By the time the end of the day rolled around, the girls still had nothing done, but Rachel and I were working on the music arrangement, it was actually kind of awkward between us. We haven't really talked since last year.
"Amelia, I know that we haven't talked since what happened last year but I want to thank you for being the only other girl who is taking this seriously," She tells me.
"You don't need to thank me, I enjoying winning, it's something I'm used to, I'm not gonna let those stupid guys beat me," I explain.
"How did you come up with these two songs?"
"Jesse's music collection,"
"Oh,"
"Yeah, his taste in music has a small influence on mine,"
"Well, I think this arrangement will end up really good,"
We went back to piecing the two songs together, it was actually kinda difficult looking, for parts of a song to blend together and to know when to change the lyrics. Eventually, we got it done, and when we did, it was time for Cheerios practice. After Cheerios practice, I went home and was texting Jesse about mashup competition, he then wanted to see the arrangement, so I sent him a copy of it. He told me where I could fix a few things to make them flow, even more, then I went to bed.
The next day Kurt wasn't at school, well he was at a school, just not ours. He had gotten permission to visit Dalton for a day. So he would not be here at all today, not even after school for glee. Anyway, turns out Puck was only out of juvie because he agreed to do community service, and he was using Artie as the community service. During lunch, they sang in the outside commons and got money from people. While I was at lunch, sitting with Quinn, Santana, and Brittany, I got a text from Kurt
From Kurt: Dalton is huge, how do they not get lost.
To Kurt: They got use to it, how is it going there?
From Kurt: Pretty good, I think I'm blending in, haven't met any Jeffs or Nicks though.
To Kurt: You'll meet them soon enough, have fun.
School today was all kinds of messed up, turns out some of the glee boys and Tina using Coach Beiste as their cooldown during heated moments. Quinn was having trouble with her relationship with Sam because he was one of the glee boys using Beiste as his cooldown.
It was now after lunch and time for glee. The girls took claim on the choir room so the boys had to go somewhere else. We were working on our outfits for the performance, it was easy because we had a theme, and then I explained what the mashup was.
"The boys beat us last time we competed against them. We gotta bring the noise hard this time," Mercedes stated.
"To be fair, they didn't officially beat us. We got busted for vitamin 'D' before the vote," Quinn explains.
"Wait, something's definitely wrong. Why isn't Rachel talking?" Santana says.
"Yeah, she should totally be bossing us around right now," Brittany comments.
"The idea of the assignment was to do the opposite of what normally do. I'm just trying to stick to the lesson plan, which is proving nearly impossible since you're gluing those sequins on backward," Rachel says.
"SPIES" Rachel yells as Puck and Artie enter the room.
"Lighten up. We're here to talk to Santana and Brittany," Puck announces.
"So how does it feel to be a free man?" Santana asks.
"All I can say is that I don't want a long-term relationship with either of you. Especially Brittany, since I'm not in love with her," Artie states.
"Do you guys want to go to dinner tonight?" Brittany asks.
"Not really," Puck starts, "Tell you what, you two show up at Breadstixs tomorrow night around 7:00 and if we don't find hotter chicks to date tonight, we might show up."
"You are totally cool,"
"Awesome"
The rest of us girls just kinda looked at Santana and Brittany. Seriously, what is going through their heads right now? We took the rest of period to finish embellishing our outfits, well I didn't. My outfit is straight up black, no sequins, no nothing. I helped the other girls with theirs though. We ran through our number once, well not really, we sang the lines and that's about all.
The rest of school was boring, and only slightly entertaining during Cheerios practice when Santana threaten everyone that if Puck asked them out, that she would go all Lima Heights on them.
Wednesday was a big ball of nothingness, during glee all what we did was work on the number and make sure our outfits fit. But I did talk to Kurt about how Dalton went, he didn't meet Jeff or Nick but that was okay, he will eventually. He met a boy there and apparently he was super cute, but my taste in guys varies from Kurt's taste in guys so who knows exactly how 'cute' he is.
When Thursday came around, I was prepared to beat the boys, I enjoy winning, especially when the guys think they have it in the bag. It's fun crushing their egos. We were set to perform during fourth-period and we were ready for it. We all left lunch early to get changed and to do our hair. We told Mr. Schue when we were ready and he got the guys seated and then we began.
We entered the choir room through Mr. Schue's office. I was positioned next Brittany in the back. The glee guys actually looked impressed with us that or they thought we looked hot. We were done, the guys clapped and then Becky entered the choir room. Mr. Schue left to go to see Coach Sylvester and I went to my locker to grab my Cheerios uniform to change back into.
I was on my way to the girl's bathroom when I saw Zeke in the hall. He was putting something in his locker.
"Hey," I told him
He turned around and looked at me. He didn't say anything, he just kinda stared.
"You okay, you just like blanked,"
"W-What, yeah. I'm fine, it's just that you aren't in your cheerios uniform,"
"Yeah, number for glee, needed to wear something else. What do you think?"
"Wow,"
I walked a little closer to him.
"Wow wasn't the answer I was looking for, but it will work,"
"Sorry, but its weird seeing in you something other than your cheerio uniform...a good kind of weird, I swear,"
"Anyway, are you ready for the quiz in chemistry tomorrow?"
"Not at all,"
"Wanna study at my house tonight?"
"Yeah, just let me ask my dad if its okay,"
"Cool, see ya later,"
I leave to change after that, arriving back in the choir room shortly after that. The guys were gonna go tomorrow, so we had nothing else to do. It was boring and a waste of time. After fourth-period, the rest of the day was interesting. Turns out Coach Beiste quit, so now we are back to having a losing football team. It was currently the after-school session of glee club right now, and Mr. Schue was getting ready to talk.
"Well, I genuinely hope you guys are happy because Coach Beiste has quit," Mr. Schue announces to those who haven't found out yet.
"Wait, what? That's terrible," Finn states.
"Yeah, that's not what we want," Sam adds.
"That's the opposite of what we want. The football team is actually winning," Artie comments.
"Well, then you better put your heads together and find a way to get her back, fast because I am actually ashamed of you. You really hurt someone who is a great addition to this school," Mr. Schue says angrily.
"I'm sorry, what exactly did we do?" Rachel asks a little rudely.
"No, no, it's us. The boys," Finn explains.
"And Tina," Mike chimes in.
"We sort of figured out that picturing Beiste while making out was better than a cold shower," Finn explains more.
"Uh, I..I mean, I don't ever," He tries to recover from what he just said.
"Oh, wow, I'm sorry," Quinn says softly from her seat to Sam.
"Can I just say that this is what happens when people don't put out. If everyone just put out, we would have a winning football team," Santana states her opinion.
Right after Principal Figgins enters the choir room, telling Mr. Schue and Puck need to be in his office. We have no idea what's going on, so after they left. Finn and Rachel went to talk in the auditorium. Sam and Quinn talked quietly at their seats, and the rest of us did our own thing.
Once our hour of glee was up, everyone went on to the rest of their after-school activities. Brittany, Santana, Quinn and I went to Cheerios practice, while the boys minus Kurt went to football practice. Once that was over, I went to my locker to my bookbag, and when I got there Zeke was waiting for me.
"My dad said that I could study at your house,"
"Good, Uncle Daniel is waiting outside,"
"Did you even ask your aunt and uncle if I could come over?"
"No, but they like you so it's okay,"
We get outside and Uncle Daniel smiles at Zeke as I open the back door to his SUV.
"Zeke's coming over to study for the Chem quiz tomorrow, hope that's okay,"
"Of course it is, will you need a ride home afterward Zeke?"
"Probably not, my mom should be off work by then,"
We drive to our house, and I bring Zeke down the basement, we each take a seat on the couch and get out the Chem homework and the notes for the quiz tomorrow. After half an hour, we finally have something good to talk about.
"I've known you for what, almost a month now, and I only know what you have told me, and I've decided that it's just not enough, I need to know more," Zeke states.
"So what, do you wanna play 20 questions?" I ask.
"Yeah, why not, I get to know more of you, and you get to know more of me. You can ask the first question,"
"Okay, who was your first crush, like an actual crush, no celebrity crushes"
"Uh… that would have to Sophia Richards, I was in first grade, and she liked my cousin Hunter more. Your favorite tv show growing up?"
"Catdog or the Rugrats for sure. Ever broken a bone?"
"Yes, actually, I was nine and Hunter, Hayden and I were jumping on their trampoline, and it had a net, but there was hole in it, like a huge hole, just big enough for me or hunter to fall out of, and we were just jumping around, and then I lose my feeting and slip well, Hayden had just jumped as hard as he could, and I guess I was in the right area because when he landed back on the trampoline, I bounced out and landed on my arm on top of a baseball bat that belonged to Chase. Needless to say, my cast was blue. The worst thing a sibling ever did to you?"
"I was five when this happened, so the memory is a little foggy. It was my fifth birthday, and Kyle, Nicole, and Jesse were sitting next to me when Aunt Vanessa brought out the cake. Kyle decided that it would be a good idea to try and show Jesse of the couch, and when Jesse fell, Kyle moved over a seat, so now Jesse was just sitting on the floor, and Aunt Vanessa is now crouching down on the floor in front of me with the cake in her hands. Kyle put his arm around me like he was gonna hug me from the side but instead he shoved my head into the cake, and let's just say Aunt Vanessa and Uncle Daniel were happy that they didn't have any candles that year. Best friend growing up?"
"Honestly, that would be Hunter, we grew up doing everything together, it was middle school when we started to be not as close, and now he goes to a military school in Colorado while I am here. First kiss?"
"I haven't had mine yet, heck, I haven't even had a boyfriend yet,"
"Maybe that could change,"
"Uh,"
"You are amazing, and one the nicest people I have ever met, and honestly I've been having a hard time getting you out of my head,"
"Zeke,"
"All that I'm saying, well asking, is would like to go out with me?"
"That'd be wonderful,"
He scooted a little closer to me and got close to me, and truthfully I was hoping I would get my first kiss. I could tell his eyes were going back and forth between my eyes and my lips, so I leaned in a little closer to him, and he met me halfway.
