Somewhere Over The Rainbow
By: Farisya MJ
Chapter 1
Artie's POV: Wheeling in McKinley for the first time today, all I see is how big everyone is and how small I am. The fact that I'm in a wheelchair, in a normal school makes me scared. No one would understand me here. No one would know how it feels to lose an important part of yourself. I used to dance a lot before the accident. I was preparing for a huge dance competition. The doctor said I shouldn't give up hope of recovering but we all knew it was a lie. Nothing can be done. I'm bound to this wheelchair for the rest of my life. But there are some things that I love about being in a wheelchair. One thing for sure, I always get the bottom lockers. I can steal glances to people and they wouldn't even notice. To be honest, that's the only time I get to see people. Most of the time my eyes are always on the hallway. So my eyes wandered around. Looking for a warm face, a person who could be kind to me on my first day. And I saw a girl. She laughed so hard with a blonde girl. That must be her best friend. I swear the clock stopped ticking for one second when she laughed. My heart skipped a beat and I think I forgot to breathe. God, she's so beautiful! And she looked so happy. I closed my locker door with a smile. Who am I kidding? She's so perfect and I'm me. She's way out of my league. As I wheel myself to class, I can't stop thinking about her. Well maybe life wouldn't be that difficult after all. It's my first day and I already found a reason to smile.
Santana's POV: "Britt! Why are you looking at me like that?". "Santana, I think a Robot just walked through the hallway". You know, if I wasn't friends with Brittany I'd think she's pretending to be scared to tease me. But no, not sweet innocent Brittany. She would never fake a scared look on the first day of school. I looked around to find the 'robot' she just mentioned and saw a boy in a wheelchair. I burst out loud laughing as hard as I can like a mad girl and Brittany looked puzzled, waiting for my explanation. I couldn't stop laughing and it made Brittany smile. "You don't have to worry about that robot. Just pretend he doesn't exist and you'll be fine". "All right, would you stop laughing already? Everyone's looking at us". Aw, look at that! She's blushing from the attention. I put my arms around her shoulder and we walked to class together. "Who wouldn't want to look at us Britt? We're the hottest girls in school". "Plus Quinn". "Yes, plus Quinn". And we both smiled as we saw Quinn from afar waving at us. I'm so excited, I don't know why. Maybe something good will happen today. That cripple was so cute by the way. But I can never be with him. No, not at the risk of tarnishing my good image in school. I need to maintain my status quo. And with that thought, I entered class.
Tina's POV: People always say that looks can be deceiving. I guess I'm at advantage then since I never know how beautiful a rainbow is or how pretty roses are. But I do remember the smell of earth after rain and the joy it brings me after. I also know that roses prick my fingers before I get to smell them. With time, I've come to learn that human are a lot like rainbows and roses. We hate the rain but jump for joy when we see a rainbow. Human beings hate going through a rough time but they never realise the silver lining behind it is always more than enough to heal their heart. Human also tend to hurt others but if we look closer, we'll know that behind those defence mechanism lies a lonely soul longing to be loved. One may appear to be bad on the outside, but beautiful on the inside. And as a blind girl, I've always been thankful that through these closed eyes, I am able to see with my heart. I always notice when people are lying through their voice. I know when someone is hiding their pain through what they say. And I also learn that everyone has their own way of walking because their footsteps always differ from one another. On my first day of school in McKinley High, I heard a different foot step for the first time. The sound of wheels moving on the hallway. Could it be a student? Or a teacher? "Excuse me". The wheels stopped. I closed my locker door and reached for my stick, carefully trying to get closer to that person. The smell of his cologne tells me that he's a boy. "Hi, I'm Tina" I said with a smile. "Hi Tina, I'm Artie. Do you need help to get to class?". His voice is even better than his cologne. "I'd love that. Thank you very much". And just like that, I made a friend in this new, alienated place.
Quinn's POV: First day of school and I can't wait to meet my boyfriend, Noah Puckerman. He is legitly the most handsome guy in school and I'm the luckiest girl on Earth to be his girlfriend. I saw him walking with down the hall, looking as handsome as ever and smiling at me. I ran to him and kissed his cheek. Then he kissed me back, on my lips, in front of all his friends. And they all went, "Dude..get a room!". We laughed and they slap his shoulder before saying bye. "I missed you". His first words to me. He's been busy the whole summer with football camp so we didn't get in touch. "I miss you too" I said with a smile. And then I saw Santana & Brittany walking towards us, with a big smile on their face. I waved to them excitedly and they waved back. It feels good to be surrounded by people I love.
Artie's POV: What used to be the reason for me to have low self-esteem has now changed. Knowing Tina made me realise that there are people who would give up everything to have the life that I live in. I have parents who love me and support me throughout my life and suppressing this anger I had is not gonna do me any good. It was a vicious cycle. I started with feeling angry to the doctors for not being able to treat me. Then I was angry to my parents because of the accident. Then I hated society for discriminating me. And in the end, the person I am angry with is actually myself. For not being able to accept who I am now, for hating the world when it's useless and for feeling down although I have many things to be proud of. During my first day in school, I thought life would be miserable for me. I had actually expected that I'd be bullied, people will not come near me & I would look forward to go home the moment I reach school. But after knowing Tina and spending time with her, I kind of absorbed her positivity. I admire her a lot for being able to stay positive no matter what comes or happens. Anyway, after our first class, we were told to participate in at least one club. I can't believe there were so many clubs in McKinley. We tried almost each & every one of them just to see where we could fit in.
And then one day I saw the signup sheet for Glee Club. Tina was reluctant at first, she said she had only sang to herself, never in public. And dancing would be hard since she had to cope up with the choreography. But I convinced her to at least try out for the auditions and she agreed. We took a long time to decide what song to sing. Since she's nervous, we sang together in front of Mr Schuester. The moment she started singing, I knew she'd be a great addition to Glee Club. We sang Rainbow Connections. Tina really loves that song and I am more than happy that she agreed to audition with me so I agreed with the song choice. And now that we're in Glee Club, we found new friends who are very kind to us. Rachel is our star in Glee Club. She's controlling, but every time she sings, we had goose bumps. Finn is kind of our leader in Glee Club. He's also the quarterback, which is weird because he's the only one from the football club. Mercedes is our Beyonce. She's sassy and confident and I love that part of her. And lastly we have Kurt. The metrosexual guy who has an amazing voice. The six of us represent Glee Club. I don't know where we'd head to with this club. But it sure feels good to belong.
Santana's POV: Another starving day at McKinley High. It's hard to be popular. You need to know what to do, who to be friends with and how to say no. I've not been eating much and I'm always hungry. But hey, no pain no gain. Brittany and I fool around with so many boys but neither of us is dating anyone. I don't know bout Britt, but I do want to have a boyfriend. I mean, look at Quinn! She's so happy with Puck. Puck is the hottest guy in school and I secretly have a crush on him since day 1. But I guess I'm not pretty enough. Not for him at least. Or else he would've understood the hints I gave him before he dated Quinn. The eye-flirting, the smiles and before I knew it Quinn told me she's dating Puck. And it kills me even more seeing how sweet he is towards Quinn. It's nice to have someone kiss you first thing in the morning. It's nice that after every cheer, a football player comes to you and carries you around the field to express your joy of winning. And it's really really nice to have someone who constantly reminds you that you're beautiful. And I'm getting none of that. Fooling around is fun, but I feel so lonely at the end of the day. Does that sound pathetic?
