A Very Merry Vacation

Chapter 1

It was early when Brittany's cell phone rang, and it wasn't just early, it was really early. Like three o'clock in the morning early.

The sound of the ringer was so sudden and jarring that it made Brittany and Santana both jump.

"Is that the phone?" Santana mumbled in a sleepy haze. She wasn't sure if it was.

It took a moment for Brittany to comprehend what she asked. "Yes." She answered. She wasn't sure who could be calling her so early, but she was considering ignoring it.

"Who is it?" Santana asked reaching to turn on the lamp on her side of the bed.

Bleary-eyed, Brittany reached for her phone on the nightstand. "It's my mom."

"Answer it. Maybe something's wrong." Santana said and suddenly she felt very awake.

Brittany slid her thumb across the screen, answering and clicking the speaker so Santana could hear as well. "Hey Mom."

"Brittany!" Whitney said loudly into the phone and both Brittany and Santana winced from the volume.

"Is everything okay? Is dad okay? Did something happen?" Brittany asked urgently, sitting up.

"Of course your father is fine. I just called to tell you some good news while I made breakfast. Why would you think something was wrong?"

Brittany and Santana sighed in relief at hearing that and they both flopped down onto their pillows.

"Because you called me at three in the morning and scared the crap out of me and Santana. We thought someone was hurt." Brittany said with some annoyance in her voice.

"Oh!" Whitney yelped. "I'm sorry. I forgot about the time change!"

Time was tricky in the North Pole, because all the lines of longitude converged there, meaning that all twenty-four time zones met there. It could literally be any time in the North Pole, and considering that there was only one sunrise and one sunset per year as well, with six months of daylight, and six months of darkness, it didn't matter what time it was. But to make things easier when dealing with the rest of the world, Santa decided to adopt the time zone from the zero degree longitudinal line, The Prime Meridian.

It was eight o'clock in the morning in the North Pole, which was five hours ahead of where Santana and Brittany were in the U.S. Eastern Time Zone.

"It's fine, we're just glad nothing bad happened." Brittany said. "So what did you want to tell me?"

"It's not that important. Go back to sleep. I'll call you later when I go on my lunch break." Whitney said.

"No, it's okay. What's up?" Brittany said. She figured since they were already awake, her mother might as well tell her why she called.

"Well, it's just the best news ever!" Whitney chirped. "Santa said that you and Santana can come up to the North Pole to visit your father and me for Christmas! Isn't that great?"

Santana and Brittany both looked at each other surprised. Santa was very particular about the security of the village. In the one hundred years that Brittany had been alive, she had never heard of humans visiting before.

"Really?" Brittany asked perking up.

"Really, really!" Whitney cheered.

"That's awesome! What brought this about?"

"Well, I was having a visit with Mrs. Claus a couple of days ago, the first time since your wedding. You know how busy it is with the fall production push…anyways she asked about you and Santana. We chatted about you two for a bit, and somewhere in the conversation, I mentioned that your father and I were a little bummed that we didn't get to see you guys as often as we'd like to, but that we were glad that you were together and happy. I didn't think much about what I had said, but apparently, Joy told Santa about our conversation. Santa agreed that we had a unique situation and that it was unfair that Santana's family was able to spend so much time with you and we couldn't, so he agreed that you two could start making visits here as long as we follow some security protocols."

"That's great!" Santana said.

"Oh, hi Santana!" Whitney said hearing Santana's voice for the first time. "I didn't know you were listening in."

"Yeah." Santana chuckled. "Brittany has you on speaker."

"So what day should we arrange to pick you up?" Whitney asked. "Santa said he would prefer if we used a sled to get you instead of you using your magic. He didn't know how the hop would affect Santana for the first time. He thought it could make her sick and he didn't want her to make a trip to the hospital wing."

"Umm, I don't know." Brittany said frowning. "I want to come up, but we already have plans to spend the holiday here with Santana's family. I'd feel bad canceling on them."

"Oh, Britt." Whitney pouted; the disappointment in her voice was evident.

"I'm sure it will be fine if we change our plans." Santana said.

"Are you sure? I don't want to make them mad." Brittany said. As much as she would love to go home for Christmas, she and Santana had only been married a few months and the last thing she wanted to do was to upset her new in-laws.

"Babe, it'll be fine." Santana assured. "They might be a little disappointed that we aren't there, but they'll understand. We spent last Christmas and every holiday since you moved here with them, so I think it's your parents' turn."

"Well if you're sure, then I'm fine with canceling on them." Brittany said.

"I'm sure." Santana said with a warm smile.

Brittany smiled widely. "Then I guess we're going to the North Pole for Christmas."

Whitney squealed excitedly. "Yes! So what day can you come up?"

"We're both off from the eighteenth through New Year's Day." Santana said.

"Perfect." Whitney said. "Since your father and I are not licensed to fly a sled, we'll set it up with the stables to pick you up. It'll have to be late at night though, so there is less of a chance that you will be seen. Santa's orders."

"Just let us know what time, and we'll be ready." Brittany said.

Whitney squealed again. "I'm so excited to have my girls home for Christmas!"

Santana's heart fluttered in her chest to hear Whitney say "my girls." She was so happy that Brittany's parents loved her. When she met them for the first time, she was afraid that they would hate her because she was the reason that Brittany left the North Pole and wanted to become human. Thankfully, despite how stressful that first trip had been trying to hide the fact that Whitney and Pierce were Christmas elves, they got along very well. It was still stressful for Brittany and Santana to hide their true identities when they visited Lima, but Whitney and Pierce were getting better at blending in, in the human world. They still had slip ups. Their way of life wasn't easy to suppress, but they were making progress.

"I'm excited too." Santana chirped. "Brittany has told me so much about it, I feel like I've already been there."

"It's even better in person, I promise. You'll see." Brittany cooed and leaned over giving Santana a peck on the lips.

"I can't wait." Santana said.

"I can't wait either. Your father is going to flip when he finds out." Whitney said with a chuckle.

Brittany playfully rolled her eyes. "I'm sure he will. Make sure he doesn't get in trouble again. You remember what happened the last time he got overly excited."

"Brittany, be nice. It wasn't that bad. He only knocked over one pallet of toys while he was dancing."

"An extra-large pallet of unpackaged toy cars! They went everywhere. The toyshop was a hazard area until they were all picked up. They wouldn't let him visit me in the shop for months after that."

"Your father is a passionate man. Sometimes he lets his excitement get the better of him, but he means well. And he misses you as much as I do. You can't blame him for getting excited."

"I know. I miss you guys too." Brittany said. She absolutely loved her new life in Ohio with Santana, but she would be lying if she said that she didn't feel a little homesick for the North Pole at times. It was her home for ninety-eight years after all.

"Well, I better let you two go." Whitney said. "You need to go back to sleep and I need to get ready for work. Those gifts aren't going to wrap and inventory themselves."

"Okay, Mom. Love you." Brittany said.

"Bye, love you." Santana said.

"Love you both! See you in a week!"

When they hung up with Whitney, Brittany put her phone on the nightstand and rolled over to look at Santana.

"I can't wait to see where you grew up Britt. It's like every human kid's dream to visit the North Pole."

Brittany chuckled. "You're going to love it there."

"I'm sure."

"Are you sure your parents are going to be okay with us canceling on them?" Brittany asked again, just to be sure.

"Yes, Britt. It will be fine. I'll call Mom later today and let her know. Don't worry about it."

"Okay." Brittany said with a smile and leaned in giving Santana a soft lingering kiss on her lips. When they parted, Brittany kissed Santana on the tip of her nose. "I guess we need to go shopping."

"For what?"

Brittany giggled because Santana had no idea. "You're going to need warmer winter clothes, unless you think your current wardrobe can handle minus fifty-eight degree weather."

Santana's face fell. She looked scared. "Minus f-fifty-eight?" She knew it was cold in the North Pole, but not that cold. She had not even considered the possibility of a temperature difference. It was cold in Lima, and they currently had snow on the ground, but it was nowhere near as cold as minus fifty-eight degrees Fahrenheit. The coldest it would ever get there was maybe negative fifteen degrees, but that was rare. Usually the temperature stayed in the positive numbers.

"Minimum. It's the North Pole, and it's dark all the time during the winter, so there won't be any sun to help add any warmth." Brittany said matter-of-factly. She had her North Pole elf wardrobe hidden away in a locked trunk in the back of her and Santana's closet, so she was set for the trip, but Santana would need more appropriate clothing for the environment.

"I'm going to freeze my ass off the whole time." Santana mumbled.

Brittany chuckled again and scooted a little closer to Santana, wrapping an arm around her and tangling their legs together. "Don't worry, I'll keep you warm." She cooed.

Santana smiled and playfully rolled her eyes. "You better."

"I will. I can never pass up a chance to cuddle with you."

Santana leaned in and kissed Brittany. Long and slow. When they parted, Santana yawned and said, "Can you get the light, I don't want to move."

"Sure, honey." Brittany said and snapped her fingers, using her magic to turn the light off.

"That is still cool." Santana said. She was so happy that Brittany had retained her magic after becoming human. Even after almost two years of knowing about Christmas magic, it still had not gotten old for her. It impressed her every time.

"Just wait until we get the North Pole. Everyone can do that."

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A/N: Hey all, here is the Christmas story I have been promising. I know this chapter is shorter than you are used to from me, but more is coming! I initially planned to do a one-shot, but as always seems to be the case; it ran away from me and has evolved and grown into a multi-chapter fic. Apparently, I can't write small, haha! Unfortunately, this has been such a busy month, so I won't have it finished before Christmas, but the first three chapters are ready and I'm writing as fast as I can. Basically, any free time that I have is going into this fic. I hope you like it!

Thank you for reading and if you have time, please let me know what you think!

Thanks to my beta naynay1963 for proofreading and fixing my silly errors!

Disclaimer: I don't own 'Glee' or any copyrighted material or products that are mentioned in this story.