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"Micah." 

 "Hm?"

"Shouldn't we, um, wait? For the others?"

"Do you want to wait?"

I shake my head. "No."

"Do you want me to ask?"

I shake my head quickly. "No. It's okay...they won't be mad?"

He smiles. "They won't be. They'll be home soon, though."

"But...I told Ryder I'd wait."

"Ryder's a big boy. He'll be fine."

"Finn might get mad."

"He'll be okay."

"Zac-"

"If you don't want to..."

"I do!"

I hear the door open downstairs.

"Now I have to share." Micah grumbles.

Zac gets to us first, peeking into the bedroom. "You guys didn't..."

"No. Jake wanted to wait for you all."

He smiles, coming in, and climbing beside me on the bed. He leans over and kisses me lightly.

"Hi."

"Hi."

"Did they start? Did they start?" Finn bursts into the room, with Ryder behind him. He sticks out his lip when he sees Micah and I in pajamas already. "You already did?"

"No." Micah says. "I would've if he let me."

Finn pecks a kiss on my lips, then crawls to Micah. Ryder sits on the edge of the bed, pulling his shirt over his head. My breath catches, and Micah snickers.

Ryder lets me sit between his legs, and Zac settles beside us.

"Can we start now?" Micah says excitedly.

When we all nod, he lifts a small remote, smirking.

"First Christmas movie of the night is...Saving Christmas."

We all groan. Micah's oddly obsessed with the movie,  but the rest of us hate it.

"You should have let him start it." Finn grumbles, scooting away from Micah.

"If you want any of my popcorn you'll stop complaining."

We settle down to start our long Christmas movie marathon.

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