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 I know I said I was going to knock out a lot of these today… but three is good, right? Or is this number four today? I dunno… I'm still closer to 100 than I was when the day began, so it's all good.

Music

Being a music teacher was probably one of Nick's favorite things in his life; he'd spent enough time working on the required degrees in music and education, and it would have been a shame if he hadn't actually loved his job.

One of the really great things about Nick's job was that he could occasionally get out of the building earlier than usual and get home to make something nice for dinner to surprise Jeff. The blonde man worked hard to make sure that the two of them had a good life – and the long hours took a toll on their relationship. The occasional nice dinner when Nick could get away from work early was just his way to make sure that Jeff knew how much he appreciated everything that the other man did for what would soon be their little family. Given the fact that the two of them were waiting (rather impatiently) for their surrogate to give birth to their son, Jeff was working even harder than usual so that he would be able to take some time off when the baby was born.

Dinner was almost done when Nick heard Jeff walking in the front door; tonight was special, because Nick had a surprise for his husband other than just dinner.

"Whatever that is, it smells amazing." Nick smiled as Jeff pressed a kiss against his cheek.

"Chicken parmesan and ratatouille. Not the best meal I've ever made, but I will admit that I was kind of distracted from it by something else that I needed to get done today," Nick replied with a smile. He watched as the man raised an eyebrow. "Don't worry… it's a good surprise. Go put your stuff away and wash up for dinner. I'll show you my surprise before we eat."

It didn't take Jeff long to get back to the kitchen, changed into a pair of pajama pants and a tee shirt instead of his usual work suit. "So… can I get my surprise now?" Nick laughed; even though the man had become a lawyer, Jeff could still act like a little kid at times. Nick took his husband's hand, leading him back down the hall towards the nursery they had been working on ever since they'd gotten the good news about their child. "What… did you do something to the nursery? I thought we were going to finish painting it this weekend, before we put the crib together…"

"I didn't put any of the furniture together… I just had an idea for what we could do on that white wall, and I wanted to do it. Since it was just a half day at school, I decided that I was going to come home and get it done as a surprise for you." Nick stopped in front of the door, smiling at the other man. He gently pushed the door open, pulling his husband into the room so that Jeff could see Nick's handiwork.

"It's sheet music…" Nick nodded, smiling. "Is that…?"

"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Or the alphabet song, depending on your opinion. I thought it would be appropriate, since we were going to use the bedding with the stars we found. But I didn't want to put the words up… I thought it looked better if I kept it kind of simple."

"Nick… this is brilliant."