If You Only Knew

Kaley's POV

"Come on, Kaley, you can do it!" Leah cheered me on as I attempted the move again.

Why did I agree to do this? I whined inwardly.

Because then you will get to dance onstage with Darren, my subconscious reminded me. I let out a heavy sigh as I failed the apparently simple step again.

"Like this," Darren's warm voice flowed into my ear as I felt his body press up against mine. He lightly placed his hands under my arms, guiding their movements. He did the movement a few times more before taking a step back. "Now add in the steps."

Locking the arm movements in my mind, I slowly started to do the steps that accompanied them. One step. Then the next. And then the next.

"I'm doing it!" I exclaimed happily. "I'm doing it!" Suddenly, Darren was there again, easily stepping into the partnering role of the dance as he took my hands and moved in closer.

"I knew you could," he whispered in my ear. When he pulled away slightly, I could see the proud smile spreading across his lips.

"Do you think I'm ready for the stage now?" I grinned playfully.

"You were born ready," he smiled, leaning down to kiss me.

"No!" I gasped, turning my head away. "You'll ruin my make-up!"

"Zayna can do it again," Darren persisted, placing a light finger under my chin to turn my face back to him. He started leaning down again, but I quickly ducked down out of his hold.

"That poor woman has enough to deal with!" I argued, crossing my arms over my chest. "I am not making her redo my make-up, thank you very much!"

"But-" Darren started to whine, taking a step towards me.

"No!" I shot him a pointed glare. "No buts! You're just going to have to wait." I couldn't help the grin that slipped onto my lips at the look that Darren was giving me. He looked like a sad little puppy who was just told that he couldn't have his favourite bone. I quickly stepped closer and wrapped my arms around his waist.

"Later," I whispered, giving him a light squeeze. "I promise."

"I'm going to hold you to that," Darren whispered back, lightly kissing the top of my head. "But I think that you're still going to have to go see Zayna."

"Darren, I said-" I started to say, but he cut me off.

"Not for your make-up," he grinned mischievously. "For your hair!" He ruffled his hand through my hair, making me squeal with surprise.

"Darren!" I gasped as he darted away, out of my reach so that I couldn't hit him. "I can't believe you did that!"

"You should hurry up and find Zayna," he chuckled, grinning widely. "Show goes up in twenty minutes!" I shot him an angry glare before turning on my heel and storming out the door.

I wasn't really mad. I could even care less about how my hair or make-up looked. But there was a reason why I didn't want to kiss Darren.

"You guys kiss all the time!" Leah commented. "Like seriously, it's like every single time that you're together, you're locking lips at least once. Ever heard of over the top?"

"I can't help it," I shrugged. "He's just so kissable! I just look at him and see how completely adorable he is and I can't help but want to kiss him. Plus, he's such a good kisser!"

"Just be careful," Leah sighed. "Too much kissing isn't good for you. You need to allow for some space there in your relationship."

"Fine," I sighed as well. "I'll try."

And so there I was, walking down the hallway to the make-up department to see Zayna, my lips still kiss-free. I knew that Darren might be a little upset that I wouldn't let him kiss me, but I also knew that Leah was right. We did kiss a lot.

That's something that we're going to have to work on, I sighed as I stopped before the closed door. I quickly knocked on it, and entered when granted access.

"Hi, Kaley," Zayna smiled, looking up at me. "Oh dear! What happened to your hair?"

"Darren," I laughed. The older woman smiled and nodded in understanding.

"And you would think after all the time I spend on his hair that he would be a bit more respectful of others' hair too," Zayna sighed, picking up a hair brush and signaling for me to sit down in the chair in front of her, which I did. She carefully ran the brush through my hair, smiling as it moved through it smoothly. "You have such nice hair. I wish I could have gotten to work on it longer."

"Thanks," I grinned. "My hairdresser that I had back in Canada said the same thing. She loved working with my hair."

"Well, if you ever need anyone to do your hair, don't hesitate to call me," Zayna replied, handing me a small business card. "I can't believe this is actually the last show. I feel like I've fallen in love with this group. They're all so professional, no drama, no hassle."

"I know what you mean," I sighed. "It's going to be weird not seeing them all everyday. They've all become so special to me, like part of my family. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself after this."

"You're going to get your butt working on that novel of yours," Leah's voice entered the room. I looked up into the mirror and caught her leaning against the door in the reflection.

"Oh, you write?" Zayna asked enthusiastically.

"Yeah, kind of," I shrugged. "Trying to, at least. I'm not very good."

"Bull crap!" Leah exclaimed. "You are an amazing writer! You just need to stop procrastinating and start writing!"

"I have writer's block!" I objected.

"Again I say, bull crap!" Leah retorted. "I know for a fact that you have a thousand ideas bouncing around in that head of yours. I've seen your idea journal. You've got the ideas. You just need to push yourself to make them into stories."

"I hate it when you're right," I grumbled.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" Leah asked, smirking proudly.

"Oh you heard me," I retorted. "And I'm not saying it twice."

"You two are just adorable!" Zayna laughed. "I can see why you're such good friends."

"The best," I grinned, exchanging a glance with Leah.

"Okay, you are done!" Zayna announced. I looked at myself in the mirror, turning my head from side to side. My hair was pulled back into a high pony, just like the Cheerios on Glee.

"Do you want me to fix yours up too?" Zayna asked Leah, who nodded and quickly took over my spot on the chair.

"You go get your costume on," Leah ordered. "I put it in Darren's change room, along with your other outfits. Don't worry, they're labeled for each number."

"Alright," I replied, heading for the door. "Thanks for fixing my hair, Zayna! You're the best!"

"Anytime, hun!" she laughed. "Feel free to come back between songs and I'll change your hair for you."

"Okay," I smiled. "I will see you later then."

As I walked out the door, I glanced down at my watch.

6:48

I had twelve minutes to go get changed.

Well, technically I have a little bit longer, I quickly reminded myself. We're not on until the third number. Even so, I still hurried down the hallway and into Darren's dressing room. Thankfully, he wasn't there. Can't have him messing up my hair again. I still can't believe that he did that! For being twenty-five, he sure can act like a five-year-old!

I quickly found the rack that Leah had placed my costumes on, getting giddy as I touched the first one in front of me, the one that I had to put on now. It was a red and white Cheerios uniform. I was going to be a Cheerio.

Okay, it's official, I grinned to myself. I have the best job ever.

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Darren's POV

I just couldn't understand why Kaley wouldn't kiss me. Everything was fine between us earlier.

Did I do something wrong? I wondered. I knew that the excuse about the make-up was just that, an excuse. Kaley never cared about make-up, or her hair, so that's why I purposefully messed up her hair. I was able to catch the one second of pure shock and amusement in her eyes before she quickly covered it with a mock anger, proving that something was up.

I knew that asking Leah would probably be pointless as she wouldn't be likely to spill on her best friend's secret, so instead, I turned to the next closest source.

"Hey, Chris?" I called out, making him turn his attention away from Leah, whom he was going over dance steps with. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" I glanced over at Leah, then back to Chris and gave him a look that implied that I wanted to talk to him alone. He gave me a small nod to show that he understood before turning back to Leah.

"I think that you are more than ready for the show," Chris smiled at her. "Why don't you go find Kaley and see if she needs any more help with the dances?" Leah raised an eyebrow at him, half in surprise and half suspiciously, but nodded, quickly leaving us alone in the room.

"So," Chris said, turning back to me. "What is so secretive that you want to talk to me alone about?"

"Has Leah said anything to you about Kaley?" I asked nervously. A slight smirk rose to his lips.

"Because she won't kiss you?" he asked.

"You know something," I replied, narrowing my eyes at him suspiciously. "What do you know?"

"I know a lot of thing," he replied nonchalantly.

"Chris!" I huffed, crossing my arms over my chest. "That's not what I meant!"

"Darren, you know that I'm just teasing," he giggled. "And honestly? You have nothing to worry about. Kaley's not losing interest in you and you didn't do anything wrong." He quickly glanced around to be sure that we were alone before he slowly leaned in close and whispered, "Don't tell her that I said this, but you can blame Leah for this."

"Leah?" I echoed in surprise. "Why?"

"Well, she's the one that told Kaley that you guys kiss too much," Chris explained. "Kaley must have taken it to heart and that's why she refused to kiss you."

"Leah's just jealous," I joked. "She's mad that she doesn't have someone that she can kiss all the time."

"Uh, y-yeah, that must be why," Chris stuttered, a slight blush rising to his cheeks.

"What's wrong?" I asked, tilting my head to the side slightly.

"Nothing!" Chris replied quickly. "I, uh, gotta go, uh, finish getting ready."

Before I could say anything else, he quickly dashed out of the room.

Well that was weird, I thought to myself. On both counts... So Leah thinks that we kiss too much, huh? Well I don't. And I think that it's time to get back what I want... Though I might just need a little help with it...

I quickly pulled out my phone, easily finding her name in my contacts list.

Me: Hey Lea, I need your help with something...

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Kaley's POV

My heart pounded heavily in my chest. I glanced over at Leah who stood beside me with an eager and excited expression on her face. I'm sure that I must have looked pale with terror.

How on earth did she convince me to do this with her? I wondered as I turned my attention back on the stage in front of me where Cory was singing. The number was almost over. And then we were on.

Of the twenty-nine numbers in the show, we were going to do four of them, stepping in for some of the regular dancers, who were actually relieved to have the night off.

"Are you guys ready?" Heather asked, coming to stand beside us. She had a huge smile on her face and looked like she was excited and ready for her number.

"Yes!" Leah exclaimed quietly, bouncing excitedly on the spot. Leah loved to dance and I was excited for her to finally get to see one of her dreams come true: to perform onstage in front of a large audience. I, on the other hand, was not so thrilled to go on. I was not a very good dancer and I was afraid that I was going to mess to and embarrass myself in front of the huge crowd watching.

The lights of the stage suddenly went out, signaling our cue to go on. Leah grabbed my hand and gave it a tight, excited squeeze as we started to move out onto the stage and into our positions. I took a deep breath and quickly sent up a prayer that I would remember all of the choreography and not screw up royally.

Suddenly, the lights were on and Heather, along with the other back up dancers, started to sing.

D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
An O-L-D M-A-N, you're just an old man
Hitting on me, what?
You need a CAT scan

Old man, why are you starin' at me?
Mack on me and my friends it's kinda creepy
You should be prowling around the old folks' home (Oh!)
Come on, dude, leave us alone

At first we thought that it was kind of ill when
We saw that you were like a billion
And still out tryin' to make a killin'
Get back to the museum

D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
An O-L-D M-A-N, you're just an old man
Hitting on me, what?
You need a CAT scan

Hey dinosaur, baby, you're prehistoric
Hey dinosaur, that's what you are, HA!
Hey carnivore, you want my meat I know it
Hey dinosaur, that's what you are, HA!

Yeah, you're pretty old

Not long 'til you're a senior citizen
And you can strut around with that sexy tank of oxygen
Honey, your toupee is falling to your left side
Get up and go, bro, oh wait
You're fossilized, HA!

You sit down, buy me a martini
Won't go away, my hips aren't sinking
"Hey," you say, "Wanna come with me?"
I'm about to barf, seriously?

D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
An O-L-D M-A-N, you're just an old man
Hitting on me, what?
You need a CAT scan

Hey dinosaur, baby, you're prehistoric
Hey dinosaur, that's what you are, HA!
Hey carnivore, you want my meat I know it
Hey dinosaur, that's what you are, HA!

Hey dinosaur, baby, you're prehistoric
Hey dinosaur, that's what you are, HA!
Hey carnivore, you want my meat I know it
Hey dinosaur, that's what you are, HA!

D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A that's what you are, HA!
D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R a dinosaur
D-I-N-O-S-A that's what you are, HA!

We hit our final pose and the crowd went wild with applause. I couldn't help but beam proudly as we held the pose for a couple more seconds, waiting until the lights went out before we moved back off the stage.

"That was amazing!" Leah squealed quietly beside me as soon as we were offstage. "I've never felt more alive!"

"Me neither!" I replied breathlessly. I could still feel my heart pounding with adrenaline in my chest. Being out there had filled me with such a rush! "Man, I'm so glad that we didn't have to wear the dinosaur heads like they did in the show!" They had figured that it might be too hard to do that song live with the heads, as since they were hard to see out of, there was a higher risk of bumping into each other.

"Agreed!" Leah nodded. "Come on, we'd better go change! We're on again after this number!"

The next number we were going to be in was Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You). We were just going to be dancing in the background, adding more bodies to the stage, but it was still exciting to be sharing the stage with Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, and Heather Morris.

This dance was a lot harder than the first one, but again I managed to keep up and I couldn't help but feel like I was shining, dancing up on that stage in my long, pretty black dress. The one I was wearing was exactly like the ones they wore for this number in the show. It felt like a dream come true, like as if I was actually a part of the Glee world. I was one of them.

It seemed like all too soon the number was over and we were walking back offstage. This was the last number that we were going to be in in the first act, so I decided to go change into my first outfit for my next number in Act Two, which was actually my Cheerios outfit again.

Once changed, I decided to go back out to the stage wings to watch the rest of the first act. By the time I got back, because I had taken my time, they had already made it to the eighth song, which was Rachel Berry's famous number, Don't Rain On My Parade.

"You would make an adorable Cheerio," Darren whispered in my ear as he wrapped his arms around my waist from behind me.

"Thanks," I whispered back, smiling as I continued to watch Lea.

Nobody, no, nobody
Is gonna rain on my parade!

"That's my cue," Darren said, as the lights went out again. I felt his arms slowly slip away from my waist as he moved to go on the stage. He paused for a second before he went on and whispered, "This one's for you."

I racked my brain, trying to remember what song came on after Lea's, but came up empty. But then the music started to play and I couldn't help but smile as Chris, who was also onstage, started to sing.

Made a wrong turn once or twice
Dug my way out, blood and fire
Bad decisions, that's alright
Welcome to my silly life

Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood
Miss 'No way, it's all good'
It didn't slow me down
Mistaken, always second guessing
Underestimated, look I'm still around

Darren glanced over at me as he joined in with Chris for the chorus and I suddenly realized why he had dedicated the song to me.

Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are perfect to me

He thought I was perfect.

You're so mean (you're so mean)
When you talk (when you talk)
About yourself, you were wrong
Change the voices (change the voices)
In your head (in your head)
Make them like you instead

So complicated,
Look how big you'll make it
Filled with so much hatred
Such a tired game
It's enough, I've done all I can think of
Chased down all my demons
See you do the same
(Ohh ohhhhhhh)

Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are perfect

The whole world's scared, so I swallowed the fear
The only thing I should be drinking is an ice cold beer
So cool in line and we try try try but we try too hard
And it's a waste of my time
Done looking for the critics, cause they're everywhere
They don't like my jeans, they don't get my hair
Exchange ourselves and we do it all the time
Why do we do that, why do I do that (why do I do that)?

(Yeah! Ooooh!)
Oh pretty, pretty please

Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are perfect to me
(Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than less than perfect)
You're perfect, you're perfect to me
Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are perfect to me

Darren cast another quick glance in my direction as they finished the song and was rewarded with a sincere and heartfelt smile from me.

As soon as the lights went out, Darren was at my side in a second, pulling me into his arms.

"You are perfect," he whispered in my ear. "So perfect."

And then he was gone, hurrying off to go change for his next number. I could still feel his warm touch lingering on my skin. It was official. I was totally and utterly in love with this man.

"You're perfect too," I whispered into the empty air. "Perfect to me."

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Darren's POV

We finally made it to intermission. I could feel myself starting to get anxious as the time for my plan to be put into action. I quickly walked back to my dressing room, pleased to find Kaley there waiting for me.

"There's my favourite Cheerio," I grinned as I walked into the room. She looked up and smiled back, quickly skipping over to give me a quick, tight hug.

"One act down, one to go," she smiled as she stepped back. "And then the encore and then that's it! Are you starting to miss it yet? Just think, you aren't going to perform those songs on this stage ever again... Well, maybe not ever again, but for a long while at least."

"It is a little sad," I shrugged. "But after doing as many shows as I have, you tend to get sick of doing them and can't wait to be done with them."

"I miss them already," Kaley frowned slightly. "I actually had a lot of fun doing those first two numbers. I'm sad that I only get to do two more and then that's it."

Perfect, I smiled to myself.

"Well, if you want, you could come dance onstage with us during one of my numbers," I offered nonchalantly. "You don't have to worry about choreography cause everyone basically just runs around and does their own thing. Leah could be in it too, if she wants."

"I don't know..." Kaley argued. "I'm not sure if I'm allowed to-"

"Of course you're allowed to!" I exclaimed. "We're all just being goofs onstage anyways, so what's a couple more goofs to make things more fun? Besides, I would really love to have you up on stage with me. It'd be a lot of fun..."

"Alright, I'm sold," she laughed. "What number?"

"I'm gonna leave that to be a surprise," I grinned, giving her a flirty wink. "I'll have someone come get you so you know when to come on. It'll be after your next song though."

"But what about costume?" she asked, tilting her head to the left slightly. "What would I wear?"

"You can wear your normal clothes," I replied. "Nothing really fancy. There's no formal outfit for it. It's just all fun."

"Alright, if you say so..." Kaley caved. "Shouldn't you be getting changed?"

"Oh, right!" I laughed, quickly pulling my shirt up over my head.

"I'll never get tired of this," I heard Kaley comment as I turned away to get my Born This Way t-shirt.

Good, I thought. I never want you to.

I quickly pulled the shirt on and turned back to face her.

"Shall we?" I asked, gesturing towards the door.

"Alright," she nodded, linking her arm through mine. We quickly made our way back to the stage where everyone else was waiting.

"Ohmygosh, Leah!" Kaley exclaimed softly. I looked at her to see a shocked expression on her face. Then I turned to look at Leah.

She was in a tight, sequenced black spandex suit.

"Why aren't you in your Cheerios outfit?" Kaley whispered to her in alarm. "And why are you in that?"

"Because I'm not doing that number anymore," Leah grinned, glancing over at Chris, who was wearing a very similar outfit. "I'm doing the Single Ladies number with Chris instead."

"You're what?!" Kaley gasped.

"You heard me," Leah grinned proudly. "Jealous?"

"Of the outfit?" Kaley chuckled. "No. Of the fact that you get to dance to Single Ladies with Chris? Yes. Extremely so."

"Hey, you get a song with Darren, I get one with Chris," Leah replied. "That's fair, right?"

"I guess," Kaley sighed.

"Alright, places for top of Act Two, everyone!" Vicky called out quietly.

"I gotta go get to my spot," I whispered to Kaley. "I'll see you in a few numbers."

"Okay, break a leg!" she whispered back, a small, sweet smile gracing her lips. I nodded before turning away to go to my cue spot.

It's almost time! was all I could think. I really hope that she doesn't kill me for doing this...

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Kaley's POV

After they did Born This Way, Chris and Lea did one of mine and Leah's favourite numbers, Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead, and it was only natural that her and I proceeded to mimic the dance off in the wings during the song. Unfortunately, we did not have any hats or broomsticks, so we had to wing it without them, but we still had fun trying.

All too soon the number was over and the lights were out. And then it was show time for me. Darren was entering from the other side of the stage this time, so I wouldn't get to see him before I went on.

Taking a deep breath, I followed the other "Cheerios" out onto the stage and got into position. A single spotlight suddenly fell on the stage, landing on Darren as the music started to play. And then he opened his mouth and started to sing.

It's not unusual to be loved by anyone
It's not unusual to have fun with anyone
But when I see you hanging about with anyone
It's not unusual to see me cry,
I wanna' die

The whole stage then lit up, revealing the rest of us onstage.

It's not unusual to go out at any time
But when I see you out and about it's such a crime
If you should ever want to be loved by anyone,
It's not unusual it happens every day no matter what you say
You find it happens all the time

As we all moved in closer to where Darren was dancing, I felt myself get shoved closer to Darren, taking the place where Naya usually danced right beside him during the number. I quickly glanced behind me to see Naya smile and wink at me.

Oh crap, I'm doing her part! I realized suddenly. Why hadn't I noticed it before when Darren was working on the number with me?

Love will never do what you want it to
Why can't this crazy love be mine

Everyone else suddenly broke off, leaving just me and Darren dancing side by side. He looked at me and gave me a flirty wink. Then it dawned on me. He had planned this.

It's not unusual, to be mad with anyone
It's not unusual, to be sad with anyone
But if I ever find that you've changed at anytime

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Darren shift towards me suddenly, so I turned my head slightly to glance at him to find that he was staring right at me.

It's not unusual to find out that I'm in love with you
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-whoa-oh

A thunderous applause filled the room. I quickly turned my eyes away from Darren and smiled out at the crowd. So many bright flashes were going off in front of me and I had to force myself to keep my eyes open until the lights went out. They finally did go out, though the spotlight returned to Darren and I had to take a quick step back to make sure that I was out of its light before I could exit the stage.

"Are you guys having fun tonight?" Darren asked the crowd as the rest of us got off the stage. He was quickly answered with a triumphant sound of loud screams. "Awesome! Well I hope that all of you single ladies are ready for this next song..."

Beyonce's song started to play, causing another riot of screams from the crowd. Darren's light went out, giving him about three seconds to get off the stage before the lights came back on again to reveal Chris, Jenna, Heather, and Leah, along with a couple other dancers, all in spandex suits.

"You can go change into your normal clothes now," Darren whispered quickly as he almost sprinted by me. I quickly followed after him, but he was much quicker than me, having done this routine many times and was bolting back out of the dressing room by the time I got there.

"Hurry and change so you can come see me perform!" he said as he passed by me. I could hear the pleaful tone to his voice so I sighed and nodded.

"Alright, I'll be out in a minute!" I called out after him.

I went into the room and quickly found my clothes. I quickly put on the cute, light blue top that I had decided to wear today and I prayed that it wouldn't make me stand out too much. I quickly pulled on my jeans, happy to be out of that skirt. It was a little too high up for my comfort.

Once changed, I quickly made it back to the stage, just in time to see the changing of the numbers. Darren was glancing around wildly, like as if he was looking for something. Then his eyes landed on me and he relaxed and smiled. Then, he turned around and followed Lea out onto the stage.

"I can't believe that the bottle landed on you!" Lea exclaimed as they stumbled out onto the stage. She was holding a small glass bottle in her hand.

"You don't have to if you don't want to," Darren replied. "I mean, it's just a game, right? You can back out if you want."

"Nuh-uh!" Lea shook her head. "You come here, Blaine Warbler. I am going to rock your world!" She suddenly grabbed him by the collar and pressed her lips against his. Though the kiss was rather sloppy, I couldn't help the burning feeling of jealousy bubbling in the pit of my stomach.

It's okay, I told myself. They're just acting. It's part of their job.

"Whoa!" Darren gaped as they broke apart after their overly long kiss.

"I think I just found myself a new duet partner!" Lea exclaimed. "Hit it!"

The music started to play and I felt my heart sink in my chest. It was our song. The first song that Darren and I had ever sung together. It just felt so wrong to see them singing it together.

"I can't watch this," I said quietly, turning away from the stage. I had never really felt so jealous like this before. It was weird how strong it was.

I quickly wandered out into the back hallway, not really sure where to go. I didn't want to go too far because Darren hadn't told me which song I was going on for, so I didn't want to miss it, but at the same time, I didn't want to be close enough that I could hear them singing.

"Kaley!" Leah exclaimed from behind me, making me turn towards her. "What are you doing back here?! You're supposed to be in the wings!"

"I didn't want to listen to them singing our song," I explained. Leah just shook her head, quickly grabbing me by the arm and pulling me back towards the stage.

"Now is no time to be jealous!" she scolded. "We're on next!"

"We are?" I replied.

"Did no one tell you?" she asked, puzzled.

"No," I shook my head. "Darren said he wanted it to be a surprise."

"Opps," Leah blushed. "Well, surprise!"

By this time, we had made it back to the wings and had to quiet down. Thankfully, the song was almost done.

Leah noticed Chris standing over close to the stage, hiding off to the side so that he wouldn't be seen, so she led me over to him.

"Hey," Chris whispered, smiling as he saw us. "You ready?"

"Yep," Leah smiled back.

"I guess," I shrugged. "No one told me what I was doing."

"Darren wanted to surprise you," Chris replied as the song ended. "Oh, and that's my cue! See you in a few!"

Chris suddenly skipped out onto the stage, meeting with Darren in the middle as Lea headed over towards where we were offstage.

"Well, that was interesting," Chris was saying to Darren. "Did you have fun?"

"Yeah," Darren sighed dreamily. "Actually, I'm thinking about asking Rachel out on a date."

"What?" Chris exclaimed. "But she's a girl! And aren't we dating?"

"Well, I don't know..." Darren frowned. "When we kissed... it felt good. I don't know, maybe I'm bi or something."

"Blaine, you are not bi!" Chris argued.

"I could be!" Darren argued back. "And I'll prove it!" He suddenly turned around and looked towards us. "Rachel! Can you come back out here! I need you to prove a point!"

But Lea didn't appear.

I turned around to see where she went, only to find her standing right behind me.

"Have fun!" she whispered, suddenly shoving me.

Onto the stage.

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Darren's POV

"Rachel! Can you come back out here! I need you to prove a point!"

I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. Here it was. The moment of truth. Would Lea do it?

And then there she was, looking completely startled and shocked after stumbling out onto the stage.

"Oh! You there!" I called out to her. "You'll do. Can you come here for a minute?" Kaley slowly turned to us, blinking in surprise. It took a second before she finally moved towards us, stopping to stand awkwardly between Chris and me. Her eyes were wide with shock and terror, making me instantly feel bad for doing this.

Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, I thought to myself. But it's too late. I'm in too deep to back out now.

"I hope you don't mind, but..." I suddenly reached out and cupped her cheeks before slowly leaning down and pressing my lips to hers. There was a slight bit of resistance at first before she quickly melted into the kiss. I knew that I should break it off, but I really didn't want to... But, I knew I had to.

"Whoa!" I exclaimed, breaking away from the kiss and widening my eyes.

"Well?" Chris asked, raising his eyebrows at me. I glanced between him and Kaley before I sighed and blushed slightly.

"You were right," I replied sheepishly. "I'm definitely gay. One hundred percent gay."

"Oh, thank goodness!" Chris exclaimed, suddenly throwing his arms around me and pressing his lips against mine. Normally, I didn't mind kissing Chris as he was a pretty good kisser, but this time I felt a weird churning in my stomach. A weird, sinking feeling. I had felt the same thing when Lea had kissed me earlier, so the fact that I was feeling it now confirmed by feelings. I felt guilty kissing anyone else but Kaley. Kaley was the only one I felt right kissing.

Oh crap! She's still right there!

I quickly pulled away from Chris, making sure not to make it too quick or obvious. Though it hadn't been a long kiss, I still felt guilty, especially because we had done it right in front of Kaley.

"I'm sorry for scaring you like that, Kurt," I said, pulling myself back into character. "But you know, crazy things can happen when you're drunk. Our next song, written by one of my idols, Katy Perry, definitely agrees with that!"

The music for the song started to play and I quickly slung my arm around Kaley as I started to sing, "There's a stranger in my bed. There's a pounding my head. Glitter all over the room. Pink flamingos in the pool." I reluctantly moved away from Kaley, quickly noticing Leah move forward to her side. She still looked slightly stunned, like as if she hadn't fully processed what had just happened. I quickly snapped myself out of it, returning my attention back to the song as I danced around the stage.

I smell like a minibar
DJ's passed out in the yard
Barbie's on the barbeque
This a hickey or a bruise?

Pictures of last night
Ended up online
I'm screwed
Oh well
It's a blacked out blur
But I'm pretty sure it ruled
D***!

Last Friday night
Yeah we danced on tabletops
And we took too many shots
Think we kissed but I forgot
Last Friday night

Yeah we maxed our credit cards
And got kicked out of the bar
So we hit the Boulevard
Last Friday night

We went streaking in the park
Skinny dipping in the dark
Then had a menage a trois
Last Friday night

Yeah I think we broke the law
Always say we're gonna stop-op
Whoa-oh-oah

This Friday night
Do it all again
This Friday night
Do it all again

I snuck another quick peek over at Kaley, who had seemed to have settled down a bit and was dancing along to the song with everyone else. I couldn't help but smile as I looked at her. Though what I had done maybe hadn't been the wisest of choices, I knew in my heart that if I had the chance, I would do it all again.