Mia Anderson

Part 13

We sat there in Mr Shue's apartment for hours, I have never cried so much in my life. It was the night of regionals. We were standing in the green room room listening to the announcer.

(Announcer) (over p.a) "And now, our panel of judges. He's an international musical sensation, a platinum recording artist 20 times over, the inimitable Mr. Josh Groban! She's a four-time Grammy winner who starred in the highest-grossing movie musical of all time, Ms. Olivia Newton-John! He's a two-time local Emmy winner and broadcasting icon, WOHN news anchor Rod Remington! She is fresh off her fifth consecutive National Cheerleading Title and author of the soon-to-be-published memoir, I'm A Winner and You're Fat,  Ohio's home-grown iconoclast, Coach Sue Sylvester! And now, our first performance of the evening, from Westvale High in scenic Fort Wayne, Indiana, Aural Intensity!"

Aural Intensity started singing and I tried to block them out. I was way to sad to listen to them.

(Puck) "A mash up of Olivia Newton-John and Josh Groban. Are you kidding me?! Somebody tipped them off about the judges."

(Rachel) "Guys, we can't get distracted by what the other teams are doing."

(Finn) "We just got to keep our heads in the game and focus."

(Mia) "Even though we know we can't win?"

(Mr Shue) "Yes. If this is only about winning for you guys, then I owe you all an apology, because I've failed you. And we should just all go home, because it means we've already lost. Besides,we have got something that the other groups don't."

Artie then wheels over to Mr Shue.

(Artie) "What?"

(Mr Shue) "Finn's dancing. Right? Come on. Now let's get out there. We got two minutes. Aural Intensity's almost finished. Bring it in. Come on. Come on. Let's go, go, go, go, go and..."

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(Announcer) (over p.a) "Ladies and Gentleman, our second competitors, winner of the Central Ohio Sectional, McKinley High's New Directions!" On the announcers signal, I hear Finn start to sing.

Finn:
"Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind"

Rachel:
"Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sending all my love
Along the wire"

Finn and Rachel:
"And they say that the road
Ain't no place to start a family
But, right down the line it's been you and me
And loving a music man
Ain't always what it's supposed to be"

Rachel:
"Oh boy, you stand by me"

Finn and Rachel:
"I'm forever yours
Faithfully"

Just before I got on stage I saw more older brother, Derek.

(Mia) "Derek. Long time no see. I don't even see you at home anymore."

Derek smirked at me

(Derek) "Hey sis. Sorry that I don't see you much at all."

(Mia) "That thing your group did to us and Rachel including Jesse was really mean. Have a nice life."

(Derek) "Sis wait I am sorry!"

I ignore him and join the others on stage and we all start to sing.

New Directions:
"Anyway you want it, that's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (oooh)"

Finn:
"She loves to laugh, she loves to sing, she does everything
She loves to move, she loves to groove, she loves the lovin' things"

Rachel (Mia):
"It won't be long, yeah, 'til you're alone
When your lover (looover), oh, he hasn't come home (oooh)
'Cause he's lovin' (lovin'), he's touchin' (touchin')
He's squeezin' another (another)"

New Directions:
"Anyway you want it, that's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (anyway you want it)
He said, anyway you want it, that's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (oooh)

Na na na na na na, na na na na na
Na na na na na na, na na na na na"

Puck:
"I was alone, I never knew what good love could do"

I see Puck stare at me when singing that line.

Finn and Rachel:
"Then we touched, then we sang about the lovely things"

Rachel (Mia):
"'Cause he's lovin' (lovin'), he's touchin' (touchin')
He's squeezin' another (yeah yeah)"

New Directions:
"Anyway you want it, that's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (anyway you want it)
He said, anyway you want it, that's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (oooh)

Na na na na na na, na na na na na
Na na na na na na, na na na na na

Anyway you want it, that's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (anyway you want it)
He said, anyway you want it, that's the way you need it
Anyway you want it (yeah yeah)

Anyway you want it, that's the way you need it
Anyway you want it...
Na na na na na na, na na na na na
Na na na na na na, na na na na na...

Anyway you want it, that's the way you need it!"

We then moved onto our last song.

Finn:
"Just a small town girl
Living in a lonely world
She took the midnight train going anywhere"

Rachel:
"Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere"

Puck:
"A singer in a smoky room"

Mia:
"A smell of wine and cheap perfume"

Puck and Mia:
"For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on"

Artie and Rachel:
"Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows
Searching in the night
Streetlight
People
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night"

Kurt:
Workin' hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill

Finn and Kurt:
"Payin' anything to roll the dice
Just one more time"

Mia:
"Some will win"

Puck and Mia:
"Some will lose
Some are born to sing the blues"

Artie and Mercedes:
"Oh, the movie never ends
It goes on and on and on and on

Strangers waiting
Up and down the boulevard
Their shadows
Searching in the night
Streetlight
People
Living just to find emotion
Hiding somewhere in the night"

Mia:
"Don't stop!"

Finn and Rachel with New Directions:
"Don't stop believin'"

Finn and Rachel:
"Hold on to that feelin'"

Finn and Rachel with New Directions (Mia):
"Streetlights
People (Yeah!)
Don't stop believin'"

Finn and Rachel (Mia):
"Hold on to that feeling (Yeah!)"

Finn and Rachel with New Directions:
"Streetlights
People"

Finn, Mia and Rachel with New Directions:
"Don't stop!"