Crys' POV

"Merry Christmas, beautiful." Harv's deep, sleep coated voice breaks through the fog of my slumber.

"Mmmm, 5 more minutes." I groan out, it's way too early for holida- wait did he say Christmas?

Sitting up so I'm on my elbows, I look over at Harv with a ear to ear smile.

It's Christmas!

And I'm actually spending it with people I like for once. Normally Christmas was an uncomfortable occasion with Travis' family, but Harv's family have done nothing but be warm and welcoming to me. Plus I get to actually be with my brothers this year, which was all I wanted.

"Merry Christmas, handsome." I smile at him.

Leaning over him, I plant a slow but loving kiss on his addicting lips. I know I'm falling hard and fast for this man, but I just want to enjoy being happy in the moment. If things don't work out between us, I at least know they won't turn out like how my last relationship did.

Pulling away slowly, Harv and I sit up to face the day and start getting dressed. I decide to wear dark blue skinny jeans, a long sleeved top with a gold reindeer on it, and a Santa hat. After applying eyeliners and lipstick, I decide to sit back on the bed while Harv finishes in the shower.

I decide to send our friends a "Merry Christmas" message, getting a few replies back fairy quickly. Harv comes out of the en suite moments later in just his dark grey jeans, towel running back and forth over his hair.

Taking the time to admire this mans delicious body, I let my eyes travel up from his V line, up his lightly defined 6 pack, that toned chest until I land on his lust filled eyes that landed on me checking him out.

Harv walks over to the bed, his eyes roaming down my body making me feel like one big exposed nerve under his heated gaze. He crawls across the bed, only stopping when he's hovering over my heated self.

"Can we just stay in here all day?" He whispers to me, kissing along my jaw lightly.

"I want to say yes, but you know we can't." I whine slightly, knowing my brothers won't leave me alone today.

"You look really tempting today, I like this hat of yours." He smiles over me, the cute dimples he has showering slightly.

"I could say the same about you." I breathe out.

Leaning closer to each other, I love the heat that just radiates off of his body. The chemistry Harv and I seem to have can be a bit over whelming at times, it certainly makes it hard to hold back from each other.

The moment his soft pink lips connect with mine, the desire we're both feeling comes forward at full force. The kiss quickly turning heated, with a passion that's hard to hold back in every sense. His hand gently roams up my partly exposed side, goosebumps being left over every spot he touches. My own hand roams over his toned body, with the other buried in his freshly washed locks.

He begins to grind his hardened shaft against me, giving desperately desired friction to my core. A low moan escapes my lips as I willingly ignore the little voice in the back of my head telling me to stop soon. Sadly the choice is quickly taken from us.

"Wakey, wakey eggs and bake- ahh!" Jeremy's voice and girlish squeal break the heated make out session we were lost in.

Harv pulls back slightly to drop his head against my chest, sighing in frustration. All of which I can sympathise with!

"Hey Jer, what's with the scream?" James comes in seconds after his twin.

Harv gets up to put a shirt on, much to my disappointment. The twins both staring at us is opened mouth silence. I sit up after pulling my shirt back down, standing up to be next to Harv. The silence they're giving us is slowly making my anxiety start up, though I try to follow the steps my teacher showed me.

"They... they... they were practically going at it! Oh, my poor eyes can never unsee my baby sister like that!" Jeremy dramatically fills in James.

"We were not going at it." I scoff, rolling my eyes at the foolish twin that is my brother.

"That's right, we were just kissing. And what the hell were you doing just barging in here?" Harv pipes in, trying to divert the attention off of us.

"I came to wake you up! It's Christmas and you two are the last ones out of your rooms, though now I understand why!"

"Alright, way too early for this crap. Let's just go have breakfast and coffee please." James yawns out, his brain clearly not functional enough to handle all this.

"Fine, let them roll around in the sheets all day. Who cares?!" Jeremy throws his hands in the air, walking out to go have breakfast.

"I'm not asking, because I don't want to know." James sighs, joining his twin in the kitchen.

When we're finally alone again, we both breathe out a breath we didn't realise we were holding in. Relief that we aren't getting scolded on Christmas morning flooding my system. Harv and I meet each others gaze, bursting into laughter after a mere moment later.

"Probably a good thing they came in, if we were much longer it might have been mom. Now that would have been horrible!" Harv chuckles, pulling me close to him.

"Yeah, I don't think that would have been a good impression." I smile, leaning in to give him a gentle kiss.

"Hurry up you two, or I'll send James in." Jeremy's voice bellows from the kitchen.

"Okay!" I drag out the 'a' in frustration to his nagging.

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After a very filling breakfast of eggs, bacon, pancakes, waffles, toast, and of course coffee, we all move to the lounge room for presents. The Anderson's tree is unbelievably glorious to look at, so large it almost touches the roof. It fills me with joy to see the the twins so happy while they joke around with Harv's parents. Harv sitting on the couch with me on his lap, his arms wrapped around my waist as we talk to Carrie.

"Okay, so who do we think is getting the first present?" Barb speaks up as she walks over to the tree.

Everyone yells out their guesses as she picks up the first present she sees.

"The first one is for... Carrie! Here you are darling." Barb announces, passing the first present to her daughter.

Watching her open it, the smile that takes over her face is such a relief for me. I got her a gift card to a day spa that's not too far away from here. I thought that after she had done so much to better herself, a day to feel pampered would be a nice change. I won't lie though, I was worried she wouldn't feel comfortable doing that though.

"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! This is so nice Crys." She squeals, pulling me into an awkward hug.

"That's okay, I'm glad you like it." I smile at her, feeling thankful that I haven't made her feel uncomfortable.

We continue exchanging gifts between each other until they're all gone. The smiles and laughter bouncing off the walls of the Anderson lounge room is enough to warm your spirit.

I got some make up from Carrie, new head phones from the twins, some Ugg boots from John and Barb, and Harv gave me his favourite hoodie.

Apparently my gift choice of a few movie t-shirts for him was a good idea too, as I got to watch him decide between them was the best part.

His new shirts consisted of a Skynet logo, a Jurassic Park looking one but with 'Als Toy Barn' written on there with Red, and one with Samuel Jackson pointing his gun above the phrase 'Say what again!'

"I got you something else, but I'll give it to you later." Harv whispers, while everyone's finished cleaning up the wrapping paper.

"Harv!" I quietly whine. "Why? I love that you can no longer reclaim this back!"

"You don't really think my gift to you is an old worn out jacket, do you?" He shakes his head smiling down at me, knowing full well that I would love to have that as my present.

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Later that night we're all sitting around the dining room table as Barb, Carrie, and Harv carry the large feast onto the table. I'm left gobsmacked at the variety of food she managed to cook up for all of us, while the twins eyes seem to shine in anticipation.

"Thank you for having us with you again this year Barb, this looks incredible!" Jeremy gushes.

"Ditto! I'm going to be in a food coma later!" James joins in.

"You two are so easy to please, the more food the better." She chuckles at them.

"Thank you for having us, this looks so nice." I smile at John and Barb, thankful the twins had good people like this in their lives.

"You're most welcome, now everyone dig in!" She announces, causing the boys to all start shovelling food onto their plates.

Carrie and I sitting next to each other again, giggling at the seemingly regular way the boys behave when food's involved. Barb sits there just shaking her head in amusement, when they're finally done the rest of us start to help our selves to dinner.

The start of this incredible feat is in complete silence, but it's comfortable. We're all so happy just enjoying the meal, loving the company, and appreciating the time we've got together. Soon enough everyone slows down eating enough to start talking, topics ranging from presents to sports.

We sit around the table long after the food is finished and cleaned up by Carrie and I, much to Barbs disapproval. As Carrie and I wash and dry the last few dishes, we enjoy light conversation together. She has certainly opened up a lot since we arrived, and I hope she likes me as much as I like her.

"I'm going to hit the hay. Feels like we haven't stopped all day!" She chuckles, genuine happiness shining through her.

"No worries, see you tomorrow."

She goes to bid everyone goodnight, the twins following not long after looking close to the food coma they predicted. Harv and I stay up a little longer with his parents, just soaking up the company he clearly misses while away. But before too long we're saying our goodnight's too.

Walking into our room, we both go over to our pile of presents to enjoy looking through and opening packaging.

"I still can't get over the t-shirts you found for me. These are the best!" Harv practically gushes while looking them over again, having decided to put on Al's Toy Barn for the day.

I haven't taken of his hoodie all day, and I suspect I won't remove it for a while because I loved his Deadpool hoodie since the moment I laid eyes on it.

Reluctantly taking off the hoodie, I settle for Harv's Jurassic Park t-shirt and some shorts for bed tonight. Going to do my nightly routine in the bathroom, I come out thinking Harv would be waiting to use the bathroom. Instead he's sitting on my side of the bed looking down at his hands where another small wrapped gift sits in his hands.

"Come here." He quietly requests.

Walking over to him, I sit by his side feeling slightly anxious about what he's gotten me. We agreed to keep the price tag relatively low since we haven't been together long, so I'm secretly hoping he didn't do more.

"I got you this more so as a present, but wanted to give it to you in private. It isn't costly or anything, but I thought it was beautiful to look at just like you." He chuckles at the end, before handing me the small gift.

"Thanks Harv, you really didn't have to though you cheesy sap." I laugh at his line.

"I know, but open it anyway."

Tearing the the wrapping paper away, I open the black case to see the most beautiful necklace I've ever laid eye on. The blue and purple gem in the shape of a love heart, surrounded by silver vines wrapping around the edge of it.

I must resemble a gold fish, not sure how to express how amazing this necklace is to me.

"Do... do you like it?" He ask nervously.

"Like it? Harvey Anderson, I love it! This is so gorgeous! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I fluster out. "Can you put it on for me?"

"Of course." He smiles, gesturing for me to turn around.

His warm hands clasp the necklace on, and I look down loving it. I doubt I'll ever take it off to be completely honest.

"What do you think?" I ask, gesturing to the small heart.

"Beautiful, just like you." He smiles, before pulling me in for a slow kiss.

When we reluctantly pull apart from each other before Harv goes to get ready for bed. We finally turn in for the night as I drift off with a big smile on my face.

*********** necklace ***********

(Meant to be something you'd buy in a market.)

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