CHAPTER TWO
Cameron Stood outside of the girl's bathroom, fidgeting nervously in anticipation. Every time the door opened, he prepared himself for the conversation he needed to have. He had seen Marissa walk through these doors only moments before. He had been practicing the different ways that this conversation might play out for the better part of the past week. Six days of practice went down the drain, though, the moment Marissa stepped out of the bathroom.
"Marissa!" he shouted, louder than he had originally intended. More than a few sets of eyes turned to look at them.
"Hey Cameron. What's up?" She asked, half-heartedly.
"I saw that you were joining glee club and I wanted to get this off my chest, since I'm joining to and I don't want things to be awkward. I'm really sorry for everything. I really shouldn't have said what I said, and I've felt horrible about it ever since. When I finally got enough courage to apologize to you, you were gone and I had no idea where you went. You have every right to hate me and I'll understand if you never want to talk to me again, but I just wanted to say that I missed you," he said, all in the same breath.
He hadn't thought of how, exactly, she would've reacted, but he certainly didn't expect her to hug him. He had missed her hugs. She was always so warm, and she smelled like apples.
"I missed you, too, Cam," she smiled, "Yeah, I was mad, but I should've at least told you that I was moving. I would love it if we could be friends again. Walk me to glee?"
Cameron grinned as they locked arms the way they used to. "So… two years… that's quite a long sick day," Cameron mentally slapped himself.
"Yeah, remember how my parents were college professors? We went on a two year sabbatical so they could write a book on like King Arthur or something. We've spent the past two years travelling around Europe."
"Cool. I have an exchange student from Ireland staying at my house. His name is Damian, he's in glee, too."
"That's cool. So what are you singing for your glee audition, anyway?" she asked as they were walking into the auditorium. Everyone would be trying out today, since so many people were auditioning this year.
They were the first to arrive in the auditiorium, but were soon followed by Damian McGinty, Bryce and McKynleigh Ross, Lindsay Pearce, Emily Lopez, Ellis Wylie, Hannah McIalwain, Alex Jones, Matheus Fernandes, and Samuel Larson. Once everyone had sat down Mr. Schuester introduced himself and called up students one by one for their audition.
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"My name is Alex Jones and I'll be singing 'Respect.'"
As the young boy belted, Will was flashed back three years, to his former student, Mercedes' first glee audition. He tried his hardest to focus on the student in front of him as tears threatened to spill over.
"Alex, are you at all related to Mercedes Jones?" He asked once the boy had finished.
"Mercedes is my older sister. She's been training me, vocally, for the past two years."
Will chuckled at the close family resemblance.
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After several more auditions, including a raunchy rendition of 'Hips Don't Lie' by none other than the sister of New Directions alumni, Santana Lopez, things got interesting.
"My name is Lindsay Pearce and I will be performing a song written by McKinley High's own New Directions."
Will couldn't help but smile at Lindsay's cover of 'Get it Right,' the song Rachel Berry had written and performed for Regional's, 2011.
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Last to go was Marissa. Once she got up on stage, she looked directly at Cameron and sang her heart out in a fantastic performance of 'Rolling in the Deep,' by Adele, leaving several members of the audience, including Will himself, in tears.
She rejoined Cameron in her seat. "I chose that song before you apologized," she whispered, looking straight ahead.
Cameron was speechless. So many emotions were going through him all at once. He was impressed at how talented Marissa was, but upset that she once had to go through what that song had depicted. He was angry at himself for causing her so much pain and regretful that he hadn't apologized sooner. His attention, however, was soon directed back to the stage as Mr. Schuester made an announcement.
"You guys all did fantastic today! Sectionals are about three months away, so we need to start practicing right away. We'll have rehearsals every day in the choir room, starting tomorrow at 3:30. Don't be late."
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After being dismissed, the New Directions waved their goodbyes and went home.
Cameron had offered Marissa a ride home, so he and Damian waited patiently by the exit while Marissa grabbed a few books from her locker. They hadn't been waiting for very long before they heard the sound of someone struggling. One look around the corner showed the source of the ruckus.
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Marissa closed her locker door to find Bryce Ross standing there, smirking. He had spent the last week following her around school, shamelessly flirting with her. She remembered how he was in Junior High: a pathological flirt, and she was NOT going to be another notch in his bedpost.
"Hello, Bryce. What's up?" she asked unenthusiastically. Cameron and Damian were waiting for her and she didn't want to make Cameron wait any longer. He had, after all, waited two years.
"You're a great singer. That song was amazing. You're amazing," he said with a wink.
"Excuse me?" She asked, to appalled to think of her usual witty comeback.
"I bet I could make you hit a high note," he breathed, making a grab for her hand.
Marissa whipped her hand away, only to be pinned against a wall.
"Marissa, when are you going to stop denying that we have chemistry? I want you, and I always get what-"
He was cut off by a loud yelling noise and was soon thrown to the ground by a furious looking Cameron. The two were on the ground, fighting for quite sometime before Mr. Schuester came and broke them apart. A mortified looking McKynleigh had to drag Bryce away from the scene, muttering embarrassed apologies along the way.
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The car ride to Marissa's house was silent. It was Damian who finally broke the silence once they pulled into Marissa's driveway.
"So that Lindsay girl has a nice voice…"
"Yeah, she did. I'll see you guys tomorrow, okay?" Marissa added as she stepped out of the car.
"Bye Marissa. Talk to you later! See you soon, okay. Bye," Cameron rambled as his friend left the vehicle.
"Well, that was some great rescue you had back at school. Totally not fuelled by jealousy or anything, right, Cam?"Damian teased.
"Yeah, don't think I didn't notice the way you were staring at Lindsay. You're in no position to tease, Romeo," Cameron replied, smirking the rest of the way home.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: I don't like Bryce. So that's why he's so awful in this. Anyway… I feel like I took forever to update, even though I didn't… I guess lack of a new episode of The Glee Project this week left me unmotivated. Special thanks to my brother for thinking of song choices and thank you guys SO MUCH for all the awesome reviews! They motivated me to write this! I've noticed that a lot of you guys like BTR, right? That's cool! Special shout-out to BelieverInLove, who is writing her own Glee Project fanfic, so you should probably go check it out!
Are there any couples you would like to see happen in this? You know, besides the obvious ones? Or are there any glee club assignments you'd like to see happen? I've already chosen the first one, but anything special that you've always wanted to see happen? Let me know in a review!
And since I know you'd be asking, here are the audition songs:
Emily-Hips Don't Lie-Shakira
Marissa-Rolling in the Deep-Adele
Hannah-Bad Reputation-Joan Jett
Lindsay-Get it Right-Rachel Berry
McKynleigh-All American Girl-Carrie Underwood
Ellis-Big Spender (Since I'm not original at all)
Damian-Our Last Summer-ABBA
Cameron-Always-Switchfoot
Bryce-Low-Flo Rida (I thought it fit…)
Samuel-Never Say Never-The Fray
Alex-RESPECT
Matheus-Larger Than Life-Backstreet Boyz (He was using irony to enhance the performance)
