Fic: Happy Days Are Here Again - 9/?
Title: Happy Days Are Here Again - 9/?
Pairing: Rachel/Finn, Strong Rachel/Kurt friendship. Rachel/Dave friendship
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Rachel Berry has a secret she wants to reveal but is far too afraid to do so.
Warnings: Transgendered Character, Transphobia,
AN: Previous chapters can be found here.
With that encounter, I made a deal with Dave Karofsky to keep quiet about his secret, as long as he kept quiet about mine. I realized only moments after leaving his side that I need some kind of fabricated proof. Dave is a sad, tortured guy and all but he's also a huge risk. There is no saying that once he realizes I'm lying about having proof that he won't back out of our arrangement. I need to find some way to make him believe there were witnesses, evidence, something.
I go to Kurt for help, which is not that great of an idea because his first reaction is to get pissed off at me. "Rachel!" he yells, eyes getting big as I tell him about confronting Dave. "Are you stupid or something? He could have hit you. He could have done something horrible to you and it would have been my fault. In case you haven't noticed he isn't exactly stable!"
I am surprised he cares. I know we're friends but it's still hard to understand that I have friends who care about me. I never really had to deal with that before. "It was an impulsive choice that I made in the heat of the moment," I tell him tensely. "I saw him bullying you and felt like I should do something to stop it. He may be suffering but that's no reason for him to hurt my best friend."
That softens him. He looks at me in shock, so I keep talking.
"Kurt, this is a good thing," I say. "If you and I can find some way to solidify that I had proof of his kissing you, then we can keep you safe and save a closeted boy from a horrendous life."
"How the hell are we going to find proof?" Kurt asks, shaking his head at me as we walk to class. We have this period together so we sit down at our respective desks. His is in the row behind mine. I turn myself around to talk to him. "We're going to need Finn or someone from glee who's also on the football team," he decides out loud.
"If we can convince him Finn saw the altercation…" I say as the bell rings and we are called to attention by our teacher. If we can convince Dave that Finn played witness to his assault and kiss on Kurt then we can keep this up.
We approach Finn after school. He's tense, because the football team has been rather uncomfortable and there have been many altercations. He looks up. He's quiet until Kurt lays onto him the story of the kiss. He then shoots up and yells out loud. "I am going to kill him!" he yells. I have never seen Finn so infuriated and so protective. I put a hand over my chest, trying to quell the quick beating of my heart. "Kurt, why didn't you tell me?"
"You didn't quite care when he was shoving me into lockers," Kurt quipped, "Why would you care about him kissing me?"
Finn softens at that. It's a low blow but it's kind of true. I understand Kurt's reasoning for using it. "That's all beside the point," I say, trying to calm any possible fight between the pair of step-siblings. "We have a way to get David to leave Kurt alone, without outing him or further bothering his already conflicted state of mind. If he believes that you played witness to his kiss but at the same time you are keeping quiet about it at Kurt's request, that may be enough to manipulate him into leaving Kurt alone."
"And perhaps it might help him become a better person," Kurt mumbles, shrugging.
Finn nods. "What do I have to do guys?"
We gave him instructions, creating an airtight defense that he was in the locker room. It may have been easier to use Mike or Sam, but I figured that Finn would want to be part of this arrangement. A few days later, Finn comes back to us and tells us that our efforts with Dave are going to be hard. "Beiste is having the football guys join glee for the week leading up to our big game," Finn warned us before it happened. "There's been a lot of glee bashing and conflicts and yeah…"
"Well this is going to be interesting," Kurt says, completely unnerved.
It's the first day that the jocks join glee when they start making fun. I insist that David keep his fellow players under control. "David, Finn played witness to a certain incident," I whisper near his ear. "You can help me keep these goons under control for a week, right?"
He looks at me. "Yeah I can do that."
It doesn't go quite that bad after I control things. We do a few numbers with the boys there and Coach Beiste monitors everything. Some of the football jocks are absolutely insufferable, but surprisingly I find that Dave Karofsky isn't one of them. He's actually got some degree of skill, something that we realize when we get scheduled to perform for the halftime show of the big game and we get those jocks dancing with us.
We work pretty hard and I keep close to Dave. It's weird. He kind of fascinates me. I guess we're sort of kindred spirits in that way. He stays after even Mike has left and really tries. The effort fascinates me. "When did you realize that you weren't…you know…a dude?" he whispers impulsively, as he walks over to his bag to grab a water bottle. He pulls it out and I look around to make sure that we're alone.
"I was pretty young," I say softly. "I realized that what they were expecting me to be wasn't what I was. I realized that I didn't fit in with boys my age. If you're asking what I think you're asking, Dave, then I can say yes it terrified me. I realized at an age when most kids are playing on the playground that I was in for a hell of an adult life."
"It'd suck if it got out," he whispers and I'm not sure if he's talking about my identity or his own. "Nobody would trust you and everything they did know about you would be put into question. They'd feel like they'd been lied to."
I shrug and sit down by him.
"I'm trying to get the courage to come out," I say. "If my friends abandoned me for coming out then I guess they wouldn't be my friends anymore."
"You have a lot of confidence," he mumbles. I'm surprised when I see the slightest hint of tears in his eyes. "This is the worst thing in the world. You have gay dads for fuck's sake. I come out and I lose everything."
I wince at his words and then reach over and pat him on the back. "You'll have friends here to support you," I promise. I know to a degree David is right however. Not everyone has the wonderful support that I had when I came out as transgendered to my family and not everyone lives what I do.
The game comes fast and that, as well as the halftime show, is fantastic. I have never been so proud of the glee club. We actually went out there, did amazing and had fantastic reception. After the football game is over and McKinley wins, I run and wrap my arms around Finn. He leans down, exhilarated and drawn into the moment. He presses his lips to mine and kisses me in front of the whole crowd.
I let go for a moment then cling a little tighter and kiss him again. "I take it this means we're okay?" he asks.
"We're definitely okay," I say.
Pairing: Rachel/Finn, Strong Rachel/Kurt friendship. Rachel/Dave friendship
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Rachel Berry has a secret she wants to reveal but is far too afraid to do so.
Warnings: Transgendered Character, Transphobia,
AN: Previous chapters can be found here.
With that encounter, I made a deal with Dave Karofsky to keep quiet about his secret, as long as he kept quiet about mine. I realized only moments after leaving his side that I need some kind of fabricated proof. Dave is a sad, tortured guy and all but he's also a huge risk. There is no saying that once he realizes I'm lying about having proof that he won't back out of our arrangement. I need to find some way to make him believe there were witnesses, evidence, something.
I go to Kurt for help, which is not that great of an idea because his first reaction is to get pissed off at me. "Rachel!" he yells, eyes getting big as I tell him about confronting Dave. "Are you stupid or something? He could have hit you. He could have done something horrible to you and it would have been my fault. In case you haven't noticed he isn't exactly stable!"
I am surprised he cares. I know we're friends but it's still hard to understand that I have friends who care about me. I never really had to deal with that before. "It was an impulsive choice that I made in the heat of the moment," I tell him tensely. "I saw him bullying you and felt like I should do something to stop it. He may be suffering but that's no reason for him to hurt my best friend."
That softens him. He looks at me in shock, so I keep talking.
"Kurt, this is a good thing," I say. "If you and I can find some way to solidify that I had proof of his kissing you, then we can keep you safe and save a closeted boy from a horrendous life."
"How the hell are we going to find proof?" Kurt asks, shaking his head at me as we walk to class. We have this period together so we sit down at our respective desks. His is in the row behind mine. I turn myself around to talk to him. "We're going to need Finn or someone from glee who's also on the football team," he decides out loud.
"If we can convince him Finn saw the altercation…" I say as the bell rings and we are called to attention by our teacher. If we can convince Dave that Finn played witness to his assault and kiss on Kurt then we can keep this up.
We approach Finn after school. He's tense, because the football team has been rather uncomfortable and there have been many altercations. He looks up. He's quiet until Kurt lays onto him the story of the kiss. He then shoots up and yells out loud. "I am going to kill him!" he yells. I have never seen Finn so infuriated and so protective. I put a hand over my chest, trying to quell the quick beating of my heart. "Kurt, why didn't you tell me?"
"You didn't quite care when he was shoving me into lockers," Kurt quipped, "Why would you care about him kissing me?"
Finn softens at that. It's a low blow but it's kind of true. I understand Kurt's reasoning for using it. "That's all beside the point," I say, trying to calm any possible fight between the pair of step-siblings. "We have a way to get David to leave Kurt alone, without outing him or further bothering his already conflicted state of mind. If he believes that you played witness to his kiss but at the same time you are keeping quiet about it at Kurt's request, that may be enough to manipulate him into leaving Kurt alone."
"And perhaps it might help him become a better person," Kurt mumbles, shrugging.
Finn nods. "What do I have to do guys?"
We gave him instructions, creating an airtight defense that he was in the locker room. It may have been easier to use Mike or Sam, but I figured that Finn would want to be part of this arrangement. A few days later, Finn comes back to us and tells us that our efforts with Dave are going to be hard. "Beiste is having the football guys join glee for the week leading up to our big game," Finn warned us before it happened. "There's been a lot of glee bashing and conflicts and yeah…"
"Well this is going to be interesting," Kurt says, completely unnerved.
It's the first day that the jocks join glee when they start making fun. I insist that David keep his fellow players under control. "David, Finn played witness to a certain incident," I whisper near his ear. "You can help me keep these goons under control for a week, right?"
He looks at me. "Yeah I can do that."
It doesn't go quite that bad after I control things. We do a few numbers with the boys there and Coach Beiste monitors everything. Some of the football jocks are absolutely insufferable, but surprisingly I find that Dave Karofsky isn't one of them. He's actually got some degree of skill, something that we realize when we get scheduled to perform for the halftime show of the big game and we get those jocks dancing with us.
We work pretty hard and I keep close to Dave. It's weird. He kind of fascinates me. I guess we're sort of kindred spirits in that way. He stays after even Mike has left and really tries. The effort fascinates me. "When did you realize that you weren't…you know…a dude?" he whispers impulsively, as he walks over to his bag to grab a water bottle. He pulls it out and I look around to make sure that we're alone.
"I was pretty young," I say softly. "I realized that what they were expecting me to be wasn't what I was. I realized that I didn't fit in with boys my age. If you're asking what I think you're asking, Dave, then I can say yes it terrified me. I realized at an age when most kids are playing on the playground that I was in for a hell of an adult life."
"It'd suck if it got out," he whispers and I'm not sure if he's talking about my identity or his own. "Nobody would trust you and everything they did know about you would be put into question. They'd feel like they'd been lied to."
I shrug and sit down by him.
"I'm trying to get the courage to come out," I say. "If my friends abandoned me for coming out then I guess they wouldn't be my friends anymore."
"You have a lot of confidence," he mumbles. I'm surprised when I see the slightest hint of tears in his eyes. "This is the worst thing in the world. You have gay dads for fuck's sake. I come out and I lose everything."
I wince at his words and then reach over and pat him on the back. "You'll have friends here to support you," I promise. I know to a degree David is right however. Not everyone has the wonderful support that I had when I came out as transgendered to my family and not everyone lives what I do.
The game comes fast and that, as well as the halftime show, is fantastic. I have never been so proud of the glee club. We actually went out there, did amazing and had fantastic reception. After the football game is over and McKinley wins, I run and wrap my arms around Finn. He leans down, exhilarated and drawn into the moment. He presses his lips to mine and kisses me in front of the whole crowd.
I let go for a moment then cling a little tighter and kiss him again. "I take it this means we're okay?" he asks.
"We're definitely okay," I say.