Thanks for all your reviews! They got me motivated enough to already get another chapter up! I'm really enjoying writing this story! And with my writing, I'm hoping I can help bring back some Glee and Finchel love. This chapter's shorter, but I've given you a few long ones lately, so I thought it was time for a shorter one :) Hope you enjoy this chapter. Don't forget to review! :)
Chapter 14: Diva-Off
"You're being ridiculous!" Ivy shouted. "I deserve this solo!"
"We do not have it written in stone that you get the solo for every competition, Ivy," Mrs. Cartwright said. "The co-directors of the club decide who gets the solo, and you and Emma are both talented."
Ivy glared at Emma. Emma had a feeling Ivy would still get the solo. But so much had been taken from Emma this year. Her boyfriend, her friends back home, her sports, her writing, her solos... she at least wanted this solo.
"Whatever," Ivy mumbled. "I think we should sing the Broadway classic feud song 'Anything You Can Do' because anything Emma Hudson can do, I can do better."
Emma groaned.
"We picked the song," Mr. Johnson said. "We think it can demostrate both your strengths. It was also sung by two very talented female artists."
"What song?" Emma asked.
Mrs. Cartwright handed both girls the sheet music. "When You Believe, by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. Ivy, you're singing Whitney's part. Emma, you're singing Mariah's part."
Ivy scowled at Emma. "If she gets the solo, we really will have no shot at making Nationals."
Emma didn't bother talking. She just left the room, carrying the sheet music. She knew Nick had the solo at the Gold Stars' Regionals. Maybe if she got the solo it would help her get him back... then she realized she was just kidding herself. Nick was talking to her, that should be good enough. She was sure that if she'd been with a boy who'd kissed another girl when she was with him she wouldn't want to get back with him. Well, she'd probably forgive him eventually, but she had to admit she'd been a little pathetic in her fight to win Nick back. Whenever they talked, she tried to drop subtle hints that she wanted him back, but he dismissed them.
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"That Ivy girl reminds me of a cross between Jesse, Quinn when she tried to steal me from you and me during my obnoxious phase," Rachel told Finn as they sat in their living room. "She's got the self-centered attitude, the need to hog the spotlight and the barbie looks."
"She may be blond with blue eyes, but she's about twenty pounds to heavy to be a Barbie," Finn laughed. "Besides, I've always preferred girls with brown hair and brown eyes."
"Finn, when you were with Quinn and I pursued you, were you mad at me?" Rachel asked. "Seeing Ivy act this way with Ryan can't help me wonder if what I was doing back then was wrong."
"It wasn't wrong at all," Finn said. "I'm so glad you did it. I was only with Quinn because I thought that was what I should be. You were who I belonged with. I don't even want to think about what life would be like now if I hadn't given in to your advances. You're the one. You always were."
Rachel leaned in to kiss Finn. She fell more and more in love with him every day.
"So, I got the song that Ivy and I are going to do to determine who gets the solo at Regionals," Emma said, coming into the apartment.
"I was wondering why you hadn't come home with Ryan," Finn said.
"Yeah, Ivy threw a fit," Emma said. "That's what she does whenever she doesn't get her way. How she's the most popular girl at school is beyond me..."
"She's not getting that solo," Rachel said. She wasn't going to let her daughter lose the solo to someone like Ivy.
"We'll see about that," Emma said. "Ivy gets what she wants... she has a list of 39 parts she wants to play on Broadway one day."
"That's crazy," Finn said.
"Ivy's crazy," Emma said. "I'd better go practice."
Watching Emma leave, Rachel turned to Finn. "I'm going to their school to see the diva-off tomorrow."
Finn looked at Rachel. "Really?"
"This is going to be more epic than my diva-offs with Kurt and Mercedes in high school," Rachel giggled.
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"This solo is yours," Callie told Emma as they sat in rehearsals the next day.
"We've had to watch her front and center all last year, and when we were in eighth grade too," Michaela said.
"Yeah, if we could vote, everyone would vote for you," Callie said.
"I hope," Emma sighed.
"You're better than Ivy Hill," Lula said.
The directors of the choir came to the center of the room and asked for both contenders for the solo. Ivy gave Emma a look before the music began, but Emma had one goal: to be better than Ivy. For once, it was time for Ivy to not get what she wanted.
Ivy: Many nights we prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful a song
We barely understood
Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains
Long before we knew we could
There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
Emma: In this time of fear
When prayer so often proves in vain
Hope seems like the summer bird
Too swiftly flown away
Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full, I can't explain
Seeking faith and speakin' words
I never thought I'd say
There can be miracles
When you believe (Ivy: When you believe)
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill (Ivy: Mmmmmhhh)
Both: Who knows what miracles
Emma: You can achieve (Ivy: You can achieve)
When you believe
Somehow you will
Both: You will when you believe
They don't always happen when you ask
And it's easy to give in to your fear
But when you're blinded by your faith
Can't see your way clear through the rain
A small but still resilient voice
Says hope is very near
There can be miracles (Miracles)
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles
You can achieve
When you believe somehow you will
Somehow you will
You will when you believe
When you believe
"You were both great," Mr. Johnson said. "We'll be choosing a winner tomorrow."
Ivy snapped at Emma, "I was better."
"She wasn't even close," Lula said, coming up to Emma.
"I'll say," Emma heard a voice behind her say. She turned and saw her mom.
"Mom, what are you doing here?" Emma giggled.
"I had to come see you face off that bitch," Rachel said.
"I think she knows that Emma was better, you saw how she stormed out," Lula said.
"We're going to pick out a song for your solo at Regionals," Rachel told Emma. "You've got it."
"They haven't said I do," Emma said.
"Ivy thinks she's so special, but she isn't," Callie said. "She thinks she's a special popular girl just because she doesn't meet the usual stereotypes, but she's worse than the stereotype."
"She even thinks she can win prom queen as a junior," Michaela added.
"Well, you guys are going to Florida for Nationals with Emma doing the solo," Rachel told the girls.
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"Emma was so much better than Ivy!" Ryan told Ava on skype. "Well, Ivy told me that if I made out with her, she'd let Emma have the solo. But I'd never do that."
"That girl is nuts," Ava said. "I wish I could come to New York for your Regionals."
"At least I'm coming to yours!" Ryan said.
"I can't wait," Ava said. "I'm going to be one of the main leads in one of our group numbers. I don't think we'll do well at Nationals without you and Emma, though."
"You'll beat the Scale Steppers, I can almost guarantee it," Ryan said. "They didn't even make Nationals last year."
"Another case against Ivy getting the solo!" Ava laughed.
"She probably just likes me because my mom's on Broadway," Ryan groaned. "And Ivy's obsessed with Broadway."
"I wish Emma was coming with you," Ava said.
"So do I," Ryan said. "She told you why she isn't?"
"Yeah, I guess I can't really blame her," Ava admitted. "I will miss her though."
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"She stormed out of the room out of the room after the song," Emma told Nick on skype.
"Then you probably got it," Nick said.
"Thanks for helping me with practice," Emma said. "You're a good friend."
"It's what I'm here for," Nick said.
Emma resisted the urge to tell Nick she loved him. But then she remembered that wasn't her place anymore.
SONG: "When You Believe" by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey (performed by Ivy Hill and Emma Hudson)
Chapter 15 preview: Rachel helps Emma choose a song to sing if she gets the solo for Regionals. The winner of the solo is revealed. Another Glee couple will come to see the show - but I need your guys help with picking one out. When I started writing this series over a year ago, I was a huge shipper of Fabrevans, Bartie, Pizez and Matt/ Mercedes, and those were the couples together. Now that I ship Quick, Brittana and Samcedes, I'm wondering if it's too late to change the couples. I already changed it to Quick, but I want to use Brittana and Samcedes. Or I may just bring Wemma or one of my original couples from "Senior Year," since Klaine live in New York and I already brought Tike. Anyway, thanks for listening to my ramble.