AN: I don't own Glee or the last line in bold italics.
#1 Three Years Work
Three years ago, there was only five of them. Awkward, unbalanced, outcasts, unknowns, bullied, teased tormented, ignored, slushied. All words once used to describe these five individuals. However only a few were able to see the other words used to describe them; dedicated, hardworking, dreamers, talented, special.
Then another one joined, and he well, he sparked a fire. The joy was spread to more members until one whole group was born.
From there the club became a family, they were a stronger unit then some people were that were related by blood. They cried, they laughed, they fought, they sang, they loved, they just lived.
They worked hard, sang their hearts out at every competition, every time they had the chance to do what they loved most. This lead to some accomplishments and wins, but also lead to some utter disappointments and losses.
But now that work was at a standstill. All twelve of them stood up on that stage, surrounded by two other teams who shared a goal of winning, but that's where the similarities ended. No one understood them and all that they had gone through together, but just knowing that they did it was enough.
Hot lights blasted down on them, sweat glistened on their foreheads, and their hands clammy from being tightly interlocked with each other, but that wouldn't make them drop each other's hands. The suspense was painful, as the announcer slowly read the results of the winners. Suddenly the announcer started, "And in first place from William McKinley High…" and the world seemed to silence and freeze for the members of the New Directions. Confetti slowly poured out all around them like rainfall. They looked at each other in disbelief until the judge handed them their sky high trophy.
They looked at each other and just smiled. They all leaned in and hugged each other tightly, hugging, cheering, crying, laughing, moving and reacting as one unit because that was the only way they did it, work as a team, sing as a team.
Three years work, and they had more than just some trophies to show for it, they had love because of it for glee is about opening yourself up to joy .