Hi guys, I can´t thank you enough for all of you who have been reading the fic. I want to thank my friend full-time-klainer for her continous support and mainly because she gave me the inspiration for this chapter, and to Alex B. Goode as well. I hope that you like this chapter too. I apologize in advance if the song selection is a little raw.
Chapter 13.- Unison
It was a fine cold morning on the upper east side. Rachel was woken up by the smell of steaming coffee and scrambled eggs. She grabbed her robe and walked to the kitchen were a beefy shirtless guy was standing over the stove keeping an eye to the breaksfast. The table was wonderfully set, an orange and white mantel, two places, filled with chopped fruit, little plates of oat meal and hot coffee.
"It smells so good" said Rachel approaching to the half naked man. Then she kissed him slowly and softly.
"Good morning to you too" Alexander said almost whispering, then he turned his head back to the frying pan to turn it off and serve the eggs on the plates.
"You woke up early today" she said as she sat down at the table.
"Yeah, well I wanted to surprise you" Rachel looked at him as he drank his coffee and ate some fruit.
"That´s so sweet of you" Rachel grabbed his spare hand. Alexander looked at her with tender eyes
"Well, I love cooking and I really don´t have a lot of time to spoil you" Rachel smiled. Alexander finished drinking his coffee and then went to put the mug in the dishwasher.
"Did you call your parents at least? I mean since we weren´t there for the Thanksgiving Day dinner, we certainly have to be with them for Hannukah, and we´ll go with my mother on Christmas right?" he asked. Rachel thought of home. She hadn´t been there and now that she had reached fame and fortune Ohio would seem so provincial. If she saw her parents it was because they came to visit her, she did miss them with all her heart, and Ohio had been on her mind ever since Finn had called her.
"Yeah, I guess we should" she responded still thoughtful. Somehow she felt guilty for not going to Lima whith the rest of her friends. Work and wedding plans were just an excuse for her real motive to miss the ocassion.
Back at McKinley Finn entered the room with his glee club accompanied by Santana and Blaine. He had chosen to stay because he missed his now senior friends and Santana stayed because Finn had asked her to. He said he was going to need their help for that week´s lesson.
The glee kids entered the choir room filled with joy. They had won Regionals and now all they had to do was put all their efforts into it and win again, and most of all because the Hooshierdaddies were their strongest competitors. This time it was all or nothing.
As everybody settled down Finn wrote down a word in the white board as always.
"UNISON" he shouted. "What does it mean? It´s when voices become one, when you gather two artists and you make them bigger by putting them together"
Wade interrupted in a very Rachel like "Does this mean we´re doing duets?" he asked.
"No, this means..." Finn rushed over to the drums and made a drum roll "It´s mash-up week!" The kids got excited, the ones who weren´t showing too much emotion were the newest members.
"Mr. Hudson,what´s a mash-up?" Danielle asked, but before Finn could explain Blaine didn´t hesitate to answer first.
"Well, a mash-up is when you combine two songs and make them one, but the interesting part is when two songs that maybe two songs you never thought could do well together do, so you get an unpredictable combo" He was just as polite as always, and even more handsome than ever. Patrick somehow was checking him out, he liked how he could make classy look so good.
"Yeah, and Santana and Blaine here are going to help you with your mash-ups, and I will be judge" Finn said.
"When we did mash-ups it was divided on boys versus girls, but since there aren´t many boys and you guys don´t have any experience on doing this we´ve decided to make it seniors against newbies" Santana added. "I will be coaching seniors and my boy Blaine here will coach newbies" Karen shook her head.
"Don´t you want to .. participate..." Blaine asked her
"Karen" she completed "and yes, I do want to participate, but can you... show us how it´s done? I mean if you still got it in you" Karen challenged her, Santana enjoyed the little debacle, she always knew how to bring it on.
"Sure, Blaine?" she said as she looked at him, and he responded with a nodd.
The lambada began, Santana danced like J-Lo
Santana: It's a new generation
Of party people
get on the floor
Darling get on the floor
Let me introduce you to my party people
In the club...
(intro of Give me everything)
Blaine: Tonight i will love love you, tonight
Give me everything tonight
For all we know we might not get tomorrow
Lets do it tonight
Santana: (Don't care what they say)
(All my girls they play)
(Nothing is enough)
Blaine: Lets do it tonight
(I want you tonight)
(I want you to say)
(I want you tonight)
Blaine: Grab somebody sexy tell 'em "Hey"
Blaine and Santana: Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Santana: Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Dance the night away
Live your life, and stay young on the floor
Dance the night away
Grab somebody drink a little more
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Blaine: Excuse me
But I might drink a little bit more than I should tonight
And I might take you home with me if I could tonight
And I think you should let me cause I look good tonight
And we might not get tomorrow
Santana: I know you got it clap your hands on the floor
And keep on rockin', rock it up on the floor
If you're a criminal kill it on the floor
Steal it quick on the floor, on the floor
Don't stop keep it moving
Put your drinks up
Blaine: Grab somebody sexy tell 'em "Hey"
Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Blaine and Santana: Give me everything tonight
Give me everything tonight
Blaine: Excuse me
But I might drink a little bit more than I should tonight
Santana: Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
And I might take you home with me if I could tonight
Santana: Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
And I think you should let me cause I look good tonight
Santana: Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Santana: Tonight i will love love you, tonight
Santana and Blaine: Give me everything tonight
For all we know we might not get tomorrow
Santana: Lets do it tonight
Blaine: (Don't care what they say)
(All my girls they play)
(Nothing is enough)
Lets do it tonight
(I want you tonight)
(I want you to say)
(I want you tonight)
Both: Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala
Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Everybody was cheering the performance. It had been a hell of a mash up.
"And that´s how it´s done" Santana said to one impressed Karen. She hadn´t sung for a very long while, and that was a super hot mash-up.
"So seniors, you then Santana´s team ok? oh, And may the best mash-up win" Finn added.
"And what will we win Mr. Hudson?"asked Lisa rousingly.
"Well, you win the right to choose our main number for Nationals" Finn answered. Now the whole room was excited. They all started discussing ideas between themselves. "Mash-up week is going to be a success" he thought.
The next day Danielle looked all over for Karen, she wanted to make up with her. She got tired of immaturity and childish behavior. She understood that if they wanted to beat the Romero brothers they had to come together as one.
She saw her walking down the aisle heading to class. "Karen!" Danielle shouted. "Wait up.
"Great" she muttered, she kept on walking. Karen didn´t feel very much like talking to her, especially beacause Patrick was still not tallking to her. Danielle rushed to reach her.
"We need to talk, please" she said. Karen stopped
"What? are you planning to ruin my days at school too?" Karen said sarcastically. Danielle breathed deeply and stopped to think before saying something inappropriate
"Look, we need to talk. Can you please come to the library? Patrick´s waiting for us" Karen doubted her for a minute, but in the end she agreed.
Both headed to the library, it was the only place quiet enough where they could talk. Patrick was waiting for Danielle on the couches. When he saw Karen he stood up indignated.
"I thought you said you wanted to meet ME here!" he exclaimed between whispers.
Danielle sighed "And I did, but we all need to talk" Patrick kept on looking at Karen with hateful looks and at the same time she was staring at Danielle the same way "Karen I know you hate me, but you don´t have to be so jealous all the time, and don´t try to deny it because you know it´s true.I´m sorry if I made you feel that way" then she turned over to see Patrick "and you, shouldn´t have treated her like that, she´s your best friend and even if you were right on your arguments, you should´ve let her known in a nicer way. We ALL need to be united if we want to beat up the Hooshierdaddies, and if we wanna win this mash-up competition"
Patrick looked down at the floor and then raised his head. "You´re right" He looked right at Karen and then apologized "I´m sorry, I guess I was kind of a jerk"
Karen smiled, she came towards Patrick and hugged him. Danielle smiled, finally there would be an end to those childish nonsense.
"Well, I guess I´d rather have you crushing on her than some ..." Karen said, until she looked at Patrick´s face, Danielle was also astounded. "ooowww" she knew that she had screwed up. "I guess, she didn´t know..." Patrick closed his eyes and covered half of his face with his hand. He had turned red.
He didn´t know why she was so embarrassed, but it felt like when you were on elementary school and somebody had said that he liked a girl. Danielle also felt embarrassed and understood why Patrick suddenly started being so close to her, she felt the blood was about to rush to her cheeks, so she left before they could notice.
Back in the choir room the Seniors had their performance. Their costumes for the guys: were some athletic hoodies, some colored tight jeans and caps, teh girls wore mini skirts, underneath short leggins and cool glasses. The room was lighted by blue light and the band began playing
Jake: Usher, baby
Ryder and Jake: Yeah, we did it again
And this time I'mma make you scream
Ryder: USHER! Yeah, man...
Girls: All I wanna do is love your body
Boys: Ooh baby baby, ah-ooh baby baby ooh baby baby
Girls: Tonight's your lucky night, I know you want it
BOTH: Oooooh, ooooh, oooooh, oooooooh
Unique: I came here tonight to get you out of my mind,
Unique, Marley a Kitty: I'm gonna take what I find (uh oh, yeah!)
Kitty: So open the box, don't need no key I'm unlocked
Kitty and Unique: And I won't tell you to stop (uh oh, yeah!)
Boys: And I ain't trying to fight it, to fight it
But you're so magnetic, magnetic
Got one life, just live it, just live it
Now relax, sing it on your back
Jake: If you wanna scream, yeah
Ryder and Jake: Let me know and I'll take you there
Get you going like ah-ooh
Baby baby ooh baby baby
Marley: I think you already know my name
Boys: If you wanna turn right
Hope you're ready to go all night
Get you going like ah-ooh
Baby baby ooh baby baby
Ah-ooh baby baby ooh baby
Marley: I think you already know my name
Girls: All I wanna do is love your body
Boys: Ooh baby baby, ah-ooh baby baby ooh baby baby
Girls: Tonight's your lucky night, I know you want it
BOTH: Oooooh, ooooh, oooooh, oooooooh
BOYS: If you wanna scream, yeah
Let me know and I'll take you there
Get you going like ah-ooh
Baby baby ooh baby baby
girls: Your body
Ah-ooh baby baby ooh baby
BOYS: If you wanna turn right
Hope you're ready to go all night
Get you going like ah-ooh
Baby baby ooh baby baby
BOTH: Oooooh, ooooh, oooooh, oooooooh
Everybody was astonished, Santana and the seniors had killed it with their Usher/Aguilera mash up. "Ok, I guess the newbies need to bring it all up"
The introduction began. It had been all Patrick´s idea. "They spent the entire afternoon discussing ideas of what songs to blend, when finally they found it. It was very hard, but they finally did it.
Boys: You don't get them girls loose loose
You don't get the world loose loose
You don't get money move move
But I do I do
Girls: I'm comin' up
So you better you better
Get this party started
I'm comin' up
So you better you better
Get this party started
Robert: I said, y'all having a good time out there
Boys: Yeah, yeah, que no pare la fiesta
Don't stop the party
Yeah, yeah, que no pare la fiesta
Don't stop the party
Danielle: Get this party started
On a Saturday night
Everybody's waitin'
For me to arrive
Lisa: Sendin' out the message
To all of my friends
We'll be lookin' flashy
In my Mercedes Benz
Ruby: I got lotsa style
Got my gold diamond rings
Karen: I can go for miles
If you know
What I mean
Patrick: They can't, they won't, they never will, stop the party
They can't, they won't, they never will, stop the party
Cameron: I said, y'all having a good time out there
Boys: Yeah, yeah, que no pare la fiesta
Don't stop the party
Yeah, yeah, que no pare la fiesta
GIRLS: So you better you better
Get this party started
Karen: Makin' my connection
As I enter the room
Everybody's chillin' as
I set up the groove
Danielle: Pumpin' up the volume
With this brand new beat
Everybody's dancin' and
They're dancin' for me
Ruby: I'm your operator
You can call anytime
I'll be your connection
To the party line
Girls: I'm comin' up
So you better you better
Boys: Yeah, yeah, que no pare la fiesta
Don't stop the party
Girls: I'm comin' up
So you better you better
ALL: Yeah, yeah, que no pare la fiesta
Don't stop the party
Yeah, yeah, que no pare la fiesta
So you better you better
Get this party started
"That was good guys" Finn said. He had had fun and so did the rest, they all knew it had been very complicated to unite those two songs in particular, now all that was left was to make a decision on what team had been best. "I´m gonna take a couple minutes to deliberate who won and I will come back with a resolution"
Everybody began talking how they had killed it with the mash-up, and all that Patrick could do was look at Danielle. He was worried that he had ruined his frienship with her, Danielle wasn´t looking at him so that meant that maybe he was right to think those things.
Patrick got closer to her "Dannielle.. "He got interrupted by Finn.
"Guys, well I want to congratulate you all for your great mash-ups and your special guest coaches for helping you"
"Oh, quit the crap and get down to bussiness Finn" Santana demanded.
"The winner is... " he paused and had a look at both teams who were expecting his veredict "The Seniors!
Santana celebrated, and so did all the seniors team. Somehow the younger members knew their mash-up wasn´t that greaat, but it was a very good start. Santana was rubbing her victory all over Blaine´s face and she was speaaking spanish words with her famous lima hights adjacent phrase.
"So, what are you planning for nationals?" Finn asked
"Well" Ryder said "We also had a Black Eyed Peas mash-up but we turned it into a medley so.. I guess that would be it" Fynn smiled. It was definitely a winner song.