Title: As Lovers Go
Rating: M for future content
Spoilers: Everything up to Sexy more or less. Except that Kurt's transferred back already.
Ships: Hudzes with mentions of Puckurt, Faberry, Artcedes and Brittana (and maybe Kinn at some point shhhhh I haven't decided)
Author's Note: Alright guys, I know I still have WISYF to work on, BUT I'd like to present you with my newest venture, As Lovers Go! This is a build on that Hudzes fic I published a while ago, and some bits will be taken from our Tumblr RP (notjustanother-gleerp) where I play Lauren. Don't like? Don't read! Otherwise feel free to comment and let me know what you think!
When Mr. Schuester released the glee club on Tuesday afternoon, no one could get out fast enough, even the teacher himself. Except for one Lauren Zizes, that is. Lauren quietly packed up her bag, in no hurry to spend time with anyone. As she finished, she looked at the clock. She had an hour until wrestling practice started, and didn't really feel like showing up early, again, so she sat at the piano and started to pluck out the chords for her song this week. She was perfectly content to just stay in her thoughts until they were interrupted. "Mr. Schue, I had a—Oh! Lauren!"
She dropped her hands from the keys and eyed the intruder. "Hudson," she greeted coldly. "Schue's not here. I'd check his classroom or something if you wannna catch him before he leaves."
As she turned back to the piano, Finn shrugged. "It's not that important, really," he said. "I just had a question about our assignment."
Lauren shrugged and kept playing. "Yeah, well, good luck with that," she said. She played a few more chords before realizing Finn hadn't left yet. "Can I help you with something?" she asked without turning around.
"Well, are you okay?" he asked cautiously. "I mean, are you and Puck like, having a fight or something? You guys like, barely talked at all today and you're acting…different than usual."
Lauren finally turned around. "Does your girlfriend know you're in here?" she asked, hoping for a change of subject.
Finn groaned. "Why do people always ask me that?" He walked over and sat in a chair. "I mean, Quinn's not my mom. I can do my own stuff."
"Well does she know that?" Lauren replied with a chuckle. She turned on the piano bench to face Finn. "I mean, Fabray keeps you on such a short leash."
Finn rubbed his forehead. "Yeah, I guess. She had to get home to help her mom with something, so no, she doesn't." He shrugged. "I just… she's never happy lately. It's like I'm walking on eggshells around her all the time."
Lauren turned back to the piano. "Usually I don't care about this crap," she said as she started playing again, "but if you really want to make her happy, you could use the assignment. You know, since we're supposed to be singing a song with a message for someone in the class."
"Well I was going to, but I didn't know what song to do," Finn said. "That's why I was looking for Mr. Schuester, to see if he had any suggestions. What are you doing?"
"'So What' by Pink," she said without stopping her playing.
"Isn't that like, a breakup song?" Finn asked. Lauren didn't say anything, she just kept playing. "You and Puck broke up," he stated.
"Technically, he dumped me," Lauren said quietly. "Said he started seeing someone else and he respected me too much to screw around my back. So he broke up with me. Via text. And it's no big deal. Hence, the song."
"That really sucks Lauren," Finn said sincerely. "Sorry. You deserve better than a text breakup."
Lauren just shrugged it off. "Like I said. No big deal. He just couldn't handle the Zizes." She looked up at the clock and stopped playing. "I've gotta go. Practice starts in a half hour," she said, standing up. She grabbed her bag and walked to the door, but stopped and turned around before she left. "You're smarter than people give you credit for, Finn," she said with a half-smile. "Thanks for…this. Hope everything works out for you and Fabray."
With that, she left. She turned down the hall towards the gym, and almost didn't see a blonde girl walking hurriedly towards her. She managed to step out of the way just before they collided. "Hey! What are—" the girl turned around, probably to give Lauren the same reaction, and Lauren quirked an eyebrow. "Christ, Fabray. Watch where you're going."
"You're one to talk Zizes," Quinn said, folding her arms.
"Whatever. What are you even doing here?" Lauren replied. "Finn said you went home."
"I…forgot my sweater. It's not your business. And why were you talking to Finn?"
Quinn glared and pursed her lips. Lauren just smirked. "Calm down. He was looking for Schue and I was still in the choir room. Just needed help with his song. That's all."
"I'm sure," Quinn said suspiciously. "Stay away from my boyfriend, Zizes."
Lauren chuckled. "He's not my type, thanks," she said, moving to step around Quinn. "I'm kinda over football players for a while, anyway."
She started walking away before Quinn called out "It's about time he dropped your lard ass!" Lauren turned and glared at the girl, ready to go full-force Zizes on the blonde, but Quinn was already walking away, leaving Lauren to sigh, roll her eyes, and head to wrestling practice for the afternoon.