Quinn
"How?" Santana asked, curious. Brittany raised her eyebrows. I smirked and said,
"He likes someone. So if I can use that as leverage…"
"Then you can get rid of this damn deal and fall into Jeff's arms. Who does Trent like?"
"You." I replied, flipping my hair. She stared at me, shocked. "Oh like you didn't figure it out. It was obvious. All the time you two spent fighting." She looked around the room, "And you like him too, don't you?"
"There may be a possibility that I may like him a little bit."
"AHA! Fine well, you can go fall into his arms tomorrow once I talk to him about the bet. I'll do it at school, after cheerios practice."
"Which reminds me, we should sleep." It was only nine o'clock but poor Brittany looked worn out and I was feeling tired too. We trudged up the stairs and collapsed onto her bed. We snuggled under the covers. We didn't bother changing and Brittany has a dozen uniforms so we didn't worry about needing ours for tomorrow.
Jeff
Dinner was great. Gwen asked us stuff about our lives but once the meal arrived, she looked busy on her phone so we were all talking. Trent started talking about how annoying Santana was so I cut him off by saying,
"Don't you love Santana?"
"No." he huffed.
"Liar." Nick said, gulping down water.
"Fine. I may like her a bit…"
"Why don't you go after her?" I asked.
"Because she's Quinn's best friend. How awkward would that be?"
"Nah, I mean, Quinn will value her friendship with Santana so she won't ruin it for you two." I said, "Probably."
"Yeah well… actually, there is another reason…" he started but stopped.
"Do tell Trent." Wes said.
"We made a deal,"
'AHAH!' I thought, 'we'll finally learn what this is about!'
"We made a deal that I won't date anyone from her school and she won't date any from mine. You know, just because of the awkwardness and stuff. But if I tell her I like Santana she'll get pissed. We never break deals."
"Oh. So is that why you were screaming about the deal when I was talking to her on iChat?" I said.
"Yeah I thought she liked you."
"Now your not so sure." I said. He looked at me and said,
"Well, after I thought about it, you aren't really her type. Not a football player or someone who has power in the school." He shrugged, "Sorry bro."
"Nah whatever." I said. At this point and I was angry and confused. If I wasn't her type, why'd she kiss me? If they had the deal, why was she flirting with me? Why didn't she put an end to it? Is she just playing me? What the hell is going on?
I took out my phone and sent a text quickly.
We need to talk. – J
I put it in my pocket; on vibrate so I'll be able to feel it when she replies.
"Let's go back to the hotel now." Trent said, looking at his mother. She nodded and put down the money for the bill. We started to object but she held up her finger, indicating that all our words would be pointless to say. We thanked her and she hugged us before slipped forty dollars into our pockets.
"MRS FABRAY!" We all said, trying give the money back.
"First, its GWEN. Second, I don't care. You are all my sons' friends so therefore you are my sons too. Call me crazy but take the money." Then she turned and walked towards her car, leaving six boys with their mouth open and one smirking son.
We walked back to the car, there wasn't enough space, I don't even know how they got here in one car so I sat on Nick's lap and we drove back to the hotel and gave the car to the valet. We walked up to our rooms and crashed on the bed.
"A long day ahead of us, eh?" Nick said, setting the alarm clock as I quickly changed into my PJs. I nodded and tossed my phone to where my jeans lay for the next day. No new messages.
Next morning
We got up early so that we could meet them on time. We really wanted to sleep but it was our second day and we didn't know our way around the building. They met us at exactly 6:15am. They got their coffees and so did we. It was a silent morning. Brittany looked sad about something, Santana was comforting her. Quinn was busy discussing something with Trent, who looked upset about something. We sat at a table close to the door.
"Fine." Trent said as he sat down. Quinn looked like she was going to burst with happiness, "Deal." They shook hands and then sat. I sent Trent a look which he shrugged and put his face near the coffee. Quinn sat down next to me and said,
"I went to bed early last night. What did you want to talk about?"
"Um, it's kind of private. Like I don't think the whole tale should hear."
"Come get sugar with me." she said, picking up her coffee. I followed her to the counter.
"Talk." She said as she reached for the packets.
"You had a deal with Trent about not dating anyone from each others schools and then you kissed me." I said. Her hands stopped and her mouth opened a little. In a few seconds she started moving again.
"I only kissed you because I knew I could break the deal off. After you told me that he liked Santana I used that as leverage to break the deal. I said that there may be someone I like her his school. So he conceded so there isn't a deal anymore."
"Someone you like… that's pertaining to me right?"
"Are you always this slow in the mornings?"
"Yeah. A quick fact you should know about me. I don't wake up till 10."
"Doesn't school start?"
"Nope. Starts at 10:30 ends at 5. There's a study that teenagers do better in the afternoons so they changed the timings of the school. It's wonderful."
"Well, awesome. I get to sleep when I come to Dalton. Anyways, yes. It's pertaining to you." She said, quickly throwing out her garbage and scooping up her coffee. She quickly checked her watch and said,
"We should get going. Coach will get mad at us if we are late." I nodded and quickly put on a lid. As we were walking back to the table, her hand lighting grazed mine and I saw that Nick saw that. He winked at me and said,
"Santana, Brittany, why don't you come in our car and Jeff and Quinn can ride together? You know, mix it up. Tomorrow we can do a different combo." He was always cheerful, even at this ungodly hour.
"Sure." Trent said, as he picked up his stuff. We gathered everything and then left.
"Nick doesn't miss a thing, does he?" Quinn said as we got into her car.
"Nope. He doesn't. Except for what's about to happen in this car."
"OH?" She said, turning to face me as she buckled herself in. she had one eyebrow raised and said, "What's about to happen?"
I quickly leaned in and kissed her on the lips. It was a quick kiss, just to tease her.
"You freakin' tease." She said, eyes twinkling. She laughed and then grabbed the back of my head and pressed her lips against mine. I wrapped my arms around her, holding on tighter and not leaving any gaps between our lips. She slowly parted her mouth and I slide my tongue in. Hers and mine met and there was a quick shock of electricity. I leaned in closer and suddenly, the car horn went off. We quickly jumped apart, faces red. She started the car and we were on our way to McKinley.
For the rest of the car ride, I stared out the window. I didn't know what to say, I mean, I had just kissed one of my closest friends sister. And I really liked her too. She parked and I saw the other cars' occupants leaning against theirs. When they saw us they waved. We started walking towards them.
"Your face is still red." Quinn said quietly, shyly glancing at me.
"Yours it too." I said, looking at her for a moment. We reached them and Brittany and Santana looped their arms around Quinn's and they started marching forward, hair all swinging in the same direction.
"What are we supposed to do?" Trent called after them. Before Brittany disappeared into the building she said,
"Find your way to the choir room and sing. We have glee club first period anyways!" Then she waved and disappeared.
We sighed. The point of coming early was so that we wouldn't be wandering around the school. But it was better to wander when no body knew you were the 'new' kids rather then in a crowded hallway where everyone could tell your new meat.
We entered the building and tried to figure out in the dimly lit hallways where the choir room was.
"Where the hell is that place?" Nick said, opening a door. The room was pitch black, so I went against the walls with my hands, trying to find a light switch. Finally I flicked something and there was a stage and a piano. There was a long staircase going down to it. Thank god I hadn't tripped. There were chairs that started two feet from the stage and went all the way up until about two meters from the doors. The stage was huge.
I looked at Nick, who's eyes were wide. The one think Dalton lacked, was a stage. So naturally, he ran down to it. Literally flying down the stairs. Trent and I shrugged and we followed. He got to the stage and grazed his hands over the piano. Being an acapella group, we didn't have instruments in the background. I knew Nick missed playing the piano. Trent found a base, lying in the back so he handed it to me. He took the microphone and then plugged his iPod into the speakers. How he found all this stuff, I had no idea.
He nodded and I clicked Play on the iPod. I quickly snatched up the base and started playing along with the music.
I try to make it through my life,
In my way,
There's you.
I try to make it through these lies,
That's all I do.
Just don't deny it,
Just don't deny it,
And deal with it.
Yeah, deal with it.
You try to break me,
You wanna break me,
Bit by bit.
That's just part of it.
If you were dead or still alive,
I don't care.
I don't care,
And all the things you've left behind,
I don't care.
I don't care.
I try to make you see my side,
I always try to stay in line,
But your eyes see right through.
That's all they do.
I'm getting tired of this shit,
I got no room, when it's like this.
But you wanted me, just deal with it.
So...
If you were dead or still alive,
I don't care.
I don't care,
And all the things you've left behind,
I don't care.
I don't care.
(I'm taking care of it. I'm taking care of it)
(You won't be there for me. You won't be there for me)
Nick got his little 'Piano Solo'.
If you were dead or still alive,
I don't care.
I don't care,
And all the things you've left behind,
I don't care.
I don't care.
If you were dead or still alive,
I don't care. (I'm taking care of it)
I don't care, (I'm taking care of it)
And all the things you've left behind,
I don't care. (You won't be there for me)
I don't care,
At all.
"Wow." I heard a voice say. We looked up and there was a petit girl standing there. Nick grinned cheekily and said,
"Spying?"
"Don't need too. You lost to us. If anything, you'd be spying on US." She said, stepping into the light and coming down to the stage. I recognized her from the night at Breadstix's.
"Rachel." She said gesturing towards herself.
"Nick and Trent."
"Quinn's brother and another warbler." She said, "I had no idea that she had a brother. Shocked us all."
"Us too. We had no idea that he had a stunning sister. I mean, totally wouldn't have guessed that Quinn's related to this fat, fat." Nick joked. Rachel laughed and walked over to the piano.
"AHEM." She said, Nick moved and stood beside me. She took out a folder of music and selected a song. She turned to us, silently asking if we'll play black up. Trent went and grabbed another guitar and Nick sat down at the drum kit. When we receive the music, I looked at the title.
"You and I by Lady Gaga." I said, "Cool choice."
"I've wanted to do this song for awhile but Mr. Schue refused to let me." She looked back at the keys and then started singing.
The chords for the song were kind of hard, and even with my years of training on the bass and Trent on guitar, we struggled to keep up. We had to keep stopping and restarting. It took about half an hour. Then we finally played it from top to bottom.
She cleared her throat and then started,
"It's been a long time since I came around
Been a long time but I'm back in town
This time I'm not leaving without you
You taste like whiskey when you kiss me, oh
I'd give anything again to be your baby doll
This time I'm not leaving without you
You said sit back down where you belong
In the corner of my bar with your high heels on
Sit back down on the couch where we
Made love the first time and you said to me
Something, something about this place
Something 'bout lonely nights and my lipstick on your face
Something, something about my cool Nebraska guy
Yeah something about, baby, you and I
It`s been two years since I let you go,
I couldn't listen to a joke or rock `n roll
Muscle cars drove a truck right through my heart
On my birthday you sang me a heart of gold
With a guitar humming and no clothes
This time I'm not leaving without you
Ooh-oh ooh-oh
Sit back down where you belong
In the corner of my bar with your high heels on
Sit back down on the couch where we
Made love the first time and you said to me
Something, something about this place
Something 'bout lonely nights and my lipstick on your face
Something, something about my cool Nebraska guy
Yeah something about, baby, you and I
You and I
You, you and I
You, you and I
You, you and I, I
You and I
You, you and I
Oh yeah!
I'd rather die
Without you and I
C'mon!
Put your drinks up!
We got a whole lot of money, but we still pay rent
'Cause you can't buy a house in Heaven
There's only three men that Imma serve my whole life
It's my daddy and Nebraska and Jesus Christ
Something, something about the chase
Six whole years
I'm a New York woman, born to run you down
So have my lipstick all over your face
Something, something about just knowing when it's right
So put your drinks up for Nebraska
For Nebraska, Nebraska, I love you
You and I
You, you and I
Baby, I rather die!
Without you and I
You and I
You, you and I
Nebraska, I rather die
Without you and I
It's been a long time since I came around
Been a long time but I'm back in town
This time I'm not leaving without you."
"Wahoo. That was awesome!" Nick said, standing up. He high fived Rachel who giggled again.
"Any other songs?" Trent asked.
"Why doesn't Nick or Jeff sing a song?" Rachel said. Nick shrugged and when Rachel handed over the Nick he shrunk back. She handed the microphone to me and I took it. I looked at Nick and he grinned. He knew what song I wanted to sing.
I took Trent's iPod and I scrolled to the song, Paradise by Coldplay.
"When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach so
She ran away in her sleep
And dreamed of
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise
Every time she closed her eyes
When she was just a girl
She expected the world
But it flew away from her reach
And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd fly
[ Lyrics from: .com/c/coldplay/paradise_ ]
And dreams of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
She'd dream of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
And so lying underneath those stormy skies
She'd say, "oh, ohohohoh I know the sun must set to rise"
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
This could be
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh"
"WOW!" Rachel said, looking shocked, "You're brilliant! How come you've never sung a solo for a competition?"
"Because Blaine's the best." I said, shrugging. I didn't mind losing to Blaine in the competitions. Hell, even I voted for him.
"Well, I think the warblers are missing out on a win. Good thing for us." She said, as she walked away, "See you in Glee."
I glanced at Trent and Nick, "It's true. You do have an amazing voice."
"So do you two. You should really sing Nick."
"Yeah, yeah. One day." He laughed. Then glanced at his watch, "We should get to the choir room."
"How?"
"By following us." Two blonds girls and a black haired girl stepped out of the shadows. I smiled at Quinn and she smiled at me.
"Come on." They said, looping their arms. We ran up to the top and we followed them out.
Just like yesterday, the hallways parted when they saw them. This time, the jock that had slushied Quinn cowered in the corner and Trent gave him an extra death glare. He tried to look manly, but just looked plan scared. It was hilarious.
Quinn
We walked in to Jeff singing Paradise. I love that song. I'm a huge Coldplay fan, but only Santana and Brittany knew that. We hid in the shadows until they finished and Rachel left.
"Yeah, yeah. One day." Nick laughed. Then glanced at his watch, "We should get to the choir room."
"How?"
"By following us." We stepped out of the shadows, "Come on." They literally flew up the stairs and we left.
Like always, everyone parted and stood by their lockers, not daring to walk in our way. We were goddesses and it was awesome being at the top of the food chain without a boy by your side.
We walked into the choir room and sat down. The boys sat behind us.
"So today we are doing duets. HERE is the list. NO Changing." Mr. Schue posted the list at the front of the classroom. We got up to check the list.
Rachel – Brock
Quinn – Jeff
Santana – Trent
Brittany – Nick
Tina – Aaron
…..
"Looks like we are doing a duet together." I turned to Jeff just as Santana turned to Trent and started screaming.
"HELL TO THE NO. I AM NOT DOING A DUET WITH HIM." She yelled.
"AND I'M NOT DOING A DUET WITH HER." Trent yelled back. Mr. Schue looked at them and said,
"NO CHANING."
"What song?" I asked Jeff.
"Um. I don't know. A Coldplay song?" he looked sheepish, "Their my second favourite band."
"What's your first favourite?" I asked curious, "And Coldplay's my first favourite."
"McFly."
"Let's do one of their songs."
"Really?"
"Why not. Never really heard any McFly songs…"
"Well, their awesome. I love Dougie. He's like the best, and he's a base player like me."
"A base player like you? Or you're a base player because he's a base player?"
"Touche. Second one." He blushed. It was adorable the way his face got all red and his different colour eyes stood out. He tried pushing his blond hair out of his eye but it fell back.
"So you're a little fanboy huh?" I said, teasing him.
"Don't you dare." He laughed.
"Try and stop me from calling you that, fanboy!" I said. He lunged at me and I took off running, just as the bell rang.
I Don't Care – IAMJRDN
You and I – Lady Gaga
Paradise – Coldplay