Okay here's another Chapter. R&R
"Hey San" Beth called as she walked quickly down the corridor,
"hey" Santana turned to see Beth, her hands firmly clenched at her side, "what's up?"
"I need to tell you something" For the first time Santana thought Beth was actually scared,
"sure what is it"
"At the after party for the game I... something happened I don't remember but San I swear I didn't mean it I don't know what happened" Beth was rambling,
"Beth" Santana told her shutting her up,
"I kissed Rachel. San I swear it didn't mean anything I don't know what or how or why or-"
"I saw" Santana said simply.
"or... wait what?"
"I saw and I know that when your drunk you do stupid things and that what happened right?" Santana asked,
"right. San I'm so sorry"
"You'll just have to make it up to me then" Santana whispered in her ear. Smirking she walked down the hall an extra sway in her hip's.
Sitting in glee a few week's later the musical was far into production and they had decided to take a small break from the practice and to be quite honest Beth was happy for it, she was sick of Rachel getting on her back about the singing, Beth knew she could sing she just hadn't sang her heart out for the glee club yet and she wasn't going to.
"Okay as a change I would like to do song's on" Mr Shue took the old pen and wrote: Loss. on the board, "loss. I want us to sing song's over the next few weeks about losing someone in whatever way you want as long as it deals with loss" Beth stared at the floor and Santana noticed. "Another thing I wanted to talk to you all about" Mr Shue continued, "is your fitness. Since we sorted out the dancing but something that has come to my attention is your lack of energy" Mr Shue glanced around the room, "Mike, Beth" he called them down, "This is why these two are going be from now on your personal trainers one hour on top of your booty camp"
"Wait what" Finn burst,
"no way" Blaine protested,
"Mr Shue, Some of us have lives" Santana told him.
"And why Beth?" Finn protested, "I mean I get Mike, he's a football player but why her" he sneered. Mr Shue sighed heavily, "Show them" he told Beth and Mike. Mike happily lifted his shirt to reveal his defined abs. Beth rolled her eye's at Finn and begrudgingly lifted her shirt also. Santana was sure her jaw hit the floor Beth's ab's were more defined than Santana realised. Santana quickly looked round the room to see the same look across the room: Amazement. Beth dropped her shirt and walked back to her chair, Mike followed. "Now that that's sorted let's get back to practising and coming up with song's"
Beth haled herself up for a 57th time when Mercedes walked into the gym,
"how can you do that I mean I can hardly do five without being sick?"
"hi to you to" Beth greeted her with a smirk,
"Sorry it's just I wanted to ask you something and I think it sounds kinda dumb"
"ask away" 58,59, 60. As Beth got to the last sit up she stood and stretched herself out.
"well I was kinda wondering since you are going to be training us with Mike anyway would you mind maybe if you helped me out?" Beth frowned, she was confused. Did Mercedes want help with losing weight? "It's just I went to the doctor's and he told me that if I didn't loose a few pounds I'd be in serious trouble. Diabetes trouble" Beth's eyebrows raised, "and seeing you in glee club I felt kinda jealous, I've never cared about what people thought of me or my weight but the truth is I'm scared"
"You have a right to be" Beth told her seriously, "I'll help you Mercedes and it'll be difficult"
"I know and just so you know I don't want to be stick figure by the end of it"
"You won't but I'll get you out of the danger zone"
"Thank's Beth"
"you better change" Beth told her,
"wait we're going to start now?"
"No time like the present"
They worked for nearly two hour's straight after school when Santana found them,
"what are you doing?" Santana asked the two as they ran on treadmill's,
"training" Beth told her jumping of the treadmill. Sweat still coating her Beth stood close to Santana who physically recoiled she didn't like working out sweat although on Beth she wasn't sure. Santana hooded her eye's with her long lashes after being with a few guy's she had worked out how to perfect it and to bring them in. She was almost sure it would work on Beth, Beth smirked at Santana's silent flirting well aware of Mercedes in the gym,
"Keep it PG San there's company" Beth told her. Santana's eye's flickered to Mercedes who was walking quickly on the treadmill,
"Effie hardly count's" Santana told Beth with a small smile.
"Still company" Beth told her pointedly before walking back to Mercedes. "call it a day?" She asked as she turned the machine down to a slow walked to it stopping.
"Thanks"
"It's cool no problem"
"Now the musical has been done guy's I want us to start looking at Sectional song's but first does anybody have their Loss song"
Rachel, Puck, Quinn and Finn got up,
Rachel and Quinn:
Sorry, I've never told you, all I wanted to say
And now it's too late to hold you
'Cause you've flown away
So far away
Never had I imagined
Living without your smile
Feelin' and knowing you, hear me
It keeps me alive, alive
And I know you're shining down on me from Heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day
Eventually I'll see you in Heaven
Finn and Puck:
Darling, I never showed you
Assumed you'd always be there
I, I took your presence for granted
But I always cared
And I miss the love we shared
I know you're shining down on me from Heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day
Picture a little scene from Heaven
All:
Although, the sun will never shine the same
I'll always look to a brighter day
Yeah, Lord, I know, when I lay me down to sleep
You will always listen as I pray
And I know you're shining down on me from heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day
And I know you're shining down on me from Heaven
Like so many friends we've lost along the way
And I know eventually we'll be together
One sweet day
Sorry, I never told you
All I wanted to say
The room burst into awkward clapping, Mr Shue gestured them back to there seats,
"Thanks guys but I think you got the assignment"
Santana looked at Beth, she was frowning at them clearly unimpressed by them. Santana smirked as they sat back down. "Right now to sectionals" Mr Shue began,
"Mr Shue I have the perfect duet for Finn and I to sing" Rachel told him,
"Actually Rachel for the duet I was thinking Beth and Blaine"
"What?" Beth asked. Blaine was smiling to himself.
"excuse me?" Rachel asked incredulously.
"you heard me Rachel" Mr Shue told her. Beth slouched in her seat as Rachel and Finn glared at her. She hadn't been popular with either of them since the musical and with pretty much metaphorically slapping Rachel when she had told her she wasn't interested in any relationship or being an experiment for her. The loss project continued through the weeks. Kurt and Blaine sang I miss you by Miley Cyrus, Artie and Brittany sang Things people say by Lady Antebellum. Tina and Mike had sang Mother I miss you by Johnny Tesh together. Mercedes had sang I will remember you by Sarah Mclachlan. Santana had sung Slipped away by Avril Lavigne, Beth was the only the only one to not have sung a song personally she didn't want to expose her greatest weakness to people she didn't really know.
"Beth your up" Mr Shue told her. Beth stood and walked to the front of the Glee club,
"This song is probably from the person I lost's point of view but... Never mind" Beth said before she began to sing.
So lately, been wondering
Who will be there to take my place
When I'm gone, you'll need love
To light the shadows on your face
If a greater wave shall fall
And fall upon us all
Then between the sand and stone
Could you make it on your own?
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low
I'll go wherever you will go
And maybe I'll find out
A way to make it back someday
To watch you, to guide you
Through the darkest of your days
If a great wave shall fall
And fall upon us all
Well then I hope there's someone out there
Who can bring me back to you
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low
I'll go wherever you will go
Run away with my heart
Run away with my hope
Run away with my love
I know now, just quite how
My life and love might still go on
In your heart, in your mind
I'll stay with you for all of time
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low
I'll go wherever you will go
If I could turn back time
I'll go wherever you will go
If I could make you mine
I'll go wherever you will go
I'll go wherever you will go
Santana saw the tear's in Beth's eye's. She also knew now how strong Beth's voice was,
"excuse me" Beth whispered her voice was thick as she walked out the room. Santana never failed to miss the tears that fell from her eye's Blaine shot out his seat after her.
Beth let the tears fall as she sprinted to the bleacher's. Blaine caught her arm and spun her into him. He let her pound her fists of his chest as her tears fell quicker. He knew she would fall to the floor. Wrapping his arms round her she sobbed into his chest,
"I know" Blaine told her as held her, "I know you miss her"
"Bring her back" Beth whispered.
Mr Shue stared at the doorway,
"Did I say something?" he asked the club,
"Beth lost her mum a few years back" Santana told him, "She didn't want to do the project in the first place Mr Shue"
"Oh god" Will didn't know what to do, did he go and try and make it better or would he just make it worse. Beth didn't come back to Glee that day or week or the next three weeks for that matter. Sitting in the teacher's room he sat across from Beiste,
"I don't know what I'm supposed to do the way she sang that song it just tore your heart apart you know, even Santana refuses to talk about it and their dating"
"Look Will if she was that good go find her apologise whatever if she's your ticket to nationals you take her"
"I haven't seen her since she ran out though, I mean where do I start?" Will asked,
"Ask Carney she's the couch of the baseballer's I don't deal with that" Beiste turned herself around in the chair, "Christine" Beiste called to a woman in short shorts and a tight t-shirt. The woman's blonde hair was pulled back into a tight pony tail that was filtered through a red McKinley baseball hat,
"What's up?" She asked Beiste, walking over and sitting down,
"Beth Reese what's she been like over the past few weeks?"
Christine frowned and looked at the man across from her "Fine working harder than ever, why?"
"Sorry Christine this is Will Glee Club director and Spanish teacher"
"Yeah I've heard about you"
"Nice to meet you" Will shook her hand. "So why are you asking about my pitcher Will?"
"Beth sang a song in the glee club and didn't come back" Will was trying to give as little as possible about what happened,
"It must have been about her mum if she didn't come back"
"How did-"
"Look Will" Christine began setting her cup on the table, "Beth's damaged goods forcing her into a corner to pour her heart out to you is like trying to cage a tiger that's twice your size and likely to kill you" Christine told him seriously, "Beth won't talk to anyone about her mother unless it's Blaine Anderson"
"You know a lot about her" Will stated,
"More than I'd like to" Christine said to herself. "Finding Beth when she doesn't want to be found is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Don't try it Will, she won't thank you for it" Christine said before she left.
Will walked into Emma's office with purpose,
"Hey Will" She greeted,
"Hey Emma could I see Beth Reese's file?"
"Sure why?"
"Just need to clarify something" He told her. Emma handed him the file. Will scanned the file to additional notes,
"Is this file accurate?"
"yes last updated in the summer"
Will looked to the section,
"I never knew someone could get so down about their parents" Will commented reading it,
"She was really close to her mother. They shared everything together according to her father" Emma told him,
"Thanks Emma" He handed her the file back and left the room.
Blaine watched as Beth hit the pads with as much force she could manage,
"Your going to break your wrist" he commented,
"It's not like I'm going to be missing anything if I do"
"I dunno Santana would be pretty bummed out" Blaine told her with a smirk, Beth couldn't help but laugh,
"Like you would know about my love life" Beth told him,
"I have my sources" Beth pulled the gloves of her hands and stretched herself out. "Come back to glee Beth, I know you miss it" the smile that was on Beth's face fell.
"No" She said, "I'm not going there Blaine" Beth pulled the old T-shirt over head as they entered the changing rooms, she didn't care that Blaine was following her,
"Come on Beth we both know you miss it and everyone misses you besides now I have to sing with Rachel and that's just driving me insane"
Beth laughed as she pulled a fresh tshirt over her head, "Sucks for you"
"Beth please I wouldn't ask unless I was desperate we aren't going to get past sectionals, Rachel and I have no chemistry"
"and we do?" Beth asked jokingly,
"we did" Blaine dead panned, Beth sighed,
"Blaine-"
"Can I interrupt?" they both turned to see Mr Shuester in the door way,
"last time I check this was the girls changing rooms" Beth told both of them. Blaine chuckled and Mr Shue walked in,
"I'm sorry Beth" Mr Shue said to her,
"for what?" Beth asked she was confused as to why Mr Shue was here.
"for making you do the Loss project"
"It was just a stupid project" Beth muttered,
"But it was more than that for you" Will didn't miss seeing Beth tense. He also didn't miss Blaine move closer to Beth, he wasn't sure why. "I know that now, I read your file all the things you went through I can only imagine-"
"yeah that's the thing with imagination it's not reality" Beth told him in a bitter tone,
"Beth I get you miss her and you were close to her but you can't keep hurting yourself because of it" Will saw Beth's head shoot up blue eye's pierced him as she lunged for him,
"You've got no idea what I went through. You have no idea how close I was to her, so don't you dare patronise me" Beth screamed, Blaine the only thing between her and hitting Mr Shue.
"Beth calm down" a voice called from the doorway. Will turned and saw Christine Carney in the doorway. Will looked back to Beth who was struggling out of Blaine's grip,
"Beth enough" Christine said softly. Beth stopped fighting and shrugged out of Blaine's grip. Grabbing her kit bag she left the changing rooms but not before saying to Will, "you have no idea" Beth left quickly followed by Blaine,
"will she be Okay?" Will asked,
"She'll cool off" Christine told him walking into the rooms,
"I thought she was going to hit me"
"She would have if Blaine wasn't in her way"
"I've never seen a student react like that"
"Beth's no ordinary student" Christine told him before leaving.
The New Direction's were filtering into the choir room, all except Blaine, when they all recieved a text: Auditorium. They walked in to see Blaine on the stage,
"what's going on Blaine?" Mr Shue asked,
"We have something to show you all" Blaine told them,
"we?" Finn asked, Blaine nodded and the music began to play: Beth appeared at the side of the stage guitar slung around her as she strumed the guitar her voice echoed through the hall
"When I get where I'm going
On the far side of the sky
The first thing that I'm gonna do
Is spread my wings and fly
I'm gonna land beside a lion
And run my fingers through his mane
Or I might find out what it's like
To ride a drop of rain" Blaine joined her in harmonies and they smiled to one another:
Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years
And I'll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah when I get where I'm going
Don't cry for me down here
"I'm gonna walk with my grand daddy
And he'll match me step for step
And I'll tell him how I missed him
Every minute since he left
Then I'll hug his neck"
Blaine sang the verse watching the new direction's Mr Shue smiled at the two:
"Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
I will shed the sins and struggles
I have carried all these years
And I'll leave my heart wide open
I will love and have no fear
Yeah when I get where I'm going
Don't cry for me down here"
"So much pain and so much darkness
In this world we stumble through
All these questions I can't answer
So much work to do
But when I get where I'm going
And I see my maker's face
I'll stand forever in the light
Of his amazing grace"
Will watched as Beth sang the verse and he felt his heart strings being plucked again, he knew he had only made it worse by talking to Beth:
"Yeah when I get where I'm going
There'll be only happy tears
I will love and have no fear
When I get where I'm going
Yeah when I get where I'm going"
The Glee club burst into applause as Blaine pulled Beth close to him, "Come back" he whispered in her ear, pulling away Beth stared into hazel eye's,
"I never left" she told him. Blaine grinned as he swept her back into his arms and spun them round. Beth laughed at him and was soon surrounded by New Directions. Beth soon found her self in front of Santana. Beth walked closely to her,
"Your really stubborn you know that right?" Santana told her,
"It may have come up from time to time" Beth smirked making Santana laugh
"you so have to make it up to me"
"Don't worry" Beth told her as she slid her arms round Santana's waist, "I know how to make you scream" Beth whispered, Santana couldn't help the giggle that escaped her lips.
How to save a life by the Fray.
Okay so I out in how to save a life but I don't really know how to describe I all way's imagined it as one of the song's they do at the end of the episode together like fix you by coldplay. Also I would like to add I didn't want to write Mercedes this way but I got the inspiration from Helltotheno and I really wanted Beth and Mercedes to be friends so this is kind of bonding, (please don't hate me for the context I've put it in). Also I love Amber Riley... SO I hope you enjoyed it please review I would really appreciate it, and if you don't want to review then you can all ways PM me what you think I don't mind I'll reply.
