"you sing really good"
holden pov

the two blondes walked into glee club holding hands and all blinked in surprise

"holden wants to audition for glee as long as it's not too late?" quinn asks curious

holden was wearing a black top with black jeans a a denim jacket with some black and white converse her bump was still barley there but there was a bit off one with white trainers her blonde her straightened

"of course not" mr schue reassured "we need one more girl to have a even number of both genders" he adds on to what he said and all nodded

quinn kissed Holden's cheek before going to sit down she helped the blue eyed beauty with the song and dancing

holden chose to perform by herself. 'what a girl wants' by christina aguilera began allowing holden to take her place

"I wanna thank you for giving me time to breathe
like a rock you waited so patiently while I got it together oh while I figured it out (yeah-yeah)
I only looked but I never touched 'cause in my heart was a picture of us holdin' hands, makin' plans and it's lucky for me you understand what a girl wants what a girl needs whatever makes me happy sets you free and I'm thanking you for knowing exactly what a girl wants what a girl needs whatever keeps me in your arms and I'm thanking you for giving it to me what I want is what you got and what you got is what I want"

as she sang she performed the dance from the video and all were impressed with her breath control and the way she managed to sing the song itself

other dancers like mike,matt,niall as well as santana,brittany and quinn got up to dance with holden as she did so

"welcome to glee club miss ray" mr schuester said as he began clapping as the song ended holden smiled taking a seat next to quinn
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glee room

"we're doing a new number for sectionals I know that pop songs have sort of been our signature pieces but I did a little research on past winners and it turns out that the judges like songs that are more accessible stuff they know! uh standards broadway" mr schuester explained as he handed out the sheets

"defying gravity? I have an iPod shuffle dedicated exclusively to selections from wicked this is amazing" kurt said in a whimsical tone as he stared at the music sheet

"think you can handle it rachel?" mr shue asked causing holden to look towards kurt then mr schue

niall had told her about mr schue's bias but this was unbelievable to the sweet blonde why didn't everyone have a equal opportunity?

"It's my go to shower song It's also my ringtone" rachel told him as she looked through the lyrics

"why do we have to go all vanilla on this song? see what we need is my chocolate thunder!" mercedes stated holden nodded her head before high-fiving mercedes

"yeah we do" holden said confirming as she held onto mercedes hand

"we don't have time to rearrange a song for you mercedes rachel is singing it don't worry we'll find something for you to dip in chocolate" mr schuester explained before the teenagers and him laughed

"onto item two the school won't pay for the special bus we need to take artie and his wheelchair with us to sectionals" schue announced artie's smile dropped and holden felt mad for him immediately

"what?" tina stuttered upset about the situation

"that's completely unfair" rachel added

"so we're going to have to raise money to pay for it ourselves see when I was in glee club and we needed new silk cummerbunds for regionals we held a bake sale" mr schuester said before scattered laughter was heard

holden furrowed her brow at the majority of the clubs laughter what was wrong with raising money for their friend to travel with them?

she noticed quinn,mike,matt and niall all seemed to have the same outrage she held

artie was a member of the team how fair would it be for them all to travel together leaving him travelling alone due to something out of his control

"you're joking right? I mean bake sales are kind of bougie" santana said as she flicked her black hair around squinting her eyes

"so hip people stopped eating delicious sugary treats?" mr schue asked

"It's not that It's most of us don't know how to bake I find recipes confusing" brittany said her voice always sounding optimistic and sweet

"my family is fully committed to takeout"
rachel announced as she pointed towards herself

"can't artie's dad just take him?" mercedes asked

"I can't believe how insensitive you're all being are you a team?" mr schue asked holden frowned as she looked over at artie's aura of sadness

"of course! but Artie understands don't you
artie?" santana asked as she turned to him

"oh of course" artie said holden not buying it for a moment "It's cool anything that takes away our time from rehearsing doesn't serve the team"
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after mr schue agreed to kurt auditioning for the wicked solo he turned the conversation back to the problem of the bus to regionals holden raised her hand

"me and quinn work at my moms cafe and we put a note on the tip jar about helping to pay for the bus It is $140 I think?" holden offers handing him the envelope "it's not much but better than nothing" she adds

"thank you holden and quinn" mr schue said warmly and took the envelope before holden went back to sit next to quinn and taking niall's hand into hers as she played with his many
rings artie turned to the two blondes

"yeah thank you both of you" artie said sincerely they sent him beaming smiles that was returned and others in glee began feeling guilty about how little they considered artie's feelings

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