After spending days at home after getting there last Wednesday, it's finally Christmas. We actually stayed up pretty late last night watching movies and whatnot, making it a movie night with snacks and everything. Since we got to bed pretty late, there was no doubt that we would be sleeping in just a bit. And that's exactly what Dean I were doing. Laying on my side, his arm was draped over my waist while his face was nuzzled in my neck. I'm half awake but more than content to lay there while he sleeps on. It isn't until I start to shift, where he starts to shift in his sleep as well, his arm now getting a bit tighter around my waist. He burrows closer, mumbling in his sleep. I did have to try and get up because I had to use the bathroom, so I try my best to remove his arm from around me without waking him. I actually manage to do so and get up to go use the bathroom. Though when I walk out, he's stirring and reaching for me instinctively. "I'm over here sleepy." I laugh.

"Whatcha doin' over there?" He slurs sleepily.

"Bathroom."

"Ohh." He rubs his eyes and yawns.

"Didn't seem like you were gonna let me go."

"Oops."

"That's okay though."

"Can't help wanting you close as much as possible." He shrugs.

"Especially in your sleep."

"Yeah." He nods.

"Now come back over here." He adds.

I giggle and walk back to the bed.

"You know, we're gonna have to get up sometime. It is Christmas."

"So it is. Merry Christmas." He kisses me.

"Merry Christmas." I repeat.

"Can't wait to open presents."

"Well considering you just woke up, you don't look like it, but I know you are."

"I want to see what you got me."

"And I want to see what you got me."

"Wonder if the other two are awake yet." Dean muses.

"Doubt it. Cara's a sleeper." I shake my head.

"Just like you." I add.

Dean just gives me a lopsided grin.

"Goof."

"Your goof."

"Who I'm happy to be with."

"I'm happy with you too. Beyond happy." He kisses my cheek.

"And that makes me even happier."

"Good, that's what I want."

Since it would be a while before you and Seth would be up, I decided to spend that time snuggling with him. Not that I had a choice anyway, because he wasn't letting me go again as it was. The two of us talk about whatever comes to mind, though much of it centers on things that happened while we all lost touch.

"So we both were busy. Still wasn't the same without you though." I remark.

"Agreed. It was good to have that time though because it makes us appreciate being together now."

"Right." I nod.

"And I'm very appreciative." He nuzzles your neck.

"As I've been seeing from you."

"Of course."

"Cuddly."

"Just for you."

"I hope it takes them a while to get up. I'm comfortable and don't want to move now."

"Me too." Dean chuckles.

"Just try and not make me fall back asleep with what you're doing." I say, referring to him playing with my hair.

"I'll do my best."

In the meantime, Seth and Cara are still fast asleep. She's snuggled up to him, and his arms are around her, holding her tight. He shifts and moves her, causing her to growl in her sleep. But once he stopped moving, that's when she went back to being relaxed. A bit later he moves again. She growls and turns over, rolling away. She buries herself under the blankets and snuggles with her pillow, as she tries to fall back asleep. She dozes back off, not even caring if he's waking up or not.

"...Cara...where are you..." He mumbles as his hand searches for her.

He opens his eyes a bit and finds her over a ways, asleep in a cocoon of covers. He chuckles and sleepily moves closer to her, draping an arm over her and hiding his face in her neck. She sighs and her arm lays on his.

"...moved away from me..." He mumbles.

"You kept moving me." She mutters, having woken a bit when he nuzzled her neck.

"Sorry."

"It's okay now shush."

He just grins, and wraps himself around her. She gets comfortable and tries to fall back to sleep. He actually makes that a bit hard to do since his fingers were moving across her skin in soothing motions. "You're keeping me awake."

"My bad."

"Touchy." She mutters, swatting his hand.

"Can you blame me?"

"No but I'm sleepy still."

"Want me to stop?"

"If you can be touchy without keeping me up, that'd be great."

"I'll try."

"Okay."

He then tries his very best to leave soothing touches without keeping her awake. She dozes off lightly for a little while. When she wakes back up, it's about an hour or so later. Seth is still awake, he watched her from time to time as she slept.

"Being a creeper again hmm?" She asks sleepily, stretching.

"I like watching you sleep. It's cute."

"Cute?" She raises an eyebrow, moving to lay on his chest.

"Yes cute."

"Okay then."

"Hope you slept well."

"Mmhmm. I feel more awake now."

"Good."

She smiles when he leans up and gives her a lingering kiss.

"Love you so much."

"I love you too. Beyond words."

She grins and then snuggles into him, tucking her head underneath his chin.

"Merry Christmas." He says softly while squeezing her gently.

"Merry Christmas love." She replies.

"Excited to see what you got me."

"I can't wait to open my presents from you either."

"I'm sure you'll love them."

"Oh I bet."

"A lot of thought went into them."

"I'm sure. You love to spoil me."

"Yes I do."

"I wouldn't be surprised if you went overboard."

"I wouldn't say I went overboard really..."

"Oh really?" She raises an eyebrow.

"But I did get you a lot. You deserve it all."

"Spoiler."

"Just for you."

She smiles amusedly and gives him a kiss.

"And we can get that all started when you feel like it."

"Okay. Soon I think but not right this second." She says.

"Alright, that's fine."

"I'm comfy."

"I can tell."

"You're my pillow slash teddy bear."

"Happy to be that for you." He chuckles.

"Of course. You get to be touchy."

"Exactly."

"One of your favorite hobbies."

"Yes."

"Among others."

"Those too." He grins.

"Affectionate silly goose." She teases.

"Always."

They cuddle for a bit before getting up. Both of them get dressed and take turns with their bathroom routines.

"I think I'll make breakfast this time." Seth offers.

"If you want to."

"I insist. I do have something special in mind that I know how to make, that you haven't had before."

"Ooh I'm intrigued."

"You're gonna love it, I know it."

"Oh I'm sure." She smiles.

"Been wanting to make it for you for a while now."

"Awww."

"And now I can."

"Yup. Let me know if you need help finding anything."

"Will do."

She goes and sits at the counter to watch him. He knew where most of the stuff was, because of being there the last time. He only had to ask her a couple times or so where other stuff was. She goes and gets a boom box and starts playing Christmas music.

"Perfect."

She finds something to occupy herself with and sing along with the music absentmindedly while she's doing that.

"You've always had a great singing voice Cara." He grins.

"Flatterer."

"Well it's the truth."

"I know. I wouldn't have made choir in school without a decent voice."

"I do love your voice."

"Aww, thank you."

"You're very welcome."

Before long, the smell of food attracts Dean and myself.

"They're up...finally."

"About time."

"Alright cuddly, gotta let me go for a second if you wanna get up."

"Darn."

"It's only a second, you'll survive."

"I know, just teasing."

I kiss him quick before moving from his arms and from the bed. He follows and then we head down to the kitchen.

"Morning you two. Merry Christmas."

"Morning. Merry Christmas to you too."

"Seth is cooking breakfast."

"We could smell it. Actually been up for a while now, but still."

"Ohh. I see."

"This one was getting impatient." I say amusedly, in reference to Dean.

"Really want to open presents huh?" Cara laughs.

"Just a bit." He nods.

"Well breakfast should be ready soon. We can do presents after that."

"Great."

Seth finishes cooking and serves what he made. We get drinks and everything before sitting down to eat.

"Seth...this is amazing." You remark after taking a bite.

"I told you that you'd like it."

"I love it actually."

"You have to make this more often." She adds.

"I think I can do that." He chuckles.

"Yayyyy."

"I think I would have to agree with Cara about making this more often." I nod.

"Glad it turned out so well."

"It really did."

"This goes on my list of favorite meals."

Seth grins and kisses her cheek in response.

"Thank you for cooking." She tells him.

"You're welcome."

Once we finish eating, we all pitch in to clean up. Then we head into the living room.

"Gift time. Yay."

"Woohoo."

"You and Seth can go first." I offer.

"Okay, us first." She agrees.

Seth nods and gets one of the gifts for her, handing it to her. She opens it up carefully. Seth watches, eager to see her reaction. After getting the paper ripped off, it reveals a box and she opens the box to reveal a bracelet. "Ohh, how pretty!"

"Cherry blossom themed, like your tattoo." Seth points out.

"Awww, I love it."

"Good, I hoped you would."

She puts it back in the box, putting the box on the table. She then goes and gets a gift that's for him, handing it to him.

"Your turn." She smiles.

"Hmm, what could it ever be?" He grins, as he unwraps the box before opening it, to reveal a hat.

"Now how did I have a feeling that it would be something Harry Potter related?" He chuckles.

"Because we both love it, duh." She giggles.

"I'll be wearing this a lot." He says before kissing her quick. "Love it."

"Yay." She smiles.

"Like now." He grins, putting it on.

She laughs at him. He grabs another present and hands it to her.

"Hmm, has to be some kind of jewelry, it's a small box again. Wonder what it could be."

"Open it and find out then."

When she does, she finds a heart necklace, the heart being a purple color.

"Pretty!" She admires it, before kissing Seth's cheek.

"One of your favorite colors, just had to get it for you."

"You have a good eye. That's very pretty." I say.

"Why thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Now your turn." She says as she grabs another one of the gifts for him.

"Alright. Wonder what it'll be this time." He says, opening the present.

When he opens it, he sees that it's a bracelet.

"This is pretty interesting." He remarks.

"That's the date we got together." She tells him about the numbers engraved on the front.

"Awwwww." I grin.

"It's not girly so you aren't embarrassed but it is sentimental to us." She explains to Seth.

"Right of course. I love it."

"I'm glad you do."

"You two can go next though if you want." She adds to Dean and I.

"Sure." I nod.

"I'll get yours first." Dean says as he gets up.

"Okay." I smile as he gets my first present.

He hands it to me as he sits back down. I open it to reveal a square box, and I open that box to reveal a bracelet. But it's not just any bracelet, it's a charm bracelet. There's two charms on it already, a 'D' and a 'J'.

"Didn't know what you would want on there exactly. 'J' for my real first name or the 'D' for my character, so I got both put on there." He explains.

"Both is great, it represents both sides of you." I kiss his cheek.

"Awww, that's sweet." Cara grins.

I make a face at her and get Dean his first gift. It was a bag, because all that was in the bag went together. I put the bag down in front of him before sitting back down. He goes through the bag to first find a hat. Him being from Cincinnati, I had to go with a sports team. So it was a Reds hat.

"Oh nice. I had my eye on this hat." He grins.

"And I didn't even know that it was that particular hat. So many styles to choose from. But that's not all in that bag, there's more."

He sets the hat aside and goes back to the bag. I grin as he digs through the bag and pulls out three shirts. They weren't just any Reds shirts, they were all customized. One had his former wrestling character last name on the back 'Moxley', another one had his current character name 'Ambrose', and the last had his real last name on the back...'Good'.

"Cool, I love that you put the names on them." He says.

"Just makes them even more special."

"Right." He agrees.

"But I'm glad you love them."

"I do, they're great." He gives me a kiss.

We then all go back and forth with the rest of the gifts, until they're all opened.

"I'm going to go make some hot chocolate. Anyone else want some?" She says, getting up.

"You know I do." I nod.

"Of course. Boys?"

"Sure." They nod.

"Peppermint or regular?"

"Surprise me." Seth remarks.

"Peppermint for me." I add.

"Regular." Dean continues.

"Okay." She nods and heads to the kitchen.

"Would you like any help? Or are you all set?" I ask.

"I'll holler when it's ready. I don't want to try carrying four hot cups."

"Alright."

She makes four hot chocolates, giving Seth peppermint as well. When they're done, she calls for me and I come out to help her bring the hot chocolates into the living room. We hand our boyfriends their cups and sit down.

"Peppermint." Seth grins.

"Uh-huh. You like it?"

"It's good." He nods.

"Isn't it?" She grins.

"Really good."

He kisses her cheek and smiles.

"Thank you for all the gifts...spoiler."

"You're welcome. I won't stop spoiling you either." He chuckles.

"Oh I know you won't."

"I have years of lost time to make up for." He kisses the spot beneath her ear that he likes so much.

"You do." She giggles.

"So what do we do now?" I ask.

"Well I don't know about you, but it seems as though someone has chosen to be affectionate with me." She remarks, referring to Seth.

"Alone time sounds perfect." Dean chuckles, scooping me up in his arms.

I squeak as I wasn't expecting it, and cling to him as he carries me back to our bedroom.

"That answers that question." She giggles.

"Yup." Seth laughs before picking her up.

Then he too heads to her bedroom for their alone time. He sets her down on her bed and she pulls him down with her.

"You spoiled me for sure today. I love everything." She grins.

"Well good. I hoped you would."

"And you were right."

"I loved my presents too." He smiles.

"I'm glad. I had fun picking them out." She says.

"I had fun picking yours out as well."

"Mmhmm." She smiles and tugs him down so she can kiss his cheek.

"Love you."

"Love you too."

She giggles as he nuzzles her neck.

"You know, I think later we should all make some kind of dessert or something."

"I have a few types of cookies that I usually make around the holidays." She says as she runs her hands over his back.

"Oooh?"

"I'll show you later."

"Looking forward to it."

"Of course. Now I believe you've started something you need to finish."

"Do I now?" He grins.

"Yes you do."

"Remind me where we left off?"

She moves her hands and grabs a handful of his shirt, pulling his mouth to hers. He grins against her lips and his arms go around her, pulling her close. She kisses him hard. The bottom of her maxi dress ends up around her thighs as she shifts to hook her legs around his. With his arms around her his hands wander as much as they can along her back where they're resting. She arches up into him, a soft growl escaping her. He smirks against her lips, and his hands wander along her back even more. She reaches down and starts pulling at his shirt, growling quietly.

"...patience..." He mutters.

"I'm horrible with patience." She grumbles as he releases her lips.

"That makes two of us."

"You seem to have a bit more than I do right now."

"This time."

She pulls on his shirt again while waiting for his next move. He decides that he's made her wait long enough and gives her the okay to go ahead and tug the shirt off. She strips him of his shirt, tossing it away without caring where it lands.

"Much better."

"So much better." She adds, sighing contentedly as she traces his muscles with her fingertips.

"Maybe I shouldn't have put a shirt on this morning then." He chuckles.

"Nope. I love it when you're shirtless." She giggles and brushes her lips against his ear.

"So I've noticed."

She starts to torture him by lavishing affection on his ear and neck.

"Gonna get you back for that..."

"Of course you are, but right now it's my turn to have fun."

"Go ahead."

She catches him off guard and flips them so she's straddling his hips.

"Oh I plan on having my fun." She smirks.

"Sneaky."

"You love it." She grins, leaning down and nipping at his earlobe.

"You'll get even more sneaky being around me."

"My ninja." She teases while moving to his jaw.

"Oh you haven't seen anything yet."

"Oh really?" She asks, gently biting where she feels his pull beating.

"...really."

"We'll see. Right now I think I've found another of your spots." She smirks, focusing on the area. His pulse jumps and she laughs against his neck.

"A spot it is indeed."

"Do I get to mark you?" She pulls back to look at him, suddenly feeling shy and a bit hesitant.

"Well it's only fair because I get to mark you all the time."

She gives him a small smile and a quick kiss on the lips. Then she trails her lips down until she reaches that spot again. His pulse feels faster and it makes her giggle before she goes to work. Since he can't really hide marks like she can with makeup, she doesn't go too hard on him to leave a highly visible mark. She tries to leave one that's only noticeable to her. She leans back and admires the mark.

"You're lucky I have to go easy on you." She murmurs.

"Very...very lucky."

"One day I will get to mark you like you mark me." She leans back down and runs her tongue over the mark to show she's serious.

His pulse is racing now and she laughs softly. She kisses the mark before moving to his lips. Her mouth brushes against his. Once she does that, he takes one of his hands and moves it to the back of her head and holds her there so she doesn't pull away from his lips too soon for his liking. She giggles, knowing she's gotten to him badly. He holds her there until they both are losing breath, and that's when he lets go, but they rest their foreheads against each other's as they catch their breath. She shifts and he groans, grabbing her lower back and her thigh to keep her still.

"Really not a good time to do that babe. Control is slipping." He says in a low voice with a growling undertone.

"Oops?"

"Yeah oops." He says dryly.

"Cold shower or make your move. I told you I'm fine with the next step." She sits up, still straddling his hips.

"Well...depends...how are the walls in here?"

"Soundproof. I like music and so does Sere." She gives him a half smirk.

"Hmm...well I suppose there's no need for a cold shower then..."

She laughs quietly and takes the hand on her thigh, giving him a handful of her dress.

"You can take that off if you want to right now."

He nods and his other hand moves to take a handful. He pulls it up and off, dropping it to the floor. She doesn't meet his eyes, suddenly self conscious.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

"It can't be nothing, you won't look at me."

She bites her lip.

"Let me guess, this is either about Wade or the weight you are trying to lose." Seth says once it clicks in his head.

"I'm not gonna judge you for anything, not even your weight. You know that right?" He continues.

She shrugs a little.

"Caralyn, baby you're beautiful. What Wade has said to you doesn't matter anymore. I'm not him and he's not me. I see a beautiful woman that I love with an amazing body." He sits up, taking her chin in his hand and lifting it so their eyes meet.

"I know you haven't lost all the weight you wanted yet but look at it this way, we're going to have a new way to burn those calories. An intimate, loving way that is just between us."

"True..."

"I never thought of it like that." She adds.

"Aren't you glad you have me around then?"

"Very glad. I love you."

"I love you too. So much."

"This is like opening another Christmas present." He grins, looking at the red and green underthings she has on.

"You would make that reference." She giggles.

"I couldn't resist." He chuckles.

Seth pulls her to him and turns, pinning her down on the bed.

"I see I got to you that badly huh?"

"Yes you did." He says lowly, kissing along her jawline.

"That was the plan." She grins.

"Now it's my turn." He smirks.

"Oh boy."

"You're so in for it."

"Too late to apologize?"

"Yes."

"Oh darn."

He smirks and moves his lips to her neck. His hands roam, exploring newly exposed skin. As his hands do wander over the skin, he does it in a way where it's light and gives her goosebumps along her skin.

"Oh babe." She sighs, shivering a bit.

All he does is smirk against her neck and moves his lips to the spot behind her ear like earlier, before they came to the bedroom. She sucks in a breath and tenses up. He only stays there for a bit before moving away and focusing on other parts of her neck. She relaxes a little and reaches down, playing with the waistband of his pajama pants. He then moves away from her neck and back to her lips, his hands stop wandering. She responds, tugging his pants down. She gets them down as far as she could reach, before he helps and kicks them off, those getting tossed tot he side. He goes after he bra clasp and has some trouble. He gets frustrated an growls against her lips. She laughs and shows him how it works.

"Better?"

"Yes." He mutters, taking it off of her.

That gets tossed to the side, before his hand moves down to her bottoms, the only thing left to remove. There's a small pause and they quietly exchange 'I love you's' before taking the next step in their relationship. Meanwhile in the room with Dean and myself, he was being cuddly and affectionate, much more than this morning when we both woke up. I'm laying on his chest, giggling as he kisses wherever he can reach.

"Someone's a little bit more affectionate than when we woke up this morning..."

"You complaining?" He chuckles.

"No. I'm just saying."

"I just feel like being this way right now." He grins.

"Nothing wrong with that."

"I didn't think so."

"I do love everything you got me for today. Wasn't too hard to find all of it was it?"

"No not really. I'm glad you love it all."

"I really do. Glad you love what I got you too. I tried."

"Anything would have been fine. It's from you and that's what matters to me."

"Right." I nod.

"You make me happy. I don't need anything but you." He kisses your head.

"Likewise."

Dean goes quiet for a moment and I can tell he's trying to get up the nerve to say something.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just want to think of the right things to say here. You know I'm not the best with emotional stuff except when it comes to you."

"Right right."

"I've never been this happy before. I have a great career going, good friends, and you..." Dean says, taking his time to gather his words.

"You have been the most amazing thing in my life. I've never felt like this so it took me some time to realize what I was feeling inside. Serenity, I love you."

"You...really?"

"Really."

"Well I do have to confess something. The night we did tell each other our feelings for one another and started dating, it was more than just 'liking' you. Yeah sure in the years we have been friends, I did develop the feelings, but after all the time we spent with each other after that night we did get together, it was more than just 'liking' you from there on out. I do love you back. I didn't tell you first, because there was the awkward factor I was afraid of."

"That long? Really?" He asks, looking surprised.

"It happens to people when they're friends for so long sometimes."

"Right. Just wow, I wasn't expecting that. I'm glad to know that though."

"Couldn't really hold it back much longer. It was gonna come out sooner or later."

"Of course." Dean chuckles, giving me a kiss.

"This has to be the best gift you could ever give me though."

"Same here." He grins.

I sigh in content, wrap my arms around him the best I can, while nuzzle his neck.

"This is definitely one of the best days I've ever had."

"I'm glad."

I lean back and give him a smile. He pulls me in for a kiss. This time, he doesn't let me pull away at all. While one hand is resting on my side, the other moves to the back of my head, holding me in place until he feels like letting me go. After a lingering, loving kiss he lets go of my head. He moves and places kisses all over my neck. At this point, I was laying back on the bed with him hovering over me as he places the kisses all over my neck. That gave my hands plenty of room to roam, and I take full advantage of that. He groans against my neck as I slide my hands under his shirt. That causes me to smirk, and I trace little patterns along the skin as my hands continue to roam. Dean starts to nip at my neck, trying to find another weak spot. Since that had started to become a bit too distracting, it caused me to still my hands, which were resting on his back as I had stopped moving them. With each nip, it causes me to dig my nails into his back gently just a little bit. He smirks a bit and continues, wanting to get a good reaction out of me. It isn't until he ends up finding another spot close to the base of my neck. Once he hits that, my nails dig into his skin a little harder than before, but not too hard, and I also bite down on my lip to try to hold back as much an as long as I could. Dean realizes he found a new spot and he smirks. He goes to work on creating a mark. I move my hands from where they were and they're no longer under his shirt. But an arm wraps around him as I cling to him, and the other hand goes to his hair where I end up tugging just a bit. I don't have to worry about muffling anything, even though I won't get a chance to. It isn't too much longer before noises manage to slip out. He grins against my skin. Once he's satisfied, he pulls back and kisses my lips. It's a short kiss, but after he pulls away, he rests his forehead against mine.

"Love you." He grins.

"I love you too."

"Feels so good to say that."

"It really does." I nod.

Dean moves me again, this time letting me sprawl out on top of him. He wraps his arms around me.

"This okay?"

"It's fine."

"Good." He kisses my head.

"This is comfortable anyway."

"Glad I can be a good pillow." Dean chuckles.

"For me and me only."

"Of course."

"Not that anyone would know that you are anyway, but still."

"Right, I know."

I then snuggle down into him and tuck my head under his chin as I relax.

"If you want to take a nap, go ahead okay?"

"I might just end up doing that."

"I figured you would."

After a while I do end up dozing off for a nap because of how comfortable I was. He stays awake however, watching as I sleep.