I spent the next few days until the sharpie faded knowing how the other half lives. Every time I looked at my wrist I knew there was someone who loved me, someone who would always be there for me. It was wonderful. Do people with names on their wrist feel this every day? I hope so, I hope they know how lucky they are, I hope they never take their soul mate for granted. I wonder if Kurt would be willing to redo it when it fades, probably.

Wes got his hopes up when he noticed it but I told him that it was just sharpie and that Kurt wrote it. I think that made Wes even happier. Some of the other Warblers tried to tease me about being in love but it was all in good fun and it didn't bother me because well it's true. Basically my life was perfect or it would be as soon as we won Sectionals.

We performed first. I sang Hey Soul Sister then Nick, Sebastian and Thad sang Uptown Girl and I ended with Teenage Dream. The crowd loved it but I was still worried, we didn't really have a ballad and that could cost us. The next group to perform was Aural Intensity, they were ok and but I don't think they've ever made it beyond Sectionals and I could understand why they spend more time trying to please the judges then trying to entertain the crowd and honestly the judges do take the crowd's reaction into account. I wasn't worried about them. The next group was one I hadn't heard of before they were called Note Worthy and were from Dublin. They didn't suck but they didn't have our energy either or our group cohesion, it was obvious not all the members of the group liked each other or the songs they were singing. I don't know why but the guy singing lead struck me as being a huge asshole. Kurt told me that sometimes the New Directions fight but at the end of the day they love each other and I enjoyed watching them perform at their Sectionals but watching Note Worthy was making me uncomfortable. But I was still nervous when it came time to announce the winner, you never know what's going to happen for sure until it does, the judges might like the pandering of Aural Intensity or they might not have noticed the death glares the members of Note Worthy were sending each other.

We won! It took me a second to registering what was happening when they announced we won but we did! Kurt was waiting for me back stage and gave me a congratulatory hug and kiss.

"Congratulations." The lead singer of Note Worthy said to me offering me a handshake.

"Thank you, you guys were good." I replied shaking his hand.

"Unfortunately for me you were better. I'm sorry I didn't get your name."

"Blaine Anderson."

"Mark Davis."

Fuck.