"Everybody's waiting for you to break down. Everybody's watching to see the fall out. Even when you sleeping, sleeping. Keep your EYES OPEN."

-Taylor Swift 'Eyes Open'


Everyone who keeps requesting Peddie, it's COMING!


"Hey Yacker." Eddie said as he sat down next to the goth pixie in glee.

"They seem awfully mushy." Patricia muttered, glancing at Fabian and Nina.

"So?"

"It's sickening me."

"Don't you want a boyfriend too?" He asked hopefully.

"No."

Damn.

"Why?" he pressed, following her as she went over to her locker.

"I don't know." Patricia shrugged, "I guess it just, never occurred to me."

"Well, that's not a no…"

"What are you trying to say, Kruger?"

"Nothing, yacker." Eddie spat, walking away.


"Mr. Winkler, I'm sorry but I can't perform at Sectionals." Nina said.

"I'm sorry?" Jason shouted, choking on the coffee he just drank.

"My aunt, she lives in Manchester, and she's getting married that day…" Nina mumbled, "I'm a bridesmaid."

"Okay Nina, we'll make do with you."


Nina walked into glee club, hearing Alfie rapping to Friday by Rebecca Black. Nina smiled in spite of herself, knowing that they wouldn't be thrilled when she told them what she had to say.

"Guys?" she said as she entered, making them cease their random singing.

"Nines!" Fabian shouted, laughing slightly, "You've got to sing this with us, our version is so much better than Rebecca Black-"

"I'm not performing at Sectionals on Saturday." Nina cut him off quickly.

A strong, overwhelming silence fell over the room. Everyone knew that the duet they had planned to do (Lucky, the way Fabian and Nina did it the first day Fabian joined) was out for obvious reasons and Nina had parts in the other song too. The only thing that would remain on their set-list was Mara's ballad, Innocent by Taylor Swift.

"Wait, what?" Mick said, finally breaking the silence.

"My aunt is getting married in Manchester that day and it just occurred to me… I'm a bridesmaid… I can't. I'm sorry." Nina muttered, turning and walking from the room tears filling her eyes.


*Patricia*

What is it with this freaking group?

With once freaking sentence everything comes crashing down and everyone goes insane! Jerome and Mara are arguing about the duet, Mick claims that he and Joy could do it, Amber wants to know why he won't do it with her, Alfie is pouting, Kruger is throwing chairs, and Mr. Winkler… Mr. Winkler kind of won't do anything.

"Guys stop!" Jason screamed finally, causing everyone to cease their screaming, chair throwing, and breaking down. "I know that in only the first two months of being a club we've had some issues, but if we believe in ourselves we can do it! Don't you guys see? The more time we spend breaking down, the less time we spend rehearsing our new set list!"

"And what's that?" Jerome asked.

"Mara, doing Innocent, Eddie and Patricia doing I Just Can't Stop Loving You by Michael Jackson, and everybody doing Don't Stop Believing by Journey."

Everybody seemed okay with the idea. But little did they know about who was listening to their conversation…


"Oh my god, are you not hearing me?" Anna said to the coaches of the glee clubs going against the New Beginnings in Sectionals, "I'm giving you the New Beginning's set list! Use them and they won't stand a chance!"

"But, doesn't that defeat the purpose?" the coach of the group, the Dancing Singers (creative name?) asked, "It's cheating."

"It's helping." Anna said, "Are you in?"

The two coaches exchanged a quick glance before taking the list and splitting up the songs.


"I feel sick to my stomach." Fabian said that Saturday as the first club was about to go on. He and the New Beginnings were sitting in the stands, waiting, "How are we supposed to do this without Nina? She's the leader of this club!"

"We're going to have to," Jason said, putting a hand on Fabian's shoulder. The curtain's opened and revealed two members of the group, Vocal Masters, who went into a rendition of I Just Can't Stop Loving You by Michael Jackson. Oh crap.


The ceremony went off without a hitch. Nina sat lonely at a table, think about how to New Beginnings were winning without her. Her aunt looked lovely, and she finally went over to Nina at the table and smiled.

"What are you still doing at this table?" she asked, "I have your dress in the room upstairs."

"What are you talking about?" Nina asked, clearly confused.

"You should get a move on, you cab will be here in ten minutes." Seeing Nina's confusion, her aunt explained, "I've called you a cab to take you to your performance. This party is going to be full of people getting drunk and all that, you don't need to be here. Only the ceremony is important. So go on get a move on!"

Nina spluttered a bit, then enveloped her aunt in a huge hug before sprinting out of there. She finished getting ready just as her car pulled up.


"This is bull!" Mick yelled, "They stole all our songs!"

They had the intercom playing Dancing Singer's performance of Don't Stop Believing. They'd done Innocent too.

"I can't do any ballads on the fly! I don't have anything else in my repertoire that's ready!" Mara yelled.

"We have to do something guys!" Fabian yelled.


Jason walked out of the room to try to explain it to the judges. Two minutes before they were supposed to be going on, he ran into Nina.

"Nina, w-what are you doing here?" he stuttered.

"My aunt let me come, I just got here." Nina said, "What's the matter?"

"Someone leaked out set list, they did all our songs. And we have to go on in a minute. Can you do the ballad?" he asked, "It would give us a few more minutes to pick some songs."

"I-I can't."' Nina said shaking her head, "On the fly? I can't!"

"Yes you can." Jason said, "I know you've been working on something. So do it. To save glee."

Nina nodded her head, and walked off in the direction of the stage.


They sat in the green room. They just stared at each other. It was over. After two months. The intercom was still on and announcing that they should be going on. They heard music. Unfamiliar music. Then there was singing.

"NINA!" Fabian shouted, turning up the intercom.

"She's doing the ballad." Amber said, in awe.

"It's Eyes Open by Taylor Swift." Patricia told everyone, "From the Hunger Games."

"That gives us about two more minutes to get something else." Jason said walking in, "Any ideas?"

"Moves Like Jagger?" Eddie suggested.

"Good," Jason nodded.

"How about… Don't You Want Me?" Mick asked, "I know Nina and Eddie did it but, can me and Joy do it?"

"Sure." Jason smiled, "Now, go out there Nina needs some harmonizing!"

Meanwhile…

As sang in front of the live audience, she began to think about how amazing it was. Somehow, even without singing a love song… she was thinking of Fabian. Fabian. Fabian. Fabian. FABIAN! It was all that came into her mind. As was about to belt out the only biggish note, the rest of the club joined her on stage and began adding harmonies. It enhanced the song. Nina looked over at Fabian and smiled. Maybe he didn't feel something when they kissed, but she did.

He whispered the next two songs in her ear before the performance.


"Do you think we'll win?" Mick asked Joy before they were about to do their duet.

"I don't know," she shrugged, "But I know that I have to tell you something."

"What is it?" he asked as the opening keys began to play.

"I'm pregnant," she said, "And you're the father."

The performance was a blur for him, but they all said he did well. He hopes so, but… can he do well as a… a father?


The New Beginnings stood hand in hand, waiting to see if they won.

"And the Sectional Show Choir Runners Up is the… Dancing Singers!"

Their hearts beat inside them. It was as if everything was going in slow motion. Then the judge spoke.

"And this year's Sectional Winners are… the New Beginnings!"

At first everyone was still. Then they were thrilled. Nina jumped right onto Fabian and kissed him with everything she could. Her legs wrapped around his torso, running her fingers through his hair, it was passionate and just… wow for both of them. They weren't ones for PDA but… wow.