𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 | s. lopez

Britney 2.0

"Oreo?" asked Brittany, holding the package out to Juniper as she sat down next to her.

"What are you wearing?" asked the brunette as she took one of the sandwich cookies.

"Coach Sylvester kicked me off of the Cheerios because my grades weren't good enough. So now I can't wear my uniform and I got this outfit in the lost and found."

"Great news, guys," said Mr. Schue as he entered the room. "Principal Figgins has asked us to perform at the annual back to school pep rally this week. Now, I understand our national champion street cred has dropped since school started, but this is our chance to really wow them and get it back."

"What are we gonna perform?" asked Joe.

"Good question," said Mr. Schue, walking over to the board. "We're a family in here, and when one of our family is falling down it's up to us to get together to pick them back up."

Mr. Schue wrote "Britney 2.0" on the board.

"Oh my god, are we doing Britney Week again?" asked Tina.

"You came into your own at the last Britney week," Mr. Schue said, walking up to Brittany. "You showed us the best of Britney. Youth, energy, confidence. She inspires you, and you inspire us. So, everyone prepare a Britney song for the week, and we pick one to do for the pep rally."

****

The next day, Tina, Sam, and Joe performed a Britney song about having a threesome, which made Juniper really uncomfortable, especially when all Mr. Schue did was sit there and smile.

The brunette saw Brittany get up out of the corner of her eye. She turned and watched as the blonde plugged an electric razor into the power outlet.

"Oh my god, Brittany, stop!" shouted Juniper, rushing over to her and pulling the razor out of her hand. "What the fuck are you doing?"

"Coach Sylvester's taken away my high pony. If I can't have my high pony, I don't want hair at all." Brittany took the razor and brought it back to her head.

"Brittany, no!" Juniper yelled, taking the razor away again. Brittany stared blankly at the younger girl before walking out of the classroom. "Britt, wait!" the brunette called as she rushed after her.

She followed Brittany into the hallway and saw her attacking Jacob Ben Israel with an umbrella.

"Should we do something?" asked Blaine as he walked up next to Juniper.

"No. He deserves it," replied the shorter girl.

"I meant about Brittany's downward spiral. I think the whole singing-at-her thing isn't really helping."

"Probably what she misses most about Cheerios is being in the spotlight," said Artie. "We should give her that."

Juniper watched with wide eyes as Brittany continued to hit Jacob with the umbrella. She sighed and walked up to the taller girl, grabbing her arm and pulling her away from the gossip blogger.

"As a genius once said, 'stop the violence,'" said Juniper, taking the umbrella away from Brittany and tossing it aside as they continued down the hall.

****

Juniper sat cross-legged on her bed, staring down at the bottle of vodka she got from Puck's graduation party. The brunette nervously bit her lip. She knows she's not supposed to be drinking, but with all the stuff going on with Brittany she just wants to numb her worries.

There was a knock on the door and Sam came in.

"Hey, I got your text," he said, closing the door. "What's going on?"