"Oh last night?" I swallow the lump that grows inside my throat. I look elsewhere, but into his eyes.

"Yeah, that's what I said." Adam sounds so serious, it makes my hands sweat very quickly.

"Oh...well, um I went downstairs to get a cup of water. He was sitting by the tree and asked if I could join him while he opened up his present." I half lie.

"Oh nice! So is he nice to you?" Adam sits at the edge of the bed and begins to change his shoes.

"Yeah." I fake a smile to sound more convincing.

"Okay, I'm glad the brother and sister-in-law are getting along just fine." Adam finishes tying his shoes. He then reaches for the back of my thigh and pulls me in between his legs.

"Yeah, he's nice." I gulp my saliva.

"Great! So since I haven't really made time for my wife since we've arrived, would you like to do something babe?" He kisses the palm of my hand.

"Well, what is there to do here?" I question him.

"I honestly don't know. Hey wait! Do you want to go check out the ice skating we fixed up?" Adam beams out excitedly once the idea hits him.

"Sure." I squeeze his fingers softly in reassurance.

"Okay, let me just get my jacket then."

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The ice skating rink is a few couple of yards away from the house so we decide to walk there.

Once we reach the rink, I notice the descent job they did on it. The ice is well fixed and all around on the trees, hangs colored Christmas lights. They really outdid themselves!

"Wow!" I whisper in amazement.

"You like it?" Adam walks over to a small bench and bends down to pick up something.

"Yes, it's so beautiful." I admire every little detail. Even the way the forest shines off on the ice.

"Just like you." I turn to him and watch him eyeing me intently. He carries two pairs of ice skates on either hand.

"Thank you Adam." I answer truthfully.

That's one of the things I love a lot about Adam. He isn't shy to tell me cute things. He knows me so well and knows the things I love.

"Wanna skate?" He brings the skates up to eye sight with a huge smile plastered from cheek to cheek.

"Oh, but I'm not that good babe." I chuckle and start whining at the same time.

"It's okay baby, I'll hold you." He hands me the smaller pair of skates. I give in and sit on the bench.

Once we both got them on, he walks into the rink first. Extending his arm out for me to hold on to, I giggle before reaching out and grabbing him tightly.

"Please don't let go of me Adam." I plea him as he holds both of my hands.

"I would never let you go Emma." He gently pulls me into his arms, and looks me deeply into the eyes.

He slowly leans in and kisses me softly. I wrap my arms around his neck, feeling much warmer.

We begin to skate close to edges so I can have not just him, but also the plastic that sits around the rink to hold on to.

He's so gentle and patient with me. I end up falling a few times when I try to skate on my own. After a while, I start to get the hang of it.

Then, my skating becomes a bit more of an average speed. Adam passes me at least three times while I make one turn.

We both laugh every time he counts the turns.

As I reach my turn by the open space to enter the rink, my hand holds on to the plastic and suddenly a warm hand squeezes mine.

I look up to find Harry staring at me intently.

"Hey Harry, join us!" Adam keeps on skating, focusing on his feet, he probably notices Harry's presence and invites him.

"We all are!" Suddenly, Lottie exclaims from behind Harry and he finally lets go of my hand.

He moves out of my way, and I watch the whole family walking towards the rink.

"Great!" Adam stops and walks over to my side.

"Having fun Emma?" Zayn stands beside the entryway.

"Yeah." I smile up at him, glad to see the pretty eyed boy again.

"Here we come gang!" Anne exclaims as she brings plastic bags with her.

"What's in those tee?" Louis walks over to her and sloppily lays his arm on her shoulders.

"Snacks Louis." She smiles at him, poking his nose in a playful manner.

I glance over at Harry momentarily, but regret that quickly. He looks at me in a weird way. He almost literally looks very pissed.

I swallow back the lump in my throat and move away from the entryway.

"Lottie what's your size?" I notice Gemma screaming out at her.

"Six please!" Lottie replies while typing into her phone.

"Hello Emma." Liam then greets me as he stands beside me. I jump a bit because I didn't even notice him getting closer to me.

"Hi Liam." I smile over at him.

"Do you like skating?" He questions as he plays with his fingers.

"I do, I just am not that good." I chuckle at myself.

"What about you?" I make further conversation.

I notice everyone, but Anne's mom step into the rink. My eyes stop once I see Harry's tall frame.

He wears a long jacket with a scarf, which he honestly looks really good with.

"I like it, it's fun." Liam responds as I examine everyone, well mostly Harry.

He actually does start skating though.

"Let's skate then." Liam smiles widely. I notice how straight and white his teeth are.

"Okay, I'll just stay close to the edges though okay?" I blush in embarrassment.

"That's okay with me sis." Liam blushes once I turn to look at him with a smile.

"I like that nickname...bro!" I try and comfort him and sort of give him a side hug.

He becomes warmer and wraps his arm, reaching my other shoulder.

"I really like you Emma, you're so sweet to the whole family." He leaves his arm holding on to my shoulder and begins to skate with me.

"You guys let people love you so easily, and I mean why wouldn't I? You guys are such a beautiful and united family." I speak from my heart.

"Thank you Emma!" He gives me a light squeeze.

"If you don't mind me asking, are you okay with your dad....well you know having two families." I gulp my saliva nervously.

"Yeah! I know he loves my mum. He knows how to be there for all of us at the right times." Liam speaks of his dad with so much admiration.

"What about your mom? Is she okay with you and Geoff coming over here?" I honestly am so curious, because I really think Liam must have things kind of hard.

"Yeah, she knows my dad and Anne. They just grew out to getting used to the idea." He seems like such a happy person. It's honestly quite sad how much time I haven't spent with Liam. He's so bright and understanding.

"That's great! So is your mom like alone for this Christmas?" I question him a bit confused.

"No, she actually was invited to a trip to New York with her friends, so while she's visiting the other half of the globe...dad and I drove up here to Anne's." He speaks in such a soothing tone.

"Oh okay! That's great." I smile over at him.

"Yeah." He chuckles under his breath.

As we make our third round, I bump into someone.

Harry.

"Oh, watch it." Liam laughs and pushes me a bit back.

"Don't you know how to skate?" Harry eyes me from head to toe.

"I'm teaching her." Liam beams proudly, with a laughter followed.

"I'll teach her." Harry suddenly grips my small hands, and pulls me out of Liam's hold.

Liam then gets dragged over by his dad.

Harry begins to skate, but in a very fast speed.

"Harry..." I squeeze his hands trying to make him go slower.

"Go slow please!" I make eye contact with him.

"You've never had it fast have you?" He smirks. I finally catch up to his perverted joke and blush in embarrassment.

"Have you Emma?" His intense gaze burns through me.

"I need a break." I try and escape my hands out of his hold, but he only squeezes them tighter.

I search for Adam, but he's too focused while skating with his mom. Everyone is teamed up in two so I give up in trying to escape his hold.

Harry slows down a bit and skates while facing me.

He then pulls me into him and I roughly slam into him, but he keeps his balance the same.

His hands suddenly squeeze my ass.

"Harry!" I whisper-yell, pushing him back rapidly.

I look over at everyone, but to my luck everyone is so focused on their partners or on what their doing.

"Why would you do that?" My eyes widen, and I look at him furiously.

"You don't know half the shit I wanna do to you Emma." He bluntly states, staring deeply into my eyes.

I gulp my saliva.

"W..what do you wanna do?" I don't know why I just asked that.

He only smirks and turns forward, pulling me to keep skating.

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