A/N
So I figured out why my notes didn't look as pretty, and have fixed all the old chapters so the songs aren't just a jumble of mush that's horrible to read. And, here it is! Oh, season 2 spoilers such as characters and some plot events apply.
Will's POV
It was a new year, and I was ecstatic about our chances for this year. Third was good, we at least made it to Regionals. The kids seemed to be closer knit than ever, and hopefully the drama will be at a minimum, allowing them all to focus on the routines.
It was a sad sight to see the club board, no new recruits for New Directions. Sue told me something about it needing to be seen as competition, but that just fueled unneeded hostility between the members. I remember an incident where a Cheerio poisoned another's vitamin water because they wanted a higher spot on the pyramid.
I was very wary of Santana for the weeks following that particular event.
But here, with my good kids, we would surely not stoop to such a low level. Fair play was a given, as was respect. It made my heart warm thinking about it. They have grown so much in a year.
Danny's POV
The new school year and I had a fresh start. My wounds were healing nicely, and Jesse was as rambunctious as always. He always seemed to have some scheme to make the day amazing which usually ended up with us on the kitchen floor covered in chocolate pudding doing questionable things to each other.
I decided to sponsor a foreign exchange student, with my aunt's connections it was simply a matter of which one I liked the best. So I took the list to Youtube to see if any had a passable talent and that is how I found Sunshine Corazon. She was amazing, and since I would need a friend in Glee club I had her come over first thing the next week.
She lived in one of the many spare room's the mansion provides, but far enough away from Jesse that he wouldn't be annoyed by her hyper active tendencies. It was these same tendencies that found me in the current conversation with her.
"Please you have to come with me, it'll be fun!"
"Where exactly am I going?" I asked, rubbing my increasingly aching head.
"To the audtion site for Glee!" She beamed from ear to ear and shoved a piece of paper in my direction.
"I thought I showed you where the auditorium was…" I read over the sheet and had this uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach.
"Apparently they have enough people trying out that they need to outsource! I am so excited! Do you think I'm good enough?" Her doubt was laughable, but to giggle now would earn me a smack to the chest.
"Of course you're good enough. I mean you might even outshine Rachel." Her eyes lit up.
"Oh I sang with her! Annoying, kind of an awkward bone structure, amazing talent?"
"The one and the same" I said with a laugh. If she managed to impress Rachel then she had a sure shot of making it into New Directions. We laughed as we made out way to Art class, I had to figure out which shade of blue I liked the best, and she was almost done storyboarding her collage.
As school let out Sunshine hopped onto her scooter and wished me a farewell, I told her I'd catch up as soon as possible, I needed to get my keys from Sue if we run late. It was a quick, painless, five minute ordeal. So I hopped into my Pontiac, logged the address into the GPS, and was on my way there.
Sunshine was nowhere to be seen when I arrived at the oddly dilapidated building, and I couldn't help but hurry my pace. Her motorized scooter(my welcome to America present) was neatly parked and chained to the rusting chain like fence. I was making my way up the concrete walkway when I heard a scream. It rang through the air and made me go froma steady walk to full blown sprint. I hit the door shoulder first, smashing the already frail piece of wood off of it's hinges.
"Danny, help me!" Sunshine shouted, she was in the far corner surrounded by three men, one of which had a hold of her, one of which had a hold of her sheet music, and one of which had a hold of some smoking pipe. I saw one pull out a flash of silver, and the next thing I remember is standing next to a shivering Sunshine. Her sheet music was ruined now due ot all the blood…blood?
"Are you bleeding?" I asked, giving her a quick one over. She was fine but shaken.
The blood it seems was coming from the crack smoking goons, which made me feel relieved. Sunshine however just kept shaking. I picked up her petite frame and carried her out of that place, trying to figure out what went wrong.
"Sunshine, did you use the wrong address?" Her head shook a violent 'no' and she handed me the exact piece of paper I was too preoccupied to read earlier.
"Here are the directions, good luck! I hope you don't get lost." - Rachel Berry *
I think it was the gold star that made me realize everything. Rachel and Sunshine had a sing off, Rachel, who has already proven to be incredibly self conscious despite her talents, saw Sunshine as the immediate threat. Rachel tried to have the threat eliminated.
I decided to deal with that later, now my friend needed me. I sat her shotgun in the car and hopped in driving home. She was still incredibly wound up, which had me worried slightly.
"Who's Ella?" Sunshine asked, her voice barely a whisper.
"Why…what did I say?" I must have zoned out between the call for help and the suddenly unconscious crack heads.
"You said 'She isn't your Ella anymore' and proceeded to maim them."
"Ella… was my mom's nickname."
"Was?" Although I counted Sunshine on the upper half of my friends I didn't really share that particular story with anyone, as far as I know the only two who know the details were Sue and Jesse. I gritted my teeth.
"She died. My dad stabbed her a lot, and I guess I kinda over reacted." I remembered the glint of silver.
"That's why when the one pulled out a lighter you went super berserker. Danny?"
"Hmmm?" I was in my own little world for a second.
"Can we go home?" I laughed.
"Of course."
The way home was short, and it helped with my disregard for the speeding ordinances we arrived in under ten minutes. It was hours though, before Sunshine could close her eyes for five minutes without screaming. I decided that now was as good a time as any to break in the new batch of hydroxicodeine. I slipped half of one into her water so it would dissolve.
"Sunshine, drink this, it'll help you sleep." I handed her the glass. She looked at me, something on her mind.
"How were you able to move so fast? I mean I know adrenaline and everything into account but you knew exactly what you were doing when you saved me. Who taight you?"
"Drink the water and I'll tell." She swallowed the glass in a second and laid back down for the story. It sucks that it wasn't happier.
"My dad decided one day that he wanted a challenge, as opposed ot just beating a dog, he wanted me to know how to fight back. So he enrolled me in the best of classes and I learned. I was still never any match for him, but at least I knew what was coming."
"How were you not a match? I mena you were scary good back…*yawn*…there."
"My dad never played fair, where I had fists, he had shuriken, where I had legs, he had wooden staffs. It got to the point where the pain was bearable." I thought I saw her crying, but I didn't say anything.
"Danny, can you sing me a lullaby? I love your voice…" Her eyes were half closed. I smiled, she was adorable. I sang one I knew she liked.
"You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
When you're not happy,
My skies are gray.
You'll never know dear,
How much I love you.
So please don't take my sunshine away…"
I made it through the first verse and Sunshine was already asleep her light, even breathing filling the room. I was still awake when Jesse made it home, his theatre troupe was still trying to get down the steps to a Chorus Line.
"Long day hun?" He asked as he moved close to me, taking me in his arms.
"Yes, Rachel sent Sunshine and me to a crack house. I plan on ruining her attempts at glee stardom. If not her life altogether." I said, completely dead pan. I was already brainstorming the possibilities.
"She sent you two to a crack house?" Jesse half yelled.
"Keep quiet, she's sleeping. She got into a singoff with Rachel and apparently she was too good." I rolled my head over, resting it on his shoulder.
"So in other words she pissed you off." Jesse seemed slightly worried.
"Yes, I suppose endangering my friend's life did piss me off." I clicked to the next channel, finding a satisfying movie where a brunette's head was chopped off by a gremlin hillbilly.
"Shit. She pissed off a Sylvester. You're going to warn her at least, right?" Jesse asked, changing the channel to something less gruesome.
"Fine, I'll give her a fair warning."
(the next day)
"Sunshine, sunshine wait!" I heard her screech from down the halls. My walking companion and I stopped to face her.
"You sent me to a crack house. They used my sheet music as toilet paper." Sunshine's glare was improving.
"I'll buy you a new set. Please I just want to say…" Sunshine and I waited for the sorry that was bound to come.
"…the real auditions are tody in the auditorium. I hope you'll come." Rachel was off like a bullet after that, chasing down Finn who was talking to some fish lipped blonde who's name I didn't know.
Sunshine and I continued our walk. I had an epiphany.
"Sunshine, go to the audtion."
"She'll probably cover me in pigs blood!" Sunshine and I shared horror movie addictions, Carrie being one of the more recent.
"No, the entire clubs' skin her alive if she does anything like that again. But, you won't join that club."
"So we're staying in the art club only? I really like to sing…" She was trailing off, I think she almost had it.
"No, I mean you're joining a different school's Glee club. Vocal Adrenaline, national Champions."
Her eyes lit up, but then she looked confused.
"I don't go to Carmel though…" I gave it four seconds before she finally got what I was saying.
"Oh, oh, oh, no. I don't want to go without you, I won't know anybody there."
"But you'll be safe. They live in the wealthier district, and, no Rachel Berry."
"Does this mean I have to move out?"
"Oh fuck no, I mean what would I do with myself if it was me and Jesse all day?"
"Fuck." Something about her light voice saying it made me double over in laughter. Which was a horrible idea, as my back was once again killing me.
"Besides that obviously" I said while she picked up the laughter.
"Go knock 'em dead."
"You'll be there, I mean, you're still trying out right?"
I gave it a minutes pause. I did know some of the kids, and I would eventually get bored. Plus if I was in the club my own plans to destroy Rachel might be exponentially easier to succeed with.
"Sure." We joined hands and made our way to the auditorium to audition.
Sunshine was a force of nature, her rendition of 'Listen' had me cheering in the aisles along with the rest of the club. Well not with them, I was a good ten feet away. Puck and I were nowhere near on good ground to be withing arm's distance.
"Thank you Sunshine, and welcome to New Directions!" The teacher, I recognized him. I remember something to do with Spanish and had the odd feeling I had some ill will from him, but I shrugged it off.
"Audtitioning next is…Daniel Cody…" His voice fel flat as he read off the paper. Yes, definitely some ill feeling from him to me.
"I'll be singing a version of 'Touch Me' from 'Spring Awakening'." It was just me and the piano and the jazz band cleared the stage. If I wanted to have a niche I had to channel all of my sex appeal into this performance, I mean they had the bad boy, Mr. All-American, and a groovy Handicapable kid already. What they needed, quite frankly, was to get laid.
"Where I go, when I go there,
No more memory anymore-
Only men on distant ships,
The women with them, swimming with them, to shore...
Where I go, when I go there,
No more whispering anymore-
Only hymns upon your lips;
A mystic wisdom, rising with them, to shore...
Touch me-just like that.
And that-oh, yeah-now, that's heaven.
Now, that I like.
God that's so nice.
Now lower down, where the figs lie...
I was definitely getting a different reaction than Sunshine. While they were cheering and screaming her name the majority had this flushed look on their faces. Even Rachel was glancing at Finn who was glancing at Rachel as both tried to cover the increasing blush overtaking the collective members of Glee club.
"Where I go when I go there,
No more shadows anymore-
Only men with golden fins;
The rythm in them, rocking with them, to shore...
I could see several bitten lips and clenched fists, a majority of glazed over eyes, and several crossed legs. Oh yes, this song was definitely the best choice. And I hadn't even hit the money section yet.
"Touch me-all silent.
Tell me-please-all is forgiven.
Consume my wine.
Consume my mind.
I'll tell you how, how the winds sigh...
Touch me-just try it.
Now there-that's it-God that's heaven.
Touch me.
I'll love your light.
I'll love you right...
We'll wander down, where the sins lie...
Touch me-just like that.
Now lower down, where the sins lie...
Love me-just for bit...
We'll wander down, where the winds sigh...
Where the winds sigh...
Where the winds sigh..."
The song ended and the crowd stood there in a stupor, with only Sunshine clapping at first. She it seems was immune to my powers of persuasion, but the rest of the club was soon dragged out of their mid-euphoric state and joined in clapping. Mr. Schuster stood up to shake my hand.
"Welcome to New Directions Danny." I glanced over to Rachel who was silently fuming over whatever little thing-Dear god look at that dress. I laughed because honestly all she needed was the dead billionaire tycoon to complete the look. She stood up and put out her hand to mine in some barbaric gesture of friendliness.
"Welcome, I am glad we have someone with your talent on our side. You and Sunshine will undoubtedly be great additions to our second line of singers."
I had this unhealthy habit of laughing in people's faces when they were incredibly amusing.
"You think we're going to settle for second string vocals? I already won a state championship in my Sophomore year and turned down three record labels subsequently. I am going for top billing, as for Sunshine, you won't have to worry about her." I walked away, a frazzled Berry following close behind.
"What do you mena I don't have to worry you heard her! She is the only other soprano here who could possibly impose on my standing."
"She's transferring to Carmel and joining Vocal Adrenaline. Jesse says 'Hi'."
"Tell him I say 'Hi' back. And why is she transferring?"
"You sent her to a crack house. Infested with crack heads. She's fearful for her life and you should be lucky she isn't pressing charges." Berry had this look of relief, no police are coming to arrest her.
"You are, however, on my shit list. And if I can help it you won't get anything close to a solo again." And with that I gave her a Sylvester glare, the kind only someone with that particular genetic code in their DNA could give, and left her there mumbling something about sorry. She had her chance, now it was my turn.
A/N
So I made it through the chapter! YAY! Also i got a review last time so YAY. THE MORE REVIEWS I GET THE MORE YAY I FEEL. THE MORE YAY I FEEL THE SEXIER DANNY GETS. YAY.
Where I go when I go there,
No more weeping anymore.
Only in and out your lips;
The broken wishes, washing with them, to shore"
