Glee | LATGHAOT They Are... | Multiship (2 of 20)
Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a 2nd cycle and then a 3rd, all through to a 22nd. Now cycle 23!
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LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING - [For the full explanation, please refer to Chapter 1
Chapter 2 of 20 They Are...
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
2. THEY ARE..."
Multiship
It was one evening where worlds met… The principal was going to be there, he had to… these kids, he knew very well what they got up to, what they could get up to, especially on such a day as Valentine’s Day… That was why he needed so many chaperones, as many eyes out there as he could, the better to keep the whole thing as civilized as possible.
But it was still Valentine’s Day, and he was still married… So it had become that the school dance had to be their ‘special evening…’ as special as this evening could be. Of course this time around there was something, an unpleasant… element, about Mrs. Figgins being in that gym… and that element was Sue Sylvester. The woman had never cared much about the coach, for as long as she’d (indirectly) known her, but all it had ever been was a mild disdain… Now that she knew what she’d done to her husband…
“Are you sure she won’t be here?” Mrs. Figgins had asked, scanning the gym for any appearance of… track suit. The principal shook his head, taking her arm, though he did ask himself a bit of that question.
“No, she’s made it very clear she wanted nothing to do with this evening,” he nodded. She still looked unsure, but she nodded. The whole conversation was blissfully cut short with the arrival of some more of their fellow-chaperones. “Ah, Miss Pillsbury, Dr. Howell,” he smiled, nodding to them both. Carl and Emma had walked in, arm in arm, and barely had time to observe the decorations in the gym before they were accosted by the principal and his wife. By the way Emma was giving his arm a bit of a squeeze, Carl got the message… They were to try and get away as soon as possible.
“Principal, Mrs. Figgins,” she nodded to them both.
“Thank you for donating your evening, especially since you two are… newlyweds,” he gave a smile and Carl nearly lost his footing with how Emma squeezed his arm again.
“We’re going to go take a look around,” he gave a nod before escorting Emma off. Once they were out of earshot, he winced.
“Sorry, I’m so sorry…” she whispered, but he laughed, so she relaxed as well. Only then as they moved away from Figgins, they realized they were walking right in the direction of Will, who was standing near the ‘stage,’ holding a fishbowl looking thing, with a number of folded up index cards inside, taking a look at some of them. He felt someone approaching and dropped the cards back in the bowl, looking up. When he saw who it was, he paused.
“Hi,” he nodded to Emma, then holding out his hand, “Carl.”
“Will,” Carl shook it, with the same bit of formality as he had. Emma, for her part, was looking around.
“You’re not here alone, are you?” she asked, almost sad, then, “I-I mean that’s okay if you…”
“No, no, I’m not, I’m here w…”
“Sorry, I’m late, my car wouldn’t start!” a voice drew their attention and they looked back to see Holly walking rapidly toward them. Emma looked slightly startled by the arrival. Will, in the meantime, looked a bit dazzled, and he smiled.
“Don’t worry about it,” he promised as she reached him. “Emma, Carl, this is Holly Holiday. Holly, meet Emma Pillsbury and Carl Howell,” he made the introductions.
“Right, the guidance counsellor,” Holly nodded, to each of them. “He’s mentioned you,” she looked to Emma. Carl had a tight little smile.
“He has, has he?” Emma coughed.
“You’re the… substitute…” she recalled the name.
“Not tonight,” Holly beamed. “Tonight I’m the date,” she took hold of Will’s arm.
“That’s nice…” Emma breathed. “Well, have fun,” she told them before ‘gently’ ushering Carl away. Will watched her go… he couldn’t not. But then he turned back to Holly with a smile.
The students had started to arrive, pouring in mass into the McKinley High gym. Soon the performing/attending New Directions began to turn up as well. The first of those were Artie and Brittany. She got excited as they came into the gym, saw the place all dressed up and ready to host their dance. “I’ve been practicing, you know?” she spoke to Artie as they came in.
“Practicing what?” he asked.
“For us to dance,” she nodded. He frowned, confused.
“You didn’t get that wheelchair back, did you?” She paused then, like she realized that would have been easier. “Are you sure about this? I mean I’ve tried…”
“We’re going to dance,” she simply promised, making him smile.
Behind them came Mercedes and Anthony. He’d offered her his arm to hold as they got out of his car, and she hadn’t let go. She also could not stop smiling… Sure, she’d gone out with Puck for like half a second, and Kurt for a quarter of half a second, but this was so different… No motives, no secrets… she’d never felt so good, and she was certain it showed on her face.
Finn and Rachel arrived along with Burt and Carole, who had driven them in to McKinley that evening. It was a moment for both of the couples. Carole looked so amused at the thought of being at this dance, and she whispered something to Burt which made him chuckle. “You know, the more I get chances to dance, I think I’m getting better at it,” Burt told her then.
“Yes, you do, all the time,” Carole confirmed to her husband… It still gave her goosebumps, good chills, to think that he was in fact her husband, and they were all still so happy, especially knowing that it only always got better, day by day. As they deviated from his mother and stepfather, Finn looked to Rachel.
“You look beautiful,” he leaned closer to her ear as he spoke, and she looked back at him with the brightest of smiles. “I wanted to tell you before, but it felt weird with my mother and Burt in the car.”
“Thanks,” she nodded. “You’re very dashing yourself,” she leaned to his shoulder.
“You’re looking for Mr. Schuester to find out about the songs, aren’t you?” he asked after a moment.
“N-no, I…” she started, but then looked back at him. “It can wait,” she smiled again. “Have you heard from Kurt?” she then asked.
“He said he’ll be here soon,” Finn confirmed. “He might miss the start though.”
Mike and Tina arrived, looking around as they entered the gym. “They really went all out, didn’t they?” Mike nodded to her.
“Yeah, I don’t know about that,” she looked back to him, and they both laughed. “It doesn’t matter though. All I care about is I get to dance with you.”
“And sing?” he filled in. She smiled… she hadn’t thought he’d bring it up.
“If you’re sure…”
“I guess we’ll see,” he shrugged, and she grinned; now she knew she had to get him on that stage at some point, somehow.
Puck escorted Santana into the gym, arm in arm no matter whether or not they were on an actual date; he still had some form of manners in him, and this was a dance, so… Besides, she was about as good as it got in having someone on your arm at this school, although… both of them seemed slightly distracted as they got in there. “Can you get me a drink?” she suddenly asked.
“Their kind of drink or my kind of drink?” he asked.
“What do you think?” she turned to him.
“Right,” he moved to the punch bowl, patting his coat pocket. He was filling up a couple of cups when he happened to look up, and he paused… He saw her…
Sam and Quinn entered the gym, and even as the place had seriously started to fill up, they were with each other and that was what counted… Although as Quinn looked to the side, she thought she saw Puck somewhere back there, looking at her. She just looked for a moment, but then she looked back to Sam. “I’m kind of glad you don’t have a black eye this time,” she touched his face.
“Yeah, me too,” he smirked. “Have I mentioned how amazing you look right now?”
“You have, a couple of times…” she almost blushed. “Please, don’t stop on my account.”
“You look amazing,” he obliged, repeating. “The best one here.” Now she was definitely blushing.
“Okay, guys, over here!” Will came through, gathering his students as he spotted them, until they were all gathered together.
“Miss Holiday!” Rachel was the first to spot her, as they made it to the side of the gym, and there she was. The rest of the club reacted with equal excitement.
“Hi, guys!” she smiled, moving up to greet them as well.
“Are you two here together?” Santana asked, kind of amused.
“Listen up,” Will carried on, showing them the bowl. “Here’s our song selection. Now the part about who sings what, that doesn’t have to be random, but as far as the order goes, it’ll be up to chance. So from time to time, you can come to check with me what’s coming up, please?” They all nodded. “Good, well I think we’re about ready to start, who wants to pick the first song out of the bowl?” he asked, holding it out. Brittany’s hand shot up, faster than anyone else’s. “Brittany, alright,” he held out the bowl and she reached her hand in, pulling out one card. Will read it. “Okay, guys,” he turned to the boys. “I think this one’s on you,” he flipped it to show.
“Can I have this one?” Sam was the first to speak up. The others looked to him; Quinn smiled.
“You got it,” Will nodded, handing him the card, to give to Brad and the band; they’d had the opportunity to prepare. “Go on up then, let’s get this started,” Will clapped his hands together.
TO BE CONTINUED (TOMORROW)
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 01] [Cycle 02] [Cycle 03] [Cycle 04] [Cycle 05]
[Cycle 06] [Cycle 07] [Cycle 08] [Cycle 09] [Cycle 10]
[Cycle 11] [Cycle 12] [Cycle 13] [Cycle 14] [Cycle 15]
[Cycle 16] [Cycle 17] [Cycle 18] [Cycle 19] [Cycle 20]
[Cycle 21] [Cycle 22]
[Cycle 23]
[463]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 2. They Are..."
Pairing: Carl/Emma, Finn/Rachel, Kurt/Blaine, Artie/Brittany, Mike/Tina, Sam/Quinn, Puck/Santana, Anthony/Mercedes, Will/Holly, Puck/Quinn, Will/Emma, Burt/Carole, and more to come!
Rating: G
Summary: Valentine's Day is coming, and it's shaping up to be a very Glee kind of dance...
Spoilers: Through 210 A Very Glee Christmas
if you have things you would like to see get written, pleeease drop by the suggestion box. The link is further down!
LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING - [For the full explanation, please refer to Chapter 1
Chapter 2 of 20 They Are...
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
2. THEY ARE..."
Multiship
It was one evening where worlds met… The principal was going to be there, he had to… these kids, he knew very well what they got up to, what they could get up to, especially on such a day as Valentine’s Day… That was why he needed so many chaperones, as many eyes out there as he could, the better to keep the whole thing as civilized as possible.
But it was still Valentine’s Day, and he was still married… So it had become that the school dance had to be their ‘special evening…’ as special as this evening could be. Of course this time around there was something, an unpleasant… element, about Mrs. Figgins being in that gym… and that element was Sue Sylvester. The woman had never cared much about the coach, for as long as she’d (indirectly) known her, but all it had ever been was a mild disdain… Now that she knew what she’d done to her husband…
“Are you sure she won’t be here?” Mrs. Figgins had asked, scanning the gym for any appearance of… track suit. The principal shook his head, taking her arm, though he did ask himself a bit of that question.
“No, she’s made it very clear she wanted nothing to do with this evening,” he nodded. She still looked unsure, but she nodded. The whole conversation was blissfully cut short with the arrival of some more of their fellow-chaperones. “Ah, Miss Pillsbury, Dr. Howell,” he smiled, nodding to them both. Carl and Emma had walked in, arm in arm, and barely had time to observe the decorations in the gym before they were accosted by the principal and his wife. By the way Emma was giving his arm a bit of a squeeze, Carl got the message… They were to try and get away as soon as possible.
“Principal, Mrs. Figgins,” she nodded to them both.
“Thank you for donating your evening, especially since you two are… newlyweds,” he gave a smile and Carl nearly lost his footing with how Emma squeezed his arm again.
“We’re going to go take a look around,” he gave a nod before escorting Emma off. Once they were out of earshot, he winced.
“Sorry, I’m so sorry…” she whispered, but he laughed, so she relaxed as well. Only then as they moved away from Figgins, they realized they were walking right in the direction of Will, who was standing near the ‘stage,’ holding a fishbowl looking thing, with a number of folded up index cards inside, taking a look at some of them. He felt someone approaching and dropped the cards back in the bowl, looking up. When he saw who it was, he paused.
“Hi,” he nodded to Emma, then holding out his hand, “Carl.”
“Will,” Carl shook it, with the same bit of formality as he had. Emma, for her part, was looking around.
“You’re not here alone, are you?” she asked, almost sad, then, “I-I mean that’s okay if you…”
“No, no, I’m not, I’m here w…”
“Sorry, I’m late, my car wouldn’t start!” a voice drew their attention and they looked back to see Holly walking rapidly toward them. Emma looked slightly startled by the arrival. Will, in the meantime, looked a bit dazzled, and he smiled.
“Don’t worry about it,” he promised as she reached him. “Emma, Carl, this is Holly Holiday. Holly, meet Emma Pillsbury and Carl Howell,” he made the introductions.
“Right, the guidance counsellor,” Holly nodded, to each of them. “He’s mentioned you,” she looked to Emma. Carl had a tight little smile.
“He has, has he?” Emma coughed.
“You’re the… substitute…” she recalled the name.
“Not tonight,” Holly beamed. “Tonight I’m the date,” she took hold of Will’s arm.
“That’s nice…” Emma breathed. “Well, have fun,” she told them before ‘gently’ ushering Carl away. Will watched her go… he couldn’t not. But then he turned back to Holly with a smile.
The students had started to arrive, pouring in mass into the McKinley High gym. Soon the performing/attending New Directions began to turn up as well. The first of those were Artie and Brittany. She got excited as they came into the gym, saw the place all dressed up and ready to host their dance. “I’ve been practicing, you know?” she spoke to Artie as they came in.
“Practicing what?” he asked.
“For us to dance,” she nodded. He frowned, confused.
“You didn’t get that wheelchair back, did you?” She paused then, like she realized that would have been easier. “Are you sure about this? I mean I’ve tried…”
“We’re going to dance,” she simply promised, making him smile.
Behind them came Mercedes and Anthony. He’d offered her his arm to hold as they got out of his car, and she hadn’t let go. She also could not stop smiling… Sure, she’d gone out with Puck for like half a second, and Kurt for a quarter of half a second, but this was so different… No motives, no secrets… she’d never felt so good, and she was certain it showed on her face.
Finn and Rachel arrived along with Burt and Carole, who had driven them in to McKinley that evening. It was a moment for both of the couples. Carole looked so amused at the thought of being at this dance, and she whispered something to Burt which made him chuckle. “You know, the more I get chances to dance, I think I’m getting better at it,” Burt told her then.
“Yes, you do, all the time,” Carole confirmed to her husband… It still gave her goosebumps, good chills, to think that he was in fact her husband, and they were all still so happy, especially knowing that it only always got better, day by day. As they deviated from his mother and stepfather, Finn looked to Rachel.
“You look beautiful,” he leaned closer to her ear as he spoke, and she looked back at him with the brightest of smiles. “I wanted to tell you before, but it felt weird with my mother and Burt in the car.”
“Thanks,” she nodded. “You’re very dashing yourself,” she leaned to his shoulder.
“You’re looking for Mr. Schuester to find out about the songs, aren’t you?” he asked after a moment.
“N-no, I…” she started, but then looked back at him. “It can wait,” she smiled again. “Have you heard from Kurt?” she then asked.
“He said he’ll be here soon,” Finn confirmed. “He might miss the start though.”
Mike and Tina arrived, looking around as they entered the gym. “They really went all out, didn’t they?” Mike nodded to her.
“Yeah, I don’t know about that,” she looked back to him, and they both laughed. “It doesn’t matter though. All I care about is I get to dance with you.”
“And sing?” he filled in. She smiled… she hadn’t thought he’d bring it up.
“If you’re sure…”
“I guess we’ll see,” he shrugged, and she grinned; now she knew she had to get him on that stage at some point, somehow.
Puck escorted Santana into the gym, arm in arm no matter whether or not they were on an actual date; he still had some form of manners in him, and this was a dance, so… Besides, she was about as good as it got in having someone on your arm at this school, although… both of them seemed slightly distracted as they got in there. “Can you get me a drink?” she suddenly asked.
“Their kind of drink or my kind of drink?” he asked.
“What do you think?” she turned to him.
“Right,” he moved to the punch bowl, patting his coat pocket. He was filling up a couple of cups when he happened to look up, and he paused… He saw her…
Sam and Quinn entered the gym, and even as the place had seriously started to fill up, they were with each other and that was what counted… Although as Quinn looked to the side, she thought she saw Puck somewhere back there, looking at her. She just looked for a moment, but then she looked back to Sam. “I’m kind of glad you don’t have a black eye this time,” she touched his face.
“Yeah, me too,” he smirked. “Have I mentioned how amazing you look right now?”
“You have, a couple of times…” she almost blushed. “Please, don’t stop on my account.”
“You look amazing,” he obliged, repeating. “The best one here.” Now she was definitely blushing.
“Okay, guys, over here!” Will came through, gathering his students as he spotted them, until they were all gathered together.
“Miss Holiday!” Rachel was the first to spot her, as they made it to the side of the gym, and there she was. The rest of the club reacted with equal excitement.
“Hi, guys!” she smiled, moving up to greet them as well.
“Are you two here together?” Santana asked, kind of amused.
“Listen up,” Will carried on, showing them the bowl. “Here’s our song selection. Now the part about who sings what, that doesn’t have to be random, but as far as the order goes, it’ll be up to chance. So from time to time, you can come to check with me what’s coming up, please?” They all nodded. “Good, well I think we’re about ready to start, who wants to pick the first song out of the bowl?” he asked, holding it out. Brittany’s hand shot up, faster than anyone else’s. “Brittany, alright,” he held out the bowl and she reached her hand in, pulling out one card. Will read it. “Okay, guys,” he turned to the boys. “I think this one’s on you,” he flipped it to show.
“Can I have this one?” Sam was the first to speak up. The others looked to him; Quinn smiled.
“You got it,” Will nodded, handing him the card, to give to Brad and the band; they’d had the opportunity to prepare. “Go on up then, let’s get this started,” Will clapped his hands together.
TO BE CONTINUED (TOMORROW)
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 01] [Cycle 02] [Cycle 03] [Cycle 04] [Cycle 05]
[Cycle 06] [Cycle 07] [Cycle 08] [Cycle 09] [Cycle 10]
[Cycle 11] [Cycle 12] [Cycle 13] [Cycle 14] [Cycle 15]
[Cycle 16] [Cycle 17] [Cycle 18] [Cycle 19] [Cycle 20]
[Cycle 21] [Cycle 22]
[Cycle 23]
[463]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 2. They Are..."
Pairing: Carl/Emma, Finn/Rachel, Kurt/Blaine, Artie/Brittany, Mike/Tina, Sam/Quinn, Puck/Santana, Anthony/Mercedes, Will/Holly, Puck/Quinn, Will/Emma, Burt/Carole, and more to come!
Rating: G
Summary: Valentine's Day is coming, and it's shaping up to be a very Glee kind of dance...
Spoilers: Through 210 A Very Glee Christmas