Glee | LATGHAOT They Are Everywhere, pt.2 | Multiship (19 of 20)
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LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING - [For the full explanation, please refer to Chapter 1
Chapter 19 of 20 They Are Everywhere, pt.2
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
19. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE, PT.2"
Multiship
Ties to The Encyclopedia Brittanyca
At Mr. Schuester’s call for couples to return to the floor, as Peter “Patches” Geller sang to them, Mike had looked to Tina, held his hand out to her, and asked if she was ready to go. She looked uncertain, both for her own concern over her ankle, and for surprise that Mike should be the one to suggest they go out there, seeing how he’d been insisting she not walk on her ankle. But he promised her it would be fine, and she absolutely trusted that, so she said yes. He picked her up in his arms, let her put her own arms around his neck, and they were ready. He’d protect her injured ankle, and warm her loving heart.
After she’d taken that fall, she’d thought for sure her Valentine’s Day would be ruined. But she was wrong… so wrong. Yes, it hurt, and they’d probably make a dash to the ER when this was done, but… Mike had taken care of her, all throughout the evening. The way he worried, she knew… oh, he felt just what she felt for him. It wasn’t just about common decency for him; he couldn’t bear that she’d be in pain. Now he was there, forehead pressed to hers, gently swaying her around, in their dance.
[P] “And you / You can sing me anything”
It had taken time for them to find good and proper peace of mind… Well, it had taken her that time. The break with Artie, that was not something she had planned for, and even if she knew she was doing the right thing at that time, it had still meant trampling over a friendship that mattered so much. Now tonight though… tonight they had - she hoped - started to rebuild, to fix things… She didn’t know what the future held, but if this dance taught her anything, it was that the best things would not happen the way you’d thought they would.
Artie was ready for it, too. It had hurt to lose her, much more to continually find himself both shot down and faced with the one she’d chosen instead of him, so how could he possibly see this coming? He wanted to trust her again, and in the end that was what had given him the needed little nudge to go for it. Deep down he’d probably always miss that part of their lives, with all she represented in it.
[P] “The book of love is long and boring / And written very long ago”
But he was happy now, with Brittany… so very happy. It was unexpected, but then so was Brittany. Now there she was, sitting in his lap for their dance, and that smile of hers… smile on her lips, smile in her eyes… and he was the one who’d given her that. She’d made it possible for him to let his heart breathe again, and whether that would last or not, he didn’t know. What he did know was that he would always remember it, appreciate it.
She had so much of that same emotion in her. It hadn’t been planned, and for that it had brought new and unexpected joys to her life. She’d never had a relationship like this, and she kind of liked it. But then being as she was who she was, good Brittany S. Pierce, it wasn’t all simple and even…
[P] “It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes / And things we're all too young to know”
She had dear, dear friends, like Mike, with whom she had so much in common that it would have seemed almost too natural to make something happen, but… the love she had for him was not what people might think. They had something special, had it nearly all their lives… Mike Chang would always have a place in that big loving heart of hers…
[P] “But I / I love it when you give me things”
But then there was Santana… It was like with Mike, even like with Artie… there was love, not as expected… The difference with her and Santana was… Well, she’d given her heart, long ago, as friends, as teammates, as… She’d tried giving her more of it, but this was where things had gotten complicated. Maybe she was scared, Santana was… Brittany didn’t understand why she should be, but she’d never get in the way of that. Maybe she needed more time, to really find her way… that was okay. Brittany would give her all the time in the world, always…
Her one concern was what would happen if and when she finally did step up to her… People would get hurt… people always got hurt… and she didn’t want that.
[P] “And you / You ought to give me wedding rings”
She was finding her courage, piece by piece… Even if those pieces felt so very small, in the shape of things as a whole, she kept at it. Now even as she’d rejoined Puck for that final dance, they had reached some sort of peace, for having helped one another get what they wanted. He smiled at her, and she smiled at him… maybe this was how it was meant for them… a twisted little friendship. She looked to the side, once again within sight of Brittany, ‘dancing’ with Artie. Santana kept on smiling, even if it was smaller, because she knew… the pieces were coming.
[P] “And I / I love it when you give me things”
They were back within his sight again as well… Quinn, and Sam… And Puck, he tried to move along, but it was hard not to look at her… He’d tell himself he would be better off being the guy he used to be, that his life was better back then, but… that wasn’t true, of course it wasn’t. She’d made him better, by accident… their accident… Now he had this part somewhere in his heart that wanted to be that man again, but without her by his side it was hard to even try. And she was happy, so what would it say about him if he ignored it? If he loved her so much, then he should want that for her, right? But he wanted to dance with her again… he didn’t want to stop dancing with her…
She saw him looking, even if he tried not to be seen. There was something not too inconspicuous about that mohawked-head turning left and right… So with every move of his head, she saw him, and she thought again about… so much. Their dance, no matter how much she’d fought it… the birth, and what came after… One fleeting moment of happiness she still regretted even if she’d told herself it was every bit the right thing to do… Still now there she was…
[P] “And you / You ought to give me wedding rings / You ought to give me wedding rings”
And she had Sam… He had given her peace of mind, after the emotional hurricane of a year she’d had… Her life made sense again, little by little. She had resisted at first, because she hadn’t wanted a repeat of what she’d gone through, what she’d lost… She was so glad she had let herself take that leap with him, because he’d given her all these reasons to smile again… and she did, as they danced; he smiled back.
She’d told him about the dance with Puck, after he’d told her about his Santana ambush. She had brushed it off, so he did too… She’d gone back to him, and that was what mattered, back to dancing…
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] [479] [480]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 19. They Are Everywhere, pt.2"
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 PETER/HANNAH
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 19 of 20 They Are Everywhere, pt.2
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
19. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE, PT.2"
Multiship
Ties to The Encyclopedia Brittanyca
At Mr. Schuester’s call for couples to return to the floor, as Peter “Patches” Geller sang to them, Mike had looked to Tina, held his hand out to her, and asked if she was ready to go. She looked uncertain, both for her own concern over her ankle, and for surprise that Mike should be the one to suggest they go out there, seeing how he’d been insisting she not walk on her ankle. But he promised her it would be fine, and she absolutely trusted that, so she said yes. He picked her up in his arms, let her put her own arms around his neck, and they were ready. He’d protect her injured ankle, and warm her loving heart.
After she’d taken that fall, she’d thought for sure her Valentine’s Day would be ruined. But she was wrong… so wrong. Yes, it hurt, and they’d probably make a dash to the ER when this was done, but… Mike had taken care of her, all throughout the evening. The way he worried, she knew… oh, he felt just what she felt for him. It wasn’t just about common decency for him; he couldn’t bear that she’d be in pain. Now he was there, forehead pressed to hers, gently swaying her around, in their dance.
[P] “And you / You can sing me anything”
It had taken time for them to find good and proper peace of mind… Well, it had taken her that time. The break with Artie, that was not something she had planned for, and even if she knew she was doing the right thing at that time, it had still meant trampling over a friendship that mattered so much. Now tonight though… tonight they had - she hoped - started to rebuild, to fix things… She didn’t know what the future held, but if this dance taught her anything, it was that the best things would not happen the way you’d thought they would.
Artie was ready for it, too. It had hurt to lose her, much more to continually find himself both shot down and faced with the one she’d chosen instead of him, so how could he possibly see this coming? He wanted to trust her again, and in the end that was what had given him the needed little nudge to go for it. Deep down he’d probably always miss that part of their lives, with all she represented in it.
[P] “The book of love is long and boring / And written very long ago”
But he was happy now, with Brittany… so very happy. It was unexpected, but then so was Brittany. Now there she was, sitting in his lap for their dance, and that smile of hers… smile on her lips, smile in her eyes… and he was the one who’d given her that. She’d made it possible for him to let his heart breathe again, and whether that would last or not, he didn’t know. What he did know was that he would always remember it, appreciate it.
She had so much of that same emotion in her. It hadn’t been planned, and for that it had brought new and unexpected joys to her life. She’d never had a relationship like this, and she kind of liked it. But then being as she was who she was, good Brittany S. Pierce, it wasn’t all simple and even…
[P] “It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes / And things we're all too young to know”
She had dear, dear friends, like Mike, with whom she had so much in common that it would have seemed almost too natural to make something happen, but… the love she had for him was not what people might think. They had something special, had it nearly all their lives… Mike Chang would always have a place in that big loving heart of hers…
[P] “But I / I love it when you give me things”
But then there was Santana… It was like with Mike, even like with Artie… there was love, not as expected… The difference with her and Santana was… Well, she’d given her heart, long ago, as friends, as teammates, as… She’d tried giving her more of it, but this was where things had gotten complicated. Maybe she was scared, Santana was… Brittany didn’t understand why she should be, but she’d never get in the way of that. Maybe she needed more time, to really find her way… that was okay. Brittany would give her all the time in the world, always…
Her one concern was what would happen if and when she finally did step up to her… People would get hurt… people always got hurt… and she didn’t want that.
[P] “And you / You ought to give me wedding rings”
She was finding her courage, piece by piece… Even if those pieces felt so very small, in the shape of things as a whole, she kept at it. Now even as she’d rejoined Puck for that final dance, they had reached some sort of peace, for having helped one another get what they wanted. He smiled at her, and she smiled at him… maybe this was how it was meant for them… a twisted little friendship. She looked to the side, once again within sight of Brittany, ‘dancing’ with Artie. Santana kept on smiling, even if it was smaller, because she knew… the pieces were coming.
[P] “And I / I love it when you give me things”
They were back within his sight again as well… Quinn, and Sam… And Puck, he tried to move along, but it was hard not to look at her… He’d tell himself he would be better off being the guy he used to be, that his life was better back then, but… that wasn’t true, of course it wasn’t. She’d made him better, by accident… their accident… Now he had this part somewhere in his heart that wanted to be that man again, but without her by his side it was hard to even try. And she was happy, so what would it say about him if he ignored it? If he loved her so much, then he should want that for her, right? But he wanted to dance with her again… he didn’t want to stop dancing with her…
She saw him looking, even if he tried not to be seen. There was something not too inconspicuous about that mohawked-head turning left and right… So with every move of his head, she saw him, and she thought again about… so much. Their dance, no matter how much she’d fought it… the birth, and what came after… One fleeting moment of happiness she still regretted even if she’d told herself it was every bit the right thing to do… Still now there she was…
[P] “And you / You ought to give me wedding rings / You ought to give me wedding rings”
And she had Sam… He had given her peace of mind, after the emotional hurricane of a year she’d had… Her life made sense again, little by little. She had resisted at first, because she hadn’t wanted a repeat of what she’d gone through, what she’d lost… She was so glad she had let herself take that leap with him, because he’d given her all these reasons to smile again… and she did, as they danced; he smiled back.
She’d told him about the dance with Puck, after he’d told her about his Santana ambush. She had brushed it off, so he did too… She’d gone back to him, and that was what mattered, back to dancing…
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] [479] [480]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 19. They Are Everywhere, pt.2"
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 PETER/HANNAH
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