A Fresh Start - Glee fan fiction (RYDER LYNN/OC) *ON HIATUS*

That's Life

"I can't do this, Ryder. I can't sing" Megan says as her and Ryder stand outside the door to the choir room.

"Yes you can, remember last night on Skype? You sounded beautiful" he said.

"That's only because, I forgot to hang up on our conversation! I didn't know that you were watching me!" She exclaimed.

"Listen to me, just go in there and introduce yourself. And if they ask you to sing, well I can help you" he says and puts his comforting arms on top of her shoulders and she nods. As they turn to walk in Ryder tries to glide his hand into Megan's but she pulls away and gives him a look that gives a stern no.

"Guys, this is Megan! She just moved here from Boston and is interested in joining the glee club" Ryder says.

"I'm interested to see what a show choir actually is, not to officially join. We never had one in my old school back in Boston" she says.

"Well, welcome!" A kind of short, blonde haired woman says. "I'm April Rhodes, the director of the club. Well doesn't that just sound so official!" April laughs a bit. "Anyway Megan, you can call me April"

"So, can you sing anyway?" A girl with brown hair chirps in.

"Ummm" Megan says and looks up at Ryder.

"She can but" he says.

"But what?" The guy that Megan met the other day after the jock incident, Jake says.

"But I don't have anything prepared" Megan says saving both her ass and Ryder's.

"Well, why don't you prepare something and maybe show us tomorrow?" April asks.

"Yeah, Megan is more than capable of doing that. I could sing a duet with her, you know make her feel more comfortable with the group?" Ryder suggests saving Megan's ass this time. Everyone seemed to agree with Ryder's idea.

Megan later found out everybody's names. There was Ryder, Jake, Kitty, Marley and Wade/Unique.

"Wait, there's five of you guys, and you need twelve to compete?" Megan asks.

"Well, six if you officially join" Ryder says with a smile. "And then we've got 3 and a half months to get another six members, that shouldn't be too hard" he adds.

"Yeah, especially with the fall musical coming up. More people join after that" Marley

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"What about Lucky?" Ryder suggests to Megan. The two of them are brainstorming ideas for the next glee lesson.

"No, too cliché" she answers back.

"A Thousand Years?" Megan shakes her head and screws up her face.

"That's just life Megan, you can't always get what you want" he says jokingly.

"That's it! I know what song we're going to sing" Megan says, and Ryder just looks at her confusingly.

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The next day in Glee, when everyone is sitting down. Megan and Ryder stand up ready to sing.

"I don't think, I can do this" she whispers to Ryder.

"You'll be fine, I promise" he says reassuringly while putting a hand on her shoulder.

"We're waiting!" Kitty says and there is a mumble of people telling her to be quiet. The band start to play and Ryder stands up in the middle of the room to start.

Ryder:

"That's life, that's what all the people say
You're ridin' high in April, shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune
When I'm back on top, back on top in June"

He goes and takes Megan's hand directing her to the middle of the room.

Megan:

"I said that's life, and as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a dream
But I don't let it, let it get me down
'cause this fine old world, it keeps spinnin' around"

When she sings the last line in the verse, Ryder spins her round. He starts dancing with her, which causes a few giggles from some of the glee members.

Both:

"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing"

Ryder:

"Each time I find myself flat on my face"

Megan:

"I pick myself up and get back in the race"

Both:

"That's life, I tell you I can't deny it
I thought of quitting, baby, but my heart just ain't gonna buy it
And if I didn't think it was worth one single try
I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly"

Megan:

"I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing"

Ryder:

"Each time I find myself layin' flat on my face
I just pick myself up and get back in the race"

Ryder then puts his arms around her waist and they start swaying from side to side in unison.

Both:

"That's life, that's life and I can't deny it
Many times I thought of cuttin' out but my heart won't buy it
But if there's nothin' shakin' come this here July
I'm gonna roll myself up in a big ball and die"

By the end of the song, they're facing each other and smile.

"That was amazing!" Marley says.

"Thanks" Megan says.

After a few compliments from April the two sit back down and get on with the lesson.

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Song used:

That's Life - Frank Sinatra

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