It's on
Chapter 10
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Glee. HP belongs to J.K. Rowling and Glee belongs to Ryan Murphy. I don't own the songs that will be sung, or played in this story either. The only things I own are my OC's.
Author's Note: Instead of a week or two, I updated in two days! Hooray for me! This chapter just wrote itself, but I hope I did okay!
On a totally different note, I started to write a Niff and Wevid fanfic. When I finish one of my crossover's I'll post the Niff one first. Just be on the lookout sometime. I don't know when it will be.
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I'm making Sam's appearance in the story a little earlier in this story.
Ron knew why he walked out on Harry. He had good reason too. For many years he felt like he had to be his older brothers. He felt overshadowed by all five of them. Bill was Head Boy, but still cool, Charlie was an excellent Seeker for Quidditch, Percy had good grades, was Prefect and Head Boy, and the twins were excellent pranksters. And now they joined Glee Club. If Ron does, then he will be even more overshadowed. They were really good dancers and singers. Ron wasn't that best of a dancer or singer. He just can't do it.
Really, the only thing that Ron beat his brothers at was Wizard's Chess.
Then there was Harry. He follows him around like a sidekick and Harry's so much better than him on anything (except chess). There was that time during Halloween first year that Ron knocked out that troll with his own club. He did that with a spell that Ron hadn't practiced enough. That was a really good feeling. Ron frowned at himself for thinking that. He had help and that mountain troll was going to kill Hermione.
"Is that really how you feel?" The sudden voice scared the crap out of Ron. It had just come from nowhere. Plus, Ron didn't notice that he said any of that aloud. "Because none of it is true." Ron wheeled around and saw Harry there standing in the doorway. He was frowning. His eyes were sad and full of concern.
"Yes it is, Harry and don't try to deny it!" Ron exclaimed.
"You're more than what you think, Ron," Harry said, walking into the room, shutting the door behind him. He sat down by Ron on the floor. "You defend your friends and family when Malfoy or some other Slytherin says something. You defended me from Seamus at the beginning of the year, remember?" Ron did remember. Everyone was and is still against Harry and Dumbledore from the incident that happened the year before with the Tri-wizard tournament.
Harry's speech was helping him gain his confidence in himself a little bit.
"And Dumbledore gave you that Prefect badge for a reason," Harry mentioned. That was also a happy memory for Ron. He was shocked at first, but finally warmed up to the idea. "And when we go back to Hogwarts next year, you'll get to wear that badge proudly."
Dumbledore didn't take the badges back when they were leaving. He let him and Hermione keep them. They earned them and he wasn't going to take them. Instead, he just assigned two substitute Prefects. Later, Hermione told Ron and Harry that the stand-in Prefects were Pavarti Patil and Neville Longbottom.
"With a little coaching you could be an excellent Quidditch player," Harry added. Ron smiled thinking back to what he saw in the Mirror of Erised. "Have you ever sang or danced before?"
Ron shook his head no.
"Don't put yourself down too early mate," Harry advised to him. "Who knows, maybe you'll be a better singer and dancer than the twins are. Courage." With that, Harry patted his shoulder and left Ron in the room to think.
After school the next day, he headed for the choir room. He hadn't told Harry that he was going with the plan. He wanted it to be a surprise. He was a few minutes late, because he got lost trying to find it. Harry was just finishing his audition when he found the classroom. That bugged him. He wanted to support Harry like Harry will for him.
He heard the applause. That was when Ron walked in. His brothers, Harry, Kurt and Blaine were smiling at him. Hermione was shocked. He wondered if she was shocked when Harry walked in to audition.
"I want to audition," Ron said to the instructor. He hadn't seen the man before now so he didn't know his name.
"All right," The man smiled. The instructor gestured towards the center of the room. Ron walked over to the spot. "Whenever you're ready."
"I'm Ron," Ron said. He took a few deep breaths. He was beyond nervous. What if he messed up the lyrics? He couldn't glance at the others. That would make him even more nervous. He never performed in front of an audience before.
Ron did see Harry give him a thumbs-up sign. Ron smiled and started the song.
I've tried playing it cool
But when I'm looking at you
I can't ever be brave
'Cause you make my heart race
Shot me out of the sky
You're my kryptonite
You keep making me weak
Yeah, frozen and can't breathe
Something's gotta give now
'Cause I'm dying just to make you see
That I need you here with me now
'Cause you've got that one thing
By the time the chorus came around, Ron started to gain more confidence in himself. He looked at everyone in the room. Their eyes were wide and some were grinning like mad. The twins were dancing in their seats, smiling proudly. That made Ron smile.
So get out, get out, get out of my head
And fall into my arms instead
I don't, I don't, don't know what it is
But I need that one thing
Ron didn't get to finish the whole song because the teacher stopped him. Did they not like it? Were the twins doing that to make me feel good?
All of his questions were answered when the teacher said, "Welcome to the Glee Club!" Ron sighed with relief as everyone cheered and clapped. The teacher introduced himself as Mr. Shuester after everyone even gave him a standing ovation. It made him feel really good. This was one of his favorite moments.
Hermione was the first one off of her feet. She ran and hugged him, smiling like crazy. Harry and the twins were next.
"We're proud of you Ronniekins!" Fred exclaimed hugging him very tightly, almost to the point where he couldn't breathe.
"We had faith in you!" George added hugging him not as tightly as Fred.
"Congratulations mate!" Harry laughed and slapped Ron on the back. Then suddenly everyone else who were still sitting, looked confused except for a boy with dark brown hair and blue eyes.
"You guys are dating?" A boy with a Mohawk asked. Ron looked at Harry with a horrified look. Harry gave one back. Fred and George were looking amused with this situation.
"No Noah," Hermione said. "In England, mate means friend." Ron sent a look that said 'thank you' and smiled at her.
"Well now that we got that out of the way, I want Ron as my duet partner for the rest of the year," said a short girl with long, dark brown hair stood up from her seat. Ron's eyes widened. To be honest, that girl scared him.
"What?" Ron and another boy asked that the same time. Ron was confused and the other boy was angry.
"Finn with his voice we could win Nationals this year. Our last year!" The girl explained to the other boy. Finn still didn't look convinced.
"You're my girlfriend Rachel! What if I wanted to do these duets with you since it's our last year?" Finn asked. He was clearly annoyed by what Rachel was saying. Ron doesn't blame him either.
"I just want to stand in the back," Ron said suddenly. Both Finn and Rachel stopped their argument and looked at him.
Rachel was going to say something, but the teacher cut in. "Ron made his decision you guys. Stop arguing! Sit back down. Let's get to work."
As Mr. Shuester was writing something on the board, the principal came into the room wanting Kurt. Everyone was silent as they watched Kurt leave the room.
The rest of the time was spent on practicing choreography they might use for Sectionals coming up. Ron went home that day with sore muscles (he hasn't dance that much in his life), a skip in his step and a smile on his face.
Yay! Ron and Harry are in Glee now! What did you think of the chapter?
Song used: One Thing by One Direction
I used for the lyrics!
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