Chapter 7- Pilot/Showmance
Summary: One decision can change everything- Rachel Puckerman-Berry doesn't know it, but something as small as the table she chooses to sit at in first grade will dramatically affect the rest of her life.
A/N: By the way, for their audition song it's the same choreography as 'Say a Little Prayer'. As I've said before, this part of the story is their sophomore year (ie. glee season 1) and will be based on an episode (or sometimes two and I skip some episodes that aren't important to this story).
Hope you enjoy the chapter!
Main Characters (ages as of this chapter)
Rachel Puckerman-Berry- 15 years old
Quinn Fabray- 15 years old
Noah 'Puck' Puckerman-Berry- 18 years old
Finn Hudson- 15 years old
Santana Lopez- 15 years old
Brittany Pierce- 15 years old
Sam Fabray- 15 years old
Mike Chang- 15 years old
Matt Rutherford- 17 years old
"Oh, come on!" Rachel begged her best friends. The seven of them (plus Puck and Matt) were stood in front of the notice board on the second day of her group's sophomore year, and Puck and Matt's senior one. Rachel was staring at the sign for the new club.
"No." Puck repeated. "I'm not getting involved with this."
"Pwease!" She gave her brother her best puppy dog face, but still he remained immovable.
Rachel rounded on the other girls. "I joined the cheerleaders for you three, can't you join Glee Club for me?"
Santana looked outraged, Quinn guilty, and Brittany...well, in another world, as usual. "Oh, hell to the no." Santana said. "Cheerio's is cool, Glee," She practically spat as she uttered the tabooed word, "is the opposite of cool," She turned to the boys. "What's the opposite of cool?"
"Abominable?" Mike suggested.
"Pesky's a nice word, not very sophisticated, but you get the gist." Sam said, Finn nodding.
"Eurgh," Santana interrupted Matt as he opened his mouth. "All wrong! GLEE CLUB is the opposite of cool, Rachel, GLEE CLUB!"
"Finn, Quinn," Rachel continued as if the Latino girl hadn't spoken. "You both don't know it, but I've heard the two of you sing, and let me tell you, you're both great." This was an amazing compliment coming from Rachel! She skipped Puck with the excuse that her daddies had taught her never to tell lies, causing him to frown and the rest of the group to chuckle, although she then said that she'd heard him in the shower and he was an excellent singer too. "San, Britt, Mike, Matt." She turned to each of them in turn. "You four love to dance. And in Glee Club, you can do that. And before you say you can do that in the Cheerio's, Santana," Rachel glanced at her dark haired friend as she shut her mouth, "there, it's stressful. Cheerleading squad, football- we have difficult lives, but Glee would be a place where we could relax and enjoy each other's company- we're hardly all together as a whole group for more than twenty minutes a day these days- while we do the things we love."
She could see that everyone was weakening, and unsurprisingly, Quinn was the first to side with her brunette best friend, which triggered everyone else's agreement too.
"I'll do it," She sighed. "Damn my rep, I'd rather hang out with my friends."
Finn quickly sided with his girlfriend and one of his best friends, Sam with his twin and practically sister, Mike and Matt with their friends, Puck with his sister and the girl he secretly loved not long after.
"Come on, San." Brittany said to Santana.
"Yeah, Santana." Mike added. "You only get one high school career, let's do this together."
"Fine!" Santana huffed and everyone cheered as Brittany pulled her over into their large group hug.
~~Girls Just Wanna Have Fun~~
At the Glee Club auditions the next afternoon the four cheerleaders listened as most of the group that they knew as the outcasts (with the exception of Sugar Motta, who'd stopped being friends with them in third grade, and Blaine Anderson (who'd gone to middle school with them and then left for a private all boys school just after the start of their freshman year after being bullied horribly) auditioned. Most of them were good, Rachel thought. Pitchy and not on her level, but good nonetheless. Kurt sung 'Mr Cellophane', Mercedes sung 'Respect', Tina sung 'I Kissed A Girl' in a low gravelly voice, and Artie sung 'Let It Be'. Rachel discretely gave a thumbs up or a small smile to each of them as they passed by- being careful to avoid Santana seeing.
The boys were up next. Matt and Mike did a dance audition together which was great, then Puck sang 'Sweet Caroline', Sam sang 'Every Rose Has It's Thorn', causing Rachel to turn to Quinn, shocked.
"I didn't know he could sing like that!" She whispered.
Quinn just stared at the stage. "Me neither."
After Sam it was Finn singing 'Can't Fight This Feeling', which had Rachel's lips quirking up at the corners, and finally it was the cheerleaders' turn. They were going to do their audition together- just like they'd done for their audition for the Cheerio's.
"Hello, ladies," Mr Schuester called out from his desk near the middle of the hall as they marched onto the stage, hands on hips. "I have to admit I was surprised to see so many of you popular kids audition." He observed.
"Why ever is that Mr Schue? We love to perform. Cheerleaders do it, and so do footballers," Quinn answered sweetly for them all.
"Well, wonderful," Mr Schuester grinned, Rachel could see clearly, as she was used to bright spotlights. "What will you be singing?"
Without replying, Santana whispered something to the band behind them and then fast-paced music began- Quinn stepping forwards for her verse as the other girls bopped behind her.
Quinn: I come home in the morning light
My mother says, "When you gonna live your life right?"
Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
And girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun
The other girls stepped forwards and began to dance with her, then bopping again as Rachel stepped forwards for her verse.
Rachel: The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells, "what you gonna do with your life?"
Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one
And girls, they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have-
The other three girls joined Rachel and the four of them danced in synch.
Rachel, Quinn, Santana and Brittany: That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have fun
(Santana+Brittany: Girls they wanna, wanna have fun)
(Rachel+Quinn: Girls, they wanna have)
Santana+Brittany: Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I wanna be the one to walk in the sun
(With Quinn and Rachel): Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls just wanna have
The four of them started to dance around in a circle before continuing their choreography.
Rachel,Quinn,Santana+Brittany: That's all we really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Oh girls they wanna have fun
Oh girls, we wanna have fun!
The four finished with their hands on their hips, standing close, slightly scary expressions on their raised faces. As they dropped their hands Mr Schuester began to clap energetically and the four of them exchanged knowing grins.
