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The short hand of the clock pointed to three. Every glee member was inside the choir room packing everything they needed. Jess looked at the clock impatiently and tapped her foot nervously. Marissa and Samuel had already arrived and Alex was showing the steps and the choreography to them. Damian had not showed up and it was already three o’clock. The bus was already waiting outside and Jess hadn’t even told her friends who the last member was. Jess got out of the choir room and waited in the hallway. The main door opened and Damian walked in. Jess looked at him with a wide smile and bright eyes.

“You came.” Jess said still in disbelieving.

“Yeah, whatever.” He mumbled looking away. “What do I have to do?” He asked.

“Right. We are doing two numbers. You’ll be standing in the back row between me and Marissa. You can look at me if you don’t know the steps. You also can sing if you want to but‑‑”

“Wait, wait. Marissa is in the glee club?” Damian asked with his eyes very open.

“Yes, she joined beca—”

“Did you tell her I’d come?” he asked raising his voice.

“Well, not yet…” Jess said confused. Damian was getting very nervous.

“I can’t believe it! You told me it would be a secret!” he said angrily waving his arms.

“Well, not for those in glee, obviously…” Jess explained.

“This is bullshit! It was supposed to be a secret! Marissa…” he complained walking from one side of the hallway to another with his hands resting on his head. Jess was worried. Damian finally stopped walking and put down his arms. “I can’t do this.” he said.

“But…”

“I can’t do it.” he repeated and then ran away.

Damian left Jess standing alone in the hallway with the panic and concern beginning to invade all her body. Jess walked slowly through the empty hallway and walked into the choir room.

“Is the last member finally here?” Schuester asked to her while putting some CDs in his bag.

Everyone looked at her. She knew her face was turning pale before speaking.

“He’s not coming.” she whispered looking at any place in particular.

Nobody said anything. Everyone looked at her with worried expressions.

“What?” Hannah said finally.

“What are we going to do?” Lindsay asked.

“Well, let’s get on the bus, guys. We have to show up at Sectionals even if we cannot perform. I’ll tell the judges.” Mr. Schue said. “It’s okay, Jess. You did all you could.” he said rubbing the girl’s shoulder.

Jess was still standing there, incapable of saying or doing anything.

“Oh, no, we have to perform. We are not giving up.” McKynleigh said grabbing her phone without giving more explanations.

Her friends looked at her surprised. McKynleigh used to be the shy girl so it was a little bit shocking to see her so decided and angry. All glee members walked to the bus.

“… no, I don’t care… Yes, but… Bryce, I’m telling you, if you don’t come… Just take your car and come quickly…” they could hear her telling to the phone.

They got on the bus and Samuel seated next to Jess.

“Okay. I’ve talked with my boyfriend and I’ve convinced him to come.” McKynleigh explained to all of them ten minutes after the bus driver had started driving them to Sectionals. “The problem is that I don’t know if he is going to arrive on time…” she added worriedly.

“That’s fantastic McKynleigh, thank you so much.” Mr. Schue said.

“And how did you convince him?” Hannah asked her. “Wasn’t he too concerned about his reputation?”

“Well, I explained him our situation… and basically told him I would break up with him if he didn’t come…” the girl explained.

Everyone laughed. McKynleigh was always shy but they were glad she was tough when they needed it.

“Well, if we don’t perform. I guess you have made the best deal ever.” Jess told Samuel.

He smirked looking at the dreadlocks he held in his hand.

“What are you thinking about?” Jess asked him.

“Well, I didn’t know you guys were going to sing songs like those… They are actually cool…” he confessed.

“Why? Did you believe that glee kids only sang songs that were lame or something like that?” Jess asked to him smiling.

They rehearsed the songs a couple times more on the bus. When they arrived to Sectionals they found out they were the second ones to perform. They got dressed and waited nervously in the waiting room.

“Sorry I’m late.” said a very tall boy with dark brown hair after entering the room.

McKynleigh ran to hug him and she told him to get dressed. After he finished, McKynleigh and Matheus showed to him the steps of the choreography. However, Mr. Schue came to the room soon and told them they had to go to the stage.

“I’m Bryce, by the way.” the boy said realizing he had not even introduced himself.

The rest of the group laughed and it turned out to be useful in order to get their nerves away before the performance. They walked to the stage. Everyone wished luck to the rest and they got in their positions. In the front row were Hannah and Cameron. Behind them were Lindsay, Alex, Matheus and McKynleigh and in the last row, from left to right, were Samuel, Marissa, Bryce and Jess. The curtains went up and the number began.

Matheus: “Can…”

New Directions: “…anybody find me somebody to love?”

The lights turned brighter and Hannah and Cameron walked forward moving away from the group. The rest of the glee kids did the first steps of the choreography while they were singing the song.

Hannah: “Oooh each morning I get up I die a little” “Can barely stand on my feet”

Cameron: “Take a look in the mirror and cry” “Lord what you’re doing to me”

Hannah: “I have spent all my years in believing you” “But I just can’t get no relief, Lord!”

Cameron: “Somebody, oh somebody”

Hannah and Cameron: “Can anybody find me somebody to love?”

Hannah and Cameron were doing great, so much better than in the school assembly. They both were confident and they were having a good time. Marissa and Bryce kept on looking at Jess and McKynleigh to remember the steps. Jess thought they were doing great too, having in mind they had rehearsed so little. Jess saw that Samuel was even singing along.

Cameron: “I work hard…”

New Directions: “He works hard”

Cameron: “…every day of my life” “I work till I ache my bones” “At the end…”

New Directions: “At the end of the day”

Cameron: “…I take home my hard earned pay all on my own!” 

Hannah: “I get down on my knees and I start to pray” “Till the tears run down from my eyes” “Oh, somebody”

Hannah and Cameron: “Uuuh somebody!” “Can anybody find me somebody to love?”

Cameron: “Oh every day, I try and I try and I try” “But everybody wants to put me down” “They say I’m going crazy”

Hannah: “They say I got a lot of water in my brain” “Got no common sense I got nobody left to believe. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh”

New Directions: “Uh, uh, uh…” 

Hannah and Cameron: “Oh somebody, oh somebody” “Can anybody find me somebody to love?”

New Directions: “Anybody find me somebody to love”

Cameron: “Got no feel, I got no rhythm”

Hannah: “I just keep losing my beat”

New Directions: “She just keeps loosing…”

Hannah: “I’m ok, I’m alright”

New Directions: “She’s alright, she’s alright”

Cameron: “Ain’t gonna face no defeat”

Hannah and Cameron: “I just gotta get out of this prison cell” “Someday I’m gonna be free, Lord!”

Hannah and Cameron sang while smiling to each other. They were enjoying it. They all were. Jess looked at the crowd and saw everyone in the audience smiling. The glee kids began to walk through the stage. Jess guided the new members to their positions.

New Directions: “Find me somebody to love” “Find me somebody to love” “Find me somebody to love” “Find me somebody to love” “Find me somebody to love” “Find me somebody to love” “Find me somebody to love” “Find me somebody to love” “Love, love” “Find me somebody to love”

Jess: “Oooh”

New Directions: “Find me somebody to love”

New Directions: “Somebody” “Somebody” “Somebody” “Somebody” “Somebody” “Somebody”

Matheus: “Find me, find me somebody to love”

New Directions: “Can anybody find me…”

Alex took a step forward and sang his heart out.

Alex: “…somebody to looooooooooooooove?”

New Directions: “Find me… somebody toooo…”

Hannah: “Somebody find me”

Cameron: “Find me”

Hannah: “Somebody find meeeee”

New Directions: “Find me”

Alex: “Somebody to love”

Cameron: “Somebody, somebody, somebodyyy…”

Hannah: “Somebody to love”

McKynleigh: “Uuuuuh”

Jess: “Somebody to love”

Matheus: “Somebody to love”

New Directions: “Toooooo love”

Hannah: “Find me somebody tooooooooo…”

Cameron and Hannah: “…looooove!”

They finished the song with their arms raised. All the audience was clapping, including the judges. Jess looked curious at the new members. They all were smiling. They seemed to be having a good time. They changed quickly their positions to perform the next number and the music started.

Matheus: “Tonight I’m gonna have myself a real good time” “I feel alive” “And the world, I’ll turn it inside out yeah” “I’m floating around in ecstasy” “So…”

New Directions: “…don’t stop me now” “Don’t stop me”

Matheus and New Directions: “’cause I’m having a good time” “Having a good time”

After his terrific performance, Matheus moved to a side of the stage and McKynleigh walked forward.

McKynleigh: “I’m a shooting star leaping through the sky” “Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity” “I’m a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva” “I’m gonna go go go there’s no stopping me” “I’m burning through the sky yea” “Two hundred degrees that’s why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit” “I’m travelling at the speed of light” “I wanna make…”

New Directions: “…a supersonic man out of you”

All glee members were having a lot of fun. It was an entertaining performance and it included very fun dance moves. It was so amusing that they didn’t care about the steps anymore. Marissa and Bryce didn’t follow the choreography but they didn’t mind.

New Directions: “Don’t stop me now”

Matheus: “I’m having such a good time” “I’m having a ball”

New Directions: “Don’t stop me now”

Matheus: “If you wanna have a good time” “Just give me a call”

New Directions: “Don’t stop me now”

Matheus: “’cause I’m having a good time”

New Directions: “Don’t stop me now”

Matheus: “Yes I’m having a good time” “I don’t wanna stop at all”

Alex walked to the front part of the stage while the audience was dancing in their seats. He sang while dancing with some sassy movements.

Alex: “I’m a rocket ship on my way to Mars” “On a collision course” “I am a satellite” “I’m out of control” “I’m a sex machine ready to reload” “Like an atom bomb about to oh oh oh oh oh…”

New Directions: “…explode!”

Jess saw Mr. Schue laughing. She loved it because the number was supposed to be very fun.

Alex: “I’m burning through the sky yeah” “Two hundred degrees that’s why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit” “I’m travelling at the speed of light” “I wanna…”

New Directions: “…make a supersonic woman of you” “Don’t stop me, don’t stop me, don’t stop me”

Matheus: “hey hey hey!”

New Directions: “Don’t stop me don’t stop me ooh ooh ooh”

Matheus: “I like it”

New Directions: “Don’t stop me don’t stop me”

Matheus: “Have a good time good time”

New Directions: “Don’t stop me don’t stop me”

Matheus: “ohhhhhhh!”

Cameron took his guitar from the back part of the stage and played the guitar solo. The people in the audience stood up and clapped. They kept on dancing with the music through the final part of the song.

Matheus: “ohhhhhhh” “Burning through the sky yeah” “Two hundred degrees that’s why they call me Mr. Fahrenheit” “I’m travelling at the speed of light”

New Directions: “I wanna make a supersonic man out of you” “Don’t stop me now”

Matheus: “I’m having such a good time” “I’m having a ball”

New Directions: “Don’t stop me now”

Matheus: “If you wanna have a good time” “Just give me a call”

New Directions: “Don’t stop me now” “’cause I’m having a good time” “Don’t stop me now” “Yes I’m having a good time”

Matheus: “I don’t wanna stop at all!”

The audience applauded and cheered excited. Glee members smiled happily after seeing people’s reaction to their performance. Mr. Schue clapped from the audience and the curtains closed soon. Everyone ran to the waiting room and they all congratulated each other. They all had sung amazingly and Cameron’s guitar solo was incredible. The new members had some problems with the choreography but still the performance was breathtaking.

After the performance of the third group, the three glee clubs were in the stage again waiting to receive the first prize and being able to go to Regionals. One of the judges opened the envelope with the name of the winner. They all were holding hands waiting for the result.

“And in first place: New Directions!” the judge said.

Jess hugged Lindsay and they all gathered to raise the trophy. Even Marissa, Bryce and Samuel seemed excited. But of course they were. They had won Sectionals!

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However, when they got back to McKinley, everything went to normal. They were invisible to the rest of the students and nobody cared about them winning Sectionals. Nobody but Figgins, who promised to not cut the club that year. Despite the good news, glee members were a little bit sad because none of the new members that performed at Sectionals wanted to stay in the glee club any longer. All glee kids were surprised about this because they knew Marissa, Samuel and Bryce had enjoyed being in the club. It was always “their reputation” that got on the way.

“Alright! We did it!” Mr. Schue said placing the trophy in the choir room. “Now we have more time to prepare for Regionals. They won’t let us participate with just ten members again, but let’s not worry about that right now. We have to celebrate our victory!”

The glee club kids walked through the hallways very happy after glee club that day. They were talking excitedly when a group of jocks blocked their way. They all held plastic cups in their hands.

“I feel so embarrassed right now.” Mark Karofsky said. “I can’t believe I haven’t congratulated you for winning Sectionals yet. Let’s make a toast, don’t you think?”

All glee kids closed their eyes and received the drinks in their faces and chests. Jess, Cameron and Hannah had already been slushied but the rest of them were shocked by that humiliating feeling for the first time.

“Now that you won Sectionals we’ve got another whole year to make fun of your stupid club. Congratulations!” Mark said with a big smile. “Hey, why haven’t you thrown yours?” he asked Damian.

Jess looked at him curiously. His cup was still full of blue slushy.

“I… she… She’s my lab partner…” he argued not very convinced.

“So?” Mark asked. “That will never be an excuse.” Damian looked uncomfortable. “Come on! Throw it to her!”

Jess looked at the tall boy right in his blue eyes. He looked at her too and then at the cup. After some seconds of doubts he threw the slushy right into Jess’ face. She closed her eyes and the jocks laughed stupidly and walked away.

“Oh my God, that was incredibly cold!” McKynleigh complained in the girls’ bathroom.

“My eyes are burning!” Lindsay added.

Jess was cleaning herself in silence. She was still shocked that Damian had thrown to her the drink. She thought for a moment he wouldn’t do it. He was so nice when they were working in their science project but the rest of the time he was the biggest of jerks. Like when he stood her up just minutes before Sectionals.

When they all got out of the bathrooms Matheus gave Jess an extra jacket he kept in his locker for cases like that.

“There you go. You must be really cold.” he said seeing that she was only wearing a T-shirt.

“Thank you, Matheus. You’re really nice.” she said.

“Ok… listen, maybe this seems weird but… would you like to go with me to breadsticks someday, so we can get to know each other apart from the glee club?” He asked nervously.

“Umm… okay, that would be fine.” she said shyly.

“Great. See you then.” he said quickly and then walked home.

Jess was surprised by the boy’s question but she liked the idea of going on a date with him. He was very kind and very funny. She would like to know him better.

On Thursday Jess had science class again and one more time she sat next to her project and lab partner. She and Damian stared at the blackboard waiting for the class to begin. After all what happened two days before, they were quiet during the whole class. After the bell rang at the end Damian spoke to Jess finally.

“You didn’t tell Marissa, did you?”

Jess turned to him with hate radiating from her eyes.

“No, Damian. I didn’t tell Marissa, and I didn’t tell the glee club about you leaving before Sectionals either. I keep my promises and I know it must be difficult for you to realize, but not everybody is as despicable as you are.”

Jess stormed out of the class angry at her class partner. She hated him so much…

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Ok. One more chapter finished. I hope you guys are enjoying it. This chapter was full of songs but next chapters will have more character development and they are very interesting. Chapter 6, especially, is one of my favorites.

For the curious ones, the songs that appeared in the fanfic are: Don’t stop believing, Gold digger, Dog days are over, Jailhouse rock, Somebody to love and Don’t stop me now. I’ve also mentioned Ice, ice baby, Thriller and Girls just want to have fun. Remember to listen to the songs while reading the fanfic. It would help you to imagine everything better.

Ok, I’m sleepy now so I’m going to bed. If I remember anything else to say I’ll post an update. Good night and thank you for reading! <3

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