This Is The Story Of A Girl Chapter TwentyOne, a glee fanfic

A/N: I am excited 'cause it's PROM! But I'm sad because it's the penultimate chapter...):

Chapter Twenty-One: Prom, Duh!

"So, uh, Prom..." Hannah said stiffly to Connor.

"Yeah...Prom..." he said awkwardly. "You know how New Directions usually performs at Prom? Well, I was wondering..."

Hannah looked up, then her face fell as he said: "If you wanted to sing with me." She nodded.

"Yes. That would be fun. Even though I technically can't even go to Prom without a date, because it's sophmores, juniors, and seniors only."

Connor shrugged. "I'll sneak you in a in a carpetbag." He mentally slapped himself. Really? Carpetbag?

Hannah giggled. "Thanks...here's my address. Come on over after school and we'll rehearse."

He nodded and took the slip of paper.

Maureen sighed and collasped on her bed, groaning. "Hannah! I have no idea what to wear!"

"A dress..." she said softly.

"But...what kind? And who will I go with?" She asked sadly.

Hannah frowned. "You don't have to go with a date..."

Maureen staredat the phone. "Oh, you were being serious..."

"I'm not going!"

"Are you mentally insane?"

"No...look, I have to go, someone's here."

"...who?" Maureen asked suspiciously.

"No one! Bye!"

Maureen sighed. "Well, I guess I'm all on my own."

Hannah opened the door and grinned when she saw Connor, his hair still wet from sweat or a shower, she couldn't tell. He grinned and said, "Hey. Nice house."

Oh yes, the four story mansion with ten bedrooms, six bathrooms, and gold-plated countertops was simply a nice house.

She nodded. "Thanks. My dad's a lawyer..." she explained, as if that would enlighten everything.

Connor inspected some pictures over the fireplace. "Who are these people? Is this your little sister?"

Hannah cursed inwardly, then plastered on a fake smile. "The guy in the fedora is Brent. He loves theatre and he's...gay..." she mumbled. "And then his twin Brady, the one in the soccer uniform, he is like a sports supestar."

"Who's the pageant girl?" He asked curiously, pointing to the little eight year-old girl with huge hair, fake-looking make-up, and the glitterly, sparkling dress, her hands and feet poised perfectly, her smile blinding, her green eyes wide.

Hannah put her head in her hands. "Me."

Connor looked startled. "What, really? No offense, but you don't really seem like a pageant girl."

"I'm not. But my all mom ever wanted was for me to be like her, a beautiful debutante, not an ugly socially awkward girl with little-to-no friends," Hannah admitted softly, looking down at her feet.

He frowned. "What's wrong? Why are you so upset?"

Hannah sat on the stiff leather couch, and promptly burst into tears. "I'm tired of disappointed her. I'm sick of being the oddball of my family."

Suddenly, the front door opened, revealing Bill and Anna Gray, returned from the two-week trip. "Hannah, dear? Who is this boy?" Bill asked suspiciously.

Hannah quickly dried her tears and put on her fake smile. "This is Connor, we're doing a...social...studies project. We're friends."

"Oh, that's what they're calling it now?" Anna asked, amused. "Well, then, leave your door open."

"Mom!" Hannah said, aghast.

"Well, it is about time," Bill said to his wife, stage-whispering. "She never was the social type, was she, Anna?"

Anna shook her head. Hannah felt her eyes well up, and she dragged Connor up two flights of stairs to her room. She sat on her bed, her shoulders wracking with sobs "I'm...so...sorry..." she choked out. "I know you didn't come over expecting a crying fest."

Connor did the thing any normal teenage boy (yeah, right) would do and pulled her into a tight hug, feeling as her tears seeped through his faded t-shirt. Hannah gripped him tightly, and that's how they sat untli Hannah began to whimper, signaling that the tears were over.

She pulled away, and walked over to her full-body mirror, wiping tears away from her red-rimmed eyes. Connor just looked at her.

"Um, we should get practicing..." Hannah said. Connor nodded.

"Right. Practicing. So, what do you want to sing?"

She shrugged and pulled out her iPod before setting it on shuffle. "Hmm...John Mayer?"

"Nah."

"How about Hairspray?"

Connor smiled. "Only you would keep John Mayer and Hairspray on the same iPod. Any song is fine," He took a deep breath before saying, "That's not why I came here."

Hannah looked up. "Why did you?"

"To see if you were going to Prom."

"I'm sorry, but I think that I have a doctor's appointment, so it would be best if you went ahead and left," Hannah said quickly, looking down. Connor frowned, and opened up her bedroom door. He looked at her, then shook his head and left.

She threw herself face first on her bed and screamed in frustration.

"No, that spotlight goes over there," Savannah said. "Yes! Right there!" She laughed. "And then the glittering columns go..."

"Vannah!" Dane shrieked, before running over and capturing her in a hug. "You need to help me! I want to give my cousin a squirrell for her birthday. You need to catch one."

Savannah blushed, and made sure no one heard. "Dane..."

"What?" He asked innocently, his deep green eyes blinking and making Savannah swoon. She smiled.

"I'll try to help you. First, I have to finish decorating for Prom."

"Do you have a date?" Dane asked, picking up a tube of glitter. Savannah shook her head.

"Some doofus jock will probably ask me."

"Well, I'm no doofus, but would you want to go with me?" Dane asked. "We can watch Napolean Dynamite afterwards."

Savannah felt her heart break a little. " Me? You want to go with...me?"

He nodded. "You're pretty and you know a lot about animals. Plus, you're really nice."

She smiled. "Of course I will. See you later!" She waltzed off, almost screaming like a giddy school girl.

Evan took a deep breath and Maureen grinned. "Okay, just ask him. Don't make it a big spectacle."

"What? It's Prom! It's supposed to be big!" Evan exclaimed.

"I know..." Maureen said sadly. "Now, go out there and get your man!" She pushed Evan out in front of Sam, and then he knelt in front of him.

"Sam..."

"Yes?" Sam asked, blushing to his ears.

"Will you...go to Prom with me?"

Sam literally began jumping up and down. "Duh! Oh my gosh, let's go pick out suits!" He grabbed Evan's hand and the two ran off, laughing.

Maureen just checked her phone, sighed, and walked to Glee.

Alice took a huge leap of faith and asked S.J. Blake and Tyler were going together, Savannah was going with Dane, and who was she going with?

No one.

Maureen sighed and walked over to Hannah, who was in usual mopey mood lately. "What's wrong?" Maureen sighed, sick her little moody spells.

"I kicked Connor out of my house before he could ask me to Prom..." Hannah admitted.

Maureen glared. "Well, you set that up for yourself. Quit feeling sorry for yourself!"

"If I don't, who will? My mom? My dad? My brothers I hardly see anymore? People who pressure me to be as perfect as I can be?" Hannah exclaimed.

"I would, maybe, if you being upset wasn't something that happened so often!" Maureen screamed. "God, Hannah, do you see how good you have it?"

"Oh, Tori, moved back to LA, suck it up!" Hannah yelled. They were drawing some serious attention. "I really am sick of it. Maybe I'm upset about it, too!"

"You always are!" Maureen said, before letting a few tears roll down her face. "You always are." She ran off, leaving Hannah to run after her.

"What's wrong, Maureen?" Hannah asked softly.

"Thanks for noticing..." she responded bitterly. "He's gone. After what happened with..." she choked back her words and Hannah looked confusedly at her.

"With who?" Hannah asked quietly.

"Haley," Maureen admitted. "Haley was my first crush. She liked me back, last year. But she was using me. She figured, if she went out with a girl, she would get the attention she wanted. Both positive and negative." Maureen choked back sobs. "I loved her. And she just threw me away when a better option came along. And now with Tori gone, I feel like there's no hope."

Hannah pulled Maureen close to her and let her cry. "Shhh, shhh," she soothed. "I know it hurts right now."

Maureen pulled away. "What were you talking about? With your mom?"

"She wants me to be perfect..." Hannah admitted. "And, don't tell anyone, but she has me on the same meal plan that people use to lose weight. Sugar and carbs and fat are destested for me. And, I figure, if I can't eat what I want..." Hannah looked down. "Why eat at all?"

Maureen's eyes widened. "Hannah, you can't do that."

"I know!" Hannah whispered. "I've just reached the point where I'm fed up of my mother trying to make me a younger version of her."

"You aren't your mother," Maureen stated firmly. "You are Hannah Gray. Why did you turn down Connor?"

"Technically, I didn't, because he never got the chance to ask me," Hannah giggled.

Maureen laughed, "Oh shut up. You know what I mean!"

"Yeah, I do. I'm scared. I'm scared to death that this is real," Hannah said softy.

Maureen nodded. "Sometimes it can feel that way...but you have to take a leap sometimes," she told her.

The two girls made up and hugged, then linked arms and walked to their next class.

Hannah stared at herself in the mirror. Her dress was one-shoulder, rose petal pink, and extremely flowy. She bought it because it reminded her of the dress from the Taylor Swift music video, You Belong With Me. Except pink. And with one shoulder. Her hair was in an elegant bun, with wispy curls framing her face.

A text lit up her phone. You going tonight?

She responded, No, studying. ):

Wish U were. ): Connor responded.

Hannah looked at her appearance in the mirror, from her hair to her black peep-toe heels. Her glasses were still on, and she took them off.

Time to take a leap.

"You look great!" Alice said, looking gorgeous in a pale blue a-line strapless dress with rouched sides and tiny rhinestones on the hem. Her hair was down, curly, with the sides pulled back. S.J. looked smashing in a black tux with a pale blue tie. Her corsage was made of purple gardenias, tied with a light blue ribbon.

Blake smiled graciously. "Thank you! You look amazing yourself." She was wearing a full-length, hot pink, mermaid style dress with her hair in a bun, with her fringe hanging over her eyes. Her corsage, thanks to Tyler, was a yellow sunflower with a black ribbon. It didn't excactly match, but the thought was incredibly sweet. Tyler was dressed in a white tux with a hot pink bow tie.

Both couples were mingling softly, when Marie walked over kindly, in a floor-length red dress with ruffled sleeves and hem, a flower on her waist. Her red headband really made her stand out. "Hello...you girls look beautiful, guys, you look handsome," she said, getting it out of the way.

Dane, in a pink tux and lime green tie, matched Savannah in her lime green dress made of toule and her hot pink corsage. "Hello!" he grinned, Savannah clinging to his arm.

Everyone talked excitedly, comparing dresses and corsages, before Xriss and Daniella waltzed over. Daniella looked stunning, her red hair in a complicated updo, her halter top drop-waist bright orange dress really accentuated her figure. Her corsage was made of orange carnations, tied with a silver ribbon. Xriss wore a somle tux, looking quite dashing.

The two smiled and joined New Directions in waiting to perform.

But then Maureen and Connor walked in. Maurie wore a full length gossamer-style gown, with teal, yellow, light green, and navy dyed chiffon draped Greek-style over a white corset and whit ankle-length satin skirt, and because she was Maureen, feathery wings graced her shoulders. Her corsage was a simple white rose with an off-white silk ribbon.

Connor wore a simple tux, except he wore it chicly without a tie. The two smiled at each other, before joining New Directions. "Hannah isn't coming," Connor said, "So, we can go ahead and perform."

Daniella looked down sadly. "It's kind of sad. All of us are here, and she's not."

"Toronto isn't here," Maureen pointed out, her hair falling in tendrils over her shoulders. "And where are Evan and Sam?"

Speak of the devil, the two boys walked in, looking particulary fine. Sam sported a Calvin Klein Shadow Stripe two-button coat with pleated pants. Evan wore a simple tux, and each of them had a single daisy pinned to their lapel.

They walked over hurriedly, grinning madly and holding hands.

"Okay, to give everyone time to dance, we'll do performances in turns. First up is me," Maureen stated. "Then it is Dane. Got it?"

Everyone nodded. Maureen walked onto the stage, making everyone's jaws drop from how pretty she looked. She cleared her throat. "We have a DJ, but we are also going to have some live performances, too. So, grabs your partner for a slow dance. The pretty music started up. Maureen prepared to sing the song, 'Almost Lover' by a Fine Frenzy. The piano began playing, thanks to Connor.

"Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind
Images..."

Maureen looked at all of the couples dancing, and felt her heart hurt.

"You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick..."

She closed her eyes and thought of his face.

"I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me..."

She sang a bit stonger,

"Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
I should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do..."

Memories flooded her mind and she ignored them.

"We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
Images..."

Was it her imagination or did a curly-haired male just enter this gym?

"And when you left you kissed my lips
You told me you'd never ever forget these images, no..."

It wasn't her mind playing tricks on her, because familiar hazel eyes were staring at her.

"I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me..."

She belted out, looking straight at Toronto Hummel-Anderson,

"Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
I should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do..."

Tori stared at her in complete awe.

"I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot drive the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you're gone and I'm haunted
And I bet you are just fine
Did I make it that easy
To walk right in and out of my life?"

He began walking towards her, and felt a spotlight on him, but then suddenly he was with her on stage, and she was singing to him with tears in her eyes,

She finished and looked at him, in pure shock. The DJ began playing some trshy pop song, and she asked, "What are you doing here?"

Maureen looked at his black tux with the off-white silk tie and nearly cried as he answered, "For you. Hannah told me about Prom and I knew I couldn't let you go alone."

He leaned in and they kissed sweetly, and she heard someone in the gym go 'awww' really loudly. She laughed, their foreheads and noses touching. "I love you," Tori said softly.

"I know," Maureen said, and they kissed once again. The whole gym erupted into cheers.

"Are you guys ready?" Dane asked into the mic. Everyone cheered and screamed. "But are you ready for the song Grace Kelly by Mika?"

More cheers.

He started up, sounding amazing,

"Do I attract you?
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty?
Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?"

He grinned, making funny faces, before singing,

"I could be wholesome
I could be loathsome
I guess I'm a little bit shy
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like me without making me try?"

He sang in weird, hilarous voice,

"I tried to be like Grace Kelly
But all her looks were too sad
So I try a little Freddie
I've gone identity mad!"

He sang, in his higher register, which sounded natural,

"I could be brown
I could be blue
I could be violet sky
I could be hurtful
I could be purple
I could be anything you like
Gotta be green
Gotta be mean
Gotta be everything more
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you like me?
Why don't you walk out the door!"

He began jumping up and down on the stage, causing everyone to follow his lead.

"How can I help it
How can I help it
How can I help what you think?
Hello my baby
Hello my baby
Putting my life on the brink
Why don't you like me
Why don't you like me
Why don't you like yourself?
Should I bend over?
Should I look older just to be put on your shelf?"

He sang once again,

"I tried to be like Grace Kelly
But all her looks were too sad
So I try a little Freddie
I've gone identity mad!"

He sang the chourus with tons of energy,

He sang, staring at everyone intently,"

"Say what you want to satisfy yourself

But you only want what everybody else says you should want!"

He belted out, going down to his knees,

He sang once again, with enthusiam,

Dane finished, as everyone clapped excitedly. He bowed comically before Marie took the stage. "I'm singing the song 'Holding Out For A Hero' by Frou Frou."

The peppy music started up, and she sang,

"Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?"

She looked out dramatically, before singing,

"Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I
I toss and turn and dream of what I need..."

She belted out,

"I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life!"

Marie sang, as the teens danced around,

"Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet!"

She belted out once again,

Marie sang,

"Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me!"

She sang as the lights dimmed,

"Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood I can feel his approach
Like fire in my blood!"

Marie belted out once again,

She finished,

She finished, and everyone went wild. It was a great performance. Connor walked onto the stage awwakrdly, saying, "Well, I was supposed to sing a song with someone today...but she's not here, so..."

"Yes, I am!" Hannah said loudly, as she walked into the gym, looking the picture of elegance. She felt like she was in that Taylor Swift music video as the crowd parted so she could walk to Connor on the stage. "I'm here," she said softly.

Connor smiled and pulled a box out of his jacket pocket. A corsage. White daisies with an off-white silk ribbon. Hannah smiled softly and he put it on her, then grabbed a mic and sang,

"Once I was a selfish fool
Who never understood
I never looked inside myself
Though on the outside, I looked good!"

Everyone laughed, and Hannah grabbed a mic as Connor continued to sing,

"Then we met and you made me
The man I am today
Hannah, I'm in love with you
No matter what you weigh!"

Her face paled, then he sang,

"'Cause... "

Connor and Hannah sang in perfect harmony,

"Without love
Life is like the seasons with
No summer
Without love
Life is rock 'n' roll without
A drummer!"

Connor looked into Hannah's eyes and sang,

"Hannah, I'll be yours forever
'Cause I never wanna be
Without love Hannah, never set me free
No, I ain't lyin'
Never set me free, Hannah,
No, no, no!"

Connor, pretending to a black guy sang,

"Living in the ghetto
Black is everywhere you go
Who'd 've thought I'd love a girl
With skin as white as winter's snow!"

Hannah sang prettily,

"In my ivory tower
Life was just a Hostess snack
But now I've tasted chocolate
And I'm never going back!"

The two joined together and sang, while everyone clapped,

"'Cause without love..."

"Life is like a beat that you can't follow..." Connor sang.

"Without love!" They sang together.

"Life is doris day at the apollo!" Hannah sang.

"Darling, I'll be yours forever
'Cause I never wanna be
Without love!"

"So darling, never set me free!" Connor sang, spinning Hannah. They joined together in perfect harmony,

"I'm yours forever
Never set me free..."

Connor sang,

"If I'm left without my baby doll
I don't know what I'll do!"

Hananh sang comically,

"Connor, I've got to break out
So that I can get my hands on you!"

Connor winked and sang,

"And girl, if I can't touch you
Now I'm gonna lose control!"

Hannah belted out,

"Connor, you're my black white knight
I've found my blue-eyed soul!"

The Glee club sang,

"Sweet freedom is our goal!''

Connor said,

"Hannah, I wanna kiss ya!"

"'Cause without love!" The Glee club backed up.

"Life is like a prom that won't invite us..." Connor said to laughter.

"Without love!"

"Life's getting my big break and laryngitis!"

"Without love!"

"Life's a '45' when you can't buy it!" Hannah belted.

"Without love!"

"Life is like my mother with no diet!" Hannah smiled.

"Like a week that's only Mondays
Only ice cream never sundaes
Like a circle with no center
Like a door marked 'do not enter!'"
Darling I'll be yours forever
'Cause I never wanna be...
Without love!"

The Glee club was dancing, and Connor and Hannah sang,

"Yes, now you've captured me..."

"Without love!"

"I surrender happily..." they harmonized.

"Without love
Darling, you had best believe me,
Never leave me without love!"

Everyone posed and the teens attending Prom laughed and clapped. Maureen smiled and took the stage. "We will be singing the second to last song of the night. Before our Prom Queen gets crowned. It's called 'Beautiful Disaster' and it's by Jon McLaughlin and it will be sung by the men of glee club."

All of the guys took the stage. Connor played the piano slowly, as Toronto said, "We're singing this to someone. Everyone is singing what they are for a reason. So, Maurie? This is for you." He sang,

"She loves her momma's lemonade
Hates the sounds that goodbyes make
She prays one day she'll find someone to need her..."

Xriss sang sadly,

"She swears that there's no difference between the lies and compliments
It's all the same if everybody leaves her..."

Connor sang tearfully,

"And every magazine tells her she's not good enough
The pictures that she sees makes her cry..."

Sam belted out,

"She would change everything, everything, just ask her
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home..."

Dane frowned and sang brokenheartedly,

"She's giving boys what they want
Tries to act so nonchalant
Afraid to see that she's lost her direction..."

Tyler sang, looking Blake in the eyes,

"She never stays the same for long
Assuming that she'll get it wrong
Perfect only in her imperfection..."

S.J. belted out,

"She's not a drama queen
She doesn't wanna feel this way
Only 16 and tired, yeah..."

They all joined together and sang,

"She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home..."

Toronto sang,

"She's just the way she is
But no one's told her that's OK!"

Connor sang,

"She would change everything, everything, just ask her
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster..."

They all joined together and sang,

"She would change everything for happy ever after
Caught in the in between of beautiful disaster
She just needs someone to take her home
She just needs someone to take her home..."

Everyone was tearing up. The song was really emotional. Principal Figgins walked up to the stage and said, "And now we will crown our Prom Queen and King. Our Prom King is...Tyler Rodriguez!"

Tyler grinned and walked over to the stage, accepting his crown and scepter thingy and sitting on the throne. "Our Prom Queen is...Blake Waiters!"

Everyone cheered as she went to collect her crown. She felt so...empowered. She and Tyler danced to some slow single as Queen and King. As Maureen went out to dance with Toronto, she felt like it couldn't get any better.

A/N: I LOVED WRITING THAT! BUT IT TOOK ABOUT THREE HOURS!

Next chapter is...LOS ANGELES BABY! Send in any California-related songs. (: Oh, yeah, and what the crap they are supposed to sing for Nationals, because I have no idea. :P

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