butterflies ⋮ sam evans

47 | "thanksgiving"

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Sectionals was this Saturday, and Finn needed all the help he could get. So, with so many alumni back in town for Thanksgiving, Finn thought it was the perfect idea for them to come back in and help the New Directions prepare for the upcoming competition.

"Alright, do you realize that standing in front of you are legends?" Finn said excitedly, gesturing to the group of graduated seniors standing behind them. "Any single one of these guys could be the President of the United States one day."

"I don't know about that," Artie remarked quietly.

"Mercedes totally could," Keilani whispered in return, earning a nod of agreement from Artie and a wink from Mercedes on the other side of the room.

"And, lucky for us, they've agreed to help us–"

"Hang out with the new chumps," Puck interrupted with a smirk. "See if some of our sheer awesomeness doesn't rub off on you. It will."

Finn looked down at his clipboard then back up at the New Directions. "When you hear your name, pair up. Puck you're with your brother. Mike, you're with Ryder. Marley, you're with Santana. Kitty, you're with Quinn. Wade, Mercedes."

"I knew it," Brittany whispered. "Mercedes was cloned."

As Keilani shook her head and tried to tell Brittany once again that Unique wasn't a clone of Mercedes, Finn said, "Now, your mentors are here to help you with whatever you need: Singing, dancing..."

"Birth control..." Quinn added.

"You're so funny and self-deprecating!" Kitty laughed, staring up at Quinn with awe. "We're so much alike!"

Amused, Santana commented, "Wanky."

"The worst mistake that we can make is to underestimate our competition. The Warblers are ruthless this year."

"Don't forget about the Rosedale Mennonites," Artie added. "Any show choir that can raise a barn in five minutes deserves mad respect.

"Marley and Blaine will handle our duet," Finn continued. "And for the showstopper, I was originally planning on 'Gangnam Style', but when I was talking to Keilani about some ideas for the set list, she ended up suggesting something way better. So for the big dance number, we're going to do 'Voulez-Vous'!"

Tina breathed a not-so-discrete sigh of relief behind Keilani as Blaine whispered, "Thank you for saving us from that."

Keilani nodded as she turned to him and responded, "No way in hell am I going to perform 'Gangnam Style' during my senior year. I assumed you guys feel the same."

"Okay, hold on," Santana interrupted. "Lumps, let me just say out loud what everyone here is thinking: you finally got an okay haircut, you're not doing that annoying half-smirk as much as you used to, but you're still an idiot. Thank God Keilani talked you out of 'Gangnam Style', which is quite possibly the one thing that could've made your idea worse. No one in this room can tackle a massive dance number except for Britt. That includes your little Hand-Jive that to me looked more like a handj–"