Plastic Love || Glee

5x18 - The Back-up Plan

It was a new week in New York and it was the week of my album release. I was at my last rehearsal since I was going to perform a song off my album in a few days.

Santana stayed back this time since she had to go to work. So I was now at the dance studio with a few of my backup dancers.

I also managed to get Brittany to be one of my main backup dancers.

After about 2 hours of practicing, we all finally got it by heart. So we decided to take a break before we went to go do sound checks.

That's when Mercedes walks past me and I notice her.

"Oh hi, Mercedes." I greet.

"Hey, Liz. What are you up to?" She asks.

"Nothing, just rehearsing," I respond.

I then notice her upset look.

"Hey, what's the matter?" I ask.

"Did you ever had problems making your album?" She asks.

"Actually, yeah I did," I respond.

"What did you have to do?" She asks.

"I had to change all the pronouns to he instead of she. And it really pissed me off because I wrote those songs about people I loved. So I guess I have to pretend to be someone who I'm not." I tell her.

"I'm so sorry about that." She comments.

"It's all right I guess. Why you're having problems too?" I ask.

"Yup, I guess my last song wasn't good enough and my producer said he didn't hear an album." She responds.

"What? Really? Isn't it technically your album. Like he may not hear an album but other people can. So what are you gonna do about this?" I ask.

"I honestly have no idea." She responds. Her phone then goes off and she checks it, "I have to go, see you later." She says before picking up her phone call.

I stand there trying to think of a way for Mercedes to not lose her album.

"Liz, come on. We have to go do sound checks." Brittany calls snapping me from my thoughts.

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The next day Santana and I talked about what has been happening to Mercedes and her album.

So we both went with her to the studio today to go and help her. Santana and Mercedes were in the recording booth while I sat outside.

"Uh, we're on the clock, Mercedes. If you don't get this track down this week, you're gonna lose your release date." D'Shon says.

I then see Santana tell Mercedes something and I go back to finishing my Faberry fanfic.

"Well, Bruce Springsteen once put a drum set in an elevator to get a purer sound than in the studio." D'Shon mentions.

We then enter an elevator and D'Shon starts playing a song.

*Doo Wop (That Thing) - Sung by Mercedes, Santana, and Liz*

During the song, they asked me to join in so I did. In the end, we were now in the basement.

"That was so good." I comment.

"Oh, my God, D'Shon, we need to get that sound in the studio." Mercedes mentions.

"Oh, no, no. We're gonna record your last song down here in this dungeon. I mean, it's ballsy, but it's got that unique thing we were talking about. Mercedes Jones, you got yourself an album." He says and we cheer