The Other Hummel

And It's Beginning to Snow

(A Rented Christmas)

Louisa lazily opened her eyes and stretched feeling her back a little sore. She began to take the room she was in and remembered she hadn't sleep in her bed. She was cranked over Brody and that was what was making her back ache. Careful not to wake the sleeping boy; she stepped outside the bed and got dressed in his t-shirt before entering the bathroom.

Once in there; she saw her reflection and smiled at the stranger smiling back at her. So much had change in her life since moving to New York; her reflection was finally starting to show it. Not that she had changed her weight or gotten a new haircut; but something in her skin had a different texture. She blushed at the thought and found that even her blushing wasn't the same. Being in a boy's room - not any boy, her boyfriend's room - was something completely alien for her.

She brushed her teeth and was splashing some water in her face when she heard a voice right behind her:

"You look good in the morning, Ms. Hummel."

She smiled at him from the mirror which made Brody walk closer and hug her waist from behind and kiss her neck. She teased:

"Already miss me?"

"The bed is too cold without you there."

They walked back to the room and she opened the shutter while he lay back and opened his arms in a welcoming gesture. With a grin, Louisa ran towards him and let herself be cuddled. Brody's breathing tickled her neck.

"I'm so glad my roommate is away during the Holidays and you could stay over."

She giggled and grabbed his hand to play with his fingers:

"What about your Holiday plans? Why you never leave town to visit your family?"

"Not many family to visit... Not that I care about that anymore. Besides, if you're staying; why would I leave?"

"I wish I could go visit my mother in Brazil; but there's no money this year neither for me to fly there or for her to fly here. At least, Uncle Burt is coming to visit Kurt and I get to spend my Christmas Eve with family. You'd be very welcome, if you want to join us. No pressure; though."

He pulled her closer and hid his nose even further in her neck:

"You know you can be irresistible in the morning? Ok; I'll go. But I have one condition."

She turned grinning to him and cupped his face with her hands:

"What's it?"

"You'll stay with me while Kurt and Blaine are sleeping at your place. Please! We don't know when Teddy will travel again..."

Her smile grew wider and she answered him with a passionate kiss to his lips. He then spooned her one more time and closed his eyes to go back to sleep, while she began to stare outside the window. She commented absented-mindedly:

"It's beginning to snow."

"And?"

"I haven't seen snow in a long time. I've only seen it in the winters I came to spend with my father."

"Maybe we should celebrate it with a snow-fight."

She got up in a jump and began to look around the floor for her clothes. He hid his head on the pillows still lazy: