Marley was at Cheerios practice, doing backflips.
"No no no. That's incorrect" Sue yelled at her
"But I did it the way you told me to"
"Well, for starters, that was the basic flip. We're doing the advanced flip now"
Marley sighed. Buffy and Kimmy smirked at her, as they were doing the "correct way to do it"
Sue kept on yelling into her microphone.
Marley was getting tired. But it was worth all the popularity. She'd finally gotten friends, ones who'd truly accept her for who she was.
But maybe that wasn't true.
Marley had yet find that out
Mary and Charlie were talking. The Ghost Train plan didn't work.
"How about we date each other?" Mary asked
"You mad?" Charlie answered
"Well, I'll date you to make Buffy jealous, and you'll date me to make Priya jealous"
"What does this have to do with Buffy and Kimmy being friends?"
"There's a catch: we'll set Kimmy up with Jeffrey"
"Who?"
"Jeffrey Hurst, that dude who says nothing in glee club"
"Good idea"
They kissed
Rio and Brooke were dating. Brooke loved him, and she was pretty sure that Rio loved her.
"Hey" Rio politely said to his girlfriend
"Hey" she said back
They kissed
"So, meet me at my house on Friday. Don't be late"
"I wont"
Sometimes Brooke wanted to hold Rio and not let him cheat on her. But sometimes the easiest option was to not have a man at all.
Buffy and Mary were talking
"Hey"
"Look. Charlie and I are dating"
"Wha?"
"Look, you're spending a lot of time with Kimmy..."
"We're just friends!"
"And you said you were a lesbian so..."
"That's nothing! You just love sexing up..."
"So... deal with it"
Mary turned her back and walked away from Buffy. Mary did love Buffy. More so than she "loved" Charlie. Charlie would be her one regret, whereas with Buffy, all she could hear was a beautiful songbird signing straight at her.
Mary sung Landslide in her bedroom. Buffy was her heart. Kimmy was taking her away from what she loved the most.
Marley was hanging out with the popular crowd.
"So, I love the new Marc Jacobs fashion line" said one cheerleader
"I agree!" said another
"It's revolutionary" Marley agreed. The pressure of the Sectionals championships was hard to deal with. Sue was putting pressure on them. She got beaten by the Bush High Devils. Twice in a row. Ever since her Unholy Trinity quit and graduated, Sue was at a low. The key to winning was to get the best people. Not good. Not great. Not excellent. The best. Everybody who was not the best wasn't accepted so therefore their dreams were officially shattered and dead.
The girls giggled.
"So, what are your names?" Marley asked
"I'm Darcy. She is Ginny" said one of them, with blonde hair.
"Yep" said Ginny, who was a redheaded cheerleader
"Well, it was nice meeting you"
Darcy and Ginny had a great time meeting Marley.
Marley smirked. Perfection.
Rio and Brooke did a duet of Michael Jackson's Rock With You. It was... let's say... chemistryless.
Everybody stared.
"What the fudge?" Buffy rudely asked
Everybody giggled at her comment
"We're dating" Brooke proudly said
"Girlfriend, you could do SO much better" was Nikki's rude remark
"Rio, you're too good for her" was Priya's remark.
"If you don't like us together, too bad"
"It's not that, it's just that... you two aren't right for each other" Charlie interjected
"GAY!" Finn shouted
Everybody, including Lachlan, giggled.
The duo stormed off
"They don't approve" said a shocked Rio
"Of course they don't. We just need the right song"
"They still don't approve"
"Look, do you want them to intrude?"
"The public eye matters"
They fought, but kissed.
Marley, Darcy and Ginny went shopping.
"I love this dress" Ginny said with amazement
"So do I" Darcy agreed with her best friend
"I love it too!" Marley joined in.
The girls went to Marley's house to sing on her Karaoke machine.
The trio sung Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper.
"That was fun!" Ginny puffed
"I agree!"
Darcy checked her watch. "It's time for Ginny and I to go home. That was great Marley"
Ginny and Darcy left Marley's house. Marley thought she had finally found friends, but the truth was, that Ginny and Darcy were actually using her. They still laughed at her and called her a loser behind her back.
Maybe Marley was too blind, but everyone else could see that every Cheerio in the universe was dirty flith. Dirty rotten filth. Maybe time will tell whether these rotten backstabbers of "friends" were willing to screw with her
"Guys, Sectionals is in two weeks!" Will chirped
Nobody in the club cared.
"Real interesting, Mr Schue" Buffy said sarcastically
"Why aren't you interested?"
"You've been excited for every end of assignment. You do this all the time. Please try something new for once" Fae explained to the over-enthusiastic teacher.
"Fine. We won't end the assignment with a song"
The glee club sighed with relief.