I had so many step backs with this chapter I thought I would never get it done! :o But hey! Here it is! I hope you enjoy it!

(I do not own Glee)

Jeff gave Nick a quick kiss before he let him go sit. Nick smiled at how excited Jeff looked, if he had known Jeff would be this happy he would have come earlier to see his practice.

Nick had just sat when a few boys came in the studio, Nick was still looking at Jeff as he was talking casually with Jonathan about what they were going to do that day when the movements of the other guys caught his attention. He glanced over at them and his eyes grew big as he also blushed. They were changing into their kimonos right there in front of everyone!

Nick looked away glancing at Rebecca, she seemed quite chilled. Did they do this all the time? Apparently so... Why couldn't they be normal people like Rebecca and Jonathan and change in a locker room? Nick was still blushing when he glanced at the boys again discretely. They were all quite fit and... Nick looked away again, twisting his hands nervously on his lap. He looked slightly down and frowned a bit as he thought. Jeff was hotter than them. Even with his bruises and scratches he was so much hotter and beautiful, he hadn't as many muscles as these guys but that didn't mean much.

"What's up with the frown?" Jeff asked sitting beside Nick.

Nick looked up. "You're much hotter than them." He said before he could filter his words.

Jeff looked over at the boys and laughed a bit as he looked down at Nick again, loving the different shades of red on his cheeks. "Should I be jealous, Nicky? Why were you looking?" Jeff asked with a smirk.

Nick blushed deeply. "It's kind of impossible to not look, I mean... They are right there!" Nick shrieked. "And I just said you're better so shut up."

Jeff chuckled. "Come here, darling." Jeff said and pulled Nick for a quick discrete kiss. "I gotta go now, but your eyes better be on me the whole time." Jeff said playfully.

"Or what?" Nick asked as he understood Jeff was joking.

Jeff wondered for a few seconds and then a sly smirk grew on his face. He moved closer to Nick to whisper to his ear. "I'll make sure next time you'll only be interested in looking at me, and believe me Nicky, after that you won't be able to look at me again without having a problem, so you should think it through..." Jeff said squeezing Nick's thigh.

Nick froze but he was everything but cold. His face was deep red as well as his ears, wishing he had more layers of clothes just so he could take them off.

While the guys started to warm up, Nick looked away so he could recompose.

When the actual practice started Nick finally understood how much Jeff loved it. It was like Nick wasn't even there, Jeff was completely focused on the work he was doing, and his moves were fast and precise.

Nick watched amazed as Jeff fought against Jonathan, the sensei, and was actually winning from what he understood. Then he and the whole group started making these katas or whatever Jonathan had said. The first ones looked easy, nothing too elaborate. The katas got gradually harder making the ones with lower graduation go sit on the benches watching the others. Jeff and Jonathan were the last ones standing. Nick watched his boyfriend closely feeling both turned on and still amazed.

"Do you need a mop for the drool?" Rebecca asked with a grin and only then Nick noticed his mouth was hanging open.

He straightened up and closed his mouth, a blush gracing his cheeks. "No…" He mumbled.

Rebecca chuckled. "It's okay… I recognise, Jeff is pretty hot…" Rebecca winked. "I would tap that." She added more to herself than to Nick.

Nick rose an eyebrow at her a very sassy "Excuse you?!" stuck in his throat. He turned forward with a small frown.

Jonathan and Jeff finished soon after. Jonathan made a very whiny group make a bunch of sit ups and pull ups before they stretched and were dismissed.

"On a scale from one to ten how boring was that?" Jeff asked dropping heavily beside Nick.

"Zero… I didn't even feel the hour pass…" Nick smiled a bit. "You were awesome."

Jeff smiled wide and proudly. "Thanks! Come on… Let's go to the locker room I need a quick shower…" Jeff said.

"What about them?" Nick asked gesturing to the others.

"They are still hitting the sauna." Jeff said and got up to reach for his bag.

Nick nodded and got up too, following Jeff to the locker room. He waited near the lockers sitting on a bench as Jeff showered.

"I'm really glad you liked to come here… Thanks for the surprise." Jeff smiled widely as he approached Nick, only a towel around his waist.

Nick blinked his thoughts away and smiled at Jeff. "I wanted to do it for you…" He said earning a soft kiss from Jeff.

"It was really nice" Jeff said cupping Nick's face gently.

Nick smiled, looking at Jeff's warm eyes.

Jeff frowned. "What's wrong?" Jeff asked sitting beside Nick.

"What? Nothing's wrong… Why should there be something wrong? I'm fine… Everything's fine." Nick rambled, blushing lightly.

Jeff raised an eyebrow, watching Nick. "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Do you want me to dress quickly?" Jeff asked softly after a few seconds.

"No!" Nick said too fast, blushing deeply as Jeff smirked. "I mean… Yes dress but… You don't need to rush because of me. I'm fine." Nick said quickly.

Jeff chuckled. "Then what is it?" He asked brushing their lips together softly.

Nick sighed and pulled Jeff closer by the back of his neck kissing him deeply only letting him go when Jeff kissed him back eagerly and pulled him close. "I'm fine." Nick said breathing heavily, a smile on his lips.

Jeff opened his eyes looking at Nick a bit surprised. Nick usually wasn't this… Forward and confident. It was sexy. Jeff leaned to kiss Nick again, pulling the glasses up so they were out of the way, glad the boy answered passionately.

"Go dress…" Nick whispered when he leaned back to breathe, patting Jeff's chest gently.

Jeff nodded and got up with a wide smile.

They were already driving home when Jeff finally decided to ask. "What was that about?" He asked casually.

Nick looked over at him. "What?"

"The kiss…" Jeff glanced at Nick. "I'm not complaining though… Far from it." He grinned.

"Oh…" Nick blushed. "It's silly, never mind it."

"No! Tell me!" Jeff asked. If it had been something Jeff had said he wanted to know so he could do it again.

Nick sighed. "Rebecca said she would 'tap that'" Nick air quoted with his fingers. "Referring to you and I… I realised that she's probably not the only person who thinks like that and…" Nick said pushing his glasses up as he was looking down at his knees. "I don't like the thought of other people thinking about you like that. You're my boyfriend."

"Oh…" Jeff grinned widely. "Don't mind Rebecca, she flirts a lot but she won't get anything from me." He said casually but looking expectantly at Nick.

"She flirts with you?!" Nick looked up making Jeff quickly look away.

"Yeah, but it's not a big deal..." Jeff shrugged parking his car.

"What does she say?" Nick said unbuckling his belt and turning to Jeff with his arms crossed. He looked quite annoyed.

Jeff unbuckled too so he could turn to Nick. "It's not what she says, it's what she does... She gets all touchy and giggly." Jeff shrugged.

"I don't care she's in karate! I am going to kick her butt!" Nick huffed. "I swear! No one does that to my boyfriend! My boyfriend!" He said his voice going louder.

Jeff grinned as he watched Nick. "I didn't know you were like this... I like it." Nick glared at Jeff. "Nicky... I was joking, Rebecca is dating Jonathan now she doesn't flirt with me." Jeff chuckled softly.

Nick frowned. "You. Are. So. Stupid!" he said punching Jeff's arm but not doing it too strongly so he wouldn't hurt him. His glasses fell and Nick clumsily grabbed them and put them on as he also got out of the car.

Jeff bit his lip and got out too, jogging around the car to hug Nick from behind to make him stop. "Don't get mad at me." Jeff asked.

Nick huffed and turned around with a pout looking up at Jeff over his glasses. "Why?" He asked.

"Because it was nice to see how much you want me to yourself and yourself only." Jeff gave him a trying smile. "Also you are sexy when you get all possessive." Jeff grinned.

Nick rolled his eyes but then chuckled. "Oh Jeff... You're so silly." Nick shook his head fondly and kissed Jeff softly.

Jeff grinned widely and kissed him back before reaching for his electronic cigarette.

The next couple of weeks were calm and nice. Nick and Jeff spent a lot of time together since they were in holidays. They did all their homework in the first days so they could be free the rest of the time.

Jeff was the one to go Christmas shopping with Nick. Not that Nick had much to buy, he only gave presents to his mothers and now his boyfriend but he wouldn't get Jeff present with him right there. Jeff also bought something for Nick's mothers even though Nick kept saying it wasn't needed.

"I want to. They truly saved me. This is a nice way to show them how thankful I am" Jeff had said and Nick gave up, a smile on his lips as he helped Jeff with the present.

One of Nick's favourite days was definitely when Jeff decided he wanted to decorate the Duval's household for the holidays.

"So where are the decorations?" Jeff asked rolling up his sleeves.

"In the attic..." Nick said and gestured for Jeff to follow him.

"These are pretty... No baby Jesus though?" Jeff smiled once he opened the big box where they kept all the decorations.

Nick then proceeded to explain that neither of his mothers believed in anything religious, so their Christmas was only about them being together as a family and showing how much they loved each other. Sometimes Nick would have to celebrate this season in a Catholic or Jewish way if his grandparents decided to pass by but that was extremely rare. At Jeff's confused frown Nick continued his explanation saying that Lia was the heir of a long line of Hebrews and Catherine's parents just happened to be catholic. So was that why Nick called Lia ima? Jeff had asked and Nick nodded. Ima is the Hebrew word for mum. He answered.

It was nice to see how Jeff seemed to be interested in Nick's life and every single detail about him. Jeff quickly started decorating the house with Nick's help resulting in several tickle fights and small make out sessions.

Nick got his present for Jeff a few days after that while he was at karate practice.

Jeff slept over in Nick's house from the 24th to the 25th of December.

In the morning Nick woke up in a jump and quickly leaned over to whisper at Jeff who was sleeping on an air mattress beside Nick's bed. "Jeffie! Jeffie! Jeffieeeee!"

Jeff rolled around and groaned. "What?"

"It's the 25th!" Nick whispered.

Jeff jumped on his mattress, ending up falling with a loud thud, making Nick giggle.

"Are you okay?" Nick asked.

"Yeah, yeah!" Jeff quickly got up.

Nick reached for his glasses and got up too. "I'll go wake up my mums" He smiled widely but before he could they heard something outside.

"What if they get a heart attack?" A hushed voice came from outside. There was a pause. "Okay, fine, Cat, but if one of them falls off the bed you are the one to take care of it!"

"Well, good I am a nurse then." Catherine snorted. "Just don't drop the hot cocoa, yeah?"

Nick covered his mouth so he wouldn't giggle and gestured for Jeff to lie down again. Nick did the same, quickly taking his glasses off.

"Merry Christmas!" Lia and Catherine shouted as they got in the room.

Jeff fell off his air mattress again to pretend he had woken up startled and Nick was just going to turn around but he ended up bursting in giggles. "Jeffie! You were supposed to just pretend you were waking up!"

"That's how I wake up!" Jeff grinned widely as he climbed back to his mattress.

They ended up all laughing once Lia and Catherine understood what had happened.

"How did you sleep boys?" Lia asked placing a tray with four mugs on the centre of Nick's bed. Both women sat on the edge of the bed and Catherine gestured for Jeff to join them. Jeff smiled widely and sat beside Nick, leaning a bit to him.

"We slept well..." Jeff ended up saying, Nick smiling shyly at the use of the plural form. It was nice.

Nick reached for his glasses again before they all reached for a mug. Nick was the first to say something. "It's so good!" He hummed happily.

"Is that mint?" Jeff asked. "It makes it taste amazing!"

Catherine and Lia smiled contently and then they all enjoyed their drinks in silence as their mouths were too busy to talk.

"Thanks for everything" Jeff said placing his mug down and licking his lips.

"No problem, Jeff... You're like family now." Catherine said with a soft smile. "And seriously, you can stop thanking every other five minutes we like to have you around."

Jeff smiled and blushed a bit when Nick leaned to kiss his cheek.

"Should we go downstairs and open the presents?" Lia asked with a wide smile.

Nick quickly jumped off his bed and Jeff followed with a chuckle. They sat on the floor on a circle near the Christmas tree.

Nick's mothers claimed the first turn on giving the presents. They started with giving a box to Nick. It had a nice wintery wrapping paper and a big bow like Nick liked them. He smiled widely and kissed his mother's cheeks before carefully taking the bow off and ripping the wrapping paper in shreds. He opened the box and pulled his glasses up on his nose.

"Oh my-!" he gasped. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" He said pulling them both for a tight hug at the sight of the Mists of Avalon book collection. Nick had been looking for those for months now.

"Okay, now me!" Jeff said with a wide smile when Nick leaned back again.

"You didn't have to buy anything." Catherine said.

"I wanted to." Jeff shrugged and started with Catherine and Lia's present. "I noticed you didn't have anything like this and Nick told me you valorise your marriage a lot so..." Jeff said getting up to go get their present that was hidden under the couch.

They ripped the paper and then both got emotional at the huge frame with a picture of them on their wedding day. Nick had shown the wedding album to Jeff one that and that single photo had stood out to him.

In the photograph Catherine and Lia were both with their white wedding gowns which were both gorgeous but so different. In a way, Lia's was a bit plainer than Catherine's but beautiful none the less, it was a mermaid body gown with a long tail. Catherine's, on the other hand, was a delicate looking ball gown. The fabric that made Lia's was very silky and shiny but Catherine's fabric was lacy and the whole dress looked slightly fluffier.

Since none of their religions accepted same sex marriage they had a civil marriage but Catherine had insisted on the dresses.

Catherine was leaned over slightly, being held by her new wife as she laughed. The red head woman was glowing with happiness and love. Lia was holding Catherine and looking at her with the most loving eyes Jeff had ever seen, if Nick looked at him with half of that love Jeff could consider himself a very lucky and happy person.

It was clear the women got emotional with the present but as they didn't say anything Jeff started getting really worried. Did he cross the line? Maybe it was too personal. He shouldn't have. He bit his lip hard and it was needed Nick to place a gentle hand on his thigh for Jeff to release his lip and take a deep breath.

"It should fit above your bed on the wall… Or above your drawer in the room… Or even here in the living room over there." Jeff said in a rushed nervous voice pointing out to the place he said the frame could go to.

Catherine as the first one to finally look away from the photograph and pull Jeff for a tight hug, Lia quickly followed her wife's steps and embraced them both with a teary smile. "That is perfect." One of them said and the other nodded in agreement. Jeff smiled widely, letting himself be hugged.

"My turn!" Nick exclaimed after with a big grin. "Me and Jeff had similar inspirations… I hope you like it" He said as he pushed his present towards his mothers.

It was a big album that started with pictures of Lia and Catherine when they were dating then a few of their wedding. It moved on to when Lia had been pregnant of Nick and then a photo of the night he was born, Lia looked exhausted while holding her baby son but still so happy and another of Nick still just a couple of days old in Catherine's hands his eyes really wide as she booped his nose with her own, a wide smile on her lips. As they flicked through the pages the years passed and Nick would be older and older in the family photos.

The last page on the album had three photos. The first was one of Jeff smoking on first plan and Lia on the second trying to make the water vapour make some forms in the air. The second one was Catherine teaching Jeff how to cook this indulgent chocolate cake Nick loved. And the third and last was a photo of Nick and Jeff kissing softly.

One of the prettiest things about the album was that it was one of the old ones, Nick had grabbed the envelopes where they kept their photos and chosen the ones he liked more to glue them on the paper pages of the album, it was much more personal like this.

Nick was captured in another hug which he returned with a wide happy smile, chuckling when Catherine said something about them wanting to make her cry.

Once Catherine was composed again she and Lia exchanged their presents. Catherine gave Lia a gorgeous silver locket and Lia gave Catherine a beautiful summer dress and silver bracelet. Needless to say they both loved the presents.

When it was time for Jeff and Nick to give their presents to each other Jeff was the first one to pull out his present. It had a weird shape so Nick had a great trouble guessing what it was.

Nick quickly ripped the paper apart shrieking a bit when he saw it. It was a TARDIS for his room and a book that would teach him Gallifreyan. "I noticed you didn't have many Doctor Who things and you like it a lot so…" Jeff said with a small smiled before being tackled by Nick.

"I love it!" He said happily and kissed Jeff quickly, hugging him close after. "Now open mine!" He said excitedly reaching for a box.

Jeff laughed when he saw Nick's present. "I love it!" He said as he pulled the black karate belt that read 'Nick's property' in machine sewed letters on the back zone. Nick smiled widely as Jeff kissed his cheek even though that was just a private joke between them and not really the actual present.

Jeff turned to the belt again to look at it better, chuckling softly. When he noticed the box's bottom on the inside didn't match the outside's bottom he frowned and carefully removed the fake bottom.

Nick bit his lip as he watched Jeff carefully.

Jeff pulled out a black leather jacket and grinned widely, pulling Nick for a kiss.

"Yours is so worn out and full of burns and getting so small that I wanted to give you a new one." Nick said when Jeff leaned back.

"I love it." Jeff said honestly and pulled the jacket on. "How does it look?" He asked.

"Get up, so we can see it properly!" Lia said with a wide smile.

Jeff nodded and got up twirling slowly. "You look handsome." Nick said with a wide smile. "But look again into the box." He said his smile getting wider, if possible.

Jeff frowned and sat again. More things? He saw a little velvet black box inside the bigger one, it had been hidden by the jacket.

"It's not a wedding ring!" Nick assured his mothers who looked quite concerned once Jeff pulled the box out. Jeff also seemed a bit relieved. "Come on, the box isn't little enough..." Nick rolled his eyes at people's reaction.

"Well, a ring fits in the bigger boxes." Catherine pointed out.

"But it's not a ring..." Nick said. Jeff was still looking at the box which was starting to make him nervous.

Finally, after what felt like some long minutes, Jeff opened the little box and tilted his head slightly confused. Nick sat closer to him and pulled out one of the necklaces that was in there. There were two. Each one had one half of the Yin Yang symbol.

"I got the idea from Mulan... It's because we are so different but we kind of complement each other. It's lame." Nick mumbled looking down at his lap.

Jeff looked over at Nick and smiled softly. "No. It's cute, I like it." He said and reached to put his necklace on before cupping Nick's cheek so he would look up and he could kiss him properly.

They hugged for a few long minutes both smiling. Then Jeff helped Nick with his white Yin Yang half and was ready to grab his presents and go keep them in his room when Nick's mothers stopped him.

"You still haven't opened ours." Lia said with a soft smile.

"Oh... I didn't know..." Jeff mumbled as Catherine gave him a small box. "Thanks" He smiled.

Jeff took the wrapper out of the way and chuckled softly. "Chocolate cigarettes? Is this supposed to be a hint?" He asked playfully.

Catherine chuckled. "Not really."

Nick raised an eyebrow at the grin Lia had on her face. Jeff opened the fake cigarette box but he noticed there were a couple missing he frowned as he pulled out a key chain that was on the space where the cigarettes should be. The Duval's were experts in false appearances, Jeff had to admit. "Is this..." Jeff asked in a small voice as he watched the key on the end of the key chain.

"This is our way to tell you that once you get out of your mother's house you have a place to stay. No matter how things with Nick develop." Lia said calmly.

Nick clapped his hand over his mouth as he gasped in surprise while Jeff's eyes just filled with tears, happy ones. Definitely the best Christmas ever.

So you can find Lia's and Catherine's wedding gowns on my tumblr (sammyinhalloweentown) under the tag "wdkymys wedding gowns"

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~Niff Hugs~