Hey, guys! I´m have returned! Hope you didn´miss me too bad xD Anyway, I won´t be uploading as often now as I did before, sorry, and now I have completely lost track of how long my chapters are because I just got a MacBook Pro, meaning I have no idea of how to find out how many words/pages I´ve got. If someone know then please tell me, so I don´t write super long/supershort chapters.
I thought I begin stating which songs are in(if you would rather have me state them in the bottom please tell me, because I don´t know what is best):
-Run, Joey, Run - David Geddes
-All About Us - He is We(suggested by Ven Mercy, thank you 3)
-Rosemary - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying(you have to hear the 2011 cast version, I love it :D)
Okay, I´ll stop rambling, enjoy!
"Kids!" Carl Turner-Dubois called for his children, who were currently sitting around the kitchen table, downing their breakfasts and vitamin supplements. Like a pair of well-trained dogs the near-identical teenagers went to their father in the living room. He sat on the love-seat that occupied most of the sitting area. Due to years of hard rehearsals the twins were used to coming when called for, another reason why their dads wanted them to do theatre. As Tony and Sandy sat down in the white armchairs turned toward their father, he showed them one of the many letter laying on the table between them. It was a pale blue, and judging by the elegant writing it was a very formal letter. The pattern of snowflakes above the text was very beautiful and suggested that the letter was very important.
"It´s from your cousin Julie." Carl began, looking from one twin to another, they both looked ecstatic at the thought of their older cousin. When they were younger Julie had practically been an older sister to them, she had babysat them whenever Carl and James were going out, she had come to see all their plays, and slept over more times than the twins could count. Julie had moved to Ohio before the Turner-Dubois´ did, to study. Even if they lived in the same state again the twins hardly saw their 26-year-old cousin anymore, and the thought of her writing them such a fancy letter made both twins grin. "She´s getting married!"
Sandy could hardly conceal a high squeak of excitement and shock, while Tony´s mouth formed a perfect "O". Their eyes seemed to nearly fall out of their sockets as the twins embraced the sudden news. Their minds instantly buzzing with how they imagined Julie´s wedding dress, the theme was obviously winter, suiting the season, and of course, what her groom looked like in real life. They had heard loads about Joey, through Julie, because even if she didn´t see her often she still kept in touch by email. They had seen some pictures of the couple, and one of two of just Joey. From what they could tell he was rather handsome, even if he wash´t all that easy to get a good photo of. He had dark blue eyes, possibly black, they were´t quite sure, skin that was quite pale and a rather big nose. He looked a bit like twins really, with his dark hair and rather slight built, but not too much. Julie, on the other hand, looked very little like her adopted cousins. She had pale blonde hair, curling delicately at the bottom, slightly tan skin, bright blue eyes and was quite curvy. To the twins she was one of the most beautiful women alive.
"She left a letter for you two," their dad said, before either twin regained the ability to speak. Silently grabbing the letter their youngest dad handed to them, sandy and Tony began to read.
Dear Cosy and Melchi,
I´m sorry it´s been so long since I emailed you guys, I forgot, but in my defense I got engaged, which quite frankly makes me forget breakfast! By now you know I am getting married, and obviously I want my two favorite cousins to be there! And Melchior, if you dare come without that boyfriend of yours, you are going to have one very pissed off bride on your hands! Anyway, Cosy, you should bring someone too, some really handsome guy you know. I am extremely excited, and busy(planning a wedding isn´t as easy as some make it seem). Joey is amazing though, I feel like a queen. All I do is pick whichever colors I like the best and he makes it happen. He´s my hero! I know you may be a bit old, but I would like you to be my Flower girl and Ring Bearer. Do not play shy with me, I know you both all too well, and neither of you will deny a chance to have at least a little spotlight. Your clothes are already designed, I just need you to come to the tailor´s to get them fitted. I´ll send you the time and date when I know. I love you, miss you and can´t wait to see you.
Love,
Joly
While they read the twins could´t help but smile, imagining their cousin writing the letter. Kimberly had a very enthusiastic way of speaking, always exaggerating, and talking with her hands. She was the only one who even used the twins´ other names. Most people called them Sandy and Tony, while Julie called them Cosette and Melchior, or more often Cosy and Melchi. In return they called her Joly. The bride-to-be had the same love of musicals as her cousins and uncles, having decided long ago that she would name her first-born child either Maria, or Eric, depending on the gender. Her own father would never have let her go with any "ridiculous" names, such as Cosette or Melchior, but would settle for common names like Maria and Eric.
"So, what does she say?" Carl asked, raising a dark eyebrow at the happy-looking adoptees. It had always been clear to people the twins were´t really his, biologically, where they were pale he was tan, they were slight he was broad, the only alikeness was their dark hair. The twins didn´t look anything like their other dad either, he was also rather tan, or at least seemed tan because of his blond hair. He shared a built closer to the kids, but he was very tall, Carl was too, clearly marking the twins as adopted, as if having two dads didn´t make it obvious enough.
"She tells me to bring Tyler," Tony said, sounding like he was farther into dream-land than reality. Presenting Tyler to his family was something he was very nervous about, it wasn´t like he wasn´t proud of his boyfriend, who would´t be? Still, he knew Julie would only accept the very best for her "Baby Cousins", and Tyler didn´t seem completely comfortable with everyone knowing he was gay yet. At least no one in Tony´s family was homophobic, not openly so anyway, so Tyler didn´t really have anything to worry about.
"She wants us to be Flower girl and ring bearer," Sandy continued, sounding as spaced-out as Tony did. Her problem was figuring out who to bring. She didn´t want anyone from glee club, not that they were´t nice enough, but she didn´t really want to ask any of them. though she tried to not think too much about him, there was one name that kept popping up in her head, River. She didn´t know him so well either, and would´t risk bringing a psycho to her cousin´s wedding. "And she wants me to bring a date too."
"Isn´t that nice?" Carl tried to make the kids regain their previous excitement, but the seemed to spaced out, realizing how much work they had in front of them before the actual wedding. They nodded anyway, but kept looking spaced-out.
"Why don´t you like Melody?" Kevin had finally managed to gather the courage to actually ask Paige why she didn´t like the newest Glee club addition. The question froze the auburn-haired girl, who was on her way to put the milk away. Kevin sat at their breakfast table that Wednesday morning, a bowl of cereal in front of him. His parents were already off to work.
"Who says I don´t?" Paige replied, but her voice was cold, as she stiffly put the milk away into the fridge. Kevin nearly rolled his eyes at her, the cool feelings were so obvious even a fool would have noticed them.
"It´s obvious you don´t," he answered, eating a spoonful of Cap´n Crunch cereal. Paige sighed in defeat as she realized he was right, she could feel her irritation growing though, because Kevin knew why she didn't like british girl.
"You know why," she finally said monotonously, as she sat dow by the table. She avoided looking at her curly-haired crush. Even if she didn´t like to admit it, she wash´t really being fair toward Melody, who could´t have known that Paige was just about to realize her feeling for Kevin.
"I think you should get to know her," Kevin said simply, startling the other junior.
"Come again?"
"I think you should get to know her, she´s actually really nice," Kevin said, instantly regretting his choice of words. Telling Paige how nice Melody was, was not going to work in the younger girl´s favor. "My parents are gone this weekend, so you could invite her here for a sleepover. I could go to Jasper´s house, so you´d be alone. You could probably invite the other girls from Glee too, so it won´t be that awkward for the two of you."
Paige tried imagining it. Her and Melody, alone in the house of the boy they were fighting over. That would be awkward. With the other girls from glee there, it might be less awkward, but why would they want to come? If it was what Kevin wanted her to do, though, she would´t object.
"Fine," she stated simply, to a quite disbelieving Kevin. "I´ll invite her over."
Because Sandy refused to bring someone she didn´t know that well to a wedding, she decided to do a little digging to find out if Mr. Talcott was as prim and proper as he seemed. Judging by what Dalton Academy´s website said, River Talcott was the lead Warbler and an excellent student. All well so far. Being as fond of anything dramatic or theatrical as she was, she could´t just leave it at that, she had to go undercover to actually uncover some of the the darker sides, in other words, she´d have to find his friends. As it turned out, Timmy from the community theatre was a usable source, when she explained her dilemma for him he simply told her that as far as he could tell there was nothing off about River, but if she truly wanted to get an insider´s information she´d have to talk to his friends. Luckily for Sandy, River had five very close friends, three of which went to Dobry Hall, Dalton Academy´s sister school. It seemed Sandy would be going on a field trip.
"Hi, Melody." Paige stopped the other girl in the hall, trying to seem as nice as physically possible. The ginger was obviously confused by this sudden niceness, coming from the girl who´s eyes had been sending daggers her way the previous week. "I was just wondering if you would like to sleep over at my- ehh, Kevin´s house this weekend?"
Her voice was obviously strained from trying all too hard to make the offer sound appealing. When Paige almost said it was her house, but had to correct herself, it got even weirder. Melody looked positively freaked out.
"Look," Paige dropped her try-to-be-nice act and decided the truth was probably easier, or less fake anyway. "Kevin thought it would be good for us to get to know each other a little better. I suppose he´s right," admitting was a lot harder than she had thought it would be. "So, I´m inviting all the girls from Glee over to his house this weekend for a sleep-over. Does that sound okay?"
Paige tried to not get annoyed at the younger girl when she lit up at the mention of Kevin, but it was very hard. Looking rather unsure, but probably figuring that with the rest of the Glee girls there too, there would be too many witnesses for Paige to murder her.
"Uhm, okay," The freckled girl accepted, seemingly unsure of whether to smile or not. Paige nodded and smiled genuinely, the hardest part was over.
From what she had gathered from the pictures at the website, Dobry hall looked almost exactly like Dalton Academy. The buildings had that same old worldly feel and elegance, and the girls´uniforms matched those the boys wore, only they wore dark blue skirts, matching their blazers instead of gray slacks. Trying to blend into the background, Sandy made her way into the cafeteria, where she looked around for the three girls Timmy had described for her. Two had very curly brown hair, one of them with very pointer features the other with quite the baby-face. The third girl, was blond, according to the warbler, and was very lithe. The problem was that a lot of the girls matched that description, it would have been nearly impossible for Sandy to find the right trio, if it hand´t been for that last crucial detail Timmy had given her; one of the curly-hairs had red, straightened bangs. That one trait was the one thing that made the girls recognizable, and just as Sandy´s eyes fell on them she determinedly strutted over. she got a lot of weird looks as she passed the tables on her way. It was as if they sensed she wash´t one of them, even if she was wearing the exact same uniform as they were. Her white shirt, dark blue blazer with red piping, rather short dark blue skirt and knee-high stocking should have marked her clearly as one of them, but it obviously didn´t.
"Excuse me," Sandy said, catching the three girls´ attention. They looked up at her, they too somehow just knowing she didn´t belong. The baby-faced girl was smiling up at her, looking like she was completely used to strangers coming up and talking to her. The two others looked a bit more suspicious, obviously not used to non-students being dressed like students. "I was wondering if you knew River Talcott?"
"River? Sure we do, he´s one of our-" Baby-face began, before the blonde slapped a hand over her mouth. The blonde girl measured Sandy from head to toe, taking her in and probably considering whether she could be trusted.
"Why? What do you need River for?"
"I know him from community theatre, I need to know more about him." Sandy briefly explained, even if "I need to know more" wash´t really as much an explanation as a statement. The girl with the bushiest hair kept quiet, but she too gave Sandy a once-over, looking through her green-rimmed glasses. When the girl with the straight hair, just kept waiting for Sandy to continue, she did. "I need a date for a wedding, and I thought River might do."
"Oh, I´m sure he will! He really-" The girl with red bangs began talking again, as the blond had removed hand for a split second, before closing it over the younger girls mouth again. The mouth closer still looked suspicious, but a bit more understanding.
"What´s your name?"
"Sandy Cosette Turner-Dubois," Sandy replied, imitating River´s indifferent tone. "And yours?"
"Addison Palmer," the blonde replied, loosening up a little more. She was quite pretty, with her soft blond hair, bright sea-blue eyes, small nose and soft features. The smaller girl wrestled free of Addison´s grasp and extended a hand to Sandy, who shook it willingly.
"Angel," she grinned, and pointed to the bush-head beside her. "And that´s my cousin, Ellen."
The girl named Ellen looked up at Sandy and gave her a small smile, obviously quite shy. So those were River´s friends, somehow they were nothing like she had imagined them. She had imagined sophisticated, tea-drinking "ladies", and was met by a motormouth, a shy girl and a wanna-be member of the mafia.
"What do you want to know?" Addison asked, crossing her arms over her chest and leaning back in her chair.
"Anything."
Isabella was finally being let out of the hospital, she would´t be back in school until Monday, so she had four whole days to fill in the all-too-silent and empty house. Her parents were either at work or by Luke´s side at all times. She could´t really blame them, their son was in a coma after all, but she had thought they would have been a bit happier that at least their daughter was still up and kicking. But no, they were too shaken by the possible loss of their son to notice her. Her parents´obvious neglect wash´t the only thing that was bothering her either, the cheerios had gone to Regionals, and won, without her. It all just seemed unfair. Why could´t things work out for her for a change?
"He has two younger sister," Addison told, as she sat down on her bed in the dorm room she shared with Ellen. The room was very neat, at least the side that apparently belonged to Ellen, and had the some old-time feel as the rest of the school. The four poster beds were made of mahogany and looked very comfortable, with loads of pillows. Addison´s desk was a bit messier than Ellen´s, it had books and paper randomly strewn all over and a laptop lay in between. Angel dumped down on the bed beside the blond, and Ellen timidly sat at her other side. Unsure of where to put herself, Sandy cautiously sat down on the chair by Addy´s desk. "He cooks."
"And he draws, and loves the Cirque Du Soleil, and-" Once again Angel was stopped by Addy, who shot the freshman a warning glare. It wasn´t that Addy didn´t want to help, but she didn´t want to give a stranger every detail about her friend´s life either. Still, the petite girl didn´t look like much of a threat.
"He´s generally a goody two-shoes, if that´s what you needed." Ellen chimed in, joining the conversation for the first time. It was really what Sandy had needed, confirmation that he wasn´t a lunatic, that she was right about him.
"Thank you," Sandy nodded, as she got up to leave.
Liberty felt her back press against the wall, and Felix´ lips on her neck. Heartbreaker or not, he was incredibly good at that. She had her legs wrapped around his hips, preventing herself from falling, and his strong arms around her to keep her in balance. His kisses were rather sloppy, but she didn´t mind at this point. Felix was an absolute god when it came to making a girl feel good. He was enough of a gentleman to not pressure her too far, but somehow he made everything they did so damn good she didn´t want to stop. In the beginning she had wanted to take it slow, she still did, but somehow her definition of slow had kind of changed. Before she would have felt that the really hot making out they´d done was too far, but now it didn´t seem nearly far enough. She was in no way ready to have actual sex with him, but there were a lot of things she was ready for that headed in that direction.
Pushing from the wall with her back, Liberty took control, leading Felix over to her bed. In a whirl of movement, kisses and touching, she ended up straddling him. Felix was laying on his back, grinning up at her. Mischievously, she toyed with the hem of his t-shirt. He groaned as she snuck her fingers under his shirt, her small fingers barely tickling his skin just above his jeans. Still looking mischievous, Liberty snaked Felix out of his shirt, and started kissing from his collarbone downward, following some twisting pattern down toward his navel, before working her way up to his neck. When she sucked on an especially sensitive part of his neck, he instinctively grabbed had ass, causing her to bite his neck out of shock. That was how Liberty discovered her Asian boyfriend liked it when she bit him. Experimenting with varying pressure on different part of his neck, Liberty quickly got the hang of it. Felix was too seduced to even know what he was doing, and was shamelessly grinding against her. Not that Liberty minded.
That was generally the way their make-out sessions went, changing the roles, and always taking things a wee bit further. Secretly, Liberty wondered how far Felix had gone with girls before, and how long she could keep her promise of celibacy.
Uneasily adjusting his tie, Tyler stood outside the white-painted church in the chilling december air. Looking around for his boyfriend, trying to find him among all the unfamiliar faces. Most of Tony´s family seemed very tall, which made finding Tony´s small form in between all the larger bodies pressing into the church. Spotting Carl´s dark hair among the by-passers, Tyler tried pushing his way through the crowd to reach him. Catching up with the tan man, he saw the twins were´t with him. Instead he found, James and Carl with a blond boy of average height in a very fancy-looking tux. Tyler immediately felt self-conscious, seeing the other boy looking like a young, blond James Bond, while he was in his dad´s old suit. He didn´t really mind wearing his dads´suit, but he felt like the other guests might compare him to the other boy, or worse, Tony would compare him to the other boy.
"Hey, Tyler," Carl greeted, grinning. He always seemed to be in a cheerful mood, and Tyler felt like Carl at least approved of him. James was a nice guy too, though he didn´t speak as much as his husband. Tyler often found himself the victim of a measuring gaze, as James seemed to try and figure him out. Nervously smiling back, Tyler joined the group as they shuffled into the church. "You boys can just find yourselves somewhere to sit, we´ve got to sit up front."
"Alright, sir," the blond boy replied, smiling politely, which made Tyler feel even more self-conscious as the other boy obviously had better manners than he did. Following the taller boy into one of the aisles in the back, Tyler felt his stomach coil, seeing as he didn´t have Tony there with him, which made it seem like he didn´t have any reason to be there.
As people kept filing into the church, filling all the benches, an old lady sat down to Tyler´s right, the side closest to the aisle. She looked like a sweet old lady, dressed in one of the ugliest purple dresses Tyler had ever seen, with her hair in a tight bun. the boy next to Tyler shook hands with her, chivalrously kissing it, and introducing himself as River Talcott. Feeling the pressure to be well-mannered Tyler shook and kissed the old lady´s hand as well, learning that her name was Nancy Briggs, and she was the bride´s great aunt. While the last couple people found their seats, Nancy went on about who was related to who, how, and any other details she thought would interest two young men. Of course, River sat courtly nodding, he seemed quite genuinely interested, but Tyler wash´t quite sure if he was pretending. The boy just seemed too perfect.
By eight o´clock that Friday, almost all the glee girls(Sandy could´t go because she was going to a wedding or something), were gathered in the living room of Kevin´s house, and Kevin himself was on his way to Jasper´s house, a bag with clothes and other necessities slung over his shoulder. Sleeping bags, mattresses and pillows were strewn all over the floor, leaving narrow and twisting paths clear so people could go from one place to another, without stepping in anyone´s sleeping space. A bowl of popcorn, multiple soda cans and plates of partially-eaten ice-cream were on the table, and eight girls sat around the table, the lucky few on the couch, two in the two chairs and the rest on the floor. Chrystal looked emptily at the bowl of popcorn, possibly remembering some popcorn fight or movie night she had shared with Luke, Isabella shared her lost look, only she stared straight out in front of her. Ramiele, who had been forced by her parents to go, sat in one of the chairs looking utterly bored, while Paige desperately tried to think of something that would entertain her guests. She tried to think of the things people did in those cheesy chick flicks, but nothing seemed appropriate. They could not talk about boys, because fit would remind Chrystal of Luke, and it would be awkward for Melody and Paige. Neither could they do make-over(not that they would have done it if they could), since no one had much make-up with them. Suddenly an idea hit Paige like a ton of bricks, she was in a room full of singers, and what do singers do when they get to together for sleep-overs?
"Who wants to play sing-star?"
"Melchi, Cosy!" Julie soon-to-be Brown, exclaimed as the pale twins entered the room, running toward them, nearly tripping over her wedding gown. She held them close in a bone-crushing hug, before she pulled away to examine them. They looked pretty much the same as they had the last time she saw them, they´d gotten a bit taller, but she was still a whole lot taller than them. Sandy and Tony took their time to study their cousin as well, she had changed some since the last time they saw her in person. Her hair seemed shorter, but maybe it was the way she wore it up, while she usually wore it loose. Julie was still as curvy as she had always been, and seemed to radiate happiness. Her dress was absolutely stunning. At first it looked quite plain, just a pure white dress with a corseted top that really flattered her curves, but when you looked closely you could see a pattern of snowflakes falling down all over the bottom half of the dress. The snowflakes looked like pearls sewn into the material of the dress, but the twins couldn´t quite be sure. It didn´t matter much anyway, as it was very beautiful.
"You look amazing!" Sandy commented, staring at her cousin´s dress in awe. Julie twirled to let the twins take in the entire dress. Her blond hair was put up, with a tiara in the shape of many snowflakes falling together. She looked absolutely stunning. One of Julie´s bridesmaids, Constance, entered, carrying Sandy and Tony clothes in big bags. While the twins got dressed, Julie eagerly chatted about how nervous and excited she was, before she started asking about the twins´dates.
"Because you did bring dates?" she asked, raising her eyebrows and clearly implying that she would be very mad is they hadn´t. When the twins nodded she immediately brightened up again. "Great! How are they? Cute? You did bring Ty-son, Ty-rone, Ty- whatever your boyfriend´s name is!"
"´Course I did, wouldn´t want to upset the bride." Tony smiled, though he wasn´t one hundred percent sure he hadn´t upset Tyler. He knew his boyfriend well enough to know that Tyler wasn´t comfortable with everyone knowing he was gay, and by being Tony´s date, he sort of announced it to everyone invited. Julie smiled, clearly pleased, as she put silver hairpins in the shape of snowflakes in Sandy´s hair.
"Who did you bring, Cosy?"
"Just a guy from the theatre," Sandy replied cryptically, but blushed ever so slightly. The bride seemed to catch the minor color change in Sandy´s face, and immediately broke into an even bigger grin than usual.
"You like him!" Julie sounded like a teenager, poking Sandy in the ribs, to gain some more reaction from the 14-year-old.
"I do not!"
"Yes, you do! Don´t even try to deny it!" Julie exclaimed, poking Sandy again. With a sigh of defeat Sandy gave in, her brother and cousin had already figured it out, so she might as well just go with it. Julie smiled mischievously, but before the twins could ask why, the rest of the bridesmaids, and Julie´s father entered and it was time for them to get the show on the road.
It didn´t matter how unwilling the girls were at first, after about five minutes Paige and Catarine were singing loudly to Gloria Gaynor´s "I will survive", with everyone else shouting in the background. Nobody cared how off key they were, or how bad their singing was, even Isabella and Chrystal seemed to forget their troubles. There was nothing like a disco anthem to turn someone´s skies to blue. Dancing like no one could see them, all the girls kept falling over each other, laughing like maniacs. Paige even forgot her problems with Melody, who was standing directly behind her, jumping up and down while she sang like there was no tomorrow. True to their next song, "Girls just wanna have fun", Nicole accidentally spilled some popcorn on Catarine, who threw popcorn back at her. The entire thing evolved into a full-scale food fight(or rather, popcorn-fight), which ended with all eight girls rolling on the floor laughing.
Exhausted from laughing, singing and dancing, they collapsed, some of top of one another, on the floor, all of them grinning.
"That was fun !" the usually rather shy Melody exclaimed, grinning at the ceiling. The other girls murmured in agreement. Remembering the ice-cream Paige got up, with a groan, to go wash them, a suddenly very helpful Melody volunteered to help her, grabbing five plates and skipping toward the kitchen. As the girls dropped their plates in the sink, and let the hot water run over them, Melody and Paige were both lost in though, the happy and playful mood from the living room was gone. They were left with a sense of unfinished business, and slight awkwardness, seeing as they were alone in Kevin´s kitchen.
"Melody, I-"
"I didn´t mean-"
"You first."
"No, you go ahead," Melody insisted, figuring Paige might answer her question without Melody having to ask it. Sighing deeply, Paige tried to think of a way to say what she meant. I´m sorry I didn´t realize I like the guy you like until now, but just beause I´m late it deosn´t mean I won´t fight! Didn´t really feel right.
"When I came here, after I left my mom and him," she began, still unsure of how to put things, but figuring that explaining the situation might be best. "Kevin told me that he was in love with me," Melody´s expression got a bit steely, as if she was trying to not give a biting comment, or burst into tears. "I said I didn´t reciprocate," The British girl´s expression changes a bit to hope, before falling again. "Because I hand´t realized that I did,-do." Paihe closed her eyes, trying to find a way to say it without hurting the younger girl. "You were actually the one who made me realize that I do like him back. I saw the way he looked at you, and you looked at him," Melody blushed and looked to the floor. "Then I found that I was jealous."
"You were jealous of me?" Melody replied, clearly not believing the older girl. Paige nodded, which made Melody raise her eyebrows in disbelief, but smile. "But he´s in love with you."
"Wouldn´t be so sure about that," Paige replied, a bitter edge creeping into her voice. She really didn´t think he liked her anymore, not with all their fights and awkward silences. The jew was starting to think the universe was working against her, ruining her every chance at being loved.
"So I guess there´s not much we can do then, huh?" Melody sighed, leaning against the counter. Why Paige hadn´t liked her was starting to make sense, who would´t dislike the girl the boy you´re in lot with, possibly liked? Melody had to admit, she hand´t exactly bounced with joy whenever Kevin mentioned Paige in the past either. Maybe they had more in common than they though. "Well, let the best girl win!"
Paige took Melody´s extended hand, feeling a bit lighter, now that their issues were at least under control.
"Oh, here comes the bride!" Nancy whispered in a sing-song voice to Tyler, who could easily have figured that one out just by listening to the music. "Oh"s and "Aww"s followed as Sandy slowly entered the church dropping white rose petals on the floor. She looked very pretty, in a dress that was pure white, cut at the knee and had light reflecting off of the pearls that were sown into the material in the shape of snowflakes. She had snowflake-shaped hair-pins in her hair, and smiled the way, and Tyler could feel River change beside him to get a better look at his date. Nancy grabbed Tyler´s hand and whispered something about Sandy´s dress that Tyler didn´t quite catch. The "Oh"s and "Aww"s grew in quantity and volume as the bride slowly entered, with her father by her side. Her dress was mostly a longer version of Sandy´s, with the same pearls sown in and the same snowflake pattern on her tiara as Sandy´s hairpins. She was positively breath-taking, her pale blonde hair, and pale skin making her look like a proper ice queen. Nancy squeezed Tyler´s hand, and whispered something about how gorgeous Julie was. Tyler could see how her eyes had filled with tears, and he could feel River shift again as Julie walked on toward her groom. The bridesmaids followed, looking very pretty in identical dresses that looked like variations of Sandy´s dress, only in a pale icy blue. Tony followed them, carrying a white, silk pillow on which the rings rested. He was dressed in a simple black tux, with a snow-white rose in his lapel.
The actual ceremony went rather quickly, with loads of hand-squeezing and comments from Nancy, and before Tyler knew it he was standing outside watching as people threw rice at the couple who shared a kiss, while most of the attendants took pictures. When everyone had gotten enough pictures of the newly-weds, the bridesmaids, Sandy, Tony and just about everyone else involved, he felt a familiar presence stand beside him. The second he felt Tony next to him he grabbed the smaller boy´s hand, determined to glue himself to Tony´s side for the rest of the evening. As suddenly as Tony had appeared, Sandy materialized beside River, who calmly placed a hand on the small of her back. Even if they were´t dating, River seemed to think it was the most natural thing in the world.
"Tony, I presume?" River said, extending the hand that wash´t placed on Sandy´s back, to Tony. The smallest boy let go of Tyler´s hand, to shake hands with River.
"Yes, and you´re River." Tony smiled to the taller boy, who nodded courtly. As soon as Tony´s hand let go of River´s, Tyler grabbed it, which seemed to startle the tenor, because Tyler usually didn´t take his hand so quickly, Tony was usually the one initiating it. Tyler felt a bit out of place, among these well-mannered and obviously well-off people. It wasn´t like they looked at him the way Jacob did, everyone seemed very accepting of his sexuality, but then again, they were used to the twins´ dads. The way everyone seemed to know how to talk so adult-ish, so grown-up, made him feel like an uneducated child. How Tony looked at River with such an approving gaze didn´t really help either. What if Tony figured that Tyler wash´t good enough, that he could do better? Or what if Tyler was doing everything wrong? It was after all, his first relationship that really counted, what if he messed up?
Leaving behind the noise in his room, Jasper went to answer the door. Opening it he found his little curly-haired friend, a bag slung over his shoulder and a thick jacket wrapped around him to shield him from the winter cold. Kevin was surprised by all the noise in the background, it sounded like someone was being murdered at a football game, the shouts mixing in with the sound of a machine gun. Looking questioningly at the jock, all Kevin got in reply was a shrug and a "Go-look-for-yourself"-expression. As Kevin entered Jasper´s room he found the source of the sounds. All the Glee club guys, excluding Tyler and Tony, were gathered in there, playing a video game Kevin didn´t know the name of, but it looked very violent and gory. Felix was currently sitting cross-legged hardly two feet from the screen, looking very concentrated. Joshua sat farther from the door, as close to the screen, looking at it like he wanted to kill the TV, rather than the characters in the game. the rest of the club sat in a semi-circle around them, shouting like madmen. Without a word Kevin dropped his bag and joined the other guys, shouting along with them.
"Excuse me? May we have your attention, please?" a slim man with blonde hair, and a crooked nose stood just in front of the band, trying to calm the crowd. A tall red-haired woman was standing beside him, her white knee-length dress marking her as one of the bridesmaids. "We were asked to do something fun for the bride and groom, and while Mindy and I are both terrible at speeches, funny ones at least, we figured we´d try something different. So, let us just go change, and then you will be in for the performance of your life!"
The man had ended on a very flamboyant and exaggerated note, leaving the guests, and newly-weds, waiting as they went behind a black privacy partition. Shortly after, they came out again, looking rather different than they had. Their clothes were the same, the woman in her dress, the man in his suit, but they were both wearing wigs. The man wore a black wig that clearly resembled the grooms hair, but you could clearly tell it was really an Elvis wig. In addition to the wig he wore a small black goatee, another of the groom´s more striking features. The previous redhead, now wore a blonde wig, that was put up in a way that was probably supposed to make her look like Joey´s bride, but made her look a blonde bride of Frankenstein. Of course, the pair brought on a round of hysterical laughter, which quieted as the band began playing, and the other bridesmaids, excluding Sandy, stood with the band, and began singing. "Julie" sang next, dramatically over-doing everything, for an even more hilarious effect, and looking straight a Julie´s father, who looked rather baffled by the scene.
Daddy please don't
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don't
We're gonna get married
Just you wait and see
The "Groom" sang as exaggeratingly, and flamboyantly. The parts where the things the song´s Julie had said, were repeated, "Julie" lip-synched along, looking completely laughable.
Every night, the same old dream
I hate to close my eyes
I can't erase the memory
The sound of Julie's cry
She called me up, late that night
She said, "Joe, don't come over,
My Dad and I just had a fight
And he stormed out the door!
I've never seen him act this way,
My God, he's goin' crazy
He said he's gonna make you pay
For what we done- he's got a GUN!
So run, Joey run, Joey run!"
For the "Run, Joey, Run"-parts, "Joey" actually ran between the guests, ending up in the back of the room. Nobdy had noticed earlier, but he was wearing a pair of hot pink Nikes, probably not his one, as they looked very small on him.
Daddy please don't
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don't
We're gonna get married
Just you wait and see
Got in my car, and I drove like mad
'Til I reached Julie's place
She ran to me, with tear-filled eyes
And bruises on her face!
For the second to last verse, "Joey" ran up to the band again. Just he sang about Julie falling, she did fall, very flamboyantly, in the way all the finer ladies always fall in old time movies, but he caught her. She ended the song, singing like she was actually dying, with fake pain written all over her face, "Joey" holding her close.
All at once I saw him there,
Sneaking up behind me Watch out!
Then Julie yelled, "He's got a gun!"
And she stepped in front of me
Suddenly, a shot rang out
And I saw Julie falling!
I ran to her, I held her close
When I looked down, my hands were red
And here's the last words Julie said...
Daddy please don't
It wasn't his fault
He means so much to me
Daddy please don't
We're gon... na get... mar... ried...
Run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey run, Joey ruuuuuunn!
"Kill him! Come on, you´ve got a flamethrower, for christ´s sake!" Kevin shouted along with the other boys as Nathaniel tried to turn Jasper´s character into a living(or preferably dead) human torch. Jasper, on the other hand, was swiftly running out of the flame-thrower´s way, annoying the crap out of a certain sophomore.
"It´s not that easy, goddamnit!" the caramel skinned boy shouted back, only to get the reply "Yes, it is!", before he challenged Kevin to do it, if it was so easy. The boy with the glasses accepted, grabbing the console from the football-player. It felt weird, getting along so well with people who had thrown him in dumpsters and sluhied him. he figured that as they were in the glee club together they would be nicer, but he had never expected to sit in the dark playing video games with the jocks. It was a welcome change, though.
"Melchi, Cosy! I need you to perform something," Julie told the twins, who stood by with their dates, watching as people made conversation with other guests. They were in a huge room, with white walls, beautifully decorated with white, silver and pale blue balloons. Tables were placed along the walls for the presents, and food. The wedding cake was huge, with four round stories, and blueberry frosting created a pattern of snowflakes, matching Julie´ and Sandy´s dresses. The dance floor was completely abandoned, even if the band was doing their best. Julie figured the twins, or one of them with their date, would be able to get people moving. When the teens looked hesitant she snapped; "I´m the bride, you don´t get to say no to me!"
"But we haven´t prepared anything!"
"We´re not ready!"
"What were you thinking about?" River, who´s eyes had lit up at the mention of a performance, asked Julie, who looked both surprised and pleased.
"Something fun and romantic, something people can dance to," she explained, clearly giving River an idea, because he suddenly smiled and grabbed Sandy´s hand, gently tugging her along over to the band.
"I like that guy," Julie grinned, obviously happy about getting at least one twin to perform. Tyler felt even worse, seeing how much Tony´s cousin seemed to like River. He had always tried to get along with Tony´s family, and thought he did quite a good job of it, but when he saw how effortlessly River impressed them, he felt like he did terrible.
"May I have your attention, please?" River asked into the microphone he had obviously borrowed from a member of the band. Tyler felt a sting of jealousy at how comfortable River was with talking to the crowd. "I am River Talcott, and this is Sandy Cosette Turner-Dubois. In honor of the bride´s wish, Sandy and I would like to sing you a song. Don´t be shy about dancing, now!"
The band began playing a sweet tune, and everyone seemed to immediately understand it was a love song. Before Sandy began singing she walked to the middle of the dance floor, and as she began singing she extended a hand toward River who still lingered by the band. While Sandy sang, River slowly walked toward her, not breaking eye contact.
Take my hand, I'll teach you to dance.
I'll spin you around, won't let you fall down.
Would you let me lead, you can step on my feet.
Give it a try, it'll be alright.
By the end of Sandy´s part River had reached her, and at her very last sentence he took her hand. As he began singing with her, he pulled her closer, still holding her one hand, the other on her waist.
The room's hush, hush,
And now's our moment.
Take it in feel it all and hold it.
Eyes on you, eyes on me.
We're doing this right
At the last line the began dancing, as the beat picked up, allowing more movement. It was all very loose, as they were winging it, but because of their professionalism, and talent they managed to not get in each other´s way, at least.
Cause lovers dance when they're feeling in love.
Spotlight shinning, it's all about us.
It's oh, oh, all,
About uh, uh, us.
And every heart in the room will melt,
This is a feeling I've never felt but,
It's oh, oh, all about us.
Singing rather playfully, River let Sandy go. She skipped in between two of the guest, "hiding" from River. As his verse neared the end, he made it over to where she was, and extended a hand to her, drawing her out on the dance floor again. She joined him again, singing straight to him.
Suddenly, I'm feeling brave.
Don't know what's got into me,
Why I feel this way.
Can we dance, real slow?
Can I hold you, real close?
The room's hush, hush,
And now's our moment.
Take it in feel it all and hold it.
Eyes on you, eyes on me.
We're doing this right.
At the very last sentence River pulled her close once again, before they repeated their dance routine.
Cause lovers dance when they're feeling in love.
Spotlight shinning, it's all about us.
It's oh, oh, all,
About uh, uh, us.
And every heart in the room will melt,
This is a feeling I've never felt but,
It's oh, oh, all about us.
For the next part Sandy slipped from River´s embrace again, walking backwards so she didn´t break eye contact as she sang playfully to him. He followed her, looking nearly hungry.
(River´s parts, Sandy´s parts, when they sing together)
Do you hear that love?
They're playing our song.
Do you think we're ready?
Oh I'm really feeling it.
Do you hear that love?
Do you hear that love?
River sang again, a grin spreading across his face as he continued to pursue the very innocent sounding Sandy.
Do you hear that love?
They're playing our song.
Do you think we're ready yet?
Love I'm really feeling it.
Do you hear that love?
Do you hear that love?
For the last repeat of the part, Sandy sang even more playfully than she had the first time around. River sang in that same mind-state, as Sandy let him catch up with her. When they reached the last sentence he stood directly in front of her, in the middle of the dance floor.
Do you hear that love?
They're playing our song.
Do you think we're ready yet?
Love I'm really feeling it.
Do you hear that love?
Do you hear that love?
Sandy sang the next part by herself, as Tony got people clapping in time with the music. Once again they parted, getting people dancing on the different halves of the circle that had formed around the pair.
Lovers dance when they're feeling in love.
Spotlight shinning, it's all about us.
It's all, all, all, all.
Every heart in the room will melt,
This is a feeling I've never felt,
But it's all about us.
By their solo lines they slowly turned to face each other, and when they sang together again, they quickly crossed the room to each other, deeply gazing into each others eyes as they sang the very last line.
Cause lovers dance when they're feeling in love.
Spotlight shinning, it's all about us.
It's oh, oh.
(hey-ey hey)
And every heart in the room will melt,
This is a feeling I've never felt but,
It's oh, oh, all,
It's all about us.
The room broke into excited applause as the perfumers bowed and grinned at the crowd. Tyler could tell Tony envied his sister in that moment, because both of the twins loved the spotlight, and because Tyler wasn´t as professional as River, Tony hand´t gotten to perform. There was also something in the way Tony looked at the other two, that unsettled Tyler, it was probably just admiration, or something, but he still didn´t like his boyfriend looking at another guy like that.
"You guys didn´t tell me he was that good!" Julie accused, staring in awe at River, who was whispering something to one of the band members, while Sandy was already on her way back to Tyler, Tony, Julie and Joey, who had joined them while Sandy and River were performing. Of course the comment made Tyler feel worse, as always.
"You were amazing!" Julie exclaimed when River and Sandy made their way back, smiling and looking very happy about their performance.
"Absolutely breathtaking, you´re an incredible performer, River!" Tony said, and sent Sandy a look that Tyler didn´t see. River nodded his thanks, and Sandy seemed to radiate happiness. Tyler, on the other hand, could literally feel his self-esteem plunge. What did Tony really mean by that comment? Did he think River was that much more talented than Tyler? He knew both twins thought highly of talented people, but could Tony be hinting that Tyler wasn´t good enough?
Tyler´s train of thought was interrupted by the band playing a sweet and slow tune, which apparently inspired the groom to ask Julie to dance. As the two drifted over to the dance floor, River seemed to get the same idea.
"May I have this dance?" He asked Sandy, taking her hand in his, bowing and kissing it, making Sandy blush. Nodding a court "you may", Sandy followed her date to the dance floor. How could River do stuff like that so easily? Just be so sophisticated and chivalrous? Didn´t he care that there were other people there, people who´s boyfriends or girlfriends might expect more than what was possible from their boyfriend, seeing how freakin´ perfect River was being? Being too distracted by his rambling thought, Tyler didn´t notice Tony looking questioningly at him.
By two o´clock that morning, all the girls were asleep, exhausted from sing-star, a game of Mafia and all too much candy. Ramiele occupied the couch, Chrystal and Isabella lay beside each other, both seeming far more relaxed than they had been earlier that week, Melody lay curled together like a ball, her thumb close to her mouth, Catarine lay on her side beside Nicole, who slept on her stomach, Paige lay on her back with Liberty partially on top of her, though neither could tell how that had happened the following morning. When Kevin came home from the video game night at around four o´clock(he had tried reaching Paige on her cell to see if he could come home without disturbing anyone, but when he didn´t get an answer he figured she was asleep and went home anyway, because someone had accidentally spilled coke all over his bag, causing his clothes and everything else to become very wet and sticky) he saw Paige and Melody´s heads being quite close together and prayed it was a good sign.
"We´re not really doing this right, you know," River commented as he and Sandy danced slowly an arm´s length apart. She looked up at him curiously, not seeing what they were doing wrong. Moving one of his hands to the small of her back he held her closer, before letting his hand rest at her slim waist. To hide her blush, Sandy rested her head against River´s chest, as his shoulder was too far up for her to reach. River carefully placed one of her arms around his neck, while the other got to rest by the rose in his lapel. The rose was a deep lavender, the exact same shape as her eyes. While Sandy was too caught up in the sweet gesture of having his rose the same shade as her eyes, she didn´t even notice the song change from the slow and steady piano tune, to a sweet and lingering intro, before River began singing, his voice soft and emotional.
Suddenly there is music
In the sound of your name.
The tune seemed familiar to Sandy, but she could´t quite place, but she found herself thinking of Harry Potter for no apparent reason.
Sandy , Sandy
Was the melody locked inside me
'Till at last out it came.
As River sang her name, Sandy lifted her head from his chest, meeting his eyes. While they were usually sort of distant, they now had a kind of glow, a warm glow, like from a flame. Sandy could feel her cheeks burn slightly, not because of the looks from the other dancers, but because of the dream-like quality of it all. River Talcott, this incredibly talented boy, was singing at her, and not just because he had to for a play. His arms were still around her, holding her close, so close he could probably feel her heart racing, she could at least feel his muscles tense for a high-note.
Sandy, Sandy.
Just imagine
If we kissed
What a crescendo.
At the "If we kissed" part, Sandy´s breath caught in her throat, and her eyes widened. Was he really suggesting? He couldn´t be, it was just for show, right? Even if she had never really admitted it, she hadn´t ever been kissed, not in a way that mattered anyway. It had always been just her and her brother, and the occasional other actor, but she hand´t ever had a boyfriend. The difference between kissing for a play and kissing in real life was that kissing because you wanted to, meant that is actually meant something. Sandy closed her eyes, taking it all in, and realized which song it was, and that she would be joining the performance soon.
Not to be missed.
As for the
Rest of my life-time program
Give me more of the same.
Sandy, Sandy.
There is wonderful music in the very sound
Of your name.
Taking a step away from River Sandy began talking to him, trying to remember how the song went. Imitating a pissed-off girlfriend, she had heard enough of those in her lifetime, she stormed toward him again, faking confusion for her second line, and replacing Bud Fromp with Tyler in her first one.
"River, I heard Tyler Tyson talking at the party. Where is she?"
"Sandy, something wonderful has happened."
"What are you talking about?"
River took her hands in both of his, while she continued to look at him with artificial confusion. The couples around them had stopped dancing, and now looked at the actors with amusement written all over their faces.
"Oh, can't you hear it?
Can't you hear it?"
Suddenly there is music
In the sound of your name.
"I can't hear a thing."
As he began talking again, River let go of Sandy hands to vividly illustrate the "beautiful pink sky" with his entire body. He looked quite ridiculous, causing Sandy to half-smile on her next line, making it more playful than she had intended.
Sandy…
"Just listen!
It's all around... It's like a beautiful pink sky.."
"Now, look here River Talcott, have you lost your mind?…"
"Sandy, darling, will you marry River Talcott?"
When he asked Sandy to marry him, he actually got down on one knee and took her hands, to the amusement of the other guests, who laughed out loud at him. Sandy on the other hand, took his hands and smiled brightly at him, not really sure if she was acting herself. River stood, still holding her hands. smiling at his little companion. The female triple threat could feel her heartbeat quicken as she realized what came next.
"Now I hear it! I hear it! I hear it!"
Suddenly there is music
In the sound of your name.
R. Talcott!
Sandy,
Just imagine
If we kissed
What a crescendo,
Carefully, River moved one of his hands to Sandy´s waist, feeling the soft material of her white dress, and pulling her close. Letting herself be pulled in, Sandy´s eyes fluttered close. Even without seeing anything, she could feel River coming closer, she could even smell him, and feel his breath on her face. He smelled like a mix of apples, a sweet mouthwatering smell, and the way a forest smells after it´s rained. She could´t quite describe his smell, those two seemed fitting. Suddenly their lips met, River´s were soft, and he tasted like blueberry cake frosting, with a slight hint of something she could´t quite put words to, but it reminded her of spring, fresh and promising. Sandy didn´t register all the "aw"s that sounded from the crowd, she was lost in her own little bubble, before River cautiously broke away, still holding her close.
Not to be missed.
As for the
Rest of my life-time program
Give me more of the same.
River still had his hands on Sandy´s waist, and her arms were wrapped around his neck. Neither broke eye contact as they finished the song together, smiling.
Sandy, Sandy / R. Talcott, R. Talcott, R. Talcott
There is wonderful music
in the very sound
Of your name.
And there you have it, the first chapter after my abscense. BTW, River has to sing Sa-andy, because that´s the only way the song works with her name xD I think the version with Daniel Radcliffe and Rose Hemingway(Though I might be biased, as i am a Harry Potter fan, and I saw this version on Broadway).
O.O I just realized that this chapter is about twice as long as the others :O I really need to learn how to control myself xD
I don´t think there´s much more to say about this chapter… Please do not hate me if it was terrible, I haven´t written in over a month!
Disclaimer; I do not own anything in this story, except for a couple characters and the plots.
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