Glee
Feelings Grow as well as Friendships
Hey there! I know that the title might not make a lot of sense right now, but it will later on in the story!
The main pairing of the story is Kurt and Rachel- and as many, many people would call it: Kurtchel. I think this pairing is pretty adorable! Don't worry Finnchel fans, there will be some hints of Finnchel sometimes! Although I also still support Kurtchel! ^-^ After watching a certain episode of Season 2, I had the idea of making a Kurtchel fic, since I had some ideas I could use for the pairing. The story will take place after the 'Rocky Horror Glee Show' episode.
The hints of Kurtchel will not show until later on, so don't expect everything to happen so fast! BUT you can expect WEMMA! =DTrying to make this as 'Glee-ish' as possible!
Chapter 1
The Plan
So this is what you know already about Glee so far.
New Directions competed with Vocal Adrenaline and Aural Intensity at Regionals, but it turns out they didn't even win a place. Sue had made her decision on voting for New Directions but even her vote didn't change the outcome. The good news though is that Rachel and Finn are dating again, and Quinn had her baby and decided to give it to Rachel's mother, who turns out to be the director of Vocal Adrenaline. But Tina and Artie are over since Tina and Mike got together over the summer. Will and Emma can't be together because Emma's dating her dentist, Carl, and Will still has feelings for Emma anyway, but he has to back off. Then a new guy comes into the group named Sam, who is accepted into the Glee Club. Everyone then decides to agree with Will's idea of having the Rocky Horror Picture Show as their musical, but Will only wanted this to impress Emma after seeing Carl again. Everything turns out better though since Will has a talk with Emma about the musical, and the musical is finished.
And that's what you know so far on-
GLEE!
It was only a week after the 'Rocky Horror Glee Show'. Now, it was Friday, and the members of New Directions were heading to the choir room. Everyone walked down in the same way they normally did. Rachel had her head on Finn's shoulder as he told her about the day he had, Kurt walked quietly with Mercedes (although they would normally be talking instead and Mercedes would, anyway), Quinn would fix her ponytail whenever a strand fell out of it, Artie was rolling his wheelchair down the hallway behind the other teenagers, and Santana and Brittany were just talking about practice (and flirting). Sam walked alone, since everyone else was with another person. The group walked into the choir room and started walking around, talking to people they would speak to the least for some reason.
"Hello, Mercedes," Quinn said to the girl. Mercedes put her hands on her hips and looked at the Cheerio, with almost a glare.
"What do you want?"
"I only wanted to talk. We've never actually gotten a chance to talk that much... at all. So I was just going to try and speak to you about things that happened."
"Right. What is there that you would talk to me about?"
Quinn leaned in so her face was close to Mercedes, and whispered, "My baby."
Mercedes's new glare that had appeared moments ago softened. "Oh, that. Well why do you want to speak about that now?"
The two girls started talking to each other, and they spoke to one another for a while. The two sat on the floor near the wall and talked quietly. Finn was only leaning on the wall near the door to Mr. Schue's office. Kurt came over to his friend, who didn't notice the boy come.
"Hello, Finn," Kurt said.
"Hey there Kurt. What brings you over here?" Finn asked. He was happy that Kurt came, because he didn't have anyone to talk now that Puck was in jail, and Finn knew Kurt didn't have someone to speak with. Rachel was talking to Brittany, who was smiling and most likely saying something that was off topic.
"Oh nothing. It's just that everyone is in conversation with someone else and I don't know who to speak with. You are just laying against a wall so I thought 'hey why not talk to my old friend and bond with him for a few minutes?'. Also I feel like judging a boy's clothing right now." Kurt took a step back and looked at Finn's clothes. Finn was wearing a short-sleeved blue shirt that had three periwinkle-colored diamonds in the center. He had tan pants that reached below his knees, and he wore white sneakers with blue laces. "I guess your color today is blue, right?"
"Um. Sure, I guess," Finn said, not really sure how to respond.
"Typical boy look. It's not my taste, but I have to say, it does look good on you," Kurt responded, smirking while walking away to the back of the room. Finn looked at Kurt with a confused look before staring at Quinn, who was still talking to Mercedes... Mercedes? Quinn was actually talking to Mercedes, and she was happy! Finn smiled to himself. Quinn has just become friends with the girl she didn't really talk to, even though she had tricked Mercedes into thinking Kurt had liked her (in that way). That was great!
Kurt was standing in the back of the room in a corner. He was looking at the scarf he had just bought yesterday. It was baby blue, and the 'fingers' at the two ends were dark blue. The scarf matched his outfit today. Kurt was wearing a blue button-up shirt (that looked more like the top of a tuxedo) and sky blue gloves. He wore light brown long pants with black boots. Although the black boots were not the blue boots Kurt hoped to find in stores, he still thought he dressed the best (as always).
"Hey, Kurt," Rachel greeted. She had came over after talking to Artie about Tina and Mike. Kurt turned to her, and then looked her up and down, thinking of what to say about her outfit. She was wearing a long sleeved, yellow and red-striped sweater (which was odd because it was quite hot outside) and a green skirt that had lime-colored frills on the hem.
"Hm... I see you tried to dress better than you usually don't. It's not working. That green does not mix with that sweater. Trust me, you would be better off wearing a trash bag over it," Kurt replied. Rachel frowned at him, and tried to think of something to say to retaliate with.
"Well, I can't get clothes like yours. I like to wear these clothes, even if it's really hot outside today. I am wearing this to express my bright personality-" She pointed her finger to the yellow stripes. "-how my favorite color today is red-" She moved her finger down to a red stripe. "-and that I like nature and that my favorite season is Spring," Rachel concluded, pointing to her green skirt.
Kurt sighed, putting a hand on his forehead. "You do realize that people won't know about these things unless you tell them, don't you? I didn't have to hear all of those things you said. It's not that I care about what your favorite color is, or how you like nature. Also, bright? You're a diva Rachel." Rachel felt frustrated by this. Why did he have to be so mean to her? She was only telling him why she was wearing the clothes in the first place! Sure, she didn't dress like him, in fancy looking or formal clothes, but she did have her own style, and she liked it.
"Everyone has their own favorite style, Kurt. I do, and you do too. Yours, I believe, is more formal and 'appealing', in your words. My style is just casual and basic," Rachel said, crossing her arms. Kurt put a hand to his chin, and rested his left arm on his right. This was his usual pose.
"Oh, whatever," he sighed again. "I really don't feel like arguing over this un-important topic with you. I only feel like waiting for Mr. Schue to come and tell us our assignment already. That's actually important."
"Hello, everyone," Mr. Schue said as he entered the choir room. All of the Glee members quieted down and sat in their seats, and Mr. Schue leaned against the front of the piano. "Now, first, I want to tell you your assignment for this week. You're going to create a mash up of two songs. There is a little thing I added to this. You have to use two songs we already sang before, and you can work in groups of three or with a partner. What I am looking forward to is hearing solos from different people, so-"
"Excuse me, Mr. Schue?" Mercedes asked.
"Yes?"
"There are a few people in here who normally get solos in most of the songs we sing." She glanced at Rachel with a slight glare in her eyes. "You won't be rating us on singing will you?"
"No, of course not. I just want to see how well you all can do with more than just one person. It's still okay if you work with a partner though."
"Okay, good. It wouldn't seem fair for most of us." Mercedes sat down, finally breaking her glare at Rachel.
"Now then, I would like to..." Mr. Schue told New Directions a few Ms. Pillsbury walked in towards Mr. Schue... with Carl. The Spanish teacher and the dentist were not seeing eye-to-eye after the 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' musical, especially after Ms. Pillsbury had been a bit 'physical' to Mr. Schue when she sang 'Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me' to him. This caused more tension between them, and Emma had been trying to avoid this. However, the tension had been building every time the two men saw each other.
"Um, Will?" Emma said, a bit nervous.
"Yes, Emma?" Mr. Schue couldn't help but stare into her sparkling eyes.
Ms. Pillsbury stared into his eyes for a moment before saying, even more nervously, "Carl and I are... going on a-"
"-date," Carl finished. "I'm going to this... 'convention', and I'm taking Emma with me."
Mr. Schue raised an eyebrow. "And Mr. Figgans is allowing you to bring her? You're not going to get into any trouble?" He stood up straight and crossed his arms. The Glee members sat on the top steps of the risers and formed a small circle. They knew about Mr. Schue and Ms. Pillsbury's relationship. The group just pretended not to know about it, and normally hid whenever there was heat building up between Mr. Schue and Carl. As the three adults were talking, the Glee members were starting to talk about this 'relationship'.
"I think we should try to get the two together!" Rachel said.
"But Mr. Schue won't accept our help anywhere. He'll figure out what we're up to if we try anything," Finn told her.
"Then we should just try and think of something over the weekend. We'll all try and make a plan to get them together, and when we come back on Monday, we'll put that plan to action. Then, when we did everything in the plan, we just do what we can to make them spend time with each other," Quinn said to the singers. After telling the group what she had in mind for their plan, they understood.
"That is a pretty good idea, I have to admit," Mercedes agreed.
"Whatever. As long as this plan gets the Spanish teacher and the guidance counselor together," Santana agreed... in her usual rude tone.
"I think Mr. Schue and Ms. Pillsbury should be a couple." Brittany wasn't listening to everything that had been said apparently.
"I am willing to make them a couple. Maybe along the way, I could help them with their fashion senses... if they even listen." Kurt really only wanted to help with the couple's fashion sense. But you could expect that from him, since he was a 'fashion expert'. On the other hand, there was a small part of him that wanted to see the two together.
"Well if Tina was here, I guess she would be saying something like 'That plan might work. Let's do it!' or something else." Artie wasn't all that happy. Tina and Mike had skipped school to be with each other, and Tina had Artie promise not to tell anyone about it, so she said to just say she and Mike were sick. Artie didn't want to lie about this, since he was still jealous of Mike dating Tina, his ex-girlfriend. However, Tina was still his friend, and he didn't want to lose her even more than he already had, so he had to agree. Later on in the day, though, he had received a text from Mike saying that he actually is sick. Tina had just decided to stay with Mike, considering the fact that his parents were both on a business trip for the whole week.
"So, that's our plan then!" Rachel said, a smile growing on her face.
"Um... What's your plan?" a voice asked behind the singers. They all turned around to see Ms. Pillsbury standing with the little smile she usual had on her face. Mr. Schue and Carl were talking around the piano, and it seemed like the conversation wasn't going well. Carl was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, and Mr. Schue was doing the same, only on the piano and with a frown on his face.
"Oh! Ms. Pillsbury! We were just um..." Rachel trailed off trying to think of a good excuse. She looked over to the members of New Directions and had a look on her face that said 'Help me think of something!' The other teens were trying to think of something, but it was hard to lie to Ms. Pillsbury.
"You were just...?" Ms. Pillsbury asked again.
Kurt stood up and said, "Ms. Pillsbury. We were just planning on who we would be pairing up with to sing a mash up."
"Oh." Ms. Pillsbury smile became slightly bigger. "Okay then. So is... anything important coming up for New Directions?"
"Besides Nationals, I don't think we have any other competitions," Finn answered.
"Alright." There wasn't a lot to talk about with Ms. Pillsbury. Well, not if there were a lot of other people around. It was easier to talk to her about the problems the teens were having when they were alone. Silence washed over the teenagers and the counselor. After only a few seconds passed, Mr. Schue and Carl came over to the group.
"Emma, I hope you and Carl have a nice time at that... dentist convention," Mr. Schue said with a fake smile on his face. Emma knew this, and only looked down at her feet.
"Thanks, Schue. Let's go, Emma," Carl replied as he returned the same smile.
"Oh, um... Alright," Emma said quietly as she followed her boyfriend out. Mr. Schue leaned against the piano with his arms crossed again and back facing the door, looking down. Before she left the room, Emma stopped walking and looked back at Will. She sighed and finally walked out as he turned around to watch her leave.
"Okay everyone. As I said, the assignment is a mash up with a partner or with a group. Remember, romantic songs," Mr. Schue said before the bell rang. Just as everyone was about to leave, he said, "Wait a second. Would you all mind telling me which people you guys are working with?" The singers all looked at each other.
"Santana, you mind working with me again? As I said before, our voices sound better together, so do you want to?" Mercedes asked. Santana thought for a moment. Although they didn't win the 'Dinner For Two' at Breadsticks, she did think they sounded great.
"Sure. Why not," Santana agreed.
"I'll work with Artie. You want to work with me?" Brittany asked the boy in the wheelchair.
"I guess. I don't have Tina to be with, so I guess I should," Artie said, sounding sad. He wished Tina was with him, and Mike was gone. He would be able to spend time with her, and maybe repair their relationship so that they could date again. Mike became sick a few days two days ago, and has been absent since then. Tina had to go with her parents to a 'family emergency'... which wasn't true. She just stayed home, and her parents allowed her to do so. Principal Figgans didn't know this however. Tina had Artie promise not to say anything about it, because she could get in trouble for the fake emergency. He had to admit though, she could really put up a good sad act.
FLASHBACK-Wednesday, After school before Glee Club Meeting, Principal's Office
"My parents called me on my cell phone and told me that my grandmother is dying!" Tina told Principal Figgans in his office. She buried her face in her hands, (fake) crying with sobs. The principal sighed. "I have to leave and see her in Virginia!"
"You are saying that your grandmother is dying, and she is in Virginia," Principal Figgans said. He was tired and clearly bored from all of the paperwork he had to do, and he was uninterested in everything Tina was saying.
"Yes! I need to get out of school and drive there with my parents before my grandma passes away! Please!" Tina shouted, slamming her hand on the man's desk. She had fake tears on her face, and some of her mascara was starting to smear and cover her dark purple eye shadow.
"Oh, alright," Mr. Figgans said. "You can miss school, but only for today and tomorrow. You had better be back on Monday."
"Thank you sir!" Tina ran out of the office with her book bag and into the bathroom, where she did her best to get rid of the mascara smudges. Then, she stayed home on Thursday and Friday, and during that time, she visited Mike whenever she saw his parents leave him home alone. Since he was sick, Tina had to take care of him more than his parents could since they were always busy, and she could only give him kisses on his forehead so she wouldn't get sick too.
END OF FLASHBACK
"I'll work with Finn," Quinn said quickly. Rachel looked at her, surprised.
"Wait, your working with Finn? I'm his girlfriend! I should be with him!" Rachel told the cheerleader. She did not want Finn to work with Quinn again. He could work with anyone else, but not his ex-girlfriend.
Finn put a hand on her shoulder. "Rachel, it's fine. I think this would be good for us to work with other people. We already sang 'Rocky Horror' songs with each other, so we should sing with different people."
"But I want to-"
"Don't worry. I won't try to steal him from you if that's what you're thinking," Quinn said sarcastically. Despite the sarcasm, Rachel sighed in relief.
"Okay. I guess. Thanks Quinn." The Cheerio only stared, but had a very small smile on her face. After what she had put Finn through with her baby, she was happy Rachel could make him feel better, so Quinn was fine with the two singers dating. Although there was that little voice or feeling in the back of her mind that she really wasn't, but she tried to ignore it.
Mr. Schue clapped his hands together. "Okay then! You're all going to work in partners! Oh, and Rachel, Kurt." Rachel sat up intently, while Kurt raised an eyebrow. "You both will be working together."
The two shot up right out of their seats. "What?"
"You expect me to work with him! I can sing better than him, Mr. Schue! I should just sing alone! Clearly I have enough singing potential to do this assignment alone!" Rachel shouted.
"I cannot work with someone who will just boss me around and tell me to do something over and over again even if I do it right! She can't even dress right! She should have a garbage bag covering her entirely!" Kurt angrily said, glaring at Rachel. She returned the angry stare and was about to retort when Mr. Schue interrupted before an argument would star.
"You two have to work together on this assignment. Just put aside your differences and sing two songs in a mash-up. That's all you two have to do. Please. I am really not in the mood right now after Mr. Howell and I talked," Mr. Schue told the two divas. He sighed and rubbed his forehead. "You all can go now. Don't mind me." He walked into his office and closed the door behind him, then sat in his chair at his desk.
"Rachel?" Finn came over to his girlfriend, who looked at him after her glare disappeared.
"Yeah? What is it Finn?"
"Look, I know you and Kurt still don't get along that well, but could you just work with him? It's only going to be two days. You're fine with me working with Quinn, so I'm fine with you working alongside Kurt. Everything will be fine, Rach."
"Oh alright. Just know I am not happy about this," Rachel said, picking up her book bag and pulling the straps onto her arms. "Shouldn't you be talking to Quinn right now?"
"I would, but she already left. I'll call her and we'll work this mash-up out... Oh, and that plan to get Mr. Schue and Ms. Pillsbury together." Finn picked up his bag and kissed Rachel on the forehead. "Be nice to Kurt for me, okay Rach? See you sometime during the weekend." He smiled and walked out of the choir room.
For a few seconds Rachel thought she was alone in the room. Then, she heard someone clear her throat. She turned around to see Kurt standing on the top of the risers with his usual pose, and his book bag on the chair to his right. "What are you still doing here, Kurt?"
"Waiting for you, of course. We need to discuss this mash-up. I already know one song we could do as the second half of the mash-up."
"Oh? And what would that be, exactly?"
"Like I am going to tell you here, Berry. I will tell you when we meet to rehearse tomorrow. Now then, my house, or yours?"
"I guess... my house. My dads won't be home tomorrow or Sunday. So, we can rehearse there. Oh, and my number and address is here." Rachel ripped a piece of paper out of one of her new journals and wrote her cell phone number and house address on it. She handed it to Kurt, who put it in his pocket. Aren't you going to give me your number and house address?"
"Like I would do that either. I will just send you a text message and you will know it's me if you read the message. Add the number that's shown. And I won't tell you my address. You might come over and take some of my 'fancy clothes'," Kurt said, picking up his bag. "I will be at your house at ten. Be ready to rehearse."
"Ten? Isn't that early?"
"Early is 7 o' clock. At least to me. You must think ten is early because that is the only time you ever wake up after trying to find nicer clothes in your closet on the weekends." Kurt smirked. "Ten. Ten o' clock sharp. We need to decide which song we are going to sing first in the mash-up. Goodbye Rachel." He walked down the risers gracefully and past Rachel. She stared after him as he walked towards the door, and then left. She walked to Mr. Schue's office. She opened it to show a small sliver of the room in her view. She peeked inside and saw Mr. Schue sitting at his desk, a tear falling from his face.
"I really wish I had a second chance with Emma," Mr. Schue said to himself. He wiped another tear that was about to fall on his desk. He finally had a chance to be with Emma, and he blew it after seeing Shelby Corcoran (once in his home) and April (Sure, she was his little 'high school crush before meeting Terri, but that was the past!). Now Carl was in his place instead. Rachel closed the door slowly. She felt sorry for Mr. Schue. He and Emma should be together. He was a better person for Emma, and they had similar personalities.
"We need this plan to work," Rachel said to herself as she left the choir room.
And that's the end of the first chapter!
I am excited to see how this whole story I am writing turns out! I already have the next chapter in my head!
So, there wasn't a Kurtchel hint yet, but there was WEMMA (Kind of)! I am a Wemma shipper, of course! I know Kurtchel won't happen in the show, but I support it since it is sort of cute! Kurt IS my favorite guy in the show. ;)
The next chapter, as I said, is already in my head. I just don't have a title for it yet. I might update sometime during the week, but it's not guaranteed because I have to make up school work I missed when I had to go on a three day trip, so I am PRETTY MUCH BUSY!
Kurtchel hints WILL show up! More Wemma hints will show up too!
UPDATE- 10/28/11 I have reread this chapter and fixed the mistakes I spotted! I have decided to reread chapters to fix mistakes right now since I know I won't have enough time to write and add a new chapter. Hopefully I fix all of them if it's possible!