Hey! So this is random. But I hope it entertains you :)
There is no such thing as a "normal" afternoon at Dalton Academy. Well, at least for the Warblers. Between Wes explaining rules and what not, arguments breaking out here and there, about absolutely nothing, and the occasional torments of Blaine's sister. Somehow, they all seem sane when they're not near each other. What that means, they can't be in the same room for at least an hour or all hell would break loose.
This is an example.
"Wes, no matter how many times you bang that gavel, they won't stop!" David yelled over the ruckus that was occurring.
"Shut up!" Wes snapped as he banged the gavel again.
"Jeff just had to talk!" Thad said.
"It wasn't just him, Nick had to call him a child, and then they start. Then they all start. Then we sit here with migraines, and they don't go away until we get home. But they start again when your phone rings," David said.
"TRENT! PUT THE VASE DOWN!" Wes yelled. Crash!
Two-hundred and fifty dollars later…
"Great. Headmaster Gorman is never going to trust us again," Thad said sipping his coffee. They sat around a table at the Lima Bean.
"I just don't get it. Why don't they listen?" Wes said.
David put his coffee down, "they're like children at daycare."
"We can't deal with kids! We're teenage boys!" Thad pointed out.
"But I know someone who isn't," Wes said slyly, "and she is pretty good with handling children."
"You don't mean…"
"Oh I mean…"
"You want me to what?" Jenna asked.
"We just need you to help get the other Warblers under control," David said.
"Well, they're teenage boys. Not five year old brats," she said. Thad got down on his knees.
"PLEASE HELP US JENNA! THEY ACT THE SAME WAY AS FIVE YEAR OLD BRATS!" he shouted, "just one day is all we ask!"
"Get up!" she said, "fine. I'll do it." Thad stood up.
"Yes!" he exclaimed.
"Wait!" David said, "what's the catch?"
"Fifty bucks," Jenna said.
"We spent it all on a vase," Wes responded.
"By Tuesday."
"Deal."
"Okay, I was wrong. They are worse than five year olds." Jenna stood open mouthed at the way the Warblers argued and shouted at one another. Even Blaine. But, he looked more like he was trying to control everyone. Wes, David, and Thad sat at the table. Wes didn't even touch the gavel…yet. Jenna reached into her "bag of tricks" and pulled out duct tape. Zebra print, of course.
"No talking, no singing, no getting up from where I duct taped you," Jenna said. The Warblers were taped down to chairs, couches and anywhere.
"We're going to try an exercise to see if you all can behave with one another."
"Jenna, I don't think-,"
"Shut it Nick! Now, what is the problem?"
"Well, we start off normal, and then Jeff comes up with unusual ideas that might 'improve' our performances," Blaine said trying to use air quotes, "then Nick calls him a child. Jeff retorts, Trent jumps in, we cause a ruckus scene, and then go home."
"Really?" Jenna asked, "really? That's a normal 'rehearsal'?"
"Basically."
"Nick, why do you respond to Blondie?"
"Because he is always embarrassing me," Nick said.
"Hey," Jeff said, "Blondie has feelings."
"How does he humiliate you?" Jenna asked.
"He suggested we dress up like waffles."
"I was kidding!"
"Ya sounded pretty serious!"
A heated argument emerged from the two boys. Jenna took out a spray bottle and squirted them.
"Nick, try not responding to his comments," Jenna said.
"But-,"
Jenna raised the bottle and he kept quiet.
"Jeff, try saying something intelligent," Jenna said.
"But I have some good ideas," he defended. Jenna squirted Nick.
"What the hell? I didn't say anything!"
"Felt like it," Jenna responded, "what good ideas do you have?"
"Well…uh…why not perform somewhere other than nursing homes and the common rooms? Why not go to the mall, or some talent shows? No offense, but our venues…are…dumb."
"Wow," Blaine said.
"Why do you say this now?" Nick asked.
Jeff shrugged, "I don't know." The room was silent for a moment. Then Thad clasped his hands together.
"A change in venue it is!" he said triumphantly. He was waiting for the others to celebrate.
"Um, Jenna?" Blaine said.
"Wha?"
"Can you untie us?"
I suck at endings. And beginnings. R&R please : )
