We got back to the stadium at about 4pm and were glad to take off our winter clothing. We had decided that, because we are in our hometown and it was Christmas Eve, we'd give out goody bags for everyone in the audience. When people were getting their tickets, the ticket company asked them questions such as 'What size t-shirt are you?' and 'Do you have any food allergies?'. We put a 5sos t-shirt, a bar of chocolate, a signed photograph of us all at our first concert together, some pins of both the Amicorum and 5SOS logo intertwined and a thank you card. We placed every single goody bag on every seat which took a while seeing as there were 20,000 plus people turning up. We did soundcheck and began getting pumped for the show. Serena and I went into our dressing room about three hours before the show started. I turned to Serena. "Want me to do your makeup?" I asked, smiling. She looked afraid.

"Sure Fae. Don't make me look stupid though please". She laughed. I grinned.

"Missy! Do I look stupid when I put makeup on?". I said in a sassy tone. She laughed. "What are you wearing tonight?". I asked her politely whilst getting my massive makeup bag.

"An angel Fae. You know this? And you're being Mrs Claus". She laughed. I did a very natural look for her. I popped a light brown smokey eye on her, a lot of blush (not like clown blush but very cute blush) and a dark red lip. I set it so it would not move until she was ready. She looked in the mirror. "Holy shit Fae! I look so radiant! I look like an angel! How the fuck did you do this?!". She freaked out and I laughed.

"Practise Serena. You should trust me more!" I smiled and tapped her on the shoulder. We both got changed. She was wearing a medium length dress with a see through, patterned sleeves, white tights, converse (I couldn't stop her), a cape which she struggled to put on so I helped. She then popped her huge wings and halo on. "Serena! You look insane! Stay in here while I get ready please". I asked nicely. She smiled and nodded.

"I need to curl my hair anyways". I nodded. I put on my nude tights, my off the shoulder Mrs Claus dress that went above my knees and my black, heeled boots. I did a red cut crease with some gold glitter and I popped on a red lipstick. Seeing as my hair was still blue-black that went into light blue, I gave my, now galaxy inspired hair some retro curls and sprayed my favourite perfume. I took one look at myself and smiled. Serena came back in (she went out to find the boys) and squealed. "Oh my god Fae! You look amazing!" She hugged me. "Let's go see the boys!" She said excitedly. We quickly took a selfie and I grabbed my phone as she grabbed my hand and pulled me away from the room.

"Serena! Let me close the dressing room door!" I said loudly but smiled. She sighed.

"Come on! They are in the common room thing! I'll meet you there!" She said and walked off. I closed the dressing room door and followed. I took a peek into the common area but got too scared so I stood outside. "Fae. You out there?" Serena called out.

"Yeah. I need to touch up my foundation. It isn't blended properly! I also forgot my hat!" I called back. I walked back to the dressing room, actually set my makeup because I forgot and grabbed my hat which was on the sofa. I then walked back and walked into the room. "Ho ho ho motherfuckers". I said and laughed. They were sitting on the sofas talking with a bottle of beer in Luke and Michael's hands. Serena was sitting next to Ash and talking about whatever. The boys were staring with their mouths open. Ash was dressed like an elf, Calum was in a christmas suit (Christmas present he would later tell me), Mikey was a reindeer and Luke was fucking Santa. "Oh for fucks sake Luke!" I laughed.

"I had no idea, I swear!" He chuckled. He passed me a beer. I sat next to him and drank it.

"Guys. We should probably get a photo. Whilst Fae and I are looking decent". Serena laughed. I laughed and agreed, putting our beers down. The tour filmographers were in the room filming us so we called for a crew member to take Serena's phone. We all got into a line and smiled. From left to right it was Ash, Serena, Calum Michael, myself and Luke. Luke came over to me with his phone.

"Can we take a picture together? So we can all look back on them". He asked.

"Sure. It'll be nice". I said and smiled. Serena took Luke's phone. He put his arm around my waist and pulled me in close.

"Smile you two". I put my hand on his chest and snuggled up. I lifted my leg so I looked extra cute. We looked at the camera and smiled. Serena took that picture. We also looked at each other and smiled. Serena took the picture and I realised what I was doing.

"Umm. I'm going to go". I hesitated. "Warm up my vocals I guess". I let go of Luke and ran back into the dressing room. I began panicking a little.

"You alright Fae? I saw you with Luke and then you ran off". Cal walked in.

"N-nothing. Just nervous about the show and I need to warm my vocal chords up". I was lying through my teeth and he knew that.

"Honey. You did nothing wrong". I hugged Cal and told him about what panicked me. He understood and was reassuring me. Luke walked in and looked at me.

"We need to have a chat about what just happened". He said calmly. I nodded as Calum left the room. "Now. Are you okay?". He asked. I nodded again. I got up and walked over to the steps leading up to the stage. We both sat down as we knew that it would be quiet there. "You going to tell me what happened? Serena thinks it may have been something from your past.".

"Luke. I can't". I said, trying not to cry. "You don't understand how much hell I have been through to get to this position?". Luke nodded and hugged me. I hugged him back.

"Well let me hear it Fae. I'm here for you". He said quietly. I told him everything. Why I have PTSD.

"I don't want to get hurt again Luke. My ex, who may be in this fucking crowd hurt me. He did things that nobody deserves to me. I don't want to get hurt again Luke. I've been single since last July. Broke up with him when he said that Serena and I would go nowhere. Funny how tables have turned". I said, holding back tears.

"Fae. If you see him in the crowd, you tell me. We'll sort this out. I would never dream of hurting you in any way. I ca-" He whispered into my ear as Serena was coming up to us.

"Fae. We need to go get our microphones on". She smirked and cut him off. I got up.

"Sorry Luke. I need to go do this". He got up and I hugged him. I followed Serena.

Minutes later Serena and I were standing by the edge of the stage getting miked up. I was doing my vocal warmups and playing with my fingers to calm myself down.

"So what was that about Fae?" She asked, still smirking. I looked at her confused.

"What are you on about?" I asked. She laughed.

"You and Luke? Are you a thing?". She tapped my arm. I started laughing.

"Lord no! We're just friends!" I said whilst thinking to myself. I began humming.

This was my job now and I wanted to put on a show every time. The stage guys gave me my guitar and Serena her bass. The drummer was on the stage already and we were about to perform in the Liberty Stadium. Our home. For the first time ever. The boys came over. The stage manager gave us the thirty second mark. We put our hands into a pile in the middle of us.

"Where are we?!" Ash shouted.

"SWANSEA!" We all shouted back.

"Good show?!" He yelled

"Here we go!" We shouted back and lifted our hands up. We gave each other hugs and then it was time. The manager said go in our earphone. Serena and I ran out onto the stage and the crowd was screaming. We ran to the mikes on the front of the stage and I shouted.

"HELLO SWANSEA!" The crowd roared.

"HELLO TO OUR FAMILIES UP IN VIP RIGHT NOW!" Serena yelled and the crowd roared. I looked at her in shock.

"Wait. Our families are here?!" I said into the microphone. Serena smiled.

"SURPRISE!" She yelled and a live feed came behind us. I turned around to see my family waving. My sister jumped around, waving at me. She was only twelve and this was her first concert. She noticed and began waving. Serena's family were in the frame too. Her mother, two brothers and sister.

"Hi Mum. Hi Dad. Hi Lainey". I said and started crying. Mum was blowing me kisses. "Lainey, I know this is your first concert so please please please tell me if I do an awful job!" The crowd were all awwing and laughing which was really sweet. She pulled a funny face so I stuck my tongue out at her. They went off the screen and I turned back to the audience. "They were the people I lived with for eighteen years and, although we've had our troubles, I know that they love me and support me as much as I support them. That was also Serena's family and I am so proud to know and love them like they are my own so LET'S CHEER FOR THE AMICORUM FAMILY!" The crowd went mental. I then spotted him. I could recognise him from anywhere. His stupid face was smirking at me as I stared at him. Serena tapped me.

"What's going on Fae?". She said and then clocked him. "Luke. We've got a code ex here". She said into her communications microphone. I shoved her away.

"I've got it Serena". I said. I got close to the microphone. "Hey there Jack". I looked at him and waved. He looked confused. "Yeah. I see you. Pretty brave of you to decide to show up at this show isn't it?" He tried to talk. "Do you remember what you said to me before I dumped your ass? You told me that I'd never make anything of myself didn't you? Look at me now Jack.". His smirk went away and refused to look at me. "No Jack. Look at me. Look who's up here. On this stage. Touring with my best friend and the most amazing group of guys I have ever met with the most insane fans and look who's down there. Oh how the roles have reversed". I said, trying to keep my cool. The fans were cheering at me. He protested. Luke got on stage and was at my side as soon as I started this rant. He was going to lose it but I stopped him. "Don't Luke. A. It looks like we are dating but we aren't and B. Let me wring him out". I looked him in the eyes and smiled. He smiled back. "You hurt me didn't you? Hurt me bad. Why are you here?" I said to him and smirked.

"Jack get the fuck out of here! You hurt my Fae. She would come to me crying about what you did to her. I thought you were in fucking prison". Serena said and he started flipping her off and insulting her. The crowd was booing him.

"Security. Get this lowlife out of here. Make sure he can't get backstage and Jack I swear to God. If you come near Fae again I will make it my personal mission to make your life a living hell". Luke said. As security dragged him away. I made a joke.

"Bye bye bye". I sang the NSYNC song which made the crowd laugh. I looked at Luke. "Thank you. It means an awful lot to me. Now, you're stealing my spotlight. Go away". I said to him and laughed. He kissed me on the cheek and walked back to the sidelines, winking at me in the process. I was blushing like crazy. "Can I just say that we are not dating whatsoever. We are just friends. I had no clue that he was dressing up as Santa and he had no idea that I was Mrs Claus!" I said in my defense. Serena smiled and winked at me. We then continued the show.

"This one is for the couples out there!" Serena said.

"ONE, TWO, ONE , TWO, THREE, FOUR!" I began playing the chords to First Date by Blink 182. We then played Snow (Hey Oh) by the Chillies, the National Anthem, American Idiot by Green Day and midway through Something's Gotta Give by All Time Low, the stage workers wheeled out the piano for me to play. The song ended and I gave the stage attendant my guitar. I then walked to the piano and set my microphone up.

"Fae is going to play a song for you guys". Serena said and got her acoustic wired up. I sat down.

"This is for my grandparents who got married just after this song was released". I played the notes for Daydream Believer.

Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings

Of the bluebird as she sings

The six-o'clock alarm would never ring

But six rings and I rise

Wipe the sleep out of my eyes

The shaving razor's cold and it stings

The boys thought it would be a good idea to come out and harmonise with Serena and I. Luke sat at the piano with me and we sang.

Cheer up sleepy Jean

Oh, what can it mean to a

Daydream believer and a

Homecoming queen?

You once thought of me

As a white knight on his steed

Now you know how happy I can be

Oh, our good time starts and ends

Without all I want to spend

But how much, baby, do we really need?

Cheer up sleepy Jean

Oh, what can it mean to a

Daydream believer and a

Homecoming queen?

Cheer up sleepy Jean

Oh, what can it mean to a

Daydream believer and a

Homecoming queen?

Cheer up sleepy Jean

Oh, what can it mean to a

Daydream believer and a

Homecoming queen?

Cheer up sleepy Jean

Oh, what can it mean to a

Daydream believer and a

Homecoming queen?

I stopped and the crowd cheered. I faced Luke and smiled. We sat there smiling for what seemed like forever. We then went back to our setlist. I noticed that Serena and Ash were getting close and I winked at them as I got my guitar back. We then played a couple of other bits and let the boys go in for their set. At the end of the set, the special effects crew made it look like it was snowing on stage. Then the lights only went to Ash who walked to the middle of the stage. "Serena. Get out here". He said. Serena was looking at me with shock and confusion. I nudged her knowing what was about to happen. The crew dropped a bit of mistletoe in between them. "Oh shit. Looks like we need to kiss". Ash laughed and winked at the crowd. They kissed. "Well. We kissed. Want to go out with me Serena?". He asked her. She was crying. I was crying. I ran out on stage.

"SAY YES YOU MORON!" I shouted into Luke's microphone. She nodded and I ran up to her and cried. "I'm so happy for you!!" I went back to Luke's microphone. "It must be love, love, love". I sang.

"Good timing Fae as we needed you for this part". Luke smiled and I knew exactly what was to come.

"We want to say a Merry Christmas to all of you. Every single one of you". Ash said.

"So there is a gift bag for all of you. People who bought meet and greet passes will get a little something from us as well" I said into the microphone. "NOW WE WANT YOU ALL TO SING ALONG WITH US!" Ash shouted

"ONE TWO, ONE TWO THREE FOUR!". We sang Slades I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday. Serena and I went offstage for their encore and I was beaming.

"Congratulations hon! You two are a perfect couple!" I hugged her and smiled.

"Thank you". She said smiling. I watched the encore by the sidelines and thought about my feelings. I loved Michael but Luke. Luke was something else. His blonde hair and blue eyes were stunning and his lip piercing gave me an excuse to look at them. He noticed me eyeing him up from the sidelines and winked. My heart melted but I tried to play it cool. I don't think he noticed me swoon but Serena did. "Hey girlie. Which one are you looking at hon?" She asked. I laughed.

"I was enjoying their encore". I smiled. He began to play Heartbreak Girl and looked over at me, smiling and again gave me a quick wink. I smiled back.

"Oooh. Is that a rare Penguin Luke staring at you?". Serena teased. I blushed and she chuckled slightly. "You and him would be good together. He's a bit innocent whilst you are a completely badass. I think you'll make him a bit more rebellious and he'll mellow you out". I chuckled.

"No-one could ever mellow me out!" We both laughed as we both knew that it was true.

"Maybe you will get together. Who knows?" Serena said and winked at me. I felt like she knew something that I clearly didn't. The boys came off the stage and hugged us. Ash kissed Serena and Luke hugged me. We had to go to our meet and greet and then we were going home. We had rented a house near Serena's place and Mum had parked my old car outside so I could drive down early in the morning with Luke and Calum. We were all going to meet at my grandparents house and have Christmas dinner. Mum's idea. Not mine. The rest of my family had no idea that I was coming home for Christmas. Mum had concocted an elaborate story on why my friends were coming but I wasn't but to make extras for the road. I had suddenly realised mid Meet and Greet that Christmas was the next day and lost my shit. I was so excited. We sang songs, gave out signed stuff and had a lot of fun during it but I was so excited to go to sleep.

We completed our Meet and Greet and the tour bus dropped us off at the rented house. Three Bedrooms. Six people. We split the house. Serena and I had one room with two single beds. Calum and Michael had one with a double and Luke and Ashton had the final bedroom. We each had keys for the house so no one could prank each other and get locked out. I drove quickly to the supermarket to grab some food. I had some weird stares as I was still wearing my Mrs Claus outfit but honestly, I did not care. No takeaways were open due to it being Christmas Eve. I then made up a really quick Christmas dinner and told everyone the plans. "Luke and Calum, you've got to get up super early as we need to be at my parents by 7am. You can go in your pjs but please bring some decent clothes. We are all meeting up at 12pm at my grandparents. Is that cool?" Everyone nodded. I made dinner, wished everyone a Happy Christmas as it had turned 12am and went to bed. I was tired and I needed to drive at half six in the morning. I was so excited to see my family.

-CHRISTMAS DAY-

My alarm woke me up at six. I got out of bed, made sure that Serena was still asleep, put my glasses on and went to my suitcase filled with clothes. I picked out a beautiful red swing dress with black spots that went down to my elbows and past the knee, a white petticoat, a pair of black, wooly tights and a pair of heeled boots. I shoved them into a duffle bag that I had brought with me. I then walked down the stairs and checked the weather. It was starting to snow. Thankfully, I had snow tires on as Mum had read the forecast. I grabbed a blanket that was sitting on the sofa and wrapped myself up with it. I was in my pyjamas after all. I grabbed my keys from the kitchen table, unlocked the door and opened it to walk to my car. My black Ford Ka. I unlocked the car and popped my duffle bag into the boot. I then grabbed my second suitcase. The one with all of the presents and put that into the boot. I also made sure that my black, faux fur, swing coat was in the back. By that point, the boys were awake and asking to put stuff in the boot which I did lovingly. We then locked the front door, piled into the car, heating on of course, and drove to my parents place. Calum was asleep in the back and Luke was in the front with me. I had given Calum a pillow and blanket that I had always kept in the car to keep him warm. We had some festive tunes on and I was singing along quietly. We got there in about an hour. I woke Calum up and ran to knock on the door with our bags. Luke and Calum were not far behind. I heard Dilly bark and got so excited. I was finally home. Mum unlocked the door and hugged me. I was nearly in tears. "Lainey is awake and has decided to have her stocking here. You guys have one too". She looked at the boys and smiled. Dilly was so excited to have new people in the house so she went to smell them. Lainey was so excited to see me and ran up for a hug. We spoke about everything. From the hiccup in the tour last night (Lainey was so angry) to what it was like in Australia. Even Dad was listening to my stories. Then I heard it.

"Lovely house Miss Oakes". Luke said.

"Yeah. Thank you so much for inviting us in". Calum said.

"Thank you lads. Glad to have you here". Mum responded. Hearing that from the living room made me relieved. The boys went over to my father, introduced themselves and shook hands. Mum joined us in the living room and opened little stocking fillers before the main presents. Mum gave me a tin of Metallica guitar picks which were so useful. They had all of the albums on them and I had needed some new ones as Mikey kept stealing mine. Dad got me a 3DS to play Pokemon and Animal Crossing whilst on tour which I found so useful. Lainey gave me a 5 Seconds of Summer travel mug which we all found hilarious. Calum got me some fairy lights to put in my bunk and a 50s dress covered in skulls. I was obsessed. I thanked Calum.

"Right. I have a present for you now and one for later. I promise you. The second present is going to be one that you won't forget. Just promise me that you won't freak out?". Luke asked and I nodded. He then gave me a box. I opened it and it was a locket that had a heart with a safety pin holding it together. "It's a prototype of the artwork for a song that we've been working on". He explained. He opened it for me and it was a screengrab of us from when we were back at my home in Sydney. He has his head on my shoulder and I'm smiling. It also had the day that we met on it.

"It's beautiful Luke". I said and gave him a hug. "Can you put it on me?" I asked. He nodded and stood up. I stood up and moved my hair to the side. He put the locket on me and I turned around. "It's perfect Luke. Thank you so much". I smiled and gave him another hug. Mum commented on how gorgeous it was.

I gave their presents out. Some makeup for Mum, some tech stuff for Dad, some Pokemon stuff for Lainey, some picks and some food for Calum and a notebook for Luke to write lyrics in.

"Luke I've got another present for you!". I said and grabbed my duffle bag. I grabbed the box that had the dog tag in and went back to the living room. "I've been meaning to give this to you!" I said and handed him the box. He opened it, looked and smiled.

"Fae! How?! I love the design of our logos together. It's amazing!" He put it on and gave me another hug. We hung out with my parents until it was time to get dressed into our formal wear. I had time to curl my hair into retro curls. I put on some quick makeup. A brown gradient eye with some gold on my lid to make the brown pop. I gave myself a wing and did a little bit of blush. I also went for a classic red lip with liquid lipstick that I knew would not budge. Lainey wanted to come in the car with Luke, Calum and I so Mummy let her. We drove down to my grandparents at 11:55 knowing that Serena, Michael and Ash would already be there but there was one question on my mind. What was Luke's second present?