You meet Luke in the astronomy room, and he talks about the planets.
"We're under Venus, the planet of love." Luke smiles gazing into your eyes.
"Actually, that's Mars, planet of war." You correct looking away.
"What planet are we on?" He asks.
"Earth, are we doing this duet or not?" You ask, you have to be strong, so you keep your wall up most of the time.
"Yeah." He smiles, "We should start with choreography. Come here."
"Hmm." You sigh and walk closer to him. You stand behind him and place your fingers on the frets of the guitar.
"You know how to play?" He asks, and you lie, shaking your head. You've actually been playing for three years, you just want to see where this is going to go. "It's easy. Just put your fingers here, and here."
He strums as you play and he moves his head closer to yours. Your noses are almost touching, but you pull away.
"Okay, this isn't going to work." You say picking up your bag.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have--" Luke starts.
"You know, it's fine. We just aren't going to do a duet." You leave.
"Y/N, wait." Luke calls.
"Bye." You walk away sighing.
During lunch, you were in the bathroom alone powdering your nose and Rachel comes in suspiciously. You and Rachel never got along, she always bugged you and was so... Showy.
"Hey, Y/N." She says looking at herself in the mirror.
"What do you want, Rachel?" You ask.
"You know, I'm not going to lie to you, so I'm just going to come out and say it." She smiles watching you put away your makeup.
"Wow, that's the first." You comment picking up your stuff.
"I think you should do the duet with Luke." She says and you stare at her.
--
"Luke, you should totally do the duet with Y/N." Finn says lifting weights alongside Luke.
"Why do you think that?" He asks.
"Well, man, I think you and Y/N are meant to do a duet. The club needs another power couple." Finn says staring and Luke's ability to lift weights.
"Yeah? Well I leaned in to kiss her, thinking that we would, and she pulled away." Luke says wiping his sweat with a towel.
--
"What's in it for you, Rachel?" You ask.
"Nothing." Rachel shakes her head.
"You want to show the club how much better you at singing than me?" You ask.
"No. I think it'll be good for the club. Me being president and all, I have to think about winning 90% of the time. You and Luke together-- we have a higher chance." She persuades.
--
"Y/N just has a wall." Finn says, "I can tell you're really close to breaking it. Just try a little harder."
Luke lets it sit in and he agrees, "okay, I will."
--
"Fine, for the team." You give in and find Luke. When you do, you both agree on a professional working relationship.
The performance
You agreed to sing Lucky by Jason Mraz, you chose the song. After hours of rehearsing, you actually got along with him. You finish with ooo and everyone cheers and claps. You notice that you are holding his hand and he's holding yours.
"Y/N, Luke that was amazing, that is how you do a duet!" Mr. Schue cheers. "Time to vote."
Of course, you vote for you and Luke and Mr. Schue counts the votes.
"Alright, the winners are.... Luke and Y/N!" Mr. Schue cheers, but you don't look at Luke, you just smile and nod.
Breadstix
"I heard they don't even make the Breadstix fresh, it's frozen and imported from some country." You comment observing the stick.
"Yeah." Luke nods. You put down the stick and look at him, he looks up at you and puts down his fork. "Look, Y/N, I like you, I'm sorry for--"
"Can you hand me the certificates." You demand and he hands you the two tickets. "You're paying."
"Why?" He asks.
"Because a gentleman always pays on a first date." You smile, and he grins.
