Glee | LATGHAOT They Are Moving Forward | Multiship (17 of 20)
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LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING - [For the full explanation, please refer to Chapter 1
Chapter 17 of 20 They Are Moving Forward
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
17. THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD"
Multiship
After Puck had explained to him what he needed, Artie had told Brittany and the others that he’d be back in a few minutes. He wasn’t sure what exactly Puck was planning, but he was at least willing to help… all he’d asked of him was a song, and that he could do. So he went back to Mr. Hummel and Mrs. Hudson, who were still in charge of the bowl while Mr. Schuester and Miss Holiday were… somewhere else; he didn’t know. They had just seen him and the others come up for a song not ten minutes before, so they were curious. But he just said he felt like going again; he didn’t know if Puck’s thing was meant to be a secret or anything, so he wasn’t taking chances. He was presented with the bowl, which was nearly empty now… two cards left. Artie picked out one.
Meanwhile, Sam had helped Santana, ‘poor and defenceless’ Santana back on her feet, which had then made her cry out again, claiming pain in her ankle. He offered to take her to a chair, but she asked him to walk her around for a while, so maybe it would get better. If there was one thing she could do, she could get him and any other guy eating up every word she fed them. And so their walk down the empty halls of McKinley began, and all she could think about was she hoped that Puck could get done with whatever he had in mind by the time they returned and she’d make a prompt and full recovery…
Puck had watched Artie go off to get a song, and then he’d turned in search of… her. He could only guess correctly that she wouldn’t be out on the dance floor without her date, so all he had to do was go around and… there she was. He stopped when he saw her… It was crazy, and it flew right in the face of a lot of things, this he knew… But none of those things mattered at all to him for now. Maybe no one would understand… but deep down she would; of everyone there, she would understand… he hoped. He wasn’t one to get nervous, but seeing her there, looking like she did… she’d gone and made his throat dry. It wasn’t going to stop him, not after everything he and others had done that night for him to even get there. So he walked up to her, came to stand at her side before she even realized he was there.
“Hey,” he spoke, and she turned, probably expecting to find Sam. When she saw it was him, he saw her start to react before pulling it back in, taking a quick look around.
“Hi,” she obliged him.
“Where’s your boyfriend?”he asked, playing like he didn’t know even if in reality he knew more than Quinn did at this moment.
“Not far, he should be back soon,” she told him, turning to look back at the dancers, which was to say ‘not at him.’ He looked down, then up to where she was staring as well.
“Right…” he spoke evenly, then, after a pause. “But let’s just imagine he might take a little longer… How about a dance?” he asked. She smiled that smile… the one that basically said ‘are you seriously suggesting what I think you’re suggesting?’ “Why not? Unless he frowns upon that?” Puck wondered, knowing it would get a rise out of her… he wasn’t looking to upset her, just to get her talking to him.
“What makes you think I’d want to?” she didn’t have her arms crossed in front of herself, but it felt to him like in her mind she did.
“Because I asked?” he guessed. “We’d talked about it, remember?” he turned his eyes to her, and no matter how hard she’d try not to show, he could tell she knew exactly what he meant. It was a few months before, back when she was still living with him, and his family… at a time when they’d almost been something. And he’d promised her a dance, a real dance… just like this… But then things had happened, and now here they were. “I may be a liar about some things, but I just thought…”
“Fine,” she spoke suddenly, and he looked back at her. “I guess I owe you,” she started, then realizing what it sounded like, she adjusted, “A-and I’d like it.”
“I don’t know about that part, but I’m in,” he bowed his head, offering his hand. He had been stuck for a moment, trying to decide between offering his hand or his arm, not wanting to be too forward on this occasion, but then he went for the hand. He looked to the side to see Artie had rolled up the ramp again, handing the card to Brad, who signalled the band with a ‘one,’ before taking center stage. Even from his vantage point he had spotted Puck escorting Quinn on to the dance floor… Now he got what this was about, or at least part of it. He wasn’t going to ask questions, and when the music began, he began with it.
[A] “We're just two people / Riding in a circle / That's spinning around / Just everyday people / Searching for something / We've already found”
For a split second or so, she’d regretted it… What did she think was going to happen when she went out there? They were broken up, had been for a while… if they were ever really together in the first place, in this particular sense of the word… And she had moved on. Had he moved on? Well, he’d moved backwards, right back ‘with’ Santana like he used to be… What was she supposed to think? But she’d stuck with it, partly because somewhere she did owe him this, like she’d said, and partly because… She didn’t know the other part, or if she did then it hadn’t come to her just yet. They turned and faced each other, and their eyes met, maybe for the first time that night, as they took hold.
[A] “And I'm just a guy / Who's in love with a girl / Not in front of me / Now you're so far away / And I need you right here in my arms”
He hadn’t realized it right up until then, how much he’d missed her. He’d felt things along the way, yes… He wouldn’t have gone through all this trouble if he didn’t… But it didn’t compare to what he felt now that she was right there, finally right there… How had he forgotten what her eyes did to him? Now that he had gotten her there though, he remembered… He didn’t actually have anything figured out for this, for what he would do, what he would tell her. It had seemed impossible enough that he’d even make it there, so he hadn’t come up with it. He wasn’t exactly shy about inciting girls to forget they had boyfriends, but that wasn’t what he wanted with her. If anything was going to happen - again - then it couldn’t be tainted; it had to be right.
[A] “So baby just run / Take a bus, take a plane / Take a train / Baby just run / Run as fast as you can / Girl you'll find your way back / 'Cause no matter wherever you are / There's no place on this earth that's too far, / Run
We're just two people / Wishing that we were together tonight / Just everyday people / Trying to make sense of this puzzle called life”
But it was as he’d felt before; he’d missed her. She’d made him different, not out of some mission to change him but because he’d wanted to… A lot of that was about the baby, yes, but that care wasn’t exclusive. And he’d tried to tell her, so many times over the months, but he just didn’t know how. He’d try, he’d fail, and it felt like every time he hit a brick wall, it was another layer thicker in between them. He’d thought for one peaceful minute that he’d finally hiked across those walls, after their girl was born… He’d finally found the words, and he spoke them to her… She smiled, he smiled… everything was alright…
Sometimes he thought he knew the moment where it had all changed, where he’d lost all the ground he’d gained… It was the moment their daughter officially became someone else’s… It was what Quinn had wanted, it was what he… what he’d agreed to… But no amount of decisions could compare to the time where it had actually become reality. After that, he’d seen her start to change, and then… all his long-searched words had no more power. She wanted to make a clean break, and he let her.
[A] “And I'm just a guy / Who's in love with a girl / Not in front of me / Now you're so far away / And I need you right here in my arms
So baby just run / Take a bus, take a plane / Take a train / And baby just run / Run as fast as you can / Girl you'll find your way back / 'Cause no matter wherever you are / There's no place on this earth that's too far”
She’d still think of him, sometimes… Of course she did. The uniform was back, the belly was gone, the baby… Everything looked like it was back to normal, only it was just appearance. Even if a lot of them would forget and eventually start asking themselves ‘She was the one that was pregnant, right?’ She’d never have that, and neither would Puck. Even if there were others who had been involved along the way, none of them could know it like he did, like she did. Still after all was said and done she’d needed to take a step back because… it was all too much, and if she stayed then… She didn’t know; she really didn’t… she thought she used to, had to. But there had to be a reason, because if not then why would she have given up?
[A] “Sooner or later it's over / Passing you by and it's gone / There's not enough time left to wonder / If you're where you belong”
She looked up at him, and she shook her head, just barely. “What do you want from me?” she had to ask. He looked back at her, thinking. “Because I’m with Sam, and…”
“I know you are,” he promised. “I’m not going to do anything, I wouldn’t… Well, I would… But not this time,” he looked into her eyes, hoping she’d see he was telling the truth.
“Then why…”
“Collecting my due,” he simply stated. And she had to smirk. Seeing that, it made him smile as well. “Can’t a guy just dance with one of his fellow members of the Glee Club?”
“He should,” she agreed.
“Exactly,” he kept on smiling, though they quieted again.
[A] “Take a bus, take a plane, take a train / So Baby just Run / Take a bus, take A plane, take a train
And baby just run / Run as fast as you can / Girl you'll find your way back / 'Cause no matter wherever you are / There's no place on this earth thats to far, / Run”
The song ended, and eventually so did their dance. They kept their hold just a moment or two longer, until Quinn blinked and they each took a step back. “Well, I should get back to…” she started to say, but then realized she’d hadn’t seen or heard from Sam in over five minutes, and the drinks table wasn’t that far. She looked back to Puck. “What did you do?” her eyebrow raised.
“I didn’t drop him in a ditch, if that’s what you’re thinking,” he shrugged, but she had him in that stare. “I may have distracted him a little.”
“Distracted him with what?” she asked.
“With who,” he corrected, and he watched her face shift with understanding; he didn’t need to say the name… actually it would probably be best if he didn’t.
“I have to, uh…” she started to go, but then looked back to him. “Thanks for the dance,” she spoke slowly. He gave a silent ‘you’re welcome,’ and then watched her go. After a moment, he’d walk out of the crowd, lean against the nearest wall…
Sam had just returned a now barely-stumbling Santana to the gym, where she’d ended up on chairs, not too far off from the trio awaiting Artie. Brittany saw her and she walked up. “Are you okay?” she sat by her side.
“I’m fine,” Santana promised with a smile. Brittany smiled back, reassured.
“Hey, Brittany,” Mike came up to her then. “Isn’t that…” he pointed off behind Santana, to the entrance, where a couple had just walked in. Brittany got up to see, and her face livened up with sudden excitement… it was them; they’d come…
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] [464] [465] [466] [467]
[468] [469] [470] [471] [472]
[473] [474] [475] [476] [477]
[478]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 17. They Are Moving Forward"
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, Mike/Brittany 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
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LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING - [For the full explanation, please refer to Chapter 1
Chapter 17 of 20 They Are Moving Forward
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
17. THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD"
Multiship
After Puck had explained to him what he needed, Artie had told Brittany and the others that he’d be back in a few minutes. He wasn’t sure what exactly Puck was planning, but he was at least willing to help… all he’d asked of him was a song, and that he could do. So he went back to Mr. Hummel and Mrs. Hudson, who were still in charge of the bowl while Mr. Schuester and Miss Holiday were… somewhere else; he didn’t know. They had just seen him and the others come up for a song not ten minutes before, so they were curious. But he just said he felt like going again; he didn’t know if Puck’s thing was meant to be a secret or anything, so he wasn’t taking chances. He was presented with the bowl, which was nearly empty now… two cards left. Artie picked out one.
Meanwhile, Sam had helped Santana, ‘poor and defenceless’ Santana back on her feet, which had then made her cry out again, claiming pain in her ankle. He offered to take her to a chair, but she asked him to walk her around for a while, so maybe it would get better. If there was one thing she could do, she could get him and any other guy eating up every word she fed them. And so their walk down the empty halls of McKinley began, and all she could think about was she hoped that Puck could get done with whatever he had in mind by the time they returned and she’d make a prompt and full recovery…
Puck had watched Artie go off to get a song, and then he’d turned in search of… her. He could only guess correctly that she wouldn’t be out on the dance floor without her date, so all he had to do was go around and… there she was. He stopped when he saw her… It was crazy, and it flew right in the face of a lot of things, this he knew… But none of those things mattered at all to him for now. Maybe no one would understand… but deep down she would; of everyone there, she would understand… he hoped. He wasn’t one to get nervous, but seeing her there, looking like she did… she’d gone and made his throat dry. It wasn’t going to stop him, not after everything he and others had done that night for him to even get there. So he walked up to her, came to stand at her side before she even realized he was there.
“Hey,” he spoke, and she turned, probably expecting to find Sam. When she saw it was him, he saw her start to react before pulling it back in, taking a quick look around.
“Hi,” she obliged him.
“Where’s your boyfriend?”he asked, playing like he didn’t know even if in reality he knew more than Quinn did at this moment.
“Not far, he should be back soon,” she told him, turning to look back at the dancers, which was to say ‘not at him.’ He looked down, then up to where she was staring as well.
“Right…” he spoke evenly, then, after a pause. “But let’s just imagine he might take a little longer… How about a dance?” he asked. She smiled that smile… the one that basically said ‘are you seriously suggesting what I think you’re suggesting?’ “Why not? Unless he frowns upon that?” Puck wondered, knowing it would get a rise out of her… he wasn’t looking to upset her, just to get her talking to him.
“What makes you think I’d want to?” she didn’t have her arms crossed in front of herself, but it felt to him like in her mind she did.
“Because I asked?” he guessed. “We’d talked about it, remember?” he turned his eyes to her, and no matter how hard she’d try not to show, he could tell she knew exactly what he meant. It was a few months before, back when she was still living with him, and his family… at a time when they’d almost been something. And he’d promised her a dance, a real dance… just like this… But then things had happened, and now here they were. “I may be a liar about some things, but I just thought…”
“Fine,” she spoke suddenly, and he looked back at her. “I guess I owe you,” she started, then realizing what it sounded like, she adjusted, “A-and I’d like it.”
“I don’t know about that part, but I’m in,” he bowed his head, offering his hand. He had been stuck for a moment, trying to decide between offering his hand or his arm, not wanting to be too forward on this occasion, but then he went for the hand. He looked to the side to see Artie had rolled up the ramp again, handing the card to Brad, who signalled the band with a ‘one,’ before taking center stage. Even from his vantage point he had spotted Puck escorting Quinn on to the dance floor… Now he got what this was about, or at least part of it. He wasn’t going to ask questions, and when the music began, he began with it.
[A] “We're just two people / Riding in a circle / That's spinning around / Just everyday people / Searching for something / We've already found”
For a split second or so, she’d regretted it… What did she think was going to happen when she went out there? They were broken up, had been for a while… if they were ever really together in the first place, in this particular sense of the word… And she had moved on. Had he moved on? Well, he’d moved backwards, right back ‘with’ Santana like he used to be… What was she supposed to think? But she’d stuck with it, partly because somewhere she did owe him this, like she’d said, and partly because… She didn’t know the other part, or if she did then it hadn’t come to her just yet. They turned and faced each other, and their eyes met, maybe for the first time that night, as they took hold.
[A] “And I'm just a guy / Who's in love with a girl / Not in front of me / Now you're so far away / And I need you right here in my arms”
He hadn’t realized it right up until then, how much he’d missed her. He’d felt things along the way, yes… He wouldn’t have gone through all this trouble if he didn’t… But it didn’t compare to what he felt now that she was right there, finally right there… How had he forgotten what her eyes did to him? Now that he had gotten her there though, he remembered… He didn’t actually have anything figured out for this, for what he would do, what he would tell her. It had seemed impossible enough that he’d even make it there, so he hadn’t come up with it. He wasn’t exactly shy about inciting girls to forget they had boyfriends, but that wasn’t what he wanted with her. If anything was going to happen - again - then it couldn’t be tainted; it had to be right.
[A] “So baby just run / Take a bus, take a plane / Take a train / Baby just run / Run as fast as you can / Girl you'll find your way back / 'Cause no matter wherever you are / There's no place on this earth that's too far, / Run
We're just two people / Wishing that we were together tonight / Just everyday people / Trying to make sense of this puzzle called life”
But it was as he’d felt before; he’d missed her. She’d made him different, not out of some mission to change him but because he’d wanted to… A lot of that was about the baby, yes, but that care wasn’t exclusive. And he’d tried to tell her, so many times over the months, but he just didn’t know how. He’d try, he’d fail, and it felt like every time he hit a brick wall, it was another layer thicker in between them. He’d thought for one peaceful minute that he’d finally hiked across those walls, after their girl was born… He’d finally found the words, and he spoke them to her… She smiled, he smiled… everything was alright…
Sometimes he thought he knew the moment where it had all changed, where he’d lost all the ground he’d gained… It was the moment their daughter officially became someone else’s… It was what Quinn had wanted, it was what he… what he’d agreed to… But no amount of decisions could compare to the time where it had actually become reality. After that, he’d seen her start to change, and then… all his long-searched words had no more power. She wanted to make a clean break, and he let her.
[A] “And I'm just a guy / Who's in love with a girl / Not in front of me / Now you're so far away / And I need you right here in my arms
So baby just run / Take a bus, take a plane / Take a train / And baby just run / Run as fast as you can / Girl you'll find your way back / 'Cause no matter wherever you are / There's no place on this earth that's too far”
She’d still think of him, sometimes… Of course she did. The uniform was back, the belly was gone, the baby… Everything looked like it was back to normal, only it was just appearance. Even if a lot of them would forget and eventually start asking themselves ‘She was the one that was pregnant, right?’ She’d never have that, and neither would Puck. Even if there were others who had been involved along the way, none of them could know it like he did, like she did. Still after all was said and done she’d needed to take a step back because… it was all too much, and if she stayed then… She didn’t know; she really didn’t… she thought she used to, had to. But there had to be a reason, because if not then why would she have given up?
[A] “Sooner or later it's over / Passing you by and it's gone / There's not enough time left to wonder / If you're where you belong”
She looked up at him, and she shook her head, just barely. “What do you want from me?” she had to ask. He looked back at her, thinking. “Because I’m with Sam, and…”
“I know you are,” he promised. “I’m not going to do anything, I wouldn’t… Well, I would… But not this time,” he looked into her eyes, hoping she’d see he was telling the truth.
“Then why…”
“Collecting my due,” he simply stated. And she had to smirk. Seeing that, it made him smile as well. “Can’t a guy just dance with one of his fellow members of the Glee Club?”
“He should,” she agreed.
“Exactly,” he kept on smiling, though they quieted again.
[A] “Take a bus, take a plane, take a train / So Baby just Run / Take a bus, take A plane, take a train
And baby just run / Run as fast as you can / Girl you'll find your way back / 'Cause no matter wherever you are / There's no place on this earth thats to far, / Run”
The song ended, and eventually so did their dance. They kept their hold just a moment or two longer, until Quinn blinked and they each took a step back. “Well, I should get back to…” she started to say, but then realized she’d hadn’t seen or heard from Sam in over five minutes, and the drinks table wasn’t that far. She looked back to Puck. “What did you do?” her eyebrow raised.
“I didn’t drop him in a ditch, if that’s what you’re thinking,” he shrugged, but she had him in that stare. “I may have distracted him a little.”
“Distracted him with what?” she asked.
“With who,” he corrected, and he watched her face shift with understanding; he didn’t need to say the name… actually it would probably be best if he didn’t.
“I have to, uh…” she started to go, but then looked back to him. “Thanks for the dance,” she spoke slowly. He gave a silent ‘you’re welcome,’ and then watched her go. After a moment, he’d walk out of the crowd, lean against the nearest wall…
Sam had just returned a now barely-stumbling Santana to the gym, where she’d ended up on chairs, not too far off from the trio awaiting Artie. Brittany saw her and she walked up. “Are you okay?” she sat by her side.
“I’m fine,” Santana promised with a smile. Brittany smiled back, reassured.
“Hey, Brittany,” Mike came up to her then. “Isn’t that…” he pointed off behind Santana, to the entrance, where a couple had just walked in. Brittany got up to see, and her face livened up with sudden excitement… it was them; they’d come…
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] [464] [465] [466] [467]
[468] [469] [470] [471] [472]
[473] [474] [475] [476] [477]
[478]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 17. They Are Moving Forward"
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, Mike/Brittany 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