Unlikely Star

Sadie Hawkins

McKinley's Student Council announcement about the upcoming Sadie Hawkins dance had thrown me for a loop. I was planning on simply going to Winter Formal, with or without a date, with the weight of that lifted off my shoulders. Now, I had the task of possibly asking someone to go to the dance with me, and I was not mentally prepared for that. That's why I enjoyed prom, and homecoming, and all the other dances: the boys had to muster up the courage to ask someone while the girls stood back and waited for someone to ask them. Sadly, this year, I didn't have an obvious person I should ask, ex: a boyfriend. Plus, there wasn't really anyone else who I felt attracted to asking.

Since Glee Club lost Sectionals, and Sue had converted our choir room into another workout room for the Cheerios, Finn had resorted to getting us one of the science classrooms to rehearse in. Walking into the room, I heard Sam say something about sitting under Uranus, which made both Blaine and Tina crack up. I was more concerned that Sam didn't know the implications of what he said.

"So this week in Glee Club, it's ladies' choice, inspired by the Sadie Hawkins dance."

"Which I thought of. It was my idea." Tina took great pride in her addition to the club.

"Yes, thank you Tina. And every girl will sing to whoever they want to take to the dance." Oh great, that's just what I needed. Now, I had an assignment where I had to sing to someone and ask them to the dance. Whoopie...

Kitty strolled into the room, leaning up against the door frame. "Well I for one, love this lesson. I've got a song I want to sing to somebody." That was incredibly ominous. But I couldn't dwell on that. I needed to find a song that I could sing to someone for the dance. Well first I had to find an actual date to the dance, and then I could go from there.

***

Today's Glee Club meeting was in the locker room, my least favorite of our meeting places. It smelled of sweaty socks and a large amount of AXE body spray. Did boys just think using body spray would cover up their smell? Also, why couldn't we ever use the girls' locker room. It's much cleaner and smells much nicer.

In front of us, Tina was standing next to Finn, with a confident look in her eyes. I had no idea who she was going to ask. I mean, she didn't really know Ryder that well, but Artie was also her ex-boyfriend. "Gentlemen, prepare yourselves for Tina Cohen-Chang."

~I Don't Know How to Love Him (sung by Tina Cohen-Chang)~

By the end of the song, I had finally figured out who Tina was asking to the dance. There was not a face in the room that didn't have an uncomfortable look on it. The only person who was completely oblivious was Blaine, who seemed quite touched by the performance. We all awkwardly cheered for her, not trying to make it seem that any of us were dying on the inside.

"So... Blaine, will you go to the dance with me?"

We all stared at Blaine to see if he would accept her proposal, or reject it in front of a large group of people. "Oh, uh... wow, uh.... Tina... I don't know what to say... um, no... Thank you, but no thank you."

I wish I could've slinked out of my skin and crawled away. I had never been more grateful for the basketball team to show up. That was kind of our cue to head out of the locker room. I would've gone to comfort Tina, but I don't think it had completely sunk in for her yet. This is why I haven't asked anyone to the dance yet. I didn't want to have to live through that.

***

The day had finally come for the Sadie Hawkins dance, and I still had not asked anyone. My mother tried to give me some advice by telling me to have my brother bring me along, which was possibly worse than Tina asking Blaine. In the end, I realized that I didn't need a guy to go to the dance with me. Although I would be one of the few girls who will show up without a date, it shouldn't be that bad. Plus, if I really wanted to dance with someone, there should be some single guys there that would love to dance with me.