It was the day of the auditions, Miss Pillsbury was sitting in the chair behind the table in the auditorium with Artie and Coach Beast. Artie had just entered the auditorium in his wheelchair, he wheeled towards the end of the stairs where Coach Beast was standing and waiting for him. He unbuckled himself from his wheelchair and Coach Beast leaned down to pick him up, he wrapped his arms around her shoulder and she walked up the steps towards the chairs that they were sitting, she placed him down on the chair in the centre of the table.
"Thank Coach," Artie said as he looked up at her, "I appreciate it."
"No problem," she replied, "I've picked up men much bigger than you. You were lighter than a leaf in your pocket."
"Um," Artie replied with confusion as he turned to look at Miss Pillsbury who shook her head and placed her finger on her lip indicating him not to say anything. "Okay," he finished still confused by the phrase by Coach Beast. He looked down at the piece of paper that was placed in front of him. "Okay," he called, "Rachel Berry, you're first."
Rachel skipped onto the stage with a massive smile on her face. She stood in the centre of the stage and beamed her smile up at them all. "I'm going to be auditioning for the role of Satine."
"And what song are you gonna be singing?" Miss Pillsbury asked her.
"I'm going to be singing the amazing," she smiled, "Barbra Streisand and A Woman In Love."
Santana, Kurt, Blaine and Sebastian all stood in the wings, Sebastian and Santana both shook their heads at her choice of song.
"Why am I not surprised by that?" Santana remarked harshly.
"Does this girl know anything other than Streisand?" Sebastian asked, "Yeah, we get it, we know you look like her, but this is kinder getting boring now."
Santana glanced at him and flashed a quick smile at him before turning away from him and looking straight at the stage to watch Rachel perform her song.
"Great," Coach Beast replied, "When you're ready."
"Okay," Rachel smiled, "Great." She took a deep breath and listened out for the music to start. When she heard the music started, she closed her eyes and began singing the song.
Life is a moment in space
When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
I kiss the morning goodbye
But down inside, you know we never know why
The road is narrow and long
When eyes meet eyes and the feeling is strong
I turn away from the wall
I stumble and fall, but I give you it all
I am a woman in love
And I'd do anything to get you into my world and hold you within
It's a right, I defend, over and over again
What do I do?
With you eternally mine
In love there is no measure of time
We planned it all at the start
That you and I live in each other's heart
We may be oceans away
You feel my love, I hear what you say
No truth is ever a lie
I stumble and fall, but I give you it all
I am a woman in love
And I'd do anything to get you into my world and hold you within
It's a right, I defend, over and over again
What do I do?
Ohh, I am a woman in love and I'm talking to you
I know how you feel, what a woman can do
It's a right, I defend, over and over again
I am a woman in love
And I'd do anything to get you into my world and hold you within
It's a right, I defend, over and over again
Artie, Coach Beast and Miss Pillsbury clapped their hands together and cheered. "That was fantastic," Miss Pillsbury spoke into the microphone placed on the desk, "Very impressive. We'll do the acting scenes later so after everybody has performed I would like you to come back and do your lines, is that okay?"
"Yes," she smiled, "Of course it is. I'll see you all later, but I already know the answer. Thank you for your time." She curtsied and left to the left where the rest of them had been standing, she glanced at both Santana and Sebastian. "You don't need to go and perform," she sneered, "We already know that I have the part. Don't waste your time, Santana, I'm supposed to be the lead role and I'm gonna be taking the lead role."
"We'll see about that, Berry," she snarled, "I'm gonna go out on that stage and I'm gonna wipe the floor with you. Your days of being centre of attention are over. You got that?" She huffed and stomped her foot on the ground before stomping off. "Somebody's gotta learn her that she won't get everything that she wants," Santana smirked, "Life's a bitch so somebody's gotta learn her that."
"You don't have to be so harsh on her, Santana," Kurt stated, "You can tell her without being hurtful."
"Life isn't a bunch of roses, Kurt," she shrugged, "People out there are gonna be more cruel than me."
"If that's actually possible," Kurt mumbled.
"She's gotten her way for way too long now," she remarked, "I'm just making sure that she knows it, that's all." Kurt shook his head and rolled his eyes even though he knew what Santana had said was the truth but he just didn't like the way that he spoke to her because even though he was harsh to her most of the time, he was still her friend but he knew what everybody had been saying was the truth.
"Santana Lopez," Coach Beast spoke into the microphone. Santana took a deep breath and strutted onto the stage, she held her head up high and strutted her way to the centre of the stage.
"I'll be auditioning for the role of Satine," Santana told them, "And I'll be singing Rihanna 'What Now'."
"Okay," Artie spoke into the microphone, "When you're ready."
Santana glanced to the side of the stage and nodded towards the guys who stood next to the sound, with that he pressed the play button and the music started to blur out from the speakers in the auditorium. Santana closed her eyes and listened to the music waiting for her to sing the lyrics. She wanted to perform the song to the best that she could, she wanted this role more than anybody in the entire New Directions, more than Rachel Berry who only wanted it so she had another thing to put on her Nyada application. Santana wanted to do it for herself, to prove that she's not a nobody and that it's not only Rachel Berry who can get the solo's and who can be centre of attention. She was sick and tired of being in the shadows of her, she wanted to be centre stage and she wanted to sing the song full of passion.
I've been ignoring this big lump in my throat
I shouldn't be crying, tears were for the weak the days
I'm stronger now or so I say
But something's missing
Whatever it is, it feels like it's laughing at me through the glass of a two-sided mirror
Whatever it is, it's just laughing at me
And I just wanna scream
What now? I just can't figure it out
What now? I guess I'll just wait it out (wait it out)
What now? Ohhhh what now?
I found the one he changed my life
But was it me that changed
And he just happened to come at the right time
I'm supposed to be in love
But I'm numb again
Whatever it is, it feels like it's laughing at me through the glass of a two-sided mirror
Whatever it is, it's just sitting there laughing at me
And I just wanna scream
What now? I just can't figure it out
What now? I guess I'll just wait it out (wait it out)
What now? Please tell me
What now?
There's no one to call 'cause I'm just playing games with them all
The more I swear I'm happy, the more that I'm feeling alone
'Cause I spend every hour just going through the motions
I can't even get the emotions to come out
Dry as a bone, but I just wanna shout!
What now? I just can't figure it out
What now? I guess I'll just wait it out (wait it out)
What now? somebody tell me
What now?
I don't know where to go
I don't know what to feel
I don't know how to cry
I don't know ow ow why
I don't know where to go
I don't know what to feel
I don't know how to cry
I don't know ow ow why
I don't know where to go
I don't know what to feel
I don't know how to cry
I don't know ow ow why
So what now?
Artie, Coach Beast and Miss Pillsbury all cheered, whooped and clapped their hands together with both Coach Beast and Miss Pillsbury standing on their feet. Coach Beast whistled through her teeth whilst still clapping her hands together, but they weren't the only people clapping their hands together, Blaine, Kurt and of course Sebastian were clapping their hands together and cheering her on.
"If I could give you a standing ovation," Artie spoke through the microphone, "I would, but unfortunately, my legs won't allow me to do that."
"Why thank you, Artie," Santana smiled, "I really appreciate that."
Coach Beast and Miss Pillsbury both sat down on their chairs and Coach Beast reached over to grab the microphone. "We'll be seeing you later in the reading, Santana," she spoke into the microphone, "Well done."
"Thank you," she smiled before turning on her heels and heading to the side where they were all standing, she walked passed them all and Sebastian reached over to grab her arm softly stopping her in her tracks. She glanced down at his hand on her arm before turning her gaxe up at him.
"You were amazing out there," he whispered, "You should be proud of yourself."
"Oh, I am," she replied confidently, "But thank you for that." He released her arm before she walked out of the auditorium to prepare for her reading for later on. Sebastian exhaled deeply and glanced to the side of him noticing that both Blaine and Kurt were staring at him with a smile on their faces.
"What?" He frowned, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You still like her," Blaine told him with a smile on his face.
"Yeah," he shrugged, "And your point would be?"
"No reason," Blaine replied, "Jus thought that I would point that out."
"Plus," Kurt added, "It's obvious to us so it must be still obvious to her. So, tell us the truth, Sebastian, are you only doing this so that you can get the lead role with Santana and that you'll be able to kiss her?"
"Honestly," he replied, "I'm doing this because I love to perform so this gives me the chances to perform in front of an audience and have a solo."
"And be the centre of attention?" Kurt asked him.
"Pretty much," he shrugged with a smug smile, "Yeah."
"Sebastian Smythe," Miss Pillsbury spoke through the microphone. Sebastian took a deep breath and walked onto the stage, walking towards the centre of the stage, he stopped in the centre and faced the audience.
"I'll be auditioning for Christian," he told them, "And I'll be singing 'If I Lose Myself' by OneRepublic."
"When you're ready," Artie spoke through the microphone. Sebastian nodded to the side to the guy by the sound who pressed the play button, the music of the track started to blur through the speakers and Sebastian listened to the music waiting for his time to sing the lyrics on the song.
I stared up at the sun,
Thought of all of the people, places and things I've loved.
I stared up just to see,
Of all the faces, you were the one next to me.
You can feel the light start to tremble,
Washing what you know out to sea.
You can see your life out of the window, tonight.
If I lose myself tonight,
It'll be by your side.
If I lose myself tonight...
Ooh, yeah, yeah.
If I lose myself tonight,
It'll be you and I.
Lose myself tonight...
[Instrumental break]
I woke up with the sun,
Thought of all the people, places and things I've loved.
I woke up just to see,
With all the faces, you were the one next to me.
You can feel the light start to tremble,
Washing what you know out to sea.
You can see your life out of the window, tonight.
If I lose myself tonight,
It'll be by your side.
If I lose myself tonight...
Ooh, yeah, yeah.
If I lose myself tonight,
It'll be you and I.
Lose myself tonight...
Whoooooooooo
[Instrumental] (Whoooooooooo)
Take us down and we keep trying,
40, 000 feet, keep flying.
Take us down and we keep trying,
40, 000 feet, keep flying.
Take us down and we keep trying,
40, 000 feet, keep flying.
Take us down and we keep trying,
40, 000 feet, keep flying.
(Lose myself)
If I lose myself tonight...
Whoooooooooo
Whoooooo, whoooo,
Whooooooo
Whoooooooooo
Whoooooo, whoooo,
Whooooooo
Artie, Coach Beast and Miss Pillsbury were clapping, cheering and whooping after his performance, again both Coach Beast and Miss Pillsbury were on their feet. Blaine was clapping his hands together and cheering his performance. Even though he was auditioning for the same role he was still proud of his friend and his performance where Kurt stood there clapping his hands slowly, he was jealous and knew that he wasn't going to get the lead role when Sebastian had just done that powerful performance because not only was it about his singing, it was about his performance and being in the Warbler's for a while, he had that.
"Like I said to Santana," Artie spoke into the microphone as both Coach Beast and Miss Pillsbury took their seats again, "If I could give you a standing ovation, I would."
"Thanks, dude," he smiled, "I much appreciate that."
"We'll be seeing you later for the reading," Coach Beast spoke into the microphone, "Good job well done."
"Thanks Coach," he smiled again before exiting the stage to where he was standing earlier. He too was proud of his performance and hoped that he already had the role. He glanced to the side to see Blaine proud of his friend.
"You were amazing, Sebastian," Blaine told him, "I think you're gonna be getting role."
"Fingers crossed," he smiled, "I'll see you guys later. I need to prepare for my reading. Good luck, the both of you." And with that he turned on his heels and exited the auditorium. Kurt folded his arms across his chest and his face had changed from joy five minutes ago to jealously.
"I knew there was a reason why I hated that guy," he mumbled to himself.