Fic: David Karofsky's "Sing-A-Long Blog" - 15/?
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“Slipping”
“Okay, Anderson, I think you’ve made your point,” Dave said, gesturing for Blaine to get off the stage. He waited patiently for the shorter boy to do so before turning back to the audience. “For those of you who don’t know me, I’m David Karofsky. I’m running, officially, for Secretary and unofficially for Treasurer. But before I start making arguments for myself, I want you to think long and hard about what Blaine said.”
Look at these people
Amazing how sheep’ll
Show up for the slaughter
“He insulted a few of you, point blank, not even trying to cover it up. Plus he insulted all of us in more subtle ways. Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed all that.”
No one condemning
You lined up like lemmings
You led to the water
“You all are smarter than this. Smarter than what Blaine apparently thinks. He thinks you’re all from some back water town. Lima may be small, but it isn’t “back water,” whatever the hell that means.”
Why can’t they see
What I see
Why can’t they hear the lies?
Maybe the fee’s too pricey
For them to realize
Your disguise is slipping
I think you’re slipping
Dave looked around and shook his head slightly, half of them didn’t seem to quite get what he was talking about. “Think about who you’re planning on voting for president. Anderson, right? ‘Gay for Prez!’ Well, remember who’s actually running for president. Kurt Hummel. He’s gay too, right? Or did his boyfriend dazzle you so much that you forgot?”
Now that your savior’s
As still as the grave
You’re beginning to fear me
Glancing around, Dave could see Blaine openly glaring at him, though he was angled in such a way that Kurt couldn’t see. But Dave also noticed how Blaine seemed to be staying quiet, probably waiting for Dave to make a mistake. Which may have happened in the past, but not this time. Not when it mattered most to Dave… and Kurt. Especially Kurt.
“Think about it,” Dave said to the students. “He’s not even denying it right now. Think it’s beginning to sink in?”
Like cavemen fear thunder
I still have to wonder
Can you really hear me?
Damn, half of their faces still looked blank, but it’s possible they’d been like that the entire day. Deciding to ignore the blank stares, he focused on the rest. “Stop letting other people think for you. Make up your own mind!”
I bring you pain
The kind you can’t suffer quietly
Fire up your brain
Remind you inside you’re rioting
Society is slipping
Everything’s slipping away
“Wanna know how you do that? You listen to what the candidates are going to do and what they’re able to do. I’m in my second AP math course, so you know I’d be pretty good at the whole treasurer thing. But don’t forget what Blaine said he could do. And, as a matter of fact, think about the other treasurer candidate. He’s taken every single AP course this school offers. And he’s only a junior!”
Soo
Go ahead
Run away
Say it was horrible
“Sure, I want to win, who doesn’t? But I don’t want to win because I’m the most popular or because someone told you to vote for me. I want to win because you wanted me to win. Because you thought about how good I can be. You made up your own mind.”
Spread the word
Tell a friend
Tell them the tale
Taking a page out of Blaine’s book, he jumped off the stage. Dave tried to give off more of an air of wanting to be a part of the group, rather then get closer for their benefit. He smiled at them, pretty sure he pulled off friendly. “So talk about this with your friends. Have some debates about who should win.” He just hoped they didn’t obsess over it; after all, the voting was the next morning.
Get a pic
Do a blog
Hero’s are over with
He saw Jacob Ben Israel with his cameraman sitting a little ways up and nodded to him. “Go check out Israel’s blog when you get home. I’m sure he’ll have something on all of this. He’s not afraid to give his two cents. Even if he does tend to get punished for it.”
Look at him
Not a word
Hammer meet nail
“So you can either listen to Anderson, or vote for whoever the hell you want. I don’t give a flying rat’s ass.” He saw Figgins frown and held a hand up to him in apology before continuing. “Student government is supposed to prepare us for voting for real political leaders. Do you really think listening to a helmet-headed hobbit is going to let you make smart decisions about who may lead the entire country?”
Then I win
Then I get
Everything I ever
“All I want is to go to the college I want next year. Sure, winning secretary by default will help me. And if I can manage to win treasurer too, that’d be great. But I don’t know if I’d be able to work with someone like Anderson. He’s scheming too much to really want what’s good for you. He wants what’s best for himself.”
All the cash
All the fame
And social change
“Kurt on the other hand, well, I’ve never seen anyone more deserving. He doesn’t want this as proof that he could be popular or something. He actually wants to change this school for the better so that you underclassmen can be proud of the school you graduate from.”
Okay, so he slipped a little and he subtly insulted the school, but it wasn’t the students’ faults, and they were who he wanted to win over right then.
Anarchy
That I run
It’s dr. horrible’s turn
You people all have to learn
This world is going to burn
Burn
“Kurt wants a no bullying policy at this school. And you know what? It’s a great idea. I may have been his biggest bully in the past, but I’ve gotten over it. I know why bullies do what they do. I happen to be a friend of Kurt’s now. And I can tell him exactly how to approach the situation at hand so he can help solve the problem.
“As for the argument about a boy always winning versus a girl, well, how many times has a gay guy been voted president? And don’t try and argue with all that, ‘he’ll turn the whole school gay’ crap. He’s been in the glee club with Hudson and Puckerman for more then two years. But Hudson still goes back and forth between the same two girls and Puck just can’t fight off all the ladies apparently. So isn’t that proof enough that being gay isn’t contagious?”
Yeah, it’s two “R’s”
H-O-R-R. Right.
He was heading back to the stage when he noticed a girl typing out some text. He had no idea what it said, but he could tell she was writing something about Kurt. Bending over, he spoke away from the microphone and corrected what was probably just short hand. “It’s two “M’s” sweetheart. H-U-M-M. Yeah.”
Burn
No sign of Benny
Good
I would give anything
Not to have him see
By the time he got back to the stage he couldn’t see Kurt and almost felt bad, hoping he hadn’t accidentally insulted him or embarrassed him. However, Blaine was standing closer now and Dave felt himself loosing control. Oh, he was definitely going to have it out with Blaine right then and there.
It’s gonna be bloody
Head up Billy buddy
There’s no time for mercy
Here goes no mercy
“Sorry, Anderson,” he smirked, “Looks like you’ve got yourself a little bit of competition. I don’t know how you did it, but you managed to get at least half of the student body to vote for you and not your own boyfriend.” Dave flinched a little when he heard his words reverberate through the room. Fuck, he hoped Kurt wasn’t around to hear that.
Seeing Blaine open his mouth, Dave stepped away from the mike, giving a grin and wave before heading off to the side of the stage.
“We’re still boyfriends, it wouldn’t have mattered. I still would have let him run things. I would just be the face of it all.”
Dave rolled his eyes. “Seriously? You just want the face time to become popular?”
“I just want to win,” Blaine leaned in close, lowering his voice so only Dave could hear, “And Kurt isn’t aggressive enough to do that. I’m just trying to help everyone here.”
Dave stared in amazement. Blaine was actually admitting his scheming to one of Kurt’s friends? A friend that was definitely closer to Kurt than Blaine realized. The sound of the mike being played with distracted him long enough for Blaine to get away, but Dave let him. He’d get his chance eventually.
He stood there, listening as Kurt gave a pretty awesome speech, apparently on the fly if the ignored pile of index cards in his back pocket were any indication. Dave gave Kurt a huge smile and two thumbs up as the boy walked off stage. Kurt barely grinned back before continuing past. Dave was pretty sure the “I’ll show you aggressive, douchebag,” wasn’t directed at him though.
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