Summary: Kitty got her Uncle Blaine a good boyfriend for Christmas. Now it's time for her to get what she wants as well.

Notes: I rewrote this chapter 4 times, but it is finally done. I was getting a little worried since this was on an actual deadline.

Eight Days Later…Last Friday Night Dinner before Christmas at the Hudson-Evans House

"I just want to know what's going on. It's not like Sam to keep things from me."

Burt put the groceries on the table then headed back to the car, but was blocked by his irritated wife. "You have been ranting about this for the last two hours. Wednesday night after the program Sam told you that they would explain when they got back from New York. Then this afternoon he texted us that he and Blaine would take care of dinner, yet you insisted on stopping at the grocery store on the way home. You're acting like you don't trust your son."

"I do…honestly, I do. Ok, I'll stop. Let's go get the rest of the groceries."

"That was the last of them. Now let's put them away and go get ready to finish trimming the tree." It didn't take them long with the groceries or to grab the items they needed for the tree and head for the living room.

"Took you two long enough" Sam startled them. He was sitting on the couch with his arm around Blaine and on the coffee table in front of them were four glasses and a bottle of bourbon. "Have a seat."

Carole and Burt put down what they brought into the room and sat in their recliners facing the couch. While Blaine poured them drinks, Carole asked "Where's Kitty?"

"She's with Brittany" Blaine informed her as he handed her a glass. "They went to Lopez's to see Santana since she's stuck there with the Midnight Madness sale. Then they are going to join Finn and Ryder at Breadstix to watch Marley perform. Finn's going to bring pizza back here for dinner."

"Sounds like you boys planned this out. Want to tell us what's going on and why you think we're going to need alcohol to hear it?" Burt didn't drink very often since his heart attack, so for Sam and Blaine to put out something as strong as bourbon was unsettling.

Sam laughed, then took a drink for luck "It's kind of a long story so let us get through it. The first time we were in New York and Blaine was with his lawyer, I ran into someone I know. You know her too. I ran into Lucy."

"And I wasn't there to see any lawyer. I was there to see Hunter Clarington, Sebastian's lawyer…and boyfriend, to start the paperwork to adopt Kitty. I'm telling her Christmas morning." Burt went to say something but Blaine stopped him. "There's more. I know Lucy as well, only I know her as Quinn. She's Kitty mother, and before you start doing the math, we are 100% sure Sebastian is Kitty's father."

"It's off by 3 months" Sam told them with a little sadness to his voice. "I've gone over it a dozen times, plus Sebastian had every genetic and DNA test possible done."

Burt picked up his bourbon, slammed it back and then poured another. "You've got my attention."

Over at Breadstix, Finn was surprised to see Kitty and Brittany walk in. "Hi, girls…and Murray. What are you doing here so soon?"

"They had Dad's gift ready and Santana was so busy she didn't have time to talk." Brittany told him as she put Kitty on the booster seat Finn had for her.

Kitty immediately found a way to squirm out of her seat. Once she was on the ground she began spinning so that her dress would flare. "Finn, dids you sees, I mean see, that Abby got me a new dress and Murray gots, I mean got, a bowtie? They match!"

"Yes, I did and they're very pretty, but you need to get back in your seat."

"Can I go says, I mean say, hi to Miss Marley and Ryder firsts?"

"Since Marley's on break, yes you may. No running, or spinning, and stay where we can see you."

"I promises, I mean promise." She ran off, but then realized what she was doing so stopped and began to walk.

When he saw she made it to Marley, Finn said to Brittany "Has Blaine noticed that on the words she self-corrects, Kitty has a perfect British accent?"

"He said he's going to talk to Adam when she goes back to speech therapy after the holidays." Brittany glanced at a clock on the wall and sighed "Do you know what's going on, Finn? The gift Kitty and I had to pick up was already wrapped so it wasn't any help. I now Sammy wouldn't do it on purpose, but tonight is special and…"

"Britt, tonight is special for Sam too. He wouldn't mess it up on purpose and your dad and my mom wouldn't let him." Finn reached across the table for his step-sister's hand "I'm sure they're keeping an eye on the time just like we are."

Brittany let out another sigh but appeared a bit calmer "I just wish I knew what was going on but, I don't think it's something bad. Sammy sounded really happy when he called." Before the conversation could continue, their eyes were drawn to the stage where Kitty and Marley were belting out an extremely adorable version of Jingle Bells.

Meanwhile back at the Hudson-Evans house, Carole came back from taking the glasses and bottle to the kitchen. The bourbon was gone and they didn't need to be tempted to open another. "I can't believe Lucy just wanted that sweet little girl to get her hands on Kitty's money."

"Why can't you believe it?" Burt asked her. "She left Sam the minute we knew for sure he wasn't going to play pro ball. That must have been one hell of a custody agreement to get that b…person to back off like she did."

Blaine looked at Sam, who gave him a nod of encouragement "Yes, it is. See, I've only told you how Sebastian was with me and Kitty. What I haven't told you was to the rest of the world Sebastian Smythe was a ruthless, conniving and sometimes down right mean Son of a Bitch. He was also extremely smart and when it came to his business no one ever got the best of him. I mean ever. When he inherited his company, it was worth $100 million. After he died, I sold it for half a billion." Blaine thought it was for the best to give Burt and Carole a minute to digest that information. He turned to Sam and said "Why don't you call Finn and have him order the pizzas?" Sam gave him a kiss and got up to go make the call. It was probably best if Blaine handled this part on his own.

"Did I hear your right? Did you say half a billion dollars?" Carole asked a couple of minutes later when she regained the ability to speak.

"Yes, Sebastian grew the business that much in just eight years. Like I said, he was absolutely cut-throat when it came to business and when Kitty came along he treated protecting her in absolutely the same way. He made sure Quinn would never be able to challenge the custody agreement once she signed. He also made sure that if something happened to him I could never be challenged for custody. That didn't mean people didn't try and after a while all their claims that I was unfit got to me. That's why I acted so badly when I thought you wanted to take her."

Burt had never quite understood what happened there "Why would you think we might be able to take her but not any of the others?"

"You remember the day your entire family came to my house and brought Christmas with you? That night when I put Kitty to bed she asked me if she wanted a new Lima family did that mean Sebastian wasn't her family anymore. Six hours with all of you and she wanted you to be her family. I was afraid of what you could do because there was something about this family that the others were missing. You actually cared about her and not the money."

"It's time to get everyone back here" Burt announced as he stood and held out his hand so Carole could do the same. "There's something we need to do."

Twenty minutes later, Finn and Brittany arrived with Kitty. After Finn put the pizzas on the table, they went to the living room and Brittany smiled when she saw the others were already in place. Finn smiled as well and then gave her a side hug "I told you everything would be fine." Burt had explained what was about to happen to Blaine earlier and while it was a Hudson-Evans tradition, this time it was for Kitty.

Sam left his family and bent down in front of the girl he already considered to be his daughter "Munchkin, remember when I told you that the Hudson-Evans had only been a family for a few years, but that didn't mean we weren't a real family?"

"Yes"

"Well, on the first Christmas we spent together we started a tradition. A tradition is something you do in the same way every year and that's what makes it special. I bet you and your daddy had some Christmas traditions."

She thought about it for a moment then said "Last year when Uncle Blaine and I sangs, I mean sang, the Frosty song, Daddy and Uncle Hunter changed some words to words I'm not allows to say. Uncle Blaine says they did that all the time. Was that a tra…tra… that word?"

"You know what? With what I know about your Daddy and Uncle Hunter it probably was."

He kissed her forehead, then went back to his dad and sister while Carole stepped forward holding a small box "On our first Christmas, we decided our tradition would be to put ornaments on the tree that had everyone's name on them. That way when someone looked at our tree they would know the tree belonged to Burt, Carole, Sam, Brittany and Finn and that we were one family. However, as beautiful as the tree was, there was something missing. It took a while, but Brittany finally figured out what was wrong. There were two members of our family missing." She opened the small box and pulled out an ornament with a name on it. "This says Christopher. He was my husband and Finn's dad. He died like your daddy did, but of something called cancer."

Kitty looked closely at the ornament and held Murray tighter so she wouldn't touch it. "I'm sorry he died."

"I'm sorry too, sweet girl. Now, since this ornament is so special, it is our tradition to say something before we hang it on the tree." Carole handed the ornament to Finn and they said in unison "We hang this ornament in honor of Christopher, a member of our family. We love him and miss him every day, but we are grateful for the time we shared. He will be in our hearts forever."

They took a moment together while Burt went to Kitty. Once there, he showed her an ornament like the one Carole had "This ornament says Elizabeth. She was my wife and Sam and Brittany's mom." He couldn't bring himself to say Elizabeth had died, but he was sure Kitty understood. That broke his heart as no five year-old should understand that kind of loss. When it was time to hang Elizabeth's ornament, Burt handed it to Brittany. It was her year to put it on the tree. "We hang this ornament in honor of Elizabeth, a member of our family. We love her and miss her every day, but we are grateful for the time we shared. She will be in our hearts forever."

When they finished, Blaine knelt down in front of Kitty "I know how much you miss your daddy because I miss him too. He will always be our family like Christopher and Elizabeth will always be parts of the Hudson-Evans family. You know that. Right?"

She bowed her head as she knew she had been busted "Sometimes I forgets, I mean…you know."

Sam knelt down next to Blaine and showed Kitty an ornament. "Do you know what this says?" he asked.

"That's Daddy's name." This time Murray could not stop her from touching, but she did so very carefully.

"Munchkin, look at me." It was hard to do, but she took her eyes off of Sebastian's ornament. "Remember in New York when I asked if you and Uncle Blaine wanted to be part of my family?" The others in the room perked up a bit but knew it wasn't time for Sam to clarify his statement. "When you both said yes, I knew that meant Sebastian was now a part of my family too. But, you know what? Mr. Burt is a smart guy and already knew that your daddy was part of our family and got him this special ornament. Do you want to put it on the tree?"

"I don't know the tra..tra…Mr. Adam is goings to have to teach me that word!" she said in frustration.

"How about we help you and your Uncle Blaine? Later, we'll teach you the words for next year." Burt was trying his best not become a blubbering idiot. He really loved that little girl.

Blaine and Sam stood and walked with Kitty to the tree. She handed Murray to Sam, but when Blaine went to pick her up she stopped him. "I want Finn to pick me up. He's a giant and I want Daddy's ornament up top so everyones can see it."

"You've got it kid." Finn lifted her higher and higher until she decided on the perfect spot "We hang this ornament in honor of Sebastian, a member of our family. We love him and miss him every day, but we are grateful for the time we shared. He will be in our hearts forever." Finn put Kitty down then they all stood in silence and stared at the ornaments of their loved ones until…

"I can't take it anymore! We're getting married!"

"You lasted a lot longer than I thought you would." Sam tried to tell Kitty but she was too busy bouncing around with Murray.

Blaine lifted his left hand and wiggled his ring finger "I've been waving this thing around in front of you all evening."

Before any of the stunned family members could say anything, Kitty pointed at the gift she and Brittany brought with them "He has to opens it! He has to opens it now!"

Sam picked the package up in one arm and Kitty in the other "Ok Miss Super-excited, why don't you, Finn, Britt and Mrs. Carol go get the pizzas warmed up and let me and Uncle Blaine talk to my dad? After we eat we can put up the rest of the name ornaments. I bet there's one with the name Kitty on it." Sam must have said the right thing with as fast as Kitty was out of his arms and ran out of the room. He then turned to his dad and handed him the gift. "Before you say it's not Christmas yet, we all know you, Blaine and I will not be let into the kitchen until you can tell a certain little girl what's in that package. Remember, the pizzas are in there with Finn and none of us have eaten yet."

Burt relented and opened the gift to find a new clipboard, a calendar with the date July 23rd circled, several yellow legal pads, packages of pens and other various offices supplies. When Burt looked at them in confusion, Sam began to laugh "Did you really think we'd get married without letting you make all your lists, notes and plans? Dad, I know this seems fast but…"

"Sam, stop. That the thing…it doesn't. The day Kitty was suspended and you finally admitted how you felt about Blaine, I told you we'd work on getting you your family. We didn't have to work very hard, did we? That's because they were already your family. All the pieces just hadn't been put together yet. Now, you boys are letting me pay for this wedding. I won't take no for an answer."

"Um, Burt, um, I am saying no. I'm paying for the wedding."

Burt looked at his future son-in-law like he had lost his mind "Blaine…"

"Do you want to know why none of the 23, actually 24, claims for custody of Kitty went to court? It's because Kitty doesn't have any money. The only money the kid has is fifty dollars of birthday money stashed in a piggy bank."

Again, but for a different reason, Burt looked at his future son-in-law like he had lost his mind "But that makes no sense. You said you sold Sebastian's business for half a billion dollars."

"I also told you that Sebastian was extremely smart, but when he and Hunter got together it was ridiculous. It was like they became this pair of evil geniuses. They were able to come up with a pretty interesting way to make sure no one could ever use Kitty to get access to her money."

"How?"

"Sebastian left all of his money to me."

Burt didn't say anything but moved his eyes to his son "Oh, I'm not getting my hands on the money either. I can't wait to find out what Hunter dreams up for our Pre-nup. I told him to get creative and I'd be disappointed if it had fewer than the 200 pages Sebastian's custody agreement with Lucy has."

"Ok, Blaine's paying for the wedding." Burt grabbed his new clipboard, a pad of paper, pens and Blaine's arm and began walking him toward the kitchen, all the while asking questions about his vision for the wedding. Blaine looked back at Sam and mouthed Help Me before they disappeared around the corner. Sam was about to follow them when he saw something unusual...Murray. He picked up the meerkat and straightened his bowtie. Blaine had told him Dr. Emma said one day Kitty wouldn't need Murray anymore. It was just a little sad to think that might be happening sooner rather than later.

"She was always meant to be yours, you know."

Sam didn't recognize the voice, but he sure recognized the person that had appeared in front of him "No, Sebastian. You are Kitty's Daddy. The universe got it right."

"And Blaine?"

"He was the one that was always meant to be mine."

Sebastian went over to the tree and looked at his ornament "Promise you'll take care of them for me."

"Of course, I promise. You're my family."

"I found him!"

The sound of Kitty's joy at finding Murray took away his focus and when Sam turned back, Sebastian was gone. The next thing he knew, Kitty was pulling him toward the kitchen. "We need to hurry. Grampy has made five getting married lists and Finn said Uncle Blaine looks like he needs a nap. No, like he's going to pass out. Hey, I said that good."

"Ok, ok, I'm hurrying." Then it hit him "Hold on Munchkin, did you say Grampy?"

Note:

Sappy Christmas movie themes touched on in this chapter:

Some sort of holiday tradition solves/makes better some issue for the couple
One last surprise
Oh, that wasn't the last surprise
Spirit/someone from past "gives blessing"
Cute kid does something cute
And of course, they all live happily ever after

Happy Holidays everyone