A/N: As I type this its officially 1 hour until episode nine! I can't wait! Anyway, look. I'm here before 8 tonight! Well you guys asked for Evlynn and Melzekiel, so here you go! Enjoy, I like this one quite a bit.

Chapter 20: Here We Come a Caroling

"Zekey!" Melody chimed from the other end of the phone.

"Hey Mels" Ezekiel answered. "What's up?"

"Well first off I wanted to say that I had a great time at the coffee shop yesterday"

"Ah me too."

"Anyway, I was calling because I wanted to ask you something."

"Shoot"

"Do you remember back in middle school, when my whole family'd go out Christmas caroling and we'd run door to door all night until we could barely stand up straight?"

"How could I forget?!" Ezekiel exclaimed.

He remembered it well. The year they'd met, Melody had begged him to come along, claiming that the ordeal would be far less torturous with him there. He'd agreed of course and she'd shoved a Santa hat on his head and dragged him along from house to house. They'd actually ended up having fun when they were there together, and so it became somewhat of a tradition.

"Well listen, this is my first Christmas in the states and for some reason I really miss it, and so my flat mates and I were going to head out tonight to do it, and I know it's totally on the spot, but I was wondering if maybe you'd like to come along?"

"Oh" Ezekiel said, not sure what to make of the invitation. He'd always thought the carol-singing was a bit lame, but he did it for Mel, and now he had the urge to do the same all over again. "That sounds great. Only thing is, I kinda promised my mates I'd spend the night with them"

"Oh well that's not a problem. Bring them along, if they'd want to of course. Just let me know if you're coming." She gave him the address of where to meet her, should he be able to make it.

"Alright Mel. Thanks"

"See you later"

Ezekiel put the phone down and sighed. He had some convincing to do.

That evening, the Librarians, along with Melody and her friends, walked down the empty street, all clad with either Santa hats or reindeer antlers. Convincing the others had not been too much work.

Cassandra, naturally, jumped at the chance to do anything Christmas related. Stone went along with whatever she did, so once one of them was in, so was the other. Baird had taken a bit more convincing, but through peer pressure, and enough teasing from Flynn, she'd finally come through.

There weren't really houses to go sing at in the city, so they'd taken a train to Long Island for the night's festivities. Cassandra, having grown up there, assured them that no one really went door to door caroling in the area, but they couldn't very well take Melody and her friends through the back door to Portland, so they were stuck with this.

Ezekiel was walking behind Stone and Cassandra when Melody jogged up next to him. He motioned to the couple to go on ahead while he held back.

"Hey" she whispered. "What do you say to you and me doing a repeat of the most epic caroling stunt ever conducted?"

"Oh I would very much be in favor of it" he laughed.

"Great. When it comes time for the song, we break loose"

"You haven't changed a bit Mel"

"And would you want me to?"

"Well I never said that"

The old friends walked on, laughing all the way. Finally, they reached the first house and an elderly couple answered the door. Cassandra met eyes with the group and silently began conducting them. After a few counts, the group began to sing.

"Hark the herald angel sing, glory to the newborn king. Peace on earth and mercy mild, god and sinners reconcile."

Cassandra and Jake proudly added in the harmonies they'd been practicing all day. It had been impossible to find any quiet spot in the Library for the whole afternoon.

The old couple had smiled at them as they'd finished, and now they journeyed on to the next location.

"You never let me hear you sing Eve" Flynn said, leaning in to whisper to her. "I didn't know you had such a pretty voice."

"Yeah and you better not harp on it Librarian" she said. "Singing's not my thing"

"Awwe but…"

"No complaining Librarian" Eve teased. "Be a good little boy and maybe I'll let you hear it on special occasions"

"Ooh. Okay" Flynn said, raising his eyebrows.

They reached the next house and after Cassandra rang the doorbell, Melody and Ezekiel eyed each other mischievously. At Cassandra's count, everyone began to sing.

"Jingle Bells Jing…" Ezekiel and Melody had another idea however, belting at the top of their lungs.

"BATMAN SMELLS ROBIN LAID AN EGG. THE BATMOBILE LOST ITS WHEEL AND THE JOKER RAN AWAY. HEY!"

They burst into a fit of laughter and immediately ran away from the rest of the group, who was now eyeing them with anger and confusion. They stopped once they were a couple of blocks away.

"And now we run away to grab a burger" Melody suggested. "Just like we did last time."

"But I thought you wanted to go caroling?" Ezekiel said.

"Eh maybe later. I don't wanna face my flat-mates right this moment now that they've seen this side of me. Besides, I'm realizing it wasn't the actual carol singing that I missed. It was this" She pointed at the two of them.

"Well then a burger it is" Ezekiel smiled, happy to be near his best friend again. "Maybe we could torture more innocent bystanders with our carols while we're there"

Melody laughed. Suddenly, she climbed on her tiptoes and kissed Ezekiel on the cheek. His eyes widened with surprise, and he felt an unfamiliar tingle in his chest. His face felt warm all of a sudden, despite the cold night air.

"Thanks for coming Ezekiel" Melody chimed. "I think it really made my Christmas"

They walked off together, Ezekiel smiling and silent. If there was any doubt before, it was gone. He liked Melody Finch. Like, he liked her. And maybe, just maybe, he thought, she liked him too.

A/N: You didn't think I was gonna give you the whole development in one story did you? I cant believe there's only 5 stories left! This has been such a wonderful experience, and it's all thanks to you guys. Huge Evlynn centric tomorrow, which should come out quickly, because I'll be in the mood to write it tonight after the episode. Bye guys! Enjoy the episode if you haven't seen it already