Chapter 8 - Sectionals

Sectionals is in 2 days and this week in Glee club we are deciding what the plan is. Mr. Shu came in and he told us that he was switching up what we thought we were doing for sectionals. He told us that Mike and Brittany would be dancing and Rachel was confused and then he told us Puck and I would be getting the duet. Rachel freaked and was being rude. " Are you serious ? Are you trying to throw this ? " she asked as rude as she possibly could. " You used to be just sort of unlikable , but now I pretty much feel like punching you every time you open your mouth. " I said back to her. Mr. Shu kept talking about talking the talk and walking the walk or something and Rachel was getting mad and told Finn " Do something. " Then Finn said " Look I'm all for pumping up the team and making everyone feel special , but that's for practice. You don't take the star quarterback out before the big game. " " Easy to say when you're the star quarterback. " Tina said. " This isn't just about me. It's about the team. " Finn answered. " You are such a hypocrite. " Santana said. " Like you even know what that means. " Rachel answered angrily. " It means that your boyfriend is full of crap , hobbit. " Santana said with attitude. Rachel grew furious and turned towards Santana " You know what ? Ever since the wedding , you've been up my butt , and I'm sick of it. " she said standing up. " Come on , Rachel. She's not worth it. " Finn said. " Oh , really ? 'Cause that's not what you thought last year in that motel room. " Santana said and then she looked towards Rachel and I could not believe what I was hearing. Santana started talking again " That's right , Yentl. Your sweetheart , he's been lying to you. 'Cause he and I totally got it on last year. " Rachel had a pissed , yet heartbroken look on her face. I kinda feel like she deserved it she can be a bitch , but Santana didn't have to tell her like that. " Okay , enough already ! " Mr. Shu called. He was serious about this plan for sectionals and all I know is Rachel wasn't going to let this go and this is going to be hell for Finn.

It's 1 day until sectionals and today in glee club Rachel came in with duck tape over her mouth. That's right , duck tape ! Just when I thought she couldn't get any more ridiculous. " Rachel , what are you doing ? " Mr. Shu asked. She takes the duck tape off her mouth and starts speaking " I'm not doing anything. You've silenced my talents. I'm merely protesting. My talents are wasted in this club. My star shines too bright and I think you're threatened by it. " Mr. Shu slams the papers on the piano " Take that off ! " he yelled. " I'm tired of this , Rachel. You have a terrible attitude , you're a lousy sport , and it is not okay anymore. " he said as he walked towards her. Rachel stood up " Well , I'm upset. I'm furious about this. About a couple of things actually. " She screamed and then looked at Finn. " I'm sorry you're disappointed. But you know you could also make the choice to be happy that we're a part of a glee club bursting at the seams with talent. There's an awful lot of "me" talk going around. " What's in it for me ? " " What solos am I going to sing ? " Now when we go to sectionals , we're going to be good sports. We'll cheer on the Hipsters. We'll cheer on Kurt and The Warblers. And if they win we will congratulate them because that's who we are. " the bell rang and we all left the class.

Today is sectionals and I'm hoping that we'll win. When we all got to school we met up in the choir room. Once everyone was here we got on the bus. When we got there we all got in our costumes and went to go sit in our seats. First up was the Hipsters and I have to say they were pretty good for a bunch of old people. After them was the Warblers. The whole time Blaine was doing all the solos while everyone else sang back up. He reminded me of another Rachel , ew. Poor Kurt. I hope it's not like that all the time.

After all the performances we went to prepare and everyone was so nervous including me. " You okay ? " Puck asked. " No. I'm totally freaking out. Last time we were in front of an audience I went into labor. I think I'm having post - traumatic stress disorder. " I said. Meanwhile Artie and Brittany were having problems as well as Tina and Mike Chang and Finn and Rachel. The whole Santana sleeping with Finn think had Rachel going crazy and Finn was too. Mr. Shu walked in and heard us all. " Enough ! " he said and then started giving us a lecture and it worked. Mike , Tina , Brittany , and Artie all worked things out , but Rachel was still mad at Finn. They still managed to work through it for the performance. Puck and I were waiting to go out as they announced us. He looked at me with a smirk. " What ? " I asked. He smiled and said " You look beautiful. " I smiled and looked into his eyes and we kissed. Then I walked over to my side. The first song was a duet between Puck and I. We sang " I've had the time of my life " . Every lyric that he sang made me fall in love with him even more. Then next song was " Valerie " that Santana sang which Mike and Brittany danced too. The crowd went wild after our performance. They loved us ! It came voting time and the first place they gave out was 3rd which the Hipsters got. Then they said the winners which was a tie between New Directions and The Warblers. Both performances were good and I'm happy we all got to move on. After we all went back stage and we were celebrating. Puck came behind me , spun me around , and kissed me. " Hi. " I said. " Hey. " he said with a smile. We all went back to school and then we were free to go home. " Want to come over ? Beth would love to see you. " I asked. " Of course. " he said putting his arm around me as we walked to my car.

When we got to my house my mom was in the kitchen making cookies and Beth was in her room playing. " I'll get out of your way all you have to do is take the cookies out when they're done. " my mom said. " Okay thanks mom. " I said giggling and shaking my head. I grabbed Puck's arm and pulled him to the couch in the living room. We sat down and the Beth came over. " Hey , come here. " I said picking her up. " Do you want to watch something ? Yeah ? Okay. " I said to her. " Put something on for her to watch. " I told Puck. " Okay , okay. " he said. He put a movie on and we cuddled on the couch with Beth just like a little happy family.