• MARINA • Hunter Clarington-BOOK TWO✔

f o r t y - s e v e n

"I can't believe you're doing this, Princess." Hunter said slowly as he helped Marina rub the blonde hair dye through her hair.

"It's okay, Hunter. It says it's a one-day use no-bleach-needed washout dye." Marina responded with a shrug, "And if I'm playing Princess Annalise, I need the blonde."

"Well, I can't believe you four are seriously singing songs from a Barbie movie just because it's guilty pleasure week." Hunter said in mock awe.

"We also did Shakira." Marina reminded with a laugh.

"I know," Hunter nodded, "Thad said he would have died to be there."

"That's no surprise, then." The brunette-temporarily-blonde laughed, "What's your musical guilty pleasure?"

Hunter responded immediately, "You."

Marina gave him a startled look. "Me?"

"Of course, it's you. You singing solo, you singing with us, you singing with the New Directions, anything." Hunter smiled softly as Marina turned to face him.

She laced their hands together, "I love listening to you sing too." They waited for the dye to set, Marina grinning at the now bright blonde hair on her head.

Hunter wrapped his arms around Marina, kissing her forehead. "Never thought I'd see you as a blonde. It's pretty." He then half-pouted, "I prefer your brown hair though."

"Me too, but it's only for a day." Marina responded with a smile.

Walking through McKinley high with blonde hair was an experience. People noticed the change of colour, some complimenting that it looked good. Marina politely thanked them with a smile, making her way to the auditorium and meeting Kara, Arabella, and Jamie there, the four each holding a bag with their respective Barbie dresses.

Blaine was sitting at the piano as everyone trailed into the auditorium, sitting fairly close to the stage to watch the boy perform. 

Marina hated to listen to Blaine sing with that much feeling, only getting reminded of his break-up with Kurt. For some reason, she couldn't stop the tears from falling. To most, Marina Fowler may be a tough cookie, but as soon as Blaine sings with a piano, she's in tears. It's just so.... Moving. But she knew he was singing about Sam.

They all applauded when he finished, Tina speaking snarkily with a sickly-sweet smile on her face. "So, who was that about exactly, Blaine?"

Kitty, finally deciding to be a nice person, elbows Tina. "Shut it." She hissed.

"Uh, it was about Kurt, obviously." Blaine said nervously.

To help him cover up, Marina piped up. "Obviously. Lots of New York vibes from that, Blaine, so I'd appreciate a warning." She laughed, wiping her moved tears away with a small smile.

Blaine gave her a thankful smile. "That breakup's still a fresh wound. But it's really about the musical genius of Phil Collins, and like any musician of his time, when you dominate that period with such success, people tend to make fun of you and put them down, but the truth is he's a musical legend, and I'm tired of people making fun of him. And I'm gonna dedicate a good part of my future ensuring that his genius is understood and appreciated." He then paused as everyone gave him strained looks. "I am no longer in the closet about my love for Phil Collins."

"All right, everybody, give it up for Blaine Anderson." Sam announced, everyone diving into another round of applause.

Back in the choir room, Marley, Kitty, Unique, Brittany, and Tina changed into Spice Girl costumes, hiding throughout the room. Blaine spoke to the group. "All right, so it's been a really great week so far, you guys, but now we are ready to present a double feature of guilty pleasures."

Sam continued excitedly. "Starting off with our very own spicy ladies, girl power to the extreme... The Spice Girls!"

During the song, Arabella listened closely to the lyrics, leaning close to Marina. "If you want to be my lover, you gotta get with my friends." Her eyes widened. "That's what you do! Before you got with Hunter, you forced him to be our friend. Then you brought Kara into the group because you knew I loved her!" She spoke happily and excitedly.

"Oh yeah," Marina gasped, acting as if she wasn't well-aware that she did that. "I do-do that, don't I?"

When the five girls finished, everyone loudly clapped and cheered. "Best thing ever!" Artie excitedly whooped.

Sam stood to question the girls. "So, how did it feel to be so open about your Spice love?"

Marley spoke in a fake British accent. "Liberating. We only hope you can see us for who we really are."

Marina laughed, looking over to Marley. "That was actually pretty accurate."

Marley grinned as Artie spoke next. "I applaud your courage in such an openly Spice-phobic time. Especially you, Kitty... actually I don't think I've ever seen you so, uh... uh..." Artie nervously trailed off.

Kitty raised an eyebrow. "So what?"

"Happy to be part of the team." Artie nervously finished.

"Ooh, that's 'cause my girl is spicy!" Unique said sassily as the five all moved to sit down.

"Well, great job, ladies. That was-that was just fantastic. Everybody, please settle down and welcome Mr. Jake Puckerman to the stage." Blaine introduced, Jake moving to stand in the centre of the choir room.

"Down with the Brown." Artie scoffed.

"Team Breezy equals Team Awful." Marley exclaimed.

"Did we.... Miss something?" Kara quietly questioned, the other three just as confused.

"Look, listen, stop. Stop, listen. I hear you, okay? I'm still gonna perform a Brown song, but it will not be Chris."

There was a silence when he finished. "You do realize that Bobby Brown allegedly got Whitney Houston hooked on crack, right?" Artie questioned as everyone tensely exited the choir room.

Later that day, Marina, Arabella, Jamie, and Kara changed into their respective dresses. Marina in the iconic pink, Arabella in white, Jamie and Kara in the iconic blue. Jamie and Marina were paired up, as was Kara and Arabella. The four stood in front of the others in the choir room, preparing to sing. 

Arabella was being Princess Annalise, Kara being Erika. They sang the song with ease, dancing to perfection and not missing a beat.

When Marina joined in, also as Princess Annalise, Jamie did too, being the other Erika. Together, the four created a magical melody of two iconic Barbie songs.

When they finished, the girls cheered. "That was the most iconic performance." Marley stated with a grin.

"That it was." Unique agreed as they all changed into white and gold outfits, running to the auditorium with large smiles on their faces.