Woah! 700 views?! Why, thank you so much! Since I'm starting my other book, this will sadly have to be the last chapter.. Enjoy!

Nya's POV

"I suggest you get up before I throw water in your face." I heard a voice call out to me. What is it now? I slowly opened my eyes to see Skylor looking at me, holding a piece of paper close to my face. "Okay, who told you to come in?! That's not why I gave you keys to my house, you know." I got up and went towards the kitchen.

"Well, you didn't leave me a choice. And the way I found where you were makes me more mad." She started. "Apparently, I wasn't the only advisor. Lover boy also had some, but I assume you already know that. After that, I got a message from your phone, saying to come to your house. When I came in, I found you sleeping on the sofa with a note on the coffee table." She crossed her arms as she gave me the note. It read:

Hey, Skylor, was it?

Or, perhaps Nya, if you're reading this. Anyways, I texted you to come and watch over her, as I did not want to sleep in her house without permission.Uh, I hope you're not mad at me..
I made pancakes though, if that makes you happy.. :)

-Jay

I slightly chuckled as I read this, remembering how awkward we both were last night. I mean, Sky seemed a bit relieved that we didn't do anything, but she was still pissed off.
"And why are you mad, exactly? Because I found a person with proper manners? Or because the pancakes weren't good?" I smirked. She sat down and grabbed my wrist, a serious look on her face. And yeah, I looked at the table. She ate the pancakes..

"I am mad because you didn't tell me anything! AND you missed today's lecture. I'm not going to cover you next time." She glared at me, making me slightly gasp. "Wait, we had class today?!" She nodded as I looked at the clock. It's already noon. How long have I been sleeping for? I sighed and told her pretty much everything yesterday, as well as giving her an apology for missing today's lecture. She was squealing a bit, even though I missed out most of the stuff we actually did.

"So.. Are you two dating now?" She asked me. "I-I don't know! Too soon! Maybe?" I defended myself.
"Well, you're gonna have to see each other at Sel's party tommorow, so you better be prepared for that question. Have you at least brought it up to your parents?" I shrugged in responce, as she facepalmed.

"Well, I spoke with Kai this morning and he kinda has a surprise for you." She went to cut me off, until I continued. "But, no. Maybe it's because I couldn't do it in my sleep while I didn't know if it was official!" I sarcasrically snapped.
We kept talking until she finally left to study. The rest of the day went pretty smoothly and I even got to talk with Jay, whose students aparentally already learned about last night. I'm starting to think that he's the one telling them..

The Next Day- Christmas

Jay's POV

"Okay, nice clothes.. Check. Ugly Christmas Sweater. Check."

"Woohoo! You go Cole! Confess to that mirror like it's your girlfriend!" I heard noise in the background and facepalmed.

"Immature friends.. Check." I went over to Cole's bedroom, as we were at his house. We decided to meet there before the Sel's party started. Well, it was mostly to help Cole talk to Seliel for the first time. I mean, they have seen each other, but shy boy over there is still too nervous to talk to her. And Christmas is his best opportunity right now.

"Okay, what are you doing? Zane, you are supposed to be the mature one here. Why are you letting him confess to his mirror?" I sighed, making them both face me. "Okay, dude. You got your girlfriend. Now it's my turn." Cole cut me off before I could say anything, as Zane agreed. I went back to the living room, ignoring the term 'girlfriend' for Nya. I already know they're going to ask her this question at the party, but even then, I'm not too sure about her answer. I mean, one date can't mean that we're a couple, right? Right? And.. I just adapted Cole's paranoia.. Great..

"Can you at least prepeare him for the party? His speech can wait, it's not like he's running for president!" I yelled across the room. I could hear them groaning, but I guess they listened to me. I mean, I'm supposed to be the immature one, but here we are. After a few hours, they came out looking fancy as ever. While still keeping the casual Christmas style, they were dressed like it was High School Prom. Meanwhile, I was there with my blue sweater and gray jeans.

"Well, you sure are ready for this." I chuckled as they both glared at me.

We got in the car, Zane's car to be exact and went on our way to the club where the party was going to be held. I was in the front seat, with Zane in the driver's seat and leaving Cole stay in the back seat, listening to his music. Then, I suddenly remembered the promise I had made to Nya. Pixal
-suddenly- couldn't make it to the party, so we had to go the three of us alone.

"Uh, Zane?"

"Yes?"

"Could you.. Maybe tell Pixal to tell Cyrous Borg to arrange a meeting with Cliff Gordon?" I sheepishly smiled, as he gave me with his 'not amused' look. "What did you do again? Free Copy? Signed autograph? Did Lloyd threaten you to do this?" He sighed. Well, okay, I may have asked weird things in the past, but, this is important. "Well, I want Nya's books to be turned into movies......." I sheepishly smiled once again. "Oh? Well, okay, anything for a good friend. And by that, I mean Nya." He raised his eyebrow. I'm starting to think she likes her more than he likes me.. How could you?!

After arrived, I went to greet Seliel, as well giving her her gift. "Really now Jay? These days are over.." She glared at me, opening her ugly christmas sweater.
"You know me so well.. Thank you. Merry Christmas!" She fakely sniffed, giving me a hug.
Zane gave her the present as well, which was a nice pink coat. Cole was too shy though, so we ended up chatting with him to cover him up.

"Hey Jay! Merry Christmas!" I felt someone grab my shoulder, making me startle. I turned around to see Nya and Skylor looking at me. "Oh, hey Nya, Skylor!" I waved at them and shook hands with Skylor. "Glad to finally meet mystery guy in person. Properly, that is." She said to me. They then greeted my friends, as Nya finally got to meet Cole.

"Haven't you given Seliel her present yet?" She glanced down at the plastic bag Cole was holding. Zane explained the whole situation to both of them, as they stared at Seliel near the food table.

"What's stopping you from talking to her?" Skylor wondered, as Nya continued for her. "Yeah, what are you waiting for? You got this, soldier!" She pushed Cole towards Seliel, making them bump into each other. We were all pretending like we were chatting, but we were really trying to overhear their conversation.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" They both exclaimed at the same time.

"You're Cole, right? I saw you sing in that karaoke bar. You must be one Jay's friends. Merry Christmas." They shook hands as Cole nodded and gave her the bag he was holding.

"Woah! You like this music too?! I can't believe you were able to get me a signed disk of the Royal Blacksmiths!" She got really fascianted by the present. And when he told her that his father was in the Royal Blacksmiths, she freaked out. They both started chatting and laughing. I could see Nya and Skylor high fiving each other and Zane approving of their ways, which made me chuckle a bit.

"Can we.. talk outside?" Nya awkwardly enquired, which caught me a bit off guard. I looked back at Sky and Zane who gave me an approving look and even a thumbs up. I nervously nodded as we went outside.

"So.. about that day.." Oh boy, this is gonna be really awkward.. "Are we, you know.... official?" Andd.. there goes the question. Let's see how awkward I can get this to be.. "W-well, if you'd want to.. I mean, I'm not forcing you, I don't know.." I stuttered a bit. "Well, I say yes.." She rubbed the back of her neck, as I smiled and nodded. I guess we're official now? Can't wait to see how our parents and Kai will react..

"I'll still feel kinda guilty though.." I sighed, remembering the exact reason I met her. She gave me a confusing look as we sat down at the edge of the
pavement.

"Well, when we met back in kindergarden, I wanted to make you happy and find a way to make that darn string appear, for both of us." I looked down at my hand. "This is actually one of the reasons I enjoyed engineering. I was hoping to create a machine that would make them appear. As I got older and we lost touch, I had hoped for us to meet again. When we met, I wanted to be your friend once again, though you didn't remember me.." I chuckled at the thought of that one time she was about to slap me. "Then, I wanted to be something more. And I though if you felt the same, they would appear and you'd finally be happy. But, they haven't. I guess we're both cursed after all.." I sighed.

She didn't seem to say anything, but she suddenly pulled a thread from my sweater. "Hey-!" I exclaimed. "Shush. No talking." She cut me off, tying the blue thread around our wrists. "Do you love me?" She proudly asked, as I nodded. Then, she untied it and threw it on the road, reapeating the same question. "Now, do you love me?"

I nodded once again. "See? It doesn't matter. We changed each other's lives for the better. And that's what matters. We don't have our strings, I get it. So what? We'll be the first." A smile formed her lips, which I gladly returned. "But seriously, you didn't have to make a plan since kindergarden, just because I was being a little drama queen.." She giggled as I playfully rolled my eyes.

"Don't feel bad about yourself. Because I know just what to do to cheer you up." My as I assume new girlfriend smirked. She pulled out something from her pocket and held it above our heads.

"You kept that?" I wondered, staring at the same mistletoe she had shown me back at her house.

"Hey, if it can make my brother fall in love, it'll easily work for me." She chuckled. "Plus, now I get to do this intentionaly." She smiled as she pressed her lips against mine. Best. Christmas. Ever.

Once we pulled apart, I could tell that we both had the same idea. "Wanna go mess with Cole and Seliel using this?" I smirked. "You read my mind" She held my hand as we got up and headed back inside. Of course and our friends took a picture.. Cause privacy doesn't seem to be legal anymore!

While I'm not really excited about introducing myself as her boyfriend to her parents and especially Kai and vice versa, at least I got to make her happy. I guess fate is the one who decides our futures here. And boy, am I glad it did. Even though it was in a way I hadn't planned, I can tell that we will live hapily and together for many years to come.

And that's all that matters to me right now..

AAH! Okay, finished another book!!! Now I can focus on Vengeance -don't know if I'm going to update this week- and then, I don't know! I guess my own book? Eh, I'm sure I'll get an idea soon!

Was this considered a Christmas story because it ended on Christmas? Don't know! But I hope you enjoyed it!

Merry Christmas/ Happy Holidays Everyone!

C ya!