Hi again. So this idea came from a reviewer. I had originally intended to skip "2009" but once I read the review this came to mind. It's short but I hope you all like it. Thank you for reviewing I really do appreciate them.
It's time for their yearly invitational and as his last one of his high school career he is rather looking forward to it. So when Shelby calls him to her office he's confused as to why.
"You asked to see me Shelby?" he asks.
"Yes I did, Jesse. It's about the invitational," the strict coach tells him looking up from the sheet music for sectionals.
"What about it? The team and I have the routine down and we're ready to go," he reminds her, taking a seat in the chair in front of her desk.
"There's going to be a change of plans. You're not going to perform with the team," she tells him.
"What?! Why not?! I'm the team leader, the star performer, why won't I be performing at my last invitational?" he demands to know.
"Because there has been a change in the show choir world. McKinley has a new coach and rumor has it that he plans to bring his small group to the invitational to check out the competition. I don't want to show our full potential or show you to them yet. Instead I want you to watch them and let me know if there's any thing of interest," she explains to him.
"So you want me to sit out in order to spy on a team that hasn't given real competition in years?" he asks in disbelief.
"Yes it's that or you all do extra rehearsal time with Dakota until Sectionals," she threatens.
And that's how he gets roped into sitting in the Carmel auditorium watching a random group of kids while his team prepares to perform.
At first glance they don't seem like much. They all look like misfits that shouldn't be together in the same place much less a team. But one of them does get his attention.
A girl.
She's not beautiful in the traditional sense but she is beautiful nonetheless. And the way she holds herself like she knows she's better than everyone makes her even more attractive.
However the fact that she seems to be pinning after the guy next to her quickly makes that beauty move to the back of his mind. He may be a ladies man but he does have his standards. If she's taken then she's off limits.
He turns back to his assignment and tries to overhear what the coach is saying.
"Hey guys this is supposed to be our 'competition' but I don't think these guys have the same level of talent that we do," the guy says.
HA!
This guy is completely out of it if he thinks this band of misfits are more talented than his team, hell than himself. He's going to love seeing their faces after his team performs.
And he's right. Their faces are priceless. If he didn't need to keep his cover he would have laughed as loud as possible but he managed to stay collected.
As he makes his way to report back to Shelby the girl that caught his eye comes back to mind. She's special and he can feel it. Something he's not sure what makes him think he'll see her again. He'll just have to keep his eye out to see if she's as special as he thinks she is.