Glee Club // Hunter Clarington

{Chapter 21} 4 : 11

Rose's POV

"Rose, these decorations are incredible." Blaine praises me. "Well, Sadie Hawkins Dances are sometimes called 'Snowballs,' so that's how I got that idea for a snowflake theme." I tell him. He smiles at me and turns to Tina. I take that as my chance to go.

"What's up, McKinley?" Artie yells into a mic. "We've got quite the set. We'd like to dedicate this song to all the strong, proud and empowered ladies who stick their necks out to make this happen. This week, you showed us what it feels like to wait anxiously by the phone that never rings. The horror when all your friends get asked to the dance, and you don't, and you have to sit there..."

"Alright, cool. Thank you, Artie." Blaine interrupts. "This next ones to all the, uh, powerful women out there. Artie, Blaine, Ryder, Joe, and Sam sing 'Scrub' by TLC.

Sam drags me through the crowd. "Dude... I need you. Hug breakthrough in the case. Let's go." Sam tells Blaine and pulls him away from Tina. "Wait! Blaine and I were just about to..." Tina yells. "About to what?" Sam asks. "To keep dancing." Tina answer hesitantly.

"I'm sorry, Tina; this is bigger than all of us. I gotta go." Blaine announces. "Did you not hear me?" Sam yells. They run off and I turn to Tina and mouth a 'sorry' before running after them. "Wait, I have to perform. Where should I meet you after?" I question, stopping them. "Locker room." Sam responds before they run off.

"Yeah, McKinley! Okay, a friendly reminder: Uh, don't eat the snowflakes. They're fake. And the glitter sticks to the roof of your mouth." Brittany informs. "All right, ladies grab your date and get in the dance floor!" Tina says next. "Because the guys were just a warm-up for the real main attraction: Us!" Sugar yells and the crowd cheers. 'Locked Out of Heaven' by Bruno Mars starts.

[Marley and Rose]
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(ND Girls: Uh)
Oh yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(ND Girls: Uh)

[Rose]
Never had much faith
In love or miracles
(ND Girls: Miracles, Uh)
Never wanna
Put my heart on the line
(ND Girls: Uh)

[Unique]
Swimming in your world
Is something spiritual
(ND Girls: Spiritual, Uh)
I'm gonna get every time
You spend the night
(ND Girls: Uh)

[ND Girls]
Cause your sex takes me
To paradise
Yeah, your sex
Takes me to paradise
And it sho-o-o-ows
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Cause you make me feel like
I've been locked out of heaven
For too lo-o-o-ong
For too lo-o-o-ong
Yeah, you make me feel like
I've been locked out of heaven
For too lo-o-o-ong
For too lo-o-o-o-ong
Oh, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Can I just stay here?
Spend the rest of my days here?

[Rose]
Cause you make me feel like
(Unique:
Make me feel like)
I've been locked out of heaven
(Unique:
Ooh, oh-oh-oh)
For too lo-o-o-ong
For too lo-o-o-o-ong

[ND Girls]
Yeah, you make me feel like
I've been locked out of heaven
For too lo-o-o-ong
For too lo-o-o-o-ong
Oh-oh, oh-ong

[Rose and Marley]
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, yeah, eh, eh
Oh, yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, eh, eh, eh
Ah

The audience cheers when we finish. I get off the stage fast and hurry to the locker room. "Look at the pictures, Finn. It's not just Hunter. Half the Warblers have gained ten pounds of muscle since they've joined the team." I hear Sam begin to talk about my boyfriend as I walk into the locker room. "I've already looked into this. This is a weight training regimen that they stole from Vocal Adrenaline." Finn responds.

"You can't just go from being a twig to Jean-Claude Van Damme in a few months. Tell him, Sam." Blaine interjects and I stand next to him. "Look, the average male gains up to two pounds of muscle per month- fact!" Sam claps.

"And that's without cheating. We looked it up online." Blaine continues. "Plus, uh... Look at this cell phone video that Artie and Joe Hart took down at the Lima Bean the other day." Sam explains and the video plays.

"What the hell is this?" Hunters voice rings out through the tablet. "Did you put Splenda in my latte? You're a barista! You don't think! You need to remember six things!" Hunter yells. "Here comes the biscotti throw." Sam interrupts. "And one of them is that the sugar comes in the brown packet as the Splenda is in the yellow! I freaking hate Splenda! It tastes like pencils! Why are you putting pencils in my latte?!" The video ends and I'm in shock. I've never heard Hunter yell or be angry like that before.

"Now, that is 'roid rage and you know it." Sam speaks. "Look, chapter seven, subsection 16, rule four, line nine." Blaine hands the Show Choir rule book to Finn. "Any team using performance-enhancing drugs, including amphetamines, anabolic steroid, human growth hormone, or Four Loko will be automatically disqualified from competition." I state from memory. Blaine nods.

"The rule is retroactive, so if we can prove that they used at Sectionals, they'll have to forfeit and we'll win. Glee Club is back. Roblam!" Sam and Blaine high-five after Sam announces our 'ship' name. "Guys, what you are asking me to do her is beyond serious. The Warblers are, like, one of the most respected glee clubs in the country. To accuse them of this when-when all we have for proof is photos of some dudes' heads and a-a cell phone video? Look, I want Glee Club back just as much as you guys, but... this isn't enough. We need more real proof."

Blaine and Sam look at each other and I give Finn a confused look. "We have some." Blaine states and snaps his fingers. "Me." Trent walks in. "Trent!" I say happily. "I knew when Trent didn't perform with the Warblers at Sectionals that something was up." Blaine reveals.

"Yeah, he is kind of like the sunshine of the group, isn't he?" Finn questions. "Isn't he?" Blaine inquires. "Blaine and I joined the Warblers together. It was a band of brothers, a group joined by harmony and honor. And then Blaine left and Sebastian came, then Hunter... They just chipped away at everything that was good and special about us. Winning was everything. I mean, you took the shots or you didn't perform. Singing with the Warblers is my life, but I couldn't do it. My hormones can't handle heroic spears of testosterone. I don't even shave yet. The Warblers mean everything to me, and it's killing me to betray them like this." Trent finishes.

"You're not betraying them. Hunter betrayed the Warblers, you're saving them." Blaine encourages. "Yeah, that's what they said about Brutus. And Cassius. Look, if I go public with this, then the Warblers' reputation- it's ruined forever. Years of honorable melodies and harmonies, all forgotten." Trent argues.

"Look, the Warblers' reputation was ruined the second they decided to cheat to win. Fact." Sam claims. "So, what do you say? Will you do this? Will you testify against the Warblers?" Finn asks Trent.

If this is true, Hunter's got some hell to pay.

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