Gleeful Grace - A Darren Criss Fanfic

Sam and Grace

Third Person P.O.V

Darren was running late, he had a meeting with Zach Woodlee and Chris Colfer to go over dance moves for a number in the new series, rehearsals doesn't start for a couple of weeks but everyone liked to be well ahead of schedule to allow for mishaps!
The tension at the studios had been very high over the last few weeks. It had emerged that after writing in a new character for the show the auditions had proved unsuccessful and all the execs were feeling a little more than stressed. So Darren made a conscious effort not to put a foot wrong. Being late now was probably not the best idea in the world.
As he hurried along the corridor he jumped at the music that had just blasted out from the room next to him. Within seconds he smiled as he recognised the intro....ahhh Dianna Ross....classic. He wondered who was in there, the room was often used by many different shows so it was probably a pitch for some new show. As he continued along the corridor he stopped in his tracks, his eyes widened a little. Wow, that girl can sing. He smiled as she belted out a rift and began shaking his head in disbelief when she hit an extremely high note without any effort at all. He turned around to head towards the door where the sound was coming from, he had to see who was in there.....
"Well there you are!"
Darren turned around to see Chris stood there with his hands on his hips.
"Ssshhh listen....." Darren pointed over his shoulder at the door behind him.
Chris looked at him puzzled and then smiled
"Wow, that girl can saaang, but we haven't got time to hang out in corridors listening to walls so let's go before Zach blows an artery" Chris said, tugging on Darren's sleeve.
Darren sighed and followed him, making a mental note to find out who was in room E30 today.

***

As the song finished, I ran my hands under my eyes, being careful not to smudge Blake's masterpiece he performed earlier. I was totally lost in the song, and the emotion just took hold of me. I was a little annoyed with myself for letting those tears fall, it could have been waaaay too much for this audition.
"That was great Lindsey, come over here" Ryan beckoned me over and handed me a tissue from a packet he pulled out of his pocket.
I took it and dabbed my face, hoping to hide the flurry of embarrassment I was felt for crying.
"I'm sorry I got a bit emotional, this song means a lot and I just got a little lost in the emotion" my voice was wavering as the nerves came back ten times worse than before.
"The emotion is what we need, what we are looking for" said the gentleman next to Ryan, he was an older man in clean cut suit.. He looked at Ryan and back to me, his grey eyes sparkled and a smile spread across his face.
The other man also smiled at me and the woman was scribbling something down in her notebook, I caught a glimpse of Chord who discreetly gave me the thumbs up. I smiled at him and look back to Ryan.
"Now ok, we have seen you sing....dancing can be taught but we need to know if you act as well as you rift" he handed me a hefty wad of papers. I looked down, oh wow an actual Glee Script!!
"So the background is this, you are Grace, transferred to McKinley for your final year, you hear about Glee club and instantly sign up as you love to sing. You audition and get in, and are delighted until Sam walks in. You and Sam go back a long way, he saw you as this dorky kid who had a massive crush on him. You saw him as the love of your life. He moved away and broke your heart. You leave Glee club, he convinces you to stay, and is surprised at how dam hot you turned out to be". Ryan explains.
My cheeks flushed red, this had to be one of the most awkward, surreal moments of my life.
"Chord, can you read through with Lindsey please, page fifteen" Ryan says handing him another copy of the script.
"Sure can"
He stood up and walked around the table, stopping within inches of me. I hoped against hope the he couldn't feel me shaking from all the way over here.
I flicked to the right page and took a few seconds to look at the first line.
I turned to face him and our eyes connected....
Chord placed his hand on my shoulder
"Grace wait....."