Title: Christmas Wish
Part: 7/12
Author: Wendy
Category: 98º
Rating: PG-13
Copyright: 1999
As soon as the clock struck midnight, everyone yelled out "Merry Christmas". One by one, they got one of their presents from under the tree.
Everyone was happy with all the things that they received. However, the best Christmas present of all probably went to Becki.
Drew went into his pocket and took out a small black velvet box.
"What is this?" Becki asked, not taking her eyes off of Drew’s.
"Open it," he gave her the box.
Becki looked down and opened the box slowly. Everyone looked at the two of them, waiting for Drew to pop the question to the woman he had loved for so long. The box had a large diamond engagement ring. By the time Becki had opened the box, Drew had gotten down on his knee.
"Becki, I’ve loved you ever since the day we met and I know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. My life has been so complete and for the past few months that we’ve lived together, I realize that just how right we are together. I guess without sounding too corny," Drew grinned, "I’m asking you to become my wife. Will you marry me, Becki?"
Becki stared at Drew in silence, unable to say anything. Megan, who was sitting right next to Becki, gently nudged her best friend in the ribs to tell Becki to say something.
"Yes, Drew, I will marry you," Becki smiled as Drew nervously slipped the ring on Becki’s left hand.
Drew got up and hugged Becki tightly. Then they shared a long kiss. Finally, they broke when they realized that everyone else was staring right at them, whispering about them.
Megan was the first to stand up and she went to hug her best friend. "Congrats, Becki."
"Thanks," Becki replied, unable to take the huge grin off of her face.
"Drew, you’d better take good care of her," Megan said, giving Drew a hug as well.
For the next few minutes, everyone around the room were congratulating Becki and Drew on their engagement. They were so happy for them because they had been together for so long and they were able to survive through everything.
Drew and Becki snuggled up closely as they all settled back down in the living room. Charlene had gone into the kitchen just quickly.
"Hey, guys, where did Char go?" Jeff asked suddenly.
Everyone looked around and no one knew. Jeff got up and looked for her. The two of them met half way between the living room and the kitchen.
"What were you just doing in there?" Jeff asked suspiciously.
"Oh, nothing, you guys will see later," Charlene said, looking at everyone.
"Hey, look," Jessica pointed over Charlene and Jeff.
The two looked up.
"It’s a mistletoe!" Jessica exclaimed.
Both Charlene and Jeff shook their heads.
"Hey, guys, come on, it’s Christmas and you know the rule," Nick added.
Charlene and Jeff rolled their eyes at one another, but decided to go along with it. Jeff tenderly touched Charlene’s face and slowly leaned toward her. She wrapped her arms around him and they kissed, slowly and unsurely at first. Then, as if it was just natural to them, they just kept on kissing.
"Whoa!" Sara exclaimed as all of them stared at the duration of the kiss.
Jeff wiped the side of his lip after the two came apart. Faint lipstick from Charlene’s lips remained on him. He stared into Charlene’s big brown eyes and he was drawn away by the overwhelming feelings he had for her. She looked into Jeff’s deep blue eyes and she wished that he really felt the passion for her that he showed when he kissed her.
The two were unable to comprehend what either of them had just done, so they just went back to the living room area, where everyone else was.
"So, Char, what were you going to surprise us with?" Ashley asked, breaking the silence.
"Huh?" Charlene replied, very distracted.
"You know, when you were just in the kitchen?"
"Oh, yeah, that…" Charlene remembered and got up to go back to the kitchen. She came back out in a couple of minutes with a bunch of cookies on a plate. "I baked these for you guys before."
"Oh, wow, thanks, Char," Sara said as she cleaned up the coffee table a bit so Charlene would put down the plate.
Everyone picked up a cookie and complimented on the cookies. Soon enough, all the cookies were gone.
"Speaking of surprises, we have something for you," Nick began.
"What do you mean?" Sara asked curiously.
All of the guys got up and went together. They huddled together and then turned toward the girls. Nick walked toward his right and pressed play on the stereo. The introductory music of "Christmas Wish" came on.
"We would like to dedicate this song to all of you. I know it’s not that original, but I hope you’ll like it," Nick said and began to sing the first verse against just the background music.
After they ended the song, Sara ran up to Nick and gave him a hug. "That was really beautiful and I really loved it."
The group gathered together and just sang "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" to celebrate the holiday.
"You know, I never would have thought that it’s this late already," Justin looked up at the clock.
"Yeah," everyone said in agreement.
They cleaned up really fast and all went into their rooms.
"Justin, this is probably the best Christmas ever," Ashley said after the two went into their room.
"I’m just glad that I’m with you," Justin replied with a smile.
The two of them kissed and she sat on the bed.
"I love you, Justin."
Justin looked at her and he knew that he was complete on this Christmas day.
"I love you too, Ashley."
The two of them kept on kissing and she started to unbutton his shirt.
"Are you sure?" Justin asked.
"Yeah."
The two of them went on the bed and spent the entire night together as one.
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