A Gleeful Journey
Ok this is a follow up to my one shot 'Let's Do The Time Warp Again' not necessary to read it just know that this verse is set in an AU version of Degrassi season 10, Claire is a total Gleek and Eli kind of wants to watch season 1 of the series now…. This is an Eclaire piece with a side of Fadam (so I guess spoilers since I include that ship eh?) as for Glee if I make comments about any event that is post- A Very Glee Christmas I'll make an AN before hand, chapter wise this will be between 5-10 chapters depending on length…..hope you all enjoy this…
Being a part of something special makes you special, right?—Rachel Berry episode 1x01
Friday night had became their typical date night, well Friday, and Wednesday, and well pretty much every night except Friday meant that their curfew was set at a later hour and their options expanded from beyond the Dot or the Library.
Eli Goldsworthy sat in his living room awaiting the arrival of his girlfriend Claire Edwards, sure it was normally the gentleman who picked his lady up but normalcy just wasn't his thing and so when he heard a knock on his door he casually walked over to get it waiting to hear what movie or art show or poetry slam she had in mind to attend that night however the sight he saw took him aback.
Yes it was Claire standing in front of his house alright but it was the duffel bag that was slung over her shoulder and the two 7-11 cups in her hand that peaked his curiosity and caused him to raise up his eyebrow.
"Did I miss something?" he asked her.
Shaking her head Claire edged her way into the room without another word before turning to face Eli with her own smirk on her face.
"Remember a few weeks ago? The Rocky Horror incident."
"Now I wouldn't call it an incident… I'd call it a moment of enlighten."
Claire let out a little laugh.
"Well, prepare to be enlightened once more," she said reaching into her bag to pull out the first season of Glee, a smile on her face.
"So, date night in, that's cool."
Claire pouted.
"I mean I can leave them here for you to watch on your own but I just thought it would be more fun if you know we watched them together."
"More fun, or do you just need an excuse to re-watch episodes?"
"I don't need an excuse," she said taking a slip of one of the drinks in her hand.
"Slushies?" Eli asked now.
"You'll know why I chose this particular snack soon enough," she said handing him the other cup, "I hope Cherry is alright."
Eli nodded that the flavor was fine as lead Claire toward his room where he placed her bag down beside his bed and popped the first disk of the series into his DVD player where he immediately realized why she brought the drink.
"So," he said pausing the show, "are these for drinking or tossing."
"Drinking of course," Claire said gently placing her head on his shoulder as the Pilot of the series unfolded before their eyes.
As the credit's rolled Claire hit pause smiling up at her boyfriend.
"So, what did you think so far."
"Pretty good, though in the back of my mind I thought that Mr. Schuester would of gotten some flack for the whole blackmailing Finn with pot thing."
Claire simply nodded.
"I know right," she replied with a smile, "anything else you'd like to say."
Eli smirked
"Yea, I like Tina's look."
"Figures."
"What's that supposed to mean."
"Nothing."
"She's a lesbian right?"
Claire shook her head.
"Bi."
Claire shook her head again.
"But her audition song…. I Kissed A Girl…. anyway while we're on the subject on audition songs what did the wheelchair guy…."
"Artie."
"Yea, what did Artie sing."
Shrugging her shoulders Claire let a soft smile cross her lips.
"That's one of the shows many mystery's though I'd like to think that it was a song by the Beatles like his portrayer did."
Eli simply nodded as he picked up his remote hitting play to begin episode 2.
You want to know a dirty little secret none of them want you to know? Girls want sex just as much as guys do. - Rachel 1x02
The episode played on the screen as the two teens intently watched it, well Eli watched the TV more then Claire who was spending a lot of time shifting her gaze toward her boyfriend looking to see what his reaction to various moments would be. She could tell that during the Celibacy Club scenes that he was most likely wondering if her own Jesus Club was similar to it which was not the case at all, in her club they practiced what that preached however that wasn't the subject at hand, the subject at hand was the PUSH IT scene that was just about to occur.
-This song is for the sexy people-
Eli's mouth hung open and once the song ended she watched as his fingers instantly hit the pause button, his eyes falling upon her.
"And that was a school pep rally."
Claire nodded.
"Could you just see Simpson's face if someone were to perform something like that at Degrassi?"
"Are those wheels I hear turning in your head Eli."
"No," he said hitting the play button and began to listen to the rest of the episode.
"Terri…" was all Eli said as he hit pause.
"I know."
"Mr. Schue is to good for her anyway."
Claire nodded in agreement at that comment.
"And for the record Rachel's cover of Take a Bow far better then the original…. want some popcorn?"
Shaking her head she told him 'no thanks'
As he readjusted himself on the bed deciding he didn't want any either as he hit the play button for episode 3.
When you really believe in yourself, you don't have to bring other people down. —Quinn 1x03
For some reason Eli wasn't feeling the third episode of the series and he didn't know why and it was clear from his girlfriends own attention to the episode that it wasn't one of her favorites either. When it finally ended he smiled at her.
"I would have said we could have skipped this one."
"And I would of said no we couldn't."
"Because I wouldn't have the full Glee experience or because you wanted to see that Puck guy shirtless."
"The first thing," Claire said, "well that and the scene near the end with Kurt and Mercedes, I swear I get teary even after seeing it a hundred times."
"You haven't really seen it a hundred times have you."
Claire didn't comment so Eli decided to break the silence.
"Always speaking of shirtless guys where is Sam, and that Asian dude for that matter."
"Well, MIKE makes his first appearance next episode as a matter of fact, while Sam doesn't show up till season two."
Eli just nodded as they pressed on to episode 4 which Claire promised to be a big one.
Well call the Vatican! We got ourselves another immaculate conception- Puck 1x04
The episode opened on Kurt, Tina and another girl dancing to single ladies which seemed to amuse Eli for some reason and as he watched the scene play out where Kurt's father came down the stairs he knew in and instant that this man would be destined for awesomeness.
Claire was right, lots of things were happening in this episode. Sue was plotting once more to take down the club like she did in the last episode by having her Cheerios try to divide and conquer while this time she simply was luring away Rachel away with the promise of a lead in the school musical, an opportunity Rachel gladly took once she saw that Mr. Schue wasn't giving her a solo and instead gave it to Tina. Quinn, the president of the celibacy club was pregnant and not by her boyfriend Finn, and Kurt joined the schools football team leading them to their first win by the power of Beyonce.
The episode ended and Eli was all set to analogize that Quinn was a hybrid of Claire and their classmate Jenna when he spotted his girlfriend curled up on his bed fast asleep and the DVD flicker back to the main menu. Letting out a yawn himself Eli tossed a pillow and blanket onto the floor for himself before wrapping Claire in her own blanket and kissing her on the cheek.
"Goodnight," he whispered before moving to the floor haphazardly humming Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing' as he fell asleep.
TBC
So how did you like the start? I was pondering weather to do an episode a chapter of group them up and well this is what I came up with…. also I plan to quote each episode though the quotes have nothing to do with the section, at least not out of intent.