Hello everyone. This is a little something that begged me to write it for the Holiday season. Please do enjoy this. And there will be a second part to this, as I am not that mean in leaving it off where I did. The next part will revolve around New Years, I am aiming to have it posted before New Years gets here.

Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.

Disclaimer: Glee doesn't belong to me. However, Harlow and Onyx belong to me, and they can't be used without my permission. Mikki belongs to KikiJuanita who has given me permission to use her. Please do talk to her if you want to use Mikki.

Looking at the scenery passing her by in the small town, she questioned herself on why she was going along with this plan for the hundredth time in the last five days. She had plenty of time to back out of this deal they had made. It wasn't as if she knew the guy. She went out with him on a blind date once, when he told her about the plans, he had to cancel on in coming home for the holidays because his fiancée called off the wedding that would be taking place in four months time. As the poor sap and romantic she is at heart she agreed only after she made him agree to go with her to meet her long-lost brother, that recently got a hold of her after spending the better part of the last year trying to track her down. She knew of this brother, just six months prior when her dad told her the whole story about her mom having an affair with a married man for the better part of a year, before she found the courage to walk away knowing he would always pick his family over her. It wasn't until two months later when her mom found out that she was with child, creating the best life possible for Onyx.

It was news she didn't take happily, because to her no one other than the man who raised her from when she was a little baby, would ever be her father. He is the only father she needs in her life. So she didn't go looking for this family she had out there, didn't want to know them. Curiosity got the better of her when her brother reached out to her via a lawyer. He wanted nothing from her other than to know who she is. And with no other family, her mother having passed away a few years ago and losing her father a week after learning of this new development in her life, she kept the promise she made to her father, on finding them and taking a chance on getting to know them, in any way that she could.

The final straw on why she agreed to do this, is because they were heading to not only the same state, but the same city in Texas. It might have been nice to start her relationship with her brother and his family with the truth instead of a lie, but it wasn't as if she couldn't set the truth straight at a later date in time.

"Whose house is this again?" She asked, looking at the white two-story house decked out with Christmas decorations, lights hung up all over the house and a beautiful wreath sitting in the middle of the red house door.

"This place belongs to Seb," he informed her, getting out of the car. She followed suit, walking to the front door of the house, her fake partner, for the time being, knocking on the door instead of ringing the doorbell in case a child was asleep. He didn't want to be responsible for waking the child up.

"Clint, hi," a pretty brunette answered the door, ushering them inside the house. "I'm Harlow; you must be Clint's fiancée," she commented turning her intense gaze upon her.

"That's me," she smiled, looking back and forth between Clint and Harlow. "I'm Onyx and it is wonderful to finally meet you," she smiled, holding her hand out for her to shake. Clint filled her in on the plane ride from Philly to San Antonio.

"He's told us very little of you," she retorted, looking at Clint, pulling Onyx in for a hug.

"That is something we can remedy now," Clint said, pulling Onyx from the tight hug Harlow had her in.

"Yes, we can," Harlow smirked, pulling Onyx with her to the living room where a group of people sat. She smiled shyly looking at all of them. "Look who has finally decided to grace us with their presence," Harlow stated getting the attention of everyone in the room.

"Guys, this is my fiancée Onyx," Clint said, bringing Onyx to him, keeping his arm around her tight.

Clint took her around the room to introduce her to everyone in the room, the longer she was there the more comfortable she became around everyone in the room. She didn't feel like an outsider among them. She felt horrible for lying to them about who she was to Clint, because this time next year when he comes home, she won't be with him.

"Clint has told us next to nothing about you," Matt commented, once they were seated comfortably with drinks.

"What would you like to know?" She asked with a smile, seeking out Clint's hand. She would answer the questions about her as truthful as she could be without giving anything away about this being a sham for the benefit of Clint.

"Most everything," Matt laughed.

"Most importantly, how did the two of you meet?" Rachel asked. "Clint has never kept a girl secret from me," she tossed in as a comment.

"Blind date," she answered, looking to Clint with a smile on her face. That part she could keep as the truth. "A friend of mine wouldn't stop talking about how such a great guy Clint is. It took sometime for me to actually agree to going on the date, as I am not a fan of being set up by anyone. But ya know here we are, so you could say that we hit it off," she laughed.

"Maybe I should come clean about that," Clint said gaining the attention of everyone in the house.

"About what?" Onyx asked, staying calm even though she was completely freaking out on the inside on what he planned on saying. It wasn't as if she could run from these people if he did tell them the truth.

"You remember that horrible party Jesse threw a month before our blind date?" He asked; she nodded because said party was only last month. "The douche that spilled whiskey all over your white dress, was me," he told her.

"What?" She questioned, looking for any signs that it was him that had done it. It was a masquerade party, and her mask came off the second said douche dumped his drink all over the front of her dress effectively ruining it. "How did I not know this?"

"Mask," he laughed. "And when I went to look for you to apologize you had already left. I begged Jesse to set the date up as a way to say sorry," he explained.

"Other than now were you ever going to tell me?" She questioned.

"It is in the vows," he smirked. She rolled her eyes at that.

"I didn't think one blind date would end up with me being engaged," she laughed. When did her life become a Hallmark movie? "Not that I can complain at all," she smiled lovingly at Clint.

"Who's complaining about what?" Seb questioned walking into the house. "Onyx, what are you doing here?" He asked looking at the woman on the couch cozied up to Clint.

"Onyx?" A blond guy questioned stepping into the room, placing his little girl on the floor to play.

"Onyx happens to be my fiancée. I didn't know you three knew each other," Clint commented, confused as the rest of them.

"It's complicated, and it's the other reason why I am here," she told him, clueing him into who Jeff is to her without giving away anything else to the rest of them.

"Can we talk in private?" Jeff asked. Onyx nodded getting up, following him upstairs to what looked like a den. "I thought we were meeting tomorrow over coffee? How'd you know I would be here?"

"Coffee tomorrow still stands to have a bit more time with each other, and I didn't know you would be here. I didn't know his friend Jeff is you," she started to say. Jeff is a common name, and she never mentioned a last name to Clint, and he didn't offer a last name to any of the friends who were down stairs.

"Makes sense. I know over the last five months he had become more private and secretive with his life. I find it surreal that my sister is marrying my best friend," he sighed, shaking his head, seeing if that would clear up the fog in his head over this twisted little situation.

"Hallmark worthy, isn't it?" She teased. She didn't want to be lying to her long-lost brother about who Clint is to her. For his friends, they would be engaged, but for Jeff, they were only supposed to be friends as lying to him about this felt wrong. It still does feel wrong, she couldn't tell the truth and have him ruin it for Clint and embarrass him. It wasn't worth that.

"Ready made movie," he laughed. "I do want to be a part of your life and learn everything that I can about you and not because you're marrying a friend of mine, but because we're family," he told her.

"I know and I want to know you and your wife and your daughter," she told him. "But I can't meet the guy you grew up calling dad; to me, he isn't my father; I can't," she explained the best she could. "As much as I want to be a part of your family, Jeff, I need time to really think about this as I don't want anyone getting attached and things going sideways, and everyone getting hurt."

"I get it, maybe not fully, but he wasn't your father; he's just a faceless stranger to you," Jeff stated. "Take the time you need, Onyx. Just know nothing is going to go wrong," he assured her. She found it easy for him to say, but with what she was lying to him about, things could happen, and she would be at fault for them.

"Exactly," she nodded. "Anything else you want to ask before we rejoin the rest of them?"

"What I have to ask can wait, our waiting audience, they can't wait," he chuckled, letting her go first.

"They do seem like a nosey bunch," she joked.

"Like you wouldn't believe," he told her quietly, joining the chaos of the living room.

"What is it, you do, Onyx?" Matt questioned, playing cars with the little boy in his lap.

"Sports journalist," she replied, filling them in on what she got to do for her job. She has her own article in the paper not only in print but on the website as well. That she does get to travel for certain sporting events.

"Sports, huh?" Matt questioned. "Favorite teams?"

"It's not who you are thinking. I am really not supposed to have favorites, as it creates bias articles, so I have to stay professional at all times while writing," she told them. "I do, however, cheer on every Minnesota team, as that is where I was born and raised, she confessed. "As many disappointments, they keep tossing my way I stay loyal," she shrugged. "Though I do have to say I am a fan of the LA Kings, as I did live in Los Angeles for two years after graduating college. My first job was for them, writing this little blog, before getting a job in Philly, which later evolved into a daily column."

"Siblings?" Harlow asked. "Next year, it would be nice to have them around."

"Only child," she answered, feeling really guilty about so much, casting a look at Jeff. She didn't know these people, and she didn't want her personal life aired for them to know.

"Oh," Harlow said feeling uncomfortable for suggesting that.

"Harls, it's okay. Who knows maybe next year, there will be another one to join us," Clint said, talking more about Jeff and his family now that he knew who Jeff truly is to Onyx. Something he didn't know anything about, as he had no clue that Jeff had a sister out there.

"You guys are expecting?" Harlow questioned getting excited. "How amazing is that?"

"Oh, no. No," Onyx said shaking her head. "Not pregnant," she said, feeling bad at the deflated face of Harlow. "But maybe next year, it is twelve months away," she tacked on, sharing a look with Clint.

The longer she stayed around his group of friends and his sister, the bigger the hole she dug for herself grew. Not only because of the lies that kept piling up for her, but her feelings toward her fake fiancée. Right from the start of their blind date she was attracted to him. He came off sweet and caring. She liked that he could be serious one second and joke around the next. He is a great guy.

As great as he is, she couldn't let herself fall for him anymore than she already has. She is not going to fall for a guy who sees her as nothing more than an excuse for his friends and family. She did hear enough about him to know that he isn't the kind of guy to settle down. At almost 30 years of age, she was more than willing to settle down and have a family. She couldn't say the same for him.

With her growing feelings for a guy whom she shouldn't have, for a guy whom she couldn't get involved with. On top of that the fact her brother was sitting there, she couldn't take it anymore, getting up needing to be alone. She found herself outside in the big backyard, sitting in one of the chairs around a beautiful brick fire pit. She pulled her phone out, finding a way to distract her from her own thoughts about everything going on; she didn't want to think about any of it.

"What's the real deal with you, Clint and Jeff?" A petite brunette questioned, joining her outside. One she learned is Mikki Smythe, married to Sebastian for the past three years, owner of the home she is in. They also had a little boy who is turning 5 in two months and a little girl who is nine months old.

"How long did you and Sebastian date before knowing he was it?" Onyx asked, taking the heat off of her for the time being. She didn't think Mikki would let it slide for too long.

"He wasn't supposed to be anything serious. We had just gotten out of some serious relationships, and we wanted to have fun for a while. At first, it was fun a year into having fun; Bentley was born, and we had to step up and be parents. We did the co-parent thing for a year and half and in that time, we saw layers to each other we didn't know existed. We started to date and two years of dating and being parents it felt right to get married, because we loved each other, and I can't imagine my life without Seb in it or even our family," she smiled, giving her the short version of her life history with her husband.

"In many ways that is a really cute story," Onyx smiled. "Did you want kids?" Onyx inquired.

"Always," Mikki smiled, thinking about the love she has for her son and daughter. "They each came on their own, as they weren't planned, but they were welcomed. Do you want kids?" Mikki asked.

"More than anything," Onyx smiled. "I just don't know if Clint is the type of guy to be fully happy with kids," she commented. In the few days, they had to plan for this trip and what they would say, the topic of kids never came up as it wasn't something that they needed to be talking about. Who in their right mind would add a fake baby to a ruse?

"He can surprise you," Mikki told her. "You're not having second thoughts about Clint because there is something with Jeff are you?" Mikki asked. She wouldn't let anyone walk in and ruin what Jeff has created for himself and his family.

"It's nothing like that, I promise," Onyx told her. "I am having second thoughts about Clint, but that is on me and some newly discovered family matters and nothing to do with an affair. Personally, I can't stand a cheater," she stated, thinking back to her own past with the two cheating scum bags she had in her past.

"Then you should talk to Clint about those thoughts. As I have known him, for as long as I have known the rest of the people in there, and I won't let you hurt him in any fashion," Mikki stated getting up.

"I'm not used to having such beautiful weather for Christmas. I grew up with white Christmases, the only time I didn't have one was when I was living in L.A. In many ways it just doesn't feel like Christmas without the snow," she commented, making Mikki stop in her tracks.

"I dreaded my first Christmas away from Vermont. It isn't the same without the snow. Seb he was the one to give me snow that year," she smiled.

"You've known him a while now?" Onyx asked.

"Since I was 18. We hung out in the same group of friends in college. We got along, and we couldn't get back home for the holidays, so we had one together, and he made it snow," she elaborated a bit more.

"That was sweet of him," Onyx smiled.

"Guys can surprise you, even Clint," Mikki stated, walking back to the house.

"You doing okay?" She looked up at the male voice to see Jeff standing there. She nodded.

"Other than how crazy everything is and that Mikki assumes I am having an affair with you; things are good," she told him with a small laugh. "I don't want your friends to think there is something like that going on between us," she told him.

"I don't either," he told her. "No one in there, other than I am assuming Clint and Seb as he is my lawyer and friend, know about it."

"You didn't tell your wife?" Onyx questioned, looking at Jeff, who sighed and sat down in the same chair Mikki had sat in.

"I didn't know how the story would end. My hopes were up enough on my own accord, I didn't want to get anyone else's hopes up or have them worry what bringing you into my life meant. As it was all this one big ball of uncertainty," he told her.

"I get it," she told him. "When I was told, I didn't even want anything to do with you. I know it sounds mean to say as I truly believe that you are this good guy, but believing that I had this family out there, it was something I didn't want to believe was true, as it meant my life had been this lie," she explained.

"What made you change your mind?" Jeff asked her.

"What made you seek me out?" Onyx asked him instead.

"The unknown," he answered. "I tried for a week not to worry about this sister I had out there. The longer I tried not to think about it, or let it get to me, the more questions I had. The further it stressed me out, the longer I couldn't sleep. So I talked to Seb about it, and he helped me out in tracking you down. With what information we could get about you with it being public knowledge, I couldn't walk away; I had to meet you, to see for myself that you were okay, that maybe you didn't need me in your life, and I could walk away," he told her, shaking his head. "When we reached out to you, and you responded in kind; it hit me then that I couldn't just walk away from you, unless that is something that you want me to do. I was forced to miss out on your life; I don't want to miss anymore, if I am given that choice. I want you to be a part of my life and your niece and nephews lives."

"Nephews?" She questioned. "That mean you and your wife are having twin boys?" She asked. Sugar she learned was the name of her brother's wife, who couldn't make it as, she is weeks from her due date, and she just wanted to stay at home in bed, relaxing, telling Jeff that he should go. He only lived 5 minutes away.

"We are having boys. Please don't tell anyone, as we're not telling people until they are born. But man does it feel good to tell someone," he smiled. Onyx smiled, happy for Jeff.

"Why don't we instead of meeting up for coffee, I come to you and meet your wife. And do tell her that you have a sister. I can't see myself walking away from your life Jeff," she smiled, making the first decision of the mess her life has created for her.

"I would like that," he smiled. "Clint huh?" He asked pulling a laugh from the both of them.

"It's not like I knew," she told him. "Though I am not sorry about it," she stated.

"Me either," Jeff agreed, happy for both his friend and his sister that they had found each other. For Onyx, she did hope it could stay that way after they went back to Philly and not creating a bigger mess for anyone involved in this little scam of a fake engagement.

"Would you two get your asses in here; some of us would like to eat," Clint yelled from the door.

"Why don't you watch the words you say," Jeff called back. "My daughter is impressionable," he tacked on.

"Then get your behinds in the house, so we can eat," he laughed, letting Jeff pass him, stopping Onyx. "Everything okay?" He asked her. She nodded her head.

"It is," she smiled, kissing his cheek. "Let's eat," she told him, walking to the kitchen. "Should we tell them?" Onyx asked looking at Jeff, who sat across from her at the table.

"Tell us what?" Matt asked, sitting next to his wife.

"Jeffery, so help me that you are having an affair, I will end you, for hurting one of my good friends," Mikki threatened.

"I told you," Onyx laughed, looking at Jeff, lacing her hand with Clint's under the table in his lap.

"Mikki, I promise you it isn't anything like that," Jeff told her an amused smile on his face.

"Then what is it?" Harlow questioned.

"For the past year, I have been searching for someone. I found some old photos of a baby girl. It didn't make sense to me as it was just me growing up. I questioned my dad about it. He told me the story about having a sister out there. With the help of Seb, we were able to track her down. I wanted to know who my sister was, who she is," Jeff told the table of his friends.

"The last thing my dad told me before he passed away was that I had a brother out there. He gave me everything I needed to know on where I could find him. I didn't do that, because I couldn't bring myself to look for this family, I knew nothing about. It took a promise I made to my dad, and a very marvelous lawyer to convince me that it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. So I agreed to fly out here to Texas to meet my brother," Onyx explained her side of the story.

"What we didn't know was that Clint would bring us together sooner than we had planned on meeting up for the first time," Jeff laughed. "You always knew how to ruin everything," he joked, turning his attention to his oldest friend.

"I brought you two together for a Christmas miracle," Clint retorted with a smile.

"A Christmas miracle, in fact," Onyx said.

"Auntie Onny?" Ember questioned, from her highchair by her dad, looking at Onyx.

"Auntie Onny, peanut," Onyx told her niece lighting the little girls face up. She is determined to find a way to spend as much time as she could with her new-found family, while living states away in Philly.

"Have anything to say, dear?" Seb asked with a smirk, looking to his wife.

"Nope, how was I supposed to know that they were long lost siblings? My mind jumped to the one conclusion that made the most sense. I am not sorry about that," she retorted. "I am happy that you guys found each other," she told them with a smile.

"Onyx, I suggest that you run away from the likes of your brother," Matt laughed.

"I could say the same thing about my brother," Rachel told Onyx. "He can be a straight-up jerk."

"I learned that when he spilled his whiskey all over my white dress," she laughed.

"I did that so I could learn to see who I needed to beg Jesse to hook me up with on a date," Clint retorted, bringing their joined hands up to kiss the back of her hand.

"It might have been the best thing you have ever done," she teased, ignoring the fluttering feeling in her stomach.

"Did you take a look at my vows?" He teased.

"Maybe you shouldn't leave them laying around," she teased, finding it easy to joke around with him, finding it less guilty to be lying to her family and his friends. Because perchance once they get back home to Philly, things can work out with them, if they tried.

"Laying around?" He asked with a snicker. "How is them being tucked safely inside my nightstand drawer laying around, babe?" He questioned her.

"It just is," she retorted, sticking her tongue out at him.

"Yep, she is going to fit in just fine with everyone," commented Matt.