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I kept my eyes locked with Alvin's, not breaking away. I'd been having a little staring contest with him ever since he had finished his mind-blowing speech. I was trying to make him feel stupid, because that's what he really was.

Once I realized that this staring contest was going nowhere, I finally let out a sigh. I tried to speak but it came out as muffled nonsense due to the rag still tied around my mouth.

Alvin simply stared at me blankly, before barking orders at Cody and Brunette boy. "Untie her and throw her back in her room." He then started leaving the room, before stopping in front of Nathan.

"Make sure she gets back." He spoke to him, to which he curtly nodded.

"Yes sir. Are we good to leave after this?" Cody asked, the smallest hint of hope in his tone.

Alvin slowly turned around, looking quite psychotic. "Why would you leave?" He asked in a mocking tone.

I watched Cody keep his guard up and not show any emotion. "Well if we are not needed after this, I was wondering if we could leave." Cody answered simply and formally.

"And take the rest of the day off? Now why do you think I'd let you do that?" Alvin snarled evilly, causing my hatred for him to grow even more.

Cody didn't answer and simply looked down. With that, Alvin turned back around to leave once more.

"But sir, it's Christmas." Brunette boy finally spoke up, his tone unwavering and light.

Alvin spun back around, this time with force and marched right up to brunette boy.

"There are more pressing things in life than some holiday. Now get back to work the both of you or you won't even have a family to see." He grit out through his teeth, glaring at both of them with disgust.

After no one else objected, Alvin spun around and retreated for good this time, muttering things under his breath on his way out.

I was burning inside to just yell out one curse at him, but the look Nathan was giving me, as well as the rag prevented me from doing so.

Once the door slammed shut, brunette boy and Cody started to untie the ropes around me in silence. I watched their solemn robotic movements in commiseration.

"So why did you guys mummify me in knots when it wasn't even necessary?" I asked once the rag around my mouth was finally undone.

Brunette boy let out a small chuckle from behind me, but I could tell it was forced. "Boss's orders." He simply answered.

I nodded and stayed silent as they finished untying me.

Once I was free from the rope, I stood up and took a step forward, turning to my sides and waiting for the two to stand next to me.

Once they walked up to me, I held out my arms and they wordlessly grabbed them, this time more gently than before, and started to lead the way to the door.

I looked up to see Nathan looking down at his phone, but when we approached him and the door, he tucked it away and walked to stand in front of us.

"I'll take it from here guys." He spoke in an authoritative tone.

The two boys let go of me and I turned to them before Nathan could collect me.

I looked down at the small folded piece of paper in my hands and handed it to Cody without a word.

He gave me a curious look, before silently taking it and starting to walk away with brunette boy.

"Merry Christmas!" I blurted out to them before they could exit.

They both turned back in surprise. Cody nodded and brunette boy smiled, before they walked out the door, leaving only Nathan and I now.

"What did that note say?" Nathan asked me.

"You'll see." Was all I said with a smug smile.

"And might I ask how you managed to sneak it down here? You didn't even know you were gonna get dragged here." Nathan asked me curiously.

I smirked at his confusion. "Well ever since I first got ragged, I always keep a paper and pencil on me." I winked at him, before reaching for the doorknob. "It's a spy thing, you wouldn't know." I winked at his reaction, before pulling open the door and speed walking out. I didn't want to look suspicious if I ran, Alvin probably had security cameras everywhere and might be watching us now with his beady little eyes.

Not long after, I heard his feet walking towards me at the same pace, increasing in speed once I pressed the button for the elevator.

I started panicking, turning around to see him only meters away. I took one last look at the slow elevator before cursing and heading for the stairs, sprinting my way up.

I let out a shriek as I heard the door open and looked over my shoulder to see Nathan shooting me an evil smirk, before slowly making his way up the stairs like all those serial killers do in movies. He really was stupid if he thought he'd end up catching me at that pace. Sure walking slowly towards your sprinting victim resulted in them dying in the movies, but good thing I wasn't some movie bimbo who tripped over my every five steps.

I sighed in relief as I reached the main floor and stopped in front of the door. I looked over my shoulder to see Nathan nowhere in sight and smirked. Stupid boy.

I grabbed the handle and pulled. My heart dropped when the door didn't budge. I tried again but with no luck. I frantically started struggling with the door before letting out a noise of frustration and stepping back. I noticed there was a card slot next to it, Nathan probably holding my key to freedom.

I glanced back to see Nathan still nowhere in sight, but that did nothing but scare me more. Who knew what he'd do this time he caught me.

I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down. That didn't work. I looked around and the only exit was down the stairs, leading right to Nathan.

After standing there panicking for a good thirty seconds, I sat myself down in one corner and curled myself into a small ball, facing the stairs.

I could do nothing but wait for him to come.

My heart picked up once I caught sight of him. I wasn't sure if it was from excitement or fear. Probably both. It was like an intense game of tag.

He kept quiet as he slowly climbed up the stairs, his head tilted down, eyes trained on me. There was even a small sinister smile on his face.

I tried not to pee myself.

Once he reached the same level as me, he stopped and just stared at me.

I'm pretty sure he knew how much he was scaring me and was just doing this to mess with me more.

An idea then suddenly came to me and I hid a smirk. Trying to look more frightened, I slowly stood up. I even forced my body to start shaking in fear.

Keeping a petrified face on, I watched as his own face softened and he looked concerned and guilty, thinking that he had actually scared me bad.

He opened his mouth to say something, but I didn't let him.

Letting out a warrior cry, I charged at his momentarily weakened stance. The last thing I saw before tackling him was the surprise on his face.

I groaned as we both tumbled to the ground in a mess. I pushed myself up from my hands to see I had landed right on top of Nathan, his body absorbing the hit.

I smirked at his pained face as he groaned.

"You have got to be the most abusive girlfriend ever." He said, shaking his head.

"Well that's what you get when you try to mess with the ninja." I grinned.

"You took advantage of my kindness." Nathan slightly pouted, his lips tempting me without knowing.

"You snooze you lose." I simply shrugged.

"Who even says that still." He gave me a look.

"Bob's your uncle." I simply shrugged.

"You mean Ryland." Nathan shot back, causing me to shrink back and cringe.

"Don't remind me." I gagged.

"Hey, you know that doesn't change anything, right? That has nothing to do with you, nor does it determine anything." He reached up and tenderly tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. "I think you're strong, resilient, and a breathtaking beauty that continued to flourish through the chaos. And I'm sorry about your father, I know how hard it probably is for you to take that all in. Just know that you aren't to blame for any of this, nor are you associated with the ugliness of it all." Nathan's soft words struck me out of nowhere, and in an instance, I could feel the repressed emotions break free to the surface.

His words were beautiful and exactly what I needed to hear. My heart swelled as I saw how perfectly he understood me and what I was feeling. Never had anyone described me in that light, and his words meant everything to me in that moment.

"Nathan, you're so good to me." I whispered, feeling pure affection for the man I was currently lying on top of. "You're so good for me." I added after, letting him stare into my adoring eyes.

"I just want to treat you right princess." He whispered back, his eyes a beautiful clear emerald green. "You're the most beautiful thing I've come across in my life, and I don't want to waste a single minute not appreciating it."

I could feel my heart racing against his chest but didn't try to pull away to conceal it. I let my love for him fully shine outwards instead of inwards. I wanted him to feel it, I wanted him to have it. And as these thoughts processed in my mind and I came to the halting realization that I truly was in love with this man, I let go of the millions of voices and thoughts following after. I simply let the strong growing emotion reside in my heart, instead of my head. All I could see in that moment were the piercing, yet comforting green eyes so full of life and emotion. All that mattered and all that existed was him in that moment, and I fully embraced it.

I love you.

I couldn't find my voice, so I leaned down gently, letting my emotions ripple through an electrifying kiss.

I could feel the same passion and emotion reverberating off of his own body and lips, and felt closer to him than ever before.

I wanted to tell him the three words now that I knew it was true. Yet I couldn't find my tongue, maybe because it was lost exploring Nathan's mouth, or because I feared ruining what we already had by throwing him off-guard. Adoration and love were two separate emotions, and I wasn't ready to risk what I had in front of me with three shocking words. So I remained present in the moment and continued to embrace every intricate touch, taste, and emotion I was experiencing for the man who had flipped my entire life. Those three big words were now permanent in my mind and weren't going to flutter away, and I knew there was no rush in me getting them out to him.

All of a sudden, we heard a door from down the staircase open and broke our sweet embrace.

I guess there kind of was a rush in me getting out those words to him, seeing as both him and I were inevitably still at risk under the circumstances around us. I would have to find the right moment soon, because I didn't want to waste a minute either not giving him my honest emotion. Maybe it wouldn't be reciprocated, but that didn't matter. Only to my ego maybe, but the love I had for him was simply present and there for him to take or leave.

So getting up off the floor with him in a rush, Nathan unlocked the door and we made our way back to his apartment before whoever was coming up the stairs could catch us.

As we walked past the main entrance, Nathan grabbed my hand in his and pulled me towards the doors. I looked up at him in confusion but he simply dragged me out the doors stealthily, exposing us both to the cold winter air without warning.

I bit back my shivers and simply followed him as he made his way around the building and led us to the back of it.

He stopped by the corner of the apartment building and placed his hands on my waist, pulling me closer and leaving a breath of air between us. I looked up into his burning gaze and smiled.

"Merry Christmas beautiful." Nathan spoke softly, before taking a few steps back and turning towards a thick green bush to crouch by it.

I watched as he pulled something out from under the bush, then stood back up and walked towards me, the items behind his back as he gave me an adorable sweet smile.

"The first present was a bit intense, hopefully this is more mediocre." Nathan lightly laughed, before pulling out a box of chocolates and a beautiful bouquet of red and white roses and holding them out to me.

My heart swelled as I took in the amazing man in front of me, and realized just how much he meant to me.

Instead of taking the chocolates and roses, I ran up to him and snaked my arms around his torso, holding him tightly to me.

"Sorry if the chocolates might be a bit frozen, I had to hide them out here so Max wouldn't eat them." Nathan spoke.

"It's perfect." I beamed, pulling back slightly to look up at him with an uncontrollably large smile. "Thank you."

"You're perfect." Nathan said, his eyes glinting as he rested his arms around my waist.

"Nathan, I--"

I was rudely interrupted by an incoming ball of snow, just centimeters away from hitting my head, and let out a small scream.

We both snapped our heads up to see Max and Landon on the balcony above, looking down at us with large idiotic grins.

"What the fu--" Nathan started to protest but was cut off by another snowball, and this time it hit him square in the face.

My jaw dropped in shock at the perfect aim, before I uncontrollably started laughing. I mean, it was quite a sight seeing your boyfriend's furious face covered in snow. He looked like an adorably pissed off snowman.

"You! Stay right the fuck there and don't you move!" Nathan's voice boomed through the cold winter air.

I looked up to see Max's goofy grin now replaced with a pure look of terror. Even Landon had ran back inside.

I started laughing harder once Nathan feigned breaking into a sprint, causing Max to be gone in a flash.

Once the two idiots from above were finally gone and we were secluded and alone once again, Nathan gently collected me in his arms.

"I'm glad you find that funny." Nathan gave me an amused smile, resting his hands on my hips once he had brushed off the majority of the snow.

"You looked like an angry snowman." I told him, still chuckling as I remembered his face.

"And do you know what this angry snowman does to rotten princesses?" Nathan spoke in a threatening tone, causing me to stop laughing immediately.

Before I could even open my mouth to respond, Nathan pushed me backwards without warning, tackling me into the soft bed of snow behind us.

I squealed in surprise, the chocolates and flowers landing safely above us as Nathan gripped onto me and started rolling us around erratically.

I started giggling uncontrollably, not having the heart to get upset. It felt like a grand time rolling around in the snow with him, and he seemed to be enjoying it as well as we both laughed freely and loudly like idiots.

I suddenly sobered up as a thought occurred to me, so I reached up and put a hand over Nathan's mouth. "The chipmunk! He'll hear us." I whispered in panic.

"Don't worry babe, no one can say shit to this big strong snowman." Nathan spoke in all seriousness.

I simply looked at him, before grabbing a handful of snow and attempting to stuff it in his mouth.

He moved his head out of the way last second. "You dare mess with the snowman?" Nathan shot me a scolding look, causing me to shrink back into the cold snow in fear.

"Stop!" I yelled,before he could even begin to start tickling me. "Seriously though, we should go back in before the chipmunk sees this. Then our entire plan would be ruined." I gave him a warning look.

"The chipmunk and his squad have already left for the rest of the day." Nathan explained.

"Oh." I replied, before an evil smirk started to form on my lips, then without warning, I grabbed a fresh handful of snow and shoved it in his mouth, this time successfully.

He started sputtering it out, moving off of me now and giving me the perfect escape.

I quickly stood up, grabbed the chocolates and flowers, before starting to sprint back towards the building, laughing wickedly.

"Face the consequences of the angry snowman!" Nathan's voice boomed behind me, causing me to laugh harder from fear and excitement.

Just as I reached the doors and stepped in, Nathan came up from behind and pulled me into his arms all of a sudden, lifting me with no effort and throwing me over his shoulder.

"No! Put me down!" I protested, hitting his back and trying to break loose.

He simply continued walking down the hall with no effort. "You just wait princess." Was all he said.

Knowing he wouldn't put me down willingly, I started to come up with a plan.

I smirked evilly to myself, before grabbing his pants with my free hand and pushing them down.

He suddenly froze as I burst out laughing, catching sight of his batman boxers.

"Oh you just cost yourself a way worse punishment princess." Nathan shook his head, before finally placing me back down on my own two feet.

Knowing my plan, he quickly grabbed my arm with one hand before I could run, and bent down to pull his jeans back up with the other.

"Can I at least eat some chocolates before we get to that?" I asked in all-seriousness, pouting up at him.

He looked down at me in surprise, before amusement crossed his features. "Of course. Now stop pouting like that, you look like that kid who fell into Willy Wonka's pool of chocolate."

My jaw dropped at his words. I raised the box of chocolates instantly to start smacking his head with them, before stopping and realizing how much of a waste that'd be. Also, I guess it would be pretty rude to hit your boyfriend with the box of chocolates he just gifted to you.

So instead I tucked the large box of chocolates under my arm, before reaching up with my free hand and starting to swat at him.

He dodged each swipe with minimal effort, chuckling at my weak attempts.

I dropped my arm, sighing in defeat. I instead slipped my fingers through his and intertwined them, looking up at him with a soft smile.

"Thank you for the chocolates and the roses baby." I said softly.

"Anything for my princess." Nathan smiled down at me, raising my hand to kiss it now. "You should call me baby more." He added with a wink.

"Okay daddy." I immediately answered, causing him to momentarily stop in his tracks to stare down at me in shock.

I smirked as I received the reaction that I was expecting.

"Don't say that without intention." He warned me.

"Yes daddy." I gave him a mischievous smirk, biting my lip now.

"Skylar." Nathan warned, his eyes darkening slightly.

"What is it? Ask me what you need and I'll give it to you." I told him, lowering my voice now and tugging his hand in mine towards me as I leaned against the wall.

He stumbled closer and his hungry eyes looked over my body in a tantalizingly slow manner.

"You should watch your words. You don't know what you're--" Nathan began to warn in a deep tone, but I cut him off.

"Stirring up?" I answered, looking up at him innocently as I pulled him closer to me, feeling his body against mine. I held back shivers. "I know what I'm doing baby." I spoke confidently now, running a hand down his chest in a slow manner.

"You're killing me." Nathan groaned lowly, causing my heart rate to pick up significantly.

"I'm all yours." I leaned up and whispered in his ear, letting my lips slightly brush against it.

He let out a low growl, before pulling away. His dark eyes took me in as he stood a good distance away, before he grabbed my hand in his and pulled me down the hall, back to his apartment.

"You drive me insane." He muttered under his breath as we walked down the hall.

I smirked in satisfaction, but also felt a bit disappointed that he had put a cup over the heated flame that was growing immensely in that moment.

He stopped to turn and look back at me, snaking an arm around my waist and pulling me flush against his body. "I hope you're ready for what you just set yourself up for." His low voice vibrated through my entire body and this time I couldn't hold back the shivers.

He dipped his head low by my neck, placing a soft kiss there, before I felt his smirk against my skin.

"Don't think this angry snowman is about to give you any pleasurable punishments. I definitely did not forget the snow you stuffed in my mouth." His voice was now clear and normal again, causing me to snap out of the lustful haze I had gotten myself into.

My eyes widened in fear once I felt his hand lightly tickle my waist, indicating the punishment would be, yet again, a tickling session.

Oh great.

I turned away and began my sprint down the hall, wasting no time in getting to safety. I felt his hand smack my butt just as I took off, before hearing his footsteps right on my heel.

I quickly scrambled to unlock the door, trying to catch my breath partially from the running, but mainly from Nathan and his amazing body.

As soon as the lock turned and I was over the threshold, I took five steps into the apartment with Nathan not too far behind me, before coming to a sudden stop.

"You're so gonna--" Nathan started but suddenly stopped once he noticed the unexpected guests in his living room.

I heard him silently curse from behind me.

There was an older lady who looked to be in her early forties sitting on the love seat with a younger blonde guy sitting next to her. Tyler, Dustin, Max and Landon were nowhere to be seen.

"Nathan." The lady spoke softly, before standing up and walking towards him slowly.

"Who let you in?" Nathan immediately asked, his expression wiped from any emotions.

As she came closer, I realized her eyes were the same striking green color as Nathan's with the same dark hair. I instantly saw the striking comparison and realized it was his mother.

She must have stopped by to see her kids for Christmas.

"This nice boy named Landon. Sweetie, how are you?" She lovingly asked, raising her hand to touch his face.

"Don't." Nathan said coldly. His mother froze in action, a look of confusion crossing her face.

"Nathan." The blonde guy who had been sitting on the love seat now began to stand, looking at his brother in confusion as well now.

My guess was, his mother was still oblivious to the fact that her son knew about the secret she had kept hidden from everyone.

She stood there and tried to get through to him again. "Nathan, is that any way to greet--"

"Cut the whole act! I know about Hana." Nathan instantly snapped, letting a glimpse of his anger break out through his controlled tone and eyes.

I watched as his mother's face instantly fell. A look of panic crossed her features, followed by shock, and then eventually settled for grief.

"What about Hana?" The blonde asked now. "Is she not in Paris?"

Nathan let out a harsh laugh at that, keeping his eyes on his cowering mother. "Paris? That's a good one. If only you had the heart to send your daughter on a nice trip instead of dragging her back into captivity."

The blonde guy's face dropped at Nathan's words, and his mother avoided his gaze.

"Is this true mom!?" The blonde guy turned to his mother too now, looking hurt all of a sudden.

Of course Nathan had another brother I didn't know about.

Sneaky bastard...

When the lady didn't reply, Nathan uncrossed his arms and turned to face his younger brother now.

"Yes it's true Jordan. I just found out three days ago. Our mother was lying to us this entire time when for the past three months, our baby sister has been getting trained to become a murder. Oh wait, let me correct that, is already a murderer." Nathan ended his words and glared at the lady who was avoiding everyone's eyes on her.

"No... No no no, she can't be back there... You told me that this whole mess was over a long time ago." Jordan pointed at his mother, looking enraged now. "After everything she went through, after all the horror stories she told us when we finally got her back... You still had the audacity to take her back into that hellhole!?" Jordan blew up now, his tone sounding both enraged and hurt.

Their mother remained silent, her eyes remaining on the ground.

"Fuck, I should have stayed here with Dustin, otherwise I'd probably be getting shipped off there next." Jordan laughed humorlessly.

"I thought I could get her back okay! I knew that I'd lose all my children if I told you boys. I had already lost her again, I couldn't bare losing you boys as well!" She exclaimed in desperation now, finally looking up at both her sons.

"What in the hell is this sick woman doing in our place!?" Max's roaring voice caused us all to look up to see him entering the room now from the hall. He barely spared his mother a glance, before looking over to Nathan with narrowed eyes. "You let her in?"

"No, Landon did. He obviously didn't know." Nathan replied back, before focusing on his mother again. "I would leave now if I were you. You did the worst thing imaginable. I was so relieved that everything was going to get better, but you put your own daughter right back to that place and ruined any chance of happiness for our family. What hurts is that you were going to go on with your little delusional pretend game and wouldn't have told us about Hana had I not brought it up." Nathan's voice held no remorse.

"But I--" She started to say, but was cut off by Max.

"Just get out! You tore our family apart!" He yelled now.

"No I didn't!" She yelled now too, losing any composure that she had left. "He did. He brought this all upon us." She said viciously now, pointing at Nathan and glaring at her own son.

Before Nathan could even open his mouth, both his brothers jumped to his defense.

"No, Nathan saved our family from starving to death, and he sacrificed himself for us. What you did was far worse. You sacrificed your own daughter three months ago and didn't even bother to tell anyone." Max snapped.

"I was scared!" His mother instantly replied.

"So was she!" Jordan burst out in anger. "Your own thirteen year old daughter went through so much more and you're still standing there giving excuses for yourself!? You knew what she was going through. She relived her nightmares each day, she was so broken and scared and we were going to help her. Then you told me that she was going to get the help she needed in Paris, and I can't believe I bought it." He scoffed. "But truth be told, you're the one that needs the help." Jordan pointed at his mother, who in turn averted her gaze back to the ground.

"Yeah no shit. Why did you think dad left her?" Max laughed harshly.

His mother looked up at Max with tears in her eyes now, pleading for sympathy through them.

"Alright, I think it's time you leave. Please, don't try to come back into our lives like this. What you did was irreparable damage to our family. Just please leave, you won't be finding that support and love in us anymore. You ruined it already. You ruined our baby sister." Nathan spoke in a softer tone now, his eyes looking distant.

I watched as his mother opened her mouth and closed it a couple times, before settling with no more words and instead made her way towards the door now.

"Jordan." She called her younger son as she stopped to turn back.

"I'm staying." He replied simply, not moving from his spot.

"Jordan please, who else will take care of your mother?" She pleaded.

"A psychologist." Max replied without hesitation.

Nathan shot him a look that said 'enough'.

Funny because Max was his older brother, yet Nathan acted like the more mature and responsible one.

"You won't even let me see Dus--"

"No." All three boys immediately answered, shutting her down.

"He's safe here. Goodbye." Nathan added, leaving no more room for conversation.

Her glossy eyes took in each one of her sons, then without another word, she turned and finally made her exit.

I wanted to feel sympathy for the lady, because you could tell she looked unwell and desperately needed to be cared for. But how she had concealed such a big secret from all of her sons astounded me. She left her own daughter in a horrible place, knowing fully well how badly it would break her, and decided to cover it up with a lie and forget about her for three months.

Well I guess I could relate in a sense. My own mother would probably do the same. I mean, she's most likely still unaware that I've been kidnapped.

The air was tense up until the door closed behind her once she was gone. Then, everyone's rigid posture seemed to deflate and the brothers all looked towards each other.

"Jordan." Nathan said, his face breaking into a smile.

Jordan quickly walked over to Nathan with a wide smile too and as he came closer, I could more distinctively tell that he was Nathan's brother. They had the same eyes, but Jordan was a bit shorter and less built as Nathan. He was definitely attractive (it must run in the family) but was nothing compared to my strikingly sexy Abercrombie model boyfriend.

"Hug me brother." He said with open arms.

Nathan laughed and took in his little brother in a tight hug. Once they pulled away, they started to go into deep conversation, most likely about their little sister.

I decided to leave the reunited brothers to themselves and started making my exit down the hall, when Nathan stopped me.

"Oh, and this is my girlfriend." Nathan spoke excitedly, running towards me before I could escape and pulling me to his side. "Jordan, meet Skylar."

"Merry Christmas Skylar." Jordan stuck his hand out for me to shake with a lopsided grin.

"Is this the last brother I'm going to meet out of nowhere?" I asked Nathan, shaking his brother's hand. "Merry Christmas." I smiled back.

"No, my twin should be stopping my pretty soon." Nathan replied.

I gave him a skeptical look as Jordan's face lit up.

"Aidan's coming!?" He suddenly exclaimed, causing my face to drop.

He had a twin!?

I looked up at Nathan, opening my mouth but soon realized the two brothers were messing with me when I saw Nathan shoot Jordan a secretive smirk.

"You should have seen your face." Nathan laughed, causing me to punch his side which did nothing.

"Thank god, I would not be able to handle a single more ounce of testosterone in this household." I raised my hands.

"Good thing Nathan doesn't have any." Max said.

Nathan shifted his stance as if he were about to pounce on Max, causing him to falter and stumble back a few steps.

I laughed at Max's scared face which he quickly recovered from, standing straight again and glaring at his younger brother.

"That's a dope shirt." Jordan pointed out, causing me to look down at Max's enlarged upside down face.

"Thanks, a homeless man gave it to me." I spoke seriously.

"You love it!" Max yelled, before walking off down the hall.

"Where were you before?" Jordan asked with a raised brow towards Nathan.

"Ryland." Nathan simply answered.

Jordan nodded in understanding, showing that he knew the whole scoop.

"Can Jordan partake in our plan too?" I asked Nathan excitedly.

"I was just about to fill him in on it." Nathan smiled down at me.

"Okay shnookums. I'm gonna go find my other friends now." I said, placing a loud kiss on Nathan's cheek, before skipping off down the hall.

"She doesn't actually call me shnookums." Nathan defended to his younger brother who was laughing.

"Don't be embarrassed my pumpkin spice latte!" I yelled over my shoulder, before barging into Nathan's room.

I found the rest of the boys all crowded around the television, playing Xbox.

"L.S! Come play this new game Nathan got for me!" Dustin exclaimed in joy.

I walked over to see the screen and laughed. He had gotten him Minecraft.

"I love Minecraft!" I exclaimed, swiftly stealing the controller from Max's hands and plopping down in front of the TV.

"Hey!" He protested.

We spent the next hour lounging around and taking turns playing the game, eating sugar cookies and joking at each other.

I was truly content with these boys. I just hoped we could regularly relax and be happy like this without having the stresses of an evil chipmunk trying to sabotage your family and trying to form a plan to rescue an innocent young girl.

We all eventually ended up joining Nathan and Jordan in the living room once Landon decided to rage quit in Minecraft and refused to let anyone else play. Now we were all sat around the couches and drinking eggnog, made by yours truly.

I came out of the kitchen, after having scavenged around Nathan's pantry for the last box of sugar cookies.

It warmed my heart to see everyone talking and enjoying themselves. Even though it was tragic that their little sister couldn't be here with us, I was grateful that Landon and Tyler were doing a good job of keeping everyone entertained. Nathan, Max, Jordan, and Dustin all seemed to be having a good time too.

Finally, they were all feeling more optimistic and not letting the reality sink in. They all believed in my plan thankfully, and I had my full faith in it that it would work.

I mean, outsmarting a chipmunk isn't that hard.

Realizing as I entered into the room that there were no more seats available, I started to sit on the ground but it seemed like everyone noticed this and all of a sudden I was being offered multiple seats as all the boys stood up like proper gentlemen.

I really felt like a princess right now. Maybe I should act like one too.

Taking my time walking around the room and looking down at my options, I finally settled with sitting down on Landon, since he was the only one that hadn't offered me his seat.

Just as my tush was about crush his lap, I felt strong hands grip my waist and all of a sudden I was being pulled into Nathan's lap.

I yelled out in protest and struggled to get free but of course no one helped me. Landon just laughed at my failed attempts and snagged the box of cookies from my hands.

"Hey!" I yelled, reaching back for the box which he had already popped open and was sharing with Tyler and the others. I was restrained by my strong and muscular boyfriend unfortunately. Times like these, I wished he was a lanky leaf instead.

"Nathan I swear you will not live to see another day if you--" My threat was cut off as I felt a rag being tied around my mouth in a split second.

The sound of laughter filled the room as all of the boys lost it. Even Dustin was trying his best not to giggle.

Are you freaking kidding me!?

I brought my hands up to my neck but before I could begin to undo the rag, Nathan had my hands in his behind my back. I fumed in anger, twisting around to glare at him.

The bastard had the balls to wink at me and give me a lazy smile.

Ignoring my death glare, he faced everyone else, pulling me snugly against his chest and holding me in place.

I started to plot up my escape as he began talking.

"Anyways, as I was saying. Jordan's staying here for a week, since I asked him to." Nathan said, looking over at Jordan who had a happy and excited looking Dustin in his lap.

"But why would you ask him to stay if we're gonna be gone?" Tyler voiced out everyone's thoughts. Well, everyone's thoughts except for mine.

"Well after going over the plan several times, I still can't believe none of you ever asked me what would happen to Dustin." Nathan said, giving everyone in the room a long hard look.

I cleared my throat several times before Nathan finally decided to glorify me.

"Everyone except for Sky." He muttered. I smirked behind the rag. I remembered how earlier today after going over my plan and finally getting it approved by Tyler and Landon, I had discussed separate plans for Dustin. I knew he'd be alone by himself and was surprised no one had even bothered to ask about Dustin. It really angered me.

Max cleared his throat rather loudly right as Nathan opened his mouth to speak again.

Letting out an annoyed sigh, Nathan looked over at him. "Everyone except for Sky and Max." Max smirked proudly.

I noticed how Dustin just ignored everything going on right now and started playing a game on his older brother Jordan's phone.

"Anyways, as I was trying to--" Nathan was cut off yet again. I secretly chuckled behind my rag at this.

"Actually, I also asked about--" Landon started to speak, but Nathan cut him off as he let out a loud, agitated groan.

"Everyone except for Sky, Max and Landon." Nathan said, straining his voice to stay calm.

"Hey, I also asked you about Dustin, don't make me look like the bad guy!" Tyler suddenly protested, standing up.

By this point, I could basically feel the frustration rolling off of Nathan from behind me.

"Dear lord, I just wanted to fucking talk." Nathan muttered under his breath so only I could hear.

I started to laugh at him again but suddenly stopped when he abruptly stood up, causing me to topple over. I threw my arms out in front of me as I started to go down, waiting for the impact of the ground. This has happened way too many times for my liking.

Except the impact never came. In a flash, Nathan had his arms around me, saving my fall.

I turned up to look at him to see his earlier agitation gone from his face and now replaced by an amused look. I also realized that that darn rag had come undone in the process.

"At least I don't wear batman boxers." I said loud enough for the whole room to hear, glad to have the freedom of speech again.

Nathan's eyes narrowed as I heard the whole room go quiet. I shot him a wink.

"Please explain to me why my sister has seen your boxers?" Tyler said slowly, struggling to keep calm.

Oh dear. I was expecting laughter to fill the room after saying that, not the overprotective brother cop.

"It's best if you start talking before I rip your head off man." Landon said in a dangerous tone, glaring at my boyfriend.

Forget about overprotective, these two were my personal bodyguards, keeping me away from boys.

"Look at all the problems you give me princess." Nathan said, leaning in close to my ear. I couldn't help but shiver.

"Step away from her or I swear you will not see the next day." Tyler said in a booming voice.

"So how do you plan on fixing it?" I asked him with a devilish smirk, ignoring the cavemen.

"Guys calm down, they're just two horny teens in love." Max defended.

"I plan on using some of my sexy spy skills." Nathan said with a secretive smirk, causing me to raise an eyebrow.

"I don't care, they've clearly done some stuff in the bedroom if she's seen his boxers!" Tyler yelled back at Max. "She's only seventeen and took a vow of chastity until marriage!" He added, gaining no reaction from anyone.

I blushed furiously at those next words from my lovely brother. Nathan noticed and chuckled slightly.

It was true. I had given him that silly vow before starting the first day of high school. I was honestly just annoyed by his talk and agreed to it just to shut him up at the time.

Plus, I had crossed my fingers behind my back...

"I need your help since you seem to be so good at these things." Nathan said now, a glint of mischief in his eyes.

"Come on Sky! Respect your beautiful body! If he's not willing to wait, then he's never getting through that gate!" Landon yelled.

"Landon!" I scolded, my cheeks heating up.

"I'm not exactly sure what you want me to do." I said in confusion now to Nathan.

"Don't touch my brother!" Jordan yelled out, causing me to finally look over at the scene. Jordan was currently restraining a very pissed off Tyler just a few feet away from Nathan and I. Landon walked over to help out Tyler but Max jumped up to stop him. I also noticed Dustin sitting on the couch now, still playing his game on his brother's iPhone.

"We knock 'em all out, tie rags around their mouths and when they get conscious, I tell them what I've been trying to since the beginning." Nathan explained with a hint of excitement in his tone.

I snapped my head back to meet his gaze. "What!? We are not knocking out all of--"

"DID YOU OR DID YOU NOT HAVE SEX WITH MY SISTER!?" Tyler yelled out all of a sudden, cutting me off.

"Sounds like a plan." I said automatically to Nathan who grinned in approval, before pulling me up to a proper standing position.

"Just follow my lead." Nathan said, glancing over his shoulder at me, before taking off to fully tackle Landon, Tyler, Jordan and Max all to the ground without much effort. It wasn't all that hard considering that they had all been grabbing onto each other in the first place.

They all went down like dominoes.

A string of curses and groans came from the tangled pile of boys on the floor.

I watched as Nathan quickly stood up, stepping to the side and pulling out something that looked like a grenade. He quickly grabbed a still occupied Dustin and pulled him towards me.

Now standing in front of us, Nathan pulled off a ring with his teeth, before rolling it across the room towards the pile of groaning and swearing boys.

My eyes widened as I realized what it was. "YOU THREW A FREAKING GRENADE AT THEM!?" I shrieked in fear.

"Calm down! It's just sleeping gas." Nathan assured me, ushering Dustin and I out onto the balcony.

"Wait, did you just say grenade?" Landon asked from the ground.

I watched from the door as all four boys caught sight of the grenade, smoke starting to appear and before they could react, all four of them were coughing and then became limp within a few seconds.

I just stood there with my jaw open as Nathan nonchalantly walked around to open up all the windows, the faint music from Dustin's game in the background adding a nice touch to the situation.

"I cannot believe you actually did that." I said in disbelief.

"You're lucky you were in on the plan, otherwise I would've knocked you out too." Nathan simply replied, starting to move Max's unconscious body onto the sofa.

"You'd die before you even got a chance to try." I snapped back with a glare, stepping back into the now aired out room.

"Damn, I forgot how sexy you look when you're all flustered up like that." Nathan winked at me, causing my face to heat up.

"Now are you just gonna stand there and blush or are you gonna help me tie them up before they wake up and beat the crap out of me?" Nathan asked me without looking up, now dragging Landon's unconscious body to the sofa.

"Wouldn't want that to happen now." I muttered under my breath, sarcasm lacing my words.

A small chuckle from behind me made me turn to see Dustin smiling down at his brother's phone.

I turned to shake my head at the kid, before walking over to Nathan and helping him drag Jordan's body towards the sofa.

"So Dustin's not bothered by the fact that his older brother just knocked out four boys and is currently dragging them onto a sofa?" I wheezed out, already out of breath by the weight of an average male teen.

"Well, you could say he's used to it." Nathan said nonchalantly, pulling his younger brother's body onto the sofa now.

"Oh so you just tend to throw around sleeping gas filled grenades when things tend to get out of hand?" I asked him with a raised eyebrow.

"It's a pretty good solution." Nathan shrugged, having already dragged Tyler halfway towards the sofa.

"And you just happened to have one on you?" I asked again, watching him do all the work.

"Force of habit." He brushed off, now walking towards his bedroom.

"Hey where are--" I stopped mid sentence since he had already disappeared.

I looked back at Dustin with an exasperated sigh. He looked up for a second to simply shrug at me, before going back to his game.

Shaking my head, I headed off towards his bedroom.

Hearing some rustling around, I walked into his closet to see him looking for something.

"What are you doing now?" I asked clueless, leaning against the door frame. I really didn't understand this boy.

"Looking for some-- here it is!" He exclaimed, pulling out a coil of rope and standing up now.

"I still think this is some crazy twisted dream." I said more to myself.

"Why's that?" Nathan asked now, stopping in front of me only a foot away.

"Well first of all, you knocked out four boys with a freaking smoke grenade, and you and your brother act like it's an everyday thing. Then you drag their bodies onto a sofa like some serial killer mad man. And now you're gonna tie them up with rope, all because things got out of hand." I finished in one breath.

"Well I thought you knew what you were signing yourself up for when you said yes to being my girlfriend." Nathan said in a soft voice, leaning closer.

I got distracted by the sight of his lips, which were just inches away.

"Guess I should have read the terms and conditions." I managed to get out in a whisper, looking up at his eyes to see them filled with playfulness and amusement.

"Waste of time." He rolled his eyes, then finally closed the gap between us and led me into a fairy tale-like kiss.

I instantly relaxed and let him take control, enjoying everything about him. I felt his hands slide around my waist as I slid my own hands up and around his neck, pulling him closer.

I shivered as his hand slid down my leg and gasped in surprise as he grabbed the back of my thigh and lifted it up to go around his waist.

He smirked against my lips at my surprise and I decided to bring my other leg up, wrapping them both around his waist. Nathan let out a moan as I felt him move closer, if possible, pressing my back into the door frame behind me.

I let my fingers slide through his soft hair, causing him to let out a moan.

Gripping me by the rear, Nathan pulled me away from the door frame and walked us over to his bed, closing the door with his foot in the process.

He gently placed me down without breaking the kiss, my legs still wrapped tightly around his waist. I could feel both our hearts drumming fast, our lips moving in sync. Every part of my body felt alive with sparks.

My fingers started to tug at his shirt and he pulled away for a second, sliding it over his head, before pulling us into another mind blowing kiss. I slid my hands down his naked chest, feeling him shiver under my touch. My hands traveled down his back as he slipped a hand under my shirt, not breaking our sweet embrace.

Nathan pulled away from the heated kiss to look at me, his hand freezing. I answered his unspoken question by confidently kissing him this time, his hand continuing up my stomach.

As Nathan moved away from my face to trail kisses up my neck, I suddenly remembered somehow in the midst of the most perfect moment in my life, that there were four unconscious boys outside that would be awake any minute. One thing was for sure, if Tyler or Landon caught us in here, Nathan's pretty face would surely be in danger.

"Nathan." I said softly, my voice slightly husky.

He seemed to enjoy that from the moan he let out.

"Nathan we--" I broke off in surprise as I felt his hand slip under my bra, causing me to let out a pleasurable moan.

Screw Tyler and Landon, like hell I was gonna leave this man any moment.

I found his lips again and we got lost in another kiss. I shivered as he gripped my breast and moaned into my mouth.

I froze in surprise at what I suddenly felt, and Nathan seemed to stop too after a while, pulling away, both of us breathless. I wasn't ready for this. I didn't know we'd go this far. I was pretty certain that I loved him, and held full trust in him, but I just wasn't ready...

"Nathan, I--" I started but he cut me off.

"It's okay, we don't have to do anything." Nathan reassured me immediately, his eyes soft and tender now.

"Are you sure?" I asked in a faint whisper.

"I'll wait my whole life if I have to, plus I want our first time to be more meaningful." Nathan winked at me in the end.

This boy really would be the death of me.

"Well then I suggest taking a cold shower, those boys are gonna wake up any minute and we still have to tie them up." I said with a smirk of my own, before unwrapping my legs from around him, and pulling his hand out from under my shirt.

"And I suggest running before I drag you in that cold shower with me." Nathan said teasingly. But I knew he actually would drag me in there if I didn't scram.

I quickly managed to slide out from underneath him and rolled off the bed, walking over to the mirror to fix my hair.

I saw Nathan coming up to me from behind through the mirror to see him grinning down at me.

"What?" I asked, looking at his eyes through the mirror.

"Nothing, just admiring my work of art." Nathan smirked down at me, before walking towards the washroom.

My eyes widened as I spotted the huge love bite on the side of my neck.

"NATHAN!" I yelled, before running after him. I stopped just before the washroom door slammed shut only mere centimeters away from my face.

I could hear Nathan's chuckling from the other side and I glared at the door, before kicking it.

Luckily, the hickey was easy to hide with my hair so no one would notice.

Spotting the rope from earlier where Nathan had dropped it, I picked it up and walked out of the bedroom and into the living room. I let out a sigh of relief as I saw the four boys still unconscious on the sofa.

"Hey where'd you guys go?" Dustin asked from the armchair, still playing on that addictive iPhone.

I couldn't help but blush at that question. "Oh, just finding some rope." I shrugged.

Dustin nodded and went back to playing his game.

Wasting no time, I started tying knots around Tyler's wrists first. If any of them happened to wake up earlier, then at least the most dangerous one would be tied up.

After finally tying up each boy's wrists, I let out a sigh of relief.

"So who's up for some grilled cheese?" I turned my head to see Nathan walk in, all showered and now in a pair of black jeans and a black sweatshirt which looked really comfortable. His hair was wet and sticking up in a sexy way.

I realized he'd caught me checking him out by the way his lips were up in a cocky smirk.

I glared at him but he simply just winked back.

"Me!" Dustin exclaimed, putting his game to the side now.

"Me too. Chop chop now." I ordered, motioning Nathan to hurry.

He rolled his eyes, before going into the kitchen to make some food.

"Can we see if they have any Christmas movies playing?" Dustin asked me, offering me the TV remote.

"Okay." I smiled, taking the remote and turning it on. I flipped through the channels and finally found the best Christmas movie of all time playing. Elf.

"I love this movie!" Dustin and I exclaimed at the same time, getting all excited.

I grinned down at the kid as he immediately got occupied with the movie. Pulling my knees up to my chest and getting comfortable, I sighed in content.

Definitely not the worst Christmas ever.

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A/N

So, DARES were awesome and funny as always, but the winner for this one wasssssssssss.... @ilovespongebobgirl who said:

Ok I don't know why but I did the dare a second time, I mean it was just so convenient to do at the time so I just...did it....I THINK I HAVE A PROBLEM :0 ok so I was at my brothers basketball tournament and he is 17 and I'm 16 so yaaaaaa pretty close age gap there....anywhooooo I had brought my best friend with me and I brought a banana as a snack (I love bananas more than Harry Styles) and so I went up to my brother an he was with his suuuuppppppppeeeeeeerrrrrrrrr hooooooooottttt teammates and I was like "yo wanna know how I got these scars" and they were just like "uhhhhh" and so my brother picked up the banana that was on my face and started hitting me with it so I tackled him and I said "NO THEY MUST TELL ME WHERE THESE SCARS ARE FROM CUZ I DON'T KNOW PLEEEAAASEEE I NEED TO KNOW" and he's like "YOUR SO WIERDDDD!!!!!" and then after the tournaments his whole team kept asking me where my scars were from and I would say " I wish I knew..... I wish I knew...."

Points for being ballsy, I mean she did it in front of a whole GROUP of hot guys. Haha but thanks for doing my dare, I loved reading them all :)

Anyways, thanks for sticking with me, have a LOVELY day. Vote, comment, and the next dare is: Go block someone's path and go "YOU. SHALL. NOT. PAAAAAASSSS!!!!"

Any LOTR fans out there? ;) NO SPOILERS PLZ I HAVENT SEEN IT YET. Well, have fun with this one, can't wait to read the experiences ;)

WELL GOODYBE THEN :) LOVE YOU LOTS, THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT, VOTES, COMMENTS, FANS, AND READS. YOU LOVELY GORGEOUS PEOPLE. :D *read that last sentence in a brit voice*

~Ghostface