Chapter 5

Initiation

"Ack!" Jeff screamed when he heard the obnoxious ringing of what had to be the oldest alarm clock in existence.

"What the hell did you scream for?" yelled Ivan Flores, rubbing his eyes.

Jeff stopped for a second knowing that if he said that he was afraid of the clock he would sound weak. "I saw a black widow on my hand."

"Do those even live here?"

"Of course," Jeff said, but he really had no clue if they did.

"Maybe we should kill it, before it goes upstairs."

"No, it's okay I think I got it."

"I think you lied to me."

"Well gotta' go or we will be late."

When they got to school they met with everyone else outside.

"How was your new home away from?" Jeff asked turning to Brittney.

"A lot better than retarded Rachel's house, but Brittany really is as dumb as she is on the show."

"I can't believe we made it into The New Directions," said Bella with a hint of excitement.

"I told you all that we would have a ton of fun," Naomi said smugly.

"I think I am going to try out for the football team," Jeff said suddenly causing everyone to stare at him.

"I thought you hated sports?" Ivan Flores asked curiously.

"Yeah, I want to be cool though."

"Since when did you care about what other people thought about you?" asked Alyssa encouragingly.

"I am tired of just being a nerd or geek. I want to get a girlfriend and girls aren't into who I am."

"Do you not understand the whole point of Glee?" asked Alegandra.

"I know it is about being who you are and not caring about what others say, but it is also about being an underdog and relatable."

"You're fine the way you are, Jeff," stated Naomi.

"I am not going to change my mind about this. I am going to toss around the old pig skin."

"Oh my gosh, no one calls it that anymore," Ivan Flores said, shaking his head.

They all turned and headed into the school. Once they entered the main hall they say a large group of football players come around the corner with large cups in their hands.

"Hey, you're the new foreign kids, right?" asked one of the bigger boys in the front.

"Yeah, who is asking?" Jeff questioned.

"We hear you are in the Glee Club now. We thought it would be a great time to give you the initiation," mentioned another one of the boys up from the front.

Before any of them could react they were covered in cherry flavored slushie. The football players were all laughing as they turned and walked away.

"Oh my god!" screamed Naomi, "This is my new outfit!"

"These are all of our new outfits," said Bella.

"And you want to be a part of that, Jeff?" asked Brittney, who was extremely pissed off.

"Well, maybe I could change it?"

"You can't change the world Jeff," responded Ivan Flores.

"But I can go down trying. Now let's go get this gunk off."

They all rushed into the bathrooms.

"We need to talk," said Ivan Flores, "What is wrong with you? I know you have no clue how to play football."

"I resent that remark. I can run pretty fast, and I think I can catch a football."

"You are not telling me the whole story."

"Fine, I have a crush on Quinn, and I know that she likes football players."

"You do know that she has a kid, right? It will be just like your prom date."

He didn't want to remember that. His prom was probably the worst night of his whole life. The girly he went with had two kids and she was only 17 years old. That was what he got for letting friends set him up and not playing 20 questions with the girl.

"She gave the kid up for adoption and it was an accident. Besides, I am adopted so I can relate slightly to what she had to do."

"Whatever, but good luck getting on the team."

"Thanks."

They finished up just as the bell rang as they went to Spanish.

"Hey you guys," Mr. Schue said to Ivan Flores and Jeff, "I heard about the slushies, and I am so sorry. I hope it doesn't make you change your minds about joining Glee."

"No need to worry," Jeff said reassuringly.

"Yeah, we can handle a little bit of stuff," responded Ivan Flores.

"Thanks, and here are they papers for your parents to sign."

Ivan Flores and Jeff took the seats next to Brittney and Bella, as Mr. Schuester explained how to conjugate verbs that ended in –ar, -er and –ir. The rest of the day was your basic school stuff, square roots, sin, cosin, tangents, and Beowulf. When the bell rang, Jeff went to the boy's locker room. He sees Puck sitting and talking to Finn, Mike, and Artie.

"What the hell are you doing here?" asked Puck, surprised and still angry about earlier.

"I want to try out for the football team."

"Great, cause we totally need another gay Glee kid in our team," said the same boy that lead the charge and slushied them earlier.

"Can it Karofsky!" yelled puck as he got up, ready to fight.

"Dude are you sure you want to do this? I mean Puck nocked you out with one punch before," Finn advised.

"Yes I am sure! I want to be a receiver," he stated, thankful that he looked up football terms before coming in, on his phone.

"You do know that you will get sacked a lot," added Mike.

"Yes and I think I can handle it."

"Okay, I'll go get Beiste," said Artie as he wheeled off toward the coache's office.

A minute later a woman came out and turned towards Jeff. She was around six three and had curly brown hair. She wore a polo shirt and some capris that made her look rather man-ish.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"My name's Jeff, and I want to audition for a receiver," he said shaking.

"Audition!" she yelled, "This isn't some prissy little choir group. You try out for football and you don't look like much of a player."

"I can run pretty fast, and I think I can handle catching a ball."

"Well, I believe in giving everyone a fair chance. Puckerman! Give the boy a Jersey and some pads and meet me on the field in five."

Puck grabbed a jersey that he made sure Jeff would hate, since it was number 69, and shoved it and the pads at him, almost nocking him down. Jeff quickly slid them on and followed the rest of the guys out to the field.

"Okay Finn, you play quarterback. Puck Karofsky you two do everything you can to keep him from getting the ball."

Jeff crouched down on Finn's far right side with Puck slightly a ways in front of him and Karofsky off to Puck's right.

"DOWN, SET, HIKE!" Finn yelled.

Jeff ran straight for Puck who was getting ready to tackle him, as he got closer. Karofsky took a dive for him, but was just a tad late missing him by a few inches. Jeff quickly tried to veer to the left of Puck, but Puck reached out to grab him. He quickly twisted around preparing to catch the ball, which caught Puck off guard considering he knew he hadn't gone very far. Slipping pas Puck by only centimeters and catching the ball, then running as fast as possible across the field.

Puck stopped chasing him after a while, because he wasn't meant to run that fast. He was clearly mad that someone had out done him in football. Someone who thought he could audition for the team. Someone who he had personally punched the lights out only days previously. He was Puckzilla not some wimp who could be out done by the new kid. Something had to be done and fast.