Louder Than Thunder Chapter 2: Auditions, a glee fanfic

Chapter 2

Marissa sat down in one of the seats of the auditorium where Glee was holding their auditions at. She knew it was social suicide to even be here, but she couldn't let that get in her way of doing something she loved. She took the time to look around at the faces of the Glee clubbers already here. They were all familiar faces asides from the few new ones who were more than likely here for auditions. She recognized one of the boys from her Geometry class, and that happened to be the foreign exchange student, Damian. Marissa wouldn't have guessed he would have wanted to join Glee, she figured that he was just here checking it out like she was.

There were two other girls here as well, not to mention the two boys. She easily recognized Alex and Cameron who weren't new students, however the two girls were unfamiliar faces. "Okay…I guess we can get this started." Mr. Schuester announced. "Who's first?" He asked, sounded excited to hear the new voices that would possibly join their Glee club.

Marissa watched as Cameron took the stage first. He took the mike in his hands and said, "Hey I'm Cameron and I'll be singing Stop This Train by John Mayer." At his cue the music started to play and his rich voice began filling the entire auditorium much to the gleeks surprise.

No I'm not color blind
I know the world is black and white
Try to keep an open mind but...
I just can't sleep on this tonight
Stop this train I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't
But honestly won't someone stop this train

Don't know how else to say it, don't want to see my parents go
One generation's length away
From fighting life out on my own

Stop this train
I want to get off and go home again
I can't take the speed it's moving in
I know I can't but honestly won't someone stop this train

So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being young
So I play the numbers game to find a way to say that life has just begun
Had a talk with my old man
Said help me understand
He said turn 68, you'll renegotiate
Don't stop this train
Don't for a minute change the place you're in
Don't think I couldn't ever understand
I tried my hand
Cam, honestly we'll never stop this train

See once in a while when it's good
It'll feel like it should
And they're all still around
And you're still safe and sound
And you don't miss a thing
'til you cry when you're driving away in the dark.

Singing stop this train I want to get off and go home again
I can't take this speed it's moving in
I know I can't
Cause now I see I'll never stop this train

When the music faded Cameron was left standing there, not the least breathless. "Cameron you're great! Welcome to Glee."

Everyone on the auditorium clapped and a grin suddenly plastered itself on the boy's face. Marissa found herself grinning too as she clapped, watching him walk off the stage so another could take his place. It turned out to be one of the new girls that took the stage. She adjusted her black and gray striped boyfriend tank that looked like it had a violet undershirt underneath and then cleared her throat as if she were nervous. Actually Marissa could tell she was nervous by the way the kept tapping her fingers on her thighs. She leaned forwards, resting her elbows on her knees to watch the girl more closely, noting how she was tapping her right foot as well. What was this girl's problem? Was she really that nervous?

"Um…My name's Alyssa and I'm going to sing 99 Times by Kate Voegele." The music began to play and she took a shaky breath before belting out the lyrics to a song Marissa had only heard on the radio once or twice before.

So, you see
You've got me back again for more
And it seems
Your song is in my head
This is war
Mystery; how I could feel you breathe me

I was sure you would keep
Every promise; you would keep
Every word

Well,
I try to put your stories in line
But nothing adds up right

For every 99 times
You looked me in the eye,
You looked me in the eye
And swore you weren't lying
Well, I was so blind
I never saw the signs
I'm getting out tonight
And you're not invited

After the first few verses she seemed to loosen up a little bit on stage, not quite as tense as she had been when she'd first started. Her voice had a bit of a pop-rock feel to it so the song was a good choice for her to sing.

Its a shame
That you left me hanging like you did
It was brave
But it was much more foolish
Don't you think? Don't you think?
Cause you know I won't be satisfied
Until you realize

These things are all so typical
These things are unforgivable
I'm gone and you're invisible now
Don't let me catch you followin'
Don't ask, cause I'm not offering
You've caused enough of my suffering,

For every 99 times
You looked me in the eye,
You looked me in the eye
And swore you weren't lying
Well, I was so blind
I never saw the signs
I'm getting out tonight

At the end of the song she'd completely relaxed on stage, smiling, and left breathless from singing the song. "That was great Alyssa. Your in." The dirty blonde left the stage with a happy look on her face and a huge grin despite the fact of how nervous she'd been earlier.

A dark haired girl took the other's place, giving everybody a bright smile. "Hello my name is Lindsay and I will be performing the song On My Own from the musical Les Miserables."

"Okay Lindsay, anytime your ready." Mr. Schuester said, tapping his clipboard with the pen he had.

And now I'm all alone again nowhere to turn, no one to go to
without a home without a friend without a face to say hello to
And now the night is near
Now I can make believe he's here

Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head

On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him till morning

Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me

In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight

And all I see is him and me forever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us

I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river

Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers

I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life
I've only been pretending
Without me
His world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known

I love him
I love him
I love him

But only on my own

The first bit's of the song that came out of Lindsay's mouth were perfectly in tune and not the least bit off pitch which made Marissa wonder if the girl had perhaps been classically trained. Marissa glanced over at Rachel to gauge her reaction which seemed to be one of shock at the younger girl's talent. She smirked, thinking that perhaps Rachel Berry was going to have more competition this year than she would have thought.

Damian was trying to settle on whether or not to join the Glee club. He wasn't a bad singer, that much he knew, however from what he'd already been told and seen then it was social suicide to even think of joining Glee. He wasn't particularly over fond of the idea that he'd probably receive more than his share of slushy facials. It seemed as if they were trashed more by the athletic department than anybody else.

"Are you going to audition?" A girl's voice broke him from his current thoughts and he raised his eyes to look at the pretty girl standing before him. It was the girl who'd just gotten of stage with the amazing blue eyes that he found he couldn't quite tear his eyes away from.

"No I'm just here to watch." He answered, his Irish accent very prominent.

"Oh well you should join. I'm Lindsay and you must be the new foreign exchange student." Lindsay held her hand out to him with that same bright smile still plastered on her face.

"Yes I am. Damian, nice to meet you Lindsay." Damian grabbed her hand to shake it, surprised at the firm grip she had on his hand as she shook it.

"Well I'm sure if you have a song ready by tomorrow then Mr. Schuester will let you in. Really the auditions are only to evaluate how good you are so your sure to get in." She rambled on and on after that, making random gestures with her hands. Damian sat and listened to her, becoming slightly uninterested as she chattered on. After a few more minutes he began to wonder if she would ever shut up. He almost felt like stuffing a sock in her mouth at one point to get her to be quiet. But instead he rested his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. Crazy Americans. Was the only thing coherent thought running through his head.

A/N~ So chapter two…Thanks for the reviews, favorites, alerts, etc. So…I decided to go with Stop This Train for Cameron like was suggested (thank you!). I listened to it on YouTube and LOVED his cover of the song. Oh and you might notice that in the song I changed 'John' to 'Cam' because...well his name's not John it's Cameron...Guy's got an amazing voice…I almost had a heart attack when he was in the bottom three. Definitely glad they didn't kick him off, cause he's by far my favorite.

Anyhoo anybody recognize the song Lindsay sang? It should be familiar…considering…well I wanna see if anybody knows…

More Glee Project cast members will be in here…slowly going to bring them in…

Annddd on the 'Vulnerability' episode there was a part where Lindsay kept on talking, and talking, and talking and Damian said something about stuffing a sock in her mouth to get her to shut up which I liked so mentioned it here. Haha so enough of my rambling…what did you guys think? Leaves meh a review so I'll know. Oh and any songs you'd like to see sang? =)

Songs Used

Stop This Train~ John Mayer

99 Times~ Kate Voegele

On My Own~ Les Miserables (So you know the name but who sang it in Glee?)