Story Title: Hope and Faith
Author's Note- It's been forever since I wrote or uploaded or even logged into FanFiction. But I have decided to come back with an SYOC for Glee. This one will be kind of different than your regular Glee SYOC. Hope you guys enjoy it.
Jackson Park, Illinois. Population- 1,530,022.
Elizabeth Benson grew up in the one of the upscale neighborhoods in Jackson Park - New Haven. She was from what they call - 'The Hills'. Elizabeth was born into money. Her father was an anesthesiologist and her mother was a lawyer. So yeah, Elizabeth and her sister pretty much grew up with no financial worries.
But when Elizabeth went to the other side of town, also known as 'The Land', she felt sorrow. The residents there weren't as privileged as she was. They didn't go to wonderful private schools, didn't dine at five-star restaurants multiple times a week and didn't associate with the high class at parties and social events.
After graduating from college, Elizabeth found herself back in Jackson Park. Her parents bought her a wonderful 1-bedroom apartment downtown after she turned down their request to move back in.
But Elizabeth still felt sorry for the people in 'The Land'. She heard about the gang related murder of an African-African teenage boy in one of 'The Land' neighborhoods, Greenville. It broke her heart to see the boy's mother cry on her television screen for justice.
That's how Elizabeth found herself at Lincoln High, a school located in 'The Land'. She was starting her first teaching job. She was going to be an Art teacher.
"Miss Benson, wonderful to see you." Mr. Harden, the principal of Lincoln High said to his new employee as she walked into his office.
"Hi, , how are you?" Elizabeth said as she shakes hands with her boss.
"Wonderful, wonderful. Any questions you have before you start?" Mr. Harden asked as he sat down at his desk.
"Umm, one question. It might sound weird but uh," Elizabeth took a deep breath before continuing, "Do you guys have a glee club here?"
"A what?" Mr. Harden asked.
Elizabeth couldn't believe her ears. Mr. Harden didn't even know what a glee club was so she knew there wasn't a glee club at the school.
"A show choir. We can compete and sing and have fun and express ourselves. I know some students here have a passion for singing and dancing." Elizabeth briefly explained.
"Well, no we don't have one."
"Can I start one?" Elizabeth quickly asked. "I'll pay for the funds and everything. I just really want one here at the school. Can we have one?"
Mr. Harden could see Elizabeth was very passionate about the topic so he gave in.
"We'll give it a shot and see how it works." Mr. Harden said with a slight smile.
Elizabeth smiled and clapped her hands, excitedly.
"Thank you so much, Mr. Harden. I promise you won't be disappointed." Elizabeth said.
Francesca Larson uploaded a new picture.
"Franny, can you put that away?" Frances Larson asked his daughter as he drove into the parking lot of Lincoln High.
"I'm already here, Dad. What's the point?" Francesca asked as she grabbed her purse and bag off the car floor.
"I don't know where you get this attitude from, Francesca."
"I don't know where you get this attitude from, Francesca." Francesca mocked her father. "Come on, Dad, you sound like a little kid."
Frances shook his head in disappointment. "Are you coming back to my house or back to your mom's tonight?"
"Let me see, 2 bedroom apartment in the ghetto where crackheads fight in the alley or 2 bedroom apartment downtown where my beloved dog is and where the next door neighbor has a cute younger brother. Yeah, see you tonight for dinner. Love you."
With that, Francesca put on her sun glasses and got out of the car. She walked to the school doors where two of her friends stood, waiting for her.
"Let's go girls." Francesca said to her friends, Lana Jefferson and Clair Keaton.
The trio walked into the school in unison with Francesca in the middle with each girl slightly behind her on each side of her.
"What do you guys have first period?" Francesca asked her two friends.
"I have Gym." Lana says with an eye roll.
"Spanish for me." Clair says.
"Ugh, I have Art. I heard there's some new teacher." Francesca says as she looks over to Lana then to Clair.
"I heard too." Clair says.
"I saw her today. Some blonde." Lana adds.
"Well, I guess I'll be seeing her 1st period." Francesca said with a shrug.
"True." Clair adds.
"See you girls later." Francesca waves goodbye to her friends and walks into the art room.
"Hi." Elizabeth greets Francesca at the door.
"Bye." Francesca walked away from Elizabeth and sat down at a table by the window with some of her friends. One of them was a football player, another one was a cheerleader and one of them was a basketball player.
Elizabeth stared at the girl with disbelief. She's rude, Elizabeth thought.
"Don't mind Francesca." A male student says to Elizabeth as he walks up to her. "She's always been that way."
"Thanks for the heads up." Elizabeth says with a smile.
"My name's Camron. Just to let you know I'm a wonderful drawer so prepare to be amazed." Camron said with a smirk.
Elizabeth giggles. "Well, we'll see. Any more talents?"
"I can sing."
"Oh, can you? Why don't you sing a little something right here for me?" Elizabeth challenged Camron with a playful smirk.
Camron nodded and smiled. "Sure."
Camron:
Send me your location let's
Focus on communicating 'cause
I just need the time and place to come through
Send me your location let's
Ride the vibrations
I don't need nothing else but you
By now, the whole class listened to Camron singing. Elizabeth listened to the way Camron sang and enjoyed it. He had a thuggish but calm voice.
"Wow, Camron, that was nice. I hope to see you at glee club auditions Friday." Elizabeth said.
"What? What the hell is a glee club?" Francesca asked from her seat. "Is that what you preppies do over in The Hills?"
Some of the students in the class laughed.
"It's a show choir, Francesca." Elizabeth simply said as she walked towards the girl.
"Do you think any of us in this school are going to join that lame club?" Francesca asked.
"Who knows. You might be singing the solo at Sectionals."
Francesca, for once in her life, was at a loss for words.
"OK class, time to begin."
Songs Performed/Included-
Location by Khalid - Camron
Author's Note- Hope you all enjoyed this mini prologue to the story. Elizabeth will be the coach for glee club. Francesca and Camron will be members. Lana and Clair are minor characters. I will be accepting 12 glee club members (6 boys and 6 girls). I want some creativity and originality.
Main Cast List (So Far):
Ashley Tisdale as Elizabeth Benson
Tori Kelly as Francesca Larson
Bryson Tiller as Camron Wallace
Recurring Cast List (So Far):
Kiersey Clemons as Clair Keaton
Bella Throne as Lana Jefferson
David Beckham as Frances Larson
Couple Of Notes For The Story-
- 'The Land' is basically where all the lower class and some middle class residents and families live. Lincoln Park is located in this side. Camron is a character who lives in 'The Land'
- 'The Hills' is basically where the higher class and some middle class residents and families reside at. Elizabeth grew up in 'The Hills'.
- For this SYOC, I'm looking for diversity. Just because it's set in the ghetto doesn't mean different races can't live there.
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