Author's Note: I'm slowly getting caught up. I promise I will get everything done by the time the week is through ;w; and links to the songs will be below if you wanna listen.
New Directions: Underdogs Once Again
"Dr. Horrible's Glee-Along Blog"
"Natalia, would you like to tell Principal Figgins why you're in here?" Mr. Schuester asked. Natalia bit her lip, looking away.
"I kind of attacked Schuester..." she answered.
"Natalia, that is unacceptable! Why did you attack him?" Figgins questioned. Natalia sighed.
"It went like this..."
I was sitting in the choir room, being bothered by Antonio. He was saying some weird thing about how the Illuminati is real. I don't know; I just tuned him out. Then, ugh...Schuester walked in. I was excited because he was talking about the musical the day before, and the douchebag promised me the lead. However, I was also skeptical because he was planning on doing Repo! The Genetic Opera.
"Guys, I have bad news. We can't do Repo for this year's musical," Mr. Schuester announced. Everyone was disappointed for some reason. I didn't really care. My parents would kill me if we did Repo being the strict Catholic family they are.
"What will we be doing, then?" Mimi asked.
"We're doing Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog! It's a classic, appropriate musical from the internet, and I have the cast already picked out!"
"So...I'm going to be Penny, right?" I asked.
"No, Natalia". Then it happened. I screamed and jumped toward him. It took Tate, Roderick, and Glen to hold me back. I managed to rip out some strands of his hair, though.
"Mr. Schuester promised me the lead to the musical earlier this year! I am not receiving that, nor am I receiving the solos he promised me by the looks of it!" Natalia shouted.
"I promised you the lead when we were doing Repo! We aren't anymore, so I can't just give you the role! I have the perfect cast picked out for Dr. Horrible right now!"
"Let me guess...Antonio is Dr. Horrible, Mimi is Penny, and some douche like Shane is Captain Hammer?" Natalia guessed. Mr. Schuester's jaw dropped. She guessed right.
"Um...no...I...will let you know"
"I guessed right. Farewell, Schuester," Natalia stormed off.
"So guys, I have the castlist done for the musical. It took a lot of consideration, but I finally found the perfect roles! For Dr. Horrible, I have chosen Glen Olson. Penny shall be Lei Chen, and Captain Hammer will be perfomed by Tate Dawson!" Mr. Schuester announced. Hardly anyone was enthused. Shantel glared.
"While that's all fine and dandy, what about the rest of us? Do we have to sway in the background?" Shantel asked.
"Well, no, but there are only three leads. You will all be supporting cast"
"I call hacks!" Shantel yelled. Lei smiled nervously, trying to calm Shantel down.
"Um...I hate to burst your bubble, Mr. Schuester, but I can't really sing that well. And why me...for Penny?" Lei wondered.
"You have enough talent to play Penny! And you're a lot like Penny anyway," Mr. Schuester explained. Lei was slightly worried.
"Don't worry, Lei. I'll give you personal Glen-quality singing lessons. You'll be better than Penny by the time we're done" Glen offered.
"Oh...well...okay. Thank you!" Lei thanked, smiling sheepishly.
"Aw, sweet! I just realized I got a lead! I gotta tell Kourtney!" Tate exclaimed. Roderick looked at him.
"Bro...volume control".
"Alright, guys, let's start rehearsing!" Mr. Schuester suggested.
"Hey, Kourt-Kourt!" Tate yelled, running over to a blonde Cheerio. She turned around, staring at him with intense aqua eyes.
"What is it, Tate?" she asked. He pulled her into a hug, smiling.
"I got a lead role in the school musical!"
"Really? That must be great..." Kourtney unenthusiastically responded.
"It is! So, can I count on you to come watch me?" Tate pressed. Kourtney frowned.
"Tate, you know I'm busy with the Cheerios"
"So you'll come?"
"We'll see. I more than likely will, but I might not be able to stay through the whole thing," Kourtney answered. She pushed him away lightly and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before walking off. Tate smiled, mentally congratulating himself on convincing her to come. He began walking away until he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see Stella. He smiled at her.
"Oh, hey Stencil. How are you?" Stella glared.
"Ehh...it's Stella. I'm fine...though I could be better," Stella seductively replied, rubbing a finger over his cheek where Kourtney kissed him. Tate looked at her with a sad expression.
"Well, is there anything I can do to help?"
"Yes...I have an...itch I need scratching. Could you help me?"
"Sure! Where is it? On your back?" Stella glared again.
"Sex, Tate! I want to have sex with you!" she shouted. Tate chuckled.
"Oh, you Freshman are so cute! I'm sorry, but I'm committed to Kourtney. She's all the sex and love I could ever need. You could try asking a single person, though! Good luck, Stella!" Tate suggested, leaving her. Stella growled. She stomped her foot in anger.
Stella looked around, trying to scope a new piece of ass. Just about everyone she saw had been banged already by her. Stella was about to give up in defeat when Antonio walked by. She had never gotten him into bed. This could be Stella Romero's lucky day! She rushed over to him before he could leave.
"Antonio, you are coming over to my house tonight," Stella demanded.
"Um...what?"
"You, me, sex tonight. You won't regret it. I'm better at sex than a porn star"
"...I'm not coming over," Antonio decided.
"But if you don't then...um...the, uh...the Illuminati will definitely take over the world and will make sure you get the worst treatment!" Stella threatened. Antonio rolled his eyes.
"Alright, fine. If it will shut you up, we will have sex tonight. But I don't want to go to your house. So how about the Motel Six?" he offered.
"Sounds great. See you there at eight!"
Stella skipped away, satisfied with herself. I can get any guy with half a brain into bed with me. I'm so awesome!
"Any dolt with half a brain could see the human kind has gone insane to the point where I don't know if I'll upset the status quo if I throw poison in the water main. Listen close to everybody's heart and hear that breaking sound. Hopes and dreams are shattering apart and crashing to the ground. I cannot believe my eyes! How the world's filled with filth and lies! But it's plain to see evil in side of me is on the rise!" Glen sang in his bedroom. Lei popped out behind him.
"Look around. We're living with the lost and found. Just when you feel you've almost drowned, you find yourself on solid ground and you believe there's good in everybody's heart. Keep it safe and sound. With hope you can do your part to turn a life around. I cannot believe my eyes! Is the world finally growing wise? Cause it seems to me some kind of harmony is on the rise!" she sang. They faced opposite directions as the next part of the song where they sing different parts at the same time began.
"Anyone with half a brain"
"Take it slow"
"Could spend their whole life howling in pain"
"He looks at me and seems to know"
"Cause the dark is everywhere, and Penny doesn't seem to care that soon the dark in me is all that will remain"
"The things that I'm afraid to show, and suddenly I feel this glow"
"Listen close to"
"And I believe there's good in"
"Everybody's heart"
"And hear that breaking"
"Keep it safe and"
"Sound"
"Hopes and dreams are shattering apart"
"With hope you can do your part"
"And crashing to the ground"
"To turn a life around"
"I cannot believe my eyes! How the world's"
"Filled with filth and lies"
"Finally growing wise"
"It's plain to see!"
"Evil"
"Rapture"
"Inside of me...is on the rise..."
"Lei, you're really good at singing, to be quite honest. You're not as terrible as you think you are"
"Thanks, Glen...but I'm not that good"
"Nonsense! Don't sell yourself so short! You're not amazing, but you're still very good," he complimented. Lei smiled.
"Hey, Glen?" she asked.
"Yes, Lei?"
"I'm confused about us. We can't pretend Space week never happened. We kissed and...I liked it. We never did go to Cheerio or football practice that afternoon," Lei pointed out. Glen put an arm around her.
"Well, do you want to be my girlfriend? I'd love to be your boyfriend," Glen beamed.
"I'd like that..." Lei replied.
"Great! Then it's official!". The two shared a kiss. They were soon interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Hey, Glen! I'm here for rehearsal! Sorry I'm late!" Tate hollered on the other side. Glen opened the door, letting him in.
"It's good you showed up. Would you like to go through 'A Man's Gotta Do' first?" he asked. Tate nodded. Lei quickly found the instrumental on the boombox and the song began.
"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Don't plan the plan if you can't follow through. All that matters...taking matter into your own hands. Soon I'll control everything. My wish is your command" Glen sung. Tate burst into focus.
"Stand back everyone; nothing here to see. Just imminent danger, in the middle of it me. Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do! It seems destiny ends with me saving you. The only doom that's looming is you loving me to death! So please give me a second to catch my breath," he sang. Lei went in front of Tate.
"Thank you hammer man, I don't think I can explain how important is is that you stopped that van. I would be splattered, I'd be crushed into debris. Thank you sir for saving me!" she sang.
"Don't worry about it; A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!"
"You came from above"
"Are you kidding?"
"It seems destiny ends with me saving you!"
"I wonder what you're captain of?"
"What heist were you watching? Stop looking at her like that!"
"When you're the best, you can't rest. What's the use?"
"My heart is beating like a drum"
"Did you notice he threw you in the garbage?!"
"If there's ass needs kicking some ticking bomb to diffuse"
"Must...must be in shock"
"I stopped the van...the remote control was in my hand!"
"The only doom that's looming is you loving me to death!"
"Assuming I'm not loving you to death!"
"Whaat...e...ver..."
"So please give me a sec to catch my breath..."
"Balls!"
Dennis marched into a laundromat somewhere between Lima and Westerville. There were several laundromats in Lima, but Dennis wasn't interested in them. He always went specifically to this laundromat for two reasons. One, his parents sucked at doing laundry and didn't trust him to use their "amazing" washer and dryer. Two, there was a person Dennis loved seeing at this one.
Dennis went straight to a washing machine and proceeded to dump his clothes into it. He glanced around the building as he put laundry detergent in. He couldn't find the subject of his interest. Dennis glared back down at the detergent still pouring into the washing machine. He quickly realized that he'd been pouring detergent in for the past few seconds.
"Crap!" he yelled, pulling it away. Saying a few choice words, he noticed that he'd mistakenly used all his laundry soap. Dennis glanced at the other loads of laundry. He began the first load and ran a hand through his hair, stressed.
"How am I going to do those other loads? Dammit, Dennis, you're an idiot..."he muttered. Dennis quickly brightened up as he saw the main reason why he was there enter. A tall boy with blonde hair that wasn't too long, but not too short entered. He was dreassed in a uniform for Dalton Academy and was carrying a few loads of laundry. Dennis's brown eyes practically glittered with excitement as his heart skipped a few beats. He put a hand to his chest and felt the butterflies in his stomach.
It reminded him of Dr. Horrible and Penny. Dr. Horrible wanted to tell Penny how he felt, but couldn't bring himself to. The only difference in Dennis's case was that both he and the blonde were boys. Dennis didn't want anyone to know that he was gay. He felt it would be the end of his world if anyone found out. Dennis took a deep breath and began to re-enact "My Freeze Ray"
"Laundry day. See you there. Underthings. Tumbling. Wanna say...love your hair. Here I go...mumbling. With my freeze ray I will stop the world. With my freeze ray I will find the time to find the words to...tell you how. How you make. Make me feel. What's the phrase? Like a fool? Kind of sick? Special needs? Anyways..." Dennis slowly tried to make his way to the blonde as his head song continued.
"With my freeze ray I will stop the pain. It's not a death ray or an ice beam that's all Johnny Snow. I just think you need time to know that I'm the guy to make it real. The feelings you don't dare to feel. I'll bend the world to our will. And we'll make time stand...still!" Dennis was closer.
"That's the plan. Rule the world. You and me. Any day"
"Love your hair!" Dennis accidentally said out loud to the blonde.
"What?" he replied. Dennis blushed and backed away.
"No, I ju...I, uh, love the...air! Hah!" he corrected, smiling.
"Anyway. With my freeze ray I will stop!" Dennis bit his lip and quickly approached the blonde again. He stuck his hand out.
"Hello. Um...I'm, uh...I mean my name is...uh...Dennis Cooper. I was, um...wondering if I could, like...use some of your detergent in a bit? I seem to have used mine...up...hah..." Dennis awkwardly asked. The blonde smiled and shook his head.
"I'm James Clarke. Nice to meet you, dude. And sure. Bring your clothes over here," James ordered. Dennis nodded, hurrying back over to his clothes. He grabbed the remaining loads and shyly walked back over. He put another load into the washer next to James's. James shifted over and put some detergent in and started the washer for Dennis. Dammit...I'm finding it hard to breathe. He's so...wonderful...
Antonio was lying on a couch, Stella on top of him. They had found themselves in a passionate make out session. However, with every kiss Antonio found himself more and more uncomfortable. He didn't feel it was right. He didn't feel turned on. He just felt dirty.
No matter how hard he tried to get into it, he kept imaging kissing Romeo. He tried to shove the thoughts out of his imagination, but it was useless. Antonio felt he should feel turned on. He was supposed to be bi-sexual, so the kiss of a woman would surely turn him on, right?
Wrong. Antonio couldn't muster a hard on. It was beginning to just be sad. He opened his eyes to see Stella practically devouring his lips. It was too much. Antonio forcefully pushed her off.
"That's it, I can't do this anymore," he announced, standing up. He searched around for his shirt. Stella glared harshly at him.
"Oh, come on! You can't just stop in the middle of a make out session! We haven't even gotten completely naked! And you're actually really hot for a bi-sexual Jew," Stella shouted, trying to convince him to go back. Antonio found his shirt and covered his toned body with it.
"But that's just it. I should thank you, Stella. If I wasn't sure before, I am now. I'm gay. I don't know if I was before or if you turned me gay, but I am," Antonio said, turning his head back to look at her. He smiled as he put his tie back on and grabbed his blue shutter-shades.
"What?! But I'm hot! How could I turn you gay?!"
"Maybe that means I was before. I did get confused a lot over it. Now if you excuse me, I have to go. My father will kill me if he doesn't see my nose deep within a law book I've already memorized," he informed, putting the shutter-shades on. He swiftly left the motel room.
"You stupid homo Jew asshole!" she shouted, throwing her bra in the direction he ran.
Antonio was sitting with Mimi on the auditorium stage. They were waiting for the rest of New Directions to come in for rehearsal. Mimi looked at him, noticing slight sadness in his eyes and posture.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Mimi asked. Antonio shook his head.
"Nothing..."
"Don't lie to me. Lying to a Mexican is a bad idea. No bien," Mimi warned. Antonio sighed.
"Well...I confirmed my sexuality for good. Stella tried to get me in bed. I discovered I'm gay. It's weird to say it, but I'm adjusting. But even worse, I think I might love someone who lives hours away and more than likely doesn't like me..." Antonio explained.
"You don't know for certain that he doesn't like you! Why do you think he doesn't?"
"Well, I invited him to Invitationals and he declined...and he's rarely ever online. He always says he's busy, but I'm finding it hard to believe him. Paranoia sure is a bitch," Antonio answered.
"That's assuming, Antonio. Bad. How about you invite him to the musical? That way I can at least talk to him for you," Mimi suggested. Antonio shook his head again. Mimi gave a sympathetic look.
"Well, let me sing you a song. I know I'm not playing Penny, but this song still can serve its purpose for this situation," she offered.
"Here's a story of a girl who grew up lost and lonely. Thinking was fairytale and trouble was made only for me. Even in the darkness every color can be found. And every day of rain brings water flowing to things growing in the ground. Grief replaced with pity for a city barely coping. Dreams are easy to achieve if hope is all I'm hoping to be," Mimi sang. She stood up and walked away, back facing him.
"Anytime your hurt there's one who has it worse around. And every drop of rain will keep you growing seeds your sowing in the ground!" she turned around and smiled at Antonio.
"So keep your head up Toni buddy!" she finished. Antonio smiled.
"Thanks, Mimi. I think I will ask him to come..." he stated. Before they had the chance to continue talking, everyone arrived. Mr. Schuester walked out into the audience section and sat down.
"Okay, guys, we'll have Dennis, Roderick, and Antonio warm the rehearsal up with 'Bad Horse' and then show me 'So They Say'! Places everyone!". Antonio walked over to Roderick and Dennis, who handed him a cowboy had and a horse toy to pretend to be on. The three walked to the center of the stage and began.
"Bad horse! Bad horse! Bad horse, bad horse! He rides across the nation, the Thoroughbred of sin. He got the application that you just sent in! It needs evaluation, so let the games begin! A heinous crime, a show of force, a murder would be nice, bad horse! Bad horse! Bad horse; he's bad! The evil league of evil is watching so beware. The grade you receive will be the last we swear! So make the bad horse gleeful, or he'll make you his mare! You're saddled up; there's no recourse. It's 'High-ho Silver!', signed bad horse!" They sang.
"He saw the operation you tried to pull today. But your humiliation means he still votes nay! And now assassination is just the only way! There will be blood, it might be yours so go kill someone. Signed: Bad horse!" they finished. Afterwards, everyone quickly took their places for "So They Say".
"So they say Captain Hammer's become a crusader. Political. He's cleaning up the streets," Shane sang, Roderick behind him.
"It's about time," Roderick muttered. Natalia, Dennis, and Alexandra walked out together to the center of the stage.
"So they say that it's real love" Alexandra sang.
"So romantic!" all three sang.
"He signed this!" Natalia sang, holding up a piece of paper with an autograph.
"So they say we'll have blankets and beds. We can open by Monday thanks to you!" Lei sang, hugging Tate.
"Thanks to me!" Tate stated. Antonio and Mimi came into focus next.
"It's the perfect story!" they sang together.
"So they say" Antonio sang.
"A hero's leading the way!" Mimi sang.
"Hammer's call to glory!" they sang.
"Let's all be our best!" Mimi sang.
"Next up, who's gay?" Antonio stated. The focus went back to Natalia, Alexandra, and Dennis.
"So they say he saved her life," Dennis sang.
"They say she works with the homeless and doesn't eat meat"Alexandra sang.
"We have a problem with her!"
"This is his hair!" Natalia excitedly said, holding up a lock of hair. Tate stood in front of them.
"This is so nice! I just might sleep with the same girl twice! They say it's better the second time; they say you get to do the weird stuff!" he sang. The three behind him chimed in.
"We do the weird stuff!" The focus went over to Lei, who was sitting all alone.
"This is perfect for me. So they say; I guess he's pretty okay. After years of stormy sailing have I finally found the bay?". Glen walked out a few feet away from her.
"There's no happy ending. So they say" Glen and Lei sung.
"Not for me anyway," Glen sang.
"Should I stop pretending?" Glen and Lei sang.
"Take a chance to build a brand new day!"
"Or is this a brand new day?". Everyone left the stage except for Natalia, Alexandra and Dennis.
"This is his dry cleaning bill" Natalia said, holding up a bill.
"Four sweater vests!" the three sang together, finishing the song.
Antonio stood at the doors of the auditorium handing out programs with Mimi. They offered to hand out programs since their roles were minor and they were on the lookout for Romeo. Antonio had asked him to come like they planned. Romeo said there would be an 85% chance of him being able to come. So far, he hadn't shown up, and the show was about to start. Antonio had given up all hope of seeing him. There was no one else in line to get a program and go into the auditorium. Antonio turned to walk into the auditorium when he heard a voice behind him.
"Is it too late to get a program?"
Antonio quickly turned around to see a boy his age with blonde hair, beautiful brown eyes, a leather jacket and bright blue pants. Antonio's heart skipped a beat. He smiled and ran over.
"Romeo, you came!" he exclaimed. Romeo smiled, taking a program from Mimi.
"Of course! I'm sorry that I couldn't come to Invitationals! I wanted to, but I had too much going on," Romeo apologized. Antonio chuckled.
"That's fine. You're here now. Oh, by the way, this is Mimi Martin. She's a friend of mine," Antonio said, introducing Romeo to Mimi. Romeo held his hand out to her.
"Hi! I'm Romeo Jensen. I go to Carmel High," he said. Mimi shook his hand.
"Antonio told me, Mr. Star of Vocal Adrenaline. I'm Mimi Martin. It's pronounced Mar-TEEN. And make sure you roll the R. I'm easily frustrated by others pronouncing my surname wrong, so I figured I'd warn you," she informed. Romeo laughed.
"I'll just call you Mimi, then. Wouldn't want to screw it up". Mimi smiled.
"Antonio and I better get going in there. We hope you enjoy the show! C'mon, Toni," Mimi said, trying to usher Antonio into the auditorium with her.
"Actually, I need to speak with Antonio real quick. I promise it won't be long," Romeo requested. Mimi nodded, leaving them alone. Antonio gave Romeo a look of suspicion.
"What is it?" he asked. Romeo walked closer to him.
"I decided I needed to tell you this in person. And since I feel like it will be good news, it might be a great confidence boost for this musical," he explained.
"Please just tell me. I dislike suspense"
"My father's work is making him have to move here to Lima. Since it would be a travesty to split the family apart, we're all moving. That means we can spend more time together...I talked to Mr. Schuester and the football coach here about being able to join the Glee club and football. They both said yes if I audition and try-out. I handed my transfer into Figgins already..." Romeo continued. Antonio's eyes widened.
"So, you're..."
"So, I am going to be going to school here, and I'll be living in town. We can see each other more! Isn't it great?" Romeo asked. Antonio felt like he could cry from the immense happiness he was feeling.
"It's perfect!"
Thanks for reading! The next chapter is going to be a major one to the storyline. It's going to be chock full of so much content x3 You won't want to miss it!
Songs
My Eyes: watch?v=EQyNN2SfPwQ
A Man's Gotta Do: watch?v=NN3eBvZvUXk
My Freeze Ray: watch?v=Vlq20E3SOVQ
Penny's Song: watch?v=HWi4wAqxQ3c
Bad Horse: watch?v=rN2U5wkhRWc watch?v=4gNUj1mEaYI&feature=relmfu
So They Say: watch?v=dOxFbQRQHSU