Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or any of its characters, I just play with them, although I really wish I owned Puck... that would be fun. I do, however, own Angel. Don't take her.
I also do not own any of the songs mentioned in this chapter... they all belong to Disney.
The next morning during their daily glee meeting at school Will made an important announcement, "So guys, I've got exciting news!" he exclaimed, rubbing his hands together to try to get the excitement across to the students.
"Mr. Shue, every time you say that it's actually not exciting," Tina complained to the responding nods of the other glee members.
"Well I was looking through the show choir rulebook and it turns out that show choirs can make some money and still compete in competitions, but there are some rules."
"Rules in a rulebook? Oh my!" Angel exclaimed sarcastically.
"Hey hey!" Will exclaimed with a smile, "Listen up. We can perform in a concert and get paid for it as long as we give five percent of our profit to the national show choir committee."
"And why would we do that?" Santana asked, crossing her arms over her chest and scowling at Will.
"Because if we raise money for the club we'll have money for better transportation, better rooms when we get to nationals, better costumes, and anything more you guys want."
"So this concert?" Finn asked, leaning forward, remembering that last year for nationals they had had to sleep six to a room because that was all the school could afford.
"I would love to help you come up with some appropriate song choices, Mr. Shue," Rachel exclaimed, standing up from her seat and running toward the front of the room.
Will laughed, "Thank you for wanting to help, Rachel, but I already know what kind of songs we'll be singing and it's up to all of you to decide."
"Where is this concert?" Angel asked, feeling slightly suspicious.
"At the elementary school in town," Will exclaimed waiting for the kids to jump up with excitement but everyone just stayed sitting.
"So that means that we'll have to do kid friendly songs?" Puck asked, frowning like that was the worst idea ever.
Will nodded, "Are you ready, guys?" he asked before making his big announcement, "Disney!" he yelled, even adding a manlier version of jazz hands. Instead of getting excited like he had expected the students just stared at him like he was crazy. "Come on guys, you can't tell me that you don't love Disney movies!"
The kids continued to stare at Will like he was crazy until Angel raised her hand, "To be completely honest I still watch Disney movies. And I pretty much love the songs, I might sound like a dork, but they're really happy and they usually have the potential for great range and choreography."
Will nodded, "There's some of the excitement I was looking for!" Will exclaimed with a grin on his face.
Puck leaned forward in his seat so that Angel would be able to see him in her peripheral vision, "Yeah I mean, I've watched a few recently when I was babysitting my sister, there are a few good ones. Besides when I was a kid I liked the Lion King a lot."
Angel turned her head to look at Puck and smiled at him when she caught his eye. Puck smirked back, oh yeah, he thought, I'm going to have her eating out of my hand by the end of the week.
"The Lion King's awesome!" Mike exclaimed.
"There are a few ballads from Disney movies that I enjoy singing in my shower," Rachel admitted with a nod.
"I like the mouse," Brittney said with a large smile that slowly disappeared when she noticed that everyone was staring at her like she was retarded.
"Me too, Brittney," Angel said with a smile, "He's even got that Mickey Mouse song, I used to love that one when I was younger."
Brittney smiled back at Angel, "Could we add that one in, Mr. Shue?"
"Umm, we'll see, Brittney," Will said with a nod even though he already knew that the Mickey Mouse song would not be on the set list. But he smiled at Angel, silently thanking her for getting some of the excitement up. She nodded back, letting him know she understood what he meant.
"This is actually a pretty good idea, Mr. Shue," Quinn admitted with a nod and a soft smile, "The kids will love it."
The room got quiet, it was like everyone knew that Quinn was thinking about the baby that she had given up for adoption last spring.
"Well," Will said, clapping his hands together, "Here's your assignment for the week. You're going to pair up and think of ideas for songs that we could do. I'm thinking we could do about twenty songs."
"Twenty?" Angel asked, raising an eyebrow, "Don't you know that kids have short attention spans, Mr. Shue?"
"But this is Disney! They'll be able to pay attention to this because it's something they know. And the show will only be like an hour and a half long. Anyway, I've put seven names in this hat, seven of you will pull out a name and that will be your partner for the week."
"What if you pull your own name?" Brittney asked.
"I know whose names are in the hat, Britt," Will said patiently, "I won't ask them to draw a name."
"Oh!" she gasped, "That's really smart."
Will nodded, "Finn?" he called.
After all the names had been pulled they had their pairs:
Finn and Santana
Rachel and Mike
Brittney and Mercedes
Matt and Tina
Artie and Kurt
Quinn and Ryan
Puck and Angel
Angel sighed when Puck pulled her name out, "It's destiny," Puck whispered as he threw himself into the chair next to her.
"Sure it is," she muttered, crossing her arms over her chest to make it harder for him to stare down her top.
"Come on, Angel, one peak," Puck moaned quietly.
Angel chose to ignore that comment as Will dismissed them, "Remember guys, this is for fundraising please take this assignment seriously. We'll share our ideas, vote, and create the set list at Thursday's practice."
"I think I should get your number, you know so that we can contact each other for the project," Puck said as he followed Angel out of the choir room.
"Or we could just meet up after school," Angel said in a husky whisper, turning around and pushing Puck up against the wall, "Somewhere private?" she asked softly, looking up at Puck through her long eyelashes.
"My place or yours?" Puck asked, wrapping his arms around Angel's waist.
Angel laughed and swatted his hands away, "You wish, Puckerman," she giggled as she started to walk away, "How about the choir room after school today."
"Fine," Puck sighed, "I'm going to have to skip football practice for this you know."
"And you're not going to get anything out of it," Angel taunted, "Is it even worth it?"
"It will be," Puck answered more to himself than to her, "I just have to be patient."
- - - - - - - -
Puck could hear the piano from the choir room from down the hall. And as he got closer he could hear someone singing as well. He decided to wait outside the classroom until the song was done so that he didn't interrupt whoever it was that was singing.
"Look at me
I will never pass for a perfect bride
Or a perfect daughter
can it be
I'm not meant to play this part?
Now I see
That if I were truly
To be myself
I would break my family's heart
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight
Back at me?
Why is my reflection someone
I don't know?
Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am
Though I've tried
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside…" Angel let her voice trail off as she continued to play the piano for a bit longer.
The door opened behind her and someone entered the room while applauding her, "Well done," Puck announced, sitting down next to her, a little too close for comfort, on the piano bench.
"Thanks," Angel breathed, standing up and walking away from him, "Just fooling around, you know."
"That wasn't fooling around," Puck countered, "That was singing."
"You don't really look like the type of guy who appreciates music," Angel admitted, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Yeah, I know I'm a jerk," Puck admitted, "But I'm also a musician and I can admit when someone has real talent."
Angel blushed, "Thank you," she whispered before walking back to the piano, "So this assignment thingy. What songs are you thinking about?"
"Lion King!" Puck said animatedly.
"There are quite a few songs in Lion King," Angel said with a giggle.
"That one that he sings about when he's going to grow up?" Puck asked.
"I Can't Wait to be King?" Angel asked, playing the intro to the song on the piano for him.
"Yeah that one, I think there could be opportunity for some fun choreography in that song."
"Hakunnah Matata could be another fun one too," Angel said excitedly.
"We could just do the whole Lion King soundtrack and Aladdin too. Those are the cool Disney movies."
"I always liked Beauty and the Beast," Angel admitted.
"Well of course you did, you're a girl," Puck said, rolling his eyes.
"Should we practice?" Angel asked.
"Why not?" Puck replied with a shrug.
"Do you know the words?" Angel asked, raising an eyebrow in Puck's direction.
"Maybe," Puck said, looking away from her.
"Maybe?" this time the other eyebrow went up too.
"Maybe I printed them off during lunch today," Puck admitted, pulling out a crumpled piece of paper from his back pocket.
Angel laughed, "That's actually pretty adorable," she admitted, finding it hard to believe that Puck could be anything besides pig headed and perverted.
Puck just smiled, he could tell that his plan was working out.
Angel smiled and began playing the intro to the song on the piano, nodding at Puck to start singing Simba's part.
"[Puck:] I'm gonna be a mighty king
So enemies beware!
[Angel:] Well, I've never seen a king of beasts
With quite so little hair (she giggled, and rubbed his mohawk jokingly)
[Puck:] I'm gonna be the mane event
Like no king was before
I'm brushing up on looking down
I'm working on my ROAR
[Angel:] Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing
[Puck:] Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
[Angel: (Speaking)] You've rather a long way to go,
young master, if you think...
[Puck:] No one saying do this
[Angel:] No one saying be there
[Puck:] No one saying stop that
[Angel:] No one saying see here
Now see here!
[Puck:] Free to run around all day
[Angel:] Well, that's definitely out...
[Puck:] Free to do it all my way!
[Angel:] I think it's time that you and I
Arranged a heart to heart
[Puck:] Kings don't need advice
From little hornbills for a start
[Angel:] If this is where the monarchy is headed
Count me out!
Out of service, out of Africa
I wouldn't hang about... aagh!
This child is getting wildly out of wing
[Puck:] Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
Everybody look left
Everybody look right
Everywhere you look I'm
Standing in the spotlight!
[Angel:] Not yet!
[Both:] Let every creature go for broke and sing
Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing
It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling
Oh I just can't wait to be king!
Oh I just can't wait to be king!
Oh I just can't waaaaaait ... to be king!" Once they finished the two of them started laughing and Angel even bumped her shoulder into Puck's.
"It was actually kind of fun to sing with you," she said softly.
Puck bumped her shoulder in return and leaned his face closer to hers, "Same to you, we should do it again… soon."
Angel leaned away from him, looking uncomfortable, "Well I'm pretty busy for the next week, so that won't work out. I don't see why Shuester wanted us to work in pairs anyway, it's not hard to name songs during a practice or something."
"Shue's big on bonding," Puck said with a shrug, "It's probably his way of forcing people to bond."
"Right," Angel said with a nervous nod, "Well, we have definitely gotten the forced bonding out of the way for the week. So I think we're done. See you in Glee tomorrow."
Puck couldn't help but laugh as he watched the girl all but run out of the choir room, there was definitely an attraction there, she just didn't know it yet.
- - - - - - - -
When Thursday's Glee practice finally arrived Will was pleased to see that the kids were actually singing a Disney song as a group when he walked into the classroom, "I'm happy to see that some of my excitement has finally rubbed off on you guys," he said with a chuckle.
"You were right, Mr. Shue," Mercedes giggled, "Disney really can be fun."
"I forgot what it felt like to be a kid," Finn agreed with a nod.
"Good to see you guys really getting into it," Will said with a nod, "Now I've scheduled the concert for a month from now, this way we still have a month and a half to work solely on sectionals stuff. But that means we've got a month to learn quite a bit of music. Are you up for the challenge?"
"Yeah!" all the kids cheered in unison.
"I knew you would be," Will agreed, "Now I hope you guys discussed some song options with your partners because I'm opening the floor for suggestions and voting," he said, backing away from the center of the room and gesturing for someone to stand up and give a suggestion.
"I'm partial to the princess songs," Rachel exclaimed, standing up and running to the center of the floor, "And if I may say so myself my voice is a perfect fit for most of them."
"Sit down!" Santana called from the back of the room.
Brittney raised her hand, "The Mickey Mouse song," she said slowly.
Everyone nodded, but didn't really say anything until Angel raised her hand, "When Puck and I were talking about choices we sang 'I Just Can't Wait to be King' together. It's a really fun song and it's got the potential for some pretty fun choreography."
"Thank you for the suggestion Puck and Angel," Will said, writing down the name of the song on the board to be voted on later.
At the end of the class they had seventeen songs that the kids had voted on and even put in the order that they wanted to sing them in. The songs were:
Be Our Guest
Beauty and the Beast
You've got a Friend in Me
You'll be in my Heart
Be True to Your Heart
Under the Sea
Part of Your World
Kiss the Girl
You Can Fly
Friend Like Me
A Whole New World
I Won't Say I'm in Love
Colors of the Wind
Circle of Life
I Just Can't Wait to be King
Hakunnah Matata
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
But they couldn't think of any other ones that they liked enough to add to the list, "You've organized them by movie," Will stated, "Any songs from the movies up here that you would be okay with adding in? I really would rather have an even number of songs for the concert."
Rachel raised her hand.
Will sighed, slightly exasperated, "Yes Rachel?"
"I notice that there are really no Disney princess songs on that list," Rachel pointed out.
"That's because Disney princesses are retarded," Puck pointed out followed by laughter by all of the guys in the club besides Kurt.
Angel raised her hand, "Can I make a suggestion?"
"Of course you can," Will said, gesturing that she had the floor.
"The glee club at my school in New York didn't do a Disney themed concert, but they did do a Disney mash-up once. It was a bunch of songs from Lion King. We could do a mash up of several Disney Princess songs and give the guys some parts."
"That's a really good idea, Angel," Will said with a smile and a nod, "Everyone in favor?" he asked, raising his hand.
Angel looked around the room and saw all of the students raising their hands.
"Very well," Will said, "Angel you work on the mash up and let me know when you finish it so we can work on it."
"Wait I have to compose it?" Angel asked.
"Your idea, your song," Will said with a nod, "We're dismissed guys, will start working on this during glee period on Monday. Have a good weekend!"
Rachel caught up with Angel on their way out of the classroom, "I have some really good ideas for the mash up if you're interested in some help," she said kindly.
Angel smiled, "Thanks Rachel, that would actually be really helpful. Do you want to meet up tomorrow after school?"
"Sure," Rachel said with a nod, "And I think it would be beneficial for us to be friends, since we are both obviously talented, we could help each other and such."
Angel stared after the strange brunette as she walked away, "What have I gotten myself into?" she asked herself.
"Welcome to the life of a gleek," Mike laughed, throwing his arm around his friend's shoulders.
Author's Note: Thank you guys for reading!! I hope you liked this chapter as much as the first one and are willing to keep coming back!
Reviews would be lovely!
xoxo,
Brook