"Everything is amazing and nobody's happy"

Song- only;RY X

When we arrive at the school, students files in. Music shakes the ground as we walk into the gym. Blue and white balloons, snow flakes and flashing lights fill the gym.

The middle is a dance floor and around the edge, multiple round tables with various winter decorations and chairs. Addie immediately claims a table, scaring off some freshman who try to sit there.

We set our coats, phones and bags down before heading over to the dance floor. I have a feeling in the pit of my stomach that I've had for months. Before we left I got a text from Evan saying that I looked beautiful along with a picture of all of us taking pictures.

I forced a smile and dances with my friends until the feeling got too overwhelming. Excusing myself, I go to the bathroom. 3 girls stand next to their friend who's crying outside of the bathroom. I walk in feeling thankful that it's empty.

I go to splash water on my face but then realize that I have makeup on and it would ruin it. Instead I take some deep breaths and check my phone. 4 more pictures from Evan were sent.

The first one was outside of the school from far away, the next one was the same but a little closer. The third was right outside the school and the fourth was him at the door.

"He can't do anything, there's to many people around." I say to myself in the mirror.

I leave the bathroom, earning glares from the group of girls consoling their crying friend. Ignoring them, I go back to the gym. My table is filled with all my friends sitting with snacks and punch that I have no doubt is already spiked.

I sit down and check my sugar before stealing food off of Cams plate. He looks at me and says "the snack table is right over there."

"Why would I walk all the way over there when your food is right here." I reply, taking another cookie from him.

"You're obnoxious." He grumbles, looking down at his half empty plate.

"Wow, big word." I giggle, patting his shoulder.

A new song starts playing and immediately Bri, Addie and I all look at each other. A wide smile forms on both of their faces so I try to mock it.

"Let's dance!" Addie squeals, grabbing both of our arms and dragging us onto the floor where almost every other girl is. We jump around, screaming the lyrics until our faces our red and we're out of breath.

"That was quite the show." Asher says when we get back to the table.

"I'm exhausted." Bri huffs taking a big sip of punch and wincing. "Theo! Did you spike my drink!?" She glares at him.

"Be a little louder, I don't think the people in China heard you!" He says with a nervous look, glancing around.

"I'll take it." I tell her when another text from Evan comes. I chug the drink quickly, shutting my phone off. They all stare at me as I slam my drink down "who wants to dance some more."

When no one agrees, I drag Miles with me. The alcohol runs through my veins letting me let loosen a little. I jump around a little, forcing Miles to as well.

When I slow song come on we dance to it. He looks down at me with a concerted expression. "He's been texting you tonight?"

He asks but states it as he already knows. I nod my head, leaning against his shoulder.

"I'm sorry Mar, it'll get better." He sighs, hugging me closer.

"When?"

By the end of the dance my feet were aching from the heels, my makeup was mostly wore off and my hair was frizzy. Theo drunk more punch than anyone and was dancing with a group of random girls.

The girls Asher came with all found out about his plan and left but not before pouring punch on his head. Someone he still ended up making out with another random girl.

Brianna and Miles both sat at the table, Bri asleep on his shoulder. Cam spent most of the night turning down Serena's offers to dance. When he turns her down enough she ends up dancing with her ex right in front of him to make him jealous.

It doesn't work which makes her frustrated and she leaves. I high five Cam when she storms out and he chuckles. He doesn't seem upset at all and goes on with the night like nothing happened.

"I don't think I can dance anymore." Addie groans, leaning her head on the table.

"My feet are about to fall off." I add, propping them on Cam.

"Your feet smell like ass." He waves his hands in front of his nose.

"You look like ass." I retort, flipping him off.

"Who wants to come dance with me?!" Theo asks, running over to me.

We all consecutively groan when Asher comes with a girl wrapped around him. "We're gonna head out, busy night."

He smirks and the girl kisses his neck. Addie turns to me and asks "can I stay at your house tonight so I don't have to deal with that." She motions to Ashers direction.

"Of course" I tell her "I wouldn't want you to be scarred for life."

"See you guys tomorrow." He says before running out of the school with the girl.

"So no one wants to dance with me?" Theo pouts, his bottom lip sticks out.

"No" we all chime in, even Bri who's half asleep.

"Fine, I'll just dance by myself." He stomps a foot like a toddler who didn't get a cookie.

"Or we could leave." I suggest.

"I second that!"

"Third"

"Fourth"

"Fifth." Bri raises her hand but her eyes are still closed.

"Only if we get ice cream on the way home." Theo tells us with a defiant look.

"But the ice cream shop is closed." Addie says, brushing her hair out of her face.

"If only we had the son of the owner who had a key to the shop." I tease, turning to Miles.

"Dad would kill me." Miles protest, his eyes widening.

"He was the one who told me I should get you into more trouble."

"Besides, do you wanna be stuck here for 20 more songs so Theo can dance?" Cam asks, his hair was now messy unlike the beginning of the night. My eyes trail down to his lips and stay there for a minute before I snap out of it.

"Hell no, but if we get caught-"

"Blame it on Theo." We all say in unison besides Theo.

"Rude."

"I feel so bad for people who are lactose intolerant." Addie mumbles while taking a big bite of ice cream. "They don't get to enjoy this every day."

"I'm lactose intolerant and I still eat ice cream." Theo says matter-of-factly, ice cream covering his face. "It just makes me shit."

"And I'm full." Cam committees, throwing his chocolate ice cream away.

Addie gets ahold of the speakers at the shop and plays Disney music over the speakers. Although our feet couldn't do anymore dancing, our lungs could definitely do more singing (more like screaming).

When we left, we had to walk home since we didn't bring the truck. I deeply regret not bringing a jacket since it's December and colder than the North Pole outside.

Another shiver racks me when a jacket is hung over my shoulders. Without even looking I know who's it is just by the scent. His blue blazer lays over my shoulder and his arm wraps around me.

"Wouldn't want your arms to fall off." He smirks down at me. "You wouldn't be able to punch me without them."

"That would be a real problem." I chuckle when a car passes. I step away from him and my eyes trail the car as it goes down the street. I relax when I realize it's not Evans and try to act normal but Cam already noticed my sudden mood change.

"What was that about?" He asks, slowing his pace so we're apart from the group.

"What was what?" I say innocently, trying to play dumb.

"You know what." His voice is flat and he stops walking.

"It was nothing." I lie, turning towards him.

"Lee" he says slowly. "I know you better than that."

"I'm just tired that's all." I start walking again. I hear him sigh and then jog to catch up with me.

"Want me to carry you?" He jokes but I give him a wicked smile. "Oh-no"

We arrive at home after Cam carries me the rest of the way. When we do, all of us girls take off our makeup and brush our hair before changing into pajamas. When we go back to the living room the boys were all ready for bed too.

Asher was laying on the couch "miss me?"

"Not one bit." I retort, laying on the large pallet on the floor made of blankets and pillows.

"Why are you here?" Addie asks her brother, sitting on the chair.

"The girl was boring, I sent her home and came over here." He shrugs, placing his feet onto the couch.

"You're such a asshole" I scoff before yawning again.

"That's old news." Bri laughs, laying next to me.

"Everyone shut up, I'm trying to sleep." Cam mutters, blankets and pillows were piled on top of him so much I had no idea he was right next to me until he spoke.

Theo flicks of the lights and plays a movie "Sure thing princess."

Once Christmas break started, Christmas festivities were in full spin. Mile, Addie and I were forced to go to the store and get matching onesies for our Christmas movie marathon we do every year.

I hated the idea but lost Rock Paper Scissors so here I am. After we purchased all the onesies we go to Cams house where everyone else already is. Theo rushes to us with a excited look.

"Did you get them?!" He bounces on his toes.

"Yeah, unfortunately." I sigh, handing him the bag. He hands out everyone's and forces us to get dressed.

"We look stupid." Asher grumbles, laying on the couch.

"No you look stupid." Theo clarifies. "I, however, look great."

"Don't worry Ash, you looked stupid before too." I pat his chest and grab a bowl of popcorn.

"Okay, it's 8 o'clock. If we start now we can watch home alone 1 and two, the grinch and elf before sunrise." Bri explains to us.

Pillows and blankets were sprawled on the floor. Snacks sat on the coffee table that was pushed against the wall. Connor and Grayson both sat on the floor along with Theo and Bri. Addie, Asher and Miles claimed the couch.

Cameron sat on the recliner with his feet propped up. "Move"

"What?" He asked me.

"I wanna sit here." I whine childishly, stomping my foot.

"I was here first." He sticks his tongue out. I pout for a moment before formulating a plan.

"Fine" I turn around and sit right on top of him.

"Your little plan isn't going to work." He informs me "you weigh like two pounds and I was cold so I can steal your body heat."

"Good because I'm not moving."

"Neither am I."

By the time we finish both of the home alones, Cam and I have a fluffy blanket on us and we're both extremely comfortable. The grinch starts and Connor takes a pizza out of the oven.

I get up to use the bathroom since I've been holding it for a while. When I get back I fully expected Cam to have taken over the whole chair again and force me to the floor but instead he was in the same spot, waiting for me.

I grab a handful of skittles and sit back down. Theo, Cam, Addie, Connor and I all sing "where are you Christmas" loudly. I separate my green and orange skittles and hand them to Cam since they are his favorite while my favorite are the other 3.

By the time we're on the last movie my eyes burn from staring at the screen so long. Bri, Theo and Asher had all already fallen asleep on the floor. Connor was half asleep while the rest of us were awake.

I struggle to keep my eyes open and a yawn escapes my lips every few minutes. Even after the movie was over and everyone went to sleep I tried to stay awake.

If I fall asleep and have a nightmare then everyone would know. Cams arm was wrapped tightly around my waist and his hair tickled my neck. The sleep was seeping all around me and I could no longer fight it off.

"What are you doing?" I hear Miles whisper harshly,

"Blackmail" Theo whispers back, I clamped my eyes even farther shut and started drifting back to sleep when a flash went off.

My eyes sprang open and I was met with Miles and Theo peering down at me. Theo had his phone in his hand and looked from it to me with wide eyes.

"Whoops, I didn't know the flash was on." He shrugs, taking a step away. I look around and fell Cams head nuzzled into my neck. His hollow breathing sent shivers down my spine.

Addie was on the floor scrolling through Tik tok. Asher sat on the couch playing video games with Connor and Grayson. Bri was sitting next to Addie reading a book. Addies hair was a tangled mess and mascara was under her eyes while Bri looked like she came out of a magazine.

"I told him not to do it." Miles shrugs, sitting on the couch with a magazine about football and flipping through it.

"What time is it?" I ask, trying to sit up but Cams arm stops me. His hand planted on my waist sends sparks through my entire body.

"4 pm" Gray says not looking away from the tv. I once again try to get up causing Cam to wake. His eyes flutter open, his face only inches from mine.

"Morning." His voice was raspy and his hair was falling over his forehead. Without thinking I push it back but then realize we have an audience. I quickly hop up from the chair and stretch out my limps.

"I need tea." I announce before booking it to the kitchen. Sara was already in the kitchen with Ella in a high chair. She was making a large amount of pancakes while humming a song.

"Teas in the fridge." Sara says, not looking over at me. I kiss Ellas head and walk to the fridge, pouring myself a glass. "Did you guys finish all the movies?"

"When have we not?" I tease her, taking a large sip of my drink. Every year we always stay up all night watching Christmas movies during break. This year was no different.

Except for the hideous onesies.

"So I take it Theo convinced you guys to wear the matching pajamas?" Sara turns to me with a playful look on his face.

"Sadly. Speaking of which, I'm gonna change."

"But you look so adorable." She flips a few of the pancakes and pours more batter onto the pan.

"Exactly."

I walk up to Cams room where I spot my phone on the dresser. Realizing I must've left it there last night, I grab it and change quickly before sitting on his bed and opening it.

I see a bunch of Instagram and snap chat stories from my friends of last night before realizing I have new messages. A new unknown number sits at the top with an attached video.

Debating on opening it or ignoring it, I decide to watch it. When I do I feel the entire room fall from underneath me. The video was of us. All of us. We were all sleeping and it highlighted Cam and I on the chair.

He was in the house.