Disclaimer: I do not own Glee (but one day I will... believe me) And I do not own the songs in this chapter, they belong to Disney and I only use them for my own twisted purposes.
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Angel wasn't any happier when she got to school on Monday; the weekend had done nothing to make her calm down. She was still angry at Puck.
And what was worse was that she shouldn't have been angry at Puck, it wasn't like he had asked her out or anything. He wasn't cheating on her. They weren't even dating, if he wanted to go out with other girls that was fine. It wasn't like she liked him.
The fact that she was angry at him made her even angrier, this time at herself. He wasn't supposed to be able to make her feel this way. He wasn't allowed to have any control over how she was feeling. And she was angry at herself for giving him control over her feelings, even though he didn't even know.
"Hey Angel," Tina called out as Angel walked past her on her way to her locker.
"Hey Tina," Angel said, managing to give her new friend a small smile, "How was the rest of your weekend?"
"It was good," Tina said with a shrug, "We were worried about you."
"I'm fine," Angel said with a shrug, "Really, there's nothing to worry about. I wasn't cheated on, we're not dating. I never even said that I liked him."
Tina smiled, she knew exactly where Angel was right now, she was in denial, she had gone through that when she realized her feelings for Artie as well, "If you say so," she said with a knowing smile.
"I do," Angel said with a hard nod, "I'm fine," she said again, "Now can we change the subject?" she asked with an embarrassed blush rising on her sun-tanned cheeks.
"Sure," Tina said with a nod, "How was Mario Kart Saturday?" she asked with a smile.
"It was okay," Angel said with a grin, "I kicked Mike's ass."
"You knew you would," Tina said with a smile, "Can't have been much fun, you know, winning with no real challenge."
"Are you kidding me?" Angel asked with a giggle, "It was so much fun! Mike is an amazing friend, but sometimes his ego needs to be taken down a few notches. Plus it's kind of exciting to beat a boy at a video game, even if he's always been bad at Mario Kart."
Tina smiled, "I know what you mean," she said with a smile, "I love when I beat Artie at something, although it's more like flirting when it comes to us."
"Mike and I don't flirt," Angel said shaking her head, "We're just really close friends; he's like a brother or something. Nothing more."
Tina nodded, "Never said he was," she said with a smile, she wasn't lying either, it had been obvious to everyone at the sleepover that Angel had a thing for Puck, it may have been a small one, but there was something there.
Angel could see the wheels turning in Tina's head; it was obvious that she was thinking about what had happened at Kurt's house on Friday night. She was thinking about Puck, it was obvious. "Well I need to get to class," Angel said with a smile and a wave, "I'll see you at the Glee meeting today?"
"Yeah," Tina said with smile, "Rachel says we're working on some songs today, so come ready to sing."
Angel nodded, "Always ready to do that," she said with a smile and a wink as she walked to her calculus class.
"Okay fellow Glee Clubbers," Rachel said, standing in the front of the classroom and handing out music sheets to everyone, "We're going to practice two songs today, I thought that we should sing 'I Just Can't Wait to be King' and 'I Won't Say I'm in Love' does anyone have a problem with this?"
"Hey Angel," Puck called from the back of the classroom, "It's our song," he said, referring to the song from Lion King.
Kurt stood up, "Before we start singing I would like to draw attention to how amazing Angel's hair looks. And it was all thanks to Moi!"
A blush began to rise on Angel's cheeks as everyone in the classroom turned to look at her, to avoid all of the wondering eyes she glanced down at the music sheets, "I have a problem," she said, raising her hand into the air.
"What's wrong, Angel?" Rachel asked, wondering what could have bothered her.
"I don't want to sing with him," Angel said, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring in Puck's direction, "Can't someone else sing my part for the Lion King song?"
Rachel turned around to glance at Will, but he shook his head and stood up, "No Angel," he said with another shake of his head, "Your voice matches well with Puck's. It sounds good," he said, "You will have to sing the part."
Angel sighed, "At least it's only a few lines," she muttered as she glanced back down at the music sheet.
Puck glanced up at her, wondering what had happened, they had had so much fun singing the song together just last week. And now she didn't even want to sing a few lines with him.
"Let's get singing!" Will exclaimed, clapping his hands together.
The boys and Angel stood up from their chairs, the rest of the girls stayed sitting this song was only going to be sung by the boys while Angel sang Nala's lines.
"[Finn:] I'm gonna be a mighty king
So enemies beware!
[Kurt:] Well, I've never seen a king of beasts
With quite so little hair
[Finn:] I'm gonna be the mane event
Like no king was before
I'm brushing up on looking down
I'm working on my ROAR
[Kurt:] Thus far, a rather uninspiring thing
[Finn:] Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
[Kurt:](You've rather a long way to go, young master,
if you think...)
[Puck:] No one saying do this
[Kurt:] (Now when I said that, I -)
[Angel:] No one saying be there
[Kurt:] (What I meant was...)
[Puck:] No one saying stop that
[Kurt:] (Look, what you don't realize...)
[Puck and Angel:] No one saying see here
[Kurt:] (Now see here!)
[Puck and Angel:] Free to run around all day
[Kurt:] (Well, that's definitely out...)
[Puck:] Free to do it all my way!
[Kurt:] I think it's time that you and I
Arranged a heart to heart
[Artie:] Kings don't need advice
From little hornbills for a start
[Kurt:] If this is where the monarchy is headed
Count me out!
Out of service, out of Africa
I wouldn't hang about
This child is getting wildly out of wing
[All:] Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
[Artie] Everybody look left
Everybody look right
Everywhere you look I'm
Standing in the spotlight!
[Kurt:] Not yet!
[All:] Let every creature go for broke and sing
Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing
It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling
[Puck:] Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
[Artie:] Oh, I just can't wait to be king!
[All:] Oh, I just can't waaaaaait ... to be king!"
Puck turned to smile at Angel, but all she did was send a glare in his direction before sitting back down in the chair next to Rachel and leaning in to whisper in her ear.
"What's going on with her?" he asked Mike as they made their way back to their seats, "She's not normally like this."
Mike shrugged, "I don't know, Man. When I saw her on Saturday she was angry, said something about how all men are pigs."
"Some boy must have hurt her feelings pretty badly," Puck said, shaking his head as he watched the girls stand up and get ready to sing their song.
Mike nodded and glanced at Puck, thinking that it was probably Puck that had hurt her feelings, but he decided to stay out of it. He knew that Angel would be angry at him if he stuck his nose into her business.
"[Rachel:] If there's a prize for rotten judgment
I guess I've already won that
No man is worth the aggravation
That's ancient history, been there, done that!
[Mercedes:] Who'd'ya think you're kiddin'
He's the Earth and heaven to you
[Santana and Brittney:] Try to keep it hidden
Honey, we can see right through you
[Tina:] Girl, ya can't conceal it
We know how ya feel and
[M, S, B, T:] Who you're thinking of
[Quinn:] No chance, no way
I won't say it, no, no
[Mercedes:] You swoon, you sigh
why deny it, uh-oh
[Quinn:] It's too cliche
I won't say I'm in love
[Angel:] I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you start out
My head is screaming get a grip, girl
Unless you're dying to cry your heart out
Oh
[Mercedes:] You keep on denying
Who you are and how you're feeling
[Santana and Brittney:] Baby, we're not buying
Hon, we saw ya hit the ceiling
[Tina:] Face it like a grown-up
When ya gonna own up
[M, S, B, T:] That ya got, got, got it bad
[Rachel:] WRONG: No chance, now way
I won't say it, no, no
[Tina:] Give up, give in
Check the grin you're in love
[Angel:] This scene won't play,
I won't say I'm in love
[Santana:] You're doin flips read our lips
You're in love
[Quinn:] You're way off base
I won't say it
[Angel:] Get off my case
I won't say it
[Mercedes:] Girl, don't be proud
It's O.K. you're in love
[Angel:] Oh
At least out loud,
[A, R,Q:] I won't say I'm in love."
Puck smiled and joined in the cheering and clapping that the rest of the boys were doing after Quinn, Rachel, and Angel finished their last note.
Angel smiled at the other girls and the rest of the boys until her eyes met Puck's, the second she caught his eye her brown ones began to narrow.
"What?" Puck mouthed in her direction, but Angel just shook her head, rolled her eyes and sat down in her seat, refusing to make any more eye contact with him.
"Okay guys!" Will said, standing up with a smile, "Those were really good actually! But now on to a more serious matter."
"Mr. Shue," Rachel said, folding her hands primly in her lap, "I really don't see what could be more important than singing. We are a Glee Club, after all," she said, looking around at the other students to see if they agreed with her.
Angel smiled and leaned closer to Rachel so that they could bump their fists together, it only took a matter of seconds before the two girls burst into laughter at their ridiculousness.
"How about fundraising for Nationals?" Will asked.
"Aren't you getting ahead of yourself, Mr. Shue?" Quinn asked, raising her hand in the air to get their teacher's attention, "We haven't even gone to sectionals yet."
"No chance in being prepared," Will said with a shrug, "Besides if we get to go to nationals I don't want to find out a week before we go that we'll be sleeping six to a room again."
"Yeah, I'm not doing that," Santana said in a snide tone, "Let's think of fundraising ideas, people."
Will nodded, "Thank you Santana for your enthusiasm. Now, everyone, let's start thinking of fundraising ideas."
"We could have another bake sale," Tina suggested.
"Do you remember the last bake sale we had?" Finn asked, "It was a complete disaster until Puck made his special Grandma cupcakes."
"They weren't my grandma's cupcakes," Puck said, rolling his eyes, "I put some pot in the batter, just enough to give people the munchies."
"You put pot in the cupcakes?" Will and Angel yelled at the same time as Angel spun around in her chair so that she could stare at Puck with wide eyes.
Puck shrugged, "Not a big deal."
"Not a big deal?" Will sputtered, "I don't even know how to deal with this!"
"No one else knows, Mr. Shue," Puck told him, "No one has to know."
Will wanted to yell at his student, but all he could think about was how he had planted pot in Finn's locker so that he could force him to join Glee Club. He couldn't exactly lecture about honesty and drugs when he was guilty too, "Let's just avoid that again, guys."
"So the bake sale's out of the question?" Kurt asked.
Puck looked up and made eye contact with Angel, she was still staring at him with her wide brown eyes as if she had no idea what to make of him. He realized that he was not only going to have to figure out why Angel was so mad at him, but he was also going to have to apologize for the pot thing.
It bothered him when he realized that he was actually planning on trying to make it up to her. He had no idea what had come over him.
"How about a car wash?" Quinn asked, "The cheerios used to do car washes all of the time."
"Well," Mercedes responded, "The reason the cheerios make so much money is because you all look so good in your teeny little bikinis. You're not going to catch me out in the school parking lot in a bikini."
"Me neither," Angel said. Tina and Rachel backed her up by nodding.
"So the car wash is out?" Will asked the group. He didn't need an actual answer the glare that he was getting from more than half of the girls in the club.
"My old school used to throw date auctions," Angel said, raising her hand, "I mean the people who they auctioned off at my school were a bit more popular than Glee Club, but it could work, we've got some popular kids in the club. No offense," she said softly to kids that weren't exactly popular.
"None taken," Kurt said with a kind smile.
"A date auction could work," Will said with a nod and a smile, "We could do one this Friday evening."
"Friday's a bit soon, Mr. Shue," Finn pointed out, "Can't really advertise sufficiently."
"We want to make as much money as possible," Will pointed out, "And if we win sectionals we're not going to have a lot of time since we'll be preparing for regionals and hopefully nationals so we need to do it early. If Friday's auction is a success then we can do another one in the future which may be more successful."
"Brittney and I could make posters for it tonight, Mr. Shue," Santana said, raising her hand, she honestly liked the idea of a date auction, especially if she was one of the girls that got auctioned off, "We could have them hanging up in the hallway by tomorrow morning."
"Thank you Santana!" Will said, clapping his hands excitedly, "See guys, fundraising can be exciting! Everyone who's okay with a date auction raise your hand?"
He was honestly surprised when everyone in the Glee Club raised their hands.
"I've got another idea for fundraising too, Mr. Shue," Mercedes said, raising her hand in the air.
"Yes Mercedes?" Will asked, smiling when he realized that the kids were actually taking the fundraising seriously.
"We could sponsor some school dances," Mercedes said with a smile, "The school used to do dances so they've got the decorations in the basement. Food and punch wouldn't be cheap and if we sold the tickets and monitored the dances we could keep most of the money. Halloween is coming up, everyone loves dressing up in costumes, and I think there could be a pretty good turn out."
Will nodded, "That's a good idea Mercedes," he said with a smile, "I'll have to talk to Principal Figgins, but I think this could work guys. Meeting's done, you guys can go to class."
Puck had to run to catch up with Angel as she hurried out of the music room, "Wait up, Angel!" he called as he ran after her.
"Leave me alone, Puckerman," Angel growled as she sped up to try to evade Puck.
"What's wrong with you today?" Puck asked, grabbing her arm and forcing her to slow down so that they could walk together.
"Nothing, there's nothing wrong with me," Angel growled wrenching her arm out of his grasp, but she didn't speed up and walk away, she continued to walk with Puck, that was a good thing, at least he thought so.
"Why does everyone keep asking me that?" she muttered.
"Well maybe because you're grumpy," Puck pointed out, rolling his eyes, "And you glare at everyone. Well not everyone, just me, I guess. But compared to your usual personality, when you're smiling all the time and happy, there definitely seems to be something wrong."
"Nothing's wrong!" Angel snapped.
"Okay, okay," Puck said, holding up his hands in a defensive manner and shaking his head, "I'm sorry for asking."
Angel nodded, but didn't say anything. It was silent for a few moments as Puck continued to walk Angel to her next class. Finally Puck decided to break the silence, "I like your new hair, Kurt did a good job."
"Shut the hell up!" Angel yelled, not caring who heard her, "I didn't let Kurt do this to my hair because I thought that you would like it! I don't want you to like it! I mean you're with Santana anyway… although she's cheating on you with Matt, just so you know."
"Wait what?" Puck asked, "What does Santana have to do with anything?"
"Nothing absolutely nothing!" Angel yelled, "Because there's nothing going on here. You're just annoying! And men are pigs that will jump on anything in a short skirt with a promise of sex! You're disgusting!"
Puck started laughing, "You really are crazy," he said shaking his head at the short girl walking next to him.
"I never asked for your opinion!" Angel growled, turning her face up so that she could glare at Puck, "And I don't want it, so stop giving your opinion. I don't care."
"Obviously you do or you wouldn't be so upset," he pointed out with a smirk.
"Shut up!" Angel snapped, "Just shut up!"
"So you were all angry and grumpy today because of me and Santana?" Puck asked, beginning to figure things out, "How did you even know about us?"
"Brittney mentioned it at Kurt's sleepover," Angel said with a shrug, "And who said this was about you and Santana, anyway?"
"You did when you started to freak out about me and Santana," Puck said with a smile, "And for the record, not all guys are pigs."
"Just shut up," Angel snapped again as she sped up and began to walk away from Puck.
"That's all you have to say?" Puck called after her, "Because you know I'm right?"
Angel opened her mouth to argue, but she didn't have anything to say, but 'shut up, Puckerman' and that would just prove him right. And she didn't want to do that. So instead she closed her mouth, shook her head, and continued to walk away.
"So you do like me?" Puck called after her.
The only response he got was a middle finger in the air and an angry scream.
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Author's Note: Thank you for reading! This chapter has been sitting on my computer for like a month now, and I've already written all the way through chapter ten, but you guys don't review. :(
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