A/N: Thanks for the reviews! We did it! We've reached the end of the story I honestly cannot believe it I'm honestly shocked..I never expected this story to be so long and the response has been out of this world! You are all incredibly epic and I love you all with all my heart. I know you probably want to read the actual chapter so I won't keep you any longer, I'll do my full thank yous later. Hope you'll follow me to my future stories. So here we go last chapter!
BTW you might want to listen to the songs while you read they are Letterbomb and 21 Guns from the AmericanIdiot Broadway Musical. For 21 this is the scene I'm talking about http:/ www. youtube .com/watch?v=Bl2yXnnFSbk
Ch 38
Blaine and Nick were waiting in the backstage area when Finn came up to them.
"How is everything?" Nick asked.
"Mercedes and I took care of it. Mr. Schue is staying in the audience," Finn said.
"How did you manage that?" Blaine asked.
"We told him he should appreciate his hard work, that if he stayed in the audience he'd be able to enjoy it much better, that we've got everything covered," Finn said.
"He believed you?" Nick asked.
"Of course he did," Finn said.
"This is going to be so epic," Blaine said, but before either Finn or Nick could respond they heard the announcer's voice.
"Now for our last performance of the day, McKinley High's New Directions."
The lights went out and the curtain opened revealing 6 girls with long coats. Rachel, Bree, and Santana were in the front while Tina, Quinn, and Brittany were in the back. Then the music started and the coats came off revealing their outfits; they had wanted to go with something similar to the musical so no two outfits were the same. The only similarities were that half of them were wearing pants while the others were wearing skirts and all of the outfits were mostly black.
Rachel, Bree, Santana, Tina, Quinn, Brittany All
Where have all the bastards gone?
The underbelly stacks up ten high
The dummy failed the crash test
Collecting unemployment checks
The flunkie only along for the ride
Where have all the riots gone
As the city's motto gets pulverized?
What's in love is now in debt
on your birth certificate
So strike the fucking match to light this fuse!
Their warbler friends all cheered from their spots in the audience, Mr. Schue looked mortified while the parents of the group didn't know whether to laugh or do something else, except for Judy Fabray; she looked mortified.
The town bishop's an extortionist
And he don't even know that you exist
Standing still when it's do or die
You better run for you fucking life!
Kurt looked at his best friend on the stage singing her heart out, Rachel and Broadway really was a match made in heaven and this was no exception. He continued cheering along with his boyfriend.
It's not over till you're underground
It's not over before it's too late
This city's burning: "It's not my burden"
It's not over before it's too late
There is nothing left to analyze
Where will all the martyrs go
When the virus cures itself
And where will we all go when it's too late?
At that moment the boys entered the stage and took their places, Rick with Rachel, Puck with Bree, Jesse with Santana, Jonathan with Quinn, Mike with Brittany, and Sam with Tina. The boys were wearing black pants and half of them were wearing black wife beaters with the other half wearing t-shirts. The choreography was amazing; Mike and Brit had done an incredible job with it.
No don't look back
You're not the Jesus of Suburbia
Just like in the musical, the boys fell to the ground and the girls pretended to step on them and kick them as part of the choreography.
The St. Jimmy is a figment of
Your father's rage and your mother's love
Made me the idiot America!
It's not over 'till you're underground
It's not over before it's too late
This city's burning: "It's not my burden"
It's not over before it's too late
She said "I can't take this place,
I'm leaving it behind"
Wake up
She said "I can't take this town,
I'm leaving you tonight"
Tonight Tonight TonightTonightTonight
The lights went out again and when they came back on everyone was in place for the second song. They had decided to do this song just like it was in the play so Jonathan was sitting to the left side of the stage, Santana and Puck were on the right side of the stage, while Rick and Rachel were in the middle. The rest of the group, except for Bree, was in the back with black hoodies on. The music started and the lights dimmed, and a spotlight was given to whoever was singing.
Rachel, Rick, Puck, Santana, Bree, Jon Jon & Rick, Bree & Santana,Chorus
Do you know what's worth fighting for?
When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I
When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins
At that moment the lighting changed and instead of focusing on who was singing, it focused on the entire stage. The rest of the group, who were acting as the chorus, came into the view of the audience.
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I
(Did you) Did you try to live on your own?
(When You) When you burned down the house and home?
(Did You) Did you stand too close to the fire
Like a liar looking for forgiveness (forgiveness)
From a storm
When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins
(You're in ruins)
One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms, give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky, you and I
Since they were going along with the musical, at that moment Jesse came out and sat next to Rick acting as St Jimmy then they both left the stage just like in the musical. Then Bree came to the front of the show and looked at Schue directly when she sang the last part.
Nobody likes you
Everyone left you
They're all out without you
Having Fun
The warblers stood up and gave them a standing ovation, and the rest of the crowd followed after them. The curtain fell and the group left the stage.
"Did that just happen?" Quinn asked.
"We were so badass," Puck said.
"Bree singing that to Schue was epic," Rick said then put an arm around her. "I'm proud to call you my sister."
"He deserved it, and it fits doesn't it?" Bree asked.
"Yes it does," Jonathan said.
"Schue is going to murder us, did you see his face?" Mike asked.
"It was so worth it," Rachel said.
"I'm just happy it worked, I honestly had my doubts," Tina said.
"It went flawlessly so don't worry, Tina," Brittany said just as Max and Oliver got there.
"How did we do?" Oliver asked.
"The lighting was perfect!" Rachel exclaimed hugging both of them.
"I take it you liked it," Max said.
"Liked it? I loved it!" Rachel exclaimed.
"Ignore her giddiness, she's on a post-performance high," Kurt said as he and the rest of their warbler friends got there.
"You guys were fantastic! You blew everyone out of the water," Blaine said.
"That was the plan," Jesse said.
"Well the plan worked perfectly and we saw your coach, he looked incredibly pissed so it worked on both accounts," James said.
"I still can't believe we actually pulled it off," Bree said.
"But we did," Puck said.
"And it was fantastic" Max said.
"At least Sue will be happy," Tina said.
"Why?" Flint asked.
"There's a conservative republican on the judges panel, along with a nun with our duet and your…performance, Aural Intensity is sure to win," Kurt said.
"At least we all had fun," Blaine said.
"Oh we know you two had fun practicing," David said.
"And by practicing, he means making out," Jeff said, which made Kurt and Blaine blush.
"There was plenty of that during our practices too, don't worry," Santana said.
"Until Rachel and Rick got pissed at us and told us break time was over," Puck said.
"Wes did the same thing to these two," Thad said.
"It was hilarious to watch," Nick said.
"Well, we had to practice and actually practice not just making out, if we wanted to be prepared for Regionals," Wes said.
"Exactly, and we had to come up for 2 whole numbers without anyone knowing," Rachel said.
"Not exactly easy," Rick said.
"Yeah coordinating this bunch of misfits was not funny," Mike said.
"Very tiring," Brittany said.
"We did have fun though," Tina said.
"And we proved just how awesome we are," Puck said.
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The parents were sitting in their seats thinking about what they just witnessed.
"So that's what they were working on nonstop?" Mark asked.
"It was…interesting," Chris said.
"I thought it was pretty epic," Andie said.
"At least we know they have good teamwork because there is no way they could have pulled that off if someone didn't do their part," Deb said.
"I'm sure there was a reason behind this," Shelby said.
"It probably has to do with the day their coach..Shoestar? kicked them out of glee club," Lexie said.
"Wait, Schue kicked them out? What?" Shelby asked.
"Right Schue, that's the name! Yeah last week before the secrecy started kicked Rachel, Santana, Bree, Jonathan, Rick, Puck, Quinn, and Jesse out of Glee for the day for some half-ass reason. I remember Rachel complained about it," Lexie explained then she saw the shocked looks. "Wait? You didn't know about that?"
"Not a clue," Deb said.
"Bree never mentioned anything and neither did Rick," Andie said.
"So that asshole kicked them out?" Mark asked.
"Uh Oh, I know that face, what are you thinking, Mark?" Deb asked.
"You'll see," Mark said.
"Something tells me this will be good. Whatever it is, count me in," Chris said.
"Me too, I've got a bone to pick with Schuester for the way Kurt was treated," Burt said.
"United by a common enemy," Carole said.
"Men will be men," Andie said.
"That's true," Shelby agreed.
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The results were in: The Warblers had won and now they were going to Nationals. The group was going to congratulate their friends when Schuester caught up to them.
"What in the world was that? You screwed up everything!" Mr. Schue screamed at them.
"We wanted to show you that we could put on a better show than you can," Rachel said.
"And we did, our performances were much better than anything you could come up with," Rick said.
"Plus we managed to showcase all the talent in the group," Jesse said.
"Which is something you have no idea how to do," Jonathan said.
"I do the best I can," Schuester said.
"Then your best sucks," Bree said.
"We will probably lose the club because of this and it will be on you," Schuester told them.
"No, it will be on you," Puck said.
"I'm not the one who changed the set list."
"No, that was us," Quinn said.
"You're the one that let your personal opinion cloud your judgment," Mike said.
"The one content with letting talented people sway in the background," Sam said.
"Who always chose the same male lead who was kind of average, no offense Finn," Santana said.
"None taken," Finn told her.
"Who let people who had nothing to do with show choir basically make all the decisions, like Miss Pillsbury during sectionals," Tina said.
"Who used the club for his own selfish reasons," Artie said.
"Who's blatant favoritism got in the way of the club's success," Rick said.
"And frankly we were tired of it so we just took matters into our own hands," Rachel said.
"We did an awesome job," Brittany said.
"So we did a performance much better than anything you could have done," Bree said, but before Schue could say anything the parents appeared.
"I hope you're not screaming at my kids, Schuester. You are already in hot water as it is," Mark said.
"I wasn't the one who did that performance, that was all them," Schue said.
"Oh we know, trust me, it actually looked rehearsed," Shelby said.
"They were also organized," Chris commented.
"It was a bit obvious that you had nothing to do with it," Burt said.
"They actually showed how talented they are," Andie said.
"What is going on here?" Schue asked.
"Let's just say we just realized something we should have realized a long time ago," Deb said.
"We'll talk on Monday. Now if you don't mind, we want to talk to our kids," Mark said.
"Without you here, so please go," Shelby said, then Mr Schue left the room.
"So what did you guys think?" Rachel asked.
"It was reckless, crazy, a bit extreme…" Mark started to say then looked at Chris.
"And absolutely brilliant," Chris finished.
"So you liked it?" Rick asked.
"It was pretty amazing," Deb said.
"Who was the mastermind behind it?" Shelby asked.
"Rick and Rachel came up with the idea and were pretty much the leaders.." Jesse started to say.
"Slave Drivers," Puck interrupted.
"..Of the group, Bree and Kurt were in charge of the outfits, while Mike and Brittany took charge of choreography," Jesse finished saying.
"Very good. I'm impressed and I coached Vocal Adrenaline; it's not that easy to impress me," Shelby said,
"Then we are glad we made an impression," Sam said.
"Kurt, we are also very proud of you guys," Burt said.
"Yes, the Warblers were fantastic," Carole said.
"Thank you, we are glad our hard work paid off," Wes said.
"It was a team effort, and we're glad it worked out the way it did," Jake said.
"Although we did have some issues," Thad said.
"Yes, we did," James said.
"It was a bit hard to focus on practicing and get everyone on track," David said, looking at Kurt and Blaine.
"Yeah, I mean some people just take a long time following orders," Flint said.
"I know, how rude," Jeff said.
"You all think you're so funny, don't you?" Kurt asked.
"We don't think…we know," Nick said, putting an arm around Kurt.
"Hey hey hey..watch that arm," Blaine said.
"Jealous B?" Nick asked.
"Duh," Blaine said.
"It's not fun if you admit it!" Nick exclaimed, getting his arm off Kurt.
"I know," Blaine said.
"You're evil," Nick said.
"I know I am," Blaine told him.
"Can we just go home? I need to sleep for a week," Bree said.
"We can have a weekend long sleepover, well what's left of the weekend anyway," Rachel said.
"I approve of this idea," Santana said.
"A weekend of just relaxing," Kurt agreed.
"No worrying about anything, no nationals, no glee club, nothing, just relaxing," Quinn said.
"Can I join? Organizing this was tough," Rick commented.
"Of course, the more the merrier," Brittany said.
"I think we lost them," Jonathan said.
"I think you may be right," Jesse said.
"Let them be," Sam said.
"Naaah, I like bothering them," Puck said.
"This is true," Mike said.
"So are we doing this in the Sloan Mansion?" Blaine asked.
"Of course," Rachel said.
"We're invited too, right?" James asked.
"Duh!" Rachel said.
"Unless you don't want to come," Santana said.
"A weekend filled with beautiful women? Count me in," Jeff said.
"Let's go then," Bree said as they all left the auditorium.
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The rest of the weekend was uneventful, the entire group, warblers included, just lounged around the Sloan Mansion. They just spent the time playing video games, singing karaoke, lounging in the hot tub, eating, sleeping, and just hanging around being themselves without worrying about anything. On Monday they had to get back to school and they had the last glee club meeting of the season.
"I'm so not looking forward to glee club today," Bree said.
"I don't think any of us are, baby," Puck said.
"Getting reprimanded for the whole club time, who would look forward to that?" Rick asked.
"Crazy people," Santana said.
"I'm not looking forward to getting reprimanded; I'm looking forward to all of standing our ground against him," Rachel said.
"She has a point," Jesse said.
"Of course she does, it's Rachel," Jonathan said.
"Yeah I mean, when has she ever been wrong?" Quinn joked.
"Never! It's preposterous," Mike joined in.
"It's just unthought-of," Tina agreed.
"Oh shut up, all of you," Rachel said.
"Leave her alone," Brittany said, giving Rachel a hug.
"Thanks, Brit."
"You're welcome, Rach," Brittany said.
"Rach, Jon, isn't that your dad and Lexie entering Figgins office?" Sam asked.
"Yeah it is, what are they doing here?" Jon asked.
"My mom and Chris are also here," Bree said.
"Burt, Carole, and Shelby too," Jesse said.
"Why are they all here?" Artie asked.
"No idea man," Puck said.
"We didn't do anything wrong, did we?" Finn asked.
"I don't think so, they were proud of our performance so it can't be that," Santana said.
"Shit that's the bell, let's just go to class," Sam said.
"I'm sure we'll find out what it is later," Jon said.
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"Good Afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Sloan, Mr. Carlyle, Mr. and Mrs. Hummel, Ms. Danvers, and Ms. Corcoran, to what do we owe the honor?" Figgins asked.
"We are here to talk about a very important issue that involves all our kids," Chris said.
"It's about Schuester," Burt said.
"What seems to be the problem with Mr. Schue? I've never had a complaint about him, other than from Sue of course," Figgins said.
"Well we've got 8 complaints right here," Andie said.
"8?" Figgins asked.
"Deb Puckerman wanted to come but couldn't leave her job today," Lexie said.
"Okay, what seems to be the problem with Schuester? Is this about Spanish class or about Glee Club?" Figgins asked.
"It's about Glee Club," Shelby said.
"Okay, so we've narrowed it down, what about Glee Club?" Figgins asked.
"Getting down to business, we want Schuester replaced," Carole said.
"Excuse me?" Figgins asked.
"He's a horrible teacher, at least when it comes to Glee Club," Chris said.
"Really? How do you know?" Figgins asked.
"He has no idea how to showcase all the talent in the group and always uses the same male lead who is average at best, no offense to those present, when he has at least 5 guys who are much better singers and performers for example: Noah Puckerman, Artie Abrams, Sam Evans, Rick Danvers, and well, Jesse St. James is a 3 National Champion," Shelby said.
"Another reason, he lets his personal opinion of the students cloud his judgment," Chris said.
"This goes along with what Shelby said, he is content with letting talented people sway in the background if you want examples, just look at my daughter. Rachel is the best in that club and she's always in the background, Tina Cohen-Chang has an incredible voice that deserves to be heard, Kurt's voice was one of the best; he was up there with Rachel as the best voice of the group and yet when he went here he got nothing, all the boys that Shelby mentioned, and Bree Danvers has a very good voice and she gets nothing as well," Mark said.
"He lets people who had nothing to do with show choir basically make all the decisions, if you want an example he let Miss Pillsbury
make all the decisions during sectionals, a germ phobic guidance counselor who knows nothing about Glee Clubs and music made all the decisions over Sectionals. How do you explain that?" Andie asked.
"Then there's the fact that he continuously used the club for his own selfish reasons and let blatant favoritism get in the way of the club's success," Carole said.
"How has he done that?" Figgins asked.
"He has used it to get on women's good side and has basically used it to pick up women, do you want names?" Shelby asked.
"No that's quite alright," Figgins said.
"Is that enough to get him kicked out?" Burt asked.
"If I take glee club away from Schuester then we won't have anyone to replace him," Figgins said.
"Yes we will," Lexie said.
"Who?" Figgins asked.
"Me, I've won at least four national championships. Your glee club needs me," Shelby said.
"Miss Corcoran, you're not a teacher here," Figgins said.
"Then hire me! It will be worth it; I can bring you a lot of money from the glee club," Shelby told him.
"Let me think about it, I'll give you my answer in a second," Figgins told them.
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30 minutes later it was time for the last meeting of the season. The whole group was there except for Mr. Schue.
"Dude, he's not here," Rick said.
"I think we noticed that, Rick," Puck said.
"Leave him alone, Puckerman, you're just jealous that you are not as badass as him," Santana said.
"You tell him, baby," Rick said, sitting her on his lap and kissing her.
"Here they go," Bree said.
"Hey! Horny couple center stage, take a breather," Jonathan said.
"Do they have to do that everywhere?" Quinn asked.
"I think they just do it to piss everyone off," Mike said.
"It's a high probability, we are talking about Rick and Santana," Tina agreed, then a bunch of water hit Rick and Santana.
"What the fuck?" Santana exclaimed jumping up.
"You looked like you needed some freshening up," Rachel said hiding the cup behind her hands.
"You are an evil midget," Rick said.
"Thank you," Rachel said, giving a small bow.
"No more PDA or you'll get soaked again," Brittany said hiding her own empty cup.
"Okay alright yeesh, but if we can't PDA no one can PDA." Rick said.
"That's not fair," Puck said.
"Of course it is," Santana said.
"Children, settle down," Figgins said, coming into the room with Shelby and the parents.
"Rick, Santana, why are you two wet?" Andie asked.
"Slushies," Rick said.
"So slushies have a clear color now?" Shelby asked.
"Yes, those little bastards," Rick said.
"Language, Mr. Danvers," Figgins said.
"Sir, yes, sir," Rick said.
"Rick," Andie said.
"Mother," Rick said.
"To what do we owe the honor, sir?" Rachel said.
"I've got an announcement to make about Glee Club. So please everyone take a seat," Figgins said.
"What is it?" Jesse asked.
"Mr. Schuester is no longer your advisor; he has been removed from the post for many circumstances that have just been brought to my attention." Figgins said.
"So who is our coach then?" Artie asked.
"Miss Corcoran has agreed to take over glee club and will officially start teaching here today," Figgins said.
"Seriously?" Rachel asked.
"Yes Miss Sloan, now we will let you continue with your class, Ms. Corcoran," Figgins said.
"Thank you, Figgins," Shelby said as Figgins and the rest of the parents left. Then she turned to the group. "My name is Shelby Corcoran, and I'm your new coach. Many people here know me as Rachel's mother or as the ex Vocal Adrenaline coach."
"So you're our new coach?" Finn asked.
"Yes, I am. This around here are going to change. Solos are won or earned, they are not just handed out; there will be auditions for solos and whoever is the best or works best for the song is who will get it. I don't like favoritism so there won't be any of that here. I'm determined to take you guys to Nationals, so what do you think? Can we do it?" Shelby asked and everyone nodded. She smiled at them and said, "Let's get to work."
AN: That's the end…holy shit it has ended. This story was my baby and I love it but I thought it was time for it to come to an end. I love you all, I seriously do. I cannot express my gratitude enough.
Thanks to all of you, but especially to booksandbeachgirl, jgomez921, MissRe, Marinka4 & ParkersAngel.
and to my amazing and incredibly epic beta novice242
PS: I'm you want to I have a new spinoff type fic in the works =) It's called Another Direction it's Puckleberry Klaine (plus OCs) and all the details and promo pics are in my tumblr pinkhairandsecrets . tumblr . com