Glee | LATGHAOT They Are In Tune | Multiship (12 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!
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 12 of 20 They Are In Tune
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
12. THEY ARE IN TUNE"
Multiship
Santana had sat there for a while, watching, waiting, as Puck tried to get an idea together. The longer it took, with him just staring off at nothing, the more she wanted to snap at him, go home, and forget the whole thing. But then… he sat back, looked at her, smiled… “What?” she asked.
“I’ve got you covered,” he nodded. She tried not to look too hopeful all of a sudden.
“What do you mean?”
“Just come with me,” he got up and headed off, leaving her no choice but to follow. She wasn’t sure what it was that he had thought about, but at this point she wasn’t in too much of a position to argue. Although when she caught on and realized where he was taking them, she did feel a brief need to ask him what on earth he was doing. “Hey, guys. How’s the ankle?” he asked Tina, nodded to Mike.
“I think it’s changed color,” Mike took off the ice, then turned to Tina. “Maybe we do need to get you to a doctor,” he had to ask.
“It’s fine,” she insisted, pointing for him to put the ice back. “It can wait.”
“It’s a real shame, you two being stuck out here,” Puck started slowly, and Santana looked at him. “Well, Tina’s stuck here, I don’t know about you, Mike,” he continued, hoping the bait would be taken.
“I’m staying with her,” Mike just shook his head.
“No, but you should go,” Tina looked at him. “It’s not fair that you have to miss out,” she gave him a small smile. “Really, I want you to get your shot, I…” she looked up, between Santana and Puck, then back to Mike, and Puck. “With who?” she asked, voice low.
“I’m standing right here,” Santana crossed her arms before herself. Mike looked to Tina and, seeing she looked determined on this, he carefully got up.
“Come on,” Puck clapped his shoulders. “Let’s find you a partner.” He looked to Santana and quietly indicated for her to stay with Tina. She didn’t even fight him anymore; he seemed to have a pretty good idea of what he was doing by now. So she took Mike’s place, looked out for the ankle… Meanwhile, Puck led Mike across the gym, up to Brittany and Artie. “Hey, Britt, will you dance with him?” he indicated Mike with a nod of the head.
“Excuse me?” Artie was the one to chime in. Puck leaned in to whisper to him.
“I’m just trying to get him one dance, since Tina’s benched right now,” he shrugged.
“Yeah, but with my girlfriend? Do I have to remind you what happened at Sectionals?” Artie looked concerned.
“Dude, nothing happened at Sectionals,” he pointed out. “It was all in your head. Didn’t you two make up and everything?” Artie didn’t answer, but he nodded. “So what are you worried about?” Again Artie didn’t speak, but he looked up to Brittany. She’d been right by his side, and he didn’t know if she had heard all if any of that. She didn’t look too concerned.
“What do you think?” he asked her.
“Usually not a whole lot,” she frowned.
“I mean do you want to dance with Mike?” he rephrased.
“Oh, sure!” she smiled to Artie and Mike both.
“One dance, just one though,” he checked, and she nodded, going off with Mike. “Is this new, the helpfulness?” he looked to Puck as though to say ‘because it’s not doing me much good.’
“I’m just helping out a friend,” Puck told him, leaving out the part where the ‘friend’ wasn’t the one Artie thought… Of course, if this panned out at all, he just might lose Artie as one of those friends, if he ever found out… “I have to go,” he continued on his plan, moving toward the stage. At the chairs, Santana saw him go and, unable to help herself, she removed herself from under the ankle and dashed after him.
“I have to go,” she told Tina. She was quick to catch up with Puck. “Tell me how exactly is this going to… With Mike?” her voice changed when she spotted them heading toward the dance floor.
“If this thing with you and her is what you think it is, then do you think you need to worry?” he paused and turned to look at her. She stood there in silence for a moment.
“I… Okay…” Her eyebrow raised. “When did you become romantic guy?” Puck stood up straighter.
“I have moments,” he told her before continuing toward Mr. Schuester.
“Moments, yeah,” Santana nodded and followed. “But what am I supposed to…” she started and he came back to her, whispered in her ear. “Oh… Right,” she blinked. He nodded, and he continued to Schuester. He was offered the bowl, picked his song, and then he got up on stage, seeing Santana head back over to Tina on the chairs. He turned and located Mike and Brittany before giving the card to Brad. He held up four fingers to the band, and they were in business. Puck had stashed his guitar with the band the day before, and he went to get it, plucking along as he walked back to the microphone, and then they began.
[P] “The dawn is breaking / A light shining through / You're barely waking / And I'm tangled up in you / Yeah”
As soon as they’d reached ‘dance mode,’ they had both adopted the same sort of ‘we’re very serious dancers, straight lines, clean turns!’ mentality, though there was a laugh buried just under the surface, threatening to come out at any moment. It took about thirty seconds for the dam to burst. Brittany threw her head back into the laugh and nearly lost her balance, but Mike stopped her.
“Careful, I’ve already got one dance partner benched. I’m not getting another one or I’ll start to think it’s my fault,” he joked. She nodded, still chuckling along. They were back to dancing, though not so seriously anymore.
“I’m sorry about that,” she told him, once she could contain the laugh. He nodded a thanks.
[P] “I'm open, you're closed / Where I follow, you'll go / I worry I won't see your face / Light up again”
Even the best fall down sometime / Even the wrong words seem to rhyme / Out of the doubt that fills my mind / I somehow find / You and I collide”
Now that they were there, dancing, it finally dawned on her, what Artie had meant, insisting on one dance… it was Mike. He’d already thought there was something going on between them, and even if they’d settled his concerns, maybe he still wasn’t sure. To be honest, she wasn’t sure she understood herself, although she hadn’t gone into too much detail with him about it. She looked to Mike.
“Can I ask you something?” she frowned, and he nodded. She wasn’t sure how to phrase it… she did have a knack for misinterpretation. “Why did they think we were doing it?” was how it came out, and now it was Mike who nearly tripped, and Brittany who caught him.
“Who’s they?” he asked, then, “Tina and Artie?” She confirmed. “Was that it?” his head lifted, recalling the whole madness at Sectionals. “Oh…” he thought.
[P] “I'm quiet, you know / You make a first impression / I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind”
He hadn’t really considered it, but it just made sense, so he didn’t get what the big deal was… They were friends, great friends, and even more so once they had connected over dance. He’d spent so much time doing his own dancing behind closed doors, and Brittany… he’d seen her on the field with the Cheerios, but that was child’s play compared to the things he’d seen her do in Glee Club. She’d been one of the few people who’d known what he could do before he’d done it with them, too. She knew what it meant to him, and as she grew within the club, so did he, so did his confidence.
[P] “Even the best fall down sometime / Even the stars refuse to shine / Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find / You and I collide
Don't stop here / I lost my place / I'm close behind”
So of course they were close. But they were friends; what was wrong with that? When Mr. Schuester had handed them that dance duet opportunity, they’d been excited, they’d been so very invested in it. How this translated into some kind of a hook-up, he had no idea. It was nothing against Brittany, really not. They’d been friends all this time, and he remembered her having been the first girl to make his head turn, but they were never more than that. And now she was with Artie, he was with Tina…
[P] “Even the best fall down sometime / Even the wrong words seem to rhyme / Out of the doubt that fills your mind / You finally find / You and I collide / Finally find / You and I collide / You finally find / You and I collide”
When the song ended, Brittany gave him a smile and a hug. He returned it. “Thanks for the dance.”
“You’re welcome!” she told him with a good nod. “I’m here if you need another.”
“Yeah, not sure they’ll think the same,” he joked and she smirked. I should get back,” he indicated. They waved and he moved off through the crowd.
There, two things happened. As Mike made it back to the chairs, he found the ice melting a whole through the napkins on the chairs, but no Tina. For a moment, still with the thoughts in his mind of what Brittany had told him, he worried she had left, but then a noise drew his attention and he turned to spot Mr. Schuester in the distance, dragging a stool to the microphone, lowering it before Tina hopped her way over to sit.
And on the dance floor, before Brittany could leave the mass of people and rejoin Artie, a hand took hold of her own. She turned. “Santana!” she smiled… Santana smiled back.
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]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 12. They Are In Tune"
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
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 12 of 20 They Are In Tune
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
12. THEY ARE IN TUNE"
Multiship
Santana had sat there for a while, watching, waiting, as Puck tried to get an idea together. The longer it took, with him just staring off at nothing, the more she wanted to snap at him, go home, and forget the whole thing. But then… he sat back, looked at her, smiled… “What?” she asked.
“I’ve got you covered,” he nodded. She tried not to look too hopeful all of a sudden.
“What do you mean?”
“Just come with me,” he got up and headed off, leaving her no choice but to follow. She wasn’t sure what it was that he had thought about, but at this point she wasn’t in too much of a position to argue. Although when she caught on and realized where he was taking them, she did feel a brief need to ask him what on earth he was doing. “Hey, guys. How’s the ankle?” he asked Tina, nodded to Mike.
“I think it’s changed color,” Mike took off the ice, then turned to Tina. “Maybe we do need to get you to a doctor,” he had to ask.
“It’s fine,” she insisted, pointing for him to put the ice back. “It can wait.”
“It’s a real shame, you two being stuck out here,” Puck started slowly, and Santana looked at him. “Well, Tina’s stuck here, I don’t know about you, Mike,” he continued, hoping the bait would be taken.
“I’m staying with her,” Mike just shook his head.
“No, but you should go,” Tina looked at him. “It’s not fair that you have to miss out,” she gave him a small smile. “Really, I want you to get your shot, I…” she looked up, between Santana and Puck, then back to Mike, and Puck. “With who?” she asked, voice low.
“I’m standing right here,” Santana crossed her arms before herself. Mike looked to Tina and, seeing she looked determined on this, he carefully got up.
“Come on,” Puck clapped his shoulders. “Let’s find you a partner.” He looked to Santana and quietly indicated for her to stay with Tina. She didn’t even fight him anymore; he seemed to have a pretty good idea of what he was doing by now. So she took Mike’s place, looked out for the ankle… Meanwhile, Puck led Mike across the gym, up to Brittany and Artie. “Hey, Britt, will you dance with him?” he indicated Mike with a nod of the head.
“Excuse me?” Artie was the one to chime in. Puck leaned in to whisper to him.
“I’m just trying to get him one dance, since Tina’s benched right now,” he shrugged.
“Yeah, but with my girlfriend? Do I have to remind you what happened at Sectionals?” Artie looked concerned.
“Dude, nothing happened at Sectionals,” he pointed out. “It was all in your head. Didn’t you two make up and everything?” Artie didn’t answer, but he nodded. “So what are you worried about?” Again Artie didn’t speak, but he looked up to Brittany. She’d been right by his side, and he didn’t know if she had heard all if any of that. She didn’t look too concerned.
“What do you think?” he asked her.
“Usually not a whole lot,” she frowned.
“I mean do you want to dance with Mike?” he rephrased.
“Oh, sure!” she smiled to Artie and Mike both.
“One dance, just one though,” he checked, and she nodded, going off with Mike. “Is this new, the helpfulness?” he looked to Puck as though to say ‘because it’s not doing me much good.’
“I’m just helping out a friend,” Puck told him, leaving out the part where the ‘friend’ wasn’t the one Artie thought… Of course, if this panned out at all, he just might lose Artie as one of those friends, if he ever found out… “I have to go,” he continued on his plan, moving toward the stage. At the chairs, Santana saw him go and, unable to help herself, she removed herself from under the ankle and dashed after him.
“I have to go,” she told Tina. She was quick to catch up with Puck. “Tell me how exactly is this going to… With Mike?” her voice changed when she spotted them heading toward the dance floor.
“If this thing with you and her is what you think it is, then do you think you need to worry?” he paused and turned to look at her. She stood there in silence for a moment.
“I… Okay…” Her eyebrow raised. “When did you become romantic guy?” Puck stood up straighter.
“I have moments,” he told her before continuing toward Mr. Schuester.
“Moments, yeah,” Santana nodded and followed. “But what am I supposed to…” she started and he came back to her, whispered in her ear. “Oh… Right,” she blinked. He nodded, and he continued to Schuester. He was offered the bowl, picked his song, and then he got up on stage, seeing Santana head back over to Tina on the chairs. He turned and located Mike and Brittany before giving the card to Brad. He held up four fingers to the band, and they were in business. Puck had stashed his guitar with the band the day before, and he went to get it, plucking along as he walked back to the microphone, and then they began.
[P] “The dawn is breaking / A light shining through / You're barely waking / And I'm tangled up in you / Yeah”
As soon as they’d reached ‘dance mode,’ they had both adopted the same sort of ‘we’re very serious dancers, straight lines, clean turns!’ mentality, though there was a laugh buried just under the surface, threatening to come out at any moment. It took about thirty seconds for the dam to burst. Brittany threw her head back into the laugh and nearly lost her balance, but Mike stopped her.
“Careful, I’ve already got one dance partner benched. I’m not getting another one or I’ll start to think it’s my fault,” he joked. She nodded, still chuckling along. They were back to dancing, though not so seriously anymore.
“I’m sorry about that,” she told him, once she could contain the laugh. He nodded a thanks.
[P] “I'm open, you're closed / Where I follow, you'll go / I worry I won't see your face / Light up again”
Even the best fall down sometime / Even the wrong words seem to rhyme / Out of the doubt that fills my mind / I somehow find / You and I collide”
Now that they were there, dancing, it finally dawned on her, what Artie had meant, insisting on one dance… it was Mike. He’d already thought there was something going on between them, and even if they’d settled his concerns, maybe he still wasn’t sure. To be honest, she wasn’t sure she understood herself, although she hadn’t gone into too much detail with him about it. She looked to Mike.
“Can I ask you something?” she frowned, and he nodded. She wasn’t sure how to phrase it… she did have a knack for misinterpretation. “Why did they think we were doing it?” was how it came out, and now it was Mike who nearly tripped, and Brittany who caught him.
“Who’s they?” he asked, then, “Tina and Artie?” She confirmed. “Was that it?” his head lifted, recalling the whole madness at Sectionals. “Oh…” he thought.
[P] “I'm quiet, you know / You make a first impression / I've found I'm scared to know I'm always on your mind”
He hadn’t really considered it, but it just made sense, so he didn’t get what the big deal was… They were friends, great friends, and even more so once they had connected over dance. He’d spent so much time doing his own dancing behind closed doors, and Brittany… he’d seen her on the field with the Cheerios, but that was child’s play compared to the things he’d seen her do in Glee Club. She’d been one of the few people who’d known what he could do before he’d done it with them, too. She knew what it meant to him, and as she grew within the club, so did he, so did his confidence.
[P] “Even the best fall down sometime / Even the stars refuse to shine / Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find / You and I collide
Don't stop here / I lost my place / I'm close behind”
So of course they were close. But they were friends; what was wrong with that? When Mr. Schuester had handed them that dance duet opportunity, they’d been excited, they’d been so very invested in it. How this translated into some kind of a hook-up, he had no idea. It was nothing against Brittany, really not. They’d been friends all this time, and he remembered her having been the first girl to make his head turn, but they were never more than that. And now she was with Artie, he was with Tina…
[P] “Even the best fall down sometime / Even the wrong words seem to rhyme / Out of the doubt that fills your mind / You finally find / You and I collide / Finally find / You and I collide / You finally find / You and I collide”
When the song ended, Brittany gave him a smile and a hug. He returned it. “Thanks for the dance.”
“You’re welcome!” she told him with a good nod. “I’m here if you need another.”
“Yeah, not sure they’ll think the same,” he joked and she smirked. I should get back,” he indicated. They waved and he moved off through the crowd.
There, two things happened. As Mike made it back to the chairs, he found the ice melting a whole through the napkins on the chairs, but no Tina. For a moment, still with the thoughts in his mind of what Brittany had told him, he worried she had left, but then a noise drew his attention and he turned to spot Mr. Schuester in the distance, dragging a stool to the microphone, lowering it before Tina hopped her way over to sit.
And on the dance floor, before Brittany could leave the mass of people and rejoin Artie, a hand took hold of her own. She turned. “Santana!” she smiled… Santana smiled back.
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]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 12. They Are In Tune"
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