Fighting Fate ━━ 𝐒. 𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐙

2.01 ┈ Someone Gets Hurt

4:00 rolled around the next day, and although alexis wanted more than anything not to go: a mixture of puck's words of encouragement, the thought of rachel's demise and her own passion for singing pushed out any hesitation that she had in her mind. she knew exactly what she was going to do.

and that was put on the best damn performance mckinley had ever seen.

walking onto a dark stage with twelve pairs of eyes on you would be daunting for most people. but for alexis, the spotlight was within walking (or i suppose, singing) distance, both metaphorically and literally. she strolled to the centre with confidence, her head held high and an unreadable expression on her face, and was more than ready to sing her heart out.

"hi. i'm alexis eastwood, and i'm gonna sing 'someone gets hurt' from the musical mean girls." alexis' voice was loud, and assertive, and if she did have any nerves, there was no chance anyone would be able to tell.

rachel smiled to herself from the second row and turned to the rest of the glee club, making an announcement that literally nobody cared about.

"teen comedy movie first."

a chorus of shushes rang out from everyone else in the room, but puck's bored-sounding "shut up" was the loudest, most noticeable display of disdain for the brunette. it certainly caught alexis' attention, and she shot him a small, grateful smile while she grabbed the microphone to begin her song.

[A/N: i wasn't quite sure what to have her perform but i feel like not only is this song a literal cultural reset but i imagine alexis' voice to be THIS level of powerful. i also linked the performance in the show that i replaced just in case you wanted to watch it for some of the priceless reactions! also ft santana being babie.]

Alexis:
Yes, I look perfect
Ice Queen, that's what you see
It's what they all expect from me
But it's all show

the moment the first note of the raspy phenomenon that was alexis' voice flew into the air, the entire glee club was immediately enthralled. artie threw his hand into the air with a smile and soon turned to mercedes, the two of them whooping and cheering as loudly as possible without interrupting the performance.

Alexis:
Face it, you used me
You saw the sexy clothes
My supermodel pose
But did you know?

a pair of chocolatey brown eyes locked onto the girl singing, watching her perform like she was some kind of goddess. well...she certainly looked like one, anyway. due to her being someone who didn't smile a lot - santana lopez's cheeks were physically aching with how much she was enjoying this. she shouldn't have been, really, since she wasn't supposed to like this girl, but for some strange reason it was very, very hard to dislike anything about her.

damn my lady loins.

Alexis:
Was I a game to you?
Was I way to be cool?
I truly cared
Was I the fool?
It's fine for you
It's fine to flirt
It's fine