Kurt and Rory were nervous as their duet was the first song. They had practiced all of the previous night to get it perfect. Just before the curtain rose, they kissed.
"I love you, Rory," Kurt said.
"I love you too, Kurt," Rory replied.
"Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me."
Rory acquired the next verse:
"Who said that every wish would be heard and answered?
When wished on the morning star
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it
Look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us star-gazing?
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me."
The back curtain rose to reveal the rest of New Directions and The Troubletones.
"All of us under its spell
We know that it's probably magic
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me
Wha-da-da-de-da-da-do
Wha-da-da-da-da-de-da-do."
The audience applauded as the next song started and Quinn started to sing:
"Silicon, saline, poison, inject me
Baby, I'm a free bitch
I'm a free bitch
Some girls won't dance to the beat of the track
She won't walk away
But she won't look back
She looks good
But her boyfriend says she's a mess
She's a mess
She's a mess
Now the girl is stressed
She's a mess
She's a mess
She's a mess
She's a mess
Tell 'em girls."
Brittany and Santana took the chorus:
"Baby loves to dance in the dark
'Cuz when he's lookin'
She falls apart
Baby loves to dance in the dark
Tell 'em girls
Run, run."
Tina sang next:
"Her kiss is a vampire grin
The moon lights her way while she's howlin' at him
She looks good
But her boyfriend says she's a tramp
She's a tramp
She's a vamp
But she still does her dance
She's a tramp
She's a vamp
But she still kills the dance
Tell 'em girls."
"Baby loves to dance in the dark
'Cuz when he's lookin'
She falls apart
Baby loves to dance in the dark
Tell 'em girls
Run, run
Baby loves to dance in the dark
Tell 'em girls
In the dark
Baby loves to dance in the dark
In the dark
She loves; she loves to dance in the dark."
"Mercedes
Sugar
Rachel
Tell 'em how you feel girls
Work your blonde (Jean) Benet Ramsey
We'll haunt like Liberace
Find your freedom in the music
Find your Jesus
Find your Kubrick
You will never fall apart
Diana, you're still in our hearts
Never let you fall apart
Together we'll dance in the dark
"Baby loves to dance in the dark
'Cuz when he's lookin'
She falls apart
Baby loves to dance in the dark
In the dark."
The curtain went down for a moment, and then rose again to reveal Blaine sitting at a makeup table. Blaine was enormously enthusiastic to do this, and no one stopped him.
"On nights like this
When the world's a bit amiss
And the lights go down
Across the trailer park
I get down, I feel had
I feel on the verge of going mad
And then it's time to punch the clock
I put on some makeup
Turn on the tape deck
And put the wig back on my head
Suddenly, I'm Miss Midwest Midnight Checkout Queen
Until I head home
And I put myself to bed
I look back on where I'm from
Look at the woman I've become
And the strangest things seem
Suddenly routine
I look up from my vermouth on the rocks
A gift-wrapped wig still in the box
Of towering velveteen
I put on some makeup
And some LaVern Baker
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
Suddenly, I'm Miss Beehive 1963
Until I wake up
And I turn back to myself
Some girls, they got natural ease
Wearing it any way they please
With their French-flip curls
And perfume magazines
Wear it up, let it down
This is the best way that I found
So be the best you've ever seen
I put on some makeup
Turn on the eight-track
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
Suddenly, I'm Miss Farrah Fawcett from TV
Until I wake up
And turn back to myself."
The rest of New Directions joined in, all dressed in diverse outfits and wigs:
"Shag, bi-level, bob, Dorothy Hamill 'do
Sausage curls, chicken wing, it's all because of you
With your blow-dried feather-back Toni home wave, too
Flip, fro, frizz, flop
It's all because of you
It's all because of you
It's all because of you
I put on some makeup
Turn on the eight-track
I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
Suddenly, I'm Miss Punk Rock Star of Stage and Screen
And I ain't ever
I'm never turning back
"Do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do-do."
As the judges – Rod Remington, State Governor Andrew Stevens, and Ohio Board of Education head Martin Vandelay – readied to declare the winner, Kurt looked over at Derek and Harmony, who were quarreling in whispers. Kurt caught the last of their argument.
"Baby, that's just the way I am!" Derek said.
"Well, it's repulsive and you're 18. Do you know what could happen to you if the school found out?" she retorted.
"Well, they didn't and they never will!" he snapped.
"Those McKinley kids know it, who knows what they could say? I found out from one of them when you should have told me. And the biggest thing is you were supposed to spy on them and report back to us, and what did you do? You went and fucked it all up. You did a fabulous job, Derek. Now never talk to me again."
"The winner is…the New Directions!" Governor Stevens announced. The Glee club cheered and hugged each other.
A/N: 'Twas you have reached the end of "Anything Goes", I'd like to thank you for your reviews and support throughout my writing of this sequel. And the third entry started production immediately following the completion of this chapter. So thank you again and enjoy.