I murmured.

"Merry Christmas," he replied. We leaned and kissed warmly. Fang put one hand behind my head and I sighed, parting my lips slightly.

"Hey now. This is a family event," Iggy warned. I flipped him off and pulled Fang closer.

"Max!" Mom snapped.

Fang and I broke apart. Mom handed us each a wrapped package about the size and shape of a DVD case. Then she put a big box in the middle.

"Late Santa gifts," Mom said. "Open them."

I opened it. It was the Wii game Epic Mickey. Fang got Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Ella got Mario and Sonic at the 2012 Olympics, Nudge got New Super Mario Brothers Wii, Gazzy got Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Angel got Kirby's Return to Dreamland.

"Iggy, I didn't want to get you a gift you couldn't really use," Mom told him "So here, I got you a $100 dollar gift card to that kitchen supply store you like."

Iggy's eyes lit up. "Oh, thanks!"

The big box was, predictably, a new Wii. It came with Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort. Mom also got us additional black, pink, and blue Wii remotes and three more nunchucks.

Obviously, the kids wasted no time plugging in the Wii and starting Super Smash Brothers. Fang pulled me into the hallway as Ella, Angel, Gazzy, and Nudge started a fight.

Fang kissed me, obviously wanting to continue what we had been doing earlier. Over and over his mouth met mine in sweet little kisses, showing his love and numbing my mind at the same time. Christmas, however delayed, was definitely perfect this year.

"My turn!" Ella called, taking the pink Wii remote from Angel. Ella had brought Just Dance 3, so we were taking turns dancing. The loser had to give up their Wii remote.

It was New Years Eve and eleven thirty at night. Fang and I were all happy about our midnight kiss. Jeb and Ari were here too.

"I think Fang should dance next," I suggested.

Fang was reclining on the couch, videotaping and taking pictures of the most bizarre dances. "You know, I think I'm good," he said.

"Stick in the mud," Nudge whined. "Even Max and Ari are dancing!"

Fang rolled his eyes. I went over and sat on his lap. "You are having fun, right?" I asked.

"I'm having fun watching and snacking," Fang said. "You know I wouldn't have any fun up there."

"True," I said, taking a cookie off of his plate. Iggy had set up a huge buffet with cookies and cupcakes and several pizzas. We didn't have any alcohol, but we had almost every kind of soda.

"I heard Iggy's gong to kiss Ella at midnight," Fang whispered softly in my ear, so no one else could hear us.

I smiled. "Good. Ella keeps reapplying her lip gloss because she hopes he's going to kiss her. And you're going to kiss me, right?"

Fang shrugged. "I don't know. I might change it up a little and kiss Ella myself."

I glared at him. "You're really annoying, you know that?" Fang chuckled and kissed me. I twisted my fingers in his hair and kissed him harder, adjusting myself so I was straddling his lap.

"Hey now, save that for another fifteen minutes," Ella chided. I grinned and took another turn on the Wii. After that we switched to the TV to watch the ball drop in Denver. The New York ball dropped two hours before midnight, so we didn't bother watching that one.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven," we chanted, "Six, five, four, three, two, one! HAPPY NEW YEAR!" We cheered.

Iggy cautiously grabbed Ella and kissed her, making sure to hit her mouth. Ari leaned in and gave Angel a quick peck on the cheek. Ella and Angel both flushed bright pink, but Angel giggled and Ella kissed Iggy back fiercely.

Fang grabbed my shoulders and pulled me into a hot kiss. I grinned and threw my arms around his neck. I didn't care much about the outside world or even the coming year. I was happy right here and now with my perfect boyfriend and amazing family. What else could I ask for?

Thanks for reading! Im going to update What Happens in Vegas next, so check it out!