A New Direction Chapter 7: Passions pt 2, a glee fanfic

"She is so fucking beautiful, Jace," Damian says. "Dude, just talk to her," Jace advises, "Or sing or whatever. I mean, Tim talked to me and I sang to him. Look at us now."

"Alice is a Cheerio, what am I supposed to do?"

"Like I said: talk."

"I am!"

"Very funny, asshole," Jace says annoyed, "I meant to her, not to me."

Damian looks around. "Why are we at your locker again?" "Tim," Jace answers with a shrug. "Ah."

"Good. Alice. Why do you like her?" Jace asks, "I mean, what is the best? Please don't say boobs, you know I can't help you with that one."

"She's so funny and smart and her laugh is overly bright and her curls shine in the sun and when she sings it feels like my head is about to explode and-" "Wow, calm down, tiger," Jace takes a step back, "You really do like her."

"Yeah, I do."

"But I asked one thing. One. Your choice," Jace says. Damian closes his eyes and images of Alice enter his thoughts. Her pretty dresses she wears when she's not in school, her perfect looking and colourful bracelets she wears, the fact that she's overly bright and kind for a cheerleader, the way she treats other glee clubbers, her passion for cheerleading, her-

"Eyes," Damian says, opening his.

"Eyes," Jace repeats, "Sure, why not?"

"They're so green and beautiful," Damian answers dreamily. Then he looks behind Jace. Timothy is standing there, waving awkwardly. Damian pats Jace on the shoulder. "Your man is here," he says. Jace looks behind and his whole face lits up.

"Thanks," he says. He skips off but turns around one more time, "Think about what I said."

Damian nods. The bell rings and he still has to go to his locker. Jace and Timothy be damned. Luckily the next period is glee.

He turns around.

I'm a disappearing act done poorly
But if I ever get it right, you'll miss me, sorely
I look like the cat that just ate the canary
Coughing up feathers
There's a "get out of jail" card if I can think
of something clever

He arrives at his locker and quickly goes through his stuff.

I'll plead the fifth on all of this When your chips are down, and your drinks are all gone
I'll still be here, wishing and waiting for you to come home
Kaleidoscope eyes, sparkle at the world
My emerald city, downtown girl
In the sickness of you, I'm just a white blood cell
Fighting like hell for you

He realizes he has been standing here for quite some time. He quickly slams his locker shut and takes off running to the choir room.

Oh, I'm just crack, with no intent or stash
Pour gasoline on the vault just to burn the cash
I swear to God, I'd never heard a better sound coming out
Then when you're whimpering my name from your mouth I'll plead the fifth on all of this

In the choir room, he catches a glimpse of Alice. She's staring at Miles, who is dancing in his seat with Timothy and Kate.

Damian tries not to be disappointed.

When your chips are down, and your drinks are all gone
I'll still be here, wishing and waiting for you to come home
Kaleidoscope eyes, sparkle at the world
My emerald city, downtown girl
In the sickness of you, I'm just a white blood cell
Fighting like hell for youI've got an insatiable desire for your insides
It's undeniable, I'll conspire and pull against your body tonight

Jace winks. He must have told Timothy, because he smiles too.

"Wow!" Marley says, "That was really good. Impressive how you changed the sound like that, because your voice is still really low." "I did my best," Damian admits. Of course he did, it was for Alice.

"That was really good," Jace winks again and Timothy elbows him playfully.

He looks over to Alice. This time she is staring at him with her beautiful eyes, but she keeps them well guarded.

"So, what are you going to sing for Passions week?" Tyler says. They're at Kate's house, in Kate's room. Tyler looks very nervous. It kind of freaks Kate out.

"I don't know. Something about friendship, I guess," Kate answers, still eyeing Tyler. "That's go-" "Can you please tell me what's going on?"

"What?" Tyler asks nervously, "Is there something?"

"Tyler, please," she joins him on the bed. Tyler's eyes widen. "Ty, you're my best friend, you can tell me," she continues, "I can see that there's something wrong. You've been weirdly silent the last few weeks. Is it glee?"

"What, no! No!" Tyler tries to laugh it away, but Kate isn't done yet.

"Is it me?" Kate asks dead serious. Tyler goes white and he looks scared.

"It is me," Kate states, "Good."

"I'm sorry," Tyler says quickly, "It kind of happened. I didn't mean to." "You didn't do anything wrong, did you?" Kate asks, confused. What's Tyler talking about?

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fall in love with you."

Oh.

"Oh."

Shit.

"No, don't be sorry. 'Don't ever apologize for having love in your heart. Don't ever do that'," Kate quotes softly, "I'm the one who's sorry." Tyler looks confused. "Why are you sorry?"

"I'm sorry, Tyler."

"Why?" Tyler asks.

"I'm sorry, but I don't love you back."

Tyler sighs deeply and rests his head in his hands. "Sorry," Kate says again, "You're my best, best, best friend, but that's all."

Tyler nods sadly. "It's life," he says bitterly. He tries to turn away, but Kate grabs his shoulders. "Listen, Ty, someone somewhere in this world loves you, or will love you. Don't forget that. You're an amazing guy but that person isn't me."

Tyler nods again.

"Understood?"

"Understood," Tyler lies and Kate knows, but she leaves it with this. Instead of continuing, she lets go and stands up. She opens her tablet.

Who's around when the days feel long
Who's around when you can't be strong
Who's around when you're losing your mind
Who cares that you get home safe
Who knows you can't be replaced
Who thinks that you're one of a kind

Somebody misses you when you're away
They wanna wake up with you everyday
Somebody wants to hear you say
Ooh somebody loves you
Ooh somebody loves you
Ooh somebody loves you
Ooh somebody loves you
Ooh somebody loves you

"Kate, I-" "Shush you."

I'm around when your head is heavy
I'm around when your hands aren't steady
I'm around when your day's gone all wrong
I care that you feel at home
Cause I know that you feel alone
I think you're going to miss me when I'm gone

"But-" "I know this song implies me loving you, but let's just go with it."

Why don't you come on over
Why don't you lay me down
Does the pain feel better
When I'm around
If I am good to you
Won't you be good to me
That's how easy this should be

Then next day, when she sings it in glee, the others sing along. All except Tyler.

Somebody misses you when you're away (Somebody misses you baby)
They wanna wake up with you every day (They wanna wake up with you)
Somebody wants to hear you say (Oh they want you to say)
Ooh somebody loves you
Ooh somebody loves you
Ooh somebody loves you
Ooh somebody loves you
Ooh somebody loves you

"Kate, you sounded amazing," Marley says, "But, I don't understand."

"Well," Kate starts, "My passion are my friends and also, giving them advice. That's all I'm saying." Marley wants to know more, but nods.

SPLASH.

God, that is cold.

Carla can't see a thing. She was walking through the hallway when someone slushied her. The next thing she knows is someone grabbing her arm and dragging her somewhere. Carla tries to stop the person, but he or she is strong.

"Oh my god, are you okay?" Carla is relieved when she hears Lulu's voice. "Fine," she mumbles. "No you're not," Lulu sound genuinely worried, "Hang on, I have towel. I've been carrying one since Tyler's slushie incident." She quickly cleans Carla's face and Carla can open her eyes.

"Why are you so worried, you're beautiful," Carla spits out.

Lulu takes a step back, eyes wide. "What do you mean?"

"Can't you see it?" Carla says, but this time she tries to keep her voice down, "You are so good looking and all. You have beautiful dip dye hair and fashionable clothes. Then there's me."

She looks down.

"I'm not seize zero like most girls here. I'm fat and I know it isn't a bad word and that society made it bad. That's not my biggest problem, because I love my body. And my pixie cut and my blazer and my suede black pants and black shoes and all, but society doesn't and they hate me for it."

"Oh, Carla…" Lulu trails off, "I'm sorry." "Don't be," Carla says, "At least I have a big self-esteem, but sometimes…" "I understand."

"Well, thanks," Carla says, "And I guess I see you in class?" Lulu nods.

Later that day in glee club, after Damian's song, she asks Mrs. Rose if it's okay to sing her song. "Of course," Marley says, "The floor is yours."

She stands up and switches places with Damian, who gets to sit next do Alice. She opens her tablet and starts.

Been there, done that messed around
I'm having fun, don't put me down
I'll never let you sweep me off my feet

I won't let you win again
The messages I tried to send
My information's just not going in

Burning bridges shore to shore
I break away from something more
I'm not turned on to love until it's cheap

Been there, done that messed around
I'm having fun, don't put me down
I'll never let you sweep me off my feet

She closes her eyes. Now it's her time.

This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof
This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof

Lulu starts applauding, but Mrs. Rose tells her to be quiet.

I won't let you turn around
And tell me now, I'm much too proud
To walk away from something when it's dead

Do, do, do your dirty words
Come out to play when you are hurt?
There's certain things that should be left unsaid

Tick, tick, tick, tick on the watch
And life's too short for me to stop
Oh baby, your time is running out

I won't let you turn around
And tell me now I'm much too proud
All you do is fill me up with doubt

This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof
This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof
This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof
This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof

The other members start singing back up. Carla likes it.

This time I'll be bulletproof
This time I'll be bulletproof

This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof
This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof
This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof
This time, baby, I'll be bulletproof

This time, Lulu is allowed to applaud and she does it very loudly. "YAAAY CARLA!"she screams.

"Carla," Marley starts when the applauding is over, "That was very good." "And brave," Tyler adds, "Very, very brave." Carla nods shyly.

"I was torn. Bulletproof or Titanium, but I chose Bulletproof, because Titanium is kinda overplayed." Marley smiles. "Well chosen," she says, "Well chosen."

"You've gotta be kidding me," Gloria whispers to herself when Miles stands in class the next day. He's holding a football.

"Sorry, Gloria, but I heard you," he says, "And all the songs have been so… strong and hard. I wanted something fun."

"And what is the fun part than, because I'm not a fan of sports," Tyler points out. Miles smiles. "Oh wait," he says and touches the touchscreen.

Marley starts laughing when she hears the music.

Coach said to fake right, break left
Watch out for the pick and keep ya eye on the defense
You gotta run, give and go
Take the ball to the hole like a ol school pro

Most members don't know High School Musical, because it's really old. But Miles does.

He said don't be afraid
What ya waitin on?
Shoot the outside J
I gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game
I gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game

Gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game
Gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game
Gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game
Gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game

"Wooo!" Karina stands up and starts dancing. She jumps to Miles and dances around her.

Let's make sure that we get the rebound
'Cause when we get it then the crowd will go wild
A second chance, gotta grab it and go
And maybe this time we'll hit the right notes

Wait a minute, get'cha head in the game
Wait a minute, get'cha head in the game
Wait a minute, get'cha head in the game
Oh!

Get'cha, get'cha head in the game
Gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game
Gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game
Gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game

Gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game
Gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game
Gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game
Gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game

Karina is thrown off guard when the melody changes.

Why am I feeling so wrong?
My head's in the game
But my heart's in the song
She makes this feel so right
Should I go for this?
Ya better shake it

Should I take the ball down the middle then I shoot the shot?
I move fast when I dribble, watch out for the block
I lose focus when I think of her name
I gotta get get my head in the game

Does she think about me? Does she feel the same way?
Should I shoot for a 3? Gotta stay in game play
I think I'm going insane
Can't get her out of my brain

But it's back and Karina continues. Phoebe starts dancing too and the other members know the lyrics by now. They all starts singing with him, if they aren't laughing.

Gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game
Gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game

Gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game
Gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game
Gotta get'cha, get'cha head in the game
Gotta get'cha get'cha getcha head in the game

"Oh my god," Marley laughs, "Miles, that was absolutely amazing." Miles smirks. Then, Marley turns to Alice. "Alice, the week is over, but you can have Monday, okay?" Alice nods.

Alice is alone in the library, aka a place where you can download eBooks for your tablet, only to uninstall them six weeks later. There are books, but only really old ones.

"There you are!" she hears. Gloria is standing behind her. "Coach has been looking for you for the past two hours," she waves with her hands. "She wants to speak to us?" Alice asks and Gloria nods.

Alice quickly downloads John Green's newest novel and follows Gloria to coach Lopez's office. "Coach?" Gloria asks, "You wanted to see us?" "Ah, yes, you found Alice?" Santana asks and Gloria nods. "Then come in."

They both take a seat.

"Gloria, Alice, I sent you and Phoebe to spy on the glee club," Santana says, "And only Phoebe left me. Okay, that's her choice."

"But I made a huge mistake and even I, the biggest and smartest bitch in the world, was too dumb to see it. But little innocent Phoebe saw it." Santana leans back in her big fancy chair. She looks like she's the boss. It scares Alice.

Alice and Gloria look at each other. What is she saying?

"I was so dumb. I let you join that stupid pathetic glee club and guess what? You ended up liking it!" Santana stands up, "Of course, I can't have that. You'll probably do what I did when I was in high school. You'll leave me."

Alice feels guilty, because she did think about that.

"But that won't happen," Santana turns her back to them, "Not if I'll let you go first."

What?

"What?" Alice asks afraid.

"You're out," Santana states without looking back to the two girls.

"What?" Alice asks again, because no this can't be happening. Alice loves the Cheerios.

"You're out," Santana repeats, "Now go!"

Gloria tries to protest, but when Santana does turn back, she looks dead serious. She looks like she's about to kill someone. Gloria quickly shuts her mouth. She nods, stands up and leaves.

"No, coach, please!" Alice begs, "No!"

"Sorry, Alice, but go!"

"Mrs. Rose?" Marley hears. She's surprised when she sees Alice, not Kate.

"Alice, hey, come in!" she says, but Alice shakes her head.

"I'm sorry, I can't," she says. Marley looks confused. Alice sighs. "Mrs. Rose, I just want to say that today was my last day in glee club."

It falls silent.

"… Alice," Marley is speechless.

"Sorry, Mrs. Rose, but I have to stay on the Cheerios," Alice says and walks away.

"I heard," Jeremy slams the door shut. "How?" Gloria asks, "I just got home." "I just heard," Jeremy shrugs, "Why?" When Gloria doesn't answer, Jeremy yells: "Gloria, answer me fuck damnit."

"Coach didn't want us on the Cheerios and on glee," Gloria answers quickly, because honestly, she's kind of afraid.

Jeremy leans back. "No."

"What?"

"No," he repeats, "This can't be happening. You have to quit glee."

Now it's Gloria's turn to snap. "No," she yells angrily, "Because frankly, I think coach made the right decision."

"You're not a cheerleader anymore," Jeremy points out, "You're useless now. Can't you see that?" "Useless?" Gloria spits, "So, it was all about me being the head Cheerleader or what?"

Jeremy looks her in the eyes. "Gloria," he starts, "I love you, but it's me or glee. Choose wisely."

Gloria's eyes widen. She looks to Jeremy, standing there like Jeremy always does. She scans his face. There is no trace of love. Something snaps in her.

"Glee."

Jeremy is taken aback. He didn't expect that.

"Glee?" he spits.

"Yeah, glee," Gloria says simply, "You know, Jer, looking back to you now… you're just an ass."

"Excuse me?" he asks, clearly offended, "You're the little bitch here. You pick loser club over me, the hottest guy in school?"

"No," Gloria says firmly, "I'm picking family over the biggest douchebag I've ever seen. Like I said, looking at you now, I can safely say that you never loved me. You're just a pathetic little shit who can't handle rejection. Maybe you should try glee and sing about rejection or something, oh wait… you have no talent. Sorry, I forgot. You're just an asshole who thinks he's everything. Well, guess what, hamhock? You're not."

Jeremy looks torn between hitting her and hitting himself.

"Now, leave," she says and opens the door.

"Gloria, I love you, this is your last chance-"

"Leave!" Gloria yells.

So he does.

"Are you okay?" Alice hears. She's back in the library. Damian is standing next to her. "I mean, I saw you here and well, you look really sad, but also kind of pretty, I- shit- I didn't.. uh," he blushes.

"I.. I don't know," Alice admits.

"You don't?" Damian looks confused.

"I don't. A few minutes ago, I was really sad, but now.. I'm not?"

"You're not?"

"I don't know,' Alice says again. She leans back in the library chair. Damian takes a seat in the other one next to hers. "Wanna tell me?" he asks.

"I don't know."

"It's okay," Damian says, "I mean, well…"

"But maybe I should," she turns to Damian and smiles.

"Well," Damian shifts a little bit in his seat, "I wish I could say something like 'We have time' but the library is about to close so…"

Suddenly, Alice has an idea. She stands up and Damian looks up. "You're right," she says. She gathers all the courage she has and extends her hand. "Wanna join me in the Lima Bean with coffee? We can talk there."

Damian nods way too quickly and he looks really excited. He takes her hand and Alice smiles.

The bell rings.

Everyone is there, except for Alice.

"So, let's start with our new assignment," she picks up her stylus.

"Mrs. Rose?" Kate asks, "But Alice hasn't done her number yet!" Marley turns around and faces the other A New Direction members.

"I'm sorry to tell you that Alice has left us," Marley announces and it falls silent. Kate looks shocked. "But- how?" she asks.

Marley shrugs and turns back to the board. "But like I said-"

"Why the sad faces?" they hear and Marley looks to the doorway.

"Alice!" Damian exclaims.

Alice is standing in the doorway. She isn't wearing her cheerleader outfit, oh no. She's wearing a pretty white dress with a long sleeved cardigan, leggings and heels. There is a silver hairband in her long curly hair.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Rose, but if I'm right, I still have to do a song about my passion." She enters the choir room and the music already starts playing.

Your mouth is a revolver firing bullets in the sky
Your love is like a soldier, loyal till you die
And I've been looking at the stars for a long, long time
I've been putting out fires all my life
Everybody wants a flame, but they don't want to get burnt
And today is our turn

Days like these lead to
Nights like this leads to
Love like ours
You light the spark in my bonfire heart
People like us we don't
need that much just someone that starts
starts the spark in our bonfire hearts

She winks and Phoebe jumps out of her seat. She takes Gloria's hand and drags her to Alice. Gloria nods and they start dancing.

Just like the Unholy Trinity.

This world is getting colder, strangers passing by
No one offers you a shoulder, no one looks you in the eye
But I've been looking at you for a long, long time
Just trying to break through, trying to make you mine
Everybody wants a flame, they don't want to get burnt
Well today is our turn

Alice looks to Damian and gestures him to join. Jace pats him on the back. So Damian does and Alice grabs his wrists and swings him around.

Days like these lead to
Nights like this leads to
Love like ours
You light the spark in my bonfire heart
People like us we don't
Need that much just someone that starts
Starts the spark in our bonfire hearts
Our bonfire hearts
Our bonfire hearts
Our bonfire hearts
You like the spark

The other members get out of their seats too. They all dance and sing along.

People like us we don't
Need that much just someone that starts
Starts the spark in our bonfire hearts

Marley looks to her kids, dancing and singing together. It's beautiful. Alice catches her staring and also gestures to her to get up. Marley laughs and starts dancing.

The music stops and everyone starts laughing and clapping.

"Alice!" Marley says, "That was amazing!"

"But, I thought you left us?" Kate is puzzeled.

"Oh, I did," Alice waves her hands like it's nothing, "But then Damian convinced me to come back." She winks to him and Damian blushes. "He was right, we're a family. We're one crazy bonfire."

"Grouphug!" someone yells and Marley doesn't have time to find out who yelled that because the next thing she knows is that someone grabs her arm and they're all hugging.

"Oh look at them," they hear. They all let go and turn to the voice. "All sentimental," Santana says coldly, "Just like the old days."

Marley steps forward. "What do you want, Santana?" she asks.

Santana shrugs and makes a weird face. "I guess I'm just here to thank Phoebe."

Everyone looks to Phoebe. "Me?" she asks and points to herself.

"Yes, you," Santana says, "Thanks for your advice. I did ask Sue Sylvester and guess what? I'm following her footsteps."

Marley can feel the tension.

"San," she asks slowly and also quite nervously, "What did you do?"

Santana shrugs. "Oh, don't know. I just.. I am one of the Regionals judges now, like Sue. Oh, remember how we all lost that time, because I do."

Marley's jaw almost hits the ground. "San…" "Well, good luck with the competition in three weeks. You'll need it," she waves and leaves the room.

TBC

Yup, that's right. I know I said 5 chapters but I got a little bit carried away. My new goal is 8.

Good, why did I do this? Well, I didn't want to have twelve flat characters in this story, so I gave them all a little bit more than a name. Let's talk about the clothing for a second, right? I made a lot of sketches in the past five days off.

Kate is inspired by Cather in Fangirl.

Tyler is inspired by Levi in Fangirl.

Damian, I know it's bad, but everytime I write him I think about Rory. But still, I made him small and blond and all. I gave him a Blaine look and I mean casual s2!Blaine.

Jace is inspired by Jace in Switched At Birth and mostly wears t-shirts with a pocket and light jeans.

Yeah, Carla cut her hair. Her clothing style is kind of inspired by Reagan in Fangirl.

Lulu's hair is longer now and well... she's inspired by my sister. I picture her with a black Adidas jacket, jeans, sneakers and colourful nails.

Karina is inspired by, well, Karina. It's the girl you see in the Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho trailer who is in love with Gabriel. I think her name is Karina, so I named my Karina after Karina. She also wears a lot of light jeans (shorts in summer) and light and easy clothes, because they're the best for dancing.

Miles's style is inspired by Ryder and Timothy's by Jake. They do wear letterman jackets, though.

Gloria mostly wears t-shirts with prints, coloured jeans and heels. A little bit like Brittany in Valerie in 100.

Speaking of Brittany, Phoebe is my Brittany. I know, I said "they're not based on real characters" but it kinda happened. Brittany's outfit in 100 just before Toxic just screams PHOEBE to me.

Alice mostly wears dresses just above or under her knees. In winter, she wears cardigans and all. A little bit like Quinn.

God, I told you: long afterword. I still need to do the songs. It was fun to do. I don't know most of the songs, so...

Gloria: Jeremy - Pearl Jam (I was going to do Gloria)

Karina and Phoebe: Just Dance - Lady GaGa (I almost did I Wanna Dance With Somebody)

Tyler: Follow Me - Muse

Lulu: Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel (I know, I tried to stay away from glee songs (see Gloria and IWDWS), but this one was perfect)

Jace and Timothy: There's Too Much To Love - Belle & Sebastian

Damian: Kaleidoscope Eyes - Panic! at the Disco

Kate: Somebody Loves You - Betty Who

Carla: Bulletproof - La Roux (I almost did Titanium)

Miles: Get'cha Head In The Game - High School Musical (I never watched hsm woops)

Alice: Bonfire Heart - James Blunt

God, I'm going to shut up now.