44 years into the future:
"Sugar! It's time for the gift exchange!" yelled the 42 year old Santana Pierce-Lopez
"Coming, Mama!" yelled Sugar finishing her glass of champagne and conversation with Lucy Sunshine Chang. Her family was at the annual Hummel-Anderson Christmas Party. The house was bursting with felicity like every year. But 14 year old had a good feeling about this year-she could feel it in her bones. She and Lucy walked down to the living room which was filled with all their family and friends.
"Hey Sugar," Rory Hummel-Anderson smiled offering his hand "Can you sit next to me?"
"Sure, bye Luce" and the Asian went to sit near her boyfriend, Jesse Hudson (a.k.a Jesse St. James).
"Here's your gift Sugar." And he handed her a tiny gold box, with a pale pink ribbon tied onto it. She opens it to find…
Flashback around Christmas Time:
On a crisp and bright snowy morning young 6-year-old, Sugar Pierce-Lopez ran excitedly through the snow to get the mail. She ran quickly inside nearly running over the cat, Prince Tubbs. She scanned looking through the mail from her moms' friends, the Hummel-Andersons. They had a Christmas party every year and she, and her friends, Harmony Hudson, Matt Evans, Rory Hummel-Anderson, and Lucy Chang never got to go only their parents. They would often be home watching old Christmas movies. Not this year, though, their parents finally said they were old enough, so Sugar was very excited. She flashed a toothy grin making her light freckles pop out a bit.
"You are formally invited to the Hummel-Anderson Christmas Party. Please R.S.V.P" Sugar squealed- this was one thing she had looked forward to all year (well, that and moving to her new house in Lima Heights rather than a dinky old apartment they used to live in). Her mother, Santana came in with her famous dazzling smile.
"Good morning, Sugar, why is your smile bigger than Ohio? Did Rory send you a love letter?" asked Santana playfully
"No! This is the first year I go to that famous Christmas party, Rory's dads hold every year. I've got to go shopping for the perfect outfit!"
"You have tons of party outfits why don't you go find one that you'd like to wear?"
"Fine, but if I find nothing you're driving." And with that Sugar stuck up her nose and marched to her closet. She pulled out a pearl necklace with a black and white lace flower with some satin and black ballet shoes. After looking through her twelve or so dresses, she finally found the right 'dress'- a light pink scrunched up skirt with big brass buttons and tulle underneath. The shirt was a white tight blouse that ended at the end of her ribs; it had silver swirls at the bottom.
"You look awesome, I mean really my head hurts just looking at you. I'm going to go buy some tap shoes for the dancers, wanna come?" Brittany owned a small dance school at the time and Sugar liked choosing their outfits.
"Yes!" she squealed
They got into the car and drove out of Lima Heights. When they hit the mall they saw the Evans, which they went over to say hello, and got so into the conversation they didn't see little Sugar frolic away and go into a jewelry store.
"Sugar, is that you?" said an all-too-familiar accent, and she turned to find Rory
"Rory what are you doing here?"
"Shopping with my dads, where's one of your moms?"
"Oh, no! I lost mommy! Maybe she'll find me here; after all we come here all the time."
"Maybe I should wait with you," and Sugar nodded and went back to marveling a piece of jewelry" So what you looking at?" and she pointed to a sterling silver necklace with a cord wrapped around a purple-pink heart making it turn sideways; it also had one pearl within every one inch. "It's pretty don't you think?" he opened his mouth to speak but his words were blocked by Brittany yelling Sugar's name.
2 weeks later…
"Presents! Yay!" yelled a cheerful Harmony
"Sugar here's your present." Said a bashful Rory handing her a silver box, which she opened to find a pearl necklace with a plastic heart at the side, "It's not much but I'll get you the real one in the future."
'Present'
She opened the box to find to a sterling silver necklace with a cord wrapped around a purple-pink heart making it turn sideways; it also had one pearl within every one inch. She gasped, could it be?
"It's that same necklace you wanted when you were six, I hope you like it was hard to find." Said a bashful Rory
"Rory you remembered!" and she pulled him into a tight hug then she whispered, "You really are a leprechaun."