december 2013

"paddy! this is lovely," (y/n) beamed as she opened paddy gift. "thank you so much"

paddy ran into her open arms and said "i'm glad you like it, it took me almost a week"

"well, i love that you put so much time and effort into this, thank you." paddy removed his arms from around her neck and moved back to his original position on the floor. (y/n) dug round in her bag for paddy's present. she pulled out a box and handed it around the family to him.

when he opened it, his eyes grew wide. he didn't even open the box before running over to her and enveloping her in another hug.

"thank you so much!" he squealed.

"it's okay, paddy" she smiled at the boy. after paddy's gift, (y/n) has opened all her gifts from the hollands. she pulled out five more presents and passed them round to the correct people. they waited and opened their gifts at the same time, and a chorus of 'awww's and 'thank you's followed.

they each hugged her like paddy had previously done, sam and harry's lingering a bit longer. nikki and dom began to pick up the wrapping paper, collecting it all in black bags. tom was forced into helping paddy build his toy and harry was enjoying the calm before the storm of an early christmas dinner.

"hey, sam" (y/n) smiled, sitting next to the brunette boy. "i just wanted to say thank you again for the present. i love it"

"it's okay. thank you for mine, too" she leaned forward and wrapped her arms around his neck. his snakes around her waist as his face went into her neck. when they pulled away, both their hearts were racing. they didn't know what it was and daren't speak of it. in the spur of the moment, (y/n) leaned in again and pecked sam's cheek lightly.

his cheeks tinted pink as she pulled away, as did hers. if anything, the blushing pink made his freckles stand out even more.

"i'm sorr-" she began to apologise before sam stopped her.

"it-its fine. don't worry about it"

"okay," she leaned in a did it again. "is it still okay?"

"yeh," sam smiled and nodded. "it's fine." before sam could say anything else, they were all called into the kitchen. paddy jumped up quickly and ran out, followed shortly by tom, harry, sam and then (y/n).

when they arrived in the kitchen, the table was set and there were piles of food scattered across it. everyone sat down, pulled crackers, told jokes and laughed before settling down into the dinner. sam and (y/n) couldn't take their eyes off each other. if one was looking, the other wasn't. and if the other was looking, the other one wasn't.

it was a feeling she didn't want to dissipate. it was like she had her own little bubble of feeling; it was hers and hers only.