AN: JESUS CHRIST ON A CRACKER THIS TOOK ME FOREVER. I was trying to get this done before the new year. I really, really tried. But here it is. The newest chapter and the second half of the Christmas arc. A lot of songs are used in this! In order, Let It Snow (traditional), Marshmallow World (traditional), Shake Santa Shake (originally by Zendaya), Step Into Christmas (originally by Sir Elton John), and another song that will not be listed in fear of giving away the surprise.
This chapter is...good, I think. It's definitely not as good as the last chapter was, but I'm still pretty proud of how it turned out. As always, I love hearing from you and reviews make my heart happy. Also, I hope you guys like jealous!Kendall. Cause you get a lot of him in this chapter. Enjoy!
When the girls of ABCD had been called into Gusatvo Roque's office for an "emergency holiday meeting", they expected to see Gustavo and Kelly, maybe Karen Anderson and her lackeys, and maybe, just maybe, Big Time Rush. They were not expecting to see Kat's Crew, and BoyQuake, and Boyz in the Attic, and Dak Zevon, and Jordin Sparks, and even The Ziggle Zaggles. It seemed as though all of the other artists were just as confused as to why Gustavo had brought them all together in the first place. Carlos had spotted the girls first, striding up to them with the taller three members of Big Time Rush following behind, as he questioned "Do you guys know what's going on here?"
All four women shook their head in response, Callie voicing "We just got called in for an emergency holiday meeting."
"What's with…everyone?" Brooke questioned, gesturing towards the populous of Roque Records performers, both old and new.
Quirking an eyebrow, Auden questioned "Are they even all still signed to Gustavo's label? When's the last time anyone heard of BoyQuake?"
"WE'RE RIGHT HERE!" the boyband in question declared in unison.
"Apparently," Logan tilted his head "They all got the same 'holiday emergency' text that we did. But Gustavo is nowhere to be found!"
But speak of the devil, and the devil shall appear. Throwing the doors open, his voice echoed "Listen up! We are putting together a Roque Records Christmas album!"
Immediately, he was met by a resounding "WHAT?!"
"It's December 10th!" Kat cried "All of the Christmas albums have already dropped this year!"
"With the success of BTR and ABCD collaborating, I'm hereby giving you all full control of what goes on this album! I was collaborations, I want classic Christmas songs, and I want you all to have recorded them by Monday, because Tuesday night we're having a release party where you'll all be performing your tracks live!"
After Gustavo's spiel, the spirits in the room brightened, everyone glancing around at the other groups, visions of Christmas songs running through their heads.
Raising a hand, Walley Dooley of The Ziggle Zaggles – or Wayne Wayne as the members of Big Time Rush unfortunately remembered – asked "So like, are we talking The Ziggle Zaggles ft BoyQuake or am I free to duet with Kat if I so choose?"
"Mix it up!" Gustavo cried "I want variety! If that means bits and pieces of groups recombing, so be it!"
Kelly finally spoke up "There'll be a sign out sheet in front of the recording booths so that everyone can efficiently schedule their recording sessions!"
"So get to work!" Gustavo cried "I'll be busy hyping up the press, and I'm expecting some quality collaborations!"
As soon as Gustavo strode out of the room, Delia immediately turned to the three taller girls in her group, gushing "I absolutely need to work with Dak Zevon! You know about me and vampires, and he was in Varsity Vampire and Varsity Vampire 2. Imagine! The beautiful, haunting, vampire Christmas love song…"
"Um no," James scoffed. "I'll be the one duetting with Dak. We're the two most talented, best looking guys on the planet. A collaboration is natural, and we'll make music history."
Eyes narrowing, Delia popped onto her tip toes in order to better get into James' face as she stuck a finger towards it "I'm duetting with Dak."
Hunching over, leaning into the smaller girl's face, James also stuck his index finger towards her face as he argued "No, I'm duetting with Dak."
Stepping between them from behind, a hand placed on either of their shoulders, Callie smirked "Actually, it looks like Jordin is duetting with Dak."
Both Delia and James followed Callie's gaze, only to let out a disappointed sounding whine.
Quickly, Auden stepped in front of James, crying "Never you fear! I have an idea, and only you can help."
"Only me?" James asked, surprised and flattered.
"Only him?!" Kendall cried, sounding incredibly confused and partially jealous.
Green hair flying as she whipped her head around, Auden's voice lowered "But we can't discuss it here" as she firmly grasped James by the wrist and yanked him out of the room.
An eyebrow raising in the direction that Auden had just dragged James off to, Logan asked "What was that all about?" but he was only met by shrugs, and Kendall's blank stare into the direction they'd run off to.
With a smile on his face, Carlos then suggested "Well, I would very much like to duet with my girlfriend, if she would like."
Brooke giggled and rolled her eyes, blonde curls tossed gently as she shook her head "Of course."
"For the love of all that is pure and wonderful in the world please promise us right now that you're not going to sing Baby It's Cold Outside" Callie groaned.
Though Logan's face was etched with worry, he nodded in agreement "Let's keep Christmas consensual."
"We'll figure something out." Brooke promised, before practically skipping out of the room hand in hand with Carlos.
Before anyone had time to process anything, the voice of one of the members of Boyz in the Attic cried "Hey!" before a hand was placed on Delia's shoulder "You're little baby Britney from Gustavo's new video, right?" the redhead barely had time to nod before he continued "You should totally duet with us! Boyz in the Attic and little baby Britney, it's like the perfect nineties nostalgia!"
Delia had opened her mouth to reply, but was interrupted by the sound a different boybander, this time, of BoyQuake, making quick strides as he proclaimed "If anyone collabs with Baby Brit, it's gonna be BoyQuake."
"Well too bad!" a different member of Boyz in the Attic exclaimed "Because she's already working with us!"
"Gentlemen, if I may…" Delia attempted to reason "…I would like to remind everyone of the fact that I haven't made an official agreement to any party yet. I would be more than delighted to work with either group, perhaps we should discuss my options over a hot chocolate?"
The aging former teen idols all nodded in agreement, following the short redhead out of the room.
"Did…" Callie was almost to stunned to ask, "…did Delia just get a date with every member of two boybands?"
With nothing more than a sigh, Logan replied "That somehow fails to surprise me."
Shrugging, Kendall then asked "So, now what? Looks as though almost everyone else has paired off, unless one of you wants to work with The Ziggle Zaggles."
Turning to his taller companion, Logan suddenly had an idea "Why don't you and I just throw something together? Instead of it being half of Big Time Rush, it'll be like Kendall Knight featuring Logan Mitchell. We already know we work well together."
"That!" Kendall paused for dramatic effect "Is actually a great idea. We can throw something together and then not have to worry about it afterwards."
With a high five, the two began sprinting out the door, leaving Callie to cry "Excuse me?! What about me?!"
"You're smart, you'll figure something out!" Kendall cried before the door shut behind him.
Little did Callie know, someone had seen the whole ordeal, and was about to approach her about it. The culprit was quiet. So quiet, that Callie didn't even realize someone was behind her until she felt a hand on her shoulder. Letting out a short yelp in surprise, she turned to see Shayna of Kat's Crew. "Whoops." Shayna let out a slight chuckle "I couldn't help but notice that your group ditched you just now, kind of how mine did, and well, since we're both still in need of a collab…"
Callie blinked, still more than a little shocked from the suddenness of…everything, that had happened, not just Shayna's proposition. But the vacant stare turned into a warm smile as she agreed "Absolutely, yeah. Let's do it."
The next afternoon, Kendall and Logan were stepping out of the recording studio, having put together a great sounding Christmas duet in very little time, just as the plan had been. Checking the sign up sheet, Logan noticed "Oh, hey, Auden and James are coming in next."
Nose scrunched up, Kendall mocked "Auden and James", before throwing himself onto a chair. "She didn't even like James last month and now all of a sudden they're spending every waking moment together."
"I think that mostly had to do with the false belief that Delia's a robot." Logan reminded him. "And you were a part of that, too."
"Only because they were always hanging out without me!" Kendall cried back.
Perching himself on the arm of the chair that Kendall was currently flopped on, Logan gave his shoulder a squeeze as he confessed "I don't think this is about James and Auden being friends. I think this is about you being jealous."
"Why would I be jealous?" Kendall replied automatically "I'm happy for them!"
"You don't seem very happy." Logan countered.
Kendall groaned "What's it to you, anyway? I haven't exactly had you to hang out with lately, either. You're always doing weird nerd things with Delia or you're fawning over Callie while telling her that you can't date right now."
"First of all doing the USA Today crossword is not a weird nerdy thing," Logan corrected, before letting out a sigh and very quietly admitting "and you're not exactly right about the Callie thing anymore. Things have…changed."
"Changed?" Kendall questioned, "Changed how?"
"You have to promise this doesn't go farther than you, me, Callie and James." Logan forewarned.
With a nod and a shrug, Kendall replied "Dude, you know you can trust me with this kind of thing."
He shouldn't have trusted Kendall. And he quickly learned that the following morning when Delia started whacking his forearm with a rolled up gossip magazine. "You! Idiot!" she cried between each smack of Logan's arm "Do!? You!? Know!? How!? Stupid!? This!? Decision!? Is!?"
Logan did manage to tear the redhead away, letting out a small "Ow" in the process.
Unfortunately for him, Delia went right back in, swatting at his other arm "Why! Can't! You! Keep! It! In! Your! Pants?!"
"Hey hey hey!" he cried, finally grasping both of Delia's forearms in order to make her cease fire. "Stop that! It's not like that, okay?! We were keeping it a secret from you guys because we need to keep it a secret from the press. We're trying to be smart about it, but you know, still go for it."
"You're being ridiculous." Delia replied, her anger suddenly lessened as her voice became almost unsettlingly toneless. "Our entire friendship was based on judging Callie and James for being so foolish as to not forego personal relationships while maintaining their relationship for shared publicity to benefit all of us. Now you're the one partaking in such foolishness. You're a disgrace, and our friendship is fraudulent."
"Stop being such a drama queen!" Logan whined. "C'mon. You're my friend. Be happy for me. Help me out. Help us keep things under wraps."
"Well I may have been more willing to if I would've been informed from the source." She admitted in a huff. "Instead of via the group text Auden sent us."
"You know why I couldn't tell you!" he pleaded.
Delia rolled her eyes "I'll of course aid in keeping things under wraps. But I'm doing so because it's helping out all of our careers, not as some personal favor to you."
"Does that mean I can bug you for other favors?" Logan cracked a bit of a smile, desperate to lighten the mood with his friend.
With a shake of her head, a smile finally emerged as she warned "Don't press your luck."
And eventually, Tuesday arrived. All of Gustavo's artists were dolled to the nines, jaws dropping every time an act walked into the room. With a few deep breaths, ABCD walked into the room together.
Auden's current attire was far from the traditional "Christmas", but she undoubtedly fit the dress code in a black leather and lace dress with black boots laced to her thigh. Green hair that was typically her natural waves in a lazy updo was out this evening, and straightened. Her eyes were coated in eyeliner and silver smokey eye, and there was a beautiful silver shimmer highlight on her cheekbones. While Delia had fought to put some red lipstick on her, she did eventually settle on a coral color Brooke offered to loan her.
And speaking of Brooke, she was the absolute image of a Christmas angel. The A-line of her forest green dress stopped right at her knee, and the gold flats on her feet paired with the few bangle bracelets and the small necklace she wore accentuated the natural gold of her curls, of which she'd simply pinned a few back. She wore a little more makeup than usual, most noticeable in the intensity of the gold eyeshadow.
Callie opted for red, both because it was Christmas, and because it was sexy. The tight red dress was sleek and shimmery. Her shoes were just as powerful of a sleek, red heel, and her lipstick matched. Her hair was mostly let out, aside from a small section that would typically frame her face being pinned back on both sides.
But when it came to hair being pinned, Delia's took the cake. Her hair was swept into a modernized beehive style, with enough of her long bangs left out to curl and caress the side of her face. Her makeup was composed almost entirely of silver glitter, down to the almost snow-like lipstick and lipgloss combination. Her dress was of an almost white silver, covered and glittered and a skirt made of layer upon layers of tulle. And of course, she wore a high pair of silver heels – so tall that she almost matched Brooke in height. Almost.
"Well well well," Logan smirked as he approached the girl group, the rest of BTR in tow. "Look who's all dressed up with nowhere to go."
"Are you kidding?" Callie scoffed "This is the place to be. Look at everyone. They're all so gorgeous and famous…"
"And festive!" Carlos chirped.
Eyebrows raising as he smirked at Auden, James replied "Well, most of us."
Auden didn't hesitate to punch James in the arm. "It's for the bit. You know this."
"Yeah well the rest of us don't." Kendall replied automatically, his voice sounding almost impatient.
An eyebrow raising quizzically, Auden questioned "Who pissed in your fruit loops this morning?"
"For your information, I had Cookie Crisps." Kendall replied, his tone smarmy, though no one really understood why.
Trying her best to break up the sudden tension, Brooke clasped her hands together, creating a long clap "Well, tis the season for friendship and Christmas parties! Let's go drink some egg nog and have fun!"
The general consensus was a positive murmur as they all slowly began to disperse, just as Jordin Sparks and Dak Zevon finished their duet of Do You Hear What I Hear. "Dak and I would've sounded so good together." James whined.
"If I sang with him he could've fallen in love with me and I would have the handsome vampire boyfriend I deserve," Delia sighed "But you had to get in my way." She snapped, turning to face James.
With a chuckle, he asked "Who did you even rope into singing with you, anyway?"
"Just a couple of guys." She replied vaguely, smiling a little too largely for James' liking. Maybe she wasn't a robot, but she was definitely up to something, as far as he was concerned. He was about to open his mouth and say something about it, but she had already left, the microphone being adjusted to her petite stature, as both BoyQuake and Boyz In the Attic also took their places.
As the music swelled, one of the members on Boyz in the Attic sang;
"Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful.
And since we've got no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
A member of Boyquake then sang
"Oh, it doesn't show signs of stopping,
And I've brought some corn for popping.
The lights are turned way down low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
All of the males then harmonized
"When we finally kiss goodnight,
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But, if you really hold me tight,
All the way home I'll be warm!"
Delia finally sang, and her voice mimicked that of a 1950s starlet, more than her actual singing voice
"The fire is slowly dying,
And my dear, we're still good-by-ing.
But, as long as you love me so,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"
As the instrumental played, Auden could be heard hollering "YAAAAAAS DELIA! GET IT WITH YOUR OLD DUDE HAREM!"
Callie nudged Auden in the arm. Auden didn't apologize, but she did stop yelling.
"Oh, it doesn't show signs of stopping,
And I've brought some corn for popping,
Since the lights are turned way down low,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!"
As every politely clapped and the performers went to mingle, Delia raised an eyebrow as she approached Auden "old dude male harem?"
"That was definitely you as the star of a creepy nine way orgy, don't even lie." Auden responded.
With a knowing look, Delia replied "I'd be more likely to assume it was just the eight of them together, if you catch my drift."
"Well then it's no wonder they all wanted to sing with the world's greatest beard!" Auden stated as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Gay men of all ages love you."
Delia was about to quip back, but refrained from doing so as she noticed the current duo on stage was none other than Brooke and Carlos
"It's a marshmallow world in the winter" Carlos sang
"When the snow comes to cover the ground
It's time for play, it's a whipped cream day
I wait for it the whole year 'round"
Smiles glued on both their faces, Brooke then sang
"Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly
In the arms of the evergreen trees
And the sun is red, like a pumpkin head
It's shining so your nose won't freeze"
The together, the young couple finished the song
"Oh, the world is your snowball, see how it grows
That's how it goes, whenever it snows
The world is your snowball just for a song
Get out and roll it along
Oh, it's a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts
Take a walk with your favorite girl
It's a sugar date, what if spring is late
In winter it's a marshmallow world"
"I never understood that song." Kendall mused out loud.
Delia raised an eyebrow "To what level?"
"Like, growing up in Minnesota," he began, "Snow is not like marshmallows or whipped cream. It's slushy and usually full of dirt. Who in their right mind would want to eat that?"
"Dude, I grew up in Alaska," Auden countered "And we still ate snow all the time. So long as it's not yellow you're pretty well set."
Wrinkling his nose up, Logan sneered "Auden, that's disgusting."
"It's just water!" she argued, before grabbing Logan's chin and forcibly turning it as she instructed "Now shut your piehole and watch your not-girlfriend sing."
Callie had taken her way to the stage, alongside Shayna, who was also wearing a similar short and skintight red dress. Unlike the previous performers, they moved the mic stands off to the side before their music started, taking their places as the music started up, performing the choreography they'd come up together as Callie sang
"Who's that dude in the cherry red suit
Tearing up the floor tonight?"
Shayna then sang
"He's shaking his hips, got a sack full of gifts
And a beard that's crazy white"
Still dancing in sync, the girls then harmonized
"He's got the party rockin'
Candy canes and stockings
Dancing like he's Michael
Spinning like the vinyls
Sleigh bells in the air
Favorite time of year
Where wishes come true,
That's how we do, yeah, that's how we do
Shake, Santa, shake it!
We know you're gonna take it
To the house tonight!
Shake, Santa, shake it!
We know you're gonna make it
Naughty never looked so nice!
We want that merry, merry!
We want that merry, merry!
We want that merry, merry!
Ho-ho-ho, oh yeah!
We want that merry, merry!
We want that merry, merry!
We want that merry, merry!
Ho-ho-ho, oh yeah!"
And in that a moment, a thought came to Auden. "Why are there so many songs about shacking up with Santa?"
Brooke raised an eyebrow quizzically "That was about dancing Santa."
"I know, but it was a little too close for comfort." Auden sighed "Like, okay, Santa Baby, why would you want Santa as a sugar daddy? And isn't he married? How does Mrs. Claus feel about all these young starlets trying to sleep with her husband?"
"Maybe they're in an open relationship?" James tried.
Carlos nodded "And, ya know, maybe Santa's really good in bed so that's why everyone's always singing about it!"
As Logan and Kendall took the stage, they brought the mic stands back, along with stools, as two stage hands assisted in bringing up guitars for them, plugging them into the amps. With a nod, they began playing acoustically, their guitars being the only instruments heard as Kendall's voice rang out
"Welcome to my Christmas song
I'd like to thank you for the year
So I'm sending you this Christmas card
To say it's nice to have you here
I'd like to sing about all the things
Your eyes and mind can see
So hop aboard the turntable
Oh step into Christmas with me"
Logan's voice joined with Kendall's as they sang together
"Step into Christmas
Let's join together
We can watch the snow fall forever and ever
Eat, drink and be merry
Come along with me
Step into Christmas
The admission's free"
"Holy shit," Auden muttered to whoever happened to be standing next to her – which happened to be James on one side and Callie on the other "That's so good."
They nodded, as James jokingly retorted "Well, they are part of the greatest music group ever."
"Shut up." Auden hissed, whacking James in the stomach, though he eyes never left the stage. "I mean, like…really good."
Callie followed Auden's gaze, and nodded sagely "Yeah," she smiled, "I know what you mean."
"Take care in all you do next year
And keep smiling through the days
If we can help to entertain you
Oh we will find the ways
So merry Christmas one and all
There's no place I'd rather be
Than asking you if you'd oblige
Stepping into Christmas with me"
Logan once again joined Kendall on the chorus
"Step into Christmas
Let's join together
We can watch the snow fall forever and ever
Eat, drink and be merry
Come along with me
Step into Christmas
The admission's free
Woah oh oh oh"
As they finished putting their equipment away, they made their way back over to the group. Kendall was stopped almost immediately by Auden, who only wanted to reiterate what she'd already told James and Callie "Dude, that was like, so good."
"Thanks." Kendall smiled, a little aloofly, as he then added "Nothing that James couldn't have done, apparently."
Auden raised an eyebrow "Bruh, what are you talking about?"
"I think you know." Kendall stated, his voice becoming more bitter by the syllable.
Auden rolled her eyes "I really don't."
"Are you and James doing the horizontal tango?" Kendall questioned, finally asking the question that had been on his mind for the past month. "Because you've been spending an awful lot of time together. And it seems like you don't exactly have time for me anymore."
If Auden's eyes could have gotten any bigger, they would have fallen out of her head "NO! I have no fucking idea where you would even get that idea from." Glancing behind her, James was already on stage, motioning for her to join him. "I can't explain right now but just…watch the performance and you'll get it, I promise."
As she hurried onto the stage, Kendall mimicked "You'll get it, I promise. I already get it. You're fucking my best friend."
The others approached Kendall, cautiously, Carlos' voice timid as he asked "Are…are you okay buddy?"
Kendall had opened his mouth to reply, but was cut off by James doing some very Mariah Carey like riffs as he crooned
"I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know"
Kendall could feel his jaw clench as he seethed, "I knew it."
"Make my wish come true oh
All I want for Christmas is…"
And then – everything changed, as Auden screamed into the mic
"WILL YOU BE THE SAVIOUR OF THE BROKEN?!"
As the Christmas music continued, everyone's eyes were wide, Logan muttered "What the hell is happening…"
In time to Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You, Auden sang
"When I was a young boy
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band"
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS!" Callie cried from the audience, throwing her hands above her head, Carlos laughing hysterically, and Brooke smiling from ear to ear.
"He said son when, you grow up
Will you be, the savior of the broken
The beaten and the damned
He said will you defeat them
Your demons and all the non-believers
The plans they have made
Because one day I'll leave you
A phantom to lead you in the summer
To join the black parade"
James let out a very pretty sounding
"All I want for Christmas is you
Oooh baby"
Before Auden sang again, once again practically screaming into the microphone
"When I was a young boy
My father took me into the city
To see a marching band
He said son when, you grow up
Will you be, the savior of the broken…"
James' voice then belted out
"Santa won't you bring me
The one I really need
Won't you please bring my baby to me
I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just wanna see my baby
Standing right outside my door
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is…"
As James let out a very high, falsetto "You", Auden screamed again
"WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY
MY FATHER TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
TO SEE A MARCHING BAND"
As they finished, they received thunderous applause from both their fellow band members, and many of the other acts signed to Roque Records.
Making her way back over to Kendall, Auden smirked, hands on her hips. "See? You just weren't Mariah Carey enough for me to be MCR."
With a dejected sigh, Kendall rolled his eyes "I mean, yeah, okay, I guess."
Auden narrowed his eyes at him "You're always jumping to these conclusions and like, yes, sometimes they're fun and I love it and I still think Delia might be a robot, but like, other times, dude, you can just ask. I'm not screwing around with James. And I never will be. He's not my type."
Raising an eyebrow and with a slight smirk, Kendall questioned "So you have a type?"
"Don't act to surprised, Kendork." She replied, punching him in the arm in process.
Eyes widening, he cried "Can I act surprised when you punch me?! Jesus woman, do you lift with The Rock that HURT"
As the night tolled on, the party became quieter and quieter, until the eight decided it was best if they headed out for the evening. "I still can not believe Auden sang MCR for Christmas." Callie recounted, shaking her head.
"I can't believe that you can't believe that." Auden replied, chuckling. "But you were pretty fine up there shaking your groove thing for Santa."
"It felt good to actually be able to sing, you know?" Callie replied "Gustavo usually leaves that you and Brooke."
"Just talk to him." Kendall suggested with a shrug. "After tonight there's no doubting that any of you ladies can sing."
"Though there might be some doubt as to Delia should be singing now or like seventy years ago." Logan added "Where did that voice even come from?"
Delia shrugged, before asking "If any of you would care to know, I've never actually been a singer. I have got a very good ear, though. My singing has almost always consisted solely of me doing an impression of the original singer."
"Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait…" Auden put her hands up "You mean to tell me that you got put in Gustavo's NEW group, by doing an impression of his OLD group?"
Nose crinkling, James commented "You make that sound like BTR is BoyQuake or something. We're still famous."
"Can we also take a moment," Callie paused, before dramatically gesturing to Carlos and Brooke "to appreciate the cutest couple on the entire planet. You two sound so good together, too."
They stopped, finally having come up to the girls' apartment. Kendall was the first to glance up, eyes narrowing at the decoration "What's with that?"
"Oh!" Brooke gasped "It's sort of been a family tradition of mine to put mistletoe up on the door every year. I thought I'd try to continue it here, with my new family."
"That's really sweet, actually." Logan stated, slightly surprised by how sweet the sentiment was.
Carlos grinned, stepping into to give his girlfriend a short, sweet kiss. Both of them blushing and smiling after, Carlos chirped "I think I'm gonna like having this up here."
A sly smile tugging at Callie's lips, she turned to Logan, slowly putting each of her hands up around his shoulders "You know, nobody's around right now to see this…"
Logan smiled, finally able to indulge himself in the action that had been tempting him for the last four months.
Smirking condescendingly, James offered "You know, Delia, I'd let you kiss me like the music video, but we'd need to get you another step stool."
Offering him the sweetest smile possible, she told him "If given a step stool, I would use it to punch you in the face for that comment."
With a chuckle, he reached down, patting the barely five-foot girl on the head as he reminded her "It's a shame you're not tall enough to reach."
Kendall, meanwhile, was trying to think of something to say to Auden that would make it obvious that he wanted to kiss her, but still casual enough that if she was thrown off by his advances he could play it off. He'd finally thought of something, when he turned to see that Auden was no longer standing next to him.
He located her almost immediately, though, as everyone was pulled to pay attention to Delia's sudden shrieks of terror as Auden had scooped her legs up, hoisting the smaller girl up in the air "I gotchu babe!" she cried, "Now you've got height! Punch that asshole in the face! He has it coming!"
"WHAT?!" Delia cried "No! Put me down!"
"Not until you punch James!" Auden almost sounded as though she was whining "I wanna see you punch him!"
"I am not going to punch James! This manicure cost me 45 dollars and I'm not wasting it on your revenge fantasies!" the redhead shrieked as she started slapping Auden's shoulders "Now put me down! Put me down this instance!"
"This is like Shrek!" Auden laughed "When Fiona's all 'put me down or you will suffer to consequences!'"
"Do not quote Shrek at me right now!" Delia screamed
Auden cried "It's always appropriate to quote Shrek! Shrek is love, Delia! Shrek is life!"
James turned to Kendall "How come Logan and Carlos got to date the two normal ones? How is that fair?"
Kendall looked back at Delia thrashing her arms above Auden's head, and Auden laughing maniacally as she clearly had no plans of putting Delia down any time soon. A warm smile tugged at his lips, eyes never leaving Auden as he answered "Seems pretty fair to me."