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Julian had finally finished his papers and he was going to drop them off. He didn’t expect for anybody to be in there so he was taken aback. “Oh. Josie. I’m sorry.” He entered the room and put away the papers in his desk.

“I didn’t mean to interrupt. I didn’t remember you signed up for this time.” He locked the drawer back up turning to the teen. “You rehearsing for anything in particular?”

“This is a closed rehearsal,” Josie’s words were short and blunt as she turned to face her company in the music room, her senses just as heightened as her stress level was as she abruptly stopped singing once she heard the ever so slight sound of their footsteps. “If you need something, make it quick,” she added, her eyes narrowed. As much of an attitude as she could have, she wasn’t usually so short with people. But, as always, this was what happened to her as soon as her father came into town for one of his rare visits.

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Julian needed to finish grading, more like accessing, the works of his class. He was getting into the groove of things when he heard a knock on the door of his office. He was a little bit annoyed because he wanted to get his work done and leave school for the weekend just like everybody else. But atlas he smiled and greeted them nonetheless. 

“Yes, come in. Oh. What’s up?”

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andersxbxtch​:

Blaine decided that he would help with the students this week due to the tragic news. He wasn’t  no where near qualified but he figured he could just let anyone know if they wanted to talk to him, that he was there. He was the teachers aid for the music class, so he knew some of the kids around the school. He was picking at the salad that he had broughten himself for lunch when he heard a voice. 

Looking up, he noticed that it was Julian and he gave him a soft smile before nodding. “Of course.” He told him. “I had to get out of the school for a minute, you know? Not that I’m saying it’s bad or anything, of course but some of those kids are just so…lost. I don’t know what to tell them. How are you doing?”

Julian lowered himself onto the turf beside Blaine. Julian could relate to needing to get out of the school with everything revolving about what took place on Halloween night. As it should. There should be memories and remembrances in place for the teammate, student, classmate, and friend that was lost. But it got to be a little too much at times, at least for Julian when he was trying to disassociate. But then again it wasn’t about him.

“I’m hanging in there. I decided to show up to school on the off chance that somebody needed me.” Julian answered honestly. It was his job to be there and help his students grow and prosper. “How are you?”

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ariiamxntgxmery​:

The room was bleak. It was boring and too quiet. Her mom’s purse was still sitting in the chair, alone. Aria wondered where she’d gone to, maybe to call her dad, or maybe she went to get some coffee. Aria could use some coffee right about now. Actually, that was all she wanted. Coffee.

Just then, the door opened and Aria pushed herself up to sit a little better against the two pillows that were supporting her upright. It was Julian. Aria swallowed.

What was he doing here?

Aria felt a flush of red burn in her cheeks and her breath catch in her throat as she saw the colorful arrangement of flowers he presented to her. Softly, she felt a smile spread across her mouth, even as she tried to push the oxygen tubes away so she could speak. It felt so weird having them protruding them out of her nose.

She really did not want to be here anymore.

“Julian… hi,” she cringed at the sound of her own dry voice. Even speaking was a chore.

She attempted a cough, raising her good arm to cover her mouth. “I’m…okay,” her hoarse voice responded. God, she really did not want him to even be seeing her like this. Her eyes flickered to the flowers and then back to his face. “Thank….you….for…the flowers.” Her hair was probably a disaster as well as the fact that she still had makeup from last night probably smeared all over her face.

Julian placed the vase with the flower in it on the side table and took a seat in the arm chair beside Aria’s bed. He what he could only guess was Ella’s purse before doing so. 

“Hey yourself.” Julian smiled at the girl. She looked more fragile than she normally did so that was saying something. “What exactly happened?” Julian had seen Aria only a few hours before what happened at Seventh Heaven. He hadn’t run into her there, thank God. He wasn’t the most sober during the party so seeing a student that he recognized would be too much.

"I’m glad you’re doing okay. Your coloring looks good. So, that’s good.” He smiled at the brunette. He was truly happy she was okay. Sure, she was battered, bruised and burned, but she was alive.

“You’re welcome. But those really aren’t a big deal. I just know how hospital rooms are as far as colors go. You deserve at least a little something as bright and bubbly as you are.”

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Julian knew of a couple students of his that were currently held up in the hospital due to the fire at Seventh Heaven. The one that had been on his mind most was Aria. Only because he had just seen her a few hours before the fire. At least that’s what he was telling himself. 

He headed up the elevator once he got the room number from the receptionist at the front desk. He hoped that she was alone so that there wouldn’t be an awkward ‘Oh who is this?’ moment. Not that he was doing anything wrong, but still. He was an awkward guy by nature so an awkward guy in an awkward situation made not so good time. 

He gently opened the door and rapped on the door frame. “Hey. I brought you these.” He brought himself fully into the room and made the flowers visible. They weren’t anything special; he had just picked them up at the gift shop downstairs. But he still got them because he thought she deserved some color in the bland hospital room. “How are you doing?” He shut the door a bit, but didn’t click it in place.

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Julian did really expect a lot of attendance in the coming week or so given the severeness of what happened and how many of the students were impacted both physically and mentally. He’d sent out a notice to his students - both theatre and Glee club - that their homework assignments would be pushed back a least a few weeks to give them the time that they needed to process everything that happened. 

His first theatre class consisted of three kids in the normally thirteen. They didn’t do much of their curriculum. They did a few emotional acting games and a couple of rounds of Wink Detective. At that was it. He had the next two periods off so he decided to go out into the courtyard and lesson plan out there.

There were a few people scattered around doing their own thing. He looked around to see who was around. His eyes landed on somebody he recognized. “Hey. Mind if I join you for a little while?” He didn’t want to push himself on anyone if they wanted or needed to be alone, but he didn’t really want to be alone right now himself.

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shitstirringsmythe​:

“Gee thanks.” Sebastian muttered with a roll of his eyes. “I’ve been told that I look great in whatever I wear by several other people, don’t knock it before you see it.” He stated simply. “There’s no way it’s a massive coming out party, it’s Halloween, they’re going under, I am certain.” Sebastian mused. He looked the other guy over. A Bob Ross costume… He didn’t really know Julian all too well, but didn’t necessarily peg him for that sort of costume, then again, it was Halloween so anything was possible. “So… Why Bob Ross?” He asked as he eyed the other. 

Julian rolled his eyes with a smirk and shoulder shrug. “I still don’t see it, but to each there own.” Julian agreed with Sebastian about there not being a massive coming out. While it was more accepted and legal to be gay, he didn’t see it probable that so many people would be outing themselves at the same time. 

“Well then let’s do them a favor and get rid of their alcohol, shall we?” He raised his beer in the other guy’s direction. He watched Sebastian looking him over and he did the same to him. He chuckled when Sebastian asked about his costume.

“I’ve always aspired to be like him. And I’m artsy.” He raised an eyebrow. “What’s your excuse?” He motioned to the cowboy costume.

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andersxbxtch​:

“Oh no, go for it! I can totally pick this one instead.” Blaine assured him, handing the first pumpkin over to Julian before grabbing another one. “Pretty sure I will be asking for another one once i start trying to carve this thing. I’ll end up with half a pumpkin, like his head will be missing and half of his ear, if they had those.” Blaine laughed, shaking his head. 

Julian smiled and thanked him. He paid for his pumpkin and the use of the paints, waited for Blaine to do the same before taking a seat beside him. 

“You want some paint?” He asked the other guy. He started painting Starry Night. Julian waited a few minutes before he broached the conversation topic. “So, how have you been since everything?” He left the question open just in case Blaine wanted to give a surface-y answer.

He and Blaine hooked up once while Blaine was in college. It was a one and done thing. Not to say it wasn’t good, but it wasn’t a dragged on kind of thing. Now, they were kind of floating in between acquaintances and friends. Julian would consider Blaine a friend, but he wouldn’t expect him to feel the same.

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captclarington​:

Spooktacular was better than he had anticipated. He hung out with some of the Serpents, got to know a few of his “friends” better and even won himself a stuffed animal from one of those knock off carnival games (which he left in his car). So, the party seemed to be a little more crowded considering the closed space and the amount of people that were even in here. He wondered if this was even regulated by the Fire Department to have this many people in one place.

With his beer in hand, Hunter was just about to turn around when someone complimented his ass. Of course it was going to happen when all he wore were these tight shorts anyway for a costume. Dumb move, but too late to do anything about it now.

“Thanks, I-” Hunter smiled, turning to face the guy. “Work out…” his voice trailed off as he noticed the guy who had complimented him. “You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.” The smile was gone in an instant and his face was now deadpan serious. “You?!” Hunter hissed, shaking his head before taking a huge swig of his beer.

Rolling his eyes, Hunter really didn’t want any shit tonight. “Fine,” so he held out his hand for the other to shake so they could seal their 24-hour truce deal.

Julian had had quite a few drinks before he clashed with the guy again, so his reaction to him actually agreeing to the truce made him outwardly more giddy than he’d typically like to show. He patted the taller guy on the back in solidarity.

“Ay, man. I don’t know your name.” He wiggled a finger in the other man’s direction. “Because somebody won’t tell me. But do you want to play a game of darts? I’ll buy you a shot for every bullseye you get and you answer a question of mine for every bullseye I get.”

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ariiamxntgxmery​:

“Oh, uh, okay…” Even though she was a little unsure, she did what he said and she took the cute pumpkin whereas he took one with a few green bumps on the side, causing her to frown. She felt bad that he didn’t get the pumpkin he was originally going for, but it was nice enough that he let her have the one she wanted. 

“Thanks.” Aria replied as she started to stuff her hand into her little glitter purse to pull out some money, but unbeknownst to her, Julian had paid for her pumpkin.  The new situation at hand caused Aria to chew on her lower lip in contemplation. Surely he didn’t mean anything by it and he was just making up for the confusion.

At his question though, Aria lifted the pumpkin up to her face to observe it more clearly in the lights. “We have a family tradition in my house that we must carve at least one pumpkin to put on the front porch, so,” she shrugged before looking up to him with a smile. “You can say I’m a carving kinda girl. What about you? Carving or drawing?” It was a valid question.

Julian never really had family traditions for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, any holiday really. But when he did get out on his own he made it a priority to start making his own traditions. So, he he let for college he made an effort to start with pumpkin carving. That didn’t go well. He cut himself the first time he tried. So, he ditched that idea really quick. He changed it to painting famous paintings on a pumpkin each year instead.

“Ah well you see now we’re sworn enemies. I’m a painting on a pumpkin kind of guy.” He answered jokingly. “I tried carving before and it didn’t end up well. Not to mention the texture of the guts and seeds give me the heebie jeebies.” He shivered. He handed her a knife while he grabbed a few colors of paint and a brush. He put the colors on a paper plate before getting down to it. This year it was Starry Night. A few minutes of carving and painting went by before Julian spoke up.

“How’s it going with the pumpkin murder over there?” He smirked. 

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Julian had a great time at the Spooktacular and happily made his way to the party at Seventh Heaven. He was in the best mood that he had been in a long while. Maybe it was the shot of candy apple whiskey he took before getting his ride to Seventh Heaven that was a contributing to the majority of it. But that was no matter.

He made his way into the club and summoned another shot of candy apple whiskey. He looked around after doing the shot and his eyes landed on a particular fellow. A particular shirtless fellow. A particular shirtless fellow who also happened to have a nice ass. Now this definitely was the whiskey guiding him, but he pushed himself off of the bar and toward that particular fellow. 

“You have a nice ass; has anybody told you that?” He finally made his way to him and low and fucking behold he was the asshole who Julian happened to both fight and kiss. “Jesus fucking Christ.” He backed way up. He was having too good of a time to get punched tonight. 

“I’m not looking to get punched.” Julian found himself saying his thoughts out loud. “Twenty-four hour truce?”

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ariiamxntgxmery​:

While she waited to meet up with some of her friends, Aria decided to take a stroll around the carnival. There was one thing she still hadn’t done yet, but she so desperately wanted to, and it dealt with pumpkins.

She passed by an apple bobbing set up, a few games, even the Ferris wheel and cotton candy stands. Until she saw it. The pumpkin carving stand.

Just as she went to reach for a cute one that wasn’t too large, she just so happened to grab the same one as someone else. Aria laughed, shaking her head. “Sorry,” and then she looked up to notice it was the glee club instructor. “I can grab another, it’s fine.”

Julian looked at the person the hand and voice belonged to. “Aria! Hey!” He said as he moved back to let her have the pumpkin. “No, I insist. You have the cute pumpkin. I’ll take the quirky one.” He grabbed a pumpkin with a little bit of green bumps on one side. It was a rough looking pumpkin, but in a weird way Julian related to it. “It suits me better. That one suits you better. You take it.” Julian smiled at the girl. 

“Just the two pumpkins.” Julian spoke to the impatient carny clearly motioning for him to speed up his conversation and pay for the pumpkin if him spinning his finger in a circle was any indication. 

It was only after his exchange with the vendor that he realized he paid for Aria’s pumpkin. He didn’t want her to think anything of it, but he didn’t know how to breach the subject without making it even more awkward. So, he instead decided to ignore the situation and just push forward.

“So, are you more of a carving kind of girl or just drawing and painting on them so they can last longer?”

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Julian loved all things autumn. The chill in the air, the shorter days, smell all around or pumpkin spice just to name a few. You could define him as a basic bitch and he’d be okay with it. He just loved it all.

He wanted to spend time at the carnival doing all the basic bitch things. First thing on the list was pumpkin carving. He found a pumpkin carving stand and went to grab a miniature pumpkin from a barrel and ended up grabbing for one that another person grabbed for as well.

“Oh hey. I’m sorry. You can take it.”

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Julian was a bit surprised that he got an invitation to the Seventh Heaven Halloween party. He pondered only for a few minutes before he accepted the invitation and got to work on his costume. As somebody that was always deemed weird or quirky, Halloween had always been a holiday Julian could feel semi-normal on. His costume was relatively plain compared to years past. 

He grabbed a black afro wig from his black and white clown costume from a few years back and then a dirty paint pallet and a lose fitting white button up. And voila! A Bob Ross costume is born!

When Julian entered the gay bar scene he was surprised again. There were a hell of a lot more people there tonight than he’s seen in all of the nights he’s been there combined. Unless there was a mass coming out there was something a little off putting here. But he wasn’t going to let that little feeling prevent him from getting drunk on froo froo cocktails called “Witch’s Brew” or shit like that. 

Julian recognized the voice as soon as it spoke to him. The better of the two guys he was always seeming to run into at the bars. He looked the other guy up and down. He looked like a cowboy straight out of a Harlequin romance novel. Julian didn’t mind that a bit. 

“I don’t think you’d look too good as a woman.” He commented, holding a a finger up to signal a bartender over. “Can I have a Witch’s Brew and another one of Brokeback Mountain’s drinks, please?” Julian nodded to Sebastian’s comment about it going under. “I was thinking that or there was a massive coming out, but I think the latter is more likely.”

“No, I don’t typically dress up, but it’s the only way I was going to be able to get in here, so I followed the rules for once.” Sebastian stated simply. “I could have gone radical and went in drag, but that’s way too much effort.” He scoffed. “There are more people here than usual, I wonder why they invited so many, the place is probably going under.” He stated simply as he took a few sips of his beer. Sebastian had been to Seventh Heaven on Halloween only one other time and he dressed as himself. They let him in, but weren’t exactly pleased with his costume choice, so he told himself he would follow instructions just this once so he could get into the bar with ease. It was Halloween and he wanted to get drunk. 

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Julian Baker as “Bob Ross”.

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ariiamxntgxmery​:

Well, this day just got a whole lot more interesting. She wondered if he knew Ezra, if they were friends by chance? No, she wasn’t going to ask, but the thought crossed her mind, and just as it had, it was gone. “Uh, yeah, actually,” she said with a very small shrug, not even thinking about the risks about how this would look if they were seen.

Aria stood then, gathering her things in his arms as she nodded. “You sure it’s okay?” She asked, brow quirking in question even as she held tighter onto her things wrapped in her arms.

Julian got up along with Aria. He dusted the grass off of his pants. “I am positive. We’re not doing anything wrong. I can grab my guitar and meet you at the bench over there.” Julian thought about it for a second. 

She was a student at the school he taught at, but she wasn’t technically his student. And they weren’t doing anything wrong. He was just helping her work out what song she wanted to sing for her audition. Yeah, nothing was wrong here. 

“I don’t want to make you uncomfortable, Aria, but I am willing to help you with your Glee audition song if you want. I’ll just go get my guitar and we can strum a few chords on the bench. If you feel uncomfortable at any time feel free to leave. No hard feelings.” Julian reasoned. 

He jogged to get his guitar and locked his jeep back up before heading back to the bench. “So, what genre are you thinking about?”

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captclarington​:

The bottle went flying off the counter, crashing, spilling beer everywhere, even on his shoes. He didn’t care so much about his shoes, but spilling his beer was uncalled for. What. The. Actual. Fuck. This guy was a real piece of shit. Hunter stammered backwards when the asshole shoved his chair back. Himself and the bar chair went crashing down, leaving Hunter on the dirty bar floor propped up on his elbows. And now, he was pissed off. All Hunter saw was red, a fire, rage surging through his veins as he grumbled and reached for the guy’s leg and swiped him out from under his feet. Getting to his own feet, Hunter presses his foot down on this asshole’s chest. “I’m leaving, fucker. Bar’s all yours.” Shoving his foot off the guy, Hunter reached up to fix his shirt collar before he started to walk out of the bar.

Julian watched the asshole leave from his spot on the grungy bar floor. He didn’t know why, but got up and followed the fucker out. He didn’t know what it was about this guy that he felt like he could never get the last word in. 

Julian found him as he rounded the corner into an alley way shortcut. “Hey, asshat!” He sped up toward the guy. “What’s your name?” He didn’t give the guy a chance to really answer because when he caught up to him all Julian could think was to either kiss him or smack him so he did the first of the two.

He went for it. For the first time in his life he went for what he wanted. Now this guy infuriated Julian to no end, but for some fucked up reason he liked that. Julian grabbed the guy roughly by the shirt collar he had just fixed, fucking it up again, and brought their mouths together in a heated, all he can see is red, kiss. He broke the kiss unexpectedly and shoved the guy against the alley wall. “God damn you for being such a confusing asshole. I hate you so much.”