Glee | Welcome Back, Tina, Mike & Matt | BSRFQKATMiMa (4 of 6)
Started my daily ficlets to make the hiatus pass, then decided to keep going with a second cycle, and then a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eigth cycle. Which MEANS cycle 9 is here, which MEANS...
GLEE IS ALMOST HERE! CAN YOU FEEL IT GLEEKS? CAN? YOU? FEEEEEL IT???
And in honor of said return (*flails!*), here's a first more or less multi-chapter story/arc! Ends on the day of (*flaily mcfangirl*) THE RETURN!
Day 4 of 6
"WELCOME BACK, TINA, MIKE & MATT"
Brittany, Santana, Rachel, Finn, Quinn, Kurt, Artie + Tina, Mike, Matt
Part of her wished she could just climb back into her shell after what had happened. Things had been so much easier back there, with her stutter. Yes, she was alone, but it was by her own wish. Then she’d joined Glee Club, and suddenly her ‘thing’ wasn’t what it used to be. She had felt what it was like not to push people away but let them in, and… Oh, it was so much better this way… She’d made dear friends, and one in particular, as much as they were still trying to figure things out.
But now he was tables away, not with her. They hadn’t not-spoken to one another that long since… holidays, when each of them was somewhere else, and even then they’d text… Grasping at fool’s hope once more, she’d absent-mindedly pick up her phone and check… then she’d see there was nothing and she’d put it back down, disappointed. She carefully looked back… Artie was sitting with the Jazz Ensemble.
Then one of them, Lisa, pointed at something, and Artie started to turn. She snapped back her head to face ahead, thinking perhaps she’d been caught. When she did though, she realized what it was that Lisa had been pointing at, and it wasn’t at Tina. She froze.
She wasn’t sure what Brittany was up to, but she’d stay there very quietly and watch. When she started to sing, sing the song they’d last prepped, she couldn’t help smiling, if only a little nervous by association. She started to feel like she was attending some odd 360-degree tennis match, as new voices would join in, and everyone would turn to see who it was.
She watched first Santana, then Rachel, and soon after both Finn and Quinn, all of them joining the chorus-on-chairs. It was hard to explain the feeling at seeing their fellow Glee Club members standing up there and knowing that as shocked and amused as everyone was, there were only twelve of them in that room who could really understand what was happening, and that this was for them.
A few tables away, there were a couple more of those said twelve, who got it as much as Tina did. Matt had come into lunch, not sitting where he usually sat, with the guys from the team, as it was, it included too many of his other team, the one he’d lost. He wasn’t ready, and he could tell neither were they. So he sat on his own, eating his lunch, reading the letter he’d received from Sasha.
He’d told her what had happened, and he really could not explain how thankful he was to have her in his life in times like these. She assured him, confidently, that everything would get better. He really wanted to believe her. As much as he’d joined as a favour to Puck, he had gotten to feel like an integral part of that club, as much as it was a part of him and his life. How he’d manage to get it all back though… not that he had figured it out yet.
Mike had come into the cafeteria that day, intent on fixing things with at least one person. There were others he really wanted to get through to, all of them in the end of course, but those… it had to figure that the one he really wanted to catch on her own, was about the only one of their group who wasn’t on their own. He could see her, sitting with Santana, and he knew, as they were now, all of them, he wouldn’t get anywhere this way. But he could deal with that for now. There was one other person he really had to talk with, and he was alone.
He approached Matt’s table, slow, nervous. He was fairly certain he wasn’t about to be turned away, but after last week… Matt looked up for one reason or another, and he saw Mike, who gave a small nod. He was about to say something, ask if he could sit, but he was beat to it, as Matt pushed a chair out for him with his foot. Mike chuckled and sat.
“Sasha?” Mike inquired with a nod of the head at the letter Matt was putting away, as a way to get talking.
“Yeah,” Matt smiled to himself by reflex. After a moment, he looked back to Mike. “Got a new game at home if you want to come check it out?” he suggested.
“Yeah, definitely,” he agreed, and there was a bit of a sigh of relief… it had been fairly easy.
Mike heard someone call out “Brittany!” and he looked up, trying to find her. He got a pat on the arm by Matt, and he turned around just in time to see her climb on her chair. He and Matt exchanged a look, and then he heard… He knew her voice before he looked back, and in an instant he knew what she was doing… and he felt an odd sense of pride. Of course she’d do this. He smiled, even if he knew she couldn’t see.
He knew they knew just as well as he did how much Glee Club had become such a good part of his life. That he got to do all these things he loved, football, singing, dancing, all over the span of the same days… he was blessed. Now that the season was done, and the club so torn… He felt he just had… nothing. He needed his world back.
And now there she was, calling it back, pieces falling into place, one by one… Santana, Rachel, Finn, Quinn… Even when people came, tried to stop them, she would not be turned away. So then the assembly could go on.
Tina had almost gotten up, but then Kurt had stepped in, calling the five who’d already stood, back into the song. She grinned victoriously, seeing the outrage on Coach Sylvester’s face, more so as they both saw Principal Figgins appear to get pulled in by the whole scene.
Then she’d heard the squeak of a wheel and seen Artie roll by, staring back at her. She felt her heart skip a beat, the way he was looking. She followed him with her eyes, so much so she was soon up on her feet, moving toward the group. She wasn’t bringing a chair - she didn’t need one, not where she was going.
[T] “Someway, somehow” / [BSRFQKA] “Come on, everybody”
She smiled, as Kurt moved aside to allow her to come and stand by Artie’s side. They were already smiling, and this was sure to keep them going.
At their table, Mike and Matt had made a silent agreement, it appeared, both of them getting up just seconds after Tina did. They didn’t need chairs either. As they approached, there were a couple of Cheerios waiting on them excitedly. Mike moved to stand at Santana’s side in the front row.
[Mi] “The time is right now” / [BSRFQKA] “It’s our time, yeah”
She gave him a grinning nod, and he returned it, before turning his head up. Seeing those blue eyes smiling down at him, he felt right where he belonged. On the other end, Matt hopped on the chair Kurt had brought but not used.
[Ma] “Don’t be afraid to succeed” / [BSRFQKA] “To succeed, yeah”
He got a pat on the arm from Finn, as the group, now ten strong, turned back to their audience, hoping the group would complete itself. They saw no movement at first, but they could understand. So they started once more.
[10] “Hold your dreams / Don’t ever let it go”
And then, an eleventh voice…
TO BE CONTINUUUUUED… TOMORROW :)
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3] [Cycle 4] [Cycle 5] [Cycle 6] [Cycle 7] [Cycle 8]
[Cycle 9]
[ [169] [170] [171]]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Welcome Back, Tina, Mike & Matt"
Pairing: Brittany & Santana, Rachel, Finn, Quinn, Finn/Quinn-ness, Kurt, Artie, Artie/Tina, Tina, Mike, Matt, Mike/Brittany, Matt/Sasha
Rating: G
Summary: [WB 4/6] The Glee Club has been torn apart, and Brittany takes it upon herself to bring them back together, and new voices join in.
Spoilers: 113 Sectionals, I guess...
GLEE IS ALMOST HERE! CAN YOU FEEL IT GLEEKS? CAN? YOU? FEEEEEL IT???
And in honor of said return (*flails!*), here's a first more or less multi-chapter story/arc! Ends on the day of (*flaily mcfangirl*) THE RETURN!
Day 4 of 6
"WELCOME BACK, TINA, MIKE & MATT"
Brittany, Santana, Rachel, Finn, Quinn, Kurt, Artie + Tina, Mike, Matt
Part of her wished she could just climb back into her shell after what had happened. Things had been so much easier back there, with her stutter. Yes, she was alone, but it was by her own wish. Then she’d joined Glee Club, and suddenly her ‘thing’ wasn’t what it used to be. She had felt what it was like not to push people away but let them in, and… Oh, it was so much better this way… She’d made dear friends, and one in particular, as much as they were still trying to figure things out.
But now he was tables away, not with her. They hadn’t not-spoken to one another that long since… holidays, when each of them was somewhere else, and even then they’d text… Grasping at fool’s hope once more, she’d absent-mindedly pick up her phone and check… then she’d see there was nothing and she’d put it back down, disappointed. She carefully looked back… Artie was sitting with the Jazz Ensemble.
Then one of them, Lisa, pointed at something, and Artie started to turn. She snapped back her head to face ahead, thinking perhaps she’d been caught. When she did though, she realized what it was that Lisa had been pointing at, and it wasn’t at Tina. She froze.
She wasn’t sure what Brittany was up to, but she’d stay there very quietly and watch. When she started to sing, sing the song they’d last prepped, she couldn’t help smiling, if only a little nervous by association. She started to feel like she was attending some odd 360-degree tennis match, as new voices would join in, and everyone would turn to see who it was.
She watched first Santana, then Rachel, and soon after both Finn and Quinn, all of them joining the chorus-on-chairs. It was hard to explain the feeling at seeing their fellow Glee Club members standing up there and knowing that as shocked and amused as everyone was, there were only twelve of them in that room who could really understand what was happening, and that this was for them.
A few tables away, there were a couple more of those said twelve, who got it as much as Tina did. Matt had come into lunch, not sitting where he usually sat, with the guys from the team, as it was, it included too many of his other team, the one he’d lost. He wasn’t ready, and he could tell neither were they. So he sat on his own, eating his lunch, reading the letter he’d received from Sasha.
He’d told her what had happened, and he really could not explain how thankful he was to have her in his life in times like these. She assured him, confidently, that everything would get better. He really wanted to believe her. As much as he’d joined as a favour to Puck, he had gotten to feel like an integral part of that club, as much as it was a part of him and his life. How he’d manage to get it all back though… not that he had figured it out yet.
Mike had come into the cafeteria that day, intent on fixing things with at least one person. There were others he really wanted to get through to, all of them in the end of course, but those… it had to figure that the one he really wanted to catch on her own, was about the only one of their group who wasn’t on their own. He could see her, sitting with Santana, and he knew, as they were now, all of them, he wouldn’t get anywhere this way. But he could deal with that for now. There was one other person he really had to talk with, and he was alone.
He approached Matt’s table, slow, nervous. He was fairly certain he wasn’t about to be turned away, but after last week… Matt looked up for one reason or another, and he saw Mike, who gave a small nod. He was about to say something, ask if he could sit, but he was beat to it, as Matt pushed a chair out for him with his foot. Mike chuckled and sat.
“Sasha?” Mike inquired with a nod of the head at the letter Matt was putting away, as a way to get talking.
“Yeah,” Matt smiled to himself by reflex. After a moment, he looked back to Mike. “Got a new game at home if you want to come check it out?” he suggested.
“Yeah, definitely,” he agreed, and there was a bit of a sigh of relief… it had been fairly easy.
Mike heard someone call out “Brittany!” and he looked up, trying to find her. He got a pat on the arm by Matt, and he turned around just in time to see her climb on her chair. He and Matt exchanged a look, and then he heard… He knew her voice before he looked back, and in an instant he knew what she was doing… and he felt an odd sense of pride. Of course she’d do this. He smiled, even if he knew she couldn’t see.
He knew they knew just as well as he did how much Glee Club had become such a good part of his life. That he got to do all these things he loved, football, singing, dancing, all over the span of the same days… he was blessed. Now that the season was done, and the club so torn… He felt he just had… nothing. He needed his world back.
And now there she was, calling it back, pieces falling into place, one by one… Santana, Rachel, Finn, Quinn… Even when people came, tried to stop them, she would not be turned away. So then the assembly could go on.
Tina had almost gotten up, but then Kurt had stepped in, calling the five who’d already stood, back into the song. She grinned victoriously, seeing the outrage on Coach Sylvester’s face, more so as they both saw Principal Figgins appear to get pulled in by the whole scene.
Then she’d heard the squeak of a wheel and seen Artie roll by, staring back at her. She felt her heart skip a beat, the way he was looking. She followed him with her eyes, so much so she was soon up on her feet, moving toward the group. She wasn’t bringing a chair - she didn’t need one, not where she was going.
[T] “Someway, somehow” / [BSRFQKA] “Come on, everybody”
She smiled, as Kurt moved aside to allow her to come and stand by Artie’s side. They were already smiling, and this was sure to keep them going.
At their table, Mike and Matt had made a silent agreement, it appeared, both of them getting up just seconds after Tina did. They didn’t need chairs either. As they approached, there were a couple of Cheerios waiting on them excitedly. Mike moved to stand at Santana’s side in the front row.
[Mi] “The time is right now” / [BSRFQKA] “It’s our time, yeah”
She gave him a grinning nod, and he returned it, before turning his head up. Seeing those blue eyes smiling down at him, he felt right where he belonged. On the other end, Matt hopped on the chair Kurt had brought but not used.
[Ma] “Don’t be afraid to succeed” / [BSRFQKA] “To succeed, yeah”
He got a pat on the arm from Finn, as the group, now ten strong, turned back to their audience, hoping the group would complete itself. They saw no movement at first, but they could understand. So they started once more.
[10] “Hold your dreams / Don’t ever let it go”
And then, an eleventh voice…
TO BE CONTINUUUUUED… TOMORROW :)
* IN CONSTRUCTION! *
PREVIOUS DAYS
[Cycle 1] [Cycle 2] [Cycle 3] [Cycle 4] [Cycle 5] [Cycle 6] [Cycle 7] [Cycle 8]
[Cycle 9]
[ [169] [170] [171]]
Suggestion Drop Off
Title: "Welcome Back, Tina, Mike & Matt"
Pairing: Brittany & Santana, Rachel, Finn, Quinn, Finn/Quinn-ness, Kurt, Artie, Artie/Tina, Tina, Mike, Matt, Mike/Brittany, Matt/Sasha
Rating: G
Summary: [WB 4/6] The Glee Club has been torn apart, and Brittany takes it upon herself to bring them back together, and new voices join in.
Spoilers: 113 Sectionals, I guess...