Melody Cramer absent-mindedly laid hand over her abdomen before realizing she was no longer pregnant; she transfered to Crawford to start fresh and move on from her pregnancy. Her mom agreed to take care of her baby while she was away at Crawford but when she came home for the summer she had to take care of Caleb, her son.
Melody was glad the day was over and she could go try out for the glee club that Crawford and Dalton shared. They were called the Warblers and up until recently it was an all boys glee club but it was decided they would have a better chance by adding girls to the mix. She got in her car and drove to Dalton which was the next block over and entered the school. A relatively short boy stood at the door smiling, "Welcome to Dalton! Are you here for auditions?"
"Yeah! I'm Melody and you are...?" Melody asked smiling lightly.
"Blaine! So, I'll take you to the choir room where the other Warblers and the heads are." Blaine led her to a room where a bunch of boys were sitting and suddenly became self-conscious when they all stared at her.
"Wes, this is Melody and she's auditioning," Blaine explained as he left the room to greet other girls from Crawford.
"State your full name, age, grade, and song." Wes looked at her expectantly making her blush.
"My name is Melody Cramer, I'm sixteen, I'm in eleventh grade, and I'll be singing 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz," Melody told the room full of boys.
"Jeff," Wes told a tall blonde buy making him pick up a guitar.
"Whenever you're ready, Melody," Jeff told her and she nodded making him begin playing.
She sang the song to the Warblers nervously and kept her eyes locked on the strumming patterns of Jeff. She kept her singing in tempo with his playing perfectly making him smile. His smile was beautiful and made Melody want to talk to him. She finished the song to clapping and the boys at the head of the room conversed amongst themselves and Wes swung his gavel on the table, "Order! Melody, welcome to the Warblers." Melody grinned and was directed to take a seat next to Jeff.
3 Months Later
"You ready for Sectionals?" Jeff asked Melody sipping his coffee.
"No," Melody replied staring at Jeff and sipping her coffee.
"Nervous?" Jeff asked quietly.
"Jeff, I feel like I'm gonna puke I'm so nervous," Melody replied bracing an arm over her stomach.
"Mel, you'll do awesome."
"Ugh. I feel sick."
"Want me to take you home?"
Melody panicked, "Definitely not."
"Why not? You should should get some rest."
He couldn't find out about Caleb... He would hate her. She looked at her legs and said, "I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"I'm sure."
Jeff shook his head at his friend before seeing his best friend, Nick, enter the coffee shop. He jumped up and jumped on Nick, "NICK!" Nick caught his friend's legs as he wrapped his legs around Nick's waist. Melody laughed at the two boys as Jeff dropped his legs and led Nick to where Melody was sitting. She rubbed her temples as Jeff slid in the chair next to her. Nick sat next to Jeff looking over at Melody, "You okay?"
"Yeah, just nervous-" Melody was cut off by Nick, Jeff, and her phone all going off at the same time.
From: Blaine Anderson
Emergency meeting my house ASAP!
Nov 9th, 4:43 pm
"Well, lets go. I'll drive," Jeff offered and they trio jogged off to Jeff's car and Jeff drove them to Blaine's house.
They entered his house and Blaine looked terrible; his hair was matted, his face was drooped, and he looked like he was going to throw up. Once everyone was there Wes brought everyone to attention, "Warbler Blaine is sick-" Wes was cut off by worried mumbling and he hit his gavel several times, "I WILL HAVE ORDER! We have decided that Jeff will be given his solo."
"Me?" Jeff's voice was small.
"Yes you, Jeff," Wes replied shoving sheet music at him.
"B-but Sectionals is tomorrow.."
"You can do it, Jeff. You and Melody stay back and I'll help you out," Blaine replied softly as Wes dismissed the meeting.
Jeff was nervously pacing the room and Melody stopped him, "Jeff, come on."
"Ah... Uh..." Jeff mumbled rubbing his forehead.
After everyone left Blaine looked at the two soloists, "Between us I'm not contagious. I have mono..."
Jeff and Melody exchanged a look of pure humor; Kurt gave Blaine mono. Blaine rolled his eyes and directed Melody to start singing.
Melody - Made a wrong turn once or twice.
Melody-Dug my way out,blood and fire.Bad decisions,that's alright.Welcome to my silly life.Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood!
Melody-Miss "No way,It's all good", it didn't slow me down
Melody-Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated!
Melody-Look, I'm still around...
Both-Pretty pretty please!
Both-Don't you ever ever feelLike you're less than, less than perfect Pretty pretty please
Both-If you ever ever feel like you're nothing you are perfect to me.
Jeff-You're so mean
Melody-(Your so mean)
Jeff-When you talk
Melody-(When you talk)
Jeff-about yourself, you were wrong
Jeff-Change the voices
Melody-(Change the voices)
Jeff-in your head
Melody-(In the head)
Jeff-Make them like you instead
Jeff-So complicated, look how happy you'll make it!
Jeff-Filled with so much hatred... such a tired game
Jeff-It's enough! I've done all I can think of
Jeff-Chased down all my demons, I've seen you do the same.
Both-Oh, pretty pretty please
Both-Don't you ever ever feel
Both-Like you're less than, less than perfect
Both-Pretty pretty please
Both-If you ever ever feel like you're nothing you are perfect to me
Jeff-The whole world's scared so I swallow the fear
Jeff-The only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold beer
Melody-So cool in line, and we try try try,But we try too hard and
Melody-it's a waste of my timeDone looking for the critics, cause they're everywhere
Jeff-They dont like my jeans, they don't get my hair
Melody-Exchange ourselves, and we do it all the time
Both-Why do we do that?
Jeff-Why do I do that?
Melody-Why do I do that?
Jeff-Yeah,
Melody-oh, oh baby, pretty please!
Both-Pretty pretty please, Don't you ever ever feel
Both-Don't you ever ever feel
Both-Like you're less than, less than perfect
Both-Pretty pretty please
Both-If you ever ever feel like you're nothing you are perfect to me
Both-Yeaaahhh...!You are perfect, you're perfect!
Both-Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you're nothing
Both-You are perfect to me.
The song ended and Blaine clapped for the pair, "You'll do amazing."
The Next Day
The Warblers had made a lot of changes; they wore costumes and added girls. New Directions would be surprised as would Oral Intensity. Jeff tied Melody's halter top dress as she slipped on her red flats when her dress was tied she fixed Jeff's tie.
"Five minutes, Dalton!" a stage manager called.
Melody threw her arms around Jeff and pressed her cheek to his chest as her best friend tore her away from Jeff and kissed her cheek whispering a good luck before flipping her hair over her shoulder making Melody call, "Liv!"
"Yes?" Oliva replied looking at Melody.
"Good luck to you too, Liv." Melody smoothed out her long brown hair as they were ushered on stage. She and Jeff took their places in front as the curtains rised; they Warblers were an acapella group so the rest of the group began their humming and what not.
Melody - Made a wrong turn once or twice.
Melody-Dug my way out,blood and fire.Bad decisions,that's alright.Welcome to my silly life.Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood!
Melody-Miss "No way,It's all good", it didn't slow me down
Melody-Mistaken, always second guessing, underestimated!
Melody-Look, I'm still around...
Both-Pretty pretty please!
Both-Don't you ever ever feelLike you're less than, less than perfect Pretty pretty please
Both-If you ever ever feel like you're nothing you are perfect to me.
Jeff-You're so mean
Melody-(Your so mean)
Jeff-When you talk
Melody-(When you talk)
Jeff-about yourself, you were wrong
Jeff-Change the voices
Melody-(Change the voices)
Jeff-in your head
Melody-(In the head)
Jeff-Make them like you instead
Jeff-So complicated, look how happy you'll make it!
Jeff-Filled with so much hatred... such a tired game
Jeff-It's enough! I've done all I can think of
Jeff-Chased down all my demons, I've seen you do the same.
Both-Oh, pretty pretty please
Both-Don't you ever ever feel
Both-Like you're less than, less than perfect
Both-Pretty pretty please
Both-If you ever ever feel like you're nothing you are perfect to me
Jeff-The whole world's scared so I swallow the fear
Jeff-The only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold beer
Melody-So cool in line, and we try try try,But we try too hard and
Melody-it's a waste of my timeDone looking for the critics, cause they're everywhere
Jeff-They dont like my jeans, they don't get my hair
Melody-Exchange ourselves, and we do it all the time
Both-Why do we do that?
Jeff-Why do I do that?
Melody-Why do I do that?
Jeff-Yeah,
Melody-oh, oh baby, pretty please!
Both-Pretty pretty please, Don't you ever ever feel
Both-Don't you ever ever feel
Both-Like you're less than, less than perfect
Both-Pretty pretty please
Both-If you ever ever feel like you're nothing you are perfect to me
Both-Yeaaahhh...!You are perfect, you're perfect!
Both-Pretty pretty please, if you ever ever feel like you're nothing
Both-You are perfect to me.
Jeff leaned in towards Melody and pressed his lips to hers making the room go silent and they ran off stage as soon as they broke apart. They entered their room backstage and Wesley glared at them, "WHAT IN THE WORLD? I HEARD AN UNSCRIPTED KISS MADE THE NEW DIRECTIONS LOSE."
Jeff and Melody stared at their feet with shame when Nick and Oliva pulled the two away form each other and into separate corners. Oliva stared at her best friend, "You two were hot."
"Liv!"
"You were."
"So?"
"You guys clearly like each other."
"Again, so?"
"You guys need to go out on a date."
Jeff and Nick were having the same conversation but Nick was pushing Jeff further, "You never told me."
"I didn't know, Nick."
"How did you not know?"
"Come on, Nick. You know me."
"You've always told me who you like."
"Nick!"
"Jeff!"
"We're not fighting about this."
Nick shook his head and turned away from Jeff leaving him to go talk to Melody. He made his way over to her and they stared at each other before Jeff broke the silence, "D-do you wanna go out to dinner after this?"
"Sure, Jeff. That sounds awesome," Melody replied smiling at him.
"Awesome."
All the glee clubs were ushered on stage and they announced the winner. Jeff grasped Melody's hand as the names were pulled out, "And the show choirs moving on to Regionals are... DALTON/CRAWFORD WARBLERS AND MCKINLEY'S NEW DIRECTIONS!"
A Few Months Later
"Crap. I'm never gonna hear the end of this..." Melody furiously rubbed makeup over the black and blue spot on her neck as Jeff wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Mel, it's fine."
"No, it's not."
"Sure it is."
"You don't understand."
Melody hadn't told Jeff about Caleb so he didn't understand how she was labeled when she got pregnant which in term led to him not understanding her distress of getting labeled like that again. She decided she should probably tell him soon and now was as good of time as ever.
"Come on." Melody pulled Jeff out to her car making him pull her to a halt, "What are we doing?"
"You'll see. Get in." Melody slid in the driver's seat and Jeff in the passengers.
When they arrived at her house Melody clambered over onto Jeff's lap, "Jeff, this is something no one at Dalton or Crawford knows about. I understand if you wanna break up with me."
Jeff's arms locked around Melody's waist, "Mel, what's going on?"
Melody exited the car and pulled him into the house where her mom was sitting in the living room watching some reality show. Her mom stood up when she saw her daughter, "Mel! Who's this?"
"Mom, this is Jeff. I'm gonna show him."
"You sure?"
"Yeah."
Melody slowly led Jeff up the stairs and into her old room. A crib was sitting where her bed used to be and her son was sleeping inside.
"Jeff, this is Caleb."
"Your little brother?"
"No... My son."
"Your what?"
Melody scooped her little boy into her arms and cradled him against her chest. Jeff looked startled and Melody sighed, "You gonna break up with me?"
"No... Can we talk about this?"
"Yes. Let's go into the family room."
Melody led Jeff into the small family room and they sat on the couch.
"So, how'd this happen?"
"Well, my old boyfriend, Brendon, convinced me that we should have sex... And then when I found out I was pregnant he left me. My mom wanted me to have all the chances possible so she sent me to Crawford."
Jeff pulled her against his chest as Caleb stirred, "How old is he?"
"Six months..."
"Do you miss him?"
"All the time."
"He looks like you."
Caleb began to cry making Melody rock him back and forth and murmur, "Shhhhh, honey, its okay."
Caleb calmed and Melody smiled, "You wanna hold him?"
"Ahhhh, sure..." Melody carefully handed her son to Jeff who held him carefully.
Melody looked at her boyfriend holding her son carefully; Jeff was really great with Caleb. He held him tightly like he was protecting him. Melody grinned and kissed Jeff's cheek.
