Title: The Key To Our Soul Author: saar_fantasy Pairings: Adam Lambert/Kris Allen, Noah 'Puck' Puckerman/Kurt Hummel (there will probably be mentioned a few more, but these are the main ones)
Rating: PG-13 Warnings: none really Spoilers: none Genre: Humor,Romance, Music, AU, American Idol cross-over/Glee cross-over Word Count:: ~1800 Disclaimer: As much as I wished I did, I don't own any of them.
Summary: Adam Lambert and Kurt Hummel, both friends; and most importantly, both openly gay; sign up to audition for American Idol in New York. They both hope to make a singing career out of it, neither of them expecting to get so much more...
The second day of auditions in New York had gone quite the same as the first one. With a lot of ups and downs.
There were a lot of good singers but also a lot of bad than good to be frank.
This time the judges weren't in such a good mood as the first day.
Randy was yawning a lot, Paula was throwing angry fits at Simon, while the latter was even harder in his judgments than he usually was.
Noah Puckerman and Kris Allen had heard all about it from the competitors before them. Seeing they were the last ones made them all the more nervous.
Noah and Kris were friends, best friends, but nothing more than that. Both had a girlfriend but they both also knew they were bi and so did their girlfriends.
The girls were very open minded and didn't care that their boys would goggle at another guy once in a while, as long as it didn't get any further than that.
Noah was the one with the idea to sign up for American Idol and had asked, almost begged, Kris to go with him.
Noah always said Kris had the talend and he himself had the confidence and the guts; together they were the perfect team.
Not that Noah wasn't talented. He could sing and play guitar amazingly well, but he just was the more confident one of the two as a matter of fact, so that's why he always said it like that.
Kris played the guitar as well and they spend a lot of time just jamming with each other.
Ryan came over to them, making Kris switch to the empty seat next to him so he could sit in between him and Noah.
Kris would be the first one to go inside, so Ryan turned to him first.
"So, Kris, I think you already know this has been quite a stressful day for our judges. Do you think you could cheer them up again?"
"I will certainly try, Ryan," Kris answered, "I hope Simon won't be too hard on me. I heard he's extremely, uhm, how should I call it..."
"Bitchy."
Kris laughed, "Well, you said it, not me."
Ryan smiled and put his hand on Kris' shoulder.
"It's time to find out how bitchy Simon is. Good luck."
Noah gave Kris a thumbs up as he saw his friend stand up to go through the door that would lead him to the dreaded judges.
Noah wasn't nervous for Kris at all, he knew that he would sail through.
If only he could let Kris himself believe that...
"Come on down, dude, " Randy said when Kris came through the door and walked down the step, muffling another yawn, "What's your name?"
"Kris Allen."
"What are you gonna sing for us today, Kris Allen?"
" 'A Song For You'."
Paula's face lit up into a smile, Simon said he loved that song; making Kris all the more nervous; while Randy just nodded.
"Good luck, dawg."
Kris took a breath and closed his eyes, trying to get the emotion across on his face.
The judges didn't stop him, so he stopped after the first lines and the chorus. When he had stopped, Paula clapped her hands, smile still in place.
Simon was the first to speak up.
" I think you might have a personality problem, Kris. You just seem way too nice."
Paula buried her face into her hands and groaned.
Randy seemed to agree a little with Simon though, 'cause he said, " He's got a good voice, I just don't feel the star from it."
Paula, who had enough of the two downers, spoke up before Simon could again.
"It takes a lot of guts to sing that song. You have to be a singer to sing that song."
Kris smiled and shifted from foot to foot to keep down his nerves.
Paula took the lead of the votes this time.
"Randy?"
"Yes!"
"Simon?"
"I'm gonna give you another shot. Yes."
"Three yess-es. You're going to Hollywood!"
Kris threw his hands up in the air and send a silent thank you to the ceiling before thanking the judges, grabbing his ticket and bolting out the door.
When he came outside, Noah was already waiting for him, grinning broadly.
"I knew you could do it, man!" Noah said, pulling Kris into a full body hug.
"Thanks, man." Kris said when they pulled away, "I wouldn't be here if you hadn't begged me to come."
Noah just laughed and pushed Kris towards Ryan to have his moment of victory in front of the camera.
Besides, he had to prepare himself to go face the judges himself in a couple minutes.
When Ryan had let go of Kris' shoulder, he walked over to Noah to have a quick word than led him inside the audition room.
It was showtime. Hopefully he would get through as well...
"Hi, what's your name?" Simon said when Noah stood still on the spot he had to be standing.
"My name is Noah Puckerman, but everyone calls me Puck."
"Puck?"
"Yes, sir."
"Alright, Puck. This hasn't been such a good day for us and you're the last person auditioning. You think you can make our day end on a good note?"
"I hope so, sir."
Simon nodded, "Right. What are you singing?"
" 'Only The Good Die Young.' "
"Alright, let's hear it."
Puck felt a little uncomfortable without his guitar; not really knowing what to do with his hands, he just shved them in his pockets.
He got to sing a fair amount of lines of the song when Simon stopped him.
Puck tried to read the man's face, but he just couldn't. He hoped it was a good thing.
"Randy, what did you think of Puck's singing?"
"It was very nice, dude," Randy answered, "You have a nice voice. I don't know about the star quality though."
"Paula?"
"I think you have a very nice tone to your voice. You do need to work a little more on performing, but...You did good. You really did."
Then, last but not least, it was Simon's turn.
"Puck...It says here on your audition form that you play the guitar. How long have you been playing?"
"Since I was a kid, sir. My dad walked out on me, my mom and my sister and I needed something to cope with it. That's when I found my love for music. My love for singing and playing guitar. I haven't stopped ever since."
Simon nodded in understanding while Paula let out a sympathetic "awww".
"I think that's what holding you back, that you can't have your guitar with you now, isn't it?"
Puck nodded, "Yeah, it is quite strange for me to be singing without my guitar. I didn't know what to do with my hands."
"So you tucked them into your pockets."
Puck laughed breathlessly, "Yeah..."
"Well, you're lucky that we let the contestants perform with an instrument on stage since a couple years, so, that could be an advantage for you."
"Yeah, it certainly would, sir."
"I'm not so sure if you will be able to stand out from the crowd, voice wise. But...I'm willing to give you a chance. It's a yes from me."
"It's a yes from me," Paula chimed in.
"Guess what," Randy said excitedly,"It's a yes from me too! You're going to Hollywood, dude!"
Puck was close to doing a little victory dance but kept himself calm and just did it inside his mind.
He did do a little fist pump and went over to the judges table to shake their hands and give Paula a kiss on the cheek like the gentleman he was.
Then he made his way over to the door with his usual swagger and he just knew Paula Abdul was checking out his ass.
He smirked and gave a wink to the girl who handed him his ticket to Hollywood, a blush spreading on her cheeks, then he was out the door to tell Kris and Ryan the good news.
He first showed his ticket in the door opening, hearing Kris cheer, then stepped outside to be engulfed into his friend's waiting arms.
"Seems like you both gave the judges a good ending to what seemed like a dreadful day to them." Ryan said when Noah and Kris pulled away.
Noah draped his arm over Kris' shoulder, both smiling at the camera.
"I knew we could do it," Noah said confidently, "If anyone could cheer up the judges it was me and Kris."
Kris rolled his eyes but Ryan was still smiling. Did that smile ever disappear from his face?
"Well, congratulations guys. Go off and celebrate. I'll see you in Hollywood."
Kris and Noah gave a high five before running out of the building where another camera was waiting, so they did a little jump just for the sake of it.
They were going to Hollywood! And boy, were they excited!