The general consensus is Team Neal. Interesting. We'll see. Cue mysterious music. I adore Aaron…tough choices, here…hmm. Well, you guys better feel lucky- thanks to all of you reviews, I felt inspired enough to write a second chapter! This won't happen often, because of my busy schedule. But I guess it could be a one time thing. ;)
Here is the list of songs for the chapter, as always.
Kissed You Goodnight, Gloriana
Look After You, The Fray
Fly Me To The Moon, Frank Sinatra
Scream, Usher
Wow I love pretty much every song in this chapter. Haha. Enjoy!
01x07: Trouble
"Psst," Oliver said, throwing a note at Baailey from across the room. She ignored him and he threw another one. "Psst!" He said a little louder. She grinned and began to play with her long blonde ponytail. She opened the note he threw at her, blue eyes scanning the written words.
Free tonight?
Bailey rolled her eyes and scribbled her response.
Yes. Why?
She threw it back at him and he caught it effortlessly. She watched as he grinned, and wrote something down.
Will you go out with me?
Bailey looked in disbelief. Was this really happening? She looked at Oliver's hopeful expression and gulped. She wrote down her answer before throwing the note across the room. Right as the bell rang, Oliver opened it.
Yes.
"Now that we have a Sectionals win under our belts," Mr. Schue began in Glee that day, everyone listening intently, "It should be easier to dominate at Regionals."
"We go there too?" Hannah groaned. She despised those uncomfortable heels she was forced to wear. And the costumes. Ugh. That said plenty.
"Yes…" Will said, looking at her curiously. "We'll be facing both Dalton Academy and Aural Intensity, so we have to bring our game faces."
James snorted and everyone glanced at him. "What?" He asked, confused. "You guys don't get it? Aural Intensity…" he trailed off. Theo grinned and Jordana guffawed loudly.
"Yes, it's an unfortunate name…" Hannah deadpanned. "As unfortunate as the thirteen whales that washed up dead last week…" she trailed off, lost in thought.
"Well, we need to know who we're up against," Neal said, standing. "I think we should have a stake out. Let's spy on our competition. All the great show choir legends did it!" He made up, trying to think of some way to encourage them to go along with him.
"Really?" Hannah deadpanned.
"Spying isn't allowed, and it just doesn't sound right," Dawn tried, facing Lorhin. "Don't you agree?"
"No, spying is a great idea," she grinned. "I am all for it."
"Guys, guys," Will started, "Spying will get you disqualified. We should focus more on preparing for Regionals. I think I've found a Journey song that will win us points from the judges-"
"Seriously?" Jordana said to James. "This sounds like a train wreck. We need to see what we're up against."
"Two steps ahead of you," he said, pulling out his phone.
"Mr. Schue?" Bailey said, raising her hand. "Oliver and I have an idea for Regionals."
"Wow…" Will said. "That's awesome! Go ahead, show us what you got."
"Everyone's a sucker for a sappy duet," Oliver explained. "We figured this would be perfect."
The guitars started up and Oliver sang out, looking at Bailey,
"I dropped you off
Just a little after midnight
I sat in my car
Till you turned off your porch light
I should've kissed you
I should've pushed you up against the wall
I should've kissed you
Just like I wasn't scared at all…"
The two joined in perfect, beautiful harmony,
"I turned off the car
Ran through the yard
Back to your front door
Before I could knock
You turned the lock
Met me on the front porch
And I kissed you
Goodnight
Now that I've kissed you
It's a good night, goodnight
Baby, a good night…"
Bailey grinned and sang out,
"You couldn't see me
Watching through the window
Wondering what went wrong
Praying that you wouldn't go
You should've kissed me
You should've pushed me up against the wall
You should've kissed me
I was right on the edge and ready to fall…"
Bailey and Oliver belted out,
"I turned off the car
Ran through the yard
Back to your front door
Before I could knock
You turned the lock
Met me on the front porch
And I kissed you
Goodnight
Now that I've kissed you
It's a good night, goodnight
Baby, a good night…"
Bailey sang clearly,
"You turned off the car
Ran through the yard
Back to my front door…"
Oliver joined in to sing,
"Half scared to death
Can't catch my breath
Aren't these the moments we live for?"
They sang out passionately,
"And I kissed you
Goodnight
Now that I've kissed you
It's a good night, goodnight
Baby, goodnight
It's a good night, goodnight
Baby, goodnight
It's a good night, goodnight
Baby, a good night
It's a good night, good night
Baby, goodnight…"
They smiled at each other and everyone burst into applause. Both teens were extremely talented; everyone could see they needed to feature them more in songs.
"That's excellent you guys- definitely something to consider. Okay, let's think of some more Journey songs!"
"Hannah," Lorhin said to the short girl as she opened her locker. "I need your assistance."
"No, I can't pole dance," Hannah said absentmindedly. "That's not a good strategy for Regionals."
"Uh…" Lorhin looked at her confusedly. "Huh?"
"Did you say something?" Hannah asked, turning to face Lorhin. She adjusted the strap of her cutoff overalls (paired with a flowing peasant top and ankle boots) and raised her eyebrows.
"Yes," Lorhin continued, regaining her composure. "I need you to spy on the Warblers."
"Well this plot line seems a little familiar," Hannah mused.
"Familiar to what?" Lorhin asked.
"Just some show I saw on TV the other day," the blonde explained. "But I really don't want to spy on them. I mean, they're my friends."
"We're your friends!" Lorhin exclaimed, frustrated.
"Really?" Hannah snorted. "You guys sure act like it…"
"Hannah," Lorhin tried again, "If we win Regionals, no one will push us around ever again! It's foolproof. Come on, please?"
"Whatever," Hannah said, walking away. "Not my fault if they figure it out!"
"Hannah!" Caleb exclaimed, rushing forward to hug her. She hugged back tighter and breathed in the familiar scent. She glanced at Michael over his shoulder and pulled away. "What are you doing here?"
"Mom's passed out on the couch again," Hannah explained. Her house was lonely. Hannah liked isolation but being ignored wasn't her first option.
"I see," Caleb said, tilting his head up in that peculiar way he always did. Michael giggled and Hannah looked to him.
"Hello," she said, before sitting on the couch amongst all the Warblers. The majority of them couldn't stand her. She crashed far too many practices and when she did, Caleb was always distracted with whatever melodramatic problem she had. In their opinion, she needed her visitor's pass revoked.
They got up and moved, leaving Hannah with Michael and Caleb. She glanced around the Warblers' commons and sighed. "Aren't you guys having practice today?"
Michael and Caleb looked to each other, before looking back at her. "Aaron is refusing to come out of his room," Michael said sadly, his green eyes falling to the floor.
"It's that time of year, I guess…" Caleb said quietly.
"What time of year?" Hannah asked quickly.
"He…doesn't like people knowing his private business," Caleb admitted.
"Maybe I can go talk him out of it," Hannah smirked, before standing. Caleb and Michael rushed after her. Caleb grabbed her and Michael led her to where she assumed was Aaron's room. Michael put his ear up to the door and said, "We're clear, he's just playing piano."
Hannah went inside without knocking and watched as Aaron pounded away on the keys, not meeting her eye.
"What's up?" She called out over the music.
"Nothing, everything, anything," Aaron said, eyes steely.
"Man-period?" Hannah asked sympathetically.
"No…" Aaron said, trailing confusedly. "Come here." He motioned to the piano bench. She sat down beside him, taking time to observe the room. The piano was beside the window and took up most of the room. The closet and the bed were the only other things in the room, beside a small bookshelf and the door that led to the bathroom.
Caleb and Michael followed and stood around the piano.
"This time last year…" Aaron begin hesitantly, "My mom died."
"My dad died, too," Hannah said. "We both have dead parents. How convenient."
He smiled a bit at her dry humor, but continued, "It was really hard on my family. My dad's specialty is neurology. She had a brain tumor, they had to operate immediately. But she didn't survive. And…now I can't ever see her again."
"Were you close?"
"Very," Aaron smiled. "Don't know who I pissed off to make karma so mad at me," he laughed.
Hannah didn't.
She instead pressed a key on the piano and said, "I'm sad for you."
Aaron looked at her strangely, but not badly. "Thank you."
He smiled and played a few keys on the piano before launching into a full-fledged melody. It was soft and lingering. He looked at Hannah and sang out soulfully,
"If I don't say this now
I will surely break
As I'm leaving
The one I want to take…"
Hannah smiled and sang out the upper harmony with, her voice flowing beautifully with his,
"Forget the urgency
But hurry up and wait
My heart has started to separate…"
Aaron sang alone,
"Oh, oh, be my baby
Ohhh
Oh, oh, be my baby
And I'll look after you…"
Caleb smiled softly and looked at Michael, singing alone,
"There now, steady love
So few come and don't go
Will you, won't you
Be the one I'll always know…"
Michael sang out clearly, Caleb singing harmony,
"When I'm losing my control
The city spins around
You're the only one who knows
You slow it down…"
The four teens sang softly in four part harmony,
"Oh, oh, be my baby
Ohhh
Oh, oh, be my baby
And I'll look after you…"
"And I'll look after you," Aaron sang out, hitting the note flawlessly.
"If ever there was a doubt, my love, he leans into me…" Hannah sang.
"This most assuredly counts, he says most assuredly…" Caleb belted.
Aaron sang out simply,
"Oh, oh, be my baby
I'll look after you
After you
Oh, oh, be my baby
Ohhh
It's always have and never hold
You've begun to feel like home…"
Hannah belted out bravely,
"What's mine is yours to leave or take
What's mine is yours to make your own…"
All four teens sang in perfect harmony,
"Oh, oh, be my baby
Ohhh
Oh, oh, be my baby
Ohhh
Oh, oh, be my baby
Ohhh
Oh, oh, be my baby
Ohhh…"
"Did you get any useful information?" Lorhin asked the next day.
"You could say that…" Hannah said vaguely.
"Hannah…" Lorhin warned.
"What?" She asked, trying to walk away from her, but Lorhin stopped her. "Fine…they are super talented and they want to have a little mixer before Regionals. It's tomorrow night at 6," Hannah told her, making a mental note to organize a mixer.
"Fantastic," she grinned. "I'll organize an impromptu musical number, something deep and emotional."
"Fine by me," Hannah smirked.
"Welcome to the Dalton Academy and McKinley High School mixer!" Lorhin called out to the two show choirs. "We will begin by welcoming you in song. We have prepared a quick musical number."
"So did we," Caleb grinned.
"Great," Lorhin grinned, getting flustered by the sheer number of private school boys. "Yes. Well. Let's begin."
The Glee club sat on stools, each wearing pale yellow. Neal cleared his throat and sang out,
"Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me know what spring is like
Among Jupiter and Mars…"
The Glee club began to add backing vocals. Dawn grinned and sang out beautifully,
"In other words, hold my hand
In other words, darling kiss me…"
Theo belted out,
"Fill my heart with joy
And let me sing forever more
Because you are all I long for
All I worship and all I adore…"
Cortney sang,
"In other words, please be true
In other words, in other words
In other words, I love you…"
It came back to Neal, who belted,
"Fill my heart with joy
And let me sing forever more
Because you are all I long for
All I worship and all I adore
In other words, please be true
In other words
In other words
In other words
I love you…"
The song came to a close and the Warblers clapped obligingly, though they grinned at each other. Caleb stood and the Warblers followed him.
"You guys are really talented. But it's going to take a lot more than a pretty melody to win Regionals," he said, smirking. Hannah glared. The Warblers turned around to make the opening sounds to Scream by Usher.
Caleb and Aaron turned around. Aaron said, "Warblers, baby. Yeah, we did it again…and this time, we're gonna make you scream…"
Caleb grinned and sang out, winking at the Glee club,
"I see you over there, so hypnotic
Thinking about what I'd do to that body
I'd get you like
Ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby…"
Dawn was blushing red as a tomato. Aaron winked and began to dance, and the Warblers copied behind him. He sang out,
"Got no drink in my hand
But I'm wasted
Getting drunk off the thought
Of you naked
I'd get you like
Ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby…"
Caleb sang out earnestly,
"And I ain't trying to fight it, to fight it
But you're so magnetic, magnetic…"
Aaron belted,
"Got one life, just live it, just live it
Now relax, sing it on your back…"
Caleb and Aaron sang out powerfully in harmony, dancing like professionals,
"If you wanna scream, yeah
Let me know and I'll take you there
Get you going like
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
If you wanna turn right
Hope you're ready to go all night
Get you going like
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
If you wanna scream…"
Aaron grinned and jumped off the stage, running to dance in front of Hannah,
"Kill the lights, shut 'em off
You're electric
Devil eyes telling me come and get it
I have you like
Ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby…"
Neal looked pissed as he jumped back onstage as Caleb sang in harmony with Aaron,
"Girl tonight you're the prey
I'm the hunter
Take you here, take you there
Take you under
Imagine me whispering in your ear
Then I wanna, take off your clothes
And put something on ya!"
Caleb belted out,
"And I ain't trying to fight it, to fight it
But you're so magnetic, magnetic
Got one life, just live it, just live it
Now relax, sing it on your back…"
Aaron and Caleb sang out in harmony,
"If you wanna scream, yeah
Let me know and I'll take you there
Get you going like
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
If you wanna turn right
Hope you're ready to go all night
Get you going like
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
If you wanna scream…"
Aaron sank to his knees and sang almost pleadingly,
"Out, louder, scream louder
Louder, louder, louder
Hey, tonight I scream
I'mma need
Ohhhh!"
He hit the high note fantastically, and every girl broke out in chills. Caleb and Aaron continued to sing and dance,
"If you wanna scream, yeah
Let me know and I'll take you there
Get you going like
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
If you wanna turn right
Hope you're ready to go all night
Get you going like
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
A-ooh baby baby
Ooh baby baby
If you wanna scream…"
They finished strong, and the whole Glee club sat in awe.
"I feel like I just watched Magic Mike…" Lorhin said, fanning herself, and blushing when a Warbler winked at her.
Neal leaned over to Theo to whisper, "We are in major trouble."
Hot Warblers are hot. What can I say.
Okay wow picturing Aaron singing this…whoo…*fans self*
Hmm…favorite couple?
James/Jordana
Neal/Hannah
Lorhin/Spencer
Lorhin/Theo
Theo/Cortney
Caleb/Michael
Aaron/Hannah
Theo/Latisha
Bailey/Oliver
Review?