Don't Ever Look Back Chapter 13, a glee fanfic

Hello :D I hope you like this chapter ;) The songs I used are There For You by Flyleaf, Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield and Ready To Love Again by Lady Antebellum. Enjoy!

Anna used the back of her hand to wipe away the sweat from her forehead. She watched Hannah drinking a whole bottle of water.

"Whoa! You're going to choke!" Anna said.

"I'm so tired" Hannah said "We've been practicing the whole day!"

"Our dancing has to be perfect if we want to win Sectionals" Anna said.

They both sat in the floor, exhausted. The girls had moved all the furniture of the living room to the dining room, so they could practice their choreography there. Hannah closed her eyes for a moment and let her head fall back.

"If you keep kicking me every single time…" she said.

"I'm sorry, we were standing to close to each other" Anna said "Maybe we should practice one more time."

"Are you trying to kill me?" Hannah exclaimed "At least let me catch my breath"

Anna's cell phone buzzed in her pocket. She took it out and read the text.

"Do you want to go out with James and Steven?" she asked to Hannah "They're going to watch a movie."

"Nah, why don't you go with James?"

"And what about Steven? He's going to feel left out!"

"He and I are used to it"

"That's unfair! I spend more time with you now!" Anna complained, hitting her sister lightly in the arm.

"I was kidding!" Hannah said, laughing.

"Are you coming or not?"

"I don't know, it sounds like a double date…"

"So?"

"I don't like dates"

"Have ever even been in a date?"

"Just one time. It sucked so much that I didn't want to do it ever again" Hannah said.

"But the guy was a total asshole!" Anna exclaimed "This time is going to be different, you'll see"

Hannah still didn't seem convinced, so Anna kept trying.

"Don't you like Steven? You guys get along well. And he's hot."

"I know, but…"

"You're not going to marry him, it's just a date!"

"Um…" Hannah still didn't seem too convinced, so Anna decided to use her best weapon.

"Pwease?" she said, looking at her sister with big puppy eyes.

"Anna…" Hannah tried not to look at Anna. It was just too irresistible.

"Pweaty pwease?" Anna pouted a little, and her eyes grew even bigger.

Hannah looked at her for a moment, and you could almost see her inner struggling to resist her sister's cuteness.

"Oh, damn it!" she exclaimed "Okay, okay, I'll go!"

"Yay!" Anna jumped with emotion.

"Shut up" Hannah said, standing up and walking towards their room.

"Are you mad at me?" Anna asked in the same adorable voice, walking after her.

"Yes, I hate you" Hannah said.

"But I looooove you!" Anna said, as they both stepped into their room.

"Shut up" Hannah said again, laughing.

Barbra heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!" she shouted.

The door was opened slowly, revealing Elizabeth's figure. Barbra looked at her book again.

"What do you want?" she asked.

Elizabeth walked towards Barbra, who was lying in her bed. Without a word, she took the book she was reading from her hands and threw on the opposite side of the mattress.

"What the hell?" Barbra asked, surprised.

"Shut up, because I'm only saying this once!" Elizabeth exclaimed.

Barbra closed her arms on top of her chest and quirked an eyebrow at her cousin.

"I'm sorry, okay?" Elizabeth said "I really am. You may think that I'm saying this just because I don't want you to be mad at me, but I mean it."

Barbra kept looking at her, and she didn't say a word, like she expected Elizabeth to keep talking.

"You're right, I wasn't thinking about what's best for you, or what you wanted to do, I was thinking about what I wanted you to do." Elizabeth said "So I'm sorry. For being a selfish bitch and making you feel bad."

"Are you really sorry? Because I'm having a hard time to believe you" Barbra said.

"I knew you would say that" Elizabeth said, and she sat next to Barbra "That's why I prepared a song. Do you want to hear it?"

"Go ahead."

Elizabeth cleared her throat. She took Barbra's hands and looked at her in the eyes. Then, she started to sing, softly.

Sometimes I'm a selfish fake
You're always a true friend
I don't deserve you
'Cause I'm not there for you
Oh, I wish I would be.

Elizabeth kept looking at Barbra and holding her hands. Barbra was smiling a little, while her cousin's beautiful voice filled the room.

I wanna be there for you,
and be someone you can come to.

On the first floor, Blaine looked at Kurt, and they both smiled, listening to their daughter.

Swirling shades of blue
Slow dancing in your sky
the sun kisses the earth
and I hush my urge to cry

Elizabeth and Barbra were both about to cry, overcome with emotion. Elizabeth kept singing, the beautiful words coming out of her lips like her life depended on it.

'Cause I hear the whispered words
Within your masterpiece beautiful
Speak the unspeakable phrase
I love you too

Elizabeth wiped away a tear from Barbra's cheek, and she sang the chorus for the last time.

I wanna be there for you,
be someone you can come to
The love runs deeper than my bones
And you, you're beautiful, don't you know?

Barbra smiled. She hugged Elizabeth, who hugged her back.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you" Barbra said "And calling you a selfish bitch"

"And not telling me that you were dating Jonathan" Elizabeth added.

"Yeah, and that too" Barbra said, letting go of her cousin.

"So, how did that happen?" Elizabeth asked "Did he ask you out or…?"

"Well, it all started when he received a slushie for me" Barbra said, sitting on her bed.

"Wow" Elizabeth said, sitting next to her "That's really brave"

"I helped him to get cleaned up, and then he kissed me." Barbra blushed a little "He drove me here, because I guessed you wouldn't want to drive me, so…"

"That's not true!" Elizabeth said "I would have driven you!"

"Only to crash the car against a wall so I died" Barbra joked, and they both laughed. "Well, when I was about to get off the car" she continued the story "he took my hand and looked at me in the eyes."

Elizabeth nodded, encouraging her to keep talking.

"He said that he really liked me, and that he had never met someone like me. I said I liked him too." Barbra smiled "Then, he asked me if a wanted to be his girlfriend, and I said yes."

"That's really sweet" Elizabeth said, smiling. "I think you two make a great couple, and you seem to like each other."

"Thank you, Lizzie."

"Well, I have to go to Sam's house" Elizabeth said, standing up "We have to practice our duet."

When she was about to leave the room, she looked at Barbra. After a moment of hesitation, she decided to talk.

"Does Adam know? That you're dating Jonathan"

Barbra looked down and shook her head. Elizabeth nodded.

"I see" she said "You should tell him. I was about to do it myself, but…"

"No, I will tell him" Barbra smiled weakly. Elizabeth nodded and left the room.

Barbra bit her lip. How was she supposed to tell Adam?

"Bye, James"

"Bye, Anna"

They kissed, and parted with a smile.

"Bye, Steven!" Anna said.

"Bye, Anna!" he turned to look at Hannah, smiling shyly "Bye, Hannah"

"Bye" she said, waving her hand at him while Anna opened the front door of their house.

The boys climbed into James' car, and the twins entered their house. Hannah flopped on the couch.

"It wasn't that bad, was it?" Anna asked, sitting next to her.

"It was… acceptable" Hannah said, shrugging.

"Well, Steven seems to like you" Anna said, nudging her playfully.

"Maybe"

"Don't you like him?"

Hannah shrugged again. Anna pursed her lips. Really, her sister was impossible sometimes.

"Hannah, you have to be more… open"

"I tell you everything!"

"That's not what I'm talking about" Anna said "Some day, you'll look back and you'll realize that you never loved someone."

"That's not true. I loved someone…" Hannah said, looking down.

"And he broke your heart" Anna said, and Hannah bit her lip "What I mean, it's that you have a great boy right next to you, and you don't seem to realize. Or maybe you don't want to realize."

"I don't want to love anyone!" Hannah exclaimed.

"Why not?"

"Because… I don't know!"

"Yes, you know! Why not?"

"Forget it, would you? Let's practice for Sectionals." Hannah tried to stood up, but Anna grabbed her by the wrist.

"Hannah, why don't you want to love anyone?"

"Because…" Hannah sighed "Because I'm afraid to end up heart broken again…" she muttered, looking down.

She sat next to Anna, and she hugged her.

"That won't happen again" she said to Hannah.

Hannah sighed and rested her head on Anna's shoulder, while she caressed her back.

"Little Porcelain!" Sue shouted trough her megaphone "Clean up everything!"

"Sure, coach!" Elizabeth said.

The Cheerios started to leave. Sue left the gym too, followed by Becky. Elizabeth was left alone in the gym, picking up the pompoms they had used. Or so she thought.

"Hey, Lesbo"

She turned around. Natasha and another two Cheerios were standing there. Natasha had her hands on her hips and a hateful smirk on her face.

"What do you want, Natasha?" Elizabeth asked, bending down again to keep picking up the pompoms.

"You know, you should get back to the closet, where you belong" Natasha said.

"And you should get back to the zoo, where you belong. Now if you excuse me" Elizabeth said, trying to leave.

Natasha's friends grabbed her arms tightly. Elizabeth looked at them, angry.

"Let go of me!" she exclaimed.

"I don't think so" Natasha said, walking towards her "Like I said, you should get back to the closet"

Elizabeth was thrown into a broom closet, and before she could stand up, the door was closed.

"HEY! LET ME OUT!" she shouted, hitting the door with all her strength. Elizabeth could hear their voices and laughs fading, so she screamed even louder "OPEN UP, YOU BITCHES! LET ME OUT!"

She kicked the door, but nothing happened. Elizabeth kept hitting the door and screaming, but no one came.

"Where's Lizzie?" Lucy asked, looking around.

"She must be late" David said.

"No, she's never late for Glee Club" Alma said.

"That's weird, I didn't see her in science class" Spencer said.

Sam stood up. She was getting worried.

"I'll go look for her" she said, and she ran out of the choir room.

Elizabeth hugged her knees tighter. Tears kept running down her cheeks, even though an hour had passed. Little sobs escaped from her lips. Suddenly, the door was opened, and the girl looked up, surprised.

"Lizzie?"

"Sam!"

Elizabeth threw herself into her girlfriend's arms, crying. Sam hugged her tight.

"Lizzie…"

"Sam, oh my God, Sam!" Elizabeth sobbed loudly "I thought I was going to be there forever!"

"Who did this to you?" Sam asked, anger evident in her voice.

"Natasha and two other girls" Elizabeth said, wiping her tears away.

Sam ran away, leaving Elizabeth behind.

"Sam, wait!"

As Sam ran down the hallway, she felt the anger running through her veins. She looked around, trying to find Natasha. Then, she saw her. Standing there, laughing with her friends. Sam walked towards her. Natasha turned around, and before she could open her mouth to say anything, Sam punched her in the face, with all the strength she could muster.

"You bitch!" Sam exclaimed.

Natasha used to lockers to support herself and avoid falling. Everyone turned to look at them. Natasha looked at Sam, and she hit her too. Sam stepped back, surprised, but then she regained her balance.

"I'm going to kill you!" she screamed.

She grabbed Natasha by her ponytail, and hit her face against the lockers. Sam heard something crashing, and it was the most wonderful sound in the world. No, that was Elizabeth's voice…

"Sam, wait!"

Natasha fell to the floor, and before Sam could attack her again, she felt someone hugging her from behind, restraining her.

"Let go of me! I'm going to kill her!"

"Sam, no, please!" Elizabeth exclaimed, while Sam tried to release herself form her arms "Look at me!"

Sam stopped moving. She stood there, breathing heavily, surrounded by Elizabeth's arms. Natasha's friends were helping her to stand up, and she was covering her nose with her hands, clearly in a lot of pain. The rest of the students kept watching the scene.

"Look at me" Elizabeth cupped Sam's face with her hands, making eye contact "I'm okay, you see? I'm fine."

Sam hugged Elizabeth. She sobbed in her shoulder, while Elizabeth caressed her hair. Sam fell on her knees, crying, and so did Elizabeth.

"It's okay…" Elizabeth whispered "It's okay…"

"Lizzie…" Sam sobbed.

"I'm here, Sam, I'm here."

"What happened here?" Alma exclaimed, running towards them.

She saw Elizabeth and Sam kneeling on the floor, crying, and she saw Natasha surrounded by her friends, covering her face with her hands, with her eyes tight shut because of the pain.

"Call the principal" she said to a nearby student. He nodded and ran away.

The principal office was filled with people. Kurt, Blaine and Elizabeth were sitting next to Sam and her mother. In front of them, there were Natasha, her mother, and the two other girls with their respective parents. Alma and Sue were there too, and finally, William was standing up behind his desk.

"I can't believe it" he said, furious "How could you do something like that?"

Natasha remained silent, looking at the floor. She had a bandage in her nose, and a bruise in her cheek. Natasha's mom looked at William.

"Mr. Schuester, please" she said "Give my daughter another chance. She's not a bad girl"

"Excuse me?" Kurt said, furious "She locked my daughter in a broom closet! Isn't that bad enough for you?"

Blaine, who was holding Elizabeth's hand, looked at William.

"Mr. Schue, I'm sure you won't let her get away with this."

"Of course not" William said.

"The three of you" Sue said, looking at the Cheerios "You're not in my team anymore. I won't have any scum like you in my team."

"No, you're not expelled from the Cheerios" William said, and everybody looked at him, surprised "You're expelled from this school."

Natasha and her friends gasped, looking at him with wide eyes.

"Your behavior was absolutely unforgiveable" he said "I wont' let any of my students hurt the other in any way."

Natasha and the two other girls stood up, and so did their parents. Before leaving the office, Natasha glared at Elizabeth and Sam. When they left, William looked at Sam and Elizabeth. Sam had a bruise in her cheek too.

"Sam, I'm afraid that you must be punished too" he said.

"Why?" Sam said.

"You broke her nose. That's not an acceptable behavior" William explained. He walked towards her and put a hand on her shoulder "I understand your reasons, but if I expelled Natasha, I least I have to suspend you."

Sam looked at her mother, who smiled warmly at her. The girl looked at William, and then she nodded.

"I understand, Mr. Schue"

William smiled and patted her shoulder.

"Lizzie, Sam" Alma said "Why don't you come with me? We can practice the duet one more time if you want"

Both girls nodded. Elizabeth kissed her parents and Sam's mom goodbye, and so did Sam.

"See you, girls" Blaine said.

"Bye" they said.

Alma put an arm around Sam's shoulders, and they walked outside the office. When Elizabeth was about to leave, she turned around and hugged Sue.

"Thank you, coach" she said.

Sue looked at her, surprised. She patted her back.

"You're welcome, Little Porcelain."

Elizabeth hugged William too, and she left the office.

"Mr. Schue, Coach Sylvester, thank you so much" Kurt said.

"It's our job, Porcelain" Sue said.

"We'll take care of them" William assured them, and the three parents nodded.

"Ouch! It hurts!"

"I know, I know. Be still, would you?"

Elizabeth gently put the ice pack against Sam's face. She grimaced a little.

"You didn't have to do that" Elizabeth said.

"Of course I had to"

"No, you didn't. You ended up hurt because of me again"

Elizabeth looked down. Sam placed a finger under her chin, and made her look at her.

"I promised you, remember?" Sam said, looking into Elizabeth's eyes "That I wouldn't let anyone hurt you."

Elizabeth nodded.

"I remember."

"Ouch! It hurts!"

"I know, I know. Be still, would you?"

Elizabeth gently put the ice pack against Sam's face. She grimaced a little.

"You didn't have to do that" Elizabeth said.

"Of course I had to"

"No, you didn't. You ended up hurt because of me"

"I don't care" Sam said "I don't care if I get hurt for protecting you, I won't let anyone hurt you again. I promise."

The six year old girl smiled. Elizabeth smiled too. Once again, the kids from their class had picked up on them. When one of the boys called Elizabeth an ugly word, Sam hit him, and he hit her back. A huge fight started, until the teacher stopped them. The boy was bleeding and crying, but Sam ended up only with a bruise in her cheek.

"Thank you, Sam" Elizabeth kissed Sam in the cheek.

"Thank you, Sam" Elizabeth kissed Sam in the cheek.

Sam smiled. Then, she pointed at something behind Elizabeth. She turned around. Standing in the doorway, there were all the members of the Glee Club.

"Are you okay?" Lucy asked, stepping in. The rest walked behind her.

"Miss Schue told us everything" David said.

The girls looked at them. They all seemed really worried. Elizabeth smiled at them.

"Everything's fine, guys" she said.

"Are you sure?" Barbra said.

"Yeah" Sam said, removing the ice pack from her face.

"Oh, my God!" Anna exclaimed, and everyone grimaced "What happened to your face?"

"Oh, it's nothing" Sam put the ice pack back to its place.

Alma entered the choir room. She sat in front of them, and everyone sat down too.

"Is everything okay, girls?" she asked, and they nodded "Good. I know it's been a stressful day, so what if we do a great number to relieve our tension?"

They agreed, and Alma smiled, standing up.

"Let's go to the auditorium."

All of the kids were together in the stage. The music started to sound, and Lucy started to sing, smiling.

I am unwritten,
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined

Anna sang next, smiling too.

I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned

Barbra was the next one to sing.

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find

Then, Hannah took the lead.

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

All the kids sang together. They danced and jumped around the stage, smiling.

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten, yeah

Elizabeth sang the next lines, holding Sam's hand.

Oh, oh
I break tradition
Sometimes my tries
Are outside the lines, yeah yeah

Sam sang next, looking at Elizabeth.

We've been conditioned
To not make mistakes
But I can't live that way oh, oh

Jonathan stepped forward and sang.

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find

Steven patted Jonathan's back, and sang next, a big smile on his face.

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

They sang together again, enjoying themselves, letting all the worries and the stress fade away with the music.

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

The kids danced, jumped, laughed and sang, putting their whole heart in the song.

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
the rest still unwritten

They stood in a line, clapping and singing, while they smiled at each other.

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Alma smiled brightly at them, as they sang the chorus again.

Sam hugged Elizabeth and lifted her off the floor, laughing.

Elizabeth sang the final lines, and the rest did the background vocals.

The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten

They ended the number with a big group hug. Alma climbed into the stage and joined them, laughing.

"I think what Sam did was really brave" Jonathan said.

"Yes, but it was kinda… stupid." Barbra said "I would've done the same, though."

They were on Jonathan's car. He was driving Barbra to her house. Elizabeth was taking Sam to her house, so she couldn't take her.

"It was horrible from those girls to do that to Lizzie" Jonathan said "She's really strong, if they would have done that to me, I would be crying in a corner or something."

"Lizzie is like her dads." Barbra said, smiling "They are the most strong and brave people I've ever met."

Jonathan smiled at her.

"What?" she asked.

"You really admire them, don't you?"

"Sometimes I wish I could be more like them. Or like my mom" Barbra said, looking out of the window.

"I think you're perfect as you are" Jonathan said, smiling.

Barbra smiled at him too. They got to the house, and Jonathan stopped the car. Barbra opened the door.

"Thank you for driving me" she said. She kissed him goodbye and climbed out of the car.

Before she opened the front door, she waved her hand at him, and Jonathan did the same. When she disappeared into the house, Jonathan started the car and drove away.

"Here we are" Elizabeth said, stopping her car in front of Sam's house.

But Sam didn't climb out. Instead, she moved from her seat and sat on Elizabeth's lap, with her arms around her shoulders. Sam closed her eyes, surrounded by Elizabeth's warmness, her fragrance, her voice, and her arms.

"What are you doing, Sam?"

"Just… let me stay here for a while"

Elizabeth closed her eyes too, and hugged Sam a little tighter.

"Okay" she said, smiling.

Anna took out her ear buds and looked at Hannah, who was lying in the bed next to her, watching TV.

"Hey, Hannah?" she asked, putting her iPod away.

"What?"

"Did you think about what I told you yesterday?"

Hannah looked at her, and she kept watching TV.

"Yes" she said.

"And what did you decide?"

Hannah turned off the TV, and looked at Anna. She licked her lips nervously, while Anna looked at her insistently.

"Well…" Hannah looked at Anna again "Maybe, just maybe…"

"Maybe…?" Anna said impatiently.

"Maybe… I'm ready to love again" Hannah finished with a smile.

"Hannah, that's great!" Anna exclaimed, hugging her sister.

"That doesn't mean I'll start dating someone tomorrow" Hannah said.

"I know" Anna smiled at her "I have an idea"

"What?"

Hannah nodded at Elizabeth, and she started to play the piano. The rest of the Glee Club looked curiously at Hannah, excepting for Anna, who was smiling at her. Hannah sighed and started to sing, looking at her sister.

Seems I was walking in the wrong direction

I barely recognized my own reflection, no

Scared of love, but scared of life alone.

While Elizabeth played the piano, she looked at Sam and winked. Sam smiled at her, and Hannah kept singing.

Seems I've been playing on the safe side baby

Building walls around my heart to save me, oh

But it's time for me to let it go.

Hannah smiled at Anna, singing the chorus.

Yeah, I'm ready to feel now

No longer am I afraid of the fall down

It must be time to move on now

Without the fear of how it might end

I guess I'm ready to love again.

Anna rested her head on James' shoulder, her eyes fixed on her sister.

Just when you think that love will never find you

You run away but still it's right behind you, oh

It's just something that we can't control

Hannah closed her eyes for a moment, before she sang the chorus again, enjoying the song.

Yeah, I'm ready to feel now

No longer am I afraid of the fall down

It must be time to move on now

Without the fear of how it might end

I guess I'm ready to love again.

Steven was looking at her with a little smile. Hannah smiled at him, blushing a little bit.

So come and find me

I'll be waiting up for you

I'll be holding out for you tonight

Hannah closed her eyes, while she sang the last part. A beautiful smile lingered on her lips, as the last notes slipped from her lips.

Yeah, I'm ready to feel now

No longer am I afraid of the fall down

It must be time to move on now

Without the fear of how it might end

I guess I'm ready, ready to love again.

Oh, I'm ready to love again.

Everyone clapped. Anna smiled brightly at Hannah, who sat next to her, blushing.

Thank you for suggesting songs for Sectionals! You helped me a lot ;) Sectionals are in the next chapter, I'm so excited! Please leave a review and I'll love you forever :D