Family Christmas Party - t.h.
You know how sometimes when you’re just so excited, ready for the next day to begin, that you can’t sleep?
Today was one of those days. I went to bed early to make sure I got enough rest for the next day. It was currently 6 am and I’d already been up for two hours, unable to sleep more. Just too excited. Today was my family Christmas party. I always love these parties but this years was bound to be the greatest of them all. Usually it’s my family, grandma, aunts and uncles, sometimes a couple of cousins. Most of the cousins are hard to get everyone together at once.
I laid in bed, trying to go back to sleep but failing miserably. Pulling out my phone I send out a quick message to Tom. He’s coming this year and that’s one of the reasons why I’m so excited. It’s my first year with a boy to bring to meet the family at holiday time. We got so lucky that he had a break from filming the newest Spider-Man movie and it was conveniently near the Christmas Party.
“Hey, you excited for today?” I send him.
“Wouldn’t miss it for the world, what should I wear?” He sends back.
I laugh, “anything, you’ll look great no matter what ;)”
Tom replied, “haha hey that’s my line, can’t wait to see you. 4 right?”
“Yep! See you soon,” I send to him.
I force myself out of bed and get dressed. I head upstairs and find myself surprised that no one else it awake yet. I cut up fruit for the fair salad, decorate some cookies and pull out the Christmas dishes.
After an hour of setting up alone, my mom and aunt come out to help. We decorated more cookies, prepared the food for dinner and set up some cute decorations.
“Is Tom still coming?” My aunt asks smiling.
“Yes, he’ll be here at 4!”
“Ohhhh, I can’t wait to meet him!” She exclaims. My family have heard about Tom, mostly from me. But they also know he’s an actor so they’ve seen him on social media here and there.
We finished decorating the kitchen and living room and I head down to shower and change for the party. I look at my phone and notice it’s already 2. I jump in the shower quick and get dressed in my black and red striped sweater with my dark skinny jeans, Christmas socks showing proudly. I dried my hair and curled it slightly.
By the time I was done it was already 3:45 and people were starting to show up. One of my cousins Max was the first one there, I greeted them when I come upstairs and he was excited to see me.
“Y/N! I’m so glad you came!” He joked, I laughed and punched his arm.
“No! I want to thank you for intruding in on my house,” I joked back and I said hi to his kids who went straight for the presents under the tree.
“No, wait! Those are for after dinner!” Max yelled after them.
They looked sad and Max looked over to me, still talking to them, “Y/N’s boyfriend will be here soon. Come hang out with her before he gets here!”
The kids ran over and I held them both, “my gosh! You guys have gotten so big! You hungry?”
They both nodded and we ate snacks and sat at the table.
“I’ve got a gingerbread house, do you guys wants to decorate it with my?”
“Yeah!” Both Josh and Emma said at the same time.
I broke out the kit and used the frosting to glue the house together. As soon as it was dried, the kids set to decorate it. Josh decorated his side with blue candies and green gumdrops. Emma decorated her side with pink sugar balls, Christmas trees and TONS of frosting on the roof.
As soon as they were done decorating I put the house up on the counter to dry.
The kids grabbed more snacks and ran back into the living room by the rest of the family.
I watched the clock carefully, watching as more and more family came in through the door. But still no Tom.
It was now almost 5 and almost everyone had arrived, Tom was still MIA.
I kept my seat at the table, making conversation with family but still watching the window for that black Audi. It was a gift from Robert Downey Jr, tricked out with Spider-Man seats and everything.
Max walked over and grabbed my shoulder, “don’t worry, he’ll show. And if he doesn’t, I’ll kick his butt.”
I smiled, “Thanks Max.” The kids ran over and pulled me into the living room with everyone else. They’re all sitting around talking, snacking and wine sipping. The amount of gifts around the tree grew tremendously. I know that they’re all for the little kids, but I still have hopes that there’s a little something in there for me.
The doorbell rang, but I didn’t hear it. I was busy having an arm wrestling contest with Max. Apparently everyone else heard it though because it got real quiet. Max let me win our battle and we laughed before stopping, noticing no one else was making a noise.
“Who is that?” Aunt Mandy asked, trying to think of who else wasn't there already. I stood up and headed to the door. I didn't see that Audi I loved so much and my hopes deflated. Opening the door, changed my mind. Tom was standing there, with a bouquet of roses, a full trash bag, cookies and flour in his hair.
I covered my mouth, laughing at his appearance.
“Wanna help me in?” He asked with that smirk of his.
I nodded, laughing again. “Come on in, Santa Tommy.”
This time he laughed, I grabbed the flowers and trash bag.
“What’s in here??” I asked about the bag.
“Presents,” he smiled at me.
He put his goodies and I went to hug him. We hugged and then he kissed me.
“You’re late,” I scolded him lightly.
“I was baking....and almost burnt the house down.” He said getting quiet.
“Geez! I thought it taught you how to use the oven,” I giggled and he shrugged.
“I don’t know what went wrong, but I brought flowers for you, to make up for being late.”
“You've got flour in your hair,” I brushed his hair out of his face. “And I love the roses, thank you.”
He brushed more flour out of his hair and I grabbed a vase for the flowers. We made out way out to the kitchen where everyone was staring at us.
“Everyone, this is Tom. Tom, this is my family.” I said. I could introduce them all individually.
Tom waved a little and smiled that smile that makes me the happiest.
Everyone went back to their conversations.
I helped him put out the cookies and we walked into family room holding hands, his other hand holding the full garbage bag.
“What’s that?” Josh asked.
Tom smiled, “presents. I’m Tom.”
He shook Josh’s hand and it was adorable how cute he was with my little cousins.
Tom dumped the gifts out of the bag, right near the fireplace. There was almost no room for them.
I slowly introduced Tom to everyone as we made the rounds.
Tom ended up over talking to my uncle John and I went back to sit down by the kids. Max poked my shoulder and I turned around, “what's up?”
“He seems nice,” he said.
I nodded looking back at Tom, “he is. He’s a good one.”
“He better be better than good. You’re the best which means he needs to be equivalent to that, otherwise unworthy.” He said seriously but laughed a little.
“You should talk to him, he’s really smart. Maybe if you ask nice he’ll give you some Marvel secrets,” I say, nudging him.
Max apparently didn't want to wait. He shouted across the room, “hey Tom!”
Tom turned right away, looking like the was waiting to be saved. “Yeah?”
“Y/N says you like to share Marvel secrets?” Max asks. He’s such a good, he knows who Tom is and his past with accidentally giving out spoilers.
Tom laughed, “Yeah apparently I do.”
Max leaned back on the couch, crossing his arms, “tell me what happens in the new Spider-Man movie, tweeny bop.”
Tom laughed and ran a hand through his perfect hair, he didn’t want to be the focus of this family Christmas party. He looked at me and shook his head, “if I could I would man. If I spoil another movie I’ll be worse than Ruffalo.”
“But I do have something you might enjoy in place of trade secrets.” He looked to me for confirmation but I was confused. Did he forget to bring something? He jumped up, grabbing my hand as he ran out to get his shoes.
“Tom!” I yelped, almost tripping over everything we passed.
We got into the hallway and he pulled me in for a quick yet deep kiss.
“What was that for?” I asked breathless.
He rested his forehead on mine for a minute before looking into my eyes, “I love you.”
“I love you too,” I said back, I’d never meant anything more in my life. Between the way he interacted with my family and was dedicated to me, I knew he was the one.
“What’re we doing?” I asked him.
“Right,” he said blinking, he ran out to his car and came back within 30 seconds.
“That was fast,” I commented.
“It is freezing out there.”
“What’ve you got??” I asked again and again he ignored me. It looked like another garbage bag.
We came back into the living room, he sat with his back to the fire and me next to him, holding Josh.
“Since I knew I would be asked for secrets, per usual, and I cannot give any out, I’ve got these instead. Hopefully they make up for it.”
He reached into the bag and pulled out some Spider-Man memorabilia including posters, toys and costumes for the little kids, all signed of course.
Wow, I thought to myself, this was beyond dedication.
Max’s eyes lit up and he thought it was the coolest thing, “I’ll take one of each.”
No matter the age, everyone loves free things. And they love free things even more if they are from one of their favorite movies.
Tom laughed and handed him the bag so he could take his pick.
Shortly after he finished showing off some of the souvenirs he brought, my mom announced dinner. We all got up and grabbed food from the kitchen, searching for a place to sit. We found space to eat downstairs where it was a little more quiet.
We started eating in silence, hearing the soft music and conversations going on above us.
“I’m so glad you’re here,” I say taking a drink of my pop.
“Me too, I’m sorry I was so late. Robert called me while I was at the store getting groceries for the cookies and I was too loud and some girls recognized me so I had to stop and take pictures. So that took longer. And there is a LOT of snow here and it’s still snowing and hard to see while driving. Then the cookies went terribly wrong and I just...”
“It’s okay Tom, I was just worried....that you weren’t going to come. Maybe something more important came up and....I don’t know,” I shrugged, feeling guilty now that I’ve actually spoken my mind. It’s not that I was worried hew aunt going to show, just more that he was going to decide something was bigger and better than his girlfriend’s family holiday party.
“Hey, I’m sorry I was late, but I just need you to know this. I would not have missed this for the world. You’re my favorite person and I don’t ever want you to think that I would blow you off,” Tom smiles hugging me.
I smile back and place my empty plate on the table, “You’re the best.”
“I know,” Tom shrugs with a laugh.
We play a couple of very competitive rounds of foosball, which I won. Tom fake pouted for a while before we headed back upstairs to join the rest of the party.
Tom grabbed a cookie and we made out way into the living room. My mom was FaceTiming with Jeremy, my other cousin and Max’s older brother, who was coming in tomorrow, delayed by work and the snow. “Hey Y/N! Jeremy’s on the phone, here!” She passed her phone to me.
“Great!” I grabbed the phone and looked at his scruffy, bearded face. “Hi Jeremy, we miss you!”
Tom jumped up to grab another cookie while I spoke with my cousin.
“I know! I’m great! I’ll be there tomorrow to hang out with you guys, so don’t have too much fun yet. The weather totally sucks up here,” he laughed at himself.
I rolled my eyes, “yeah, yeah, don't remind me. Just drive safe when you guys are coming up! Also tell Jessica she’s my favorite!” I complimented his soon-to-be wife because she’s awesome.
He fake gasped, looking hurt by my comment.
Tom walked back over to me, three cookies in his hand. He sat down next to me, arm around my shoulders.
“Uh....Y/N,” Jeremy says.
“Who is that boy and why does he have his arm around you?”
I laughed turning the phone over to Tom’s reddening face, “my boyfriend Tom.”
Tom waved and said hello.
Jeremy’s smile dropped, “Hello. Give me a minute with the kid.”
Tom looked nervous. “Sure thing.”
I shot him a thumbs up before he walked away with the phone in his hand.
I look over to Max who is smirking at me and the kids. They couldn't wait any longer and began shaking all of the gifts.
“What are you laughing at?” I shot at him.
He laughed more, “if you wanted to keep that boy of yours, you wouldn’t gave handed him over to Jeremy.
I roll me eyes, “I have faith in BOTH of them. I’m not too worried. Besides, Jeremy will be here tomorrow so I can beat him up then if I have to.”
Max laughed again, “I’d pay to see that.”
Tom then came back into the room, handing the phone off to my mom.
“How’d it go?” I asked him as he sat back down next to me.
He wiped his hands on his pants, “I’ve never been so nervous in my life. Not even when I met RDJ. Oh my god.”
It was my turn to laugh this time, “Oh sweetie, you’re okay. Jeremy will be here tomorrow so I can talk to him for you if you’d like.”
Tom’s cheeks turned red, “No, it’s okay. I’ll get over my feat of him before then. Hopefully. Maybe.”
I then got a text adn I looked at it, it said it was from Jeremy and it read, “he’s a good one. keep him. see you tomorrow.”
I smiled, my family plus Tom made for the best celebrations of all time.
The kids then opened gifts, the adults played white elephant and craziness ensued. Most of the family left shortly after gifts and dessert. But for the who were left, we played Christmas movies. Elf was first and then we began watching Home Alone.
Tom looked to be getting tired so I grabbed his hand and ushered him off of the couch. I brought him downstairs and brought him to his overnight accommodations, the couch. I kissed him and watched him collapse onto his bed, already passed out. I went back upstairs to say goodnight to the rest of the family and goodbye to those not staying for tomorrow. I headed back downstairs to rest up for the next day.
The next day we were doing family brunch for those who were in town longer than just a day.
I woke up, having slept in til 8:30. Getting dressed and heading down the hallway. I passed by the living room and saw no Tom on the couch. Confused I went upstairs and could head hushed whispers. As I walked in I saw them. Tom sitting on the couch with Max and Jeremy, Josh on his lap. They seemed to be in an intense, hushed conversation about being the scenes of the Spider-Man movies. None of them even noticed I had come upstairs until Finn saw me and ran over, jumping into my arms with a huge hug.
“Good morning,” he smiled at me with that cute toothless, 6 year old smile.
“Hi Josh,” I smiled back.
“Uncle Jeremy is here and he’s being nice to your boyfriend,” he laughed as he spoke to me.
I giggled back, “well I hope he’s being nice. Otherwise I’ve gotta kick his butt!”
“Yeah!” Josh quietly shouted.
I put him down and went over and hugged Jeremy, “when did you guys get here?”
“’Bout an hour ago, didn't hit as much traffic as we thought. We’re staying over at Anne’s, Jessica is showering then coming over to eat.” He said, hugging me back.
“Great! We’re so excited for your wedding, I expect a full on party.” I said sharing my excitement. Jeremy was the last kid in his family to get married and he is so much fun that we’re all expecting an unforgettable wedding.
“It’s going to be rad, I really hope you bring your boy here. He’s pretty cool.” Jeremy said, nudging my side. I’m so glad that my family loves Tom as much as I love him and he loves them. They just love that I’m happy and have someone so special to share things with. And it means so much to me that my family, who can sometimes be a little too honest and judgmental, love Tom after just a day of knowing him.
I looked back over at Tom who was once again having an intense conversation with Max, most likely about another Marvel film.
I nodded, “hopefully he has time off, I’d love to bring him with.”
We sat down with the other boys and joined in on their conversation. It only lasted about a half an hour before everyone else was awake and we began prepping for brunch. We all ate and hung out more, playing Pictionary and What Do You Meme.
Tom was excited to be spending so much time with me and my family around the holidays since he was away from his own. He didn’t have enough time off to fly back to London and visit his own family, so he was glad to be able to spend it with someone’s family.
You sat at the table, after the most recent game of Pictionary and your team had won. There were many conversations happening and you looked over and saw Tom looking at you longingly. You tipped your head over to the other room and he followed you. You grabbed his hand and lead him downstairs. The two of you sat on the couch facing each other.
Tom leaned in and kissed you, long and passionately. “I’ve missed you.”
“I’ve been right here with you all day, English.” I say back at him, in between kisses.
I pulled away eventually to take a breath and he smiled at me, the sweetest smile.
“Are you having fun?” I asked him, playing with his hand.
Tom nodded at me, “I am, I’m so lucky to have you.”
I blushed and scooted closer to him, “I’m lucky to have you. I’m lucky to be a part of your superhero life, to be able to call you mine. You’re mine.”
He kissed me once again, this time sweet and lovingly. “I love you, Y/N.”
Hey guys! This is my first official fic and I hope you like it! I think I’ll maybe do a second part where they couple attends the cousin’s wedding. What do you guys think? Also I’m new to writing for people but I’d love to do some requests! Let me know what you guys wanna see :D
