I was getting my books out of my locker when none other than Ryder walked up to me.
"Oh hey Ryder what's up?" I asked.
"Please go out with me" he mumbled.
"I'm sorry what did you say?" I questioned.
"Umm.. I mean you're new around here and you haven't been to many places so why don't I take you out bowling and dinner at 'Breadsticks' " he said confidently.
"Oh well not 'Breadsticks' Sam already took me there" I said.
"Oh yeah that's right" he said sadly.
"But umm.. Maybe bowling and a movie, and we can have pizza at the bowling centre" I said.
"Oh yeah sounds great, I will pick you up Friday at 7:00" he beamed.
"Wait a minute this is a date isn't it?" I asked.
"Umm... Well no.. Not exactly a date per say", he stuttered as he blushed.
"Well if it is a date that's fine by me" I smiled.
Ryder smiled back at me and blushed.
Just then three of the jocks walked up to us with those Slushee drinks in their hands.
It was none other than those 2 morons Bobby Surette and Phil Lipoff who are in my history class and are very obnoxious. Then the 3rd guy that was with them was shockingly none other than my older brother Luke. Suddenly Bobby and Phil threw their slushees at us.
I felt really cold, wet and humiliated. But Ryder was mad so he retaliated and smashed Bobby against a locker.
"Dude what the hell was that for!?" Yelled Ryder.
"Umm.. Hello you're in Glee Club, we are in football, that's what we do - it's part of the hierarchy" said Phil.
"Wow! I'm Impressed that you actually know what that word means. Bravo!" I said sarcastically.
"Shut up Crocodile Dundee, go cook us some shrimp on the barbie", said Bobby mocking my accent.
Phill and Bobby laughed as they high fived each other.
"That's not true that's just an offensive stereo type" I yelled.
My brother Luke was still standing there with the Slushee still in his hand.
"What the hell Luke! I thought you already threw your Slushee at them!" yelled Bobby.
"Do it Luke...If you're one of us!" said Phill
Luke walked up to me with fear and guilt In his eyes.
"You always told me not to give in to peer pressure" I whispered to him.
"I warned you about joining Glee Club sis, and this is the price you pay!" yelled Luke.
I felt yet another cold Slushee hit my face. The Jocks laughed at us including Luke as they walked off. I couldn't help but cry.
"Emma are you okay?" asked Ryder
"No.. not.. really.." I said In between sobs.
Ryder just held me and rubbed my back until I calmed down.
"Come on let's go get cleaned up, I think Brittany has some spare clothes in her locker"
We walked up to Brittany at her locker and Ryder said.
"Hey Britt, do you think Emma can have some spare clothes? We got Slusheed" Ryder said calmly.
"Yeah sure thing, let me find something that Lord Tubbington hasn't chewed through" said Brittany.
Brittany searched through her locker and found a red and white polka dot dress and handed it to me.
"Wow Britt this is beautiful thank you," I beamed.
"No problem Emma you can keep it if you like" said Brittany.
"Really?" I questioned.
"Yeah I got plenty of other clothes for Lord Tubbington to chew through anyways" Brittany beamed.
Ryder and I walked into the girl's bathroom together and got cleaned off. I then I walked into one of the stalls and put the dress on, pairing it with my red Converse sneakers I already had on.
"Wow you look amazing in that dress" said Ryder.
I blushed and said, "Thanks that's really sweet"
Ryder wasn't wrong about the dress. I looked beautiful in it and I had curves in all the right places.
"Come on let's go to Glee Club" said Ryder as he took my hand and we walked off together.
We walked into Glee Club where everyone chatted amongst themselves when they all stopped talking and stared at us. We didn't realise that our hair was still wet, so they could tell we had been Slusheed.
"Oh my! What happened to you guys?" asked a very shocked Marley.
"We got Slusheed" we said in unison.
"Wow if the newbies get Slusheed then no one is safe" said Tina
"I don't understand, we won Nationals last year!" said Artie.
"I guess no one really cares about us anymore" said Tina.
"Can't we ban the Slushee's? Not only are they cold, but they are also humiliating and cruel" said Jake annoyingly.
"If we could, we would have done it last year when a student from one of our rival Glee Clubs Slusheed me with one with rock salt in it. It ended up scratching my cornea" said Blaine sadly.
"Ouch that sounds really painful" I said.
"Yep it was, I had to have surgery" said Blaine.
Just then Mr Schue walked in and said, "Okay listen up guys, the Fall Pep Assembly is coming up and once again we are performing. Anyone have any ideas?" Asked Mr Schue.
Everyone all started chatting at once.
"Ok ok, one at a time please!" yelled Mr Schue.
Everyone came up with ideas that Mr Schue kept denying, saying that the song choices were inappropriate, saying something about not wanting to start a riot. To me it sounded a bit strange, maybe the students went nuts for the Glee Club performances. I thought of a great song we could perform so I put up my hand and said,
"Mr Schue, what about Que Sara by Justice Crew? The song is all about friendship and sticking together side by side no matter what. Justice Crew is an Australian boys group.
"Of course the Australian girl would pick a song from Australia" mumbled Kitty.
She didn't mumble very quietly, so everyone in the room heard her. I responded with, "And what's that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing" Kitty replied.
"Well Emma I think that's a great idea, let's start rehearsing" announced Mr Schue.
We were all waiting backstage in the Stadium to start. I had butterflies in my stomach and I was fidgeting with the hem of my dress I had on. Ryder noticed this so he came up to me and said,
"Hey Emms are you okay?"
"Huh.. Yeah I'm just nervous because I've got the big solo" I said nervously.
"Don't be nervous, you will be fine" Ryder said has his hands rested on my shoulders.
Mr Schue announced us and we walked on stage.
(Everyone)
At the end of the day
Some you win, some you don't
So I'm glad that I'm here
With some friends that I know
Always there with a smile
Saying you're not alone
Singing la la la la
Que sera
(Boys)
(Here we go, yo)
Yesterday is history (oh)
You gotta get through it
Tomorrow is a mystery
So let's just do it
(Girls)
And even when the rain falls
You and I will stand tall
No matter what you go through
I'll never leave you
(Boys)
So you gotta be strong (strong)
Live by the words of the song (song)
Together is where we belong (long)
Never stop dreaming
Keep holding on
(Everyone)
At the end of the day
Some you win, some you don't
So I'm glad that I'm here
With some friends that I know
Always there with a smile
Saying you're not alone
Singing la la la la
Que sera
(Artie and Jake)
When it's been a long day
Had enough, given up, it ain't okay
We don't care what the world say
We spread love it's the only way
(Girls)
So you gotta be strong (strong)
Live by the words of the song (song)
Together is where we belong (long)
Never stop dreaming
Keep holding on
(Everyone)
At the end of the day
Some you win, some you don't
So I'm glad that I'm here
With some friends that I know
Always there with a smile
Saying you're not alone
Singing la la la la
Que sera
(Marley and Emma)
We keep falling, but the world keeps spinning
And I might stop winning, just as long as I got you by my side
We keep falling, but the world keeps spinning
And I might stop winning, but I know that we're gonna be alright
(Everyone)
At the end of the day
Some you win, some you don't
So I'm glad that I'm here
With some friends that I know
Always there with a smile
Saying you're not alone
Singing la la la la
Que sera
(Boys)
At the end of the day
Some you win, some you don't
So I'm glad that I'm here
With some friends that I know
Always there with a smile
Saying you're not alone
Singing la la la la
Que sera
(Girls)
At the end of the day
Some you win, some you don't
So I'm glad that I'm here
With some friends that I know
Always there with a smile
Saying you're not alone
Singing la la la la
Que sera
(Emma)
At the end of the day
Some you win, some you don't
So I'm glad that I'm here
With some friends that I know
Always there with a smile
Saying you're not alone
Singing la la la la
Que sera
The audience loved our performance and clapped and cheered for us. I hugged Ryder awkwardly as we blushed.
"This is awesome! This is our first performance where it didn't end up in a sex riot and nobody threw food at us" Artie cheered.
Ryder, Jake, Marley, Kitty, Unique and I just gave each other confused glances as we laughed. We were all too happy to care.
(A/N Don't forget to review, Song featured in this chapter Que Sara- Justice Crew)