butterflies ⋮ sam evans

6 | "the subsitute"

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As Mr. Shue tried to teach the class but fighting a major fever at the same time, Keilani had been quietly reading, curling up on the chair and not really paying attention to anything that was happening in the room. Beside her, she heard Santana make a flirty comment towards to Puck and Rachel say something about the Sectionals set list which she was probably trying going to try and cater towards her voice.

On her other side, she felt Mercedes poke her in the side, gesturing silently with her head towards a dazed-looking Mr. Shue. Growing concerned, Keilani asked, "Mr. Shue, do you need to go home? You're looking pretty sick."

Mr. Shue looked as if he was on the verge of passing out, and what the New Directions didn't realize was that he was picturing all the members as younger versions of themselves. "Umm..." He mumbled, his head began to fall to the side as if he couldn't hold it up himself anymore. "I think I'm going to see the nurse. But first I feel like I should get you guys a sitter."

Mercedes, Keilani, and Kurt all shared a baffled look, but Keilani took the opportunity that rehearsal likely wasn't happening to return to her book. She had a few more seconds of peaceful reading when she felt a nudge in her side from Santana. Looking up, she saw Santana look at Keilani with a raised brow and then turn to the front of the room, directing her death glare towards Rachel, who had immediately gone up to the whiteboard after Mr. Shue left.

"Class!" Rachel forcibly dotted a period on the white board and turned towards everyone, who were all in shock that she had the audacity to write 'Me.' on the board in big letters. "In Mr. Schuester's absence, I'd like to go around and ask everyone what solos they'd like to hear me perform at Sectionals."

Keilani barely had time to process what had just come out of her mouth before Santana was ready to go. "All right, you know what? Let me at her!" She screamed, prompting both Keilani and Sam to wrap their arms around her in an attempt to hold her back from beating the crap out of Rachel and the rest of the Glee club to react just as loudly alongside her. "¡Tú eres loca!"

Screaming bloody murder, Rachel stayed frozen in place for a second before bolting out of the room, knowing that despite Sam's strength and Keilani's ability to talk someone down before they do something they regret, they wouldn't be able to hold Santana back for long. Finn was close behind, not wanting to stick around to defend his girlfriend's actions because honestly he wasn't sure if he could.

"Let me go!" Santana continued against to strain Keilani and Sam, despite Brittany and Mercedes best efforts to get her to calm down. "Let me at her!"

"No!" Keilani yelled, tugging her back down into her seat and forcibly grabbing her by the shoulders and turning Santana around to look directly at her. "We're on school property and you'll probably get suspended. My little sister dances at the same studio as her and I can totally use her to figure out Rachel's schedule and you get her when she's least expecting it."