"I wish Puckerman would just get arrested." Jack said to Rachel just as Mr. Schuester walked in to start glee.
"Alright, let's gather around. Sorry I'm late, guys. I was with Principal Figgins. Bad news, guys. Puckerman is in juvie." Mr. Schuester said before Dylan jumped as he heard Jack yell: "I want a lightsaber!" and nothing happened.
"A lightsaber? Really, Harmon?" Mitchell asked.
"Can it, Bambi." Jack replied before everyone else turned back to Will.
"Really was just a matter of time." Tina said.
"What did he do?" Quinn asked.
"He drove his mom's Volvo through the front of a convenience store and drove off with the ATM." Mr. Schuester replied and most people laughed, including Dylan.
"And when is he getting out?" Rachel asked.
"Unknown." Mr. Schuester replied.
"Could be a long while. Nobody drives through a convenience store, drives off with the ATM and gets a slap on the wrist." Dylan said.
"He may be the dumbest person on this planet and that's coming from me." Brittany added on and Dylan kept back a grin. Why does he do that with everything Brittany says?
"Guys, let's have some sympathy." Will shot back.
"For a guy that put his needs before the teams'? We need his voice and his bad boy stage presence." Finn replied before Mr. Schuester introduced the newest member of the club: Sam Evans. Dylan raised an eyebrow at the football player. 'Seriously? He's more blonde than me!' Dylan thought before turning to Quinn who was staring at the guy. Dylan smiled at her before leaning in.
"Looks like Miss Fabray has a crush on New Guy." Dylan whispered and Quinn looked to Dylan.
"Shut up, Armstrong." Quinn said and Dylan smiled before watching Finn almost drool over Sam joining before they sat down.
Mr. Schue then asked what a duet was. Rachel and Jack both raised their hands but Brittany got their first with: "a blanket." Dylan looked up and smiled at the blonde girl before Mr. Schuester spoke again.
"A duet is when two voices join to become one. Great duets are like a great marriage. The singers complement each other; push each other to be better... And that's what duets are all about. So, this week I want you to pair up and sing a duet. And since you guys all seem to love our little Defying Gravity diva-off, I'm making this a competition."
"What does the winner get?" Mike asked.
"Dinner for two on me…at BreadstiX." Mr. Schue answered and everyone looked excite and started pairing up. Dylan then raised his hand.
"Mr. Schue? I'm not that bothered about BreadstiX so maybe I could take a backseat? You know, do instrument backup, be an alternate in case of illness or injury and aid the pairs if they needed it?" Dylan asked and Mr. Schuester nodded.
"Sure." He said.
"Wait…you might leak information to other couples." Mercedes said and everyone looked to Dylan with narrowed eyes. Dylan then raised his hands.
"Hey, I'm an honorable man. I promise I won't leak any details. Scouts honor." Dylan said, raising three fingers and everyone sat back, satisfied with Dylan's promise.
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"If he sings with you, I guarantee, within a week he'll take so much crap, he'll have to quit Glee Club." Dylan heard Finn say before he reached the two boys.
"What's going on?" the center forward asked.
"Finn doesn't like that I want to sing with Sam." Kurt answered and Dylan looked across to Finn.
"So you wouldn't mind if any girl would duet with him but you're all negative when he wants to duet with a guy?" Dylan asked Finn.
"No, that's not what I mea-"
"Shut up, Hudson. I'm not finished." Dylan butted in icily and Finn kept his mouth tight-lipped.
"I've heard all about you. And your homophobia. In case you didn't realise…I hate homophobes. Even more than thieves, Hudson. And if I hear you make one more remark against Kurt, I can assure you that you probably won't be able to speak, let alone sing again." Dylan snarled before watching Finn walk away. Dylan turned back to Kurt, who was looking down at the floor.
"Everything alright?" Dylan asked, placing an arm on the male soprano's shoulder. Kurt nodded.
"Thanks." Kurt said and Dylan smiled before they went to sit down.
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"I'll see you in glee club, LuPone." Dylan said to Kurt, who laughed.
"See you there, Morrison." Kurt replied and Dylan laughed. By Morrison, he meant James Morrison: one of Dylan's all-time favourite singers.
Dylan walked down the hallway when he heard the voices of Artie and Brittany fill his ears.
"So I get to tell everyone we're dating?" Artie asked.
"Yes, and I get a duet partner." Brittany replied.
Dylan's heart suddenly cracked like the thinnest piece of glass that existed. One more budge and it would've broken into a thousand pieces. He looked across from him and saw Santana, who looked equally crushed. The Latina then looked to Dylan and scowled.
"What are you looking at?" she asked in her usual tone before walking the other way. Dylan sighed before walking into the boy's locker room.
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"I didn't realise you had a problem with gay dudes." Sam said.
"Look, I don't have a problem with gay dudes. Everyone else does, and we're living in their world, and in their world, you singing a duet with Kurt is a death sentence." Finn said.
"That's your world, Hudson." A voice called out and Finn looked behind him to see Dylan walking from behind a set of lockers now in his soccer gear.
"Okay, did you just listen to our conversation, Armstrong? Not cool, dude." Finn said.
"No. Don't even go there. What's not cool is that you're trying to get people to do the things that you want to do. And it's not your decision to whether Sam wants to duet with Kurt or not. It's his. And you can't change that. First you harass Kurt about it and now Sam." Dylan said and Sam turned to Finn.
"You cornered Kurt about it? Wow, you do have a problem with gay dudes. Besides, I gave him my word. In my world, that's that." Sam said before leaving. Dylan looked to Finn before leaving.
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"Hey, girls. What you doing for your duet?" Dylan asked, entering the choir room and seeing duet partners Mercedes and Santana discussing choreography.
"We're doing 'River Deep, Mountain High." Mercedes said with a grin on her face and Dylan smiled.
"Wow. Nice choice." Dylan said.
"There's just a problem." Mercedes said and Dylan leaned on the piano.
"The bass player what's-his-name-" Santana started but Mercedes cut in.
"Tim." She said.
"Yeah. He's out sick and won't be back until Friday." Santana said.
"Well…I'll play the bass part." Dylan said and he girls looked to him.
"You play bass?" Mercedes asked.
"Yeah. I can play all types of guitars, and piano and I'm teaching myself how to play the ukulele but I'm not sure how that can help." Dylan said and Mercedes laughed while Santana smirked.
"And the best part is you get to fan us with a towel." Santana said.
"If you would've said that before, I would've said yes to you girls in a heartbeat." Dylan said, winking.
"Ah, you're a savior, you fine piece of white chocolate." Mercedes said and Dylan laughed.
"Let's get started." he said.
Now Dylan was stood at the back of the choir room strumming his bass guitar as Mercedes and Santana belted out 'River Deep, Mountain High'. He really enjoyed working with these two. Mercedes was cool and even though Santana can be a bitch, she's a funny bitch. And she's got one hell of a voice.
When they finished, Dylan high-fived them both before Santana mentioned the custom bibs. It was true. Santana had brought them in for one rehearsal. Dylan then put his bass guitar down and sitting down with the two girls.
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After dancing for Kurt's 'Le Jazz Hot' routine with Brittany and Mike and enjoying Mike and Tina's duet of 'Sing' and Jack singing 'Now You Has Jazz', they were watching Finn and Rachel's duet of 'With You I'm Born Again', Dylan swore he had to hold Quinn back from attacking both of them. When they had finished, people were expressing their anger except Jack who almost fell off his chair he was laughing so hard.
"I seriously wanted to punch both of you." Quinn said.
"Yeah. Well not Rachel, that would be wrong but I wanted to punch Finn." Dylan said. They were expressing their shock before Dylan looked to Quinn.
"Good luck, Quinncess." Dylan said, smiling. Quinn laughed and lightly slapped the boy's shoulder before doing her duet with Sam on 'Lucky'. They sounded really good, one of the best so far. Dylan smiled to Quinn as she sat down before they were dismissed.
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Dylan was in the auditorium, onstage before he waited for the next song from his iPod speakers to play. It was James Morrison's 'Better Man'. He let the music control his body as he moved across the stage. He had bent over backwards and was about to spring back up but the music stopped and he fell to the floor. He then kipped himself back onto his feet before seeing Jack and Rachel stood at the side of the stage.
"Check out Happy Feet over there…oh my god; I finally have a nickname for you! Hallelujah!" Jack rejoiced and Dylan raised an eyebrow before Rachel spoke up.
"Wow, Dylan. You are…an amazing dancer." Rachel said and Dylan smiled.
"It's mainly contemporary but I have studied other styles…so what's going on?" Dylan asked, turning the music off.
"You're close with The Theorist right?" Jack asked and Dylan tilted his head in confusion.
"Brittany." Rachel clarified and Dylan nodded.
"She's really upset. Artie broke up with her because he found out she was just using him for his voice." Rachel said.
"Poor Timmy." Jack said and Dylan retrieved his iPod and his bag.
"Where did you see her last?" he asked and Jack shrugged.
"In the choir room." Rachel said and Dylan nodded before speeding out of the auditorium.
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Dylan reached the choir room in seconds to find Brittany sat on one of the chair sin the front row, staring into open space. Dylan sighed before sitting on the chair next to her.
"I heard, you okay?" Dylan asked and Brittany just shook her head. Dylan then put his arm around Brittany's shoulder into a soft embrace. Brittany just let the boy hug her and they sat in a companionable silence for a few seconds.
"Now I'm going to fail the assignment." Brittany said and Dylan sighed before an idea filled his mind.
"No you're not." Dylan said before releasing Brittany. The cheerleader looked to the boy with her usually expression.
"You're going to duet with me. And I have the perfect song choice." Dylan then said and Brittany grinned.
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"Okay, since Artie and Brittany have dropped out of the race, I guess it's time to take it to a vote." Mr. Schuester said before Dylan raised his hand.
"Actually Mr. Schue. Me and Brittany have prepared something if that's okay." He said and Mr. Schue's eyes widened a little but he nodded.
"Sure." He said and Dylan smiled before the two blondes headed to centre stage before getting two stools. Dylan nodded to Brad before he started the music and Dylan started to sing.
Let me hold you for the last time
It's the last chance to feel again
But you broke me, now I can't feel anything
When I love you and so untrue
I can't even convince myself
When I'm speaking it's the voice of someone else
Oh, it tears me up
I tried to hold on but it hurts too much
I tried to forgive but it's not enough
To make it all okay
You can't play our broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real
Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?
Dylan stopped and smiled to Brittany, who smiled back before she began to sing.
Oh, what are we doing?
We are turning into dust
Playing house in the ruins of us
Dylan then joined in, harmonizing.
Running back through the fire
When there's nothing left to say
It's like chasing the very last train
When it's too late, too late
Oh, it tears me up
I tried to hold on but it hurts too much
I tried to forgive but it's not enough
To make it all okay
You can't play our broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real
Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?
But we're running through the fire
When there's nothing left to say
It's like chasing the very last train
When we both know it's too late, too late
You can't play our broken strings
You can't feel anything
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real
Oh, the truth hurts and lies worse
So how can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before?
Dylan then belted out his solo line before they both harmonized again for the last 2 lines.
Oh, you know that I love you a little less than before
Let me hold you for the last time
It's the last chance to feel again
Everyone applauded the 2 who smiled before putting the stools back. They then sat down before everyone voted.
"Well, even though it looks like just about everyone voted for themselves – even those who didn't compete – we do have a winner. And the winner is…by two votes…Sam and Quinn." Mr. Schuester announced and everyone expressed different emotions. Dylan patted Quinn on the shoulder before she retrieved the prize. Dylan then leaned over to Brittany.
"Do you want to go to BreadstiX with me? Tonight? I'll pick you up at 7? We'll just pretend we won because we were the best obviously." Dylan asked and Brittany bit her bottom lip before nodding. Dylan smiled back before clapping for Quinn and Sam.
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Dylan and Brittany were spying on Quinn and Sam, laughing before turning back to their meal. Dylan watched Brittany roll the meatball across the plate to which Dylan giggled at.
"You're so cute." Dylan said and Brittany giggled before they tucked into their spaghetti. Dylan took a sip on his coke before taking a deep breath.
"Britt…I have something to tell you." Dylan said and Brittany sucked the spaghetti noodles hanging out of her mouth before looking to Dylan with those blue eyes of hers.
"I'm…I'm in love with…this spaghetti." Dylan said and Brittany giggled.
"I know. You should be. It's amazing…we should ask for more BreadstiX. Hopefully there won't be a mouse in mine this time around." Brittany said and Dylan smiled at the blonde.
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Dylan and Brittany were sat next to each other as Kurt and Rachel sang 'Get Happy/Happy Days Are Here Again', multiple times they look to each other and smile when Dylan isn't smiling at Quinn or Kurt. But Brittany lightly places her hand over Dylan's and Dylan gently clasps his hand around the adoringly ditzy blonde before they watch the miva and the diva complete their song.
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Song used is 'Broken Strings' by James Morrison & Nelly Furtado.
OMG! Another chapter! But the next one might not come for another week or 2 as I am back to school on Monday, grrrrrr
My inner Dylan hated Sad!Brittany and he wanted to take her on a date so how could I refuse?
The dance Dylan does in the auditorium is one of Neil Haskell's solos on SYTYCD. It's on YouTube and the link is below, just remove the spaces:
http:/www . youtube . com/watch?v=unXcBakwgWI
I actually loved the 'Blame It On The Alcohol' episode so much, I've written most of the chapter for that episode! XD And it's a real plot twister :)
Expect a filler like chapter for Rocky Horror because not much will happen for Dylan.
Reviews are like marijuana cupcakes, they make me write more…if that makes sense…