"come on, stevie. we have glee tomorrow and i wanna see you there, so you have to audition right now." finn said as he stood behind, hands on my shoulders, pushing me towards mr. schue's office.

"i haven't prepared any songs, hudson." i told him.

"you have so many songs in your rep, stop avoiding it."

"i-i have strep throat."

"no."

"nodes?"

"no."

"mad cow disease?"

"stevie tristan flynn." finn said sternly.

i sighed and turned around to face him.

"what?" i frowned and looked up at him.

"you need to stop being so nervous. you're amazingly talented, you're going to get in." he said.

"that's not why i'm nervous, finnegan." i crossed my arms over my chest and sighed.

"then why are you nervous, steven?"

"because...i would never admit this to anyone but you...but i care about how i'm perceived at this school. i care about my popularity amongst these losers. and joining glee club...it's gonna do some damage to that. i'm gonna get fucking slushee-d like a common nobody." i confided in finn.

"stevie, you have nothing to worry about. i joined, and i haven't gotten any slushee on me. i won't let that happen to you, and if it does i'll kill whoever did it. you have nothing to worry about. and now that i know you care..." he smirked.

i laughed and punched his arm.

"tell anyone and i'll castrate you." i said causing him chuckle.

"come on before mr. schuester thinks i lied and ditched him." finn held his hand out to me.

i grabbed it and he pulled me to the place of worship that is, the choir room.

"mr. schue. hey, this is the new recruit." finn said as we walked into mr. schue's office.

"oh, stevie. great, let's see what you can do."

"do-do you want me to slate? or fill out an audition sheet?" i asked him.

"uhhh, i think i'm good. just, go ahead. sing whatever you want."

"sure thing." i nodded.

finn took a seat on mr. schue's desk and smiled at me.

i began to sing the only song i could seem to remember, watch what happens from newsies.

when i had finished they each clapped.

"that was great. we have glee tomorrow in the choir room at three thirty." mr. schue told me.

"sounds good. thank you." i smiled lightly.

"of course." he nodded.

i walked out with finn who was undeniably beaming.

"happy now?" i smiled in amusement.

"you have no idea."

❁

i walked into the choir room and sat down with finn.

"what's this? a new recruit?" rachel walked in smiling when she saw me.

"hi, rachel."

"stevie flynn. mezzo-soprano range G3 to C5. not amazingly impressive range wise, but has a lot of potential with the proper training. has quirks that directors and judges find original. it makes up for the lack of training and small range." rachel pretty much reciting my entire life.

"um, how did you know all that?" tina asked.

"i make it a point to learn about my competition. she did community theatre and sometimes we were up for the same roles." she explained.

"right...welcome to the team." artie smiled.

"you know, if you want to improve to hit a D5 all the way to an A5, the holy grail for a mezzo. i could, help you if you want. i have an extensive amount of years of training i'm sure i could be of assistance." she smiled.

"you know what, that doesn't sound half bad. i might just take you up on that."

she smiled and took her seat.

"alright guys! before we get into rehearsal for the pep rally i'd like to introduce our new member, stevie flynn." mr. schuester clapped.

"thanks. i'm aquatinted." i nodded.

"great. now, you joined at an awkward moment, so i'm afraid you won't be able to participate in the pep assembly."

"oh, no problem at all. really, it's perfect."

"oh-well okay then. feel free to just watch today. you don't have to come to the rehearsals this week but next week you can actually start up."

"alright." i nodded.

❁

i sat in the stands with puck getting ready to watch finn perform that stupid disco shit. i really dodged a bullet with this week. i would have gotten beat up.

"silence, children. silence. first, an announcement. the toilets are broken again. we are fixing the problem. but let me warn you. there will be zero tolerance for anyone soiling school grounds. we're not going to have a repeat of the last time. we have a treat for you guys today. mr. schuester." principal figgins said.

"uh, hi. uh, when i went to school here, glee club ruled this place. and we're on our way back. but we need some recruits to join the party. now, i can tell you all about how great glee is, but, uh, i think i'm gonna let some friends of mine show you instead."

the curtain opened and they came out in different costumes than i had seen before. i don't like where this is going.

suddenly the sound of push it by salt n' peppa started playing.

"oh for fucks sake." i sighed and laid my head on pucks shoulder as rachel appeared to be riding finn.

"this is bizarre." puck said.

"i know."

after three minutes of torture they finally finished. after a dreadful silence the crowd erupted in cheers. i stayed seated. i was too creeped out to clap.