a/n ok so dont expect chapters to always be this long. My plan for up dates are every three to four days per story but that is a goal alone. for sure each of my stories will be updated once per week. I can do this because I'M DONE WITH FINALS! end major excitement. please review I like knowing what people think. enjoy
songs are "You Cant Stop the Beat" and "Ladies Choice" from Hairspray and "Who Said You Cant Go Home" Bon Jovi and Surgarland.
Chapter 5
Rachel spent multiply hours working on her song selection. She had to be careful about what she chose, she had to use a song that was true enough to where she could sell it but nothing that screamed hey I'm not who I say I am. Any songs revolving around illusions or lies or deception were automatically out. Finally she went to her Broadway box to find a showy song. After several hours of looking through music she finally found a song she thought fit. She practiced and reworked it for hours. She admitted she was more than a bit compulsive about this. However, it felt nice to be working on something. They had no new information on the case. The detective pair met several other times over the weekend, going over their song and the case. Even after a solid year of investigating this case the only information they had was that the players were rich, connected and ruthless. A few of New York's rich and famous, the ones with not to solid morals, were flagged as possibles but that was it. The only solid lead they had was the theater was involved. Rachel was ready to beat her head out of frustration. Instead of doing that she put it all into the damn song she had to perform.
Monday morning came a hell of a lot quicker than Puck would have liked. Berry had been riding him all weekend and he now understood how she became a detective years before most did. He had gotten lucky on a case and ended up getting promoted at twenty three. Berry was twenty three, almost twenty four, and she had gotten her promotion for having the stubbornness and determination of a freaking pit bull. Admittedly a pretty hot pit bull with legs that seemed to go on and on and on but a pit bull none the less. They were gonna rock their song together and it was all because of Berry. He'd be lying if he said he didn't think it was a bit more than sexy but he wasn't about to climb in the sack with his new partner. At least not yet. Sex made things messy, interesting but messy and he figured Berry wouldn't be a wham bam thank you ma'am type at all. At least not while they had to work together. Again afterwards… who knew. Either way while on this case he planned on having a little fun with it which to him was said perfectly with his song choice, nothing to give him away but plenty to make his point.
Will told them to come to the theater a little early so he could give them the tour before getting down to business. So nine in the morning had the pair sitting side by side on the stage waiting for the director. Rachel looked as fresh and put together as she had every other time Puck had seen her. He just had on loose sweats. Both of them brought costumes for their songs upon Wills request.
"Hey guys," The ten minuet late director called as he rushed down the theater aisle, "Glad you here. Let's get started!"
A quick tour of the theater showed decent sized dressing rooms although no private ones. Will was a real humanitarian type so a good portion of the show's the company put on were charity shows. The cast pay was decent and the rest of the money went to costumes and set. The theater was largeish but the tour still only took thirty minutes.
"So here's how I think things are going to go today, Rachel you can sing your song for us first and maybe say a bit about of yourself and after that you can do the same Puck that Rachel can rejoin you on stage for your duet performance. After that you guys can be introduced to the rest of the cast. They're a good group I think you'll fit in well." Will explained. The pair agreed with the plan and went down to change into the costumes they would wear when the introduced themselves to the cast.
By ten fifteen the entire cast gathered in the front two rows of the theater. Rachel and Noah stood in the back of the theater. The main curtains were pulled for now.
"Hey guys," Will called out to the cast, "I found our new male and female cast members. They each prepared a solo to introduce themselves and a duet so we can hear how their voices blend. Let's give both Rachel and Puck a warm welcome."
Rachel walked on stage and took her place at the top of the stairs placed in the center back of the stage and were used in the set. She nodded to the band and they started her music as the curtain lifted. Puck nearly laughed out loud when he recognized the song she chose.
On the stage Rachel started to bob her hip to the music facing away from the audience. The pleated school girl style skirt she choose for her costume twitched attractively in a way that made Pucks mind wander to places where it shouldn't belong, the tight fitting button down top she wore didn't help any either. A beat before her cue to sing she spun around, making Puck appreciate the pleats in her skirt so much more.
As she started to sing Rachel strutted down the stairs letting her skirt twitch side to side while pointing at the cast.
You can't stop an avalanche
As it races down the hill
She paused on the stairs and threw her right hand in the air and then trailed it down while shimming her body.
You can try to stop the seasons, girl
But ya know you never will
And you can try to stop my dancin' feet
She hit the bottom of the stairs and planted her feet soundly on the stage but her body never stopped moving.
But I just cannot stand still
Cause the world keeps spinnin'
Round and round
She spun to the music obviously having a bit of fun with the song just dancing freely on stage.
And my heart's keeping time
To the speed of sound
I was lost till I heard the drums
Then I found my way
Cause you can't stop the beat
Ever since this old world began
A woman found out if she shook it
She could shake up a man
And so I'm gonna shake and shimmy it
The best that i can today
Damn, Puck thought, any woman who could shake it like that would indeed shake up a man.
'Cause you can't stop
The motion of the ocean
Or the sun in the sky
You can wonder if you wanna
But i never ask why
And if you try to hold me down
I'm gonna spit in your eye and say
That you can't stop the beat!
Rachel gave the song what Puck was finding to be her trade mark big finish. The cast liked it as much as he did, all of them clapping appreciatively. Rachel bowed and walked off stage. Meeting Puck in the wings she whispered in his ear.
"Top that." She challenged. Puck smiled. He liked seeing his partner had some spunk in her and he never had been one to refuse a challenge.
Grabbing the mike stand that he would use to double as a prop he took the stage. Like Rachel he started with his back to the crowd. He wore black suit pants with a white suit jacket complete with tails. His black dress shirt was open fairly far down his chest and he knew he looked hot. Doing a Michal Jackson style spin he started to sing the lyrics.
Hey little girl with the cash to burn
I'm sellin' something you won't return
Hey little girl take me off the shelf
'Cause it's hard having fun playing with yourself
Once you've browsed through the whole selection
Shake your hips in my direction
He swung the mike and stand from one hand to the other flashing a devil-may-care smirk to the cast in the seats.
A prettier package you never did see
Take me home then unwrap me
He flapped open the sides of his jacket, causing his dress shirt to open at the collar also- showing a good portion of his hard and tanned chest to the ladies of the cast.
Shop around little darlin' I've got to be
The Ladies' Choice, Ladies' Choice
Hey little girl lookin' for a sale
Test drive this American male
It's gonna take cash to fill my tank
So let's crack open your piggy bank
Hey little girl going window shopping
I got something traffic stopping
At the words traffic stopping he turned to the side and froze before spinning again to face the front and continuing to sing.
Hey, little girl on a spending spree
I don't come cheap but the kisses come free
On closer inspection I'm sure that you'll agree
I'm the Ladies' Choice, (Ladies' Choice), Ladies' Choice
Hey, little girl on a spending spree
I don't come cheap but the kisses come free
On closer inspection I'm sure that you'll agree
Diving forward on to his knees and sliding down the stage Puck sand the last bit of his song at the end of the stage.
Hey little girl, listen to my plea
I come with a lifetime guarantee
And one day maybe we'll find that baby makes three
It's the Ladies' Choice
I'm the Ladies' Choice
The Ladies' Choice
I'm the Ladies' Choice choice choice
I'm the Ladies' Choice
enjoying the applause he received from his own song he waited for Rachel to come on stage again so they could do their duet of Sugarland and Bon Jovi's song "Who Said You Can't Go Home". As they left the stage Rachel turned to him.
"I didn't think you'd know musicals." She casually commented, laughing to herself on how they picked songs from the same musical.
"I don't. The guys and I in my old glee club did the song for nationals my Sr. year. We had fun with it and I didn't have to come up with anything new for today if I used it." Puck answered.
"Besides, we both know it's true, I am the ladies choice." He added with his trademark smirk.
"Great job guys!" Will said as they joined the rest of the cast in the seats, "You're both going to be a great addition to our team. Speaking of which lets get to introductions. Guys take it away."
"Well I'm Santana, I do acting and singing" a pretty Latina girl said from the left of Puck. Her body language screamed "I'm a bitch and I know it so deal". She looked to be around Rachel's age.
"I'm her girlfriend Brittney. I like to dance." Said the blonde girl next to her. She was pretty also with a deffinate dancers body, she sat with one leg propped on the seat in front of her with the other foot resting on the arm rest beside her.
"Hey, I'm Artie. I do sound and lighting with occasional back up vocals on any sound tracks we need." The guy in the wheelchair spoke up.
"I'm Tina, acting and singing also. This is my boyfriend Mike, he choreographs and dances like Brittney and does chorus singing." The goth looking Asian said, gesturing to the Asian man beside her. Rachel thought she looked a bit sexy with bright purple highlights sticking out against her black hair and had no problem admitting her boyfriend was just yummy.
"I'm Kurt," a very fashionably dressed man spoke up, "I consider myself one of the ladies here. My boyfriend Blaine and I are both actors and singers." The handsome man on his left waved his hand in the air.
"I'm Matt, I mostly sing and dance. I'm not big on the speaking of lines thing these guys do." A cute African-American man said earning a slight laugh from the rest of the crew.
"I'm Mercedes, resident Diva along with Kurt. I bring the soul to this joint." A large curvaceous African-American girl spoke up.
"I'm Dave. I'm mostly here for the food." A muscled man joked.
"I'm Quinn, actress and singer. This is my daughter, Beth." A little girl of about five sat in her mother's lap dozing quietly. Quinn couldn't be older than Rachel.
"Will," Quinn said before the rest of the cast could introduce themselves, "I'm going to go put her down for her nap. Play pen is still in the dressing room right? The janitors didn't move it again."
"Nope." Will answered, "Go ahead Quinn, the monitors are down there next to the play pen."
The rest of the twenty membered cast who only worked as chorus part time quickly introduced themselves. When Quinn came upstairs again Will called the attention back up to the stage.
"Ok guys so our next gig is- drum roll please- a charity ball hosted by the mayor. Now it's a paying gig sense we're low on funds again but we'll be performing at the show by doing a meleody of Broadway songs. The event is for raising money for arts in schools." he said excitedly. "I already got an idea for cast placements and songs and sense it is a smaller show we won't need the part time folks for all of it. maybe just a song or two. Now main crew and a few of you part time folks if you have any ideas or something you want to perform let me know. For now let's start working on Chicago's Cell Block Tango. Umm, Rachel partner with Puck for now I want to see how you both dance before I pair you off. Britney you're with Dave, Tina and Blaine, Santana and Mike, Matt and Mercedes and Quinn you're going to be with Kurt. I might switch these up later. So for those name's I just said hit the stage. Rest of you can head on home I'll give you a call if we need you."
Five minutes later the theater was empty but for Artie working on the sound system and lighting, the band and the twelve actors on stage with their director. After stretching Will sent Mike to start working out some choreography with the boys and the girls to start on the vocals and lyrics. The group split up and got to work.