Idol Directions Chapter 16: Finale, a glee fanfic

This was it. It was down to the two of us. Me and Sam, Sam and I. We were there at the finish line.

It started with a coin flip to determine the order of the finale. Each side had one of our faces on it. It landed on mine.

"So Faith, would you rather go first or second?" Jesse asked. I was pretty sure that the order didn't matter at this point. People were going to vote for us regardless of when we sang.

"I'll go first." I declared. I knew how things were going to go. We would sing one reprisal, one new song, and one song that was chosen for us to be a debut single.

Sam and I then headed back to our room. We were sharing a room. There were two beds in it, but we weren't going to use the second one.

"So have you thought about what you'd do if you win?" He asked.

"I'm pretty sure that I'll be required to say that I'm going to Disneyland." I remarked.

"Yeah, but you'll be the biggest star of the planet." He pointed out. That was probably untrue. "You should have some sort of plan for what you'll do"

"Well what would do?" I challenged.'

"I'd want to make sure that you were by my side so I could give you a kiss." He remarked. "There is no one that I would rather share the moment with than you."

"Would it be selfish of me to say that I really don't want you to win?" I asked.

"I get how much you want this and I'll still love you even if I don't win." He stated.

"You know we're basically living together, even though we're only been dating for a few months." I joked.

"Well we're not like most people." He commented. "Who knows we'll probably end up married in a few months."

"Well if we were ever going to get married, we'd have to live together for real to make sure that we know enough about each other well enough to take the plunge." I responded.

"Well, we're going to have the tour to get to know each other better and maybe we'll be able to get a room together." He explained.

"So why don't we talk about the finale itself? I mean the big finale. Who were you going to sing with?" I asked.

"I was going to sing with John Mellencamp." He stated. "What about you?"

"Avril and I will be performing 'I Will Be' together." I explained. "I need to make sure that I don't faint meeting her because her being there will be awesome."

I still couldn't believe that it was going to be happening. The thought of meeting Avril was a dream come true it would probably better than actually winning the show. I loved Avril. If she asked me to leave Sam to be with her, I would at least strongly consider it and I don't even like girls.

One thing that I knew was our outfits were going to become a lot more formal for the finale. I would be wearing a different outfit for every performance and I would have at least one ball gown. It would be like I was going to prom all over again. It was a shame that Sam and I wouldn't get the chance to dance together.

On Tuesday, it was time. I was going to be leading the show off with a reprise. I couldn't do 'I Will Be' again, so I decided on the song that put me on the map.

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

My mother was a tailor
Sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gambling man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drug

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your life in sin and misery
In the house of the rising sun

Well I've got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I'm going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

Well there is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one

And God I know I'm one
And God I know I'm one

"I thought was every bit as good as the first time that you performed that." Will declared. "I was hoping that you would either sing that song or 'Black Velvet' so I'm happy."

"Singing a song again after doing so well is not easy, but I think you were up to the challenge." Emma declared.

"That was the song where I said I thought you win this and I still think that." Sue replied. "It was excellent."

Sam then headed to the stage and sang 'With a Little Help from My Friends' again and he was still great and still dreamy. It was hard to criticize someone that you are totally in love with. Of course, he'd never really had a bad performance, just some that weren't as good as the others.

I then headed back out to the stage for my second song, it was a song that I had chosen myself. I was wearing an elegant strapless blue gown which actually consisted of a blue minidress with a transparent blue overskirt. I thought that it was great for showing off my vocals.

If I had just one tear running down your cheek
Maybe I could cope, maybe I'd get some sleep
If I had just one moment at your expense
Maybe all misery would be well spent yeah

Could you cry a little, lie just a little
Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain
I gave now I'm wanting something in return
So cry just a little for me

Give it up baby, I hear you're doing fine
Nothing's gonna save me and I see it in your eyes
Some kind of heartache honey give it a try
I don't want pity, I just want what is mine

Could you cry a little, lie just a little
Pretend that you're feeling a little more pain
I gave now I'm wanting something in return
So cry just a little for me, cry just a little for me
Could you cry a little for me

"That has to be my favorite Faith Hill song." Will stated. "I think that you really did the song justice."

"I think that the only crying that you'll be doing is tears of joy." Emma replied.

"I don't think that was as good as your first song, but I think you can still kill it with your last song." Sue replied.

Sam then sang 'Pour Some Sugar on Me" by Def Leppard and it definitely made me think of all of the things that I wanted to do to him. The vocals might not have been his best, but I was honestly too turned on by it to care. I was a little surprised that he had been able to perform such a blatantly sexual song like that.

I headed out to sing the final song that I had been given. It was kind of exciting to be premiering a new song like that. I hoped that I could do it justice since the song was written for me and I didn't want to make the songwriters look like idiots.

I'm waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I'm breathing in the chemicals
I'm breaking in and shaping up
Then checking out on the prison bus
This is it the apocalypse

I'm waking up
I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my system blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Whoa oh I'm radioactive, radioactive
Whoa oh I'm radioactive, radioactive

All systems go
Sun hasn't died
Deep in my bones
Straight from inside

"I would say that you nailed that song and I look forward to hearing you sing that on the radio." Will stated. He did know that the radio was mostly recordings, didn't he? Live performances weren't really a thing anymore.

"I'm just going to say that it's been wonderful watching you perform." Emma told me.

"I think win or lose, you are going to be a star." Sue declared. "You have some bright things in the future ahead."

"If you wanna vote for Faith, dial 1-866-IDOLS01, 03, 05." Jesse declared.

Sam then headed onto the stage for the final performance of the season with the song that he had been given.

I told you I was hurt, bleeding on the inside
Told you I was lost in the middle of my life
There's times I stayed alive for you, there's times I would have died for you
There's times it didn't matter at all

Will you help me find right way up or let me take the wrong way down
Will straighten me out or make me take the long way around
I took a low road in I'll take the high road out
I'll do whatever it takes to be the mistake you can't live without

I'm not gonna give it up away
Not gonna let it go just to wake up someday gone, gone
The worst part is looking back and knowing that I was wrong

Help me find right way up or let me take the wrong way down
Will straighten me out or make me take the long way around
I took a low road in I'll take the high road out
I'll do whatever it takes to be the mistake you can't live without
I'll do whatever it takes to be the mistake you can't live without

On the night of the finale, the show was starting off with me and Sam singing a duet. I was glad that they had chosen the song that I had suggested. We'd actually recorded a studio version of it that I was told they might send to radio. I was leading off.

I've been living with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past I just can't seem to move on

I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need them again someday
I've been setting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it true without a way back into love
And if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end

There are moments if I don't know if it's real or anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration, not just another negotiation

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it true without a way back into love
And if I open my heart to you I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again you know that I'll be there for you in the end

There were also several other performances including Sam singing with John Mellencamp, Rachel singing with Barbra Streisand, Quinn with The Go-Gos, Kurt with The Backstreet Boys, the girls doing a tribute to Cyndi Lauper, the guys doing a tribute to Usher and of course me singing with Avril. It was the most amazing thing ever.

It finally came to the final minutes of the show and they were ready to announce the winner. I was in a mosaic-design silver and blue gown and Sam was in some kind of designer suit. I was pretty sure it was Tom Ford, though I still wasn't completely sure who he was.

"Okay, Becky, please give us the results." Jesse declared. Becky was the stagehand, a short blonde with Down's syndrome. She came out with an envelope. "I have never seen the results before this exact moment. The winner of American Idol Season 9 is…Faith Hudson!"

Confetti began to fall on me before Sam gave me a hug and Jesse gave me a mic.

"How do you feel?" He asked.

"I can't believe this." I stated. "I wanna thank my mom and Sam for being my side and…oh my god."

I noticed that Sam had gotten down on one knee and Jesse handed him the microphone.

"I know that we haven't been together very long, but being with you has made me feel better than I have with any girl in my life. What I want to know is Faith Carole Hudson, will you marry me?" He asked.

"Yes!" I declared. I didn't care if it was such a short time and it must have had to do the moment, but I wanted to do it. "I really think that I'm supposed to sing right now."

All systems go
Sun hasn't died
Deep in my bones
Straight from inside

He then ring on my finger as the camera faded to black.

The End

So Faith and she and Sam are engaged. The songs are "Cry" by Faith Hill, "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons, "The High Road" by Three Days Grace and "Way Back into Love" by Haley Bennett and Hugh Grant. Thank you for reading and please don't forget to review.