A/N: Hi! So chapters one and two, oh they were just prologues. Chapter 3 is where we get down to business. You ready? Hold on, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!
Setting: William McKinley High School Choir Room, Monday October 24th, 2011, 3:40 P.M.
Fourteen years have passed. Brittany knows little about her brother, but she cherishes all the memories she has. Halloween is in a week, and every Halloween, her heart breaks down in memories of her brother. She still can't contain herself. How will she keep herself from yet another heartbreak?
"So! It's Halloween, guys. What are we going to do, as a glee club, this year? We need to express it in music!" Mr. Schuester said excitedly to a room full of bored teenagers. He could never understand how to engage these kids.
Kurt and Blaine exchanged bored looks, and then Kurt raised his hand. "Well, our Rocky Horror play didn't work out so well, and last year we barely did anything. Both were awful. We just have to find a balance." Kurt thought his idea was pretty good. He adjusted his shirt, and then raised his eyebrows in a way burdening the message "…so? Does that sound okay?"
Rachel sighed as if to say that she obviously had the best idea. As always, being the most talkative person in the glee club, let alone the whole school, she raised her hand.
"Why don't we just perform creepy Halloween-ish songs? Oh! We could write our own!" She was already jotting down notes in her bedazzled notebook titled "Rachel's Genius Song Book" across the front. Of course, gold stars were on it too.
Santana rolled her eyes in disgust. Still a little upset from how everyone hated "Trouty Mouth" when she thought it was perfect, she was annoyed with Rachel's "original songs" obsession. "Ugh. Once I get out of this school…"
"I disagree with Jew dwarf here. Why do we always have to be all fresh and "original"? We already won regionals with our original songs, isn't that enough? I think that performing well-known scary songs would be more accessible to the students here." She said this in a way that she thought of as pretty reasonable and convincing. After all, even if no one admitted it, she was Santana Lopez and everyone loved her.
"Well, I see the only fair way to figure this out is to take a vote! Write our own Halloween songs, or use popular Halloween songs?" Mr. Schuester thought that might get a little excitement in them. Competition always did.
Santana had an idea, because she actually thought Rachel would win this one. And Santana plays to win.
She grabbed her iPhone out of her pocket, and plugged it into the little blue radio the choir room had. She flipped through her artists, and selected Ke$ha. She knew a good song for every occasion.
"I have a song to sing here. May I just perform it now, as a proposition?"
Mr. Schuester reluctantly agreed. It might be a good lesson, after all.
"I have a heart I swear I do
But just not baby when it comes to you
I get so hungry when you say you love me
If you know what's good for you
I think you're hot I think you're cool
You're the kind of guy I'd stalk in school
But now that I'm famous, you're up my anus
Now I'm gonna eat you fool!
I eat boys up, breakfast and lunch
Then when I get thirsty, I drink their blood
Carnivore animal, I am a Cannibal
I eat boys up, you better run
I am Cannibal
I am Cannibal (I'll eat you up)
I am Cannibal
I am Cannibal (I'll eat you up)
Whenever you tell me I'm pretty
That's when the hunger really hits me
You're little heart goes pitter patter
I want your liver on a platter
Use your finger to stir my tea
and for dessert I'll suck your teeth
Be too sweet and you'll be a gonner
Yup I'll pull a Jeffrey Dahmer
I eat boys up, breakfast and lunch
Then when I'm thirsty, I drink their blood
Carnivore animal, I am a Cannibal
I eat boys up, you better run
I am Cannibal
I am Cannibal (I'll eat you up)
I am Cannibal
I am Cannibal (I'll eat you up)
Oh…
I am Cannibal
I am Cannibal (I'll eat you up)
I am Cannibal
I am Cannibal (I'll eat you up)
I love you
I warned you
ROAR"
"Santana, that was… interesting. Maybe not exactly what we're looking for, but good start."
"Back to the vote. Who wants-"
*Bell Rings*
Setting: William McKinley High School lunch area, Monday October 24th, 2011, 4:10 P.M.
The Glee kids always sat at the lunch tables and talked before they left school. Blaine, Finn, Kurt, Lauren, Mercedes, Mike, Noah, Rachel, Sam, Tina, and Quinn had already all left. That meant just Artie, Brittany, and Santana were still out.
Santana looked around, fixing her hair, and then decided on some way to break the silence.
"So… what are your guys' Halloween plans? I have nothing to do. I was thinking of, like, a huge party. I'm not invited to any anymore 'cause I'm not a cheerio. I wonder if we can somehow get back at Sue for that. " Santana was starting to get a tinge of anger inside as those words escaped her mouth.
Brittany just looked at Santana, then at Artie, then back at Santana.
"Well, Halloween is great and bad for me at the same time. Like a burger, because it tastes amazing but it makes you fat. But every time I talk about Halloween, I… never mind. "
Artie and Santana exchanged confused looks, but then Artie decided to ask the question.
It was too late, though, because Brittany was already on the verge of uncontrollable tears. She was holding it in, while looking at her shoes and trying to avoid eye contact with them. "It's okay, it's okay." She repeated to herself in her head. Was it true? Was everything really okay? She didn't want a heartbreak, again, for about the millionth time. She had to talk to her friends about it. But would she?
"Look, Artie, Santana. Maybe I'll talk to you about it tomorrow."
Brittany didn't want to become a sobbing mess again, not in front of their very eyes.
"I'm fine, really. Don't worry about me."
"Or Jason."
Artie and Santana were further confused.
"Britt, come on. Tell us! You know we'll listen," Artie suggested.
Brittany thought for a while. She eventually decided that it's not their business and they should leave her alone.
"Stop it, okay? No, just stop it! Why is it your business?" Tears began to glaze her bright blue eyes.
Brittany had never been so angry! What was different this year? Why was she just angry now?
And with that, Brittany flung her backpack over her shoulder and ran to her car.
When she got in her car and started driving home, she heard a song on the radio.
"Seems like it was yesterday when I saw your face
You told me how proud you were but I walked away
If only I knew what I know today
I would hold you in my arms
I would take the pain away
Thank you for all you've done
Forgive all your mistakes
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To hear your voice again
Sometimes I want to call you but I know you won't be there
I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself by hurting you
Some days I feel broke inside but I won't admit
Sometimes I just want to hide 'cause it's you I miss
You know it's so hard to say goodbye when it comes to this
Would you tell me I was wrong?
Would you help me understand?
Are you looking down upon me?
Are you proud of who I am?
There's nothing I wouldn't do
To have just one more chance
To look into your eyes and see you looking back
I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself
If I had just one more day, I would tell you how much that
I've missed you since you've been away
Oh, it's dangerous
It's so out of line to try to turn back time
I'm sorry for blaming you for everything I just couldn't do
And I've hurt myself
By hurting you"
Brittany really understood that she couldn't treat her friends that way, even though all she understood from the song was "hurting you." Yet, somehow, that was all she needed to know. She knew she had to tell them. But how would she do that without crashing down? And where would she start with all her apologizing and telling the story?
Hope you liked the chapter! I know, it wasn't great, but keep faith in me, I promise chapter 4 will be better! The songs were Cannibal by K-E-DOLLAR SIGN-HA and Hurt by Christina Aguilera. I'll update soon!