I think you all know the drill. And because I continue to forget to add this: the only thing I own is Lisbeth and Mick.
Oh, and just to mention, like on Glee, Lauren is no longer in New Directions, which sorta balances this chapter out. Read on to find out what the heck I'm talking about.
Another thing, I've put up a poll on my profile as to what song Mick and Lisbeth should sing together as their first duet. And yes, they are all Fleetwood Mac songs, but you shouldn't be surprised by that by now.
Keep calm and watch CM and Glee don't forget
So here's what you missed on "High School Never Ends". Finn used to date Rachel, who's made friends with new girl, Lisbeth, who's caught the eye of Mick, who's the brother of Blaine, who's dating Kurt, who's the step-brother of Finn. Whew! That was a mouthful! Also, New Directions had to find new members because a whole bunch of them are graduating this year. So Lisbeth was convinced by Mr. Schue and Rachel to join, Quinn talked her cousins Ashley and JJ into it, Blaine made Mick join with him, thus surprising Kurt because he didn't know that he – Blaine, I mean – transferred to McKinley, and he was a little taken aback by it, but they'll be OK. Oh, and then at the end, Spencer seemed to come in of his own accord – or Artie got him into it. I'm still confused as to which is the truth.
*shot of Will with slightly taken aback look on his face*
Will: Uh…right.
And that's what you missed on "High School Never Ends". *play music from song "High School Never Ends" by Bowling for Soup*
It was just after school next Monday and Lisbeth was adding the finishing touches to her locker after constantly forgetting to do so during the first week since summer vacation. As she was taping a picture she had found online of Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks together with a caption underneath saying "Look at all the f-s we give!", she sensed someone behind her.
"I'm not sure what any of the teachers would say if they saw that," said the voice. Lisbeth turned around to find herself looking at Mick Anderson.
"And that's why I have this," Lisbeth replied as she reached into her backpack that was stuffed in her locker and pulled out a bottle of white out. With this, she blotted out the middle three letters of that one particular curse word. "But really, look at all the effs I give!" she then said after putting the white out away and mimicked the pose that the two women made in the photo.
Mick let out a small laugh.
"I never thought I'd find a fellow Fleetwood Mac fan so soon in the year," he said.
"Likewise," said Lisbeth. "Although, that doesn't explain why you and your brother didn't perform on of their songs for your audition last week."
Mick sighed.
"Well," he started. "It was mostly Blaine's idea to join anyways, and he would have sung that song whether I joined or not. Besides, I have plenty of time to sing my heart out to the guitar riffs of Lindsey Buckingham."
Lisbeth shrugged.
"I suppose we should properly introduce ourselves then? I'm Mick." Mick held out his hand for Lisbeth to shake, which she gladly did.
"Lisbeth. But back to your own name. And just why doesn't that seem to surprise me?" Lisbeth said jokingly. She closed her locker and started to walk alongside Mick as they made their way to glee rehearsal.
"My belief is that my namesake is the reason for my 'odd obsession'," Mick explained. Now they had reached the choir room – which was really only a few feet away from the freshman lockers. "Blaine does most of the teasing for it, although I really don't think he should be talking since I'm quite sure his namesake led him to his love for the Brat Pack."
"I heard that!" exclaimed Blaine as he walked in right behind the two. "Please tell me you aren't boring another girl with the tale behind how you've been supposedly named after the drummer of your favourite band," he continued as he strode past them and made a beeline to where Kurt was sitting next to Rachel. On her other side was Spencer. The rest of New Directions was there as well with the exception of Finn and Puck. Also, sitting in the second row of stools beside Tina was a girl that no one in the club immediately recognised, although she could not have been hard to easily miss seeing as her choice in clothing and hair styles rivalled her neighbour's by a longshot.
Mr. Schue then walked into the choir room carrying his usual stack of sheet music which was only used later on as well as a fedora perched upside down on top of it.
"Alright guys! Let's get down to business. Before I give you your assignment, I would like you all to give a warm welcome to our newer than new recruit, Miss Emily Prentiss!" he said.
The club members clapped lightly as they all turned to where Emily was sitting, while the girl herself simply gave a small smile and waved.
"Now let's continue-," Mr. Schue started, but was then interrupted when Puck and Finn finally arrived, along with three slightly muscular men, who were then followed by two girls. Upon recognizing who the three boys were, Spencer's muscles clenched where he was sitting as if in fear. This reaction did not go unnoticed by Rachel.
"What's going on guys?" he then proceeded to ask.
"We've got some more new recruits," said Puck. "These three fellas are Derek Morgan, David Rossi, and Aaron Hotchner."
"Hotch," muttered the boy called Aaron.
"And these two lovely ladies here," Puck then gestured to the girls, "Are Haley Brooks and Carolyn Martin."
"Well, bravo then. I have to say I'm pretty impressed. We're doubled now!" Mr. Schue said and led the rest of the glee club into applause as the newest members took the rest of the empty seats. As soon as that was done, he continued.
"Not to mention, this makes my assignment for you guys this week much easier. Since we've now gotten so many new members, I've decided to mix things up so that we can all get to know each other a bit better," he said. "Now in this hat," he picked up the fedora he had brought in with him, "contains all the names of everyone that was in New Directions last year. New guys, I'm going to call you up one by one and you'll draw a name out of the hat. Whichever person you get is the person you'll be singing a duet with this week. Blaine!" he called. "Come on up!"
As Blaine approached the hat, both he and Kurt silently prayed that they would be paired together. When he pulled a slip of paper out of the hat and read the name on it, his face lit up.
"Rachel!" he said brightly.
Rachel broadly grinned at this. She accepted the high five Blaine offered her as he made his way back to his seat.
"I just want to clarify that if you try to make any advances towards him, I'll have your head," Kurt said jokingly as he was still seated between the two.
"Not to worry," Rachel said then leaned forward so that she could see Blaine. "I know the perfect song we can sing."
"Brilliant," replied Blaine.
"Mick!"
Mick pretended to be extra dramatic while reading the name off the card.
"Artie!" he said.
"Lisbeth!"
"Brittany!" she announced.
"Yes!" exclaimed the blonde. "You can teach me how to make English muffins!"
"I'm Danish, Brittany, not English."
"I'm not exactly sure what you said but will you teach me how to make a Danish muffin then?"
Lisbeth couldn't help but laugh at this along with most of the rest of the club.
"Spencer!"
Spencer slouched as he made his way towards the hat.
"Quinn!" he said.
"Dammit! I wanted to sing a Dashboard Confessional duet with him," Santana said in mock defeat.
Spencer couldn't help but be cheered up at this. However, when he looked at Quinn, she gave him a thumbs-up as he went back to his seat.
"Ashley!"
Please let it be me, please let it be me, Sam thought.
"Puck!" Ashley read from the card curtly.
Puck whooped at the sound of his name.
"JJ!"
"Finn!" she read from the card.
Finn simply nodded at his as he watched JJ make her way back to her seat.
"Emily!"
Emily breathed a sigh of relief as she read the name on the card.
"Tina!" she said.
"Derek!"
"Mercedes!" he said.
"Aaron!"
"Sam!"
"David!"
"Santana!"
"Haley!"
"Kurt!"
"Carolyn!"
"Mike!"
And with that, the members were paired up.
Rachel was the first to call dibs on using the choir room to rehearse with Blaine for their duet.
"Alright, Miss Berry. Which Funny Girl hit are you going to make me sing?" Blaine said jokingly while Rachel searched through her bag for the sheet music she had brought.
"Oh, we won't be singing anything from Funny Girl, my friend. But I assure you that I will be taking all the Barbra solos in this piece," Rachel replied as she handed him a copy of the music.
Blaine chuckled as he saw the name of the song.
"What Kind of Fool. This is just perfect. The Warblers had to sing this for an assembly last year, so I have an audio recording of the backup," he told Rachel.
"Er…Blaine, don't you think that's gonna hold you back a bit? I mean, of course you miss the Warblers, but your dapper acapella friends and New Directions are two very different interpretations of a glee club," Rachel inquired.
"Hey! When Kurt went to Dalton, he would always give ideas based on some of the stuff you guys did here. Why shouldn't I return the favour?" Blaine said.
Rachel nodded.
"I guess. But let's just see how it fares versus the original instruments before we make a final decision," she said.
This was certainly something Blaine could agree to.
Meanwhile, Brittany and Lisbeth had taken over the auditorium. It had proven useful as the stage had the space they needed in order to rehearse.
"Hey strawberry Danish!" Brittany said as Lisbeth made her way up the steps at the front of the stage. The Cheerio already had herself perched on top of the grand piano that stood off to the side. As per usual, Brad sat at the stool, silent like always.
Lisbeth, who had already been given multiple warnings by various members of New Directions – most of which were from Santana – not to make fun of Brittany's ditzyness, simply pondered. "How did you come up with that?" she asked kindly.
"Oh, well, I wasn't sure if you liked cheese Danishes or not, and strawberries are my favourite fruit," Brittany stated.
"Alrighty then. So have you thought about any songs we should sing?"
"Uh…well, the thing is, I tend to have a hard time remembering the names of songs. I think it's because I make my cat eat too much fondue, but I can't find any way around that because Lord Tubbington is only allowed to eat human food. He gets cramps in his lady parts otherwise," Brittany stated as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Lisbeth bit hard into her cheeks so she could keep herself from laughing at this. She definitely didn't want a visit from Santana in the middle of the night because she had offended Brittany in some way.
"OK, um, well, I would normally suggest that we sing some sort of Fleetwood Mac song because they're my favourite band, but I don't really want to have a label put on me about that before people actually know me better. Are you familiar with the song 'Call Me'?" she asked.
"Well, my amazing voice can handle just about anything, so even if I don't know that song I'm sure I can get the hang of it," said Brittany.
"Fantastic!"
Two days later, Lisbeth found herself back at her locker, putting her school things away before making her way to the choir room. And once again, she found herself to be approached by none other than Mick Anderson.
"Hey," he said.
"Hey there, yourself," Lisbeth said. Then she noticed the outfit he was wearing. "What's with the leather jacket?" she asked.
Mick quickly looked down at his outfit.
"Oh, it's for the song Artie and I are singing in glee club today," he answered.
"Really?"
"Yeah." Mick bit his lip as if he had something else to say.
"So…uh…I was wondering," he began.
"Yes?"
"I was, uh, wondering if you'd like to go out time. Like, uh, go see a movie, or maybe dinner at Breadsticks, or both if that's what you're into, I'm good either way really," Mick finally managed to stammer out.
Lisbeth laughed a little.
"A movie sounds great to me. I can even work on improving my English at the same time since I won't have Danish subtitles to cheat with," she said.
"Great! Awesome, actually. Uh, how about Friday night, does that sound good to you?" Mick continued to stammer.
"Yeah, it does," Lisbeth said before leading the way to the choir room.
Mick and Artie's duet was the first one of the day. The two stood with their backs facing the audience as the music began, with Artie starting off, wearing a similar jacket to Mick's. When his cue came, he turned his wheelchair abruptly to face everyone else.
Artie: Here she comes now sayin' Mony Mony
Shoot 'em down turn around come on Mony
Mick did the same as he began singing his part.
Mick: Hey she give me love and I feel all right now
Mick and Artie: Come on you gotta toss and turn
And feel all right, yeah I feel all right
I said yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
As they danced around the open space (or at least Mick did), the two began encouraging all of the girls – most of which were sitting in the front row – to sing out the backing vocals of the song.
Mick and Artie: 'Cause you make me feel
(Like a pony)
So good,
(Like a pony)
So good,
(Like a pony)
So good,
(Mony Mony)
So fine,
(Mony Mony)
So fine,
(Mony Mony)
It's all mine,
(Mony Mony)
Well I feel alright,
(Mony Mony)
I say yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
The music began to change back to the original rhythm as Mick began the next verse.
Mick: Wake it, shake it Mony Mony
Up down, turn around, come on Mony,
Artie: Hey, she give me love and I feel alright now,
Mick and Artie: Don't stop now,
Come on Mony,
Come on,
I say yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
Yeah,
(Yeah)
'Cause you make me feel
(Like a pony)
So good,
(Like a pony)
So good,
(Like a pony)
So good,
(Mony Mony)
So fine,
(Mony Mony)
So fine,
(Mony Mony)
It's all mine,
(Mony Mony)
Well I feel alright,
(Mony Mony)
Mony Mony!
After the performance came to an abrupt end, a massive applause was made from the choir room audience.
"Well done, you two!" said Mr. Schue as he stood up and placed himself next to the now very worn out Mick and Artie. "Let's hear it for them guys, shall we?"
At his command, the rest of the glee club continued to applaud and added a couple of whoops as well.
"And now we have Puck and another new recruit, Ashley!"
Puck and Ashley made their way to the center of the choir room, each carrying a stool and acoustic guitar.
"Uh, Ashley here was the one who chose the song, so if we suck, it's all her fault," Puck said in his usual joking manner. This was met with a ripple of laughter through the rest of New Directions.
Together they started to play the melody on the guitars.
Ashley: April, come she will,
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain,
Puck: May, she will stay,
Resting in my arms again.
The two seemed to play with some special chemistry between them, something that didn't go unnoticed by the rest of the glee clubbers, and much to the dismay of Sam, who sat in the back row frowning during the entire performance.
Ashley: June, she'll change her tune,
In restless walks she'll prowl the night,
Puck: July, she will fly,
And give no warning to her flight,
Ashley and Puck: August, die she must,
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold,
September, I remember,
A love once new has now grown old.
Once again there was vast applause from the rest of the glee club. Sam only clapped twice, but that appeared to go unnoticed since everyone else's claps overshadowed.
Following glee club that day, Spencer was in the library working on an essay that was due the following week. He could normally get these done in little to no time at home, but sometimes the library was better if he wanted to clear his head with the peace and quiet that came with the room filled wall-to-wall with numerous books. It was the best place for him to sit in solitude.
Unfortunately for him, that did not work out that day as he looked up from his work to find Quinn sitting across from him.
"Can I help you?" he asked.
"Yes, you can actually. See, I've been paired up to sing a duet with this fellow in glee club, and he doesn't seem to be too engaged in helping me choose a song or even rehearsing for that matter," Quinn stated in her usual blunt manner.
"Uh…you know I'm right in front of you right?" said Spencer obliviously.
"That's not my point," Quinn replied.
"Well, I've sort of been really busy."
"I would know, Spencer, I'm in third period English with you. Now that essay isn't due until next week, and I'm sure – being the smartest kid in the whole school – you can get that done in no time, so whenever you feel up to it, take a look at these songs," here, Quinn passed a sheet of paper across the table to Spencer with a list on it, "and let me know which ones you'd be interested in singing." With that, she stood up and walked out of the library.
Spencer stared at the list.
I only know one of these songs, he thought.
The next day in glee club was Mike and Carolyn and JJ and Finn's turns to perform. Mike and Carolyn were the first to perform with a duet of "Take On Me" by a-ha, in which Mike did quite a good job of singing.
As soon as those two had sat back down, JJ immediately stood up – grabbing hold of Finn's hand – and dragged him alongside her to the center of the choir room before Mr. Schue had a chance to introduce them himself.
"Hello, thank you all for joining us today! Finn and I will be singing "Arms" by Christina Perri, and we hope you enjoy listening to us just as much as we will performing it for you," she said enthusiastically, then cued for the music to begin as Finn positioned himself to stand behind her, slightly obscuring himself from the audience.
JJ: I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart,
But you came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start,
You put your arms around me,
Here, Finn wrapped his arms around her waist from behind picked her up. Then, he proceeded to step to the right and put her back down so that they stood side by side as she kept singing.
And I believe that it's easier for you to let me go.
JJ and Finn: You put your arms around me and I'm home.
The rest of the instruments then started to pick up along.
Finn: How many times will you let me change my mind and turn around?
I can't decide if I'll let you save my life or if I'll drown,
JJ: I hope that you see right through my walls,
Finn: I hope that you catch me,
'Cause I'm already falling.
JJ: I'll never let our love get so close,
JJ and Finn: You put your arms around me and I'm home.
The world is coming down on me and I can't find a reason to be loved,
I never wanna leave you but I can't make you bleed if I'm alone,
You put your arms around me and I believe that it's easier for you to let me go,
JJ: I hope that you see right through my walls,
Finn: I hope that you catch me,
'Cause I'm already falling,
JJ: I'll never let our love get so close,
JJ and Finn: You put your arms around me and home,
As the song built up and started to become more intense, JJ began to more around the choir room more, while Finn mostly stayed stationary as he didn't want to embarrass the new member with his lack of dance-ability.
Finn: I tried my best to never let you in,
To see the truth,
JJ: And I've never opened up,
I've never truly loved,
'Till you put your arms around me,
Finn: And I believed that it's
JJ and Finn: Easier for you to let me go.
You put your arms around me and I'm home,
JJ: You put your arms around me and I'm home.
When the song ended, the two were back in the center of the choir room facing each other. As everyone applauded them, JJ wrapped her arms around Finn's neck to hug him and also gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Well done, you two," Mr. Schue said. "Are there any more performances we should be looking forward to today?" When all the pending performers shook their heads, he dismissed the group.
While everyone else made their way out of the choir room, JJ looked over to Quinn, who gave her an approving wink before she made her way to where Finn was gathering his things.
"Hey Finn," she said a little too enthusiastically, much like during her speech prior to their performance.
"Uh, hey JJ, what's up?" Finn looked up quickly before focussing back on the contents of his backpack.
"I was wondering if you were free this weekend."
Finn was a little taken aback by the sudden date offer.
"Uhh…" he said again.
"It's alright if you aren't. Or if you just aren't interested. I was only curious," JJ stated bluntly before taking her leave.
"Hey, wait up!" Finn called after her as she was a couple of strides away from him. "I, uh, would like to go out, some time, with you, but, uh, right now I just have a lot of things on my mind. I mean, I just ended a relationship with a girl that I really cared about, and kinda still do. And then I'm also a senior, so I'm extra swamped with homework right now. You're lucky you're just a sophomore. That was probably my best year. Wait! No, it wasn't actually. Well, you're Quinn's cousin so you probably know some of the story and I'm babbling again! So, um, I will call you or send you an e-mail or Facebook message you – or something like that, and let you know when would be a good time. For us to go out, I mean."
"Fantastic," JJ said before leaning upward to give the much taller boy another kiss on the cheek and left him standing there with his bag still open on the floor of the choir room.
While Quinn was busy working on her English essay later that evening, her cell phone started to ring. Looking at the screen, she saw that it was an unknown number.
"Damn stalkers!" she muttered as she picked up.
"Hello?"
"Hey, uh, this is Quinn, right? I didn't get the wrong number?" said a familiar voice on the other end of the line.
Quinn lifted her eyes up to the ceiling as if to say "so there is a God".
"Yes, Spencer," she said, "it's me."
"Oh, thank God! So, um, I have a few things to say about those songs you wrote down that we should sing for the duet in glee club."
"Yes…" Quinn said, urging him to continue. She needed to finish this draft of her essay that evening so she could get the free time she deserved the following night.
"Well, uh, the thing is, I only know one of the songs you put down," said Spencer.
"And that song is…"
"It's, uh, Good Mother, by Jann Arden."
"OK, then we'll just sing that-,"
"No, no, no! You don't understand! That's not my problem!" Spencer said, abruptly interrupting Quinn.
"Maybe if you tell me what's wrong I'll try to understand and we can work something out," Quinn said.
She heard Spencer sigh on the other end of the line.
"I'm afraid of being made fun of," he finally said.
"Why?" Quinn blurted out. The last time she had heard something like that was during her first year in New Directions – something she would much rather forget about as soon as possible.
"See! I knew you wouldn't be able to understand," Spencer said.
"Spencer, calm down!" Quinn said, and then sighed. How was she going to explain the "true meaning of being in New Directions" as clearly as possible over the phone? "I'm going to tell you something very important, and if you can't understand it, then there's really no point in you staying in New Directions. Got it?"
She could hear Spencer's breathing on the other end of the line for about thirty seconds before he finally answered.
"OK."
Quinn pondered for a moment before finally beginning.
"Being in New Directions is about more than just getting to sing songs with other people who share that same interest. Everyone who's been there for the past two years have become a family and you and all the other guys who joined last week are like a second generation, basically. And one of the number one rules in this family is that you support each other no matter what. That includes what song you want to sing for an assignment, alright?"
"Sure, but that doesn't help my situation. I'm still going to be made fun of," Spencer said quietly.
Quinn sighed again.
"Who are you afraid of, Spencer?" she asked.
"Those three guys Puck and Finn got to join on Monday," he finally admitted.
"Oh." Quinn was a little taken aback by this confession. "Uhm, OK. Spencer, let me call you back, alright?"
"You're not going to try and kill anybody, are you?" Spencer asked rhetorically.
Quinn couldn't help but laugh.
"No, I'm not going to kill anybody. I'm just going to call Puck to see what he can do about this…situation. Is that fine?" she asked.
"You really don't have to-," Spencer started.
"No, no, I want to do this," Quinn interjected. "New Directions is a family, and you're in the family now. We always try to protect each other, even if it means protection from each other."
"That's very poetic. Have you considered taking an English major for university next year?"
Quinn chuckled again. "No, I'm planning on becoming a real estate agent. But save that for when you ask a girl out, OK? "
"OK…"
"I'll talk to you soon Spencer."
"Actually, I kinda have to go now anyways, but I'll talk to you about our song in school tomorrow."
"Sounds good to me. Bye," Quinn farewelled before hanging up. She then proceeded to dial Puck's number.
"You've reached the yet to be acknowledged Sexiest Man Alive. What can I do for you, sexy lady?" he answered.
"Cut the crap, Puckerman. I need to talk to you about something," Quinn said bluntly.
"Well then, talk away Hot Mama,"
It was finally Friday and thus it was time for Lisbeth and Brittany to perform. For their number, they wore matching outfits that consisted of tight black t-shirts, fishnet leggings, black, frilly skirts that stopped at just above the knee, and hot pink short jackets. Santana and Rachel had personally wished them luck, while Lisbeth also got an encouraging thumbs-up from Mick.
"Hit it," Brittany said to the musicians. As the music started, the two began to dance in synchronicity.
Brittany: Colour me your colour baby,
Colour me your car.
Colour me your colour, darling,
'Cause I know who you are,
Lisbeth: Come above your colour charts,
I know where you're calling from,
Brittany and Lisbeth: Call me!
(Call me)
My love, call me, call me any, anytime
Call me!
(Call me)
My love, you can call me any day or night,
Call me,
As the music continued, the two girls continued to dance around the choir room, while many of the boys, and possibly a girl or two (ahem, Santana) had their eyes glued on them the whole time.
Brittany: Ooooooh,
He speaks the languages of love
Lisbeth: Ooooooh,
Amore chiamami,
Chiamami,
Ooooooh,
Appelle-moi mon Cherie,
Appelle-moi,
Brittany and Lisbeth: Anytime, any place
Anywhere, any day
Anytime, any place
Anywhere, any day-ay
Then, as Brittany continued to dance on her own, Lisbeth strode over to where the musicians were positioned and took on the role of keyboardist during the instrumental solo. When this was complete, she rushed back to the center of the room where Brittany was standing.
Brittany and Lisbeth: Call me!
(Call me)
My love, you can call me any, any time
Call me!
(Call me)
My love, you can call me any day or night
Call me!
(Call me)
My love, you can call me any, any time,
Call me!
(Call me)
My love, when you're ready we can share the wine,
Call me,
Call me,
For your lover's
Lover's alibi,
Call me!
When the music stopped, the two girls were met is a roaring applause, mostly involving pretty much every boy in the group along with Santana giving out wolf whistles, and Rachel with her trademark fast, repeated clap while giving a standing ovation. They welcomed this with multiple alternate versions of the curtsy and bow.
Mick was giving himself a final check-up in the mirror in the front hallway of the Anderson residence before his date with Lisbeth – which would be taking place at the movies, followed by a slightly late dinner at Breadsticks – when there was a knock on the door.
"Hey Kurt!" he said when he opened the door for his brother's boyfriend. "Come on in."
"Going out, are we?" Kurt asked as he strode in, took off his shoes, and hung up his coat.
"Yeah, I was just heading out. If you could be honest with me, how good do I look?" Mick asked while spreading his arms out in gesture towards his attire.
"Are you asking Kurt, the fashionista, or Kurt, the only gay man you know aside from your brother?" he asked.
"Well…because I like you I'll stick with Kurt the fashionista," Mick joked.
"Then you're in luck because they are one and the same. Now, tighten the belt, untuck the shirt, and unzip the jacket, Fleetwood," Kurt ordered.
Mick did as he was told.
"Now?" he asked.
"Well, as long as you stay yourself, I'm sure the girl will be likely to fall for you fast. If you don't mind me asking, who exactly is it that you'll be courting this evening?" Kurt asked.
"Lisbeth, the girl who just moved here from Denmark."
"Fantastic," Kurt said more to himself than to Mick. "Now I certainly must befriend this strawberry Danish, as Brittany likes to call her."
Mick simply looked at him as if he understood every word he said (which he didn't).
"Well then," he said. "I guess I should get going. My mom's waiting in the car." And so he made his way out the front door, but not without yelling back "Blaine! Kurt's here!" to whom Blaine yelled back "Thanks bro. Now go get some with Mrs. Fleetwood!"
"He's all yours," Mick quickly said to Kurt before finally leaving.
"Best Christine McVie impression," Mick demanded. He and Lisbeth were at Breadsticks and had just been given their food.
"Actually? There aren't many good quotes you can find of her, exactly," Lisbeth argued.
"At least think of something," Mick insisted.
Lisbeth leaned back in her seat and thought for a minute.
"Got one!" she said finally. Then, in her best British accent, which wasn't far from her Danish accent, "I'm fairly sure I'm the only normal member of Fleetwood Mac – or at least something like that, I believe," she admitted.
"Not bad." Mick gave her a small applause.
"Thank you, thank you. I would like to thank the academy and Stevie Nicks," Lisbeth joked.
Mick laughed.
"You're just great," he said sweetly.
"Really?" Lisbeth asked.
"Yeah. Why wouldn't you be?" Mick argued playfully.
"Well, if you haven't already noticed by my incredibly red cheeks," Lisbeth said pointing to said facial feature, which were in fact becoming very dark, "I haven't exactly had that much experience in being told things like that."
"And what about me? I spent my first year of high school at an all boy's school. With my brother. Who's gay. And still has better luck than me," stated Mick.
"Hey! At least you have your brother. My brother's five years older than me, meaning he's in university already and I'm here by myself."
"It can't be all bad. You get to play 'only child' until you see him again. I bet your parents have spoiled you silly since you got here," Mick said as he took a sip of his soda.
"They have actually, and I hate it! That's why I miss my brother so much, he got all the attention then," Lisbeth explained.
"But then didn't you hate hiding in his shadow then?" Mick asked.
Lisbeth shrugged.
"I suppose you are right there," she admitted.
"How did we even start this conversation?" Mick asked.
Lisbeth blushed.
"Uh…you told me that I was just great," she answered.
Mick leaned forward and cupped his face in one hand.
"And I was right, wasn't I?" he said coyly.
Lisbeth covered her face in her hands.
"Here I go again," she said.
Mick smiled again, and then got up from his side of the booth they were sitting him, walked over to Lisbeth's side, and sat down next to her.
"Why are you so embarrassed?" he asked her.
"I'm feeling incredibly bashful and a nervous wreck," Lisbeth answered.
"Then don't be." Mick reached his arm around her so it was wrapped around her shoulders. When that got her attention and she looked at him, he leaned in toward her and kissed her. After they pulled apart a moment later, Lisbeth blushed again.
"How did I come to find you, Mick Anderson?" she asked, giggling.
It was 10'o'clock when Mick got home, Lisbeth and her mom having dropped him off on the way to their house. The drive back had seemingly been fairly comfortable.
Seeing as his mom still wasn't home for some unknown reason, he slammed the door very loudly behind him so as to alert Blaine and Kurt, who were most likely making out in Blaine's room.
Thank God Dad isn't home, Mick thought.
At the sound of his slamming, there was a sound of shuffling and running footsteps before he was greeted by the two racing down the stairs barefooted and almost jumping right on top of him in the middle of the front hallway.
"So, how did Mickey's first date go?" Blaine asked in a mock childish voice.
"Blainey, sweety, calm down. Our boy's all grown up now," Kurt practically squealed.
"Ugh!" Mick moaned. "Just when my real parents aren't home, I have you two to deal with," he joked along with them. It was really their three-way inside joke.
When the doorbell rang at the Fabray household on Saturday afternoon, Quinn raced to answer before her mother could make any strange inquiries.
"Hey Spencer," she said once she opened the door. "Come on in."
A minute later, they were sitting in Quinn's living room where her mother had peeked in inquisitively to make sure her daughter wasn't up to any good.
"So, I've sort of been working with the band guys and Brad to make a nice arrangement of the song so it goes well with both of our voices and like it was made this century," Quinn told Spencer.
"That sounds good. But who's Brad?" Spencer asked.
"The really quiet guy that does the piano."
"Oh." Spencer nodded.
"So should we get started?" Quinn stood up and walked over to the stereo system at the other side of the living room. "Unfortunately, we'll have to make do with the original recording for today. On Monday, we can go through the new arrangement."
"I'll just follow along with you since I have no idea what's being done here," Spencer responded.
Quinn quickly looked to her right where Spencer was sitting, then to Puck in the audience, who gave her a reassuring nod. After a quick glance towards the three boys Spencer had told her about, all of which were smirking as they looked on, she nodded to the band for the OK to start playing.
The music was much more stripped down and acoustic than the original, with a few string instruments to go along.
Quinn: I've got money in my pocket,
I like the colour of my hair,
I've got a friend who loves me,
Got a house,
I got a car,
Here Spencer joined in with her solemnly as they lead into the chorus.
Quinn and Spencer: I've got a good mother,
Quinn: And her voice is what keeps me here,
Quinn and Spencer: Feet on ground,
Heart in hand,
Facing forward,
Be yourself,
Aaaaah,
Spencer: I've never wanted anything,
Quinn: No, I,
Spencer: I've never wanted anything,
Quinn and Spencer: So bad,
Spencer: Cardboard masks of all the people I've been,
Thrown out,
With all the rusted, table dented,
Goddamn miseries,
You can say I'm hard to hold,
But if you knew me you'd know,
Quinn: I've got,
A good father,
And his strength is what makes me cry,
Quinn and Spencer: Feet on ground,
Heart in hand,
Facing forward,
Be yourself,
Aaaaah,
Spencer: I've never wanted anything,
Quinn: No, I,
Spencer: I've never wanted anything,
Quinn and Spencer: So bad,
So bad,
Quinn: So baaaaaad,
Spencer: So bad,
Quinn and Spencer: So bad,
There certainly was some great applause, although David, Derek, and "Hotch" each put their hands together only once as Quinn and Spencer stood up from the stools they had been sitting in for the performance.
"Bravo, you two! Bravo," Mr. Schue told them. As the two began to walk back to their seats, he continued. "Now, I believe we also have our final performance for this assignment, and – as far as I know – it is another ballad. Give a warm welcome to Blaine and Rachel, everyone."
A small applause took place as Rachel and Blaine seated themselves in the stools that Quinn and Spencer had formerly occupied. Blaine also set down a small boombox next to his stool and inserted a disc into the slot.
"I just want to say, first of all, that it was Rachel's idea to perform this song originally, but the arrangement I had volunteered to get a hold of. So don't be afraid to be a little surprised at the familiarity of the 'music'," Blaine made a quote gesture with his hands, "that we're using."
"I'd like to add that I really wish you wouldn't all kill him afterwards as we need his voice," Rachel contributed.
Some light laughter rippled through the audience.
Blaine pressed play on the boombox.
As the music started, many of the previous members of New Directions (as well as Mick) certainly were surprised to hear the song being supported by a background demo of the Warblers. However, right now wasn't the time to say anything.
Blaine: There was a time when we were down an out,
There was a place when we were starting over,
We let the bell brake,
We let the heartache in,
Who's sorry now,
As Rachel continued with her part, Blaine looked over to where Kurt was sitting next to Finn.
Rachel: There was a world when we were standing still,
And for a moment we were separated,
And then you found her,
Here, Rachel noticed Finn looking straight at her. Uncomfortable, she turned so that she was looking in the direction of where Quinn, Spencer, Mick, and Lisbeth were sitting. She also noticed that Mick and Lisbeth were holding hands as they watched her and Blaine.
You let the stranger in,
Who's sorry now?
What,
What kind of fool,
Tears it apart,
Leaving me pain and sorrow?
Blaine: Loosing you now,
How can I wait?
Where will I be tomorrow?
Blaine and Rachel: Forever more,
That's what we are,
To be,
Without each other,
We'll be remembering when…
Rachel: Was there a moment when I cut you down,
Blaine: (Cut you down),
Rachel: Played around,
Blaine: (Played around),
Rachel: What have I done?
I only apologize
Blaine: For being,
As they say,
The last to know,
Rachel: (Last to know),
Blaine: It has to show,
Rachel: (Has to show),
Blaine and Rachel: When someone is in your arms,
What,
What kind of fool,
Blaine: What kind of fool?
Blaine and Rachel: Tears it apart,
Blaine: Tears it apart,
Blaine and Rachel: Leaving me pain and sorrow?
Blaine: Pain and sorrow,
Rachel: Loosing you now,
Blaine: Loosing you now,
Rachel: How can I wait?
Blaine: How can I wait?
Rachel: Where will I be tomorrow?
Blaine: Where will I be tomorrow?
Blaine and Rachel: Forever more,
That's what we are,
To be,
Without each other,
We'll be remembering when…
After glee club that day, Rachel found herself in the school library searching for a new book to read that didn't involve sheet music. It wasn't often that she did that, but once in a while she felt like she needed that sort of break from life. As she travelled among the stacks of shelves of multiple books, she finally found one that she had heard Tina mention one time: The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The only problem was that it was on the top shelf.
"Damn my shortness!" she muttered.
"What's that?"
Rachel smirked before turning around to see Spencer facing the shelves on the other side of the section.
"Is that turning into your catchphrase?" she asked.
"No, I'm just used to the fact that when I hear people muttering under their breath around me it usually means they don't like that I'm breathing the same air as them," Spencer answered.
"Well, then it may as well be," Rachel told him, and then she noticed how much taller than her he was: a whole head above.
"Hey, Spencer?" she asked suddenly.
"Uh…yeah?" Spencer turned away from the book he had just pulled out.
"Could you do me a favour?"
"That depends on what you're going to ask me," he said.
Rachel laughed again.
"I just need you to reach up and grab that book for me. I unfortunately have the hobbit's curse of the inability to reach high objects," she explained as Spencer reached out and pulled out one of the copies of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
"Really good book," he said, looking at the cover page. "Did you know that the author, Stephen Chbosky actually wrote the screenplay as well as directed the film adaption?" he added.
"All I know about the movie is that Emma Watson's in it, so I may as well give it a try solely for that reason. But a bunch of people I know who also read it say that it's pretty good, so I decided to give it a go. Though, based on its size I should be done by the end of the week," Rachel told him. "How long did it take you to get it done?"
"About fifteen minutes."
"Are you serious? Gee, Spencer, I knew you were smart but I never thought you were a total genius," Rachel said to him appalled.
This time it was Spencer's turn to laugh. "Believe me, Rachel. I'm far from being a genius. I just happen to read incredibly fast," he said to her.
"Well, I'll be sure to let you know when I've finished it," Rachel said as she began to walk out of the section. As Spencer opened up the book he had pulled out from the shelf, she turned around again. "By the way, you and Quinn did an amazing job in glee club today," she said to him. "Not a lot of guys would have the guts to sing a Jann Arden song like you did, and especially in front of the guys who bully them constantly."
"How did you know that?" Spencer asked defensively.
"You seized up when Puck first introduced those three guys from the football team. I was sitting right next to you, so it was hard not to notice," Rachel explained.
"Oh," Spencer said. Thank God, he thought. He had been worried that Quinn or Puck had spread the word about his fears. When he noticed that Rachel had started to walk away again, he spoke up.
"Rachel!" he called out.
"Yeah?" She turned around.
"Uh…I just wanted to, uh, tell you I think you have a really amazing voice," he stammered.
Rachel blushed.
"Thank you. It's the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae that is my many talents," she told him.
Alright everybody! I've planned that I will put in all the songs used in each chapter/episode at the end of them, but I forgot to do that last time, so I'll include those along with the ones for this episode ;)
The New Kids:
1) The Edge of Glory – Lady GaGa (Ashley and JJ)
2) The Sounds of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel (Blaine and Mick)
3) Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac (Lisbeth)
4) Belle of the Boulevard – Dashboard Confessional (Spencer)
Mix-Up:
1) Mony Mony – Billy Idol (Artie and Mick)
2) April Come She Will – Simon and Garfunkel (Ashley and Puck)
3) Arms – Christina Perri (JJ and Finn)
4) Call Me – Blondie (Brittany and Lisbeth)
5) Good Mother – Jann Arden (Quinn and Spencer)
And also, please vote on that poll I put up for which song Mick and Lisbeth should sing together. I really don't know which one to choose now . I'll basically have it up until I reach the point of writing that scene in the next chapter/episode.
And also, here's a link to that picture that Lisbeth is showing Mick.
And yes, that is my actual Tumblr, I couldn't remember where I'd originally found it.
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