A/N: bold-Mike; italics-Brittany.
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'so, this is love'
chapter two:
floating in a blue lagoon
"Do I love you because you're beautiful,
or are you beautiful because I love you?"
-Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
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Mike Chang had always had a crush on Brittany, even though she wasn't always the brightest crayon in the box, whatever that meant. She was pretty, and she was always bubbly, unlike all the other Cheerios. Mike liked her most because she was completely fine with being herself, and he really dug that when it came to girls.
Mike wanted to make this performance very special for her. He wanted her to win, just so she'd be happy, because of all the girls he knew, she was the one that deserved to be happy. He worked all day that Sunday cleaning his house, making sure that his dad didn't make anymore messes, and that his little brother refrained from breaking anything.
Brittany thought Mike was really cute, even when they were in middle school and she couldn't tell her left from her right, he always helped her in gym. She knew that she wasn't always the smartest girl, but Mike didn't seem to mind that much, and she liked that about him. He wasn't pressuring her into anything she didn't want to do, and he liked her no matter what she did that her other friends thought was embarrassing.
She quickly put on her jeans and a pink t shirt instead of her usual Cheerios uniform and quickly began walking to where Mike lived, three blocks down. He had moved near her last year, when his dad had remarried, and she always saw Mike on her way to school in the morning. He always waved at her, his face lit up, and she would grin back.
Her walk was fairly short, and when she reached the familiar red brick house she lifted her hand to knock on the large brown door. Her knuckles had barely reached the door when the door was yanked open by a little Chinese boy carrying a small plastic sword. He grinned up at her, his front two teeth missing.
"Hi! I'm Johnny!" The little boy exclaimed grabbing Brittany's hand and dragging her into the large living room.
"Hello Johnny, I'm Brittany." She smiled kindly back to the small voice. "I like your sword." The little boy grinned at her.
"It's my favorite! My brother got it for me. He talks about you all the time." The child said, rolling his dark eyes and making a face of disgust. She just laughed.
"Oh my god, Britt! I didn't hear you knock!" She turned around to see Mike standing in the doorway looking embarrassed by his smaller brother.
"Johnathan leave Michael and his friend alone, you can play sword fighting with me." A taller version of Mike said, smiling kindly at his son.
The little boy jumped up and ran out of the larger room and back up the staircase, waving his sword around, fending off dragons and pirates. Mike smiled at his father and walked to where Brittany stood, looking at the family room.
"Hello, you must be Brittany, I'm Mark; Mike has told me a lot about you." Brittany blushed and stuck her hand out to meet the older man's.
"Thanks, Dr. Chang. You're very tall." She said, looking at how he towered over her. Mike grinned at the small blond girl and how silly she was.
"Well, thank you, sorry to dash, but I did promise to banish dragons with my younger son." With that he walked quickly towards the staircase, waving goodbye to Brittany.
"My dad's really excited we're doing this, he works at the hospital." He said, pulling Brittany into his spotless room.
"I think it'll be fun too!" Brittany smiled, and hugged Mike quickly, who looked as if he might faint.
"Me too, Britt. I hope you like the song I picked." He said, brushing a hair from her face, not letting her go.
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"Mike! I'm nervous. What if I trip or-" Brittany was worrying, again, and Mike placed a finger to her soft lips.
"Britt, you're going to be brilliant. I just know it." He smiled down to her, and she squeezed his fingers briefly before looking out the door.
"The next pair of performers are Mike Chang and Brittany Morris!" Mr. Schuester announced, and all the kids clapped as the two came out.
Brittany's shiny dress matched her red wig, and Mike's sailor outfit looked pretty ridiculous, but he helped her so that she wouldn't trip over her feet up to the stage. The familiar music started and he smiled encouragingly at her. She sat on the other side of the stage from Mike, looking off in the distance.
"There you see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got a lot to say
But there's something about her
And you don't know why
But you're dying to try
You wanna kiss the girl"
He sang, winking at the group of sick kids, and nodding towards Brittany in a hopeless way. She grinned and stood, spinning before raising her microphone to her pink lips.
"Yes, you want her
Look at her, you know you do
Possible she wants you too
There is one way to ask her
It don't take a word
Not a single word
Go on and kiss the girl"
She smiled flirtatiously at the Asian boy, and puckered her lips, dancing around him. He grinned back swaying with the music as they both sang.
"Sha la la la la la
My oh my
Look like the boy too shy
Ain't gonna kiss the girl
Sha la la la la la
Ain't that sad?
Ain't it a shame?
Too bad, he gonna miss the girl"
She took his hand and swayed with him, his fingers tracing patterns in her back as they spun around the room, all the kids transfixed on the two teens.
"Now's your moment
Floating in a blue lagoon
Boy you better do it soon
No time will be better
She don't say a word
And she won't say a word
Until you kiss the girl"
She leaned against him, her head resting on his chest as he held her close, kissing her forehead. He released her before he began singing once again.
"Sha la la la la la
Don't be scared
You got the mood prepared
Go on and kiss the girl
Sha la la la la la
Don't stop now
Don't try to hide it how
You want to kiss the girl"
They both came together once more, all the of the kids smiling at the singing pair as the song reached it's end.
"Sha la la la la la
Float along
And listen to the song
The song say kiss the girl
Sha la la la la
The music play
Do what the music say
You got to kiss the girl
You've got to kiss the girl
You wanna kiss the girl
You've gotta kiss the girl
Go on and kiss the girl"
The song ended, and Brittany took a bow, still holding tight to Mike's hand. He grinned at her, and then did a small break dance for the crowd of kids, who immediately began cheering and clapping for the two. Mike was sure that Brittany had never looked more beautiful.