Here is chapter 2. The previous chapter 2 will now be chapter 5 I believe.

Chapter 2: Church

Carol of the Bells was playing through the house, as Felix, Annabelle, and Lucas were busy decorating the house. The trio loved the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Actually, I lie. Felix and Anna were waltzing through the house while Lucas was decorating the tree.

"Come on, guys. You have to help me. We finish the tree and then we head to the church. My dad is going to be giving the Christmas Sermon tonight."

"Okay, okay. Let's string on the popcorn next and then we shall put up the ornaments and the festive and very colorful candy canes. And then we can head out. I am dying to meet some new people. We have been here only a few days and I am already missing the Phoenix heat."

"I know, right," interjected Felix. "How do they stand the cold weather here, Lucas?"

"Some of them don't. Some of them are snowbirds. They have second homes in Florida to go to in order to get away from the winter chill."

"Gosh, I would love that," said Felix, his eyes glued to the window where it was snowing and blowing up a storm outside. "Wouldn't you, Anna?" he asked.

"Anything to get away from here," she agreed as she started wrapping the popcorn strand around the tree.

Kurt stared out the window of the living room. It was snowing and blowing outside. He shivered despite the jacket he was wearing. And he was only looking at it through the window. He sighed. This was going to go horribly wrong. He just knew it.

Mercedes had asked him to go to church with her again. He agreed despite the feeling in his stomach. She said a new preacher was going to do the sermon tonight and she wanted Kurt to be there.

Kurt knew this was going to be a bad idea but despite the way he felt about it, he agreed to go. For her and only her would he go against his gut instinct and go.

A knock on the door stopped his thought process. He jumped off the couch and walked over to the door, taking a deep breath as he opened it. He smiled. "Hi, Mercedes," Kurt greeted. "Come in. I think Finn is still getting ready."

Mercedes nodded and sat on the couch. "Oh what a cute little tree," she said, commenting on the small fake tree that was sitting on the coffee table.

"It's just a temp. We're all going to look at trees tomorrow."

"Ready," said Finn, stepping into the living. "How do I look?"

"You look dashing, Finn. Dashing," complimented Kurt.

Anna, Felix, and Lucas climbed into Lucas' black Ford Escort.

"I hope I meet some cute guys," muttered Felix.

"I just want to make new friends. I'll find the right girl when it's meant to happen," replied Anna. "Until then, I won't push it."

They were silent for a few minutes as Lucas drove to the church.

"We need music. I don't like silence," said Felix.

"Okay, but the only CD I have in here right now is Eddplant's Confidence Tricks," Lucas reminded him.

"And that's perfect."

They all sang along to the CD until they were parked in the church parking lot.

Kurt, Finn, and Mercedes got out of Mercedes car and walked into the church, followed shortly after by Felix, Anna, and Lucas. Mercedes found a pew that had enough room for the three of them to sit. Mercedes sat first, Kurt followed, and Finn was the last to sit. Felix, Lucas, and Anna proceeded to the front and sat down in the front-most pew.

After a few minutes, the idle chatter died down as a man stepped up to the podium. "Hello, I would like to introduce myself. I am the new youth pastor. And—" He paused and looked at Mercedes. She got up and walked to the front. "I'm sure you all know Mercedes. I am her uncle and the new youth pastor here. My name is Chris Maybury. And, I'm sorry if I cause an uproar with my next statement, I really don't mean to but shift happens." He smiled and then became serious again. "I support gay rights."

Some of the elderly men and women got up and left. Kurt, on other hand, was staring at Mercedes with his mouth in an "o" shape.

"Dude, your mouth is open," Finn whispered to Kurt.

"Never call me 'dude' again, Finn," Kurt whispered to his stepbrother when he remembered how to use his voice again.

"If any of you attending this fine night are gay, I am not going to condemn you to hell and tell you that you are evil are that God hates you because of it. Because, if you want my opinion, I don't really think it matters too much. In the Bible it is written that no man shall sleep with another, but on the page after, it also says that men shall not eat meat of the cloven hoof. I think we do more harm then good by refusing entrance to those who are LGBT, because, let's face it; it is not something that Jesus would do. Jesus is loving and caring, and refusing entrance to those that are different than we are, is not." He made a motion to Felix, Anna, and Lucas to stand up.

Anna and Lucas stood on either side of Chris and Lucas stood next to Mercedes.

"Wow," whispered Finn. "She's beautiful. And her dress, look at her dress."

Anna was wearing a halter dress made of fabric that looked it came from outer space; literally. It was covered in stars and gasses that made up nebulae. Kurt had never seen anything like it before and he had to admit, it was beautiful. The dress, not the girl. Well, she was pretty too but he didn't swing that way. And to be honest, he didn't think she did either. But the dress wasn't the only thing that made her out. In her wavy auburn hair set a heart that was as spacey as her dress. Although the dress was a lighter color than the clip due to the fact that lots of starlight was gathered on her dress. On the clip, it looked like the stars were further away so you could see the blackness of space around them. Her leggings and shoes had absolutely nothing to do with space though. They were both stripped in black and white.

"This is Anna," he said introducing the girl. "And this Felix," he said, introducing the boy that was on his other side.

"And I'm his son, Lucas," said the boy who was standing by Mercedes.

Kurt was busy staring at Felix. The fringe of his dark brown hair kept falling into his ice blue eyes. And he kept brushing it out of his eyes in a way that Kurt found ridiculously cute only to have it fall into his eyes again. Felix was wearing a black suit that had a notched lapel. The lapel was gold with red embellishment that matched his red and gold Gryffindor tie. And his shoes…Kurt looked at the boy's feet in questioning. He was wearing heels. Kurt had nothing against it, in fact he liked it, but he had thought that cross-dressing wasn't allowed in church. The heels in question were a good inch off the floor. The heel itself was thick, not one of the stick heels he always saw women wear. He always found himself wondering how they didn't accidently break their ankle on those things. The shoes Felix wore also had lace on the toe and on the sides. Kurt thought they were cute.

After the service was over, Kurt turned to Mercedes. "Is that why you brought me here? Because you knew your uncle was giving the sermon tonight and you know he's for gay rights?"

Mercedes looked a little sheepish. "You're mad, aren't you?"

"No. No, not at all. Just a little surprised." More like a lot surprised and very taken aback. The prospect that a Christian was all for gay rights, and minister at that, was a bizarre concept to him but he liked the idea. He didn't know if he would want to come back and become a Christian but this was a very pleasant surprise for him. "Thank you for inviting me, Mercedes."

"Come on, let's go talk to them," she said grabbing Kurt's hand and leading him out of the chapel, Finn following behind.

"Um, is that good idea?" asked Kurt.

Mercedes stopped in her tracks and turned to him. "You're not gettin' shy on me, are ya?" she asked him, surprised. Kurt always seemed so confident.

Kurt made a face at her. "No. Of course not. I'm just not used to being in a church."

"Come on," she said. "I'll drag you if I have to," she said as she started dragging him.

"Oh my gosh," gasped Finn as something dawned on him.

Kurt and Mercedes stopped and turned to Finn. "What?" they asked simultaneously.

"You like him," accused Finn. "You like Felix."

"I do not," said Kurt, turning away from his brother. "I don't even know him, so how could I possibly like him. That's like seeing a dish of food and saying, 'Ooh, I like that' without having ever tasted it before. It could be the worst thing on the planet and you would not know because you have never tasted it before."

"So, what are you waiting for, bro? Go talk to him," said Finn, gently nudging his brother toward the boy in question.

Kurt turned around and glared at Finn. "Don't call me bro," he said and started making his way over to Felix. He tapped him on the shoulder. Felix turned around. "Hi, I'm Kurt." Kurt looked down at Felix's shoes. "I like your shoes."

Felix looked down at his feet too. His eyes got wide. "I. Was not. Supposed to wear these," he said. He turned to Annabelle. "Why did you let me wear my heels? These totally do not go with my tux. I had nice shoes picked out to go with my outfit."

"Sorry," said Annabelle. "In our rush to finish the tree and leave the house I must have forgotten." She looked down at his feet and then made a frame with both her thumb and forefingers. "It doesn't look too terribly bad," she assessed. She looked over at Kurt and waved. "Hi, I'm Annabelle," she said holding out her hand.

Kurt opened his mouth to speak but Finn cut him off by reaching around him and shaking her hand.

"Hey there, I'm Finn. You're new here, right? Would you like me to show you around later?" he asked trying to be flirty and suave.

His attempt failed miserably though. "Sorry, I don't date guys. And if I did, I wouldn't date one who I just met. Thanks for the offer though."

Finn was dumbstruck. Girls never turned him down. "You don't like guys? Wait, are you—Ow!" He glared at Mercedes who had stomped on his foot.

Kurt made a face at his brother. "Finn? Can I talk to you over there?" he asked gesturing to the other side of the room.

Finn walked over to the area where Kurt gestured.

Kurt looked over at Annabelle. "Sorry about my brother. He's not used to girls turning him down." He walked over to Finn. "What is wrong with you? Over course she doesn't like guys. She's a lesbian."

Finn looked over at Annabelle then back at Kurt. "How did you—?"

"Gaydar," he said and then walked back over to the group, Finn following behind. "Sorry, my brother doesn't think before he speaks sometimes. But he does bring up a good point. We could show you guys around if you would like that."

"Yeah, that would be really cool actually. We don't really know anybody here and getting a tour would be sweet. I'm Felix, by the way."

"This is Lima. There's not much to show. Unless you're a fan of the snow," Mercedes interjected.

"We have a mall, some shopping plazas that I love to frequent, a movie theater, and a museum. Not a lot, yeah, but they're something," said Kurt.

"I love going to the mall. And I need to see Deathly Hallows. I really hope they do the book justice," Felix started fangirling.

"Oh no, now you've done it. Once he starts on a Harry Potter fangirl tangent nothing can stop that boy. Except lack of air," muttered Anna.

"That was a great book though. I wish they didn't have to break it up though. I just want to sit and watch it from beginning to end. I'm so sad that Fred died though. I cried when I reached that part in the book. And it's so sad that he died smiling. I mean, it does say so much about the twins' personalities but really? George has to lose an ear and his brother? But on the plus side, the Marauders now have a replacement for Peter now. And it's actually really great that the Marauders are reunited. It's just too bad that Fred and George had to be separated."

"I'm with you on that. Fred and George were my favorite characters in the books. I think that had to be traumatizing to George. And I felt sick when Sirius died. Harry finally had a way to learn so much more about his parents and Sirius was his god-father so that meant he didn't have to go back to the Dursley's but that didn't work out very well."

Kurt and Felix bonded over Harry Potter while the others just listened for about twenty minutes.

"We need to leave now," said Lucas. "Dad's probably home wondering where in the world we are."

"Yeah, Finn and I should probably get home too. It was nice meeting you guys."

"Hey, wanna hang out tomorrow?" asked Anna. "All of us. You guys can show us the mall and the movie theater and we can go to the movies and lunch and stuff."

Mercedes and Lucas exchanged glances and knowing smiles. "Can't," they said. "Family thing."

Anna looked at Lucas and tilted her head. She gave him a questioning look. He made the ASL sign for "Later." She nodded.

That was something they did frequently. Both Anna and Lucas took ASL classes in middle school and high school. Lucas knew more than Anna did just because he had taken more classes. But that was a way that they communicated when they didn't want anybody else to listen to their conversations.

"Well, I think that sounds like a great idea," said Finn, grinning.

"Yeah, and then we could go back to my house and hang out and have dinner after," said Kurt.

Yay! I hope you like it. Here are Felix and Anna's outfits.

Anna: www (dot) polyvore (dot) com /annabelle_church /set?id=26017383

Felix: www (dot) polyvore (dot) com /cgi /set?id=2601915 (The white and black part on the jacket's lapel is supposed to be red and gold. The white part is gold and the black embellishment is supposed to be red.)