"'Kay guys, we have two new co-directors" Carl announced. He had a guy, who looked more robotic than human, and a thin blonde woman.
"Who?" asked Guisan
"So, my hamster ate a whole bird" Tess randomly said, in her usual breathy voice.
"Really?" asked Chase and Guisan, simultaneously
"Really. He also ate a bird eating spider"
What Tess said wasn't true.
"Anyway, their names are Viktor Riddle and Nell Patricia Harris"
"What kind of name is Viktor Riddle?" asked Pion, who had never heard of such name
"He's an old friend of mine"
"What about the woman?" Cordelia asked
"I've known Carl since we were teenagers. We both used to attend Bush High" Nell, the woman answered
"And I know Carl because he used to do my teeth" Viktor, the man told the kids, who gazed at him in awe
"WOW" they simultaneously said
"Let's start, shall we?" Nell said, enthusiastically. Carl and Viktor nodded.
Today was Role Model Day. Each person had to say information about their role model.
Tess was talking about her newfound role model, Nell.
"I've seen her beauty, it's is so awesome. She's like Hermione Granger, beautiful and smart. She has the beauty of Vampirella and the brains of Yoda. Whoever they are. Anywho, she's an inspiration. She sticks up for what I believe in. And if school can't teach me, she obviously can"
Everybody clapped.
Tess stepped down. Next up was Pion, who was talking about his role model, Eric Clapton.
After school, Nell approached Tess
"Am I really your role model?" asked Nell
"Yes"
"But I haven't met you at all"
"But I've seen your school pictures. You saved the Bush High LGBT group from disbansion"
"I know. Did you say school can't teach you?"
"Sadly that would be yes. But I know you can be my tutor"
"Well thank you. I'd accept your request. Now, are you LGBT in any form?"
"Well, I think I'm the B"
"Are you sure?"
"Infinately"
"Infinately? Don't you mean definately?"
"They are the same thing, right?"
"I suppose so. Now, the first thing you need to know is how to feel. A feeling is an emotion"
"What kind of emotions are there?"
"Fear, anger, sadness, happiness, boredom"
"Oh. I think I know what they are"
"Which one do you feel the most?"
"Fear"
"Fear. Okay, next step, what makes you feel fear?"
"Popularity. That's the one thing that gets me scared. If other people don't like me, neither can I"
"Any other contributions?"
Tess sighed. "Sexuality"
"Why?"
"My parents hate Bisexuals and Homosexuals"
"So, feeling the need to do the right thing by parents. Anything else?"
"No"
"Who do you love?"
"Guisan"
"The girl with brown hair you like to hang around?"
"Yes"
"Anyone else?"
"No"
"No sexual feelings for guys?"
"No... not really"
"Well, then. You're definately a Lesbian"
"A what?"
"A girl, who only likes girls. Nobody else"
Tess felt weird.
Guisan and Pion were being all lovey.
Eww was all Tess could think of.
Meanwhile, Erica and Cordelia were having a conversation
"Wattup, Cordie?"
"Not much"
"Not much?"
"Well, ever since Sectionals, it's been weird. Marie won't talk to me"
"That's not unusual"
"Why?"
"Think about it, C. She's the only one on the cheer squad now, since you, Chrissie, Guisse, Tessie and Harrie quit"
"Maybe"
"What do ya mean, maybe? She feels betrayed. She even told me that"
"Why?"
"I decided to see things from her point of view"
"Why though?"
"I'm not the one to favouritise. If I was, I'd be harsh"
"That's not what you're known for"
"Mhm"
Cordelia felt sick
"You alright, Cordie?" asked Erica
"I'm fine, Errie"
"You don't look it."
"But I'm fine, okay"
Erica gave her a skeptical look. "Are you sure?"
"I'm fine"
"I see... you're pregnant"
"No..."
Then Cordelia threw up in the room.
"OMG! CORDELIA'S DYING!" Tess screamed and ran out the room
"Do you want me to take Cordelia to the sick room?" Erica asked Carl
"Go ahead"
Erica and Cordelia went out the room
The next day's news wasn't pretty. Cordelia wasn't pregnant. That was negative. But the positive was worse.
"What's the news, doc?" she asked
"Miss Overstreet, you have... cancer"
Cordelia's heart skipped a beat. "You sure?"
"I'm sure"
Cordelia shed a tear. "Is it fatal?"
"Very"
The day after she heard the horrifying news, she was in hospital. Guisan and Tess came in the cancer ward.
"We got you some balloons" Tess said, half-cheerfully.
"We got them for you, C" Guisan said as she passed them to the cancer-strucken former cheerleader
"Thank you" Cordelia said as she recieved her balloons.
"You're welcome"
Another five visitors came in. They were Dion, Marie, Pion, Erica and Carrie. They sung an acapella rendition of So Long, Farewell from the Sound of Music.
"Will you see us again?" Erica asked, in a sad tone of voice
"I dunno. Depends"
The doctor walked in. "Sorry kids, show's over"
They groaned and left
Nell approached Tess. It was her sixth tutor lesson
"We'll be having a pop quiz" announced Nell
"Alright!" Tess cheered
"What is the product of five and four?"
"Twenty!"
"What is the quotient of twelve and two?"
"Six!"
"Good work Tess. I have something to tell you. I have to put this on break"
"Why?"
"Well, I can't face this school anymore. I got bullied here!"
"But you overcame it"
"That was in my senior year"
"Why can't you overcome it now?"
"I just can't"
"Where's Nell?" asked Guisan
"She left" Viktor told the girl.
"Oh"
Pion looked at Viktor strangely, as if he were familiar. It was if he was in Pion's life story at some point. Viktor might've been, but it just needed that research to find out how.
Unusual Oddities sung their last number, without Cordelia. It didn't feel the same. It felt weirder. Stranger. Unusual.