Chapter twenty nine
"Christmas in Ohio."
Christmas used to be a great holiday, where Caroline even used to look forward to it, even if her mom never really got them many gifts, just spending time with her and Finn meant a lot and this year they got to spend it with Burt and hopefully possibly Kurt since neither of them had seen him since he started going to Dalton, although last year a different person came into her life around Christmas, a boy who actually liked her.
Her and Jesse were together last year, and that was one of their last happy moments she could remember before the Rachel fiasco, which was why she was standing at her locker with her head inside of it and as Sam leaned back from around his, he furrowed his brows, seeing that she was dressed in sweatpants, wearing a hood over her head, where if he didn't know she was his locker neighbor he wouldn't even have thought the person standing next to him was here "you okay?" he asked her, but instead of answering him, Caroline moved her head out from her locker "I'm not gonna be in glee club today. Or possibly at all this week." she told him, shutting her locker and turning walking down the hallway as Sam watched her go, having not expected that at all.
Sitting in the auditorium, hiding away from all the Christmas spirit, Caroline had her ukulele out and her songbook open, as she started playing, and singing a song, she hadn't sang in a whole year, but she thought maybe if she want it, it would make some of the pain go away, knowing this song was her present to Jesse last year.
"I think of you when the wind blows
I see your face almost everywhere."
But instead this time she changed the next verse knowing he was even farther now both physically and mentally since they were no longer together.
"Sure, maybe LA is not close
But I'm still breathing you in the air."
She then took a deep breath and continued playing and singing.
"BecauseThe best part is knowing there's something in my dreams
That always makes me smile, it's you
The best part is knowin' there's someone in my life
That makes it all worthwhile
It's you."
She then stood up and began walking around the stage.
"When I don't know what to do
No, I'm never giving up, never giving up on you, baby
There's no need to be blue
Because."
Spinning on her heel, she began walking backwards as she had a smile on her face.
"The best part is knowing there's something in my dreams
That always makes me smile, it's you
The best part is knowin' there's someone in my life
That makes it all worthwhile
It's youYou, you
You, you, it's you
It's you."
She sang and when she finished the song, her smile fell, as she brought down her ukulele and turned walking back to the piano where she left all her stuff, and as she collected her things and walked down the hallway, she was heading to her locker to put her ukulele away, but as she did, a Christmas elf was standing at her locker as she furrowed her brows and walked up to them "Caroline Hudson?" the girl asked her "yes." Caroline told her, unlocking her locker "I'm you're singing telegram." the girl told her and when she did, Caroline threw her ukulele in and turned to the girl with rage in her eyes "what?" she asked her as the girl smiled "yeah, someone decided to send you a little Christmas cheer." she shared, as Caroline laughed, stepping toward's her "do me a favor and don't sing and walk the hell away!" she voiced, turning around and slamming her locker and walking away herself.
The next day, Caroline had walked into school but as she made it to her locker, a note was taped to it on red paper and when she read it it said, sending you Christmas cheer, in which when she thought about who could be doing all of this, she turned on her heel and began walking off, heading all the way to the boys locker room, she shoved the door open and walked all the way in seeing Coach Beiste standing in front of Puck, Artie, Mike and the person Caroline was looking for, Sam Evans, in which she stood in front of them "Caroline, you look awful. And I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean you're wearing sweats and it's Christmas." Artie pointed out, as Caroline pointed at Sam "you." she told him "me?" Sam asked her with raised brows.
Which made Caroline scoff "oh, don't act all innocent! You're the only person who I told I wouldn't be in glee club! So do me a favor and stop it with all your Christmas cheer! Because I don't wan it, okay?" she asked him ripping up the card and throwing the tiny pieces at him, as she then turned on her heel, walking back out of the locker room, in which Coach Beiste furrowed her brows "is she okay? I thought she'd be all cheery?" she asked "pfft. It's probably some girl thing, seeing as she hasn't had a good making in a year. And Rachel kind of lit a fire under here a few weeks back because she used me to cheat on her brother. And Rachel basically took her boyfriend last year so let's just say the rage is still there." Puck shared.
As Mike furrowed his brows "I thought the reason she didn't have any Christmas spirit was because last year she was in a relationship with Jesse. And now she's gone all Grinch because she basically has nobody while everyone in glee club along with her own mother are in relationships." he shared "that's probably it as well, but, Sam, what did you do?" Artie asked him, as him, Mike, Puck and Coach Beiste looked at him "I didn't do anything! I don't even know what she's talking about! But I did happen to notice this letter on her locker when I stopped at mine earlier." Sam shared "so, if you didn't give it to her then who did?" Coach Beiste asked furrowing her brows "sounds like Caroline has a secret admirer." Artie shared, looking at them all "who?" Mike asked, as they all furrowed their brows.
Standing in the auditorium, the orchestra was behind her as Caroline stood at the front of the stage, the spotlight went on her as she had a green dress and gloves on, the band then started to play behind her as she started singing.
"You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch
You really are a heel
You're as cuddly as a cactus
As charming as an eel
Mr. Grinch
You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel."
Then the orchestra played again as Caroline then began singing again.
"You're a monster, Mr. Grinch
Your heart's an empty hole
Your brain is full of spiders
You've got garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch."
Then the orchestra began to play on their own as Caroline then came in signing again
"You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch (Mr. Grinch)
You have termites in your smile
You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile
Mr. Grinch
Now given the choice between the two of you, I'd take the
Seasick crocodile
Seasick crocodileThe words that best describe you are
Stink, stank, stunk
No, no, no
Stink, stank, stunk
Oh-oh, Mr. Grinch
Mr. Grinch."
Then the song ended, as the spotlight on stage went off, leaving them all in the dark, where the only thing that could be heard were Caroline's heals clicking against the stage as she walked off and unknowing to her, while singing the song, Sue was being a Grinch as well, taking all of the glee clubs Christmas cheer.
Standing at her locker the next day, Caroline was grabbing her things as Sam came up on her side with crossed arms "how could you do that to us?" he asked her as Caroline turned to him "do what?" she asked, closing her locker and walking down the hallway as Sam followed her "destroy our tree, steal the presents! We were gonna give them to the homeless kids!" he voiced, in which Caroline turned on her heal and looked at him with wide eyes "whoa, easy there, buddy! I may be a grinch but I didn't touch your damn tree or your presents, all right?" she asked him as Sam laughed "sure. Like you didn't probably go tell Azimio and the other football guys to destroy everyone else's good time just because your's is sad and lonely!" he voiced and when he did, Caroline felt the tears well in her eyes as she shook her head "screw you, Sam. I guess I was wrong, because if it was you? You wouldn't have just said that to me." she told him, turning around and walking fast down the hallway, and as she did, Sam huffed realizing that what he just did was really wrong, as he turned and leaned against the lockers as the bell rang.
It was Christmas Eve, as Caroline had opened the front door, bringing in the take out "I'm back!" she voiced as Burt came running out "whoa, hey, let me help you out with that." he told her, laughing as he took the take out from her "thanks." Caroline told him although when she did, she then saw her mom and Finn standing behind them and looking at her strangely "what?" she asked them "someone brought you an early Christmas gift." her mom told her as Caroline furrowed her brows, Finn chuckled "it must be your secret admirer. It's up in your room." he told her as Caroline turned and walked away from them to head upstairs.
Opening the closed door to her bedroom, Caroline stepped in slowly not knowing what to expect but when she opened the door, there were boutiques of roses all over room, filling it basically halfway, but she still had some room to walk in as she stepped inside, she shut the door behind her and as she did, she looked at them all and soon spotted a card, walking over she was hoping to get some answers of who this mysterious sender could be, but when she picked up the note and flipped it over their was no from sender only her name as the card read, Merry Christmas, Caroline.