3rd person POV
Karli's mother went outside and went up to Ethan signaling him to go and talk to her.
"It seems that you all are very close to each other. Perhaps it's time you finally tell them about it."
"You're probably right, Auntie. Besides, it's Christmas, it'll be a great surprise for her."
Karli's POV
As I was playing with the snow with Hailey, it seems that my mom wanted to say something to me.
"Alright then, Karli! Come here."
"What is it, mom?"
"Well... I have a small surprise for you."
"Really mom? Thanks but isn't this too much already? You might get tired of giving me too many surprises." she chuckled.
"Oh don't worry my child, you are my only daughter so I should probably spoil you rotten. Alright now, I would like you to meet your dearest cousin." she said.
As her mother finished talking, Ethan then began to walk in my direction and waved hi to me...?
"Hi there my dearest baby cousin!!!"
Now what the actual fuck.
And after that, he began to go near me and hugged me so tight. I swear that guy was probably working out because I can not breathe at all. He looked like a child clinging to his mom. But since he was my cousin... I think. I then decided to hug him back since it was probably the only way I can repay all those things he did for me.
"Aww this looks so cute.. *click* I'm posting this on Instagram." said Erich.
"Omg girl, send it to me." said Lyf and Aerielle.
"They are both growing so fast." said Allan who looked like he was wiping tears from his eyes.
He was almost the same age as me and others but he was the oldest one among us so yeah.
"Man, you sound like a grampa or a parent that is seeing his child grow and proceed to have another life."
As the others were having a sad..? Or whatever they are feeling right now, Hailey didn't seem to be happy at all but instead, she looked jealous.
Was she jealous of Karli or Ethan?
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After a while, the guests began to leave one by one until none was left.
Well except for Ethan. Since he was a close relative of ours, he decided to help us clean up the house and decided to stay over since it was very late.
This was the best Christmas I ever experienced in my entire life. I even found out that I still had a cousin. And the fact that we were also friends is more than amazing. I could never forget the memories I made this year. Especially the ones I experienced with my friends.
"Hey Ethan, I'm going upstairs, tell me if you need anything." I said with a smile.
"Thanks, cous." he said which seemed to be a nickname for cousin.
And so, I went upstairs and tried to gaze at the moon once again to have a pretty decent sleep. No matter what, the moon will always be here to guide and protect me from these nightmares. Just like how my father protected me when he was still alive.
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Current time: 7:54 am
"Hey uh, Karli? Karli, wake up. Wake up! Karli wake up! KARLI WAKE YOUR LAZY ASS UP!" said Ethan who seemed to be trying to wake me up for the 10th time today.
"Alright, alright calm down, I'm awake!"
"You better be since we're going shopping for clothes today!" he said, looking completely different from when he screamed at me like 3 seconds ago.
"Why? We have plenty of clothes anyway, so why would we need to buy some?"
"You mean those clothes that are about to rip off? No way I'm letting my gorgeous cousin wear those. And also, I'm shopping for auntie, not you."
"Ouch, anyways when are we going to the mall?"
"Probably after you take a bath? You stink." he said while using a tissue to block his nose.
"Oh yeah, that makes sense." I said.
After me, Ethan, and my mom got ready, we then went to the mall to buy some clothes.
"Karli, this skirt will definitely suit you! Especially with this crop top!" said Ethan
Was it a good idea letting him choose my clothes?
And so, after 5 hours of shopping for clothes, we finally decided what clothes to buy. But since both Ethan and my mom are choosing my clothes, there is no way they would only buy a few. They bought ALOT.
When we asked the cashier how much the total price of these clothes are, me and mom were shocked.
All of these clothes costs $1000.
However, Ethan payed them all like nothing. I swear, how rich is this guy?
We then let Ethan carry all the bags because my mom was pretty tired from choosing more than 20 clothes and I'm just too lazy to carry bags.
It's definitely understandable since the person reading this probably can't even carry 1kg of rice.
"Hey uh, Ethan? Are you sure it's alright that you payed $1000 for all those clothes? Besides, I don't think we'll ever have the money to pay you back."
"$1000 is nothing don't worry. Also, auntie's food is worth more than $1000 so eating it is probably like you guys are already paying me back."
(A/N: so before some of ya'll say $1000 isn't that much, it's literally 58k in my country so uh- that's all.)
"How sweet of you to say that." said my mother who was wiping her tears away.
As we finally arrived home, Ethan dragged me into my room and proceeded to throw me into the dressing room.
"Take these clothes, come out when you're done!" he said
And so, I did what he said and after a while, I finally managed to wear this clothing that was harder to wear than passing my math exam.
"Oh em gosh. You look so gorgeous! Say cheese! I'm gonna have so many likes on Instagram. Now, we are gonna go to the park. Let's see how much people are gonna get hypnotized by your beauty."
"Uhm, are you sure I look good in this? Maybe I should wear makeup?"
"That's a good idea, I didn't know you had a fashion sense or even tried to look pretty."
"That's too far. Anyways, which park are we going to?"
"The one where we finally saw each other after a few years. Also, I'm inviting the others. Come on let's go."
And so, we began to drive to the amusement park and luckily, there wasn't any traffic so we went there pretty early.
As we both walked around the park, we saw others sitting on a bench who seemed to waiting for the two of us.
"Hey Karli, Ethan!" said Erich who went running onto us.
"Hey there you guys. Where's Hailey tho?"
"I don't know. She's probably not here yet."
Then suddenly, I felt two hands holding onto my shoulders..
"Boo! Haha, did I scare you, Karli?"
It was Hailey. She didn't just scare me, she almost gave me a heart attack.
"Maybe.. but please don't scare me like that- you almost gave me a heart attack."
"Oops.. sorry, I won't do it again." to make it up for me, she gave me a small peck on the cheek.
"So, where do we go first?"
"Maybe we should go to the Ferris wheel?"
"Sounds great! Come on let's go!"
"Hey wait! You guys have to pay for your tickets first." said Lyf
"Don't worry, I'll pay for all of it. I have plenty of money with me." said Ethan
"You sure? I'm sure these idiots can pay themselves."
"I'm sure. It's my treat for not being able to be with you guys for like 3 or 4 years."
"Well alright then. Hey! Wait for me!"
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And so, they pretty much had a lot of fun. So much that some of them might have forgotten to tell their friends about something..