Chapter 15

Before the duet auditions began in the next meeting, Wes gathered all of the Warblers together to discuss their Regionals competition due to some new information that had been received from an unlikely source.

“Well guys, we have had an anonymous tip off from a short haired blonde woman in a tracksuit that this year the judges are expecting something a little more sexy.” Most of the Warblers looked slightly surprised but happy at the chance to turn up their sex appeal, and a few wolf-whistles were heard. Kurt however just rolled his eyes and sighed, because only one person fitted the description Wes had made, and that was cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester. Coach Sylvester was well known at McKinley High for trying to ruin the chances of success for everyone she knew. Kurt assumed she was trying to ruin him but decided that he had no choice but to put up with it as there was no way that any of the other Warblers would vote against getting sexy.

“Point of order!” Wes said whilst hitting the table with his gavel. Kurt thought there must be a dent in the woodwork with the amount of times he had to use that thing. “In order to practice, I have arranged for the Warblers to perform in the abandoned warehouse for some of the girls from Crawford County Day on Thursday. That's our partner school.” He said in response to Kurt's confused look. “We have already chosen the song and we will pass out sheet music after the duet auditions. We were also wondering if anyone could help with the staging of the performance as the council had the idea of using some scaffolding to perform on.”

“My dad is good with building things because he is a mechanic. We could probably build anything you need.” Kurt could see the disbelief on some of the Warbler's faces. “What? I help out at my dad's auto shop at the weekends. I am perfectly capable of building some scaffolding and getting my hands dirty. So long as my clothes stay clean I am fine.” The Warblers laughed at that and Wes continued.

“Well that is great Kurt. I will give you some blueprints of the kind of thing we are thinking of and you can give them to your dad for us. Anyway, I think that's about it for the talking part of this meeting, so on to the auditioning!”

The members who had signed up to audition were told to wait out in the hallway before moving into the rehearsal room, performing their piece and then going back outside. Blaine would have the casting vote, but any member of the Warbler council could turn down an audition if they thought it would hinder their Regionals performance. Kurt was waiting outside and sat beside Nick and Jeff. They were talking quietly as the other Warblers began auditioning one by one.

“What sorts of songs do you guys normally sing? I mean I have only been here a few weeks and I don't know if my song choice will appeal to the council.” Kurt was extremely worried that he had picked the wrong song but the other two boys were quick to comfort him.

“I'm sure any song you sing will be fantastic. You have an amazing voice, and I only wish that we could actually hear your audition.” Nick said with a kind look.

“I agree, but for the future, we usually sing a lot of top 40 songs and modern music but we love the classics as well!” Kurt felt a little better after this and became more confident for his performance. He was left alone to his thoughts while Jeff was performing and Nick had moved nearer the door to listen to his friend. Kurt realised that he hadn't heard is soulmate as much during Warbler rehearsals which is the same time that he usually heard them. He also realised that his soulmate usually sung a lot of top 40 songs at this sort of time too. Kurt didn't really have any time to consider what this might mean as his name was called out, and he walked into the rehearsal room.