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For the longest time, Eve just stared at the two, her jaw suddenly slack and her mouth and throat incredibly dry. Mrs. Orton looked over to her husband, obvious discomfort on her aged face. Bob's gaze didn't waver on the young teen, however.

Suddenly, Eve was filled with enough rage to burn down a village with a mere thought. Without missing a beat, she brought up her tan hand and it promptly connected with Bob Orton's face, making his head snap to the right. The sound of flesh upon flesh made everyone halt in their festivities. Mrs. Orton touched her husband's cheek before looking to her daughter with shock. She reached out to calm the girl. "Eve, listen-"

"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME!" She snarled, making everyone jump slightly. John, Randy, and Trish all rushed over to the scene. Randy stood by his parent's side, obvious confusion in his blue eyes as he tried to evaluate his friend's actions. John and Trish both trapped Eve in a sort of half-hug. Eve would have none of it, however, as she pushed free and stomped right up to Randy's chest, looking up into his steel blue eyes as her honey ones blazed through him.

"Did you know about this? Are you in on this sick and twisted joke?" She snarled, venom leaking from every pore on her body. Randy just looked around, looking even more confused than before. Eve's temper nearly faltered.

Nearly.

She growled and pointed at the Orton elders. "They abandoned me! Ha! I'm your fucking sister! Surprise!" She snapped before turning and storming away, grasping both John and Trish's hands as she headed somewhere. No one was sure where she was going, hell, not even Eve herself. She just needed to get the hell away from the two people who threw her away and then had the nerve to try and come back.

Randy looked back at his parents, eyes pleading for this to be a joke. He noticed how both of them refused to meet his or anyone else's gaze.

Such a nice way to spend Christmas Eve…

-Christmas Day-

Eve slowly cracked open her eyes and had it not have been for the wall of flesh blocking the sun from her, she would've snapped her eyes back closed.

Slowly taking in her surroundings, Eve noticed she was now in a horizontal position. She let her eyes trail around the familiar environment before it clicked.

John's room.

She blinked and looked up into the pale face of her man. He was smiling as he rested, snoring only slightly while his dimples were still on full display. Eve glanced back and saw that his door was open, a fair rule in her eyes that his parents and her adoptive parents had set in stone the day the two got to the stage of their relationships in which they'd be coming over one another's houses.

They were to keep the door at least cracked at all times, and if one were to sleep over the other's house (with a guardian's consent, of course), they were to leave the door completely open.

Eve was proud to say that both the Cena and the Torres families trusted the two alone. Eve pressed a hand to John's chest and shook him lightly. Cerulean eyes cracked open and John groaned in protest, hiding his face in Eve's neck to block out the sunlight. Eve giggled and gave his head a soft pet. "Get up, sleepy head. It's Christmas" She said patiently.

As if she'd flipped a switch, John bolted up, unceremoniously falling face-first onto the floor and making Eve explode into a fit of giggles. One of John's brothers, Sean, came into the doorway and stared at the scene before laughing himself. Soon, the whole Cena clan was in the doorway, laughing at poor John, who was now pouting at them all. "Alright, boys. Leave your brother alone or else no one gets any pie" Mrs. Cena scolded, waving an oven mitt at her boys.

She was met with a stunned silence, followed by the abrupt scattering of the Cena boys.

No one threatened the pie!

Smiling to herself, Mrs. Cena gave the remaining two teens a proper 'good morning' before leaving them alone.

Eve looked down at John, who was grinning up at her. "C'mon, Eve! Get dressed so we can go open presents" He jumped up and kissed her temple before grabbing an armful of clothes. "We wouldn't want our parents waiting for us too long" He said, sending her a dimpled smile as he left her so she could change.

He didn't notice how her face completely crumbled at the statement, though.

-In the Brooks Household…-

Phil yawned, his long raven strands sticking up every which-way as he observed the scene before him with half-lidded eyes. Everyone-meaning his father, Dusty, Gilbert Hardy, and Theodore DiBiase Sr.-thought it was a good idea to have a combined Christmas within the Brooks' asylum.

Oops…he meant home. Yeah.

At the moment, Jeff and Cody were engaged in what looked to be nothing short of a staring contest. Shannon and Evan were at Jeff's side, with Evan sending worried looks to Shannon, who in turn ignored them and grinned triumphantly. Natalya and Beth were beside Cody. Nattie looked unimpressed and even annoyed by the boy's antics while Beth wore her usual sympathetic look whenever Cody got…into whatever mood he was in right now.

Justin was sitting beside Phil, the South African sipping from a glass of milk as he reached down towards the plate of cookies the two teens were sharing. "What are they doing?" He questioned, looking over at his best friend. Phil's olive eyes flickered down to look into Justin's warm yet confused brown eyes.

"I can only assume their having a staring contest. Either that or their trying to move each other with their minds."

"Oh…"

"Mhm."

"…"

"…"

"Justin."

"Yes?"

"Put my cookie down."

"But-"

"Justin Gabriel."

"Fine."

A snicker came from somewhere and the two looked over to see their mothers looking over at them with an energetic glimmer in their eyes. Phil's eyebrow rose in question as he slapped Justin's hand away from his peanut butter cookie for the second time without looking at the smaller teen.

"You two are so cute!" Elizaveta cooed. "Are you dating? You should!" Vivian stated.

This made both Jeff and Cody's heads snap over to the women in surprise, their jaws slack and their eyes wide. Wade, who had came with Jake, via text from Matt Hardy, stared at the women in a similar state. Justin squeaked and looked over to Phil, who simply tilted his head back and chuckled, the sound rich and easy. "Wow, that's the first time I've heard that. We're friends, Mom" Phil said with a smile after a moment. Vivian pouted. "No fun! Not even a kiss for your dear old mother?" She questioned. Serena, who was quietly nuzzling and cuddling with Luke, pulled mistletoe from her pocket and dangled it up.

At this, half of the room began to laugh heartily while the other half grew silent with shock. Was she serious?

Vivian strolled over and seized the mistletoe before turning to grin evilly at her and Elizaveta's son. Phil's eyes grew and Justin scooted away, a deer-in-headlights look on his face. "No one's leaving without me getting my son a kiss" She stated, her eyes dancing happily. She noticed how Cody and Jeff exchanged a challenging glance at one another before scooting closer to her son.

Oh, so that was how it was then?

"Pay my mom no mind, guys" Phil said, dismissing her as he pulled his long raven locks into a ponytail. "Lets have a snowball fight or something" He offered, standing and pulling Justin up when the shorter boy reached out. The teens in the room glanced around before Shannon jumped up.

"HELL YEAH!"

-…-

Punk glanced around, looking for any sign of life within his backyard. He and Shannon decided to split the group up, with Matt, Wade, Jake, Kofi, Ted, Chris, Adam, and Jay on his team while Phil had Serena, Luke, Jeff, Cody, Evan, Justin, Nattie, and Beth on his team.

Currently, Chris and Adam were out of the game because they decided to throw snowballs at each other instead so Punk had an advantage. For now.

A few feet away from Punk, Evan stood with Cody, his chocolate eyes darting around like a startled snow rabbit. Cody stood his ground. He'd played too many strategy games to be bested by anyone else.

And he'd be dammed if he got out before that stupid Hardy did, anyway.

Evan heard the crunch of snow behind them and pushed Cody and himself behind a tree just as two snowballs sailed past where they were just standing. The two glanced at each other before looking past the tree at their foes. Both had different reactions.

Evan's heart skipped a beat to see Jake standing there, his blue eyes full of mischief and jubilation. God, why must he be so…gorgeous? All Evan wanted to do is run over into the taller boy's arms and kiss the living hell out of him. Jeez…of all the people to go against in a snowball war…

Cody, on the other hand, was mentally slamming his face against the trunk of the very tree he was hiding behind. Why? Of all the people, why had it been Teddy DiBiase that had found him? That boy had been after him since that damn day he'd ran into him in the hallway a while back. Grinding his teeth together, Cody remembered all the times when his flirtatious advances towards his beloved Punk had been ruined thanks to the annoying dirty blonde rich boy. Oh, how he'd love to throw a ball of pure ice into the boy's face.

It's on now.

"Come on out, Rabbit, I know you're there" Jake cooed, his voice like silk to Evan, nearly making the younger melt in his snow boots as he clutched his hands over his mouth so he wouldn't squeal. Cody just growled. "Who ya callin a rabbit?" He snapped. At this, Teddy laughed. "I believe he was talking to Evan, love. But don't worry! You can be my rabbit any day" Ted purred. Cody made a loud gagging noise and glared at the boy. "Bite me, jerk!" He snarled.

"With pleasure, kitten~" Teddy grinned. Cody's eye twitched and Evan began to inwardly question how smart it was to team up with the hot-headed brunette.

"Rabbit, kitten, make up your damn mind, you ass!" Cody snapped, looking back around the trunk to see nothing.

Wait…nothing?

"Shit!" Cody exclaimed, pushing away from Evan and running as fast as he could. Evan, confused and suddenly feeling scared, tried running with him but he tripped and got a face full of snow. Evan heard two retreating footfalls and judging from the farther one, Cody hadn't even stopped to look for him.

That little prick…

Suddenly, Evan felt himself being picked up and dusted off gently. Opening his eyes, Evan saw nothing but coat. His heart stopped for a moment and he looked up, his mocha eyes meeting two concerned blue ones.

Holy shit.

"Are you okay, Evan? Did Ted hit you hard? Doth it hurt anywhere?" Jake questioned, his lisp amplified with his worry. Evan's face turned about ten shades of red and he stuttered slightly. "Y-Yeah…I'm o-okay J-Jake…" He stammered, mentally beating himself in chibi form with a steel chair for stuttering like a fool in front of the boy he's been crushing on since fifth grade.

Jake chuckled and turned around, crouching down in front of Evan. The pixie stared at his back with confusion written all over his adorable face. Jake glanced back and chuckled once more. "Get on my back, rabbit" He instructed.

Oh!

Feeling more than a little dumb, Evan wrapped his arms around Jake's neck and the large blonde hooked his arms under Evan's legs, hoisting the small boy up wit no effort at all. "You're light, Rabbit" Jake stated as he began walking back to the Brooks home. Evan blushed.

He was so close to him…they were touching! If he wanted to…he could press an innocent kiss to Jake's neck and if the elder noticed, he could say it was just an accident! But…that was so…scandalous, and it made Evan feel dirty just thinking about taking advantage of his crush's kindness. Soon, Evan felt himself slipping and Jake paused for a moment to bounce Evan so he could get a good grip on the smaller teen.

Evan bit back a groan at the friction the movement had with his member and he prayed to every star in the sky that he didn't get hard. Not when he was pressed this close against Jake. And not when Jake's firm, yet gloved hands were holding him up by his heart-shaped bubble butt.

Wait…what?

Evan shuddered and it took everything the small boy had not to groan or get noticeably hard as Jake accidentally squeezed his butt when he lost his footing for a split moment.

Yeah, accidentally, while the larger teen wore a small smirk on his face as pink dusted his cheeks.

-Elsewhere…-

The Orton home was silent except for the sounds of three humans eating and an excited Husky barking in the backyard.

Randy refused to speak with his parents about the clusterfuck that unfolded yesterday. He still had trouble believing it.

Eve.

The very same Eve that was dating his best friend and had been one of his closest female friends since forever…

Eve Torres was not Eve Torres.

No, Eve Torres was Eve…Orton…

Randy stood abruptly, pushing himself from the table as he stormed past his parents and towards his room. They had lied to him. They hadn't even told him he had any other siblings. And they abandoned Eve.

Now she probably hates him, he knows he would. She probably thinks he's known the whole time. He wish he did.

Randy roared and punched a wall, effectively splitting his knuckles wide open and leaving a nice-sized hole. Pulling his hand back, Randy looked down at the crimson ribbons falling from his wounds. He didn't care and he just lay on his bed, leaving his injured hand hanging off the bed so his carpet would get stained and not his sheets.

How the hell was he supposed to make it up to her?

-Back to the Brooks Home-

Phil walked back into his home with Jeff, Shannon, and Cody in tow. The blonde punk of the quartet wore a pout on his face. "No fair!" He hissed. Cody simply rolled his eyes and Jeff openly laughed at his friend.

Elizaveta was the first to appear, quickly stripping the boys of their coats and hanging them up after taking down four others that Punk identified as Matt, Wade, Justin, and Beth's. Kristen walked to them with warm towels, giving one to each of them, but she made sure to toss her brother's towel in his face playfully. Cody grumbled something at her but took the offered towel anyway.

"Boys, there's cocoa in the kitchen!" Vivian called. Shannon declared he'd go take a piss before drinking the cocoa and he stomped away, still annoyed that he lost. "Dude, TMI" Punk stated before heading into the kitchen with Cody and Jeff at either of his sides. As soon as the three of them stepped into the kitchen doorway, Vivian sprang up, an evil gleam in her eye. Elizaveta cried out happily and damn there every other girl present squealed. Cody looked to his best friends for some sort of help but Beth was simply grinning at him like a fox while Nattie smirked and motioned for the three of them to look up.

Slowly, the trio looked up to find a familiar old friend in the form of mistletoe nailed to the wall above them.

Cody and Jeff's eyes grew and their faces bloomed into a nice shade of pink while Punk simply stared at the plant, his head tilted. Vivian clapped her pale hands together. "You know what this means boys!" She urged. The three of them exchanged glances, Punk showed no emotion while Jeff and Cody were quite obviously flustered.

Oh...shit...