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A/N: Wow, two chapters up in one day! I am on such a roll! Next chapter is my special surprise chapter, so get ready!
Chapter 19
It was harder than Axel expected to keep Ari away from most of the other people. Luckily for him, Xemnas had no interest in girls at all. He was only there because he was everyone's boss. Xaldin hated everyone so no one even knew why he had come. Vexen was there just to hang out with Zexion and Lexaeus who were both discussing the Hunger Games series.
Saix was trying to suck up to Xemnas for a raise like always. Demyx was playing some music on his sitar and Luxord was trying to start up a round of strip poker, which no one seemed interested in playing. Larxene didn't come to the party for some unknown reason and Roxas was hanging out with Sora, Riku and Xion. That left Marluxia and Xigbar for Axel to worry about. Needless to say, it was quite easy to distract Marluxia, just point out some mistletoe and he'd go right over to inspect it, but Xigbar was a way different story.
Axel and Ari had spent the entire night hiding from Xigbar, so when he finally got totally drunk and passed out, from the eggnog in the punch bowl that someone had spiked, Axel was relieved. Soon enough, Demyx got everyone quiet and said that it was time to exchange presents. Axel grabbed Ari's hand, "Hey, I wanna give you your present, follow, okay?" She giggled, "Hold on, I gotta go get yours." He chuckled, "Alright, I'll wait here."
She skipped out of the room and Riku followed her out onto the front lawn. He unlocked his car and Ari grabbed a box out of it that had a few air holes punched into it. She then came back inside and followed Axel into a different room.