This is so not worth the wait between last chapter and this one. I'm so sorry. . Next one will be much better. And have more Bliza fluff.

Jayne hummed along to her music as she sank down the wall to have a seat on the floor, tossing her head back against the stone with a loud 'thunk' once she was sitting on the cool tiles of the hallway.

"She can't stand me but I miss her face. I feel like drownin' but the tide's too low. And now I'm waiting for the undertow." She sang, pale lids covering her gray-blue eyes. "So I stand tall, it gets a little better. I see the water, we can break down together. Stand strong, it gets a little better now." Jesse stopped his stride as he heard her singing, looking around the corner, slightly confused as to why she was here.

"Jayne, what are you doing here?" He said as he approached. Jayne jumped as she realized he was there, taking her ear buds out and pausing the song.

"I'm sorry, Mr. St. James, I missed that." She muttered as she stood and brush off her pants.

"What are you going here? Morning rehearsals aren't for another hour."

"Family troubles. My mom called me earlier to chew me out for something I did before I came up here, then my sister called to yell at me, and I just didn't feel like dealing with it, so I left my phone at home and came down here." She puffed her cheeks out for a moment before releasing her breath almost as a sigh. "Not my best plan since I was locked out of the auditorium. Not to mention Elizabeth's gonna freak when she wakes up and realizes I jacked her car." Jesse chuckled and pulled his keys from his pocket to unlock the auditorium.

"You should probably think things through more thoroughly next time." Jayne blushed as he held open the door for her.

"Yeah, I guess so." She passed him and laid her bag down by the stage. "So why are you here? You're normally late to practice, so don't say you always get here early." Jesse smiled and gave a shrug as he laid his jacket down in his usual seat.

"Couldn't sleep." Jayne rolled her eyes.

"So you came to school? Sorry, Mr. St. James, but I just can't believe someone would willingly come to school early."

"You did." He said with a smirk as he sat down, propping his feet up on the table in front of him. She gave him a half-hearted glare before taking a seat beside him.

"Bah." She muttered before leaning back and closing her eyes. "I'm gonna try and get a little bit of sleep before rehearsal. Do you mind?"

"Not at all." He replied around a yawn. "In fact, that is a fantastic idea."

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"Jayne, come on, wake up." Jayne groaned, snuggling further into the warmth surrounding her. Elizabeth sighed and shook her best friend again. "Jayne, get up, rehearsal's about to start." Jayne opened an eye to glare at the green-eyed dancer standing before her.

"I hate you so much." Elizabeth rolled her eyes.

"Not my fault I'm the only one that can wake you up." Jayne sat up from her slumped position and rubbed her head before realizing she was wrapped up in Jesse's jacket. Blushing, she removed the garment, dropping it back into her seat. Elizabeth raised an eyebrow as Jayne passed, to which the younger shrugged and continued down towards the stage. Jesse was already busy going over a few steps with the boys of the group when Jayne swung herself up onto stage.

"Where's Mary, Iza?" Elizabeth shrugged as she began stretching. "You two didn't ride over together?"

"Nope. She didn't feel like heading up to the Lima Bean this morning so she said she'd ride over by herself." Jayne's eyebrows furrowed.

"That's weird." Elizabeth shrugged again.

"She probably just got caught up watching Supernatural or something and didn't notice she was late." As Elizabeth said this a very out of breath Mary stepped into the auditorium.

"Sorry, I got caught up watching Supernatural." Elizabeth and Jayne both rolled their eyes, Jayne muttering "You were right" as she started stretching herself.

"Always am." Elizabeth replied. Mary just looked between the two, aquamarine eyes confused.

"What?"

"Nothing." Both girls replied, laughing at Mary's pout as she relaced her tennis shoes.

"Alright, ladies, I need you to pair up with the boys real quick. Um," He surveyed hem all for a moment. "Chelsea, Seymour. Elizabeth, Jason. Mary, Daniel. Jayne, I want you performing the lead piece with me for this time." Jayne hid her blush well as she nodded and went to stand beside him.

They stayed in the auditorium for nearly two hours practicing, Jesse often changing around who would play the lead and switching the groups. Finally he stopped them.

"We've made a lot of progress this morning, but you guys are members of Vocal Adrenaline now, you have to step it up. We are not simply a glee club as some of you might think, but a professional level show choir. When I was leading this show choir in high school we won four consecutive national championships. Now with my coaching you guys will be able to say the same thing. But only if you take this seriously. Jayne, Elizabeth, Mary, Jason and Seymour, you all did extremely well and I'll be depending on you doing even better at our first competition. You five may leave." The five he called made their ways off the stage to collect their things and go change. Jayne stayed back before going into the choir room, watching as Jesse glared at the two students before him.

"You two will need to get your things out of the choir room by tomorrow morning. I warned you both before that you would be removed from the choir if you didn't take it seriously, and now I'm telling you that you're out of Vocal Adrenaline." Jayne shuddered and hurried back into the choir room to change for her normal classes.