Chapter 33
Yes/No
"They must be in the choir room," Blaine guessed when they got to the school and saw no one outside.
"Hey, I have something I have to do first. I will meet you there okay?" Jeff said as they walked towards the school.
"Sure."
They parted ways in the hall and Blaine found everyone in the choir room as he expected.
"Where were you?" Kurt asked when his boyfriend returned.
"Jeff and I made a run to Dalton to check out the competition."
"Oh, and?" Kurt quizzed.
"They have a new kid, Sebastian, and he is pretty good, but I think we will be fine. What happened with Finn and Santana?" he looked at both of them.
"Finn told Principle Figgins that it was a stage slap," Alyssa replied.
"That way The Troubletones are still competition at Regionals," Ivan Flores finished.
"Which I think is stupid because I can't help you guys win," Rachel chimed in.
"By the way, where is Jeff?" Naomi asked, searching the air behind Blaine.
"I'm right here," Jeff replied as he entered the room.
"What was it you had to do?" Blaine asked.
"I just saw Principle Figgins…"
"What, why?" Bella asked.
"I told him that I was the one that stuffed the ballot boxes for the election because I thought that Kurt was the only real option and deserved it."
"What? Why?" Rachel shouted, "You didn't have to do that."
"Well, you have to get into NYADA and I don't. I can survive without going to New York, but you are a real star Rachel."
"Jeff," Rachel began, but was at a loss for words.
"I know that you guys can win without me. You are all some of the most amazing people I know. Even you, Puck, and I wasn't about to let Rachel throw away her dreams on something so stupid. Besides, I will have another chance at Nationals because you guys are going to win this thing."
They all got together for a group hug and Mr. Schue finally broke the love.
"I have an announcement to make…"
"What?" Finn asked curiously.
"I am going to propose to Emma."
"Oh… my… god!" Jeff squealed and jumped up and down.
"I would like you guys to help me with the proposal. Remember, this is Emma we are talking about, so it has to be perfect."
"YAY!" Jeff screamed, "I always wanted to help someone propose and now is my chance."
"Okay, it is already seven o'clock we all need to get home and have some rest," Mr. Schuester instructed them and escorted them to the parking lot.
"I can't believe he is going to propose," Ivan Chavez said to Jeff and Ivan Flores when they got in the car.
"I am so excited right now, that you can't even begin to imagine it," Jeff replied.
"I have an announcement too," Ivan Flores stated.
"What?"
"Well, I have been thinking about it for a while and I think I want to propose to Naomi."
"Woah, woah, woah," Jeff and Ivan Chavez said at the same time.
"You see, her parents aren't here and can't object. Besides life is so short."
"Well, I am pretty sure I know what she will say…" Jefff began.
"No, with a capital N," Ivan Chavez finished.
"You don't know that for sure," Ivan Flores attempted to rationalize his decision.
"You are allowed to do what you want, I guess and I will support you no matter what the choice is," Jeff said.
"I still think it is a stupid idea," Ivan Chavez added.
"Well then, we will drop Ivan Chavez off and you and I will go ring shopping," Jeff said as they pulled into the driveway.
Update 2/27/12: Finally, after about a fifteen minute drive, they arrived at a jewelry store that had a few sale signs in the windows.
"Wait," Jeff stopped, "Isn't that Finn's car?"
"I'm sure there are plenty of those types of cars in Lima."
"Yeah, but the license plate rings a bell."
They went inside and began to look at the multitude of ring displays.
"Jeff?" a voice asked behind him.
"Finn," Jeff turned around, "What are you doing here?"
"I had to use the bathroom," Finn lied, "What are you doing here?"
"Ivan wants to propose to Naomi and we needed to get a ring," Ivan hit Jeff for telling Finn about his plan.
"Really? Aren't you afraid what others would think? You're so young."
"You only have one life and it is so short. Why not live it to the fullest?" Ivan Flores reasoned.
"True," Finn paused, "I lied earlier. I didn't just stop here to go to the bathroom."
"I kind of figured that," Jeff said, "So, why are you really here?"
"I want to propose to Rachel. She is so important to me, and is going to be a real star one day. I want to be there for her along the way."
"That is interesting…" Jeff began, "Did you ask her dads for permission?"
"No, but…"
"Have you even talked to your family about it?" Ivan Flores asked.
"No, but I will eventually."
"Well, just remember sooner is better than later," Jeff advised.
"I know that, but I am worried what they would think."
"Then maybe this just isn't the right time for you. Ivan is proposing because neither of them have parents or family and he might even be a little bit crazy," Jeff stated.
"But I know that it is right. It is something that I have to do."
"Well we better hurry up and get you two engagement rings because I think that they are going to close soon."
They both found beautiful rings, Ivan's was a type of silver with a small diamond in the center with text around it that read 'you are my heart' and Finn's was fairly basic, also a form of silver, with a heart-shaped diamond on a small stand in the center and smaller diamonds embedded throughout the ring's band.
"Okay, you have your rings, but now you both need to think of how you are going to pop the question," Jeff instructed.
"I already know how I am going to," Finn said with a smile.
"And I am sure I will think of something," Ivan Flores added.
"Well then, if you don't need my help with that, I am not allowed on campus, during school hours, until my suspension is over. So I am going to be bored trying to think of a way for Mr. Schue to propose tomorrow."
They all got home and went to bed.
Tomorrow at school.
"Hi Naomi," Ivan Chavez began, "So, what do you think about marriage?"
"What do you mean?"
"You know, getting eloped, pulled off the market."
"Well, I think everyone wants to get married."
"Who would you like to marry?"
"Umm… I don't know. Where is this coming from?"
"Oh, it is nothing, i just was thinking about the assignment for Glee and wanted to get some points of view."
"Okay, well… I'm glad I could help," she said awkwardly as she grabbed a notebook from her locker and went to her next class.
'I am so right,' Ivan Chavez gloated in his head.
"Mr. Schue," Bella called from down the hallway, "I had an idea for your proposal to Emma."
"Yeah, what is it?"
"Roses," she began to explain, "You should get a bunch of people that she knows and have each of them give her a brilliant white rose as you walk her to the area that you are going to make the proposal at."
"That sounds great, but do you have an idea for the actual proposal part?"
"Unfortunately, no, but you should definitely try a musical number that incorporates everyone from The New Directions and The Trouble Tones."
Update 3/1/12: "Yeah, that is what I was thinking," Mr. Schuester said as they parted ways.
"Ugh, I am so bored!" Jeff shouted staring at the wall approximately forty minutes after everyone else left for school, 'Oooo, I know.'
He grabbed his keys, a bag, and a backpack and ran to his car.
Finally he pulled up to Dalton and went into the principle's office. He came out smiling and walked into the bathroom where he found another boy tugging at his blazer.
"Damn it, this outfit makes me look stupid," the boy complained.
"Hello," Jeff said cautiously.
"SHIT!" the boy shouted, "You scared me."
"Sorry I couldn't help but over hear you because you were talking pretty loud and I love to eavesdrop on people."
The boy was about five ten with dark brown hair and black rectangular glasses.
"Okay," he replied awkwardly.
"You must be new because everyone here should be used to the blazer by now."
"Yeah, I'm Edwiges," he reached out to shake Jeff's hand.
"Jeff, glad to meet you Ed-wii-ves," Jeff said, shaking his hand.
"No, not Ed-wii-ves, Ed-wii-gez," he corrected.
"Well, I recently got suspended from McKinley, so I came here so that I didn't just sit home bored."
"You... got suspended?"
"Oh, not because I am bad, but because I took the blame for something I didn't do in order to help a friend."
"That was nice of you."
"Thanks, I was wondering, if you don't like the blazer why do you go here."
"I am... a foreign exchange student, and I live with someone that goes here."
"Really? I don't hear your accent. Where are you from?"
"Far away."
"Oh, like Shrek," Jeff joked, "Well, do you like to sing?"
"I don't know I never really sang for people before, but the boy I live with is in some singing group here, The Robins?"
"You mean The Warblers?"
"Yeah."
"Who are you living with? I used to be in The Warblers, maybe I know him."
Update 3/3/12: "Hey Alyssa," Alegandra said when she sat down at lunch, "I just wanted to say that I am sorry for acting mean ever since we got to this place. I have really been missing home, but I am beginning to get used to here."
"It is fine," Alyssa replied, "Hey, have you seen Brittney and Michelle lately?"
"No, I haven't. They didn't come home last night."
"I wonder if they are okay. When I call, the phone says that the number I dialed has yet to be purchased."
"That is strange, it is kind of like they never existed here."
"I wonder if they got home?" Alyssaa pondered.
"Oh my gosh," Naomi said when she finally got to the table, "I have been looking for you guys for like five minutes."
"Oh no, not five whole minutes," Alyssa mocked her.
"Have you guys seen that new kid? The one with the blonde hair and kind of looks like Sam, but not as big of a mouth?"
"Nope," Alyssa answered.
"He looks lost and confused. Don't you think that is strange?"
"You just said he is new, so no," Alegandra replied.
"Hey, hold up," Alyssa stopped Naomi before she could continue, "Do you guys hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"That laughter?"
"I guess, why?" Naomi questioned.
"There can only be one person with that laugh in this world and it has to be Rosa."
Just then, a girl of about five seven and long black hair that had large curls and fell just past her shoulders entered the room talking to Rory.
"You are so funny," she giggled, "I can barely understand you because of the accent though, but I think it makes it funnier."
"ROSA!" Alyssa shouted rushing over to her friend that she missed dearly, "I missed you. What are you doing here?"
"Oh, I am so glad to see you. I thought you died in a car accident. Did you know that they already held funeral services for you, Naomi, Alegandra, Jeff, Ivan Flores, and Ivan Chavez? They think you were all together and some serial killer killed all of you."
"WHAT?" She squealed, "They think we are dead?"
"Well, you all have been missing for months now and some of your parents are pursuing a law suit against Wal-Mart because that is where you all went missing and they had a power outage at that exact moment."
"Your parents better be ready too because we have no idea how to get back."
"Oh my gosh, you mean that we are stuck here?"
"Yep."
"By the way, where is here?"
"You know that stupid TV show, Glee?" Alyssa whispered, "We are in the universe that it is from. All of the people you mentioned earlier are here too. Jeff got suspended yesterday and we are all in the glee club."
"That is cool," She said, "Not the suspension part, but the glee club part. I didn't know that you guys liked to sing."
"Yeah, me either," Alyssa replied.
"I dabble in the arts myself," Rosa prized herself in the use of the word dabble.
"You should join too. It is actually kind of fun," Alyssa attempted to convince her.
"Okay, if you insist," Alyssa grabbed Rosa's hand and drug her over to the table.
"I live with Sebastian," Edwiges answered.
"Oh no, not Sebastian."
"Why what's wrong?"
"I get bad vibes from him."
"Wait, so you are psychic?"
"Noooooooo... I am not crazy, just judgmental and observant."
"So you're a racist?"
"No, I just judge people. I don't hate or exclude them based on those judgments though."
"Oh."
"Well, I think that the Warbler meeting is about to start. You should come."
"Okay, but I don't want to sing."
"Umm, you kind of have to. It is fun."
Jeff led the way down the hall and they both entered a room full of boys in identical blazers.
"Jeff," Sebastian said, slightly shocked.
"Hey, I am back at Dalton for now and I think I can help you guys at Regionals."
"Really, why are you back?" another boy asked.
"I got suspended at McKinley and I thought that NYADA might find it intriguing that I paid to continue my education during my suspension."
"You... got suspended," Sebastian was clearly surprised.
"Yes, I took the blame for stuffing the class president election boxes so that Rachel wouldn't be disqualified from Regionals."
"You mean that you had a chance to take their best singer out of the competition and didn't?" Sebastian asked.
"Umm, she may be annoying, but she is still one of my friends. I wasn't going to possibly let her ruin her chances for college on something so stupid."
Sebastian remained silent.
"Well, I brought Edwiges with me and he would like to be in The Warblers too. So, what are you guys thinking for Regionals tomorrow?"
Jeff's phone vibrated as one of the guys explained their song choices. He had a text message from Bella that read; "The proposal will be after school at the pool. We will be singing We Found Love by Rihana."
"Cool, I will be there," Jeff typed out.
"Wow, love the choices, but I have to go," Jeff replied rushing out of the room and down the hall when he ran into a boy that was about five nine and had spiky black hair.
"Jeff?" the boy asked.
"Alejandro?" Jeff questioned, "I haven't seen you since graduation. How have you been? What are you doing here?"
"Well, I don't really know. I woke up this morning, or I thought it was going to be this morning, and I ended up standing in front of this school. What are you wearing?"
"A school uniform, I am kind of in a hurry. Do you mind coming with me? I have a proposal to get to."
"A PROPOSAL?" he asked curiously.
"I'll explain it in the car," Jeff rushed to his car with Alejandro falling closely behind him.
Update 3/4/12: "So, everyone is here?" Alajandro asked once Jeff finished the story and pulled into the driveway at Finn's.
"Yeah, and could you do me a huge favor and not tell them about Dalton. I don't want them to know I am going to face them at Regionals."
"Umm, okay, but won't they be able to tell because of the emblem on that blazer you are wearing?"
"That is why we are here I am going to change into my bathing suit and put on a different shirt before we get to McKinley."
Alajandro got out of the car and followed Jeff into the house, where no one was home.
"Wait, here," Jeff said, running down the stairs to change.
"Okay, we need to go," Jeff stated when he returned to the entryway where he left Alejandro, "We have about twenty-five minutes to get to McKinley."
"Okay," they both rushed to the car and made it to McKinley with seven minutes to spare.
"I didn't even know that they had a pool at this school," Jeff said running into the building and towards the gym area, where he assumed the pool would be. Luckily he was correct and he got inside where everyone else was.
"There you are," Alyssa scolded, "What took you so long?"
"I couldn't find my swimsuit, but I did find..." Jeff stepped aside revealing Alajandro.
"Oh my gosh!" Alyssa exclaimed, "Alajandro is here? Rosa is too."
"Wow, it is like people from our world are popping out of the ground like daises," Jeff joked.
"Sorry, to break the reunion," Finn interrupted, "but Mr. Schue is on his way."
When Mr. Schuester entered with Ms. Pillsbury, Alajandro was sitting quietly against the wall and the rest of the room began to sing.
Rachel: Yellow diamonds in the light
And we're standing side by side
As your shadow crosses mine
What it takes to come alive
It's the way i'm feeling i just can't deny
But i've gotta let it go
Rachel: We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
'Wait did that kid in the wheel chair just roll into the pool?' Alajandro thought
Santana: Shine a light through an open door
Love and life i will divide
Turn away cause i need you more
Feel the heartbeat in my mind
All: It's the way i'm feeling i just can't deny
But i've gotta let it go
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
Rachel: Yellow diamonds in the light (Santana: in the light)
And we're standing side by side (Santana: oh)
As your shadow (With Santana: crosses mine...)
All:
(Santana: we found love! )
'How did the wheel chair kid get onto the raft and how did it get in the pool?' Alajandro thought.
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
Mr. Schuester walks onto a platform in the water in a luxurious white tuxedo, jumps in, and swims to Ms. Pillsbury.
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
We found love in a hopeless place
"Emma, will you mary me?" Mr Schue asked once he got out of the water and held a ring up to her.
"Oh my gosh, yes!" she replied in a fluster.
Within the emotion and excitement, Finn snuck Rachel out of the room and lead her into the theatre.
"Well, tomorrow is Regionals, and I think that all of you are ready," Mr. Schue announced, "Jeff, here is your ticket."
"Oh, thanks," Jeff grabbed the ticket and placed it in his pocket.
"Well, we should all get some rest before the big day," Mercedes suggested.
"Finn, can Alajandro stay with us? I know it is getting a little full, but he has no where else to go," Jeff asked.
"Yeah, but you'll have to use another air mattress."
"Okay," they all said their good byes and went home for some much needed rest.