Hello everyone! Junjou Crush here! Sorry it's taken me so long to update this story! I've been busy with work and trying to relax and whatnot. I'm excited to continue this story though. I did miss writing it. I'll update my other story WiCkEd: The Lima Project as well as soon as possible! Again..to those who like my story here: We Haven't Finished Yet, give me some ideas as to where I can take the story! :)
We Haven't Finished Yet
"Did you guys enjoy the song? I wrote it for you." Michael said with a smile. Cameron and Damian slowly backed away from each other. "Wh…why would you write a song for us?" Cameron said a bit nervous. "Don't pretend you guys aren't together. I know you are." Michael tapping his foot. "N..no..we're not." Damian said in his thick irish accent. Michael laughed out loud and Cameron looked to Damian, unsurely as to what was so funny. "You guys are SO together! Look at the two of you. Trying to hide the fact that you two are together is really cute." Michael said. He quickly added excitedly, "So…did you guys like my song though? I spent all night making if for you!" Cameron choked back a sob. He nodded slightly and Damian put an arm around him. "Don't cry Cam."
Michael walked over closer to the boys and shook his head. "Hey…hey. No need to cry. I'm not going to tell anyone your secret boys. Your secret's safe with me." Cameron wiped a few tears away from his eyes. "Really? You're not going to say anything to anyone about us?" It was Michael's turn to nod. A smile grew on Cameron's face and he grabbed Michael and gave him a big hug. Damian smiled also and hugged the both of them. "I just came back to get my book and found you guys here actually." Michael said scratching his head. Damian and Cameron gave nervous chuckles and looked at each other. As Michael watched both their eyes, he put a hand over his mouth. He saw something different with these two. He saw both their eyes actually said I love you.
"We can talk during lunch. Right now I've got to get to class! Talk to you later!" Michael ran out of the choir room and headed for class. Damian and Cameron stood there still in the classroom. Both their minds were slightly aloof, indifferent, and slightly apathetic. Cameron grabbed Damian's hand and smiled. He brought the hand to his lips and kissed it. "Got class. I'll see you in a bit." He winked at Damian and hurried off to class. Damian blushed profusely after Cam left. He too had a class to get to. The next few hours until lunch flew by very quickly. In the cafeteria, Michael searched around for his new friends and fellow members of the Glee club. The students gave him strange looks.
Mind you, Michael was African American and a slight mix of Hispanic (Dominican) and Cherokee Indian. He was a decent height, almost six feet tall. He definitely had the build of a football player, mostly his upper body was a little muscular. A few of the McKinley jocks tried to get him to join the team. Most weren't sure though if it was a good idea because they kinda feared the thought of him liking guys. Michael rolled his eyes as the jock and cheerleader table turned away quickly as he walked past them. He found Lindsay, McKynleigh, Matheus and Ellis all sitting at one table and hurried over quickly wearing the biggest smile. "Hey guys! I'm so excited to have normal people to eat with."
They all waved and made room for him to sit down. As he integrated his way into the little circle of people, more of the Glee club started to show up. Bryce, Alex, and Samuel showed up laughing at a funny joke Bryce had told them. Emily and Marissa sauntered over after flirting with a few of the jocks. Hannah, Cameron, and Damian followed suit. Michael smiled big when he saw Cameron and Damian. He did a double take though when he thought he saw Cameron and Damian holding hands. "I wonder why they're so scared to admit they like each other." Michael thought. Cam and Damian pulled up chairs and sat on either side of Michael, who beamed proudly at the two of them. "Hey guys. Sup?" Cameron and Damian smiled at Michael, then at each other. Strange..
"Well, as you guys know..Mr. Schue has an assignment for us that we're supposed to perform in front of the school in the auditorium. He calls it his Glee Club: Vulnerability assignment." Lindsay said reading from her notes. Everyone looked around at each other unsurely. "I don't know Linds. He said that we have to write our biggest personal insecurity on wooden signs. I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet." said Hannah. A few of the others agreed with her. "Oh come on guys! Where's your thirst for Glee club?" Michael said excitedly. Everyone turned and looked at him. He slowly looked down and continued to eat his lunch. A sudden hand tickled his stomach and he laughed out loud.
Everyone turned once more to look at him. He was blushing and also in shock. He looked over at Damian, who was cracking up along with Cameron. "You were supposed to pass it down." Cameron whispered, still laughing. Michael glared for a minute at Cameron and then shook his head. "Did Mr. Schue say what song we were doing?" McKynleigh asked. "Yes, he did actually. He said the song was…MAD WORLD." Lindsay said as she checked her notes once again. Everyone around the table clapped theirs hands together with joy. "I like that song alot! Did he say how we were going to perform this song?" Alex said fixing the scarf around his neck. "Actually? No..he didn't."
"We've got to come to terms with this assignment guys. He's not going to force us to do anything we wouldn't feel comfortable with. Though, he did say if we did this we wouldn't have a midterm…" Lindsay said trailing off, slightly hoping people would go for the bait. "No midterm? I'm in!" Emily said with a huge smile. A few of the others agreed also. "So it's unanimous? We agree on this?" Ellis said. Everyone nodded their heads with smiles. The lunch bell rang and it was time to get back to class. Everyone said their goodbyes and went off for seperate classes. As the rest of the day finished out, Michael went back to the choir room to speak with Mr. Schue. "Hello? Mr. Schue?"
Mr. Schue came out of his office and greeted Michael. "Hey..what's up Michael?" Michael sat down and began to talk about their Vulnerability assignment. "At lunch, we all agreed to do this assignment. But we were wondering how you wanted it to be done. Like we were wondering who would sing what part in the song." Mr. Schue snapped his fingers and hurried back to his office. He fumbled around on his desk for a few minutes and then finally came back out. "Here you go. I wrote down who should sing what and what the attire for the assignment is." Michael raised an eyebrow. "Wait..you're saying we have to wear wife beaters and black shorts? I don't know Mr. Schue, seems risky…"
Schuester laughed and replied, "Sometimes you gotta take a risk Michael. Pass that around to the others. We have until friday to practice and make sure everything's ready." Michael shrugged and hurried off. He met up with a few of the people outside. Cameron and Damian among them. "Is he kidding? Friday is two days away!" Matheus said freaking out a little. "Guys, we can do it. I know we can. We just gotta believe that we can do it." Lindsay said as she read the paper. "I agree with Lindsay. I know I just joined but you guys are amazing. Let's show the school what we got!" Michael said as Lindsay smiled. Everyone that was present (Ellis, Cameron, Damian, Lindsay, Matheus, Hannah) nodded and muttered a few unpleasant words about what would happen Friday.
The two days of practice went by very quickly. Suddenly, it was Friday! Everyone met up with Mr. Schue in their outfits and wearing their signs. "You guys ready? We can do this!" Mr. Schue said proudly. Everyone looked around at each other nervously. The whole school was in the gym on the bleachers. Michael looked at everyone's sign and looked a little shocked by some of the words everyone had written on their boards. Lindsay's sign said FAKE, Hannah's said FAT, Alex's said GAY, Matheus's said SMALL, Damian's said NUMB, Cameron's said MISUNDERSTOOD, Samuel's said REJECTED, McKynleigh's said BLACK OR WHITE, Emily's said USED, and Marissa's sign said ANOREXIC. Michael looked down at his own sign and sighed. It said LONELY.
"Ok everyone. Remember what the song is about and remember to show lots of emotion! Break a leg everyone!" Mr. Schue said as he hurried off to join the other students and teachers. Ellis and Bryce joined him due to their parents getting upset. Slow and somber music started to play over the loud speaks in the gym. The noise of the gym had everyone a little on edge. "Are you guys ready for this?" Michael asked. Everyone looked around nervously. "Not at all." Hannah said as she began to walk into the gym. She sighed heavily and began to sing:
"All around are familiar faces…worn out places…worn out faces…"