9I decided to do some little snippets for the future of our St Berry. Hope you enjoy!
Basically this is a random moment in the St Berry life since Regionals and is a little one shot within a series. Hope you like it.
Five minutes. Ten. Fifteen. New Directions had been waiting for everyone to arrive for the dress rehearsal of their new number, Between Two Lungs, by Florence and the Machine and everyone had arrived. Everyone, that is, apart from Rachel Berry. Everyone had arrived fifteen minutes ago but Rachel had yet to turn up. Mercedes turned to Quinn. "Did you see her after getting changed?" Quinn nodded. "She definitely was dressed, and she left before me." Turning to Mr Schue, she asked, "Should we go and look for her? Rachel is never late for a rehearsal." He nodded at the girls who left quickly.
Santana took charge. "Look, Brits and me will go look with Quinn and Tina and Mercedes will look in the changing rooms. We'll take classrooms." Nodding briskly, the five girls split up and began their search for Rachel Berry. Brittany held Santana's hand and swung it between them as the three girls walked down the corridor. "Rachel? You in there?" Quinn had taken to calling out for Rachel before they entered the rooms. Santana, on the other hand, shoved open the doors and glanced around briefly for the short girl.
Almost ten minutes had passed and the three girls had yet to see the little diva. "Maybe she went home? She looked really sad today in Math." Brittany had stopped the trio in the middle of the hallway. Santana snorted, loudly. "As if. Berry wouldn't give up a performance. She's one of the leads. She wouldn't be sick for a rehearsal. Let's check the choir room. She might have gone looking for some Broadway crap for us to sing next week."
Quinn, ignoring Santana's mean remarks about Broadway, started towards the choir room. Broadway had some good songs she had discovered. And although it wasn't her usual music, she had some soundtracks on her iPod that she found herself listening to on occasion. She reached the choir room and opened the door gently. What she had found though, made her stop in her tracks. She gasped quietly and felt, rather than heard, Santana and Brittany coming up behind her.
Santana's smirk could be heard in her voice. "Looks like St. Berry isn't so Saintly after all." Rachel, who had been passionately kissing Jesse St James on the piano bench gasped loudly. "This isn't what it looks like." She protested, even as she put back on the bodice of her dress, which had gathered around her waist. Jesse, on the other hand, grinned widely and smiled at the three cheerleaders. "Hello ladies. Lovely to see you all again."
Brittany, who had been silent until now, turned to Santana. "Were they making a St Berry baby?" Santana laughed. "Not yet but I'm guessing Berry was close to letting him make one." Rachel blushed even more violently. "I was not about to have sex on a piano in the choir room, thank you very much Santana. Jesse just came back from UCLA for Winter Break. They get off a few weeks earlier that us and he surprised me. We were not about to make love." Quinn shook her head. "You forget, I was pregnant. I know how it happens and you two were very very close to making another Baby gate."
Rachel, who now looked a lot less flustered thanks to having her hair pulled back and her dress back on, scowled at Quinn. "Can I just go fix my hair and get back to rehearsals?" Santana rolled her eyes. "Fine Man Hands, but you are so not hearing the end of this." Turning, she left the room with Brittany following obediently behind her. Quinn turned to the only male in the room. "You might as well head down to the auditorium and get a seat. Rachel will be down in five minutes."
Jesse smirked and lent down and gave Rachel one last kiss before he brushed past Quinn on his way out of the door. Quinn turned to the blushing girl. "Come on. I'll fix your hair while you do make up. We'll be done faster that way." Rachel followed Quinn to the locker room and got out her pink make up back and curler. Quinn was thankful it was still warm as she fixed the tangled hair. "You two really need to pick better moments. We were waiting forever for you to turn up." Rachel, who although applying blusher, was blushing slightly. "I didn't plan on him turning up. He just sort of did. And I guess we lost track of time." Quinn, twisting a section of the brunettes hair in the curler, smirked dryly. "I could see that. Ten more minutes and you'd have lost more that time. I was worried Tina would find out what you did to her costume."
Rachel,who was now looking a lot less flustered, rolled her eyes. "The costume's fine. I don't let Jesse rip my clothes off every time I see him, you know?" Quinn, who had just finished the last curl, laughed. "The last time we found you two alone in a room didn't suggest that. I recall you two being very friendly at regionals." Unplugging the curler, she shoved Rachel slightly. "Come on, we're late." The two girls walked swiftly to the rest of the group.
Ignoring Mr Schue, Rachel took her position on stage and listened to Tina's soft vocalising before she began. Turning she sang clearly,
"Between two lungs it was released
The breath that carried me
The sigh that blew me forward"
The choreography was simple yet beautiful, with Mike being her partner for a change. His dancing didn't take from the beauty of the words but added to it. He twirled her gently and passed her to Sam, who caught her in his arms.
Tina joined in with Rachel, their voices joining to create a powerful blend of softness and power. The two girls seemed to be singing to each other as the chorus took over.
'Cause it was trapped
Trapped between two lungs
It was trapped between two lungs
It was trapped between two lungs
The two of them sang out in stillness as the rest of New Directions ghosted from the background and broke off into two groups. Each was a mirror of the other, but as one danced, the other responded. They were in sync, each move coming as natural as breath entering the lungs.
Rachel felt her arms being grasped by the two boys.
And my running feet could fly She 'ran' as she 'flew' through the air.
Each breath screaming
Her face turned to the rest of the girls, being dipped as if they had fallen into death's waiting hands."We are all too young to die"Tina came beside her and the two girls moved as if one mind. Their actions mirrored the others and as one shrunk, the other expanded.
Between two lungs it was released
The breath that passed from you to me
In the background, the girls had begun to move back and forth with their partners. A 'give and take' motion happening as Rachel and Tina sang.
That flew between us as we slept
That slipped from your mouth into mine it crept
Rachel was passed to Mike and he led her in a simple three step dance. She sang directly to his face and she poured emotion from her voice into her face.
Between two lungs it was released
The breath that passed from you to me
He dipped her suddenly and raised her slowly, her body getting bigger with each passing second.
That flew between us as we slept
That slipped from your mouth into mine it crept
She was raised almost all of the way and as she reached her normal standing position, her voice exploded from her.
'Cause it was trapped
Trapped between two lungs
It was trapped between two lungs
She and Mike broke off from dancing and she stood centre stage and sang to the almost empty auditorium with all of her might.
Gone are all the days of begging
The days of theft
No more gasping for a breath
Her arms raised up, along a current of air passing through her body. Her hair ruffled in the slight breeze in the room and her voice sang out, clear and triumphant.
The air filled me head to toe
And I can see the ground far below
Her hands game to her chest and grasped together, holding onto something.
I have this breathe and I hold it tight
And I keep it in my chest with all my might
I pray to god this breath will last
As it pushes past my lips as I...
Her hands shot out and she sang, this time not only with Tina.
Gasp Half of the girls sang from the right of the stage.
Gasp The others sang from the left, Tina among them.
Gasp Rachel sang alone for the last note, the music fell silent as the only sound in the room was her clear voice ringing through the room.
The final notes of the song ended as Rachel stood alone on the centre stage, breathing heavily under the lights of the stage. Mr Schue stood to clap but was beaten to it by an enthusiastic clapping coming from a few rows behind him. Rachel jumped lightly off of the stage and ran into Jesse's arms. Mr Schue cleared his throat. "Okay guys, that was really good. I think that it should definitely be a contender for regionals this year. Get changed and we'll meet up again the next day." He turned to Jesse before he left. "Good to see you again, Jesse." Jesse nodded to the older man as he left the room quickly.
Mercedes came to stand beside Rachel and crossed her arms. "No wonder you were late. St Boyfriend came by for a visit and you had to see him before rehearsals." Brittany nodded her head and tried to whisper, but really spoke in her usual way. "I think they were trying to make a St Berry baby and San said I was right." Mercedes whipped her head back to face Rachel again. "Oh Hell No! No more baby drama. I'm out! Later!" Mercedes and Kurt left, along with the majority of the club.
Quinn smiled at Rachel before she left and Puck once again threatened Jesse if her hurt Rachel. Finn tried to go up to Rachel and convince her to come back to him, again, but Mike and Sam dragged him out before he got the chance. Alone in the room, Rachel turned to Jesse. "So," she smiled at him as she walked backwards towards the exit, "my dads aren't home. Want to try and finish what we started in the choir room?"
Rachel had gotten a head start as Jesse stood shell shocked in place for a full minute before he gave chase. "You little minx! Oh, I love you!" Laughing the two of them ran towards his car and drove back to her house. Where they proceeded to watch musicals and make out on the couch until her dads got home. He respected her enough to wait until she said yes. Not that a lot of making out didn't occur in the time until then, but he waited. And they had epic romance. Just like he promised.
AN
Okay, well I really just love that song and I kept thinking up choreography for it. Rachel is my favourite character so of course she'll be singing it. Tina would be suited to the beginning of the song so I added her into it. I want to keep this story up and maybe do a few more. Nothing like a full on story but something to compete with the ENDLESS Finchel that is on the show and in fanfiction. I hope that I don't portray Finn to badly for those who like him but I just cannot stand him so forgive me! In my heart, I'm St Berry for life. Please review as I love hearing what you think about my writing and the story itself. Reviews are like cookies to me, give me one and I want five more!