Never Let You Go Chapter 2: Iris
I do not own Glee or any of the characters in the show nor do I own any of the songs used below.
"Hey guys," Mr. Schuester said. "Can I help you?"
Quinn cleared my throat, attempting to ease a bit of her nerves, knowing that she'll soon be sitting near Rachel. "Hi Mr. Schuester, we saw the posters around the school about Glee Club recruiting new members. We're interested in joining the New Directions.
"Really?" Mr. Schuester asked excitably.
"You didn't hear me wrong," the blonde alpha chuckled.
"Please do come in!" Mr. Schuester said, holding the door open for them to pass.
"Thanks," the werewolves said before shuffling into the room.
"Guys!" Mr. Schuester said with a clap of his hands, effectively getting the attention of the Glee club. "I'd like you to welcome our newest members!"
"Wait, what's Blitzkrieg doing here? Artie asked.
Quinn sighed; this was definitely going to be a long day. "Like Mr. Schuester said, we're here to join Glee club."
"Don't they have to audition, Mr. Schue?" Tina asked.
"I thought auditions wouldn't be necessary. We watched their performance earlier today and it's obvious that they can sing," Mr. Schuester replied.
"Can they even sing anything other than hard rock and metal? I'm certainly not losing any solos to people who don't have the ability to do so," Mercedes said.
Santana put a hand on Quinn's shoulder in case their alpha lunged at Mercedes, while Quinn took deep breaths to calm her wolf down.
"Mercedes," Quinn said with a sneer. "I didn't come here with the intention to steal anybody's solos whatsoever. In fact, I don't think you should be gloating about the New Directions being a family when the first thing you do is tear someone down. And we thought you'd be different from everyone else."
"That wasn't nice," Brittany commented.
"But Mr. Schue, Rachel always gets all the sol-…" Mercedes complained before the seething blonde cut her off.
"You know what?" Quinn said. "We will prove to you that we can sing other genres. Now if you'll excuse us, we're going to get our instruments."
"Later!" Puck said as he followed the pack out the door.
"I'm really disappointed in you Mercedes," Mr. Schuester said to the Glee clubbers that were in the room. "What Quinn said was right, if you continue to go behind each other's backs and fight with one another, you're no better than the Cheerios and the jocks who constantly bully you."
"Have you all come up with songs to sing?" Quinn asked.
"I'm going to sing Honesty by the great Billy Joel," Puck said.
"That's a great song, Puck. I guess I'll sing Valerie as a tribute to the late Amy Winehouse then," Santana said.
"Can I sing I'm A Slave 4 U by Britney Spears, San?" Brittany asked.
"Of course, B!"
"Yay!" Brittany clapped with excitement.
"So what song are you going to sing, Q?" Puck asked.
"You know the song I wrote for Rachel a couple of days ago?" Quinn asked.
"Yeah?" Santana said.
"I'm going to sing that today," Quinn said. "Hopefully she'll like it even though she won't know it's about her."
"Ok," Santana said. "Do you want us to play for you or do you want the band that Glee club has to play instead?"
"Obviously I want you three to play with me! Blitzkrieg will always play its own songs," Quinn answered.
"Awesome!" Puck said as he fist pumped the air.
"Operation woo Berry is totally on!" Santana said, giving Brittany a high five.
"Alright guys," Quinn said. "Let's make Mercedes beg for forgiveness."
Once Brittany, Puck and Santana performed their songs, the Glee club was completely shocked. Nobody knew Brittany was such a great dancer, nor have they ever witnessed the talent that Santana possessed as a singer.
"Wow!" Mr. Schuester said as he clapped for the three of them. "You guys were great! Quinn, you're next."
Quinn stood up and grabbed her guitar, gesturing for the other members of Blitzkrieg to get their instruments, or in Brittany's case her drumsticks as she walked to the center of the room. While Santana plugged her white Duff McKagan P bass and Puck tuned his midnight blue Deluxe Player Stratocaster guitar, Quinn cleared her throat before she spoke.
"Hey guys, this is a song I wrote for someone a couple days ago. It's called Iris, and you're the first group of people to listen to it other than the band, so I hope you all enjoy it."
Once Puck put his thumb up, signally that the band was ready to go, Quinn began strumming her acoustic guitar, soon joined in by Santana with her bass and Brittany's steady beat.
And I'd give up forever to touch you,
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow.
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be,
And I don't want to go home right now.
Quinn sang as she looked at Rachel, attempting to direct the meaning of the words to the brown-eyed beauty in front of her.
And all I can taste is this moment,
And all I can breathe is your life,
'Cause sooner or later it's over,
I just don't want to miss you tonight.
It took a lot of willpower for Quinn to refrain from pointing and claiming Rachel right there in front of the entire Glee club and her boyfriend. The wolf was begging to reveal itself as Quinn fought on to continue with the song.
And I don't want the world to see me,
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.
Quinn closed her eyes; she couldn't look at Rachel as she sang that she loved her. Singing it while looking at her would be too much; she wouldn't be able to hold back the wolf anymore.
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming,
Or the moment of truth in your lies.
When everything feels like the movies,
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive.
Quinn opened her eyes again, looking at the entire Glee club, her witnesses as she sang her heart and soul for Rachel.
And I don't want the world to see me,
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's made to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am.
With the final strum of her guitar, Quinn looked down at the floor to avoid eye contact with Rachel. Her band mates all gave her a pat on the shoulder, while Brittany went as far as to hugging their alpha. All the rest of the Glee clubbers could only stare and clap.
"Did you really write that, Quinn?" Mr. Schuester asked.
Quinn nodded.
"It was amazing," Mr. Schuester commented. "Rachel, Finn? As our captains can you tell Quinn what you thought about her performance?"
Quinn sighed, so much for avoiding eye contact with Rachel.
Rachel tilted her head slightly sideways as she quickly ran through the performance in her head and pondered upon what to be said.
"Quinn," she said softly. "All I can say is that whoever you wrote that song for, they are truly lucky to have someone like you. The lyrics were so deep and meaningful and the emotions you conveyed through your singing are more than enough to win their heart. Thank you for sharing that song with us."
All Quinn wanted to do was tell Rachel that the song was written for her, and only her, but kept that strictly inside her mind. She quickly turned to Finn, awaiting his comments, while she refrained herself from ripping that goofy grin off of his face.
"I'm just going to keep it real simple," Finn said. "So good job, Quinn!"
"Welcome to the New Directions!" Mr. Schuester said with a smile to the four members of Blitzkrieg.
The song used above is Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls. I know it's not an original song, but for the sake of this fic, please bear with me now and in the future.
Thank your for all of your comments. As suggested in a couple of the reviews I have received, I will try my best to cut down on the number of songs as well as the amount of lyrics used in a chapter.
