We were in the Glee Club rehearsal. We were preparing for some kind of showcase. We didn't have enough members to compete yet and another thing that I noticed was that we really didn't have that many male voices, especially since Kurt was now Katie. It would take me some time to get used to calling her that. I also couldn't help but wonder if she was still going to become my stepsister. Kurt had gotten my mom with his dad because he had a crush on me, but I didn't know if Katie have any desire to her dad be happy. It was possible that she could genuinely want her dad to meet someone.
We were singing "Livin on a Prayer" again. However, since Rachel had left, Quinn was singing with me.
Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck
It's tough, so tough
"Gina works theā¦" Quinn started before she ran off because she had to vomit. That put an abrupt end to the song. Everyone except Sam, Chrissy and I looked rather confused.
"She probably just a bad breakfast or something." I stated. I couldn't help but wonder if we could hide her pregnancy for a little while longer. I wanted to do whatever I could to help her. I wasn't sure how I was going to help her, but I would do whatever I could to do so.
"Can we talk about the giant elephant in the room?" Katie asked. I was pretty sure that the fact that we only had nine members was more important than the fact that Rachel wasn't there.
"You mean the fact that you're dressed like a girl even though you aren't one?" Someone interrupted from the doorway. I saw a Hispanic girl in a cheerleading outfit. For once, I actually knew who someone was even though they looked different.
"Santana, what are you doing here?" I asked her. At least I hoped I was right because I didn't want to look like an idiot.
"Brittany invited me and I thought I would check out what you losers were doing." Santana replied. Well looking different didn't mean that Santana was any nicer than I was used to. "So are you going to let me sing or what?"
"Well, we were rehearsing something, but I suppose that's over." Mr. Schue declared. "Take it away."
Santana started to sing and I couldn't help but wonder if she was singing the song to Brittany.
How you choose to express yourself
It's all your own and I can tell it comes naturally
It comes naturally
You follow what you feel inside
It's intuitive you don't have to try, it comes naturally
It comes naturally
And it takes my breath away
What you do so naturally
You are the thunder and I am the lightning
And I love the way you know who are and me it's exciting
When you know it's meant to be
Everything comes naturally, it comes naturally
When you're with me baby
Everything comes naturally, it comes naturally
Bay-Bay-Baby
"What I was going to say was even with Santana, we still don't have enough people to compete in the upcoming competition." Katie remarked as she glared at the Latina. She had to know that people weren't going to be accepting of her decision to transition. I didn't think that people would be as bad as they were with Unique since she was white, but it probably still wouldn't be the best.
"We need to get Rachel to come back." Ben remarked. That would still leave us short. "She may be incredibly annoying, but she's a good singer and she knows what she's doing."
"Guys, Rachel isn't coming back. We just need to find more people and move forward." Mr. Schue remarked. I was pretty sure that she would come back. She just needed the right motivation. "Anyway, take five."
At that point, Sam came up to me.
"So I do like to hear Quinn sing but are you sure that all of this dancing is good for the baby?" He asked me.
"At this stage of pregnancy, it's fine as long as everything goes smoothly." I declared. Since there was a possibility she could keep this baby and I was have to help raise it, I had done some research on pregnancy. It did make me feel better that I was going to be more informed. I didn't think that I had approached things the best when I thought I was going to be a father.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Yes." I replied. I mean there was probably some risk, but I was pretty sure that it was minimal as long as she didn't fall on her stomach. "So what are you two going to do?"
During lunch, I was in Coach Tweedy's office. I wasn't entirely sure why I was there.
"So am I in trouble?" I asked her.
"No, I just need someone to vent to." She told me.
"Isn't that something that you should be talking to the other teachers about?" I questioned. I didn't know how I felt about being her therapist.
"Not when my issue is with another teacher." She explained. "Also, don't worry about missing lunch. I got you something."
She then put some ribs from Chili's in front of me. Okay, I was not expecting a lunch like that.
"So know it is that you need to vent about?" I asked.
"Coach Kiernan." She explained. "She gets me so boggled."
"Coach, I know your slang isn't start to rub on me, but I don't understand what you mean." I told her.
"Sorry. I think the term Americans use is under my skin." She stated with a blush. "She annoys me so much and she always looks so perfect."
I decided to say something. It was the only commentary that I could think of.
"Do you think that maybe you have a crush on her?" I suggested. It was the only explanation I could think of.
"What? That's ridiculous." She replied with a blush yet again. "Why would you think that?"
"Well I'm not really qualified to be a therapist." I pointed out. "I'm gonna go now."
I started to leave before I went back into the room.
"Can I still have these?" I asked, referring to the ribs.
"Yes, of course." She told me before I walked out again.
I took the ribs to the lunchroom and took a seat next to Chrissy before I started to eat them.
"Where did you get ribs from?" She asked me.
"Coach Tweedy gave them to me." I declared with some still in my mouth. I probably needed to not talk with my mouth full. I then swallowed. "I think she might have a crush on Coach Kiernan."
"What makes you think that?" My sister asked. I was beginning to think of her as more of my sister than my father because that was what she was.
"Well she was venting to me about her. That was why she gave me the ribs." I explained. "You know I have an idea. Maybe we should try to set them up."
"I think you should be more concerned about trying to get Rachel to come back to Glee club." She proposed.
"Does it really have to be me?" I asked.
"Yes, you're the only one of us that Rachel likes." She pointed out. "What's the big deal? I thought you liked her too."
"She kind of scares me." I admitted. I wasn't used to her being so assertive.
"You can do this. Just go talk to her. She'll listen to you." Chrissy replied.
"I wanna finish my lunch first." I stated. They were really good ribs. If Coach Tweedy was trying to bribe me, that was a good way to start.
I headed to the theater because I knew it would be a good place to find Rachel. I found her with a guy, who I was pretty sure was the male lead of the musical.
"Am I interrupting something?" I asked. Rachel perked up when she saw me.
"No Adonis and I were just talking." Rachel answered. What kind of name was Adonis?
"Adonis?" I repeated.
"Adonis Dewan. I'm head of the Drama club and I'm named after the Greek God of beauty. I must say that you're pretty beautiful as well." He declared. I blushed. I did feel a little hot as well.
"I'm here to talk to Rachel, so can I do that?" I requested.
"Yes." Rachel replied as she grabbed me and took me behind the stage. "Sorry about him. He's harmless. So what did you want to talk to me about?"
"I think you should come back to Glee club." I told her.
"No one appreciates my talent there." She argued.
"People appreciate your talent. It's more your attitude that they don't like." I replied. "I think you can do more in Glee club than you would do here."
"I'll tell you what. I'll come back to Glee club on one condition. You need to go on a date with me." She suggested before she grabbed my phone. "Here's my number. Text me if you want to do it."
I had to admit that I didn't think Rachel would be the one to ask me on a date, but I didn't think I would be a girl either. I knew that I would have to go out with her to get her to come back. I also didn't know why I was so nervous about it. I was pretty sure that I liked Rachel.
The next day, I walked into Glee rehearsal and I found that Mr. Schue had brought April back. Damn. I was hoping that he had a better sense of judgment in this universe.
"Everyone, I would like to introduce you to April Rhodes." He declared. "She's our newest member."
"Mr. Schue, don't take this the wrong way, but this sounds like a terrible idea." Mike announced.
"April is a great singer and she never graduated." Mr. Schue replied. You know if he had to try this hard to convince us, maybe it wasn't worth it.
"I don't think that matters." I commented. "Even if it's not technically against the rules, we still shouldn't do it."
April then began to sing. I wasn't going to deny that she was a good singer but that didn't mean that she be in the Glee club. I knew from experience that it was a bad idea. Though, I was pretty sure that no one was going to believe me.
Later I was walking to soccer practice when Ben came up to me. I hoped that he wasn't going to hit on me too. I didn't know if I could take any more of it.
"Hey, Faith, what's up?" He asked.
"Not much." I answered. "Did you want to talk about something?"
"Yeah, I just think it's crazy that Mr. Schue wants to bring in someone that's older than he is and thinks that no one will notice." He replied.
"Yeah, he has some crazy ideas sometimes." I remarked.
"For what it's worth, I think you're a better singer than her anyway." He commented. I frowned "Did I say something wrong?"
"I just don't like everyone treating me like I'm the second coming of Mariah Carey." I remarked. I knew that Chrissy was trying to help, but I felt like I didn't deserve to be this amazing singer or be a star soccer player.
"I didn't say that you were, but I do think that you're the best singer at this school." He told me. "But if you want, I can cool it on the praise a little. There's something else I want to ask you."
"I'm not really interested in a date." I cut him off.
"I wasn't going to ask you on a date, but you are friends with the girl that I want to ask." He explained. Was he talking about Quinn? He knew she was with Sam, didn't he? "Jasmine."
"Oh." I replied. I wasn't sure why he thought I would be a good help with that. "Sorry. I don't know her that well, but I don't think she really cares about doing anything fancy. Maybe you should just take her to dinner and a movie and see where it goes from there. Now can I ask your advice on something?"
"What is it?" He replied.
"I talked to Rachel and she said that she would consider coming back to Glee club if I went out on a date with her." I declared.
"Do you like her like that?" He inquired.
"I don't really know." I admitted. "I don't know if I should do it."
"Well we need to get rid of April." He noted. We did need to rid of her. "Maybe you should just take one for the team and go out with her."
He may it sound like I was getting a shot that I didn't want to get. I wondered if I needed to get more shots. I hated them, but I figured that I should probably do whatever was necessary in order to stay alive.
I decided to start to type a text to figure out how I was going to talk to Rachel. This Rachel seemed like she was sexually experienced. She seemed that way, even though I couldn't be sure. I couldn't even talk to Quinn about it because she was out of school with morning sickness symptoms. I couldn't help but wonder what her parents thought, but it seemed like she was pretty good at fooling them. I mean they really weren't that smart because they watched Fox News. I couldn't wait until she realized that she didn't need to live up to their standards anymore.
Back to Rachel, I started to type out a few different texts. I wanted to make it sound like I wanted to go out with her, but not like I wanted to have sex with her. Okay there was a part of me that did want to have sex with her, but I didn't think that would be a good idea.
"Do you want to go out tonight?" I texted her.
"Yeah, just give me your address and I'll pick you up." She replied. "And wear something pretty too."
After practice, I headed home with Chrissy. I would need help because while I had been on dates before, I was always a guy. They didn't require a ton of effort. I could usually just put on a nice shirt and that would be enough.
"So can you help me?" I questioned her.
"Yeah, I can." She agreed. "I think you should try to look at this with an open mind."
She went into my closet and gave me a blue blouse and a black skirt. I blushed as I started to undress.
"Do I really have to wear a skirt?" I asked her.
"Well it's good to make a nice first impression and she did tell you to wear something pretty." She explained. "Where are you going anyway?"
"Well, it's anything like how it was like how my first date with Rachel was, we're probably going to the bowling alley." I replied. At that moment, I heard the doorbell ring. "That's probably her."
"You're going to have a great time." Chrissy told me. I blushed and went to the door. I opened it and there she was.
"Hi." She greeted me. She was wearing a tight navy sweater with no bra underneath and a blue skirt. I blushed a little. "Well you look sexy tonight."
"Can we just go?" I requested.
We headed to the bowling alley just as I expected. I would have thought she would want to take me somewhere else, but maybe she thought I would want to go somewhere more neutral. Not to mention, it was a little too late to eat. I did find it weird that she had chosen the same place that I had.
"So, have you ever bowled before?" She asked. I wished that I could answer that from Faith's perspective.
"Yeah." I answered. I did know how to bowl, but I would probably have to adjust my angle since I was a foot shorter than the last time I had done it. "It's been a while though."
"Well let me help you," She told me. Was this date going to be a reverse of what happened last time? She helped me walk up there and I threw the ball and rolled a strike. "Wow you're really good."
"Can you please not touch me there?" I asked. Her hand was on my lower back and it looked like she wanted to go lower. She begrudgingly removed her hand from me.
"Hey they have karaoke here. Do you want to sing something with me?" She asked. I did want to sing with her. That was always when I was most attracted to her. While her voice was different, it still sounded really nice.
We went to the karaoke room and I started to look for anything that I liked. I hadn't done it so long. It was also Disney karaoke night, so there was a bit of a limited selection. I knew that I didn't want to sing any of the princess songs because I would feel weird doing it. I eventually found one from A Goofy Movie.
Open up your eyes take a look at me
Get the picture fixed in your memory
I've been dreaming about the rhythm like the beat of a heart
And I stop until I start to stand out, to stand out
Some people settle for the typical thing
Living all their lives waiting in the wings
It aint a question of it just a matter of time
Before I move to the front of the line
And once you're watching every move that I make
You gotta believe that I got what it takes
To stand out above the crowd
Even if I gotta shout out loud
Til mine is the only face that you see
Gonna stand out til you notice me
All I need is a half a chance, a second glance
To prove I got what takes It's a piece of cake
To stand out above the crowd
Even if I gotta shout out loud
Til mine is the only face that you see
Gonna stand out stand out
Til mine is the only face that you see
Gonna stand out til you notice me
We then got a table and got some pretzels since I wasn't looking to eat too much and I didn't want to waste any food.
"So how's Glee?" She asked me. I was pretty sure that she wanted to get me out of my skirt, but she seemed more like she wanted to seduce me.
"Everybody misses you." I lied. I was pretty sure that mainly wanted to get rid of April, but I could lie to her.
"They just miss my talent." She argued. Honestly, I was pretty sure that they would rather have her than April regardless of what she sounded like.
"No, we're your friends. We just miss having you around." I declared.
"I love Glee but I don't see the point in wasting my energy in some place that I'm not appreciated." She remarked.
"Rachel, you know if we do well in Glee, we can go to Regionals and even Nationals where people from all over the country will see you. If you really want to stand out above the crowd, that's how you do it."
"You know that character was based on Michael Jackson and Prince." She told me. That didn't surprise me. I was pretty sure that he was also the only explicitly black character in the Mickey Universe, at least the most important. "Tevin Campbell wasn't even credited for the role. So you have one more frame."
I took the ball and rolled it. I was nowhere close to a perfect game, but I managed to get a strike anyway. She hugged me before she kissed me. I kissed her back before I pulled away. For the first time since I came here, I actually felt comfortable with her.
"Please come back." I requested. "I want to spend more time with you."
The following day, Quinn was back in school. She went to the bathroom to throw up again and she couldn't make it to the toilet, so I held her hair.
"Thanks for doing this for me." She told me.
"It's nothing." I replied as I ran the water to clean out the sink. I didn't like looking at it, but we had to clean it up. I wasn't sure why I felt so nervous about what I was about to say to her. "So I have something that I need to tell you. I went out with Rachel last night. I did it mostly to convince her to come back to Glee club because we need to get rid of April."
"Did you enjoy it?" She asked.
"I enjoyed it a little." I admitted. "I'm pretty sure that she wants to sleep with me though."
"That doesn't surprise me at all." She replied. "I just want you to be careful around her."
"Why do you hate Rachel so much?" I questioned.
"I don't hate her, but I definitely do not trust her and I don't think you should either." She stated. "She seems like she's the type of person that will break your heart and won't care as long as she gets what she wants."
You know part of that did sound true to me. Rachel had on more than occasion disregarded my feelings for her own gain.
"I think it worked. I think she's going to come back." I stated.
At that point, the two of us left the bathroom and started to walk to the choir room. However, before we could make it there, she came up to us.
"You little skank." She told me. What had happened to get her to change her mind so quickly?
"Don't talk to her like that." Quinn ordered as she pulled Rachel into an empty classroom and I followed.
"I should have known that you were only using me because you like her." Rachel declared. What? "You want me to be here so your girlfriend can have success with her baby."
That didn't even make sense. Also, how did she find out that Quinn was pregnant?
"Quinn's not my girlfriend. She has a boyfriend." I countered.
"Well if you think that I'm coming back to Glee club now, you are out of your fucking mind." She retorted before she stormed off. Okay, Rachel really was different because I had never heard a cuss word come out of her mouth before.
That night, we were having our showcase. It was also my first time wearing a dress. All of the girls were wearing a dresses with black and blue bodices (which I learned is what you call the top of the dress) with black belts and white skirts. April was running late. The guys were blue shirts with black pants and white ties.
"Where is she?" Jasmine asked.
"I don't know." I answered. I wasn't surprised by the fact that she was late though. She finally showed up and she was obviously drunk. "Okay, I have stood by and watched this long enough. Either she goes or I go. I'm not going to entertain this idea anymore. I don't care if Rachel isn't here. I'm not going to stand by with this alcoholic has-been any longer. I can sing the song and I won't fall over trying to do the choreography."
The rest of the club seemed to agree with me. We had unanimously voted her out.
We then went out onto the stage. There may have only been ten of us, but I was confident that we would be able to get a few more people to join before Sectionals.
Forgive, sounds good
Forget I'm not sure I could
They say times heals everything
But I'm still waiting
I'm through with doubt
There's nothing left for me to figure
I paid a price
And I'll keeping paying
I'm not ready to make nice, I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time to go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right, probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should
Made my bed and sleep like a baby
With no regret and I don't mind saying
It's a sad, sad story that a mother will teach her
Daughter that she oughta hate a perfect stranger
And how in the world can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge that they'd write me a letter
Saying that I better
Shut up and sing or my life will be over
I'm not ready to make nice, I'm not ready to back down
I'm still mad as hell and I don't have time to go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right, probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell can't bring myself to do what it is you think I should
What it is you think I should
Forgive sounds good
Forget I'm not sure I could
They say time heals everything
But I'm still waiting
As we were preparing for the second song, someone came into the choir room.
"Is there any chance that I can join you for the final performance?" Rachel asked.
"I thought you wanted nothing to do with us." Quinn remarked.
"I thought that I needed to be in the play to be a star, but that's not as important to me as being your friend." She stated. "If you'll let me back, I'd love to come back."
"You don't know the choreography." Santana stated.
"Then we'll have to help her." I announced.
"Okay, go get changed." Mr. Schue told her.
We once again performed "Somebody to Love" and I really loved that song. I didn't know if anyone hated Queen, but if there was anybody, I hadn't met them.
"Well that was impressive." Adonis greeted us after we were back in the choir room.
"Who are you?" Mr. Schue asked.
"Adonis Dewan, head of the drama club. I was supposed to be lead in the musical, but it looks like it's not happening anymore, so I need to take my talents elsewhere." He declared.
Well now it looked like we had our 12 members. It didn't look anything like I was used to, but we had a glee club.
So finally have all twelve members of the Glee club, but they may be more coming later as well. Also Coach Tweedy has a crush on the new Cheerios coach. Santana is played by Christian Serratos and Adonis is played by Joe Jonas. The songs are "Naturally" by Selena Gomez, "Stand Out" by Tevin Campbell and "Not Ready to Make Nice" by the Chicks. Please don't forget to review.
