Sectionals had finally come and this year the New Directions had home advantage as they'd chosen McKinley High School to host the Sectionals. The New Directions waited in the choir room before the show started, they all wore black and white, the girls wore a black 50's style dress which tied as holterneck with a black petticoat underneath with a white belt with a bow tied at the back where the guys wore black trousers, black belts, black leather shoes and white ties. The New Directions huddled around in the circle in the centre of the room when Mr Schuester walked through the doors and clapped his hands together.
"Okay, guys," Mr Schuester called, "Now we're all ready for the Sectionals. We've done it before and we've smashed it both times, and this year we have an extra hand and we're not only going win the sectionals but we're gonna go onto win the Regional's and then we're gonna go onto win the National Championships."
"Hell to the yeah!" Artie chimed as he raised his hand into the air.
"I'm still pretty pissed about the whole singing situation," Puck groaned.
"That's the whole point of the show choir," Sam informed him, "We have to sing in order to win."
"I didn't mean that," he grumbled, "What I meant was I can't believe that those two are doing a song together. Isn't it enough that they're doing the school musical together?"
"That's why they're doing the solo," Mr Schuester informed him, "Everybody decided that it would be a good idea if they sung the solo together."
"But you were the only person who disagree," Tina told him, "Well, you and Rachel of course, but that's only because she didn't get the solo this year."
"Well," Rachel spat in a spoilt tone, "I always get the solo's, so yeah, I am pissed about it."
"Now," Mr Schuester interrupted, "We're gonna go out there and we're gonna smash it. We've chosen the right songs to perform and that's a big thanks to all of you with all of your ideas." Mr Schuester walked to the centre of the room which the rest of the New Directions followed to form a circle in the centre of the room, Mr Schuester placed his hand into the centre of the circle. "Hands in," he spoke, which then the rest of the New Directions placed their hands on top. "On three," he spoke again, "One...two...three...A-MAZ-ZING!" And they all raised their hands into the air where Mr Schuester again clapped his hands. "Let's do this thing!"
The Sectionals had begun and the New Directions with the rest of the show choirs that were performing at the Sections were sitting in the audience. The lights on the stage flashed up to which the sound of a deep voice spoke through the antenna. "And now, the judges for this years Sectional's at McKinley High, please put a warm hand together for McIntosh's Employee of the month Michael Goth." To which he stood up to a round of applause from the audience and he waved at the crowd. "Angela Morgan, news editor of the Lima News." To which she too got a round of applause as she stood up and waved at the audience excitedly with a huge smile on her face. "And last but not least, your final judge is your honour Judge Paul Johnson." To who also stood up and waved at the audience gently and turned his body to face, the right, the left and the back and then sat down with the rest of the judges. And as the judges were getting introduced to the audience the first performers of the night had made their way backstage. "And now," the announcer continued, "Please put a warm hand together for the first performance tonight, from Kitts Hill's High School the Reflections!"
The Reflections made their way on stage and stood to the centre and when the lights lit up on the stage, the music played and the voices of the Reflections echoed throughout the entire auditorium to the song of 'Oh, Pretty Woman.'
All of the show choirs had performed, all but the New Directions who were waiting anxiously in the wings. Puck walked over to Santana and reached down for her hand, he laced his through hers before glancing over his shoulder to glare at Sebastian and shooting him a cocky smirk, but his smirk soon faded when Santana released his hand and took a step away from him. Sebastian smirked to himself before looking down on the ground and placing his hand over his mouth, he gave a quick cough which stopped him from smirking, he removed his hand from his mouth and looked straight ahead. Santana took a deep breath before looking over her shoulder in the direction of Sebastian who's gaze soon locked onto hers, she gave him a quick reassuring smile before turning back to face the stage.
"And now," the announcer announced, "From West McKinley High, the New Directions."
The lights on the stage stayed dimmed and all of the male members of the New Directions made their way onto the stage. When the guys had made their way onto the stage the music started to play and the stage lights lifted up to show the New Directions to the audience.
[All]
Well, shake it up, baby, now
(Shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout
(Twist and shout)
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now
(Come on baby)
Come on and work it on out
(Work it on out)
[Finn]
Well, work it on out, honey
[All]
Work it on out
[Finn]
You know you look so good
[All]
Look so good
[Finn]
You know you got me goin', now
[All]
Got me goin'
[Finn]
Just like I knew you would
[All]
Like I knew you would
Well, shake it up, baby, now
(Shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout
(Twist and shout)
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now
(Come on baby)
Come on and work it on out
(Work it on out)
[Sam]
You know you twist your little girl
[All]
Twist your little girl
You know you twist so fine
[Sam]
Twist so fine
Come on and twist a little closer, now
[All]
Twist a little closer
[Sam]
And let me know that you're mine
[All]
Let me know you're mine
Well, shake it up, baby, now
(Shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout
(Twist and shout)
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now
(Come on baby)
Come on and work it on out
(Work it on out)
[Puck]
You know you twist your little girl
[All]
Twist your little girl
[Puck]
You know you twist so fine
[All]
Twist so fine
[Puck]
Come on and twist a little closer, now
[All]
Twist a little closer
[Puck]
And let me know that you're mine
[All]
Let me know you're mine
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now
(Shake it up baby)
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now
(Shake it up baby)
Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now
(Shake it up baby)
The audience all clapped their hands together, all standing on their feet, cheering, whistling and some were stomping their feet on the ground. The stage lights dimmed down to which all of the male directioners made their way off stage, all except Sebastian who stayed on stage and was soon joined by Santana, they both turned their bodies to face one another. The audience all took their seats once more and the music started to blur out through the speakers in the auditorium to which then the stage lights lifted for the audience to see the both of them standing together to prepare to sing.
[Santana]
Kiss me out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor, lift your open hand
[Both]
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me
[Sebastian]
Kiss me down by the broken tree house
Swing me upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat
[Both]
We'll take the trail marked on your father's map
[Sebastian]
Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor, lift your open hand
[Both]
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
[Santana]
So kiss me
[Both]
Kiss me beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor, lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
[Santana]
So kiss me
[Sebastian]
So kiss me
[Santana]
So kiss me
[Both]
So kiss me
Both Santana and Sebastian stood chest to chest as they looked up at one another, both breathing heavily at the song and their gaze both locked onto one another, there was a roar from the audience of cheering, whistling and clapping their hands together as the stage lights dimmed once more. Both Santana and Sebastian still kept their eyes locked on one another and both didn't realise that they were soon joined by the rest of the New Directions to which they both shook their heads and took a step away from one another and stepped into the position that they practised for. The music started to blur out from the speakers surrounding the auditorium and at the same time the stage lights lifted to show the audience all of the New Directions.
[Artie]
Always when we fight
[Brittany]
I try to make you laugh
[Artie]
Until everything's forgotten
[Brittany]
I know you hate that
[All]
Ba ba ra ra ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ra ra ba ba ba ba
[Finn]
Always when we fight
[Rachel]
I kiss you once or twice
[Finn]
And everything's forgotten
[Rachel]
I know you hate that
[Sam]
I love you Sunday sun
[Mercedes]
The week's not yet begun
[Sam]
And everything is quiet
[Mercedes]
And it's always
[All]
You and me - always - and forever
You and me - always - and forever
Ba ba ba ba ba
It was always
You and me - always
[Sebastian]
You tell me I'm a real man
[Santana]
And try to look impressed
[Sebastian]
Not very convincing
[Santana]
But you know I love it
[Blaine]
Then we watch TV
[Quinn]
Until we fall asleep
[Blaine]
Not very exciting
[All]
But it's you and me
And we'll always be together
You and me - always - and forever
You and me - always - and forever
Ba ba ba ba ba
It was always
You and me - always - and forever
You and me - always - and forever
Ba ba ba ba ba
It was always
You and me - always - and forever
You and me - always - and forever
Ba ba ba ba ba
Babaroah
Whilst the New Directions were singing the song, the audience were up on their feet, clapping and swaying from side to side to the music. Now that the song was over the audience were still up on their feet but this time they were cheering, chanting, whistling and screaming, they were impressed with their performance, they had knocked the ball out of the court with their song choices, it was perfect and now it was time for the judges to make their decisions. The New Directions all smiled big, breathing heavily from the singing and the choreography put together by all of the New Directions, mostly Mike Chang and Brittany. The stage lights dropped to dim the stage and they all exited stage left into the wings.
Every show choir was on stage awaiting to hear the results and who would go on to the Regional's. They all stood in clumps of three with all of the trophies standing on a table at the side of the stage. The head judge, the honourable Judge Paul Johnson stood on the stage with the announcer who was a large balding man who wore a blue and white pin stripped t-shirt, grey trousers and a blue and white splatter designed tie. He held the microphone up to his mouth. "Ladies and Gentlemen," he said into the microphone, "The head judge, the honourable Judge Paul Johnson." With that Judge Johnson took a step towards the microphone in the centre of the stage which stood on a microphone stand and with the mention of his name both the audience and show choirs behind him clapped their hands.
"Thank you," he nodded, "Being a judge, I have had many cases where I have found it very easy to sentence somebody but tonight, it was a difficult choice." He paused, looking down at his hands briefly before returning his gaze back up to look at the audience, "However," he continued, "We have decided our winner and who would be going on to perform at Regional's and then hopefully go on to win National's." The guest announcer walked over to him with a golden envelope in his hand, he handed it over to the judge before walking back over to the table to receive the third place trophy. The judge looked down at the envelope before ripping it open with his thumb. "And in third place," he spoke as he pulled out the card from the envelope, "The Dolce Bella's."
With a huge grin on all of their faces, the leader of the Dolce Bella's walked over to the announcer to receive the third place trophy from him. Taking the trophy off him, the leader headed back towards the rest of them before exiting to the left of the stage. The judge was then handed another golden envelope. "And in second place we have," he said as he tore open the envelope, he pulled out the card and glanced his eyes across the card. "The Reflections which means that the winners this year is the New Directions!"
All of the New Directions jumped up and down, cheering, screaming, chanting and dancing. Mr Schuester bounced over to the announcer who gave him the trophy, nodding and smiling at him as he received the trophy, Mr Schuester spun on his heels and made his way back to the New Directions who had still been cheering and screaming. Santana turned around and hugged Brittany who was standing behind her and they both jumped up and down at the same time still cheering at their win. Both Blaine and Sebastian hugged one another as they both cheered at their win and as it was fate, both Santana and Sebastian pulled away from their hugs and spun around at the same time to face one another. With their gazes meeting each other's, they stopped smiling and carried on staring into one another eyes. Still celebrating with the rest of them, Puck turned to the side with a massive grin on his face which soon faded when he noticed the both of them staring into one another's eyes, his bright smile soon turned into a jealous frown. When hearing the scream of the other's, they both snapped out of their trances and high fived one another awkwardly before turning their backs to one another, both looking awkwardly to the side, Sebastian rubbed his fingers through his hair and shook his head. Santana sighed hard and closed her eyes, shaking the thought out of her head, she opened her eyes again and carried on celebrating with the rest of them.
But there was one person who was no longer celebrating, and that was Puck. He saw the two of them, the way that they looked at one another and he knew that Santana had never looked at him that way before and this hurt him, there was a sickening feeling in the pit of his stomach, as if both Santana and Sebastian both literally punched him in the gut. He'd knew for a long time that something was going on between them but he didn't want to believe it, but now, he saw it all and it was hard to dismiss, but what was he going to do? Only Puck knew.