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I gasped as his soft lips touched mine.

At first I didn't respond since I was too shocked, but then slowly I started to move my lips in sync with his.

Suddenly my theory was proven true: sparks did exist. Sparks, fireworks, hell it was more than that, the kiss was possibly the most amazing and amplifying thing that I had never experienced before.

I had laughed at all those stories I'd read where they'd describe a kiss as perfect. I had thought that was all just fantasies, that a real kiss would be sloppy and gross. But this was on the complete opposite side of the spectrum.

Either Nathan was a really good kisser, or I was just imagining things.

No, a kiss this good couldn't just be in my head.

I felt his tongue trace my bottom lip slowly, my lips parting and allowing entrance.

I held back a moan as his tongue explored my mouth with confidence and sureness.

I didn't want it to end but I pulled back eventually to take a breath.

I closed my eyes as I felt his forehead rest against mine, our breathing shallow.

"Wow." Nathan breathed out, causing me to open my eyes and stare into his green eyes that had turned a shade darker.

I smirked at his reaction and before I could say anything, his delicious lips found mine again as we became lost in another kiss.

I let out a small squeak as he slowly lowered us onto the bed so now I was underneath him.

Finally being able to do what I had always wanted to since I first saw him, my hands reached up and tangled themselves in his soft dark hair.

I slightly tugged on his hair and he let out a moan, making the adrenaline coursing through me double.

Just as things were getting heated and out of control, Nathan pulled away, his breathing deep.

And at that exact moment, Max decided to barge in.

"Hey do you guys have any toilet pa-- woah." Max suddenly stopped in his tracks as he took in the scene before him.

"Okay, cool. Uh I'll just leave you two. Have fun making out and uh, use protection." Max awkwardly said before turning around and walking back out the door.

I looked up at Nathan who was still on top of me, and we suddenly burst out laughing.

After we had sobered up, Nathan slowly rolled off of me and stood up.

I sat up now too, suddenly missing his warmth. Ugh, I sounded so needy and pathetic.

"We should probably get some sleep." Nathan stated, before pulling off his shirt and then his pants, giving me my own private strip show.

This time I made sure my jaw didn't unhinge and forced my eyes not to linger on his abs longer than necessary.

But it was enough time of gazing for Nathan as he was already smirking that arrogant smirk he wore so well.

"Yeah we should." I forced my voice to sound nonchalant and pulled back the covers, snuggling into his comfy bed.

This was definitely not the reaction he wanted since he was stood still in the room watching me with surprise.

Hah, that's right boy. Your evil charm doesn't fool me.

But it had literally taken everything in me to not sprint out of bed and tackle him into another kiss.

Although I'd prefer making out with him right now, I felt pretty proud of my own willpower. I had never experienced those feelings and sensations that I had in that kiss before and all I wanted to do was jump back into it, but I knew I should be moderate and cautious still.

I mean, it's not like we were suddenly dating now where I could go jump back into his arms like that.

Just as my eyes started to close as I fought off any more wild thoughts, I felt the bed jump and opened my eyes to see Nathan sprawled on top of me.

There goes my willpower...

"What, I don't even get a tip?" Nathan looked at me with a twinkle in his eyes.

"A tip for what?" I asked confused.

"When you enjoy a strip show, you usually tip." He explained to me as if I were dull.

"Who said I enjoyed it?" I challenged, raising my eyebrow.

Nathan's smirk stayed in place. "Don't act like you don't want to jump me right now."

Could his ego get any bigger?

"Please, I've seen better." I lied, keeping a strong front.

"Oh yeah?" Nathan looked at me skeptically, slowly leaning in. "Like who?"

No one. There was absolutely no one else on my mind right now after I had seen his lovely six pack.

Quick! Think of a hot guy... You've gotten this far and you can't back down now.

"Like Channing Tatum in Magic Mike." I said with a smug smile.

I felt like high fiving myself for that.

"So you're saying that thirty something year old guy is better than me?" Nathan spoke in a daring tone.

I wanted to shrink back but instead I found myself grinning and saying back, "Yep."

Nathan stared at me in shock first, then glared at me, and then finally a determined look settled onto his face.

Uh-oh.

"Fine, I guess I'm not wanted here anymore." He sighed before rolling off me and standing up.

I stared at him curiously as he walked into his closet and shut the door.

I sat up on his bed and prepared myself for whatever he was about to do.

Hopefully it wouldn't be another tickle fight. Hopefully.

Before I could start thinking of worse scenarios, the door to his closet suddenly opened and he walked out.

I stared at him utterly confused. What was he planning on doing in a black suit with slacks and a tie, a hat, and an umbrella...?

Although the suit did look sexy on him. I also noticed he didn't have a shirt on under the suit jacket.

I saw his lips turn up, noticing me checking him out.

Before I could tell him he was crazy, he pulled out a remote and pushed a button, causing the beginning of It's Raining Men to start playing.

I stared at him as he started walking to me slowly and seductively. I would have laughed if he didn't look so sexy.

He stopped ten feet away from me and started to move his body slowly to the music, just like Channing Tatum.

I wanted to laugh at the fact that he had memorized these moves but damn he was too good. I also noticed not once did that smug smirk that was peeking out from under his hat drop.

His body rolls and poses were done seductively and I just couldn't take my eyes off him.

I was left speechless.

As soon as the lady sang 'IT'S RAINING MEN!' he snapped open his umbrella in front of him and spun it smoothly with the top facing me, and as he lowered it, I noticed he had managed to lose his blazer and was now showing his delicious abs but the tie stayed on.

My cheeks suddenly burned and I felt scandalous for watching this.

He grabbed the hat off his head and slowly trailed it down his chest to the rhythm, doing a body roll. I could tell he was a professional dancer, or he just was being possessed by Channing Tatum.

I just stared at him with my jaw still on the ground as he slowly sauntered over to me with a smirk still in place, shooting me a wink as the music continued to play in the background.

I started to look for an escape desperately. I couldn't handle this!

Just as I slid over to the edge of the bed to escape my own hormones, he came and started to give me a lap dance. Yes, that's right, a lap dance.

I just sat there stunned, until my brain finally processed that I was being lap danced on by a very hot and very charming kidnapper. And the scary part was, he was doing a grand job. He must have been some sort of part-time stripper.

I finally got the courage to stop him. I placed my hands on his toned chest softly, before putting all of my energy into shoving him completely off my lap.

I had caught him off guard as he was still moving that gorgeous body of his to the rhythm, so he went flying back and landed on the ground with a small thud.

"Baby if you want to be the rough one then just say so." He smirked and bit his lip ever-so-softly, not even flinching from the fall.

I stared at him in momentary lust, then disbelief, then confusion, and then settled for a serious look.

I hopped off the bed and walked over to the corner of the room where he had thrown the remote and grabbed it, turning that radio, wherever it was located, off.

Next, I made my way over to the stripper himself and stood in front of him.

"Is there something you wanna tell me?" I asked placing my hands on my hips.

"No?" He answered, confused. "Why, did you want me to seduce you through wordplay or should I-" He started to say but I cut him off and ignored his fiery flirtations.

It were as if that kiss had unlocked all of his ego and smugness onto me.

"Last time I checked, you were a kidnapper, not a stripper." I stated. "Was that like some sort of part-time job when you were a parking valet?" I asked with curiosity.

He just stared at me for a second, then burst into laughter. "I'm not a stripper!" He gasped in between breathes.

"Then how the hell did you know all those dirty moves?" I yelled. "And why?" I added. I mean he basically just gave me a strip show out of the blue.

I was so confused and I direly needed answers to what had just taken place.

Was Channing Tatum really just a ghost who had possessed him?

With the dominating sexual style of his movements, and the fluidity of his overall dancing, I was truly shocked to the core. And not in a bad way, as much as I hated to admit it.

"I was a street dancer." He shrugged.

"You stripped on the streets!?" I exclaimed.

"What? No." He gave me a look and raised a brow. "I danced hip-hop and it paid good money when I wasn't parking cars." He explained.

"Then how the hell did you learn the whole Magic Mike dance?" I asked, still not satisfied with his answers.

Suddenly I saw the smallest tinge of red start to appear on his cheeks. "I signed up for this show and the pay was good but I didn't know I was gonna be dancing to this." He shrugged.

I stared at him for a few minutes. "So you stripped in front of an audience?" I stated, the thought bothering me.

"Well sweetheart, the show I just put on for you was ten times more sexual and I took off more clothes." He winked at me, causing me to look away in embarrassment.

"Why did you do that?" I asked, looking down at my feet.

I heard him get up from the floor and stand in front of me, but I still kept my eyes glued to the floor.

"Because I wanted to show you that I am a billion times better than Channing Tatum." He answered truthfully.

That snapped my eyes up to his. "So you stripped and lap danced on me!?" I exclaimed. Unbelievable.

"Don't act like you didn't enjoy it." He said smugly.

"I didn't." I lied.

"Mhm. So tell me you don't like this." He said, gesturing to his perfectly chiseled body.

I was about to lie again, when he grabbed my hands and placed them on his firm chest, slowly trailing them down to his abs.

I shuddered. I couldn't help but love the feel of them and struggled to keep an expressionless face.

"Jerk." I mumbled pathetically.

He just chuckled at my reaction, before letting my hands go. I quickly pulled them back to myself as soon as he did.

"Well now that I've proven that I'm better than Channing Tatum, no, any male stripper, we should get some sleep. It is Christmas tomorrow after all." He smirked.

"Your ego is just too huge." I sighed and shook my head in pity, before going back over to the bed and laying down under the covers.

Not long after, I felt the bed dip and Nathan snuggled close to me.

I closed my eyes and after some moving from Nathan's side of the bed, he found a comfortable position. But for me it was far from comfortable.

"Nathan." I said slowly.

"What?" He muttered, half asleep.

"Get your hand off my face." I said dangerously.

He slowly lifted his head to see that his arm was stretched out with the back of his hand resting over the top half of my face.

"Sorry princess." He whispered in amusement. Then, instead of taking his hand off of my face, he slid it down to my chin and turned my head so that I was looking right into his green energetic eyes. He slowly leaned in and before I could stop him, he placed a small peck on my lips. "Goodnight Sky." He said, before pulling back and closing his eyes.

I just stared at his resting face and couldn't help but smile.

I think the best thing that came out of this kidnappery was his kisses, plus that strip show. I'd be lying if I didn't say that my mind was still lingering back to his hot body.

So I leaned in close and placed a soft kiss on his lips, closing my eyes. I pulled back to see his own were open now and before I could open my mouth, he gripped onto me and pulled me into his warm embrace.

"Goodnight sexy." I murmured half-asleep, already dozing off as I felt his chest vibrate from laughter. He tightened his hold on me, causing a giddy feeling to erupt inside me.

His arms around me made me fall into probably the best slumbers I've had in a while, and I passed out with a slight smile on my face.

I woke up the next morning to the bed moving.

The bed was moving!

I quickly sprang up and looked around frantically, screaming "EARTHQUAKE!" before rolling off the bed and tumbling onto the ground with the sheets tangled up in my legs.

I groaned and rubbed my sore butt which had taken the fall, then heard laughter.

I rubbed my eyes and looked up to see Nathan and Dustin looking down at me, both of the brothers laughing uncontrollably.

Realizing that there was no earthquake, I stood up and glared at the two.

"What the heck!?" I exclaimed, enraged at Nathan, but not at Dustin because he looked adorable giggling.

"Why was the bed moving?" I questioned again, raising my voice over their snickers.

"I was jumping on the bed to wake you up." Dustin explained, trying to contain his little fits of giggles.

"Why would you wake me up so early?" I asked, forcing my voice to stay calm.

"It's ten in the morning." Nathan mentioned to which I just shot him a glare.

"Because..." Dustin trailed off, before jumping in the air and screaming, "IT'S CHRISTMAS!"

I winced slightly, but the kid's expression and the sudden realization brought a huge grin to my face.

"Merry Christmas." I said to both the brothers with a smile. They returned it, Nathan's smile making my breath catch.

Get it together Bella Swan.

"Hurry up and get ready! We have to open the gifts!" Dustin exclaimed.

I laughed and agreed, getting up now and heading over to the bathroom.

After I had washed up, I went to Nathan's closet and walked over to my pile of clothes.

Nathan's clothes were all hung neatly and some folded, while mine were a huge mess in one corner. I had never really gotten to cleaning or setting them up in the closet.

I picked a long-sleeved black v-neck top and paired it with a striped red and green skirt, finding some black leggings for underneath. I had planned out this outfit in advance from the day Nathan took me shopping, knowing that I needed a bomb outfit for Christmas. I quickly got changed and dug through my pile of stuff again, looking for a certain bag.

Once I found the large plastic bag, I pulled it out and looked inside, looking over my shoulder to double-check that the door was closed.

I had gotten Nathan and Dustin gifts the day he took me to the mall, believe it or not. They were having huge Christmas sales everywhere. I'd figured if I couldn't get my friends and brother anything, I could at least get my kidnapper and his brother something. I had been thinking of how he had still given me respect and kindness at the time and letting me swipe his card at a bunch of places was a sweet move. Even though it was still his money I had bought the presents with, I still thought it'd be a nice surprise. What could I say, nothing could stand in the way of my Christmas spirit. Since I hadn't found out about Max until recently, I had nothing for him.

I desperately looked around for something, then got an idea. I found my wallet in the middle of the mess and ripped it open, digging through it. My face lit up once I found my fifty dollars Starbucks gift card I had gotten from Landon. He had gotten it from his rich parents for getting an A on some easy quiz and decided to give it to me, since he was too concerned about his masculinity being impacted by walking into a Starbucks.

I had used about three dollars on it but it would have to do.

I gathered all the gifts inside the bag and walked out to the living room where all three brothers were sitting.

They looked so cute and cozy, talking amongst themselves on the couches with liveliness. The picturesque scene was one to capture. Times like this were when I really wished I had a Polaroid camera.

As I walked in they all looked up, but Nathan's gaze was what caught my attention. Was he... checking me out?

I had put in a lot of effort into my outfit and I guess it had paid off... I looked away from his inviting eyes and looked around the room instead.

"Merry Christmas!" I exclaimed, walking over to Max and ignoring Nathan the stripper. That was going to be his nickname for quite a while now...

"Merry Christmas to you too homegirl." Max stood up to give me a half-hug half-bro shake embrace thing.

"Can we open the presents now?" Dustin asked, straining his voice to sound polite.

The three of us chuckled at his adorable cuteness and nodded. That lit up Dustin's face as he ran to the tree and started ripping open boxes.

I walked over to the excited kid and bent down.

"Before you open one, I also got you a gift." I smiled down at my favorite kid in the world.

"Really?" He asked with excitement.

"Yes really. Cuz you deserve it. Here you go Dustin." I smiled as I pulled out the large Luke Skywalker action figure in its box and handed it down to him.

He stared at it with wide eyes and quickly started jumping up and down. "YAY! Now I have another you to keep in my room!" He yelled and suddenly hugged me.

I laughed and hugged him back, my heart warming over his reaction. I'd buy him a new gift each day if I could just to see the kid's excitement. But I guess that's how you spoil kids... It was so tempting though.

"Skylar, you didn't have to." Nathan said. I looked up to see him smiling down at the excited Dustin.

"I wanted to." I said honestly.

"So what does your best-friend get?" Max teased.

I grinned and dug in the bag.

"Wait, you actually got me something?" He asked slowly, staring at me with disbelief.

"It was a last minute thing." I said sheepishly.

"Here." I smiled as I pulled out the Starbucks gift card and handed it to him.

"Thanks Skylar." He said with a warm smile and pulled me into a bone crushing hug.

I giggled and squeezed him back. In that moment, I was suddenly reminded of my brother as Max hugged me. I felt a tinge of longing and sadness, but let it wash over me and pass.

"And now for the grand finale." I said with a grin, I pulled away from Max and turned to Nathan.

Since I had already handed out all of the gifts, I handed Nathan the bag.

He just stared at me with surprise and laughed slightly, before slowly opening it and looking inside.

His face suddenly lit up upon seeing my gift, before pulling out the big stuffed Simba.

It had taken me quite a while to find one but I had finally found it at some Toys R Us. I had to wrestle some old lady for it... But it was worth it.

He placed the large Simba on the couch and walked over to me.

"You really are something." He smiled at me, before pulling me into a warm secure hug.

I smiled into his shoulder, squeezing him back.

"Okay okay, enough hugging. Now it's our turn to give you presents." Max cut in.

I stepped away from Nathan and looked at them confused. "You guys got me gifts?" I asked in awe.

"Yeah, I call first." Max called excitedly.

"Second!" Dustin yelled with an excited smile.

"And the best for last." Nathan gave me a small secretive smile.

I stared at each of the boys and a warm smile took place on my lips.

Who knew that I'd become so close with my kidnapper and his brothers. These three boys were amazing and sometimes it felt like we were all just friends enjoying time together; not just me being trapped in this place with my kidnapper and his two brothers.

"For you m'lady." Max said cheekily, holding out a small red gift bag.

I chuckled at him and took the bag, looking inside. I pulled out a white shirt and held it open in front of me, bursting into laughter as I read the front.

In the middle of the shirt was a big heart with Max's face printed and around the heart were the words 'MAX IS MY BEST FRIEND'.

"Do you like it?" Max asked me with a hint of nervousness.

The words 'best friend' stood out and reminded me of Landon, but wasn't it true that someone could have two best friends? Could Max really be my second best friend, on the same level as Landon?

Yes.

"I love it." I said honestly, before pulling it over my head and shrugging it down.

Nathan read the shirt and burst out laughing as well. "Only you Max." He muttered in amusement.

Max grinned at me and Nathan. "It really does suit you." He said to me with a grin.

"I'm wearing this everywhere I go." I grinned back at him excitedly. It was a cute and funny gift which made me feel super loved and cared for by these sweet-hearted brothers.

"My turn!" Dustin suddenly exclaimed, running up to me. He shyly handed me a small folded up piece of paper.

I bent down and took it from his hands, looking at him curiously.

"I really hope you'll like it." He said nervously, tucking his hands behind his back.

"If it's from you, of course I'm gonna like it." I said honestly, before unfolding the paper delicately.

I instantly smiled as I read the poem he had written.

"Nathan helped me spell it, but I made it myself." He said proudly.

In small messy writing, he had written the poem from The Outsiders.

'Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.'

There was a nice large sunset in the background that was neatly coloured by Dustin.

"I knew you liked this movie so I wrote you the poem." Dustin said shyly. "There's another poem at the back but I wrote that one."

I smiled down at him, before turning the page over and reading his poem.

'Roses are red, violets are blue.

I love you L.S, but not the gross way.

You are my favourite girl person in the whole world.

I don't know what else to say.

I hope you like my poem, merry Christmas Luke Skywalker.'

I read the poem over again and then smiled down at Dustin. Although most people would like the 'Nothing Gold Can Stay' poem, I'd prefer this one, it just made my heart melt and I felt so happy knowing that I had a special spot in the kid's heart. "It's the best gift ever." I said to him in pure honesty.

I heard Max scoff and Nathan mutter something, but kept my focus on Dustin.

"Really?" He asked with big eyes.

"Really." I smiled back.

I pulled him into a hug, before he pulled away.

"I still have to open my other presents!" He exclaimed, before running to the tree and grabbing the biggest box.

"You still have to see my gift which is gonna be the best one princess." Nathan said, stepping in front of me now.

"I don't know, Dustin set the bar pretty high." I said back with a smirk.

"Come on now." Nathan rolled his eyes, pulling me towards the front door.

"Where are we going?" I asked confused.

"Nowhere, your gift's just at the door." Nathan said with a secretive smile.

I looked at him confused but he just gestured for me to open the door.

I reached for the handle and pulled open the door.

"I don't see any-" I cut myself off as he stepped right in front of me, his eyes lighting up.

No. Freaking. Way.

I guess this really was the best Christmas present after all.

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A/N

Man I have GOT to stop with the cliffys.

**2019 Updated relevant comment im leaving as I edit thru each chapter: cliffy cliffy, cliffy on my chappie UH, rewrite the series, make it into a movie UH

i thought it was genius and my only other friend (boyfriend) is asleep so i thought id share it here. yeah.

Ok so... YOU ALL ARE AMAZING PEOPLE. Amazing beautiful people that helped me reach 3 MILLION reads!!!! It's so crazy and I truly wouldn't be here without you guys, so just know that you're special, amazing, beautiful and just LOVELY.

So I think this chapter might just be the one with the most votes for that little Magic Mike thing Nathan pulled off ;) hehehe but you don't know how hard it was writing that scene.. Well I hope it made you all jumpy and squealy and all

AHH I CAN'T TYPE ON THIS IT KEEPS LAGGING CUZ I TYPE TOO FAST FOR THIS SLOW PIECE OF CRAP sorry.

AnyLAYS (the chips which I absolutely ADORE)

For the dare.. First of all, id like to APOLOGIZE :( im sooo sorry i just realized that there are guy readers(i was so happy) reading my book and girls with short hair that can't do the dare.. Didn't really think that through.. Yeah.. But I'm sorry and I'll make sure the next one will be dareable (hell yeah that's a word) to all my readers.

Back to your dares now, wow. There are, as always, A LOT of 'I peed myself laughing' ones and it was hard to pick but........@FinnRocks73 is DA WINNER who said:

Well this dare sent me some weird glares. I did exactly that and leaned against a Tim Hortans wall, and one of the kids from the other school walked by, and I coughed loudly, and pulled the hair up to my face, and he just looked at me. "You're on my lawn" I said it in a creepy way and I didn't mean too. He glared at me and went "This is a sidewalk to a Tim Hortans" I pointed to the cracks in the sidewalk and stared him down. "My.Lawn." Is all I said and he walked away...He was kinda cute but I don't think we have a chance now xD

Hehehe. So the next dare is.......... Go up to some random person and start tsking and shaking your head and if they dont react say 'wowwwwww.' Now the rest of this dare is gonna be up to you to make it more interesting ;).. And also cuz I just made that up and have no idea what to add into that..

HAVE FUN >:D

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