"MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!" Bryce yelled running to my chest

"hey baby boy, merry Christmas to you too" I laughed

"Did you get me a present?" He asked sheepishly

"Of course" I smiled

"Wha- AXE!" He jumped away from me and ran to axel who just woke up

"hey buddy" axel chuckled ruffling his hair "how are you?"

"It's Christmas!" He yelled making Valerie laugh loudly

"a bit early for this energy" Renee laughed

"I know, his foster mom warned me when I told her I wanted him here early" I said

"merry Christmas all of you" axel said

"merry Christmas son" Antonio and renne said

"I hope none of you got me a bike because I got one!" Bryce said making us laugh

That kid

"You got presents This early?" Antonio asked

"Yeah I asked mom to give me before I come here!" He said "I got a bike and boxing set"

"That's cool, maybe we could play sometime?" Axel said as he sat next to me, wrapping an arm around me and pulling me to his chest

"merry christmas" he whispered

I turned to him and smiled cheekily "merry Christmas axe"

He placed a soft kiss to my cheek making me blush

"well I made breakfast, Bryce did you eat?" Renee asked

"I had a chocolate muffin but I want food!" Bryce said

"Then come here little man" Antonio said "Valerie come princess, let's go"

I'm glad Antonio learned from his mistakes because right now I can see how happy they all were

"Wow, the food looks amazing Renee, you couldn't woken me up to help!" I said

"I didn't want to wake you since both of you slept late yesterday" she winked at me and axel

"Mom!" He said as I blushed

"let them alone darling" Antonio said

"I want waffles!" Bryce squealed as soon as he saw it

"Don't yell, I'll give it to you" I said As I handed him waffles and he took a bite

"This reminds me of dad's waffles!" Bryce said as the table fell into silence "you should try them mel!"

it somewhat does, dad has that type of recipe that if anyone did try to do it, it won't be as perfect as his

"oh Bryce, I'm glad you like it" Renee smiled at him

"It good thank you" I smiled and I felt Axel place his hand on my thigh making me look at him

he gave me a warm, soft smile and I returned it

"Juice juice juice" Valerie yelled trying to reach the juice

"God she reminds me a lot of Gianna" Antonio said as he kissed the top of her head

"she does" Renee smiled sadly and I saw a wave of sadness hit the handsome boy sitting next to me

"who's Gianna?" Bryce asked and I gave him a look

"Bryce" I said silently as I shook my head

"sorry" he mumbled

"No buddy, it's alright! You can ask that" Axel said

"She was our daughter but we lost her and she's an angel now" Renee said

"she would've loved you both" Antonio looked over us

"She'd sure did" Axel smiled looking at me

"oh god I think I'll start crying now" I whispered feeling the tears slowly fill my eyes

"don't!" Renee said

"Don't cry Mel" Bryce said looking at me worriedly

"It's.. it's just I'm happy that you can talk about her now. you three changed and that makes me happy." I said before Renee pouted

"no Renee don't start crying because I won't hold my self" I said before tears slowly fell from her pretty eyes

"darling" Antonio placed his hand on her arm

"I'm happy too, I finally feel happy. I'm glad we're back together and stronger. and I know without you Amelia, we wouldn't have been sitting here together so thank you for coming into our lives, thank you for being a sister to Valerie and a person that Axel can completely trust. You didn't just change him, you changed us too" she said

"Aw Renee I hate you" I stood up wiping the few tears before walking over to her and hugging her

"I love you darling, thank you" she said

"I love you too Renee, I'm glad I have someone to look up too" I said "and we know without you three I would've been somewhere else, living a complete miserable life"

"Is it thanksgiving? I thought it was Christmas" Bryce said making us all burst into laughters

"That kid" Antonio laughed while shaking his head

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"Oh shit I think I messed up my hair" Isabelle said while she laughed "hold this let me check"

"No no don't touch it it's fine" Savannah said checking her hair

"you sure the dress is okay? I think it's a bit short" I said

We were just finished from the Russo's Christmas dinner and almost the whole town were present and we three forgot to take some pictures

after the party, we ended up helping with the cleaning up then the house maids were taking care of it so we sat in the living room with the boys laughing at the party

imagine how axel felt when Brianna and Sienna were in the same room

we ended up laughing about it the whole night making axel irritated and I of course a bit jealous

Currently me, Sav and Isabelle were standing in one of their many hallways, in front of the mirror checking our outfits

"If you ask one more time I'll kill you!" Savannah yelled

"Let's just go! Because I know if she stood there one more minute she'll ask again" Isabelle said Pulling me

"What I was just asking if- ahhhh" I yelled when 2 arms wrapped around my waist pulling me inside the room

"what the fuck Axel?" Savannah asked while laughing

"Have I told you that you looked beautiful" he looked at me

fuck you I'm still breathing rapidly

"Same goes to you girls, you both looked amazing" he complimented them

"Aw thanks Axel" Isabelle said

"Thanks Axe, you did look good too!" Savannah said

"Hello why did you pull me into the room? And why did you do that in that way? You fucking scared me" I said making him laugh

"well, I'd be pleased if you both can give us some time alone" axel said

"Ooooooooo" Savannah winked

"Huh?" I looked at him confusedly

"We got that! Thank you bye!" Isabelle said as she pushed Savannah out and closed the door

"ENJOY!" Savannah yelled from outside "AND DONT TAKE TO LONG! I NEED SOME INSTA PICTURES!"

"Alright! Thanks" axel replied

"AND PLEASE IM NOT READY TO ME AN AUNT!" Isabelle yelled as my face turned red

"WHAT THE FUCK ISA?" I yelled as the three laughed

"What the fuck is happening?" I asked him

"I wanted to see you"

"You Could've seen me over there Axel, we need to take pictures before Sav and Isa leave " I said

"I got you something" he said with a grin

"what? why?" I asked

"don't act like you didn't get me something, I saw the present you're hiding in your bra drawer"

my mouth hung open

"You PERVET! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU OPEN THAT DRAWER?!" I yelled as I hit his arm

"It was by mistake" he said

"Yeah I so believed that you perv!"

"yeah keep on insulting me" he frowned

"You opened that drawer you jerk" I crossed my arms before my eyes widened

"Yeah I saw that" he said figuring out why I was in horror

"the hidden condoms? didn't know you're that type of girl" he laughed making me blush really hard

"you're embarrassing me axel" I said as my head hung low

"That's exactly what I was trying to do" he laughed before his hand went under my chin and he moved my head up then placed a peck to my lips

he cleared his throat before taking out a small box from his pocket

"are you gonna propose to me?" I joked

"not now, but later" he said making my heart beat faster "I actually got you this, I mean it's nothing big but at least it something"

"you know I'd like it anyway" I said

"Yeah I know but it's hard to shop for a girl" he said "open it" he handed me the turquoise box

I opened the box slowly,

"Oh wow" I gasped , it was a diamond pendant necklace

it looked expensive but it was literally stunning

"do you like it?" He asked

"Oh god! Of course! Of course I loved it you idiot!" I said before I wrapped my arm around his neck hugging him "thank you! They're really pretty!"

"you deserve more love" he said making me stop breathing

love? did he just say that ?

"let me put that for you" he said as he took it from the box and turned to the back, I took my hair out of the way as he wrapped the necklace around my neck, touching my skin making me shiver

I looked at us in the mirror in front of us and saw him all concerned in closing the clip which made me chuckle

"I think I suck at this" he said in a whisper

"you had to ruin this romantic moment huh?" I said

"wait wait no! I got it!" He grinned as my hands went to the pendant

"it's beautiful axe, thank you" I said with a smile

"it's nothing" he smiled before I cupped his cheeks and connected our lips

he pulled out slowly and rested his forehead on mine, our nose touching

"do.. do you want to be my girlfriend?" he said in a whisper making my eyes shot open

"w..what" I asked surprised not sure if he heard right

"be my girlfriend?"

I didn't need to answer so I just kissed him again But he pulled out again

fuck you axel let me kiss you properly

"is that a yes?" He asked

"Fuck yes and just kiss me already" I said making him laugh before he pulled me into a mini makeout session

I hope no one enters and sees us eating each's other mouths (lol jk)

"thanks for saying yes" he grinned

"thank YOU for asking" I said as he hugged me