Chapter 15
The Warbler Sings
"Jeff, you need to wake up," Kurt said as he shook Jeff awake, "You have to drive further to get to Dalton."
"Oh sorry, thanks."
"Tell Blaine I say hi," and he ran up the stairs before Jeff could respond.
He put on a navy colored blazer with red around the edges. It had a red crest on the left side of the chest that contained a D in an old English style font. Underneath he had a white button up shirt and a navy tie with red piping as well as grey khakis. Lastly he slipped on his backup pair of glasses.
"Bye Ivan," he said as he went up the stairs and got in the car.
"Jeff!" Blaine yelled when he saw the car pull into the parking lot, "I am so glad you are going to join us this year."
"Yeah, I guess."
"Come on. It will be fun. We have a strict anti-bullying policy here, so you can be whoever you want to be."
"Thanks. When does your Glee club meet?"
"Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. You will be a great addition to our group, I can tell."
"Okay, I will be there today."
"Good, I am a senior council member. I won't be biased."
"I know, so I will see you later."
"I can't believe that Jeff is gone," Michelle and Alyssa said in unison.
"JYNX!" Michelle yelled.
"You're so stupid!" Brittney said, punching Michelle.
"I miss Jeff," Naomi said, breaking the silence.
"Just forget about him. He chose to leave," Alegandra objected, hoping to end the discussion.
"You serious?" Alyssa asked.
The bell rang and they went to class.
"Hey Jeff, are you ready?" Blaine asked as they headed towards the great hall where The Warblers meet.
"Yeah, I have the song I want to sing picked out too."
"Really?"
"Duh, I come prepared!"
He went inside to find all of the other boys standing in a large group talking.
"Everyone, this is Jeff. He is from The New Directions, like Kurt. He wants to join, and he has a song that he wanted to sing for the group."
"Okay, I am going to sing Grenade by Bruno Mars."
Blaine's eyebrows rose when he heard the name of the song.
Easy come, easy go
That's just how you live, oh
Take, take, take it all
But you never give
Should've known you was trouble
From the first kiss
Had your eyes wide open
Why were they open?
Gave you all I had
And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
To give me all your love
Is all I ever asked
Cause what you don't understand
Is
I'd catch a grenade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on a blade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'd jump in front of a train for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know I'd do anything for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same
No, no, no, no
Black, black, black and blue
Beat me 'til I'm numb
Tell the devil I said "Hey" when you get back to where you're from
Mad woman, bad woman
That's just what you are
Yeah, you smile in my face then rip the brakes out my car
Gave you all I had
And you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, yes you did
To give me all your love
Is all I ever asked
Cause what you don't understand
Is
I'd catch a grenade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on the blade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'd jump in front of a train for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know I'd do anything for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same
If my body was on fire
You would watch me burn down in flames
You said you loved me, you're a liar
Cause you never ever ever did, baby
But, darling, I'd still catch a grenade for you
Throw my hand on the blade for you
I'd jump in front of a train for you
You know I'd do anything for you
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes I would die for you baby
But you won't do the same
No, you won't do the same
You wouldn't do the same
Ooh, you'd never do the same
Oh, no no no
The room was filled with a slight amount of applause, and Blaine sat up in his chair.
"Well, Jeff, that was a great song, and you were pretty good, but it was a song that didn't really fit the situation," Jeff's jaw dropped and he started to turn red with anger, "You were good, but it just wasn't what we hoped you would do."
"I am sorry that I disappointed you," he said as he stormed out of the room.
"I'll go after him," Blaine got up and ran out of the room, "JEFF, wait," Jeff turned around, "You took it the wrong way. We want you in our group, because we need the unexpected."
"Really? That definitely isn't what it sounded like."
"The major reason that we lost at regionals, I believe, is because we are boring. We do what people expect, sure our Raise Your Glass number got the crowd up, but The New Directions beat us with their original songs."
"We definitely have a tougher competition this year. All of my friends joined The New Directions, so they have the numbers, and the talent."
"But they don't have you," Blaine sure did know how to flatter a person.
"Okay, I'll come back," Jeff retorted, heading back to the room with Blaine.
"Jeff sure was good at holding us all together," Bella said as she walked with the others.
"Yeah, he really was. He was always so optimistic and brought out the best in all of us," Naomi added.
"We need to make a plan to get him back," Alyssa said excitedly.
"Remember in season two, when Santana had to get Kurt to come back, so she tried to rehabilitate Karofsky?" Brittney asked.
"Oh yeah," Naomi remembered, "So we should try to rehabilitate Puck?"
"No way, that would be to difficult," Brittney grinned, "We are going to make his life a nightmare until he apologizes and we get Jeff back."
"What if I just asked him?" Alegandra questioned.
"Just because you love him doesn't mean that he deserves special treatment. We are going to kick his ass!" Brittney yelled, causing everyone to jump slightly.
"Please, he really likes me. I think I could talk him into apologizing."
"Okay, you have until tomorrow to tell us what he said," Michelle informed.
They parted ways and went with their rides home.
"Thank you all so much," Jeff said as he backed towards the door, "I should get going, because it is getting a little late and I have homework."
"Okay, thank you for coming, Jeff. I hope we will see you tomorrow," Blaine announced from the council table.
"Okay, bye," he waved and ran out to his car. He plugged in his iPod, which was filled to the brim with Glee music, and turned the volume up as he continued down the street when Jeff had to slam on his brakes, because he hadn't seen the boy that just entered the crosswalk. He was around five five and wore a dark blue plaid button up shirt, blue jeans, and black converse. His hair was short, black, and styled upwards in the front.
"The surprises just keep on coming," Jeff said, rolling down his window, "HEY, IVAN," the boy looked up, surprised at the supposed stranger that knew his name.
"Jeff?" he asked as he walked up to the window.
"Yeah, I can't believe that you are here too."
"Speaking of which, wear is here?"
"We are in another universe, the one that follows the TV show Glee from our world."
"Really?"
"Nope, I am just kidding," Jeff said sarcastically, "I just thought I'd make that lie up off the top of my head."
"Okay, well how did you get here?"
"We were in Wal-Mart when the lights went out and we woke up here."
"We? Who is we?"
"Alyssa, Naomi, Alegandra, Brittney, Ivan, and Bella."
"I knew you all wouldn't just leave me, and I didn't think you all moved."
"Yeah, but I am in a hurry, so just get in the car and I will explain more on the way," Ivan Chavez hopped in the back seat, and Jeff told both of them about the glee club, the football game, Puck, and his transfer, when they finally got back to the house.