Chapter 2
They walk into the choir room after the auditions. They take their seats and wait for the new members. "Right guys! I think we had a good turnout yesterday. So I introduce our two new members…" Mr Shue starts. "I bring you… Olly Deonte and Ella Grant!" He yelled chipperly. They two new members walked in. Olly stacked it over a drum set as he walked in.
"Fucks sake…" Olly hisses. "Sorry I'm great at first impressions in't it?" He laughed. He stood up and took a seat next to Unique.
"Where is that accent from? If that's ok for me to ask." Ella, a mixed race girl with a black curly affro, asked.
"Um… I'm like Italian and Irish so like yeah…" Olly said. "Iralian or somethin'." He laughed.
"Wow, he's hot but as clever as a goldfish." Kitty sighed.
"Well anyway," Mr Shue stopped the conversation before it went any further. "This week's assignment is to come up with a song that shows your personality. Find something that sums you up in an eggshell." Mr Shue said as the bell rang.
Unique follows Olly out the door. "Hey, um… Olly?" She said. He stops and turns. "Can I just ask you something?" She says. He nods.
"Sure, I'm open with everything. No secrets." He smiled. She pulls him over to the wall so she could talk to him easier.
"Well… are you gay?" She asks. He seemed quite proud of the question he'd been asked.
"Yeah, I might be bi but I know I'm into dudes." He said. She seemed quite cool with the answer.
"Great, it's just I was feeling a bit… lost, without anyone else gay in the glee club. I just want someone around who gets it, like really gets it." She said.
"Oh so you're into gals then?" He smiled. "You don't really look like you would be."
"No, I'm a… boy-"
"Oh, sorry. You're kinda really… girly? I just assumed. It's a complement don't worry…" Olly said.
"It's ok. Thankyou."
"Um is it ok if I say something? It's just I don't wanna insult you. I don't mean it in a mean way I promise." She nodded to say it was ok. "Um… Drags confuse me a little… I just wouldn't know whether to say she or he or like you know…" He trailed off into like babbles.
"No it's ok. Just refer to me as a girl, that's who I am in side." She beams. Olly smiles back. "What?" She asked.
"Nothin' you're just… really… inspiring. You're just cool with it and go with that. It's a great thing to have." He said. His phone buzzed, he looked at the text and texted back quickly. "Sorry I have to go…" He walked off quickly. She was left standing against the wall watching him push past the crowd.
They came into the choir room and began talking. Ella was mixing in with the rest of the club while Olly sat with his feet on the chair next to his in the corner listening to music. "Hi guys! So has anyone got anything for us yet?" Mr Shue asked walking in. Olly raised his hand.
"Yeah, I tried hard to knock out the language but… I just sort of failed." Olly stated.
"Cool, ok just so long as it's not too bad I'll let you off." Mr Shue said. He took his place at the front and winked at the band.
"From the top guys." He said. The band started playing.
"Lazarus, Ze Gitan"
Let's go
My first love was a chick from the sixth named Geneva
Had to take the 88 upstate just to see her
My mother never liked her
My father didn't neither
After 22 years I got eager and had to leave her.
Now I'm realizing how much I really need her
But something told me follow my heart and head eastwards
That's when I met Brooklyn, but Brooklyn was a cheater
The second I turned my back
Jay and Weezy tagged teamed her
So I started packing, she asked me "what happened?"
Told her I was leavin for her older sister Manhattan,
Manhattan was into rap so we started chit-chatting
And she was Chinese, Italian, black and a quarter Latin
Super high maintenance and way too into fashion
Didn't even tell her piece and left her number on a napkin
Damn, but back then was back then
Now I heard she went Hollywood and began acting
Oh, I've been looking for love
In all the wrong places
Oh somebody take me home
I've been falling in love
With all the wrong faces
Oh somebody take me home
Please take me home
And after Manhattan, I was acting silly
Messing with a stick body jewel named Philly
But that didn't work out too great
I'm vegetarian and all she ate was cheese steak
I went to Baltimore for Mary Ann
And almost got married man
But she was self-centered always stuck in Mary Land
I knew a slim thing named Virginia
I swear to god her body's smoking but she kept gettin thinner
And I'll never forget my first trissie
In the bins with the Carolina twins gettin busy
I know they miss me but I had to leave early
On the 85 doin 85 riddin' dirty
And my Geogia piece Savanna
Used to stay in Atlanta
Accent so thick I couldn't even understand her
And that's when I realized
I damn near ran through the whole I-95
Oh, I've been looking for love
In all the wrong places
Oh somebody take me home
I've been falling in love
With all the wrong faces
Oh somebody take me home
Please take me home
Yeah, then I met Miami, she was Spanish
Miami te amo, me llamo Travie
She could tell that I wasn't bilingual
I don't know todito, but I know un poquito
We can hit south beach and drink mojitos
And maybe you can introduce me to your people
Ha, yo no voy pa' tra
My first love keep on calling
You no voy pa' ya
I think I finally found where imma stay
On I-95
But never forget the 88, no
Oh, I've been looking for love
In all the wrong places
Oh somebody take me home
I've been falling in love
With all the wrong faces
Oh somebody take me home
They clapped as he finished the last note. "Wait, so how does that show you?" Ryder asked.
"Major arse slut, obviously." Olly said. "The only thing different from me and this song is I ain't found "The One"" He said with rabbit fingers. "And I'm actually bilingual." Olly said.
"Talk about too much information." Kitty said.
"Well as I told Unique yesterday, no secrets. I'll say whatever you ask me." Olly winked at Unique as he mentioned her name, turning a few heads.
"So are you two like…?" Jake asked.
"No!" Unique answered a little too quickly. Olly sat back down at the back looking a little down.
"Anyway, anyone else?" Mr Shue asked. Kitty performed and then the bell went off.
Unique caught up to Olly again. "Hey sorry… Didn't mean to embarrass you back there…" Olly said quietly. "I didn't realise they were judgmental arse holes." He said.
"No, I wasn't embarrassed; it just seemed annoying that they assumed we were dating. Just cause you winked." She explained.
"It's ok. You don't have to spare my feelins'. Most people find out I'm a slag and just treat me entirely different, I'm used to it. The last guy I dated, not that we're dating, he wouldn't acknowledge me in school, just after school when I was naked…" He said. Unique felt immediately guilty.
"No, Olly, I honestly don't think that about you… I wanna be your friend, and I won't be ashamed of it. I'm obviously quite open." She said nudging his arm. He smiled and they walked down the corridor talking about Unique's number for glee.