The Wildebrams Saga 3:
NEW, New Directions
CHAPTER 4: Introductions (Auditions - Pt 2)
Author's Notes: Sorry about the delay in updating this guys, I wanted to make sure that I got it right. Hopefully it's worth the wait.
== WMHS Choir Room, Monday 3:30 PM
Will walked out of his office into the choir room. He was really looking forward to Glee Club. Today was the first rehearsal with the two newest members of the New Directions, Betty and Samantha. He was excited to see how their newest members would meld into the group dynamic.
Jake and Unique were already seated in the back and middle rows respectively. Moments later Ryder and Marley walked in, hand in hand through one door. Kitty entered through the other door, followed by Betty. Samantha walked in behind Marley and Ryder.
Will put on a smile and greeted everyone.
"Welcome to the New Directions," Will addressed the two newcomers. "We're all glad to have you with us, right guys?"
Everyone mumbled their agreement. Marley turned and gave Samantha a hug, gesturing for her to sit next to Ryder and her in the front row.
Kitty sat on the other side of Ryder and pretended that it didn't bother her when Betty rolled into the spot in the front row previous occupied by Artie. There's no way the girl could know that, she told herself.
Unique sat in the middle of the second row. Will gestured for Jake to move closer to the group.
"Come on, Jake," Will said. "We're a much smaller group now."
Jake rolled his eyes, but moved down a row.
Will addressed the entire group again. "Most of you know each other," he told them. "We'll take some time to give more detailed introductions later when we have a few more members, but for now I think if would be a good idea if we had our newest member, introduce herself and shared our names and positions.
"I thought that there were two new members?" Samantha asked confused, gesturing to Betty.
Will open his mouth to answer, but was beaten to it by Betty. "I'm new to Glee Club, but was in Drama Club with them last year."
"Plus she's Mr. Schue's niece," Jake added.
Samantha got a confused look on her face that morphed into something more competitive. Was the other new girl 'teacher's pet' already?
"Something that had nothing to do with her audition, or any solo she may or may not get this year," Will chimed in.
"I see," Samantha said, clearly not completely convinced.
"Kitty," Will said, clearly wanting to move on from the subject. "Why don't we start with you?"
"Hi, I'm Kitty Wilde. I'm a senior, Captain of the New Directions, and co Captain of the Cheerios. Welcome to McKinley and the New Directions," she said with a smile. "I'm also a bit of a bitch, but you'll get used to that soon enough."
Betty rolled her eyes. Samantha got an intrigued look on her face.
"I'm Marley Rose," Marley greeted her. "I'm also a senior, and I like to write songs that I hope to hear on the radio one day."
"I'm Ryder Lynn," Ryder greeted her. "I'm also a senior. In addition to Glee Club, I'm also the Quarterback of the Titans football team."
"As you've already heard," Betty said, "I'm Betty Pillsbury. Yes, Mr. Schuester is my uncle, but we agreed that during school hours he will treat me the same as any other student. So I won't get any special favors. I've been in this chair since I was in a car accident at the age of two. I'm paralyzed from the mid chest down and usually wear a brace that you can barely see under my top to help me hold myself upright, however I never let that stop me from doing what I want, including cheerleading. I'm new to New Directions, but was in Vocal Adrenaline until I transferred here a year ago from Carmel High."
"I'm Unique," Unique said. "I'm also a senior. I was born a boy, but I've always identified as a girl. I began cross dressing in performances two and a half years ago after getting moral support from New Directions members Mercedes Jones and Kurt Hummel, even though I was a member of Carmel High's Vocal Adrenaline at the time. I never really felt supported at that school, and transferred to McKinley as a sophomore and began to dress correctly on a daily basis. Several months later a friend hooked me up with a prescription, and I began taking birth control pills to increase the size of my breasts, so I would not need to wear padding. Last year I began taking estrogen to further adjust my body, in preparation for a final sex change operation next summer after I graduate."
"I'm Jake Puckerman," Jake said. "I'm also a senior. As you can see, I'm also a cheerleader. No male cheerleader jokes, please. Cheerleading actually started as a male sport, and historically there have been many famous male cheerleaders, including former presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush."
"I'm Will Schuester," Will finished. "But most people call me Mr. Schue. I've taught Spanish, History, and now Study Skills here at McKinley over the last 15 years or so. Last week I was named the vice Principal in charge of performing arts. I'm married to the guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury, Betty's aunt. Twenty odd years ago, I sat right where you are, in the Glee Club here when Mrs. Lillian Adler was the Glee Club coach." He pointed to her plaque, recently remounted on the wall. "I was a member when we won the National Championship back in 1993. I took over Glee Club after Mrs Adler's replacement got himself in troubled for some …. inappropriate … conduct.-"
"I heard he got caught feeling up one of his male students," Kitty whispered to Ryder.
Will ignored her and continued, "I ran the program until it was cut a little over a year ago due to budget cuts. But we're back now, and ready to take on new challenges."
He gestured to Samantha to take her turn.
"I'm Samantha Hughes," she began. "I just transferred her from Cape Cod Massachusetts. Obviously I'm a bigger girl. I've always been this way, even though my younger sister is a 115 pound ballerina. I'm used to getting attention for it, and I used to let it bother me. But I've gotten to the point where I've accepted myself for how I am, and anyone who has a problem with it can stick it! I know that I'm beautiful, and that's all that matters." Several people smiled at this. "I've been in middle school and high school chorus classes. But this is my first time in a real Glee Club. I've had private lessons, and I'm a classically trained singer and actress. I hope this school still has a Drama Club."
"It does," Will assured her. "Coach Beiste and I run it. I'm just focusing on rebuilding the New Directions at the moment, and she's focusing on getting her team ready for the season."
"Unless I misunderstood," Samantha said, "we need at least twelve people to even be allowed to compete in the show choir circuit, so you've got a long way to go." She gestured to the rest of the room which only had seven students in it.
"Yeah," Will admitted reluctantly, "I know, but we'll get there."
"So what's the plan Mr. Schue?" Kitty asked, impatiently.
"Well I was thinking that we'd scour the halls looking for new talent…-" he answered.
"-That's what I thought," she answered, pulling out her phone and unlocking the screen.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Taking matters into my own hands," Kitty told him matter of factly, as she typed some things into her phone.
Moments later the doors to the choir room open.
"We're back Bitches!" Santana shouted, rushing into the room followed by Brittany, Rachel, Artie, Quinn, Puck, Mike, Mercedes, Sam, Kurt, and Blaine who also rushed in through the two doors.
"Oh my God!" Will said, with a huge smile on his face. He was ecstatic! His favorite group of Glee kids were home!
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Author's Endnote: Stay Tuned for more… coming soon!
