Working in Harmony (Divina x The Vivienne) ~ Goldingings
a/n: well folks this was bound to happen at some point, I’ll hopefully get out another chapter of locked out of heaven tomorrow! ♡ also I had to give Viv a last name because yeah, I also gave Baga a real name since ‘Baga’ isn’t fitting for a teacher
summary: divina works as a singing teacher in a prestigious performing arts high school, but when a stunning, younger teacher joins the department, divina is less than impressed at first.
word count: 3k+
“Did you hear about the new singing teacher arriving today?” Divina overheard her best friend Cheryl, telling her girlfriend Blu. “I heard she used to be a singer back in Liverpool,” Blu replied as Divina walked in. “Are you excited to meet them?” Blu asked, way too cheerfully for a cold, wintery Monday Morning. “Well… not really,” Divina replied, walking over to the Staff room’s coffee machine. “How come, she sounds nice enough, she’s also a singer,” Cheryl asked this time as Divina sighed. “She’ll be just a teacher, like you’re just teachers and how I’m just a teacher, she’ll be forgotten by the end of the week,” Divina replied, her voice was laced with a mixture of jealousy and annoyance. “Whatever you say Dee,” Blu huffed as she got up from Cheryl’s grip. “I have a photography class arriving soon,” Blu sighed as she walked over to Cheryl and kissed her forehead. “See you after class sweetheart,” Cheryl cooed as Blu as she waved and walked out.
“So how’s it going with Blu then,” Divina teased Cheryl as she began to blush. “She asked me to be her girlfriend last week and it feels like I’m in heaven,” Cheryl smiled. “Well I’m happy for the both of you, it was about time you got together,” Divina chirped as Cheryl blushed a deeper red. “And is their a certain someone in your life right now?” Cheryl as Divina as she sighed. “No one right now,” Divina added as Cheryl pouted. “Well I’m sure you’ll meet someone, love comes at you where you least expect it,” Cheryl beamed. “Oh shit look at the time,” Divina announced as she quickly grabbed her bag and coat. “My class will be there in 10 minutes,” she huffed heading for the door. “I’ll see you at lunch!” Cheryl called out as Divina was already rushing down the hall.
“I can’t believe I’m gonna be late,” Divina uttered under her breath almost running down the corridor now. She had never been late to her class once, and she prided herself on her punctuality, she knew she would find herself embarrassed, which she absolutely hated. “Woah look out!” Divina heard a voice exclaim as she suddenly fell to the ground. “Oh my god I’m so so sorry!” The voice said from above her. She quickly snapped out of her trance and looked up.
Standing there was an exceptionally tall woman, with her hand held out. “Who are you?” Divina hissed as she refused the hand and got up. “Who are you then?” Divina questioned as she brushed herself of. “Well I’m Miss Cooper but you can call me Vivienne,” the woman beamed with a smile on her face. “Well Miss Cooper, because of you, I’m going to be late for my class, now goodbye,” Divina remarked and left quickly, leaving Vivienne confused and slightly irritated.
Divina hurried to her class room and saw her reflection in the windows glass, she looked a mess, and even worse the woman had spilt her smoothie on her, which Divina had only just noticed. “Shit shit shit,” she whispered as she looked down. She had left too quickly for the woman to have said anything. She looked up at the clock, realising now she only had 3 minutes before her class would arrive. She didn’t know what to do, she was going to be embarrassed either way, teaching her class with a huge stain on her shirt or cleaning herself off and being late.
Divina walked around to the class next door, luckily for her the room was empty. “Could you watch my class for me while I clear myself up-” Divina asked without even looking at the teacher on the desk. “Why the Hell are you here?” Divina asked the woman sitting at the desk. “I’m a singing teacher?” The familiar voice replied. Divina grunted and sighed. “Miss Cooper could you watch my class for 10 minutes while I clean myself up from your accident?” Divina said sharply. “Sure, it’ll give them an opportunity to meet me,” Vivienne chirped, a smile on her face. Divina groaned and stormed out of the class room to the teacher’s restroom. She couldn’t believe it. To her, the day was just getting worse and worse.
Hundreds of thoughts ran through Divina’s mind, like her brain was a damn treadmill. She wanted to know why on Earth they had suddenly decided to hire a new teacher, she was perfectly good at her job and she had never had a musical colleague before. The School was only small, since it was also a private school, only accepting the best of the best. There was the standard subjects, then the creative arts department, which was the schools pride.
Divina knew she wouldn’t be able to focus on teaching a class now, she would still have a large, visible stain on her shirt, and one of the least favourite people she had met at the school since she had began teaching there, but she also knew she would have to put aside her worries and still be professional with the woman, even though she didn’t want to be. “This is just my bloody luck,” Divina groaned as she finished off cleaning the yellow goo off her shirt.
Divina heard the door click from behind her and saw another teacher walk in. “Miss Campo,” the immediately recognisable voice said from behind her. “You know you can call me Divina,” she smiled, for the first time that day. “You look kinda annoyed,” the younger woman said as she pulled out her makeup bag. “Gothy you know about the new teacher right?” Divina asked as Gothy smiled. “Yeah, she seemed really nice when we spoke,” Gothy beamed as Divina threw her head back and groaned. “Am I the only one who doesn’t like her?” Divina asked as Gothy quickly nodded, causing Divina to sigh. “She seems so annoying and full of herself,” Divina began to rant, “She’s just so UGH” Divina grumbled throwing the gooey tissues in the bin. “She rubs you up the wrong way?” Gothy added. Divina nodded. “Well, I hope you figure things out so you can at least be friends, I heard she’s a singing teacher,” Gothy assured as she walked out.
Divina finished cleaning herself up and walked back out to her classroom, she realised she had been a lot longer than a few minutes and completely left her class with the teacher she trusted least. She hurried down the corridor to here the hallway completely quiet, except for a voice. Someone was singing, and Divina couldn’t believe it. She looked through the glass in the door to see Vivienne leaned against a wall, her eyes closed singing to the students, Divina had never heard them so quiet. She just walked back to her classroom slowly and began to listen to the woman.
“Dad always told me don’t you cry when you’re down,”
“But Mum there’s a tear every time that I blink,”
“Oh it’s in pieces and it’s tearing me up, but I know,”
“A heart that’s broke is a heart that’s been loved,”
Divina knew that song instantly, it always made her overly emotional, especially since she knew what it was like to lose her mum. As Vivienne continued to sing, she heard breaks in her voice but chosen not to question it. She knew that Vivienne must have chosen the song for a reason, but Divina couldn’t figure out that reason.
Vivienne had a beautiful voice, something Divina had not been expecting. She thought that Vivienne would be mediocre at best, but she was wrong, she hated admitting to herself.
She heard her co worker finish the song and she went next door again. “I think I’ll take my class now if that’s ok?” Divina asked as all heads turned as the students got up. Her tone was laced with a strictness that not even Vivienne was going to question. “Thank you,” Divina shrugged as she left the room. A small smile appeared on Vivienne’s face as she left.
The rest of the week passed without incident, Vivienne and Divina didn’t really talk, except the odd hello or goodbye, occasionally a glare from Divina. Vivienne had gotten especially close with 2 of the other teachers, Leona, who was nicknamed ‘Baga’ and Crystal. The rest of the staff seemed to love her though, especially her wit. Divina had been right and things settled down after Vivienne first joined, 1 thing that Divina seemed to notice that Vivienne would often sing to herself every day. Sometimes for her class, sometimes on her break but usually it was in her break. Divina thought Vivienne secretly had the voice of an angel, but she would rather rip out her teeth than admit that to anyone, she still didn’t overly trust Vivienne, never mind compliment her.
The Next Week, Gothy came walking into the staff room, a huge smile on her face. “Someone’s happy,” Cheryl teased as Gothy blushed. “Did Scaredy finally ask you out?” Baga chuckled as Gothy blushed harder. “No-” she stammered, not even hiding her obvious crush. “But I am moving into a new apartment!” Gothy exclaimed proudly as everyone smiled at her. “Awe that’s great Gothy,” Vivienne chimed in. “That’s not even it! I’m having a house warming party if any of you wanted to come, since you’re all my best friends,” Gothy beamed as the girls nodded. “We’ll be there,” Blu chirped as Gothy smiled even wider. “Thanks guys!” She grinned as she walked off, a slightly visible spring in her step.
“I guess we know how we’re spending our Saturday in a few weeks,” Baga announced from the corner as Vivienne chuckled from her seat. “Well I’ve got a class to go and teacher,” Divina said, getting up from her seat. “I do as well actually,” Vivienne said getting up from hers. “We May as well walk together, we’re heading to the same place,” Vivienne smiled as she stood by the door waiting for Divina to join her. Divina reluctantly got up and joined her.
The pair began walking down the corridors, only the sound of Divina’s heels breaking the silence. “Can I ask you something?” Divina asked as Vivienne nodded. “Why have you seen so nice to me when I’ve been a complete bitch to you?” Divina asked as Vivienne sighed. “Well, I know I’m not exactly the warmest person myself, and I don’t blame you for not liking me after the way we met,” Vivienne gulped as Divina hung her head. “It’s not that I don’t like you it’s just that I didn’t like the fact that I was embarrassed in front of my class,” Divina added. Vivienne chuckled softly to herself. “I don’t like being embarrassed either,” Vivienne smiled. “Do you think we should start a clean slate?” Vivienne asked as Divina replied with a warm smile. “I’d like that,” Divina gushed as Vivienne held out her hand. “I’m Miss Cooper but you can call me Vivienne,” Vivienne chuckled as Divina grinned. “I’m Miss De Campo but you can call me Divina,” Divina smiled. “It’s nice to meet you,” Vivienne snickered before immediately bursting into laughter along with Divina. They both knew this would be the start of a hopefully long friendship.
Time began to pass, quicker than any of the teachers could process, and most tensions between Vivienne and Divina had cleared, except the the ‘sexual’ tension, that Baga insisted was there. Vivienne tried to ignore it, but Baga wasn’t the only one who insisted it was there. Gothy’s house warming party was coming up as well, which had somewhat built up some excitement over the weeks. It had now been over a month since Vivienne and Divina had made up, and both of them seemed to be a lot happier.
Vivienne would sing during her breaks and Divina would go into her room and listen to her, slowly breaks had suddenly become Divina’s favourite part of the day. Something else Divina had began to notice was Vivienne’s appearance, which she had never taken a note of before, but as their relationship developed, it became increasingly harder to deny Vivienne’s beauty. Vivienne had long, wavy honey blonde hair which perfectly rolled down her back, and gorgeous sea green eyes. She was tall and looked very feminine, she often wore a loose floral dress and always had perfect makeup. She was truly stunning, Divina always wondered how she had never noticed this before.
Divina was gorgeous herself, with long straight red hair and chocolate brown eyes, she wasn’t as tall as Vivienne, which was something Vivienne found adorable about her.
“So… are you and Divina gonna fuck at Gothy’s Party?” Baga asked Vivienne for probably the 10th time this week. It was possible that Baga was more invested in her new best friends love life than her own, but Vivienne didn’t mind as long as she didn’t cross the line. Vivienne just grinned, “She doesn’t like me like that and I’m more than positive she wouldn’t want a one night stand,” Vivienne responded, Baga clearly not taking that as an answer. “I bet she would bang you,” Baga teased as Vivienne began to turn red. Vivienne tried to muster a sentence, but she only managed to string together a list of words which made no sense at all. “I know you want her Viv but damn words” Baga teased even further as Divina went even redder than she did before. Vivienne got up of the staff couch and left the room as quickly as she could as Baga laughed.
Vivienne virtually ran to Divina’s class room after that, not wanting to face anyone else in the state she was in. She managed to get there quicker than she had managed to run somewhere in heels before. “Are you ok?” Divina questioned as Vivienne rushed into her room and quickly pulled out the guitar Divina had hanging on the wall. “How would you feel about singing to avoid confrontation?” Vivienne asked as Divina chuckled. “You can go ahead, I’ll listen as per usual” Divina chuckled. As soon as Divina answered Vivienne began playing and singing.
“I met this girl late last year”
“She said don’t you worry if I disappear”
“I told her I’m not really looking for another mistake,”
“Called an old friend thinking that the trouble would wait”
Vivienne continued to sing and Divina listened intently as she always did, knowing that singing was Vivienne’s way of de-stressing. Even hurrying over words, Vivienne was still incredible. “I take it you’ve got a lot of things on your mind?” Divina asked, getting up and walking over to her. Vivienne put the guitar down and sighed. “Baga’s bombarding me with questions I don’t know the answers to,” Vivienne sighed as Divina pouted and sat next to her. “Well, I’m sure you’ll figure things out Viv,” Divina said placing her hand on top of Viv’s and giving it a light squeeze. “You’re a smart cookie,” Divina chucked as Viv smiled down at her.
That was the first spark Viv had felt in a long time. She felt as when Divina and herself looked eyes that they were the only people in the world. The pair had looked at each other before, but this time it felt different, there was a new level of intimacy, which was just about to become unravelled.
It was pretty clear that Divina had just felt the same sparks as Vivienne had, since her eyes had lit up while she was looking up to Viv, Divina let go of Viv’s hand and wrapped her arms around her, trying to make sure the sparks were still there,
they were.
Reluctant Divina pulled herself out of the hug, “I’ve got a class coming in 5 minutes,” she sighed as Vivienne got up and hung the guitar back into position. “I needed this,” Vivienne said, smiling softly over at Divina. “Why don’t you come over tonight?” Divina asked Vivienne so quickly that Vivienne didn’t understand a word of it. “Slow down Dee,” Vivienne chuckled as Divina began to blush. “Why don’t you come over tonight?” Divina stammered as Vivienne’s face clearly lit up. “I’ll be over at 7,” Vivienne replied as she and Divina exchanged smiles. “Fuck why do I have to have a class?” Divina thought as Vivienne left.
After that conversation, the day seemed to drag on even more, for both of them. Vivienne had never been more excited to visit a friends and Divina usually wasn’t used to having that many people over since she was usually always busy. But soon enough the day passed, and Divina was becoming more and more anxious as Vivienne’s arrival drew closer.
Soon enough, Divina heard a soft knock on her door as she scrambled to her door. She had changed into jeans and a jumper, something she’d usually never let someone see, but it was Vivienne, it somehow felt different. “Hey,” Divina grinned as she opened the door. Viv walked in, holding her guitar case. “Your apartment is so much fancier than mine,” Vivienne chuckled looking around. “I’m sure your place isn’t that bad,” Divina added as Vivienne smiled. “You’ll have to come over and see,” Vivienne teased, she winked causing Divina to blush, “I brought my guitar if you wanted to actually sing along this time,” Vivienne chimed as she put down a large case. “But your voice is gorgeous V,” Divina praised as Vivienne then began to blush. “I took singing lessons as a kid,” Vivienne said, her tone was a lot softer than usual. “The lessons definitely did some good,” divina said, curling up on her sofa. Vivienne sat on the arm of Divina’s chair and pulled out her guitar.
She knew exactly what she was going to sing.
“I’m at a party I don’t wanna be at”
“And i don’t ever wear a suit and tie yeah”
“Wonderin if I could sneak out the back”
Vivienne sang, hitting each note perfectly, Divina looked at her, and her heart began to race. She didn’t know how she was feeling at that moment. Vivienne had slowly become her best friend over time, but what she was feeling was definitely something more than friendly. Even in casual, Vivienne was still gorgeous, with her curls pulled up into a messy bun and her eyes so focused on her guitar.
“You know I love you, did I ever tell ya?”
“You make it better like that,”
“Don’t think I fit in at party”
“Everyone’s got so much to say, yeah”
Divina began to listen even more closely to what Vivienne was singing, and she slowly began to realise it was about her. Everything seemed to be falling into place into her mind as Vivienne sang the lyrics.
“Viv,” Divina whispered as she put down the guitar, Vivienne knew it had clicked in Divina’s mind, and there was no escaping the conversation about to come next. Divina got up and walked over to Viv, now standing only inches away from her. “I want you to tell me how you feel,” Divina purred as Vivienne gulped. “I- I” Vivienne just stuttered, unknowing how to respond without just kissing her. “Well?” Divina asked her, walking even closer to her, now she was standing inbetween Vivienne’s legs.
“Fuck it” Vivienne thought as she wrapped her arms around Divina and pulled her into a rough kiss. It felt like Fireworks had gone off around the pair, they had both been waiting for this moment. Divina originally tensed up but eventually melted into Vivienne’s grip.
Slowly Divina pulled away as Vivienne rested her head on Divina’s. “Is that enough for you?” Vivienne asked her as Divina nodded. “I don’t think we’re just just friends now?” Divina rasped as Vivienne pulled her head away. “Maybe we should take things slow and build it up,” Vivienne smiled as Divina grinned.
“I’d like that,” Divina whispered as Vivienne pulled her into a soft kiss, both of them excited for their future together.