A/N: I got the idea to tackle this from watching Season 1 of Glee, because lets face it, Glee withdrawl blows…hard. So, I'm taking every Glee song I have and making it into a song fic…right now, I'm kind of on a Blachel kick, so I'm writing Blaine and Rachel. First story in a series of many. Def. AU, so keep that in mind. Read and review! J
Just a small town girl
Living in a lonely world
She took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere
Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train
Goin' anywhere
I stood in the living room of my loft and looked at the people in it. My boyfriend Kurt, our roommate Rachel, and Rachel's boyfriend Finn sat there watching TV. But I couldn't stop thinking about the brunette sitting in between Finn and Kurt. Rachel had come along way since we met two years ago. And she was so beautiful. I walked over to the dining room table and sat down. Kurt watched me, and Rachel turned to look at me. Finn was just too engrossed in the show to pay attention.
"What'cha got over there, Superstar?"
Rachel asked, standing up and walking over to me. I'd been messing with some chords to a classic rock song and kind of tweaking it, and I was kind of being silly with it. She came over to the keyboard and looked at the sheet music. She giggled a little and sat down at the table with me.
"Just playing with a couple things. How goes the audition circuit?"
"Rough. I'm not the right hair color for half of them. I swore to Finn, Kurt and myself that I wouldn't change my appearance for anything, but its so hard sometimes. You know?"
"I know, trust me. Have you changed up your audition piece at all?"
"No."
"You should. I mean not everyone is going to look at 'Rain On My Parade' as acceptable audition pieces. Are you working tomorrow?"
"No. I'm off till Friday. Finn and Kurt are both working this week."
"It's official. I'm going to help you with your new audition piece. And I promise you, it'll be guaranteed to land you a role in Cabaret, West Side Story, Wicked or any musical you want!"
And I watched Rachel's beautiful brown eyes light up like a Christmas tree. The reason she wasn't landing roles, was because of the horrible audition song she used. I looked into her eyes and realized just how sexy I thought she was. No, I was a happy man. In a committed relationship with another man, but how come every time I thought about Rachel, I felt butterflies in my stomach?
A singer in a smoky room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share tonight
It goes on and on and on and on
The next morning, Rachel rolled out of bed in her fuzzy pink bathrobe and matching slippers and looked at me. I was sitting at the table still deconstructing 'Baby I'ma Want You' by Bread when she put a cup of espresso next to me and ran her hands through my hair playfully, like she always did. Finn and Kurt had left for work a few minutes ago and it was just her and I in the apartment. She came back a few minutes later and sat down across from me.
"So, what's on the plan for today?"
"Well, I figure we can go over a list of songs in your repertoire and pick one that would be a better audition piece. What do you have?"
"Well, I guess I could do something from 'My Fair Lady'…"
"No. Barbra's the reason why you keep missing out on parts. Stay away from Barbra. Here, I got it. Let's try this one…"
I said, playing the opening chords to 'Seasons Of Love' from Rent. I watched as she took a sip of her tea and started humming. She knew the words by heart and I watched her getting into the performance. And I joined her in the right places and then when we finished singing, I smiled at her.
"That was amazing, Rach. You should put that at the top of your list. Let's try something from Wicked this time."
And I watched her as she got into it. She looked at her watch and her eyes widened. She jumped up out of the chair and bolted for her bedroom. I immediately stood up and followed her in. I didn't know what was going on, but I knew that she was freaked about something. I knocked once, but didn't get an answer, so I opened the door. There Rachel was, standing there in all her glorious nakedness. It was beautiful and scary at the same time. I was mesmerized. She turned and looked at me.
"Blaine!"
"Oh shit, Rachel! I'm so sorry! You jumped up out of the chair so fast, I didn't know what was going on."
"No, it's fine. It's time for my bubble bath. I have a couple more songs in my repertoire that I could probably use. So, it's private time. I'll let you compose some more of your song."
"Okay, but let me take you out for lunch."
"Deal."
Rachel told me. She walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind her. I looked down and I'd wondered why my jeans were a little tight, and I'd realized I'd had a boner. I needed to take care of that before Rachel came out of the bathtub and so I walked into the bedroom and closed the door, not realizing just how deep my feelings ran for her.
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlights, people
Living just to find emotion
Hidin' somewhere in the night
I had finished a few minutes before Rachel came out of the bathroom. We only had one bathroom and I had to wait for her to come out before I could clean myself up. I was wrapped in a towel and was standing outside the bathroom door when two things simultaneously happened. The bathroom door opened and Rachel stepped out wearing a towel and Kurt and Finn walked into the living room. And from where we were positioned, they had a good view of us. And it did look pretty bad.
"Rachel?"
"Blaine?"
"Finn."
"Kurt baby."
"What's going on here?"
Finn asked, throwing his apartment keys in the tray on the side table in the foyer. He shrugged out of his coat and glared at us. I didn't know where to begin, or admit that I was getting off to Rachel, but I knew I had to come up with a story, and fast.
"I was helping Rachel with a new song selection for her new audition piece, and she went to take a shower. I was feeling a little bit…turned on, so I went in the bedroom and laid down to get off to….what I was thinking about. I was seriously getting ready to knock on the door when Rachel opened it. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less."
Rachel looked at me, and I looked back at her. Finn looked at her and then back to me, and my poor Kurt just looked confused. I didn't know how to go about being the sensitive boyfriend at this point, so I figured I'd just wing it. I walked over to Kurt and kissed him with the most passionate kiss I've ever laid on him in my life. He smiled at me and we walked back into the bedroom, where I had to proceed to get dirty again. After Kurt and I did our thing, I walked back out feeling super guilty. Turns out, Kurt and Finn had come home for lunch, and they'd wanted to be in and out. I watched as Rachel dried her hair and I marched into the bathroom without making eye contact with her. I was successful in that mission until she came barging into the bathroom unannounced, and I knew suddenly I was in a world of trouble.
Workin' hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time
Some will win
Some will lose
Some were born to sing the blues
Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on
"Rachel, I'm trying to take a shower."
"Oh, I know. I'm only going to be a few minutes. Why did you look guilty after you came out of the bedroom with Kurt?"
"Because I had gotten off to someone completely different."
Rachel stopped and looked at me. Like she couldn't believe that I would do such a thing. I wasn't going to tell her that I was trying to figure out if I were a bisexual or not. I wouldn't tell her. Not at all. I wasn't going to risk our friendship or whatever it was for the sake of my sexuality.
"Oh, well that's okay! I do that all the time too. But when I'm with Finn, I'm completely with Finn."
"Yeah, well since that party we had about nine months ago, I can't get you out of my head."
And that was it. It was out in the open. I was so afraid of the things that Rachel might say or do, because I'd been wrestling with this for awhile. It was do or die now, and I knew that leaving myself out on a limb like this was a scary thing. Rachel came over to me and hugged me, even though I'd just stepped out of the shower and was dripping wet.
"Thank you, for being honest with me, Blaine. I appreciate that. And I thank you for helping me with my new audition piece, but you've been with Kurt for awhile. I see you two together. I know how happy you guys are together. But I feel the same way. I have this attraction to you, Blaine. And whether it's right or wrong, I need you to know about it."
And then I did the most outrageous thing I could think of. I leaned in and kissed her. And I saw fireworks, like I'd never seen with Kurt. And that was something that scared the hell out of me. We stood there for a long moment until Rachel broke the kiss, ran out of the bathroom and presumably out of the loft.
Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows searching
In the night
Streetlight people
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night
Don't stop believing
Hold on to that feelin'
Streetlights, people
Don't stop believing
Hold on
Streetlights, people
-End 1
A/N2: Song used is "'Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey. It is AU, and I haven't worked out whether or not I'm bringing in the rest of the Glee club yet…right now, it's primarily Kurt/Blaine/Rachel/Finn, anyway, read and review!