Chapter 22

Results / Back to reality at WMHS

This chapter may be shorter than I had planned. Haha not giving anything away, but Calisurfer, I swear, you need to get out of my head. This could be considered a spoiler for a future chapter. That's all I'm saying.

(Andy)

I stood there holding Abbie's hand, as we stood waiting for results. "Going to New York City is…New Directions from William McKinley High School, Lima, Ohio," the announcer announces proudly. I believe we were all in shock. We just had that look of 'What just happened?' and then we all ended up in one group hug. It just seemed weird, being as, we were just awarded the championship at Sectional's.

"Wooooooh! 2012 Sectional Champions baby!" announced Corey proudly as we went backstage again to collect our items, in our dressing rooms.

"Now to conquer National's, that's going to be the bitch," Jason adds in.

"Not if Andy does another solo," Corey suggests pompously giving me a high five. "Dude, you do realize, you're the reason, we won, right?" he adds, as we head back to the bus to get back to the hotel.

Then we heard another voice, as we were about to step on the bus.

"Congrats, you guys, you totally deserved it. Watch your backs at National's," he told us.

"Oh thanks, I guess," I tell him not concerned. It seemed odd that another student who had just lost told us this. Then we recognized the wardrobe. He was a Warbler.

"Kevin, why you talking to these sore losers? Who won by luck," someone, I assumed was their leader demanded.

"Sorry, I was just congratulating them, can't I at least do that?" Kevin asked, and without the obvious answer, he turned around and left.

"Well that was odd," Corey says as we step on the bus. We sit together, and then as Hero and Daz step on the bus, I watch as he makes contact with her, and smiles.

(Brant)

We just won. Rather than hangout with Ben, I text him back, and tell him, I would hang out with the New Directions instead, and he text me back, saying he understood.

"So how does it feel being a Sectional's champion?" Violet asks me.

"How does it feel to be a girl in disguise of a boy?" I ask her back, knowing that I answered her question.

"When we get back, we are so having a gay date in the hot tub, well that is if you want," she tells me.

"Wait, you mean, you're playing for the girls team?" I ask her teasingly since I had seen her at a few of the meetings.

"Like you didn't know. I couldn't make it more obvious, though I think Jace had a crush on me for a little while. He seems to have gotten over it," she tells me with a giggle.

"Yeah, he does seem fond of Mel a lot," I tell her.

"Uhh look at those two, caught up in a love triangle, and Daz is too damn blind to see it," she scoffs, and rolls her eyes.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"It's like this, Darrero are together, and Corey, is in love with Hero, though he can't decide who he wants," she tells me as we pull into the parking lot of the hotel.

"Well see you at the hot tub. Fifteen?" she instructs, as she steps off, and heads towards the suite.

Somehow, I was happy that we had just won, but somehow, I didn't feel happy enough. As we step off the bus, I see everyone else celebrating, and showing off their version of We are the Champions, as they escape into the hotel, and I was sure inside, the front desk staff, probably had no clue what was going on, and would more than likely watch the news recap later, to see what is and was going on.

Fifteen minutes later Violet shows up.

"Every one is Skyping with Kris, and I slipped out," she tells me innocently.

"Will he ever tell her, how he really feels?" I ask, as I step into the hot tub, wanting to know more about what we were talking about on the bus.

"I doubt it. She considers him, only her friend, one of her best friends," she tells me, as she sinks into the hot tub.

"How about you and that boy you were hanging out with?" she asks me curiously.

"We're just friends. For now anyways. I think I may have fallen for him," I confess to her with a smile.

"Look at us, we've just won Sectional's, and we're hanging at the hot tub, like a couple of losers," she tells me with a sarcastic smile.

(Hero)

"C'mon it's a Lord of the Rings marathon with Katie," pleaded Daz. "Popcorn, hot chocolate, even if you don't like the movies, I already told Katie you would be there, at least pretend you like the movies," he pleads some more.

"Alright. I would rather study, I have a test tomorrow, just because we won Sectional's doesn't mean, that they will let us skip tests, and besides, Blake will totally be picking you about this," I tell him honestly.

"I know, besides, Corey made a swift move choosing Andy as a soloist," Daz tells me. "Ok so, it's you, me, Katie, and a date in the dining room, with a couch and a movie, not as bad as it sounds," he tells me. We hold each others hands in the hallway.

Now Romeo & Juliet

Bet they never felt the way we felt

Bonnie & Clyde

Never had to hide like

We do

We do

You and I, both know it can't work

It's all fun and games

'Til someone gets hurt

And I don't,

I won't let that be

"Were you just singing Justin Beiber?" he asks me as our eyes meet.

"We just won Sectional's, but yeah, I was, but you said that like you were jealous of teenaged Canadian pop star," I tell him.

Then joined in, which, shocked me.

Now you don't wanna let go

And I don't wanna let you know

That there might be something real between us two

Who knew

Now we don't wanna fall but

We're trippin' in our hearts

And it's reckless and clumsy

Cause I know you can't love me here

"You never stop amazing me," I tell him, as I give him a kiss.

"Aren't we doing this backwards?" he teases me.

"What do you mean?" I ask him confused.

"The boy is supposed to sing to the girl, to win the girl. We aren't supposed to fall for each other, on the date, that isn't supposed to be a date," he tells me.

"The girl isn't supposed to be at war with her mother, but when you're a teenager, it tends to happen," I tell him. Then I realized, I admitted something, that I didn't want to. There were secrets, I wanted to keep secret, and that was one of them.

"Want to talk about it?" he asks.

"Not really. When I'm ready maybe, but not yet," I tell him.

"Hey love birds, I'm over here," we hear Katie announce, as we come in view.

"Do you think the entire world knows that we won yet?" she asks as Daz sets up the laptop, and puts the DVD into the DVD drive.

"If not yet, then they will tomorrow, when we leave here, and enter the reality of WMHS again," I tell her with a smirk, and cuddle up closer to Daz.

"Well then should we start our marathon?" she asks. That was the last thing I remembered before I fell asleep unexpectedly.

(Jace)

"Did the two love birds come back last night?" I sarcastically ask a few of the guys, as we got ready to back to school.

"I didn't see Darrel come in, and he's not here now," Corey answers, as he pulls on his Abercrombie hoodie.

"Well that helps Sherlock," I tell him sarcastically.

"Jeez, now I get the feeling that you don't like me much," he tells me, as though it were a big mystery.

"When did you figure that one out?" I ask him.

"When you first joined. You rarely ever speak to me, and I've been nothing but kind to you. You should give a try back. Honestly, it won't kill you. You're different, but you know what? I think you're afraid of trying something different. I noticed something though, when Abbie injured herself on stage last night. I saw you being extra kind to her," he lectures me. I look at him coldly.

"You know what White Boy? I don't need your lectures, you may be captain, but that doesn't mean, I need to listen. You don't own me, and just because, Daz, is with the girl of your dreams, doesn't mean, you need to take it out on me," I coldly tell him back.

"For the record, don't bother trying to get with Abbie, she has two brothers, who stand by her, and Andy has already," he started but Andy walked in.

"Guys, do I need to break it up in here? What's all the yelling about anyways?" he asks. Neither one of us, looked at him.

"Alright, I'll play daddy here. Corey go arms length away on the left, Jason, you do the same on my right. Since no one wants tell me what's going, we'll do it this way. I didn't walk away and do something for someone so after we win, I had to break up a fight," he tells us.

"Fine," I say rolling my eyes.

"Fine what?" Andy asks, not giving up.

"I asked where Corey's girlfriend was last night, and he blew up on me, when he figured out that I didn't like him," I tell Andy.

"She's not my girlfriend, she's just a real close friend," he announces.

"Whatever man, keep telling yourself that," I answer back.

"It's the truth," he tells us.

"Yeah, whatever," I say again. Then I feel my muscles tightening up wanting a swing at the colored hair loser. "I'm going down and grabbing something to eat, before we head back to Loser Lima," I tell them.

"Only if you guys are cool," Andy announces. "The longer you guys don't shake hands, or something, the longer we go without eating breakfast," he adds. Then finally to please him, we both shake hands. We both knew this wasn't done.

"Good, now I'm going to be watching you both. You two need a babysitter, I'll be one," he warns us.

(Natalie)

"That was so sweet, as to what Andrew did for you last night, bringing your brother here," Abbie tells me proudly, as we bring our bags downstairs, and leave them in the lobby, so we can get on the bus sooner.

"He can be a nice guy. Speaking of which, why aren't you two an item yet, like Kris asked last night," I asked her, remembering what was mentioned on our Skype chat last night.

"We're just friends," she tells me, with a smile, but blushed.

"Blushing while saying friends, doesn't make it seem that way," I tell her.

"Just friends," she tries again.

"Well we have the Snow Ball coming up, and by the time it rolls around, I would like to see you two besides having just friends in your vocabulary," I tell her.

"I'll say yes, but, there's a twist," she tells me, smiling.

"What's that?" I ask, almost not really wanting to know, fearing I would regret it later.

"You go to the dance with Corey," she tells me, revealing, what I thought she would, as we enter the dining room, and I grab a bowl of Lucky Charms, and orange juice as my breakfast choice.

"I'll admit, I have a crush on him. His ever changing hair, and awesome style, I'm all in, now you better say, you'll go," I admit.

"Well then, I'm all game," I tell her, as we take our seat at the table set for four, then Corey comes in view. It was a good thing that we ended the conversation when we did.

"Morning girls," he greets, as he plops down beside us.

"Morning Corey," I greet, and then Abbie and my eyes meet, not saying, but know what each other is thinking. Then before we can say anything else, he plays finger piano on the table, and begins to sing.

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday

The Regular crowd shuffles in

There's an old man sitting next to me

Makin' love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory

I'm not really sure how it goes

But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete

When I wore a younger man's clothes."

La la la, di da da

La la, di da da da dum

"Corey, what are you doing?" I ask, though, I knew he was showing off.

"Well we won last night, and I didn't get my invite in the mail, and I'm not afraid to let people know my true self. Sure, maybe no one here cares that a teenager, knows a famous Billy Joel song, but it matters to me," he tells us.

"Sometimes, I think, you should be a guidance councilor after you graduate," Abbie tells our captain.

"Abbzie, I sometimes, do as well," he tells us, then he continues to sing.

Sing us a song, you're the piano man

Sing us a song tonight

Well, we're all in the mood for a melody

And you've got us feelin' alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine

He gets me my drinks for free

And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke

But there's someplace that he'd rather be

He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me."

As the smile ran away from his face

"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star

If I could get out of this place"

Then Abbie, and I join in.

Oh, la la la, di da da

La la, di da da da dum

"See that wasn't so bad, was it?" he asks, then before we answer, he heads up and heads for some toast.

"Sectional's Champions 2012!" we hear an over excited Puck announce loud enough for the entire dining room to hear. Everyone looked around to see where the voice came from. Then when they found it, they resumed to what they were doing. To them, it seemed unusual, as though it were an everyday thing.

"Morning Care Bear," Puck sarcastically greets, as Corey comes back to our table.

"Morning. Way to make an impression by the way, I don't think everyone needs to know," Corey tells him, as he sits back down.

"What someone had to do it. I swear, no one watches the morning news around here," Puck announces proudly.

"We're just a bunch of kids from Lima, there's a difference," I tell him.

"Says the one that was just playing Piano Man on the table," Abbie announces proudly. Then Mercedes walks over to our table, just long enough to tell us that we would be loading soon, so we could get back to Lima, soon. Then she left again.

"She's totally dating Evans again," Noah announced assumingly.

"Not by the way Kris and Sam were Skyping last night," I tell him. That put him in his place, because we went he got up, and pretended he had to do something else.

"Well little sister, I've got get back up and pack. I'll see you three on the bus, and then in the music room later," he announced.

"See ya," we tell him.

"Oh another thing, be careful of Sue, when you get back," he tells me, as throws his letterman jacket over his shoulder and walked away.

(Violet)

"Hey Pony Boy, do you still have that test today?" I asked, as I caught up to him, as he waited for the elevator.

"Just because we won, I don't think Ms. Martin will let me skip a test, but yeah, we still have it," he tells me.

"Good, since last night, I doubt you studied, I made a bunch of notes for you to study on the ride back," I tell him.

"That's good, because, it will end up being a make up test, at the end of the day. The test was my first class, and that isn't going to made today," he tells me.

My name is Jonas

I'm carrying the wheel

Thanks for all you've shown us

But this is how we feel

Come sit next to me

Pour yourself some tea

Just like grandma made

When we couldn't find sleep

"You do realize, what that songs about, right?" he asks me.

"Yes, plaid shirts, I do," I admit to him. I mean, who didn't know one of Weezer's biggest songs was about.

"Yay, I received a name besides Pony Boy, though, I think I prefer Pony Boy better," he tells me, as we hit the general floor button.

"Good, because, I liked it better too," I add, as the elevator pushes towards the general floor, and then he surprises me.

Things were better then

Once but never again

We've all left the den

Let me tell you 'bout it

The choo-choo train left right on time

A ticket costs only your mind

The driver said, "Hey man, we go all the way"

Of course, we were willing to pay

"Should we even be singing this song in a hotel with kids around?" he asks, as the doors enter, and we exit the elevator.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the girl want to be boy," Quinn announces coldly, as we run into her.

"Quinn, shut it, she has a right to be that way," Andy stands up for me.

"Quinn, it's 2012, did you know a girl can be whatever she wants to be?" I ask her, knowing she didn't get the nineteen eighties movie reference I had just made. Then again, not many did.

"Whatever, boy girl, just remember, you're with my mentor, right there," she tells me looking coldly at Andy.

"What is that supposed to mean? No worries, he's not my type, I'm just helping him with one of the books he's reading," I tell her, and then walk away. Sooner or later, I was going to find out what she had against me.

"What did you mean by that?" Andy asks, as we are out of earshot.

"Which part?" I ask.

"The I'm not your type?" he asks me, and then smiles as he sees Abbie.

"I play for the girls team," I admit to him. "Not that I'm changing the subject, but when are going to ask her out? Especially with the Snow Ball coming up?" I ask him.

"Well I…I…,"he starts.

"Let me guess, the boy who just won us the Championship's twelve hours ago, is too chicken shit to ask little Puckerman out," I guess, as we sit down in one of the chairs, out in the lobby.

"Something like that," I admit to her shyly.

"Dude, I just admit to you that I'm a lesbian, and you're chicken shit to ask her out. I can help with that, you know," I tell him.

"I'm in," he tells me, without thinking about it.

"I thought you would be," I tell him, as I hand him the notes, I made for him.

"Well I'll see you at school, I have to drop Natalie's brother off at his school, and then I have to get back to McKinley," he tells me, and is gone.

Coming up...

A character attempts to tell their true feelings to another character

Assignments

A fight between two characters

DJ is introduced