A/N: No ownership. Just Sally, Amy, and the ideas. BTW, the catch phrase words are actually ones that came up when I was playing it, so, HOORAY! REALISTIC! Reviews are love. ENJOY!

I am strong when I am on your shoulders

"Merry Christmas!" I said as the boys opened their apartment door. We were all spending Christmas Eve together, including Kendall's sister and mom and Sally. I dragged a pile of wrapped presents in a bag behind me, and Sally was sure to be there any moment with more from her. Carlos, Kendall, and James enveloped me in a hug, nearly squeezing the breath out of me. When they released me, I said, "Where's Logan?"

Kendall cocked his head, "In the kitchen." I nodded my thanks to the blondie and snuck around the corner to the kitchen where Logan was wearing a grey apron and mismatched blue and green oven mits. He had his back turned to me and was retrieving something that looked suspiciously like brownies from the oven. In fact, they must have been brownies; the smell of them was like a wave of chocolatey magma washing over me. My mouth watered. I tip-toed to the counter that Logan had his back to and silently pulled myself up onto the counter top. He sat down the brownies and turned, taking off his oven mits, to put them in the drawer that I happened to be sitting right over. He reached for the drawer knob and froze when he saw my light brown boots instead of a drawer. Quickly his eyes snapped from my boots to my face and he beamed.

"Amy! When did you come in?" he said in shock.

I laughed and shrugged, "Just now. How did you not hear the doorbell ring?"

Logan smiled, "It's kind of hard to hear things like a doorbell ring when you are much more concerned with the brownies you nearly burned."

I raised my eyebrows in mock-hurt, "Are you saying that I take the backseat to brownies?!"

Logan's eyes expanded quickly, not catching that I was kidding, "Oh, gosh, Amy that sounded really bad! I'm sorry!" I laughed, throwing my head back. Logan looked confused.

"I was kidding! I know that I'm more important to you than brownies," I said, and Logan relaxed. I cocked my head and allowed my eyes to rove his apron-ed figure, "You look nice in an apron."

He began undoing the tie in the back with unsure hands, "Are you sure? It's Ms. Knight's."

"You two must be the same size. Here, let me," I said.

He turned, back facing me, so that I could untie the apron, "Well, I did wear one of her dresses to a math lecture." When he turned back to face me, I had an eyebrow raised. "It was a girls math lecture by Phoebe Nachee," he said as if that made perfect sense. I sighed and rolled my eyes with a smile.

"Did you pull off being a girl?"

"Not really."

"I'm glad. That would be weird," I said, pecking him gently. The boys' yells from the entry way hinted Sally's arrival. The loud smooch that came after confirmed it. Unless it was Jo. Or Carlos had found a girlfriend. Sally's arrival was much more likely.

Sally could be heard chattering as she and James hurriedly sat on the couch to finish Jack Frost (the old animated one); a Christmas movie marathon was on ABC Family. Carlos and Kendall hoisted our gift bags over their shoulders and brought them over by their Christmas tree. "Want to join them?" Logan asked, pecking at my cheek.

"I guess," I said as he backed up and held out his hand for me to use to keep me from killing myself as I got off of the counter. The others had just begun a game of Catch Phrase.

Carlos had started off with the thing and was trying to give James and Sally hints since they were on the opposing team. "Two words. First word. You have two."

"Ears," Sally said. Carlos shook his head.

"Hands," James suggested. Carlos shook his head again.

"Eyes?" Sally asked and Carlos nodded.

"Second word. Swee-" Carlos was interrupted by the buzzer.

"My turn!" James said, snatching the game from Carlos. "One word. It's a fish."

"Cod?" Kendall asked. James shook his head.

"Catfish?" Carlos questioned his perfect-haired friend. James shook his head again.

"Bass?"

"Tilapia?"

"Marlin?"

"Fish Stick?!" Carlos yelled. The other five of us looked at him crazily. "What? It's a kind of fish."

Kendall smacked Carlos in the head, "Fish sticks are made out of cod. I already guessed that." Something clicked in Kendall's head and he said, "Haddock?"

James sighed, "Yes."

"Look!" Sally said excitedly, pointing at the television, "It's a Wonderful Life!" I smiled at my overexcited sister; every Christmas she would stop what she was doing (no matter what it was. ie: If she was in the bathtub, she would put a towel on and come downstairs.) and go to a television if she even heard a snippet of that movie. We went and watched it every year at the Alabama Theatre, but it never got old for her. James hit the volume button on the remote to turn the sound up. Sally snuggled up to him as he pulled her into his lap. Carlos and Kendall hurriedly jumped onto the couch so that Logan and I couldn't take their seats.

Logan looked slightly amused, "It looks like we have no where to sit." He smiled again and eyed the bean bag chair in the corner. He dragged it over to the spot between the Christmas Tree and the couch. He sat down and held his hand out to me. I beamed.

"You're letting me sit with you? How chivalrous," I said with a bit of a giggle. I took his hand and sat down on his knee, smoothing down my candycane-printed skirt with my left hand, my right one around his neck to keep my balance.

Two hours later, after the movie was off, we began opening our gifts. Carlos was given a new hockey helmet by me, a tin of caramel popcorn by Sally, and three twenty dollar gifts card to the hot dog stand (that also sold corn dogs) by Kendall, Logan, and James.

Kendall got a new hockey item from everyone there.

James got many hair products from everyone except for Sally. She gave him a new lighted mirror along with a framed photo of the two of them at the beach.

I gave Logan a new book (It took me forever to find that medical handbook!). James gave him a pair of sunglasses; he had finally surrendered to the fact that Logan did need a bit of swagger. Kendall gave his friend a white lab coat. Carlos' gift was of new ear buds. Sally gave him a leather jacket.

"Gosh! Sally! You didn't have to. You either Amy! Those must have cost you two a fortune!" Logan said.

"No problem," we said simultaneously.

I was given a new makeup kit that Kendall, Carlos, and James had all pitched in to buy for me, a Celtic Thunder CD from Sally, and a silver plated necklace with an onyx stone from Logan.

"So that it will match everything you own," he said fastening it around my neck.

"That's so sweet, Logan. This is why I love you. You know exactly what to do to make me happy," I said, smiling softly. I turned my head so that I could face him from where I sat on his lap and kissed him gently. When we broke apart, Sally was just beginning to open my present for her, her favorite expensive shampoo paired with one of those new, no-tangle brushes. She also received an iTunes card from Carlos, a bottle of her favorite perfume from Logan, and a pair of crystal earrings from Kendall.

"I can't seem to find the one from you, James," she said after looking once again through the presents that seemed to be only for Gustavo, Kelly, Katie, Mrs. Knight, Buddha Bob, and Mr. Bitters.

James took a deep breath and pulled a small box from his pocket, "That's because it's right here. Now, before you freak out, I think you would rather me open it than you." Sally looked puzzled, but shrugged. James opened the small unwrapped box to reveal a stunning platinum band imbedded with a class D pear-cut diamond. She gasped as James sunk to his knee, "Sally Catherine Miles, I know this seems sudden, but I don't know how much longer I'll be able to live without you by my side every moment of every day. I am giving you this diamond in hopes that you will be mine. Will you be my Diamond?"

Tears pricked at Sally's eyes, "We've only known each other a year and a half."

"That's enough for me to know, " James said shakily.

She nodded rapidly and cupped his face in her hands as he rose to meet her lips with his.

Six months later, James and Sally were married and had moved to their own apartment. Kendall and Jo really started talking about getting married, and Carlos found a girlfriend; her name is Vivianne. At the wedding, Logan proposed, rather awkwardly, may I add?