A/N: Hello everyone and here is another chapter of my Glee story 'Nobody Said It Easy Easy.' Sorry I didn't update for a while but I will try my hardest to update this story. I really want to see the direction I can bring the characters in. Anyway, here is the new chapter. I hope you read and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee. (But why do we have to wait until January 24 for the new episode of Glee?)
Running the Glee Club has to be one of the hardest things, I have ever done. I mean there's a lot of preparation, especially with everyone back from vacation and everything. This year, it was Sectionals and we had to have a killer performance or else we were going to lose to the Warblers again. We couldn't lose to the Warblers, not when we were so close. I was going to make this week something special. I was going to have the students of Glee Club choose what song they wanted to do for Sectionals and then we decide what performance was the best. This was going to be the best two weeks of preparation ever. Especially since Rachel promised, she was going to fly to Lima today and help me find a winning recipe for the Glee Club. Rachel and I being co-captains in love—it was almost like High School.
"Are you sure that I'm not intruding on the Glee Club this week?" Rachel held her suitcase close to her, rolling it towards the door of the loft, speaking with Finn on the phone.
"Not at all." Finn answered, his voice sounding as if he honestly didn't mind. "By the way, how did you get out of classes at NYADA for a week?"
"It was pretty easy. Especially since the seniors were hosting some big showcase and the freshman, sophomores and juniors weren't allowed to even set foot in the building." Rachel let out a slight chuckle. "I'm also bringing Kurt with me to Lima so he can help us, isn't that fun?"
"Yeah, that's great but I thought he had to work at Vogue?" Finn sounded muddled.
"He was able to get some vacation time and besides, he wanted to come and support you." Rachel held the phone to her ear, looking over to the room. "Kurt, come on! We're going to miss our flight!" Kurt came out of the room, crossing his arms towards Rachel, only carrying a duffel bag. "That's all you're going to pack? We're going to be gone for a week."
"Everything I'm going to need is right in here." Kurt patted the duffle bag, eyeing Rachel's suitcase. "Rachel, we're only going for the week. Why did you pack enough close to wrap around the world from here to Antarctica?"
"I'm a girl Kurt. Girls' need to look good at every occasion." Rachel explained, placing the phone back towards her ear. "All right, I'll call you as soon as we land in Lima."
"Sounds like a plan. See you then." Finn hung up the phone as Rachel had done the same thing.
"Let's go. I don't get why your helping our your ex-boyfriend anyway." Kurt and Rachel walked towards the elevator of the building, dragging Rachel's suitcases along.
"Well…because Finn and I have some history with music and I figured what would be a better way to get introduced to the new Glee Club than to have the co-captains of the old Glee Club show up and help?" Everything Rachel said wasn't exactly a lie. There was more to it than just going home and seeing Finn and the others again. She still hadn't told Kurt that she and Finn were together, and she and Finn agreed that it would stay a secret just for a little while longer. She couldn't wait to go back to Lima in order to help with Sectionals. It was going to be a complete blast. Kurt on the other hand wasn't looking as forward to the trip as Rachel was. Secretly, Kurt hated the fact that he was going to see Blaine at William McKinley High. He was sure that Blaine wanted nothing to do with him, especially after the way he kissed Taylor while Blaine showed up to the Vogue office. This was going to be one long week.
Finn continued to look through some sheet music for Sectionals, trying to find a song that the New Directions could do. After much deliberation, Finn decided 'Gangnam Style' wasn't going to be one of the songs. The last thing he needed was the New Directions to lose to the Warblers because the team decided to sing in Korean. Finn continued to stare at the paper, seeing two familiar faces at the door: Rachel and Kurt.
"Guys! Hey!" Finn walked over to Rachel and Kurt, giving them a hug before going back to his desk.
"Hey." Rachel gave him a smile.
"I thought I was going to pick you guys up at the airport." Finn was somewhat startled by the fact that Rachel and Kurt were standing there instead of at the airport.
"We decided to just come straight down to the school in order to surprise the kids. We wanted to show them the old New Directions spirit." Rachel flashed a grin, thinking about the old days where they won Sectionals, Regionals and Nationals.
"Yeah, Rachel I was wondering if you wouldn't mind performing for the Glee Club in order to show them what a star looks like." Finn pointed his clipboard to Rachel, watching her clapping her hands in excitement.
"I had been prepared for this moment, don't you worry Finn. I won't let you down."
"So what am I going to do?" Kurt wondered.
"You're going to perform too but a lot of the kids have been asking to meet the famous Rachel Berry." Finn explained.
"So everyone including Blaine is more interested in seeing Rachel perform instead of me?" Kurt crossed his arms, letting out a sigh. "I see William McKinley hasn't' changed a bit."
"Well, Glee Club is happening in a couple of minutes so I suggest that we get ready." Finn's attention turned to his stepbrother. "Kurt, do you mind getting Brad? Last time I checked he was in the auditorium coming up with music for Coach Sylvester's 'Cirque De Sue-lei."
"Sure, I have nothing better to do anyway." Kurt started to head towards the door before turning his attention to Finn and Rachel. "Do you realize that Brad has never said a word the last four years he's been working for the Glee Club?" With that, Kurt headed to find the famous pianist that would never utter a word. Finn made sure that Kurt turned the corner, before planting a kiss on Rachel's lips. Rachel responded to his kiss, holding Finn closer to her as if she needed him.
"I missed you so much." Finn whispered after they parted their lips. "Spending a week without you killed me. I'm actually glad that they're having the senior NYADA show and must I say…" Finn observed Rachel's red sweater dress along with her black pumps. "You look so sexy."
"Well thank you." Rachel couldn't wipe the smile off her face even if she tried. "I missed you too and I miss not waking up with you in my bed but at least I get to spend a week in Lima helping you win Sectionals. So how did last week's Glee Club lesson go?"
"Oh, that sucked." Finn recalled the lesson from the week before. "I wanted them to do songs from the kids musical High School Musical but Kitty literally pushed Marley into the closet over there in order to sing 'You Are The Music In Me' with Jake. Then Coach Sylvester came in the room and said that we're 'tainting the good name that is Disney with our gremlin looks and our off-key singing that was so bad that we make William Hung sound like he's worthy of a Grammy.' So yeah, it was pretty bad."
"Yikes. Well, maybe you shouldn't do Disney anymore…although I am sure you would make an amazing Troy Bolton should William McKinley put on High School Musical as the year's production." Rachel gave Finn a loving smile as he placed his hand in hers.
"You get me, you really do." Finn whispered, leaning in to kiss Rachel again. Rachel stopped the kiss for a moment, staring at Finn as if she had the greatest idea in the world.
"Sing with me."
"What?"
"Sing with me." Rachel repeated.
"You want me to sing with you, but we're introducing you to the Glee Club." Finn didn't see where Rachel was going with it.
"Come on, please? I had the greatest idea for a song that we could do for them and it could be worthy as a Sectionals ballad. The thing is, the song only works if there's two people." Rachel put up two fingers, giving Finn the puppy dog eyes. Finn considered it for a moment, finally relenting.
"All right, so what's the song you want to do?" Finn questioned. Rachel ran over to the piano, pulling a piece of paper from the folder.
"I want us to do this one." Rachel showed Finn the sheet music. He observed the song for a moment, realizing that the song was perfect.
"This…this is perfect." Finn agreed.
"So what do you say? Want to do a Finchel duet…partner?" Rachel held out her hand as if she was asking Finn to shake it, almost like a business transaction. Finn took Rachel's hand to shake it, agreeing that it would have been a good idea for them to do it. Just then, Finn and Rachel turned their heads to see the Glee Club kids walking in one by one, observing the one and only Rachel Berry.
"Oh my god, guys…it's Rachel Berry." Kitty pointed over to Rachel.
"You must be Kitty…I've heard so much about you." Rachel held out her hand for Kitty to shake.
"Like what? How I'm fabulous?" Kitty fluffed her hair that was currently in her signature ponytail.
"More like a nightmare." Brittany muttered, walking past Kitty to take her seat.
"Well…glad to meet you." Rachel said after a stunned awkward silence. Rachel noticed Marley staring at her almost as if she was in a daze. "You must be Marley. I've heard great things about you."
"Really?" Marley wondered.
"Really." Rachel nodded her head. Marley simply let out a grin and walked over to sit next to Jake.
"Now guys, for those of you that don't know, this is Rachel Berry. She helped us win Nationals last year and she was the Glee co-captain for the last three years." Finn introduced Rachel to the class.
"Is she going to sing something?" Marley asked, her face full of anticipation.
"As a matter of fact, I am." Rachel was excited to see that Marley shared the same passion and ambition as her.
"Rachel and I have prepared something for you guys if you don't mind." Finn saw the Glee Club leaning closer with intent.
"Are you kidding? Rachel can show all these amateurs how it's done." Tina said from the back of the choir room. Rachel and Finn eyed one another nervously, hearing footsteps from the doorway. Brad the pianist entered the room with Kurt in tow. Kurt noticed Blaine sitting in the back of the choir room, giving him a moment of eye contact before taking his seat in between Jake and Ryder.
"And for those of you that don't know, that's…"
"Lady Hummel." Kitty finished, looking at her perfectly manicured nails.
"All right…or we can just call him Kurt." Finn stuffed his hands in his pockets. "So Brad, the music is on the piano. Whenever you're ready." In that moment, Brad started to play the piano while the other members of the band played their guitars and drums and the entire Glee club focused on the couple that was Finchel.
(Finn)
I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought hey,
You know this could be something
Cause everything you do and words you say
You know that it all takes my breath away
And now I'm left with nothing
(Finn and Rachel)
So maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one
(Rachel)
I remember every look upon your face
(Finn)
The way you roll your eyes the way you taste
You make it hard for breathing
(Rachel)
Cause when I close my eyes and drift away
I think of you and everything's okay
I'm finally now believing
(Finn & Rachel)
So maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is better than one
(Finn)
I remember what you wore on the first day
You came into my life and I thought hey,
(Finn and Rachel)
So maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking
That I can't live without you
Cause baby two is better than one
There's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
But I figured out when all is said and done
Two is better than one
Two is better than one
As soon as Rachel and Finn finished their duet, the class burst into cheers, excited to hear someone from New York bracing their presence to them as if they were important. Rachel had to admit she missed being in this room. She felt as if the Glee Club was her family and while staring at Finn, she felt as if she was home once again and enjoying what was the glory of her High School days.
After Glee practice ended, Kurt offered to stay behind and put the sheet music away in the closets. He knew that everyone was going to want to gawk over the one and only Rachel Berry, so he decided to take the time to become reacquainted with the old choir room. Kurt put the papers in the closet, but when he closed the door, he noticed Blaine entering the classroom as if he was looking for something.
"Oh…I'll come back later." Blaine started to head out of the classroom until Kurt stopped him.
"Blaine, we need to talk about this." Kurt sighed.
"There's nothing to talk about." Blaine hissed, heading out the Glee club choir room.
"Nothing happened between Taylor and me since that day. I promise, Blaine." Kurt almost pleaded.
"I don't care anymore. If you want to be with Taylor, I can't stop you." Blaine walked to the back of the choir room to grab his jacket, and then started to head out the door. "Kurt, you need to make up your mind, because I'm tired of waiting around for you." Blaine headed out the door, closing it right behind him. Kurt stared at the door, wondering if he should have even come to Lima. Right now, his heart wasn't feeling in the right place—and it might have something to do with the fact that he no longer had Blaine.
Song Featured: Two Is Better Than One by Boys Like Girls feat. Taylor Swift (Sung by Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson)