Mine // Santana Lopez

S1 Ep 18: Laryngitis

"im very disappointed in you." Mr Shue said crossing his arms.

Rachel had snitched on half the Glee Club for no longer singing. She was getting on Gabriela's last nerve.

"I can't believe you narked on us." Finn muttered to Rachel.

"Don't get mad at me for exposing your laziness." she told him. "I'm tired of carrying all your weight. Regionals is in a month, guys" She now turned to the other members.

"I'm just trying to understand whats going on here. Finn, why did you stop singing?" Mr Shuester asked.

"You started giving all the male leads to Jesse. It kinda shook my confidence." He explained, lowering his voice at the last part.

"What difference does it make?" Santana asked. "We all know my job is to look hot."

"You're just going to give Rachel the solo anyway." Gabriela said scoffing.

"My baby hormones are making me moody." Quinn stated her reasoning.

"There's too many lyrics." Brittany said earning a smile from Gabriela.

"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link." Mr Shue began his mini lecture. "A Glee Club is about a myriad of voices coming together as one. Alright? This ends now. Which is why your assignment for the week...is for each of you to come up with a song that best suites how you see yourself, where you are in your lives right now. Then, all of you will stand up here and sing your hearts out."

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Gabriela spotted Puck flirting, or rather attempting to flirt, with Mercedes in the corner of her eye. It was a pathetic site to see. He lost his popularity when he lost his mohawk, and is trying to get it back by dating her.

"Okay guys. Lets get started." Mr Shue said entering the room

"Since i was first on the sign up sheet I'll start." Rachel told him. "I have chosen Miley Cyrus's 'The climb'  because its about overcoming obstacles and beating the odds. In my case, the obstacle is you, my lackluster teammates who refuse to carry their own weight."

Rachel began to sing but it was very off key. Gabriela started to lightly giggle. Everyone pulled weird faces at the sound of her voice.

"Rachel. i think you lost your voice." Mr Shue told her.

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"Nice work. Now that- that is the kind of soul exposing song I was talking about." Shuester congratulated Finn as he concluded his performance

"We should all be inspired and by Finn's bravery."

"Mr Shue. Can i sing my song now." Puck asked

"Sure, let's go for it Puck."

"What are they doing here?" Mercedes asked indicating to the jazz kids.

"I invited my brothers from Jazz and their horns to help me with my song." He replied.

"Ever since I've shaved off my mohawk, I've started seeing things differently. Last week I joined a black church, and I recently downloaded every single song Sammy Davis Jr ever recorded on iTunes. He was a black Jew you know? and my inspiration, so without further ado, I give you one of Sammy's biggest hits." He told them.

Everyone liked the song, besides Santana who glared viciously at Mercedes and Puck.

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"You good?" Gabriela asked Santana as they stood by her locker.

"No. Puck is clearly trying to get with Mercedes." She complained.

Gabriela closed her locker and walked by Santana's side.

"I doubt anything will happen to them. Don't worry." She reassured Santana. "I don't know what you see in him anyway."

"He boosts my rep. Also its for the sex anyway. I just don't want them together, okay?" Santana said getting a bit aggressive.

"Okay, chill."

"Sorry. I didn't mean to." Santana apologized. "I hope you find someone who deserves you."

"Puck doesn't deserve you." Gabriela told her in all seriousness.

"I know. Like I said, its just for the sex. Nothing else." Santana reminded her

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"All right. Let's get this started." Mr Shue exclaimed. Kurt, dressed very odd, or at least for him, volunteered. He looked very 'straight'.

Everyone looked at him shocked.They looked around at each other in an utter lose for words.

Brittany was the only one enjoying it and Matt looked at her oddly.

At the end of the performance everyone clapped, but it was definitely not genuine.

"Is something wrong Mr Shue?" Kurt questioned him.

"I don't think you really got the point of the assignment. This was about finding a song that... expresses who you are. That song didn't really sound like you." Mr Shue told him standing up from the chair.

"Well im sorry if i didn't live up to your expectations." Kurt sarcastically said.

"No, no. This group needs you to be you, Kurt. You can do things that no one else can."

"I'm not a box, i have more than four sides to me." Kurt told the glee coach

"Don't lose track of who you are just because it might be easier to be someone else." Mr Shuester advised him

As Kurt was leaving, Brittany got up and ran towards him. Gabby wondered what she was up to, but decided to watch from a distance for now.

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Gabriela sat in her chair, she felt both awe and disgust as she saw 2 of the most popular, talented and pretty girls she knew fight over Puck. Out of all people HIM.

It was all very much entertaining however. It was very aggressive and they looked like they were about to beat the shit out of each other.

Towards the end it got too heated and Mr Shuester had to step in to separate them. As soon as he dropped his guard and Santana pushed Mercedes.

Santana stormed out of that room and Gabby chased after her. "Santana wait." She called after her.

When she finally caught up, or at least close enough, she grabbed Santana's wrist to stop her.

"Santana." She said softly.

"I'm fine." She told Gabby, still upset.

Gabby pulled her into a hug to calm her down a bit.