It's Christmas

"KIARA ...KIARA WAKE UP IT'S CHRISTMAS." Ryder shouts in my ear effectively waking me up.

I get up so fast that I fall out of my bed with a loud thud and I groan.

"Ugh, I am up, I am up." I say rubbing my butt.

When my eyes get adjusted to the bright light I can see Ryder jumping on my bed shouting 'it's Christmas'.

"I am gonna wake up reed." he shouts and runs out of my room.

I really don't know where he gets his energy from. That kid's hyperactive even without sugar. I glance at my clock and see it's five minutes past seven. That's early.

I hear a loud 'it's Christmas' which is followed by a loud thud. Looks like reed fell out of bed too.

I go out to see an energetic Ryder pulling a sleepy reed, who is rubbing his butt out of the room. I chuckle at the scene. While Ryder wakes everybody up, I quickly brush my teeth and comb my hair.

I go downstairs to see Reed and Ryder sitting around the Christmas tree with presents, I look back to see Raven and Blake enter the room.

"Merry christmas guys." Ryder wishes everyone. Greetings are shared and Ryder goes first to open his present.

"Ok this is from mom and dad." Ryder says and opens the biggest lego set I have ever seen. His eyes widen and he lets out a squeal and hugs his parents.

Next, he opens the one from Reed. He gets a smartwatch and a mug with a picture of his whole family. They look very happy in the picture. Reed is carrying Ryder and Raven's arm is around the boys while Blake's arm is around everyone and Ella is sitting in between reeds legs. They have huge smiles on their face.

I can't help but think about my parents and Keith. This will be the third Christmas without my parents. Ryder goes and hugs reed.

Next Ryder opens my present. When he sees the new Xbox his hands go to his mouth. He runs to me and throws himself at me. I lose my balance and I fall back with Ryder on top of me I put my arm around to hug him and laugh at his reaction. He lets me go and I sit back up.

"kiara why did you buy such an expensive gift, now he is gonna sit in his room all day and play." Raven scolds me with a small smile.

"Don't worry raven i will make sure he doesn't spend too much time on it." I say to raven winking at Ryder.

"I wanted this for a really long time thankyou kiara." Ryder tells with a smile.

"Don't be too happy buddy, you are so going down when we play." I tell him with a smirk. He chuckles shaking his head in disagreement.

Next reed opens his presents. He gets a new and latest iPhone from his parents. Ryder gives him a scrapbook filled with happy memories and a tie-dye shirt that he made and some boy accessories which includes a bracelet with his name. Next, he opens my present when he sees the gift he smiles and looks at me. I got him air pods since his one seems to be repaired. And also a g shock watch.

"How did you know i wanted one of these?" he asks me surprised.

"I came to your room the other day and you were struggling with your earphones trying to repair them with duct tape so i thought they might be broken and got you wireless ones." I chuckled at the memory. Everyone chuckles with me. Reed goes red with embarrassment.

"Thank you kiara." he nods at me with a smile. I smile back.

Next Raven opens her presents. She gets cruise tickets from blake for a beautiful new Year's eve dinner. Ryder gives her a necklace with her name which is written in his handwriting. Reed gives her a pillow with a picture of her and Blake. And another pillow with a picture of him, Ryder, and Ella. When Raven opens my present she finds the dress and takes it in her hand. She sees the extra cloth on the dress which I altered to fit her size.

"kiara how.. but it was not my size.. i don't know how you did it." She comes and hugs me and she tells everyone how much she wanted this dress but was not able to buy it since it was a size smaller.

"Thank you kiara. I wanted it so bad." I smile.

Blake opens his presents next he gets a massage chair from Raven. Ryder gives him a speaker. Reed gives him a Gucci belt. He gets a g shock watch and also a Gucci belt from me which he wanted for so long. I found out when he was looking for that on his phone. He was very happy.

Next, I get an envelope from Blake and Raven I open it and find the picture of a cute baby Siberian husky. I look up to see them holding a big gift box. I excitedly open it and find the same baby husky inside. Looking at me with her big blue eyes.

"When you first saw ella you told me that you loved dogs but you could not keep one because of your mom's allergies so we thought why not get you a dog." Raven tells me

I hug both of them tightly telling 'thankyou'. I take the baby husky she is purely white. She licks me and I pet her behind her ear.

"You can name her kiara she is yours after all."

"What should i name you?" I ask the husky and she looks at me with her huge blue eyes.

"Aerial you will be called Aerial." she licks me once again telling me she likes it.

"It's a beautiful name kiara." Blake tells me. I give Aerial to Ryder who starts playing with her.

Reed gives me a pair of roller skates since I love to skate and also a new helmet so I can ride on the motorcycle and also some accessories. Ryder gives me a bracelet with my name written in his handwriting just like ravens and also a collection of horror movie CDs.

Ella also gets a new dog bed lots of toys and also treats. Aerial is following Ella wherever she goes.

After the gift session, we all get ready for lunch in a grand restaurant. I wear a light red sleeveless gown which reaches my thigh I pair it with a cute black sweater and stocking since it will be cold. I slightly curl my hair and apply mascara and lip gloss.

We all get ready and I see Raven wearing a beautiful red satin embroidery dress that reaches her knee.

I see all the boys in similar suits with different colors.

We all have a great lunch and we go to the church we pray and reach home just to get a facetime call from Keith.

"kia merry christmas baby sister." Keith greets me.

"Merry christmas kei so how was your Christmas?" I ask him.

"Nothing special i went to visit mom and dad and i got gifts from my friends and your gift was amazing i always wanted those sneakers." Keith tells me.

This is our third Christmas without them. I miss them so much. I feel tears pool in my eyes.

"kia you there what happened?" I hear Keith's worried voice.

"Nothing what were you saying?"

"You look beautiful baby sis." he tells me with a smile. I smile back

"I miss you kei."

"I miss you too sis. Anyway, i am spending time with your friends today we are going for lunch." He tells me. Keith is pretty close to my friends. I met both of them when I was in kindergarten it was a funny story how we met. We grew up together.

"Be careful those are my friends no funny business." I threaten him with a smile.

"Don't worry we are just going for lunch." he tells me with a smirk

"Yeah go enjoy yourself." I tell him and cut the call. I facetime my friends and wish them. They were happy to receive my Christmas presents.

Aerial is sitting on my lap playing with my squishy. The rest of the day I spend playing with Reed and Ryder on his Xbox and watching Christmas movies.

I suddenly think about Andrew who is spending Christmas alone today. I am thankful for this family even though I lost my parents I did not feel alone with them. I was happy. I didn't think much about my parents today even though I miss them.

For the first time in a long time, I go to bed happy and with a smile on my face. It is one of the best Christmas of my life. A unique one.