Chapter 9
Curveball to Sectionals
A/N: This is the last chapter for a while. (At least until Art Is War is caught up on her end.) For more detail on Aurora read Art Is War's story Sing.Therefore I am not stealing her character in anyway. Mr. Brightside is owned by The Killers.
"We have a problem," Cat announces as she catches up with me at lunch. "Well you do actually," she adds, as she pulls her hair down from the bun that it was in.
"What's that?" I ask casually.
"I overheard Kitty and Starr whispering something in class about that Ryder kid transferring or transferred to Dalton Academy," she tells me as she sits down in front of the iMac.
"When did that happen? Does my brother know?" I ask more to myself than her.
"Why would your brother know?" she asks as she pulls up a program on the computer, and sets her Oreo cheesecake aside.
"He's dating him," I confess. I wasn't sure how she would take it. Being how I had just told her, I had to deal with it.
"No way. I thought Ryder was straight, but aside that I doubt it. Being those two, they probably forced him to leave," she tells me, as she prints whatever it was that she had just finished. Being how Starr was massively obsessed with my brother, I wouldn't have doubted that, that was her game plan, but I was going to keep that part to myself. The other thing was that with Sectionals coming up, I had to hope that was just a rumor.
"Thanks for the heads up," I tell her as I leave to head to the music room, so I could study some music.
When I approached the music room, that was when I heard notes to a recognizable Lady Gaga song.
"Sorry. I can come back later," I tell her. I had no idea as to who she was. I noticed that she had clothing style similar to Starr, but totally better. She reminded me of one of my ex friends back in Maine.
"No. Honestly, that's alright. I was headed to class anyways. Don't want to be late for Spanish," she tells me as she gets up and throws her back pack on over her shoulders.
"I'm Lexi Collins," I tell her just in case she wanted to know.
"Aurora Couture," she introduces to me, as she stands by the doorframe to the room. Finally someone else besides the Collins' were new in this school. "You're reading The Host?" she asks as she noticed the book on top of my bag.
"Yeah, I'm reading it, before Hollywood makes it a major let down, and I kinda have a mega crush on Jake Abel," I confess to her as I sit down on the piano bench and set up my AwolNation sheet music that I was going to practice with.
"Well I'll see you around Lexi," she tells me as she turns to official leave. As she leaves, I hear her sing a song by Taylor Swift off her new album, or I assumed it was off her new album. I knew one thing, she needed to be in New Directions ASAP.
I sat there by myself for a few more minutes and then my fingers began to play the keys, and me being me, I had to sing to the words.
She was built with a brain
and some swagger.
A little scream, little cry,
little laughter.
She's a ten,
I'm a joke in my own mind.
But she still loves to dance
with my punch lines.
This love found us
now I see it.
This love up down.
Please believe.
As rehearsals came together I sat hoping that what Cat had said wasn't true, and that it was just the newest rumor that the Gossip Twins had started. When Finn appeared, I knew it was the real thing.
"I have bad news," he stated in a depressed voice.
"What is it Finn?" asks Tina sounding suspicious and worried at the same time.
"We are down two people for sectionals and we need twelve. Ginger left for family reasons, she didn't say why after rehearsals the other night, and Ryder left to start school at Dalton," he announced.
"Finn, I'm sure that I could get him to come back. I was a Warbler once," Blaine offered.
"Thanks Blaine, but I doubt he'll change his mind. He said it was something that his father decided," my brother announced mostly to Blaine. So he did know. The pit in my stomach got tighter at that thought. Why didn't he tell me? I am his sister after all. Aside that, I doubted that was the truth, and I believed what Cat had told me.
"We'll have to find at least two more members," he tells us. I smile to myself because I already had someone in mind. Aurora.
"Finn, I think I can help with that," a boy with an Irish accent announced.
"Irish," Cheered Tina.
"Leprechaun," cried Brittany and ran to give him a hug. I wondered what their history had been before I came here. Maybe I didn't want to know.
"Rory!" shouted Sam excited. I was totally missing something.
"Welcome back," greeted Finn as Rory took a seat and thank everyone that had welcomed him back.
Once Rory sat down and joined us, we updated him on what was happening. Sectionals. Gangnum. Dancing came next. He knew some moves, that probably cool back when the first DDR came out.
"Well we have Rory. Sectionals should be a killer," announces Finn with hope.
"But Finn, we still need one more member," Unique reminded him.
"That shouldn't be a problem," I spoke up.
"And why is that former Sam's Barbie?" asked Kitty sarcastically.
"I'll magically clone myself, and have her annoy you, as you do us," I shot back.
"Somehow I doubt that," she shot back at me. Damn. I was screwed.
Finally when the group departed, only Thayer and I were left.
"Want to talk about it?" I ask, already knowing the answer, but asking anyways.
"Cat told me she thinks that Ms. Class A Bitch, Kitty has something to do with it," I tell him what I had heard it, but I doubted that he would believe it.
"That would be incorrect, he called me the night before, and told me that it was his fathers decision to move, and he would becoming a Warlber. It was unexpected," he tells me, as he picks up a spare guitar.
I'm coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all
It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss
He began to sing. Why was he singing a song that he didn't like? On second thought why was he singing the Killers?
"I thought you hated that band," I protest.
"I thought you weren't dating a Scene kid, and don't tell me that he's who you're thinking of for the newest member," he fires back at me with a smile.
"Nope, it's a new girl in school. I met her earlier today, her name is Aurora, and she kills it on vocals," I tell him. The look on his face, tells me that he's in.
On Hiatus.
