Author's Note: Once again my dear Luiza has helped me figure points out and generally guide me through writing this fanfic so a great thank you to her once again. Although it may seem like nothing much is happening, I assure you it'll become clear at the end where I'm going with this. So please, enjoy and leave reviews for me, I'd love to hear what you have to say.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee in any way, shape or form. Nor do I own the song of the lyrics that are used for the title.
"So I'm thinking today in glee club you sit where Finn usually sits, to the left of me, and I lean my head against your shoulder, like so," they walked hand in hand as she placed her head against the top of his arm due to her being too short to actually reach his shoulder, "and he'll see all the things he's missing about having me around…which is why we need to get there before him."
Mike nodded at the shorter brunette girl next to him with a whimsical smile. After almost an entire school week of being Rachel's 'boyfriend', he had learnt to just nod and agree to everything that she said, though in saying that, Mike was never one to talk and protest much. Always the observer, people would say. "Which is why, I'm assuming you wanted me to get out of Chemistry ASAP?"
"Precisely Michae- Mike." Rachel corrected quickly, she still hadn't adapted to calling the boy 'Mike' yet, it wasn't that she purposefully wanted to be awkward and call him by his full name but it was just a Rachel Berry mannerism that came naturally to her. Still, if she were to fully take on the important role of being his girlfriend she would have to make some changes.
As planned they were the two earliest to arrive and Rachel led Mike to her and Finn's usual spots. Before sitting she straightened out her plaid skirt and daintily perched on the chair, the plastic chair letting out only a slight squeak under her weight. "Sit." Rachel ordered with a smile, patting the seat next to her.
In contrast to Rachel, when Mike sat he allowed his entire body weight to firmly place himself atop the chair and a loud creak emitted from the aged metal and plastic. "I wonder what Mr. Schue has planned for the first glee club meeting." Mike wondered aloud as he relaxed into the seat and, for 'couple' effect, placed his arm around the back of Rachel's chair.
Rachel looked pensive for a moment, looking into the distance with a look of concentration on her face before speaking again, "Mr. Schuester is never one to follow any kind of trend over the years for glee club meetings so I've no idea at all. Really, you'd think that after three years the man would have worked out some kind of schedule, but no, we're still preparing for competitions the week before and-"
Before Rachel could even finish, more members of glee club were arriving in the form of Kurt and Blaine. Rachel shuffled in closer to Mike and placed one of her hands on his knee as though to claim the boy. "Hello Kurt, Blaine." She nodded at each of them and smiled sweetly, "Are you both raring to go with glee club again? I'm so glad we've a new addition to the club. And, since I've experienced your talents first hand I'll be first to say I approve highly, Blaine."
"Thanks Rachel. It's great to be here. I can't wait to work out the dynamics between all of us. I've rarely sang with female voices so this'll be an experience." Blaine replied with his trademark dapper Warbler smile and turned to Mike, placing his hand out. "Mike, right? I met you at Rachel's party last year. Though…that was quite a party, I wouldn't be offended if you don't remember."
Mike let out a little laugh as he shook Blaine's hand, "Of course I remember the head Warbler. They'll be missing out on talent this year, though their loss is our gain, definitely."
Blaine shook his head bashfully in a completely modest way as the others began arriving at shorter intervals after being in classes together or having waited for each other. Mike was so engaged heavily in conversation with Blaine about the differences between an all boy's school and public school that he didn't even notice Finn arrive until Rachel hurriedly wrapped her arms around his own and rested her head on his shoulder as mentioned before. He glanced upwards and sure enough was the staggeringly tall senior. He nodded politely in his direction and received a polite smile back, he clearly noticed the intimacy Rachel displayed and he silently gave her kudos for this seemingly working. Finn sat down on the seats furthest away from the pair by himself and Rachel leant in to speak, "See? It's working; he's segregating himself because he needs time to think about us and where we stand."
Mr. Schuester finally entered the room as Mike was about to reply and was cut off as the teacher spoke. "Sorry I'm late. I had a freshman class and well…you know freshman." He joked as murmurs of humored agreement uttered from the rest of the club. He placed his briefcase on the floor and took his suit jacket off to rest upon one of the chairs at the front of the room, revealing one of many vests the man owned. He clapped his hands together with a cheery smile before carrying on, "Welcome to this year's glee club! I see we have a new addition already so a very warm welcome to Blaine." He gestured towards him as he continued, "So I was thinking to myself, coming up to this first week of school, where do we all stand in glee club?" He walked over to the blank board, picked up a pen and wrote the words 'MIX UP'. Now I know we've established one or few people we work well with but I want you all to break away from this with this week's assignment. I, personally have mixed you guys up so you're all singing with somebody you've never sang with before!"
Several voices of protest could be heard with a Brittany comment in the form of, "I've never sang with Lord Tubbington, he never lets me because he says I ruin his mojo."
Mr. Schue gestured for the room to quieten down and smiled. "I knew I'd get that reaction but think of it this way, this week gives you the opportunity to show off your voice in a different way to how you would usually. You might pick a new singing style…or…a new artist. It just opens doors for us and who knows? We might find a new dynamic duo who'll take us to sectionals!" He sounded much too enthusiastic about all of this Rachel was the first to chirp up.
"Mr. Schue, my voice requires a very good complimentary voice in order to show off the full extent of my talent, no offence to the rest of you," she turned to the club momentarily before turning back "but there are only a few people who can achieve that level of expertise with my voice and-"
"Rachel. I understand this is a new concept but it's just for a week. I tell you what how about we make this interesting by putting dinner at Breadstix up for grabs again and, after this first week, next week I'll allow you to choose your own partners for another duet? Does this sound like a fair deal?"
Rachel sighed and rolled her eyes before crossing her arms in discontent and leaning back onto the chair, this being her approval.
"Great! So, the pairs for this week are…" he said went over to his suit jacket, reached into his front pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper with scrawled on names before opening it up and reading it out.
"Santana and Artie." Santana glared at Artie, the boy who dated the girl she loved for almost an entire year before Brittany broke up with him and finally admitted to their love together. Yes, there was definitely animosity between them. "We're taking them down, Wheels." Santana remarked.
"Mercedes and Brittany." Brittany clapped and did a little dance in her seat. "I'm gonna wi-in 'cause I have Mercedeeeeees." She said in a singsong voice as Mercedes turned around to high five her in agreement.
"Blaine and Puck." Puck shrugged, making a note to tell Blaine there was absolutely no way he was doing a cheesy 80s song. Blaine nodded politely, wondering just how it would be like to work with somebody like Puck.
"Kurt you were paired with Quinn but it appears that she isn't here yet- oh! Quinn, nice of you to join us." Mr. Schuester commented as the blonde Cheerio strode in uniform and all, ponytail swaying as she walked. "Sorry, Mr. Schue. Coach Sylvester was talking to me about Cheerio try-outs."
To Rachel's horror she sat in the empty seat next to Finn and slipped her arm around his. She looked sadly into her hands, head bowed as she pouted slightly. Mr. Schue talked in the background as Mike bowed his head to look at face. "You okay, Rach?" he whispered, moving his arm to wrap around her, hopefully to comfort her somehow. Rachel shook her head and Mike pursed his lips, failing to respond when Mr. Schue read out his name.
"Mike!" Mr. Schue said loudly for the third time before Mike lifted his head suddenly to listen to his teacher. "Thank you! I know you and Rachel are in your own happy world but just gimme a few minutes of your time and you can get back to it." He teased, carrying on when Mike nodded. "So, as I was saying, Mike, you're with Finn." Mike felt a slight chill down his back as the looming awkwardness approached his psyche, sure Mike and Finn had been friends, not very close but whenever there were football team outings they were sure to see one another and they were friends. However, given the current situation there was no telling what the atmosphere between them would be like.
Just when they thought it couldn't get any worse, Tina of course was paired off with Rachel. Though at this point, Rachel was past caring. She sighed in acknowledgement of Mr. Schue's words but Tina glanced over and became concerned that it was her causing Rachel's dissatisfaction.
Needless to say, preparing for next week's glee club meeting was going to be no holiday.
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