The Winner II

Chapter Four

Ding dong!
Kelly pulled her iPhone headphones out of her ear and dropped her pen on top of her exercise book. She jumped from her bed and rushed to the door to see who was there.
To her surprise, Rachel was stood on the porch, wearing a red coat. She had puffy red eyes that suggested she had been crying.
With a sigh, Kelly said her name.
"Rachel?"
"Before you say anything or slam the door in my face, please just give me a chance to explain why I did what I did."
Kelly considered letting her into the house but then decided against.
"So you aren't denying that it was you who told the hockey players that I had joined the glee club."
"Yes that was me. Um, can I come in, or can we go somewhere?"
Kelly didn't want to invite her in nor did she want to go anywhere with someone she didn't trust.
"I'm sorry Rachel but I don't trust you, not after what you did. I mean Kurt told me you could be very mean to get your way but I didn't know you would be that mean. "
Rachel nodded.
"I understand. And about that, I am sorry Kelly that that happened. I didn't mean to-"She paused. "Well I did, but I don't feel good about it now! I guess I was just scared."
"Scared?" She asked, confused.
"I was scared you were better than me. I didn't want competition and I knew you were competition by the way Kurt described your voice."
Rachel looked down, ashamed.
"Scared of me?"
"Yes!"
Kelly couldn't believe a single word of it. How could someone like Rachel, with a voice like hers, be afraid that someone like Kelly would steal the crown?
"Rachel, how could you ever be afraid of me?"
She took a minute to think about how she was going to answer.
"It's not you I'm afraid of… it's your talent."
"Rachel, you're far more talented than I am or ever will be."
Kelly smiled at her to show she was being honest.
"Really? You think so?"
"Of course I do. I know you and I haven't really been friends since I got here, but I don't want to be your enemy either."
"Me too. You're so much more different than I thought you'd be."
Kelly had to laugh at that. She assumed Rachel had made up some kind of imaginary bully version of Kelly.
"Anyway, how could you feel threatened by me when I am not and was never a member of the glee club? I was just joining in for that assignment, who said I was staying?"
"You seemed like you were having fun. And I assumed you'd want to stay."
Rachel admitted. Kelly considered this. Did I really look like I was having that much fun?
"I just wanted to explain to you why I acted the way I did and that it will never happen again. In fact, I think we could use your voice for sectionals. So please consider coming back!"
Rachel gave her a smile to show her support. Despite the fact that Rachel honestly wanted Kelly to join the New Directions, Kelly wasn't up for it still.
"I'm not sure. I don't think I could ever walk down those halls again, without flinching every time I turned a corner. I don't want to live in fear. It was fun sitting in for the week, but I'm gonna have to pass."
And with that Kelly got up and apologised that she had to leave, leaving Rachel feeling worse than before. What am I going to do? Rachel thought to herself as she watched Kelly walk out the door, tucking her hands into the pockets of her brown jacket.

It was early morning and the sun was shining in Mr Schuester's office. He was drinking a mug of coffee, skimming through Spanish papers he had to mark, whilst waiting for Rachel to arrive.
Earlier that morning, Mr Schuester asked to see Rachel in his office after third period.
He placed the mug back down on his desk, at the same time, Rachel nervously entered his office.
"You wanted to see me, Mr Schue?"
He cleared his throat.
"Yes, I did. I wanted to ask you about the meeting you had with Kelly. Kurt told me he showed you to her house. So, how did it go?"
"Well, Mr Schue I apologised just like you told me to and we sorted everything out between us but she still doesn't want to join. In fact, if anything, I think I made it all worse."
Mr Schue sighed because he was hoping Kelly would join and perhaps that would start encouraging other students to join.
Rachel could see the disappointed and let down look on his face so she tried to soften the mood.
"Im sorry Mr Schue. I really did try… but she said she enjoyed this week."
"I'll try talking to her. Thank you Rachel for trying and for apologising. You can go."
"Thank you Mr Schue."
She didn't stand around for another second.
Mr Schuester ran his fingers through his curly brown hair. He didn't know what else to do, other than talk to her.

"Hey!"
Kelly was shoving books into her locker when, Quinn, an average-sized blonde girl who was once the captain of the cheerios, greeted Kelly with a smile.
"Hi!"
Kelly didn't know what else to do other than smile back, as she had no idea what the girl's name was to start with.
"I'm Quinn, from glee club."
Suddenly Kelly remembered that she was also the girl that gave her a pen when hers ran out, in Maths.
"Yeah I know. I'm Kelly!"
She held her hand out to Quinn, and she shook it.
"Don't we all know your name!"
Kelly didn't know whether this was a compliment or an insult, so she decided to laugh it off.
"So I heard about your slushie incident." Kelly looked down, because she had been trying to forget that all day.
"Don't worry about it. They won't do it again… at least not for at least a week."
"That makes me feel so much better!" She answered back sarcastically. "Sorry for being bitter."
"No I understand. It sucks. I once got hit by five different flavours, I smelt like a fruit salad for the rest of the day and the multi-colours wouldn't wash out of my hair. I walked around like a creature you would imagine working in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory."
Kelly couldn't resist but laugh and they both ended up laughing so loud, that students walking past turned their heads to look at them.
"So are you ever coming back to the New Directions?"
Kelly was so tired of that question because she was repeatedly asked the same question. Just as she was about to answer Quinn, Coach Sylvester came around the corner.
"Hello ladies!" She said cheerfully. "Couldn't help but listen to your convo. You quit the glee club?" she turned to Kelly. Without getting to even know her, Kelly feared Sue. She hadn't been a very welcoming teacher. In fact she spent most of her time bullying students and being very open with it.
"I was never a part of it-"
Sue ignored what Kelly was saying. Kelly started to feel like Sue enjoyed listening to herself talk rather than listening to others.
"At least one of you tone-deaf lifeless time-wasting kids has got some common sense."
"Coach Sylvester!"
Quinn cried out. She was attempting to make Kelly feel better and convince her to re-join and Sue was disrupting her plan. Quinn had had a rough few years. She was kicked off the cheerios team when she got pregnant, and glee club was the only club that accepted it during her pregnancy and ever since she and her fellow glee clubbers have been trying to win nationals for the glee club so that she could leave High School with at least one achievement she was proud of.
"Oh I'm sorry Q, did I put a kink in your plan to get her to re-join? "
Quinn rolled her eyes.
"Good! Then my plan worked."
Quinn started tapping her foot and Sue got the feeling her mission of bullying students had been completed for the day.
"Well if you'll excuse me ladies I have better things to do with my life than stand around here talking about that stupid money-wasting glee club."
As soon as Sue disappeared behind her office door, Kelly muttered.
"Well she's lovely isn't she?"
They both giggled at Kelly's sarcasm. Kelly slammed the door of her locker shut and then rummaged through her bag in search of her phone.
"Hey, do you want to hang out?"
Kelly didn't mind Quinn. At least she wasn't constantly talking about her joining the glee club.
They were talking about Lima and walking towards Quinn's car when Mr Schuester came out from behind his car and approached them.
"Hey Mr Schue!"
Quinn waved to him.
"Hello girls!" Kelly stood around awkwardly as she hadn't spoken to Mr Schuester much after she never returned to the choir room.
"I was wondering if I could talk to you Kelly?"
She looked up and wore a quizzical facial expression.
"Me?"
"Yes. I know what Rachel did was hurtful and I have punished for it by disqualifying her from competing in the competition-"
"You did what!"
Rachel hadn't mentioned that was disqualified. Kelly started to feel the guilt in her stomach.
"You shouldn't have done that. What she did wasn't that bad. The competition meant so much to her."
"I know but what she did was wrong. We all want you to join, it'll help you settle into McKinley and we really need more amazing voices like yours to help us win nationals this year. No-one's forcing you…" Not at all; she thought to herself sarcastically. "…but please consider it."
"I'll join!"
Kelly blurted out before she knew what she was saying. Mr Schuester wore a relieved and delighted look on his face. Quinn was grinning excitedly.
"Really! That's great!"
He said joyfully.
"Yeah…" Kelly only joined for one reason. She was feeling guilty. She was mad at Rachel for what she had done but she didn't want her to suffer when it was all for nothing.
Kelly and Quinn said goodbye to Mr Schuester, got into Quinn's car and drove off, ready to start their weekend.

The weekend went by so quickly. She spent Saturday with Kurt, Mercedes, Blaine, Rachel and Finn. Then she spent Sunday unpacking more stuff from boxes and did her homework. Monday came sooner than Kelly had wanted.
Monday morning droned on and Kelly just wanted to sleep through Maths, Physics and Spanish. By the time the bell for last lesson rung, she was completely worn out and ended up dragging herself out the classroom and towards the choir room. She would be lying if she said she wasn't excited for the glee club meeting. She caught up with Kurt after last period and they entered the choir room together. Before, Kelly had never noticed the band that was always in the choir room, today she could see everything more clearly despite her sleepiness.
There was excitement running through the room. Everyone was talking about their weekend to one another whilst they waited for Mr Schuester to arrive. When he finally did arrive, with Ms Pilsbury, the school's guidance councillor, he announced that Kelly was back and officially a member of the New Directions and then he asked for drum-roll. He rubbed his hands.
All the girls bounced around in their seats barely able to contain their excitement. He pulled a piece of white paper out from a white envelope and held it in front of him for a minute. They could see the faint colour of a black marker on the back of the piece of paper. Kelly gulped. She wasn't sure if she wanted to win or not. She wasn't sure if she was ready to win or not. She closed her eyes.
Mr Schuester cleared his throat and Ms Pilsbury stood at his side with a cheerful grin.
"And the winner is…"
She could hear everyone's cheers and some even groaned at their disappointment. One person had won. Kelly had her eyes closed when he announced the name of the winner and now she opened them taking in everything around her. She was speechless.

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Yes I had to do that. I didn't want to say who won.. so it's kind of anonymous. The beginning of the next chapter will reveal who has won so stay tuned! I will probably update in two or so days … so follow my tweets to keep you updated on when I am going to update. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter and I hope you are enjoying reading my fanfic, please review or tweet me what you think. Next chapter things will be more exciting and there will be more of a storyline.
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