Showmance

As much as Dave hates to admit it the performance of the Glee Club was fun. Fun to watch. He's still not nearly thinking of joining, because the sudden popularity after the assembly is not going to last. That's for sure. And to be honest, Dave is sure he can't sing or dance well. But surely better than Hudson. He looked like he was wondering how he ended up on stage.

"How was school, dear?" He is startled out of his thoughts by his mother's question.

Looking up from his plate he sees her looking at him. It's an ordinary question he hears every day at dinner, but something is off. Tonight she's has a questioning look that indicates the question isn't the beginning of the usual smalltalk.

"Good... I guess?"

"Really?", she raises one of her eyebrows. "Nothing unusual happened?"

Dave really wishes that his father didn't have to work late that day. Beating around the bush is his mother's specialty and neither he nor his dad can quite follow it. However only his dad can make her come to the point.

"Not really."

"That's weird, because Susan from work told me, that her daughter told her that your school choir performed at school today."

"Yeah, but it's not the first time the Glee Club performs at an assembly", he informs her frowning.

Even under Ryerson the Club sometimes sang songs. The performances weren't well received, that's probably why nobody talks about it. However it's a little exaggerated that one good performance becomes the town's hottest news. Well, it's Lima. So probably it's not that surprising.

"I also heard", his mother continues slowly, "that they had a interesting song choice."

At this he laughs. It's true the song choice was interesting not to say inappropriate for a school assembly. "It was interesting, but it was fun to watch."

"Girls shaking their booties!", she chuckles while making some exaggerated hand gesture she must have picked up in a bad rap video. "I bet you liked that!"

And suddenly the conversation took a turn into a direction he's not comfortable with. Dave is pretty sure that he's not only uncomfortable to talk to her about girls because she is his mother. There is a deeper unspoken issue he is trying to ignore for some time.

"There are also boys in Glee Club, mom!"

She wrinkles her nose at this comment. "But they aren't normal, are they?"

Uncomfortable he lowers his gaze avoiding her gaze. It is not that she hates homosexuality, or thinks it is an abomination that goes against god's plan, she just doesn't approve of it.

"I think only Kurt is gay!"

"Kurt? Kurt Hummel, from the tire shop?" She lifts the table and starts preparing a table for his father, for when he comes home. "It's a shame that his father didn't put a stop to his sons lifestyle when he was little. Now he's clearly not going to change."