Amelia Mae

Chapter Seven: Hairography

A/N: I don't own anything but Amelia St. James any other original character which includes the aunt and uncle, parents and siblings of Amelia St. James.

When I woke up, the next day and got ready for school. I took a shower, blow dried my hair and slipped into my Cheerios uniform. I grabbed my hairbrush and a hair tie, I tried my best to put my hair up but I just couldn't get it to look right. "Aunt Vanessa!!! I need your help!"  I shouted knowing that she would be up. "What Lia!" "Come here!" I heard her footsteps going up the stair and come closer to my room. "What do you need help with?" She asks. "I can't make my hair look right?" She shook her head at me and grabbed the hairbrush from me. She sat on the edge of my bed while I sat on the floor. Before I knew it my hair was in a perfect ponytail. "Thank you," "You're welcome dear," She left my room after she gave me back my hairbrush. I slipped on my new shoes and grabbed my backpack. I had to wait a few minutes for Aunt Vanessa to be ready to leave. Once she was, we left. She dropped me off at school and then she went to work.

Walking through the doors of McKinley in my Cheerios uniform felt amazing. Before I didn't have a place in the social hierarchy, but now I do. However, it felt weird to have people noticing me more, and I couldn't tell if them noticing me was a good or bad thing. I was on my way to my locker when Santana and Brittany saw me, they motioned for me to come over to them. Quinn was standing next to them, she was looking me up and down, she probably knew that I took her spot of the Cheerios. "Quinn, that's Amelia, look at how short she is," Brittany said. "Yeah, I can see Brittany," Quinn told her. "Quinn Fabray," She said staring me straight in the eyes. "Amelia St. James," I told her. "Shorty, see you at practice," Santana told me. I took that as a sign to go and nodded my head in good riddance.

I made it to my locker when some boy with a mohawk started walking over to me. I think he was one of the football boys but I could never keep track of them. "So you're the new Cheerio, guess I should welcome you to the team," He said a little flirtatiously to be an actual welcoming person. "Who are you?" I asked him, turning to fully face him.  "How do you not know who I am," "Maybe because I don't like to associate with assholes" "I'm Puck," "Amelia," I finished up at my locker after Puck left, he seemed like he was shocked that I didn't know who he was and that he was kinda impressed that a Cheerio called him an asshole. I headed to my first-period class, even entering that class was different, I had the Cheerios in that class greeting me and treating me so differently than they were yesterday.

The rest of the day was like that, I went having no friends to having a whole bunch of girls and guys acting like my friends. I know that none of them are actually friends with me but who knows that could all change within the year. I actually kinda felt like Jesse right now in order of everybody talking to me. The only difference was with Jesse, he had some real friends and he was the most popular boy at Carmel.

I was in my last period of the day when Quinn approached me. "I realize that I have seen before. It was a gymnastics meet a few years ago, my sister was competing. I remember your routine, it was amazing." She told me. "Thanks, I wish I could say that I could remember your sister but I don't," I said softly to her. "I have all the Cheerios routines in a binder at my house if you want to look at them and learn them." She offered. "Yeah, that'd be great. Would be willing to help me?"  I ask. "I'd like that." She said to me.

She let me be after that. I still felt kinda sad for Quinn, she was head Cheerio, she was the most popular girl in school. But now she wasn't and she was being nice to the girl who took her spot on the Cheerios. I was thankful that she was willing to help me, I kinda hoped if I join again next year, she will too. She seems like she could be a good friend.

It was now after Cheerios practice, I was on my way to the main doors to meet my uncle when I heard footsteps. I turned to see the glee kids going to the auditorium, for some reason I decided to follow them. They entered through the side stage doors, so I went through a different door. I took a seat in the very back so that they couldn't see me, I watched as they set up stools in a semi-circle facing all the empty seats in front of them. They were wearing t-shirts and jeans, everybody had on a shirt of different colors, mostly blue and reds.

They all sat down on a stool and then the band started playing music. The glee joined them in, they sounded so calm, so relaxed, it was beautiful. They had sung True Colors by Cyndi Lauper, the Asian girl had taken the lead. She had a pretty voice, it lacked power but it was perfect for this song. I left the auditorium, I had a choice to make here, either I could tell Jesse what glee does every time I watch them, or I could just not a say a thing unless it was important. I choose the second option, I didn't like it when people cheat, and yes it is still cheating if I tell Jesse what ND does. I kinda wanted friends, Brittany, Santana, and Quinn could end up being my friends, and I don't want to ruin that. They actually seemed interested when they talked to me.

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