Grade reports. Even the nerdiest of all nerds get worried prior to report card time. It pretty much determined your future for the next two and a half months. It was a matter of life or death.
Coincidentally all of the Glee kids had waited to open theirs until after school (they supposed they were so used to doing things together).
Rachel went first; of course:
AP English 11: A
Free Period
Advanced Chorus: A
Physics: B+
Theatre: A
U.S. History: A
Spanish 3: A
She frowned at her Algebra 2 and Physics grade but everyone else just rolled their eyes, mostly because they were afraid of how much worse their grades would be by comparison.
Kurt boldly went next, who was inevitably followed by Mercedes:
-Kurt- -Mercedes-
French 3: A Physics: B
AP English 11: A English 11: A-
Algebra 2: A- Free Period
Sociology: A- Spanish 3: A
Fashion/Design: A Fashion/Design: A
U.S. History: B Algebra 2: A
Physics: B- AP U.S. History: B-
They exchanged their diva-handshake and some of their other Glee friends congratulated them with sincerity. Tina and Mike decided to share together like Kurt and Mercedes:
-Tina- -Mike-
Business Law: A- Free Period
Algebra 2: A- Algebra 2: A
Marketing 2: A- English 11: A
English 11: A- Physics: A
Physics: A- U.S. History: B+
U.S. History: A- Spanish 3: A
French 3: A Personal Fitness: A
Mike cringed at his B+ and decided that if he ever got the opportunity he'd kill the subject. OR maybe he'd kill his parents first so they wouldn't kill him when they saw the big fat blemish on his near-perfect report card. Tina was simply stunned by all the A minuses. Was it weird that the only class she had a solid grade in was a foreign language? Nevertheless, good grades overall.
Artie tentatively followed:
Marketing 2: A
Calculus BC/Trig: A
Website Design: A
AP Physics: A
AP U.S. History: A
Spanish 3: A
AP English 11: A
He didn't bother smiling when everyone cheered for his spectacular grades because the one person who he wanted to impress most was with someone else. Tina didn't bother high-fiving him because it would be too awkward.
After everyone quieted down nobody felt like being the person to go up after Artie. Rachel nudged Finn forward who soon had his grade sheet snatched away for everyone to see:
English 11: A-
U.S. History: B
Physics: B-
Family and Consumer Science: A
Personal Fitness: A-
Spanish 3: A
Algebra 2: B-
Okay so his Spanish grade did look a little out of place but everyone knew Mr. Shue was a little biased when it came to grading his Glee kid's report cards. Finn smiled at Rachel upon seeing the B in History because she really helped him pull that grade up. Most people were simply shocked that he took . and actually did well!
Sam went next in order to preserve his manhood (three girls were left aside from him).
English: B+
U.S. History: A
Physics: B-
Pre-Calculus: B
German 2: A-
Art 2: A
U.S. History: C+
Astronomy: A-
"Solid, dude," Finn and Sam fist-bumped.
Quinn smirked, "Still mixing up Venus and Mars I see." He grinned sheepishly.
Santana nudged Brittany forward.
Free Period
Calculus BC/Trig: A
English 11: C-
Personal Fitness: A
Spanish 3: A-
Physics: B-
U.S. History: D+
She looked downtrodden about the D+ but everyone's mouths were agape with shock about her math grade. "San," she whimpered, her mind still stuck on her HIstory grade.
Santana squeezed her shoulder and looked at the other Gleeks for help.
"You're really smart, Brittany," Rachel said quickly.
"Yeah, totally," Finn wasn't even sure he'd ever make it to Calculus in his high school life.
Artie had the same math as her and he already knew about her aptitude for math. "You're just a different kind of smart, Britt. It's like with dancing, you see it, you memorize it, you just do it. Like with math. Nobody else here takes Calc. aside from me and you, girl." He reached out to high-five her and she smiled again, all happiness and rainbows restored in the blonde's world.
The club turned to face the only two left.
"Captain first?" Santana said coyly.
Quinn snatched up her report card and held them up side-by-side:
-Quinn- -Santana-
Algebra 2: A Physics: A-
AP Chemistry: B- AP Chemistry: A
Art 1: A Creative Writing 1: A
Spanish 3: A Spanish 3: A
AP U.S. History: A Algebra 2: A
English 11: A U.S. History: C+
Personal Fitness: A AP English 11: A
Santana's grades shocked everybody. Most people thought Quinn would be the one with better grades (aside from Brittany who thought Santana was the best at everything). Personal Fitness was required for all Cheerios by Sue but since she demoted Santana to the bottom of the pyramid, she'd been paying less and less attention to her. So Santana took this opportunity to try out an elective that favored one of her secret hobbies: writing.
"AP Chem. and Physics? Seriously?" Artie looked up at her in shock mirroring the faces of the rest of the group.
"So what? So Brittany's a math whiz and she can dance. And Mike's Asian so he's obviously smart. Kurt and Mercedes are fashion experts, no surprise there, am I not allowed to be good at something?"
She sat down in a huff but nobody said anything since she had a very valid point.
Based upon the afternoon's events Mr. Shue came up with an assignment where they got to be paired up (to-do the mystery top hat of doom) and sang a song to their partner that shows how their new perspective on another side of them.
Rachel and Kurt: Kurt groaned and Rachel just sighed.
Mercedes and Sam: Mercedes thought of all the ways she could bring down her chocolate thunder on his white boy ass.
Artie and Brittany: They both smiled shyly which made Santana want to barf.
Finn and Mike: Definitely mixing it up.
Tina and Puck (if he ever decided to return from juvie; until then Mr. Shue would allow her to pick some person at random to sing her song to)
Santana and Quinn: Everyone could feel the little streams of electricity.
