Amelia Mae

Chapter Nine: Sectionals

A/N: I do not own anything besides Amelia St. James and any other original character which includes her parents and aunt and uncle.

It was easy to convince Jesse to take to watch New Directions perform at their sectionals, the harder part was getting Shelby to agree to let him out of practice. I don't know how he did it, but he managed to convince her to let him go. I was actually kinda looking forward to seeing New Directions perform, it would be an official performance, not just a rehearsal. Sectionals was this weekend, so I had to wait an entire week to see them.

Rumors really fly fast around this school, well at least when they involve popular kids. The new one this week is that Puck is the actual baby daddy of Quinn's baby. I didn't know what to believe, whether Finn actually got a girl pregnant or that Quinn would cheat on Finn. So I would just wait and see what would be buzzing around the school at the end of the week.

I learned from Santana, Quinn, and Brittany that Mr. Schuester wouldn't be at Sectionals because of some commercial thing that glee club did. If he took them to sectionals, they would be disqualified. His replacement was Ms. Pillsbury, the guidance counselor. She was really OCD and a germaphobe, not to mention a ginger. They were also putting together their setlist this week, not a good idea. Most groups have theirs made and rehearsed two-three months ahead. VA has their setlists planned when they pick a theme, they worked on Invitationals number during the summer, Sectionals numbers were rehearsed right away after invitationals. After Sectionals, they start right away on Regionals number, after Regionals they work on Nationals, and it just repeats after that.

Everything was normal until Friday, everybody who didn't know learned the truth. Quinn's baby was Puck's. Finn got so mad at the glee clubs that he quit, now they were short one person to compete. I almost offered to take his place but that would make their boy to girl ratio uneven. I was nervous, if they don't find a replacement for Finn, they can't go on. They have less than 24 hours to find somebody.

After Cheerios practice, I walked out the main doors to find that it was my aunt waiting for me today, not my uncle or Jesse. She almost never picks me up, she must have had a half day today or something. My aunt was a real estate agent, one of the best ones in town. She was almost busy because of having so many open houses and closing deals. I climbed into her SUV and we left for home. "How was your day, sweetie?" "Pretty good, practice went well too. Coach Sue was in a good mood today for some reason. Like not her usual good mood, but like happy good mood. It was kinda weird." "Maybe it was just a really good day for her." "Maybe,"

When we got home, I helped my aunt start making dinner, Jesse arrived home just in time for dinner. We ate it as a family, and Uncle Daniel asked Jesse how his practice went. After that Jesse and I headed up to our rooms. I quickly changed into my pajamas and laid on my bed with my iPod in my hands, playing games. About half an hour later, Jesse entered my room. "Wanna have a movie night since I don't practice in the morning, and we don't need to leave till mid-morning," Jesse suggested. I threw my iPod down on my bed and went with him to his room. We always had movie night in his room or in the living room. But we had it in the living room if Aunt Vanessa and Uncle Daniel joined us. We always used Jesse's room because I just had twin size bed, while he had a full-size bed, so it fit us on it more comfortably. "What movie do you wanna watch?" He asked me. "Uh... you pick," I told him. We ended up watching Mamma Mia. When the movie ended, we both headed to bed.

Jesse woke me up the next morning, his way of waking me up was that he would grab my pillows from under my head, then he would grab my blanket, then he would grab my stuff animals that I kept in a corner of my room and just start throwing them at me. For some reason, it always wakes me up, but only when he starts throwing the stuffed animals at me. Once I was out of bed, he left my room and I got dressed.

After that, I headed downstairs and ate breakfast. When we were done eating, Jesse checked the time. Deciding that it may be a good idea to get there somewhat early to get decent seats, we left. Upon arriving, I saw the bus that said Lima Community Schools on it. Jesse and I paid the entry fee and found seats that we liked. We just sat there, we watched as the first group came on stage. The group was the Jane Addams group. They sang 'And I Am Telling You That I'm Not Going' and 'Proud Mary' in wheelchairs. It wasn't horrible but it was really good either. After that, there was a little break between numbers. Once the break was over, the next group came on stage, they were the school for the deaf. They sang 'Don't Stop Believin' it was horrible but they had the pity factor. Then there was another break before New Directions went on, I was talking to Jesse when I got a text from Santana.

From Santana: Are you anywhere near Milly Rose theatre?

To Santana: I'm actually here, why?

From Santana: We need your help, please come to our dressing room, it two doors down from the bathroom.

"Jesse I'll be back, they need my help for something," I told him. "Ok, have fun," With that, I left, and went to find their dressing room, when I found it, I knocked on the door. "Thank goodness," Santana said while pulling me into the room. "Our setlist was stolen, we have one number that we are doing and one new song that we need choreography for. Can you help us with the choreography, Mike, Matt, Brittany and I are dancers but we have never taught anyone how to do anything. Please help." Santana said. "I'll help, what's the song?" "You Can't Always Get What You Want," Finn said. "A Rolling Stones song, that should be easy. I brought up the song on my iPod and quickly began teaching them easy moves with the help of Mike, Matt, Brittany, and Santana. Once it was decent enough for them to perform it, they had five minutes till went on.

I rushed back to my seat and waited. The lights dimmed and music started. From the look on Jesse's face when the music started he knew the song. Then suddenly at the back of the crowd, Rachel burst through the doors, singing. I leaned into Jesse and told him that the girl was Rachel. He looked impressed. Rachel just guided her way across the crowd before she got on stage, then towards the end of her song, the rest of the New Direction joined her, they were coming from the back of the crowd. When her song was done, they got into their places for You Can't. I watched as they performed, they did a good job, if they were more prepared they would have been amazing.

"That small girl was Rachel," Jesse asked. "Yes, that was Rachel," "Holy crap, she was amazing," "I think she's had vocal training since she was little but I'm not quite sure," "Hm.. their last song, it looked unprepared, is that why they needed you?" "Yeah, their setlist got stolen, they need to teach some choreography for the song," "Good job," "Thanks," "Are you gonna want to stay to see who wins," "Yeah,"

We waited and then the judges returned, all three groups took a spot up on the stage. "And the winner is... William McKinley High School's New Directions," I watched as they cheered, then Jesse and I left to go home.

When I arrived at school on Monday I was shocked to hear that there was no Cheerios practice. I was less shocked to hear that we had no coach because Coach Sue leaked the ND setlist. It was during Spanish that I was approached by Mr. Schuester. "Glee club what you did for them at Sectionals, and I just want to say thank you," "You're welcome," "Amelia, glee club is always accepting new members if you ever want to join," I nodded my head and got back to doing the worksheet. I wasn't gonna join anytime soon.

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