A/N: I do not own anything besides Amelia St. James and any other original character.
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Wednesday was the actual start of the performances for the duet competition, however since Zeke is not in glee club, he has to talk to his soccer coach or his fourth-period teacher about coming down here during that class. Hopefully one of them will agree to let him skip.
I arrive at school a few minutes earlier than usual, Uncle Daniel and Aunt Vanessa both had to go to work early so I was at school early. I was the first to be in the choir room, well besides Mr. Schue.
"Morning, Amelia, don't forget to pick your performance date soon,"
"Morning, Mr. Schue, just waiting for my partner to get the all-clear from a teacher or a coach, once we have that, I will sign up for it,"
He nodded his head, and went into his office. I had a feeling that the main reason why Mr. Schue liked me was because of my dance ability and so that he can tell Coach Sylvester that he has four of her cheerios who happen to be four of her top cheerios. Finn was his favorite without a doubt if Finn wanted something, he got it. Nobody says anything, we just act like its no big deal.
After a moment or two, Rachel was in the room, she smiled at me and took her usual seat. Things with Rachel were a little rough since she and Jesse broke up. I find it funny how Finn was the one who I stood up for her with, and now she can act like it never happened. Jesse took the break up harder than she did, then again she kissed Finn and was never truly over him, to begin with. She and Jesse speak sometimes mostly when she needs advice and he feels like helping her.
Glee club members starting filling in their seats, everyone but Quinn and Sam. Brittany sat next to me instead of her seat next to Santana which was a little weird. After a minute or a few, Sam and Quinn entered the choir room. It looked like Sam was slushied, his face a little red, and there was some staining on his neck. Quinn took Brittany's usual seat next to Santana and then leaned down to tell me something.
"New boy was looking for you,"
"Probably, I wasn't by his locker today,"
She smirked a bit and then leaned back into her seat. Mr. Schue got out from his office, said a few things then Mercedes and Santana were up and out of their seats. Music started playing and off they went on their performance. I have to admit they are amazing when they are trying to hit each other. They sang River Deep, Mountain High, it was wonderful. Everyone clapped once the song was over. I caught Quinn and Sam taking a few glances at each other.
"Ladies, nice work. What an incredible song," Mr. Schue tells them.
"And just so you know, I've already bought custom bibs for me and Mercedes here. You know why? Cause we be goin" Santana states
"To Breadstixs," The two girls say at the same time.
"Oh-ho-ho! You hear that guys? You have your work cut out for you," Mr. Schue tells the class.
Nothing much happened after that. I read through my lyrics once more, talked to Quinn for a bit and then we had to leave for first-period.
I did see Zeke before he went into his first-period class, I smiled at him and he smiled back. First, second and third-period were boring, to say the least. Zeke made third-period less boring, but it was still boring. It took us longer to get lunch because Zeke's fourth-period was talking to him about the glee thing. When we were finally able to get to lunch, Zeke told me the answer from his teacher, he could get a pass for tomorrow during that class period. So when we dropped my things off in the choir room, I signed us up, but I signed as Amelia and Partner. Quinn was the only one who knew that I was singing beside Mr. Schue.
After lunch, Zeke went to his class, and I went to the choir room. Artie and Tina were talking about something but I couldn't tell what, then Mr. Schue was ready to start.
"Okay, guys. So who is up?" Mr. Schue asks obviously not having his list with him.
"Mr. Schue if I may?" Kurt asks.
"You may,"
"As many of you know, I had a duet partner. But due to sensitivities, I'd rather not get into at the moment, I have dissolved the partnership," Kurt states.
"Okay, so who are you going to sing a duet with?" Mr. Schue asks him.
"Only the most talented member of the glee club….myself. When you're different when you're special sometimes you have to get used to being alone. I've asked a few members of the Glee Club as well as some Cheerios to help me out," Kurt explains.
"How can you do a duet by yourself? That's like vocal masturbation," Santana comments.
"I will be doing a number from the seminal classic movie, Victor Victoria. It's a show about embracing both the male and female sides. Watch and learn, Santana," Kurt states.
We move from the choir room into the auditorium, the stage was ready for him to begin. It took Kurt a few moments but soon enough he began. The song he sang was called Le Jazz Hot, it was very Kurt like. He had on a suit that reminded of Two-Face from Batman.
After his number, we went back to the choir room but somewhere along the way we lost Sam and Quinn. I read my lyrics once more and soon enough time passed by. Soon enough it was the end of fourth-period.
Fifth, sixth and seventh period was over quickly and then it was the after-school meeting of the glee club. Mike and Tina were getting to start their number.
"Whenever you're ready guys," Mr. Schue tells them as their backs were facing us.
"Yeah, hurry up. I needs to get myself to Breadstixs," Santana says.
"Don't count on it, I'm mad at you but you're still so hot," Brittany comments.
Mike and Tina started their number, it was very much them, well mostly Mike. They had made us laugh on purpose. It introduced us to the voice of Michael Chang Jr. The song they did was called Sing!
"Wow, now, that is a duet. Thank you, Tina for introducing us to the amazing voice of Mike Chang," Mr. Schue says.
After Rachel and Finn were working on their number as were Artie and Brittany. Sam and Quinn weren't talking which was weird because of how they had been all day. I had managed to print out the sheet music for Zeke and I's duet and handed it the band and telling them that we were going tomorrow during fourth-period.
It was on the way to Cheerios that I learned from Quinn herself, that Sam tried to kiss her, and that she stopped him before he even could.
We were interrupted by Rachel, saying that she needed to talk to Quinn.
"Hey Quinn, can we talk?" Rachel asked her.
"What do you want to talk about?" Quinn asked impatiently.
"About Sam. I heard you backed out of a doing a duet with him." Rachel begins. "Look, I understand that your reputation is important to you but wouldn't you want to do whatever it takes to be on top of the proverbial pyramid in every aspect of your life?"
"Singing with Sam won't change that,"
"But winning the competition will..and partnering with Sam is really your only shot at it,"
"What's your angle?"
"Angle?"
"What's your angle? Me winning means you losing. You'll do whatever it takes to make sure that doesn't happen. So what is in it for you?"
"Look, I agree. Okay? You're probably not gonna beat Finn and I, but I just thought that as the team captain, it would be good for the team to have some healthy competition for second place. I'm not saying you're gonna win, but I'm just saying that even coming in second would go a long way with the rest of the team,"
"Rachel, you and Finn aren't the only ones who have a shot at winning, Tina and Mike do, Kurt does, Santana and Mercedes do. It already is a healthy competition, and you trying to force someone to sing with another person is not going to make it any better," I tell her.
"A is right, and she forgot to mention that her partner and her have a shot at winning, so I don't have to sing with Sam," Quinn added.
We left Rachel in the hall, continuing to make our way to Cheerios practice. Brittany and Santana weren't talking to each other so practice was a little awkward but other than that it was pretty normal. We were now leaving, practice was over and Quinn was getting ready to head to her car.
"Q, can we talk?:
"Yeah, why?"
"Sing with Sam, if you want to. I saw the way you were looking at him earlier, it was the same way you used to look at Finn, you can still have a guy and focus on yourself this year. Just make sure to let him know,"
"Thanks, A,"
Quinn smiled at me one more time before she got into her car, Aunt Vanessa pulled up shortly after that. I told Aunt Vanessa that Zeke and I were going to perform tomorrow and she was excited for us, she had watched us rehearse a bit the other day and thought that the number was good.
A/N: R&R, see you guys soon!
