Chapter Three
It was eight and everyone was sitting in Rachel's backyard around a bonfire. Tina sat on Mike's lap and Kurt was holding Blaine's hand. Santana and Artie sat on either side of Brittany while she tried to figure out how to roast a marshmallow. Jesse has sitting alittle too close to Rachel while Finn sat on her other side with Danni. The two of them were whispering closely and Rachel found herself alittle jealous. She glanced at Noah, who was sitting between Carolina and Lauren. She could tell he was watching Finn and Danni closely as well. Next to Lauren were Mercedes and Quinn sitting on either side of Sam. The three of them were laughing at some story Kurt was telling but Rachel couldn't keep her eyes off Noah. He was not just glancing at Danni; he was downright staring at her. Rachel had never seen that look in his eyes. It was deep and meaningful. She couldn't even describe it. It was pure longing.
"Rachel! Are you listening to me?"
Rachel looked up and saw Kurt looking at her.
"We should have a sing off tonight! It would be so much fun! Who's game?"
Everyone nodded and Rachel decided to run down and grab her karaoke machine. Her fathers had installed a stage in their backyard for summertime concerts. Blaine helped her plug in the machine and everyone quickly grabbed the songbook to pick their song to sing.
"Danni, we should sing together," Finn quickly stood up and grabbed the songbook.
Rachel looked at Finn in despair. "I didn't know you could sing Danni."
"Danni and I are both amazing singers. Well, I'm amazing, she's okay. Puckerman, we need to sing together. It would be awesome. Remember last time we sang. What song was that? Oh yeah, Berlin "Take My Breath Away." Let's sing that!" Carolina quickly stood up and grabbed Noah by the arm. She looked through the songs on Rachel's iPod until she found her song.
The music started and Carolina sang the first few lines before Noah joined in. Rachel could tell this wasn't Noah's first time singing the song. He knew the words by heart and even seemed to put some emotion into the song. But it was nothing compared to Carolina. Everyone could tell she was singing to Puck; she was flapping her arms and touching Noah every other word. At the end, she put her hand on Noah's face and kissed him on the cheek before clapping and jumping up and down.
"Wow! I have never been so speechless…just WOW!" Kurt turned to Blaine disgusted. He had never met anyone so annoying and over the top before. "Well, it's our turn. Come on Blaine." The couple looked through the iPod until they found their song.
It took a few seconds before Rachel realized what song it was. Suddenly Kurt started singing "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler to Blaine. The two sang in perfect harmony and at the end of the song, Blaine kissed Kurt softly on the lips and whispered "I love you." Kurt just smiled as the two sat back down.
Danni could tell her sister was upset by the kiss and she tried to stop Carolina before she said something stupid but she wasn't quick enough.
"I don't appreciate the homosexuals making out in front of me! It's against God's—"
Danni quickly grabbed Carolina's arm and threw her bad into the lawn chair before yelling at her sister.
"SHUT UP CAROLINA BEFORE YOU MAKE AN ASS OUT OF YOURSELF."
Everyone was looking at Danni with shock. Finn had never seen her raise her voice before, let alone use physical force toward anyone. She quickly brushed off the incident and looked to Santana and Brittany.
"I think we need to sing together."
The three girls quickly stood up and looked through Rachel's song collection. After a few minutes, the girls found a song. It was "Cater 2 You" by Destiny's Child. Rachel was beyond surprised how well the three girls performed together. Moreover, she was shocked at how talented Danni was. She looked around and realized she wasn't the only one. Besides Carolina, Finn, Noah, and Mike, everyone seems surprised at the girl's voice. After the song, the three girls hugged and quickly got off the stage.
Jesse got up and grabbed Rachel's hand. "I think it's our turn."
Rachel wanted nothing more than to say no but she couldn't be rude. Suddenly Danni stood up and grabbed Rachel's hand.
"I was hoping to sing with Rachel. Finn does nothing but praise her talent and I would be honored if you would sing with me."
Rachel smiles at Danni and mouthed the words "Thank you" before pulling away from Jesse. Danni ran to the iPod and click on her song. Once the music started Rachel starting jumping up and down.
"I love this song!"And with that the two of them started singing "Boys Boys Boys" by Lady Gaga. After the song, Danni excused herself and headed inside to grab a drink. Finn turned to Puck and whispered something in his eye. Suddenly Puck stood up and headed to the house.
Everyone watched as he ran to the house before staring at Finn.
"What did you tell him?" asked Sam.
"I told him it's now or never!