𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 | s. lopez + b. pierce

Born This Way

Jayden stared at her sister in disbelief, her jaw dropped slightly. She exchanged a look with Artie beside her, who pushed his glasses up on his nose and shook his head.

"Oh, my God," Quinn was the first to break the silence. "You're getting a nose job."

"I'm considering having a minor procedure to repair my deviated septum," Rachel said.

"So, a nose job," Jayden frowned.

"Look, I'm happy with the way that I look, okay? And I've embraced my nose...But, let's just say I wanted to have a slightly more demure nose? Like Quinn's, for example."

If you're in love with her, just say so.

"I would never change my appearance for vanity, but, I mean, the doctor said that it could possibly improve my talent, which would help us all for nationals, so..." Rachel stated, shrugging.

"Possibly," Mr. Schue frowned. "What about the risks? Your voice is amazing as is, Rachel."

"Hold up," Santana scoffed. "Could we all just get real here for a second? I hear that Rachel's got a bit of a schnoz. I mean, I wouldn't know, because like Medusa, I try to avoid eye contact with her. But can we all just stop lying about how there aren't things that we wouldn't change about ourselves? I mean, I'm sure Sam's been at the doctor's office and rifled through pamphlets on mouth reduction. I'll bet Artie's thought about getting his legs removed, since he's not really using them anyways. And I'm definitely sure that Tina's looked into getting an eye de-slanting."

Jayden's jaw dropped, and she turned around to look at Santana.

"Close your mouth, half-pint," Santana said. "You're not a codfish."

"You're being mean," Jayden frowned.

"Please, I'm mean to everyone."

"You're being racist," Tina scoffed, sending the Latina a glare over her shoulder.

"I'm keeping it real," Santana shrugged.

"Sorry, Santana. I'm a beautiful person," Tina said. "I'm in love with myself, and I would never change a thing."

"Is that why you're wearing blue contacts today, Tina?" Mike asked, raising a brow. "Self-hating Asian."

"Not many Asian sex symbols, Mike. I'm just trying to be in fashion and mirror what I see in magazines."

"But magazines don't always tell the truth," Jayden said. "Tina, I love your eyes. They're perfect just the way they are."

"My dancing kind of bothers me," Finn spoke up. "Uh, and it almost killed Rachel, but I like the way I look."

"Oh, please," Santana scoffed. "You have weird, puffy pyramid nipples. They look like they're filled with custard. You could dust them with powdered sugar, and they could pass for some kind of dessert."

Sam pushed Finn's jacket back to see what Santana was talking about, and the quarterback slapped his hand away.

"Look, maybe Rachel's fine with having an enormous beak. Maybe she needs it to crack hard seeds. All I'm saying is that if you look in the mirror and you don't like what you see, you should change it."

Jayden chewed the inside of her cheek, insecurely hugging her body.

That's exactly what I did, and I got an eating disorder.

"Woah, guys," Mr. Schue finally spoke up. "I'm really shocked at what I'm hearing here. It goes against everything the Glee Club stands for. I'm telling you, the thing you'd most like to change about yourself is the most interesting part of you."