PRESENTS

The next morning was starting early with a little man unwilling to sleep in his bed anymore at 6 o'clock. Joseph wasn't feeling tired anymore - and decided that sleeping in mommy's and daddy's would be much better. Therefore he started screaming terribly loud.

Diane and Kurt had been laying in bed - cuddling tidly - as Joseph started.

"Your son is awake...", Diane told her fiance sleepy.

"Your's also is...", was his responce.

"You should get him", she told him. He got up in order to get the little man. Joseph loved cuddling with his parents in the morning.

"Good morning, honey", Diane said to her son as Kurt brought him into the bedroom.

"Mommy!", Joseph said with a lot of joy and cuddled to his mother. Diane hugged him and gave him a kiss on his hair. Kurt watched the scene as he was standing next to the bed and enjoyed seeing his two favourite people.

"The others won't be here until 8 o'clock", he told Diane as he got back into bed. "So let's try to sleep for another hour or so", he said to his son who just nodded as an answer.

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Joey got a lot of presents and he loved unwrap them. Justice was helping him with the paper which the dog liked to play with. The adults enjoyed watching the toddler and the dog with the boxes and packages.

Kurt handed Diane a small box. "That's yours", he told her with a soft smile.

"Thank you", she said as she took the present and opened it. It was a wonderful necklace. Simple, but beautiful - as Kurt liked it.

"It's wonderful. Thank you", she told him and kissed him.

"Come on, let me help you", he said, took the necklace and she turned around.

"It's beautiful", Diane told him as she was wearing it.

"So are you", Kurt responded. They shared another kiss before Diane handed him his present.

He opened it and gave her a smile as he saw what was inside. There framed photos: two of Joseph and one of the three of them.

"As we were at your place the last time I thaught that you'd really need some photos on your walls...", she told him. As an answer he gave her another kiss. Then she moved closer to him, bringing her lips to his ear, whispering: "...Your other gift you'll be getting later..."

Kurt had a wide grin on his face and kissed her again - more passionate this time.

"Oh come on! You two, stop this!", Teddy said out loud. Kurt and Diane looked at him with a certain kind of scorn before they started laughing.

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As the families had gone later, Teddy had gone to visit a friend and Joseph had finally fallen asleep, Kurt was walking into the bedroom.

"Hey honey. Come here!", Diane told him. She was already sitting on the bed - just wearing her black underwear.

"Some more presents for me now? I guess I've been a good boy this year...", Kurt joked as he walked over to her. He bent down and kissed her softly at first - then more and more passionatly.

"Are you sure?", she asked him teasingly.

"Well... sometimes maybe a bit naughty... but I know that you like that...", he said and made her laugh.

"Get off of these clothes and come to me, cowboy!", she told him and he did as ordered.

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STARTING A NEW YEAR

They were spending New Year's Eve together with Will and Thomas. They had dinner together and the two laywers and the judge tried not to talk too much about work. Joseph was already asleep.

"Five minutes of this year are still left. Anything you wanna still do in this year?", Will joked.

Kurt got up, walked around the table to Diane who was sitting on the opposite side and gave her a quick kiss. Then he got back to his place next to Will and said: "Just in case I've missed one..." Three of them were laughing - Thomas tried to - but failed. Will wanted to say something about it, but before he was able to they heard Joey crying.

"I'll go and look after him", Kurt said, stood up and left the room.

"Now it's just the three of us, Diane. One minute before midnight. You have to decide who is the one you wanna kiss at midnight...", Will joked.

"Oh...", he said and took out his phone. "I'll be back soon!" and he also left.

Diane and Thomas were left behind. He was looking at his watch. "5, 4, 3", he was counting down. "2, 1, ..."

"Happy new year!", Diane told him and hugged him. He sighed. He really did enjoy her touch.

Will came back to the table. "My mom tried to call - but the phone connection was bad...", he said. Before he sat down he went to Diane and gave her a very quick kiss. He left Diane perplex and in confusion.

"What...?"

"I thaught we were all kissing the girl at midnight...", he told her with a mischeivous smile. Diane rolled her eyes as reaction - Will just laughed.

She turned around to face Thomas. "If Will says so...", she said and gave him a quick kiss. Diane and Will started laughing and making jokes about it. Thomas just remained silent. He was staring into at his glas of wine. He was feeling very uncomfotable - but fortunately the others didn't realize. He liked Diane as a friend. But sometimes... at all in such strange situation... he couldn't stop thinking about he as... a bit more.

"Look who is up, everybody", Kurt said as he entered the room. He was carrying Joseph on his arms. The little boy had red eyes and a sad and tired face. He wasn't able to sleep anymore as it was loud outside.

"Hello honey", Diane said as she stood up and gave Joseph a kiss on his forehad. Will and Thomas also got up. They stepped out onto the balcony and enjoyed fireworks. Kurt and Diane also stepped outside after Kurt had got a blanket for Joey.

"Diane? Come over here! I'm waiting for my new years kiss!", Kurt told her with a smile. She did as told. A second and a third kiss followed. Joseph was watching them at first - then he started looking for attention as he started babbling and waving about. His parents had to laugh.

"Hey little one, do you also wanna have a new years kiss?", Kurt asked his son.

"Ya", was the answer.

Kurt and Diane both gave their son a kiss at the same time - each one on the other cheek. Joseph started laughing out loud. Will watched the whole scene with a smile - Thomas stood there and watched them being jealous - which Will couldn't miss. He thaught about the situation and what would be the best to do right now. At first he decided to ignore it. Then he decided to walk over to Thomas and asked him: "Hey, are you alright?"

"What... ahm... yes. Yes, of course", the judge gave as an answer and tried to keep his countenance.

As they went back into the appartment some minutes later, Will put one hand on Thomas' shoulder and told him: "Hey, if you wanna talk to someone, I'm here to listen." Thomas just nodded not knowing how to react. He didn't feel well as he knew that Will had... noticed something in the way he had behaved... To tell the truth: He felt kind of ashamed... Not just for being caught in his feelings - but also for having them.

He watched Diane as she kissed Joseph goodnight and Kurt standing there, holding the little boy and then getting his son into bed. He was happy for Diane. He was happy for her being happy. But at the same time he kind of felt jealous. He sighed. He really had to get these feelings away...

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"So Joey, now it's time for bed again", Kurt told his son.

Joey responded in one word: "No."

"What did you just say?"

"No."

Kurt looked at his son in disbelief. On the one hand it was kind of cute seeing the little boy telling his father "No" - on the other hand he didn't know if smiling or laughing would teach his son the right thing. Therefore he just told him: "But you have to go to bed now. You have to sleep."

"No."

Kurt put him in his bed - but Joseph didn't want to lay down. "No", he repeated. Kurt sighed.

"Why not?"

Another "No" followed.

Another sighed from daddy. "Are you going to say something else?"

"No."

"...Well... Aren't you tired?"

"No."

"...Well... then what shell we do about that?", he asked his son. But he didn't get an answer. Joseph was looking at him expecting a suggestion to follow.

"Shall we read a book?"

"No."

"Then... shall we talk to one of you plush animals?"

"No."

"What else?", Kurt asked his son.

"Singing", was Joseph's answer.

"You want daddy to sing?"

"Yes!"

"Hey! There it was - another word then no. Will you stop telling your daddy 'no' then?"

"No."

Daddy sighed. "Why am I even asking?", he asked. Joseph shrugged with his shoulders which made Kurt smile.

"Okay then. Let's sing...", he said thinking about a song. He decided to sing a short lullaby. Joseph was listening very carefully.

As he had finished Kurt asked him: "Are you going to sleep now?" The boy nodded. Kurt covered his son and told him: "Good night, my little boy. Daddy loves you!"

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So: another chapter is finished! Writing a christmas story in june really is fun! :-D

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