Films on Youtube, chapter 17

Chapter 17

SANTANA'S POV

I do like glee club. And I love singing. Not that I'll ever admit it to everyone, but I really do.

Sometimes I wonder what would happen to my reputation if people found out that New Directions was the thing that made my day whole. Of, course, cheerleading was too, but in the Cheerios there's always Quinn. Perfect Quinn, with her perfect cheerleading moves and her perfect body and her perfect, charming boyfriend. In glee club she's there too, just less noticeable.

You see, Quinn and I don't like each other. We pretend to. This boosts up our status in the school. Quinn, Brittany and I are like the 3 princesses who rule the school. And we all know that if we didn't have the 'friendship' of the other we would instantly fall. Well, Brittany probably doesn't know, but then again she thinks 1 + 1 is 11.

Even though she isn't too smart, Brittany is like my best friend. And occasional lover. But all in all we're just best friends.

The video starts and I wait for the music to fill the room. But no, God had to be evil and put up our speech that came before it on the film too. I know that the moment I hear it I will burst into tears again and then my makeup will smudge.

The first person to speak was Matt saying something about the fact that he was just a boy the crowd. And it's true. Before glee club I hadn't ever noticed him and I cheerleaded for his football team!

Next came Mercedes and Tina, each of them saying some important words coming from their hearts.

Quinn of course had to boast about the fact that she was head cheerleader. Typical. I have no idea why Puck liked her and not me. Sure, she's pretty but still.

Them Mike appeared saying that he only used to dance in his room. It's so funny, because I just can't imagine him without his dance moves. It's like imagining Brittany being normal or Rachel being kind.

Oh my turn. Yes I did hate everyone in the glee club. But things changed. And now, even though I act all bitchy and mean towards them, they are still some of the best friends I have ever had.

Brittany agreed with me which wasn't exactly a surprise. We usually think alike when it comes to liking or disliking people.

When Kurt said his comment the cute, but small guy from Dalton who is obviously gay said

'You weren't honest about who you were? Really, you?'

'Um, yeah sort of. I pretended to have a crush on Rachel, so people wouldn't find out about me being gay'

Unable to stop myself I said 'But you know whole school already knew. I mean no straight guys has such an interest in fashion or can sing that high'

'Yeah I know, I was stupid back than' admitted Kurt while Mercedes laughed.

When Puck said about him tossing people into dumpsters the Warblers expressions suddenly changed from cheerful to stony faced.

'You were one of the people who bullied Kurt?' asked the one who had his arm around the boy before.

Then Puck, being the very intelligent person that he is had to go and nod his head muttering a quiet apology. The brown haired guy looked absolutely livid and only calmed down when Kurt put his hand on his shoulder and said that everything's ok and that Puck is a great guy now.

Sam, trying to help his friend get out of the uncomfortable position of having glares sent at him clicked the video on again.

Ah Artie. Brittany's boyfriend. No offense, but to have never kissed a girl when you're 16 iis just lame. Either you're gay or so ugly no girl wants to go out with you. I'd probably go with the looks. The wheelchair doesn't exactly push people closer to you and please. Who still wears sweater vests!

When Rachel said 'And I was getting slushied' Kurt turned to her and said

'You know, that wasn't exactly fair. I mean all of us, apart from maybe Santana and Brittany were being slushied at least once a day'

'Yes but I was being slushied the most' she argued back

'Really? What's the most slushies you got in your face during one day?'

'4' she replied

'4' said Kurt while laughing a humorless laugh 'You girl, are lucky. Imagine being slushied 6 times and then finding that they had somehow gotten the key to your locker and spilt shushies all over your books'

We all stared at him in amazement. He had never told us any of this before.

'I'm sorry to break some friendship moment' said one of the Dalton boys, the higher one 'But what the hell does being slushied mean. I'm guessing it has something to do with those ice drinks, right?'

'Yeah. In McKinley there was this routine, that if someone was bottom of the food chain they deserved to have a slushie thrown in their face. Not only did it completely spoil one's outfit, but it wasn't exactly pleasant to have one of them thrown at you' Mercedes finished her speech with a shudder.

'But, wait. Kurt said that he once had 6 thrown at him. What did he do with his clothes afterwards?' carried on the Warbler, obviously interested with the situation.

'Normally, we all carried around 3 outfits just in case. When it wasn't enough, we just had to walk around soaked through and absolutely freezing' answered Kurt 'Oh yeah, and then there was the time when it was really bad, so we all walked about in rain coats… Anyway, turn the video on' finished Kurt, who you could see had enough of the conversation. The Dalton boy was about to say something but Finn's voice coming out of the computer stopped him.

While Finn talked about losing his father my thoughts drifted to the boy. He's an ok friend but I sure as hell don't like him in any romantic way. I'm still wondering about whether to tell Rachel that I slept him with him. Hmm… no I still haven't made up my mind.

After Finn, Rachel carried on saying that we had won, even if the judges didn't think so. And truth be told : we had won.

When Mercedes said the words about glee club never ending I felt wetness in my eyes. Even though I pretend I'm not, I'm actually quite an emotional person. And listening to this just reminds me of all the good times we had together.

It also reminded me of the fear that we all felt when we thought it was the end of glee club. We would all be losing one of the most important things in our life.

The song starts with Rachel singing. As much as it pains me to say so, I have to admit that she's talented. Then comes Mercedes and Kurt each of them singing brilliantly. I've never really understood why Mr Shue hadn't given Kurt more solo's. I mean if he sang something in that amazingly high voice of his on Sectional/Regionals we would have a whole lot better chance at winning.

When the song finishes we are all trying to not let tears fall. We all know it's silly, because glee club hadn't got cancelled in the end but we just can't help ourselves. Or at least that's how I feel.

'So… What exactly happened that made you say all those deep things' asked one of the Warblers

'Well, we had just lost Regionals and we were told that New Directions would be cancelled unless we won and went on further'

'You were told your club would be cancelled just because you hadn't gone on?'

'Yep. You see our school doesn't exactly have a lot of money and we weren't bringing in a lot of profit. But in the end Miss Sylvester somehow managed to persuade Higgins to keep the club open' I explained

'Sylvester? Wasn't she the one that hated your singing?'

'Yeah, she was. It was a huge shock when we found out the club would stay open just because of her. We all had no idea why she had done so but we were very grateful' said Tina.

The Warbler nodded and turned away. He seemed to be deep in thought., as were the other two. I wonder what they're thinking about.

'So, what's the next song?' asked Sam who looked a bit left out.

'Oh. You'll like this one' answered Mike while winking to the Warblers "It's Toxic time!'