Glee | Me & My Shadow & Our Dilemmas | Will & Jacob (6 of 7)
Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a 2nd cycle, and then a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th cycle. Now cycle 12!
Yes, another hiatus is upon us! I'm working to plan out those summer cycles, so if you have things you would like to see get written, pleeease drop by the suggestion box. The link is further down!
This is another 7-chapter story! :D Chapter 6 of 7
"ME & MY SHADOW & OUR DILEMMAS"
Will & Jacob
This was by no means the first time this had come to happen at McKinley, and Will recalled his own experience in this assignment. He had been paired with Mr. Finchley, their former principal, which had turned out to be a beneficial experience as well as informative.
Since he’d come to be a teacher at McKinley, he’d always done his very best to give his shadows as good of a week as he’d gotten. He knew shadowing the Spanish teacher was not the most practical thing, depending on whether or not they studied it themselves, but this year was different… This year he also had Glee Club to show off. For all he knew, maybe he’d get a new member out of this. He knew they were riding right on the edge of eligibility with exactly twelve members, getting more would be good…
Before heading into Spanish class then he wanted to make sure everything was set in the Glee room as well. They tended to keep things pretty together, but it was like receiving friends over for the very first time… The house had to be spotless.
In his hurry to get things done though, his foot caught at the drum set and in pulling himself free, it all came toppling down. Drums, guitars… He jumped and recoiled, then huffed. “Damn…” he muttered as he bent over to pick up one of the guitars and checked to see if it was broken at all. He could barely keep the club from drowning; he couldn’t pay to replace instruments.
Then there was a voice. Even as he was turning, he knew it was her… Emma. He told her how he’d knocked them over and, within an instant, she was at his side, picking up the instruments… He swore he didn’t deserve her. He’d made so many mistakes with her, but he wanted to make it right, he…
The noise from behind drew both their attentions, but he was sure he was the only one who felt the panic he got. There was no way they would assign Suzy Pepper to shadow him, not after she’d done her own rendition of it two years before… No, she wasn’t his. She was Emma’s. There was something odd about the two of them being put together, but he pushed it aside.
After they’d gone, he got back to his instruments, wondering if his own shadow would in fact bring along certain awkward qualities… He didn’t know why he’d thought it, but moments later, he got the answer. Just as he’d set back the drums, there was a voice, again one he knew. “Mr. Schuester?” he turned back… as he’d thought.
“Jacob,” he nodded. “Are you…” Will gestured. The boy confirmed.
“Yes,” he spoke as he looked around. “Is it always like this?” he indicated the instruments on the ground. Will sighed.
“No, just a bit of an accident. You want to give me a hand so we can get over to class?” he explained. Jacob agreed, moving to pick things up.
The day went by more or less incident free. Jacob had no aspirations toward Spanish, but he was eerily silent and unnoticeable… Will got slightly creeped out after a while, though he wouldn’t say.
That afternoon, Jacob was made to sit in through Glee practice, but there were some nuances between his Spanish class stance and this one, and Will had a vague idea as to why that was.
All through the period, he could see Jacob staring at Rachel. He hadn’t seen him this animated all day. Even as they would run through songs, Will could see Jacob just bopping along, moving his lips about, trying to replicate their dance steps.
The next day, Will could see Jacob seemed to have something on his mind, but he wasn’t saying a thing. He just continued shadowing him without a word. There was something odd about it, but he let it go. Later in the day though, his face had changed, like he’d gotten his resolve about him. Will had no idea what it was that he was in for… He just had to wait and find out. When he did speak up though…
“I want to join Glee Club, for real this time,” he nodded. Will stared at him, confused at the request… He really hadn’t expected it. He blinked.
“Right… Well… You need to audition, can you do that?” Jacob agreed. “Tomorrow afternoon, how’s that?” Again, he got a yes. “Good… Alright,” he spoke slowly.
Once they’d both gone their separate ways, Will was left to ponder the potential of Glee Club, and Jacob in it. He didn’t want to just go ahead and make any assumptions, but he was fairly certain that nothing good could or would come out of it.
Every part of him was saying he had to find a way out of this, some way to keep Jacob from joining. But then out in the middle of all this, he just could not ignore the one cardinal rule he’d maintained all this time.
Everyone who wanted to be part of this club could be part of it. If he changed the rules just for him, what would it say? Sure, no one would probably know… But he would. And he hated to think of it staying in there with him.
He debated the whole thing all through the night and into the next morning. And the closer he got to Jacob’s audition, the more he wished he had someone to talk to about this. He could probably have gone to Emma with something like this, tied to Glee Club, but… He didn’t want to bother her every time he had a problem… If he kept going to her while they were still dealing with their personal problems…
The day went by, and Will was so focused on this, he could barely be aware of anything else. But finally, as it was about time, Jacob had looked to him and said the words that just saved him from having to decide.
“I changed my mind, I… I don’t want to do it anymore. I’m sorry,” he shrugged. “I think I was doing it for the same reasons as before but… You all just seem to have fun. I’m not like you,” he concluded. As relieved as Will was, part of him still wished he could have done something that pleased them all.
THE END
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3] [Cycle 4]
[Cycle 5] [Cycle 6] [Cycle 7] [Cycle 8]
[Cycle 9] [Cycle 10] [Cycle 11]
[Cycle 12]
[232] [233] [234] [235] [236]
[237] [238] [239] [240] [241]
[242] [243] [244] [245]
[ [246] [247] [248] [249] [250]]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Me & My Shadow & Our Dilemmas"
Pairing: None; Will & Jacob
Rating: G
Summary: It's chaos at McKinley, for one day with the faculty and an assignment...
Spoilers: 117 Bad Reputation-ish
Yes, another hiatus is upon us! I'm working to plan out those summer cycles, so if you have things you would like to see get written, pleeease drop by the suggestion box. The link is further down!
This is another 7-chapter story! :D Chapter 6 of 7
"ME & MY SHADOW & OUR DILEMMAS"
Will & Jacob
This was by no means the first time this had come to happen at McKinley, and Will recalled his own experience in this assignment. He had been paired with Mr. Finchley, their former principal, which had turned out to be a beneficial experience as well as informative.
Since he’d come to be a teacher at McKinley, he’d always done his very best to give his shadows as good of a week as he’d gotten. He knew shadowing the Spanish teacher was not the most practical thing, depending on whether or not they studied it themselves, but this year was different… This year he also had Glee Club to show off. For all he knew, maybe he’d get a new member out of this. He knew they were riding right on the edge of eligibility with exactly twelve members, getting more would be good…
Before heading into Spanish class then he wanted to make sure everything was set in the Glee room as well. They tended to keep things pretty together, but it was like receiving friends over for the very first time… The house had to be spotless.
In his hurry to get things done though, his foot caught at the drum set and in pulling himself free, it all came toppling down. Drums, guitars… He jumped and recoiled, then huffed. “Damn…” he muttered as he bent over to pick up one of the guitars and checked to see if it was broken at all. He could barely keep the club from drowning; he couldn’t pay to replace instruments.
Then there was a voice. Even as he was turning, he knew it was her… Emma. He told her how he’d knocked them over and, within an instant, she was at his side, picking up the instruments… He swore he didn’t deserve her. He’d made so many mistakes with her, but he wanted to make it right, he…
The noise from behind drew both their attentions, but he was sure he was the only one who felt the panic he got. There was no way they would assign Suzy Pepper to shadow him, not after she’d done her own rendition of it two years before… No, she wasn’t his. She was Emma’s. There was something odd about the two of them being put together, but he pushed it aside.
After they’d gone, he got back to his instruments, wondering if his own shadow would in fact bring along certain awkward qualities… He didn’t know why he’d thought it, but moments later, he got the answer. Just as he’d set back the drums, there was a voice, again one he knew. “Mr. Schuester?” he turned back… as he’d thought.
“Jacob,” he nodded. “Are you…” Will gestured. The boy confirmed.
“Yes,” he spoke as he looked around. “Is it always like this?” he indicated the instruments on the ground. Will sighed.
“No, just a bit of an accident. You want to give me a hand so we can get over to class?” he explained. Jacob agreed, moving to pick things up.
The day went by more or less incident free. Jacob had no aspirations toward Spanish, but he was eerily silent and unnoticeable… Will got slightly creeped out after a while, though he wouldn’t say.
That afternoon, Jacob was made to sit in through Glee practice, but there were some nuances between his Spanish class stance and this one, and Will had a vague idea as to why that was.
All through the period, he could see Jacob staring at Rachel. He hadn’t seen him this animated all day. Even as they would run through songs, Will could see Jacob just bopping along, moving his lips about, trying to replicate their dance steps.
The next day, Will could see Jacob seemed to have something on his mind, but he wasn’t saying a thing. He just continued shadowing him without a word. There was something odd about it, but he let it go. Later in the day though, his face had changed, like he’d gotten his resolve about him. Will had no idea what it was that he was in for… He just had to wait and find out. When he did speak up though…
“I want to join Glee Club, for real this time,” he nodded. Will stared at him, confused at the request… He really hadn’t expected it. He blinked.
“Right… Well… You need to audition, can you do that?” Jacob agreed. “Tomorrow afternoon, how’s that?” Again, he got a yes. “Good… Alright,” he spoke slowly.
Once they’d both gone their separate ways, Will was left to ponder the potential of Glee Club, and Jacob in it. He didn’t want to just go ahead and make any assumptions, but he was fairly certain that nothing good could or would come out of it.
Every part of him was saying he had to find a way out of this, some way to keep Jacob from joining. But then out in the middle of all this, he just could not ignore the one cardinal rule he’d maintained all this time.
Everyone who wanted to be part of this club could be part of it. If he changed the rules just for him, what would it say? Sure, no one would probably know… But he would. And he hated to think of it staying in there with him.
He debated the whole thing all through the night and into the next morning. And the closer he got to Jacob’s audition, the more he wished he had someone to talk to about this. He could probably have gone to Emma with something like this, tied to Glee Club, but… He didn’t want to bother her every time he had a problem… If he kept going to her while they were still dealing with their personal problems…
The day went by, and Will was so focused on this, he could barely be aware of anything else. But finally, as it was about time, Jacob had looked to him and said the words that just saved him from having to decide.
“I changed my mind, I… I don’t want to do it anymore. I’m sorry,” he shrugged. “I think I was doing it for the same reasons as before but… You all just seem to have fun. I’m not like you,” he concluded. As relieved as Will was, part of him still wished he could have done something that pleased them all.
THE END
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3] [Cycle 4]
[Cycle 5] [Cycle 6] [Cycle 7] [Cycle 8]
[Cycle 9] [Cycle 10] [Cycle 11]
[Cycle 12]
[232] [233] [234] [235] [236]
[237] [238] [239] [240] [241]
[242] [243] [244] [245]
[ [246] [247] [248] [249] [250]]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Me & My Shadow & Our Dilemmas"
Pairing: None; Will & Jacob
Rating: G
Summary: It's chaos at McKinley, for one day with the faculty and an assignment...
Spoilers: 117 Bad Reputation-ish