Head under water and they tell me

To breathe easy for awhile

The breathing gets harder, even I know that

Made room for me, it's too soon to see

If I'm happy in your hands

I'm unusually hard to hold on to

Blank stares at blank pages

No easy way to say this

You mean well

But you make this hard on me

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you ask for it

'Cause you need one, you see

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this

If you're on your way

I'm not gonna write you to stay

All you have is leaving

I'm gon' need a better reason

To write you a love song today, today

I learned the hard way that they all say

Things you wanna hear

My heavy heart sinks deep down under

You and your twisted words

Your help just hurts

You are not what I thought you were

Hello to high and dry

Convinced me to please you

Made me think that I need this too

I'm trying to let you hear me as I am

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you ask for it

'Cause you need one, you see

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this

If you're on your way

I'm not gonna write you to stay

If all you have is leaving

I'ma need a better reason

To write you a love song today

Promise me you'll leave the light on

To help me see daylight, my guide, gone

'Cause I believe there's a way

You can love me because I say

I won't write you a love song

'Cause you ask for it

'Cause you need one, you see

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this

Is that why you wanted a love song?

'Cause you asked for it

'Cause you need one, you see

I'm not gonna write you a love song

'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this

If you're on your way

I'm not gonna write you to stay

If your heart is nowhere in it

I don't want it for a minute

Babe, I'll walk the seven seas

When I believe that there's a reason

To write you a love song today, today

"Cut! Brittany, you need to put more emotion into it, less showbiz drama please!" Will Schuester called from his spot in the seating.

"Yes, sir. I'm sorry. Do you want me to take it from the top?" She asked, fiddling with her hair because a piece had fallen out during her song.

"No. Not yet. We're waiting for your co-star to arrive and we'll go over it then, okay?" Brittany still had no idea who she would be cast alongside but she sincerely hoped it was going to be Ricky, the talented boy in her drama class. She had starred alongside him in last year's musical and she had loved every second of it. The two of them had become great friends and he had promised to audition for this year's musical. He kept his promise but he also had some competition. A young sophomore who had moved to the school tis year had decided to audition. Apparently he had been very good and last Brittany heard, Mr Schuester was still deciding who was getting the male lead.

"So you know who it is?" she asked excitedly.

"Yes. I told him to be here half an hour ago but I guess he got caught up." He said and wandered off to find one of the other students to pick on their performance. Brittany sighed and sat on the edge of the stage. If this was going to be a regular thing, waiting for her co-star to turn up, maybe Mr Schuester made the wrong decision.

"I'm here. Sorry I'm late, My maths teacher was being a bitch and wouldn't let me leave." an unfamiliar voice rang through the darkness and Brittany's hopes fell. Ricky hadn't won the role. Now she had to put up with some stupid sophomore kid drooling over her in her senior year musical.

"Finally. Sam, this is Brittany, she's playing Cinderella. I want you to read over your script together and we'll rehearse your scene in the ballroom in fifteen minutes." Mr Schuester gave them both a copy of the script and went back to rehearsing the scene with the maids.

"Let's go up to the box seats." Brittany said, getting up and walking off, nose in the air. She was determined not to let this ruin her musical.

"Yes, ma'am." Sam fake saluted and followed. Behind them, Mr Schuester shook his head. There was going to be a lot of friction between his two leads this year and he hoped it wouldn't show in his final masterpiece.