Kurt skipped down the hall toward Blaine who was putting the last of the books he needed into his backpack. It was the last day before school finished for the Christmas break and he had a lot of work to do if he wanted to graduate with Kurt in the next school year. Holding the sprig of mistletoe he’d had in his locker over their heads, Kurt waited for Blaine to see it before pecking him on the lips very quickly. The football team were all still at practice so they didn’t have to worry about getting slushied by them. The hockey team however were roaming the halls somewhere and the pair couldn’t be too careful.
“Getting into the spirit I see?”
“Christmas is my favourite holiday” Kurt smiled as he leant on the locker next to Blaine’s “And this is going to be the best one yet, unless your family goes away for the holidays. Does your family go away for the holidays?”
Blaine had been so busy with all this extra credit work that he’d barely spent any time with Kurt in the past week. Taking a couple extra shifts at The Lima Bean, he wanted to save as much as he could so they could head to New York in 18 months time without having to worry. Plus he may have gone a little overboard on Claire’s Christmas presents... again.
“My family usually drive to Indianapolis to visit my Grandmother” Blaine shrugged and watched his boyfriend’s face instantly fall like all hope had been dashed from his Christmas wishes “But I’m not going this year. My Uncle is like my Dad and isn’t a big fan of the whole being gay with a kid situation. After three consecutive days of being told that I have made such poor life choices and I will never amount to anything last year, my Grandma suggested I didn’t come. She couldn’t care less about my sexuality and adores Claire so she’s going to come after New Years and we’ll have a second Christmas for her and Claire”
“Ok one, your Grandma sounds so beautiful and I cannot wait to meet her and two, your family are painful. That’s terrible that they would treat you like that” Kurt sighed and took his boyfriend’s hand gently “If your family wants to be stupid when they should be thankful for the family they’ve got, then you will spend Christmas with the Hummel-Hudson’s. Carole is dying to spend time with Claire. She’s never had a little girl in the family before”
“Santana has already cornered me this morning and demanded Claire and I go over for Christmas Eve dinner but after that we’re all yours” the curly haired teenager smiled. He was so thankful for everything the whole Lopez family had done for him over the past year that he would feel bad if he didn’t spend some of the holiday with them. They may as well be family with Claire starting to call Mrs Lopez ‘Nanna Lo’
“Of course” Kurt chuckled “What do you usually do for Christmas morning? We don’t usually do the exchange of resents til right before lunch because let’s face it, Finn doesn’t get up til at least 11 when he doesn’t have to go to school”
“I don’t blame him and I have a daughter who is just starting to understand the concept of ‘Santa’ so of course I’ll be up at the crack of dawn using my acting skills to the test”
“I love the spark in a little kid’s eyes when they see presents from Santa, I always used to get so excited. They see the true magic of Christmas”
“Why don’t you spend Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with Claire and I? Now that we’ve moved Claire into Emily’s old room, we might even get some privacy...” Blaine smiled and bit his bottom lip as he stepped closer to Kurt “I’ll have the monitor but once she’s asleep...”
“This is going to be the best Christmas ever” he smiled and moved to lean into a kiss but stopped as he heard a few members of the football team at the other end of the hall. Stepping back and letting go of Blaine’s hand, he didn’t want to run the risk of getting blue dye number 1 all over his brand new grey peacoat.
“Would you like to sing with me in Glee Club this afternoon? I’ve got the perfect Christmas Carol to sing for Mr Schue’s assignment” Blaine asked hoping to brighten the now glum expression on his boyfriend’s face. He hated that they couldn’t act like normal couples at school but if it meant not getting bullied then he would do what it took. It was just one more year and they could go to a city that couldn’t care less who they were or who they loved.

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“Kurt and Blaine, you wanted to sing something?” Mr Schuester smiled as everyone settled in their seats for the last Glee Club meeting for the year. They had been asked so sing their favourite Christmas carols all week and they only had two more left.
“Much to Kurt’s dismay, I picked this song” Blaine laughed as he pulled Kurt up and dragged him to the centre of the room. This wasn’t Kurt’s favourite Christmas song but no doubt he would after singing it with Blaine. “Hit it”

Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've brought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

When we finally kiss goodnight
How I hate going out in the storm
But if you really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm

The fire is slowly dying
And my dear we're still goodbye-ing
As long as you love me so
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Oh, it doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've brought some corn for popping
and the lights are turned way down low
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
OH... let it snow

All the way home I'll be warm
All the way home I'll be warm

The fire is slowly dying
And my dear I'm still goodbye-ing
As long you love me so

Let it snow, Let it Snow, Let it snow
Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow
Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow

Christmas Eve

“Oh no Maria, I couldn’t possibly eat anymore” Blaine laughed as he stood from the couch and pulled his snoozing daughter into his arms “I really should get Claire to bed. Thank you for a great night and all the beautiful presents. We have both been very spoilt” he smiled as he picked up the two large gift bags full of presents from the Lopez family. Buying clothes, toys and adding to Claire’s ever growing collection of pink teddy bears, Maria and Santana had definitely enjoyed spoiling the little girl. Receiving sheet music and books himself, Blaine would have just been happy with their company. There was nothing worse than spending Christmas alone so he was thankful he had them.
“Are you and Claire alone tomorrow? Come back for lunch” Maria insisted as she helped Blaine put on his jacket.
“We’ve been invited to the Hummel-Hudson’s but we will definitely drop by on our way home. Save me one of your amazing fruit mince pies”
“Of course”
“Spending Christmas with the boyfriend huh?” Santana chuckled and put the Santa hat she’d bought for Claire on the little girl’s head “And I thought you would crash and burn with Pale Face when you first told him about your little munchkin kid”
“Kurt...”
“So white he could be Robert Pattinson’s Twilight body double, really surprised me”
“I love him”
“If you two get married, can I make the speech? So many awesome gay jokes just came into my head”
“Santana” Maria sighed and pushed her daughter back into the living room “Ignore her and be sure to come by tomorrow, ok?”
“I will” the teenager smiled once more as he checked he had picked up everything. Making his way to the door, he thanked the Lopez family again for their amazing hospitality and the unnecessary presents before leaving. Pulling Claire closer to his chest as they stepped out into the cold wind, he was glad it wasn’t a long journey home and he could get the exhausted little girl to bed.
Blaine turned toward his house and noticed Kurt’s car sitting in the driveway covered in a light layer of snow. Tapping on the window, he made Kurt jump with surprise.
“Sorry” he laughed as Kurt opened the door and stepped out of the car “How long have you been sitting out here?”
Kurt checked his watch with a shrug “Half an hour?”
“Half an hour? Why didn’t you come inside? You knew we were only next door”
“I didn’t want to intrude and I was fine. I had the heater on...”
“Now you’ll have a flat car battery...”
“Thank you Captain Obvious” Kurt laughed “Now are we going to get Claire inside before she freezes?” he smirked and quickly kissed Blaine on the lips before grabbing his own large gift bags out of the car. Like Maria and Santana, Kurt may have gone a little overboard on the Christmas presents for Blaine and Claire. It was their first Christmas together and he wanted to make it special.
Blaine laughed softly as he took Claire inside and set the gift bags by the couch. Taking his daughter upstairs, he got her changed and tucked her in. He hummed his usual lullaby even though she was already asleep as he packed away her clothes and turned on the night light and the monitor. Claire hadn’t been in her own room for very long so Blaine kept the monitor on him whenever she was alone. He knew he had to make the separation but it was hard to begin with.
“I love when kids go to sleep on Christmas Eve, we can start wrapping the Santa presents” Blaine chuckled as he walked downstairs to see Kurt unloading all of his presents from the bags to under the tree. He even had some packages as big as some of the toys Blaine had bought for Claire.
“I hope it’s ok but I had a present I wanted to give Claire from Santa” Kurt asked softly as he held out a neatly wrapped package with a pink bow. He had a tag to say ‘from Kurt’ all ready in the case Blaine said no.
“Only if you tell me what it is” Blaine smirked and pulled Kurt down onto the couch almost bouncing with curiosity.
“Well my Mom loved to sew when I was a kid and she made this beautiful teddy bear with a little hand knitted purple cardigan and bows on it’s ears. It has been sitting on the shelf in my Dad’s den ever since my Mom died and I was hoping to give it to Claire” Kurt smiled and took Blaine’s hands gently “She always wanted a little girl or eventually a granddaughter. I know she would have adored Claire”
“Oh Kurt you can’t say that’s from Santa, you have to give it to Claire from you” Blaine smiled and pulled Kurt close, resting his forehead on his boyfriend’s. “I can’t even tell you how touched I am that you want to give this to her”
“I love you and I love her, she’s family to me now”
Blaine simply leant in and placed a longing, passionate kiss on his boyfriend’s lips. Sniffing back the tears burning the corner of his eyes, Blaine pushed Kurt back to lay on the couch while he hovered over him. “I love you so much Kurt”
Blaine continued to kiss down Kurt’s neck as he rested his weight down and slowly moved back and forth. Running his hands down to the hem of his boyfriend’s shirt, he could feel the heat rising a little further south.
“Don’t you have Santa presents to wrap” Kurt chuckled as he wrapped one arm around Blaine’s waist while the other clutched his dark curls. Moving Kurt’s shirt to reveal his collar bone, Blaine placed four soft kisses along it before looking at his boyfriend.
“I don’t plan on getting much sleep tonight so the only wrapping I want to do right now is me around you”
“I like the sound of that” the taller boy smiled and pulled his boyfriend closer “Shouldn’t we take this upstairs?”
“That might be a smart idea”