"Angel, wake up! It's Christmas." Ross shakes me awake. "Oh come on." I groaned as I tried to hit him with a pillow.

Ross grabs the pillow before placing it beside my head. "It's Christmas Eve and we're baking! It's a tradition now that you're one of us." Ross groans as he lays down beside me, draping an arm around my stomach. "Alright, Just let me get dressed." I smiled. "No, stay in your pajamas. You look cute." Ross groans as I began to sit up. He didn't drop his arm, so it stayed there asI rolled towards him.

"It's cold down there. At least let me grab a hoodie." I sighed. "Take mine, it's more comfortable." Ross exclaims as he sits up and pulls his hoodie off, moving it towards me afterwards.

"I don't know, Ross. Won't you be cold?" I chuckled as he placed it on my lap. "No, I'll be fine. Just take it!" Ross chuckles as he stands up and stretches.

Nodding, I pulled the very comfortable hoodie over my shoulders and followed the tall boy out the door. "Hey, girly." Gaby greets as she walks out of her room that she was sharing with Rocky. They seem to be growing close.

"Hey." I smiled as the four of started going downstairs. The four of us entered the living room to see all the boys watching TV. Rocky rubs his hands together before jumping over the couch and sitting next to Riker.

Laughing, the three of us made our way to the kitchen.

"Aren't you going to watch TV, Ross?" Stormie asks. "No, I want to help." Ross chuckles as he follows me to the sink to wash our hands. "Or do you just want to be near Angel?" Rydel teases. "Shut up, Rydel." Ross's face goes red, making him even more adorable.

"Can you two make cookies for tomorrow?" Rydel changes the topic. Nodding, we collected the ingredients while Gaby helps Stormie.

After everything was mixed together, I started to take the batter and arrange it on the tray. In the corner of my eye, I saw Ross take some dough. "Ross!" I chuckled as I looked at him. "What? We need a taste tester?" He joked as he pops the small ball in his mouth. Chuckling, I glanced outside to see it snowing again.

"You wanna go out after this batch?" Ross asks, noticing I changed my attention to the snow. "Yeah, for sure." I smiled before continuing to roll the dough into balls.

•••

After changing, Ross and I went outside to play in the snow. As Ross walked ahead, I started gathering some snow to form a snowball. He was still oblivious, so I threw it at his back.

"Aye!" He loudly laughs as he turns around with a large smile on his face.

"You're gonna pay for that." He joked as a mischievous smirk replaced the smile on his face. Furrowing my eyes, I watched him duck down as I moved a bit farther away from him. As he came back up, he had a huge snowball in his hand. It had to be the size of my head.

Ross, with an evil smile on his face, made his way over to me. "Don't you dare." I smiled as I stepped back as he neared. He didn't budge his act, so I took off running from him.

"Awe, come on! I dropped it!" I heard him yell. I turned around to see it flying towards me. The impact made me stumble, but it only hit me in the shoulder. Smirking, I got behind a tree and started making snowballs.

As I threw a snowball at Ross, he dodges it, ultimately making him fall on his back from how hard he was determined to not get hit. Loudly laughing, I made my way over to the blond, who laid there laughing at himself.

I kneeled so we were closer as I placed my hand on his chest.

He raised his hand and gently hit me with a pile of snow.

"Ross!" I laughed as I felt him wipe it off of my face. "I didn't think it was that much, oh my god." He loudly laughs before leaning back again and laughing even louder. In his fit of laugher, I took some snow and stuffed it up his jacket.

"Angel!" He screeched as he dug some of it out.

Soon after, we started wrestling in the snow, trying to dodge each other's snow attacks. Ross went to shove some snow into my face, while my eyes glanced up into his, immediately stopping his actions.

He started to lean down, and I started to lean in to meet his lips. My heart began to race again as we got closer.

Just as our lips were about to meet, his phone dinged, sending us back flying away from each other. "Oh, it's Maia." He sighs before texting her back. My face drops as we stand up.

I couldn't stop replaying our second almost kiss in my head. The soft touch of his drove me crazy, and I wanted to kiss him so badly.

"Ross." I breathed out, getting his attention.

"Yeah-?" He starts as I bashed our lips together. Looping my arms behind his neck, I pulled him down closer to me. Ross drops his phone in the snow and pulls me closer to his body. The world felt like it stopped, like it was just Ross and I.

My lips felt like fireworks as we kissed. His hands rested on my hips while his tongue slides against my bottom lip.

We both pulled away from lack of oxygen. Without thinking, I held my breath as we stared into each other's eyes.

"Breathe." He chuckled, his voice much deeper now. Nodding, I breathed out before stepping away from Ross.

"Um, We should head back inside." I blushed. Ross smiles before grabbing my hand and leading me inside, where we're met with the fresh smell of cookies.