A/N: TaDa! I'm making excellent time on this story (it's a christmas present, afterall). Enjoy! (BTW: WISH SO BADLY THAT I OWNED GLEE, BUT I DON'T)
Two: Here We Come A-Caroling
The next morning, Kurt, Lexi, Danny and Blaine rehearsed their Christmas carols. Lexi begged Blaine to sing I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas by himself or Baby, It's Cold Outside with Kurt, but he refused. They settled on singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas, just to be annoying, Rudolph: The Red-Nosed Reindeer, mostly because it was one of Finn's least favourite Christmas songs, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, which was to be sung by Lexi in the Choir Room for the sole purpose of driving Rachel Berry up the wall ("Rachel hates when people are better singers than her," explained Kurt when asked why he wanted his cousin to sing solo in front of New Directions.).
Kurt dressed all of them in coordinating Christmas sweaters and scarves, and they were finally ready to go. It was around 2:30 when they arrived at McKinley. They snuck through the halls and hid when the bell rang at the end of the day. The McKinley glee club was just starting to warm up when Kurt, Blaine, Lexi and Danny started singing in the hallway.
Inside the choir room, there was confusion. They were supposed to be the ones singing, not whoever was in the hall. But the singing was getting louder.
"We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
And a happy New Year!"
It wasn't just any Christmas song. It was the most irritating Christmas song ever written. Then four people entered the choir room wearing coordinated red and green sweaters and scarves. Then they switched songs. Finn's face fell visibly as he heard them begin to sing Rudolph: The Red-Nosed Reindeer.
"Hey, Finnie! When we get home, we're watching Rudolph tonight!" Lexi shouted when they finished the song. Then Blaine, Kurt and Danny sat in extra chairs on the side of the room as Lexi moved to the center of the room and began to sing:
"Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on,
our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on,
our troubles will be miles away.
Here we are as in olden days,
Happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more.
Through the years
We all will be together,
If the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.
And have yourself A merry little Christmas now."
Rachel squirmed uncomfortably in the seat next to Finn. Or at least, Lexi assumed it was Rachel – a short, brunette girl wearing a pink sweater with a cat on it, a really short skirt and a pair of awful knee socks who seemed really upset by the fact that Lexi was actually a very talented singer. Lexi made her even more upset by, once she finished singing, skipping over to Finn, kissing him on the cheek and saying, "Hi Finnie!"
Kurt stood up. He said, "Hello everyone! Happy Holidays! I'd like you to meet my cousin Alex," Lexi waved from her spot on the floor next to Finn, "her best friend Danny," Danny stood, waved, walked over to Lexi and pulled her back over to where he and Blaine had been sitting, "and you all know my friend Blaine. Yesterday, Lex decided it would be a good idea to come sing Christmas carols for you guys, because school ended for Blaine and I two days ago and she and Danny have an extremely, erm, flexible learning schedule and they're in town for the holidays."
"Lou, you make it sound so dull!" exclaimed Lexi, bouncing to her feet. "I've never met any of you and neither has Danny, but Lou talks about you all the time. Almost as much as he talks about B!" As soon as those words left her, Lexi slapped her hand to her mouth and looked over at Blaine. Blaine was smiling, just a little bit.
"Who's Lou?" asked a blonde girl in a cheerleading uniform and red and white striped socks.
Kurt sighed, "I'm Lou, Britt. That's what Lexi calls me. 'Gitta, meet Brittany." Lexi waved enthusiastically. Brittany looked even more confused.
After about an hour of Christmas carols and craziness, Kurt, Lexi, Blaine and Danny bid New Directions farewell, but before they left, Kurt invited everyone to a Christmas Party at the Hummel-Hudson house on the 23rd of December.
The next few days, especially after McKinley got out of school for Christmas, were a flurry of activity. Everyone was cleaning furiously. The day before the party, Blaine and Danny started to cook the food and Kurt and Lexi (who, despite proficiency at cooking, were not allowed in the kitchen) began to decorate the house. Finn was out somewhere with Rachel, trying to smooth over their latest stupid conflict. Kurt and Lexi made and put up garlands made of evergreen branches and cut out paper snowflakes. They also strategically placed some eight pieces of mistletoe in the parts of the house that would be used for the party. For the rest of the day, Lexi was extra careful not to get caught standing under the mistletoe.
The next day, the 23rd, began with Lexi bouncing down the hall to wake up Finn, Kurt, Blaine and Danny. They spent most of the day on final preparations for the party. At one point, however, Kurt, Blaine, Danny and Lexi ended up in the living room, taking a break. Kurt and Blaine were standing in the doorway and Lexi and Danny were sitting on one of the couches. Mischievously, Lexi exclaimed, "Hey, Look! Blaine's under mistletoe! Kiss him, Kurt!"
Both Blaine and Kurt glared at Lexi for a moment and neither of them seemed likely to move any time soon. Lexi said, "Well, go on! Here, I'll even close my eyes!" and then she put her hand over her eyes. Then she split her middle fingers so that she could still see. Blaine and Kurt stood still awkwardly for almost a whole minute, then Blaine moved towards Kurt and kissed him lightly on the lips.
Lexi squealed. The two boys separated almost immediately, remembering that Kurt's cousin and her best friend were sitting there watching them. Kurt blushed, but Blaine's eyes darted to the ceiling above Lexi and Danny. He said, "It looks like you two were a little too thorough with your mistletoe-ing of the house. Al, Dan, now it's your turn."
Lexi and Danny both looked up to find that they, too, were sitting underneath mistletoe. They looked at each other. Lexi shot a glare in the direction of her cousin and his not-quite-boyfriend, first. Then they kissed for just a moment longer than Kurt and Blaine had. Some two seconds after it was over, Lexi shot over to the other end of the couch. She said, "Well, now I understand why you two looked so awkward. Let's get back to party prep, shall we?"