A/N: Howdy all, this is your captain speaking! We are currently on chapter 11 of Here's an Idea, fair warning, since thanksgiving break is next week, I won't be able to work on chapter 12 since I'll be heading out of town. But I'll be sure to update as soon as I get back and work on it.
I don't own Glee or the magnificent cast, because if I did . . . well I dunno, so please continue on to the story below and have fun.
"Oh Star you have a lovey dovey smile on your face" Storme said poking Rachel in the side as the two settled onto Rachel's bed. They had just gotten back from dropping off Brittany at home, and now Storme and Rachel were at Rachel's house.
"Oh shut up" Rachel said pushing Storme playfully onto a pillow, which caused Storme to giggle loudly. When she stopped, Storme threw herself up, into a sitting position.
"No but seriously, you go into school all worried and stuff and a few minutes later you come out looking like cupid shot you with his arrow, what happened" Storme asked clearly intrigued. Rachel blushed,
"Santana was there" Rachel started to say then Storme squealed,
"No way, I thought she would have been gone, what was she doing in there" Storme asked. Rachel shrugged,
"Beats me, but I'm glad she was, she found my car keys, that's so nice, normally people would just leave it if they found it" Rachel chirped happily.
"Yeah, so Rachel, I was thinking about something and I wanted your opinion on it" Storme said suddenly with a serious tone. Rachel frowned,
"Sure go ahead" Rachel said,
"Well, Santana and Quinn have been really getting into my space today, and it's because they want me to join the Cheer squad" Storme said. Rachel blinked in surprise, she had not expected this.
"Wow, really" Rachel asked, Storme nodded before continuing,
"Yeah, and I've been thinking that I should join, but I didn't know if you would be ok with it" Storme said. There was a tense silence between them, but Rachel broke it,
"Well, it's your choice Storme, I don't control you" Rachel said.
"Really, I could join, but what about Santana" Storme asked.
"Hey, we'll make it work, you do what you want, and I'll come see you at the football games and cheer for you" Rachel promised. It was then Storme jumped onto Rachel and hugged her.
"And we could totally make it work to our advantage" Storme said deviously. Rachel rolled her eyes. Storme was crazy.
The next morning Rachel and Storme headed to Brittany's house to pick her up. Both of the blonde's parents had an early shift this morning so Rachel agreed to take her to and from school.
"Now are you sure I'll be ok, I don't know a thing about cheerleading and I'm not that strong" Storme sighed. Rachel rolled her eyes, ever since they decided that if Storme made the team, they could use Storme's new position to their advantage, but now Storme was spewing out excuses because she was afraid she would mess up.
"Storm it'll be ok, just do what Coach Sylvester says, and I'm sure you'll do fine" Rachel reassured, though she knew that Sue was a slave driver and showed little mercy to her Cheerios. But Storme could learn that for herself.
"I hope so, I hate embarrassing myself in front of people" Storme whined as she leaned her head against the cool window with a childish pout on her face, but her eyes showed genuine worry.
"Hey" Rachel said kindly as she quickly glanced at her friend as they turned onto Brittany's road. Storme looked at Rachel,
"What" Storme said weakly and Rachel wanted to wince from it, but she didn't,
"Look, you're a great dancer, you have decent flexibility and you have a drive that can almost be compared to mine" Rachel said encouragingly, Storme chuckled lightly,
"Thank you Rae, but if it wouldn't be too much trouble, would you please go with me to my audition" Storme asked hopefully.
"Of course Storme, heck I'll even ask the Gleeks to come too if it'll make you feel that much better" Rachel offered. Storme grinned widely,
"That would be so rockin" Storme basically shouted in excitement. It was then, the two pulled into the blonde's driveway, and sitting on the porch was the blonde waving wildly with her usual smile before getting up and bouncing to the car.
"Hi guys" Brittany said brightly as she entered the back seat behind Storme and began playing with Storme's hair, much to the latter's surprise. But she smiled and let the cheerleader continue as Rachel pulled out of the driveway and headed to school.
"Hey Brittany" Storme asked contently, Brittany stopped her motions and looked at the back of the girl's head expectantly,
"Yes Fluffy Cloud" she said before letting out a quiet yawn.
"Well Rachel and I were talking yesterday and part of this morning when we were coming to get you and I was decided to join the Cheerios" Storme said somewhat cautiously, she didn't know how her blonde amigo would react to the news. Well until she squealed anyway.
"Oh my gosh Fluffy that would be so cool, that would mean I could see you all the time" Brittany shouted excitedly before starting to talk about all the good things about being a McKinley Cheerio, (the bad things would come later). Rachel winced at Brittany's harsh high pitched tone, as did Storme but she recovered more quickly than Rachel.
"Well it's wonderful to know you have no ill feelings against Storme joining the Cheerios" Rachel chuckled as she pulled up into the campus, gradually slowing down her speed so she didn't hit any of the students, even if it would've been their fault. Once she had parked next to a red Ram Dodge truck, which almost guaranteed belonged to one of the football players; all three of the girls got out, grabbed their belongings and headed to the prison known as school.
"Alright guys, I'm gonna go talk to Santana and Quinn, I'll give you my report before the try out starts" Storme said with a mock salute, Rachel and Brittany waved to her wishing her the best of luck before the girl ran off ahead of them into the building alone.
"This should be fun" Rachel said to Brittany as they came in a few minutes later and heading to Brittany's locker to get her things before heading to Rachel's locker, this was going to be an eventful day.
As second period ended Rachel was heading to her locker, class had been painfully dull, and the boredom was so bunched up in the class room, Rachel almost couldn't breathe. But thankfully the brunette pulled through and was finally free.
"Rae bear" Brittany called as she skipped towards her friend. Rachel turned from her locker and smiled at the girl, she had looking forward to seeing her since the blonde would get anyone out of a boredom funk.
"Hi Britt-Britt, how was class" Rachel asked as she pulled out her things. Brittany smiled,
"It was fun, though I didn't really understand some of it" Brittany admitted. Rachel gave her a sympathetic smile,
"Well, we could get you some tutoring" she offered. Brittany giggled,
"Ok, but let's get to that later, have you seen Storme yet" Brittany asked a bit more seriously. Rachel shook her head,
"No not yet, but I'm not worried, Storme is very strong willed, she can handle practically everything" Rachel said with confidence. Brittany smiled, she knew that Fluffy cloud could take care of herself, but she was worried about her meeting Coach Sylvester. The woman would always put potential cheerios through one of her hard training courses, just to see if they had what it took. In freshman year, Quinn, Santana, and Brittany herself had been spotted by Coach Sylvester and seen as potential cheerios and holy cow that training course they went through was worse than the best Marine Co. training field, well at least that's how Santana had described it as she nearly passed out that day. Poor Sanny, Brittany thought as she winced at the state Storme could come out as.
"Well Britt, it's time to head for class, and I'd rather you not be late again please, you always end up missing half of the class" Rachel stated as she pulled Brittany along to take her to her class before heading to her own.
It was now fourth period and Rachel was starting to think Coach Sylvester had killed her best friend for making the right effort, she had texted her a few times, but she never got an answer, she had sent those texts during third period. And at the moment the stressing diva was at her locker silently praying that her best friend would do something to make her sure she were alive, smoke signals, flashing lights, the bat signal, ANYTHING, to reassure her.
"Holy cow, Star Fruit guess what" an excited voice chimed from behind her. Rachel spun around and saw that her best friend was alive and well and not dead and buried underneath the football field.
Rachel gave a great sigh of relief, which caused the honey blonde to raise a brow in questioning.
"Rae are you ok" she asked instantly concerned, but Rachel shook her head as she let a breathy chuckle,
"I assure you I'm alright, but I was worried, neither Brittany nor I have heard from you since this morning before school started" Rachel explained, Storme nodded in understanding.
"I'm sorry Star Fruit, but I had to do this weird interview" Storme explained as she began her story.
"Well ms Parker-De Luca, I'm sure you're wondering why I have let you into the office of the success that is Sue Sylvester" the tall blonde woman asked. She was currently on her new treadmill and she was on her cool down. Storme was sitting on the red chair closeted to the coach, while Santana and Quinn stood behind her side by side smiling broadly, their secret plan was in successful progress so far, but it could only continue if Storme passed the interview and didn't blow the try out.
"Well, I was hoping to join the Cheer team" Storme said carefully, she was slightly nervous, because this woman seemed intimidating. She had seen how the cheer practices went.
"Well, I saw you running the day your class was on the track, and with the stride you have, you now have the pleasure of having potential, which is why I had my three best Cheerios go after you" Sue said giving a head gesture to Quinn and Santana, Storme looked back for a moment and saw the two girls wave their fingers at her.
"Well, I'm glad you saw my potential Ms. Sylvester" Storme said politely. Coach Sylvester scoffed as she stopped the treadmill and moved to her revolving chair, with a new bottle of water.
"Enough with the formalities, now it's time for business, I'm going to ask you a few questions, and you will answer them" Sue said in an authority tone, which Storme secretly did not appreciate, but she kept it to herself, she knew this was now part of her mission to get Santana and Rachel together, so she would have to hold back. So she smiled simply,
"Fire away" she stated in monotone. Sue glared slightly and things were tense for a minute. But the coach immediately broke it by asking her first question,
"What does a base man do" Sue shot and Storme immediately answered,
"When performing with a flyer, the base man makes sure the flyer is secured while the stunt is performed"
"Name four cheerleading jumps" Sue shot again
" A toe touch, pike jump, side hurdler, and tuck jump , which was a personal favorite when I played on the trampoline with Rachel when we were nine" Storme stated confidently as she crossed one leg over the other and folded her arms. When the cheer questions had finished ten minutes later, things started to get a bit strange.
"There was a fight between David Bowie and Chuck Norris, who would win" she asked, Storme scoffed,
"Please, Chuck Norris" Storme stated.
"Whey Protein or Slim Fast?"
"Neither"
"Tiger or Rhino"
"Tiger?"
"Good choice, tigers show no mercy"
"Red or Blue?"
"Blue"
Gym or home work out?"
"Gym, I'm kinda a show off"
"Hmmm, leader or follower"
"Depends on the situation, but if it's dark and quiet, someone else goes first"
"Hmm, I'll let it slide"
"Alright"
"Revenge or let it go"
"Again that depends on the situation and who it is, but a majority of the time I pick a subtle revenge if I am crossed" Storme said with a thick air of deadly truth. Sue grinned,
"Good answer, but we can work on it, alright, you have intrigued me even more Ms. Parker De Luca, and so I expect you in the gym at lunch for your tryout" Sue said. Storme's eyes lit up, which the coach had finally noticed after the entire time she and Storme had talked.
"Whats wrong with your eyes" Sue asked curiously, Storme had flinched a bit, before answering,
"I-It's an eye mutation I was born with" Storme said quietly.
"Hmm, interesting, alright, get out I have business to attend to" Sue said suddenly dismissing her.
"Thank you for the opportunity Ms. Sylvester" Storme smiled weakly.
"I thought we went over this, enough with the formalities, you sound like baby Streisand" she sighed. Storme's eyes narrowed in curiosity.
"Baby Streisand, who's that" Storme asked.
"Your best friend kaleidoscope, Rachel Berry" Sue deadpanned as she took a drink her water. Storme's curiosity turned into a miffed look. She didn't people calling Rachel names, teacher or not.
"I would appreciate it if you called Rachel by her actual name, and for the record, Barbra Streisand aint got nothing on Rachel" Storme said in a slightly intimidating tone before leaving the room with a slightly shocked Sue Sylvester and Cheerios behind. When the door was closed, she let out a shaky breath before straitening back up and smirking, it was easier than expected; now to find Rachel and Brittany and report in.
Yay, you did it, I'm so proud of you" Rachel smiled with immense pride, Storme beamed happily before speaking again.
"Thank you, now all I have to do is ace the try outs at lunch and I'm good to go, so will you and the Glee club come to my audition" Storme asked. Rachel smiled again before rolling her eyes,
"We discussed this earlier Cloud, I will certainly attend the try out, and I'll bring as many of our fellow Gleeks as possible" Rachel promised.
"Thanks Star, now come on we have class soon, and I have to go back and get the assignments from my last three classes later" Storme said before the girls went to their respectful lockers giggling about a new topic and holding hands swinging them like happy children. But what they didn't notice was a Latina girl seething and punching a locker before howling and waving her hand as if to shake the pain off.
"Rachel I can't breathe" Storme whined fearfully from the side of the bleachers where no one could see them. It was time for Storme's try out for the Cheerios and she was freaking out. Rachel was trying to calm her down in every way she knew how, but it was working too well, she even told her the entire Glee club came to cheer her on.
"Cloudy it'll be okay, you're a great dancer, just go with the flow of the music and you'll do great" Rachel assured giving her a hug. Storme hugged her back.
"Thanks Rae, you always know how to make a girl feel better, I'm almost jealous Santana has the opportunity to get that" Storme chuckled as she saw the short brunette blush heavily.
"Oh, just go already" Rachel huffed pushing Storme playfully towards the open gym. Storme continued her laugh as she jogged to the center of the gym. In front of her about ten feet away was Sue Sylvester sitting behind a long wooden folding table with a big note book and a pen sitting expectantly. While next to her, was none other than Santana and Quinn, but for some reason Brittany was sitting with them, which slightly discouraged the girl, she thought for sure Brittany would want to come support her.
"Maybe she got out of class late, so she's getting a late lunch" Storme thought as she looked behind the table and into the bleachers. Rachel had spoken the truth, not that Storme doubted her; the entire Glee club had in fact showed up and they were all smiling at her, minus Lauren, she had more of a knowing smirk if anything, but Storme didn't mind. She was just glad she had support. Suddenly Sue pulled out her famous bull horn and turned it on. There was a harsh crackling sound before she spoke out.
"Alright Kaleidoscope, after a small chat with your tiny best friend, I have allowed your fellow Glee losers into my gym to support you while being criticized by yours truly" Sue said, Storme glared lightly at the coach, but it wouldn't be seen considering the distance between them.
"Thank you, so what do I do" Storme asked with her enthusiastic smile. Suddenly as if on cue Brittany skipped up beside out of thin air with her smile.
"Hi fluffy" she shouted happily hugging the happily surprised other, Storme hugged her back before Sue began to talk through her bull horn again.
"Kaleidoscope, I'm sure you know our sweet yet simple Brittany, well for this try out all you have to do is follow what she does, if you can up, you'll be on my squad and you'll be fitted for a uniform immediately, but if you fail, you will be labeled as a failure in my book and mocked the rest of your high school days" she said as if it a natural occurrence.
"I understand Coach, let's get this party started" Storme said before jumping in place throwing a fist pump. Brittany smiled and Rachel did too as she waved at Storme and yelled good luck to her. Storme turned to the taller blonde and said,
"Ready when you are Brittany" Storme said giving her a thumbs up. Brittany then turned to her Coach and waved her hand, Sue nodded and suddenly music started to play, it was Enrique Iglesias song Finally Found You and Storm squealed she liked this song. And soon they began to dance, rather impressively.
From the bleachers Rachel knew that Storme had this try out in the bag, she began to shout positive sayings to the girl and soon she got the entire club going. Needless to say, the tryout went well.
The day ended wonderfully for Rachel and her friends, Storme had made the team and was to receive her Cheer uniform tomorrow morning, Glee rehearsals for sectionals was going wonderfully, the dance was coming along perfectly and the vocals were starting to sound just as good. Now Rachel could start working on her solo song Skyscraper by Demi Lovato, Rachel thought it was an appropriate song for her to sing so she chose it. Rachel was walking alone to her car since Storme had to go home immediately for a doctor's appointment, and Brittany had a dance class.
"I wonder what Santana's doing" Rachel whispered quietly to herself since she was still on school grounds and anyone could be listening. She smiled fondly at the thought of the Latina girl and her fiery ways.
"Hey" a voice called from behind her. Rachel spun herself around to see none other than Santana herself. She was jogging towards her and quickly catching up. Rachel's heart sped up at the sight of her; even as she jogged she looked amazing.
"Santana, how are you" Rachel asked the Latina stopped in front of her. She shrugged,
"I'm fine; anyway, my car didn't start this morning, so I had to hitch a ride with Puck, but since he's with the rare white rhino I don't have a ride home" Santana said with an irritated eye roll, though it was not aimed for Rachel in anyway.
"I'm sorry about your car Santana, would you like a ride home, I don't have vocal lessons until five thirty" Rachel offered with her usual smile. Santana raised an eyebrow at the girl's offer, and Rachel took it as a bad thing and decided to back pedal a bit,
"I-I mean, if you would want a ride it was just an offer, of course I understand if you wouldn't want a ride, I mean being a cheerio and all I'm sure you wouldn't want any of the other cheerios to catch you riding with me" Rachel rambled with a blush. Santana chuckled, which caused the other girl to stop her rambling and look at her mildly surprised.
"W-what" Rachel asked. Santana just shook her head,
"It's nothing, but I would appreciate a ride though" Santana said before walking towards Rachel's car. Rachel lingered in her spot a little longer before registering what had just happened. When it finally clicked about ten seconds later, Rachel smiled and hurried after Santana. Maybe they could get a little closer on the way home.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed the chapter despite the huge lateness. But just remember I loves you all and I hope the holidays treat you well, I'll see you after the Thanksgiving break! Please leave a review!
