Chapter 32
I Kissed a Girl
'So, Noah is more complicated than I thought he was. I really think that it might be worth it for him and me to become friends,' Jeff thought as he pulled into the driveway, 'I wonder if the others have considered college in this world,' he walked into the house and went downstairs into his room.
"Where have you been?" Naomi asked, angry.
"Puck's."
"Why would you go to his house? You know he hates you," Ivan Flores asked.
"Well, you see he doesn't really hate me…" Jeff began, "he just hates what I am."
"What… you are?" Naomi asked, curiously.
"He hates my actions because I stole Quinn and I am smarter than him, but he is going to try to not hate me as much."
"Well, I am glad that is settled," Ivan Chavez interrupted, "I was getting tired of you two arguing all of the time."
"Now, I wanted to ask you guys…" Jeff changed the topic, "Have you been thinking about college? FAFSA is going to be due soon and if we don't get home what are you going to do here?"
"Well, I didn't think about that because I thought we would get back home," Ivan Flores said.
"Well, how about you start thinking about it now?" Jeff asked, "Naomi?"
"Yes?"
"I want you to go to NYADA with Rachel, Kurt, and me."
"Wait… Why?"
"Yeah why?" Ivan Flores asked, grabbing Naomi's hand.
"She is a great singer and NYADA would be perfect for her. Also, I don't think I could handle Rachel alone."
"Well, umm… What about Ivan?"
"He can come too."
"Then why didn't you invite me in the first place?" Ivan Flores asked.
"Well, I wasn't sure you would want to go."
"I will go anywhere with Naomi."
"Sorry to ruin your party, but what about me?" Ivan Chavez butted in.
"You can come with us too," Naomi encouraged, "We should all try to get into NYADA."
"Yeah…" Jeff seemed unenthused, "all of us."
Naomi took out her phone and sent out a mass text message to everyone about NYADA.
"Okay, it is getting late and the elections for class presidents are tomorrow," Jeff broke through the silence.
"Already?" Naomi asked, "I don't even know who is running."
"Kurt, Brittany, and some hockey player."
"Well, I think it is pretty obvious that we should choose Kurt," Ivan Chavez said, "Brittany is stupid, and the hockey player is a real ass hole, from what I hear."
"Yes, but Brittany is leading in the polls because she is making false promises and kids are falling for it.
"Oh, aren't the elections for the new governor of Ohio the same day?" Ivan Flores asked, "And isn't Kurt's dad, Burt, running against Sue Sylvester, the cheerleading coach?"
"Yes, but I have a strong feeling that Burt has that election in the bag," Jeff added.
"OH MY GOD!" Kurt squealed causing them to all rush upstairs to see what happened, "I can't believe he ran that ad."
"Who ran what ad?"
"That other guy running for the governor just ran an ad accusing Coach Sylvester of being a lesbian."
"So?" Jeff replied.
"In doing so, he revealed that Santana is a lesbian. She must be devastated."
"WOW!" Naomi yelled, "How could he do such a thing? Forcing someone to come out of the closet before they are ready is a serious problem."
"I wouldn't be surprised if everyone from the school has seen this ad," Kurt added.
"What is wrong?" Finn asked when he came down the stairs.
"Santana is being forced out of the flannel closet," Jeff replied.
"Oh," he looked away.
"What is wrong?" Ivan Chavez asked.
"I might have caused this to happen."
"WHAT?" Kurt screamed, "How could you?"
"Well, I thought basically everyone knew."
"Finn," Jeff ranted, "just because everyone probably knew doesn't mean that you should have announced it to the world."
"I didn't announce it to the world. I was only talking to her in the hall about it."
"Well, now the whole world knows and it is your fault."
"It is not my fault," Finn began, "We all know how openly she shows her relationship with Brittany. Maybe no one heard me in the hall and they just noticed them always together."
"Well, I am going to bed," Ivan Chavez said as he went back down the stairs.
"Yeah, I guess we will see what happens tomorrow, but I have a feeling that it is not going to be good," Jeff said following Ivan down to the room and getting into his bed.
The next day at school
"Hey Jeff!" Mr. Schuester shouted from down the hall, "I need to talk to you about something."
"Shoot."
"Well, I have an idea about an assignment this week."
"And?"
"I noticed that our club is rather divided into two groups, you and your friends and the original members of The New Directions. So, I wanted an assignment that will make both interact with each other.
"Okay, that sounds like a good idea. Why not assign groups so that we can't choose the people that we like."
"That's what I'll do."
"I have a certain group I would like to be placed in though."
Later that day
"Kurt, they need to see you in the principal's office," Mr. Schue announced before the glee club meeting.
"YES!" Bella whispered to Jeff, "He must have won the election for class president."
"I have decided that today we are going to mix groups," Mr. Schuester began and the whole group seemed confused, "I noticed that a lot of you rarely talk to each other so I made groups based upon who you talk to the least. Naomi, Jeff, you two will be with Rachel and Finn. Brittney, Isabelle and Michelle, you will be with Mike, Tina and Artie. Alyssa and Ivan Chavez you will be with Sam, Kurt and Blaine. Finally, Alegandra and Ivan Flores, you will be with Puck and Quinn. Any questions?"
"They think I cheated," Kurt said when he returned to the room, "I won the election by more than 300 votes, but that is more votes than there are seniors."
"WHAT?" the room erupted in confusion and anger.
"They said that if they didn't find out that anyone else did it, I would get suspended," Blaine got up and began to comfort his boyfriend.
"I'm sure they will find some one else," Rachel consoled and brought Finn, Jeff and Naomi to the hall.
"What's wrong?" Finn asked.
"If I tell you all something, will you not be mad at me?" Rachel questioned.
"Why, what is it?" Naomi quizzed.
"Well… I wanted Kurt to win the election so badly so that he could get into NYADA with me. So I stuffed the ballot boxes."
"RACHEL!" Finn shouted, "You have done a lot of things since I've known you and I loved you through it all, but this… is outrageous. You need to tell Figgins now."
"But then I will get suspended and won't be able to participate in Regionals."
"So you want that to happen to Kurt?" Jeff asked angrily.
"What about NYADA?"
"You are going to ruin Kurt's future, Rachel," Naomi informed, "Besides, maybe Figgins will give you a break and let you off with a warning."
"Do you really think so?"
"You never know until you try."
"I guess I don't have much of a choice," Rachel said as she walked to the principal's office.
"I think that we should do I'm Sexy and I Know It," Jeff argued with Finn who was recommending multiple show tunes that Rachel sang to him.
"What about Cheap Date?" Naomi asked.
"I know you love that song Naomi, but no one has heard of it. In fact, until you asked me to burn your CD for the talent show, I had no clue who Lateeya was," Jeff rebutted.
"What about You Can't Stop the Beat from Moose?" Finn asked.
"You mean Hairspray?" Jeff corrected, "I guess we could do that."
Finally Rachel returned to the room with tears streaming down her face.
"Rachel?" Mr. Schuester asked, "What is wrong?"
"I just told Figgins that I was the one who stuffed the ballot boxes."
"What? How could you?" Kurt questioned.
"I wanted you to win so badly that I would do anything, but don't worry you aren't in trouble and he is sending an addendum in for my application to NYADA."
"Well that's good right," Finn consoled her, "No one got in trouble."
"I also got suspended and I can't go with you to Regionals."
The room fell into shock and silence.
"Oh my god Rachel, how could you be so stupid?" Jeff exclaimed, "You stuffed the ballot boxes with more than 200 more ballots than there were seniors You could have only added 50 and he probably would have won."
She remained silent but began to sob again.
"Leave her alone dude. She was just trying to help a friend," Finn argued.
Then the door opened again and Santana, Brittany and Mercedes entered the choir room.
"The Trouble Tones want The New Directions to join us in the auditorium," Santana announced.
"What happened?" Mercedes asked sensing the depressing mood.
"Rachel got suspended for trying to win the election for me, " Kurt replied.
"She did what?" Santana asked in amazement.
"Congratulations Brittany, you are the new senior class president," Kurt said as he left the room and lead the way to the theatre. Once inside, The New Directions took seats in the first two rows.
"We just thought we would show you how good we are without you guys," Santana remarked.
Mercedes: She, she ain't real,
She ain't gonna be able to love you like I will
She is a stranger,
You and I have history,
Or don't you remember?
Sure, she's got it all,
But, baby, is that really what you want?
Bless your soul, you've got your head in the clouds
You made a fool out of you
And, boy, she's bringing you down
She made your heart melt
But you're cold to the core,
Now rumor has it she ain't got your love anymore
All: Rumor has it [repeated four times]
Santana: Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said
I heard that you're settled down
That you found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you.
All: Rumor has it [repeated four times]
Santana: Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said
Mercedes: Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
Santana: Don't forget me, I beg
I remember you said,
Mercedes: Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead,
Santana Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.
"They're really good," Finn whispered to Rachel.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO HER?" Santana shouted, jumping off the stage.
"He just said he thought you were amazing," Rachel answered.
"No, you told her too, didn't you? Thanks to you the whole world knows!"
"No, I didn't…" Santana slapped Finn so hard that the sound echoed throughout the room.
"Santana, principal's office, now," Mr. Schue instructed, leading her and Finn out of the room.
"Well, I didn't see that coming," Ivan Chavez broke the silence.
"With Figgins' anti-bullying policy Santana will probably get suspended," Naomi reminded them.
"If she gets suspended, we will win for sure," Bella remarked.
"What good is beating a team when it has lost one of its best players?" Artie asked.
"True, but she should have thought about that before she hit him," Rachel replied, "Now you guys will win for sure, even without me."
"I think what Artie is trying to say is that it won't really feel like a win if they don't have Santana," Mike clarified.
"Who cares what it feels like," Puck argued, "If we win this we go to Nationals. Are we really going to give them their MVP at an important time like this?"
"We need to deserve to go to Nationals, not make it be default," Jeff said.
"Well, they should be done at the principal's office soon. How about we go wait by the door?" Alegandra asked and everyone left the auditorium.
"Hey, Blaine," Jeff called out, tapping Blaine's shoulder.
"What's up?"
"I wanted to know if you wanted to go with me to Dalton, just to visit."
"Now?"
"Yeah, they are still in class and we can see some of our friends."
"Okay, sounds great," Blaine followed Jeff to his car and they drove to Dalton.
"Oh how I miss this place sometimes," Blaine commented, taking a deep breathe in the hallway.
"Me too, but I like my friends."
"Do you hear singing?" Blaine asked when they came closer to an archway.
Warblers: Oooh, Oooh, uptown girl,
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a backstreet guy
I bet her momma never told her why
I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bred world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
And when she knows what
She wants from her time
And when she wakes up
And makes up her mind
Sebastian: She'll see I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl
Blaine and Jeff get sucked into the number
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been
And then I'll win
Warblers: And when she's walking
She's looking so fine
Sebastian: And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine
Warblers She'll say I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love
With an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bred world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
Oooh, Oooh
Uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
"Wow, you guys are amazing," Jeff and Blaine said in synchronization.
"Thank you, I'm Sebastian," a boy of six two with luscious brown hair that was swept to the front replied, "You must be Blaine, you are a legend here and this must be Kurt," he scowled at Jeff.
"Well, it is nice to meet you Sebastian, but this isn't Kurt. This is Jeff."
"Oh," Sebastian's face lit up, "So, how are you and Kurt? Not so well huh?"
"Umm, no, we are fine."
"Hi, I am Jeff," Jeff interrupted, "I look nothing like Kurt and it is nice meeting you too, Sebastian. You must be new because I didn't see you when I went here."
"Yeah, I just got here a week ago," Sebastian answered quickly, "Blaine, would you like to join me for coffee?"
"Umm, I am kind of getting the feeling that you don't like me," Jeff commented.
Update (2/8/12): "Well, Sebastian, Jeff is my ride and he has to go with us," Blaine replied.
"Okay, but can he sit at a separate table? I really wanted to speak to you in private."
"Hold up, Sebastian, why don't you go back under the sea because I am not going to let you treat me like I am less of a person than you are."
"Oooo, so you do have some bite in you. Okay, you can sit with us," Sebastian said, leading the way to The Lima Bean across the street.
"Can I get a Caramel Frappuccino?" Jeff asked the worker at the register as he handed her his money and took a seat next to Blaine.
"So, I wanted to ask you why you chose to leave Dalton? Is it because you broke too many hearts to stay? " Sebastian questioned.
"Umm, no, it is just that McKinley is where my heart is."
"Yeah, he has Kurt," Jeff reminded Sebastian who frowned at the mention of Kurt.
"Well, I am afraid I have to go," Sebastian announced, "Blaine, can I get your phone number? I would love to meet with you again."
"Umm…" Blaine thought for a second, "sure."
After giving Sebastian his phone number Blaine reminded Jeff that they should probably get back to McKinley to see what happened to Santana and they went back to the car.