Back In Session Chapter 6: 01x05: British Invasion, a glee fanfic

Roll tide roll! Hey y'all, Alabama is playing Michigan tonight, so I'm super pumped. I'm a hardcore Alabama fan. Haha! My life is currently crazy so I'm glad I can type this whilst watching football. Enjoy!

Songs Used:
My Heart Skips A Beat, Olly Murs
Taken (One Direction)/Want U Back (Cher Lloyd)
Wings, Little Mix
Up All Night, One Direction
Kiss Me, Ed Sheeran

Yes, it's British Invasion!

01x05: British Invasion

THE CAST:

Dolly Levi: Lorhin
Horace Vandergelder: Theo
Cornelius: Neal
Barnaby: Cody
Irene: Dawn
Minnie Fay: Hannah
Ambrose: Oliver
Ermengarde: Bailey
Extras: Jordana, James

Lorhin grinned. "Yes."

All Oliver felt as he was slammed into a locker by a wheelchair was the cold, hard surface making bruises on his back. Everyone would see them because he had a competition Saturday.

"Gymnastics is for girls," Elle sneered, grinning as Latisha snorted at how pathetic Oliver was. The lean boy shouldered his backpack and groaned, walking to Glee uninterestedly. It hadn't been his year.

"Oliver," Bailey grinned as soon as Oliver walked into the choir room. Seeing the look on his face, however, made the grin slide off. "What's wrong?"

"Everyone is at it again," he frowned. "Just because I do gymnastics doesn't mean they have to shove me into lockers."

"I thought it was just slushies…" Bailey trailed off.

"It's a recent thing," Oliver explained. Bailey nodded and motioned for him to sit beside her. Soon more people began trickling in, acting normally: Dawn and Lorhin talking excitedly, Theo with his confident swagger, and Neal being the all-around good guy. Hannah wasn't present.

Will walked in, seeming very inspired. "Guys, I have it!" He grinned. Everyone looked to each other; this sounded dangerous.

He wrote two words on the board: British Invasion. "British music is legendary," he explained. "From the Beatles to One Direction to Cher Lloyd and Ed Sheeran, they are notorious for good music. I think this year for Sectionals we do a British tribute!"

Lorhin let out an excited scream and began flailing. "Oh my gosh!" She freaked out. "I absolutely British things! British everything! Oh my gosh!" She glanced around curiously before regaining her composure and sitting up straighter. "Yeah…" she finished lamely.

Will grinned at her enthusiasm. "Awesome! I'm glad you guys are pumped! Now try to get some British songs prepared to narrow down our setlist!"

Oliver looked to Bailey, who was pretty excited. He knew she liked British things. But he wasn't sure exactly what song to sing her. Not that he was going to sing to her. Nope. Not at all.

When everyone was chatting excitedly, Neal made a quick observation. "Where's Hannah?"

Will got a funny look on his face and said, "She was excused from school. She'll be back in a few days, though, no worries."

Neal crinkled his brow in confusion. "But she said she'd help me with anatomy…what's a femur, Mr. Schue?"

Will frowned and said, "No more discussion, Neal."

He frowned. He had a bad feeling about this.

"Okay, dance line! Practice your kicks!" The coach yelled out, and the dance team looked to each other. When McKinley added a dance line to the football halftime show, Lorhin was really excited. She had been dancing since she was a little girl, she had this in the bag. Sure enough, she made it, and was escalated up into the popular ranks.

Lorhin danced flawlessly but still she felt off. She quickly glanced at the much skinner girl next to her and looked away. She didn't feel like she was supposed to be with these pretty girls. But it is what it is.

Dance practice was grueling. Lorhin, clad in McKinley shorts and a dance line tee shirt, grabbed her dance bag and exited the gym. Of course, she was distracted and wasn't watching where she was going, so she crashed straight into a guy on a skateboard. Oh God, not another one…

"We keep meeting like this," a familiar voice chuckled. Lorhin looked to see Spencer, the guy who ran over her a few weeks ago. His hair was falling across his eyes and she felt the inexplicable need to brush it away from his eyebrows.

"This time it was my fault," she admitted, standing. "Sorry about that."

"It's cool," Spencer winked, hopping back on the skateboard. "Aren't you in that Glee club?"

"Yeah, why?" Lorhin asked cautiously.

"Just wondering why a girl of your social standing would endure that," he asked.

"I love it," she argued. "That's all that matters."

"Sure, sure…" he grinned. "See you around, klutz," he winked, skateboarding around her, then taking off down the hallway.

Lorhin rolled her eyes playfully and called out, "I'm not a klutz! I take ballet!"

Oliver raised his hand, saying, "Mr. Schue? I have a song I'd like to perform."

"Great, go ahead, Oliver!"

The opening to 'Heart Skips a Beat' by Olly Murs started and Oliver sang out,

"My heart skips, skips skips
Skips, skips, skips
A beat…"

He began dancing with grace and ease he learned from gymnastics before singing out,

"I can see you're not yourself
Even when you're here with me
I know that you're somewhere else
So put another record on
Kiss and lead me on
Nothing really matters when we're dancing
Listen to the same sad song playing on repeat
Cause every time we come this close
My heart skips, skips a beat!"

He grinned and looked directly at his best friend, belting,

"So come on spin me around
Now I don't wanna go home
Cause when you hold me like this, you know
My heart skips, skips a beat
I know I should, but I can't leave it alone
And when you hold me like this
That's when my heart skips, skips a beat
Oh oh oh oh oh…"

He motioned for Theo, who stood up and rapped,

"Yeah, at the start of the night I was like, what?
Let's have a team talk
Playing with this lady isn't something I'd agree for
Vibes keep going up and down like a see saw
Should have taken to the cinema to see Saw
Ooh, she let me sleep with her
I figured her figure's a sure sure winner
Plus, I've got to leave from the back I'm a skipper…"

Oliver sang out,

"You make my heart skip, skip, skip
Skip, skip, skip a beat!
So come on spin me around
Now I don't wanna go home
Cause when you hold me like this, you know
My heart skips, skips a beat
I know I should, but I can't leave it alone
And when you hold me like this
That's when my heart skips, skips a beat
Oh oh oh oh oh…"

He finished strong and grinned. Everyone in Glee clapped.

"I love that song," Lorhin gushed. "Olly Murs is attractive."

"Great job, Oliver," Will said. "But it's not really Sectionals material. Keep thinking guys!"

"Hannah, where are you?" Neal asked when she picked up the phone that night.

"Stuff is happening," she deadpanned.

"Well, yes, but are you okay?" Neal questioned.

"Vaguely," she said. He could hear nothing in the background to give away her location.

"Hannah…" he sighed. "What's going on?"

"My mom was in a car crash and is in the hospital," she responded. "Is that what you wanted to know?"

"Yeah, actually," he said, saddened. "How is she?"

"Unconscious," Hannah said. "She was going to get my birthday cake when a drunk driver hit her. She is in a coma."

"Wow," Neal muttered…before he caught a detail. "It's your birthday?"

"Tomorrow is," she said. "Sweet sixteen."

"Oh…" Neal said, feeling like a crappy friend. He was struck with the novel idea that he really knew nothing about Hannah. "I'm sorry."

"Whatever," she deadpanned. "I'll do what I always do. Nothing."

"On my birthday, my mom usually makes me my favorite dinner and I can't open my presents until midnight. It's really fun," Neal mused to her. "Wait…I have an idea."

"You wanted to sing something?" Cody asked Lorhin expectantly, looking at Theo and Dawn, who were also invited.

"I have an amazing idea for a Sectionals number I want to try," she smiled, handing them homemade sheet music. "Cody, sing where designated. Same for you guys, Theo and Dawn."

She pressed play on her CD player and she motioned for Cody to begin.

"Now that you can't have me
You suddenly want me
Now that I'm with somebody else
You tell me you love me…"

The music began to quicken up considerably and Theo sang out,

"I slept on your doorstep
Begging for one chance
Now that I finally moved on
You say that you missed me all along…"

The music got even quicker, and Lorhin grunted. Then she sang out,

"Boy you can say anything you wanna
I don't give a shhh
No one else can have you
I want you back, I want you back
Want you, want you back!"

Theo and Cody belted out in perfect harmony,

"Who do you think you are?
Who do you think I am?
You only loved to see me breaking
You only want me cause I'm taken!"

Dawn grinned and sang out,

"I broke it off, thinking you'd be crying
Now I feel like shhh looking at you flying
I want you back, I want you back
Want you, want you, back!"

Theo belted,

"You don't really want my heart
No, you just like to know you can
Still be the one who gets it breaking
You only want me when I'm taken!"

Lorhin grinned and sang out,

"Please, this ain't even jealousy
She ain't got a thing on me, trying to rock them ugly jeans, jeans, jeans
You clearly didn't think this through
If what I've been told is true
You'll be crawling back like boo, hoo, hoo…"

Dawn belted,

"Remember all the things you and I did first?
And now you're doing them with her?
Remember all the things you and I did first?
You got me, got me like this
And now you're taking her to every restaurant
And everywhere we went, come on!
And now you're taking her to every restaurant
You got me, got me like this!"

They sang,

"Boy you can say anything you wanna
I don't give a shhh
No one else can have you
I want you back, I want you back
Want you, want you back!"

Theo and Cody belted out in perfect harmony,

"Who do you think you are?
Who do you think I am?
You only loved to see me breaking
You only loved to see me breaking
You only want me cause I'm taken!"

Dawn grinned and sang out,

"I broke it off, thinking you'd be crying
Now I feel like shhh looking at you flying
I want you back, I want you back
Want you, want you, back!"

Theo belted,

"You don't really want my heart
No, you just like to know you can
Still be the one who gets it breaking
You only want me when I'm taken!"

Cody sang out with Dawn,

"Thank you for showing me
Who you are underneath…"

Theo and Lorhin harmonized,

"Thank you, I don't need
Another heartless misery…"

Cody and Dawn trilled,

"You think I'm doing this to make you jealous
And I know that you hate to hear this…"

Theo and Lorhin belted,

"But this is not about you anymore…"

They repeated the choruses again, and finished with a laugh.

"I think it's great," Cody admitted. "We'd each get solos. I approve."

"Well we are the most talented members of Glee," Lorhin conceded. "With you guys as the leading men and us as the leading ladies, it's a perfect combination."

Jordana looked angrily at Bailey and Hannah (who had shown up at school an hour late that morning.) She was wearing her usual headband and high-waisted loose-fitted pants, with a tank top tucked in and a few scarves.

"Girls…we cannot let the guys show us up this week," she said. "Unfortunately, Lorhin and Dawn are plotting something with Theo and Cody, so we are the only ones who are still able to beat them. We need to prove to Mr. Schue that we can handle solos and stuff!"

"I totally agree," Bailey said. "He seems to favor the guys over the girls anyway. We need to get an edge."

"I love both conflict and controversy so I'm in," Hannah deadpanned.

"Great. I have just the song."

"We have a song, Mr. Schue," Bailey smiled. "Me, Hannah, and Jordana."

"Show us what you got!" He grinned, motioning to the empty stage.

Upbeat, peppy music started up, and the girls, each clad in coordinating outfits (Hannah in brown high-waisted shorts and a turquoise peasant shirt, Bailey in a brown skirt and a turquoise fitted tee, and Jordana in brown jeans and a turquoise top) sang out in unison:

"Mama told me not to waste my life
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
And if they give you shhh
Then they can walk on by…"

Everyone went crazy at the fantastic vocals, and Bailey belted out,

"My feet, feet can't touch the ground
And I can't hear a sound
But you just keep on running up your mouth, yeah…"

Hannah was dancing for once, and it was actually really good. She belted out and Neal almost swooned like a girl.

"Walk, walk on over there
Cause I'm too fly to care, oh yeah…"

Jordana belted out,

"Your words don't mean a thing
I'm not listening
Keep talking, all I know is…"

They sang out again,

"Mama told me not to waste my life
She said spread your wings my little butterfly
Don't let what they say keep you up at night
And they can't detain you
Cause wings are made to fly
And don't let nobody bring us down
No matter what you say it won't hurt me
Don't matter if I fall from the sky
These wings are made to fly!"

Jordana grinned cockily at James before belting out powerfully,

"I'm firing up on that runway
I know we're gonna get there someday
But we don't need no ready, steady go, no…"

Hannah belted out,

"Talk, talk turns into air
And I don't even care, oh yeah…"

Bailey belted out,

"Your words don't mean a thing
I'm not listening
Keep talking, all I know is…"

They belted out,

"I don't need no one saying…" Jordana sang out.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!" The Glee club sang out.

"I don't need no one saying," Hannah and Jordana harmonized.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!" Everyone shouted.

Bailey and Hannah harmonized,

"You better keep on walking
I don't wanna hear your talking, boy
You better keep on walking
I don't wanna hear your talking, boy!"

Jordana belted out,

"Your words don't mean a thing
I'm not listening
They're just like water off my wings!"

They sang out one last time,

They ended with a pose, and everyone went wild.

"Adore this song," Lorhin said, grinning at her fellow Glee clubbers. "Maybe for a pep rally or something! Good job though!"

Jordana glared. This had to stop.

"Hey, do you want to go get me a water from the water machine?" Neal asked, handing Hannah a dollar. Glee practice was about to start, and she was early for once.

"Sure," she said, standing. "Why not."

"I only drink from the water machine on the second floor," he said.

She rolled her eyes but complied, and left quietly. Neal stood when the door shut and said, "Guys, I'm throwing Hannah a sixteenth birthday party this weekend. It's a surprise." He reached for his backpack to take out some bright yellow flyers and passed them around. "Her mom was in a car wreck and is now in a coma. She turned sixteen yesterday, but her party will be Friday night. It's at my house. My parents are out of town, so it'll be fun!"

"Alcohol?" Theo asked with an eyebrow raise.

"I'm not supplying it," Neal said pointedly. He glanced out the window to see Hannah coming with his water. "Quick, hide your papers and act normal!"

He rushed to his seat and everyone resumed their conversations.

"What'd I miss?" She asked sarcastically.

"I thought this wasn't a date…" Hannah asked as Neal blindfolded her and told her not to move Friday night.

"People don't use blindfolds on dates…" Neal pondered, confused.

Hannah shrugged. "I get that you're hungry, but why do I have to come with you? With a blindfold?"

"You'll see," Neal said, trying to sound mysterious.

"Right…" Hannah monotoned. She was dressed in a short, flowy light pink dress and moccasins. Her hair was wavy. She looked really pretty, Neal noticed. But he pulled into his driveway and his thoughts were interrupted.

"Where are we?" Hannah sighed.

Neal straightened his yellow Polo and said, "My house."

"Should I be concerned?" Hannah asked, raising her eyebrows.

"No," Neal said, hopping out of his car to open up Hannah's car door. He helped her to the door and when he opened it, he pulled off the blindfold. Everyone in Glee club, dressed to the nines, yelled 'Surprise!'

Hannah jumped back into Neal, but then she said, "Is this for me?"

"Yeah!" Dawn smiled. "Neal wanted to throw you a birthday party."

"That's really nice of him, but he need not have bothered," she said through gritted teeth.

"We don't mean it offensively," Theo tried. "We're being nice. Come on, please stay and party with us?"

Hannah looked to the ground. "Okay."

Everyone cheered and turned on some music. There was tons of singing and dancing, so of course, Theo burst out, "It feels like we've been living in fast forward, another moment passing by…"

Bailey and Oliver were dancing together, avoiding the alcohol Theo brought, and grinned when James sang, "The party's ending but it's now or never, nobody's going home tonight!"

Cody grabbed a cup and sang, "Katy Perry's on replay, she's on replay, DJ got the floor to shake, the floor to shake…"

"People going all the way, all the way," Theo sang, winking.

"I'm still wide awake," Neal sang, pulling Hannah a bit closer.

Lorhin, Bailey, and Dawn sang out, "I wanna stay up all night and jump around until we see the sun!"

Neal sang, dancing crazily with Hannah, "I wanna stay up all night and find a girl and tell her she's the one!"

James and Jordana sang together, "Hold onto the feeling, and don't let it go, cause we got to go now, get out of control!"

The whole Glee club sang together,

"I wanna stay up all night and do it all with you
Up all night, like this all night
Up all night, like this all night
Up all night!"

"Don't even care about the table breaking, we only wanna have a laugh," Lorhin sang.

"I'm only thinking about this girl I'm seeing, I hope she'll wanna kiss me back," Neal belted.

"Katy Perry's on replay, she's on replay," Oliver sang, "DJ got the floor to shake, floor to shake."

"People going all the way, all the way, I'm still wide awake!" Dawn sang out.

Theo and Cody sang out, "I wanna stay up all night and jump around until we see the sun!"

Oliver sang to Bailey, "I wanna stay up all night and find a girl and tell her she's the one!"

James and Jordana sang together, "Hold onto the feeling, and don't let it go, cause we got to go now, get out of control!"

The whole Glee club sang together,

"I wanna stay up all night and do it all with you
Up all night, like this all night
Up all night, like this all night
Up all night!"

Hannah hopped up on a counter with Neal as Theo and James began goofing off. She sang out,

"Katy Perry's on replay, she's on replay
(We're gonna wanna stay up all night)
DJ's got the floor to shake, the floor to shake
(We're gonna wanna stay up all night)
Up all night, up all night
We're gonna wanna stay up all night!"

Oliver, Bailey, and Cody sang out, "I wanna stay up all night and jump around until we see the sun!"

Neal sang laughing with Hannah, "I wanna stay up all night and find a girl and tell her she's the one!"

James and Theo sang together, "Hold onto the feeling, and don't let it go, cause we got to go now, get out of control!"

The whole Glee club sang together,

"I wanna stay up all night and do it all with you
Up all night, like this all night
Up all night, like this all night
Up all night!"

"I had a really great time tonight," Hannah smiled at Neal as he walked her to his car. He was planning to drive her home. Most everyone hadn't stayed up all night; everyone left around two am. Hannah stayed to help clean up and now, at 4 am, she was going home.

Neal opened her car door and she hopped in. "No problem. I felt like a bad friend since I didn't know your birthday. So I hope this makes up for it."

"Definitely," she smiled. He pulled his car out of the driveway to take her home, and he looked across to see Hannah looking really at ease. A warm feeling entered his chest and he got really confused. She looked really pretty tonight.

"You look really pretty tonight," he said, like word-vomit. He cursed inside his head, because hello, that was stupid.

"No," Hannah disagreed. "Not really."

"How could you say that?" Neal asked, baffled. "You're super pretty."

"Not Lorhin pretty," Hannah admitted, and Neal felt like she wasn't as guarded right now.

"No, you aren't," Neal agreed. "Because you're Hannah pretty. Beautiful even."

"That's a nice thought, but let's be realistic," Hannah monotoned.

"Whatever," Neal said, deciding to agree to disagree. He turned on the radio to break the silence. A song he knew pretty well came on, and he looked at Hannah. He felt a lump in his throat as he sang out,

"Settle down with me
Cover me up
Cuddle me in
Lie down with me
And hold me in your arms
And your heart's against my chest
Your lips pressed to my neck
I'm falling for your eyes
But they don't know me yet…"

Hannah looked at Neal curiously. She usually wasn't a sucker for a melody but these lyrics were beautiful. She never thought he actually meant them.

"And with a feeling I'll forget
I'm in love now
Kiss me like you wanna be loved
Like you wanna be loved
Like you wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love…"

His voice got a little stronger and he sang,

"Settle down with me
And I'll be your safety
You'll be my lady
I was made to keep your body warm
But I'm cold as the wind blows
So hold me in your arms
Oh no
My heart's against your chest
Your lips pressed to my neck
I'm falling for your eyes
But they don't know me yet
And with this feeling I'll forget
I'm in love now…"

Hannah looked sadly at Neal as he belted,

"Kiss me like you wanna be loved
Like you wanna be loved
Like you wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love…"

Neal was in Hannah's driveway but he continued to sing,

"Yeah I've been feeling everything
From hate to love
From love to lust
From lust to truth
I guess that's how I know you
So I hold you close
To help you give it up
Kiss me like you wanna be loved
Like you wanna be loved
Like you wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love…"

He finished softly, and Hannah looked at him, scanning him with her green eyes.

"Are you in love with me?" She asked with a bone-chilling calmness.

"I think so," Neal stuttered out.

She looked away from him. "Don't be. Stop. Find someone else, you just can't fall for me."

"So you don't feel anything for me?" Neal asked, confused and hurt. "At all?"

"Just don't fall for me," Hannah warned, her voice thick.

"How can you not care about me?" Neal asked, now getting angry. "I've been there for you! I was your friend!"

"My only friend!" Hannah yelled. "I don't want to screw this up by being stupid, because love is stupid and I'm stupid! I can't do this!"

"Qui being selfish," Neal said. "I am falling for you, I could love you, don't throw this away!"

"I have to," Hannah said, beginning to cry.

Neal pulled her close and let her cry. He'd never seen her cry before, not like this. She pulled away and wiped her eyes, mascara running down her face.

"I could love you," Neal tried again. "Give me a chance to."

A/N: What will Hannah say? Dun dun dun! I love cliffhangers. So much. Send me opinions in the reviews! Next week? Well it's the school musical! So…musical week!

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