Chapter 5- Fine Tuning


Quinn stood and took centre stage of the basement, turning to them all. "So! What is one thing that we all have in common with Puck?"

Kurt scowled at the insinuation of being compared with him, but shrugged. "We're all in Glee Club." Quinn nodded and continued.

"That means that we need to show him that we're a force to be reckoned with in Glee Club. Then he'll be hit with the full force of our fury all over the school." The blonde smirked.

Brittany raised a hand pointedly. "But how are we going to do that? We don't rule Glee Club. Rachel rules Glee Club. We're just the background ornaments." Tina pouted and nodded sadly. Santana shook her head.

"Rachel cares the most about Glee Club, that's probably true. But she only achieves success in there with Finn. She only has one ally. With the five of us assembling the perfect number, we can wipe the floor with Finchel once and for all."

Tina cocked her head slightly. "I think you're forgetting Mr Schuester." Santana scowled, rolling her eyes at the thought of trying to sway Mr Schuester's preferences from his usual setup.

"We could revisit last year's minorities discussion." Santana suggested.

"That would mean getting Sylvester involved again." Quinn supplied helpfully.

Kurt thought for a second. "We could wait until the next song is given to Rachel by default and simultaneously stand up and demand an audition. If Schue refuses, we'll get my dad to intervene again, but if not, we'll pull out a number that's so flawlessly performed that he'll have no choice but to give us a spot at Sectionals this year." The other four nodded vehemently at that suggestion and began mentally scanning their iTunes contents for possible songs. "And I know that there's only one artist we can even consider for this. Beyonce."

They squealed excitedly. Tina scrolled through her phone. Kurt continued speaking. "We'll decide that later, but we have to think about recruits as well. We're one member short now that Matt's gone."

"Does anyone know how he is?" Brittany said, having formed a friendship with the boy prior to his departure.

Kurt shook his head. "I think only Mike keeps in touch with him. I text him every now and then, but we're not nearly as close as those two are."

Quinn's eyes widened. "You and Matt are friends?"

"It's quite easy to have missed our friendship amongst the haze of drama in New Directions, but yes, we have a great respect for each other."

"Did you like him?" Santana asked. Kurt knew that she wasn't assuming that he had feelings for every straight friend he had, but that she had noticed something more with him that the rest of them hadn't.

"There was a time where I thought I could fall for Matt, but the time passed. He moved away and that was that. Anything to get over Finn."

Quinn looked away awkwardly. "I thought it would've been easier after what went down during Gaga week."

Santana, Britt and Tina looked with confusion and Kurt shot Quinn a warning glare. "Quinn."

"Sorry. He called me wanting to talk about it. He knew that you and I were close and wanted to know if I had mentioned it. When I said no, he explained everything and took everything I threw at him. I properly chewed him out."

"What did he do, Kurt?" Brittany asked protectively. A year ago, Brittany would have been hurt that Kurt didn't tell her what had happened between him and Finn, but as she was maturing, she realised that there were things that people wanted to keep private and Kurt was quite a private person himself.

Kurt sighed, knowing that his comments about openness would seem false if he wasn't fully honest with them. He took them through what happened in the basement and everything that followed with his dad and the apology. Kurt had to clutch Brittany's and Santana's hands to stop them from charging upstairs to Finn's room and destroying his belongings.

"It's okay. In hindsight, I may have come on a little strong. Granted, I don't think I deserved that word, but there we go."

"Kurt, did Finn ever tell you to back off? Or did he endure your advances in silence, making you think that he might have liked the attention?" Tina wanted to clarify something.

"He never said no exactly, he just avoided the issue sometimes. It doesn't matter though, I was creepy."

"Kurt, you went after a guy you liked. We've all done it before, there's nothing wrong about it. Tina wasn't creepy when she was flirting with Artie. Finn himself wasn't creepy when going after Quinn and me. It's a natural thing. Finn found it creepy because you're a gay, and it's a cruel thing for him to do, making you feel like you violated him or whatever." Santana added kindly.

"When you put it that way, you're right. Anyway, let's drop the issue. I don't like to dwell on the past. Where were we?"

"Recruiting." Brittany supplied with a smile.

"Ah, yes. I say that we find another talented Cheerio amongst the fray or a jock. We should perform a number in a public setting to try and garner attention. Our fabulous flexibility and vocal ranges should have people signing up left right and centre."

"Beyonce again?" Tina smirked.

"I was thinking something more homophobe friendly. Like Yeah by Usher. It's pretty old now, but it works just as well."

They nodded In agreement, praising Kurt's musical taste.

Quinn clapped her hands together. "Right, let's get down to business."

Evolution of Beyonce by Pentatonix sung by Kurt, Santana, Quinn, Brittany and Tina

(Santana and Tina)
Can you pay my bills
Can you pay my telephone bills
Can you pay my automo-bills
If you did then maybe we could chill
I don't think you do
So, you and me are through

(All)
Say my name, say my name
If no one is around you
Say baby I love you
If you ain't runnin' games
Ooh

(Kurt and Brittany)
Ladies leave yo men at home
The club is full of ballas and they pockets full grown
And all you fellas leave yo girl with her friends
'Cause it's 11:30 and the club is jumpin', jumpin'

(Kurt and Santana)
Boys say you got a girl?
Yeah it's true you got a man
But the party ain't goin' stop
So lets make it hot hot!

(Quinn with Santana and Brittany)
Now that you're out of my life
I'm so much better
You thought that I'd be weak without you
But I'm stronger
You thought that I'd be broke without you

But I'm richer

(Kurt)
Because my body's too bootylicious for you babe.

(All)
Popah ye da hoo da deh
Popah ye da hoo da deh
Da hoo pah yeh hoo pah yeh hoo pah
pow pow pow

(Brittany)
I look and stare so deep in your eyes
I touch on you more and more every time

(Tina)
When you leave, I'm begging you not to go
Call your name two or three times in a row

(Kurt and Quinn)
Got me looking so crazy right now,
your love's got me looking so crazy right now

(Santana)
Got me looking so crazy right now,
Your touch got me looking so crazy right now.

(All)
Looking so crazy in love's
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love

(Quinn)
Baby boy, you stay on my mind
Fulfill my fantasies
I think about you all the time

(All)
Rhythm's got me feeling crazy
New Directions came to party

(Kurt)
Oh boy you looking like you like what you see
Won't you come over and check up on it, I'm gone let you work up on it

(Tina)
Ladies let em check up on it
Check on me tonight!

(Santana)
To the left, to the left
Everything you own in the box to the left.
In the closet that's my stuff, yes
If I bought it please don't touch.

(Quinn and Brittany)
You must not know about me,
you must not know about me,
I can have another you in a minute.

(Tina)
So don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable.

(Brittany)
Mission one: I'mma put this on
When he see me in this dress, I'mma get me some, hey

(Kurt)
Mission two: gotta make that call
Tell 'em get the bottles poppin' when they play my song, hey

(Santana)
Mission three: got my three best friends
Like we do it all the time, we gon' do it again, hey

(Quinn)
Mission four: got the vintage Rolls
Drop a couple hundreds, tell 'em leave it at the door

(Tina)
Let me upgrade ya (let me upgrade ya)

(Kurt)
Let me upgrade ya (let me upgrade ya)

(Santana)
Let me upgrade ya (move your body)
(time to let me upgrade ya)

(Kurt)
If I were a boy, I think I could understand, ooh,
how it feels to love a girl,
I swear I'd be a better

(Santana, Brittany, Tina and Quinn)
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
[2x]
(Shawty, what ya'll name is?)

(Kurt and Brittany)
I'm a, I'm a a Diva
I'm a, I'm a a Diva (Hey)

(Kurt, Brittany and Tina)
I'm a, I'm a a Diva
I'm a, I'm a a Diva
[2x]

(Quinn and Santana)
I've got a big ego,
Such a huge ego, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh.

(All)
You say you like my bag and the color of my nails
You can see that I got it goin' on (I've got a big ego)
I wanna make sure you remember me
So I'ma leave my number on your video phone

(Kurt and Santana)
My guilty pleasure-I ain't going nowhere
You can be my sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare,
either way I don't want to wake up from you.

(Quinn and Brittany)
Who run the world? (Girls)
Who run the world? (Girls)

(Santana and Tina)
Who run the world? (Girls)
Who run the world? (Girls)

(Santana)
I'll be your baby, promise not to let you go.
Love you like crazy...

(Kurt and Quinn)
I'm the best thing you never had.

(Brittany)
(Bring the beat in)

(Tina and Quinn)
Baby it's you, you're the one I love, you're the one I need, you're the only

(Kurt)
Thing I see, baby, baby it's you
You're the one that gives your all

(Santana)
You're the one I can always call
When i need to make everything stop

(All)
Finally you put my love on top

(Kurt)
10 - We're dressing to the
9 - You pick me up at

(Tina)
8 - Makes me feel so lucky
7 - You take me in your

(Quinn)
6 - We be making love in
5 - Still the one I do this

(Brittany)
4 - I'm trying to make a
3 - From that
2 - He still the 1

(Santana and Brittany)
(Oh)
I been on, I been on, I been on
Tell me who gone take me off
Take me off, take me off, take me off

(Kurt)
You know the way I walk
Because I walk with vengeance
And they listen to me when I talk
'Cause I ain't pretending

(Quinn)
But I understand
Just where I'm going
I know the woman
I know who I am
It's about time I show it

(Tina)
(Ooh)
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I want
Think I'm addicted to your light.

(Kurt)
I was here

(Tina)
(halo)

(Quinn)
I lived

(Tina)
(I can see your halo)

(Santana)
I loved.

(All)
I was here

(Tina)
(halo)

(Brittany)
Halo.

(All)
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby, I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away

The five stopped singing at exactly the same thing thanks to Kurt's conducting and immediately cracked huge, matching smiles. They had Glee Club wrapped around their adorably manicured fingers.

"Okay, we are going to slay Glee Club with this. Rachel is going to be sitting there not knowing what punched her in the face. Ooh, can we punch her in the face? I happily volunteer!"

Tina frowned. "I thought we just wanted to conquer the club, not physically assault its members."

"Oh, Tina. We could just kill two birds with one stone. Knock Rachel Berry the fuck out and then rule the club."

"Seriously though, that number was insane." Quinn beamed. Kurt raised an eyebrow. He had a good feeling about the competition slots that year.

A sudden knock at the door surprised them all. Burt peered down into the basement.

"Kurt! Someone's here for you! They look pretty pissed off, too. Get up here now!"

Kurt frowned slightly. Who was stopping by at that time of night?


Author's Note: Formatting that song was a bitch. Okay, the awesomeness of that medley was taken from the amazing Grammy-winning artists Pentatonix! Look them up on YouTube if you haven't heard of them and buy their album! They're amazing and this 'Evolution of Beyonce' video is my favourite of theirs and as soon as I planned a number for the quintet to sing, I knew it would be this. The singer combination in this song are ones I've thought of for days! Hope you enjoyed! Leave a review and go Subscribe to Pentatonix!