A/N: I do not own anything besides Amelia St. James and any other original character which includes her parents, aunt, and uncle.
Information about the sequel will be at the bottom of the chapter. Enjoy.
Mr. Schue signs us in and we get led to our green room. Everybody changes quickly into our costumes and then we head to the area that the competition will be held in. We all find the seating that is set aside for the schools and we sit down. The announcer starts speaking shortly after we sit down. "And now for our panel of judges. He's an international musical sensation, a platinum recording artist 20 times over, the inimitable Mr. Josh Groban!" Josh stands up and begins pointing at everybody, "She's a four-time Grammy winner who starred in the highest grossing movie musical of all time Ms. Olivia Newton-John!" She stands up and politely waves at everybody, such a bore. "He is a two time local Emmy winner and broadcasting icon, WOHN news anchor Rod Remington!" He stands up and waves. "She is fresh off her fifth consecutive national cheerleading title and author of the soon to be published memoir 'I'm A Winner and You're Fat,' Ohio's homegrown iconoclast, Coach Sue Sylvester!" Coach Sylvester stands up and throws her hands up before sitting back down.
We leave right after that, knowing that if we see the other competition it won't do us any good. We head back to our green room. The girls and I do our makeup and Kurt checks to make sure everybody matches. We were waiting in the green room but we could still hear the Aural Intensity performing. "A mash-up of Olivia Newton-John and Josh Groban? Are you kidding me? Somebody tipped them off about the judges," Puck states."We can't get distracted by what the other teams are doing," Rachel tells us. "We just gotta keep our heads in the game and focus," Finn explains. "Even though we know we can't win?" Santana questions. "Yes. If this is only about winning for you guys then I owe you all an apology because I've failed you and we should just all go home because it means we've already lost. Besides we have something that the other groups don't," Mr. Schue states. "What?" Artie asks. "Finn's dancing," Mr. Schue says making all of us laugh. "Right? Come on! Now let's get out there, we got two minutes and Aural Intensity's almost finished. Bring it in. Come one," He says. We put all our hands in and sing amazing as we bring them up.
We rush past the two other green rooms, I see Jesse step out of VA's, I stop and stand next to him. "Good luck, you've got this Lia," He tells me. I give him a quick hug and catch up with the rest of my group.
Rachel and Finn go to the curtains at the back of the theatre to make an entrance, everybody else gets in our spots. "Ladies and gentlemen, our second competitors, winner of the Central Ohio Sectional, McKinley High's New Directions!" The announces says introducing us. I can hear the music started, pretty soon I hear Finn's voice begin the first verse. Rachel starts after him, they sound good together, but not as good as she does with Jesse. I can hear their footsteps as they get on the stage and before I know it our cue to starting singing comes and the curtains open to reveal the crowd. Finn and Rachel are standing in front of everybody while they finish their duet.
Once they are done, the crowd cheers and Finn takes Rachel's hands and leads escorts her to her spot. Once they are ready, the music begins for my song. Everybody is facing sideways, then we begin.
Everybody"
Anyway, you want it,
That's the way you need it
Any way you want it
Finn:
She loves to laugh
She loves to sing
She does everything
She loves to move
She loves to groove
She loves the lovin' things
Amelia: (Mercedes)
It won't be long yeah
Till you're alone
When you love (love)
Oh he hasn't come home
Cause he's lovin' (lovin')
He's touchin (touchin')
He's squeezin' another (another)
Everybody: (ND girls)
Any way you want it
That's the way need it
Any way you want it
(Anyway you want it)
He said any way you want it
That's the way you need it
Puck: (everybody else)
I was alone
(ba-dah)
I never knew
(ba-dah)
What good
Love could do
Finn and Amelia: (everybody else)
Then we touch
(ba-dah)
Then we sang
(ba-dah)
About the lovin' things
Amelia: (Mercedes)
Cause he's lovin' (lovin')
He's touchin (touchin')
He's squeezin' another (another)
Everybody: (ND Girls)
Yeah, yeah
Any way you want it
That's the way you need it
Any way you want it
(Anyway you want it)
He said any way you want it
That's the way you need it
Any way you want
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Ohh-oh-oh
Na-na
Na-nah-na-nah
Na-na
Na-nah-nah
Na-na
Na-nah-na-nah
Na-nah na-nah na-nah
Anyway you want it
That's the way you need it
That was the end of that song, and now we were on our third final song. I start Don't Stop Believin' standing next to Santana and Puck. I sing in the background during Don't Stop and I was completely fine with that. Finn was the first to sing, then Rachel. Following her was Puck and Santana, then it was the entire group. Rachel and Artie sang the next part, then Mercedes belted out 'Don't Stop.' When we were done the crowd went wild, it was amazing. I guess this what Jesse feels like all the time performing.
We get off stage and are on our way back to the green room when Quinn's mom was waiting for her. I didn't listen closely to their conversation but then I heard Quinn say that her water just broke. Everybody went to the hospital with her except for me and Rachel. We stayed behind just in case. When VA was close to performing I left the green room and went the theatre. I quickly found my aunt and uncle near the back with a seat saved for me. Vocal Adrenaline ended up performing Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. It was amazing, the choreography was complicated but they made it look effortless. Jesse put emotion into it, it was breathtaking. I was so proud of my brother, except for the fact that he was in a horrible pink shirt.
Once VA was done, I went back to their green room to speak to them. I knocked on the door before I entered. "You guys did amazing as always, it was breathtaking," I tell them. I went to stand by Jessem. "You yourself didn't do so bad, little St. James," Chris, the six-year senior told me. I ended chilling with VA till my team got back. Once they got back to was time for awards. This was it, do or die.
Coach Sylvester was the one speaking on behalf of the judges. "Thank you all for coming. As you all know, glee club is such an important and I honestly can't even finish that sentence, so let's just get to it," She states. She opens the envelope in her hands "The 2010 Midwest Regional runners-up from Fort Wayne, Indiana the not at all stupidly named Aural Intensity!" There goes second place, now it really was, do or die. "And now, your 2010 Midwest Regionals Show Choir Champions...Vocal Adrenaline!" She announces. We lost but oh well. I can be proud of what my brother does because he is my best friend no matter what. What kind of sister would I be if I didn't support him?
Jesse dropped to his knees after their name was announced. VA was cheering, they haven't lost a competition in six years and we weren't gonna stop them. While everybody in ND was standing still, I got past them and congratulated Shelby and VA. I hugged Jesse and I was even civil to Giselle. Well, I shook her hand, does that count?
The bus ride back to the school was silent, I was sitting by myself listening to music on my iPod and texting Jesse and Jeff. I ended up getting home before Jesse did, so Aunt Vanessa, Uncle Daniel and I went to go get dinner, it was takeout from Jesse's favorite in honor of VA's win, but dessert was my choice. Sunday I learned that Shelby adopted Quinn's daughter, so we went over to see her and the baby. Her name was Beth, just like Puck wanted.
Monday rolled around and we were gonna have one last glee club meeting to say goodbye. We did our goodbye number to Mr. Schue at the very beginning of the school day. We had placed stools in a semicircle, and now we were just waiting on Rachel and Mr. Schue to come. Rachel had found Mr. Schue and led him to us. "So we have something we need to say to you," Rachel tells him. Matt started us off. "In the beginning of this year, I was just another football player," Then Tina. "I had a stutter," Then Mercedes. "I was a closeted diva," then Quinn, "I used to be captain of the Cheerios," After her was Mike. "I was afraid to dance outside my room," Santana, "I hated everyone in this club," Brittany, "So did I," Kurt, "I wasn't honest about who I was," Puck, "I was tossing kids into dumpsters," "Artie. "I had never kissed a girl before," Me, "I was finding my place in this school," Rachel, " And I was getting slushied," lastly Finn, "I didn't, I didn't have a father," He said but he quickly caught himself, "Someone I could look up to, model myself after. Someone who could show me what it really meant to be a man," He corrects. "We don't care what the judges say. We won because we had you as a teacher," Rachel says. "Glee club will never end Mr. Schue because you are glee club and you're in all of us now," Mercedes tell him while trying not to cry.
We sang him "To Stir With Love," we said goodbyes to him and then we went on with the school day. Mr. Schue managed to get all of us to come to the choir at the end of the day, something he needed to tell us. "We've got another year," He states. There were a few whats, then he restated himself and we all started cheering. Rachel went on to say something about starting to work for next year but Mr. Schue started to say something. "You've all work really hard this year. You deserve a break. Finish out the school year, take the summer off. Have some fun, oh but before you go. I have something for you. You all sang for me eagerly today and I'd like to return the favor," he explains. He grabs a ukulele and speaks again. "Puck, if you're ready," he says. Puck grabs a guitar and they start playing 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow.' It was a beautiful song and they did a good job. I said my goodbyes to everyone after that, it was good three months being in glee club. Definitely joining again next year.
A/N: The is going to be called 'The Second Year In' it should be posted after New Years. Thanks for all of the support during the story, it means a lot especially because this was my first fanfic.