Almost 30 chapters and I'm not even close to finishing! Thank you all so much for the reviews and the alerts! They mean the world to me and I'm so happy that you all love this story.
I have to say that this chapter is pretty good. There's a lot going on actually and yeah so I hope you all enjoy it!
I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING EXCEPT: BRIDGET, EMILY, OLIVIA, GRANT, JOEL, ANNA, BLAKE, ETHAN, CLAIRE, MRS. KINGSTON AND MR. ANDREWS!
"But Principal Figgins!"
"No buts Miss. Corcoran, I have no control over who uses the gym!"
"Aren't you the principal though?" Emily asked.
"Yes I am but I just have no control over the gym, that's up to Coach Sylvester."
Both Emily and Beth sighed as they stood on the royal blue carpet in Principal Figgins' office. "Listen girls, I think starting a volleyball team here at McKinley is a wonderful idea, but I don't know if anyone would join."
Emily licked her lips in annoyance as Beth thought, "What if we made a petition and asked people to sign to see if they would want a volleyball team at McKinley?"
"Yeah and there are plenty of other high schools in Ohio to play against," Emily assured Figgins.
"Alright, one hundred signatures by November first," said Principal Figgins, "And if you can convince Coach Sylvester to use the gym to practice and host games, you've got yourself a volleyball team."
Beth and Emily agreed and nodded, "Thank you so much Principal Figgins," said Beth, as they left the main office.
When they were in the busy hallway, Beth spoke up, "Okay, one hundred signatures isn't that many…"
"Are you kidding? That is one hundred people we need to convince! And what upperclassman is going to sign a petition to help out two freshman girls?" Emily stated.
"You never know Em, they might! The only real issue we have is Coach Sylvester. She already doesn't like me too much because I didn't join the Cheerios."
"Well then I guess we're shit out of luck."
"We can do this Em, you know we can!"
Emily pursed her lips, "Yeah I guess."
"Oh what time is it?" Beth asked.
Emily pulled out her phone and checked the time, "It's almost three."
"I have to be in the auditorium for my audition!" said Beth walking away quickly, "See ya Em!"
"Good luck!"
Beth entered the auditorium seeing some of the other glee club members in the audience as well as students from the drama club auditioning as well. She made her way towards the front of the seats where everyone else was sitting. "Glad you could come Beth," said Mr. Shue. He as well as the director of the drama club, Mrs. Kingston, were in charge of the musical this year.
Beth gave him a smile in return and took a seat next to Anna. They had gotten to know each other well since Beth joined glee and were becoming good friends. "So who are you auditioning for?" the sophomore asked.
"Sandy, but I don't think I'll get it. I'm not getting my hopes up or anything."
"That's who most of the girls are auditioning for. But I want to be Rizzo; I can be quite the bitch sometimes."
Beth laughed, "Well that's perfect for you then."
"Anna, you're up!" said Mr. Shue.
"Wish me luck," said Anna, standing up from her seat and making her way towards the stage. Anna sang beautifully and Beth knew that Anna was better than herself, she was sure to get the part of Rizzo.
Then it was Beth's turn. She walked onto the stage and borrowed one of the acoustic guitars from the side of the stage, "Is it okay if I play an instrument?"
"That's perfectly fine," said Mrs. Kingston.
"Alright well I'm Beth Corcoran and I'll be singing A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton," said Beth before strumming the guitar and singing.
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me
'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories
'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight
And I, I
Don't want to let you know
I, I
Drown in your memory
I, I
Don't want to let this go
I, I
Don't...
Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces pass
And I'm home bound
Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd
And I still need you
And I still miss you
And now I wonder...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass us by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you...
If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Tonight
The students in the audience applauded for the blonde and soon stopped for Mr. Shue and Mrs. Kingston to say their comments. "That was very good Beth and may I say you have a great voice, it's very unique," said Mrs. Kingston as she adjusted her glasses.
"I have to agree with Mrs. Kingston on this one. Great job Beth," said Mr. Shue.
Beth smiled, "Thank you so much."
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That night, Joel decided to invite some of the the glee club members to go to Bredstix for dinner and Beth was one of them. When they all arrived at the Italian restaurant, they were seated at a table and had started discussing the musical as well as Sectionals. "Joel there is no doubt that you'll play Danny," said Claire.
"You're one of the best singers in the glee club, probably in the whole school. And you'll get a solo at Sectionals too!" added Blake.
"Thanks guys," said Joel.
"I wonder who your Sandy will be," said Anna.
"Bridget would've been perfect!" said Claire.
"Can we change the subject or something? What are you guys getting to eat?" Joel asked with a faded smile.
"Wait do you like Bridget?" Emily asked.
"Of course I like Bridget who doesn't?"
"No no no do you like Bridget?" Claire asked him.
Joel didn't answer as he continued looking at the menu. "I knew it!" said Blake.
"But where has she been? Wasn't she coming back after she had the baby?" Anna asked.
"I thought so too," said Joel running his hand through his hair. His eyes shifted to a quiet Beth as she took a sip of her soda, "Have you heard anything from her yet Beth?"
"Nothing, I swear."
"Oh my god," said Claire, looking at someone in the restaurant.
"What is it?" Emily asked.
"It's Bridget, look!" she said quietly. Everyone turned their heads and looked where Claire was looking and sure enough, it was Bridget. However, she wasn't eating at the restaurant, she was a waitress. She was wearing a white long sleeved top that had the small Breadstix logo on the right side along with black pants with her hair tied up in a high ponytail. Joel couldn't take his eyes off the blond, neither could Beth.
"Will you guys stop before she sees…" Emily couldn't finish her sentence in time before Bridget looked over and saw them, "…us."
Bridget quickly finished serving her last table and soon ran to the back, "I'm going to go talk to her," said Beth. Beth followed where Bridget ran to and went outside to the back of the restaurant where she found Bridget crying. "Bridget?"
"What is it? What do you want Beth?" Bridget asked with her back facing Beth.
Beth assumed that Bridget wasn't too happy to see her based off the tone of Bridget's voice, "Why didn't you answer my calls or reply to my texts?"
Bridget didn't say a word so Beth continued, "We all miss you Bridget, everyone does. The glee club, me, my mom and dad, and even Olivia if…"
"Oh god, please don't talk about her."
"Just give me an answer Bridget! I felt like I did something wrong! Just tell me!"
Bridget finally turned around and looked Beth in the eyes, "I was avoiding you because every single time I would've seen you or the thought of you would come up, I would think of Olivia and just knowing that you get to see her every morning when you wake up and every night before you go to bed, kills me."
"Bridget I…"
"Oh Beth, don't tell me how you know what this feels like because you don't."
Beth took a deep breath, "Bridget you know you can come and see her whenever you want to."
"That's the thing Beth, I can't cause if I see her I would want her back."
"Well I would know what Olivia would feel like if you weren't in her life. I couldn't imagine my mom and even my dad not being in mine," said Beth, placing a comforting hand on Bridget's shoulder, "She needs you in her life Bridget."
Bridget sniffled, "Thanks Beth, I'll think about it."
"How come you didn't come back to McKinley?"
"I don't know, again if I saw you I could not think of anything but Olivia. I think I will though, my aunt said she'd pay for tuition to McKinley if I decided to go back."
Beth smiled, "That's great, and the rest of the glee club is worried that we'll lose Sectionals without you."
Bridget put her arm around Beth, "I guess they won't have to worry about that anymore."
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It had been over a week since Beth and Bridget's encounter and Bridget still was not back. She hoped that she would at least stop by glee club that afternoon. Beth headed to photography class and sat next to Grant. "Hey!" said Beth with a smile.
"Hey, I forgot to tell you, you're audition for the musical was great."
"Wait you saw my audition?"
"I kind of snuck in the auditorium and sat in the back. You really do have a great voice Beth. And you didn't tell me you played guitar."
"Thanks and yeah I do. My dad taught me when I was little and I grew to love it."
"Yeah on top of not singing, I can't play an instrument either."
Beth giggled, "Then what are you good at?"
"Photography."
"That isn't bad though. Oh and can you sign the petition Emily and I started? We're trying to get a volleyball team started at McKinley and we need one hundred signatures by November first," Beth offered, pulling out the petition from her backpack.
"Of course, we're friends aren't we?" said Grant, taking out his pen and signing his name on one of the lines.
Beth looked up at him, "Yeah we are."
"Okay class listen up!" said Mr. Andrews, "Today I'm assigning you all a project."
The class moaned and complained over the word project. "Yes a project! Aren't projects fun?"
"No," Beth mumbled, making Grant laugh.
Mr. Andrews started handing out copies of a rubric to the class, "What you will have to do for this project is think of a topic and then take several pictures of people, places, or things relating to that topic. Simple as that. It will be due the day before winter break."
"Great, I have no idea where to start," said Beth, looking at the rubric.
"I could help you out if you want me to?"
Beth smiled, "Yeah that would be great! Maybe next weekend you can come over?"
Grant nodded, "I'll see you then."
Beth headed to glee club later, anxiously waiting to see if Bridget was there. She entered the choir room but no sign of Bridget. "Sorry I'm late Mr. Shue," said Beth, rushing to her seat.
"It's okay Beth."
"Hey I'm going to go talk to Coach Sylvester after glee club about the volleyball team," Emily whispered into Beth's ear.
"Really?"
Emily nodded, "Hopefully she'll bend a little."
"Oh Coach Sylvester doesn't usually bend. But she might if you convince her!"
"Okay guys, Mrs. Kingston and I will have our decisions about who will be in the musical by Monday. Now I want to start discussing song ideas for Sectionals and who will be singing," said Mr. Shue.
"Face it Mr. Shue, we're screwed," said Ethan.
"Yeah everyone knows Bridget was the star in the glee club and without her, we won't even make it to Regionals," said Anna.
"Don't give up just yet you guys," said a familiar voice entering the choir room. Everyone knew who it was and all their heads turned. They saw a tall blonde standing in the doorway, wearing dark skinny jeans with black leather boots and a pink blouse with a black blazer to match. Her hair was curled and it fell past her shoulders ending at her mid back.
"Bridget," Joel said under his breath as everyone jumped out of their seats and ran over to her. Bridget was swarmed with hugs and "welcome backs" from everyone. Beth was the last to give her a hug, "Is this afternoon okay to come over?" Bridget whispered in her ear.
Beth pulled away from the embrace and nodded with a smile, "Of course."
"What took you so long Bridget?" Blake asked.
"I just needed some time to myself, just to think things through and everything. I really did miss all of you though and I can't wait to meet some of the new members too."
"So what did you name her?" Anna asked.
Bridget gave a small smile, "Olivia, and don't worry she's with a good family now."
The glee club looked around at each other, happy that their friend was back, "And if you don't mind Mr. Shue I'd love to sing something."
"No problem," said Mr. Shue giving her a hug, "And we're thrilled to have you back."
"Thank you," Bridget giggled, "This song describes where I'm at in my life, and I really want to share it with all of you." Everyone fixed their eyes on Bridget as she started to sing.
There's some things that I regret,
Some words I wish had gone unsaid,
Some starts,
That had some bitter endings,
Been some bad times I've been through,
Damage I cannot undo,
Some things,
I wish I could do all all over again,
But it don't really matter,
Life gets that much harder,
It makes you that much stronger,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
There's mistakes that I have made,
Some chances I just threw away,
Some roads,
I never should've taken,
Been some signs I didn't see,
Hearts that I hurt needlessly,
Some wounds,
That I wish I could have one more chance to mend,
But it don't make no difference,
The past can't be rewritten,
You get the life you're given,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were,
Lessons learned.
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned.
And all the things that break you,
Are all the things that make you strong,
You can't change the past,
Cause it's gone,
And you just gotta move on,
Because it's all,
Lessons learned.
And every tear that had to fall from my eyes,
Everyday I wondered how I'd get through the night,
Every change, life has thrown me,
I'm thankful, for every break in my heart,
I'm grateful, for every scar,
Some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Oh, some pages turned,
Some bridges burned,
But there were lessons learned,
Lessons learned.
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There was a knock on Coach Sylvester's door that afternoon, "Come in," said Sue. Emily entered the office and closed the door behind her.
"Coach, I want to join the Cheerios," Emily demanded.
"I thought you and Barbie were trying to start a volleyball team at the school. Because you know I won't allow anyone to use the gym unless I approve of it."
"I know, but I'm losing hope that we would actually start a team. Plus, I really want to be a Cheerio, I just never told Beth that because she thinks the idea of the Cheerios is overrated."
Sue took a minute to study the girl, "Ironically last week one of my girls got injured from a new routine and is out for the rest of the season. I do need someone to replace her."
"Oh please Coach!"
"Don't beg!"
"Oh I'm sorry," Emily said quietly.
Sue clicked her pen and started to write something down. "I'll have your uniform by Monday and be there at practice that afternoon. I expect you to reach my expectations," said Sue, not looking up at Emily.
"Thank you so much Coach Sylvester, I won't let you down!"
"You can leave now," said Sue as Emily quickly left the office.
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After Quinn got home from work and after picking Olivia up from Judy's, Beth ran right up to her, "Mom, Bridget came back to McKinley and she's back in glee club and she said she's coming over to see Olivia this afternoon!"
"Wait, Bridget is coming here?"
"Yeah!" said Beth as the doorbell rang, "That has to be her!" Quinn set the car carrier down on the floor, unstrapped Olivia, and placed a kiss on her forehead.
"Hey!" said Beth, answering the door and giving Bridget a hug.
"So um, where is she?" asked Bridget, cutting to the chase.
"She's in the living room with my mom," said Beth, leading the way. Once they entered the living room, Bridget stopped in her tracks seeing the baby in Quinn's arms. Quinn handed Olivia to Beth as she gave Bridget a hug as well.
"We missed you sweetheart," said Quinn, during the embrace. However, Bridget peered over Quinn's shoulder still keeping her eyes locked on her baby girl.
"I missed you too. I'm sorry I didn't keep in touch," Bridget apologized.
"It's okay; I bet you want to see her don't you?"
Bridget nodded as her eyes started to become red and puffy. Beth then handed Olivia back to Quinn and Olivia soon started to cry, "It's okay," Quinn cooed, "Look Livy your mommy's here."
A tear rolled down Bridget's cheek, "Quinn I'm not…"
Before Bridget could finish, Quinn stopped her, "Yes you are, we both are."
"Can I hold her?" Bridget asked.
"Of course you can," said Quinn, placing a crying Olivia in Bridget's arms.
"Oh wow," said Bridget as she held her little girl. Olivia started to calm down and she slowly stopped crying. Bridget studied her, noticing how her blonde hair had grown the last time she saw her and how her blue eyes mirrored her own.
"You're so beautiful," Bridget whispered, stroking the two month olds cheek.
Quinn and Beth watched from afar, "How'd you get her to come back and to see Olivia?" Quinn asked.
"I thought about you and I didn't want her waiting almost two years to see her like you did to see me," said Beth, watching Bridget and Olivia together.
Quinn got teary eyed placing a kiss on Beth's head. "I better stop before we all start crying," said Beth.
"Yeah you're right," Quinn chuckled, "Bridget, would you like to stay for dinner?"
Bridget, now with a smile on her face, looked up from Olivia, "I'd love to."
Sorry for the SUPER LONG lyrics too! I just feel like I need to add the whole thing in the story. I'm happy to be writing for Bridget again too!
So the next chapter is when this new character is coming in, sorry that he/she wasn't in this chapter.
I also want to say that Finn and Rachel as well as Brittany and Santana WILL be in the story later, don't worry!
Oh and I also apologize for no Puck in this chapter too! Ha, what's wrong with me?
Next chapter: Puck and Quinn get into a pretty big fight. Grant starts to help Beth with the project. Bridget also helps Beth with signatures as well as talking to Sue about the volleyball team! More to come with Emily as a Cheerio too! We also find out who get's in the musical!
Reviews keep me writing so PLEASE REVIEW! Thanks!
