Ally's POV

The opening night of the play is this week. And I am looking forward to it. I haven't performed in a play since I was twelve and it was one of the best experiences of my life. Rachel and I have been going over the songs and lines all week, even though I didn't really need to; I knew Wicked just as well as she did.

I was happy that I was playing Glinda, even though the only similarity we had was that we were blonde. I was far from as popular as she was and I was definitely smarter than she was in the beginning to say the least. I am so happy that Rory is playing Fiyero, I was worried that Joe would get and I don't know if I could deal with spending extra time with him practicing.

I was walking down the hall, I glanced at few cheerleaders staring at me and then one them thought it would be funny to trip me and I would have fall down the stairs if it wasn't for Sam and Rory being there to stop me.

I could have broken something and not only would I have to miss opening night, my baby would be in trouble. "Thanks." I said, when Sam and Rory helped me to my feet and we all turned to look at the girls.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Sam asked them.

"Sam, it's fine." I mumbled.

"Better watch where you're going, Alex." One of them said.

"Why are you yelling at us? I'm sure the baby kicked, right Slut?" The other said and they all started laughing. I rolled my eyes, they thought they were so funny. At least they were starting to learn my name.

"It's Ally." I said. "Do you need me to spell it slowly for you?" I added, speaking as if they were stupid. I hated playing to their level, but they deserved it after trying to kill my baby. They rolled their eyes and walked away.

"Are you okay?" Rory asked.

"I'm fine." I told them. "They just have nothing better to do. And please don't go after them or anything."

"They called you—" Rory tried, but it was useless. Violence solves nothing whatsoever.

"No. Besides, we both know that isn't true." I said. At least I wasn't lying.

"Yeah. You would have happened to figure out how this happened, have you?" He asked. I don't blame him for asking.

"We did get drunk that one night at Brittany's when she was with Santana and her parents were gone for the weekend." I said. It actually happened, but we didn't do anything; I didn't get as drunk as he did.

"Great, so I have no memory of our first time." He said and I sighed. I looked at Sam, who took it as a sign that he should leave.

"Neither do I." I said, I only remember bits of it and I wish I could forget it all since it wasn't really by choice. "So, let's say that we've never had our first time together. And when we do it, when we are actually in states to remember it…that can be our official first time." I said and he smiled. He liked it and I did too. I would eventually get to have a real first time with the boy I liked and when I wanted it. We started to walk to class.

"Do ever wonder why all popular girls are mean?" He said and that was when I had to sing.

Popular

You're gonna be popular!
I'll teach you the proper poise when you talk to boys
Little ways to flirt and flounce ooh
I'll show you what shoes to wear
How to fix your hair
Everything that really counts

To be popular
I'll help you be popular!
You'll hang with the right cohorts
You'll be good at sports
Know the slang you've got to know
So let's start
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go:

Don't be offended by my frank analysis
Think of it as personality dialysis
Now that I've chosen to become a pal, a
Sister and adviser
There's nobody wiser
Not when it comes to popular -
I know about popular
And with an assist from me
To be who you'll be
Instead of dreary who-you-were—well are!
There's nothing that can stop you
From becoming popular - lar

La la, la la
We're gonna make
You popular

When I see depressing creatures
With unprepossessing features
I remind them on their own behalf
To think of
Celebrated heads of state or
Specially great communicators
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh! Ha, ha!

They were popular! Please -
It's all about popular!
It's not about aptitude
It's the way you're viewed
So it's very shrewd to be
Very very popular
Like me!

And though you protest
Your disinterest
I know clandestinely
You're gonna grin and bear it
Your new found popularity

You'll be popular
Just not quite as popular
As me

Joe's POV

I went into the auditorium and I saw that Rachel and Ally were practicing for opening night in a few days. It's ironic that they were at each other's throats last week and now are friends. It's kind of how Glinda and Elfie were.

[Rachel & Ally]
There's been some confusion over rooming here at Shiz.

[Rachel]
But of course I'll care for Nessa.

[Ally]
But of course, I'll rise above it.

[Rachel & Ally]
For I know that's how you'd want me to respond, Yes. There's been some confusion, for you see my roommate is...

[Ally]
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe...

[Rachel]
Blonde.

Ally gives this offended look that is so believable I had to contain myself from laughing to loudly.

[Ally]
What is this feeling, so sudden and new?

[Rachel]
I felt the moment I laid eyes on you.

[Ally]
My pulse is rushing.

[Rachel]
My head is reeling

[Ally]
My face is flushing.

[Rachel & Ally]
What is this feeling? Fervid as a flame, does it have a name? Yes... Yes

Loathing! Unadulterated loathing!

[Ally]
For your face,

[Rachel]
Your voice,

[Ally]
Your clothing!

[Rachel & Ally]
Let's just say- I loathe it all!
Every little trait how ever small,
Makes my very flesh begin to crawl
With simple utter loathing!
There's a strange exhilaration.
In such total detestation. It's so pure, so strong!
Though I do admit, it came on fast,
Still I do believe that it can last.
And I will be loathing, loathing you my whole life long.

[Rachel]
Boo!

[Ally]
Ah!

The music stopped suddenly and I noticed Ally looked a little angry. I guess that wasn't meant to happen yet. Rachel was trying hard not to laugh, like I was. "We didn't even get to the second part yet." Ally said.

"You have to be believable like that. Like you never expected it." Rachel said as if Ally needed work; she didn't.

"Why are you giving me pointers? We are both great and everything is going to go perfectly." Ally said.

"Just a suggestion." Rachel said.

"Okay…anyway, I have to go." Ally said and then she walked in my direction and was surprised to see me, but didn't say a word before walking away and I went after her. "How long were you watching?"

"The whole thing." I admitted.

"Stalking much?" She said, playfully, but I knew that she also meant it as a serious question. "But it doesn't come as a surprise." I shouldn't expect to be on any good terms any time soon.

"Ally—" I tried.

"Please, I have to go. And I really don't want to hear this right now." She said.

"Where do you have to be? It's not like they'll let you play football with that baby." I stated, it was true.

"I'm already benched and instead of watching for two hours, wasting my time. I am going to work." She said. Wait, she had a job? Since when? I didn't know she worked anywhere besides when the church was having events and such.

"Job?" I questioned.

"I have to go." She said and walked away. I just couldn't keep myself from wondering about this job.

Rory's POV

It was opening night and so far everything was going great. Ally and Rachel were doing great and I had already had some good scenes with her. Now they just had to do the closing song.

[Rachel]
I'm limited (just look at me)
I'm limited and just look at you
You can do all i couldn't do, glinda
So now it's up to you (for both of us)
Now it's up to you...

[Ally]
I've heard it said that people come into our lives
For a reason bringing something we must learn
And we are led to those who help us most to grow
If we let them and we help them in return
Well, i don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today because i knew you...

Like a comet pulled from orbit as it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder halfway through the wood
Who can say if i've been changed for the better?
But because i knew you i have been changed for good

[Rachel & Ally]
It well may be that we will never meet again
In this lifetime so let me say before we part
So much of me is made of what i learned from you
You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine by being my friend...

[Rachel]
Like a ship blown from its mooring by a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird in a distant wood
Who can say if i've been changed for the better?
But because i knew you
Because i knew you
I have been changed for good

[Rachel & Ally]
And because i knew you...
Because i knew you...
Because i knew you...
I have been changed for good...

After the show, I looked but I couldn't find Ally. She wasn't anywhere and Rachel didn't know where she was either, so I was starting to get worried, when Joe found me.

"Are you okay?" Joe asked me.

"I can't find Ally." I said. It's like she's disappeared.

"She left." Joe said. How could he have known that? Where could she have gone? And why? "And I know where she is."

Ally's POV

I hated that I to leave as soon as the play was over. I didn't even get to talk to Rory after because I had work a shift. Someone called in sick at the last minute and I had to fill tonight. I made it clear tonight I couldn't because I had my show, but you know. Life sucks and if I was going to have a baby, I needed money.

I went over to my next table and recognized a familiar face; well I didn't at first. "Ally." She said and after looking at the older woman for a second, I knew who it was; I smiled.

"Ms. Dickson." I said. My foster mother, who I hadn't seen since Kurt's family adopted me and we moved here to Ohio. "What brings you to Ohio?" I asked.

"My husband is on a business trip and we decided to make a trip out of it." She said. I guess she got married sometime after I left. "So how's your family?" She asked me. She could never forget them; it was impossible.

"Great, I love them." I said. She then looked down, I wondered if I was showing already.

"So, do you have a special man in your life?" She asked. I guess she could tell that I was pregnant. "How long are you?" She then asked.

"His name is Rory." I told her. "And I'm about 2 months."

"Ally!" I turned around to see Rory coming in. How did he find me? Of course it had to be Joe. I swear he is this close to telling Rory that he isn't the father.

"Rory, what are you doing here?" I asked him.

"You left and you didn't tell me where you went. I was getting worried and then Joe brought me here." He said.

"Sorry, I had to work tonight. It was late minute and I had to leave quickly so I wasn't late." I told him. "Sorry."

"So is this him?" Ms. Dickson asked and I nodded. I looked to Rory and he was confused on how I knew this woman.

"Rory, this is my former foster mother, Melanie Dickson." I said and she smiled at him and he did the same back.

"Nice to meet you." Rory said and turned back to me. "What are you doing working here?"

"If you haven't noticed I am going to have a baby and I need money." I told him, I thought he would understand. I hoped.

"Ally, I am here for you. If you need help, I would help you." Rory said. "You don't need to do this alone. This is my baby too and I want to help."

"But it's not your job." I said. It technically wasn't. He didn't need to do this since I am the one that made the mistake.

"Yes it is because I love you." He said and I didn't know what to say next. Luckily Ms. Dickson did the job for me.

"He's a keeper." She said and then a man sat in front of her, whom I assumed was her new husband. "Ally, Rory, I'd like you to meet my husband, Peter." She said.

"Former foster children of yours?" He asked.

"I am. Ally Hummel." I said.

"Right, Mel here never shuts up about you." He said. I was flattered that even though I was gone, I was remembered even if it was by my foster mother. "Anyway, they said they can't play music. Something is broken." We have been meaning to get that fixed, I think.

I looked away when my boss came over.

"Is there a problem, Ally?" He asked me and I shook my head.

"We'd like to have music while we eat our food." Peter said.

"Sorry, we are having technical difficulties with that." He said and I tried not to roll my eyes. He won't ever fix it because the only money he gets here is what he uses to pay us.

"You have a set of mics and such over there. Why not have someone sing?" Ms. Dickson suggested. Oh god, not again. Not here.

"Those are for karaoke night and doubt any of my employees would be up for it or have the talent to do it justice." He said. He can be brutally honest.

"I know for certain that Ally can sing. And I am sure that her friend here can too." She said. Here we go again. Just like the good old days.

"Ally." He said and I sighed. "Do this and I'll raise your salary." He was begging now. But I didn't really want to sing in front of all these people who I didn't know; I just spent the night singing and besides I was unprepared and I'd probably mess up again.

"She'll do it if I can be her duet partner." Rory said and I looked at him with wide eyes, angrily.

"Deal." He said and Rory pulled me off to the stage. I didn't know if I could say anything.

"Rory…I can't." I mumbled.

"Come on, you are amazing. You can do this." He said. I was going to argue, but everyone was watching once the music started and I was stuck.

[Rory]
See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I'll wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

[Ally & Rory]
With or without you
With or without you

[Ally]
Through the storm we reach the shore
You gave it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

I'll take your hand and you take mine.
And baby, all we have is time.
And I wait for you.

[Ally & Rory]
With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

Ooooooooo
Ooooooooo
Ooooooooo

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you

I smiled as the people in the diner started to clap and then I looked at Rory and I kissed him.

I got off work an hour later and I took Rory back to my place. I was so happy and he was too. We were ready. It was time; it was going to be the best night we've had in a long time.

So Ally and Rory officially had their first time together. They put on Wicked! Also Joe is still interested in Ally and the school isn't in favor of Ally at the moment. And there was an appearance of Melanie Dickson, who is portrayed by Meryl Streep.

Songs: Popular (Wicked), What Is This Feeling? (Wicked), For Good (Wicked), & With Or Without You (U2)

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