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Sorry about the long wait guys! I am so sorry I let time escape me. But I am back on track, and I WILL finish this story!
"They approved!" Rachel cried into her phone, "They approved of the club! Wes, we're going to be competing at Regionals together!"
Wes smiled into his phone once he realized what Rachel said, "That's amazing Rach. I told you they couldn't say no to you."
Rachel giggled, "I have to go, I need to tell the girls, make sure to give Kurt the good news, I'll see you later tonight."
"Sure thing babe." Wes said, "I'll talk to you soon."
Rachel hung up her phone and was surprised at the time her clock had shown. Her final period had already passed, she rushed down the hallway to find crowds of Crawford students getting out of their final period and brightened when she saw her friend.
"Sarah! Sarah!" Rachel waved her over.
Sarah walked over to Rachel with a curious look on her face. "What's up?"
"They approved!" Rachel cried out. "They approved of the Glee Club!"
Sarah's eyes widened in shock. "What? Are you serious? That's great!"
"I know!" Rachell squealed, "I just got back from the Dean and he said that we could have our first rehearsal today!"
They both squealed simeltaneaously and hugged each other whilst jumping up and down.
"C'mon!" Sarah said, "We have to tell the girls!"
She grabbed Rachel's hand and dragged her down the hallway.
Soon enough in the audotorium. Rita, Kayla, and Mira were with their respective groups meeting with Sarah and Rachel to give them the good news.
"Ok guys, Rachel's got an announcment that I think you're all gonna like!" Sarah beamed.
"We're doing a joint glee club with Dalton!" Rachel cried out, unable to contain her excitement.
"Finally," Rita said throwing her hands up in the air, "It's about time we had some diversity in this joint!"
"When is our first practice?" Mira asked.
"The Dean said that we could start tonight!" Rachel gushed, "The Warblers are coming to the audotorium, but I don't know if we'll get any actual singing done, but we are going to be discussing the dynamics of the club."
"Whose going to supervise us?" Kayla asked, "Ms. Corcoran? I heard that she had coached a Glee club at her old school."
"She's still coaching them." Rachel said, remembering the info she had dug up. "She's more of an assitant but she and Dustin Goolsby are working together and I've heard that Jesse St. James is coming back from California to do the same."
"So Vocal Adrenaline gets three coaches?" Rita deadpanned. "That's fair."
"They may have 3 coaches, but none of them or Vocal Adrenaline have heart." Rachel explained, "I mean all they really are is a bunch of pitch perfect robots, there's no emotion in their songs."
"How can you be so sure that we'll be any better." Kayla asked, "No offense but besides Rita, none of us have any experience in singing."
"That's where I and the Warblers come in." Rachel said, "We can teach you guys all there is to know about singing and music, plus we'll have the extra edge."
"What's that?" Mira asked.
"We're going to be doing original songs." Rachel said, "Before you say anything, I've already got some ideas that I want to run by you and it's not against the rules so there are no complications."
"Original songs?" Kayla repeated, "Has that ever been done before?"
Rachel shook her head, "No and that's what's so brilliant, we'll be the first group in Show Choir history to do original songs!"
"What would we even be singing about?" Rita asked.
"Well this year's theme is all about Comebacks, so I figure that the songs would basically be about hardships and perseverance." Rache explained. "Both themes coincide with what's necessary for a comeback."
"Okay girls," Sarah said, "I know that you're all probably nervous, we're walking into uncharted territory, so we're not trying to pressure you into doing this. But this is a big deal, if we were to actually win this Crawford would get tons of great PR and colleges and other schools would take us more seriously. I mean like Rita said, we need more diversity, and this club can help us bring it."
"Well then there's only one thing to do." Mira said.
"What's that?"
"Where do we sign up?"
"Guys I have an announcement." Wes said, banging his gavel
"We have officially been approved to start a joint Glee club with Crawford Country."
There was a series of applause and hoots from the boys, most likely because they were going to be in a room with living, breathing females.
Wes bang his gavel for order, "Alright boys, I know you're excited but we can't be slacking off! This is a great oppotunity for both schools and if the teachers sense any form of impropriety then they'll shut us down."
"He's not saying this for us, but for his own safety." Kurt pointed out, "Rachel will kill him if that happens."
"Kurt!" Wes cried out, "But yeah he's right, my girlfriend will kill me and I want to live."
The Warblers chuckled, having first-hand experience of Rachel's intensity, and not wanting to be the target of it.
"Whose going to be our Chaperone?" David asked.
"I don't know." Wes shrugged, "But Crawford said that they were going to handle it. So all we have to do it show up. Dalton's arranged for a bus to take us to Crawford today. Our first rehearsal is tonight."
Kurt clapped, "Fabulous!"
"Why so soon?" Blaine asked.
"Regionals is in five weeks." Wes explained. "We are going to need all the practice that we can get. So everyone get to your dorms and prepare yourselves because we leave at 4:30. Meeting adjourned."
With a bang of his gavel they dispersed.
Meanwhile at Carmel High, Dustin, and Jesse St. James were discussing what to do with the Regionals set list.
"So Sunshine is our star." Jesse stated.
"You've heard her voice," Dustin said, "Nobody can touch her."
Jesse didn't entirely agree, he knew of at least one person who could give her a running for her money.
"Besides, New Directions doesn't stand a chance." Goolsby said again, "Especially since their star walked out on them."
"Rachel quit?" Jesse asked suprised. Show choir was Rachel's life, he found it hard to believe that she could just walk away.
"Yes well their loss is our victory, am I right?" Dustin smirked.
The door of the audotorium slammed open, and the clacking of heels echoed through the room.
"Shelby, lovely of you to join us." Dustin said.
"You try finding a sitter this late in the day." Shelby said.
"How is Beth?" Jesse asked, smiling. He knew how much being a mother meant to Shelby.
"She's great, thanks for asking Jess." Shelby said, "But I didn't come here to gossip over my baby, I just found out some news at Crawford."
"What kind of news could possibly make you twenty-five minutes late?" Dustin asked, ruffling through sheet music.
"Crawford and Dalton are forming a joint glee club."
Dustin paused, and then turned. "What are you talking about?"
Shelby sighed. "Rachel has apparently fought tooth and nail to get the school boards to approve of it, and trust me when Rachel has her mind set on something she will do anything to accomplish it."
"I wonder where she gets that from." Jesse said wryly.
"So Dalton and Crawford are joining forces." Dustin said, "And Rachel, isn't she your daughter?"
"Yes." Shelby said shortly, still not comfortable talking about it due to their stressed relationship.
"Good." Dustin said, "And here I was thinking we wouldn't have any competition."
"You seem to taking this awfully well." Shelby said.
"We have been the reigning champions for eight years. I honestly wish there was a team out there who could give us a run for our money." Dustin said, "So if this Rachel is putting a team together then my life just got a whole lot more interesting."
He turned to Shelby. "So what else have you found out about them?"
Shelby gave him a look, "I am not going to be a spy for this choir."
"Please." Dustin scoffed, "You know that's not what I meant, winning is no fun if you have to cheat."
"I don't know anything." Shelby said, "Because of the fact that I'm still coaching Vocal Adrenaline, the Dean's asked that I keep away from the club affairs. I can still teach music there, but that's about everything I know."
"I wonder who they're going to get as the coach." Dustin wondered.
"Okay, enough speculating." Jesse said. "We have our own work to worry about."
Dustin was right about one thing. Things were going to get a lot more interesting.