Chapter 2: Surprise and Outrage
Everybody was shocked. Everybody was shocked right to the core. The male lead was taken aback. The supposed-to-be female lead is outraged but the real female lead is actually shocked as well. Mr Schuester is the only one clapping and smiling not realizing the surprise of this choice. It takes a few minutes before some of the glee clubbers start clapping to fill the astounded, awkward silence. Quinn had just beaten Rachel to female lead.
"No, no this can't be" Rachel stood up in self denial. "Are you- are you sure Mr Schue because I heard back in Australia, a mistake was committed on live television where the host of Australia's next top model called the wrong name of the winner before she self corrected herself to the real winner. I'm just saying that… are you sure?" Mr Schue kept a smile "Yes Rachel. I am sure that's why I said it was hard to select the roles of characters. Especially between you two" Mr Schuester was about to speak and step forward towards the other members but Rachel was desperate and didn't want to give up. "Is it the hair? Because I can dye my hair with tinges of blonde if needed. I'm willing to do anything for the female lead. I can skinny down if that's what you need -" Mr Schuester dropped his smile down a notch and quietly requested "Look, we can discuss this afterwards. Just let me dismiss the others. Okay guys!" He clapped his hands once more moving slightly away from Rachel. "I guess you're free to go. Get your parents to sign those permission slips and I'll be giving the lines and scripts for each of your characters in tomorrow's lesson. Um, Quinn and Blaine, I will need to talk to you guys after so stay back a bit if you please. Just a few minutes. So see you guys later and congratulations." Rachel immediately stepped in front of Mr Schuester to argue more. "So are you telling me I don't even have a role in the musical! That's just crazy! I don't get Sandy or even another role!" The glee members were purposely going up the stairs slowly because they wanted to stay for the commotion going on between Mr Schue and Rachel. Quinn and Blaine were walking up the opposite stairs watching Mr Schue and Rachel. Blaine was getting worried for Rachel and Quinn was just getting slightly annoyed that Rachel wouldn't just accept the fact that she didn't get it. Everyone slowly went up the stairs until they exited the auditorium to still hear Mr Schue and Rachel's bickering.
Blaine and Quinn leaned against the wall waiting for Mr Schuester. Everyone else was scattering out going to leave. Sam walked past Blaine to wish him congratulations. Blaine thanked him but overheard Santana saying to Quinn "Tell me how it goes". As soon as it seemed that everyone had deserted the hallways, Rachel stormed out of the auditorium. Blaine called after her but Mr Schue said he must stay back. "Okay, sorry for the delay. As you can see, Rachel is... very surprised about the choice but hopefully she will cool off tomorrow. After all, I was going to give her the role of Frenchy" Quinn squinted her eyes in thought. "That'd be an awkward role for her considering me with her boyfriend" Quinn thought as Mr Schuester continued "Well, congratulations to the two of you! Both of you are playing as Sandy and Danny. Awesome! I selected you Blaine because you're just a pure strong male lead and you have some charisma that is matched to Danny. Quinn, you are the closest thing to Sandy. You have the voice, the looks and sass of Sandy. I mean, don't get me wrong, Rachel has a brilliant voice but she just couldn't match up to you Quinn. Anyway, I would like to congratulate the two of you again and rehearsals will be scheduled soon. Possibly after school but I guess you two can get acquainted as the leads for the musical so congrats again guys! I'll be seeing you later" Mr Schue patted Blaine on the back and nodded to Quinn. He walked away soon deserting Blaine and Quinn. They stayed in place watching and hearing Mr Schuester leave until they turned to each other. "Well, congrats Quinn. You're the Sandy to my Danny for the musical" Blaine smiled and shook Quinn's hand. Quinn lightly smiled in response. "I guess I'm excited to be working with you" Quinn mentioned in a friendly manner. What she didn't know was that Blaine was currently analyzing her. "Her voice. Her eyes and that smile" Blaine thought. "It reminds me of someone"
Quinn started observing Blaine and checked on him. "Are you okay Blaine?" He snapped out of the analytical trance and went back to reality. "Oh yea. Sorry I zoned out" Blaine recovered. They both laughed it off and still continued shaking hands. "Don't worry, I know a lot of people who do that" Quinn commented. It was eating Blaine alive. "She sounds so familiar. And her face represents someone I know" Blaine continued to think. Quinn couldn't help but feel slightly creeped out. "Blaine?" She snapped her fingers and he shook his head as if snapping out of the trance. "Again?" Quinn asked. "Uh, yea" Blaine cleared his throat. "I'm sorry. I'm just in a daze about getting the lead" Blaine apologized. "It's okay. Well, we better head off now. You might want to tend to Rachel but anyway, I'll see you later" Quinn ended. She walked past Blaine who watched her again. He thought to himself "I swear, it's only now that I've had contact between her and there's something about her…that reminds me of someone. Someone that I used to know" Blaine couldn't just keep standing there. He had to go see Rachel but, he kept Quinn in thought.