broken home - j.f✔️

fortyseven.

Only three days until Christmas Eve and Justin was struggling to find a gift for Elizabeth. He had spent the day googling and figuring out what appropriate gifts for almost girlfriends were. Huffing and slumping into the desk chair in their room, he sighed and pulled his phone from his pocket.

Justin: I need your help.

Zach: With?

Justin: I am stuck on what to get Elizabeth for Christmas. Meet me at Monet's.

Zach: Ugh. 20 minutes.

He slipped on some shoes, not having to say goodbye to anyone, as Elizabeth and her dad were shopping for gifts and decorations, separately. He left the house, beginning his slow walk to Monet's. He hated that California wasn't in the slightest bit cold for December. He wanted snow, and to enjoy wearing big jackets and snuggling in bed with hot cocoa.

He sat at a table in Monet's swirling his coffee with a spoon, watching the foam mix with the coffee. Zach has been completely distracted, talking about how difficult it was to buy for his mom. But he didn't want to interrupt him, even though he was having the same issue. "Have you had any ideas on what to get her?"

Justin shook his head. "I'm not really good at buying gifts. I don't really know what to buy for her."

"Why don't you just get her a giant stuffed bear? Or some lingerie?" Zach rolled ideas off his tongue with ease. Stupid ideas, but with ease.

"That's not a bad idea. I know how much she loves her lingerie. It is so uncomfortable how girls openly talk about these things together." Justin grimaced. "I wouldn't talk to you about my boxers being too tight on my dick. Or how my new pair made my butt look great." The boys laughed at his silly remark, sipping their coffees.

"Okay, so lingerie. What else?" Zach questioned. "I mean she's a wealthy girl, what do you get a girl who has everything?" Justin thought you himself. What would really make her happy?

"I also want to buy something for her dad too, he's done so much for me." Justin added.

"What does he like?"

"Football. I did say he should come to our next game." Justin mentioned, throwing his cup into the garbage before getting into Zach's car with him.

"Well let's go shopping then."

Elizabeth has just arrived home, her fingers almost numb with the amount of bags in her hand. She was surprised she even got into the house. Taking them upstairs, she sat on her bed and huffed, releasing all of the bags onto the floor. She frowned, assuming Justin was home, but decided it was a good thing he wasn't. This gave her time to wrap his gifts.

A playlist playing quietly in the background, and she was wrapping, taping, naming gifts, shoving them all under her bed before everyone had arrived home. She heard a knock on her door, hearing Justin's voice call out for her. "El, are you in here?"

"Yeah, give me a second." She shouted back, scrambling to hide the gifts in their bags. There was a silence between them as she pushed everything under her bed.

"It's okay, I can wrap in the guest room. Do you have spare gift wrap?" He questioned. She opened her door slightly, handing him a roll and closing it. "Thank you, have fun." Hearing a giggle and a door close, she pulled everything back out and continued. Her bed was spilling out gifts, she always went above and beyond for Christmas.

Her dad finally arrived home, so Elizabeth had cleaned her floor and left her room. As she had walked down the stairs, she saw the large tree sitting in the living room, completely bare. With decoration boxes on the floor, surrounding it. "Are you ready to decorate the tree, mija? Where's Justin?"

The guest room door opened and Justin had jogged down in delight, immediately helping the other two to decorate. Baubles, tinsel, beads, special ornaments, and lights. As her dad had dimmed the lights, Elizabeth switched the tree on and saw the beautiful colours flash before her. Justin grabbed her hand gently, smiling down at her.

"Did you make that?" Justin questioned, slipping his finger underneath an ornament and pulling it closer for inspection. She laughed at the memory, and nodded at him. Their hands were still closely latched together.

"I made it when I was little, my mom and I went to a crafting class and we all made these little Christmas stars." She explained. Justin pulled her in, rubbing her back. Her mood had dampened still thinking of her mom, but nonetheless, grinned at Justin and her dad. "I can't wait for Christmas, shall we put all of the gifts under the tree now?"

Elizabeth had pulled all of the gifts from under her bed and carried them down in bags, feeling like Santa. She slid them under the tree and embraced her dad, sitting on the couch with him. Justin had joined beside them, her dad reaching for the remote.

"¡Feliz Navidad!" She cheered, linking arms with them both.