Singing Through The Night Chapter 18, a glee fanfic

"Can you explain to me exactly what happened yesterday?" Mr. Brown asked her with his arms crossed. He had called her earlier to meet with him regarding her behavior the day before. Gower was with him, with his annoying smirk plastered on his face. Maybe he thought it was going to end up on his side. It could be, of course, if the boss was in his side because of being family. Who knows, Marley didn't know her boss so well to tell if he would take her side.

Marley took a deep breath before talking. "He was bothering me, so I fought back."

Me. Brown looked at his nephew. "Is that true Gower? You were bothering her?"

"Of course not! She's lying!" He answered, his voice rising.

"Alright, could you go out for a minute?" Gower stormed out of the room and Mr. Brown turned to Marley again. "How was he bothering you?"

"He was making me uncomfortable, he kept telling me that we should be together and stuff."

"I see..." the man nodded slowly. "And you don't want to be with him?"

"Of course not. I'm in a relationship right now, I tried to tell him that but he didn't let me talk."

"Well, I know the kind of person he is, I've seen him do things that his family is not proud of. Also, his father doesn't help in the situation." He sighed. "I'm sorry if my decision made you uncomfortable. I thought that by hanging out with you he would somehow change a bit."

Marley nodded in understanding. "I know what you mean. But I don't think what he needs is someone he barely knows to try and change him. I think that what he needs right now is family that shows him the way."

He stayed silent for a minute. Thinking through. "Thank you Miss Rose. I'll see what I do with him. In the mean time I'll make sure he doesn't bother you anymore and I'll let you go to your boyfriend."

"Oh, it's uh... girlfriend." She said sheepishly.

"The blonde girl that sang with you, right?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah, she wanted to help me show him that I wasn't interested." She let out a nervous laugh.

"Alright, I would like to see her sing with you again. Maybe you could invite her to sing with you. Of course I wouldn't pay her but you two would have fun." He said, surprising Marley.

"I'll talk to her, and thank you for believing me."

He smiled kindly. "Don't worry about it. You can go now." He said.

Marley stood up and walked out. She saw Gower leaning on a wall nearby so she tried to walk as quickly as possible to avoid an encounter with him. When she returned home, Sara was on the floor with a sports bra on doing push ups. She got surprised by her fit body.

"What are you doing?" She asked her friend. Sara stopped what she was doing and sat on the floor.

"Oh nothing, just doing some exercise."

"Since when do you exercise?" Marley asked with a raised eyebrow. Sara stood up and walked to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water from the fridge.

"Well, you know I lived in China until like a week ago. I took martial arts and learned how to fight so I try to keep in shape." Sara said, taking a sip from the water. Marley smiled at her friend, happy that she had finally put herself together. When she first met her, Sara was a complete different person. She spent the day drunk without a care in the world until one day when she got a call to finish her degree in China. She found a nice place to work and changed her life completely. Of course, sometimes she liked to have fun but it was rarely.

"Alright, well, I'm gonna be in my room if you need anything." She walked to her room. She felt like playing the keyboard so she went to the closet to grab it. She sat on the desk, connected the keyboard and played a few random notes without a song in mind. Then without knowing she began playing the first notes of a song, so she sang.

Let's go out and be wild

Do it while we can

Runnin' free in the world

We've got all weekend

Tear it up, tear it down

Gettin' lost in the sound of our hearts beatin'

Take me here, take me now

Gettin' lost in a crowd with you

Up, all night

I waited for you all my life

Hold my hand and keep me close

I'll never let you go

No not tonight

Keep me by your side

By, by your side

By, by your side,

By, by,

Keep me by your

Side, by, by your

Side, by, by

Keep me by your side

She stopped playing and heard someone clap from the entrance of her room. She turned her head towards it to find Kitty leaning on the door frame with a smile.

"I didn't know you played." She said walking towards her. She wrapped her arms around Marley's neck from behind and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"It's not something I like to brag about. I like to play to myself." Marley said sheepishly. "What are you doing here? And how did you get in?"

"Well, Sara let me in and I wanted to see how you were doing, you know, after the meeting with your boss."

"Well, it went better than expected. He said he would talk to Gower to stop bothering me." Marley said, leaning her head on Kitty's shoulder.

"That's great. Now I don't have to worry about him stealing my girl." Kitty whispered in her ear.

Marley smiled. "You didn't have to worry in the first place. I would never leave you for some guy." She said. She grabbed Kitty's fingers and played with them.

"Can you play a classical song?"

Marley nodded and slowly put her fingers on the keyboard. "I leaned a song a while ago. It's called Dragonfly Keeper."

Kitty sat on the nearest end on the bed and watched as Marley started playing flawlessly, with so much emotion, like she could feel the melody in her blood. Kitty could feel the music too, the way Marley played it made her feel things. Marley moved her fingers around the keyboard so naturally, like she was born for it. She didn't even look at the keyboard, for she played with her eyes closed. After the last note she finally opened her eyes slowly, she looked at Kitty and saw the girl had a few tears in her eyes. She stood up and sat next to her, taking the girl's hand between her own.

"Are you okay?" She asked, squeezing slightly her hand.

Kitty took a deep breath as whipped her eyes and nodded. "Yes, it's just, that was so beautiful."

Marley wrapped an arm around Kitty's shoulders, the blonde leaning her head on her shoulder. "You're the only one I've played that song for." She confessed her.

"And why did you played for me then?" Kitty asked softly.

"I don't know, I just felt like playing it to you." Marley said, Kitty broke the position and sat back straight, looking at Marley's eyes with so much adoration. Marley looked down and blushed a little.

"Anyways, I guess you are here for other reason besides checking on me, right? You could have just called for that."

Kitty nodded. "I wanted to ask you something. You know we've been hanging out much lately but we haven't really gone on a proper date." She said, her voice sounding nervous. Marley nodded her head encouragingly. "So, Mar, would you go on a date with me?"

Marley smiled and nodded. "I'd like that." Kitty smiled widely. Marley slowly leaned towards Kitty, the other girl doing the same, and their lips met in a delicate kiss. It only last a few seconds but it was enough to let them breathless. They pull apart, their foreheads touching.

"Does Tuesday sound good to you?" Kitty asked her. Marley nodded. "I'll pick you up at seven."

Marley looked at her eyes. "Can't wait."

"I should go, I have some stuff I have to do but, I'll call you later." Kitty said, standing up. Marley stood up and the two walked to the door. They said their goodbyes and Marley closed the door with a grin on her face. She walked slowly to the living room, where Sara was sitting.

"So, do you wanna watch a movie?" Her friend asked her. Marley nodded, her friend played some movie but Marley wasn't paying attention, she was too engrossed in her thoughts. Thinking about the date she will be having.