"So, you never told me your guys's Christmas traditions," I remind Shawn while we sit and eat our breakfast.

"First of all, my mom and dad feel really bad but they had to leave and go to a meeting and so they won't be back until later. And then secondly, since they can't come with us, I guess it's just me, you, and Aaliyah going to go pick our Christmas tree out," he explains and my eyes light up. "That's one of the traditions we have."

"Really!?" I grin. "That sounds so fun! When are we going?"

"When everyone's ready," he answers. "Oh, and we're actually picking the tree and then cutting down it down so wear warm clothes."

"Okay," I thank him before putting my cereal bowl in the sink and running to my room.

I slide on a warm grey sweater, skinny jeans, a cream-colored knitted scarf, cream-colored knee socks, and light brown uggs.

After that I quickly put on a little bit of makeup and then I go back to find Shawn.

"Are you ready?" Aaliyah asks. Both of them are on their phones by the door.

"Yeah," I answer while putting on my brown coat.

We all climb into Shawn's car and then he starts driving.

"Slug bug," I laugh while lightly punching Aaliyah's arm and looking back out of the window to try to find more of the cars.

"Smart fart," she laughs back while doing the same too me.

"I wish I could participate in this game," Shawn sighs. "It's getting intense."

"I'll drive us back home later when we leave the tree farm," I offer.

"It's alright," he chuckles. "I was mostly joking."

When we pull up to the farm, we get out and start looking around.

"Let's go over there," Aaliyah suggests while pointing towards a big group of trees ways away. "They look like good Christmas trees."

"Okay, let's go check it out," I agree while walking there.

"Wait, hold on," Shawn exclaims while grabbing my wrist. "A little trolley will come and take us there."

"Really?!" I gasp. "That's a good thing because the trees are too far."

"Lexie, you are my inspiration for being lazy," Aaliyah compliments.

"Aw," I fake cry. "Thank you so much. I'd like to thank my family and my friends and-"

"The trolleys's here," Shawn cuts me off. "Sorry for stopping your announcement."

"You should be," I huff.

"Look what you started!" he whisper laughs to Aaliyah.

We climb on to the trolley and sit down.

"Everyone please stay seated," the driver announces along with all of his other rules.

"Can you drop us off here?" Shawn asks when we pull up to where Aaliyah suggested we go to.

The vehicle holts to a stop and let's us out.

"Okay, I have a saw," he continues. "Let's go find a good tree, cut it down, and get going. It's freezing outside!"

"Yeah," I agree.

"Wait, look at this one!" I exclaim while walking over to a tree. "It's perfect!"

Shawn walks to the other side of the tree and frowns. "Um, Lex, come here."

I follow him over there and look at the tree. The back half of the tree has almost no leafs/needles.

"Let's not," Aaliyah laughs.

We continue to walk around for a while and it starts to get a lot colder.

My teeth start to chatter and Shawn raises an eyebrow while looking at me. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah," I affirm. "I'm just a little cold."

"Are you too cold? Do you need to go back?" he asks worriedly.

"No, I'm fine," I promise him.

"No you aren't," he chuckles.

He walks over to me and hugs me, which instantly warms me up. I hug him back without hesitating and rest my head on his chest.

"Aaliyah, do you think you can try to look around for a good tree? Lexie is freezing and I have to keep her warm," Shawn explains.

"Yeah, I won't go too far though. I don't want to get kidnapped," she giggles.

"Don't worry, if you did they'd bring you right back," he points out.

"Shut up," Aaliyah rolls her eyes but she goes and looks around.

"Why do you get so cold every time you come here?" Shawn snickers.

"I get cold easily," I chatter. "I guess I'm just cold hearted." (authors note: I'm so punny😂👌)

"I'm pretty sure they have hot coco here so we can get some after we cut down the tree," he assures me.

"Okay," I shiver. Hot chocolate sounds really good right now. "Thanks, Shawn."

"For what?" he asks while looking down at me so I can see his big brown eyes.

"Everything," I smile.

"It's nothing really," he insists. "Are you still cold?"

"Yeah," I answer.

"Here you go," he smiles before taking off his beanie and placing it on my head.

"No, now you'll be cold!" I frown.

"I'm not that cold, trust me," he promises.

"Okay," I give in while holding him closer.

"Guys, I found the perfect tree!" Aaliyah squeals while running over to us.

"Lead the way!" I exclaim while moving away from Shawn's embrace and following her.

"Here it is," she shows us. I look at the tree and see that it's pretty tall and full.

"That looks good," Shawn finally says. "What do you think about it, Lex?"

"I think it looks good," I agree. "Can we cut it down now and then take it back to your house?"

"Sure. I'll saw it and you and Aaliyah can hold it so it doesn't fall on me," he explains. "I don't trust Aaliyah with the saw anyways."

"Hey!" Aaliyah snaps.

"C'mon," I laugh. "Let's just get the tree."

After a while of cutting the tree, we finish and then take it back to the farm.

"They'll just touch it up and wrap it so we can take it home," Shawn informs me. "We can go and get the hot chocolate now, though. They'll come tell us if they finish early."

"Okay," I nod. "I'm definitely ready for some hot chocolate."

We walk over to a barn and there's a a pot of the drink.

"Just help yourself to it," Aaliyah exclaims. "Everyone can have it."

I take a cup and fill it up and then wait for it to cool down a bit.

"Yeah, it's kind of hot," Shawn laughs.

"I don't care too much," I giggle while drinking it. "I was cold anyway."

"Nooo, I thought you were hot," he says sarcastically.

"It's because I am," I smirk while flipping my hair over my shoulder.

"I didn't mean like that!" he chuckles while facepalming himself. "I meant temperature wise."

"I know," I grin while playfully bumping into him with my shoulder.

"Mr. Mendes," somebody calls out. "Your tree is ready!"

We finish our hot coco and then hurry outside.

"Here you go," the same person says. "Now here are some ropes to tie the tree to the top of your car."

I take the ropes from him and give him a funny look. "Tie it to the car?"

"Yeah," the guy laughs. "We don't deliver them places."

"Okay," Aaliyah snickers. "Thank you?"

The guy walks away and then the three of us turn towards each other.

"Ummm. I think we'll just have to tie it around the little rails on top of the car," Shawn suggests.

"Okay," I sigh. "Let's try this."

Shawn starts tying the tree, since he's the tallest out of us, and Aaliyah and I watch.

"I could use some help," he hints.

"How can we help?" Aaliyah questions him. "We're not as tall as you."

"True. Just continue watching," he laughs.

"Wait, I'll help hold the tree in place," I offer. I get on my tip toes and then grab onto the tree to keep it from moving.

Five minutes later, we're driving on the highway back to the house with a Christmas tree on top of our car.

***
(Christmas morning)

"LEXIE!" Aaliyah yells while jumping on the bed. "It's Christmas! Wake up so we can open presents!"

I sit up and rub my eyes. "Now?"

"Yes!" she cheers. "We can go and wake Shawn and everyone else up too."

Everyone else from California flew in last night and then spent the night here.

"Okay," I finally agree. "We should wake up Shawn last though."

"That's fine," she nods.

I get out of bed and go to the living room, which is where Jack, Jack, Aaron, Nash, Cameron, Taylor, Carter, Matt, and Jacob slept. So basically everyone except for the girls and Shawn.

I tip toe over to the Jacks and then start shaking Jack G's shoulder. "Get up guys!"

"Shut up, Mom," he mumbles while throwing a pillow at me.

"Jack!" I laugh. "Get up!"

"Fine," he pouts while sitting up. A few seconds later Jack J sits up too.

"Merry Christmas!" I grin while giving them a group hug.

"Merry Christmas!" they both say in unison.

I turn around and see that Aaliyah had already waken everyone else in the room up.

"Let's go wake up the girls," now Nash smirks.

He sprints into their room and then I hear a shriek.

Everyone runs into the bedroom and sees Lox, Lauren, and Shea covered in silly string and Nash is holding the can.

"Merry Christmas to you too," Lauren huffs while struggling to get it out of her hair.

"C'mon, we have to go wake Shawn up!" I exclaim.

We all run to Shawn's room and then open up the door.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS, SHAWN!" I yell while tackling him in a hug.

"Merry Christmas," he mumbles while wrapping an arm around me.

"You have to get up!" I exclaim.

"I'm too comfy," he protests.

"Pleaaaase," I beg.

"Fine," he sighs.

I pull him out of his bed and then we all run downstairs, but Shawn stumbles more than runs because he just woke up.

When we walk into the living room, Mrs. Mendes and Mr. Mendes are already sitting and drinking coffee by the tree. "Are you guys ready for presents?"

"Yes!" we all cheer.

Aaliyah opens the first present, which is an autographed picture of Austin Mahome.

After everyone has opened one present, Shawn hands me a small box. "This is for you."

I take the lid off and then see a heart shaped locket. I gasp and carefully open it. Inside of it are two pictures. One of them is a picture of me on Shawn's back when he was giving a piggy back ride and the other is a picture of us hugging.

"Shawn, thank you so much," I grin while giving him a long hug. "I love it so much!"

"I'm glad you like it," he grins.

"Here, now you can open mine," I smirk while handing him a large box.

He opens it up and gasps. I got him a Taylor Guitar.

"Oh my gosh," he whispers while carefully strumming one of the strings. "This is amazing! I love it! Thank you so much!"

"Your welcome," I smile. "I know you've wanted one for a while."

After a while the tree gets empty and all of the presents are passed out.

I go around and give everyone a hug and tell them thank you, but Shawn stops me.

"Wait, you have one more present," he smirks.

"Where is it?" I ask while looking back at the Christmas tree which has no more presents under it.

"Just follow me," he grins while grabbing my hand and leading me to the garage door. "Look up."

I look up and see mistletoe and my heart flutters. Shawn looks down at me and then presses his lips to mine.

"Was that my gift?" I giggle.

"No," he answers. "Open the door."

I open the door and then I see a small furry creature run to my feet.

I bend down and let the little Yorki puppy run up to me and lick my hand.

"Shawn I can't believe you did this for me," I exclaim while grinning from ear to ear. "How'd you know I love Yorki dogs?"

"When we went to the little fair, you said you loved these kind of dogs," he explains. "What are you going to name her?"

I pick up the dog and hold it close to me. "Jazzy. And we can call her Jazz for short."

"I like that name," he agrees. "I like how it has to do with music still."

"Well music has had a big impact on my life," I explain," and I already know Jazzy will be a big part of my life too."

"She's a cutie," Shawn admits. "I'm glad you like her too. Aaliyah was jealous when she saw the dog. Oh, and don't worry, she wasn't in the cold all night. She was in another guest room all night until this morning when my mom and dad let her out there."

"Thank you so much," I grin while carefully hugging him since I was still holding Jazzy.

This has officially been the best Christmas ever.

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Song suggestion: All The Small Things by Blink 182

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