Chapter Three

Rachel Berry and the Glee club were quick to help the Newbies to the Glee Club, and they in fact got ten more people to join. There was Amy, Rory, and Mels, who were basically an inseparable three. There was a group of six, Willow, Otto, Groden, Dawn, and Braydon. There was a clear love triangle there. And there was Fiyero, who hung around Galinda and Elphaba. There seemed to be some hate between Galinda and Elphaba, but Rachel couldn't understand it. But there was an issue. Rachel's mother, Shelby, was starting a new glee club.

The week passed, and Rachel was so stoked. There were auditions for West Side Story coming up, and her heart was set on getting Maria. She was perfect for the role. Rachel was in the auditorium, with Brad playing warm-ups on the piano.

"La-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah," Rachel sang, and went up the scale. She did about three, when footsteps surprised her. It was Shelby, her mother. Rachel did not expect to see Shelby there, so she felt extremely uncomfortable.

"Your voice sounds beautiful," Shelby said, "it's improved."

Rachel looked at Shelby, "this is a closed rehearsal."

"What song are you auditioning with?"

"That's none of your business, okay? If you've come here to ask me to join your little group, the answer is no. My loyalty is to the New Directions. They're my family and family means something. At least to me," Rachel replied, giving Shelby an uncomfortable look.

"Rachel, like we talked about before, I'm your birthmother," Shelby said, walking closer.

"Okay, but not my mother. I know, okay? I almost had to go to therapy because of you," Rachel said, starting to pick up her sheet music.

"Rachel-"

"Look, I'll be polite, okay? Don't worry. If I see you in the halls, I'll make eye contact and I'll nod. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to my rehearsal," Rachel said, putting the sheet music back down.

"Somewhere There's a Place for Us," Shelby said, looking at all the scattered sheet music on the piano.

"I just said there wasn't…" Rachel mumbled.

"I'm talking about the song. I played Maria eighteen times. Somewhere is the perfect audition song for you. You should do it," Shelby said, with a smile.

"Well I was considering it, but it's a very challenging song, so I was just going to do I Feel Pretty, which I'm actually amazing at," Rachel said, grabbing the sheet music for I Feel Pretty.

"You are never going to be a star or get the lead if you play it safe. Try it," Shelby took the music from the piano, and handed it to Brad to play.

There's a place for us,

Somewhere a place for us.

Peace and quiet and open air

Wait for us

Somewhere.

There's a time for us,

Some day a time for us,

Time together with time to spare,

Time to learn, time to care,

Some day!

Somewhere.

We'll find a new way of living,

Oh we'll find a way of forgiving

Somewhere...

Somewhere...

There's a place for us,

The time a place for us.

Hold my hand and we're halfway there.

Hold my hand and I'll take you there

Somehow,

Someday,

Somewhere!

Shelby had been right. "Thank you," Rachel said, quietly, and Shelby left the room, after a hug between the two. She was ready for her audition.

~ Two Days Later ~

"Galinda, can you tell me the square root of 9482?"

"Is that really necessary?"

"Of course, miss Upland."

"Do people really need to learn square roots?"

"Yes, Galinda. They do," the teacher, Mr. Twelve, said, rolling his eyes. "Square roots are just as important as adding and subtracting, and multiplication."

Galinda rolled her eyes, and got back to her work. The bell rang soon, and girls swarmed around her, all wanting to have a conversation with her. Being the most popular girl at school had its perks- you never were lonely.

"You were awesome standing up to Mr. Twelve," a girl's voice said. Galinda turned, and saw the girl from Glee, Elphaba.

"Thanks," she said, but did not make eye contact. The other girls all chatted away, trying to get her attention, when finally she saw her two best friends, who walked alongside her.

"You trying out for West Side Story?" Ally said, with a pop of her bubblegum.

"Naw. There'd be too much paparazzi at the stage door," Galinda said, before shooing off the other girls. She giggled. "They all think they have a chance at being my friend."

"They're stupid," Christina laughed, "You're far too cool for any of them." Galinda nodded in agreement, but felt a bit bad for the group of girls.

"Anyhoo, I think the cast list came out earlier," Galinda said, "wanna go see it?"

"You can, I ain't going near that theatre thing!" Christina said, and the two walked off. That left Galinda to walk up to the cast list, alone.

Maria was Rachel Berry- well, that was to be expected. Galinda had seen the Glee cast's performances last year and many of them had Rachel Berry singing a solo. Tony was Blaine Anderson, which made her think of all the gay boys who had gotten the straight male lead she had to kiss in middle school. Anita was Santana Lopez, which Galinda could see as fitting. Santana and Galinda had been friends once in freshman year, but had drifted once she joined the Cheerios. Riff was Mike Chang. Galinda took a second to remember who both Riff and Mike Chang were. And whoever Officer Krupke was, that's who Kurt got.

Overall, the cast list made sense. But Galinda thought to herself. There was a Glee club meeting, and she'd have to see the reactions of the kids who didn't get a role. Darn.

~ A few hours later ~

Amy sat in a chair next to Mels and Rory. It was their first Glee club rehearsal, and they were super excited. Once everyone had sat down, Mr. Schue went to the front of the room.

"Is Mercedes sick today…?" Mr. Shue asked, gazing at the students.

"She's decided to join the Troubletones," Rachel said, with annoyance. Who's the Troubletones? Amy wondered.

"Shelby Corcoran's lame group," someone else said, from the back of the room. Amy recognized her as Santana, that one bitchy Cheerio. "I don't know if you've heard, Mr. Schue, but Rachel's mom is stealing our Glee club members."

"That's horrible!" Mr. Schue said, with a strange look at Santana, as if he didn't believe her. "Well, congratulations to our cast of West Side Story!" he applauded, and so did the rest of the room. "And welcome our new Glee members! Amy, Mels, Rory, Willow, Otto, Groden, Dawn, Braden, Galinda, and Elphaba!" There was an applause, and Amy smiled. She was glad to have made it in. But if Mels made it in, maybe they let in everyone who auditioned… She smiled in her head, but also cringed, thinking of how terrible a singer Mels was.

"Well, for this week's challenge I'd like you all to partner up and find a song from a musical you think describes you and your best friend," Mr. Schue said. Mels and Amy were sure to do a duet, but seeing as Mels was such a terrible singer Rory may have been a better choice. Nevertheless, the two partnered up.

"Should we do We Go Together from Grease?" Mels suggested, scrolling through songs on YouTube.

"Sure," Amy agreed, before thinking, We're going to show that Glee club whose boss.

I changed the age rating to T just because of the language. I hope y'all are liking it, this one came out pretty quickly because I have too much time on my hands.