somethin' stupid

season 1 episode 6

IN THE CHOIR ROOM...

"five six seven right. step, turn, out, in, ball change, step ball change, step. you, you, you. buh buh buh buh buh" mr schue says as the glee club follows his choreography unenthusiastically

"turn, come on guys, you're sleepwalking on me. give me some energy. we got sectionals in two weeks-"

"oh please" mercedes says "sectionals is gonna be a breeze"

"maybe so, but if we coast through sectionals we're gonna get killed at regionals. we have got to be on our game" mr schuester says

kurts laughter brings attention over to him "sorry, funny youtube"

"oh is it the cat on the toilet again?" i ask jumping in and he nods "love that one"

"me too" he agrees

the bell rings and we all leave. meaning it's spanish for me.

things have been completely horrible with finn and i. he keeps on texting me but i keep ignoring him.

he's been my best friend for the past ten years and he ruined it with a decision that probably took him five seconds to make.

the worst part of spanish, is not being able to change my seat. i'm stuck next to finn hudson for the remainder of the school year.

I WALK INTO SPANISH and see that i'm here before finn so i take advantage of the time to be by myself for once in this class

he shows up a second after i take my seat and i put in my headphones

"can you please talk to me" he whispers but i can hear it through the music

"what. talk about how you made out with my best friend? how you totally betrayed me? how you threw our friendship down the drain? you were my bestest friend finn. now you're the bestest asshole i know" i turn my music up until mr schuester starts class

class goes by as slowly as humanly possible and soon enough, i'm back in the choir room.

MR SCHUESTER GUIDES US INTO THE CLASSROOM AND IN FRONT OF A BULLETIN BOARD

"competition" he says before turning to face the board with various pictures decorated on it. "everyone of these people, or elements was a champion in their own right. but they use competing with each other to make themselves even better"

"i don't understand how lightning is in competition with an above ground pool" kurt says which causes britt and i to let out a slight laugh

"just go with it" mr schue says "you guys have become complacent. you were great at the invitational but you gotta up your game if you wanna get through sectionals. okay. split up. guys on the left side. girls on the right side" he instructs but we all just stand there for a second "come on"

we all separate into two different groups, with kurt choosing the right side instead of the left

"alright. kurt?" mr schue nods his head in the opposite direction. "here's the deal. two teams. boys versus girls. one week from today, you will each perform a mash up of your choice"

"what's a mashup?" puck asks and i shake my head at him, what an idiot

mr schue jumps at the opportunity to explain this with more passion than how he teaches his spanish classes

"a mash up is when you take two songs and mash them together to an even richer explosion of musical expression. boys perform on tuesday, girls the next day. i want you going all out, costumes, choreography whoever wins the competition gets to choose the number we do for sectionals"