This is it, Jake taught to himself when he woke up after the first beep of his alarm. He sat up on his bed and looked around, he was finally happy with his life. He didn't have to lie anymore; he could finally be himself around everyone and didn't feel fear that people hated him. He a big grin on his face he yelled, "Get up, girlies! If we want to look cute for our first day then you guys better wake up." Slowly the girls on the beds that were to his left and right arose.
"Ugh, I don't have anything to wear today!" Jennifer's whined. Jennifer was Jake's best friend ever since middle school; she was the first person he told he was gay, they had been close ever since. They also live together because Jake's parents had kicked him out when he came out to them and Jennifer's parents agreed to take him and now they have legal rights to him, after many, many battles with his own parents, but now they were practically siblings.
"Oh, don't worry boo, I'll help you found something." May said from the other side of the room. Jake and Jennifer had met their freshmen year of high school, they had instantly clicked and they became the an unbreakable trio in their old high school, but at in the middle of their sophomore year, her parents had died in a car accident and none of their family members could take her, so Jennifer's parents took her in with Jake and now they were a happy family.
The family had just finished moving all the way from New Jersey to Ohio. The came to live in Ohio to escape all the drama from New Jersey, plus it was a much better place. Honestly, the family wasn't city people, so they just needed to get away. They settled in a bigger place in Lima, Ohio and everyone was happy to start their days as a new family. Daniel and Jane had gotten better paying jobs and Jake, May, and Jennifer all got accepted to William McKinley High School and were excited to finally get to go to school.
They had all got off their beds at the same and went into their new walk-in closet to look for cute outfits to wear today. The trio had many things in common, one of them was that they all had fabulous fashion sense. Once they were satisfied with their outfits they all took turn in the bathroom and walked down arms locked downstairs for breakfast.
"So you kids excited for school?" Daniel, Jennifer's dad, asked.
"I can speak for all three of us, we are all excited, we can't wait to take over that school." Jennifer said with a big grin on her face. They all laughed and then Jennifer's mom came in from the kitchen.
"Now, you can't take over a school with an empty stomach, can't you?" Jane said.
"You speak the truth!" May said between her laughing. Jane gave everyone their perspective plates and they began to dig in. "This food is amazing, Jane!" May complimented Jane and Jane gave her a harm smile.
"Oh snap! We're gonna be late you guys! We gotta go now!" Jake yelled after looking at the clock above the kitchen door. The trio got up and said their goodbyes to their parents and ran to their car. They had gotten a bit lost on the way, but they managed to get to school on time. "This school doesn't look half bad, it's must bigger than our old one" John said as he was parking the car.
"I love it already," Jessica said exiting the car. Once the trio was out of their car they started walking towards the front door, they had gotten a few confused looks, but it was expected, it was they middle of the school year after all.
As they walked in through the front doors they stood looking at the huge mobs of students that were in this school. They had spotted some cute ones and some weird looking ones, like some kid that had a huge Afro and weird glasses that was being followed by some guy with a camera. It looked like a decent place, much better than their old high school which was very small compared to this one. They made their way to the office and got their schedules and lockers. Unfortunately, they didn't have first period together so they went their separate ways after they excited the office.
Jake was walking by himself looking for his first class; one disadvantage of going to a big school was that it was harder to find classes, he hadn't managed to find his class, so he looked around and saw anyone that looked like a nice person. He saw this blonde girl, that was really pretty, and she gave him a smile while she was walking, he thought that was nice enough, so he decided to ask her.
"Um, excuse me," Jake said nervously and the girl turned around as he continued, "I'm new here and I can't find my class. Do you happen to know where room 312 is?"
"Oh, yeah. Um... you have to go down this hall and make a left, and the classroom is the third door to your right. By the way, my name is Quinn, nice to meet you."
"My name's Jake. Love the outfit, by the way and nice to meet you too."
Quinn laughed a little bit and said, "Thanks, I love yours too, it looks cute on you. I have to go, see you around." She had walked away before he could say anything, so he started walking and followed Quinn's directions. He finally made it to the classroom and walked up to the teacher. She was one of those teachers that made you go up in front of the classroom and talk about yourself before you get to sit. Jake sigh and walked to the front of the classroom gripping his messenger bag tightly.
"Hello," He did a little awkward wave which earned him a few snickers, "My name is Jake. I just moved here from Jersey and I love to sing."
"Well, hello, Jake, my name is Ms. Walker. Please have a seat," She scanned the classroom, "Ah, you can sit next to Noah, he can fill you in on what we were talking about before you came in." She pointed to a boy with a short Mohawk that was wearing a gray sweater and loose jeans. The boy looked like he had been sleeping until the teacher called his name and shot his head up to look at Jake as he waled to the vacant seat next to him.
"Hello... um my name is Jake." Jake said as he sat down and got a good look at Noah, he was actually cute, but needed to new clothes as soon as possible.
"Noah, but people call me Puck, I prefer Puck actually."
"Okay, Puck. You mind telling me what's going on?"
"Uh... honestly, I don't even know what goes on around here half the time. I don't even know what class this is." Puck admitted.
Jake sighed, "Well this is US History, I guess I'll manage on my own."
"Sorry, man." He put his head back down on the door and closed his eyes. Jake rolled his eyes and looked around. The room was filled with people that looked mostly the same, and they had hideous clothes on. There were only a few kids that stood out, like this Asian girl who wore an all white lace dress with a big leather belt around her waist, it almost looked like a corset. It looked way to Gothic for him, but it worked for her, she looked nice. When she turned around and looked at him, he smiled at her and mouthed hello. She smiled back at him and turned around once the teacher started talking. Jake had actually already covered the Civil War, so he didn't pay much attention in the class. He wondered how May and Jennifer were doing.
Once the bell rang, the Asian girl walked up to him and greeted him, "Hey, my name is Tina." She extend her hand.
Jake took it and they shook hands, "Jake." He said, getting tired of having to say his name a billion of times.
"You said you liked to sing before, maybe you should think about joining the Glee Club, Puck's in it too." She said giddily. He thought about it, he did actually like to sing and he had sung with Jennifer and May, they were all good singers and decent dancers, this might be actually be a good idea.
"I'll keep that in mind. Thanks." He said as Tina stormed out the classroom. As soon as she was out of site, he gathered his notebook and pen and placed it in his messenger bag when he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Hey, homo." A deep voice greeted him. He sighed and turned around. He saw a dark boy with a lettermen jacket. "Welcome to McKinley, lady."
"Leave me alone, you asshole," He said defensively. "I might be gay, but I will still kick your ass."
"Your lucky I don't hit girls." He darker boy stormed out the classroom too.
"That's Azimo, he's kinda a homophobic jerk." Someone said behind him. Jake turned around and saw a boy that actually looked like he knew how to dress. "I'm Kurt, nice to meet you."
"Hey, I'm Jake and I could see that." He said annoyed. Jake hoped that things would be different here, he guessed wrong.
"Yeah, there are a lot of those here. You'll get used to them after a while, c'mon I'll help you find your next class." Jake nodded and walked out the classroom with Kurt.
"So I take it that you get bullied by people like Azimo..." Jake said as they were walking to his next class which he had with Kurt.
Kurt sighed, "Yeah, they make my life hell everyday. I don't understand why they hate me so much, it's not like I actually did anything thing to them."
"I know what you mean. I used to have it bad in my old school back in Jersey, but I realized that you can't let people walk over like that, so I stood up to them and they stopped."
"I wish I was that brave, it would save me from a lot of expensive outfits being completely destroyed."
"Oh my god, the same thing happened to me! It made me so pissed." Jake was happy that he actually met a guy how knew what he went through, that understands him for once.
"You have it!" Kurt pointed to the scarf that he was wearing. "I've looking for one of those everywhere! I never seem to find one, you have to let me borrow it some time."
"It's only my favorite scarf, but I can let you borrow it. Alexander McQueen was a genius, sucks that he died."
Kurt clapped and jumped in excitement, "I know what you mean, I could image what his fall line would look like, amazing like always! Finally I meet someone that shares the same love of mens fashion like myself."
"Haha, it's a first for me too." He said and noticed May walking with some tall guy with a stripped green and white shirt on. "Hey May! Over here!" Jake yelled, waving his hands trying to get her attention. "Kurt, come with me." Jake walked towards May and Kurt followed.
"Hey boo, how was first period? I see you already made a friend." She said looking at Kurt.
"I can say the same to you." Jake said looking at the taller guy.
"This is Finn, Finn this is Jake, my brother slash best friend."
"Hey, Jake." Finn said extending his hand and Jake took it.
"Hey, Finn. Yeah, we're not really blood related, he just have the same adoptive parents. May, this is Kurt, Kurt this is May."
"Hello, May." Kurt smiled at her. "Finn is actually my step brother and hello to you too Finn."
Finn laughed nervously, "Sorry bro, and hey."
"So Jake, Finn was telling me about Glee Club and he said we should join! I told Jen already and she's all for it. I just saw her actually, but she went the other way."
"That's great actually because some girl named Tina told me about that, and I told her I'll keep it in mind."
"Yeah, so it's settled we're auditioning today." May said with a big grin.
"Auditions are at 3 in the auditorium." Kurt said.
"You're in Glee too, Kurt?" Jake asked turning to Kurt.
"Of coarse I am, I'm like the best singer there."
"Not for long," May and Jake said at the same time. They all laughed including Finn, they said their goodbyes to each other and they walked off in pairs.