Opening night was fast approaching and even though Sam had promised to try harder, he was still making mistakes three months later. If he was supposed to exit stage left, he would exit stage right. And his lines were a mess. He was mixing up the lyrics of the songs and either tripping up or dropping Brittany during the dancing scenes

Rachel was trying to convince Brittany to stay away from him. Find another co-star. She was sure that Sam was bad news and wanted her best friend to have no interaction with the so called bad boy. She thought that Sam's bad boy behaviour would rub off on Brittany.

On the other hand, Brittany was ready to pull her hair out. She had every line, step and lyric committed to memory and the rest of the cast was constantly pestering her for various things. On top of that, she had to try and get Sam ready for opening night and do it in secret so her best friend didn't know. Mr Schuester wasn't much help, he was focusing mainly on the extras to make sure they knew exactly what they were doing.

"Ugh! Sam, you're supposed to go that way!" Brittany shouted, pointing the opposite way to where Sam was headed.

"Sorry." He gave her an impish grin and walked in the direction she was pointing.

"No Sam, you're not sorry. You're not even trying. We've been doing this for weeks and you still can't even remember which way you're supposed to walk when you leave the stage!" she cried, throwing her hands up dramatically. The others around cowered back, knowing the signs of one of Brittany's infamous tantrums.

"I am trying, okay? Not everything is as easy for me as it is for you." He snapped. Brittany glared.

"Easy? You think I find the arts easy? Have you learnt nothing these past few weeks? I put my heart and soul into the theatre and still end up messing up my lines."

"I haven't heard you mess up once the whole time we've been rehearsing. Stop being such a Drama Queen and maybe take some time to help me. Maybe if you took your head out of the clouds and stopped thinking that you're the only one in this damn show, we might be able to get along and you could help maybe you can have the amazing co-star you want so much." There was a shocked gasp from the cast as they watched Sam hold his round against the diva. No one they knew had yet been able to tame the temperamental girl but he seemed to be doing all right at holding his own.

"I mess up all the time, Sam. Maybe if you actually read the script -"

"I can't okay? I'm dyslexic!" Sam's shout got the attention of Brittany who was internally working herself up to a full blown tantrum.

"What? Why didn't you say so earlier? We could have worked on your lines a different way." The vicious tone suddenly disappeared from her voice and she took a step forward. Putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I don't like people knowing so I try to just deal with it and hide it." He hung his head and shook her hand off.

"Sam, don't -"

"Just leave me alone for a while, okay?" He walked past her and left the room, leaving a very shocked cast behind. Brittany gave them all a withering look and they scurried back to what they had been doing while she went to the dressing room and began to sing as she wiped her stage make up off.

Oh, how about a round of applause?

Yeah, standing ovation? Ooh, oh yeah

Yeah y-yeah yeah

You look so dumb right now

Standing outside my house

Trying to apologize

Youre so ugly when you cry

Please, just cut it out

Dont tell me youre sorry 'cause youre not

And baby when I know you're only sorry you got caught

But you put on quite a show, really had me going

But now its time to go, curtains finally closing

That was quite a show, very entertaining

But its over now

(But its over now)

Go on and take a bow

Grab your clothes and get gone

You better hurry up before the sprinklers come on

Talking 'bout, Girl, I love you," "You're the one"

This just looks like a rerun

Please, what else is on?

Dont tell me youre sorry 'cause youre not

And baby when I know you're only sorry you got caught

But you put on quite a show, really had me going

But now its time to go, curtains finally closing

That was quite a show, very entertaining

But its over now

(But its over now)

Go on and take a bow

Oh, and the award for the best liar goes to you

(Goes to you)

For making me believe that you could be faithful to me

Let's hear your speech out

How about a round of applause?

A standing ovation?

But you put on quite a show, really had me going

Now its time to go, curtains finally closing

That was quite a show, very entertaining

But its over now

(But its over now)

Go on and take a bow

But it's over now

When she was done, she grabbed her bag and headed out to the car park, dumping her things into her car when she got there. She pulled out and turned into the street. It wasn't long before she saw a familiar blonde head walking down the street so she slowed to a stop beside them, honking her horn a little to get his attention.

"Do you want a ride? It's about to rain." She called through the open passenger window.

"I'm fine. I don't live far." He said, walking off. She moved the car forward a little.

"Sam. We both know you have ages to walk. Get in the car." She said. He sighed and gave in, climbing in next to her.

"Thanks. I'm sorry I lost it back there. I just hate it when I get people picking on me because they think I'm stupid." He said.

"You're not stupid Sam. A little idiotic for trying to walk in the rain, maybe but not stupid. I overreacted too. I'm used to everything going smoothly and I guess, if I want to be a famous actress I have to get used to working alongside people who aren't as quick at learning lines as I am." Brittany apologised, pulling out into the street again.

"You will be famous one day, Brittany. I can see how much you love acting." Sam blurted out and she laughed.

"I see I have a fan."

"You're number one." He laughed too. For a while they drove in silence, awkwardly looking at each other out of the corner of an eye every now and then.

.

"Brittany, would you...like to , um, go on a date some time?" Sam asked suddenly. Brittany blinked.

"Um, sure. But how about we wait until after the show. We should really focus on your lines right now. Opening night is less than a month away." She said. By now they were pulling up in front of Sam's house.

"Definitely. But we can hang at school, right?" Brittany made a face.

"I'm not sure. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to but this school is very set on cliques and if it gets messed up, there's always a big to-do about it."

"You love drama, don't you? Well, let's throw the stupid clique thing in their faces and be seen together, maybe we can make a difference." He said, she tilted her head to the side, a small smile playing on her lips.

"I think it might work. You, Sam, are a genius." She leant over and gave him a soft kiss.

"Thank-you Brittany. I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" He climbed out as she nodded.

"Yep. See you." She waved as she pulled out into the road and headed home, grinning the whole way. Rachel was so not going to be happy when she heard about this.