Isabella let out a sigh as she opened up a trash bash and taped it to her kitchen cabinet. She walked back into her room and opened up all of her windows and turned in all of the fans as she put her long hair into a messy bun. She picked up her phone and quickly checked the time, puffing out her cheeks as she started to grab instant noodle cups and throwing them away. "I should have done this last night..." she muttered as she dumped an armful of empty containers into the open trash back.

Every year around Christmas, they (Rebecca, Ashton, Zach and herself) would go to each other's apartments and stay the night there. Everyone would cook, excluding Ashton because he didn't have the best luck when it came to cooking, or bring something to share. Afterwards, they'd all open up presents they got for each other and stayed up late sharing the memories from the 5 years they've been together.

They did it the week after Christmas, this was because they can be with their families, which usually meant that Isabella went to the Philippines and Ashton went to Japan to visit his mother every other year. So, it was more like a Christmas and a New Year's party, but none of them minded too much. And this was Isabella's turn to host the party for them. Not surprisingly, Ashton teased her and said that they'd be eating instant noodles all night long. Luckily, Rebecca got onto him for teasing her before getting into Isabella for eating them so much. Zach was the one who prevented them from bantering Isabella any more and said that they'd be willing to help. Isabella said, which she now regrets saying, that she has it all under control and that was that.

And here she was, doing everything the day of and is probably about to burn her apartment any minute now. Isabella got lucky, since everyone was so busy today so no one would see her struggling. Zach has freelancing to do before he has to go home and make something for the party. Ashton has to be at the precinct all day while Rebecca was either at the library or at school finishing up any work she missed before the break. So, she had all day to clean to house with no interruptions from anyone or anything, at least so far. Her bed was nicely made, the number of instant noodle cups and packaging decreased by a lot, the floor was more visible than before and all of her laundry was clean and neatly put away, or at least most of it was.

Isabella had both the stove and oven going as she multitasked cleaning to anything she missed. She *had* considered calling Zach to come help, but realized that Rebecca would find out and would ask her why she didn't ask for help when she obviously needed it. She puffed out her cheeks as she picked up pot from the stove to the table as she went to her desk and hurriedly out away all of her unfinished work papers and files, which Rose would be *furious* once she finds out that she has everything. Isabella quickly gathered all of the folders and binders filled with papers and shoved them into her bookshelf, trying to make them look neat. A sigh exited her lips as she sat down in a chair, letting all of her muscles relax as she closed her eyes and breathed for a bit, until her phone started to ring.

She hesitated for a moment before she picked up the phone and answered it, nor bothering to read the name. "Hello?"

"Hi Belle, It's Becca." Rebecca said on the other side of the phone. "I was checking to see how you were and if you needed any help."

"Yea, everything fine! I don't need any help, I have everything under control!" She said with confidence, laughing a bit as she tapped her foot against the floor impatiently.

And as she thought, her small lie didn't pass by Rebecca as she let out a sigh. "Belle, do you *really* have everything under control?" She asked her seriously, making Isabella tense up a bit. "I'm not that far away, so don't bother saying that you don't want to bother me."

"Okay..." The other said with a small sigh, realizing that Rebecca would end up finding out that she was lying anyways. "I'll tell you if you promise not to tell Ashton!"

"Okay, Okay, I won't tell him." Rebecca said with a small laugh, most likely laughing at her childish attitude.

"Okay... so I might've forgotten that it was my turn this year when I got home, so I just started working doing everything today." She said quickly, waiting for the other to reply after she heard a small disappointed sigh.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier Belle? If you would've told me earlier then I would be glad to help you!!" She scolded. 

"I know Becca! I just didn't want to prove that Ash-hole right!" She said with her cheeks puffed out. Rebecca laughed at her stubbornness lightly before sighing a bit.

"Oh what am I going to do with you? Do you want me to come over and help you, until it's to where you can do it by yourself?"

"Can you do that?" Isabella asked, feeling a bit relieved over her offer. It wasn't her character to accept help from Becca (especially if she offers her food or anything), but it was an urgent thing now, especially with a high possibility that Ashton was coming back from the precinct in a mood.

"Of course, I'll be there in a bit."  Rebecca said before she hung up and left Isabella alone for a bit. The girl let out a small sigh of relief as she got up from her small break and resumed cleaning and cooking. And as Rebecca said, she was there in a few minutes, setting her things down on the couch and walked into the kitchen after looking around her apartment. "It looks nice, Belle." Rebecca said with a smile when she walked into the kitchen.

"Thanks Becca, I worked hard on it." Isabella said with a smile before the both of them started laughing. She told the other to sit down on the couch while she got the things off of the stove and put them on the counter. Isabella sat down with a sigh next to Rebecca as smiled at her. "So, What do you need help with?" She asked her curiously.

"Um..." Isabella hummed as she looked around the house. "I can do the cooking and you can clean the things the house. And you can go home and do your own cooking too and get ready, I don't want to keep you." She said with a small sigh.

"Don't be silly Belle!" Rebecca said with a small laugh as she started to take off her coat. "I'll can just pick something up from the store and I don't take that long to get ready either." She said with a smile.

"But what about your cooking? Ashton loves your cooking and he would be devastated to know that you picked something up." Isabella pointed out, laughing when the others face went as pink as her hair.

"Well then, he just has just has to deal with something from the store." She muttered quietly before embarrassedly going off to her room. Isabella fell over to her side as she continued to laugh.

"Just use my kitchen!!" She yelled before going after her. I didn't take long before they stopped playing around before they started to pick things up around the house and put them where they belonged.  Rebecca left her for a bit to clean the kitchen and wash all of the dishes that she used while Isabella sorted another stack of papers for work, that she forgot to give Rose (again).    

"Belle! I'm going to go home real quick, are you fine doing things yourself?" Rebecca asked as she slid her arms in her jacket.

"Yea, I'm fine now. Thank you Becca!!" Isabella said happily as she slid something in the now neat bookshelf. The other nodded before opening the door and leaving, going next door to her own apartment.

Isabella smiled a bit as she let out a sigh of relief,  looking around her now clean apartment. All small piles of papers that were scattered across the floor and all of her pictures were put in frames and were placed neatly above her bed or on her fridge, if they were magnets. Her fridge was cleaned out, which was mostly Rebeccas doing, and the dishes were clean and were either in the dishwasher or put away. In short, the entire place didn't look like hers at all. She sat down on the couch with a small sigh and closed her eyes, letting her muscles in her back relaxed from her once tense form. *She was completely done...*

"I should probably thank Rebecca later..." she muttered quietly as she ran her fingers through her knotted and sweaty hair. Her facial expression changed from relaxed to utterly disgusted, sitting up as she grabbed some clothes from her room before going to the bathroom to take a quick shower. When she got out, Rebecca was already back and was setting her things down on the table.

"You're back already?" Isabella asked as she tried her hair with a towel. Rebecca nodded a bit and let out a sigh as she went over to her.

"Yea, you took about an hour shower so I thought had enough time." She said with a small smile. "Ashton said that he was on his way with Zach."

"Oh okay..." Isabella said with a small nod as she put her dirty  clothes in the laundry basket in by her bed. "Before they get here, I want to thank you for helping me Becca."

"You're welcome Belle," Rebecca said before she started to laugh. "I'm glad that you weren't stubborn enough to reject my help." Isabella puffed her cheeks out.

"Don't say that Becca!" She protested as the other continued to laugh. "I know when to be stubborn and when I shouldn't!!" Rebecca hummed a bit with a smile.

"I didn't know that you made a choice!"

"Becca!!" Isabella yelled angrily as the other laughed, but it didn't last long before the both of them laughed together.

"Oh, you're here already?" A familiar voice asked, which was most identifiably was Ashton. He went up to the two of them, looking at Rebecca and Isabella with a small smile. "Did you come over to help her?"

"No, she said that she had everything undercontrol!" Rebecca protested as she put her hands on her hips.

"But didn't you say that you were going to wrap up work and go to the library?" He asked as he started to laugh a bit.

"Did you expect me to be there all day and take 30 minutes to walk next door?" She said with a laugh as he flicked his forehead. They all laughed at Ashton's stubbornness as Zach came up to them and put his arms around the 3 of them.

"Come guys, let's not start any conflicts before anything started," He said, mainly looking at Ashton. "At least eat something before things." Zach said with a small laugh, everybody laughing with him before they all went into the kitchen.

Even though it's not Christmas, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS

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