Kurt was already on the ground floor by the time the elevator arrived, carrying some of his friends.
"Took you long enough" Kurt huffed sarcastically.
"Slow and steady wins the race!" Tina grinned.
Kurt ignored this but chuckled.
They all stepped out of the elevator and it closed and went back up to collect the other half of the group.
Finally, after a few minutes of waiting, everyone was together on the ground floor.
They all followed Will across the lobby to the entrance to the large ballroom. The ballroom was huge and majestic. It was decorated so well that even Kurt couldn't find anything wrong with it. There were about fifty tables all around and a large dance floor in the middle. There was a stage too.
"Here we are!" Will announced over the gasps of the teenagers.
"Finn, Finn!" Rachel said.
"Yeah?"
"Screw New York. Let's move right here instead!" Rachel said with a grin. "I think I'd love to live in this very room."
Finn laughed. "Okay!"
"Welcome!" A man called from across the room. He was a larger man and he had a slight waddle when he walked over to them. He wore a navy suit with a bright yellow tie. He had a bit of wispy brown hair on his balding head and a large smile on his pudgy pink face.
"Hello" Will smiled as he came over.
"Welcome!" The man said again, smiling madly at them all. "I'm Peter Reids, the manager of this hotel. And you must be Will Schuster and New Directions!" He said, his deep voice booming. He shook Will hands and smiled at everyone else.
"Hey! Yes we are! Great to meet you!" Will said, shaking his hand.
"I'm so excited to hear you sing. Well, actually, I have heard you. Will, here, sent me some videos and I think you guys are great!" Peter said.
"Well, thanks for hiring us. They can't wait to perform!" Will said. They all nodded enthusiastically.
"No problem" Peter said. "So how long have you guys been in Florida?"
"Five days" Will said.
"Oh, okay. And how are you liking it?" Peter questioned.
"We love it!" Sugar answered loudly.
"That's great. And you're here for...?" Peter asked.
"Four more days" Will said.
"That's right" Peter nodded. "So you'll be performing three nights. We are hosting from 7 to 11, but you won't be doing the whole time. You have 7 to 8 and 9-10. Is that okay?"
Will nodded. "Yeah, that's great."
"Super" Peter beamed at them.
"So we sing tonight?" Blaine asked.
"Yes, you do!" Peter nodded.
"What songs are we gonna do?" Quinn asked.
"We need to practice!" Tina said.
"We need dance moves too!" Mercedes added.
"We need everything!" Artie said.
Will sighed and turned to Peter. "Do you mind if they practice a bit on the stage?"
"No! Not at all! By all means, go ahead!" Peter said, motioning to the stage.
"Thanks" Will said as the teens ran across the wide dance floor towards the stage.
They hopped on stage. There was even a wheelchair ramp so Artie could get up easily too.
"So what songs are we going to do?" Kurt asked his friends.
"We have a lot of time, so we can sing a lot" Finn said.
"Speaking of time, what time is it now?" Santana asked.
Mike looked at his watch. "Almost five."
"That would explain why I'm so hungry" Brittany said.
"Same. But we can eat later. Let's focus on the songs now" Sam said.
"Okay, let's open with something we already did" Rachel said. "Like 'Don't Stop Believing' or 'Light Up The World'."
"I say we do 'Don't Stop Believing'" Quinn said.
"Who's on lead?" Puck said.
"I say we switch it up this time around" Tina said.
"Blaine and Quinn should sing it" Finn said.
"Oooh, that is different!" Mike said. "Way different!"
"What do you guys say?" Rory asked Quinn and Blaine.
Blaine smiled at Quinn. "I'm in."
"Sure, I'll do it too" Quinn nodded. "Thanks."
"Okay, so then what?" Tina asked.
"Girls, would you be interested in a Rihanna song?" Tina asked.
"What song?" Rachel asked.
"I was thinking 'Shut Up And Drive' maybe" Tina said.
"Sure!" Mercedes nodded.
"Okay, we have a girls song" Artie said.
"Oh! How about we all sing 'Good Girls Go Bad'" Blaine asked.
"By Cobra Starship?" Santana asked.
Blaine nodded.
"Okay" Sam nodded, as did many others.
"Now for some choreography!" Mike said.
They all stood up and followed Mike and Brittany in some simple steps.
An hour later, they were still practicing their singing and dancing.
"Okay, one more time. From the top" Finn said.
They rushed into place.
Blaine and Quinn stepped forward and sang. While they were singing, Mercedes noticed people. In a dark corner of the room, by the stage door, stood a group of people, all standing close together. In the middle, at the front of the group, stood a teenage girl. She had her arms crossed in front of her and she was watching, almost glaring, at New Directions.
"Psst" Mercedes hissed at Rachel, who danced next to her.
"What?" Rachel whispered. Mercedes subtly pointed to the group and the girl.
"Who's the chick?" Mercedes asked.
Rachel looked. "No idea."
"I don't like her look" Mercedes frowned a bit.
"Whatever. They're not bugging us" Rachel shrugged.
The song they were singing finished.
"Are we done now?" Sugar asked. "I'm tired!"
"And hungry!" Rory said, patting his stomach.
"Yeah, let's go" Rachel said, hopping off the stage. She looked to the corner, but saw that the group of people were gone.
The adults had left, except for Will who was still talking to Peter.
"Mr. Schue, we're done and hungry" Mercedes said.
"I have some pizza waiting for you and all the other performers" Peter said. He pointed across the ballroom. "In the room right over there. Third door on the right. It's unlocked for you."
"Great, thanks!" They all said and ran off. They approached the door, which was labeled 'Employees Only'.
"Do we go in?" Rory asked cautiously.
"Yeah, it's unlocked" Puck said. He grabbed the round doorknob and pushed it open.
There, sitting on the multitude of chairs with pizza slices in hand, sat the group of people and that girl that Mercedes and Rachel saw earlier. The girl looked up as they walked in. She gave a crooked, almost smug, smile.
"Hello!"
A/N
Sup Gleeks! :) I'm in a really silly mood right now so sorry if you think I'm high or something...IM NOT. Lol...
So now you have met one OC, Peter Reids. And there will be more. :) In fact, you technically did meet the next one too. Yes, it's the girl.
Anyways, that's all I have to say now. Hehehehe...There's no Glee this week. Or next week. Or the week after that. RAWR, I NEED GLEE TO SURVIVE! Sorry...
Oh, I forgot (but now I remembered, yay me!) Thanks so much to everyone who commented and favourited this story and me. I get soooo happy when I get those alert emails, you have no idea. LOVE YA. (insert heart here) I think this site should get some nerdy guy in and fix it so when we type a heart symbol it actually shows up. Who's with me?
Loool byeee for now!