Chapter 27 - I've Been Here The Whole Time

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"Your braids like a pattern, love you to the Moon and to Saturn. Passed down like folk songs, the love lasts so long." - seven (Taylor Swift)


"Little monsters, take a bow," Mr Schue told the Glee Club as the girls and Kurt all struck poses in their outfits for theatricality/Gaga week. As Mr Schue told them to sit down, Violette adjusted her stiff jacket as she exchanged excited smiles with Santana next to her, who had helped with making the outfit. Violette had tried to create her own version of one of the Lady Gaga looks in her 'Judas' music video. Her hair was out and curled, held out of her face by a black bandana, and she'd gone for a crazy eyeliner design and bright red lip. The outfit itself consisted of a black leather jacket she'd borrowed from Santana, a bedazzled crop top (her own little touch) a black leather skirt and some incredibly chunky boots that she'd stolen from her older sister a couple weeks before. All in all, Violette felt hot and a few pairs of eyes that kept finding themselves glued to her seemed to agree.

"You know what the best part is? Each one of your costumes shows off a different aspect of your personalities," Mr Schue told the group, as Violette looked down at her outfit and wondered what part of her personality he thought her outfit showed (other than the bedazzled top), because whilst she loved the look, it didn't exactly scream Violette Donovan.

"Wait, where's Rachel? I mean I only noticed because like five minutes have gone by without her saying something totally obnoxious," Puck commented. Violette had perked up at the sound of Rachel's name, immediately ready to defend her, but was unable to do so when Santana wrapped an arm around the girl and clamped her hand over her mouth. Violette immediately frowned at Santana, in both frustration and confusion, both Santana just muttered something about 'letting them speak' as Mercedes began to talk. Violette sighed and just let herself lean into Santana who would not let the smaller girl go.

"Rachel kind of got some intense news yesterday,"

"We were spying on Vocal Adrenaline and-" Quinn began before Mr Schue cut her off.

"Guys, that's not fair! You gotta stop doing that... but uh, you know, what'd you find out?"

"Okay y'all ready?" Mercedes questioned as the group as they all seemed to lean in towards her, ready for the gossip. Violette went to protest, not wanting to share something so personal about Rachel without her permission, but Santana held tight to the girl who could only shake her head as Santana tried to listen to the gossip.

"Miss Corcoran, their coach, she's Rachel's mom,"

"Are you serious?" Mr Schue asked in shock as Violette huffed in annoyance, finally swatting Santana's hand away from her face.

"Way to bury the lead Mercedes,"

"We're screwed. Rachel's gonna jump ship over to Vocal Adrenaline,"

"Never," Rachel denied, entering the room as some of the boys began discussing the bombshell just dropped on them, "I really don't want to talk about it though. I'm still processing the news. My dads are moving my therapist to our spare room later this afternoon. All I know is that I'm not going anywhere, and I've chosen a Lady Gaga look that expresses the longing for a childhood I was deprived of," Rachel told the group. Violette frowned at the girl, worried about the sad look still stuck on her face and about the strange outfit that looked like it might fall apart.

"You look terrible. I look awesome," Brittany told Rachel and Violette wanted to defend her best friend and crush, but as she looked between Brittany's outfit and Rachel's, she decided she didn't want to be a liar.

"I think it's the Kermit the Frog look," Mercedes said with a tilt of her head, before one of the many toys stapled to Rachel's outfit fell off.

"And we have a jumper,"

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