⤷ the one in which the quiet girl and the dorky new guy fall for each other and sing more than a few times along the way.
♫ [s2-s6] [sam evans] ♫
published: 09.18.2020
completed: 05.21.2023
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Finn Hudson was stuck.
He had gotten the New Directions to Regionals, which had been the goal from the moment Mr. Shue had given him the job. The problem was, however, that he had no idea where to go from there. Finn's lack of direction for the Glee club was what led to him and Keilani sitting in his office, trying their best to come up with lesson ideas.
"There's ten days until Mr. Shue's back for his wedding," Finn told her. "And I'm kind of hoping that he doesn't kick me out on the street, but he probably wants his Glee club back."
"I hope he doesn't. You've been really great coach. Everyone loves you in there. Plus, you helped lead an inexperienced team all the way to Regionals and help expose the Warblers for the steroids."
"That's the thing, though. Regionals is a completely different ball game. You need these big, brassy voices to bully the competition. Rachel, Santana, Mercedes...even Kurt."
Finn tried to take a sip of his coffee and winced at the bitterness of the drink. Keilani pulled a spare sugar packet out of her backpack that she had used for her coffee that morning and handed it to him, earning a grateful smile from him. As he poured the sugar into his coffee, Keilani said, "Like I said before, most people are super inexperienced with being in the spotlight. Even though most of us have been in the New Directions for years, none of us have really been in the 'spotlight' before besides Unique and Blaine. I think we're just a little new to it."
"It's more than just the singing though..." Finn said. "It's about the attitude, you know? We didn't just want to win, we wanted to crush them. And I don't think the New Directions right now are in that headspace yet."
"Honestly, I think you're right," Keilani responded. "It's not like we don't have a bunch of huge voices and talents. It's just that the Glee club is...a lot nicer to each other than we used to be, minus a few exceptions. It's not perfect, and while I loved the New Directions in the past, we had a lot of moments where we were awful to each other. And even though I'm happy that everyone's not constantly backstabbing each other like we used to, the constant fighting and 'attitude' created some really great performances."
"So...what are you suggesting?" Finn asked. "We have another Rumours week where we just feed a bunch of fake gossip to the club and make them all fight with each other?"
As much as she tried not to, Keilani let out a small laugh at the ridiculousness of the suggestion, "Are you kidding? We both know how badly that ended last time."
"You're right...maybe we just need something that'll toughen them up?" Suddenly, Finn had a light-bulb moment. "We need a competition. Something light-hearted, but gets them in the headspace to crush the competition at Regionals."
