"Alright so next week, we're going to Albany for state Regionals." Rebekah reminded the girls. "We need to be ready and I wanted you girls to feel inspired. So this week, we will be covering inspirational songs. Now the point of inspirational music is to make people feel good. You show people that you care about things and let you know them know that you believe in them."
"Do you have any examples?" Claire asked.
"Yes, but I'm not going to sing right now." The teacher replied. "This week needs to be about you inspiring each other, not me inspiring you. I already believe in you girls. Now I want you to believe in yourselves and each other."
On Monday morning, Livvy went to the tennis court with Bella. She needed to practice by playing against someone and while Bella was the best girl on the team, she was also the one that she was most acquainted with. When they got there, they found that the court was already occupied by a short girl with long brown hair wearing a white dress. She was against the machine and she seemed to be handling it quite nicely. It looked like she could send a ball back into the machine if she wanted. The machine stopped and she looked at the two girls.
"Sorry." She apologized. "I didn't notice you there."
"You're not on team." Bella remarked.
"Well I just got here." The girl replied. "I'm Odette. I'm a transfer."
"Where did you transfer from?" Livvy asked.
"It was a little school in Ohio." Odette answered. "I'm here on a tennis scholarship. Anyway, I should probably start to get ready for class."
She walked off and Livvy looked at Bella.
"Maybe we should just play one game." She suggested. "That took longer than expected."
After the game was over, they headed to the locker room to get changed and they heard some singing. They realized that it was Odette singing in the shower.
You know the bed feels warmer sleeping here alone
You know I dream in color and do the things I want
You Think you got the best of me, think you had the last laugh
I bet you think everyone good is gone
Think you left me broken down, think that I'll coming running back,
Baby you don't know me cause you're dead wrong
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter, footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger, stronger
Just me myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
Thanks to you I got a new thing started, thanks to you I'm not the brokenhearted
Thanks you to I'm finally thinking about me
You know in the end that the day you left is just my beginning
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter, footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger, stronger
Just me myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
I'm not alone
"Maybe we should talk to her about Glee club?" Livvy suggested.
"I can't. I have plans with Yoana tonight." Bella stated. "But if you want to talk to her, feel free."
Later in the day, Livvy still couldn't get the glimpse of Odette's naked bod out of her mind. She was a little bit confused because she had never really paid attention to other girls before. She remembered what Theo said with it came to love. He never thought that he would fall for a guy, but now that guy was his husband.
Some things we don't talk about
Rather do without just told to smile
Falling in and out of love
Ashamed and proud of together all the while
You can never say never while we don't know it
But time and time again younger now than we were before
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
We're falling apart and coming together, again and again
We're falling apart but we're pulling together, pulling together, together again
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
Don't let me go, don't let me go, don't let me go
Regardless of any possible attraction that she felt, she definitely needed to talk to her about the Glee Club.
That night, Yoana was preparing to go to a formal restaurant and gala. She knew that she needed a nice dress because she was meeting Bella's parents.
"So do you think this dress looks okay?" She asked Audrie. It was a blue strapless ruffled dress that stopped just above her knees.
"It looks really nice." Audrie replied. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to meet Bella's parents and I don't know what to do with my hair." Yoana declared.
"You should calm down." Audrie stated as she stood behind Yoana and began to do her hair. "I think that you should wear it up like this. Her parents will like you and if they don't, you're dating her, not her parents."
"Thanks for all of the help." Yoana told her. "I'm really lucky to have a friend like you."
Yoana walked out of the room wearing black half-open-toed heels and headed to Bella's room to find that she was wearing a hot pink gown with her hair also up.
"Well if it isn't my beautiful girlfriend." She stated.
"So what are your parents like?" Yoana questioned.
"Well they're kind of protection of me since I'm their only daughter." Bella explained. "Plus they've never seen me with a girl before, so they're going to be a little skeptical."
"We should go now before I get cold feet." Yoana declared.
The two of them headed out the door and met up with Bella's family limo at the exit. They both got in the car and sat next to each other.
Bella's family were true Upper Eastsiders, but she went to St. Jessica's because they had the best tennis program. The two girls headed into the restaurant.
"Isabella, it's nice to see you." Her mother replied as she gave her a daughter a kiss on each cheek. "And you must be Joanna."
"It's actually Yoana." She corrected. She could tell that she wasn't off to a good start.
The four of them headed to the table.
"So Yoana, what do your parents do?" Bella's dad asked.
"My dad owns the Nets." Yoana declared. "The basketball team…the Nets, not the Mets."
"I always preferred the Knicks." He declared. "What about your mother?"
Yoana struggled with how to tell them.
"She doesn't like to talk about her mother." Bella declared.
Overall the night went fairly well. Yoana didn't really know anything about the art at the show, considering that it was mostly French, Canadian, and French-Canadian. She wasn't sure how much Bella's parents liked her though. She knew that the more chances that she got, she could make them like her, though.
I can almost see it, that dream I'm dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying "you'll never reach it"
Every step I'm taking, every move I make feels
Lost with no direction, my faith is shaking
But I, I've gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain, I'm always gonna wanna make it move
There's always gonna be an uphill battle, sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
It aint about how fast I get there, aint about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing, the chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down but no I'm not breaking
I may not know it but these are the moments
That I'm gonna remember most yeah just gotta keep going
And I, I've gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on
There's always gonna be another mountain, I'm always gonna wanna make it move
There's always gonna be an uphill battle, somebody's I'm gonna have to lose
It aint about how fast I get there, aint about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, keep the faith
It's all about it's all about the climb
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, keep your faith
It's all about it's all about the climb
The next day, the bell rang.
"Claire, I need to see you." Colin told her.
Everyone else left as she stayed behind.
"What's up?" She asked as she grabbed his hand.
"I think that we should end this." He told her. "I don't want anyone to get hurt."
"What?" She asked.
"I've starting seeing someone else." He added.
She left the room in tears, but sang something in the hall. She was not going to let it get to her. She was going to get through it and move on no matter what she had to do.
Well I woke to sound of silence, the cars were cutting like knives in fist fights
And I found you with a bottle of wine
With your head in the curtains, and a heart hung like the Fourth of July
You swore and you said "We are not, we are not shining stars"
This I know, I never said we are
When you're lost and alone and you're sinking like a stone carry on
May your past be the sound Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on carry on, carry on
Oh my head is on fire, but my legs are fine
Cause after all they are mine
Lay your clothes down on the floor
Close the door, hold the phones, show me how no one's ever gonna stop us now
Cause we, we are, we are not shining stars
We are invincible, we are who we are
On our darkest day, when we're miles away
So we'll come, we'll find our way home
When you're lost and alone Or you're sinking like a stone carry on
May your past be the sound Of your feet upon the ground carry on
Carry on, carry on
No one's ever gonna stop us now
No one's ever gonna stop us now
No one's ever gonna stop us now
After school, Livvy decided to talk to Odette finally.
"So, I was wondering if…" She started.
"I'm not looking to date right now. I just got out of a relationship." Odette cut her off.
"I was going to ask you if you wanted to join the Glee Club." Livvy declared.
"Oh…" Odette replied. "You know I might actually be interested in that, but first I'd have to know if you're any good. I don't wanna waste my time."
"Well maybe you could come and see us perform something?" Livvy offered her.
"Alright, I'm free tomorrow afternoon." Odette stated.
The girls got together for a performance that they hoped would be able to convince to Odette to join. There was one song in particular that they decided to sing. Odette sat alone in the audience.
Sing it out, boy you got to see what tomorrow brings
Sing it out, girl you got to be what tomorrow needs
For every time that they want to count you out
And use your voice every single time you open up your mouth
Sing it for the boys, sing it for the girls
Every time that you're losing sing it for the world
Sing it from the heart, sing it till you're nuts
Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts
Sing it for the deaf, sing it for the blind
Sing about everyone that you left behind
Sing it for the world, sing it for the world
Cleaned up corporation progress, dying in the process
Children that can talk about living on the railways, people moving sideways
Sell it to your last days, buy yourself the motivation, generation nothing
Nothing but a dead scene, product of a white dream I am not the singer that you wanted
But a dancer I refuse to answer, talk about the process and the ones who wanna get away
Keep running
Sing it for the boys, sing it for the girls
Every time that you're losing sing it for the world
Sing it from the heart, sing it till you're nuts
Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts
Sing it for the deaf, sing it for the blind
Sing about everyone that you left behind
Sing it for the world, sing it for the world
"So what do you think, Odette?" Rebekah asked her.
"I think that I'm in." She replied.
So Odette is hear. She's played by Cady Groves. Also Colin broke up with Claire. The songs are "Stronger" by Kelly Clarkson, "Never Say Never" by The Fray, "The Climb" by Miley, "Carry On" by fun., and "Sing" by My Chemical Romance. Please don't forget to review.