This one-shot is set between "Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics" and "Fun and Games". Miranda knows about Alex and Justin's relationship, but doesn't know they're wizards. Harper knows about both things.


"I can't believe I'm actually wearing this. I mean, I've got bells. Bells!" Alex Russo tugged at one of the belled corners of her hat, jingling it in illustration.

Another hand smacked hers lightly then. "Stop that - you'll rip the felt, and I don't have any spares to fix it with!" Harper told Alex. "Besides, it was your idea that we should all do something fun together for Christmas!"

"Yeah, well, when I said that, I was thinking something like going skating, or making hot chocolate and watching a movie, or something like that... not singing for a bunch of sick kids!"

"Well, I think it's great that we're doing this," Miranda put in from behind the other three girls as the elevator they were in dinged to a stop. "I'm glad Justin thought of it."

"Well," Tutor said as she stepped off the elevator, "the singing to kids thing I get, but I don't like the costumes either. To tell the truth, it's kind of an offensive stereotype. I mean, el-" Harper shot her a glare, jerking her eyes toward Miranda as she did, and Tutor broke off there.

Unfortunately, that drew a curious look from Miranda. "What were you going to say about stereotypes?" The four of them moved away from the elevator, leaving some space in front of it, then stopped.

"It's, umm, like one of those, uh, gender role things you were talking about the other day," Harper broke in, gesturing up and down with one hand. "I mean, really... what's with the stockings and little skirts? Why do we have to be all cute and stuff?

Miranda blinked at Harper in surprise, then said, very slowly, "But... you designed the costumes."

"Oh, uhh... well, yes, but..." Harper started to turn pink, her eyes widening. She looked to Alex, but there was no help coming from that quarter - Alex simply grinned, enjoying Harper's predicament.

Tutor, however, tried to help, since Harper had been trying to help her. "That's the thing. It's so pervasive in our culture that Harper didn't even think about costuming us differently until I brought it up - but there wasn't enough time to make new costumes then. Isn't that right?"

"Yes!" Harper agreed eagerly, nodding quickly. "I'd already gotten the fabric, and taken everyone's measurements, and laid out the patterns with those, and starting cutting... there's really a lot more work that goes into making all these costumes than you'd think. In fact -"

Now it was Miranda's turn to glance to Alex in hope of help, as Harper continued talking quickly. She didn't have as much time to do costuming as she'd had in the past now, but once she got on a roll talking about it, she could do it for hours. Thankfully, the elevator dinged again just then, and Miranda, Alex, and Tutor took the opportunity to move toward it. The doors opened, and Alex smirked.

Inside the elevator, a Santa-suited Zeke was saying, "I told you we should have just made a robot reindeer, and had more elves!"

"Yes, so you've reminded me a few times," came Justin's voice from the back half of the reindeer. "And if you'll remember, we decided the money for the robot could be better spent on more presents for the children. Now, can you quit complaining and help us get turned around here?"

Biting his lower lip, Santa-Zeke shot a wary glance at the antlers on the front of the reindeer. "I don't know, Justin... you know how I feel about getting close to big animals..."

"We're not an actual animal!" Justin let out, and Alex's smirk turned into a grin at the annoyance in his voice. "It's just fake fur and plastic antlers!"

"Well, it looks really realistic!" Zeke returned, his voice going up an octave. "I get nervous around realistic fake sharp things! That's why I'm Santa instead of being part of the reindeer!" He moved closer as he spoke, reaching to try to help, then withdrew quickly as the head turned, swinging the antlers toward him.

"Oh, for heaven's sake," Miranda said, rolling her eyes. "Here!" She stepped forward and put her arm around the 'neck', then began to step sideways, helping them to turn. "Someone else get Justin and move him."

Alex stepped in quickly to do that, and in a few moments, they had the reindeer turned around, out of the elevator, and moving along. Harper and Tutor led the way now, pausing for a moment to check the signs, then taking the hallway toward the pediatric area.

At the rear of the group, Alex leaned down and whispered by where she guessed Justin's ear was. "Hey there. Is it true that reindeer have big cocks?"

There was no answer, but Alex wasn't really expecting one. "I hope so. This little elf wants to get a good Christmas fucking tonight." With that, she stood up, then moved up a little, putting a little bit of extra wiggle in her hips as she walked - she wasn't sure whether Justin could see or not, but if he could, she was going to give him a little bit of a show.

As she caught back up with the others, Miranda gave her a curious look. "Something funny?" she asked, and Alex shook her head.

"No," she replied sweetly. "Nothing at all."


Of course, when they sang, Alex made sure to be next to the reindeer. In the pediatric ward, she didn't do any more than 'accidentally' bump against Justin a few times - it would have felt too strange to do more there. But once they'd moved on among the adults (which took a while - the kids sure did love talking to Zeke in that Santa suit! And amazingly, even Zeke seemed to be okay with it after a little while), Alex reached her hand between the reindeer's legs and looked for the zipper that closed the costume.

It took a few moments for her to find it, but when she did, she carefully unzipped it a few inches - just enough for her to slip her hand inside. When she touched him, Justin almost jumped with surprise inside the suit, prompting a grin from Alex.

A low hissing sound came from Justin almost immediately, but he didn't dare to say anything loudly enough to be heard over the singing, for fear of drawing more attention to them. And surely someone had to be noticing...

Oh God... someone's going to see, and Alex and I are going to get in trouble... and then they'll make me get out of the reindeer costume, and...

Justin closed his eyes shut tightly, gritting his teeth, his hands on Lexie's hips - she was the front of the reindeer, since being in the costume let her participate without Miranda seeing her - as Alex's hand reached stroked his now-hard cock. He wasn't entirely sure how she'd managed to get his pants unzipped and unbuttoned, working with one hand through the small opening of the costume, but then, this was Alex. If it involved misbehaving in any way, she knew how to do it. And was good at it.

Definitely good at it, he thought then, leaning forward, his face pressing into the small of Lexie's back now, hands still on her hips. This is so wrong. But what can I do to stop her? Her hand was moving on his shaft, jacking him off with short strokes as the other sang 'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing' - and anything he could think of to stop her would call attention to them, which was the last thing he wanted right then.

He could punish her later for it, of course - but Alex was certainly expecting that. Anticipating it, even, with gleeful visions of being put over his knees and spanked.

I'm sure she is, a voice said in his head then, and Justin could hear Lexie's smirk in it. You enjoying that back there, big brother? From how tight you're holding onto me, it sure feels like you are.

It must really grate, Lexie's telepathic voice went on, having her do this to you here, and not being able to do anything about it.

You, Justin thought back to her then. You gave her this idea, didn't you? It fit - Alex didn't care as much about embarrassing him as she used to, but Lexie still loved to... and she'd get double enjoyment from using Alex as her proxy.

Maybe I did. There's not really anything you can do about - wait! What are you doing?

The clenching of Justin's teeth turned into a grin as he unzipped Lexie's pants there inside the reindeer outfit, then slid a hand inside and placed his hand against her, the length of his middle finger pressed into her folds. Turnabout is fair play, he thought back to her, beginning to move his finger in a small, slow circle. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. And so on.

Oh... no fair... you can't make me... She squirmed a little, shifting her hips side-to-side, but there was no way that she could escape Justin's finger - without his cooperation, she couldn't even get out of the suit without using magic, the way it was designed. Justin licked his lips, then began to plant kisses on the small of Lexie's back. Between Alex's hand moving on his cock, and the wetness he could feel growing in Lexie's folds, he was getting very turned on, and he wondered if Alex could feel his pulse in his cock the way he could, wondered too if she had any idea that he was 'passing on' her teasing to Lexie.

Of course, he had half a notion that Lexie had planned it this way from the start... but if she had, that was all right. He shifted his hand and pushed his finger into her, testing just how wet she was. It went in a couple of inches, then stopped, and he withdrew it, returning to circling against her folds as he licked and kissed at her back.

Little electric tingles were going up and down his spine, and he suddenly felt an urge, then obeyed it, angling his torso further down, tugging down at her jeans, and nipping lightly at the flesh of Lexie's round little ass. He couldn't pull it down completely off her ass, with the reindeer costume on them, but he could expose a few inches, and he kissed and gently bit a line across it, then tested her again with his finger, and was rewarded this time with it sliding in easily.

The feeling of her warm wetness around his finger was glorious, and Justin drew in a sharp breath, letting it hiss between his teeth. He could feel himself about to come, and he tried to resist, not sure if Alex had any plan for dealing with the results... but then, didn't Alex always have a plan? Especially when she and Lexie were working together... .

And then there was no more resisting, and Justin's body shivered as he came. No thoughts went through his head about what was happening - only an animal feeling of satisfaction, and his hand somehow managing to keep working Lexie. Moments later, she seemed to be coming as well, and he kept working her through it, grinning with satisfaction as he did.

He felt Alex's hand zip the reindeer suit closed again. Without zipping him up first, of course, but that was all right. He'd figure things out somehow. For his part, Justin was nicer, although it took him some effort to put Lexie's clothes back as they should be, since he was trying not to do it in a way that would be noticed.

Somehow, he got everything put back together. Later on, when the group separated before he and Lexie got out of the suit - a separation that had been planned from the start, since Miranda didn't know about Lexie yet - he had a tense moment when Zeke offered to help get them out of the suit, but Lexie managed to help him dodge that, saying that she'd sweated a lot inside the suit, and didn't want him to see. (Not that she needed that last bit, since Zeke had a fear of getting other people's sweat on him.)

"So," Lexie said as they got the reindeer suit off and started to fold it up. "Did you like our little surprise?" She grinned at Justin's glare, then gave him a wink. "Well, if you think that was interesting, wait'll you see what Alex thought up for tonight!"

"Wait -" he said, shaking his head, "you mean there's something more -"

But then Lexie was gone, teleported away, and Justin was left blinking and wondering. Damn. Does she really have something else planned? Or is Lexie just trying to get under my skin again?

He had an idea that it was going to be very interesting finding out.