Please note that I can't do accent marks on my computer. When it comes to things like Les Miserables, I can't put the thingy over the E so just pretend it's there, I guess. And on that note- SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR LES MISERABLES. They're slight but the warnings there anyways.

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"So what movie do you want to watch?" I asked Alex as I poured a bag of popcorn into a bowl.

"I don't know," he shrugged, sitting down on the couch. I laughed lightly as I walked into the living room. I handed him the bowl and made my way over to the bookshelf where our movies were.

"Of course you don't," I sighed, looking through the films. "I'll find something then."

"Fine, just don't pick a sh*tty movie. Like Legally Blonde or whatever the h*ll it's called."

"Hey, I happen to like that movie," I said with mock hurt.

"It's crap!" he laughed.

"You're crap," I mumbled, continuing to look through the movies. I pulled out one of my favorite movies of all time. "Oh heck yes! We're totally watching this!"

"What is it?" Alex questioned.

"A secret," I chuckled, putting the movie into the DVD player.

"I swear if it's The Fault in Our Stars again, I'm-"

"Calm yo' self, girl," I laughed lightly as I sat beside him. I snuggled close to him and he wrapped his arm around me.

"Can I have a hint?"

"Nope," I smiled. "Trust me when I say you'll love it."

    We sat in silence, munching on popcorn, until the movie menu came up.

"Les Miserables? Yeah, I've definitely heard of this. Never seen it, though," Alex said.

"I'm glad I can introduce you to the wonderfully sad world of Jean Valjean," I grinned.

  At some point during the movie, I'd moved so that my head was resting in his lap being propped up by a pillow. He had his arm wrapped lazily around me and was intently focusing on the film before us. 

  It got to one of the super sad bits in the film, the one about Fantine. I looked up at Alex and saw his eyes were starting to well up.

"Babe, are you crying?" I asked in disbelief.

"What? No. F-f*ck off," he sniffled, wiping his eyes hastily. I smiled and cuddled closer to him, a gesture he happily accepted.

  "So?" I asked after the movie was over.

"So what?" Alex questioned.

"So did you like it?"

"Yeah, it was pretty good," he nodded. "I'm not a fan of how the songs are going to be stuck in my head forever now."

"That was my plan all along!" I smirked, laughing evilly.

"Well, it worked," he chuckled. I gave him a goofy smile.

"What time is it?"

"Like ten," he answered. "Let's go to bed, yeah?"

  I nodded and stood up from the couch. I changed into the Buzz Lightyear onsie and went to go brush my teeth. When I went back into the bedroom, a pajama-clad Alex laughed at my choice of sleepwear.

"It's comfy," I defended as I climbed into bed.

"I'm not judging," he laughed, joining me in the bed. I turned to face him and smiled. "I love you, Lena."

"I love you too, Alex.'

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  I woke up and checked my phone.  Five twenty-six in the morning. Ugh, why am I up? 

  I turned back over to Alex, who was sleeping soundly. I cuddled up closer to him and nuzzled into his shoulder. I closed my eyes and waited for sleep to come once again. After what felt like forever, it became painfully obvious that I wasn't going to go back to sleep. Hooray...

  I looked up at Alex and yawned. I absentmindedly brought my hand up to rest on his face. And by face, I mean beard because honestly, the lower half of his face is about 99.9 percent beard. And it's awesome.

"What are you doing?" Alex asked, his voice gravelly and thick with sleep.

"Sh*t," I whispered. "I didn't mean to wake you. I was simply admiring your beauty."

  He laughed tiredly and pulled me closer to him, not that there was much space between us to begin with. Despite that fact, I felt more relaxed and finally fell back asleep.

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"So, who'd you get for secret Santa?" Alex asked as we drove to YogTowers.

"Dude, it's called secret Santa," I replied sarcastically.

"Oh come on," Alex whined. "I'll tell you who I got."

"You tell me first."

"Okay, I got Martyn," he said confidently.

"What did you get him?"

"A flower crown," he sniggered. I laughed too. "Okay, your turn."

"I got Kim," I answered truthfully. "My gift is actually less funny and more... I dunno what to call it really."

"What is it?"

"A framed picture of Parv, but behind it there's a picture I drew of her in her Mandrew onsie."

"Oh. I was expecting something a lot worse."

"Yeah, I kinda suck at gag gifts," I laughed.

  We pulled up to the Towers and made our way inside.

"So when are we doing secret Santa?" I asked as I walked into the Hat Films office. 

"In a few hours, before we start the Wizard's Kiss livestream," Alex answered.

"Oh yeah, I forgot you guys had your livestream today," I smiled. "Woo!"

  Alex laughed. I gave him a quick kiss before going off to the artists' office. I sat at my computer and went onto Sips' channel. According to him, he uploaded the first Prop Hunt with me in it an hour ago. Time to see what people are saying.

"What'cha looking at?" Lucy asked from behind me after I'd read several comments. I looked behind me briefly to see Lucy, Kadie, and several Yogs.

"Hey guys," I greeted before turning back to my computer and reading comments once again. "I'm reading comments on the video I'm in."

"Oh?" Simon asked.

"Yeah," I said, squinting at the screen as I focused on reading.

"And...?" 

"And I'm surprised," I said honestly. "There's a few mean comments, but that goes without saying. Everyone's so nice! Like, someone said I'm their new favorite Yog! Courtney Mike said that my voice is pretty. Morgan M said that she loves my personality. I love people!"

"That's awesome, Lulu," Lucy said.

"Yeah, congrats, Lena," Hannah said. I received more happy thoughts from the others before they all went off to do their work.

  An hour or so after I started working, Ross came by and said that the gift exchange was starting. I followed him upstairs. Everyone was talking until I walked in the room. When I did, everyone shushed and stared as if I just killed twelve people. I furrowed my eyebrows and walked over to Alex. The chatter suddenly started up again.

"What did I do?" I asked Alex. "Why's everyone staring?"

"I don't know," he shrugged. I looked over at Hannah and Kim who were smiling like crazy at me. What is happening?

"Okay," Lewis said loudly, addressing everyone in the room, "let's start this gift exchange. But before we do, I believe a certain someone has a surprise for a certain someone."

  Alex took my hand and led me closer to the center table.

"So, Lena," Alex began. "Next Monday will mark a year of us being together. A whole year."

  Holy crap. In all the craziness of life, I'd nearly forgotten...

"I don't know how you've done it. Some of the things I've said and done would make any sane person head for the hills. But you're still here and every night and every morning you're right beside me, telling me you love me. And I love you. I want to be with you forever, Lena"

  Alex got down on one knee and produced a box from his pocket. My eyes widened in surprise and tears began to well up.

"Oh my God," I mumbled quietly. Is this really happening?

"Lena, I love you more than anyone could possibly know," he smiled and I could swear I saw the beginnings of tears in his own eyes. He opened the box to reveal a beautiful diamond ring. "Will you marry me?"

  My smile grew wider than what seemed humanly possible. 

"Yes!" I shrieked. I jumped on him and hugged him, effectively knocking him over. We landed on the floor and everyone started laughing.

"Len, at least let me put the ring on!" Alex laughed. We both sat up. I fixed my hair and held my hand out to him.

"Sorry," I apologized. He slipped the ring onto my finger and gave me a smirk. Hannah, Kim, Minty, Kadie, and Lucy ran up to me. They helped me up and Minty grabbed my hand held it close to her face.

"It's beautiful!" Minty exclaimed.

"Holy crap, it is!" Kim added.

"Sis, I'm so jealous!"

"Lena, you're so lucky!" Kadie said happily. The five of them continued to stare and comment on my ring until Alex walked over.

"S'cuse me, but can I talk to my fiancee for a moment," Alex asked politely. The girls walked away, seemingly disappointed that the couldn't stare at my hand longer. Alex smiled and held up a little gift bag. "Your secret Santa gift."

  I took it from him and pulled out the tissue paper. I pulled out a CD with a creepy German flag wearing lederhosen.

"Holy crap," I laughed, "what is this?"

"That's the German CD Nilesy sent in to Hannah's Advent last year!" Alex chuckled.

"Holy sh*t," I laughed, flipping it over. "This is great."

"Es wird fantastisch sein, liebe," Alex smirked.

"Er, what?"

"Listen to the CD and maybe you'll figure it out," Alex said, wriggling his eyebrows.

'Oh, f**k off," I said sarcastically, punching his arm playfully.

"Oh, Lena, watch your ring," Alex whined, rubbing his arm. I laughed lightly.

"Sorry, I forgot."

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  Lucy, Kadie, and I laughed as we watched the Hat guys' livestream from my computer. 

"Okay, we're gonna take a ten minute break but we'll be right back with the, uh, leg waxing," Trott. announced over the stream. I took the opportunity to go the kitchen and get a drink. I walked into the kitchen to see Trott and Alex in there and by the sound of it, they were arguing.

"No, Smith, I don't want you and Ross to wax my legs!" Trott said. "You guys would not be gentle."

"Don't be a- oh hey, Lena," Alex waved.

"What's the problem, Trott? Too scared to get your legs waxed?" I teased.

"It's not that. It's that I don't really want them to. They'll rip my skin off!"

"No we won't," Alex scoffed. I walked over to him and he wrapped his arms around my waist.

"It'll be fine," I dismissed. 

"I'm gonna go talk to Kadie," Trott mumbled as he walked out.

"Sweet tights, babe," I joked, walking over to the fridge and pulling out a pop.

"Thanks," he laughed. "They make my butt look great, don't they?"

"Absolutely," I said with a smile. My phone dinged and showed that Kadie texted me. She asked for me to bring her and Lucy popcorn. I sighed and put a bag in the microwave. I looked at my left hand and started playing with my ring. It really is beautiful. It's a two smaller diamonds with a larger diamond in between them.

  My phone dinged from beside me. It was Lucy asking where I was. I rolled my eyes and put my phone on the counter.

"You okay?" Alex inquired.

"Yeah," I said. "I was just rudely interrupted while I was trying to admire my ring."

"Oh," Alex said. He gave me a kiss on the forehead. "I'm gonna head back. You should stop by the stream soon."

"We'll see," I responded. He nodded and left. I picked up my pop and popcorn and made my way back to Lucy and Kadie.

"Yay!" Kadie cheered when I got back. I handed her the popcorn and sat back in my seat. "Thanks, Lena."

"No problem, bae," I said. We continued watching the stream. We saw Trott's leg get waxed, which made Kadie faceplam three times, we saw their trippy musical donation reading, and we saw Alex wax his beard. That part made me sad because that means Alex will have to shave off his glorious beard. What a tragedy.

"Did you enjoy the stream?" Alex asked as we lay down in bed.

"Yes, it was great," I smiled. "I wasn't a fan of the beard waxing though. You know I love your hobo beard. But it's for charity so I'll get over it."

  Alex laughed and pulled me extra close to him. I nuzzled my head into his neck. As I closed my eyes, he kissed my forehead and kissed me goodnight.

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