IDEK, man, except for the fact that Matt and Julie are still my favorites.
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Matt's not, like, against music or anything. He goes to Landry's concerts and stuff, and he listens to the radio in the morning before school, because Grandma always asks for it to be on when he forgets.
But he doesn't really understand why the glee club shows up to lunch with their musical performances all the time.
"I think it's cute," Julie says, grinning, as another glee club member sprints by them. She pokes at the yellowish lump on her plate that seems like it should be mac 'n' cheese. The glee club singing something that Matt's heard a few times but that he's having a hard time placing. Something about partying with Mick Jagger?
They're not all strangers to Matt. Puck, Sam, Finn, and Mike are on the team, and Matt's met their on-again off-again girlfriends before. He likes them all fine. He just doesn't get it. "I dunno," Matt says as Mike and Brittany, the blonde cheerleader who's always joined at the hip with the really mean one, Santana, start doing what Matt can only think of as a 'dance solo' right next to the vending machines. "It's just a lot. Do they have to do one of these every month?"
Julie shrugs. "I kind of like it. Free entertainment that doesn't involve rally girls." Mike's doing some kind of bending thing that's making his bright pink t-shirt ride up and show off his abs. Matt really doesn't like the way Julie's watching him, but Julie's really good at not freaking out when some of the cheerleaders like to flirt with Matt at parties. Quinn always gets a little handsy when she's had a few drinks. "I was thinking about joining, actually," she says. "Kurt says that they could always use more members."
"Oh," Matt says. The glee club rehearsals are usually scheduled at times when they don't have practice, because of how many members overlap. It'd mean that Matt would have less time with Julie, and that's just… it would suck. But Matt would much rather have her be happy, and he could always pick up more shifts at the Alamo Freeze. "You'd be great at it."
"I can do the dancing, at least," she says. "I don't know about the singing." She makes a scrunchy face. It's a really cute face, but Matt's not sure if Julie would want to know that he finds it cute.
The song ends with the glee club running back out of the cafeteria like they were never here in the first place, leaving behind a stunned silence. It's only a moment before it fills again with the chatter of students.
"I'd go to all your performances," Matt says. He already goes to all of her dance recitals, because they're really great, and he likes the way she lights up when she's up on stage. It reminds him of what it's like to have a blank page in front of him, pencil in hand, trying to make something come to life.
"That's sweet," Julie says, "but I think they're probably a little too high drama for me."
As if on cue, someone screeches in the hallway outside the cafeteria. Maybe it's another chapter of the Finn-Quinn-Rachel thing. Matt can never remember who Finn's dating anymore, so he always makes sure to ask Finn how his girlfriend is doing before practice so that he doesn't accidentally say something unforgivably stupid.
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Matt's not, like, against music or anything. He goes to Landry's concerts and stuff, and he listens to the radio in the morning before school, because Grandma always asks for it to be on when he forgets.
But he doesn't really understand why the glee club shows up to lunch with their musical performances all the time.
"I think it's cute," Julie says, grinning, as another glee club member sprints by them. She pokes at the yellowish lump on her plate that seems like it should be mac 'n' cheese. The glee club singing something that Matt's heard a few times but that he's having a hard time placing. Something about partying with Mick Jagger?
They're not all strangers to Matt. Puck, Sam, Finn, and Mike are on the team, and Matt's met their on-again off-again girlfriends before. He likes them all fine. He just doesn't get it. "I dunno," Matt says as Mike and Brittany, the blonde cheerleader who's always joined at the hip with the really mean one, Santana, start doing what Matt can only think of as a 'dance solo' right next to the vending machines. "It's just a lot. Do they have to do one of these every month?"
Julie shrugs. "I kind of like it. Free entertainment that doesn't involve rally girls." Mike's doing some kind of bending thing that's making his bright pink t-shirt ride up and show off his abs. Matt really doesn't like the way Julie's watching him, but Julie's really good at not freaking out when some of the cheerleaders like to flirt with Matt at parties. Quinn always gets a little handsy when she's had a few drinks. "I was thinking about joining, actually," she says. "Kurt says that they could always use more members."
"Oh," Matt says. The glee club rehearsals are usually scheduled at times when they don't have practice, because of how many members overlap. It'd mean that Matt would have less time with Julie, and that's just… it would suck. But Matt would much rather have her be happy, and he could always pick up more shifts at the Alamo Freeze. "You'd be great at it."
"I can do the dancing, at least," she says. "I don't know about the singing." She makes a scrunchy face. It's a really cute face, but Matt's not sure if Julie would want to know that he finds it cute.
The song ends with the glee club running back out of the cafeteria like they were never here in the first place, leaving behind a stunned silence. It's only a moment before it fills again with the chatter of students.
"I'd go to all your performances," Matt says. He already goes to all of her dance recitals, because they're really great, and he likes the way she lights up when she's up on stage. It reminds him of what it's like to have a blank page in front of him, pencil in hand, trying to make something come to life.
"That's sweet," Julie says, "but I think they're probably a little too high drama for me."
As if on cue, someone screeches in the hallway outside the cafeteria. Maybe it's another chapter of the Finn-Quinn-Rachel thing. Matt can never remember who Finn's dating anymore, so he always makes sure to ask Finn how his girlfriend is doing before practice so that he doesn't accidentally say something unforgivably stupid.
"Yeah," Matt says. "I can see what you mean."