Back To You €Mike Chang

Journey To Regionals

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[Three weeks ago]

"Jamie, why did you take me here?" Mickey asked his friend once they reached the auditorium of Carmel high.

The older teen insisted the younger spend the day with him and had been pretty nervous the whole time, which Mickey picked up on. Jesse had taken him to the café, animal shelter, breadstix, and now Carmel.

"Um, maybe you should uh sit. Yeah, take a seat please," Jesse told him, slightly fumbling over his words, watching as Mickey sat and standing in front of him,"I uh, brought you here because I have something really important to tell you and I found that this was probably the best place to do this so uh," Jesse paused taking a breath as he knew what he was going to say next would be hard for the latter to take in,"I'm leaving McKinely," he told him softly

"You're what?" Mickey asked him, his eyes wide not believing what he had heard,"You're leaving, Jamie?"

"Yeah," Jesse sighed, giving Mickey a sympathetic look, grabbing his hands,"Look hummingbird, as much as I love this and appreciate our friendship but I don't feel welcomed at McKinley and I'm obviously unwanted. Please don't be mad I jus-" He told the boy who was basically his younger brother

"Jamie, relax" Mickey chuckled with a small smile, standing and rubbing Jesse's hands,"I get it, you have every right to want to leave. I'm not thrilled but I understand and I'm happy for you. Plus we can still see each other outside of school, we're gonna be ok as long as you're happy I'm happy" He told him sweetly, rubbing his cheek tenderly as Jesse leaned into his touch

"You're really wise for your age," Jesse teased, tearfully repeating his words from when they both first officially met,"I'm supposed to be giving you guidance as your elder," He chuckled as Mickey wiped his tears

"That goes both ways, Jamie" Mickey told him softly, his own tears beginning to prick his eyes as he blinked them away,"You gonna be okay?" He asked the older boy once his tears began to cease

"Um, y-yeah I'm okay," Jesse sniffed, nodding his head as he breath deeply as if preparing himself as his friends from Vocal Adrenaline walked from the wings and took places on the stage,"I have prepared a goodbye for you Hummingbird, and though we still will see each other I still want to give you a proper 'see you later'," He told him and walked to the stage as the music began to play

[Hummingbird by Leslie Odom Jr. - Jesse St. James & Vocal Adrenaline]

Mickey then ran onto the stage and jumped into Jesse's arms, finally letting his tears fall,"I'm gonna miss you, Jamie" he whispered to his big brother in everything but blood

"I'm just a phone call away," Jesse whispered back, the two staying in each other arms for a while making up for the time they'll lose

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"No one wants any pizza?" Mr.Shue asked the solemn teens before moving on, "All right, well, uh, let's get started. Thank you for coming to the first annual New Directions' Regionals' setlist nominations party"

"What's the point, Mr. Shue?" Artie asked sadly, "Coach Sylvester's one of the judges. She's gonna crush us."

"Artie, you don't know that" Will tried to lift the boy's spirit, but they all knew that the woman was gonna do everything in her power to make sure the club ended