The Olympian Of McKinley High

Chapter 15: The Audition

"Wait, are you serious!" Kurt exclaimed from his seat next to Percy at the lunch table. The raven haired boy jumped as he practically yelled in his ear. "I know Quinn rejoined yesterday, but I didn't know you were going to too."

Percy nodded and smiled a little. "Yeah, I should be joining you guys sometime soon."

"You should come to our booty camp tonight after school." Puck added around a mouth full of pizza. "Can you dance?"

"What are you going to sing for your audition?" Blaine added before Percy had the chance to respond. The following question left him at a loss for words.

"Wait, I have to sing?" Percy felt his cheeks glow a little red at the intense stares he received from Puck, Kurt, Blaine, Santana, Artie, Mike, and Tina. "Never mind, it was a stupid question."

"No it wasn't Percy. It was like, a totally legit question." Brittany said with a broad smile. Everyone's amazed stares turned to look at her.

"You should come to booty camp, dude. It will be a good introduction." Puck added as an end to the conversation. "Chang, what's this about an Asian 'F'?"

Percy felt relieved with the change in topic. He zoned out of the rest of the conversation and started to think. He had no idea that he would actually have to sing, although the more he thought about it the more stupid he felt. The worst part was that he didn't even know if he could sing.

He went through the rest of the day in a bit of a haze. When the day was finally over, he headed towards the auditorium, not completely sure what he would find in there.

Kurt was the first one to see him in the doorway and he excitedly ran over to fully drag him into the room. Percy said a quick hello to the people he could put a name and face together and then turned to look at the teacher.

Mr. Schue smiled when he saw Percy surrounded by Kurt, Puck, and Quinn. "It's nice to see you Percy. You are welcome any time." Percy shyly muttered a thank you in return. Schue smiled warmly and then turned to look around the room. "Hey Mike, can you come work with Percy? Lets see if he's got some moves."

The practice continued around them as Mike and Percy went to one side of the stage. Mike decided to start with some basic moves and slowly showed him each dance step.

Percy found that he was actually pretty good at dancing. As he swung his leg out he imagined himself kicking a monster. as he dropped low and spun around, he pretended that he was dodging a sword swing. A lot of the dance moves Mike was showing him had some resemblance of fighting techniques. After only ten minutes of one on one practice, Mike brought him back over to the group and told Mr. Schue that he could easily catch up and work on the actual routine.

"Alright then. Percy, you can stand on the end next to Kurt." Schuester said before he motioned towards the piano player. "Ready guys? Five, Six... Seven, Eight."

Percy watched on silently for a moment as he focused on the dance routine everyone was doing. There was an obvious difference of skill level among many of the dancers. Mike and Brittany worked the smoothest, while people such as Kurt and Finn almost always seemed a beat behind. Kurt was also doing some weird jazz hands thing as he moved.

The practice was interrupted by the sound of the auditorium doors opening. Everyone turned to watch Mercedes walk in. Mr. Schue was the first to speak. "You're late."

Mercedes huffed as she walked further onto the stage. "I know. I overslept."

Quinn decided to comment in disbelief. "It's 4:30 in the afternoon."

Mercedes glared daggers at the blonde. "My alarm clock went off thirty minutes late this afternoon. It kind of shifted my whole schedule." Mercedes looked around the room. "Anyway what's Santana and Percy doing here?"