A tall, extremely lean junior walked down the hallway with another tall junior with curly hair. They were joined by a shorter, and overweight, sophomore wearing rectangular glasses. "Toby," the curly-haired one said, "you need to quit your obsession with that hat."
"You're just jealous of my superiority," Toby said. "Ego-Maniac."
"What superiority? I'll have you know, I have the fourth highest-" He was interrupted by his friend doing another impersonation. "My name is Walter O'Brien. I have the fourth highest I.Q. ever recorded, 197. Einstein's was 160. When I was 11, the FBI arrested me for hacking NASA to get their blueprints for my bedroom wall."
"Shut up Toby," the sophomore spoke up. His name was Sylvester, but called Sly by his friends. "I don't even know why I hang out with you guys."
Toby turned to face the younger one and continued to go down the hallway, but backwards. "Well, you like me because I 'let' you do my math homework. And by the way, thanks for your help on the exam. Ms. Hoffman is going to move me up to get college credit because 'I' did so well."
Sylvester rolled his eyes, "You're welcome."
"Hey guys," Walter exclaimed, "there's a coding club this year." He gestured to a green paper next to a ripped one that barely made out 'Glee Club'. "We should join."
"Nahhhh," Toby slurred as if he was drunk. "I'd rather join that Glee thing."
Walter grinned mischievously. "Really?"
Toby nodded. "Yup."
"Do it then."
"Do what?"
"Join the Glee Club."
Toby stared at Walter. "Okay."
Walter smirked with pride.
"Only if you try out with me." Toby looked at Sly, "And you too."
Mr. Gallo sat in the director's desk in the auditorium, waiting for the Glee auditions to begin. He only had a few students signed up. He looked down at his list:
1. Paige Dineen
2. Happy Quinn
3. Megan O'Brien
4. Drew Baker
5. Katherine Cooper
6. Toby Curtis
7. Sylvester Dodd
8. Walter O'Brien
The teacher only needed four more people in order to compete in competition, which was his goal.
Soon, the kids started to file in.
"Hello, students," Mr. Gallo said into the microphone on the desk. "I'm Mr. Gallo, and I don't think any of you have me as your PE teacher. But anyway, welcome the Glee Club auditions! Let's get started."
Paige sang a moving version of 'Rolling in the Deep.' She for sure was going to get a lot of solos this year. Happy was pushed onto the stage and sang 'Say Goodbye.' Cabe was surprised that she did quite well. He could tell her voice was out of practice, but in a few weeks, it should be much clearer. Megan covered 'Don't Stop Believin'' by Journey. Her performance was amplified in his mind when he noticed she had crutches. Drew and Katherine did good as well.
The last three on his list, Walter, Sly and Toby, did a group audition of 'The Scientist.' They started off with stutters and being off-pitch, but as the piano went through the song, they gained composure and finished strongly.
He had eight singers. Four more to go.
