Kurt was into performing. Poppy was into sport.
Growing up, it had always been as simple as that for Kurt Hummel's younger sister, and boarding school in England had set her up to be a professional soccer player. Then her foot was crushed by a drun...
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Chapter Fifteen - Not Alone
Following Trouty Mouth and Big Ass Heart, I had lost hope in us being able to produce a decent anthem we could sing for Regionals. Though when Schue wrote 'Loser Like Me' on the board, I could already hear the chorus in my head. I instantly reached for the guitar, strumming a melody, I saw everyone nodding their heads as I softly sang the lyrics, we had a song.
Since I wasn't working tonight, I had joined Blaine for his post-rehearsal coffee. He usually had this with Kurt, though apparently he was rehearsing with the Warbler that had been chosen to sing the duet with him. "You know, I think it might be a romance in the works." Blaine winked, as we sat down at our usual table.
"Blaine you matchmaker." I winked, he seemed rather smug.
"How's songwriting going?" He asked, knowing we had been struggling to come up with a song.
My smile brimmed, "We're about halfway through a track, and if it all goes to plan, we've got a really good shot at winning."
"Well promise not to be too upset when we beat you." Blaine teased, causing me to playfully nudge him in the arm. "I'm joking, if you win then I'm taking all my songwriting credits to Not Alone."
"How are we going to do this, compete with each other for the next two years?" I complained we were both Sophomores, whoever won now, we'd face each other again.
"We'll get through it, we're stronger than a show choir competition," Blaine said, and I knew that. Though I had wished we could celebrate together.
Regionals had come around, and I had never felt more confident to go up and perform. Watching the Warblers performance first, and seeing how confident Blaine was performing Misery and Raise Your Glass, it gave me the same sense of courage. I wanted to go up and be the female Blaine, hold the audience the same way he did. We had changed the layout following Rachel finishing her song, having that go first, before leading into Not Alone. I had sung back up for the end of Get it Right, before switching places with Rachel to go to the front to start Not Alone.
I saw Mike and Brittany both backstage, ready to come on and dance, I heard the chords, took a deep breath, found Blaine's eyes and begun to sing.
POPPY I've been alone Surrounded by darkness I've seen how heartless The world can be I've seen you crying You felt like it's hopeless I'll always do my best To make you see Baby, you're not alone 'Cause you're here with me And nothing's ever gonna bring us down 'Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you And you know it's true It don't matter what'll come to be Our love is all we need to make it through...
