When I Hear Your Voice

The Perfect Gift

Thanks to all of you who has read my story! It means loads to me and here you have the next part. I will try to update once a week and if you have any opinions I would be happy if you shared them with me. However, I hope you'll enjoy the new part and that you have some patience with me and hang around until the real plot starts.

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"What are you going to get Berry for her birthday?"Santana asks Kurt some days later when they are having breakfast.

"I'm not quite sure yet, I was thinking about some jewelry since she is even worse than you when it comes to art." He replies and receives an upset glare in return but he knows that the woman across the table isn't upset for real by a comment like that.

"Anything special you had in mind?" she asks and invites to continue the conversation about her and art. The blue eyed man considers going for it but decides to leave it and instead replies

"I'm not sure, but a new collection from Tiffany will be released this week and it would become a little more personal than other jewelry since we had coffee together outside Tiffany & Co. the first time we were in New York."

"Does this mean that we have to visit a certain company to make sure we can get something particularly shiny for the hobbit?" The Latino asks and grins when she thinks about something like that.

"Could be..." Kurt answers and even if he doesn't say yes they both know that it's time to start planning.

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The same evening when Santana returns to the apartment after being out to get some things for her room the sight that meets her makes her lips curl into a knowing and excited smile. What she sees is Kurt sitting on the couch with his laptop and a bunch of papers, including some scrunched up ones spread out on the floor around where he is sitting.

"Just because you're a criminal master mind that doesn't mean that you can make a mess of our apartment, Hummel." She says but let's go of it when she sees the grin on the pale man's face.

"What have you got?" she asks instead and sits down beside him on the couch after removing some of the papers.

"The jewelry will be brought to the store tomorrow night so if we make the hit sometime between 3 and 5 am it we can take it before it's unpacked but after the guards who deliver it has left."

"And how about the security?" the darker woman asks and her eyes are almost sparkling by now from the excitement from committing such a well-planned crime.

"There will be two guards by the door, nobody inside due to cameras and lasers around the objects. The thing is, the jewelry will be placed within the lasers the first thing in the morning so for a couple of ours they will be in boxes in an inventory with far lower security."

"But when they are about to be unpacked there will be no boxes left." Santana continues with a satisfied smile.

"Well, that's not quite it. The boxes will still be there but they will be empty so then nobody will be able to tell exactly when they disappeared, just that they are gone."

"I hate to admit it, Hummel, but that brain of yours is damn impressive."

"You're not that bad yourself." He replies before he once again goes through the plan in his head.

"Do you have all information or is there anything you need help with?" Santana asks and Kurt tells her that there in fact is something he needs her help to fix.

"Rachel's party is a masquerade so you will need a costume so while I get you that I would appreciate if you could visit Tiffany tomorrow and make sure that the maps I have of the security system is correct. I could do it myself but it was just a couple of months ago I was there so I don't want to risk that I get connected to anything, got it?"

"Got it. But how come I got the honor to attend Streisand Jr.'s exclusive birthday party?" She asks him sarcastically. "Everyone from the glee club is invited so don't worry about that you wouldn't know anyone there. And by the way, it would be great if all guests got to keep their money, jewelry and everything else like that."

"Why are you telling me that? I would never steal anything." Santana says innocently and smiles like she has never done such a thing but Kurt just raises an eyebrow as to point out that she actually has committed far more serious crimes than that.

"Okay, fine Hummel. I promise to not steal anything even if I will be really annoyed by all the over dramatic Broadway dorks."

"Thank you, it could become trouble if you did since Finn works on NYPD and most of his colleagues will be there." "That would make it even more entertaining, when I think about it I'll take back that promise."

"Santana Lopez, I will not let you make a fool out of my brother in front of half of all polices in New York."

"What do I get if I don't do it?" she asks with a grin because she's a bit curious about what he'd be willing to offer. It's not like she actually would do it but she's not the person who would say no to an opportunity to get something out of it.

"You get to keep one of the pieces of jewelry and you can decide which." Kurt says and is quite convinced that she won't risk losing that opportunity.

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Just like Kurt thought Santana happily agreed on his proposal and when he drops her off a block away from the Tiffany store she almost seems excited.

"Remember that you're there to keep us from getting attention so just try to check that the security are placed at the same places as on the pictures on your phone and then discretely leave."

"You're quite a control freak when it comes to this, aren't you, Hummel?" she say before she gets out of the car and start walking in the direction to reach the store. As his blue eyes follows her for a while he shakes his head since it literary looks like she owns the street since she walks down it and people move out of the way and often also turn around to look after her.

"Discretely it was." Kurt mutters since that particular adjective describes pretty much the opposite of the tanned girl strolling down the street. Then he starts the engine and goes off to the small atelier where Unique, an old friend from Lima, will help him with the costumes since he doesn't have all the materials to manage with it himself. It takes only a couple of minutes to get to the store which has managed with the almost impossible mission to be eye catching in the city center of New York. When Kurt opens the door Unique looks up and as soon as she spots the new costumer she smiles wide and let's go of the dress she's working on.

"Look at who has honored me with yet another one of his fabulous visits!"

"As always it's my pleasure." Kurt replies with a smile.

"So what can I help you with today?" Unique asks after they have greeted each other properly.

"Rachel's birthday party is next week and me and Santana needs costumes for it so I just wondered if you would be able to help us out."

"How could I ever say no to an opportunity to style you and Lopez!" She exclaims which makes Kurt relived because he really doesn't have time to do this himself and wearing something half good or something that he's worn previously would never be even considered as an option for the fashionable Kurt Hummel.

"Thank you, can you have it ready by Thursday?"

"Of course, anything to save you from Berry's fury." She says which makes Kurt laugh a little just because Rachel's fury actually is something that nobody would want to experience.

"Thank you again, I owe you one."