A/N: I do not own anything besides Amelia St. James and any other original character which includes her parents, aunt, and uncle.
Jesse spent all day Saturday with Rachel while I had dance practice with Jeff at our dance studio. Jeff came home with me too because his parents were busy and wouldn't be able to pick him until way later, so he hitched a ride with Uncle Daniel and me back to our house. Jeff and Rachel met for the first time, she then wanted us to dance for her, which we did. She looks impressed, I was pleased with that result.
On Sunday it was decided that Rachel and I wouldn't say anything to the glee club about Jesse transferring back because it would provide them with some much-needed motivation to do better when they find out on their own. Mr. Schue was the only one who was allowed to know mostly because he is the faculty advisor of the club.
When Monday arrived, it was back into the old schedule, Aunt Vanessa would drive me to the school, then after Cheerios Uncle Daniel would come pick me up. This morning, everything was running smoothly, Jesse was the first one to leave, followed by Uncle Daniel, then Aunt Vanessa and I. I wasn't late school which was good when Uncle Daniel drives I always arrive later than usual which sucked.
The first thing I did once I arrived at the school was head to my locker. Today, it was only Quinn waiting for me by my locker. "Morning Q," I tell her. "Morning, A," "Where are the other two?" I ask. "No idea, I arrived here early this morning, and they have yet to show up," She explained. Once I had everything and so did she, went to our first-period classes, set our stuff there and starting walking around the school. We ended up watching Tina and Mr. Schue leave Principal Figgins' office. They both looked kinda upset, I couldn't help but wonder why.
The first three periods of the day went by so fast once the bell rang. I walked into glee club and I sat in Jesse's old seat. Nobody noticed anything or maybe they did and didn't say anything. Everybody was just sitting there looking at Tina who changed her clothes from what I saw her in this morning. She was in a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt. It was so weird. "It's so weird," Artie comments while looking at Tina. "This so isn't you," Finn tells her. "I feel like an Asian Branch Davidian," She states. "Tina, are there any other looks you can try?" Mr. Schue asks. "Biker chick," says Santana, Tina gave her thumbs down at the idea. "Cowgirl," suggests Finn, he got the same response. "Hoodrat," Mercedes tells her. "Computer programmer," Quinn throws out. "Cross country skier," Brittany asks. "Catholic schoolgirl," Puck suggests. "A happy meal, no onions or a chicken," Brittany says speaking again. "If you can't be goth, go punk," I suggest. "Look, I appreciate it, guys but it just isn't me. I know who I am, and I'm not allowed to show it. It's like communism," Tina explains.
"Guys, we have a serious problem," Rachel states while rushing in. "I've been doing some deep background on Vocal Adrenaline," she states. By that she means, she asked Jesse how his morning practice was and he told what they did. "Isn't that against the rules?" Artie asks. "No, not at all," She says, but then she quickly changed her answer, "or probably," They still haven't noticed no Jesse, and we still had to play the part like we know nothing. "Whatever. Anyway, what I figured out is 18 boxes of empty boxes of Christmas lights," she starts. "Oh, no," Tina states. "Which led me to Joelle Fabrics, sold out of red Chantilly lace," she speaks. "Oh, sweet Jesus," Mercedes mumbles. "Oh my, they're doing Gaga," Kurt announces. "That's it, it's over," Mercedes murmurs. "Exactly," Rachel states. "We should have guessed it. They're going for full-out theatricality. They know it's the easiest way to beat us. Damn them," Kurt speaks.
"What's up with this Gaga dude. He, just like dresses weird, right? Like Bowie?" Puck asks. "Lady Gaga is a woman! She's only like the biggest pop act to come along in decades. She's boundary-pushing. The most theatrical performer of our generation. She changes her look faster than Britt changes sexual partners." Kurt explains. "That's true," Brittany adds. "It makes sense that Vocal Adrenaline would pay homage, it's a brilliant move. She's a perfect fit for them. Artie says. "Now, hold on a second. We might be able to kill two birds with one stone here. We can help Tina find a new look and find a competitive number for Regionals. This week, your assignment; Gaga," Mr. Schue announces. Everybody started gasping, excited for this week. "Pens, need pens. My ideas just come to me," Rachel states. "My office," Mr. Schue tells her. "I'm brainstorming," Rachel says. She leaves to get a pen. We spend the rest of fourth-period coming up with ideas for our group number. We didn't have anything once the class was over. The rest of school was a huge blur, I was just worried about my costume for the week, I didn't listen to Lady Gaga, much less pay attention to what she wears. Maybe I could Kurt to help...Aunt Vanessa might have a good idea for it. After Cheerios practice, Rachel, Quinn, and Mercedes got the idea to spy on Vocal Adrenaline, while it wasn't really spying for Rachel, she was seeing her boyfriend. Quinn was gonna drive them to Carmel and asked if I wanted to come. I agreed only because somebody has to get them into the school, and the teachers there wouldn't say a thing if they saw me with them. We arrived and went to their balcony seats, when we sat down they were working on choreography. Nothing big, I don't think anybody could tell which song it was. I sent a text to Jesse saying we were here. New Directions may be my team, but family first.
Shelby was on stage with them, giving them the count. "Okay, okay, okay. It's just enough. You guys aren't getting it. You're letting the costumes do all the work. Theatricality isn't about crazy outfits. It's not enough to douse yourself in gasoline. You have to light yourself on fire to make it work!" Shelby exclaims. "God, she's good," Rachel mutters. "Being theatrical doesn't mean you have to a nuclear explosion. It can be like a quiet storm. You just have to radiate emotion, express what's deep inside you. That's what theatricality is truly about," She tells VA. It is fun to watch VA get lectured. "Do I have to demonstrate?" She asks them. "Funny Girl, E-flat." She tells the band.
"Exactly what I would have done. Barbra. I could do it in my sleep," Rachel states. Oh Rachel, if only you knew. Shit. Shelby will be singing, I kinda don't want to her when she hears Shelby. I know that she has already listened to the tape once, but I don't know how she will react to hearing Shelby sing in person. "I'll be right back, bathroom," I tell them and then get up. I only heard Shelby start singing before I went to the VA changing room, yes VA have their own changing room. I waited in the girl's room until all the VA girls showed up. "Mini St. James, why are you here?" Asked Katie. "Long story, I need Jesse right now," I tell her. She went to go him. We were both out in the hall, he was still in the VA costume. "How did she react?" I asked. "Walked right to the stage and to Shelby, they are talking right now. Quinn and Mercedes left," He explains. I nod my head, "Are we taking her home then?" I ask. "Yeah, let me go get changed," He said. He went back to the boys part of the changing room.
When Jesse was done changing, we waited for Rachel and Shelby to finish talking, we were standing side stage watching. Rachel and Shelby were sitting far apart, everything looked awkward. Soon enough Shelby got up walked away, Rachel was still sitting there, Jesse and I walked up the rows of seats and sat next to her. "Did you know?" She asked us. "Shelby wanted me to get you to come to her," Jesse answered. "It was nothing like she thought it would be," Rachel stated. "It's going to be okay Rae," I tell her. We leave Carmel, taking Rachel to our house instead of her house right now. We didn't want her dads finding out what happened until she was emotionally stable.
Aunt Vanessa was mad at what Shelby did to Rachel and what she made Jesse do. She was mad at me for helping Jesse with this stupid plan. I don't blame her, but we didn't want anybody to get hurt, Shelby spoke sincerely when she was telling us that she wants Rachel. I can't believe that she just dropped her like that because it didn't go the way she wanted. Bullshit, Shelby. Rachel wants you in her life, and life isn't like the movies, there isn't going to be some magical moment between the two.
It was almost 9 at night when Jesse drove Rachel home, she was done crying and just wanted to go home to her dads. When Jesse left I told Aunt Vanessa about part of my glee assignment, it was to dress like Lady Gaga. She looked at me like I was crazy, she helped me nonetheless. She managed to find me a pretty decent outfit, it was supposed to be Gaga's Paparazzi music video outfit, it was yellow and black.
When I got to school, I did the usual, I was impressed when I saw Quinn, Brittany, and Santana's costumes. They looked amazing, Santana's costume was black lace and a headpiece. Brittany's was mostly white with a lobster headpiece. Quinn's was a pink dress with silver ring things around it. We didn't meet for glee club that morning, so I didn't see anybody until lunch came around. We all decided that it would be safer if we ate in the choir room. We were finished and our trays were returned we went back to the choir room. Rachel still wasn't anywhere to be seen, I was starting to get worried. Mr. Schue walked into the choir shortly after everybody was seated. "Little Monsters, take a bow. Alright ladies, Kurt, I am really, really impressed. Siétate. You know what the best part is? Each one of your costumes shows off a different aspect of your personalities," He states. "Wait, where's Rachel? I only noticed because five minutes have gone by without her saying something totally obnoxious," Puck asks. "Rachel kinda got some intense news yesterday," Mercedes stated. "We were spying on Vocal Adrenaline and.." Quinn started but was cut off by Mr. Schue. "Guys, that's not fair! You gotta stop doing that. But, uh, you know, wh-what'd you find out?" He asked.
"Okay, Y'all ready? Ms. Corcoran, their coach, she's Rachel's mom," Mercedes states. "Are you serious?" Mr. Schue asks. "Way to bury the lead, Mercedes," Artie pipes in. "We're screwed. Rachel's gonna jump ship over to Vocal Adrenaline," Puck states. "Never," Rachel states as she walks into the room. "I really don't want to talk about it tough. I'm still processing the news. And my dads are moving my therapist to our spare room later this afternoon. A-A-All I know is that I'm not going anywhere and I've chosen a Lady Gaga look that expresses the longing for a childhood I was deprived of," Rachel explains. "You look terrible, I look awesome," Brittany states. "I think it's the Kermit the Frog look," Mercedes says. Then a stuffed animal fell off of Rachel's dress and onto the floor. "And we have a jumper," Kurt jokes. "Well, my dads can't sew, so these are just stapled on," Rachel explains. "Why don't we worry about this later and try to focus on the song. Amelia taught us the moves yesterday, let's put them to good use," Mr. Schue says trying to change the topic. "Couldn't agree more," Rachel agrees. We move the auditorium, there was white stage/runway on our normal stage.
I didn't have any solos in Bad Romance, but the number was fun to do. After fourth-period was over, I continued on my day. Mr. Schue only had the boys who didn't do the number with us to stay after to work on their number. I think the boys were gonna do KISS, which would be good for them. Uncle Daniel picked me up after Cheerios practice, we went home and ate dinner when Jesse got home.