Girlfriends to friends
Chapter 3
A/N: Here's chapter 3! So everyone is heading back to the choir room, to say their goodbyes, to the place they love, and the place where the good things in their lives started.
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'Don't get me wrong, I know this is a sad day for McKinley, and we have come back to reflect on everything the glee club has meant to us, but still. I figured they'd put up a poster saying 'Welcome back Rachel Berry!' I mean no confetti, no red carpet, even though I called ahead to let them know I was coming. I'm the biggest Broadway star this school has ever produced! What the hell?
Everyone's congratulating Mercedes and I for our accomplishments. I get she's wrote a couple of songs, but big whoop. There's only one way to make assert my God given superiorities, and that s to sit front and center in the 'Rachel Berry' chair. I guess Mercedes was thinking the same, because she started racing me to the chair, but I beat her.'
"Greet each other." Kurt whispered to Rachel and Mercedes.
"Hello Rachel, I am so happy to hear about all of your…success." Mercedes gritted out.
"Well thank you so much Mercedes and you are looking well." Rachel replied back smiling.
"Thank you, now if you'd excuse me I'll make my way to the back of the bus." Mercedes said moving to the back. As she was moving back, Mr. Schue wrote '100' on the board.
"100 lessons" Mr. Schue started.
"Can I have Finn's plaque when we clear this place out?" Puck asked interrupting him.
"No the plaque's stay here, Lillian and Finn belong here, at McKinley. It means so much to me that some of you guys could come back on such short notice, to celebrate the past few years. To sit in this room one last time and sing.
Your assignment is to sing a song we've already song but reinvented in some way. Way back in the old days, I would give an assignment and give you a little 'demonstration' of what I was looking for." Mr. Schue continued.
"Yeah" Everyone yelled.
"See y'all whooping and cheering now, but just wait till he starts rapping." Santana said cutting everyone
off, and making some laugh.
"Okay, no hip hop today, but I thought I would however, ask a special someone to come join us. It seemed appropriate since her contributions once helped save glee club, well at least the auditorium way back when. Please welcome, all the way from Broadway I bring to you Ms. April Rhodes!" Mr. Schue yelled pointing towards April as she walked in.
'Hey y'all!" She yelled walking in.
"She once taught me how to steal meat by putting it in my vagina." Everyone heard Tina whisper to Marley.
After talking for a while April moved everyone over to the piano, and handed out champagne glasses.
"So says to me, April Rhodes you sing like an angel, and make love like a tiger, but the ole ball and chains got your number so I got to set you loose. Do you know what he did? He bought me my own island! Yep, I own my own island in the Caribbean called 'Santa Aprilrodeo'. Its not war-torn with landslides, or go destitute locals in it. Just me and my manservant Kadeem. With long sensuous nights filled with home-brewed poi and intiment massage-" April said
I wonder how it would be with Santana on an island. Rachel thought before she could stop herself.
"Ok! Thanks you April for that… wonderful lesson in female empowerment." Mr. Schuster said interrupting her.
"Amen!" She yelled out.
"Amen, but why are we all holding these plastic champagne flukes?" Artie asked laughing at April.
"Because we are about to pop the cork with some bubbly! But don't worry, this Spumante is virgin. Probably like you will be for a long time, and besides Will wants us to sing the best songs the glee club has ever did, so we're about to raise our glass!" April yelled after pointing at Unique.
"Wait, the glee club never did 'Raise Your Glass', the warblers did that?" Blaine said to April.
"I was wondering why it didn't ignore me when I think of it in my head. I've always had a soft spot for prep school boys." She mumbled loudly.
"Well-" Blaine started
"Honk! Hit it boys!" April yelled squeezing Blaine's nose before moving to start to sing.
April:
Right right, turn off the lights
We're gonna lose our minds tonight
What's the dealio?
Will:
I love when it's all too much
5 AM turn the radio up
Where's the rock and roll? (April: Ner-nener-nener-ner-nener woah!)
Party crasher, Penny snatcha'
April and Will:
Call me up if you are gangsta'
Rachel saw Santana doing her gangster impression, and started smiling, and licked her lips, because it always turned her on.
Don't be fancy
Just get dancy
Why so serious?
April and Will with New Directions and Alumni:
So raise your glass if you are wrong
In all the right ways
All my underdogs, we will never be, never be
Anything but loud
And nitty gritty dirty little freaks
While Rachel was twerking she saw from the corner of her eye Ryder grinding against Unique (This actually did happen) , and also saw Santana looking at her butt, and started smiling.
Won't you come on, and come on, and
Raise your glass!
Just come on and come on and
Raise your glass!
April:
Oh no, my glass is empty!
That sucks!
April and Will with New Directions and Alumni:
So if you're too school for cool
And you're treated like a fool (April: Treated like a fool)
Will with New Directions and Alumni:
You could choose to let it go (April: Choose to let it go)
We can always, we can always
April and Will:
Party on our own
Rachel ran up the bleachers with everyone and stood by Santana and they danced together waiting to run back out with the gang to finish dancing.
April:
So raise your!
April with Will, New Directions and Alumni
So raise your glass!
Will (and April) with New Directions and Alumni:
If you are wrong (April: Yeah yeah!)
In all the right ways
(All my underdogs), we will never be, never be
(Anything but loud)
Rachel saw Santana and the other members of the Unholy Trinity do a move from 'Say a Little Prayer' from when they auditioned, and started laughing when they were twerking afterwards.
And nitty gritty (dirty little freaks)
So raise your glass (April: so raise your glass)
(New Directions and Alumni: if you are wrong) if you are wrong
(New Directions and Alumni: In all the right ways)
All my underdogs (April: Oh yeah yeah ah!)
We will never be never be!
April and Will with New Directions and Alumni:
Anything but loud
(April: And nitty gritty) (Will: And nitty gritty) dirty little freaks
Won't you come on! and come on! and
Raise your glass!
Just come on and come and
Raise your glass!
Won't you come on! and come on! and
Raise your glass! (Will: For me) (April: Just come on and come and)
Raise your glass!
April and Will:
For me!
That was the happiest Rachel and Santana had been in a long time, and Kurt knew that, by looking at them hug at the end of the song, they still loved each other, and that he needed to work fast to get them back together.
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Santana was looking for Brittany, and after a few minutes, she saw Brittany writing on a classroom board, and walked in to see what she was doing.
"Hey, I've been looking for you everywhere. What are you doing?" Santana asked walking in.
"I'm trying to prove a hypothesis." Brittany replied.
"And who's forcing you to do that?" Santana asked
"My professors, they say I have the most gifted mind in a generation. She then begin to tell Santana when she solved a really long division problem. .
"Ms. Pierce, what is 5,752,293288 divide d by 958,715,548?" The man in the lab coat said.
"I don't know… 6?" Brittany answered. It turned out to be right, and they stated clapping for her.
Brittany sat down looking at Santana. "I just wish I had my old life back. Were I wasn't a mathematical genius, and when all I wanted to do was scissor you and talk to my cat." She continued.
Santana ignored that comment and thought of a good idea. "Well, what do you say about you and I inviting someone to have a little threesome?"
"With you and Rachel?"
"No, I mean, how about we call up the unholy trinity?" She asked.
"Sure, but a threesome with you and Rach would've been better. Just saying." She told Santana before walking out the room in search for Quinn.
After Brittany's comment Santana started to think about the amazing sex she and Rachel would have together, before shaking her head and following after Brittany in search for Quinn.
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Brittany, Quinn, and Santana:
Ah, ah, ah ah ah ah
Quinn:
Baby, can't you see
I'm calling
A guy like you
Should wear a warning
It's dangerous
I'm fallin'
Brittany:
There's no escape
I can't wait
I need a hit
Baby, give me it
You're dangerous
I'm lovin' it
Quinn with Brittany and Santana:
Too high
Can't come down
It's in the air
And it's all around
Can you feel me now?
Santana with Brittany and Quinn:
With a taste of your lips
I'm on a ride
You're toxic I'm slipping (Santana and Brittany: under)
(Quinn: With a taste) of a poison paradise
Brittany with Quinn and Santana:
I'm addicted to you
Don't you know that you're toxic
Ah ah ah ah
Santana with Brittany and Quinn:
With a taste of your lips
I'm on a ride
You're toxic I'm slipping (Brittany and Santana: under)
(Quinn: With a taste) of a poison paradise
Oh oh oh
Brittany with Quinn (Santana):
Intoxicate me now (Ooh)
With your lovin' now (Ooh)
I think I'm ready now
Quinn (Santana):
I think I'm ready now (Ooh)
Brittany with Quinn (Santana):
Intoxicate me now (Ooh)
With your lovin' now (Ooh)
I think I'm ready now
Brittany, Quinn, and Santana:
Ah ah ah ah
All throughout the song Rachel was thinking how sexy Santana was and how she needed to end this stupid argument between them, because she saw how Brittany was looking at Santana throughout the whole song.
"That is what I'm talking about kiddos. What you think Mr. Preppy McDimplebutt?" April asked looking at Quinn's boyfriend.
"Oh. Umm, I thought it was very energetic." He replied
"Dude you were texting the whole time." Mike interrupted, before getting interrupted himself by Quinn.
"You know, he's very busy. He's umm, President of the Secret Society, and also captain of the water polo team." She rambles off and then walks over and leaves with him once the bell rings, to avoid the stares she was getting.
After Quinn and her beau left, April just shook at head in their direction before staring at Puck with a 'What are you going to do' look. Everyone started to leave after that.
"Well, you were amazing as usual." Santana said to Brittany.
"No I wasn't. During the bridge I was out of sync 1/16 of a seventh step." Brittany said
"What are you talking about? Britt, you're the most amazing dancer I have ever met." She said to Brittany.
"No I wasn't…I should just stick to the things I know, Quantitative Algorithms, and if I have time any time left in the day, hosting my popular hit internet show." Brittany said before walking out.
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After the theme song finished playing Brittany began talking. "Hello America. I'm Brittany S. Pierce and 'Fondue for Two' has been on hiatus because, as it turns out I'm a genius. Tonight's guest are two of McKinley's most non mathematical geniuses Mercedes Jones and Rachel Berry. Question, Rachel!"
"Yes"
"You're currently rehearsing for the lead role on a Broadway musical, you are also work full-time as a singing waitress at a diner, and enrolled full-time as a student in NAYADA." Brittany said while looking at the camera.
"That is correct." Rachel said
"Would you agree that it is slightly irresponsible to leave New York for an entire week, for no other reason than the glee club is being canceled?" Brittany started.
"Uh no-no I just-" Rachel started stuttering.
"When are the lies going to stop? You don't even live in New York. I'm not even sure you've been to New York." Brittany yelled.
"Britt, we went to New York together." Rachel whispered.
"Don't change the subject." Brittany replied then smiled.
"Are your cats making out?!" Rachel yelled and they all turned to see Brittany's cats licking all over each other.
"Yes they are. Mercedes Jones, how would you respond to the rumors that you are really a good dancer… "
"Ha!" Rachel Yelled.
"But you hid the fact while you were in glee club, so Mr. Schue would let you quote 'park and bark'?" Brittany asked
"No comment." Mercedes replied.
"Great. Last question. Do you know what song you are going to be singing for 's last assignment?" Brittany asked them.
"Yes…Defying gravity…What?!" They both said at the same time.
"You can't sing that song. Kurt and I are singing it we are just switching parts, so that I can belt out the high note at the end." Rachel replied to Mercedes, before turning to look at the camera.
"That isn't reinventing a song. You can't do that!" Mercedes yelled.
"You know what Mercedes? Why don't we settle this the old fashioned way?" Rachel said
"A diva off? Oh, hell to the yes." Mercedes said moving her face closer to Rachel's.
"It's on." Rachel finished before turning away flipping her hair.
Brittany made a punching motion, before signing off.
Santana had been watching the whole thing, and knew she couldn't allow Rachel to win, because that would mean she would think her life was better now that they weren't together, so she wrote down some things she'd say to her before they dated, so she could jinx her. She felt bad for some things written, but felt like it was her only choice.
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Santana, Puck, Artie, and Mike were all invited by Quinn's boyfriend to meet them at Breadstix. They weren't going to go, but it's a free meal at breadstix. Who could pass that up? Not Puck, Santana, or Artie, which meant Mike had to go also. They heard him yelling them over, to come sit with himself and Quinn, and once they reached the table they began talking.
"Hey guys." Puck said
"Hey, Santana Lopez. Word on the street is that you're old money. Well, I'm a lesbian, but I'm totally in to that." Santana said greeting him with a hand shake.
"Mike Chang, Asian dancer." Mike said also shaking his hand.
"And I'm Artie Abrams. It may look like I'm a dweeb in a wheelchair, but my girlfriend's a cheerleader.
"So, what about Quinn? How would you describe her in one sentence?" He asked them.
"She's constantly surprising you. Like one year she showed up to school in the fall and decided she wanted to be a skank." Mike started.
"She died her hair pink; she got a Ryan Seacrest tattoo; oh, then lit a purple piano on fire." Santana said listing off things she did.
"What wait, hold on one second, a piano?" He asked interrupted by Quinn
"Hahahaha…Biff they're just messing with you. Honey I left my purse in the car with my make-up, and some lady things would you mind getting it for me?" Quinn asked him softly.
"Sure, no worries, I'll go get it for you sweetheart." He replied before getting up.
When he was gone Puck questioned Quinn on her behavior.
"What the hell was that?" Puck asked.
"I'm trying to present myself in a particular way. his family is royalty, Philadelphian Main Line Society, and if I can get in with that, then my life is set." Quinn stated
"How do you cover up the tattoo? Like what, magic?" Santana asked her curious.
"I pay my roommate to apply three bases of makeup there every time before I see him." She replied.
"Does he know about us, about Beth?" Puck asked.
"I will tell him everything…when I'm ready." Quinn replied
Santana saw how hurt Puck was that Quinn didn't tell her boyfriend about him and Beth, and she understood because she was hurt when Rachel wouldn't let her meet her dads because of how she treated her. Even after two years of dating she still hadn't officially met them.
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"Alright everybody, I wish I could say this week isn't about competing against each other, but we have our last diva-off. Apparently the only song we can sing in a diva-off is defying gravity." Mr. Schue said walking in.
"Wait, we have to listen to Kurt shred that last note again?" Santana asked
"For the millionth time, I did it on purpose." Kurt gritted out.
"And after our performance, we'll have you guys vote on who's the true star, me or Mercedes?" Rachel said butting in.
Before they song they both thought about how throughout all their lives all they wanted was to feel chosen, and accepted.
Mercedes:
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
Kurt:
I'm through with playing by the rules
Of someone else's game
Rachel:
Too late for second guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
Mercedes:
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap!
Kurt:
It's time to try defying gravity
Mercedes:
I think I'll try defying gravity
Rachel:
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
Mercedes:
And you won't bring me down, no
Rachel:
I'm through accepting limits
'Cause someone says they're so
Mercedes:
Some things I cannot change
But till I try I'll never know!
Rachel:
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Kurt:
Well, if that's love
It comes at
Rachel:
Much too high a cost
Mercedes:
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Rachel:
Kiss me goodbye
Mercedes:
I'm defying gravity
Rachel:
I think I'll try defying gravity
Mercedes:
And you won't bring me down
Rachel:
I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Mercedes:
Kiss me goodbye I'm defying gravity
Rachel:
I think I'll try defying gravity
Kurt:
And you won't bring me down
Rachel:
Bring me down (Mercedes: down)
"That song should be on the Broadway." April said after they all were finished.
"Aright let's stop fooling around, and start voting." Mercedes said walking to the front.
"Actually let's just take a breath and think about how amazing those performances were. We'll sleep on it and vote tomorrow, but for right now, you're all winners." Mr. Schue said trying to make a little peace before tomorrow.
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"Knight takes pawn!" Brittany yelled through the bullhorn, watching the live chess match. "Kiki your move…"
"Pawn to A6" The phone replied
"Clever for a pinko communist… Knight to C3" Brittany said talking to her phone after it made a move.
"Brittany what the hell is this?" Santana asked walking up and sitting next to her on the Cafeteria outside steps.
"The chess club is helping me recreate the historic 1972 world championship between Bobby Fisher and Boris Spasky. It's the only creative thing I have now that my life is a never-ending math equation." Brittany explained. Santana was getting scared about what was going on with her best friend and wasn't afraid to admit it.
"This is freaking me out. This is not you. You love to dance. I know that you think you're a little rusty right now, but you'll get it back. I'll prove it to you. Let's do a number together?" Santana asked trying to get Brittany back to doing what she loves.
"No, those days are over, this is my life now. Bishop to E3!" She yelled getting back to the chess game.
Santana started thinking what she could do to help her friend. She was making this a priority, not only because she was her best friend, but because she can't find a way to fix her relationship yet without admitting she was wrong, so she needs to get her mind off it.
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Throughout the lunch period, Rachel and Mercedes were trying to convince this year's glee club to vote for them. Telling them reasons they should win, and more.
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"So you two are getting hitched." April said to Kurt and Blaine. "When's the happy occasion?" She asked.
"We actually don't know yet." Blaine said looking to Kurt.
"Yeah we want the long engagement." Kurt said finishing it.
"I got you gals an early wedding present…" She stated pulling whiskey flasks from her bra. "It's a little hooch, it'll help the divorce you are likely to have occur." She said before walking way when Mr. Schue walked in.
"Ok guys we will get to the voting later, but first, Puckerman wants to sing a song, Puck?" Mr. Schue said going to sit down.
"Actually I was hoping we could mo-" Puck started before Santana cut her off.
"Hold up hold up, Private Puckerman. I'm going to let you finish, but first I'd like to uphold the tradition of hijacking this glee club for an intervention. Mr. Schue… said we could do some of our favorite numbers right? Well I'd like to do a dance duet with Brittany. Hit it!" She said before starting to sing. Everyone starting to cheer for the ucoming performance.
Santana:
Well, sometimes I go out by myself
And I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing
And in my head I paint a picture
Brittany and Santana:
Cause since I've come on home
Well, my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over?
Santana (Brittany):
Stop making a fool out of me (Out of me)
Brittany and Santana:
Why don't you come on over Valerie?
Valerie
Valerie
Valerie
Brittany (Santana):
Well, sometimes I go out by myself
And I look across the water (Oh yeah)
Santana (Alumni and New Directions):
And I think of all the things, what you're doing
And in my head I paint a picture (I paint a picture)
Brittany (Alumni and New Directions):
I paint a picture (I paint a picture)
Brittany and Santana:
And since I've come on home
Well, my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair
And the way you like to dress
Brittany and Santana (with Alumni and New Directions):
(Won't you come on over)
(Stop makin' a fool) out of me
I said, (why don't you come on over)
Brittany and Santana (Alumni and New Directions):
Valerie?
Valerie (Why don't you come on over?)
Santana (Alumni and New Directions):
Valerie (Why don't you come on over?)
Brittany and Santana (Alumni and New Directions):
Valerie (Why don't you come on over?)
Santana (Alumni and New Directions):
Valerie (Why don't you come on over?)
Brittany and Santana (Alumni and New Directions):
Valerie (Why don't you come on over?)
Brittany
Why don't you come on over (with Santana: Valerie?)
While watching Santana and Brittany dance Rachel was glad of their friendship, but when she saw Brittany looking at Santana with love in her eyes as they danced, she got jealous. She knew she wasn't just seeing things the first time. She had to do something. She was just too stubborn to do it.
"See this is who you are, this is what happens when you don't think about it." Santana told Brittany were only she could hear.
"Wow, I wouldn't want to follow behind that! Puck if you're still up to it?" Mr. Schue said to him.
"I actually think we should move my song to the auditorium." He replied sitting back down. Santana winked at him, because she knew what this was about, having had helped out.
They all made their way to the stage and brought out chairs and stools to sit on before Puck started singing and playing his guitar while looking at Quinn.
Puck:
You're not alone
Together we stand
I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand
When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There's no place to go
You know I won't give in
No I won't give in
Puck with Alumni and New Directions:
Keep holding on
Puck:
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Puck with Alumni and New Directions:
Just stay strong
Puck:
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
Puck (Alumni and New Directions):
There's nothing you could say (Nothing you can say)
Nothing you could do (Nothing you could do)
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So (with Alumni and New Directions: keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through)
Everyone moved from there sitting spots to the stage to dance along.
Puck with Alumni and New Directions harmonizing:
Hear me when I say, when I say I believe
Nothing's gonna change, nothing's gonna change destiny
Whatever's meant to be will work out perfectly
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Puck with Alumni and New Directions:
Keep holding on
Puck (Alumni and New Directions):
('Cause you know we'll make it through), we'll make it through
(Just stay strong) Just stay strong
('Cause you know I'm here for you), I'm here for you
During the song Santana and Rachel were dancing close to each other, and smiled at each other for the first time in a long time. When they walked on to new partners, Rachel noticed Ryder sitting between Unique's legs, and kept trying to remind herself that once she got herself and Santana back together, she'd work on them.
Puck (Alumni and New Directions):
There's nothing you could say (Nothing you can say)
Nothing you could do (Nothing you could do)
There's no other way when it (with Alumni and New Directions: comes to the truth)
Puck with Alumni and New Directions (Alumni and New Directions):
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, (we'll make it through)
Keep holding (on)
Santana was staring at Rachel the whole rest of the song, and Rachel felt her staring, wishing she could just sing Rachel a song then it'd be all better. That's when an idea popped into her head, on how to get Rachel back, but she didn't know how long it'd take.
Puck (Alumni and New Directions):
Keep holding on
(Just stay strong) Just stay strong
Keep holding on
There's nothing you could say (Nothing you can say)
Nothing you could do (Nothing you could do)
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So (keep holding on) (Puck: Keep holding on)
Puck (with Alumni and New Directions):
('Cause you know we'll make it through), we'll make it through
By the end of the song, everyone was up dancing, and when it ended they all left to give Quinn and Puck privacy, not really. They couldn't hear what was being said, but they saw Quinn walk out, and started feeling bad for Puck and for Quinn.
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"Alright everybody, no more drama. It's time to vote." Mr. Schue said.
Santana was going to interrupt again, because she had figured out how to win back Rachel. So she stood up about ask one more time for an interruption, but cowered out before standing up fully. Instead of saying, well singing, what was on her heart, she just said all the mean things she had wrote down about Rachel.
"Excuse me Schuester. Before we cast another pointless vote, in another meaningless contest that has practically no ramifications ever. I'd like to speak a few things about my good friend Rachel Berry. Rachel Berry is the most horrible human being on the planet."
"What!" Rachel yelled.
"Santana?" Mr. Schue was confused by this, because she had came by his office earlier to discuss singing a song for her.
"Can it, troll! You have sold half the people in this room down this river more times than I can count just so you could get a solo in a musical, and the other half names you don't know." Santana stated starting off sounding nice and sincere, before the words began to sink in.
"That's not true!" She yelled to Santana
"Really? What's his name?" She asked pointing to Ryder.
"Rick…" She replied
"Exactly, see you all met Rachel okay, but I live with her. Let me tell you what it's like to share a bathroom with a stubby, under grown little prude. Someone in that apartment shaves their face and leaves their stubble in the sink, and we all know it's not Kurt so do the math."
"That is so not true." Rachel yelled defending herself.
"You know what else is a lie? When you won prom queen."
"What?" Rachel asked confused.
"Yeah that's right you didn't win okay? Everyone just felt really bad for you, because your boyfriend got prom king, but you didn't get nominated. So the two people you hated most in the world, Quinn and I, stuffed the balance boxes so you'd win." She yelled at Rachel.
"You are so cruel, Santana! You know you are only doing this because I broke up with you, and because I'm the lead in Funny Girl, and you're just the lowly understudy. You want to me feel bad, but you know what I'm better than you, and you're an awful person." Rachel said before walking out.
"…Well…I feel so much better…lets vote." She said sitting down. Trying not to show her real emotions.
Everyone who knew about Pezberry was shocked at Santana, and she walked out after Mercedes left the room. She followed Mercedes to the bathroom and eavesdropped on their conversation.
"You know, that rant reminded me of the old Santana rants, I think it's the worst I've heard." Mercedes said.
"You don't even know what it's like in New York. Santana and I started off great together, but things happened, and now it's like that every day. Like no matter where I go or what I do, I'm back to the worse days of high school.
Santana felt horrible and tears welled in her eyes at the sound of Rachel's trembling voice.
Mercedes started telling Rachel about how she got by, and what she does, and that It's going to get better. They started laughing and hugging, and Santana left before they started talking about their relationship again.
Santana walked back into the choir room and sat in her seat.
"Question though, why are you mad that she's your understudy?" Mercedes asked slowly.
"I don't know, maybe she was right, maybe I was just mad she was a competition for me? I don't know, but when we got here, things were going back to normal, until this happened. I thought she was actually going to say something nice. I don't get what happened between Puck singing and the voting, but I can't be on this rollercoaster anymore, it's getting tiring." Rachel admitted.
"Well, I'll do whatever I can to get the loveable Santana back, and get Pezberry back in motion." Mercedes said.
"Thanks, I hope she changes before we get back to New York, because I may just have to cut all ties with anything involved with Santana."
"You should know it's not just her who needs to change. You made some mistakes too Rachel, and you need to figure out some things as well." Mercedes told Rachel before she walked out, and they walked back to the choir room.
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"Alright everybody! It's time to get this voting nonsense out of the way so we can get back to what you all came here for: the music." Mr. Schue said.
"Y'all can use your left hand for anonymity." April told the gang.
"But I'm left-handed?" Sam replied.
"Then use a foot." She replied.
"Okay." Sam sighed out before raising his foot to rest on his other leg.
They were all trying to figure out who to put, and when they were finally finished, Rachel and Mercedes came back and started explaining that the votes didn't matter…
"So, umm… Sorry about that outburst earlier. Mercedes and I have been talking…" Rachel came in starting off their speech.
"And we both realize that asking you guys to vote for who's more talented is just, it's completely ridiculous, unproductive, and narcissistic. I mean, how could we ask you guys to choose between two beautiful queen divas?" Mercedes finished.
"Well funny enough they did vote and they did choose, and guess what… You're both equally talented in their eyes and mine." Schuester said bringing the attention back to him and the tallied votes.
Everyone started laughing and clapping before April came up and interrupted the applause.
"Excuse me, Excuse me. I'd like to apologize. It's not the first time I've raised someone hopes and then left them on the rocky shores of disappointment and regret. Just ask all of my AA sponsors."
"April! We just want to spend the rest of the week in peace."
"-But what I did do is use the last few hours of my NetJets account to bring in someone whose infectious happiness will surely make the next few days that much brighter… Ladies and gentlemen…" April said pointing at the door just as Holly Holiday started sliding in, causing everyone to scream cheering.
"Hola, clase. April thanks for buttering the floor for me, you know I likes to make an entrance." Holly said
"Wait, I-I-I-I'm sorry, but how do you two know each other?" Will asked.
"Oh, because there's a whole Facebook page for people who were guests of glee club. I'm on it, April.." Holly told Will.
"Blaine's brother, Rachel's mom, that Mexican guy." April added snapping.
"This is amazing. Where have you been?" Will asked. She then went on telling him what she did, and how she came back to give respects to the club.
"Well Holly you know, we're singing our favorite glee songs that we've song before." Rachel informed Holly.
"Oh hecks no, that might be fine for you nerds, but when Holly Holiday comes to town, she doesn't look back in the rear-view mirror, this bitch is going forward. Hit it!" She then started singing.
Holly:
It might seem crazy what I'm 'bout to say
Sunshine she's here, you can take a break
I'm a hot air balloon that could go to space
With the air like 'I don't care,' baby by the way, huh!
Holly with April and Will (Alumni, New Directions):
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do
Holly (Blaine):
Here come bad news, talking this and that (Here come bad news, talking this and that!)
Give me all you got, don't hold back (Don't hold it back!)
Well (with Blaine: I should probably warn you; I'll be just fine!)
No offense to you, don't waste your time (I won't waste my time!)
Here's why
Holly with April and Will (Alumni, New Directions, April and Will):
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do
Holly (Alumni, New Directions, April and Will):
(Happy) Bring me down, can't nothing
(Happy) Bring me down, your love is too high
(Happy) Bring me down, can't nothing
(Happy) Bring me down, (with Alumni, New Directions, and April and Will: I said I tell you now)
(Happy, happy, happy, happy) Bring me down, can't nothing
(Happy, happy, happy, happy) Bring me down, your love is too high
(Happy, happy, happy, happy) Bring me down, can't nothing
(Happy, happy) Bring me down (with Alumni, New Directions, April and Will: I said)
Holly with April and Will (Alumni, New Directions):
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof (Mercedes: Without a roof!)
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth (Mercedes: If you feel!)
(Because I'm happy)
(with Mercedes: Clap along if you know what happiness is to you) (Blaine and Mercedes: Hey, hey) (Mercedes: Hey yeah!)
(Because I'm happy)
Clap along if you feel (with Mercedes: like that's what you wanna do)
April, Blaine, Holly, Mercedes and Will with Alumni, New Directions:
Because I'm happy!
Throughout the whole song Santana tried looking at Rachel's eyes, but she wouldn't look at her so she stopped, but she saw how cute she looked while dancing, and how if she'd just stuck to the first part of her plan of singing with Rachel then maybe things would've been better.
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Santana and Brittany were talking about Brittany school eating churros, while at the same time Puck was getting Quinn back.
"This is so not cool; they can't just chain you to a calculator to keep you as their math monkey." Santana said to Brittany.
"Wait do those actually exists?" Brittany asked.
"You need to be having a life. You need to be out in the world, going to concerts, eating at restaurants, and…dating." Santana said ignoring her earlier comment.
After a few short moments, Brittany leaned over kissing Santana. She started kissing back until she remembered Rachel.
"This isn't a good idea." She said breaking it up.
"It feels really good to be around you. You make me feel like a girl again, like I'm alive inside." Brittany replied.
"Please don't do this, I worked my ass off to get over my crush on you, and I moved on with Rachel." Santana pleaded
"I really want to be with you Santana. I've seen the world, and I know now more than ever that we belong together and I know for a fact you and Rachel aren't together anymore. You saying those things about her proved it even more. Anyway, you can't recreate what we have, there's nothing like our connection. It's your choice, if you want me I'm here." She replied kissing Santana on the cheek, then walking out.
After Brittany left, Santana felt so bad, because she felt like she cheated on Rachel.
xXx
Rachel was sitting down at the piano, waiting for everyone to get to the choir room, when Santana walked in.
"Hey." Santana said.
"Hi." Rachel replied looking up from the piano tiles.
"Just so you know, I voted for you. You really should've won."
"Really, with all those things you said?" Rachel snapped.
"In all honesty I was going to say something else, but you know me..." Santana told Rachel trying to be honest. When Rachel didn't reply she continued. "Rachel, you should know that Brittany and I kissed. I know we aren't dating, but I felt like I should tell you." Santana told Rachel looking her in the eyes,
"I can't right now Santana." Rachel said before her phone buzzed. "We're supposed to be in the auditorium. Let's go." She said before walking out. She was hurt, and angry, but she knew she had no right to be, which made her want to scream and cry.
xXx
"I wanted to show you guys something." Mr. Schue said to the original members of glee club. "All of you who were here from the very beginning when the club was just a dream. Their new and final resting places for all the years to come. All the students that travel through this auditorium will see these." He said showing them the plaques of Finn and Mrs. Alder new places in the auditorium.
"And have absolutely no idea who they are." Artie chimed in.
"I don't know what it is, because I could care a rat's ass about this place, but this is really getting to me." Santana said. Not only was it the sentiment of it all, but also the fact that it was Finn who helped her come to terms with her feeling with Rachel.
"I know. Why is that?" Quinn asked getting teary eyed.
"We were all raised by different parents, but we grew up together in the glee club. Its apart of all of us, it's who we are. Of course you're sad about it." Will said.
"I don't know Mr. Schue. With this and Finn. It's kinda hard to believe that anything lasts." Mike said
"I don't have any more pep talks. I just have you guys, and the memory of the people on this wall. My friends. We share this special bond. We're the only ones in the world who know what this Glee Club means to us. I'm not here to cheer you guys up. I'm here to say thank you, thank you for being on this ride with me." Will said before crying, and they all get in a group hug.
Rachel started crying thinking of her first love and Santana, and how she lost both. Santana wanted to go over to her and embrace her in a hug, but restrained herself, and let Kurt do it.
The whole time, April and Holly, were drinking wine, and watching the old glee club's interaction. They promised that after their wine, that they'd do whatever it takes to save the club.
xXx
A/N: Here's revised chapter 3. Make sure to actually read, because there are new things in this chapter, than how it was previously.