A/N: I am so happy that all of you really love this story. I really love this story and the reviews brighten my day. I have another chapter for you all to read and I hope you enjoy it. The song featured in this chapter is Someone Else's Life by Joshua Radin.
Ch. 21: First Date
Brittany, Santana, Rachel and Quinn were all gathered around the Fabray living room. In a few short hours their daughters will be going on their first dates with each other and the parents couldn't help, but gossip about it.
"You two have a good one. Not once did somebody that wanted to date my daughter actually come to me and ask permission," Santana starts off still in shock about what had actually happened when Beth had spoken to her.
"It was so adorable. Beth was so nervous. She kept looking at the floor and then she would look us in the eye when she was speaking. Then when Amanda came in the house she had the most amazing smile, a smile I had never even seen before. Oh gosh, I am so excited!" Brittany exclaims enthusiastically.
"I get the nervous part," Quinn states. "Beth came inside and went straight to her room. She hasn't been out since. I think she's talking with Luce at the moment, but I totally get the nervous part. I was like that when I first met the Berry men."
Rachel grins and rests her head against her wife's shoulder. When Quinn had first met her dads she kept stuttering and her eyes darted all around. Not once had she looked them in the eyes. She was too scared too.
"Do any of you know where Beth is taking Amanda? She asked to borrow the car, but she wouldn't say where she was going."
Santana shrugs her shoulders.
"I have no clue. As long as she brings home Amanda on time then I don't really care. I just want to be home to see the look on my daughter's face after tonight."
Brittany frowns as she looks at her wife. She had heard the small chuckle.
"You are not going to interrogate her San. Mandy's happy. Leave her alone."
Santana deflates a little, but nods her head anyway. She knew Amanda really liked Beth. She didn't want to ruin that for her.
"Okay."
Rachel and Quinn smirk at their friends. Rachel pulls away from Quinn with a gasp. All eyes turned to her.
"I had this great idea. There is this new nightclub that opened up last month and they have cabaret singers. Since our daughters are going on a date and Lucy was planning on spending the night studying why don't we go check it out; its live entertainment and it's rather low key."
Santana agreed right away. She needed a night out with Brittany even if her friends were coming along. It's not often that she could let loose and just relax.
"Entertainment and drinks, I am so in," Santana says with a grin.
"Then it's settled," Rachel says with a grin as she looks at her friends and her wife. "We are going clubbing."
*Friend to a Stranger*
"How exactly did you score that?" Lucy asks as she watches her sister looking through her closet. "I thought the club was like adults only."
Beth grins and looks at Lucy.
"Normally it is, but if you give the owner a few more bucks she'll give you a wristband and a stamp and let you in. You just have to make sure you get the wristband in advance. When you show up at the door you show the wristband to the bouncer and he lets you in. Then you get a stamp at the door."
"That doesn't sound easy," Lucy says with a frown. "Then you actually have to plan before you want to hang out. Why don't you just take Amanda to the club for teenagers?"
Beth pulls clothes out of her closet and looks at her sister.
"A few reasons actually. One reason being is that she's been there before and the second reason is because I want to show her something and I can only do that at the club."
Lucy raises her hands in surrender.
"Okay, whatever, it's your date. Amanda's pretty excited about it though. She's been texting me nonstop."
Beth grins and picks out an outfit.
"Yeah, I'm excited about it too. I think I can fall in love with that girl," Beth whispers before heading to the bathroom to change.
Lucy rolls her eyes and pulls out her phone.
Rents will be gone so is sis. U wanna come over?-Lucy
Lucy closes her phone and sighs. She was happy that her sister was dating. She hated when Beth was moping around the house because she had done something stupid.
Beth comes out of the bathroom and Lucy smiles. Beth was wearing a pair of skinny jeans and her converse sneakers along with a concert t-shirt. Her hair was down and slightly curled and she had barely there make-up on. She looked nice.
"So, what do you think?"
"I'm not dating you. It doesn't matter what I think," Beth frowns and Lucy grins. "You look great and Amanda will stare at you with her lusty eyes all night."
Beth blushed slightly and looked away.
"I don't want to discuss this with you."
Beth looks at the alarm clock near her bedside table.
"I'm really nervous and really excited at the same time. I don't know how I feel about that."
Lucy gets up from the bed and stands in front of her sister.
"It's because you like her. Everything will be fine. Just go and pick her up, have a good time and come and tell me all about it."
Beth grabs the car keys and her wallet and walks out of her room as Lucy's phone beeps.
Sure, I'll be over L8er- JH
*Friend to a Stranger*
"This place is nice," Amanda says as she squeezes Beth's hand as they move around the club. It wasn't very busy, but there was still a small crowd. "I've never been here before."
Beth grins and pecks Amanda's cheek.
"I know. That's why I wanted to take you here." Beth looks around the room and grins when she spots a table open. "Over there," Beth points with her free hand. "There's a spot open."
Beth and Amanda take a seat at the table. It was front and center with the club's stage. Currently they had one singer singing some sort of jazz. Beth and Amanda order drinks as the cabaret singer continues to sing.
"I've waited awhile for this," Amanda says with a grin. "A part of me felt like we would never get here."
Beth nods her head solemnly. She knew a part of that was her fault, but she really needed to make sure she and Sara were officially over before she and Amanda did anything else besides making out.
"Some of that is my fault, but I am really glad that you have accepted this date. I wasn't so sure you would, but again, I am really glad that you did."
Amanda grabs a hold of Beth's hand across the table.
"I like you too much to turn you down."
Beth squeezes Amanda's hand before pulling away gently.
"Besides knowing that you haven't been here before, I have another reason for bringing you here. It's something I never told anybody before and I know that I can trust you with it."
Amanda gets a serious tone in her voice. She knew that Beth had a lot of secrets in her life and she knew about some of them and if Beth was going to share more than Amanda was willing to listen to them.
"You know you can tell me, Beth. It doesn't matter what it is."
Beth grins and nods her head.
"I think I'll just show you."
*Friend to a Stranger*
Lucy opens her front door with a grin. Jason Henderson stood behind it with a grin.
"My parents left like a half hour ago."
Jason enters the house and shrugs out of his jacket. He was surprised when Lucy texted him. They had only met up a few times before. It was nothing serious. They were only having a little fun.
"I didn't think you would want me over anymore. Sometimes I don't understand you."
Lucy rolls her eyes and closes the front door.
"We are not doing anything wrong," Jason raises an eyebrow. "Okay, so, not telling my parents that we are dating is wrong, but if I told them what I am doing then they wouldn't let us date. You're a senior. They don't want me dating a senior unless I am a senior myself."
"Parents have their rules, I guess. I'm just glad that you are willing to not listen to your parents."
Jason and Lucy take a seat on the couch in the living room. Lucy had popped some popcorn and had grabbed a movie from her collection before Jason had arrived.
"So, I was thinking that we would pop in a movie and watch as much as we can before my parents get home."
"Sounds good to me," Jason says as puts his arm around Lucy. He kisses the top of her head and they watch as the title page of the movie comes on the screen.
*Friend to a Stranger*
The Fabray and Lopez women had entered the nightclub a few minutes ago. They had managed to find a table that would fit everyone in. They had ordered their drinks and now they were talking amongst themselves.
"This place isn't as bad as you described," Santana says before taking a sip of her drink.
"Thanks, I think," Rachel mutters as she takes a look around the place. Rachel's eyes lock onto the teenager that had stepped onto the stage. Her eyes then glance at the other teenager that was seated at a table near the stage. "Oh my god."
"What is it baby?" Quinn asks as she turns her head to face her wife.
"Beth is on stage and Amanda is sitting at a table near the stage."
"What?" Both Brittany and Santana say in unison.
All four adults watch as Beth picks up a guitar and takes a seat on the stool.
"Is she going to sing?" Rachel asks surprised.
"Can she sing?" Quinn asks.
"I guess we're going to find out," Santana says as she continues to watch the stage where Beth was sitting.
Up on stage Beth locks eyes with Amanda and begins to sing.
Somehow I'm leading someone else's life
I cut a star down with my knife
And right now I still see the way the moon plays this tune
Though our nights died
My hands shake
My knees quake
It's everyday
Same way
'Cause then came you
Then there's you
I keep your picture in my worn through shoes
Then there's you
Then came you
When I'm lost I look at my picture of you
Amanda never took her eyes off of Beth. She was captured the moment that Beth began to sing. For one, she didn't know that Beth could sing to begin with and for two she had no idea that Beth could play any musical instrument. Amanda watched as Beth closed her eyes during parts of the song and opened during the other parts. Instantly she knew the song was about her and her eyes watered.
And somehow I'll make tonight our own
Show you every way I've grown since I met you
And right now I'll be the boy in your next song
I'll learn the parts and play along if you let me
My hands shake
My knees quake
It's everyday
Same way
'Cause then came you
Then there's you
I keep your picture in my worn through shoes
Then there's you
Then came you
When I'm lost I look at my picture of you
"She's really good. She's got the singing genes, Quinn," Brittany says with a smile.
Brittany turns to her wife when Quinn doesn't answer. Santana looks at both Rachel and Quinn and she smiled. They weren't going to respond at all. All they were seeing was their daughter singing and from the looks of it, for the first time since they've known her.
"It's okay B. They're acting like we did when we first heard that Amanda can sing."
Something snapped out of Rachel and she turned her head to look at Santana.
"Amanda can sing too. How come I was never told of this?"
Santana shrugs her shoulders.
"I don't know. You're the glee club instructor. Shouldn't you know things like this," Santana states with a grin.
"Sshh!" Quinn harshly whispers.
Santana and Rachel turn back to the stage to listen to the rest of the song.
If you let me I'll show the world to you
Yes
If you let me I'll know just what to do
'Cause then came you
Then there's you
I keep you picture in my worn through shoes
When I'm lost in your eyes I see the way for me
*Friend to a Stranger*
Rachel and Quinn walk into the house hand in hand. Lucy had just picked up the empty bowl of popcorn on the table.
"How was your night? Did you get a lot of studying done?" Quinn asks with a smile.
Lucy nods her head.
"I got some done. I took a break and decided to eat some popcorn and watch a movie. How was your night?"
Rachel and Quinn looked at each other with a smile. Lucy held in a grimace at seeing her parents being mushy with each other.
"It was great, but you should probably clean up and get ready for bed. It's kind of late."
Lucy smiles and grabs everything off of the coffee table and headed to the kitchen.
Rachel and Quinn retire to the couch.
"When are we going to let her know that we know about Jason?" Quinn asks before she yawns softly.
Rachel giggles softly and rests her head against Quinn's.
"We'll tell her when we finally bust her. I don't think we have to worry about Jason though. He's a good guy and I have a feeling he is going to be a wonderful man."
Quinn nods her head and snuggles closer to her wife.
"I'm tired," Quinn mumbles.
"We should get to bed too, baby," Rachel murmurs as she stands up and holds out her hand.
*Friend to a Stranger*
Beth opened the car door for Amanda to step out of it. They hadn't talked much on the way home, but they were both content to just hold hands and stay in silence.
Amanda grabbed onto Beth's hand as they walked up the drive to Amanda's house.
"You were amazing," Amanda gushes quietly. "You shouldn't hide your talent," Beth raises an eyebrow. "We both shouldn't hide our talent."
After coming back to the table and Amanda telling her how well she did, Amanda revealed that she sang as well.
"It was the one thing in my life that nobody had control over. I kept it too myself because I didn't want to lose the one thing I had control of. My life's been a mess for a long time and now things are slowly starting to change. When the time comes more will be revealed."
Beth and Amanda stop in front of the front door.
"I would really like to do this again," Amanda says shyly.
"I would as well," Beth whispers. "But I really want to do something else right now."
Amanda looks at Beth, a small blush forming on her face.
"What's that?"
Beth leans forward and gives Amanda the simplest, but sweetest kiss Amanda has ever received. It made Amanda fall for her even more. Beth pulls away with a smile.
"Goodnight Amanda."
"Goodnight Beth."
Beth slowly walks to her car with a grin on her face. She nods her head with a grin. Her life was finally in her control and she couldn't be happier.
A/N: In case you all didn't know I have started a playlist for this story. Someone Else's Life is now uploaded to that playlist. Check it out. Fix the spaces and a period and everything should work out. The start of the link is http:
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