Glee | LATGHAOT They Are Never Too Late | Multiship (16 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!
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LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING - [For the full explanation, please refer to Chapter 1
Chapter 16 of 20 They Are Never Too Late
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
16. THEY ARE NEVER TOO LATE"
Multiship
It had been Carole’s idea, though Burt had immediately agreed, finding it was only fair. So they’d gone around looking until they found their sons’ Glee Club director, sitting near the stage. “Mr. Schuester,” Carole went up to him, smiling. They may not have known each other personally, except for a couple of encounters here and there, but she’d already heard so much about the man from Finn that it felt like she’d known him all along.
“Mrs. Hudson,” Will got up. “Mr. Hummel,” he turned his greeting to the man. “Oh, this is Miss Holly Holiday,” he turned to introduce her. Hands were shook. “What can I do for you? You don’t want to go and sing, do you?”
“As tempting as that is, I think we’ll pass,” Burt nodded.
“Yes, and actually it’s us who want to help you,” Carole smiled. “You’ve been back here all night, and that’s not fair, that is, you should get to enjoy this dance, too,” she nodded. “So we want to take over with your bowl there, for a bit, and then you and Miss Holiday can go and dance.” Will smiled, looking to Holly, who took no time looking interested.
“How can I refuse an offer like that,” he nodded, handing the bowl to Carole. “We won’t take long.”
“Take all the time you need,” Burt insisted. Will gave a thankful nod to the man before offering his arm to Holly and escorting her off. Burt and Carole took up the seats Will and Holly had just vacated, and they waited. It wouldn’t take long…
While all this had been going on, another offer was being presented. Artie wheeled Tina back to where they’d left Mike and Brittany. Those two were ‘micro dancing,’ seated but just barely. When the others returned, Mike was about to help Tina up, but she stopped him.
“So we had an idea,” she started.
“Cool,” Brittany smiled.
“Let her tell it,” Artie nodded, and Brittany’s face showed surprise over there being more to learn.
“Quartet,” Tina revealed; Brittany frowned. “We all go up there, together, the four of us,” Tina explained.
“All of us… singing? Or you singing and us dancing?” Mike asked, indicating Artie and Tina, and then himself and Brittany.
“You can sing,” she reminded, not as permission but ability. “You will… right?” she asked. Mike looked to Brittany, and she was in; she’d sing… that just left him. He was still kind of apprehensive about these abilities of his, but she believed in him enough, Tina did, that he just had no power to say no.
“I will,” he nodded, and she grinned. “What are we singing though?”
“We have to go to Mr. Schuester,” Artie nodded, and they were off. However, when they reached the other end of the gym, it wasn’t Schue they found.
“Hi, Mr. Hummel!” Brittany spoke when she saw him. He nodded to her, his son’s once-upon-a-time ‘make out friend.’
“Hey, guys, one of you wants to go up there?” Carole asked with a smile, shaking up the song bowl.
“Actually, we’d like all like to go, together,” Tina nodded.
“Oh, well here you go,” Carole held out the bowl. The four looked amongst themselves, and the picking was deferred to Tina. Artie wheeled her up a bit closer and she put her hand in, retrieving a card. They all huddled in to see what was written before they shared a look.
“We’ll need to split it, won’t we?” Mike asked.
“It’s easy,” Tina confirmed. “Artie, in the corner?” she asked, and with a nod he led the pack to the corner. It didn’t take too long to get it all settled. Once that was done, it was more of a matter of how to get everyone on stage. Not wanting Tina to either be moved or dropped, Mike and Brittany helped to push the chair and its two occupants up the ramp. On the stage, Tina’s stool was brought back out and there she was transferred on to it. A second microphone stand was added to accommodate everyone, while Brittany brought the card to Brad. He signalled an ‘eighteen’ and so they were ready. Artie began.
[A] “I've just seen a face, / I can't forget the time or place / Where we just met, she's just the girl for me” / [AB] “And I want all the world to see we've met / Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm mmm mmm”
Will had just found them a spot within the crowd when the song came on, and he had to smile… He loved this one. Looking to Holly, he saw she was just as happy for it. He spun her around, getting her smiling even more than she already was. He had quickly gotten to thinking it was slightly unfortunate, that he’d called her in to be his chaperone, to be… his date… and they’d spent most of the evening so far just sitting there, controlling the song bowl, when he wasn’t off dancing with Emma that one time… Now, sure, they’d had some good times even sitting there, but it wasn’t the same… He’d wanted to get her out there on the dance floor, for both of them… she’d wanted it, too, he could tell. Well now here they were, and it was just upbeat enough to reawaken them from their laidback state.
[M] “Had it been another day / I might have looked the other way” / [T] “And I’d have never been aware” / [M] “But as it is I'll dream of her tonight” / [MT] “La, di, di, da di di”
[AM] “Falling, ([BT] “yes I am”) falling / And she keeps calling me back again”
He was starting to realize how much he actually cared for her. For what she’d represented at first, an usurper to his place in his kids’ lives, she had revealed herself to be much more of a kindred spirit. She understood everything a lot more than he had anticipated, and no doubt more than she herself could tell. There was Holly the teacher, the substitute, unwilling to settle in one status for too long, living for the moment, and he loved that about her to an extent… He wished sometimes he could take a page from her book… With the way his life had changed, the things that had and hadn’t worked, disappointments and victories, it was hard to recognize the whole thing as one coherent whole. And as much as he tried not to concern himself too much with it, he couldn’t really do otherwise.
But right under all this zigzag of a mentality she had, Will could see in Holly… a spirit. She was lively and creative, attentive and kind… Sometimes it may not have seemed like it, but she really was. And those were the qualities he’d seen, the ones that had gotten his heart beating the right way for the first time in a while. It wasn’t the easiest thing to listen to, after doing so had only led to that heart being broken, time and again. He didn’t know where this would all go, but then no matter what he wasn’t going to sit and resist out of fear.
[T] “I have never known / The likes of this, I've been alone” / [M] “And I have missed things and kept out of sight / But other girls were never quite like this” / [TM] “Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm mmm mmm”
[BT] “Falling, ([AM] “yes I am”) falling / And he keeps calling me back again”
It had been a while since she’d had something like this, something where her instincts didn’t scream ‘get in, get out.’ Something like this usually had her collecting boxes for packing up and moving at this point. She’d seen the signs coming, and whether she realized it or not, she’d be starting to back up, slowly, surely. Will Schuester didn’t make her want to back up. She didn’t know if she was up to a stage where not only did he not make her want to back up but he made her want to step up, but at the very least he made her want to stay right where she was. And if that wasn’t an improvement…
He made her think of her old life, before the incident… with Cameo… He made her miss it a bit, too. His hope seemed boundless… He had found it, with Glee Club… the thing that made him happy. Most everything in life was repetition, and that was what she had tried so desperately to get away from. She’d change things up, just enough that it would keep a freshness and a spark going. She used to think that that was how it had to be done; if she wanted her inner renewal, she had to move herself to it. But Will, with his club, he made it happen… day in, day out, in that one little room. And that was worth keeping her feet firmly planted, not backing away.
[B] “I've just seen a face / I can’t forget the time or place / Where we just met, she's just the girl for me” / [A] “And I want all the world to see we've met” / [BA] “Mmm, mmm, mmm, la di di”
[BT] “Falling, yes I am falling” / [AM] “And she keeps calling me back again” / [BT] “Falling, yes I am falling” / [AM] “And she keeps calling me back again” / [BT] “Falling, yes I am falling” / [AM] “And she keeps calling me back again”
The song ended, and the two of them shared a smile. “I liked that,” Will nodded.
“Yeah, I did too,” Holly nodded back. “In fact, I think we need to go again,” she went on.
“I think we do,” Will agreed.
When they were done with their song, Tina was put back into Artie’s lap so Mike and Brittany could get them down the ramp again. They were still amped up from their number, though as they made their way to the chairs again, there was something Artie had to ask, looking to Brittany.
“You were supposed to change the lyrics in your part, remember?” She looked at him; she clearly didn’t. “You said ‘girl’,” he gestured to himself, as though to say ‘which I am not.’
“Oh… Sorry, forgot,” she shrugged.
Santana wasn’t sure how she liked this plan, but she did owe Puck. And when he’d seen Sam walk off, toward the drinks table, he’d turned to her like he’d nudge her along if she didn’t go. The idea was ‘inspired’ by Tina’s predicament, and a little bit from Jacob’s tooth situation… Santana had one mission, one mission alone, and that was diversion… which she could do. It was a good thing she was fast. She scurried along, and just managed to - safely - throw herself on the ground, near the gym doors… within sight, and away from interfering chaperones. She cried out ‘in pain’ and he looked up.
“Help me?” she asked, ‘innocent and afraid.’ Meanwhile, Puck had a last minute thought, and he dashed across to the four of them, in the back… Mike, and Tina, and Brittany, and…
“Artie,” he called to him, giving a nod for him to come to the side with him. He excused himself from the others and rolled up. “I need a favor.”
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]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 16. They Are Never Too Late"
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 16 of 20 They Are Never Too Late
"LOVE & THE GENTLE HEART ARE ONE THING
16. THEY ARE NEVER TOO LATE"
Multiship
It had been Carole’s idea, though Burt had immediately agreed, finding it was only fair. So they’d gone around looking until they found their sons’ Glee Club director, sitting near the stage. “Mr. Schuester,” Carole went up to him, smiling. They may not have known each other personally, except for a couple of encounters here and there, but she’d already heard so much about the man from Finn that it felt like she’d known him all along.
“Mrs. Hudson,” Will got up. “Mr. Hummel,” he turned his greeting to the man. “Oh, this is Miss Holly Holiday,” he turned to introduce her. Hands were shook. “What can I do for you? You don’t want to go and sing, do you?”
“As tempting as that is, I think we’ll pass,” Burt nodded.
“Yes, and actually it’s us who want to help you,” Carole smiled. “You’ve been back here all night, and that’s not fair, that is, you should get to enjoy this dance, too,” she nodded. “So we want to take over with your bowl there, for a bit, and then you and Miss Holiday can go and dance.” Will smiled, looking to Holly, who took no time looking interested.
“How can I refuse an offer like that,” he nodded, handing the bowl to Carole. “We won’t take long.”
“Take all the time you need,” Burt insisted. Will gave a thankful nod to the man before offering his arm to Holly and escorting her off. Burt and Carole took up the seats Will and Holly had just vacated, and they waited. It wouldn’t take long…
While all this had been going on, another offer was being presented. Artie wheeled Tina back to where they’d left Mike and Brittany. Those two were ‘micro dancing,’ seated but just barely. When the others returned, Mike was about to help Tina up, but she stopped him.
“So we had an idea,” she started.
“Cool,” Brittany smiled.
“Let her tell it,” Artie nodded, and Brittany’s face showed surprise over there being more to learn.
“Quartet,” Tina revealed; Brittany frowned. “We all go up there, together, the four of us,” Tina explained.
“All of us… singing? Or you singing and us dancing?” Mike asked, indicating Artie and Tina, and then himself and Brittany.
“You can sing,” she reminded, not as permission but ability. “You will… right?” she asked. Mike looked to Brittany, and she was in; she’d sing… that just left him. He was still kind of apprehensive about these abilities of his, but she believed in him enough, Tina did, that he just had no power to say no.
“I will,” he nodded, and she grinned. “What are we singing though?”
“We have to go to Mr. Schuester,” Artie nodded, and they were off. However, when they reached the other end of the gym, it wasn’t Schue they found.
“Hi, Mr. Hummel!” Brittany spoke when she saw him. He nodded to her, his son’s once-upon-a-time ‘make out friend.’
“Hey, guys, one of you wants to go up there?” Carole asked with a smile, shaking up the song bowl.
“Actually, we’d like all like to go, together,” Tina nodded.
“Oh, well here you go,” Carole held out the bowl. The four looked amongst themselves, and the picking was deferred to Tina. Artie wheeled her up a bit closer and she put her hand in, retrieving a card. They all huddled in to see what was written before they shared a look.
“We’ll need to split it, won’t we?” Mike asked.
“It’s easy,” Tina confirmed. “Artie, in the corner?” she asked, and with a nod he led the pack to the corner. It didn’t take too long to get it all settled. Once that was done, it was more of a matter of how to get everyone on stage. Not wanting Tina to either be moved or dropped, Mike and Brittany helped to push the chair and its two occupants up the ramp. On the stage, Tina’s stool was brought back out and there she was transferred on to it. A second microphone stand was added to accommodate everyone, while Brittany brought the card to Brad. He signalled an ‘eighteen’ and so they were ready. Artie began.
[A] “I've just seen a face, / I can't forget the time or place / Where we just met, she's just the girl for me” / [AB] “And I want all the world to see we've met / Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm mmm mmm”
Will had just found them a spot within the crowd when the song came on, and he had to smile… He loved this one. Looking to Holly, he saw she was just as happy for it. He spun her around, getting her smiling even more than she already was. He had quickly gotten to thinking it was slightly unfortunate, that he’d called her in to be his chaperone, to be… his date… and they’d spent most of the evening so far just sitting there, controlling the song bowl, when he wasn’t off dancing with Emma that one time… Now, sure, they’d had some good times even sitting there, but it wasn’t the same… He’d wanted to get her out there on the dance floor, for both of them… she’d wanted it, too, he could tell. Well now here they were, and it was just upbeat enough to reawaken them from their laidback state.
[M] “Had it been another day / I might have looked the other way” / [T] “And I’d have never been aware” / [M] “But as it is I'll dream of her tonight” / [MT] “La, di, di, da di di”
[AM] “Falling, ([BT] “yes I am”) falling / And she keeps calling me back again”
He was starting to realize how much he actually cared for her. For what she’d represented at first, an usurper to his place in his kids’ lives, she had revealed herself to be much more of a kindred spirit. She understood everything a lot more than he had anticipated, and no doubt more than she herself could tell. There was Holly the teacher, the substitute, unwilling to settle in one status for too long, living for the moment, and he loved that about her to an extent… He wished sometimes he could take a page from her book… With the way his life had changed, the things that had and hadn’t worked, disappointments and victories, it was hard to recognize the whole thing as one coherent whole. And as much as he tried not to concern himself too much with it, he couldn’t really do otherwise.
But right under all this zigzag of a mentality she had, Will could see in Holly… a spirit. She was lively and creative, attentive and kind… Sometimes it may not have seemed like it, but she really was. And those were the qualities he’d seen, the ones that had gotten his heart beating the right way for the first time in a while. It wasn’t the easiest thing to listen to, after doing so had only led to that heart being broken, time and again. He didn’t know where this would all go, but then no matter what he wasn’t going to sit and resist out of fear.
[T] “I have never known / The likes of this, I've been alone” / [M] “And I have missed things and kept out of sight / But other girls were never quite like this” / [TM] “Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm mmm mmm”
[BT] “Falling, ([AM] “yes I am”) falling / And he keeps calling me back again”
It had been a while since she’d had something like this, something where her instincts didn’t scream ‘get in, get out.’ Something like this usually had her collecting boxes for packing up and moving at this point. She’d seen the signs coming, and whether she realized it or not, she’d be starting to back up, slowly, surely. Will Schuester didn’t make her want to back up. She didn’t know if she was up to a stage where not only did he not make her want to back up but he made her want to step up, but at the very least he made her want to stay right where she was. And if that wasn’t an improvement…
He made her think of her old life, before the incident… with Cameo… He made her miss it a bit, too. His hope seemed boundless… He had found it, with Glee Club… the thing that made him happy. Most everything in life was repetition, and that was what she had tried so desperately to get away from. She’d change things up, just enough that it would keep a freshness and a spark going. She used to think that that was how it had to be done; if she wanted her inner renewal, she had to move herself to it. But Will, with his club, he made it happen… day in, day out, in that one little room. And that was worth keeping her feet firmly planted, not backing away.
[B] “I've just seen a face / I can’t forget the time or place / Where we just met, she's just the girl for me” / [A] “And I want all the world to see we've met” / [BA] “Mmm, mmm, mmm, la di di”
[BT] “Falling, yes I am falling” / [AM] “And she keeps calling me back again” / [BT] “Falling, yes I am falling” / [AM] “And she keeps calling me back again” / [BT] “Falling, yes I am falling” / [AM] “And she keeps calling me back again”
The song ended, and the two of them shared a smile. “I liked that,” Will nodded.
“Yeah, I did too,” Holly nodded back. “In fact, I think we need to go again,” she went on.
“I think we do,” Will agreed.
When they were done with their song, Tina was put back into Artie’s lap so Mike and Brittany could get them down the ramp again. They were still amped up from their number, though as they made their way to the chairs again, there was something Artie had to ask, looking to Brittany.
“You were supposed to change the lyrics in your part, remember?” She looked at him; she clearly didn’t. “You said ‘girl’,” he gestured to himself, as though to say ‘which I am not.’
“Oh… Sorry, forgot,” she shrugged.
Santana wasn’t sure how she liked this plan, but she did owe Puck. And when he’d seen Sam walk off, toward the drinks table, he’d turned to her like he’d nudge her along if she didn’t go. The idea was ‘inspired’ by Tina’s predicament, and a little bit from Jacob’s tooth situation… Santana had one mission, one mission alone, and that was diversion… which she could do. It was a good thing she was fast. She scurried along, and just managed to - safely - throw herself on the ground, near the gym doors… within sight, and away from interfering chaperones. She cried out ‘in pain’ and he looked up.
“Help me?” she asked, ‘innocent and afraid.’ Meanwhile, Puck had a last minute thought, and he dashed across to the four of them, in the back… Mike, and Tina, and Brittany, and…
“Artie,” he called to him, giving a nod for him to come to the side with him. He excused himself from the others and rolled up. “I need a favor.”
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]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Love & the Gentle Heart Are One Thing: 16. They Are Never Too Late"
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