11: Sectionals Surprises
Monday:
It's Sectionals week! What the actual fuck! Time is flying by so fast here in Ohio! It feels like only yesterday that I was only starting out here and I only knew Sugar, but then Sam came along, and then Blaine and finally Puck! I still can't believe I'm actually at this point, about to enter into my first competition as a part of New Directions, when only a few short months ago I couldn't sing in front of a single person. Thinking back now… I wouldn't be at this point if it weren't for Sam, Sugar and Blaine. They just really helped me so much, which is why I've decided to come out to Sam. I figure since Sugar, Blaine and Puck already know then he has a right to know. I'm not worried, because he's one of my best friends and he's so accepting and sure Blaine is gay, and he's one of both Sam and mines best friend! I'm gonna say it to Sugar and Blaine first to see what they think.
/
A lot has happened in the last two weeks, a lot of drama with the glee club and with the whole Puck/Finn/Quinn situation. Two weeks ago, Mr Schue brought one of the glee clubs we're competing against to the auditorium to show us what they got, The Jane Addams Academy Girls Choir. They were pretty damn good. Rachel told us that they were using 'Hairography', which is basically swishing around your hair to distract from the fact that you're not great singers or dancers. Nevertheless, Mr Schue bought all the guys wigs and made us perform using hairography for the other competing choir, Haverbrook School for the Deaf. It didn't work out and we looked kinda ridiculous so the idea was scrapped.
Quinn started having second thoughts about putting the baby up for adoption… She decided to test Puck by having him help her babysit Mr Schue's three nephews from his wife Terri's side. It actually went well… They were able to take care of the kid's just fine. Unfortunately Quinn noticed that Puck was constantly texting someone. He was texting me, telling me how he was getting on and about Quinn and the whole situation. He couldn't tell her he had confided in me, so he told her he was sexting Santana… Straight away she decided to put the baby back up for adoption. Puck told me some crazy news after that. Terri, Mr Schue's wife, wasn't pregnant but Mr Schue thought she was! She was going to take Quinn's baby and pretend that it was hers!
Last week was eventful too… It was time for the school yearbook photo. But Sue forced Principal Figgins to revoke our page in the yearbook. I know it wasn't fair but after Kurt explained that every glee club photo always gets mercilessly defaced, I was happy we weren't getting a photo. However Rachel was not happy and she made sure we got some form of a picture. They could only fit two in the picture but only Rachel wanted to do it. At the shoot she got talking to the photographer and he was able to get the entire club to star in a mattress commercial! Our payment was a mattress for each of us! But then Sue saw the commercial and we almost got banned from Sectionals because apparently any form of paying advertisement equals an instant disqualification. We couldn't take the mattresses back as one had been slept on, by Mr Schue. He took the blame for it and got fired as show choir director… So we can compete in Sectionals but not with Mr Schue. Ms Pillsbury is gonna be our stand in director, on her wedding day. Turns out that Mr Schue found out about Terri's fake pregnancy and he slept in his office on one of the mattresses. I feel really bad for him but at least now he knows the truth. I wonder what Quinn is gonna do about the baby now? She'll probably put it up for adoption still. It turns out that we got a yearbook photo after all, thanks to Quinn. We all decided to look out best, for Mr Schue…
/
Monday:
Blaine, Sugar and I were walking to school. Winter was definitely beginning to set in. It was now the start of December. Our last week before Christmas holidays (vacation). Sam had gone for an early morning run so he was probably in the school gym by now, practising before class.
"So guy I need to talk to you about something." I said. "Yeah sure Ryan what's up?" Blaine said. "You ok?" Sugar said, looking slightly worried.
"Yeah I'm fine" I said smiling. "I've been thinking about it for the last few weeks and I want to come out to Sam. He's our best friend and he's the only one that doesn't know yet. I feel bad keeping the secret from him. Lately he's seemed a little… I dunno… Stressed, I suppose. He got really jealous of me being friends with Puck and just seems kinda on edge lately with me. So hopefully telling him this will make him feel a bit better. What do you guys think? When should I tell him?" I said.
"Well I for one think it's a great idea as long as you think you're ready and comfortable with the decision. You seem to be anyway. You should probably wait till after Sectionals because if we win, we'll probably have a celebration, or if we lose we'll probably get together to drown our sorrows so either way it'll be an excuse to talk to him about it." Blaine said.
"I think it's a great idea Ryan!" But I do get what he's saying about you and Puck." Sugar said.
"Wait, what?" I said. "Are you two jealous of Puck as well?" I asked, slightly astonished.
"I'm not jealous but you have been spending a lot of time with him compared to us! He was so mean to you before this!" Sugar said.
"I'm not jealous either. I get it Ryan. You two are friends now. You have to be able to spend time together. I suppose I've been kinda neglecting you guys lately too cause I've been spending so much time with Kurt." Blaine said, slightly guilty.
"Guys, please understand… I want you guys to become friends with Puck too! He confided in me some issues he's been having and I've been trying to help him deal with them! It's his business so it's not my place to let you in on the secret. If he wants to let you guys in on it he will. But please don't act like I'm forgetting you or anything like it. I'm just trying to help him out and I really hope that eventually we can all become friends…" Sugar and Blaine looked slightly guilty… "Blaine, I completely understand about you and Kurt. He's you're boyfriend and you want to spend time with him, which is why I've also been thinking… Will you tell Kurt about me? That way he knows about me and I don't have to pretend when he's around. I don't know him that well yet but I trust him because you trust him" I said smiling.
"Ryan, are you sure? Please don't feel like I'm pressuring you at all" Blaine said.
"Not at all" I said smiling. "So… Are we cool?" I asked them both.
"Of course! Sugar said before giving me a giant hug.
"Absolutely" Blaine said before joining in.
/
After arriving at school, the three of us went off to out different classes. At lunch, I text Puck and asked him to meet me out at the bleachers.
I was sitting outside already, looking out onto the vast football pitch when I heard footsteps from behind me.
"Hey, what's up?" Puck said.
"Hey man, can I talk to you about a few things?" I said.
"Yeah sure" he said.
"Ok well first of all, I've decided that I'm gonna come out to Sam. I know that doesn't really affect you but just thought I'd let you know." I paused for a moment before talking again…
"The main thing I wanna talk about is you really…. You and my best friends, Blaine, Sam and Sugar… They've all come up to me and said that I'm spending so much time with you and not enough time with them. I've tried to explain that you've got some things going on at the moment and I'm just trying to help you. But to be perfectly honest, I don't think they really believe me… Well, not me… but you… I want the five of us to be able to hang out together and be proper friends. Not only the five of us, but all of glee club! Well most of them anyway. But I just don't think that they're gonna trust you unless you explain to them what's going on… The Quinn situation is out there already… But I'm talking about the reason behind it… The reason that you're not bullying me anymore… The reason we're now friends…"
"That I'm bi…" He said quietly.
"Yeah… Look I'm not forcing you to come out to them… I understand how hard it is to do. But I do think that those three guys, Sam, Blaine and Sugar… They're completely trustworthy. Not only that, but they will gain so much respect for you if you come out and explain to them why… I think that you doing that will be the next step in the right direction. Again, I'm not forcing you… But just think about it ok…. Just those three…" I said.
"I dunno Ryan… I just dunno if I can. I'm not ready. This is so new to me… But I'll think about it… I promise." He said, looking from me to the ground and back again.
"Thanks Noah. That's all I ask. Now c'mon, let's go get some lunch and meet the others." I said, standing up to leave.
We both left the bleachers quietly, both contemplating the idea of coming out to someone new…
/
I was walking down the hall a little after lunch when I heard Brittany and Santana speaking on the phone.
"Sex is not dating"
"If it were, Santana and I would be dating".
They paused for a moment before continuing to walk. I started following them. Santana spoke again.
"Look, I don't wanna rock the boat. Since Quinn got pregnant I'm top dog around here."
They paused for a moment before hanging up the phone.
I walked over to them.
"Hey guys, what was that about?" I asked them.
"Yo Irish, Rachel's on to Quinn's little secret."
….. SHIT!
/
A few hours later, I'm standing here in glee club and of course our worst nightmare has happened. Rachel blabbed to Finn.
This is a fucking disaster.
Finn jumped on Puck and started beating the crap out of him before Mr Schue pulled him off Puck and Sam and I held him back. Blaine checked Puck's face.
"Tell the truth!" Finn screamed.
"Punk just walked in and sucker punched me!" Puck said.
"Don't play dumb, you're too freakin dumb to play dumb!"
"Who told you this Finn?" Quinn sobbed.
"Obviously it was Rachel" Kurt said.
"What? I didn't do anything!" She retorted.
"Yeah… It was Rachel, but I wanna hear it from you. I wanna hear it from both of you." Finn said.
"Finn, just calm down!" Mr Schue said.
"No, they're both lying to me!" He shouted.
"Is it true? Just tell me, is it true?"
Quinn was sobbing uncontrollably….
"Yes… Puck is the father." She breathed out.
Finn looked heartbroken….
"A-all that stuff in the hot tub? W- You just made that up?" He asked.
"You were stupid enough to buy it!" Puck said.
Finn leapt to attack him but Mr Schue stopped him.
"I am so sorry!" Quinn cried out.
"Screw this! I'm done with you! I'm done with… I'm done with all of you!"
And with that he ran out the door, kicking a chair over as he left.
/
Blaine, Sam, Sugar and I waited at the bleachers for a while after the incident. I persuaded them to wait with me. They think that he's a piece of shit that knocked up his best friend's girlfriend. If only they knew the full story. We were waiting for about forty five minutes before he showed up.
"I had a feeling you'd come here." I said to him.
"Hey. I tried talking to Quinn. Told her that I can't be with her, but that I will do whatever I can to take care of the baby. But she wants to do it alone…. I lost my best friend, another close friend of mine, and my unborn baby…. All in the same day." He said before breaking down and crying.
"Look Blaine, Sam, Sugar. I know Ryan told you that I've been going through personal shit…. The truth is that I'm bisexual… And the first time I ever had a fantasy about a guy, I got so freaked out that I went to a party and got so drunk that I ended up sleeping with Quinn as a way to try and convince myself that I was straight….. I regret it so much. I know I still probably sound like a dick but I just lost a lot today and I could really use some friends around me right now… Ryan told me that I can trust you guys."
"Of course you can Puck…" Blaine said, before looking at both Sugar and Sam. "We really appreciate that you told us Puck."
"We've got your back dude" Sam said.
"Totes" Sugar said smiling.
"I told you they'd understand." I said to Noah as I patted him on the back.
"Thank you guys…. Seriously this means a lot…. Just thank you" He said.
We sat there for another hour or two, talking, going through the whole situation, then deciding to focus on Sectionals for the time being, considering it is tomorrow.
/
The whole glee club sans Finn arrived at the venue and took our seats to watch the first two choirs compete. Our planned set list was Mercedes singing 'And I'm Telling You I Ain't Going', then doing 'Proud Mary' in wheelchairs and then finishing off with 'Don't Stop Believing'. Only problem was the Jane Addams Girls sang 'And I'm Telling You' and 'Proud Mary'… In wheelchairs. And then of course Haverbrook School for the deaf sang 'Don't Stop Believing'!
Someone leaked our setlist!
"Meeting in the green room in five minutes!" Rachel screamed.
/
"You leaked the set list!" Kurt said to Santana and Brittany. "You don't wanna be here. You're just Sue Sylvester's little moles!"
"I know for a fact that's true. Sue asked us to spy for her" Quinn said.
"Uh, look, we may still be Cheerios but neither of us ever gave Sue the set list!" Santana said.
"Well… I-I did but I didn't know what she was gonna do with it" Brittany said innocently.
"Ok look, believe what you want, but no ones forcing me to be here. And if you ever tell anyone this, I'll deny it, but I like being in glee club... It's the best part of my day ok! I wasn't gonna go and mess it up" Santana retorted.
"I believe you" Rachel said.
"Me too" I said, smiling at her.
"Ok look guys, there's no point in us arguing anymore. We have to go on in an hour!" She said.
"And we have no songs!" Tina said.
"Perhaps I could improvise one of my deaf poetry jams?" Artie asked.
"No look, we're gonna do this the right way. Let's start with a ballad. Mercedes, do you have anything else in your repertoire?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah but it's not as good as anything you're gonna sing." She said.
"No, we agreed."
"We agreed that I would sing 'And I'm Telling You'… And that ain't happenin'. Look Rachel the truth is, you're the best singer that we've got."
"As much as it hurts me to admit it, and it does, she's right. Rachel's our star. If anyone's gonna go belt it on the fly, it should be her." Kurt said.
"Well I do have something that I've been working on since I was four!" She said.
"Then I guess we have our ballad. And we can close with 'Somebody to Love'. It's a real crowd pleaser" Quinn said.
"Yeah that and a can of soup will guarantee us third place! We still need a song we can all sing together" Puck said.
"Who's gonna be the new male lead?" I asked.
At that moment Finn walked into the room.
"I have one. I found the sheet music online. I used the Cheerios copier to make copies. Then I trashed the thing. Mike, Blaine, Brittany, Santana; you're our best dancers. Figure something out and we'll all follow your lead."
"It's gonna be choppy" Mike said.
"Good. We're best when we're loose. Look, all we have going for us is we believe in ourselves and what we're singing about, If we can show the judges that… We might have a shot at this thing."
"It's good to have you back Finn." Rachel said smiling.
"Is it cool if I take my spot back?" He asked me.
"Sure why not… That was a good speech!" I said to him, smiling.
Puck walked over to Finn and held out his hand.
"We cool dude?" He asked.
All Puck got in return was a simple "No".
"This is our chance guys. Don't screw it up.
/
Rachel opened the show with an unbelievably amazing rendition of 'Don't Rain On My Parade' followed by the whole club singing 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' and finally 'Somebody to Love'.
….We came first!
The entire club was on such a high that the next day, our last day before Christmas vacation, we sang a song to Mr Schue; 'My Life Would Suck Without You'.
Mr Schue got his job back and Sue got suspended for leaking the set list! Life is good!
Now it's time for our party at Sugar's house to celebrate!
/
The celebrations were running high at Sugar's house! Puck had been able to pick up a little beer for us! Not too much but just enough for us to enjoy ourselves, except for Rachel, who won't drink, and of course Quinn, who can't. Everyone was dancing around having a good time; even Finn and Quinn were dancing, albeit far away from each other and even further away from Puck.
It's amazing how easy it to gain confidence when you're a little bit tipsy because I was now standing on a makeshift stage with Sugar's glittery microphone in hand belting out a karaoke rendition of 'We Found Love'.
Everyone seemed to be really enjoying the song. Artie and Tina were making out. Kurt and Blaine were dancing and making out. Brittany and Mike were also making out. That's when I saw Santana give them a bitchy look and go sit down. Sam was swaying to himself, but he looked unhappy.
After the song was over, I decided that this was my moment. I'm going to come out to Sam now!
I ran over to him and asked him if we could talk upstairs. We went up to Sugar's bedroom and sat on her bed.
"So what did you wanna talk about?" Sam asked. He seemed almost disconnected. He had only had about one and a half beers like me.
"Um, ok… God I'm nervous…. Um, So I've been meaning to tell you this for a while now… But I haven't been able to think of the right time to say it. You're one of my best friends and I think you have the right to know that… I'm gay. I'm gay Sam…" I paused for a moment. He didn't say anything so I continued on. "I'm not ashamed about it or anything… But you know my grandparents; they hate gay people with a passion because of the way they were brought up. So I can't come out properly for a while at least… My mam knows about me, and Sugar, Blaine, Puck, and I think Blaine told Kurt… Sugar knew before I moved here. Blaine knows because I had to tell him to prove I wasn't homophobic the first day we met remember? Puck knows because he told me that he was bi and I've been trying to help him come to terms with it… Look I've been talking for ages now… That's all I have to say… Are you ok? Are you shocked? Are you angry?" I asked.
Sam just sat there looking deep into my eyes for another few moments, his expression impossible to read.
And the he leaned over and kissed me….
The kiss lasted only a few seconds. I was in pure shock. Sam looked at me and then looked away before standing up and running out the door.
I sat there for a few moments, stunned, unable to move, trying to process what had just happened.
Sam just kissed me…
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A/N: I have no idea how many people, if any people have actually read this fanfic. I dunno if anyone wants me to continue. It's not about the hits or anything for me, I wanna continue this story for myself cause It's fun But in all honesty if there is anyone who has been reading/keeping up with my story any form of review or feedback would really help me to get motivated, thanks!