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Marissa stared at Cameron's face. "He's still cute" Marissa thought.
"Hey! You coming?" Emily asked Marissa while glaring at Cameron.
"Go ahead. I, um, still have to do something" Marissa replied.
"Sure" Emily said then shrugged. "There's something going on between those two" Emily thought before finally boarding her mom's car.
"It's been a while, huh?" Cameron was trying his best not to feel nervous, but it is obvious that he is nervous.
Ever since he heard Marissa's name again, he just knew that he had to finish whatever they have left hanging in the past.
"Um… yeah" Marissa replied. She still remembers everything back in junior high. She and Cameron were both so young and so in love.
Marissa and Cameron stared at each other, not knowing what to say.
They fell in love back in junior high. Marissa was then in a dark place in her life. Her father had left them. She and her mom's financial problems began to pile up. She developed an eating disorder. Cameron helped her stay strong through those times and he made her feel loved.
They kept their relationship a secret from everyone else. They would secretly see each other at their special places. But their relationship took a drastic turn. Marissa hurt Cameron. And he did not deserve that.
Marissa was having an "affair" with their rich schoolmate, Greg. Everybody told them they make a cute couple. Cameron was crushed when he found out.
What everybody didn't know was Marissa and Greg's relationship was all just an act. Marissa helped Greg out because Greg's dad was suspecting Greg being gay.
Marissa and her mom were facing financial difficulties and Greg agreed to pay Marissa, so she took the "job".
Marissa didn't have a chance to explain everything to Cameron as she and her mom moved to Cleveland to their grandparents' house. She and Cameron had zero communication after that.
She had just recently returned to Lima after her grandpa died and her grandparents' house burnt to the ground. Marissa knows her life is as ridiculous as a cheesy soap opera, but crap like that really happens in real life.
"So how have you been?" Cameron asked her while faking a smile.
Marissa could still see the hurt in Cameron's eyes. She felt guilty about doing that to him, he was a good guy.
"I'm sorry Cam" Marissa said then run off, her eyes were starting to fill with tears. She was regretting every second they could have spent with each other if she had just explained everything to him before. She felt horrible, she was running away again.
"There she goes again" Cameron said trying to push away the pain he's feeling.
-WMHS CHOIR ROOM, The Next Day-
The New Directions started to get in one by one.
Cameron looked at Marissa sadly as he entered.
"Alright everyone! We should start practicing and finalizing our set list. So I have planned a little friendly competition. We will do duets!" Mr. Schuester announced enthusiastically.
"How are we gonna know who is going to be our duet partner?" McKynleigh asked.
"Can we team up with one of the original members?" Damian asked while eyeing Quinn.
"No. Your seniors have already done this before so they won't be participating. Instead, they will help me judge." Mr. Schue said.
"Fantastic! Now I can give our newest members my honest opinion and constructive criticism so they can be up to par with me" Rachel said.
Santana rolled her eyes at her.
Brittany asked Mr. Schue if a duet is a female frog.
The new members then stared at Brittany with confused faces.
"She always talks like that" Tina told them.
Matheus smiled to himself. At least he knew Brittany wasn't rying to make fun of him when she called him a leprechaun.
"Mr. Schue? My question?" McKynleigh said while raising her arm.
MiKi was sick of being the unnoticed girl. Her arm hung in the air for a while before Mr. Schue finally noticed her.
MiKi sighed then asked again: "Who will decide our duet partners?"
"You have to find you own partners, but all of you have to participate" Mr. Schue said.
"When will the competition start?" Lindsay asked.
"We will have two auditionees today after school so I'll give you three days from now. The duet competition will be Friday." Mr. Schue replied.
The bell rang and the kids got out of the choir room.
-Study Hall-
"Hey Damo, do you have a duet partner in a mind?" Cameron asked Damian.
"Nah, But I've got a lot of offers." Damian said with mock arrogance.
Cameron punched Damian on the arm playfully.
"How about you Warren?" Damian asked.
"Huh? Oh, I don't have anyone in mind yet" Warren replied.
Warren was texting Molly telling her to stay true to her promise that she'll try out for the Glee Club. Molly has a bad habit of breaking her promises at the last second.
"Where is his mind at?" Damian asked Cameron.
But Cameron was deep in thought too. His mind was planning what to do because he wants Marissa as his duet partner. And to confess to her that he still loves him.
Damian shrugged when he did not get an answer. "Sometimes, I think that I'm the only normal one among us three" he thought.
-At another Classroom-
"Earth to Marissa?" Emily waved her hand in front of her best friend's face.
"What?" Marissa asked her absentmindedly.
"Where have you been? Anyway, I'm planning on singing with that hot Irishman, what was his name again?" Emily asked Marissa.
"Damian" Marissa replied.
"Oh, what a cute name" Emily said while looking at her vanity mirror. "Who are you planning to sing with?"
"Um, I don't know yet." Marissa replied.
But she did know, she wants to sing with Cameron. "I've got to tell him everything soon" Marissa thought.
-Advanced Fashion Class-
Alex fixed his scarf and sat down in his usual seat.
"Hey Alex" Kurt greeted him and smiled.
"Hi" Alex replied. His heart started to beat faster.
He was crushing on Kurt Hummel.
"Who are you singing with on Friday?" Kurt asked Alex as he fixed his hair.
"I haven't thought about it yet" Alex said.
But he already has a plan in mind. There were 9 of them plus 2 new auditionees which makes 11. Mr. Schuester told them that they would all have to participate. He already knows no one will ask him to be their duet partner, so he'll ask Mr. Schue if he could pick a partner from the original members and he will pick Kurt of course.
Alex broke into a small smile. He's gonna have his way on Friday.
-WMHS Corridors-
Mr. Schuester posted a "Duets Sign-up Sheet" on the door of the choir room, so that the new members could keep track of who's teamed up with who. So far, only 1 pair had signed up.
Duets Sign Up Sheet
1. McKynleigh/Matheus
2.
3.
4.
5.
"Wow, they're quick" Warren said once he saw the sign-up sheet.
"I wonder what they'll be singing" Damian said.
Cameron still was lost in his thoughts. He was still thinking about how to ask Marissa.
Emily walked towards three of them and gave a little wave. "Hello, boys" she said.
The three boys greeted her.
"So have you decided on my offer?" Emily asked Damian.
"Yes. Sure, I'll sing with you." Damian said.
"Excellent. You made the right decision. I'll go sign us up now." She said then walked away to the sign-up sheet.
"Are you sure about that?" Warren asked Damian.
"I guess so. I mean, I don't have anyone to sing with anyway and she has a great voice too" Damian replied.
"Guys, I'll catch up with you later" Cameron said suddenly.
"What's up with him?" Damian asked Warren.
Warren just shrugged.
Cameron ran towards Marissa's locker but she was not there. Little did Cameron know that Marissa was looking for him too.
Meanwhile, Lindsay was thinking about who to sing with. There was Ales who could do mad runs like her, there was Cameron who has the soulful voice and there was Warren who has the unique voice. She tried to shake the thought of Warren off her head and went back to reading Celine Dion's autobiography.
-WMHS Auditorium-
"Alright! We are welcoming two new auditionees today and she is one of them" Mr. Schue said and introduced Hannah who was behind him.
"Hey y'all!" Hannah said in a mock Southern accent.
Mr. Schue gestured for her to come up the stage.
"I'm Hannah McIalwain and I'm gonna be singing Hometown Glory by Adele"
I've been walking in the same way as I did
And missing out the cracks in the pavement
And tutting my heel and strutting my feet
"Is there anything I can do for you dear? Is there anyone I could call?
No, and thank you, please madam, I ain't lost, just wandering"
Hannah was clearly having fun, she was doing big hand gestures and she was smiling.
Are the wonders of my world, are the wonders of my world
Are the wonders of this world, are the wonders of my world
Of my world, yeah, of my world, of my world, yeah
Hannah finished her song and smiled. "This is really fun" she said.
Puck felt attracted to the girl's magnetic smile and infectious energy but Lauren was not happy.
Hannah went down the stage and received high fives from everyone. Puck smiled flirtatiously at her but Hannah didn't pay any attention to him.
"Moving on, where is the next auditionee?" Mr. Schue asked.
Warren looked at the auditorium doors. He gave MiKi a questioning glance but she just shrugged.
"Is she coming?" Mr. Schue asked MiKI and Warren.
"I'm not sure. " Warren answered.
Molly was still thinking about whether or not she will try out. Warren and MiKi are texting her nonstop, practically begging her to show up.
"Eh, I'll try out for the kicks" Molly thought then got up from the bench she was laying on.
"Come on, pick up" Warren said to himself while trying to reach Molly's phone.
"I'm here, stop calling" Molly said loudly from the auditorium doors.
Warren smiled at her and MiKi gave her a thumb's up.
"I'd like to audition" Molly told Mr. Schue.
"Sure" Mr. Schue said.
"Isn't that the girl who wrecked a car last Thursday?" Alex whispered to Lindsay.
"Yeah, I was watching the whole ordeal" Lindsay said.
Without any introductions, Molly got up the stage and sang the first few lines of Paramore's Monster:
You were my conscience
so solid now you're like water
We started drowning
not like we'd sink any further
But I let my heart go
it's somewhere down at the bottom
But I'll get a new one.
come back for the hope that you've stolen
When she reached the chorus, Molly has to admit that she's having a good time.
I'll stop the whole world
I'll stop the whole world
from turning into a monster, and eating us alive
Don't you ever wonder how we'd survive?
But now that you're gone the world is ours
Molly's voice was cross between Haley from Paramore and Natasha Beddingfield's voices.
Everybody now understood why she was a lead singer of an indie band.
"That was a great performance! Welcome to New Directions" Mr. Schue said.
Molly got down the stage and received a hug from MiKi.
"You were awesome" Warren told Molly.
"Eh, whatever. Can I go now?" Molly asked, still in her poker face.
Molly got out of the auditorium. She felt good.
"Just tell her about the Duets okay?" Mr. Schue told Warren and MiKi.
"Alright class dismissed. Work on your duets, new members" Mr. Schue said.
The group then disbanded.
"Hey, Marissa" Cameron said after he mustered up the courage to ask her.
Marissa was secretly relieved that Cameron approached her and not the other way around.
"Yeah?" Marissa asked him. She could still feel he awkwardness in the air.
"I was thinking, do you wanna be my duet partner?" Cameron asked her nervously.
Before Marissa can give an answer, Sue Sylvester opened the auditorium doors.
"Schue, Figgins wants to see you. You too, Irishman" Sue said turning to Damian.
She was pissed.
Everybody looked at Damian.
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