Colors// Mike Chang Glee

Sectionals pt 2

By the time I woke up it was only 10:00. I yawned and hopped out of bed with serious bedhead which only happens if I'm fidgety and nervous the night before, which only tells you I've been stressed out. I've been good at hiding it, but I have been so stressed. I really wanted to see what would come out of Sectionals. Since I've never been on stage before, I was nervous but I was worried and upset because of Finn and Rachel. Everyone was so hyped and happy and excited about Sectionals only for it to be stripped away from them. It wasn't about me being in stage for the first time, it was about everyone working together and having fun. But because of relationship drama, that wouldn't happen.

So instead of dwelling on it, I hopped in the shower and noticed Andy was still asleep. The toilet seat was still down.

Once I got out of the shower I put on my outfit. I slid into a plaid shirt and some skinny jeans and placed a beanie on my head. I decided to curl the ends of my hair and made my way downstairs.

I walked down and heard the tv playing and the sink running. I ran down the stairs and saw my brother in the kitchen and my dad in the living room watching TV.

"Hey Dad," I greeted, walking into the kitchen, getting butterflies in my stomach. I was so nervous.

"Hey A," he said glancing over at me. I went over to the fridge and poured myself something to drink and walked over to my brother who was leant up against the counter, drinking his protein shake as he always does in the mornings.

"I'm so nervous," I whispered to him, leaning on the stove next to him. He set his drink down on the counter and turned to look at me as I was chewing down on my pinky nail to the quick until it began to bleed.

He wrapped his hand around my wrist pulling my hand away from my teeth. "Don't be. You are going to be great. Does Dad know?" Andy whispered the last part. I shook my head.

"He's working. I mean, you know what I mean," I replied, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath in an attempt to ease my nerves.

"You know he doesn't need to go out everyday right? He would love to see you win Sectionals. Just like when he saw me lose that football game," he said, causing me to turn to look at him.

"I'll tell him. But are you kidding me?! You and I both know thirteen obviously cheated that touchdown, he completely fumbled that ball," I said raising my voice slightly. I heard Dad click off the TV and on cue, he came to join us in the kitchen.

"I agree with your sister," he said, grabbing the pot of coffee and pouring himself another cup.

"Boy do I love you," Andy kissed my forehead before running up stairs to his room. I smiled suspiciously and directed my attention to my dad.

"So... I wanted to see if you'd like to come see me and the New Directions at Sectionals?" I asked. My dad nearly dropped his coffee when I spoke and a smile spread across his face.

"Is that today?! Absolutely, why didn't you ask earlier?" he asked, engulfing me in a hug.

"I don't know," I smiled into his shoulder. "I just thought you'd get bored, and besides, just like Andy's game, we're gonna lose because our male lead just quit on us yesterday when he found out his girlfriend's pregnant with his best friends baby," I felt my dad pull back looking at me.

"Wow. What kind of school do you go too?" he chuckled. "And I know you will do amazing. Do you have a solo?" Dad wondered as if it rolled off his tongue.

"Yeah, but we still don't know what Ballet or group song were gonna sing," I said in defeat.

"Group? What about Give Me Everything? I mean a ballet seems kinda low key. So something upbeat sounds like it would counter nicely," my dad spoke.