Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, nor do I completely own Nick and Jeff (although I'm pretty much creating their personalities myself since we haven't gotten to know them too well on the show).

A/n: So yay, people have been giving me words! Keep it up, please – I'm still a long way to go from my 100. This may be my last update until after the new year; I'm leaving to go to my sister's in just over 24 hours, so I probably won't have time to update again until I get home! I just HAD to get this one done before I left, because I wanted it to be done before the day!

Christmas

One of the worst things about going to a boarding school was that Jeff didn't really get to see his friends during the holidays. Sure, sometimes friends would come visit over the summer – after all, Jeff's family did live by the beach on Cape Cod – but it wasn't the same as getting to spend Christmas with all of the most important people in his life. He couldn't even spent the holiday with all of his family, thanks to the ridiculous number of cousins he had and the fact that a lot of them lived far away.

"Are you ready? We need to get to the airport to pick up your cousin." Jeff sighed, getting his coat and starting to follow his mother out to the car.

"Which cousin is coming to visit, again?"

"Ni… Nichole." Jeff rolled his eyes; Nichole was only twelve, and she drove everyone in Jeff's house up the wall whenever she came to visit.

"Do I really have to go with you? She's just going to talk the whole way home, and I'm really not in the mood to listen to her talking non-stop for an hour…"

"You'll be listening to her talk non-stop for the next two weeks. You might as well get used to it." Jeff rolled his eyes, pulling out his phone as they started towards the airport.

God I miss you…

Jeff sent the text to Nick quickly, before he started messing with the radio to turn it to a decent station. He smiled when his phone vibrated.

That bad at home?

We're going to pick up my cousin at the airport. She never shuts up. Lord help me…

The ride to the airport was pretty quiet; it seemed as though both Jeff and his mother wanted to enjoy the last few minutes of silence they would get before they picked up Nichole to take her back to the house.

Jeff was a little surprised when his mother pulled up to the baggage claim area instead of parking; normally they had to go inside to wait for his cousins. But what really surprised him was the fact that someone – a teenaged boy – started walking towards his mother's car. A very familiar teenaged boy, with dark hair and mirrored sunglasses underneath his hat.

"Nick?"

"You sound surprised to see me, Jeffy," the other boy commented, smirking as he climbed into the back seat. Jeff hurried out of the car's front seat to jump into the back with Nick.

"I didn't know you were coming… what about your parents?"

"Last minute business trip to Dubai… my dad was going to be gone until the 2nd, so my mom decided to go with him. I didn't want to be home alone," Nick replied. "I called your mom to try and surprise you, and she invited me to stay with your family for the rest of break."

"But what about Nichole?" Jeff asked, still confused.

"She's staying in California with her parents for the holidays. I just had to tell you that she was coming because I nearly slipped up and said that we were picking up Nick from the airport when you asked."

"Wait… so you flew all this way to surprise me?"

"Merry Christmas, Jeff."