Chapter Three
A/N: The part that is bold is somewhat mine, as is the part that is not bold. The plot is mine, the characters are not.
Carol took the pages and flipped it so she was reading the correct chapter.
"Alright," she said as she cleared her throat. "Chapter Three."
Chapter Three
A/N: I OWN NOTHING! I couldn't come up with a song for Teddy to sing so I chose Doe a Dear.
"Doe a Dear?" Ginny raised an eyebrow.
"It's a song love," Harry said. "Dudley used to come back from preschool and sing that all the time back when they taught him songs."
By the end of the week, Teddy honestly was ready to just wave the white flag and join Glee club. Every project the teacher had assigned to him had involved singing in some way, shape or form. Spanish had him perform a rap,
"Schue loves the raps," Burt shook his head in amusement.
US History had him make up a song for a famous even in History
"Finn and Puck got together and made up a song for the Revolution," Carol told Harry and Ginny.
"What revolution?" Ginny asked.
"The American Revolution," Harry whispered to his wife. They'd been taught that in primary school.
and in English they had to analyze song lyrics. It was almost like Merlin himself was telling Teddy that he should join the club.
"Merlin?" Cooper asked.
"Finn!" he caught up to the teen after Geometry. Merlin was that teacher hot! He thought he'd heard some sirens because she was smokin'! He inwardly grimaced at the bad pun. Olive would have smacked him for that.
"That she would have," Harry chuckled. "Takes after Katie in that regard."
"Yeah John?" he asked, looking down at Teddy.
"Still too late to take you up on your offer to join Glee club?" he asked and Finn grinned.
"Finn loves finding new members," Carol said. "It's almost like a competition between him and Rachel."
"What made you change your mind?" he asked.
"The universe is taunting with me," Teddy said blandly and Finn stared at him blankly as if he didn't get it.
"Ted always thinks the universe is taunting him," Harry chuckled.
"Well, meeting's going on now if you're sure about this," Finn said after a few minutes.
"Sure as shit!" Teddy insisted.
"Language," Harry warned.
"Love, they're pages. Ted can't hear you," Ginny chuckled at her husband's reaction.
He was sure, sure that it was the sign from his father that he needed to do this.
Harry sighed, having been in Teddy's shoes himself when he was a kid.
"Then come on!"
Finn walked him into the choir room, where Teddy saw Blaine and Kurt sitting. Well, Blaine was sitting; Kurt was staring out the window. Teddy'd find out from Finn just what was so interesting from that window later.
Burt looked curious at that, and made a mental note to ask Kurt when they got through with this.
"Finn, where do you keep getting these new members?" a brunette girl asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know Rachel?" Finn teased her kindly. "How do you know that he's here to try out?"
"Why else would he be there?" Cooper asked.
"You'd really bring someone here just to watch?" a blonde girl raised an eyebrow.
"Okay, so he's here to try out," Finn shrugged.
"That means we're almost back to where we were before Mercedes jumped ship!" an Asian boy said with excitement.
"Mike," Carol smiled. She adored all of Finn's friends, and thought that it was a shame that they didn't come around the house as often as they did when Finn was dating Quinn.
The teacher walked in and Teddy rolled his eyes when he saw that it was the Spanish teacher.
"Hello everyone," he said.
"Mr. Schue," Finn said, "my friend John like'd to audition, if that's alright?"
"Of course it is Finn," Schue said with a grin. "The more the merrier!"
Teddy walked up and stood in the center of the room. He objected to being called Finn's friend, he barely knew the kid! He knew that Rory liked him but that was about it.
That was the thing about Ted, Harry thought. You couldn't just assume anything about him.
He thought for a moment. He honestly hadn't given any thought as to what he was going to sing. He decided to just go with it and sing the first thing that came out of his mouth.
Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with
A-B-C
When you sing you begin with do-re-mi
Do-re-mi
Do-re-mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do-re-mi
Do-re-mi
Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
Oh, let's see if I can make it easier
Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow sew
Tea, I drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to do...oh oh oh
Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow sew
Tea, I drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do
Do re mi fa so la ti do, so do
Harry and Ginny couldn't help the chuckles that came out of their mouths. It didn't help that Cooper was right out laughing and even Burt and Carol had small smiles twitching at their lips.
"That was amazing!" Rachel said instantly.
"Mr. Schue, if you don't let him on the team you're crazy!" Finn said, after staring at him in shock. Teddy was positive that they were just saying that. I mean, I sang a scale for Merlin's sake! he thought.
"If Rachel said it was amazing..." Burt said. "The kid's good."
"I thought you said you only sang Happy Birthday?" Rory asked Teddy, slightly amused.
"Easy to be," Harry said, slightly stunned.
"Meh, you win some, you lose some," Teddy shrugged, deciding to shrug off the feeling of awkwardness for now. "So, am I on?"
"You're on," Mr. Schue nodded and Teddy felt himself grin wider than he'd ever done before. After that day, he wrote a long note to Victorie explaining everything.
000000000
Oh Ted! I'm so glad, and was ecstatic when I saw that you'd written. I told you that you should have gone out for Glee the year before it got shut down.
"They cut Glee club?" Ginny gasped. "But the concert the first day of Second Year was amazing."
"I know!" Harry exclaimed. "Remember the giant frogs?"
How's Harry?
Miserable! Kingsley had to order him to stay home, he was snapping at everyone when he was at work, according to Uncle Ron. Aunt Ginny's been staying with us, hopping that you might show up here.
Burt looked over at Harry with a small smile. "Hey, at least you know he's safe now."
"Yes, and I'll be having a little talk with Victorie about keeping important information from us," Harry grumbled.
You haven't told anyone?
I'd never betray your trust Ted, and I think it's sweet that you're using your father's middle name as your false name.
"Should have thought of that," Harry muttered under his breath.
Thanks Vic. Got to run. Finn and Rory said they'd be picking me up today. Said something about not wanting the newest member of Glee to be an easy target.
"How sweet!" Carol smiled.
Okay Ted! Love you!
Teddy rolled up the parchment and put it in a secret drawer. It'd been a week since he'd joined Glee, so he really didn't see the point in the guard duty Rory and Finn were giving him.
"Coming!" he shouted as he ran to the door. There, standing in front of his door, was Santana.
"Why?"
"Can I help you?" Teddy asked. Santana had gone out of her way to insult the New Directions when she could but this was the first time she'd made a house call.
"Uh-oh!" Cooper groaned. "This is going to be awkward to the max."
"Just wanted to give you fair warning," Santana said. " Just because you got on the Glee Club doesn't mean you don't need to worry. New Directions might not be there after Sectionals when the Troubletones kick their asses."
"Bet she's eating those words now," Burt muttered under his breath.
"Look Santana," Teddy rolled his eyes, "believe what you want. But I don't care, and how did you know I got into the Glee Club."
"Please!" Santana scoffed. "A blind, deaf person without a nose could audition and Mr. Schue would still let him in if the person could sing or dance."
"True," Carol and Burt nodded.
"Seriously?" Teddy asked.
Santana smirked, and Teddy noted that he was the only member of New Directions that she was actually pretty decent to.
"Well that's good," Harry smiled.
"Well, see you in school Blondie," she said walking off without answering his question. It was then that Finn walked up.
"Good timing," Cooper noted.
"Dude, you must be psychic or something," he said, not noticing Santana walking off. "How'd you know I was coming to the door?"
"Finn," Carol shook her head as she sighed exasperatedly.
"I didn't," Teddy said in a bland voice. Honestly, he was getting sick and tired of Finn all the bloody time. This was getting almost worse than the bullies, being dealt with and having to hang with a hypocrite. How many times in the past week had Teddy watched Finn slowly bully Blaine just because he dared to speak when Finn did?
Carol frowned and made a mental note to talk to Finn about this. That couldn't go on!
Honestly, even though the girls left because of Rachel or that's what I've heard—thanks to my unlimited supply of Extendible Ears—the boys should form their own group because of Finn. Teddy thought.
"What are extendible ears?" Burt asked.
"Prank product made by my brother," Ginny said with a grin.
"Well come on," Finn said. "Mr. Schue said he had something to show us on the stage today."
"Wonder what it is?" Harry asked.
Teddy tagged along, wondering just what it was that was so important that Finn had to come with him. While he liked the Glee kids, he also liked being by himself. It was easier to have one-way conversations with himself than having to avoid insulting the person who could best prevent locker slams and slushie facials.
"That's it," Carol sighed.
"I'll read ma'am," Cooper said and took the papers from her.