Chapter 40
Prom-a-saurus
'Ugh...' Alyssa thought, staring at the list in front of her, 'Prom nominations are so stupid. How are any of us going to win? We aren't even from here.' She checked the box that side Other 'Hmm, who would be a good choice from our group, and has a chance of winning. Jeff is in a wheelchair and could get sympathy votes, but people don't like him here, Alejandro is a punk," she lets out a slight laugh, 'Ulises is gay and they don't care for that on this show, Eduwiges just wouldn't be a good king, I don't know Jarrett that well, so that leaves Sixto. Now for his queen...' she checks the box for other in the queen category, 'I GOT IT! ROSA, they would look so cute together.'
With that she folded her paper and stuffed it into the shoe box.
Later that morning
"Good morning McKinley High," Sue Sylvester came over the speakers, "It is my pleasure to announce your nominees for Prom Court, your choices for Prom King, Sixto Lucero, Britney S. Pierce, that's weird, and Finn Hudson. Now for what you all care about, Prom Queen, Rosa Araujo, Santana Lopez, and Quinn Febrey. Good luck to all of you."
After school, in the choir room.
"Congratulations all of our Prom Court nominees," Mr. Schuester stated, "But we are all winners because Principal Figgins wants us to sing at prom again, this year."
"I have an announcement," Britney began, "As class president, I apparently have to do stuff and I am supposed to make the decision on our Prom theme. It is going to be... dinosaurs."
"Genius," Santana commented.
"I am also banning hair gel."
"Wait, what?" Blaine asked.
"Hair gel was invented until at lest three billion years after dinosaurs, and, personally, I don't like how you look."
"Okay, so let's start thinking of dinosaur songs," Mr. Schue said hesitantly.
"Hey, Alyssa, can I talk to you?" Sixto asked, in the hall.
"What's up?"
"I want to ask Rosa to prom, and I want her to be my running mate."
"Okay, so how are you going to ask her?"
"I thought I would just ask."
"You can't just ask," Jeff butted in, "You know I was listening from the choir room."
"Umm..." Sixto stopped to think.
"We are in GLEE, you need to sing to her. You know the song. She will fall all over you."
The three of them exchanged a look and a nod, knowing that they had just thought the same thing.
'Meet me in the theatre,' Rosa's phone read, but she didn't recognize the number.
"Hey, Kurt," Alyssa shouted, walking to the boy who was grabbing stuff from his locker, "I always wanted to ask you guys, why haven't you asked us what happened to the others?"
"Others?" Kurt looked puzzled.
"You know, Naomi, other Ivan, Brittney, and Michelle?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Umm, other Ivan lived with you for months."
"Are you feeling okay? Maybe you are just nervous. I mean, the year is almost over, Nationals are coming up and then we have graduation."
"Wait, so you don't even know who they are."
"I'm sorry, but your group that is here now are the only new people at this school."
In the theatre
"HELLO!" Rosa shouted, "Is anyone here?"
The music began to play.
I feel so close to you right now
It's a force field
I wear my heart upon my sleeve, like a big deal
Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall
And there's no stopping us right now
I feel so close to you right now
Sixto goes over to a mixing board and begins to create a dance beat
I feel so close to you right now
It's a force field
I wear my heart upon my sleeve, like a big deal
Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall
And there's no stopping us right now
I feel so close to you right now
Sixto returns to the mixing board and begins to create a dance beat
And there's no stopping us right now
And there's no stopping us right now
And there's no stopping us right now
I feel so close to you right now...
"Rosa, we should run from Prom Court together, and that of course means that we would have to go together."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Sounds great, we're going to win for sure, but we need posters."
"Sixto," Jeff rolled up to him outside the theatre.
"Hey."
"I want us to sing a song together."
"Isn't that kind of odd. I mean, we are two guys."
"No, what about N*SYNC and The Backstreet Boys?"
"That is a group of guys."
"Well, I think that only you and I can do this song right. Remember Ms. Wilson's class, sixth period?"
Sixto's face lit up and he knew exactly the song.
Wednesday, at Glee Club
"There are no f-ing dinosaur songs," Jeff moaned, once everyone was in the room.
"Making fun of my dinosaur themed prom is bullying and I will not stand for it," Britney shot him a glare.
"That is why I have an announcement," Rachel glided up to the front of the room, "That is why Kurt, Blaine and myself are throwing the anti-prom!"
"Anti-prom?" Alejandro asked.
"It is a party for those of us that might feel disenfranchised by the actual prom."
"Did you just make that up?" Bella asked.
"Unlike the actual prom, ours will go until the wee hours of the night. I got a hotel room at Lima's best hotel, The Red Rooster Express, and everyone is welcome."
"I'll go," Puck stood up.
"What about your tradition of trying to spike Coach Sylvester's punch bowl?" Artie asked.
"It sucks always failing at everything," he left the room.
"Wait, did he fail his test?" Jeff asked causing most of the room to give him a 'Duh' look.
Friday night, at prom
"Oh my lord, she was serious," Jeff said, wearing black dress pants and a navy button-up shirt.
"What told you that?" Alyssa asked, motioning to the volcano painting that was behind the stage. She was wearing an eloquent black dress that went to the floor and a lace cardigan over her shoulders.
"I am so excited!" Rosa exclaimed. She had on a black dress that had a one-shoulder strap that looked a little like a wing when her arm was outstretched, and Sixto matched with her in all black dress clothes.
"Yay!" Ulises squealed, as he clenched his hands into fists and moved them up and down, frantically, as he ran over to the punch bowl. He wore a purple button up shit with a matching tie, a black vest and matching dress pants.
"Ulises!" Cristina, called out, chasing after him. She had on a white dress the puffed out at the bottom, by the waist, with a black lace section that wrapped around her abdomen.
"Come on Eduwiges," Alejandra shouted down the hall, everyone else is already inside. She was wearing a white dress also, but it was straight and had a thin black strap around the waist.
"Eduwiges, are you out there smoking?" Alyssa shouted, about to storm out of the gym to beat him up when he entered the room. He had on a light purpled dress shirt and black dress pants.
"Hey, Jeff, where is your cousin?" Alejandra asked.
"Oh, he is a junior, so he thought he would go to Rachel's anti-prom."
"Alejandro and Ivan are late, and weren't they going to pick up Alegandra?" Bella asked, she had on a beautiful light blue dress that also had a one-arm strap, like Rosa's, but no wing-like effect.
Ivan walked in first wearing a black long-sleeve dress shirt, and matching pants. He was followed by Alegandra in a beautiful royal blue dress that went to her knees. Lastly, was Alejandro who was wearing a red button up shirt and black dress pants.
"We are all here," Jeff began, but he was interrupted by Britney who was about to sing a song. She wore a leopard print dress that looked similar to what a cave woman would have worn. Then, a group of Cheerios came out and they were wearing their uniforms and giant rubber dinosaur head masks.
Britney with the Cheerios: D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
An O-L-D M-A-N, you're just an old man
Hitting on me, what?
You need a CAT scan
"Oh my lord, she is singing a dinosaur song," Jeff whispered to Alyssa.
Britney: Not long 'til you're a senior citizen
And you can strut around with that sexy tank of oxygen
Honey, your toupee is falling to your left side
Britney with the Cheerios: Get up and go, bro, oh wait
You're fossilized, HA!
Britney: You sit down, buy me a martini
Won't go away, my hips aren't sinking
Britney with the Cheerios: "Hey," you say, "Wanna come with me?"
I'm about to barf, seriously?
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
An O-L-D M-A-N, you're just an old man
Hitting on me, what?
You need a CAT scan
Hey dinosaur, baby, you're prehistoric
Hey dinosaur, that's what you are, HA!
Hey carnivore, you want my meat I know it
Hey dinosaur, that's what you are, HA!
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
An O-L-D M-A-N, you're just an old man
Hitting on me, what?
You need a CAT scan
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A that's what you are, HA!
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A that's what you are, HA!
"What on earth was that?" Eduwiges asked?
"I think Ke$ha sings that song," Alegandra replied.
"Alyssa, Sixto, we're up," Jeff shouted, rolling on to the stage.
Horror Rocky - Time Warp Lyrics
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Jeff: It's astounding;
Time is fleeting;
Madness takes its toll.
But listen closely...
Alyssa: Not for very much longer.
Jeff: I've got to keep control.
Sixto: I remember doing the time-warp
Drinking those moments when
The Blackness would hit me
Sixto and Alyssa: And the void would be calling...
All: Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Jeff: It's just a jump to the left.
All: And then a step to the right.
Jeff: Put your hands on your hips.
All: You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Alyssa: It's so dreamy, oh fantasy free me.
So you can't see me, no, not at all.
In another dimension, with
voyeuristic intention,
Well secluded, I see all.
Jeff: With a bit of a mind flip
Alyssa: You're into the time slip.
Jeff: And nothing can ever be the same.
Alyssa: You're spaced out on sensation.
Sixto: Like you're under sedation.
All: Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Alyssa: Well I was walking down the street
just a-having a think
When a snake of a guy gave me an
evil wink.
He shook-a me up, he took me by surprise.
He had a pickup truck, and the
devil's eyes.
He stared at me and I felt a change.
Time meant nothing, never would again.
All: Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Jeff: It's just a jump to the left.
All: And then a step to the right.
Jeff: Put your hands on your hips.
All: You bring your knees in tight.
But it's the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Let's do the time-warp again.
Update 5/16/12: "Umm, was that even a dinosaur song?" Alejandro asked them once they left the stage.
"No, but at least it had something to do with time," Sixto answered.
"Time for a slower song," Santana announced.
Santana: It's been said and done
Every beautiful thought's been already sung
And I guess right now here's another one
So your melody
Will play on and on
Jeff rolled out of the gym and Alyssa followed him.
"Why did you leave?" she asked.
"I could ask you the same thing," Jeff said, fighting back tears.
Santana with Tina & Brittany: With the best of 'em
Santana (Tina & Brittany harmonizing): You are beautiful, like a dream come alive,
Incredible
Santana with Tina & Brittany: A sinful, miracle, lyrical
Santana: You've saved my life again
"What is wrong?"
"YOU KNOW WHAT IS WRONG!" He turned around with his face soaked, "I'm in a wheel chair. A WHEEL CHAIR! Do you know how that makes me feel?"
"Quinn is in one too."
Santana with Tina & Brittany: And I want you to know, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
"I DON'T CARE IF SHE IS IN ONE! Artie is in one too. I have made no progress with that physical therapy crap and I can't even dance at prom."
"If it makes you feel any better. You probably couldn't dance at prom if you weren't in a wheel chair."
"I know but...
Santana (Tina & Brittany harmonizing): Constantly, Girl, you played through my mind like a symphony
There's no way to describe
What you do to me
You just do to me,
What you do
"You know the doctor said it could take a month."
"YES, but I am stronger than that. If I was going to get out of this fucking chair I would at least be able to wiggle a toe."
Santana: And it feels like I've been rescued (Tina & Brittany: Rescued)
I've been set free (Tina & Brittany: Set free)
I am hypnotized (Tina & Brittany: Hypnotized)
By your destiny (Tina & Brittany: Destiny)
You are magical, lyrical, beautiful
You are... (Tina & Brittany: Are...)
And I want you to know baby (Tina & Brittany: I want you to know)
"Jeff, come on. You know what, maybe you needed this. Maybe this whole trip is a test, and we are all going to be better people because of it."
"WHO THE HELL DOES THAT! Who the hell would take us here and leave us. No clue as to why we were brought here or who did it."
"Come on, I thought you were a problem solver. Think..."
Santana with Tina & Brittany: I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you like a love song, baby
I, I love you (Santana: I love you) like a love song, baby (Santana: I love you)
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat (Santana: Like a love song)
"...Cristina said she saw a man and he grabbed Naomi and Ivan and disappeared. Maybe it was him."
"Great, that narrows the Earth's populations down by roughly 50%."
Finn came storming out of the gym, but didn't say a word to either of them as he went to the parking lot.
Santana (Tina & Brittany harmonizing): No one compares
You stand alone, to every record I own
Music to my heart that's what you are
Santana with Tina and Brittany: A song that goes on
Santana: And on...
"What is his problem?" Alyssa questioned.
"Maybe he realized that Quinn is still the same bitch she was in season one."
"Well, that song is probably done, and you know I am not a big Selena fan. Let's go back in okay?"
Tina & Brittany: I, I love you like a love song, baby (Santana: Oh... I)
I, I love you like a love song, baby (Santana: I love you)
I, I love you (Santana: I love you) like a love song, baby (Santana: Like a love song)
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat (Santana: Like a love song)
I, I love you like a love song, baby (Santana: I love you like a love song, baby)
I, I love you like a love song, baby (Santana: Like a love song, baby)
I, I love you like a love song, baby (Santana: Yeah... yeah...)
And I keep hitting re-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat (Santana: Like a love song)
Meanwhile at anti-prom
"I wouldn't want my prom dress to go to waste, it is in my car I can go get it," Rachel ran out the door to fetch her dress from the car.
"You guys don't throw that great of parties," Jarrett complained.
"Correction, Rachel and the two gays don't throw good parties," Puck corrected him.
"I want to play strip poker!" Becky shouted, she was a handicapped girl that co-captained the Cheerios with Santana, and was probably the only kid at McKinley that Sue didn't call rude names.
"You know that Blaine and I are gay," Kurt replied.
"That never stopped me before."
"I never played that before," Jarrett added.
"Okay, I am back, now I just need to get changed, and I will be right out."
"How long do you think she'll take?" Puck asked.
"Thirty minutes," Kurt guessed.
"This is Glee, so it has to last a commercial break and they will probably cut back to prom," Jarrett answered.
"You people are so weird. We are real life, not a show," Puck argued.
"Well, my guess is forty-five minutes," he finished, knowing he would lose the argument.
"Blaine?"
"I don't want to guess."
Puck walked over to the case of beer and pulled out a bottle for everyone, but only, he, Jarrett, and Becky actually drank some.
"Sixto, it is time for our song. Are you ready? We are the last ones to perform before they announce prom king and queen."
"Then shouldn't I be out there, with Rosa, trying to get more votes?"
"Quinn and Santana are probably already counting them anyways."
"Why do they get to count them? They are running in the race."
"I don't know, I didn't write this," he argued pulling him onto the stage.
Then, the doors flew open and Finn reentered the room with Rachel in a stunning white dress, and Kurt and Blaine followed them in dress clothes, but Kurt had a ridiculous white top hat on. Lastly was Jarrett, wearing black dress clothes and an orange tie.
Update 5/17/12: "Are you guys ready for the best song ever!" Jeff shouted.
Jeff: Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind
Wanting to start again
Sixto: Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards
One blow from caving in
Jeff: Do you ever feel already buried deep
Six feet under scream
But no one seems to hear a thing
Both: Do you know that there's still a chance for you
Cause there's a spark in you
You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
Jeff: Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Sixto: Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own
Jeff: You don't have to feel like a waste of space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow
Sixto: Maybe you're reason why all the doors are closed
So you can open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will blow
And when it's time, you'll know
Both: You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
Sixto: Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Jeff: Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em fallin' down-own-own
Both: Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through,trought,trought
Sixto: Cause baby you're a firework
Come on show 'em what your worth
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Jeff: Baby you're a firework
Come on let your colors burst
Make 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"
You're gonna leave 'em goin "Oh, oh, oh!"
Both: Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
"Thank you Mr. Jenni and Lucero. Now the moment you have all been waiting for..."
The doors flew open once again, but this time it was Puck in a leather jacket and dark blue jeans with Becky on his arm in her Cheerios uniform. They both had on crudely cut crowns made from a beer box, and walked over to the punch bowl.
"Okay, will the contestants please come on to the stage."
"GO!" Jeff yelled, pushing Sixto back onto the stage.
"Now, will last year's queen please come up to crown this wears winners?"
Kurt walked onto the stage and Figgins gave him the crowns and staff.
"This year's prom king is... Finn Hudson!" the crowd applauded as Kurt set the crown on his head.
"And prom queen is..." he began, opening the envelope, "once again we have prom anarchy. With an overwhelming number of write in votes. Ms. Rachel Berry."
The room remained silent for a moment before Blaine began clapping which made the rest of the room follow.
"I can't believe I won," Rachel whispered to Finn.
"It proves that they believe in you as much as I do."
"Now, for the prom king and queen's first dance," Figgins stated, stepping aside for Santana and Quinn.
"Wait, if they were going to sing the first dance, what if one of them won?" Eduwiges asked Alejandro.
"Sorry, you lost Sixto. Do you want some punch?" Jeff asked, rolling over to the refreshments table.
"Sure, but I have to go make sure Rosa's okay."
Jeff struggled, but managed to pour to glasses of punch.
'Hmm, this punch tastes...' he thought, taking a sip, 'a little odd.'
"Here you go Sixto," he handed the glass over.
"Woah, what did you do to this punch?" he asked, almost spitting out the sip he just took.
"Nothing, it tasted like that to me too."
"Some one spiked the punch bowl!"
Quinn: Watching every motion
In my foolish lovers game
On this endless ocean
Finally lovers know no shame
Santana: Turning and returning
To some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion
As you turn around and say
Santana with Quinn: Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Quinn with Santana: Watching every motion
Quinn began to stand up and Santana rushed over to support her.
In this foolish lover's game
Haunted by the notion
Somewhere there's a love in flames
Santana with Quinn: Turning and returning
To some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion
As you turn my way and say
Santana with Quinn: Take my breath away (Quinn: My Love)
Take my breath away
Quinn: My love,
Santana and Quinn: Take my breath away, ooohh Away
Santana and Quinn: Take my breath away
Santana: My love,
Quinn and Santana: Take my breath away
"GREAT, NOW SHE IS FINE!" Jeff rolled out the doors, and everyone was confused as to what happened.