A/N: OK, forgot to put this last chapter, but I have no clue with stick shift cars, but I do know that on some (maybe all) you have to press the clutch down to start it so that's where that came from.
More singing in this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, I could say I do but it wouldn't make it true.
Warnings: Strange Dreams, and possibly OOC characters.
Discovery, A Glee Fanfic
Manny
"Thanks for the lift Ma, I'll see you later." Manny said getting out of his mom's car, she waved to stop him and he ducked his head back into the car.
"You're sure you won't need a ride home?" she asked, Manny shook his head; he had already explained this to him.
"Ma I'll be fine, Burt said he would have the car here by today, and I see his son in Spanish and Glee so I'm sure I'll get my keys." He said, she nodded and then kissed him goodbye. He exited the car and started toward the front doors of WMHS.
As Manny got closer to the doors his heart got heavier, in a few minutes he would be seeing Karofsky again, for the first time since they shared the kiss. He had a feeling this wasn't going to be pretty.
"Hey Girlfriend," came Kurt's voice scaring the shit out of him.
"Hey Kurt," he said with a sigh as he willed his heart rate to slow down.
"Here are your keys," he said and then, after looking around, spoke to him, leaning much closer.
"And I saw the jacket in your car, that was David's wasn't it?" he asked, a smile in his voice. Manny didn't respond.
"What happened Manny?" he asked looking concerned, Manny just shook his head.
"Nothing, I-I'll tell you after Glee today." He said, they had entered the building and the A/C washed over him in a refreshing wave.
"Alright, oh what song are you singing?" he asked with a grin.
"Well I'm not 100% sure, I've narrowed it down to either 'Apologize' or 'Decode'," he said, he knew both of his selections had been influenced by the events of Friday night but he couldn't help it.
"I also know the majority of both songs on their respective instruments," he said referring to the piano for Apologize and the Guitar for Decode.
Kurt seemed to weigh both songs in his mind.
"Well…" he began, "I really like Apologize, but it gets covered all the time on YouTube, and Decode is pretty good and I don't see it as much." He said, his hand on his chin. Suddenly the bell rang interrupting his thoughts.
"OK, well I gotta go. Let me know what you decide on." He said about to walk away, but then he turned back to him. "Actually don't tell me, I love surprises." He said grinning and walking off to his first period.
Manny sighed and started for gym, he could sense the awkwardness that was to come and really didn't want to deal with it. Manny walked into the locker room and looked around, he couldn't see Karofsky but that was only mildly surprising since he was almost always late. He quickly walked over to his locker and grabbed his gym clothes; he changed and sat down waiting for Karofsky to show up. Coach Beiste walked in to call everyone to the field and Karofsky still wasn't there.
"Wonder where Karofsky is…" Manny muttered outloud, the jock from the party came over to him.
"Probably too embarrassed to show up after what he said at the party." He said laughing like a maniac.
'Crap' thought Manny, 'Guess they didn't blame it on him being drunk,'
"What's Azimio talking about?" came Finn's voice shocking Manny out of his thoughts.
"Huh? What? Nothing!" Manny said knowing that he didn't sound convincing at all.
"O….kay…." Finn said giving Manny a WTF type look, Manny sighed and face-palmed, this was not going to help David at all.
'Why do I care? It seems like he's blowing me off.' Manny thought, not even thinking about where he was going and walking into the people in front of him every few seconds.
"Sorry," he mumbled every few seconds after a collision.
Manny went along with the drills like he did every class but he kept messing up since he couldn't stop wondering about where David was.
Manny stayed in his haze all through second and third period, when lunch came around he was as attentive as he could be. While he was eating his food he was certain he had seen Karofsky, he had grabbed his lunch and gone out the side door. But when Manny was about to follow him Kurt showed up with Blaine in tow stopping him from finding out if he had imagined it or not.
"Okay, what the hell is wrong with you Manny, you've been out of it all day." Kurt said sitting down in front of him, Blaine sat down next to Manny.
"Kurt, I don't have time for this, can we talk later?" He asked, though he was certain that he had already lost any chance of finding Karofsky.
"No, now." Kurt said, a demanding tone in his voice.
"Fine, OK so at the party Karofsky -," the bell rang cutting him off, Manny gave a 'what can you do' shrug and went to get up when Kurt pushed him back down.
"Kurt, I have to get to class," Manny said with a slight chuckle.
"I know." He said simply, "Lima Bean, after Glee, no excuses." Kurt gave Manny a look that could've melted through steel.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world," he mumbled making Kurt smile before he grabbed Blaine and went off to wherever he had to go next. Manny stared after them for a few seconds before heading off to class.
"That kid is crazy," Manny muttered as he walked off.
The rest of the day went along much like the beginning, Manny zoned out through most of his classes and wondered why David had acted the way he had after the kiss on Friday.
'Why am I giving this so much though?' Manny thought to himself shaking his head.
'Why can't I just let this go,' he thought biting his lower lip, Manny glanced up at the bell and realized that the bell was about to ring. He looked around himself to put his stuff away when he realized that he hadn't even taken anything out. He sighed and put his backpack on, a few minutes later the bell rang and Manny started heading for the choir room. He suddenly remembered about his audition and butterflies were let loose in his stomach, he peeked in the choir room and saw everyone was already in there. He gulped and opened the door, as he walked in he saw Kurt give him a thumbs up and Blaine smiled at him, the one he believed was called Santana gave him a death glare making him wonder why but he pushed the thought aside, he took a deep breath and put his stuff down before walking over to Mr. Schue.
"Hey, you ready?" he asked with a grin, Manny nodded slowly trying to keep his calm.
"Okay," he said walking over to a chair that was off to the side, "start whenever you're ready."
Manny plastered on his best smile and grabbed the acoustic guitar; he pulled the strap over his shoulder and strummed a chord to make sure it was in turn before continuing.
Manny played the intro to the acoustic version of Decode before he started on the rest of the song.
"How can I decide what's right
When you're clouding up my mind
Can't win your losing fight, all the time"
Manny heard the piano join him in the background, allowing him to get into the song more.
"How can I ever own what's mine
When you're always taking sides
But you won't take away my pride
No, not this time"
Manny heard a few more instruments join in, making him smirk, he may not have performed like this in a while but it still felt good.
"Not this time
How did we get here?
Well I used to know you so well
How did we get here?
Well I think I know"
Manny stopped to breath, knowing that the piano solo would come in now. While thinking of the next verse he found himself picturing Karofsky 'Not the time for this…' he thought with a very slight roll of his eyes.
"The truth is hiding in your eyes
And it's hanging on your tongue
Just boiling in my blood
But you think that I can't see
What kind of man that you are
If you're man at all
Well I will figure this one out"
Manny felt he could use backup singers on this next part to make it easier on him, but it was his audition so he would just have to cut the parts short so that he could get all the lyrics in.
"On my own
(I'm screaming "I love you so")
On my own
(My thoughts you can't decode)
How did we get here?
Well I used to know you so well, yeah
How did we get here?
Well I think I know"
The violin started in making him smile; he liked the violin part though it made him think of the kiss he had shared with Karofsky. Tears formed in his eyes, he had no idea where they came from but it made it harder for him to sing the next part.
"Do you see, what we've done?
We've gone and made such fools, of ourselves
Do you see, what we've done
We've gone and made such fools, of ourselves
Yeah…!
How did we get here?
Well I used to know you so well, yeah yeah
Well how did we get here?
Oh, won't you show yourself?
I think I know
I think I know
Ooh, there is something
I see in you
It might kill me
I want it to be true"
Manny played the final chord and took a deep break waiting for the rest of the Glee club to react. His heart was pounding in his ears, every second felt like an hour as he waited for them to say something, anything. Then they all slowly stood up and started clapping finally letting Manny relax, he felt as if he had done well and their reaction just confirmed it for him. Manny bowed and turned to put the guitar away, wiping the tears that had formed in one fluid motion, when he turned back around many of the Glee members were crowded around him saying that he had really gotten into the song and that he looked good.
"Boy, you looked good," Mercedes said with a wide grin on her face, Kurt popped up behind her and gave him a thumbs up before mouthing 'Lima Bean'. A girl walked up to him looking slightly uncomfortable, if Manny remembered right her name was Rachel, when she realized Manny had seen her she plastered on a grin.
"That was really… good!" she said having trouble finding the word.
'Wonder why she's acting like that, I mean even if I do make Glee I'm a guy, can't exactly steal any of her solos.' He thought watching her walk back to her seat next to Finn who shot him a 'great job' smile/thumbs up combo.
"Alright, alright." Mr. Schue began, and then seeing that he wasn't being heard raised his voice.
"GUYS!" he yelled causing the ND crew to calm down, "I think by all of your reactions we can tell that Manny is definitely in New Directions, congratulations' man." He said extending his hand for Manny to shake, Manny took it and everyone cheered going back to patting him on the back, they then lead him back to the risers so that the rest of the glee meeting could begin.
"Well," came a voice from the doorway, "who do we have here." Mr. Schue looked at the door and rolled his eyes.
"What do you want Sue?" he asked, crossing his arms.
"You mean besides you getting rid of those vests and that 'fro?" she asked, a smirk on her lips, "only what everyone else wants, to rid McKinley of this talentless group of nobodies."
'Okay…' Manny thought, 'harsh.'
Sue strode across the room to stand next to Manny, "So, who are you?" she asked him.
"Um.." Manny began, not 100% sure he should respond to her.
"'Um..' is not a name, unless you come from the stone age or something."
"My name is Manuel Vazquez," he deadpanned with a serious look on his face, though his features soon softened since he couldn't think of anything else to say to her.
"Well, Manuel, you might want to think twice before joining these kids, they have a tendency of getting hit by flying cups of slushies." She said, an evil grin on her face.
"Oh please," Rachel piped up, "no one's been slushied for like half the year," she said causing a few groans to escape the ND members, now that Sue knew they were defiantly going to get slushied again.
"I'll keep that in mind for next time I see the football players," Sue said turning to leave.
"I don't think we have anything to worry about," Manny said causing her to stop in her tracks.
"And why is that?" she asked, her voice as cold as her eyes when she turned to face him.
"Because of the Bully whips, I mean I'm pretty sure that slushieing people is a form of bullying." Manny finished, Sue got a look on her face that Manny wasn't sure how to describe, perhaps it was scheming and perhaps it was her fuming, either way she didn't look too happy. Unable to say anything else Sue turned and stormed out of the choir room, that look still on her face.
'That kids' going to be trouble, I can just feel it.' Sue thought as she headed for her office.
Manny stepped out of the choir room and started walking to the student parking lot, the Glee meeting had been fairly uneventful after Sue left. The other members talked about major upcoming events that Manny wasn't sure he could even attend at this point so he had thought of what he would say to Kurt when he got to the Lima Bean, Manny finally settled on telling him the truth since it would be the best way for Kurt to help him. Manny pulled his keys out and unlocked the car door; he slipped in and tossed his bag on top of Karofsky's jacket.
Manny stared at the jacket for a few seconds, he found himself wondering if it smelled like Dave's cologne but he shook the thought out of his head.
'Just get to the Lima Bean Manuel,' Manny thought to himself starting the car up and pulling out of the parking lot and, after checking the maps on his phone, he headed for the Lima Bean.
Manny sat outside of the Lima Bean, he saw Kurt's car but hadn't been able to bring himself to go in yet.
"Just go, if you don't he'll just kill you tomorrow." He said to himself, thinking back to the look Kurt had given him earlier that day. Manny opened the door and got out, heading toward the front doors as fast as his feet could take him so that he wouldn't change his mind.
Upon entering the Lima Bean Manny was assaulted by various coffee related scents, he went to the counter and ordered an iced mocha, after he gave them his name he went to find Kurt, which wasn't that hard since he had managed to sneak up on Manny while he had been ordering and dragged him over to their corner table.
"Finally," began Blaine when they sat down, "I thought we were gonna have to pull you out of your car or something."
Manny rolled his eyes, 'of course they knew I was here,' he thought.
They waited a few minutes for Manny's coffee to be served and then they attacked him for details, they asked him things like 'why have you been out of it all day?' and 'Did David assault you or something?', Manny shook his head, holding his coffee between his hands he began his story.
"Alright, so every since I came to this school, well really every since I started hanging out with Kar—David I've started having these… feelings." He looked up from his cup to their faces, they were both staring at him intently.
"Okay, so, well, I didn't really think anything of it until the party on Friday. We were playing truth and dare and Dave was drunk and he said something's that'll probably ruin his reputation." He realized that Kurt and Blaine had leaned closer to him. Manny sighed before continuing.
"Well he didn't really finish the sentence but, it was a truth and he was supposed to share his biggest secret –"
"Ohmygod, he didn't" Kurt suddenly interrupted, then he looked down and muttered "Sorry"
"Always first he said 'Oh that's easy, it's that I kissed Humm—' and then he cut off there, seemed to reconsider and changed it to 'It's that I'm ga-' then he cut off there and ran off to puke."
"Wow, even the biggest dumbass could put two and two together there," Blaine said getting a death glare from Kurt, "sorry," he said looking at his lap.
"OK so then…" Manny then tried his best to explain everything that had happened after he ran into him in the woods up until the kiss.
"Holy Mother Monster!" Kurt said, his eyes going wide, "David kissed you? I thought he wouldn't do that again in a million years, a trillion with someone he didn't even know was gay."
"Yeah that's it, I've never thought I was gay but ever since all this I've been really confused, which is why I wanted your help." Manny said, stopping to drink a whole bunch of his coffee.
"Well, how do you feel about the gay community?" Kurt asked looking seriously at Manny.
"Well, I've never had a problem with it, but I've also never had a crush on another guy before, which is why this is so confusing." Manny said burying his head in his arms, the coffee forgotten for now.
"OK, so maybe you're not gay gay, but since you know that a guy has the hots for you you want to experiment." Kurt said, but Manny nodded.
"No, i-it feels like it's more than that."
"Well then maybe Karofsky made you gay, like the equal attractions or something, I'm not really sure I don't think I've ever heard of anything like this." Kurt said with a shrug. Manny sighed and stared off into space for a few seconds.
"Well, was that the only reason you were out of it today?" Blaine asked, Manny shook his head.
"Every since the kiss I've wanted to talk to him about it, but it's like he's been avoiding me, I'm sure I saw him at lunch but he wasn't in first period and, well it doesn't help that his jacket is sitting in my car." Manny sighed, this whole conversation just made him more confused.
"Well," Kurt began, "I'm sure we can help you figure this out," Kurt thought for a moment before adding "meet us in the park tomorrow, we'll get David there, he won't be able to do anything in public and since it's a park we can find somewhere to talk that's out of earshot from anyone else there."
Manny nodded, showing he agreed with him and got up to leave, as he left he offered a weak wave.
Kurt and Blaine shared a look, an evil glint in Kurt's eyes.
Karofsky
Dave was confused as hell.
He had no idea why he had acted like he had with Manny, the whole reason for having Santana as his beard was so that he wouldn't have to come out and now not only had he done so with Manny but he pretty much told everyone at the party, and he knew it had gotten around.
Dave skipped first period so that he wouldn't have to deal with Manny then, but when he showed up to second period he knew he was in deep shit. Every few seconds he caught someone pointing at him and whispering something to someone else, at one point he heard someone say 'he kissed Kurt, he's totally gay.' And it took all of his strength to not smash the kids face in. At lunch he quickly grabbed his lunch and headed for the parking lot figuring that his car would be the best place for him to think about all of this, boy was he wrong.
Dave had been in his car for a total of two minutes when the passenger door opened and Santana jumped in, the fury in her eyes drilling holes through David.
"What?" he asked putting on a confused look.
"What. Were. You. Thinking?" she asked through gritted teeth, Dave arched an eyebrow causing her to elaborate.
"You outted yourself, at a party, with like every jock there." She said, trying her best to keep her composure.
"Crap," David said dropping his sandwich on his lap, "I was hoping they would think I said that because I was drunk."
"Wait. You were drunk?" she asked getting her scheming face on, "I could spread a counter rumor, one saying you were way too drunk to believe anything you said." She muttered to herself.
"Wait. Is this really so bad?" he asked getting a death glare from Santana, "Yes. Yes it is David because if people find out your gay then they'll ruin my reputation too; do you want me to be known as 'that chick who dated the gay dude'?" David shook his head, though he seemed to gain enough composure to piece together another response.
"Maybe you could come out now too, that way you can date Britney without any hassles and I can date Man-… never mind." He said his face dropping.
"Wait, Manny? The new kid, all of this over the freaking new kid?" Santana screeched looking like she was about to jump out of the car and hunt the poor kid down.
"Well… kinda, but well—" Santana quickly interrupted him.
"You don't even know if he's gay do you? You're starting the biggest fiasco at this school since Glee club started and you don't even know if he's gay."
"We kissed," Dave said in a soft voice.
"WHAT!" Santana yelled, her face growing red.
"We kissed and, well I thought it felt good but, I don't know. I broke it off and pretty much ran away, I'm sure he hates me now so I've been avoid him all day." David said picking at his Sandwich.
Santana took a deep breath before speaking again, "OK, I'll let this play out. For now. If things get out of hand I'm either spreading the counter rumor or 'breaking up' with you, understand Karofsky." She said her voice gaining a dangerous edge.
David nodded and Santana jumped out of his SUV, Dave picked up his sandwich and began eating again. After he finished he closed his eyes allowing himself to drift off to sleep.
David sat on a stone bench, he was wearing a tux and was looking up at Manny, he stood on a balcony and, unless David was hallucinating, Manny was wearing a large white dress. Music started playing and Manny opened his mouth, the lyrics to Taylor Swift's Love Story flowed out of his mouth. A huge smile broke out on David's face and he ran off to find his way up to him.
As David ran through the large castle the music grew more distant and started distorting, he opened a door and found himself in the locker room, Azimio along with a whole bunch of other jocks stood there, slushies in hand and they flung them at David. The cold treats stung his skin making David uncomfortable, then they all started chanting 'Fairly Fairy,' making David run out of the room, as he ran he heard the music come back into focus.
"My faith in you is fading, as I'm standing on the outskirts of town and I said,"
David heard, the grin returning to his face.
'If I can just get to Manny, everything will be alright.' He thought as he opened the doors to the garden he saw Manny and ran toward him. When he got to him he turned him around and leaned in for a kiss but right when his lips were inches from him Manny started speaking loudly.
"And that was Love Story by Taylor Swift and that ends out pop block, next up we got out Rock block,"
David's eyes fluttered open, he stared at the radio 'when the hell did that get turned on?' he thought a grim expression on his face.
He looked around and realized the parking lot was already half empty, the clock on the dash read 3:45.
'Crap, I slept that long?' he thought while rubbing the sleep from his eyes. David sighed and rubbed his palms on his pants legs.
"What the hell was that about?" he asked the air, he shook his head and started his car. His mind slowly drifted back to the locker room scene, if that happened to him in real life he had no idea how he would really react.
"I gotta find Manny first thing tomorrow," Dave muttered to himself, thought he wasn't sure what he would get out of it.
Preview
So Manny is pretty confused about his new feelings, Santana's pissed, and Karofsky seems almost ready to come out. But when Karofsky see's what Azimio has in store for him, will all this change? What do Kurt and Blaine have planned for Manny and David? What is Sue going to do about the new addition to New Directions?
A/N: OK, don't even ask about the dream, it came to me while I was walking through WalMart when they played 'Love Story', the phrase they chant, well I made it up it sounds dumb I know.
Also, this is my longest chapter so far so, yay. UnfortunatelyI've run out of steam all of a sudden so I'm going into Glee rehab, watching as many episodes as possible, CH. 6 will be here soon, hopefully.
So, to keep you distracted, howdo you think their doing to handle with ND graduating? The show is super popular so maybe they'll flunk 'em all, or follow them off to collage because they'll all totally forget they dreams and stay in Lima forever so they can keep singing together.
Until then, WLGYLGO.