Mikey's POV

"Thanks, Mikey." She murmured into my neck, her arms still wrapped tightly around my shoulders. Oh shit. Autumn Fucking Toro is hugging me. I quickly felt my face heat up and my heart rate soar as I wrapped my own arms around her waist. We stayed like that for a while, until we heard the other guys approaching us. We jumped in surprise and pulled back quickly.

Autumn's POV

I can't believe I did it. I was actually /hugging/ him! What if he hates me now? What if I was being to forward? Aw shit, I probably shouldn't have done anything. Oh well. Too late now, I guess...

We were interrupted by the sound of people approaching. We jumped away from eachother quickly and looked up to find our friends walking toward us.

"Hey, did ya buy anything?" Gerard asked curiously.

I nodded, picking up my new guitar.

"Cool, I didn't know you could play! When did you learn?" Frank asked.

"My best friend Bert taught me. He's really cool. You'll meet him eventually, he's coming here for Christmas vacation." I rushed, putting the guitar in the case that came with it.

"Great! We should get going, I have a great idea for lunch. To the Batmobile!" Andy shouted, running out of the store and letting the rest of us follow him. We piled into his black minivan, which conveniently had a bunch of Batman bumper stickers all over it.

"Where are we going?" Frank demanded.

"Applebee's." Andy answered, pulling out of the parking lot.

"Yes! They have the best buffalo wings /ever/!" I heard Gerard yell, making me giggle.

Christian's Inferno by Green Day suddenly blared from my phone, and I immediately knew who it was.

"Everybody shut up, I have to take this!" I screeched, causing everyone to jump a little. I pressed the green button on my phone and held it to my ear.

"Buddy the elf, what's your favorite color?" I chirped into the phone excitedly.

"Autumn! Holy shit I missed you so much! What's going on?" Bert asked from the other end.

"I missed you more! Not much, I'm just going to Applebee's with my brother and his friends. What are /you/ up to?" I asked, curious to see how he was getting along without me.

"Just missing you, that's all. I've been chain-smoking all day and I feel like complete shit. I just drank like forty cups of coffee, too." He grumbled tiredly.

"Aw, you poor baby! Can you still come over for Christmas?" I asked hopefully.

"I think so, yeah. My parents are sick to death of me at this point, and I already booked my flight. Can I stay at your place, or should I get a hotel room?" He asked.

"Hold on a sec. Ray, can Bert stay with us during Christmas? Pwease?" I put on my best pouty face for him and prayed that it would work.

"Sure, I don't see why not." He muttered while texting feverishly.

"YES! HE SAID YES!!!" I screeched excitedly into the phone.

"Ow, my eardrum just burst! Thanks a lot!" He yelled back sarcastically.

"Anytime, buddy! Oh, dammit, we're at the restaurant. Sorry, I gotta go. I'll text you later, ok?"

"Ok. I can't wait to see you! It's gonna be awesome!" He chirped excitedly.

"Yeah, it /will/ be awesome! See ya in few weeks!"

"Ok! Bye!" He said and hung up. I turned off my phone and slid it into my back pocket before looking at Mikey, who was sitting next to me. He looked up, his piercing eyes meeting mine.

"Are you dating?" He asked hopelessly. I laughed.

"Me and Bert? Hell no, he's like a brother to me!" I stated.

He looked relieved.

"Oh, ok." He said happily.