Changing Directions Chapter 1: Audition, a glee fanfic

The summer was over and school was starting back up again. Quinn and I walked into school together while her mom was taking care of Avvie. That's what we were going to call her until she got older. I still had my job at the movie theatre and we got to see most of the summer movies. Most of them were terrible, except for Toy Story 3.

So it seemed that Jacob Ben Israel was asking everyone in Glee Club about how their summers went, as if everyone wanted to know. I still don't think that anyone really cared about us.

"Quinn, how do you respond to rumors that you're a bad mother?" He asked.

"To the ten people watching this, they are false." Quinn quipped.

"Quinn is an excellent mother and I'm not too shabby myself." I added with a smile.

"And how do you Faith respond to the rumors that you're looking to leave Quinn and become an actress?" He followed.

"I'm definitely not looking to leave her and the acting stuff is just rumors." I replied. Among some of the other things that happened, Puck got a vasectomy, which I think was a terrible idea, and Tina broke up with Artie and was now dating Mike.

"So do you breastfeed?" He asked her next.

"This interview is over, perv." I told her as I grabbed Quinn's hand and walked away. We passed our signup sheet on the way and found that no one had signed it. We still needed another member since Matt had graduated. "So you're not going to rejoin the Cheerios, are you?"

"I don't think that I would realistically have time." She answered. "Maybe you should."

"I don't want to change up this style." I explained. "Plus this hair doesn't look good in a ponytail."

We had a new football coach this year. In fact we had a female football coach, which was a bit exotic. It was not the real woman from The Blind Side either. Apparently Ken Tanaka had a nervous breakdown. My research showed that she won five straight titles in Missouri, but we were going to be losing money.

Mr. Schue decided to start the year off by reading the comments from Jacob Ben Israel's blog. Doesn't he know that Jacob probably put those up himself to make it seem like his blog has commenters. I'm pretty sure people do that.

"So everyone hates us, but none of us really care." Kurt pointed out.

"Kurt's right. We're a family." Mercedes added. Kurt and I were almost literally family. Our parents were getting married in December.

"I'm really happy that you've all bonded, but all of this other stuff is keeping other students from wanting to join." Mr. Schue pointed out. "We need at least one more member to qualify. We need to go to a giant wall of sound."

"Can we not mention the producer who is a murderer?" I requested as Rachel got up to talk to the Club.

"Vocal Adrenaline was epic at Regionals." She stated. "We're going to need more voices in order to beat them."

"So what do we do?" I asked. "I mean maybe I could ask around the theatre to see if anyone's interested."

"I have a better idea. Nationals are in New York this year. We're going there." Mr. Schue boasted. "Let's show the school how cool New York is going to be. If they won't come to us, let's make them come to us. They say that we only sing show tunes. Let's prove them rock with a little bit of classic rock."

So we took some boom boxes out to the courtyard and began to sing wearing t-shirts that said New Directions, New York on them.

We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
We built this city on rock and roll

Say you don't know me or recognize my face
Say you don't care who goes to that kind of place
Knee deep in the hoopla, sinking in your fight
Too many runaways, eating up the night

Marconi plays the mamba, listen to the radio
Don't you remember we built this city
We built this city on rock and roll

We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
We built this city on rock and roll

It's just another Sunday in a tired old street
Police have got the chokehold, oh, then we just lost the beat

Who counts the money underneath the bar
Who rides the wrecking ball into our guitars
Don't tell us you need us cause we're the ship of fools
Looking for America coming through your schools

We built this city
We built this city on rock and roll
Built this city
We built this city on rock and roll

Most people weren't even paying attention to us. I did notice that one guy was tapping his feet. I think I worked with him. I guess we didn't need a lot of people. All we needed was to reach one.

Right now Quinn and I needed to go home and take care of our child. Okay, so we weren't officially living together, but we were co-parenting. Quinn's house basically was my second home, though and her mom treated me almost like a daughter. Plus the large amount that she obtained in the divorce made it a lot easier for us. I didn't have a lot of time because I had to get to work. I did have a built of time to serenade Quinn.

Today's a winding road that's taking me to places that I didn't want to know, whoa
Today in a blink of an eye, I'm holding onto something and I do not know why I tried

I tried to read between the lines, I tried to look in your eyes
I want a simple explanation, I want a feeling inside
Gotta find a way out, maybe there's a way out

Your voice was the soundtrack of my summer
And you're unlike any other, you'll always be my thunder
I said your eyes are the brightest of all of the colors
I don't wanna ever love another, you'll always be my thunder
So bring on the rain and bring on the thunder

Yeah I'm walking on tightrope, I'm wrapped up in vines
I think we'll make it out but you just gotta give me time
Strike me down with lightning, I can feel you in my face
I wanna let you know how much I feel your name

Today's a winding road that's taking me to places that I didn't want to go, whoa

That night I heard some singing coming the café. It was that guy. His name was Sam. He was singing "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". I would have joined in with a kickass harmony, but I was working.

I decided to find him the next day at school. Before that Artie asked me to help him get on the football team.

"I really don't see it happening." I replied. "Also why did you ask me and not Mike or Puck?"

It was at that moment that I saw Sam.

"Hi, Sam. I'm Faith and this is Artie." I introduced.

"You work in the box office, don't you?" He asked.

"Yes and we'd like to talk to you about Glee Club." I said to him. "I saw you tap your foot and I heard you singing yesterday."

We took him to the room with Mike and Puck.

"So Sam, why don't you tell us about yourself?" I asked.

"I'm from Tennessee, I like comics and I'm dyslexic so my grades aren't that good, but I'm working on it."

"Dude, your mouth is huge." Puck commented. "How many tennis balls can you fit in there?"

"I don't know. I've never had any balls in my mouth. Have you?" Sam quipped. I liked this guy.

"So let's hear you sing." I suggested as I went over to the band. Puck had his guitar and I brought mine that I was learning to play.

"Let me tell you chicks dig singers." Puck stated. "Except for Faith because she's a lesbian."

"What song is your iPod right now?" I asked him, unfazed by his comment.

"It's called 'The Good Life'." He answered before we started up.

The good life is what I need
Too many people stepping over me
The only thing that's been on my mind
Is the one thing I need before I die

All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time
Oh the good life
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time
Oh the good life

Hold up, hold up I always wanted it this way (I never wanted it this way)
Hold up, hold up I always wanted it this way (I didn't ask for it this way)
I always wanted it this way, the good life

All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time
Oh the good life
All I want is a little of the good life
All I need is to have a good time
Oh the good life

The good life

"That was awesome." Sam admitted with a laugh.

"So do you think you can do that in front of everyone?" I questioned.

"Sure." Sam agreed.

So the plan to get Artie on the football team did not work. In fact, it managed to get Puck thrown off the football team. As I preparing to head to Glee with Quinn, I noticed Santana with a look of fury in her eyes.

"It was you wasn't it?" She asked me. "You told Coach Sylvester about my surgery."

"Surgery is when you have your appendix taken out." Quinn stated. "You got a boob job."

"Don't talk to me like that, slut." Santana ordered.

At that point, Santana shoved her and I flat-out punched her to the ground. She got up and tackled me. I can't believe that it's taken me this long to have a catfight. I guess Santana was the only girl brave enough to challenge me. Or maybe she was the only one stupid enough to challenge me. All I knew was that a crowd had formed. Mr. Schue came and broke it up.

"What happened to us being a family?" He asked.

"She has a family and a child that's not even hers." Santana replied.

"Just walk away, Bitch, before I break your nose." I threatened.

We headed to the choir room waited for Sam and this other girl to show up, but they didn't. Well this wasn't good.

"I hate to break it to you, but it doesn't look like anyone is going to be joining us." Rachel remarked.

"Well this was a waste of time." I admitted as I grabbed Quinn and we began to head home. "I really thought Sam was gonna be here. He said he would."

We later learned that this Sunshine girl didn't show up because Rachel had sent her to a crack house. What the fuck? How did Rachel even know where that was? Rachel did say that she would give her another chance. She was even shorter than Rachel, though that seems to be a common theme among Filipino women.

"Hi, I'm Sunshine Corazon and I'll be singing 'Walk Away' by Kelly Clarkson." She stated.

You've got your mother, and your brother every other undercover telling you what to say
You think I'm stupid but the truth is that it's Cupid baby, loving you has made this way
So before you point your finger, get your hand off of my trigger oh yeah
You need to know this situation's getting old and the more you talk the less I can take

I'm looking attention, not another question should you stay or should you go
Well if you don't have the answer why you still standing here
Hey, hey, hey, hey just walk away just walk away just walk away

I want a love, I want a fire, to feel the burn my desire
I want a man by my side, not a boy who runs and hides
Are you gonna fight for me, die for me, live and breathe for me
Do you care for me cause if you don't then just leave

I'm looking attention, not another question should you stay or should you go
Well if you don't have the answer why you still standing here
Hey, hey, hey, hey just walk away
If you don't have the answer just walk away
Then just leave
Walk away
Walk away

Yes, she was really good. I was a bit concerned about the gender ratio though to be honest. We really didn't have many guys. I was hoping that Sam would help fix that, but I guess he wasn't interested now for some reason. I would need to find out why.

I decided to talk to Sam at work to see just what was up with him being a no-show.

"Why did you bail on the auditions?" I questioned bluntly.

"I wanted to but after Puck got thrown off the team, I didn't want to be an outcast." Sam explained. "I mean they basically say that all the guys in Glee are gay. I don't think I could anyway. I have a lot more work to do. I'm the new quarterback."

We also found out that Sunshine had been scooped up by Vocal Adrenaline after it was revealed that Rachel had purposely sent her to the crack house. Everyone basically chewed her out for it. I decided not to say anything. All I knew was that we were in no better shape than when we started. I guess I needed to go home to what I had: a beautiful girlfriend and baby. Avvie seemed to not want to go to sleep, even though we had homework and she was supposed to be taking her nap.

"Let's sing a lullaby." I suggested. Quinn began to play the piano as I began to sing.

It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money, but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, but then again no
Or a man who makes potions in a traveling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody, this is your song
It may quite simple but now that's it done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind that I put it down in words
How wonderful life is when you're in the world

That got her to fall asleep.

"We'll figure everything out with the Glee Club." I promised Quinn.

So welcome to Season 2. Quinn did not rejoin the Cheerios in this one. Also Sam and Faith met at the movie theater. So I have a question for you. Do you want Sam and Rachel or Puck and Rachel. I have someone prepared for whoever loses. The songs in this chapter are "We Built This City" by Starship, "Thunder" by Boys Like Girls, "The Good Life" by Three Days Grace, and "Your Song" by Elton John. Please don't forget to review.