Season 1, Episode 3: Acafellas

Ownership of Glee: FOX, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk

/ / /

"Five, six, seven, eight. Step and step. Step and step. And turn it around. Down and up. And hit, hit down hit." Will states.

The now 10 members of New Directions are rehearsing choreography. Nobody's really having fun, except for maybe Finn, Angie and Kurt.

Rachel suddenly raises her hand. "Can we stop, please?"

"You don't have to ask me every time for permission to go to the bathroom, Rachel. You can just go." Will states.

"It's not my bladder. It's the choreography." Rachel replies.

"Okay, what's wrong with the choreography?" The Spanish teacher asks.

"It sucks. We can't compete with Vocal Adrenaline with these steps. You're a great vocal coach, Mr. Shue, but you're not a trained choreographer. That's what we need to be the best. We need Dakota Stanley." Rachel answers.

"Just because he understudied doesn't mean he ever performed." Will argues.

"Did you ever perform, Mr. Schuester? After high school. Did you even try?" Quinn shoots back.

Will says nothing and turns back to finish choreographing.

Angie looks at Finn and Kurt with a weird look. "What's up with Rachel?"

The boys look at each other, then to Rachel, and then back to Angie. They both answer at the same time.

"I have no idea."

/ / /

The next day at glee rehearsal, everyone was waiting for Will to walk into the classroom to start. Angie was getting worried that he wouldn't show. Her fears were confirmed when Rachel walked into the choir room... with a plate of cookies.

"He's not coming." Rachel says.

"What happened?" Angie asks.

Rachel tells the club about her trying to give Will the 'I'm sorry' cookies, and him declining them.

"Of course he doesn't want anything to do with us after you kicked him in the nads." Finn says.

"Then why did he thank me?" Rachel retorts.

"Sarcasm. Ever heard of it?" Angie snaps. Rachel doesn't come up with a comeback and just shuts up.

"The goal is to win. And now that Mr. Schuester has agreed to let us hire Dakota Stanley, we can." Santana says.

"But he doesn't want us to. He just doesn't have the confidence to coach us anymore. Guys are real sensitive when it comes to this kind of stuff." Finn reveals.

"And that's my fault?" Rachel guffaws.

"Do you see anyone else in here With a plate of "I'm sorry" cookies? I don't. Just you." Finn retorts.

"Way to go Rachel." Angie snarks.

"I'm bored. All those in favor of hiring Dakota Stanley?" Quinn asks. Everyone's hands go up.

Everyone except for Finn and Angie.

/ / /

Finn and Angie are riding together in Finn's truck to Carmel High. They're going to try and hire Dakota Stanley.

"Hey can I plug in to your aux cord? It's too quiet." Angie says.

"Yeah sure." Finn replies. Angie usually had some good music playing on her iPod.

Angie pressed the shuffle button, and the first song that played was 'Rock With You' by Michael Jackson.

Finn kept his eyes on the road, but hearing Angie sing every line in the song had him falling head over heels for her all over again.

[Rock With You by Angie]

Angie blushes when the song finishes. "I'm so sorry Finn. I must've been loud."

Finn laughed gently. "You're fine, Ang. Honestly, I loved that. Don't be embarrassed."

Angie smiled, trying to ignore the fast-paced beating of her heart. She couldn't believe Finn did this to her with just a smile or laugh.

/ / /

"Damn, Kurt, this car is fly." Mercedes says when she sees Kurt's 'baby.'

Angie loves riding shotgun in Kurt's car — it gives her a sense of belonging. They were parked in Carmel High's parking lot.

"My dad got it for my sweet 16 after I swore to stop wearing formfitting sweaters that stop at the knee." Kurt says.

"Kurt? Isn't that a formfitting sweater that stops at the knee?" Angie asks.

"What he doesn't know doesn't hurt him." Kurt answers with a raised eyebrow.

"If you say so," Angie says as she walks with Quinn, Brittany and Santana.

"Are we even sure they're rehearsing today?" Quinn comments.

"Vocal Adrenaline rehearses every day from 2:30 until midnight." Rachel comments.

"That's a lot of vocal strain. That's not healthy." Angie voices her concern.

Rachel throws a glare her way. "Vocal Adrenaline is our competition, Angela. You can't have sympathy."

"I'm just so nervous these Vocal Adrenaline kids are gonna laugh at us. They're so cool and popular, and we look like we just stepped off the short bus." Mercedes comments.

"Those sweaty Nazis have just had more time to practice. We have more heart. And you don't look touched in the head. That outfit is amazing." Kurt comments.

"So, would you ever, you know, want to hang out?" Mercedes asks. Angie is now paying attention to the conversation.

"Come over. It's Liza Minnelli week on AMC!" Kurt invites.

Before the conversation can go any further with Kurtcedes, Rachel butts in. "Guys! That's Andrea Cohen. She won Outstanding Soloist last year at Absolutely Tampastic."

"You can't leave rehearsals for any reason. That includes heat exhaustion or Crohn's disease." Says a Vocal Adrenaline girl. One of her teammates was vomiting into a trash can.

"Are you guys Vocal Adrenaline? We'd like to talk to Dakota Stanley about choreography for our glee club." Rachel implies.

"Don't! He's a monster." The second girl shudders.

Angie glares at Rachel. "This better be worth it Rachel."

/ / /

The New Directions steps into Carmel High's auditorium to see Vocal Adrenaline hard at work, performing 'Mercy.'

[Mercy by Vocal Adrenaline]

Suddenly, a short and angry man yells "Get off my stage!" Vocal Adrenaline exits the stage.

"Well he seems lovely." Angie comments sarcastically. Finn nods in agreement.

/ / /

It turns out the short and angry man was Dakota Stanley. Rachel and the rest of New Directions were running him down.

"Mr. Stanley! We're the McKinley High glee club." Rachel says.

"No interviews." Dakota says shortly.

"We'd like you to choreograph for us." Tina adds.

"Look, my fee is $8,000 per number, plus a $10,000 bonus if you place in the top three. And with Dakota Stanley at the wheel, you will place at the top three. Move it." Dakota says as he drives away.

"How are we gonna get $8,000?" Rachel asks.

/ / /

Angie and Finn walk together to the Spanish room, hoping to talk some sense into their teacher. They weren't liking glee club all that much anymore. It wasn't as fun.

Finn knocked on the door, even though it was open. "You got a sec, Mr. Schue?"

"Yeah, of course. What's up you two?" He asks in return.

"I just want to tell you that Angie and I are quitting glee, too." Finn states. Angie nods in agreement.

"I didn't quit glee." Will says.

"Bullshit." Angie mutters under her breath. Luckily, neither Finn nor Will heard her.

"Well, you might as well have. It's nutty in there. I try and talk sense into Rachel, but she's gone all chick-batty. I gotta be honest with you. It's hard being the quarterback when I get in the huddle and all the guys are calling me "deep throat." Glee's bringing down my rep, man." Finn whines.

"Seriously? Man up, Finn. Stick to your guns." Angie says.

"What do guns have to do with this?!" Finn asks.

Angie sighs and rubs at her temples. "I swear I'm losing it." She says.

"Have the guts to stick with it a little bit longer. You are a gifted performer, Finn. You can't quit now. If you do, you're just gonna regret it for the rest of your life. Trust me. I know. And Angie? You're also a very gifted performer." Will says.

"Well with Rachel calling the shots, I might as well be happy to even be seen." Angie comments.

"What?" Will asks.

Angie quickly says "Nothing."

"It's just not fun anymore." Finn cuts in.

"Hey, Finn, wait. There's something I want to talk to you about." Will says.

Angie looks between the two men. "Well if you'll excuse me, gentlemen, I believe I have to get to Cheerios practice."

"But you're not a Cheerio." Finn points out.

Angie is quick on her feet. "I'm going to Cheerios practice to tryout for the Cheerios."

She ran out of the Spanish room quickly. She did NOT want to stick around to hear them talk about guy stuff. Nope. No way.

/ / /

Angie walks up to Sue Sylvester, who's currently coaching her Cheerios in the gym. It's now or never.

"Excuse me, Coach Sylvester? I know it's a little late in the season, but I'd like to try out for the Cheerios." Angie states.

Sue turns her attention to Angie, who looks like she might pass out then and there.

"I expect you to show me a gymnastics routine as soon as you change into your gym clothes." The coach says.

Angie nods and comes back in her gym clothes a few minutes later.

Sue looks impressed at how fast Angie changed her clothes. "What's your name?"

"Angie Abrams." Is Angie's response.

"Well Angie... you got five minutes to show me what you can do." Sue tells the sophomore.

Angie nods and walks out into the middle of the gymnasium floor. As soon as the music begins to play, Angie recognizes the song. Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face.'

As promised, Angie delivers a very thorough gymnastics routine.

Sue doesn't say anything for a minute or two. Angie feels her heart pounding.

"Angie... welcome to the Cheerios."

/ / /

Angie was surprised when Coach Sylvester told the Cheerios that they were helping with the car wash that the New Directions were hosting in the parking lot. Angie changed out of her Cheerios uniform and slipped into a blue sleeveless shirt (it looks like a tank top), black Nike shorts, and black running shoes. She pulls her hair up into a bun and walks out with the other Cheerios to wash cars.

Outside, the New Directions were scattered about, washing cars with the Cheerios. The guidance counselor, Emma Pillsbury, was standing next to Sue to make sure everything was going smoothly.

Angie, and Finn were washing Principal Figgins's car next to Kurt and Mercedes, who were washing Kurt's car. Angie decided to make small talk with Finn.

"Hey, you never told me how your tryout went." Finn stated.

Angie smiled. "Well... let's just say I'll be wearing a high pony and those sinfully short skirts from now on."

Finn smiled and then blushed at the thought of her in one of those Cheerios uniforms. "Bad Finn! You're with Quinn." Finn tells himself in his head.

Angie was washing the hood of Figgins' car. "Hey Finn, can you hose the hood? I'm finished." She said.

Finn nodded. "Yeah." He said and hosed off the suds.

Angie started tuning out Finn when he began talking about Rachel. If he didn't talk about Quinn, he talked about Rachel. Honestly, it was sickening to hear him talk about the bossy little Jewish girl that always threw a fit when she never got her way. Finn had a girlfriend!

Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard a loud crash sound. She turns around to see a hole in Kurt's windshield, and Mercedes looking somewhat pissed off.

"You busted my window. How could you do that? You busted my window!" Kurt says in disbelief.

"Well, you busted my heart. Hm!" Mercedes responds and walks off with a huff.

Angie drops whatever she's doing and places a hand on Kurt's shoulder. "Kurt... I am so sorry."

Kurt inhales shakily and grabs her hand. "She just busted my window."

/ / /

The glee club raised $8,000 to hire Dakota Stanley with their car wash. Instead of putting that money into future props, costumes, and other things the club will need, they put it into hiring a choreographer. Angie is visibly uncomfortable with Dakota being in their choir room.

"Okay, please examine your personalized menus. This is what you're going to be eating for the next six months." Dakota says as he hands everyone personalized menus.

"Um, mine just says coffee." Mercedes notices.

"Mm-hmm." Dakota hums absentmindedly.

"What's smelt?" Rachel asks.

"A pungent, low-carb freshwater fish. Okay, let's start with today's business. Artie, you're cut. You're not trying hard enough." Dakota states.

"At what?" The wheelchair-bound boy asks.

"At walking. We can't be wheeling you around during every number. It throws off the whole dynamic, and it's depressing." Dakota says offhandedly. Angie found his statement to be incredibly rude.

"So, you're kicking him out?" Mercedes questions.

Dakota nods. "Mm-hmm. Also you. Youse got to go, Effie. No, no, no. Yeah."

"You can't kick people out of glee club because you don't like the way they look." Kurt states. Angie nods in agreement.

"Uh, why don't you shut your face-gash And stay away from aerosol cans because you could burst into flames at any second?" Dakota snaps back.

The choreographer then looks at the Unholy Trinity. "You three — you're great. You're perfect. Seriously. Don't change a thing." The three beam proudly.

Dakota gets to Rachel. "Uh, you — ew, nose job." Rachel hides her nose in embarrassment.

Angie is almost certain Dakota can see the fear in her eyes when he looks at her. "You? You don't get a menu. But you will need to dye your hair brunette. Your blonde looks way too fake for that to be considered real."

Angie looked to the floor. A lot of people made comments about her blonde hair, seeing as she's the only blonde child of her parents. No one says a thing. Finn grabs her hand and pulls her to his side.

Finn, now even more fed up with this dickhead, decides to say something. "Now just hold on a second."

"What? What was that, Frankenteen? Why don't you, uh, wipe that dopey look off your face and get some lotion for those knuckles you've been dragging on the ground?" Dakota snaps.

"What's wrong with you?" Finn asks.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me is that you're freakishly tall. I feel like a woodland creature." Dakota spits. There's silence, so he takes this as a cue to continue. "Um, am I hurting your feelings? Did I say something wrong? Because I thought you wanted somebody who respected you enough to tell you the truth. But maybe you don't have the confidence to hear it, hmm? Maybe you need somebody who's going to lie to you and tell you things like, "you got what it takes." But you know what? As far as I can see, you don't. So, why don't you just take a little second, take a breather, and ask yourself, 'Do I want to be a winner or not?'"

Finn angrily threw down his menu. "Screw this. I quit."

"Me t-t-t-too. Let's roll, Artie." Tina says as she begins wheeling said boy.

"I quit too. Come on Kurt." Angie says softly. The pair walk towards the door with Mercedes, Finn, Tina and Artie.

Rachel immediately gets a thought. "Wait. Barbra Streisand. When Barbra was a young ingénue, everyone told her in order to be a star, she'd have to get a nose job. Thankfully, she refused."

"Where's this going, Yentl?" Dakota asks impatiently.

"Where it's going is that we don't need you. Let's face it, we're never going to be as good of dancers as Vocal Adrenaline. We're gonna win because we're different. And that's what makes us special." Rachel explains.

"They told J. Lo her booty was too big." Mercedes recalls.

"Curtis Mayfield was more successful after he became paralyzed." Artie notes.

"Jim Abbott." Finn includes.

"I have no idea who that is." Kurt states.

"He was a one-armed pitcher for the Yankees. Pitched a no-hitter." Finn explains.

"Stevie Wonder had an amazing music career, and he's blind." Angie includes.

"Okay, so, yeah. Misfits and spaz-heads and cripples can make it, too. That's great. What's your point?" Dakota impatiently says.

"Our point is that you're fired. And I'm taller than you." Rachel says smugly.

"Barely." Dakota mumbles as he walks away.

Angie had a smidge of respect for Rachel then and there.

/ / /

Kurt was at his locker, smiling at a picture of him and Angie that had been taken over the summer. The blonde girl was like his sister. He was brought out of his daze when he saw Mercedes.

"Hey, Kurt. I just wanted to say I'm really sorry I did that to your car. I'll pay for it to get fixed." She offers.

Kurt sighs. "It's okay. My dad took my baby away after he found my tiara collection in my hope chest."

Mercedes gives him a smile. "And I just wanted to say I hope it works out between you and Rachel. You'll have really cute, loud babies."

Kurt has to bite back bile. "Mercedes, I lied to you. I don't like Rachel. I'm gay."

"Why didn't you just tell me?" She asks.

"Because I've never told anyone before." He admits.

"You shouldn't be ashamed of who you are, Kurt. You should just tell people, especially the kids in glee. The whole point of the club is about expressing what's really inside you, remember?" Mercedes says.

"I can't. I'm just not that confident, I guess." Kurt says sadly.

/ / /

Angie was happy to see Will back in the choir room where he belongs the following day at rehearsal.

"Uh, uh, step, ball change and head. Step, ball change and head. Low and up. Low and high! Oh, what do you guys think?" He asks while teaching the choreography.

"Mr. Schuester?" Rachel asks with her hand raised.

"Yes, Rachel?" He calls.

"It was really good." She compliments.

"Thank you. Thank you. Okay. From the top!" He instructs.

/ / /

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Songs Mentioned/Performed
1. Rock With You - Angie
2. Mercy - Vocal Adrenaline

Not as much Fangela content as I'd hoped for, but I'll take what I can get.

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