The New Kid Chapter 43, a glee fanfic

CHAPTER 43

Before Finn knew it, they were pretty far into December and they were getting ready for Christmas break. The Glee club were in the choir room, putting up and decorating a gorgeous fern Christmas tree and singing goofy Christmas songs, when Mr. Schue walked into the room.

"Hey guys, what's this?" Mr. Schue asked.

"Oh, we're trying to get into the Christmas spirit, Mr. Schue." Brittany replied.

"Well, that looks beautiful." He commented, admiring their Christmas tree. "Wait, where did you get a tree from?"

"George and I picked one up for us last night." Finn explained. "I'm working at the Christmas tree farm over the holiday so we got this tree practically free."

"Why are you working at the Christmas tree farm?" Rachel asked, incredulously.

"Well I kinda need the money." Finn said. "And it's pretty fun. All I do is lug Christmas trees around all day and sing random christmas songs."

"And where did you get the ornaments from?" Mr. Schue asked, confused.

"The guy who lives next door finally killed off his elderly mother, and when they carted him off, they left the house wide open, so…" Santana said. Mr. Schue raised an eyebrow.

"Uh… and the presents?" He asked, pointing to a couple of wrapped presents that were under the tree.

"I lifted them from a display at the mall. But don't worry. They're empty." Puck said.

"Look guys, I appreciate the effort, but this isn't what Christmas is supposed to be like." Mr. Schue said.

"For us, it is. This tree is like a mascot for Glee club. We won Sectionals two years in a row, and according to everyone at this school, everyone in this room but Finn still sucks." Mercedes complained. Everyone turned to Finn, who was playing Hand Slap with George. He looked up at them.

"Well it's not my fault I know how to play football!" He exclaimed. "And I still get my fair share of hate. In case you've already forgotten, we lost our whole football team right before the Championship game, just because Karofsky didn't want to play in the same team as me."

Everyone nodded and turned back to Mr. Schue. Mr. Schue shook his head furiously.

"No, no. I am not gonna let you guys throw yourselves a pity party. Look, I'm the first one to say that things haven't turned out exactly how I would have liked them to this year, but Christmas is all about being grateful for the things that did."

"I thought that was Thanksgiving." Harry remarked.

"And this year…" Mr. Schue continued, ignoring the remark. "Glee club is going to lend a hand to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Children and Youth program right here in Lima."

"How are we going to do that?" Rachel asked.

"The only way we know how - by singing about it!" Mr. Schue exclaimed. "We're going to go classroom to classroom, carolling to raise money for McKinney-Vento."

"Wait classrooms in this school? With like, students in them?" Tina asked in disbelief.

"Well, if there are no students in them, there will be no one to put money in the collection box while we sing." Mr. Schue said, matter-of-factly.

"We're gonna get killed." Quinn grumbled.

"Yeah, Mr. Schue, as the only ex-homeless person and ex-street busker here, I know how rough audiences can be. I've had my collection pot burnt, used as a garbage can, poured water in, one guy even crapped in the pot. He literally took a dump in the pot I was collecting money in! And after all of that, even I'M saying that this is going to be suicide." Finn argued. Everyone murmured in agreement.

"Well, I hear you, but I also hear the many, many homeless people who won't get fed on Christmas. Finn, you said it yourself, you used to be homeless. Didn't you always wish that more people would do stuff like this?"

"No, actually, from my experience, you would earn money having just George, Liam, Harry and I busk on the streets for a couple of hours than have the whole school donate money."

"That's impossible." Mr. Schue scoffed. Finn raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah. Wanna bet on it? I bet you that after 4 hours of performing, we'll have earnt more money than the rest of you walking classroom to classroom." Finn challenged Mr. Schue.

"Woah, woah, woah. Why can't we busk with you?" Quinn asked. "You being sexist, Finn?"

Finn shook his head.

"No, I'm not. I'm bringing George with me, aren't I?" He joked. Everyone laughed and George shook his head.

"Uncalled for, bro. Uncalled for." He stated. Finn shrugged.

"No lies on Christmas." He said, and everyone snickered again. "Anyways, I say just the four of us because A, we have more experience performing together than we do with the rest of you. And B, when I was living on the street, I learnt that girls and women are, in general, are a lot more generous when it comes to donating, and they're more likely to donate to four straight guys, than a crowd of 16 people." Finn said.

"That's not true!" Artie exclaimed.

"Dude, I'm not saying it's good, or that it's always the case, but in many situations, it is. Trust me, I'd know." Finn replied.

Mr. Schue thought for a moment.

"OK, Finn. You've got a deal. If New Directions earn more, you have to donate an extra 50 bucks from your own pocket. But if your boys earn more, I'll donate an extra 50."

Finn shook hands with Mr. Schue.

"Deal. We'll start at 1 pm on the dot, and end at 3 pm. Best of luck to you guys."

With that, Finn and the 3 other boys walked out of the room, and out of the school gates. Mr. Schue then turned back to the rest of the New Directions, who were looking even angrier.

"Mr. Schue, why would you do that?" Santana asked, annoyed.

"Why not? You guys are going to earn a ton of money. Trust me." He said. Mercedes shook her head.

"No, we're not. The only chance we had was if we still had Finn. At least, if we didn't earn any money, we could have auctioned off a date with Finn or something."

"HEY!" Bella exclaimed. "Nobody's dating my boyfriend but me!"

"Whatever." Mercedes replied. "All I'm saying is we're screwed."

"Guys! Stop the negativity! We've got this." Mr. Schue tried to encourage them. "Now let's get rehearsing…"

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A couple of minutes later, the New Directions had decided on a song, and entered their first classroom. It was a sophomore history class, so thankfully there was nobody in their grade present. The xylophone player began the accompaniment, and they started singing.

Haul out the holly

Put up the tree before my spirit falls again

Fill up the stocking

I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now

"BOO!" Someone shouted from the back of the room.

"You suck!" A red-haired girl who was sitting closer to the front shouted. Okay, not a great start, but they could still turn it around. They continued.

For we need a little Christmas

Right this very minute

Candles in the window

Carols at the spinet

"Who goes carolling with a band?" Someone shouted, jeeringly.

"I'd seriously rather be learning." A girl said.

Yes, we need a little Christmas

"You're making me hate Christmas!" An african american boy from the side of the room shouted.

Right this very minute

It hasn't snowed…

For the actual song, click watch?v=kt-I-VNmDHM

Suddenly, something hard hit the snare drum. The teacher had thrown her shoe at them. HER SHOE! A TEACHER! Not even a student. Before they themselves could be pelted, they made a beeline.

"Go, go, go!" Puck shouted as they ran out of the room.

"YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! LEAVE! I HATE YOU! YOU SUCK!" The students jeered as they ran back to the choir room at the end of the corridor.

"I can't believe that that teacher let those students speak to us like that." Rachel exclaimed, appalled.

"I can't believe she threw her shoe at us." Puck added.

"Finn was right. Audiences can be such bitches sometimes." Bella grumbled.

"I guess we're done caroling." Tina laughed. "Why don't we go and see what the guys are up to?" She suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement, and even Mr. Schue joined them as they left the room.

"Tina…" Sam said as they were walking out the room. "You just referenced Finn, George, Harry and Liam as 'the guys'. So what does that make us? And keep in mind, your boyfriend is among us!"

Everyone laughed and Tina blushed.

"Whatever. You all know what I meant."

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"Ok guys. We've already got 60 dollars and we've been carolling for about half an hour. I feel like we can stop if we want." Harry said. Finn shook his head.

"No, we gotta continue. Please. I know I was disagreeing with Mr. Schue in there, but when I was homeless, I really did want something like this, not just around the holidays, but all throughout the year too. But I never had it."

"So you were lying to Mr. Schue?" Liam asked, smirking at him.

"Negative." Finn responded. "I just knew that we could earn money singing from out here. So I hustled Mr. Schue into letting us perform here. Now come on. I can see the New Directions walking towards as from across the street. Let's start singing."

George turned on their speaker, and the backing track started. The four boys held mics, which were connected to mics to amplify their performance.

Liam:

Merry Christmas, baby

Sure did treat me nice

Harry:

Merry Christmas, baby

Sure did treat me nice

Finn:

Bought me a diamond ring for Christmas

I feel like I'm in paradise

Just then, a young woman dropped a note into their donation bucket. It was a 5 dollar bill!

"Thank you ma'am! Have a nice day!" Finn called after her. She nodded and waved.

George:

I feel mighty fine, y'all

I've got music on my radio

All:

(radio)

George:

Feel mighty fine, girl

I've got music on my radio, oh, oh, oh

Finn:

I feel like I'm gonna kiss you

Standing beneath that mistletoe

Liam:

Santa came down the chimney

Half past three, y'all

Finn:

Left all them a good ol' present

For my baby and for me, ha, ha, ha

The New Directions had just spotted them, and they walked over to walk the performance. Bella couldn't help but smile as she watched her boyfriend. He looked so… in his element. Without a doubt, she thought that Finn would be able to somehow make a living off music, whether it be as a singer, producer, song-writer or any other profession in the industry.

All:

Merry Christmas, baby

Sure did treat me nice

You bought all those good ol' presents

I love you, baby, rest of my life

Liam:

Santa came down the chimney

'Bout half past four

Harry:

Left them all them presents for me

Lying on the floor

Finn:

I said Merry Christmas, baby

Sure did treat me nice

You bought me a diamond ring for Christmas

Now I feel like I'm in paradise

George:

Yea-ea-ea-eah. I feel like I'm in

Paradiiiiise

Liam:

Merry Christmas, baby

Sure you treated me well

I said Merry Christmas, baby

Sure you treated me well

Finn:

Sure did treated me we-e-e-e-e-ell

Harry:

Well yeah bought me a brand new watch for Christmas

And I feel like I'm in paradise

Finn:

(Feel like I'm in paradiiiise)

A couple more donations were made as the boys prepared to go into the outro of the song. The New Directions were clapping and nodded their heads to the music, and Mr. Schue watched them with a smile on his face. It was performances like these - laid back and relaxed performances - that he realised how much talent was in the Glee club, and how much potential they had to win Nationals.

All:

Merry Christmas Baby

Happy New Year Baby

Happy New Year

May the good lord be with you

For the actual song, click:

watch?v=wy4tTM45Nzo

Once they finished fading out the song, the four boys turned to the rest of the group.

"Hey guys, don't you have another hour and a half of caroling left?" Liam asked. The rest of the group shook their heads.

"No, we got booed off and a shoe thrown at us during our first performance. We stopped there. We didn't earn a single penny." Mercedes said.

"Well I'm sorry to hear that." Finn said. "You guys finally understand what I meant when I said that audiences are dicks?"

"We do, and we'll never doubt you again!" Puck exclaimed. Everyone laughed.

"Well, in 45 minutes, we earnt…" George said, counting the money in his hands. "74 dollars, 50 cents, and a phone number from a girl called Maggie, which is addressed to… the sexy, tall brunette in the navy coat."

Everyone laughed, and Finn blushed as he knew that it was clearly addressed to him.

"I'll be taking that, thank you." Bella said, taking the slip of paper from George. She threw it in a nearby bin, annoyed. She always got pretty jealous whenever she heard other girls flirting with Finn, despite how much she tried to hide it. Of course Finn never flirted back, and always told girls that he had a girlfriend whenever he was hit on, but there was always that voice at the back of Bella's head that told her… what if Finn finds someone better? Hotter. Smarter. But the fears were easily put out of her mind whenever Finn kissed her, or told her that he loved her.

"So what are you guys doing this afternoon?" Mr. Schue asked. "It's Christmas eve, and your holiday has officially just started."

"I'm doing nothing." Mercedes said.

"Nothing."

Everyone echoed what Mercedes said. It was Christmas eve, so nobody was doing anything special. Well, nobody but Finn, George, Harry and Liam.

"Well, I mean, the four of us are. We're doing what we do every Christmas eve."

"What's that? Drink yourselves blind?" Puck asked. Finn raised an eyebrow.

"What? No! Who do you think we are? We're going to the paediatric cancer ward and we're bringing joy to some of the patients. We sing carols and hand out gifts and stuff. You guys are welcome to come with us if you want." Finn said.

"That's amazing, Finn!" Mr. Schue said, really shocked but impressed.

"Yeah, that's really nice. Can I come?" Bella asked. Finn nodded.

"What about me?" Santana said.

"And me." Brittany said.

"And me." Quinn said.

George smiled and nodded at them. The rest of the group passed up the opportunity, which was unfortunate, but not the end of the world. The 8 people who were volunteering at the hospital got in their cars, and they drove to the hospital. Finn, George, Liam and Harry had experience in Christmas volunteering in the hospital - both in Lima and back when they lived in Canada - but the girls had all never done this before. They parked their cars and they walked into the hospital together, George holding a small speaker, and Finn holding an opaque black duffel bag.

"What's in the bag, babe?" Bella asked, curiously.

"You'll see in a bit." Finn replied, and he didn't say anything more. They walked into the hospital reception, and the receptionist smiled at them.

"Ah, Finn! George! Harry! Liam! Welcome back. The kids are going to be so happy to see you again. And I see you brought friends with you. Right this way guys."

The McKinley students were led down the hall, and they stopped in front of a translucent door with a large plaque at the front. PEDIATRIC CANCER WARD - LONG TERM CARE, the sign read. Finn left his bag just outside the room, and the 8 of them walked in.

As soon as they walked into the room, the kids screamed in excitement.

"Hey everybody!" Finn said, hugging and high fiving everyone. The kids clearly loved the four guys, and they quickly warmed up to the 4 girls as well. That was the great thing about young children. They weren't yet scarred with the horrors of the world. Instead, they were kind, innocent and full of love.

"Are you guys excited for Christmas?" Harry asked them. They all cheered and shouted 'YES!'.

"Well that's good." Liam said. "Because, you know, I was talking to Santa earlier today, and he told me that you were all so nice this year! And he said that he might even come and visit later today! Do you guys want that!"

"Yes!" They shouted.

"You just have to do one thing though. You have to sing Christmas songs with us. Can you do that?"

"Yes!" They all screamed.

"I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. Can you do that?"

"YES!" They all cheered, louder this time.

"All right!" Liam exclaimed. The 8 young adults took their seats all around the room, next to the children. Finn and Bella sat next to each other, and two young children immediately crawled into their laps. Finn instantly recognised one of them - an eight year old boy named Niko, who had been in the ward last year as well.

"Hey Niko. How are you man?"

"I'm good." He said, cheerfully. Finn smiled. He loved how happy the children were, despite their scary predicaments.

"Have you been good this year?" He asked. Niko nodded.

"I've been very good. I was the star of the week 3 times this year!" He said, proudly.

"3 Times! That's amazing, man. Up top!" Finn said, and the kid high fived Finn. Bella smiled as she watched Finn interact with the kid. He was so amazing with young children, and she couldn't wait to have kids of their own with him in the future.

Liam hooked up the speaker, and played the first Christmas song. It was the ever popular Christmas song: Frosty the Snowman. The whole room, containing the children, young adults, and the childrens' parents, sang together as one.

Frosty the Snowman

Was a jolly happy soul

With a corncob pipe and a button nose

And two eyes made out of coal.

Frosty the Snowman

May the children laugh and play

And were they surprised when before their eyes

He came to life that day.

There must have been some magic

In that old silk hat they found

For when they placed it on his head

He began to dance around.

Oh, Frosty the Snowman

Was alive as he could be

And the children say

He could laugh and play

Just the same as you and me.

Frosty the Snowman

Knew the sun was hot that day

So he said let's run

And we'll have fun.

Before I melt away.

So down to the village

With a broomstick in his hand

Running here and there all around the square

Saying catch me if you can.

He led them down the streets of town

Right to the traffic cops

And he only paused a moment when

He heard him holler stop.

Frosty the Snowman

Had to hurry on

But he waved goodbye

Saying don't you cry.

I'll be back again some day

Thumpety, thump, thump

Thumpety, thump, thump.

Look at Frosty go

Thumpety, thump, thump

Thumpety, thump. thump

Over the hills of snow.

At the end of the song, the whole room cheered. They proceeded to sing We Wish you a Merry Christmas and Santa Claus is Coming to Town in quick succession, and the kids were having a great time. They absolutely loved the teens.

"I'll be right back." Finn whispered in Bella's ear after the song, and he stood up.

"OK, kids! I've gotta go now. Merry Christmas everybody!" He exclaimed.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS!" They all shouted, and they all gave him a hug. Finn was their favourite of all the teens - there was just something about him that made them love him so much. Finn walked out of the room. He quickly grabbed the duffel bag and ran to the hospital bathroom to change.

Five minutes later, Finn was fully decked out in a full Santa costume. He was handed the sack of presents by the hospital staff, and he was wearing the costume, complete with the red and white suit, massive belt, extra stomach padding, hat, boots, glasses, and of course… the signature white beard. He knocked on the door of the pediatric ward.

"Who's that? Could that be Santana" George asked the children from inside the room, knowing full well that it was Finn dressed up as Santa. The children all stood up in excitement as Finn burst into the room.

"HO! HO! HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS!" He bellowed.

"SANTA!" The kids screamed, sprinting over to hug him. Bella and all of the other teens couldn't help but laugh slightly at their friend making a fool of himself, but it was for a good cause, so they weren't going to tease him for it. Besides, nobody could say that he was a bad Santa: he was actually a really good one!

"Hi kids!" Santa Finn exclaimed. "Have you all been good this year?" He asked.

"Yes!" The kids screamed. Finn clapped his hands.

"That's good, because I have presents for all of you! Gather round kids while I give you all your presents. You know, I loved reading all of your letters to me. It helped my little elves make exactly what you wanted for Christmas."

"Yay!" They all shouted. Finn sat down and each kid sat on his lap, telling him what they wanted for Christmas. Finn would then grab the gift that was addressed to them, which was actually from the hospital staff or the kid's parents, and he would give it to them. The kids absolutely loved it! After about a half hour of sitting and singing Christmas songs and eating cookies and milk with the kids, Santa Finn stood up.

"Ok everybody. I've Got to go now! I need to get all the way around the world tonight, and with all of the delicious cookies I ate, it's going to take me a while." He joked, shaking his fake belly. The kids all laughed.

"Bye Santa!" They all shouted and waved. Finn waved back at them and left the room. He quickly then changed his clothes and walked out of the hospital, and was quickly joined by his friends, who were all floating on air after their good deed. Finn and Bella got into Finn's car, and Finn drove her home. When they arrived, Finn got out of the car to say goodbye. They stood outside on the porch and Bella wrapped her arms around Finn's neck, their freezing cold faces touching as they kissed.

"Thank you so much for bringing me today, Finn. That was just… I don't even know how to describe it. It was…"

"Awe-inspiring?" Finn suggested. Bella nodded. "Yeah, the guys and I have done it the past 3 years in a row, both in Lima and in Canada, and you never lose that speechless feeling. Thanks for coming with me. The kids loved you."

"Me? They absolutely adored you!" Bella replied. "You're so amazing with young kids. And you're Santa was pretty good as well."

Finn laughed.

"Yeah, it's always fun dressing up as Santa and surprising the kids. Oh, speaking of Santa, I do have one more gift delivery." Finn said, popping the trunk of his car and taking out a small box. Bella, with shaking hands, opened the box. It was a thin gold bangle, personalised with the phrase 'All my love. F xox.' scribed into it. Tears sprang to Bella's eyes at the gorgeous gift Finn got her.

"Finn, I don't know what to say. Thank you so much." She whispered. Finn smiled.

"There's one more gift. It isn't as big though." He said, grabbing another small box from the car. Bella opened it to reveal a leather AirPods case, with heart engraved on the front, and her initials engraved in the heart. "I know how much you were complaining that you kept confusing your airpods with other peoples', so hopefully this makes yours unique."

Bella threw her arms around him.

"Thank you so much, babe. I have your gift inside. Just give me a second." She said. Finn nodded, and she dashed inside and reappeared a moment later with a wrapped gift in her hands. She gave it to Finn and he opened it. It was a new watch! Finn smiled widely at her.

"I love it. Thank you so much, babe." He said. It truly was Finn's best christmas ever - he was dating the love of his life, living with his best friend, he had just won the MVP award in the Ohio High School football league, and the Glee club were in good stead for Regionals. Everything was going so well. Hopefully that streak of good fortune wouldn't come to an end…

A/N

I am planning to, after I finish this story, write a sequel, which is a five years later story. It will contain the same characters but with huge plot twists. My question to you guys is should I just tack the story onto the end of this one, or should I use a new story and call it Part 2? P.M or review your recommendations.