Chapter 4: Auditions

Kurt's stomach was a net full of butterflies as he sat between Mercedes and Finn in the auditorium after school for the auditions. His body was fueled with anticipation for the last audition, Sam's. There were only 3 people auditioning and it was likely they would all get in anyway, but still, Kurt didn't know what he would do if Sam was a horrible singer. Kurt had such big dreams about Sam all day where Sam was the most amazing singer he had ever heard and where, not that he would mention this to anyone else of course, they sang a duet together under massive banners inscribed with "Kurt and Sam" and they were holding hands and looking into each other's eyes and wearing matching Alexander McQueen jackets...

Kurt sighed. He mustn't get ahead of himself. He shook his head and shifted his eyes onto the stage where the second student was nearing the finish of their song. He clapped along with everyone else after the last note faded, even though he had no idea if the girl could sing or not because he'd been stuck in dream land.

Mr. Schue congratulated the girl and said she was in and Kurt took the time to notice that she sort of beamed a bit superiorly like Rachel as Mr. Schue told her that. Kurt glanced over his left and saw Rachel glaring up at the girl, her arm twisted around Finn and her fingers crushing his. Kurt looked at Finn, who seemed to be grimacing in pain. Kurt shook his head, thinking "Uh Oh."

But he quickly forgot about that as he heard the auditorium door open and the last student walk inside. Kurt's head whipped around as though he wasn't even controlling it and he saw Sam nervously walking down the aisle towards the stage. Kurt lifted his arm without hesitation and waved frantically at Sam, but Sam was too busy looking down at his feet and it looked like he was mumbling something under his breath. Kurt kept waving frantically and Puck snorted in amusement. Finn nudged Kurt in the ribs and called out, "Hey Sam! Aren't you going to say hello, man?"

Sam looked up quickly and grinned sheepishly at Finn before lifting up his hand towards Kurt as a greeting. He looked away again and walked up the stage steps. Kurt dropped his hand and followed Sam with his eyes as he walked. He looked very nervous, much more nervous than the other two (from what Kurt had noticed anyway) and by seeing Sam look so nervous, Kurt began to feel even more anxious, too. What if Sam was horrible?

Sam handed his music to Brad and then slowly headed towards the front of the stage, looking from one face to the next and as he looked at each member of the Glee Club, it looked to Kurt that Sam was shivering harder and harder.

Mr. Schue smiled at Sam and spoke up. "Hey, Sam. Start whenever you're ready."

Sam swallowed, nodded and his eyes stopped swiveling from member to member as he looked over at Brad to begin the music. Sam looked back at them and Kurt's heart swooped because he could have sworn that Sam looked straight back at him. Or at least, him and Finn.

The music started and Kurt's inside's lifted. His lungs seemed to be bursting in anticipation, he could hardly breath. Finally Sam opened his mouth to sing and even if it was a little shaky in the start, Kurt was basically in heaven. Well, what he could imagine heaven could be like anyway, where you found the most perfect guy in the world who could, one day, be yours and who could sing beautifully.

Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday,
Love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday,
Love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.

("Yesterday" by the Beatles)

Sam's voice was as easy as breathing to listen to. It wasn't big and powerful like Kurt's or Rachel's, but Kurt doubted that even the Beatles had sung it as good as Sam did. He sounded sweet and smooth like chocolate and there was also a slight darkness in his tone that was captivating and darkly beautiful.

It was all over too quickly. Kurt had been so into listening to Sam and staring at him that it was server seconds before he realised that the song was over and he was still staring at Sam and Sam was blushing as everyone else clapped and smiled at him. Quickly, Kurt shook his head and joined in clapping with everyone else. Sam blushed even harder as he saw Kurt clapping and beaming widely at him.

"Good job, Sam," Mr. Schue said happily. "Really good, you're in! Reckon we'll have to do some Beatles numbers after this, what do you think guys?"

Everyone nodded enthusiastically and Sam smiled and breathed a huge sigh of relief. Everyone started piling out of their seats as Sam went and retrieved his music and began walking down the stairs. Kurt hurriedly pushed passed Rachel and Finn as they walked into the aisle and he hurried up to walk alongside Sam.

Sam glanced at him and smiled a little sheepishly as Kurt walked up to him and they fell into step together.

"So, uh… what did you think?" Sam asked.

Kurt grinned. "You were brilliant. I didn't know you could sing that well."

Sam turned a little pink and shrugged. "Oh, I sing everyone now and then… The Beatles are a bit of an obsession of mine… I know all of their songs so it was an easy pick in such short notice."

Kurt nodded. "Awesome, then we'll definitely have to have a Beatles assignment so you can show off your skills."

Sam laughed and nodded. "That would be cool."

Kurt smiled (not that he hadn't stopped smiling for the whole conversation.) "Definitely. It's really cool you're joining our little family."

"Family? Are you all really that close?"

"You wouldn't know it, but yes we really are. Though we wouldn't be without Glee Club; we're all pretty different. But, we all have something in common: we want to be good at something."

Sam grinned at him and they stepped out of the auditorium together.