I get up around 10 am and get dressed. I grab my ingredients and walk down to the desk. "Hey, is the kitchen open to guests yet?" I ask the lady.

"Yep let me walk you there." She says, seemingly excited to do something. She walks me to the kitchen and announces to the two women in the room. "Hey, this is..." She turns to me. "(Y/N)? Right?"

I nod.

"This is (Y/N), they're gonna cook something for the party." She says as they wave me in. She then turns and sighs. She slowly walks out of the room and back to the desk.

"So, what are you cooking today love?" One of them asks.

"Oh, just some cookies. I'm willing to help you guys too. I just wanted to get them done early in case other guests needed to cook too." I say holding up my ingredients.

"You don't need to help us. But that is very kind." She says kindly.

"Oh no. I want to if that's fine. I don't really have much else to do today." I say.

The other lady nods. "If they want to help let them. We need it. Darling, that oven is for desserts you can use that one. And that bench is open for guests, bowls and utensils are in the cabinets. Get your cookies in the oven then we'll let you know what you can help with, ok?" She says pointing to what I can use.

I nod and start to prepare my workspace. Preheating the oven I mix up my dough and lay it on a tray, making a hole, and adding a sweet in the middle, hoping to make a glass window effect.

I wash up the dishes I've made and turn to ladies. I spend the rest of the day helping them cook.

I carry out trays of food into the hall area. 'It looks just how I remember it.' I place the food on a table and go back to get more. As I'm setting the tables guests start to arrive.

I add the final tray and decide to try and mingle with some of the other guests. I have a chat with a couple by the food tables when I feel a tap on my shoulder.

I turn around to see the guy from yesterday, Elijah. "Hey, did you find the store?" He says laughing.

I chuckle. "Hey, yeah I did. You a guest here?" I ask.

"Yeah, I'm guessing you are too?" I nod. "Cool, oh hey, you should meet my family. I kinda told them about you." He says pointing over his shoulder.

"Oh... Ok, yeah sure." I say chuckling. I follow him over to a group of people.

"Hey guys, this is the person I was talking about. That I met yesterday, (Y/N)." He says gesturing to me. They wave.

A lady holds her hand out. "I'm Elijah's mother. This is my husband and a few of my children. The others are around here somewhere. Probably eating." She says as I shake her hand.

"Nice to meet you all. Have you all been here before?" I say smiling.

"Yeah, we came here... What? 16 years ago?" Elijah says.

"18 years ago." His mother corrects. "I remember because you were having a lot of fun with another kid but then something happened at the party and they refused to talk to you again. You were really sad." She says shaking her head.

I freeze. I gulp. "You?" I whisper.

"I still don't know what I did wrong. One minute we were laughing and playing pretend and then the next minute they were crying and running away." He says laughing sadly.

I cough. "Well, you shouldn't play with people's hearts." I say blushing and looking at the ground.

I feel the group look at me. I raise my head. "You, I. That was me. You hurt my feelings back then. Anyway doesn't matter anymore." I say embarrassed.

"Oh! What did I do?" He asks. I shake my head. "Ok fine."

We chat with his family some more. I meet more of his family. 'There are more of them than I remember. I thought he only had one sister?'

Elijah then suggested we walk and talk, letting his family enjoy the party. I nod and we start to walk off.

"Could you tell me what I did back then? I'm still confused." He asks politely.

"You broke my heart." He looks at me weirdly.

I sigh. "I confessed to you, obviously just a little kid crush, and you said you loved me back. But when I said we should kiss under the mistletoe you said you were just pretending and that kisses were gross. I understand you were just being a kid but it hurt back then." I explain.

He nods before looking up and smirking. "Well, how about I fix my mistake?"

I look up and blush. I then look back down and feel a hand grab my chin pulling me closer. Eli pauses and looks into my eyes waiting for permission. I nod and lean in, both closing our eyes before our lips meet.

The warmth of our lips colliding, it felt... Right. It felt magical. We pull apart and look into each other's eyes. He smirks and I chuckle smiling back at him.

"Forgive me?" He asks.

I laugh. "Yeah, you're forgiven."

"Good." He says wrapping an arm around my waist and pulling me closer.

I hear people cheering behind us. I look over my shoulder to see his family. I laugh and look back at him.

"I knew there was a reason I needed to  come back here." I say smiling at him.

"Merry Christmas (Y/N)."

"Merry Christmas Elijah."

He leans back in and kisses me.

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That's it guys. I hope you enjoyed this rushed mess.

I don't normally write RPF so this felt kinda unnatural to me.

I'm sorry it's kinda late. I did plan to write it before Christmas but well, Christmas got in the way.

I am so thankful for all of you.

I hope you all have a wonderful new year.

Love

Drew X