Thank you everyone, again, for the support, especially, Linneagb, Riana Salvatore, and Calisurferboy2. You guys keep rocking, no matter how much I change my ideas on what I'm going to do with my chapters.

I'm still waiting PM (or reviews) on what your character would wear, whereas, I'm still working on a Polyvore (though, at the moment, I find myself slacking on that.)

[Chapter 7]

[Ocean's POV]

"Josh, we need to talk," I announce to my ex boyfriend. It brought back memories, as I spoke his name, but I needed help from someone I could talk to, especially, with homecoming and the game coming up. I needed advice with Alexa, since, she was going to be my date, and I needed advice, and Josh seemed perfect for it.

"What do you want, Garrity?" Josh asks me coldly, as he shows me that he has other things on his mind.

"Sorry, to bug you about it, if you're going to be grouchy," I tell him, as I meet his eyes.

"No, come up here, and sit. I was done anyways," he tells me, as he sits at the end of the stage, and hangs his legs over.

"Well, I need to tell Alexa, about well...me," I tell him, though, I knew he had no clue who Alexa was, and I was hoping that he wouldn't ask, and then our eyes met again, then I realized, I almost wanted to kiss him, but knowing I couldn't was the hard part.

"This, Alexa, is she your date to homecoming?" he asks, as he figured it out, and runs his fingers through his hair, as he always did when he was about to ask something serious, and then he looks at me.

"Come on, we'll head back to the place, where I'm staying, and eat some leftover pizza, and talk about this," he tells me, as he walks down the sidesteps of the stage, and heads in my direction.

"Sounds good," I tell him, as we head out of the auditorium together.

"Alright, come sit," Josh tells me, as he tosses his backpack in the corner, and sits on the bed. I knew from when I was with him, he meant business.

"So, my advice, is just be honest with her. Tell her how you really feel about her," he tells me, as he looks me in the eyes. He couldn't be serious, he gives me the most cliché answer that anyone would. If I wanted that advice, I would have asked my parents, then again, I hadn't told them yet either.

"Come on, I didn't want the cliché tell her how you feel line. You have to think, I haven't even told my parents yet," I mention to him, as slides season one of Buffy the Vampire Slayer into the DVD player, and skips to the main menu.

"What else do you want me to say? It's your decision, Ocean, and I can't force you to out yourself, but if she is truly your friend, she'll understand, and besides, I'm sure that she'll at the game tomorrow," Josh tells me, as he finally presses play on the Pilot episode.

"Mind if I crash here tonight?" I ask, though, I already knew the answer, as our eyes meet, and we quickly look away.

{BttB}

[Alexa]

I couldn't believe that tonight at seven thirty, it would be kick off against Williams Academy, and let me tell you, even though, I was going with Ocean, I was nervous as all hell. Sure, technically, this would be our first competition, and the countdown to Invitationals, or Regional, or whatever the hell it was called.

I just stand in the middle of the music room, and select the song on my iPod that had meant something to me, and the only person who knew what it meant to me was my step-brother, Lance. I take a deep breath, and begin to sing.

Maybe I'm a dreamer

Maybe I'm misunderstood

Maybe you're not seeing the side of me you should

Maybe I'm crazy

(Maybe I'm crazy)

Maybe I'm the only one

(Maybe I'm the only one)

Maybe I'm just out of touch

Maybe I've just had enough

Maybe it's time to change

And leave it all behind

I've never been one to walk alone

I've always been scared to try

So why does it feel so wrong

To reach for something more

To wanna live a better life

What am I waiting for?

'Cause nothing stays the same

Maybe it's time to change

"Or maybe, it's time, you decided something else," I hear Theo's voice, as he steps inside the music room. I didn't really know him all that much, except, I believe he was a class under me. I could be wrong. I just smile, and try not to laugh.

"What exactly would that be?" I ask him, as I realized he just wanted to sit and talk for a bit, even if it was just to escape the usual McKinley High bullshit.

"Who knows? Thinking about college, maybe?" Theo suggests happily, as he readjusts his shirt collar, and smiles. I could imagine what he was going to look like at this music event tonight. I imagined he would be rocking the suit and tie, and putting Justin Timberlake to shame.

"I already know where I want to go," I told him with a smile, as I push some hair out of my face, and look back at him, and meet his hazel crème eyes, which, looked gorgeous.

"You going to homecoming with anyone?" I ask curiously, as I decide to pack away my iPod, and get ready to head for class.

"Yeah, I was thinking of asking Rose. She's cool," he tells me, as he smiles, and throws his back pack on, and does the same as I do, and decides to head for class.

"You ready for this competition tonight? We need to show Williams Academy, who's boss," I tell him wonderingly, as we exit the music room, and head in the direction of the wing that my class was in.

"I hope so. I'm hoping to get a vocal at Invitationals," Theo tells me happily, as we stop in front of a couple of lockers beside the Classic Literature classroom. That was when something came to mind.

"Today at lunch time, meet me in the music room. I think I have the perfect song for you, and if Sam doesn't believe so, he's dumber than I thought he was, and I've known him since I was five," I tell Theo just before we separate, and headed to class.

I was going to get Theo his vocal at Invitationals, even if the rest of the group didn't like the idea of it.

[BttB]

{Theo}

"Hi Rose," I greeted her, as I met up with her by her locker after class.

"Hi Theo," she greeted quietly, and then went on into her own little world, and placed her personal copy of the Fault in Our Stars in her locker. I had never read it. I doubted I would, because, if you haven't read it, you already know how it ends.

"You alright?" I ask curiously, as some of the buffed up high testosterone football players walked by laughing about how lucky they were going to get after the game, and I assumed were betting on who would get lucky first.

"I'm fine, I'm just not in a talking mood," she tells me, as she shut her locker, and picked up her backpack.

"I'm always available to talk, or be a punching bag, or whatnot," I try again, but I decided if she didn't want to talk, that this would be my last attempt for now. I had a feeling something was eating at her, and I wanted to know what.

"Thanks, but I would rather just be left alone," she tells me coldly, and walks away, showing that this was the end of the matter, as she walks away, I look at my watch, and see that I have a few more minutes until I would have to meet up with Alexa in the music room.

[BttB]

{Sam}

"Alexa, what are you thinking?" I ask, as I enter the music room, and see that Ellie, and the rest of the class were there.

"Mr. Evens. I know I'm not the captain, but I promised Theo a vocal at Invitationals, and I want everyone to hear it," Alexa announces, as she sets up her iPod for a song selection.

"So why are you selecting the song?" Odette asks sarcastically, and rolls her eyes, just as Santana Lopez would at times, and speaking of which, Odette would sometimes make think of Santana.

"Because, Lollipop, I told Theo that I would, and I believe, even though, Ellie is captain, I have a right to help him out," Alexa announced as she stood her group. That was when I decided I should step in.

"Alright, break it up, before it starts. Alexa, has done something that she has the right to do. Now we all have to work together on this, or we won't be advancing. I should know, because, hell, I've been in your shoes, I've been to Sectionals, Regionals, and Nationals, in my senior year, we lost, and this is our chance to win again," I lectured the group. "Now, Alexa, if you're ready, please, let Theo show what he has," I add, as I take the stool by the whiteboard.

I watched as Theo adjusted his pink tie, and then took a deep breath, and then began to sing.

"I don't know the words, but I got this," Theo insisted, as he showed Alexa he was ready.

I'm holding onto white balloons

Up against a sky of doom

Tell me you see them

'Cause what's inside of me is invisible to most

Even in clear view

I'm sending out a signal to the possibility of you

'Cause right at this moment

I know you're connected to a part of me that I don't even know myself

The changes in me

Are likely to be like the weather

Stormy and clear strength into fear bound together

But I'll break my silence
If I believed that you and me could ever be
More than just what's been behind us
I tried and left, they came and went
I got rejected out again
But no one believes me
I've worn a hundred faces
Of the character replacements and now
Nobody sees me

'Cause what's inside of me is invisible to most

Even in clear view

At the end of the performance, everyone clapped, and I enjoyed hearing it. So I came up with an idea, to write this down on the whiteboard.

"Okay, so for the solo we have Theo, anyone else want to run for solo?" I wonder, as I write Theo's name on the board. "Remember, a solo is a big part of the group number that is preformed, and or the duet," I add remembering back to all the troubles we had when I was in this club.

"I would like to challenge Theo," Odette challenged.

"Theo has already been written down, but come on up, and sing anyways," I tell her, as I sit back down on the stool.

Happy, spinning, clapping, laughing, dancing

In the blackness of magic

Get it, have it, bag it, throw yourself on the aeroplane

And fly like magic

No sleep, no chance, no need

Forget about it

One life, live free, big dreams

We're all about 'em

You're finding it, take it, take it in, it's all here

You and me, no one else, nothing else but us right now

And I ain't need nothing else, no one else but you and I

And it ain't me, it ain't you, it's only us, it's us right now

You're finding it, take it, take it in, it's all here

You and me, no one else, nothing else but us right now

And I ain't need nothing else, no one else but you and I

And it ain't me, it ain't you, it's only us, it's us right now

You and me, no one else, nothing else but us right here

You and I no one else, nothing else but you and I

This girl had potential, and I liked that. In my head, I was deciding who I wanted more for the solo, but if it could work, I could use both of them. Hell, maybe, they would work as a mash-up, I think to myself, as I remember how fun those were. Then it dawned on me.

Right, then and there, the bell announced that it was once again for class.

"Alright, before everyone heads off for class, tomorrow the set list will be listed, and two, the assignment for this week, is mash ups," I announced and then dismissed them.

[BttB]

{Magnolia}

I caught up with Tristan, as he was at his locker getting stuff for his next class. Since meeting him the other day, I liked him. No. Not in that way, whereas, I'm asexual, which was so rare these days, but I didn't care.

"Hey Tristan," I greeted him, as I pushed some hair behind my ear, and hug my textbooks closer to me.

"Oh hey, Mags," he happily greets me, as he smiles quickly, and adjusts his backpack.

"So, who do you think had the better solo?" I asked awkwardly, which, was just a bump in the air for what I was about to do, which, was ask Tristan if he wanted to attend Homecoming with me. I was hoping that he would say yes.

"I think that they both did great," he answers me quickly, as his eyes follow Alexa and Ocean walking the hallways together.

"Yeah, I think, Theo had an amazing voice, and Odette, she was great. Heck, I think she is almost Rachel Berry," I tell him, as I search in my mind the right words to say. I mean, I knew he had a crush on Alexa, and if I could help the boy get her, than so be it. I would.

"Okay, I'm going to cut to the chase, tonight is the game, and Sam wants all of us to be there, and tomorrow is the homecoming dance," I start to begin what I was about to tell him, as I meet his eyes, and make sure that he isn't looking anywhere else.

"Okay, and what exactly are you throwing out there?" he asks, as I was aware that the bell was about to ring announce the beginning of class.

"I know that you're into Alexa, and she's hanging around Garrity, like there is no tomorrow," I point out, as I smile an innocent smile.

"So you want attend homecoming to make her jealous, or something. I'm into her, yes, but I've known her since second grade, and we're only friends," he tells me, as I glance at my watch, seeing that I have a minute left until I have to get to calculus.

"Sure, but if you change your mind, you know where I am," I tell him as I head to class.


Okay, so I'm not really satisfied with this chapter, and a lot of characters are missing, and a lot of them will be showing up at Homecoming, where we will be seeing someone win Homecoming King & Queen, and the poll is still open on my profile. As for Les Mis being the play, I'm still hoping to get somewhere, since I haven't seen the movie yet, and sadly, as much as I promised Calisurfingboy2, I probably never will, but I know Lea Michele was in it when she was younger. So, even though, I probably already know the answer, would it be alright, if I change the musical to Hairspray, whereas, I am familiar with the movie, and the school near me is having the play next month.

Also, I believe I am going to skip two things: one, the halftime show (since nothing was going happen, anyhow) and Invitationals (unless, someone wants me to.)

All songs belong to their rightful owners. In order: Maybe -the Sick Puppies, White Balloons - the Sick Puppies, You & I -Crystal Fighters.