WITH YOU THIS CHRISTMAS

WITH YOU THIS CHRISTMAS

WITH YOU THIS CHRISTMAS

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"HELLO?" Eden said, picking up her phone to see a Group FaceTime call between her, Freya, Luciana, and Haylie.

"There's a party tonight, you're coming." Freya deadpanned the moment the line connected. Eden leaned her phone on her dresser as she continued to do her hair.

"I'm not going." Eden immediately shook her head, completely disregarding Freya.

"Look I don't care if Corbyn's a fucking jerk. Get laid when you get here for all I care, you're still coming though." Freya said, before applying mascara to her lashes.

"Getting laid doesn't sound all that bad today." Eden raised her eyebrow slightly, which caused Haylie to nod.

"It'll get your mind off of Corbyn for a sec. Just make sure it's someone good and not someone who sucks." Haylie reminded her and Freya's eyes widened as she stopped applying mascara to look at them.

"What?" Eden asked and Freya shook her head before speaking.

"Sorry, it's just that every time I suggest sex to you, you get all embarrassed and veto it. And now you're suddenly up for it." the raven-haired girl laughed lightly before going back to getting ready.

"Yeah well that was before Corbyn decided to break up with me before we even started dating again." Eden mumbled, continuing to curl her hair. Luciana sighed, knowing that she was still heavily hurt from what had happened two nights before. "So I think that I'm entitled for some kind of stress relief."

"You most definitely are!" Freya cheered. "Finally Eden, we finally able to break the innocence out of you!"

"I'm not innocent!" Eden glared and Haylie pursed her lips.

"You kind of ar--" Haylie was cut off by Luciana, who wanted to ask her question before she forgot.

"Hey, you didn't know about the party until now, so why are you getting ready?" The blonde raised her eyebrow as Eden brought the curling wand up to curl another piece of her hair.

"I was going to go out with Elijah, but now I'm just going to tell him that we're going to the party tonight." She explained before putting the curling iron down and unplugging it now that she was done.

"Elijah DeLuca?" Haylie asked as she watched Eden reach for her makeup bag.

"That's the only Elijah I know."

"Don't you think that maybe that isn't the best idea to bring Elijah?" Luciana asked and Eden rolled her eyes.

"Corbyn has no control over me. He made that decision himself on saturday." Eden scoffed and the other three girls frowned slightly before waiting for her to continue. "And Elijah is just a friend, So either way he has no reason to be jealous."

"You know what? As you should." Freya raised her eyebrow slightly. As much as she cared about Corbyn, he was making some really stupid decisions because of the fact he was trying to protect his image that reflected to Eden. The blonde girl laughed lightly as she shook her head at Freya's commentary.

"Alright, I've got to call Eli, I'll talk to you guys later." Eden said before hanging up on the girls.

"We're totally screwed." Haylie blurted up and the other two nodded.

"Yup."

"Most definitely."

Eden and Elijah walked up to the front door of Corbyn and Jonah's house. Elijah was continuously expressing his doubts about being there that night after knowing everything that went down between Corbyn and Eden. Elijah wasn't like Amber. He actually cared about Eden, but in a platonic way. He didn't want to see her hurt, so he just continuously ignored all the shipping comments and all the opinions on their relationship.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" he panicked and Eden sighed before turning to him and putting her hands on his shoulders. The action forced Elijah to meet her eyes, so he watched her roll her eyes. 

"Who cares if this is a good idea? Corbyn has no control over me. And I am in dire need of a wingman so I can end up in some random ass guys bad tomorrow morning." She sighed, letting go of his shoulders before turning around and going towards the front door once again.

"First of all, a wingman is not going to help because everyone is going to think we're dating." He told her and Eden only rolled her eyes once again. "And second of all, really a one night stand is your new distraction? Please go back to editing photos." He begged fakely, which accomplished what he wanted, he made her laugh.

"Leave me be." She shoved him before the two of them made their way into the house.

"Eden!" Zach grinned immediately pulling the girl into a hug. Eden laughed lightly, being as he took her by surprise. The moment Zach let go he recognized Elijah standing there awkwardly. "Oh you must be Elijah! I'm Zach!" Zach stuck his hand out for Elijah to shake, and he gladly took it.

"Nice to meet you Zach." Elijah grinned. Eden looked around the room and Immediately spotted Corbyn in the far corner. It was hard to find him at first with the amount of people in the living room. Eden refused to let herself go to this lifestyle in the middle of a pandemic, but she wanted so badly to prove to Corbyn that she didn't need him in his life.

"Put your arm around my shoulder." Eden said once Zach walked away, elbowing Elijah's side. Elijah looked up at her with a confused expression before speaking up.

"What happened to wingman and one night stand?" Elijah asked and Eden rolled her eyes before looking at Elijah.

"Just do it." She said, moving her head slightly to point over to Corbyn. The boy had his own arm around a girl, while the other had a whiteclaw in his hand. Eden had a good guess who the girl was, so she wanted to hurt him just as much as he was hurting her.

"Oh." Elijah said before sighing and wrapping his arm around her shoulder. Eden took in a deep breath before moving to walk to the main group of friends.

"Hey guys!" Eden faked a smile, but she was good at it as everyone believed it to be real.

"Hey Eden." They all exchanged greetings before Eden turned to Corbyn. Amelia was giving Eden a smirk while Corbyn had his jaw clenched, a glare immediately on his face.

"Corbyn." She simply acknowledged before turning to the others.

"Eden." He practically seethed out, anger already consuming him. How could she show up with him? The one person who she knew he did not like.

"You want anything to drink Den?" Freya asked, and Eden shook her head before looking up at Elijah.

"Guys this is Elijah. Eli I've already told you their names I really hope you remember because I'm not going through it again." She told him and Elijah just laughed.

"Yeah I remember." He said as Jack offered him a drink. Elijah accepted it as he started listing off names.

"Okay, Freya, Haylie, Jonah, Jack, Luciana, Zach, Ashley, Daniel, and Corbyn." He pointed at each of them and they all nodded as he got them right. Well most of them, as Corbyn just glared straight at him.

"I don't know you though." Elijah stared at Amber with a slight frown, before taking a sip from his drink.

"I'm Amelia." She said, which caused him to choke on the alcohol. Eden pursed her lips as she tried to contain her laughter along with everyone but Corbyn and Amelia.

"Oh yeah, Amelia, yeah um--" He cut himself off, sending a panicked look towards Eden, who just patted his shoulder.

"So tell me why you guys suddenly decided a party four days from christmas was a great idea?" Eden joked around, raising her eyebrow playfully and Ashley shrugged, pointing over to her brother.

"I don't know aske Corbyn, he suddenly thought it was a great idea." She said and Eden turned to him for an explanation.

"It's a great way to get laid." He simply stated, looking Eden dead in the eyes as he spoke.

"Funny, I was thinking the same thing." She glared back at him. Everyone else in the group kind of sat there awkwardly, not knowing how to deal with it. It was either they extremely hated each other at the moment, or they were both sexually frustrated, and honestly the group was seriously going for both.

"You know suddenly the kitchen seems very interesting." Zach stated, pointing over before scrambling to get away.

"Oh yeah to me too, must be a universal thing." Ashley laughed nervously before following after him.

"I think that um the fridge needs more ice or something." Jonah made up a poor excuse, before leaving the room, Haylie not even trying to say anything before she followed after him.

"Daniel and I are going to go get some water." Luciana lied, before following the rest of them into the kitchen. Jack looked at Freya, seeing if she wanted to bail, but the girl only shook her head, wanting to see where this was going. Jack didn't blame her, he was curious himself.

"You guys should sit down, You know get more comfortable since you just got here." Corbyn suggested, raising his eyebrow slightly. Eden only smiled sarcastically at him, before doing as she was told. The poor girl tripped on her own feet though, landing straight on Elijah's lap as she fell. With flushed cheeks, Eden scrambled off of him, muttering an apology. It was as if Corbyn didn't see the fact that she had tripped, because the boy was already fuming with anger from the five second scene that happened in front of him.

"Hey what'd you guys do before coming here?" Jack asked, just to ease some of the tension in the group of six.

"Oh we went out to eat. It didn't work out though, and we ended up eating at McDonalds." Eden explained and Corbyn turned to Elijah.

"That's really where you take a girl on a date?" He asked him and Elijah shook his head.

"It wasn't a da--"

"What do you care corbyn? It's not like you could do any better." Eden spat and Corbyn rolled his eyes.

"What are you even doing here Eden? Since you were already out on your perfect little date?" Corbyn asked and Eden raised her eyebrow.

"It wasn't a d--" Elijah was cut off and neglected once more.

"I wanted to come and see my friends. But sorry dude that doesn't include you." Eden shot back, which caused Corbyn's anger levels to rise even higher.

"Don't really care. Feel bad that you have to fuck some rando though to feel good enough about yourself." He laughed and Eden only narrowed her eyes enough that they were in slits. If looks could kill, Corbyn would be 234 feet in the ground right now.

"I thought you were the one saying you were going to get laid tonight." Eden raised her eyebrow. The other four in the conversation darted their eyes back and forth between the two. Two of them found it oddly entertaining, one of them found it extremely uncomfortable, while the other sat there looking at them with jealousy consuming her emotions being as Eden was getting more attention than she was.

"You said it too. No offense Eden, but I didn't take you for a slu--" The moment Corbyn started Eden stood up and cut him off.

"Upstairs now." She seethed out before turning around and storming up the stairs and into corbyn's room.

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so um 😳

yeah

well uh go add 'I would' to your libraries pls 🥺

yes I did impulsively post another book- blame lucy

well anyways love you guys and stay safe 🥺💙

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