This is based on the fact that it looked like Thad was checking Blaine out all through Uptown Girl.
This was originally posted on my tumblr.
So yeah. Enjoy :)
I own nothing of this; the song belongs to Billy Joel, and everything else to FOX/RIB.
On the outside, everything was okay. Thad was still one of the three student leaders of the Warblers. He was still protective about the sanctity of his court. He still joined in the songs the Warblers performed, his choreography and voice perfect.
But his friends and the Warblers had begun to notice something different about him. Something had changed. Not something drastic it seemed. Thad just didn't seem as enthusiastic as he had done. He didn't smile as bright, his eyes didn't shine, there was no soul in his voice.
It was as if a piece of him had died.
People asked if he was okay, patting him on the shoulder. They wondered if he was stressed, the pressure of leading the Warblers and all his school work too much for the teenager. Thad just merely smiled and said he was fine, that he could handle it.
They didn't see his smile drop when he turned his back.
They didn't see the tears fill his eyes in his moonlit bed.
When he was alone, Thad felt everything. The loss, the betrayal, the sense of never being good enough. Because he wasn't enough, he never was. The one Thad loved was gone, never to return again.
So Thad tried to carry on, tried to be the person he was before.
It didn't work.
It was just another normal day – Sebastian was flirting with nearly everyone in the room, Wes was banging his gavel trying to restore order, and Nick was prepping himself for his solo.
After their last soloist left – Thad refused to say his name – they had rushed to coach Nick, desperate for a new lead.
Thad watched as Jeff opened his mouth and let loose a long pure note. The other Warblers followed, their voices combining to make a soft melody. Curt began to sing, and the blazer-clad boys behind him began to sway behind him, clicking their fingers to the beat.
Uptowngirl
She's been living in her white bread world (White bread world)
As long as anyone with hot blood can (Hot blood can)
And now she's looking for a downtown man(Downtown man)
That's what I am
Thad had to admit Nick was very good. He commanded the attention from the audience as he strode around the room, hitting every note perfectly.
And when she knows what she wants from her time (wants from her time)
And when she wakes up (She wakes up) and makes up her mind
Sebastian then took over, breaking the ranks, and slinking over to the door, pulling some along who looked very familiar.
She'll see (She'llsee) I'm not so tough, just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl (Uptowngirl)
Uptowngirl, you know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in,
she'll understand what kind of guy I've been(I've been)
And then I'll win
It was him. Not wearing the blazer that fitted him so very, but a striped sweater and what look like too-small pants. But it suited him so very well.
Blaine.
And then he was grinning, and dancing along with them, almost as though he had never left them.
Curt took the lead again, grinning at the French teacher who had been walking past.
And when she's walking, she's looking so fine
And when she's talking, she'll say that she's mine
And then it was time for Thad's own solo. He put as much as he could into the two lines, adding in a touch of swag and attitude, in hopes that Blaine would notice.
She'll say (She'llsay) I'm not so tough,
(Shewon't) just because I'm in love with an uptown girl
Nick took over once again, just as the teacher ordered them from the choir room.
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
Thad jumped in with the last two lines, before the teacher shoved him over, even giving her a saucy wink.
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
Sebastian then took the floor, pulling off some outrageous dance moves. Thad glared at him in jealousy when he saw Blaine reel back at clap at his crazy moves.
Uptown girl (Going uptown),
she's my uptown girl (She's an uptown girl, going up)
Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl (Going uptown)
My uptown girl (She's an uptown girl, going up)
Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl (Going up town)
My uptown girl (She's an uptown girl, going up)
Don't you know I'm in love with an uptown girl (Going uptown)
My uptown girl (She's an uptown girl, going up)
Don't you know I'm in love…
With an uptown girl…
Nick finished with a soft high note that rounded off the performance perfectly. Everyone immediately broke the position and ran to Blaine, Thad hugging him first followed by everyone else.
And then Thad hugged him, and it was like magic. Thad just fitted in Blaine's arms. He wanted to stay there forever, clutching the firm warmth that was Blaine's chest.
All too soon, Blaine was pulling away, and Thad cursed himself for not being enough, never enough for the great lead Blaine.