I decided to leave the gifts under the tree right away so I picked up all the bags with gifts and went down to the main room and placed the gifts there. Amber had also put her presents under the tree. Lisa and Alvin were going to their families for Christmas cerebration and Jackson and Trish were cerebrating here with us along with their family. I had bought a little something for them too but nothing too special sense I couldn't afford it.
I was in the communal area playing foosball with Trish when James came barging in looking panicked. He looked around the room until his eyes landed on me and released a breath.
"Thank God." He said as he came up and hugged me tightly.
"What's wrong?" I asked him. Worry started to build in my stomach.
" There were rogues in the woods around the village. I thought you were still there." I pulled back and looked him in the eyes.
"I'm right here." I said with a smile. His worry was somehow sweet. To see how much he cared.
"Why were there rouges there and how come we didn't know?" Trish asked sounding annoyed.
" I don't know. The patrol guards didn't notice them coming in. It's weird but it's been taken care of. Also... it looked as if they were searching for something, or someone." James replied looking down at me.
" Did you kill them?" I don't know why I asked that, I just wanted to know.
" There were three. I killed two of them and one of them is in the dungeons. Damon and Alex are trying to talk to him." I nodded and took his hand in mine.
"You hungry?" He smiled and squeezed my hand at my question.
"Yeah, let's go eat." I turned around and looked at Trish who was looking at me quizzically but however when I turned she shook it off and smiled sweetly.
"You coming?" I asked her.
"Yup, I was leading anyways so might as well quit when you're ahead right?" She winked and we all started walking to the dining room.
Once seated, Jackson, Lisa and Alvin joined us. The only one missing now was Alex.
" So I heard you're really crazy about Christmas?" Jackson asked as he spun his fork through the spaghetti.
"I am, yes. Why?" I chuckled while answering him.
" I'm gonna have to pick your brain later, if that's okay with the alpha of course. I've noticed how every male in this back keeps their distance." It was meant as a peak against James. I sighed heavily.
" Yeah I don't really have any male friends here. They've all been warned away." I said glaring at James who only laughedand sat there looking proud.
Jackson laughed as well.
"I'm not surprised. I wouldn't want any males around Lisa either. It would ruin my reputation as the nice Gamma male." Lisa chewed on her food while side eyeing her mate.
" And also, what I wanted to say is... it's nice to have someone with Christmas spirit here again. You've got everyone else fired up as well. It's been a long time since anyone was really excited about Christmas." I gave Jackson a sad smile and looked up at James who was eyeing his plate with a frown on his face.
I carefully placed my hand on his, not sure if he wanted contact right now. He turned his hand and intertwined our fingers. My eyes were on our hands so I hadn't noticed that he was looking at me.
He leaned in where his mouth was close to my ear.
" Thank you." He whispered and immediately my cheeks started to heat. I hate it when they do that.
Once we had all eaten I was exhausted from today's shopping and decorating so I decided to head to bed early. I was walking with James up to my room, however when I was about to stop by my door he grabbed my hand and went to the door in front of mine. His room.
" I know it's not Christmas yet but..." He opened the door and I gasped at what I saw.
"James..."
He had put up pictures of us two around the room and on the door to the walk-in closet were two robes hanging. One maroon red and one navy blue. On the bed there were more pillows and there were two desks with their own chairs down by the window. In the huge seating area he had in his room there were candles and maroon red pillows with white blankets. Not at all how I remembered his room.
"You remembered my favorite color." I stated in shock while looking around the room in awe. I was shocked because during mine and Liam's three years together, he would always forget whenever I told him.
"Why have you done all this?" I asked him.
" Well like I said, I know it's not Christmas Day but I thought I'd give you an early present. It's no pressure, just whenever you're ready, the room is ready for you to move in. I would love it if you were here, with me." He said looking a littleuncomfortable. He wasn't used to talking about feelings or sensitive things, so this was massive.
" Help me pack?" I asked and his face lit up. Both with happiness and relief.
"It would be my pleasure." He said in a low husky voice. How could he switch like that?
Me and James had moved everything from my old room to our new room and I had taken a shower and was ready for bed.
I put on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt before crawling under the covers. James was in the office. He had some packbusiness to take care of. It was after all only 22:00 but my energy was gone.
Once I switched off the lights, it didn't take long for me to fall asleep.