𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 • 𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚎

𝚅𝙸𝙸𝙸

The day had come. Regionals. Quinn was practically exploding. Finn was still pissed, but he was now dating Rachel. Not the person I would have suggested, but it wasn't my decision. Everything was crazy. The whole ride, people sang songs from musicals. Rachel was all over Finn. It was kinda gross, not gonna lie. I mean, I was happy to see him happy, but it was kind of annoying. Like I didn't need to see that.

"Are you alright?" I heard come from behind me. I turned for a second before I looked back ahead of me. "No. The last time I sang in front of people I was ten and my vocal chords weren't even developed." I sighed as I just stared ahead. "A.J, you'll be fine. It's not like you're going to be the only one up there. Everyone else is going to be there."

"I'm not going to be fine. I'm going to sweat really bad and I'm going to pass out. I'm going to ruin regionals for everyone. And I'm gonna be known as the girl who ruined regionals her first year in glee club. It'll be terrible."

"If it helps, neither I nor Lexie have ever been on stage, singing in front of people. You have. A.J, you're going to be amazing."

I turned. "If I was so amazing, why did Rachel get the solo? I'm as good as her. Probably better, but she doesn't want anyone else to have something good, so that kinda puts a damper on my talent. On your talent, on everyone's talent." I glanced over to the two of them sitting there. Lexie and Scarlett did too, but Lexie's face was actually quite funny. She had a look of disgust on her face. But the kind a five year old make when their parents start kissing.

"Lexie, are you okay?"

She just continued staring at them. "Lexie?" Scarlett had said, waving her hand in front of her face. "Alexandra May." Lexie turned and looked back at us. I chuckled lightly and turned back around.

We arrived at the place where we were doing regionals. We all prepared for what we were doing. Me of course, I was scared out of my mind. I paced back and forth in the hallway, wiping the sweat from my forehead. I hadn't even noticed anyone was out there until I practically bumped into them and stumbled backward. "A.J." I didn't even bother stopping I kept pacing back and forth.

"A.J." I kept going. "A.J" I was still going. "Amelia Jane." That was when I stopped. I didn't look up. I just stood there, staring into space. "I-I-I can't do this. Finn, I can't. Every time I get up on stage, I have a breakdown and I start sweating and I pass out. What if I pass out and ruin it for everyone?"

I felt his hands grab my shoulders. I looked up at him. "This isn't the Amelia Jane I grew up with. She, was brave. She was amazing. The only thing she was scared of was spiders." I laughed a little. "If you need anything, or you feel like you're going to pass out or anything like that, just, watch me. Sing and watch me and you'll be fine."

I sighed. "You are going to kill that single melody." I smiled. "Now, let's go kick some ass huh?" I nodded. And so, regionals began. The announcer made the announcement that it was our turn to go onto the stage and compete. Rachel and Finn started out with their solos for Faithfully, one of the best Journey songs in my opinion. Then they came onstage and we began a mashup of  Any Way You Want It and Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin', two great songs. And then we ended with the one song that started glee club Don't Stop Believein'.

Luckily, I didn't pass out. Whenever I got nervous, I just did what Finn told me. I looked at him and I was fine. When we finished, we all walked off the stage and ran to the green room to get our things. Quinn had stopped a little behind to talk with her mom. It wasn't until her and her mom got very quiet that we realized that something was wrong.

I walked out into the hall. "Quinn, what's wrong?" Her mom looked at me. "Her water broke." My eyes got very big at this moment. "Oh, uh...Finn! Code baby!" I called into the room. Everyone came running into the room. Quinn's mom put her into her car and the rest of us got onto the bus and rode to the hospital.

When we got there, Quinn's mom rushed her into the delivery room with Mercedes and Puck. We all sat in the waiting room, waiting for any news about Quinn or the baby. It was difficult. When I get angry or annoyed, my leg starts bouncing up and down. It's pretty obvious.

"Uh oh...A.J, what's wrong?"

"We're going to loose regionals all because Puck doesn't know how to wear a condom or, better yet, how to pull out? It's not fair. They already ruined Finn's life, now they ruined the one good thing that was going on in my life. In any of our lives."

The doctor came out and told us everything we needed about the baby. I couldn't just sit there. A few more minutes went by and I did the one thing in hospitals that made me actually sane, I stood at the nursery and just looked at the babies.

"I am so sorry for what I did to Finn."

I nodded. "I know. But right now, it's not me or Finn you should be apologizing to, it's that entire glee club, because we lost regionals. Glee is officially over, Quinn. So, congrats."

And with that, I left the hospital without looking back.