CLOUD NINE | GLEE • OC X OC | ON HOLD

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"THEY TOOK EVERYTHING." MERCEDES SIGHED.

In the middle of the night, all the decorations in the choir room were destroyed.

"Including all of Sue's Secret Santa gifts we were gonna give to the homeless kids." Tina included.

"Only further proof that everyone in this school hates us, no matter what we do." Rachel explained, making Ivory nod in agreement.

"It's not the school, it's Sue. She did this." Mr. Schue spoke.

"It wasn't Sue. It was Santa. He said a light was out on the tree. He'd fix everything. We just need to let him do his thing." Brittany smiled.

"Okay..." Mr. Schue agreed, looking at the face Artie qas making. "Are you sure Santa was a boy and not a girl, Brittany?"

"I swear on my life. Santa's a boy, everybody knows that." Brittany shrugged.

"It was probably one of the boys on the football team." Rachel suggested, in a hushed voice, so Brittany didn't hear.

"It could've been the guys on the hockey team, too. They were always assholes to you guys last year, too." Luke guessed also.

"I guess it wasn't Sue." Mr. Schue muttered.

"So our tree is gone. So our presents are missing." Finn started.

"Santa's probably fixing any dents or chips as we speak." Brittany interrupted.

"All around the world today, way worse things have happened to people than this. Sorry, but I'm not gonna let this get us down." Finn continued. "Tis the season."

"I agree. Come on, guys. Let's clean this up."

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IVORY WAS BUSY AT HER AUNT'S DINER, SO ALEX, REGGIE, AND LUKE WERE IN LUKE'S ROOM

"Dude, I think it's adorable that Avery asked for you and Ivory to be together." Alex smiled.

"Oh, totally! It's funny that she said that you're totally in love with her. Even a kid can see it, man." Reggie agreed.

"Tami's not around as much anymore since she moved to live with our grandparents, so she likes having Ivy around. She sees her as an older sister." Luke explained.

"So, what did you get Ivory for Christmas?" Alex asked, laying on the bed.

"I got her a couple of things. I know she's been writing a lot more songs, so I got her a new journal. Grace told me that she had been talking about a band poster, so I got her that. And then I got a custom necklace made of a baseball bat and a hockey stick crossed." Luke explained.

"Wow, you seriously do love her, don't you?" Reggie looked up at him.

"Yeah. I do. I've never felt this way about anyone before."

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"IVORY, CAN I TALK TO YOU REAL QUICK?" COACH BLUME APPROACHED HER AND LUKE STANDING AT HIS LOCKER.

"Yeah, what's up?" She followed down the hallway a little bit.

The two walked in Coach Blume's office, and Ivory was handed a box.

"Merry Christmas." Coach Blume smiled, leaning against her desk.

"Oh, Coach. You didn't have to get me anything." Ivory smiled before taking the top off the box.

Inside was a red and black jacket, with her last name stitched into the back, and the number 87 stitched into the chest on the left side.

"Wow, this is amazing. Thank you." Ivory smiled.

"Every year, I get different things for the team, which is why I do them privately so no one gets jealous." Coach Blume explained.

"Yeah, I remember you telling me that last year. Like last year, you got me the batting gloves I was always ranting about." Ivory smiled. "Well, thank you so much."

Ivory left the office to be greeted by Luke, who was sitting on the hallway floor against the locker.

"Aw, you didn't have to wait for me." She smiled, pulling him up from the ground.

"I know." He smiled back before planting a quick kiss on her lips before the two walked to the choir room.

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SINCE LUKE AND IVORY WERE LATE TO GLEE CLUB, THEY HAD MISSED THE EXCITMENT OF THE GIRLS ALMOST CUTTING THEIR HAIR TO DONATE, WHILE THE BOYS WERE GONNA SELL THEIR WATCHES.

Now, the glee club was standing in the teachers' lounge.

"Hey, uh, so, we're your students. All year long, you suffer through dealing with us. I imagine having some of us in your classes would slowly chip away at your hopes and dreams until the whole world just felt like a never-ending nightmare of pain." Finn rambled.

"Just get to the point, Finn." Mr. Schue muttered.

"Right. Uh, anyway, we're here today to help raise money for children who have a lot less than we do. And I know some of us have had a hard Christmas, but what we've come to learn is that no matter how tough things get, there isn't anything that more Santa or a couple more jingle bells can't cure." Finn continued.

[FAHOO FORES DAHOO DORES - performed by the New directions]

"HOW MUCH DID WE RAISE?" IVORY ASKED AS SHE WALKED NEXT TO FINN AND PUCK.

"$210 bucks. And that's after my cut." Puck joked. Ivory nudged his arm, making him laugh, "I'm kidding."

Everyone walked into the choir room to see Artie and Brittany, and Artie was standing.

With some help, of course.

"Artie." Tina was the first to speak.

"It's called a ReWalk. Some guy in Israel invented it. I can't use it all the time, but..." He carried out. "Check me out." He smiled and then pushed a button.

He moved his legs slowly and started walking towards the group.

"Where did you get it?" Quinn asked.

"We went home, and it was sitting under my Christmas tree." Brittany explained.

"How the hell did you afford that thing?" Puck questioned.

"I didn't buy it. I didn't know what it was." Brittany denied. "I thought it was a transformer."

"I assumed her dad got it for me, but he has no idea where it came from. He went to take a long poop, and when he came back, it was there." Artie whispered.

"So if no one we know bought it for you, then..." Rachel started.

"Santa brought it." Brittany finished.

"Santa." Mercedes smiled.

Ivory looked up from the floor to see Coach Beiste looking through the glass.

Then she remembered Artie's plan.

The guy's had asked Coach Beiste to be Santa to let Brittany down soft that Artie wasn't able to walk.

She watched as a smile appeared on Coach Beiste's face when she saw that the entire glee club had smiles on their face, including Brittany, who had the brightest.

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Songs:
•Fahoo Fores Dahoo Dores from How the Grinch stole Christmas soundtrack