Tuesday
We finish singing our duet and walk off the stage together. While they clap, I see all my old friends walk in and they give me a half smile. "Jesse." Mr. Schue says and I look up at him. "Lets get this show on the road." Jesse says.
We all walk behind the stage and I sit on our sofa with Sam. "Nikki." Lucas says and I smile. "Hey." He nods and I look at Sam. "This is Sam, Sam, this is Lucas." I say and Lucas holds oit his hand and Sam shakes it, they nod awkwardly. Finn looks up at Lucas and he nods at me. I look at New Directions and sigh.
I walk with Lucas. "We need you back." I smile. "You know that isn't going to happen." He nods. "You don't miss us?" I laugh. "It's alot easier here." He nods. "Are you really saying youbdon't miss duetting with me?" I laugh. "How could I not miss it." I say and he looks out at New Directions.
"The blonde your boyfriend?" I smile. "It's looking that way." I say and be nods. "Watch yourself." He says to me and goes to walk away. I pull at his hoodie. "What do you mean?" He nods. "Look at them. They don't trust you." I nod. "I know." He puts his arm around my shoulder. "Jesse is planning something." I look at him. "Are you serious?" He nods. "Yeah. I don't know what though. He just told us that we are taking you down." I smile. "Same way we are taking you down." He looks at me. "What are you going to do?" I take his arm off my shoulder and wink. "That would be telling." I say and walk back over to New Directions.
"What did he want?" I nod. "He was telling me to watch out." They loom at me. "Jesse is going to take us down, he doesn't know how though." Noah lolks at me. "Find out how!" I laugh. "How?" He nods. "Go talk to Lucas, get some Deets!" I nod. "I don't do that to friends." I say and they look at me. "Friends?" I nod. "Yeah, friends. Just because I fell out with Jesse doesn't mean I hate them." They raise their eyebrows. "You trust them?" I smile. "They have my back, and I have theirs." I take out my phone. "So what? You're going to take down your friends?" I laugh. "You guys can. I only have on target. Jesse."
We go out on stage and perform "Billionaire" and "Time Warp". We walk off and they walk on stage. The music starts and I listen to the opening. "Oh My Gosh." I say and they all look at me. Vocal Adrenaline are performing American Idiot by Green Day- My all time favourite song. I walk towards the stage and they all watch me. Lucas nods at me to go on stage. I shake my head and sit back down with New Directions. I look at Sam and he takes my hand. They perform Dead Ringer For Love and we stand up on stage beside them. Mr. Schue claps and we nod. "That was great guys. I really admire you all for putting your differences aside and performing to the best of your abilities." We smile and Dustin steps forward. "Well done. I'm sure you'll be placed." He says to us and I look at him. "Usually, people leave one place to go for an upgrade, you've taken a downgrade Nicola." I look around, first at New Directions and then at Vocal Adrenaline. "At least here, I don't have people breathing down my neck, people lying and people cheating on me. I love Vocal Adrenaline." I say and they smile. "But I don't love who you guys are anymore." They nod. "That is because you left." I shake my head. "It's because, when you took over from Shelby, you didn't listen to any suggestions Jesse, Lucas and I had." He looks at me. "You're all just kids. Foolish kids." I look at Lucas and the three of us walk forward. "We know how Vocal Adrenaline works remember?" Jesse says. "You're the newbie." Lucas says and I look Dustin in the eye. "We know so much more about that team than you do." I shout and he laughs.
"Like what?" He asks us. "Rachel and Jesse." Lucas says. "Lucas and Giselle." Jesse says. I walk forward with a smile. "Me and Jesse." I say to him and he almost bursts with anger. "YOU KIDS KNOW I DON'T ALLOW RELATIONSHIPS!" We smile. "And you always wondered why they had such great chemistry." One of the members of Vocal Adrenaline pipes up. "Like I said, Foolish Kids." Dustin says after he composes himself. "Be careful Dustin." I say and walk towards New Directions. "Vocal Adrenaline might just crumble down around you." I say and take Quinn's hand. Dustin laughs. "And who is holding the sledge hammer? New Directions?" He says, bursting out laughing. I look over at Jesse. "No." They all look over at me and I close my eyes for a second. "Me." I say with a smile and New Directions cheer.