They were all dressed. And ready. It was the big day, the State School Choir Championships. All the kids were nervous. But especially Brittany and Finn. They had the lead vocals for their groups performance. Brittany just wanted to hug her mum, and Finn just wanted to play his Playstation. But they had to get the bus to the competition with the rest of the choir. Their parents would be at the venue, in the audience, waiting to cheer them on. Finn was playing his Gameboy, but not really concentrating and kept falling off the same ledge. Brittany kept staring out the window, tugging at the hem of her dress. "Want a jellybean?" Finn asked Brittany as he rummaged through his bag. Still tugging on the hem of her dress, Brittany turned her head, "Okay, thanks," she said, the nerves obvious in her voice. Finn found the jellybeans and put them on the seat between himself and Brittany. "You okay Brittany?" Finn asked, shoving some jellybeans in his mouth. "I'm really really nervous Finn," Brittany replied, picking up a jellybean. "But why? You dance in front of loads and loads of people all the time." Brittany shrugged her shoulders, "That's different." Finn looked at her, slightly confused, "But either way, you're performing." Both Brittany and Finn stood up as the bus stopped at the venue, and they followed everyone off the bus. "I guess," Brittany said, "But like, I don't know. This is just making me even more nervous for some reason." The group was now inside, heading into their green room. "You'll be alright," Finn smiled, putting his bag down in the corner. Brittany smiled nervously, "Thanks. I just wanna get it over and done with now," she laughed.
All the kids were sitting around the green room, then an intercom came over, "Choral Magic, please report to the side of stage, you're on next." Finn looked up from the comic book he was reading, and Brittany stood up, smoothing out her dress. As the kids started filing out of the green room, Finn and Brittany looked at each other, then started following the rest of the choir. Finn's nerves had calmed a little, but Brittany's hadn't. Finn noticed this as they walked, and he reached out, and took hold of Brittany's hand. She squeezed it back as they stood on the side of stage as the previous choir finished their performance. Then the curtain dropped, and the choir departed the stage. "Okay kids, on stage now, in position," their choir teacher said. Finn and Brittany walked onto the stage, taking up position at the front of the group. Brittany and Finn gave each other a smile, before facing towards the front. The crowd sheered as the curtains raised, and the music began.
"Caaaaan you feeeel, the loooooveeee toniiiiiiiiiiiiight!" both Brittany and Finn sang, giggling away. "It issss whereeeeee weeee arrrrrrrrrrreeeee!" Finn continued, almost causing Brittany to choke on her drink as she kept laughing. "It's enough Finn," she said, then smirked, "To makeeee kingssss aaaand vagabondssssss..." Then Finn joined her for the last bit, "Buuuut leave the verrrrrry beeeesssssttt!" Both sat there, shaking their heads as the remembered the first time they both got to sing on a big stage for a competition, having lead vocals in a song. "That was pretty cool though," Finn said, taking both the empty glasses away and putting them in the sink. "Yeah," Brittany nodded, "And it kind of gave us a it of a taste of what Glee would be like when we got to high school. Not as full on and stuff, but yeah." "Yeah, you're right," Finn mused, sitting back down. "I'm glad we did that one, I almost said no." Finn looked to Brittany as she said that, "Really?" "Mmhmm, I was scared I'd lose it for everyone..." Finn smiled at Brittany, "But you didn't, you won it for us!" Brittany rolled her eyes, "Nah, we won it for everyone. It was a group effort, but you did work pretty hard!" "Only to keep up with you!" Finn laughed. "Whatever," Brittany said, shaking her head, then she looked at her watch, "Two hours, where are our parents?" "Who knows," Finn said standing up, "Wanna go sit outside, it's such a nice day." Brittany smiled at the idea, "Yeah, lets go!" Finn started to walk outside, Brittany close behind, ready to keep reminiscing and relaxing before the big moment.