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 1Chapter 6 of 20 They Are Bolder
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LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING6. THEY ARE BOLDER"
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It wasn’t their first duet, and by now the idea of it wasn’t so much… well, it very simply could be expressed as ‘well, duh,’ and the two of them shared a look and a smirk as though to say ‘oh, we got this,’ before they both reached for the card at once. They both stopped, and Mercedes indicated for Santana to take it. She bowed her head and grabbed the card from Mr. Schuester before they marched off to the stage.
“Where’s Puck?” Mercedes asked her.
“Oh, who knows,” Santana shook her head. “Who are you here with?”
“Anthony Rashad,” she smiled to herself, but then, “You haven’t…” Santana looked at her, unsure what she meant, but the look on her face said it all.
“No,” she shook her head. “Although…” she thought about the guy, tall and handsome. She looked to Mercedes, who looked this close to considering another tumble like they’d had over Puck. “Relax, I’ve got my own thing going,” she calmed her.
“With Puck?” Mercedes asked, and Santana wasn’t facing her anymore, resuming toward the stage.
“Yeah, with Puck,” she opted to let her hold on to that idea. Further off in the gym, Carole and Burt were tending to their chaperone duties when…
“Boys!” Carole exclaimed, moving with a smile to greet her stepson and his friend. She hugged Kurt, pulled back to look at him and touched his cheek. He looked happy again… that was all she could hope for. She had felt so much tension in him, before he’d transferred… She turned to Blaine, one arm still around Kurt, offered her free hand. Blaine took it. “Glad you could both make it,” she gave him a smile, turning it to Kurt as well. Burt took a step forward, taking his turn at welcoming his son, and this friend of his they’d heard so much about. He’d heard enough from Kurt to know there had to be some feelings beyond the point of friendship going out to this guy, and it wasn’t even clearer now, seeing them together. It was something new for Burt though, and he tried to make sure he didn’t screw it up.
“Hey, Blaine, right?”
“Yes, sir,” he nodded.
“Well, it’s nice to meet you,” Burt shook the boy’s hand, bowed his head. “It’s nice to put a face to a name,” he went on, and Blaine looked to Kurt for a second, a small smile playing at the corner of his lips, over the knowledge that he’d been brought up in conversation. Kurt tried not to throw a ‘watch what you say’ look to his father.
“Nice to meet you too, Mr. Hummel, Mrs. Hudson,” he turned back to the parents.
Climbing on the stage, Mercedes went to grab a second microphone stand to place by the first one, while Santana went to Brad and handed the card over. As she moved into position, Brad signalled a three to the band, and off they went.
[M] “Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, / Oh, oh” / [S] “Ooh, oh, oh, yeah / Hm, Hm, hm, hm, hm” / [MS] “This will be an everlasting love / This will be the one I’ve waited for / This will be the first time anyone has loved me / Oh, oh, oh”
Emma had been overly vigilant towards the punch bowl, knowing it was apparently some kind of entertainment for some of these kids to try and mess with it. She’d just busted one boy walking ever so obviously with something tucked in his jacket pocket. “You know this is the kind of thing that could land you back in juvenile detention, Noah. I’m going to let this one pass, but just this once,” she told him, just as the song started up. Carl looked up and he couldn’t help but smile, moving toward his wife.
“You’ll be good from now on, right?” he nodded to the boy before taking Emma’s hand. “Come on, let’s dance,” he told her. She pointed to the bowl, and Puck walking away from them. “They’ll be fine for three minutes or so, I promise,” he told her, and after a beat she smiled and nodded, following him… now that she was paying attention to the music and not the rest, she got to smile… she loved this song.
“([MS] I’m so glad) [M] you found me in time / ([MS] And I’m so glad) [S] that you’ve rectified my mind / ([MS] This will be) [M] an everlasting love for me / [MS] Oh, oh”
This was her first Valentine’s Day. Of course, there had been plenty in her lifetime, it wasn’t like she’d decided it suddenly existed because this year it could… Well, maybe it was almost that. She’d never seen the appeal until now, because she was always alone. She’d dress for the occasion, both herself and her office, though it was not ‘real,’ more like a call, a hope, that one day it would be for her, too. Now, with Carl, it was, and it almost felt like… she finally got it. That morning she’d woken to flowers on her nightstand, flowers in her kitchen… and a card saying that he owed her one present to be delivered at dinner, after the dance. It kicked off her day with absolute anxious happiness.
“([MS] Loving you) [S] is some kind of wonderful / ([MS] Because you've shown me) [M] just how much you care / You’ve given me the thrill of a lifetime / And made me believe you’ve got more thrills to spare, oh / ([MS] This will be)[S] an everlasting love, oh yes it will now”
Carl would have loved to have been there to see her reaction as she woke up, but he had an early appointment down at the clinic and so he’d had to resort to leaving her the card. But it was all worth it to see the great big smile on her face when he finally did see her again later that day. She’d been curious, she’d been asking, she’d been begging, but he stood his ground… not until after dinner. Now there they were, swaying about on the dance floor… he couldn’t have asked for a better prelude to dinner. It wasn’t his first Valentine’s Day, but this one was so different that it might as well have been. Just go ahead and erase all the other ones, because they could never stand up to this one.
[S] “You’ve brought a lot of sunshine into my life / You’ve filled me with happiness I never knew / You gave me more joy than I ever dreamed of / And no one, no one can take the place of you, ooh”
He’d always made it his personal promise, from the start, that patients were off limits, but the day she’d walked into his clinic… his willpower was not strong enough to resist her. And she was so much more fantastic than she ever gave herself credit… the more he discovered about her, the more he loved her, and every day he was thankful to be able to call her his wife.
[MS] “This will be, you and me, yes-sir-ee, eternally / Hugging and squeezing and kissing and pleasing / Together, forever, through rain or whatever / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you and me
So long as I’m living, true love I’ll be giving / To you I’ll be serving cuz you’re so deserving / Hey, you’re so deserving, you’re so deserving / Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, oh, oh, oh
Love, love, love, love, love, love / Love, love, love, love / Love, love, love / Love, love, love / From now on, from now on, yeah / From now on, from now on, yeah / From now on, from now on, yeah / From now on, from now on, yeah / From now on, from now on, yeah / From now on, from now on, yeah…”
They’d spent the last part of the song and the dance just humming and singing along with the girls who were on stage, dancing the night away. As the music faded, it took a moment for them to move from the hold they were in, looking at each other. After a moment, looking at her, he smiled. “You want to go check on the bowl again, don’t you?”
“I… No, I…” she blinked.
“Come on,” he just chuckled, leading her off. They passed Sam & Quinn, who remained on the dance floor, throughout the next song. It took a beat, but then Sam started to notice Quinn was staring off somewhere. He turned his head to see what she was doing and then she looked back at him.
“What?” he asked. She smiled, nodding toward the stage.
“Can we?” she wondered, just very nearly giddy. He smirked.
“Let’s go,” he offered his arm and she took it, heading to find Mr. Schuester and the song bowl.
TO BE CONTINUED (TOMORROW)
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[463] [464] [465] [466] [467] Suggestion Drop Off Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 6. They Are Bolder"
Pairing: [Capitalized = in this chapter] CARL/EMMA, Finn/Rachel, KURT/BLAINE, Artie/Brittany, Mike/Tina, SAM/QUINN, Puck/Santana, ANTHONY/MERCEDES, Will/Holly, Puck/Quinn, Will/Emma, Burt/Carole, Brittany/Santana, Artie/Tina 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