Hey everyone! I know that you'd all like to dive in and read, but I have a few announcements. PLEASE READ!
1) Last chapter we hit 50 Reviews! Which is a big deal for me, so thank you all for reviewing and I'm glad that you like the story:)
2) There seems to be a tiny bit of confusion regarding some of the characters sometimes, so if you ever have a question you want to ask me, just PM me or leave a question in your review!
3) I've decided that every 10 chapters, I'll be changing the cover photo for the story. If you'd like, you can send in your designs to me and I'll pick the best one when the time comes! Again, a big shout-out and thanks to Linneagb for creating the current cover photo!
4) Okay, this is very important. If you feel like in the next five or six chapters your character isn't getting much chapter time, don't worry! I haven't forgotten about them! I just have a lot of characters to work with and I can't involve every single character in every single chapter. For example, one character may have a huge storyline for the first seven or eight chapters, and another character may not even be mentioned at all. But then, after those seven or eight chapters are up, the character that had a huge storyline will move into the background for a while and the other characters will get a storyline. Do you all understand? If you don't get what I'm saying, just let me know and I'll try to make it clearer.
5) Aaron's ex-boyfriend from her introduction chapter is NOT Aaron Kim, just to clear that up.
Anyway, enjoy!
Monday 8th September:
Will Schuester's POV:
Will was ecstatic. The first meeting of the new Glee Club was just about to happen. Will bounced around excitedly in his chair as he waited with Santana and Blaine in the choir room for the newest members of the New Directions to show up.
"They should be here any minute now." Will announced excitedly.
Blaine smiled politely and Santana sighed. The bell rang and Will leaped out of his seat as two girls wearing Cheerios uniforms sauntered into the choir room casually.
"Hey girls!" Will greeted them.
"Hi!" The shorter one greeted him.
"Sorry, but could you just remind me of your names?" Will asked as politely as he could.
"Sure. I'm Avalon," The shorter girl replied, 'And this is-'
"Tayla Mallory." Santana said, standing up from her seat in the corner of the choir room.
Tayla turned around and put her hands on her hips.
"Santana." Will warned her.
Santana glanced at Will and sighed before sitting back down.
"Please girls, take a seat!" Will said.
Ten minutes later, all of the newest members of the Glee Club had arrived and were now sitting in front of Will. Will scanned through their faces briefly. He recognised most of them from the auditions.
"Okay," Will started, clapping his hands together, 'I'm sure most of you know eachother, but for me, it's my first time ever meeting any of you. So I'd like to do something really quick. I'd like to go around the room and have everyone say something to their fellow Glee Club members.'
The group groaned and Will grinned.
He pointed at Tayla Mallory, 'Tayla, why don't you start us off?'
"Will Boob Job and Hair Gel be here while we're doing this?" Tayla asked, motioning to Santana and Blaine.
Santana opened her mouth to say something but Will interrupted her, 'Yes. Now go ahead Tayla. Say something to your fellow Glee Club members. Anything.'
"Alright fine," Tayla sighed and stood up, 'I think it's clear that I'm the hottest/baddest bitch in this choir room. So just be warned that if you cross me, you'll regret the day that some dirty, homeless hobo went down on your Mom, God knows why, and created you. Because, lets be honest, apart from me and my girl Avalon here, this whole Glee Club is made up of ugly, fat, creepy weirdos who have nothing better to do than to sit in a stuffy old choir room and sing songs about how sad and depressing their lives are.'
The choir room went silent and everyone stared at Tayla. Tayla turned around and smiled at Will before sitting back down and crossing her legs.
"Okay... Thank you Tayla," Will looked around the choir room awkwardly, 'Maybe we should just leave that for the minute. How about we get to the singing?'
Everyone began whooping and cheering and Will blew a sigh of relief. He grabbed a marker and walked to the whiteboard. He thought for a moment before writing the word 'Duet' on the whiteboard.
"Okay," Will said, spinning around, 'It's very obvious that not all of you are close friends, or even friends, and one of the main elements a Glee Club needs is co-operation, so I'm going to pair you all up and each pair will perform a duet for us on Friday.'
"What exactly is the point in this?" Tayla asked.
"By working and singing together, you'll all get to know eachother better." Will replied.
"Is there gonna be a prize?" Avalon asked.
"How about a gift voucher to Breadstix?" Will asked.
Santana laughed and the Glee Club began to scream with delight. Will walked over to the piano and grabbed the clipboard with all of the members names on it.
"Okay, here are the pairs!" Will exclaimed.
A few of the Glee Clubbers began to stamp there feet on the ground in anticipation.
"Conor Fitzroy and Noel Daring. Joshua Shapiro and Austen Fischer. Aaron Kim and Avalon Brickstone. Tayla Mallory and Lyssa Carrington. Mira Magana and Eloise Summers. Sibyl Turner and Riley Slater. Charlotte Hudson and Ava Flores." Will announced.
An assortment of moans and cheers erupted from the Glee Club and a girl sitting at the back of the room raised her hand.
"Sorry, but you never called my name. My name's Valery Crane." The girl said.
Will read back over the sheet and raised his eyebrows, 'Oh, sorry. I must have skipped over your name by accident. Ehm, Santana!'
"Huh?" Santana jerked awake.
"Would you mind singing a duet with this girl?" Will asked, pointing at Valery.
"Yes, I would." Santana replied.
"Well too bad. Valery go over to Santana and brain-storm." Will said, much to Santana's dismay.
Zachary Peterson's POV:
Zachary waited outside the choir room for Austen to come out. He couldn't wait to tell him about his little 'sleepover' with Blake Phillips last night. The bell rung and Zachary jumped. The Glee Club began to file out of the choir room and Zachary spotted Austen chatting to a boy in a faux fur coat.
"Austen!" Zachary said, grabbing the boys arm.
Austen jumped and spun around, 'Oh, hey! You scared me!'
Zachary giggled, 'Sorry! Can I talk to you for a second?'
"Yeah sure," Austen said, pulling Zachary to the end of the empty hallway, 'What's up?'
"Okay, you know Blake Phillips?" Zachary began.
Austen's cheeks reddened and his breathing became quicker, 'Yes. Did he say something?'
"Ehm, kind of," Zachary replied, 'Okay, get ready! Brace yourself!'
Austen laughed and playfully punched Zachary's arm, 'Come on, Zack! I don't have all day you know.'
"Okay, okay," Zachary looked around him and leaned in closer to Austen, 'He came over last night.'
Austen's face flushed, 'What happened?'
"Well, he kind of barged into my house and then we started talking about my trophies and one thing lead to another and then we... you know..." Zachary finished, winking at Austen.
Austen pursed his lips and remained silent.
"I think he really likes me!" Zachary continued, failing to notice the sudden change in Austen's emotion, 'He was a really good-'
"How could you!" Austen screeched, tears in his eyes.
"What?" Zachary asked, confused.
"I told you I like him!" Austen continued.
"What? No you didn't!" Zachary defended himself.
"Well I was about to last night but then you fell asleep!" Austen countered.
"I told you, I dropped my phone!" Zachary replied.
"Ugh, you always get everything! Ever since we were young, you've always gotten everything!" Austen screamed.
"What? Where did this come from?" Zachary asked.
Austen ignored him, 'You get everything you want!'
"Ehm, excuse me? Like what?!" Zachary defended.
"Oh, I don't know! You're the captain of the Lacrosse team, you're the smartest guy in this school, you've won the Quiz Bowl two years in a row and you're in the running for being this year's Valedictorian!" Austen poured out, tears falling from his eyes.
"Oh, I see." Zachary finally managed to choke out, 'This isn't about Blake.'
"Oh, is it not? Please, enlighten me oh great one!" Austen screamed sarcastically.
"You're jealous of me! You always have been!" Zachary blurted out, 'Your jealous because I always get what you can't have! Well have you ever thought about this, Mr. I'm Always The Victim? Maybe I always get what I want because I actually work for it instead of going around all mopey and sad and blaming others for my faults!'
Austen's mouth dropped open. Zachary put a hand to his mouth.
"Austen, Im so-"
"Don't bother." Austen said through gritted teeth.
Austen turned on his heels and hurried down the hall. Zachary stood silent for a minute, taking in what had just happened. Zachary took out his phone and dialed Blake's number.
(Blake talking, Zachary talking, Unknown talking)
Hello?
Blake?
Who is this?
Zachary.
Zachary...?
Peterson? Last night, remember?
Oh yeah, why are you calling?
You said to call you if I ever needed someone...
Did I? Oops...
Listen, Blake. I really need you. Austen-
Blake! Come back to bed!
Be there in a second!
Who's that?!
That's not important. Look, you're a smart guy Jeremy-
It's Zachary.
Right, Zachary, you're a smart guy. I'm sure you'll figure out whatever's going on.
Blake! Come on!
Okay, I've got to go now! Bye.
Blake, wait!
*End of call*
Zachary leaned back against the lockers and wiped his tears away with his sleeve.
Avalon Brickstone's POV:
Avalon pulled up outside Tayla's house and smiled at her friend.
"You sure you don't wanna stay?" Tayla asked for the hundredth time.
"I'd love to, but Aaron's coming over in half an hour to practice our duet." Avalon repeated.
"Alright, have fun." Tayla gave up, climbing out of the car.
Avalon waved goodbye to her friend and drove away. She arrived at her house about five minutes before Aaron was supposed to be there. She climbed out of her car and hurried up the long, hedge-surrounded driveway. Avalon pushed open the door and frowned when she noticed her step-brother-to-be, Roman, sitting on the stairs. He noticed her and smirked.
"What are you smirking at?" Avalon asked, hands on her hips.
"Nothing." He replied, scooting over so Avalon could climb the stairs.
Avalon brushed past him and scurried up the stairs. She pushed open the bedroom door and cringed at the mess that was her room. Avalon gathered all of her clothes into a huge pile on her bed and she carefully, as neatly as she could, shoved them all into her closet. She slammed the closet door shut and made her bed. Avalon shoved a pile of her bras under her blanket and looked around, content.
The doorbell rang and Avalon jogged down the stairs to find Roman chatting to Aaron. Avalon cleared her throat.
"Oh, you're boyfriend's here." Roman informed her.
Avalon blushed, 'He's not my boyfriend.'
"Whatever." Roman grinned.
Avalon grabbed Aaron's hand and pulled him upstairs and into her room.
"Sorry, he just pisses me off so much." Avalon explained to a confused-looking Aaron.
"It's okay. I know how you feel." Aaron replied, removing his hoodie.
Aaron was wearing a tight, white t-shirt and Avalon nearly fainted at the outline his abs made.
"So do you want to get started?" Aaron asked, pulling Avalon from her drooling session.
"What? Oh, yeah sure," Avalon said, 'So have you thought of any songs?'
"Not really, have you?" Aaron replied.
"How about Everything Has Changed? By Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran?" Avalon suggested.
"Isn't that a love song?" Aaron asked, sitting on Avalon's bed.
"Well, yeah. But I've heard that Blaine and Mr. Schuester are suckers for love songs, so that could get us an easy win." Avalon said.
"I like the way you think," Aaron grinned, 'Sure, let's do that song.'
"Okay, I'll print off the sheet music now." Avalon said, sitting down at her computer.
"You know, the whole point of this assignment is to get to know eachother better. So why don't we just talk for a minute?" Aaron suggested.
Avalon shrugged, 'Yeah, okay.'
Avalon got up from her computer and sat opposite Aaron, cross-legged. They talked for about an hour about random stuff, like their families and childhoods.
"Wait, wait! Let me get this straight!" Avalon said between laughs, 'You were bullied by some group in Korea as a kid. So you got buff and stuff and then thought them a lesson, by turning them against eachother?'
Aaron nodded, unable to talk because of his laughter. Avalon's sides hurt from laughing and she wiped a tear from her eye.
"It sounds like something from a really bad movie." Avalon admitted.
"I- I know." Is all Aaron managed to say.
"We should probably get to practicing our duet." Avalon said, standing up.
Aaron nodded in agreement as Avalon printed off the sheet music.
"Ehm, Avalon?" Aaron said.
Avalon turned around in her chair and her jaw dropped. Aaron had pulled back her blanket, revealing the pile of her bras underneath!
"Oh my god..." Avalon turned a dangerous shade of red.
Aaron looked straight at her, a deadly serious look on his face, 'They're just my size.'
Avalon cracked up and fell off of her chair laughing. Aaron sat down next to her, his eyes watery from the laughter.
"Wait, didn't you mention that you're ticklish?" Aaron asked.
Avalon stopped laughing and looked up at him, 'Don't. You. Dare.'
Aaron attacked Avalon and began tickling her.
"Stop! Stop! OW! I'm serious!" Avalon laughed.
Avalon reached up and pushed Aaron to the ground. Avalon jumped on top of him and began tickling him.
"Ah! So you are ticklish!" Avalon screeched, 'I knew it!'
"No! Stop it!" Aaron screamed.
Aaron pushed Avalon off of him. He climbed on top of her and pinned her shoulders to the floor. Avalon and Aaron stopped laughing. Their breathing became heavy. Their noses were barely touching. Their eyes met and-
"Avalon, do you know- What the hell?!" Roman screamed, entering the room.
Aaron rolled off Avalon and she stood up.
"What do you want?" She asked.
Roman smirked, 'I knew it.'
Avalon shoved Roman out of her room and slammed the door shut. She turned around as Aaron got to his feet.
"It's actually getting pretty late, I should probably go." Aaron said, pulling his hoodie on.
"Uhm, okay," Avalon replied awkwardly, 'Wait, take your sheet music so you can practice.'
Aaron nodded and took the sheet music from Avalon.
"See ya around." Aaron smiled at her as he left the room.
Avalon smiled back. When Aaron left, she crawled onto her bed and lay down, exhausted.
Tuesday 9th September:
Tayla Mallory's POV:
Avalon slammed her locker door shut and turned to Tayla, a dreamy expression on her face.
"So how did yesterday go?" Tayla asked her.
Avalon didn't reply.
"Av? Avalon!" Tayla said, snapping her fingers in front of the girl's face.
"Huh? Oh, sorry. What were you saying?" Avalon asked, snapped from her thoughts.
"How did yesterday go?" Tayla asked, 'With Aaron.'
Avalon blushed and Tayla raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, ehm, fine. We just practiced." Avalon stammered.
Tayla narrowed her eyes suspiciously at the brunette, 'What song are you singing?'
"None of your business." Avalon replied, winking.
Tayla stuck out her tongue at her and the two girls began walking down the halls.
"Being single sucks." Avalon said aloud.
Tayla glanced at her confusedly and agreed, 'Yeah, I guess.'
"Aw no..." Avalon trailed off.
"What?" Tayla asked.
"I left my phone in my car. I'm gonna run out and get it, I'll see you later." Avalon explained hurriedly.
"Okay? Bye?" Tayla called to her friend as she sped down the halls.
"Uhm, Tayla?"
Tayla spun around to see Lyssa Carrington standing in front of her.
"What?" Tayla spat.
Lyssa frowned, 'Are you okay?'
"I'm just peachy," Tayla replied sarcastically, 'Now what do you want?'
"I was thinking that maybe we could practice our duet sometime today?" Lyssa asked.
"Yeah fine. When?" Tayla replied.
"I have a free period now?" Lyssa suggested.
"And I have Math, so how about now?" Tayla said.
"Oh, okay. I'll meet you in the choir room in five minutes." Lyssa said.
Tayla nodded and shoved past the girl. Tayla arrived at her locker and removed the necessary books. She closed her locker and spun around, coming face-to-face with Roman Tate, Avalon's step-brother-to-be.
"Can I help you?" Tayla asked, narrowing her eyes.
Roman smirked, 'Yes, you can.'
Tayla motioned for him to continue.
"Has Avalon ever mentioned me?" Roman asked sheepishly.
"Not really, why?" Tayla replied, confused.
Roman's face fell, 'Oh, no reason.'
Tayla's eyes grew wide, 'Oh my god! You have a thing for Avalon!'
Roman's cheeks reddened, 'What? No I don't?'
"Ew, dude, that's sick. She's your step-sister!" Tayla screeched.
"Shut up!" Roman warned.
"Okay, listen up and listen good Incest-atron 2000, Avalon hates you. She has since you and your whore-mother moved here. So, apart from the fact that she's your step-sister, you have no chance with her because she's not into douchy, self-centered, cocky boys like you." Tayla announced.
Roman's eyes watered and he fled down the halls with his tail between his legs. Tayla smirked and made her way to the choir room. Upon arriving, she noticed Lyssa talking to some guy that Tayla didn't recognise.
"Jonas, just hear me out!" Lyssa cried.
"Stay away from me! You're poison." The boy spat venomously at her.
"Please." Lyssa whimpered, grabbing his arm.
The boy spun around and shoved Lyssa to the floor. Tayla cleared her throat and walked closer to the boy.
"Listen Scar-Face, I'm gonna give you ten seconds to get your clawed-up ass out of here before I punch you into next week." Tayla said, narrowing her eyes and clenching her fists.
The boy narrowed his eyes at Tayla and pushed past her. Tayla knelt down next to Lyssa and helped her up.
"Are you okay?" Tayla asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Lyssa sobbed, 'You didn't have to do that, you know.'
Tayla shrugged, 'Mind telling me what that was all about?'
Lyssa sighed, motioning for Tayla to sit with her.
"Well, that's Jonas O'Grady. We met at a graduation party last year and we started talking. One thing lead to another, we both got drunk and then we... well you know." Lyssa explained.
Tayla nodded, taking in each and every detail.
Lyssa continued, 'When I woke up the next morning, he was gone. He didn't say goodbye or that he was sorry or anything. I didn't know he had a girlfriend!'
"So, you actually like him then?" Tayla asked.
"He was so nice to me," Lyssa said, tears falling from her eyes, 'I get so caught up in match-making and getting other people together that sometimes I forget how lonely I am.'
Tayla pulled Lyssa in for a hug, 'Why don't we take today off? We can practice tomorrow.'
Lyssa nodded and stood up. She picked up her bag and walked towards the exit.
"Tayla?" Lyssa asked, turning around.
Tayla looked up at her, 'Yeah?'
"Can we keep this between us?" Lyssa asked.
Tayla smiled and crossed her fingers behind her back, 'Of course.'
Lyssa smiled and left the room, leaving the grinning Tayla alone.
Ah this was actually so much fun to write! I hope you all enjoyed! Review if you have the time:) See you all next week!