Parachute [Book 4]

Chapter 22 - Team

Angie McGraw

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Melissa neglected to tell me what had happened with Ross Lynch coming down to Lima – she decided she didn’t want to tell me as soon as she heard the good news. I also kind of forgot that day because after rehearsing with Idony for several hours, there was nothing else on my mind.

Idony and I got along really well throughout that period of time. It was really strange because Idony almost seemed like she liked me. More than a friend.

I doubted she liked me that way, though, and was only acting like that because she thought I was a good friend. Yeah, that was it. It didn’t matter how sad it made me – it was the truth, and the truth was never going to change.

I remembered the day after Idony and I had spent all of that time together; she was sitting behind me, and I remember cursing myself for even thinking for a split second that Idony could ever like me back… and then Melissa had walked into the room with a bright smile on her face. She ran up to me and leaned across to whisper in my ear… and that’s when the crazy shit started between the whole entire Glee club.

Not only had Ross Lynch come down to coach the Glee club, but Mel had managed to get the whole of R5 down to Lima to help us win Sectionals – and on the plus side for us, they were even the celebrity judges this year.

It had been two rough weeks of practice, and two whole weeks of me trying to teach Idony to dance and constantly not being able to take my eyes off of her legs. Two whole weeks had lead up to where we were now.

Sectionals!

Right here, at McKinley.

I wasn’t nervous at all, totally unlike two years ago when I had first joined Glee club. I was a nervous wreck back then… but luckily I had Marley to comfort me and keep me from breaking down.  

It made me wonder how all of the newbies to Glee club were feeling – were they just as nervous as I was all of those years ago? Or were they excited to go out there and sing their hearts out?

We were all seated in the choir room, ten minutes until we had to go on, scattered out along the seats and the vanities that Finn had pushed in this morning. Idony, Rose and Ryley were all sitting in front of the mirrors, not using them for their actual purpose, and instead taking selfies. Baker and Sarah were lying on the floor, clearly flirting. The others sat behind Melissa and I, on the upper seats of the choir room. Melissa was texting Ross or Riker or one of the others, telling him to put in a good word about the New Directions. And I just sat there, gazing off into space.

There was really nothing else to do while we waited to be called onto stage.

I was very, very tempted to turn around and talk to Idony while I waited, because she was one of the only people I got along with in Glee club this year, but I could hear her quietly talking to Travis. Her voice was very quiet, but it still sounded just as sweet and adorable. I could have listened to her babbling on for days.

In my lap, my phone began to vibrate, blasting 22 loudlyin the almost silent room. Everyone turned to look at me, and I smiled as I picked up my mobile and ran out of the room to stand in the hallway. I saw it was Marley calling me, and I slid my finger across the screen to answer. “Hello?”

“Hey Angie!” I heard Marley shout on the other end, and I heard Ryder faintly say hello to me too after dropping something. Marley burst out laughing, and I stood calmly in the corner, waiting for her to stop.

When she eventually did stop, she took a few deep breaths, and began to talk to me. “Hey, are Sectionals on tonight?”

I nodded to myself, staring at my chipped, painted nails. “Yeah, tonight.” I looked down at the heels I was wearing and kicked the grimy tiles.