Zaria's/Alexandria's P.O.V
Date: December 25
"Wake up." Was what I heard and the bed moving was what I felt.
I snapped my eyes open to see Andy on his knees jumping on the end of my bed singing, "Wake up, wake up, it's Christmas day."
I groaned and made my foot connect with him. Then I pushed him off the edge of the bed making him connect with the floor. After I heard a thud I heard him yelp.
"That wasn't very nice,"Andy shouted from the floor now.
"Never claimed to be it," I smirked. "Now did I." I sat up and Andy was still on the floor pouting like a three year old that didn't get candy at the candy store. "Get up you big baby."
His three year old pout was replaced with an evil smirk as he got up and walked over to me. I threw back a dare/warning look almost saying do it and see what happens.
Ignoring my glares at him, he picked me up in one swift movement and started to carry me out the door.
After balancing myself I punched him but quickly grabbed for his neck fearing what I always fear when someone picks me up.
"Put me down you fucker," I yelled a little bit shaky.
He continued on like he didn't even hear me. I tried again but got the same reaction so this time I turtle pinched the back of his neck refusing to let go unless I was near something that was safe enough to land on. He screamed out in pain as I let out a chuckle.
"I said put me down," I repeated through gritting teeth hoping he'd actually act like he heard me.
He looked at me shaking his head. "That's not what you said. You said, 'Put me down you fucker.' Know am I right."
"Nope," I giggled. "I'm a sweet little angel and would never say something like that." I acted offened.
"Well little angel," he joked as he started to lean over. "Here you go."
He sat me down on a stool at the island as I mumbled jerk to him. Right in front of me was a stack of what looked like blueberry pancakes with blue tinted syrup on them.
I looked over to Andy and Juliet and they were eating the same thing. Chris was at the sink doing dishes while Amy was at the stove making more pancakes. I looked down at the pancakes and poked them with a fork. I've never had blueberries or at least that I can remember.
"They're not going to bite you," Chris joked putting a plate in the strainer. "Or do you not like blueberry pancakes."
"I don't know," I answered honestly while poking the pancake again watching the syrup seep out. "I've never had blueberries since my sister was allergic. I'm just not use seeing them I guess."
I looked up from the pancakes to find Andy starring at me from the corner of my eye. When I turned toward him he looked shocked.
"What," I asked
He just shook his head and went back to eating his pancakes but I wasn't giving up that easily. I poked his side to try and get him to look at me and answer but as soon as my finger touched his side he jumped. This time I had the evil smirk while he had the glare.
"Tell me why you were starring at me or I'll do it," I threaten as my hand moved closer to his side. "And you wouldn't be able to fight back either."
Looking terrified he defended himself by say, "I just thought it was weird that you never had blueberries before. Plus I thought you had something one your face." He held in a bit of laughter the last one.
"Andrew," Amy yelled.
I sat there acting like I was considering not to tickled him. But I brought back the evil smirk and yelled, "Payback!"
I attacked his sides with my good hand. As Andy tried leaning away I leaned forward but then he got smart and jumped off the bar stool and ran away.
Everyone, including me, was dieing of laughter.
"It's hard to tell you two were ever seperated," Amy cried.
I shook my head and went back to the pancakes. I really hope I'm not allergic because that would really suck. I sunk my fork into my stack of pancakes and ripped off some. When it made it into my mouth I couldn't believe it actually tasted good. I took another bite to make sure my taste buds were telling me right and they were.
"Looks like someone likes them," Chris joked as he took the plate Juliet was using and sunk it into the soapy water.
I shook my head and ate the piece I had on my fork. "They're not bad but I'm more of a breakfast for dinner oppose to having it when you're actually suppose to.
"I agree with that," Juliet finally spoke.
"Wait." I acted shocked. "You can speak, I mean you actually have that thing they call a voice?"
Juliet playfully glared at me and shook her head. "Just because I was on the T.V show doesn't mean you have to point it out."
I shook my head and smirked as Andy slowly crept back into the room.
He came up behind Juliet and asked, "Is it safe?"
I glared at him from the corner of my eye, gave him and evil smirk, and teased, "I don't know, is it?"
"Juliet," he pleaded as he sunk his arms around her. "Will you please switch seats with me?"
Juliet turned around in his arm, managed to put her hands on her hips and said, "Andrew, she is a 16 year old girl grow a pair."
"Girls are the scariest thing on this planet," he whined.
"Dang straight we are," I mumbled. "Just sit down, I promise not to tickle you" I paused. "for today at least." Andy slowly walked over and took his seat back. "Now does anyone want to tell me what we're doing up so early? Yea, I know it's like 10 but that's still early especially when I'm technically on winter break.
"Well," Amy started. "Chris and I" She point at herself then Chris. "are old, and like every old couple wake up early. Juliet" She motioned to Juliet. "is pregnet and the baby ends up waking her up for food. Andy" She motioned towards Andy. " wakes with Juliet because Juliet makes him." I heard Andy groan. "We just didn't wanna leave you out so we sent Andy to wake you up."
"Oh thanks," I said sarcastically. "I'll make sure to remember that."
Chris started to drag the plate of 1/4 of a pancake away as he joked, "Well if you feel that way then I guess you don't need breakfast just yet."
"It's ok I'm full anyway," I said with a smile.
"Oh I was just joking," Chris said as he pushed the plate back to me quickly.
"I know but I don't eat very much because I have a very small stomach and get full easily," I said as I jumped off the stool which I soon learn was a bad mistake.
Pain wrapped around the left side of my stomach and stabbed me. I fell to my knees immediately killing my leg in the process. Swinging my good arm in front of me I caught myself and gripped my side with my arm that had a cast on it. Screaming out in pain as the tears streamed down and chrashed to the floor, I felt someone coming towards me. I soon felt myself being picked up off the floor but I didn't have time to fight whoever it was off. Hot tears streamed down my face as even more pain shot through my body.
The person carrying me soon put me down on a very soft surface with my head landing on someones lap. I forced my eyes open and saw Amy's face. She was petting my hair as her lips moved but her voice seemed miles away and I could not make them out. I turned my head to see Andy and Juliet standing by the coffee table looking at me with concerned eyes. I tried to tell them not to worry about me, that I'll be fine, but it only came out a scream. Damn this pain is unbelieveable.
Squeezing my eyes shut and tightening my jaw trying to find someway to distract me from this pain. Why was I stupid enough to jump off a fucking stool while my body is fucked beyond belief?
When I opened my eyes to see Chris coming through the doorway with one and in a fist and the other holding a glass of something. When he reached Amy and I he opened his hand that was balled up to reveal two of my bueatiful pain pills. I quickly shook my head yes and he put them in my mouth. He then put a glass up to my lips and I tried my best to drink down the pills. After a few failed tries we got it and Chris sat down on the end off the couch while putting my feet on his lap.
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I opened my eyes again expecting to see everyone still standing around me and my head laying on Amy's lap as she petted my hair trying to calm me down. That's not what I got though. I opened me eyes to find myself in on the couch and Chris sitting in the recliner flipping through channels on the T.V. I searched the room for a means to find the time and when my eyes fell on the clock I saw that it was around 5:30.
"Ahhhh Sleeping Beauty is finally awake again," Chris said as he got up from the recliner and came towards me.
"I'm guessing I passed out," I inquired.
"You would be correct," Chris replied as he kneeled in front of me. "How you feeling? You gave us all a good scare."
"I'll manage, there's no need to worry," I said as I sat up. I gave a small grunt at the strain but still got up. "Where is everyone?"
Chris sighed, I'm guessing at my answer but I really didn't care I told him the truth. "Andy's outside smoking and Amy and Juliet are cooking Christmas dinner." Chris pulled himself up and sat down beside me. He placed his hands on my stomach which caused me to jump and whimper involuntary. "Sorry." I guess he thought he hurt me when he touched me but that's not even close to why I jumped. "Would you mind if I checked to make sure you didn't make your ribs break more?"
Still a little shaken by him touching me I shook my head no.
Andy walked in from the outside and took off the small jacket he had on. "Did I hear my name," he joked as Chris pressed lighty on my ribs which caused me to yelp. "Hey look, your awake. Maybe you learned and won't jump off bar stools any more."
"Watch it Biersack," I say through gritting teeth. Chris then press on a really sore stop and I gasp out in pain.
"Sorry," he mumbled as his hands traveled all over the left side of my stomach.
"Did you forget," Andy askes as he sits down. "You have that last name now. That means you just told your own self to shut up."
I roll my eyes at him while Chris stands up and says, "Your ribs are bruised again so it'll be even more difficult to walk."
I looked at him in confusion. "How do you know that?"
"I may have dipped into doctoring when Andy was a kid," he explained. "With a kid like Andy your gonna have to. Plus, if you strech your ribs while they're broken they'll bruise since they're already very tender." He laughed at himself like he just told a somewhat funny joke. "Actually your guys mom taught me somethings a while back and being able to check ribs was one of them. It's was only because Andy went and broke his own by being stupid."
"Hey," Andy scoffed crossing his arms in front of him.
I guess that makes since. I started to stand up which, like Chris said, hurt. Chris protested me standing but I told him the samething I told Amy at the hotel when I got up to use the bathroom. He quickly backed off and I walked to the bathroom and did my business.
When I got out I ran into Andy. I mumbled an apoloigie and tried to walk pass him but he stopped me.
"Mom doesn't want you walking," he answered the question I had yet to ask. "So it's either me carrying you or I go out and get your wheelchair."
"Or I can still walk around and not care what my other options are," I offered. "It's not like I've been walking for the past few days anyway. I'm perfectly fine, so tell her not to worry or yourself for that matter. You guys have been worried about me long enough you can rest and take a break." I tried to go around him again but he stopped me again.
"We're never gonna stop worrying about you," he said with a sad look in his eye. "You're my little sister, my only sister, and you are there only daughter, we love you no matter what and with love comes worry. You'll find that out."
I looked at him and shook my head. "I did find that out once, but then I lost it." I pushed past him ignoring the hurt, confused look on his face and walked back to the living room.
Andy followed behind me and when I looked at his face it just showed a wall of emtionless. Sighing I looked around the room to find that Chris wasn't hear. I heard voices coming from the way Andy walked off to so I followed.
I walked into the kitchen and saw them all around the island talking. I came up behind Chris and that's when Amy noticed me and quickly went back to cooking. When the rest noticed me they all stopped and Juliet went back to cooking with Amy, Andy got on his phone, and Chris started on some dishes in the sink.
"Good way to act like you wasn't talking about me," I said clearing my face of emotion so they wouldn't see how hurt I was when on the inside I felt like I was right back to being a child and not being able to know what the adults were talking about.
"We weren't talking about you," Juliet said from behind Chris. "We were talking about your Christmas/Birthday gift from all of us."
"Whatever." I didn't buy it but I just sat down not willing to argue.
There was a long silence after that and nobody, not even me, was willing to fill the void. That's when it hit me, the smell that made me want to puke everywhere. I quickly covered my nose.
"What is that aweful smell," I asked trying to keep down whatever(if anything) was in my stomach.
Andy and Chris laughed while Amy looked hurt. "That is meatloaf actually and there is nothing wrong with the way it smells either."
I started to wave the air around me. "Then I guess the smell of the beef is getting to me. I'm not really fond of beef never have been really. Unless it's in tacos. Plus, who eats meatloaf on Christmas."
I noticed Andy and Chris gawking at me while Amy said, "The meatloaf isn't for us, it's for our friends who can't afford an actual Christmas Dinner and they love meat loaf. I thought I'd be kind and buy and cook one for them."
"I see." I looked over to see Chris and Andy still starring at me like I grown a second head. "Take a picture it'll last longer."
"How can you not like beef," Andy asked."It's just weird."
"I'm a weird person," I replied. "I also don't like steak or peanut butter." That made Andy's and Chris' mouth drop while Juliet joined the starring. "As a kid I refused to eat a pb&j it was always a j."
Andy shook his head and Chris went back to dishes. I felt bad about bring up my childhood that was supose to be spent with them but wasn't. I sighed felling terrible but knowing I couldn't take it back I grabbed for my phone to relised that I never grabbed it this morning.
"Andyyyy," I said in my sweet little angel voice. Andy looked up from his phone wanting to know what I wanted. "Can you go upstair and grab my phone and laptop." I decide to add the laptop so I can check to see if my friend is online.
Andy groaned and sat his phone down in front of him. "Why?"
"A, because I can't do it myself now. B, because I need my phone to see if any of my friends from Flordia have tried to contact me. C, because your the one who woke me up and carried me down the stairs before I could grab anything. And D, because I have a friend I play games with online and I haven't talked to him in a month and I want him to know I'm alright."
Andy groaned again but headed up the stairs anyway. I gave a little victory smile.
"You know it's not safe to be friends with people online," Amy lectured as she checked something that was in the crokpot. "Plus, I thought you didn't have a laptop and that's why you wanted one for Christmas."
"It's not like we tell each other where we live," I told her. "The only things we know about each other is our first names, the things we like, and our age/birthday. Perfectly safe, nothing to worry about. And I do have a laptop but it's the slowest crappiest laptop you'll ever find." I paused thinking I was done but quickly added, "And talking to strangers online is the best thing that ever happened to me, they're always so nice and like the samethings you do."
"What's his name and age," Amy asked concered for some reason and dropping the laptop thing.
"His name is Derek and his age is 25," I answered her. "I don't know any other personal info besides his interests and hobbies."
"And he doesn't know anything about you besides your name and age?"
I shook my head yes as Andy sat my phone and laptop in front of me.
"Thanks." I smiled big.
I popped open my laptop and turned it on. While it was turning on I checked my phone. There was only one new message and it wasn't from any of my friends, it was the phone company telling me that my phone would shut off tomorrow unless I refill my account. I sighed and turned back to my laptop. It was on the lock screen so I put my password in it and hit enter.
When my desktop showed up what seem like 50+ messages showed up saying that I had to update it. I sighed again and started the first of many updates.
"What's with all the sighing," Chris asked.
I looked up at him and sighed which gained a slight chuckle from both Chris and Andy. "First my phone gets shut off tomorrow and second my laptop hasn't been updated in forever so in a couple of hours I might be able to use it."
"Oh no," Juliet joked. "You'll have to be social."
"Hey, I am very social I'll have you know," I replied. "Just not face to face. Never have been very good with face to face comunication. That's why making friends with strangers online is amazing."
"Your being face to face social right now," Juliet pegged.
"Yea but I'm stuck with you and your stuck with me so we might as well try and like each other," I joked. "Plus, I use my phone to talk to one of the only people on this earth that can calm me down and get a smile on my face."
"I'll have Andy put you on our plan," she offered while Andy looked up at the mention of his name.
"I would like that but as I can tell you both use iPhones and I drop my phones way to much to have one of those." Andy gave a look like a light bulb turned on in his head when he found out what we were talking about.
"We'll get you a really good case for it," she laughed. "We'll have to talk about it more when we get to California."
"Yea you will," Amy butted in. "Dinner's done and I'm not gonna have it spent on talk about technology."
I sighed and got down from the bar stool only this time I didn't jump. I walked towards Amy wanting to help carry stuff into the dinning room but she waved me away and handed everything to everyone else. I'm so useless. Sighing again I walked to the dinning room and sat in one of the chairs. Everyone started putting everything on the table and sitting down. Juliet sat next to me, Andy next to her, and Chris across from us.
"Before we eat I'm gonna run that meatloaf over to our friends," Amy said while holding a glass dish with tin foil on it in over mits.
Amy left and we sat there in silence. Andy and I pulled out our phones and Chris and Juliet just sat there. I got on Facebook and told Kyle, Kay, and Jack that I wouldn't be able to talk to them for a while because my phone is shutting off. When I was done with that I got on my Twitter for the first time in a month and boy I had gained and lost a lot of followers. I looked through the people that had started following me to see if any of them had good enough tweets for me to follow them. In the process of me looking through them I saw that I had a very unsual follow.
I looked at Andy and asked, "Why did you start following me on Twitter?"
Andy chuckled. "You finally noticed? I just thought I would give my dear sister another follower. Just wait till the fans hear that you are my sister you'll have thousands of people following then."
"Joy be to that," I sighed. "How are you gonna tell the fans that you have a sister? A sister that you never told them about. I bet they're not gonna take to kindly to you keeping that little secret. What about the fact of Juliet being pregent? What if that gets put out into the internet? They will definetly not be happy with you."
"The first question already has an answer," Andy smiled. I gave him a look of confusion. "Look at my last tweet or the new tweet you're tagged in."
I look at my phone and sure enough there was a noification saying that I was tagged in a tweet. I looked at it and couldn't believe Andy would do this.
@BryanStars Hey man do you think we could do another interview? I have someone I want to be in it though @(I don't really have a twitter name for Zaria so it will remain blank)
I starred at the phone with hugh eyes, then at Andy, then back to the phone. "I can't believe you did this," I squealed finally being able to make words form. "I can't believe I get to meet Bryan Stars, again." I felt like getting up and doing a happy dance.
"Again?"
"Jack bought him, Kay, and I tickets to the Bryan Stars' tour and I got to meet him there and it was amazing! Even though I felt really bad for Jack spending so much money on it but he told me that buying the tickets meant that he didn't have to get me a birthday and Christmas present for two years."
"That's not really a good deal," Juliet input.
"Well for someone who got either money or nothing for both those events, it was kinda the best deal ever," I said.
"That's not right," Chris said a little sad at it.
I looked down at my hands and played with my nails. "Yea, it's not but when your mom's a bitch and your dad's broke and doesn't know what you like, things end up that way." I started to scrach the back of my hand, a little nervous tick I have. "I would always wonder what it would be like to have a normal Christmas with your family and people you love. When there's snow falling outside and you can go out and throw snowballs at your siblings while also running from being hit yourself."
"You have a family now," Juliet said as she grabbed my overactive hands.
I sighed drawing my hands out from underneath Juliet's. "No I don't." Juliet looked at me in confusion. "I'm sorry but you guys are all strangers to me. I don't know you and you don't know me, and I'm talking about knowing me. Maybe in a year or two but then I'll be an actual adult and it wouldn't matter anyway." I sighed and then everyone else followed with a sigh of their own.
We all just dropped the subject which made me happy because I'm not in the mood for that conversation. How can good news turn into that? Let's just put it away from my mind and try and have a good Christmas even though this day is so far shit.
We all went back to being silent, waiting for Amy to come back. Which she did rather quickly.
We all ate the dinner while making a few jokes here and there. Having a actually family dinner for once made me really feel better but then again made my heart ache beyond belief.
We moved to the living room but before we got into everything I had Andy grab my laptop from the kitchen so I could get on it as soon as it was done updating. Andy, being the kid he is, ran straight for the Christmas tree in the corner and started to grab presents. Knowing there would be nothing for me since they had no time for to shop for me since they knew what I wanted, I put my head on my hand and closed my eyes.
Andy shuffled around handing out presents. Soon things were being loaded into my lap and I shot my eyes opened to see what it was and why it was there. When I opened my eyes I saw about seven or maybe eight presents. I looked up in confusion to see everyone smiling, widely I might add.
"You're friends before we left that one hotel gave me your presents for Christmas and birthday and told me to give them to you untill the said date fell," Andy explained the question I had yet to ask. "Plus you have a present from Juliet, mom, dad, and myself."
I sat there shocked. Why would anyone wanna get me something? I wonder what's in them? Are they sure it's mine? I've never got this many presents in, well, ever.
When I looked up again waiting for one of them to rip them away while laughting at me but all I saw everyone starring at me waiting for me to open. Not wanting to disapoint, I grabbed the smallest and looked at the tag. It was from Chris. I opened it to find a beautiful necklace. It was a dagger but it had a dragon with deep dark red eyes wrapped around it with it's wings spread.
I covered my mouth and took it out of the box. "It's beautiful. How'd you know dragons were my favorite mythical creature?"
Chris smiled even wider and walked over to me. "I didn't." He took it from me and put it around my neck. "I just saw it and I'd knew you'd love it."
"Thank you," I said but he just waved it away.
I grabbed another box and it was from Jack. I thought Jack wasn't gonna get me anything this year. I opened the very flat yet somewhat big box and found a picture college frame thingy of all of us inside. I saw the picture of Jack, Kyle, and Kay kissing me, the two males on the cheeks and Kay on the forehead. Then of all of us laying on the ground in a circle each of us having ones head on the others lap. A picture of Sofie, Kay, and I alone by our favorite willow tree. Then Jack, Kyle, Kevin, and I all taking a selfie while making the craziest face we could think of. One of me sitting on Kyle's lap while Kevin came up and tickled him causing me to fly off his lap. Then two plain old pictures of all of use just smiling with each others arms around our waists, one with me and one without. I saw a note sticking out underneath the picture without me and read it.
Dear Zaria or Zar or Z which ever one you want. -I let out a laugh-
Now I know I told you that I didn't have to get you a present this year but I couldn't help it with you leaving. I knew that as soon as you left that things would start getting bad for you again especially since you won't have anyone there to ground your feelings, that you wouldn't know what to do without us there to support you and be by your side so I made this. I picked the pictures off my camera, the ones I knew you'd like the best, the ones of all of us happy and together. I gave you this as a reminder that even though your gone we're still here for you and that nothing will change our friendship. That you can always relie on us and that you moving wouldn't put up a wall between us. And that we are the only people that are in your wall. We all love you and miss you very dearly but we'll get to see each other sooner or later. That means don't do anything stupid and don't have to much fun without us.
Love Jack, Kyle, Kay, Kevin, and Sofie <3
Each of their names were hand writen by them and I felt my eyes starting to tear up. God I missed them so much. I quickly put the note back in the box and sat it aside so I wouldn't cry.
I took a deep breath and grabbed another box. This one was wrather big but not to big. It was from Andy. I opened it to find a brand new outfit. A pair of black ripped skinny jeans, a blood red tank top, a black vest, a leather jacket, and a pair of combat boots. When I got to the bottom though I found a box. I looked inside it to find a pair of gauges that had the BVB logo on them, a BVB necklace, and a ring.
"The outfits beautiful Andy," I said as I put everything in the box again. "Thank you."
Andy also waved away my thank you so I grabbed another box that was from Juliet. When I got into the medium size box all I found was a piece of paper saying that I'll get it when we get to California. I barrowed my brows in confusion and looked at her.
"Like it says, you'll get it when we get to California," she repeated what was on the piece of paper.
I shook my head and went on to a bag that was from Amy. In the bag was a pair of drumsticks and a piece of paper. The paper said that I'd be needing these. I looked at her and she smiled while holding her hand in a C. My face probably looked like a light bulb turned on but alwell. I also found a box that was from both Chris and Amy. Inside the box was a brand new laptop, a webcam, and a gaming mic. I thanked them endlessly for this gift because I needed all of these things.
Kevin and Sofie got me what they always give me. I braclet and a shirt from some band I like. But as soon as I got to Kyle's I was scared to open it. Mainly because he always gives me something to embarrass me then after I pull out the embarrassing thing there's something I like.
I slowly opened it and he did what he normally does. I pulled out a thong and a very lacey bra. A note was attached to the thong and it said, "I did it in front of your old family now I'm doing it in front of your new one. With love, your Kylie-poo."
I face palmed as Amy shriked, "Why did one of your guy friends get you that?"
When I looked up I saw Chris with wide angry eyes, Amy with a shocked face, Andy trying to hold back laughter knowing the reason, and Juliet shocked aswell.
I chuckled as I said, "Kyle, umm, did this once in front of my other family to embarrass me and he wanted to do the samething in front of my new family." Andy couldn't hold back his laughter and was almost rolling on the floor, I'm guessing from Amy and Chris's reaction.
I sat aside the thong and bra and looked through the rest of the box to find a bottle of his favorite colone and another note. "For when your having a bad day and I'm not there to cheer you up or for you to cuddle next to me." I smiled at it, he knows just what to get me to make me happy.
"What's with the colone," Juliet asked confused.
I starred at it with a smile plastered on my face. "It's a gift from the only person that can calm me down. It's so he's always here and that if I'm having a bad day I can still have him here to do the thing he does the best." I gulped down a sop and opened up the top and smelled it. My heart, evem though it felt somewhat complete, ached at that fact that I just lost all of my friends.
It was the last present so everyone went to open their own. I just sat there trying to keep my head clear of my friends so I wouldn't cry, but I failed. They kept entering my mind and I had to keep my tears out of anyones sight. I'll just have to wait till I'm alone to let it all come out.

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