Old Habits Die Hard

21

The instant Barry walked into the choir room on Monday, a bunch of people he didn't know were staring at him. "Um..."

"Barry, come over here," Finn said, waving him over to the group. He frowned, but walked over, not quite sure why these people were glaring at him.

"What's up?" he asked.

"Guys, this is Barry," Finn said.

"You said he was Sebastian's brother," one of them said. "Not his clone."

Oh. They knew Sebastian. That explained things.

"Yeah," another said. "How certain are you he's not just Sebastian here pretending to be someone else? Have you seen them both in one place?"

"Sebastian came by here last week, everyone saw him," Barry said, but it only earned himself another glare from her.

"Then he's telling Sebastian and the warblers all your secrets," she said.

"Chill, Santana," Finn said. "Barry's cool."

"I'm not buying it," Santana said.

"To be honest, I didn't even know Sebastian lived in Ohio until a few weeks ago," Barry said.

"Now that is bullshit," Santana said.

"She's not going to believe me, is she?" Barry asked.

"Better to not try," Finn said. "This is Quinn," he gestured to the first girl who had spoken. "Puck, Mike, and Mercedes."

"Nice to meet you guys," Barry said. Finn glanced at everyone who arrived.

"I think we can start," Finn said. "Why don't you go take a seat."

Barry just nodded, and took his usual seat.

"Do you realize, standing before you, are legends?" Finn asked, taking a seat as everyone cheered. "Any single one of these guys could be President of the United States one day. And lucky for us, they've agreed to help us."

"Hang with the new chumps and see if some of our sheer awesomeness doesn't rub off on you," Puck said, pretending to brush something off of his shoulder. "It will."

"When you hear your name, pair up," Finn said. "Puck, you're with your brother. Mike, you're with Ryder. Marley, you're with Santana." Marley looked excited as she stood and walked over to Santana.. "Kitty, you're with Quinn. Wade, Mercedes. Barry, you're with me. Now, your mentors are here to help you with whatever you need, singing, dancing..."

"Birth control," Quinn added. Kitty laughed, even though it wasn't really funny.

"You're so funny and self deprecating," she said. "We're so much alike."

"Wanky," Santana said.

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

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

"Marley and Blaine will handle our duet, and for the showstopper we're doing Gangnam Style," Finn said.

God no... Barry thought to himself, cringing at the thought of them performing Gangnam Style.

"Okay, okay, lumps, let me just say out loud what everyone here is thinking," Santana said. "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. 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-"