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Chapter 2

I'm sitting down on a pack of linens and playing with my fingers while mom is looking at Sam from head to toe. "You want me to hire him to work here?" Mom turns her face at me.

"Yeah. He lives with me and dad. His family is in Kentucky and he was homeless." I nod at her. Mom sighs and start walking away. I frown and give a sign to Sam and walk following her. "Mom, please just let him have part time work. You can pay him as much as working hours he does." I said to her.

"Alright $9 per hour." Mom nods.

"Yay thank you so much!" I smile at her and hug her.

"You seems have a crush on this guy." Mom chuckles.

"No, I didn't I'm just being nice. Okay I will tell him that he can start work here from tomorrow." I smile at mom and walk to Sam. "You got the job. $9 per hour and you can work part time which is your salary will be count on how much you're work." I said to Sam.

"Yay!" Sam chuckles and hugs me.

I giggle and hug him back until we pull each other away awkwardly. I giggle and flip my hair back to my earlobe and take my bag. I walk out from Sheets N Things then put my hands inside my jeans pocket.

I'm a country girl who just love wearing simple clothes like jeans, converse, and long sleeve shirt with a bag on my back.

"So where should we go now?" Sam asks me.

"Supermarket. I need to do groceries." I said to him and walk to my car.

I get into my car and put my bag on the backseat. As Sam gets in, I start to drive away to the grocery to buy food stocks and all. Since dad always wrong to buy some groceries so I did it now.

"You did all those housewife thing?" Sam asks me.

"Since my parents divorced? Yes." I nod. "I do the housewife thing like do groceries, clean the house, and cook dinner and breakfast."

"It suck isn't it?"

"Yeah it is but it's better than hearing them yelling at each other everyday. I mean every kids want their parents to be together but if fighting everyday is what happening so I'd say no." I shake my head.

"Yeah sometimes the best choice is let go than hurting yourself." Sam nods.

"What about you? You know that Mercedes is having a new boyfriend and he got a football scholarship at Ohio State?" I turn my face at Sam.

"Well, I'm moving on. He can have her. I'm not gonna die just because I'm single right?" Sam chuckles.

"You're gonna die if you push yourself off of the cliff." I laugh and park my car.

"I know that guy you usually stalk name." Sam simply said as we walk out from the car.

"Who?!" I raise my eyebrows.

"Cole. But he has a girlfriend and he is actually went to East Coast High School." Sam says to me.

"You asked him if he has a girlfriend?" I frown at Sam.

"I asked him for his phone number." Sam says innocently.

"He probably think that you are gay." I frown and take a cart. "How come you talk to him anyway?"

"Oh last night, I was taking out the trash to the garbage. Then I saw him walk out from his car. So I came over and introduce myself and all. He thought that I'm your big brother so I told him that I'm your friend." Sam says to me.

"Yeah well, being single won't make me die." I chuckle and start pushing my cart.

"Are you really never ever have date anyone before?" Sam asks me.

"Never. I'm just enjoying being teenage girl besides I can't date guys from McKinley. My dad knows them." I said to him and take some cereals.

"Can I get this?" Sam grins at me and take cornflakes cereals.

"Fine!" I roll my eyes. "It's like me and my dad are adopting you." I chuckle.

"Yeah like that." Sam chuckles.

I look around and keep pushing the cart to buy some food stocks and other things. Being the only one child from a divorce parents is suck but there is nothing I can do instead of letting them separate.

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"No! More thin." I said to Sam.

"Like this?" Sam asks as he keep rolling the cookie dough using rolling pin.

"A bit more or the cookies won't be crunchy." I said to him.

"Exchange, I will boil the chocolate." Sam sighs.

"You can't boil the chocolate directly to the pan." I roll my eyes.

"Then how?" Sam asks me.

I walk to the stove and take a boiling pan. I fill it with water and then boiling it. "Give me that transparent bowl." I said to Sam. Sam walks to me and give me that bowl. I take the chocolate bar and frown as there is a piece cut from this chocolate. "Sam?" I turn my face at Sam.

"Who doesn't love chocolate?" Sam giggles and grin at me showing his teeth that covered with chocolate.

"Your teeth is full with chocolate." I laugh.

Sam cover up his mouth and walk to the sink. I chuckle and put the transparent bowl on the water with the chocolate bar in it.

I turn off the stove and stir the chocolate using the wooden spatula. The chocolate smells seems so delicious. I can't wait to eat it soon.

"Now you cut the cookies using those cookies cutter and put it into the oven." I said to Sam.

"I can't do that." Sam says to me.

"Okay you keep stirring this chocolate and I'm gonna put the cake into the oven." I said to him.

I walk to the counter and cut the cookie dough using cookies cutter. I put it on the pan then put it into the oven. After that I walk to Sam who secretly l*****g the chocolate using his fingers. I slap his hand and take the transparent bowl. I continue stir the chocolate so it won't dry quickly.

"My stomach is craving." Sam says to me.

"I know. Me too." I chuckle.

The oven is ringing. I take my hand gloves and take the cookies from the oven and put the pan on the counter.

"Now the smells makes my stomach like pinching me from inside." Sam says to me.

I chuckle and take the cookies then dip half of the cookies into the chocolate. After that I put those back into the pan.

"Now your job is pouring the sugar and sprinkles." I said to Sam. "Using the strainer for the sugar so it won't be too much."

Sam takes the strainer and put sugar on it as he start pouring the sugar on the cookies. He then sneezing loudly until all the sugar on the strainer spurts all over his face and his clothes. I can't help it and laugh out loud because he looks like a white chocolate cookies.

"What are you laughing at huh?" Sam raises his eyebrows at me and put the chocolate all over my face.

"Sam!" I pout at him.

"Little bit sprinkles." Sam laughs and seeds my head with sprinkles. "Now you are delicious." Sam laughs.

I roll my eyes then Sam throw the flour at me. "I got the flour on my eyes!" I said to him and close my eyes and rub my eyes.

"Don't rub it." Sam takes my hand. He open my eyes using his fingers and blow my eyes. I open my eyes slowly and we both looking at each other. "You have beautiful eyes." Sam says to me.

We both keep looking at each other until he pulls his face closer to me about to kiss me. I turn my face away quickly and wipe my hands with tissue paper. No. I can't kiss him. It will be a disaster.

Suddenly I heard the front door is opening. "Guys? I smell chocolate here." Dad walks in. "What are you guys doing?"

"We're baking!" I giggle. "I found these cute cookies cutters and I thought we never have one so I bought them and we made chocolate dip cookies. Be our guest." I smile at dad.

"Yeah she is the one who spent your money to buy these stuffs not me, Mr. Schue." Sam says to dad.

"Do you brought the dinner I asked you?" I ask dad and walk to laundry room and pick up a clean towel to clean my face.

"Yeah and I hope you don't mind that I invited Ms. Pillsbury over." Dad says to me as Ms. Pillsbury walks into the kitchen and smiles at us. "Alright, you can sit down there and I'm gonna prepare the dinner." Dad says to her.

She walks to the dining table and take baby wipes from her bag. I let out a sigh and cleaning up the kitchen counter. I put the cookies into a cookies jar and takes a piece.

I never have any guts to tell dad that I don't like her. Not like her personality. I just can't accept her. She ruined my family. I mean, if dad wasn't meet her and my parents wouldn't get divorced. I'm exhausted doing the custody every week.

"I'm gonna take shower first. I got this chocolate all over my face." I said to dad and walk upstairs.

I half smiled and walk to my room. I close my room door and walk to the bathroom. I wash my face on the sink and then look at to the mirror. How am I going to stay like this forever?

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*Sectionals*

I'm standing in front of the piano and doing vocal warming up with the others. Today is sectionals day and we will facing some of our friends in The Troubletones. I know it suck.

"Let's take a few moments to gather our thoughts.

Troubletones are on in five." Dad says to us.

"Hello, Will." Ms. Corcoran walks in with The Troubletones.

"Looking good, ladies!" Dad smiles at them.

"We just came to say, may the best glee club win." Ms. Corcoran says to us.

"Yes, and just in case that glee club is us, I have convinced Miss Corcoran to consider a contingency plan." Santana says to us.

"Yes, in the event of a New Directions loss, Troubletones has voted to allow any of you to join us at Regionals." Ms. Corcoran smiles at us.

"You're welcome." Sugar simply said.

"Excuse me? That's incredibly rude, Santana." Finn frowns.

"We're being nice. It would be rude if I followed you around and every time you took a step, I played a note on a tuba." Santana simply said.

"Thank you for the offer, Miss Corcoran, but right now, we're gonna concentrate on winning this thing." Dad says to her.

"And we will be winning, Shelby. We've got it in the bag.Puck here is going to come through for us.

He's such a shining star, in every conceivable way.

Don't you think?" Quinn smirks at her.

"Good luck, everybody. See you on the ice." She smiles at us and walks away with the Troubletones.

I let out a sigh and button my blazer then walk out from the choir room. I walk to the auditorium and look around over the seat row until I see my mom is sitting down on a seat.

"You're coming!" I smile at her and hug her.

"I won't miss it for the world. Good luck." Mom rubs my hair and kisses my cheek.

I walk to my audience seat and sit down there. "And now, the judges for this year's Show Choir Sectional here at McKinley High. Department of Motor Vehicles Employee of the Month, Brandy Englebert! From the 11th District Court of Appeals, the Honorable Judge Dorothy Saunders! And Western Ohio's Birthday Clown of the Year three years running, Tickles! And now, let's welcome our first performers. All the way from Defiance, Ohio, the Unitards!"

"I see your mom came here." Dad says and sits down next to me with Ms. Pillsbury sitting down on the next one.

"Yeah I sent her ticket besides this is first time we have sectionals in our auditorium since 1976." I said to him.

"That's right." Dad nods. "How do you feel?"

"Nervous." I half smiled.

The Unitards ended up their performance. I stand up from my seat and give them applause. The Troubletones have Santana and Mercedes. We don't even have Rachel.

"Ladies and gentlemen, from McKinley High, competing for the first time ever, the Troubletones!"

We are applauding and see the Troubletones are performing on stage. They're performing a mashup song of I Will Survive and Survivor. They may have pretty ladies but we have hot guys.

"Alright, guys get ready now." Dad says to us.

I stand up and walk to the backstage to get ready for the performance. The Troubletones is finally ended up their performance and it was bring a standing ovation from the full house.

"Also from McKinley High, let's give it up for the New Directions!"

Tina:

A buh-buh buh buh-buh

New Directions:

A buh-buh buh buh-buh

Tina:

You went to school to learn, girl

Things you never, never knew before

Kurt:

Like I before E except after C

Tina:

And why two plus two makes four

Now, now, now I'm gonna teach you (New Directions: Teach you, teach you)

All about love, dear (New Directions: All about love)

Mike:

Sit yourself down and take a seat

All you gotta do is repeat after me

Tina with New Directions (Tina):

ABC, (easy as) one, two, three, (or simple as) do re mi

ABC, one, two, three, (baby, you and me girl) (New Directions: You and me) 

Tina with New Directions and Quinn harmonizing (Tina):

(New Directions: ABC) (easy as) one, two, three (or simple as) do re mi

ABC, one, two, three (baby, you and me girl) (New Directions: You and me) 

Mike (with New Directions):

(Come on,) let me love you just a (little bit)

Tina (New Directions):

Come on, let me love you just a little bit (Come on, little bit)

(Teach, teach, sing it out) Come on, come on, come on

Let me show you what it's all about (Come on, all about)

Paris:

Reading and writing arithmetic,

Are the branches of the learning tree

Mike:

But listen without the roots of love let me tell you, girl

Kurt:

Your education ain't complete

Tina:

T-t-t-teacher's gonna show you (New Directions:Show you, show you)

How to get an A (New Directions: Nah nah nah nah naah)

Mike (New Directions):

Spell me (me), you (you) (with New Directions:add the two)

Listen to me baby, that's all you gotta do

Tina with New Directions (Tina):

(Oh) ABC (is easy as) one, two, three (or simple as) do re mi

ABC, one, two, three (baby, you and me girl) (New Directions: You and me)

Tina with Quinn harmonizing (New Directions):

(ABC) See, it's easy, it's like counting up to three (One, two, three)

Sing a simple melody (Do re mi, ABC)

Tina with New Directions:

That's how easy love can be

That's how easy love can be

(Tina: Sing a simple melody) (New Directions:That's how easy love can be)

One, two, three,

You and me!

New Directions:

Ah... yeah!

Kurt:

Sit down, girl! 

I think I love you

Mike:

No, get up, girl! 

Show me what you can do!

Tina with New Directions:

Shake it, shake it, baby (Mike: Come on now)

Shake it, shake it, baby (Kurt: Ooh-ooh)

Shake it, shake it, baby (Mike: Huh)

One, two, three, baby (Kurt: Ooh-ooh)

ABC, baby (Mike: No-no)

Do re mi, baby

That's how easy love can be

Tina with Quinn harmonizing (New Directions):

(with New Directions: ABC) It's easy, it's like counting up to three (One, two, three)

Sing a simple melody (Do re mi, ABC)

Tina with New Directions:

That's how easy love can be

Mike:

(New Directions: Come on, little bit) Now I'm gonna teach you how to

Sing it out,

Tina:

Come on, come on, come on (New Directions:Come on, all about)

Let me show you what it's all about

Tina with Quinn harmonizing (New Directions):

(with New Directions: ABC) It's easy, it's like counting up to three (One, two, three)

Sing a simple melody (Do re mi, ABC)

Tina with New Directions:

That's how easy love can be

Mike:

(New Directions: Come on, little bit) Now I'm gonna teach you how to

Sing it out, sing it out (Tina: Oh, oh!)

Sing it out, sing it out, (New Directions: Come on, all about) sing it out (Tina: Oh, baby!)

Tina with Quinn harmonizing (New Directions):

(with New Directions: ABC) It's easy, it's like counting up to three (One, two, three)

Sing a simple melody (Do re mi, ABC)

Tina with New Directions:

That's how easy love can be

Mike:

(New Directions: Come on, little bit) Now I'm gonna teach you how to

Sing it out, sing it out

Mike and Tina with New Directions:

Easy as one, two, three

We ended up our first song. Now the second song. I'm hoping the best for this. Hope we still can have our own magic.

Quinn:

This is a story about control

My control

Control of what I say

Control of what I do

And this time I'm gonna do it my way

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I do

Are you ready?

I am

'Cause it's all about control

And I've got lots of it

Blaine:

When I was seventeen, I did what people told me, uh

I did what my father said, and let my mother mold me

But that was a long ago

I'm in

Quinn with New Directions:

Control (Artie: Never gonna stop) 

Control (Blaine: To get what I want)

Control (Artie: I've got to have a lot)

Control (Blaine: And now I'm all grown up)

Artie:

First time I fell in love

I didn't know what hit me

Artie with New Directions:

So young and so naive

I thought it would be easy

Artie:

But now I know I've got to take

Quinn with New Directions:

Control (Blaine: Now I've got a lot, ow)

Control (Artie: To get what I want, uh)

Control (Blaine: And never gonna stop)

Control (Artie: And now I'm all grown up)

Artie and Blaine with New Directions:

Jam, wooh wooh

Artie:

Rebel, that's right

I'm on my own, I'll call my own shots

Thank you

Blaine:

Got my own mind

I wanna make my own (with Artie and New Directions: decisions)

When it has to do with (with New Directions: my life, my life)

Artie:

I wanna be the one in control

So let me take you by the hand

And lead you on this dance, ah

Blaine:

'Cause what I got is because I took a chance

Artie with New Directions:

I don't wanna rule the world

Just wanna run my life

New Directions:

Ooh

Blaine:

So make your life a little easier

When you get the chance just take

Blaine with New Directions:

Control, ooh ooh (Artie: Now I've got a lot)

(with Artie: Ooh)

Quinn with New Directions: 

Control (Blaine: To get what I want, ow)

Control (Artie: I'm never gonna stop) 

Control

Artie and Blaine:

Now I'm all grown up, wooh (New Directions: Uh)

Artie and Blaine with New Directions:

Free-ee at last

Blaine: 

Out here on my own

Artie:

Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah

Artie and Blaine with New Directons: 

Hee

Artie and Blaine:

Now control this

Blaine:

Uh

Artie:

'Cause I've got my own mind

Artie and Blaine with New Directions:

Gonna make my own decisions

Artie:

When it has to do with my life

Blaine:

I wanna be the one in control

Artie and Blaine with New Directions:

I'm in control (Artie and Blaine: Uh)

I'm in control (Artie and Blaine: Ah)

I'm in control (Artie and Blaine: Uh)

I'm in control (Artie: Ah)

Second song is done. Now the last one. We picked these setlist really carefully because we didn't want to screw things up. And I hope we didn't.

Artie:

Ooh huh, hoo..ooh

Finn:

I'm gonna make a change, 

For once in my life

Artie and Finn:

It's gonna feel real good, 

Gonna make a difference

Finn:

Gonna make it right...

Puck:

As I, turn up the collar on 

My favorite winter coat

This wind is blowin' my mind

Artie and Blaine:

I see the kids in the street, (Blaine: with not enough to eat)

Who am I, to be blind?

Pretending not to see their needs

Sam (with Blaine):

A summer's disre(gard), 

A broken bottle (top)

And one man's soul

Artie (with Blaine):

They follow each other on the wind ya' know

(Cause they got no where to go)

That's why I want you to know

Finn with New Directions:

I'm starting with the man in the mirror

I'm asking him to change his ways

And no message could have been any clearer

If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

Artie and Finn with New Directions:

Nanana nanana nananana

Artie: 

Oh oh...

Blaine (with Artie):

I've been a victim of a selfish kinda love

It's time that I realize

(There are some with no home,)

Not a nickel to loan

Could it be, really me

(Pretending that they're not alone?)

Mike (with Sam):

A willow deeply (scarred), 

Somebody's broken (heart)

And a washed out dream (New Directions:Washed out dream...)

Puck:

They follow the pattern of the wind you see

Puck with Finn:

'Cause they got no place to be 

That's why I'm starting with me

Finn with Artie and New Directions:

I'm starting with the man in the mirror (New Directions: You)

I'm asking him to change his ways (New Directions: You)

And no message could have been any clearer

If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make that change

I'm starting with the man in the mirror (New Directions: You)

I'm asking him to change his ways (New Directions: You)

And no message could have been any clearer

If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make that 

New Directions:

Change!

Artie and Finn (New Directions):

I'm starting with the (man in the mirror) (New Directions: Oh yeah)

I'm asking him to change his ways (New Directions: Just change)

And no message could have been any clearer (New Directions: Ooh ooh)

Mike with New Directions:

If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make a change (Artie: Come on!)

You got to get it right, while you got the time (Artie: Wooooo!)

'Cause when you close your heart, (Artie: You can't), then you close your

(Artie: Close your, your mind) mind!

Finn (with New Directions):

I'm starting with the (man in the mirror, oh yeah) (Artie: That man, that man, that man)

I'm asking him to change his ways (New Directions: Just change) (Artie: That man, that man, that man, that man, You know, that man)

And no message (Finn and Artie: could have been any clearer) 

(New Directions: Ooh ooh)

Artie and Finn with New Directions:

If you wanna make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make that 

New Directions:

Change!

Puck:

Stand up!

Artie:

Stand up! (New Directions: Make a change!)

Blaine:

Stand up!

Finn:

Stand up!

Lift, yourself now!

New Directions:

Man in the mirror!

(Blaine: Ooh!)

(Blaine: Ooh!) Ah aaah

(Blaine: Ooh!) ah aaah

Make that change! (Artie: Stand up! Stand up and look!)

Sam:

You know it!

You know it! (New Directions: Man in the mirror!)

You know!

New Directions:

Change!

Mike:

Make that change

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Now we are on the stage holding our hands at each other. Hoping for the winning. We ended up our performance with full of standing ovation. And Sam brought those disgusting yet hot s*x moves that the judges like so it like we have 90% chance of winning.

"As an award-winning clown, I'd like to say that it's nice, for once, to be working with kids that are just sick with talent. Third place....The Unitards!"

We are applauding and smiling as the judges give the Unitards the trophy. We then move our standing place and walk to the middle.

"In second place we have........the Troubletones! In first place is New Directions!"

We are cheering and hugging at each other. Sam suddenly hugs me tight and swing me around until we both look at each other and pulls away awkwardly again. I don't know what's wrong with us but I'm happy that we won again.