A Second Chance Chapter 5, a glee fanfic

The next morning, after my work with Mason, I knew that I needed to get to work. We wouldn't be able to have a Glee club if we didn't have a faculty sponsor. Mr. Schue had still been the teacher while I was in charge. There was only person that we could talk to about it.

"Senor Martinez." I said as I knocked on his door.

"Hola, Olivia." He replied. "How can I help you?"

"I was wondering if you could do something for me." I stated. "You know how Principal Sylvester got rid of the Glee club this year?"

"Yes." He responded.

"Well I want to bring it back." I stated. "And I want you to be the faculty adviser."

"I don't really know anything about running a Glee club." He stated. I was pretty sure that he at least knew about music because he looked like he had been in a boy band when he was younger. "Why do you think that I'm a good person for the job?"

"Because you seem like the only person at the school who seems to care about more than just athletics and academics." I explained. "This school needs the third A too: the Arts."

"Even if I did do this, there's no way that Principal Sylvester would give us any funding for it. She made it very clear that she doesn't want the Arts in this school. Not to mention, she has locked the auditorium." He told me.

"I'm aware that there will be obstacles, but I think that they can be overcame." I declared. "I happen to know that the school doesn't own the auditorium. It belongs to actor April Rhodes. So if we can contact her, we can gain access to it. I think we could have auditions somewhere else in the meantime."

"I will think about it." He said. He seemed like he was nervous about fighting Sue. People didn't seem to know that her bark was worse than her bite. I still didn't even understand how Sue was principal in the first place. Hadn't she been fired for bringing a gun to school? Did that just not matter to the school board or something. It was almost like she was some sort of a villain on a TV show that was too popular to get rid of. It still didn't make much sense to me. I then realized that I needed to get to class.

I'll admit that Senor Martinez didn't seem like he was the most qualified person for the job. However, he seemed to be the only person that I could talk to about it. The only other people that I could think of were April herself, who I didn't trust with her drinking and drug problems and Ms. Corcoran, who I didn't think would want to come back here after what happened last time. It was a bit of an issue. I still wished that I had someone to talk to about everything, but no one would understand.

The other issue I had was something that not a lot of people liked to talk about. I was on my period. It actually wasn't the first one, but that didn't make it any better. I had to set a timer to remind myself to change my tampons on time because I didn't want to get something called toxic shock syndrome. Incidentally while looking it up, I found out that Jim Henson died from toxic shock syndrome, but that obviously not from using tampons. It also made me feel kind of moody like I wanted to cry more.

During my study hall, I needed to go to the library because my English teacher hadn't assigned a book and instead wanted us to read our own books. The only problem was it was so open-ended that I had no idea what to choose. I headed inside and I saw someone who was not the librarian behind the counter. She seemed to be a tall brunette student. She had a nametag that said Darcy on it.

"Hi, how can I help you?" She asked me.

"Hi my name's Olivia and I was looking for a book to read for my class." I said. I don't know why I felt the need to tell her my name since it wasn't relevant to the situation at all. "Do you have any suggestions?"

"Sure." She replied as she stepped out from behind the desk. "Let me get one of my favorite books for you."

"So what made you want to work in the library?" I asked her.

"Well I'm a poet and this school doesn't seem to have a creative writing class." She answered. Had Sue's crusade against the arts even gone as far as eliminating writing classes? That seemed a little extreme. At that point, I had an idea.

"Have you ever put your poems to music?" I asked. I was pretty sure that songwriting and poetry were basically the same thing, even though I had never written a song by myself.

"I've only done it a little." She replied before she looked around and once realizing we were the only ones there, she started to sing.

When tomorrow comes, I'll be on my own
Feeling frightened of the things that I don't know
When tomorrow comes, when tomorrow comes, when tomorrow comes

And though the road is long, I look up to the sky
Darkness all around, no hope that I can fly
Then I sing along, then I sing along, then I sing along

I got all I need when I've got you and I
Cause I look around me and see a sweet life
I'm stuck in the dark but you're my flashlight
You're getting me getting me through the night
Kickstart my heart when you're shining in my eyes
Can't lie it's a sweet life
I'm stuck in the dark but you're my flashlight
You're getting me, getting me through the night
You're my flashlight, you're my flashlight, you're my flashlight

I see the shadows know beneath the mountaintop
But I'm not afraid when the rain won't stop
Cause you light the way, you light the way, you light the way

"That was good. Have you thought about auditioning for the Glee club?" I asked.

"I thought the glee club got disbanded." Darcy replied.

"It did, but there's a secret initiative to bring it back." I explained. I supposed it was kind of a secret. Right now less than 10 people knew about it.

"I don't know." She responded as she went to the shelf, which I wasn't sure if I could reach on my own. "Here's the book I had for you."

She gave me a copy of a book called Every Day by David Levithan.

"What's it about?" I asked.

"The song or the book?" She inquired.

"I was talking about the book, but I guess you can tell me about the song too." I admitted.

"Well the book is about a spirit who inhabits the body of multiple teens and falls in love with a normal girl." She responded. That was a little close to home for me. "And the song is about my boyfriend."

Speaking of boyfriends, I didn't know if it was okay to call Kitty my girlfriend since we were taking things slow. I wasn't completely sure what taking things slow meant to her because it meant different things to different people. It did mean not kissing on the first date, but after that all bets seemed to be off. I supposed the best bet would be to talk to her.

I decided to try to find her. She was by her locker.

"So I talked to Senor Martinez." I explained. "He said that he would think about being our sponsor."

"I admire your dedication to this." She replied. "It's too bad that you weren't around for last year, because maybe we wouldn't be in this mess right now."

I don't know if that would be the case. I don't know what would have happened if I stayed around instead of going to college.

"Anyway, let's talk about something else." She said. "Do you want to go to a movie after the game tomorrow night?"

It was going to be the first football game of the season. I didn't think I would be able to cheer or not. I kind of knew the routine but I still hadn't really been able to execute it yet. Chances were I was going to be sitting out. I wasn't sure why I was so interested in it. Maybe it was because my…Olivia's mom never got to see her cheer before and I wanted to make her proud.

"You mean as a date right?" I replied.

"Yes, I mean a date." She clarified. "I want to be able to take my girlfriend somewhere."

So that answered my question.

"I actually haven't been keeping up with what movies are out right now." I admitted. Movies just hadn't been on my mind. I was mostly focused on learning to be a girl and trying to get to know my new family.

"That's okay. We can figure something out at the theater. It had been a while since I had been to the movie theater. Rachel really wasn't someone who liked movies. Quinn did but we really only got to go out a little the second time we were together. "You know our story would make a good movie."

Oh, oh there you go again talking cinematic
Yeah you you're charming you got everybody starstruck
I know how you always to seem to go
For the obvious instead of me, but get a ticket and then you'll see

If we were a movie, you'd be the right girl
And I'd be the best friend you'd fall in love with
In the end we'd be laughing watching the sunset
Fade to black, show the names play the happy song

Wish I could tell you there's a twist some kind of hero in disguise
And we're together it's for real now playing
Wish I could tell you there's a kiss like something more than in my mind
I see it, it could be amazing (could be amazing)

(If we were a movie)
If we were a movie, you'd be the right girl (right girl)
And I'd be the best friend that you fall in love with
In the end we'd be laughing watching the sunset
Fade to black, show the names play the happy song

If we were a movie, you'd be the right girl
And I'd be the best friend you'd fall in love with
In the end we'd be laughing watching the sunset
Fade to black, show the names play the happy song

I kind of wanted to kiss her right there, but I knew that I shouldn't. Part of me thought it was wrong to kiss her at all. There was not only the part where I was lying to her about who I was, but there was also the fact that she was so much younger than me. Though, to be fair, she wouldn't believe me if I told her the truth about me.

"Sounds good." I agreed.

On the night of the game, I did get to be on the field in my uniform but I wouldn't be cheering. I was a little sad that Olivia's mom was coming to the game.

I then saw someone in a band uniform. The band was probably the only form of art that was still around and I was pretty sure that that was because they were there to pump up the football team. They probably didn't have any concerts or anything. I then heard him start to sing.

I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
Oh god it feels like forever
But no ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head
Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels forever
But no ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head

How do you feel? That is the question
But I forget you don't expect an easy answer
When something like a soul becomes initialized
And folded up like paper dolls and little notes
You can't expect a bit of hope
So while you're outside looking in describing what you see
Remember what you're staring at is me

Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels forever
But no ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head

And it's the stars, the stars that shine for you
And it's the stars, the stars that lie to you
And it's the stars, the stars that shine for you
And it's the stars, the stars that lie to you

I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't how much time has passed
But no ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head
Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels forever
But no ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head

And it's the stars, the stars that shine for you yeah
And it's the stars, the stars that lie to you yeah
And it's the stars, the stars that shine for you yeah
And it's the stars, the stars that lie to you yeah

Oh when the stars, Oh when the stars they lie

"That was really good!" I said a little too loudly. That caused him to jump and I finally got a good look at him. He appeared to be Native American with a little bit of Asian in him maybe. His hair was very long.

"Holy crap you're talking to me." He commented.

"What?" I asked in confusion.

"It's just you're a cheerleader and I'm in the marching band. Our circles really don't intersect that much." He explained.

"Oh yeah right." I replied. I had forgotten about that because I had kind of ignored the whole social pyramid. Being in Glee had really caused me not to think of it very much. "So what's your name?"

"It's Eric. Eric Rain." He answered. "Can I take a picture with you?"

"Let's not do that." I said with a blush. At that point, I saw Sue beckoning me. "So I just wanted to tell you that there's going to be glee tryouts soon and you should come."

After the game Kitty and I went to the movie theater. We ended up seeing The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. I had actually been meaning to check out those books but I never got around to it. It was a little all over the place to be honest. It was like they stuffed a lot of things into the movie. It seemed like a lot of studios were trying to launch movie franchises now even though a TV show would probably work better and the main couple turned out to be brother and sister…maybe. It was a little unclear about that.

Still I had a good time with Kitty next to me. We even cuddled next to each other a little. The theater was mostly empty because the movie had come out a few weeks ago. It felt like we had it to ourselves. When it was over, we walked out holding each other's hands. As we walked outside, I leaned and kissed her.

So there's no cliffhanger at the end of this chapter, but Olivia and Kitty kissed! The Glee club is slowly starting to come together, even though they still have to have auditions. Darcy is played by Hailee Steinfeld and Eric is played by Booboo Stewart. The songs are "Flashlight" by Hailee Steinfeld, "If We Were a Movie" by Hannah Montana and "Through Glass" by Stone Sour. Please don't forget to review.