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Chapter 7: Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree
The following morning, Kurt was shaken roughly awake by Jeff. "Come on, Kurt. It's Christmas break!" The energetic blonde cheered.
"Get off of me, Jeffrey." Kurt groaned, sitting up.
Jeff jumped up and skipped out the door, off to bother Sebastian, or one of the other cousins. Standing up, Kurt headed into the closet, grabbing the outfit he had set out for the day, which consisted of a blue top, grey skinny jeans, black boots, and a silver belt.
Exiting the dorm room, Kurt headed down the hallway, turning towards the dining hall. Entering the hall, he grabbed his cup of blood from the breakfast line, before making his way over to his normal table, where Blaine was already sitting.
"Did Jeff get to you?" Blaine asked, as Kurt sat down.
Kurt nodded. "Yep. Did he get to you?"
"Sadly." Blaine said, frowning. "He said he was going to wait to wake you up for a little bit."
Kurt groaned, dropping his head into his hands. "It's too early."
"Are you okay?" Blaine asked, concerned.
Kurt lifted his head to look at him. "Of course. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Because we're going back to Lima." Blaine told him. "Last time, we were only there for three days, now we're there for two weeks."
Kurt reached across the table, taking Blaine's hands in his. "I'm going to be fine Blaine. Stop worrying. It's going to be cold, so it's not like I'm going to want to go outside."
Jeff came skipping through the door, just then, dragging Nick with him, Sebastian, Wes, and David following. Kurt and Blaine broke apart, blushing profusely, as their five friends took their seats around the table, Jeff smirking at Kurt.
"So, what are you doing for Christmas break Sebastian?" David asked, as they all sipped on their blood.
Sebastian hesitated, glancing around the table, before sighing. "Nothing. I'm staying at Dalton for the break."
The entire table whipped around, staring at Sebastian in shock after his admission.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Jeff asked. "We could have had you come back with us for the break."
Sebastian stared down into his cup, remaining quiet for a long time, before finally answering. "I didn't want any of you to look at me differently because of this. I don't want to go into details, not yet."
"We aren't going to judge you Sebastian." Kurt assured him. "We like you. We don't care if you have family issues, or whatever is going on with you."
Sebastian smiled at them. "Thanks guys."
"Don't mention it." Wes said, waving it off. "Anybody who can put up with Jeff's insanity is good with us."
Jeff flipped him off, before turning to Sebastian. "Are you sure you don't want to come with us? I'm sure our parents would be fine with you coming."
"No, I'll be fine here." Sebastian said, shaking his head. "I don't want to intrude on your family time. I mean it." He insisted, seeing the looks on their faces. "Go on without me."
Sighing, Jeff stood up. "If you insist." He told the other vampire, before heading over to the trash can to throw away his cup.
"Don't mind him." Kurt told Sebastian. "He's just upset that we couldn't convince you to come with us. It's a good thing," he reassured Sebastian. "It means he cares about you."
Sebastian nodded, staring at the spot where Jeff had disappeared. "I know."
"We probably should get going," Kurt said, standing up. "If we want to make it back to Lima before lunch."
Blaine turned to Sebastian. "Have fun."
"I will." Sebastian assured him. "I think some of the other Warblers, like Trent and Thad, are staying here too. And besides, it will give me a chance to practice my Warblers' audition."
Waving goodbye to Sebastian, the cousins stood up from the table, tossing out their blood cups in the trash can, before making their way through the winding hallways, and up the spiral stairs to their dorms.
Heading into his dorm room, Kurt grabbed the singular suitcase from in front of the door, before dragging it out of the dorm room and into the hallway, where Blaine was already waiting with his suitcase.
"Did you finally fit everything into the suitcase?" Blaine asked teasingly, as David dragged his bulging suitcase into the hallway.
David flipped him off. "Fuck you Anderson."
"It took him a while." Wes said, sticking his head out of the door, his own suitcase in hand. "Both of us had to sit on it."
Jeff came skipping around the corner, stopping when he saw all of them standing outside in the hallway. "I was wondering when you would show up. I'll go grab my suitcase."
"Are you sure you're okay?" Nick asked, grabbing Jeff's arm to stop him.
Jeff shook him off, yanking his own arm away. "I'm fine Nick."
Nick watched, sighing, as Jeff disappeared into the dorm room. Blaine, Kurt, Wes, and David made eye contact with each other, all thinking the same thing. "They are so oblivious it hurts."
"Are we ready to go?" Jeff asked, exiting the dorm room with his suitcase, purposely avoiding Nick's eyes.
Kurt nodded, knowing he would have to talk to his roommate later. "Let's go."
The group walked down the hallway, Jeff skipping ahead to get as far away from Nick as possible, who stayed behind with Kurt and Blaine, both of whom were talking with him quietly, all the while shooting longing glances at each other. Wes and David rolled their eyes at each other.
"They're so dramatic it hurts." Wes muttered.
David nodded. "I've said this before and I'll say it again, we better not be this dramatic when we find our mates."
"Agreed." Wes said, nodding.
They exited the building, heading across the parking lot, and to where their legion of cars were parked.
"Who's driving?" Jeff asked, leaning up against the side of his car.
Kurt pulled his keys out of his pocket, unlocking the car door. "We should at least take mine. The Navigator will be better if we hit a lot of snow."
"We should take my car as well." David agreed. "It's larger, so we can fit any Christmas presents we get in it."
Blaine looked around at them. "How are we splitting up?"
"I'll go with David." Jeff blurted out quickly, jumping up.
Nick sighed. "I'll go with Kurt."
Shaking his head at them, Kurt pulled open his trunk, placing his suitcase inside, and stepping aside so Blaine and Nick could do the same. He climbed into the drivers' seat, adjusting his seat and controls while he was waiting for Blaine and Nick to get in.
As soon as they were both in the car, Blaine turned to Nick, as Kurt pulled out of the Dalton parking lot. "What's going on with you and Jeff?" He demanded.
"Nothing is going on with Jeff and I." Nick protested, his blush giving him away.
Kurt scoffed. "Please, it's obvious something is going on between you two."
"Fine, I have a crush on him." Nick sighed, relenting. "But Jeff doesn't like me back, he's made that perfectly clear. Jeff's not my mate, nor will he ever be. I just need to forget about him."
Blaine and Kurt made eye contact, rolling their eyes at Nick. It was obvious what was going on here, even though Nick wouldn't admit it.
The rest of the two hour car ride was completed in silence, with Nick refusing to say anything to Kurt and Blaine, since they had gotten the truth out of him, and both Kurt and Blaine were deep in thought, comparing their own situation to Jeff and Nick.
Two hours later, their car reached Lima, arriving about a minute after David's car. Hopping out of the car, Blaine and Kurt darted inside the house, so no one would see them. Wes and David walked outside, helping Nick grab the suitcases from the Navigator.
"You're back!" Pam called excitedly, hurrying over to where they were standing in the foyer, pulling Blaine into a tight hug.
Blaine chuckled, hugging her back. "You saw me three weeks ago, mom."
"I know," she said, pulling back to look at him. "But I hardly ever see you anymore."
Burt came around the corner, chuckling at the scene. "I know you miss him Pam, but I don't think strangling Blaine is the best idea." He teased.
"Dad!" Kurt cried excitedly, running across the foyer and launching himself into Burt's arms. "I miss you." He mumbled into Burt's shoulder.
Burt smiled, hugging Kurt back. "I miss you too, son."
Sophia, Mary, Anne Duval, Sarah Jones, Tia Montgomery, and Hannah Thompson came around the corner into the foyer, smiling at the scene in front of them.
"Why don't you all go put your suitcases up in your rooms." Sarah suggested, stepping foreword. "Then you can help us put up the Christmas decorations."
Blaine nodded at his aunts and grandma. "Okay Aunt Sarah." He agreed, picking up his suitcase and heading towards the staircase, the cousins trailing behind.
Kurt followed Blaine, picking up his suitcase with ease, while Wes behind him struggled to pick up his bulging case, and walk up the steps.
As soon as they all placed their suitcases in their rooms, they joined each other at the top of the stairs, before heading back downstairs to the living room, where all the aunts, their grandma, and some of the cousins were.
Wes walked up to his younger sister, Lily Montgomery, ruffling her hair. Lily was a ten year old vampress, with long, wavy, dark brown hair, large, wide brown eyes, and Asian features.
"Get away from me, Wesley." Lily exclaimed, annoyed, jumping away from him.
Wes pouted at her. "I hardly see you anymore Lils. Is it a crime for me to want to see my only sister?"
"Not if you mess up my hair." She said, pouting.
David wrapped his arm around the shoulder of his brother, Leo Thompson. Leo was a tall, gangly, thirteen year old vampire, with short, buzzed brown hair, brown eyes, and dark skin. "How is my little bro doing today?" David asked.
"Fuck off D." Leo muttered, quiet enough that Lily, Mary, and the aunts couldn't hear him. "Besides, I'm only two years younger then you."
David gave him a noogie, before running to hide behind Wes, so Leo couldn't come after him. "I'm still older!" He called.
"Where's my brother?" Blaine asked, turning to Anne.
Before Anne could response, Livy and Linny, Jeff's six year old twin sisters, tumbled into the room. Both young vampresses had long, blonde hair that was pulled into pigtails, and bright, twinkling blue eyes. Both girls ran around the room, hiding behind Sophia.
"What are you two doing?" Jeff asked, amused.
They giggled in response, pointing towards the door they had just come out of. A few seconds later, Robert came through the door, his face stony, but a sparkle of mischief in his eyes, suggesting he wasn't totally serious.
"Where are those two troublemakers?" He asked, scanning around the room, as two twin giggles sounded from behind Sophia.
Jeff shrugged, smirking as he went to stand next to Sophia, hiding his sisters from his grandpa. "I don't know grandpa, I haven't seen them since I got here. Have you?" He asked, looking around the room.
A chorus of "No's" and "I haven't's" rang out from around the room, as Mary, and all the cousins and aunts looked on innocently.
Robert glanced around the room, narrowing his eyes, before leaving. A few seconds after he had left, Livy and Linny darted out from behind Sophia, both giving Jeff a hug, before running off to bother someone else.
"Okay," Tia said, clapping her hands together. "I think we should start on the decorations. Jeff, Mercedes, Blaine, Kurt, Nick, Wes, and David, you can help Grandma, Aunt Sarah, Aunt Sophia, Aunt Anne, Aunt Hannah, and I with the ornaments. Lily and Leo, you two can put up the stuffed animals, the bannister decorations, and the mantel."
Opening one of the many plastic bins that stored the Christmas decorations, scattered around the room, Kurt pulled several ornaments carefully out of their boxes. Walking over to the large Christmas tree in the center of the living room, he placed the first ornaments on the tree.
After the first ornaments were on, it was as if a spell was broken over the entire room, and all the cousins got to work, pulling the ornaments out of their boxes, and placing them carefully on the tree. Leo and Lily ran around the room, hanging up the nonbreakable decorations.
"Kurt here," Blaine said from his spot by the ornament boxes, beckoning his best friend over.
Kurt looked up from where he was hanging another ornament on the tree, before walking over to where Blaine was standing. "What is it?"
"You should hang this one up." Blaine told him, delicately removing an ornament from its box, and Kurt's breath caught at the sight.
No matter how many times he saw it, or how many years it hung on the tree, the sight of it always made him sad. The rest of the family watched sadly as Kurt hung the glass music note on the tree, the last thing Elizabeth Hummel had given her young son, before she died.
"Come here." Blaine said, beckoning Kurt and wrapping him in a tight hug, as tears began to prick at the corners of his eyes. Quietly, he led him upstairs and for once, none of the cousins commented.
"I miss her so much, Blaine." Kurt said softly, as the other vampire led him into his room, and softly shut the door behind them.
Blaine climbed onto his bed, patting the spot next to him. "I know you do." He said softly, as Kurt sat down next to him. "We all miss her. But, wherever she is, I'm sure she just wants you to be happy."
Cuddling up to Blaine, Kurt smiled up at his best friend. "Can we just stay here?"
"Whatever you want Kurt." Blaine agreed, ignoring the pounding in his chest at their close proximity.
Quickly, the two boys drifted off to sleep, tangled up in each others' arms, as their sleeping bodies betrayed any control they had while awake.
Three hours later...
Wes, David, Jeff, and Nick crept upstairs, peeking into Blaine's room, where both boys were still asleep, wrapped up in each other's arms.
"Aww," Jeff cooed. "Look at them. They're adorable."
Wes nodded. "Let's leave them alone. They deserve it."
Silently, the four vampires crept back downstairs, and reentered the living room to help with the decorations.
Two hours later...
Slowly, Kurt blinked his eyes open, feeling rested from earlier, and immediately blushed at the position he found himself in. He was still on the bed with Blaine, but sometime during their sleep, they had shifted, so they were tangled together. Blaine's legs were tangled together with Kurt's, and his head was resting on Kurt's chest, with his hand fisted in Kurt's shirt.
Kurt laid there for a second, admiring the beautiful vampire in front of him. After a few seconds, Kurt looked away, not wanting to seem stalkerish. He started to pull away, chuckling as Blaine pulled him closer in his sleep, mumbling to himself. Twisting around, Kurt grabbed a pillow, sliding it so Blaine latched onto that instead, and rolled out of the way, hitting the ground with a soft thump. Standing up, he brushed off his jeans, before crossing the room and opening the door, slipping out and closing it softly, and heading downstairs.
"There you are Kurtie." Jeff said, looking up as Kurt entered the living room.
Mary, the aunts, and the cousins had finished the Christmas decorations, about thirty minutes prior, and were now lounging around the room. Jeff sat on one of the couches, Nick, Wes, and David next to him. Mary sat in an arm chair next to them, while Leo perched on an ottoman in front of them, with Mercedes. On the other couch sat Aunts Tia, Sarah, Sophia, and Anne, while Aunt Hannah sat in the other arm chair. Livy, Linny, and Lily all sat on the ground in front of the chairs and couches.
And all around the living room, it was decked out in Christmas decorations. The tree, which stood in the center of the room, was decked out with all the ornaments, the lights twinkling, the angel on top, who looked suspiciously like the late Elizabeth Hummel, sparkled, and the music note ornament hung in a prominent place on the tree. The mantel was decked out, with over a dozen stockings hanging from it, while garlands of ivy were strung behind them. Garlands were strung through the big bay windows, that looked out onto the street, as candles twinkled below in the windowsill. All up and down the bannister, garland was wrapped, with sparkly baubles hung every few inches. Finally, a collection of stuffed animals were grouped together along the hearth.
"It looks amazing." Kurt commented, coming to sit next to Leo and Mercedes.
Jeff turned to him. "Where's Blaine?"
"He's still upstairs, sleeping." Kurt said, gesturing upstairs.
Upstairs, a door creaked open, drawing the attention of those in the living room. Blaine stepped out of his room, making his way downstairs.
"Sleep well Blaine?" Wes teased, as Blaine stepped into the room.
Blaine rolled his eyes at him. "Shove off Wesley." He muttered, collapsing onto the ottoman next to Kurt, which was getting rather full now.
"I have an idea." Jeff exclaimed, springing up. "Let's watch a Christmas movie." Rummaging around in the box of movies, he pulled out Frosty the Snowman. "How about Frosty?" He questioned, holding it up.
All of the family members in the room nodded their confirmation, and Kurt settled back for a movie night with his family.
Two days later...
Kurt was aggressively shaken from his slumber, by an energetic Jeff, as the excited blonde jumped onto the bed. "It's Christmas Kurtie!" He cheered, bouncing up and down. "It's time to get up."
"Get out of the way, Jeff." Kurt groaned, sitting up in his bed and rubbing sleep out of his eyes.
Grinning, Jeff darted out of the room, no doubt to harass Wes and David, as Kurt hopped out of his bed, pulling a robe over his pajamas, and heading down the stairs towards the living room.
"Did Jeff wake you up?" Blaine, who was sitting on the loveseat in the living room, his own robe wrapped around him, and a cup of hot chocolate in his hand, asked.
Kurt nodding, collapsing into the seat next to Blaine, gratefully accepting the cup of hot chocolate Blaine handed him. "Yes, he did."
It was then that Jeff skipped down the stairs, Nick following him, while Wes and David trudged behind them.
"It's Christmas guys!" Jeff cheered, jumping onto the couch and pulling Nick down with him, who blushed at the contact. "You should be excited!"
Wes rolled his eyes, taking a seat on the other loveseat, David collapsing next to him. "We would be more excited if you didn't wake us up at seven a.m., Jeffrey! I don't even think the parents are up yet." He exclaimed.
"I don't think it could be considered Christmas morning, if Jeff didn't wake us up obscenely early." Kurt pointed out, swirling his hot chocolate around, and blowing on it.
Blaine chuckled. "Kurt's got a point."
The sound of footsteps echoed on the stairs behind them, causing all six teenage vampires to turn around. Their parents traipsed down the stairs, Linny and Livy in Sophia and Anne's arms, while Lily, Leo, and Mercedes trailed behind them.
"It's present time!" Linny cheered, as her mother and aunt put her and her twin sister down, before they scampered over to Jeff, hopping up onto the loveseat, with their brother and Nick.
Jeff chuckled, ruffling his sisters' hair. "Great minds think alike."
"What are we waiting for?" Lily asked, from her space on the floor in front of Wes and David.
Devon, who was sitting closest to the tree, pulled the presents out from under it, before handing some to Pam, who assisted in distributing them to the family.
"You can open them now." Devon told them, after retaking his seat on the ground.
The kids grinned, tearing into their presents in front of them, Kurt chuckling as he watched Livy and Linny rip the wrapping paper away, at a much faster pace than the older vampires. Turning his attention back to his own presents, Kurt carefully opened them, gasping at what was inside. "Cedes! Thank you!" He cried, pulling out the Jimmy Choo boots.
"You're welcome, boo." She told him, blowing him a kiss. "And thank you for the necklace." She said, putting on the heart pendant.
Turning back, Kurt opened the rest of his presents. He received a Gucci scarf from Wes, a set of sheet music from David, a year's subscription to Vogue from Jeff, a set of cologne from Nick, a Harry Potter book set from Blaine, a $100 gift card to the mall from his dad, different pattered ties from Devon and Pam, cuff links from Mary and Thomas, different novels from Richard and Sophia, a French cookbook from Tia and William Montgomery, Wes' dad, piano music from Hannah and Shane Thompson, David's dad, a leather notebook from Sarah and James, Mercedes' dad, a set of records from Lily, a new messenger bag from Leo, since his old one was stained from being slushied, even in his short time at McKinley, hand drawings from Livy and Linny, and a bag of lube and condoms from Cooper and Emily, complete with a note that instructed him, "to use after you turn sixteen," which he shoved under his pile of other presents, prompting a quizzical look from Blaine.
"It's just Cooper being Cooper." He assured his best friend, who seemed satisfied by the answer.
To his friends, Kurt had gifted a set of Harry Potter bow ties to Blaine, who had tackled him in a grateful hug upon opening it, a new gavel to Wes, who had rolled his eyes, new jazz shoes to David, a set of prank goods to Jeff, which caused the other cousins to groan, knowing Jeff would use it on them, and Jeff to grin, a Gucci coat to Nick, and of course, the heart pendant to Mercedes.
After all the presents were opened, and the giant mess of wrapping paper cleaned up, the family moved into the dining room, drinking their blood, sipping on mugs of hot chocolate, and simply enjoying the Christmas spirit.
One week later...
"Kurt, come on!" Blaine called, peeking his head into his room. "Everyone is waiting for you downstairs."
Kurt fixed his hair one more time, before turning to Blaine, linking his arm with Blaine's, as the two vampires headed downstairs.
"We thought you would never show up, Kurtie!" Jeff exclaimed, bouncing over, high on excitement. "It's New Years!"
Kurt rolled his eyes. "It's nine p.m., Jeff, we have plenty of time before midnight."
The three vampires made their way across the room, to where Nick, Wes, David, and Mercedes were standing by the drink table.
"Took you long enough." Wes teased, as Kurt poured himself a pop.
Blaine shook his head. "We would have been down here sooner, if someone hadn't taken forever to get ready." He teased, mock glaring at Kurt.
"It's only nine p.m." Kurt said, rolling his eyes and taking a long sip of his drink. "You guys are way too dramatic."
David chuckled. "You're only figuring that out now, Kurt?"
"Come on," Blaine said, holding his hand out to Kurt. "Let's dance."
Giggling, Kurt wordlessly handed his drink to Mercedes, before grabbing Blaine's hand and following him out onto the dance floor.
"They're so oblivious." Jeff commented, shaking his head as they watched their two cousins twirl around on the dance floor, completely lost in each other's eyes.
Wes shook his head, taking a drink from his own cup. "Understatement of the century there, Jeff."
"Only one more year, guys." Mercedes assured them. "Then we won't have to deal with their obliviousness anymore."
Nick laughed, pouring himself a pop. "While that is true Cedes, then we'll have to deal with them being totally in love. You all know that will happen."
"What have we gotten ourselves into?" David groaned, rubbing his hand over his face.
Jeff placed down his own drink, reaching out for Nick's hand. "Come on, let's dance."
The two vampires ran off, near to where Blaine and Kurt were dancing, giggling and laughing, lost in their own world, and leaving Mercedes, Wes, and David by the drink table.
Wes shook his head. "You would think, after what we were all talking about, they wouldn't run off and do the same thing."
"We'll get through this together, Wes." David assured his cousin, putting a hand on his shoulder.
Mercedes abandoned her and Kurt's drinks on the table, before turning to the two vampires. "Since the rest of our cousins seem to have abandoned us, let's go have fun."
Grinning, the last three cousins left the drink table, disappearing into the crowd to celebrate the last hours of the year.
Three hours later...
"One minute!" Someone called out, causing Kurt to startle from where he was dancing with Blaine.
"It's almost here." He said, looking at his best friend.
Blaine chuckled. "Do you have any resolutions for the new year?"
"Not really." Kurt said, shrugging. "I guess to have the best year we can with our cousins."
Blaine grinned. "I'll toast to that."
"Three, two, one!" Someone called and the living room interrupted into cheers, as the different couples pulled each other into deep kisses.
Blaine pulled Kurt into a hug as the New Year rang out. "Happy New Year Kurt."
"Happy New Year Blaine." Kurt sighed happily.
Three days later...
"Bye mom." Blaine said, pulling Pam into a tight hug. "I promise to call when we get back to Dalton."
Pam reluctantly pulled away, blotting at her tears with a tissue. "I know, I just can't believe I won't see you until Easter."
"Don't worry, Aunt P." Jeff said, wrapping an arm around Blaine's shoulder. "We'll take care of B for you."
Pam chuckled. "I wouldn't doubt you boys for a second."
Burt and Devon joined Pam at the door, watching as all of the boys pilled into Kurt and David's cars. "They'll be okay." Burt assured her.
"I know." Pam nodded. "I just don't like to see my babies growing up."
Geez, that was a long chapter. One thing I don't think I have discussed before, is how they're all related to each other. I know they always refer to each other as "cousins" but that's not completely the case. Jeff, Wes, and David are all Blaine's cousins, on his dad's side. They're dads are all brothers. Mercedes, Kurt, and Nick aren't related to any of them, they just grew up in the same house together, because they're dads were best friends with Jeff, Wes, and Blaine's dads. So there's no incest on the part of Niff and Klaine, since its pretty obvious that that's eventually where this story is going.
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