Road To Nationals // Hunter Clarington

{Chapter 23} 5 : 13

Rose's POV

"Well, what are you guys doing?" I ask as I walk into the choir room. "Well, Mr. Shue wanted us to pack away the trophies before Sue came in and had the Cheerios do it." Rachel explains. I frown. "No, don't get upset. Oh." Rachel gives me a sympathetic look. "I am upset." I tell her and she hugs me. "Guys, you might want to sit down for this. I have some huge news." Blaine and Kurt run in. "You guys got married and adopted Russian twin babies. Yes!" Sam assumes.  

"Blaine got into NYADA!" Kurt corrects at the same time Blaine exclaims, "I got into NYADA!" "Oh, my God!" I yell hugging Blaine. "Wow! Oh, my God! You guys, do you know what this means? All of us- we're all going to New York together!" I shout. "All of us? I thought you would be going to L.A. for Syco." Kurt furrows his eyebrows. "Well, Simon has an office in New York, and I was going to tell everyone in Glee Club, but I chose to go to Julliard." I announce smiling.

"Rose, that's great!" Rachel hugs me again. "You're going to Julliard, too?" Hunter's voice echoes through the choir room. "Too? You didn't tell me you wanted to go." It's my turn to be confused. "I was going to tell you later." He walks over to our group with Tina. "All of us are going to New York?" Tina questions excitedly. The nine of us smile and hug each other. It's going to be a good year.

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"You know, being here with everyone has brought so many good feelings and memories, and... I mean, look at Puck and Quinn." Mercedes gestures to the two of them. "I mean, I have no idea what's going on there, nor do I know where her boyfriend ran off to, but it looks like we can be expecting another 'accidental' pregnancy sometime soon." Their eyes go wide at Mercedes previous statement. "But, alas, with the old good feelings comes the old bad ones, too. Why, just today, Mercedes and I were in the lunch line when a battle from way back in the day came out, a-and we found ourselves at each other's throats again." Kurt shares.

"Yes, I know. It's really hard to see friends fighting, but I'm just glad that none of you guys were there to see it." Mercedes nods thankfully. "I was right behind you in line." Artie tells them. "Because the most upsetting things is watching two people you love fight about something ridiculous and there not being anything you can do to stop it. But, thankfully, we made up and we have never been closer." They grab each other's hands and Mercedes hums in agreement. "And we've decided to heal our hearts with a song." Kurt smiles. All of us but Brittany stand up and applaud when their done. I wonder why she didn't?

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"I didn't get into Mitzvah, so I guess I'm the only one in this room who's not going to New York." Tina says sadly. "Why? You don't need a college acceptance letter to get over that bridge." Sam sits in front of her. "I can't go there without some kind of plan." Tina states like everyone else is stupid. "Well, uh, Kurt did, and I think he's doing pretty great. It's an adventure." Blaine smiles. "Not for me. You don't understand. Without some kind of direction, I just feel like a giant, free-floating loser." Tina expresses. "Yeah, like me." Blaine looks at her. "And me." Artie adds. "And me." Sam gets up and grabs a guitar.

I sit next to Tina as we sing 'Loser Like Me'. "Ooh, that was nice." Blaine compliments Artie. "Hey, please, please, please, please come to New York." I hug her. "You don't need a plan. You'll figure something out once you get there. We can get an apartment." Artie suggests. "You guys are the best. Let's do this." Tina hugs me back.

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We all clap as Quinn and Puck kiss after performing in Glee Club. "I'd like to make an announcement. Puck has asked me to go out with him as boyfriend and girlfriend. 'Cause, you know, we've never actually dated. So, um, I decided to throw caution to the wind and say yes." Quinn announces. "Wait, what?" Puck grins. "Yeah, I-I can't make any promises, but, you know, you're the only guy who's actually been okay with me just being myself." Quinn smiles slightly.