Glee: The Next Generation

Scandal🤭 (pt.1)

Thursday morning...

[You know how in Glee there's singing sequences that only the person singing is aware of, like when Quinn sang You Keep Me Hangin' On? This montage is kinda like that. It's Stay Beautiful by Taylor Swift.]
Troy watches Corey throughout the homeroom period, unable to look away.
Cory's eyes are like a jungle.
He smiles; it's like the radio.
He whispers songs into my window
in words that nobody knows.
They leave class together (as former best bros do) and Troy watches as some of the girls in the hall look at Corey a certain way.
There's pretty girls on every corner,
they watch him as he's walking home,
saying, "does he know?"
Will you ever know?
They part ways to go to their respective classes and Troy goes up the stairs.
You're beautiful,
every little piece, love; don't you know?
You're really gonna be someone.
Ask anyone.
He's waiting for class to start and is going through old pictures in his phone, from back when they were inseparable.
And when you find everything you've looked for,
I hope your life leads you back to my door.
Oh, but if it don't, stay beautiful.
[Flashbacks to middle school, Troy's voice over it like a musical narrator]
[They're riding their bikes together home from school.]
Cory finds another way to be
the highlight of my day.
[They're at Troy's house, playing Just Dance with his siblings] I'm taking pictures in my mind
so I can save them for a rainy day.
[Back to present day]
Troy sees Corey in the hall again and gives him a small wave, trying to be casual. It's hard to make a conversation
when he's taking my breath away.
I should say "hey, by the way...
You're beautiful,
every little piece, love; don't you know?
They're both walking to glee club at the end of the day You're really gonna be someone.
Ask anyone.
And when you find everything you've looked for
I hope your love leads you back to my door
Oh, but if it don't, stay beautiful
If you and I are a story
That never gets told
If what you are is a daydream
I'll never get to hold, at least you'll know
You're beautiful
Every little piece, love; don't you know?
You're really gonna be someone
Ask anyone
And when you find everything you've looked for
I hope your love leads you back to my front door
Oh, but if it don't
Will you stay beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful?
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, but if it don't
Stay beautiful
Stay beautiful
Na, na, na, na, na

Later that day, during lunch in the cafeteria...

Val was in the lunch line. They tried to avoid eating school food, but they were too unmotivated to make their own at home last night. When they found a spot to sit at, they thought it would a nice time to relax their mind before their next class.

But then he showed up.

"Hey," Troy said. He didn't have any food with him; he'd probably already eaten (Val had been in the line for a while).

"Hi," Val said. "Corey had first lunch with Delilah and Audrey," they added.

"Ok. Why are you telling me that?"

Val looked him with a deadpan expression and sighed. "I saw the way you were looking at him in glee club yesterday." They added in a singsong voice, "you've got a crush on him."

Troy gave up and grinned foolishly. "Ok, fine. I do. But he just moved back and he probably don't wanna try to date anyone right now-"

"Even if he was ready to date, don't you think you'd have to talk to him first?" Val chuckled.