Defying Gravity

Duets

"All right, let’s, uh, let’s gather around. Sorry I’m late, guys. I was with Principal Figgins. Bad news, guys. Puckerman’s in juvie." Mr. Shue said. Ruby dropped her head into her hands as Tina said "It really was just a matter of time" Quinn said "What did he do?" I kept my mouth shut, knowing full well what and why puck really did what he did. "He drove his mom’s Volvo through the front of a convenience store and drove off with the ATM." Mr. Shue said. Santana and Brittany laughed, making me glare at them. "And when is he getting out?" Ruby asked. "Unknown." Mr. Shue said. "He might be the dumbest person on this planet, and that’s coming from me." Brittany said. "Guys! Let’s have some sympathy." Mr. Shue said. "For a guy who put his needs before the team’s? We need his voice and his bad-boy stage presence." Finn said. "We can’t look at this as, as a crisis. It’s an opportunity." Mr. Shue said. "For what? Further embarrassment and humiliation?" Santana asked. "For welcoming our new member… Sam Evans!" Mr. Shue said. Finn said "There he is" He came in and said "Hey, everybody. I’m Sam. … Sam, I am. … And I don’t like green eggs and ham." Santana said "Oh, wow. He has no game." Finn said "Okay! This is gonna be great. You’re not going to regret joining, Sam." Sam said "Oh, good." Finn said "Sam, you sit right here." Mr. Shue said "All right! Question for the group. What’s a duet?" Brittany said "A blanket." Mr. Shue said "A duet is when two voices join to become one. Great duets are like a great marriage. The singers complement each other, push each other to be better. Now, some people may think…" I heard Kurt call Sam gay, resulting in me hissing at him to shut up and Mercedes to call him crazy. "And that is what duets are all about. So, this week I want you to pair up and sing a duet. And, since you guys all seemed to love our little “Defying Gravity” diva-off, I’m making this a competition." Mike aniled at tina and said "What’s the winner get?" Mr. Shue said "Dinner for two, on me… at Breadstix." We all gasped. "Breadstix, yes!" Tina Cheered. "Wanna sing together?" Matt asked. I smirked and said "Mordred's Lullaby?" Matt said "I was thinking more Magnet so that we can walk around wearing our cosplays." I said "Well, I want to do Mordred's Lullaby." Matt said "Magnet!" I said "Mordred's Lullaby!" Blair yelled "Donkey!" Making everyone look over. I then noticed that Matt and I were toe to toe and standing up. "Matthias, Lizzy. Sit down." We sat down. I heard Santana mumble "Trouble in the Nerd Crew." I turned to her and said "Santana, If you have something to say to me say it to my face." Santana said "All right. The pair of you are nerds. It's like you two are a couple." I said "You seem to forget. Yes, I'm a nerd, but who has a plush rainbow dash backpack in her room under her bed?" Santana snapped her mouth shut and silently fumed.

"Jeff! Tell Matt that Mordred's Lullaby is better to sing to than Magnet at Glee Club!" I said, sitting down next to Nick. "Well, Magnet is about two lesbians, and McKinley is very homophobic." Jeff said. I turned to Matt and said "See? If we sing that, dumpster dives and locker slams are in our future." Matt sighed and said "Fine." I fistpumped and said "I've got the perfect costumes for this one." Nick said "Why do we always talk about your glee club." I said "No clue. So, wwhat's happened with you guys." Jeff said "There's a new kid. His name's Blaine Anderson. He's already Wes' favorite and now Nick and I really have no chance at the solos." I said "That sucks." Nick nodded. I looked up from our linked hands and saw Karofsky. I swore and pulled Nick under the table with me. We waited until he passed before we resurfaced. "And that is our cue to go. The Jocks show up, us show choir kids go. See ya Nick." I said. Nick kissed me on the cheek and said "Later Marie." He handed me my coffee and him and Jeff left. We scurried out of the Lima Bean before any of the football players decided to bug us. 

"I have a pair of brown trousers, a white shirt and a teal cloak, a pale blue gown, a red one, and an emerald one." I said, pulling out my great-great-grandmother's dresses. Matt grabbed trousers, shirt and teal cloak while I got the red gown and a red cloak. I stuffed the dresses and the chemises into a spair gym bag and said "Who's hair are we charming to look like Mordreds?" Matt said "Mine. Rose Kwan and Hadley Madden used to play Arthur and Merlin Adventures with me. I always ended up as Mordred. Emily was always Morgana, and my mom was always one of Merlin's dragon friends." I shrugged and grabbed ones I thought would fit the rest of the glee club.  

The next day I ran into Glee club and said "Mr. Shue, the song doesn't have to be meant as a duet right?" He said "No, it doesn't neccissarily need to be meant for a duet. I'm sorry, but what are you wearing?" I grinnedand said "My outfit. Matt, come in here." He walked in wearing the outfit he had pulled out. "We wanted to sing Mordred's lullaby. Lizzy's obssessed with arthurian legend and BBC's Merlin, and grandma ginny also lent us these costumes. They were great great grandma dorea's dresses and this was grandpa Harry's halloween costume from when he was thirteen." He presented the bag to them and said "We kinda wanted you guys to help us out because there's not enough of us to dance or play the parts in the song." Finn and Rachel chose Arthur and Gwen, Puck chose Merlin, and Kyle chose older Mordred. As we sang, Finn and Rachel attempted to waltz across the back of us, Puck and I danced together during the last part of the song where Kyle did a ballet move that made it seem like Finn had stabbed him and Finn attempted the same move. When we finished Finn said "How can Matt, Kyle, and Marie can dance perfectly in heavy armor?" I said "Finn, we are trained dancers who also fence and cosplay in full armor, of course we can dance in chainmail and heavy armor."