"Five, six, seven, eight,"

The New Directions were in the choir room, with majority of them copying what Mr Schuester was doing. "Step and step, clap. And step and step. And turn around and down and up,"

Bella did the steps beside her twin, Kurt seeing Rachel glancing over seeing Quinn Fabray stopping what she was doing at the moves. "C-could we stop, please?"

Mr Schuester turned around looking to Rachel. "You don't have to ask for permission to go to the bathroom, Rachel. You can just go," Bella put a hand over her mouth to hide her laugh, "It's not my bladder, It's the choreography,"

"What's wrong with the choreography?" From the corner of the soccer player's eye, she saw Santana and Quinn smile at the girl's words, "We can't compete with Vocal Adrenaline with these steps. You're a great vocal coach, Mr Schue, but you're not a trained choreographer,"

Bella put her hands on her hips, "That's what we need to be the best. We need Dakota Stanley," Bella's face fall at the girl's words, "He was the understudy to the candelabra in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway,"

"Just because he understudied doesn't mean he ever performed," Mr Schue shared with his students, seeing that Rachel wasn't gonna say anything else, Quinn Fabray stepped forwards, hands on hips, "Did you ever perform, Mr Schuester?"

The man gave Quinn a look, "Afted high school. Did you even try?" She carried on as Bella watched before their teacher could say anything, the school bell ringing as the New Directions all started to pick up their bagpacks and duffel bags.

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"Good, that's good,"

Finn and Bella were at the piano playing around as Finn played a few keys on his side and Bella on the opposite side of the piano playing a few keys adding them together as it sounded good together, "He's not coming,"

"What happened?" Finn questioned Rachel who held a plate of I'm Sorry cookies, as the blonde headed girl ran her fingers through her hair, "Of course. He doesn't want anything to do with us after you kicked him in the 'nads," Finn got up from the piano bench him and Bella were sat at, "Then why did he thank me?"

"The goal is to win," Bella looked at her brother who shared a look with her, "and now that Mr Schuester has agreed to let us hire Dakota Stanley, we can,"

Finn sighed, "But he doesn't want us to. He just doesn't have the confidence to coach us anymore," Bella looked at Finn who leaned his hand against the piano, "Guys are real sensitive when it comes to this kind of stuff?"

"An-and that's my fault?"

Bella scoffed, "You see anyone else in here with a plate of I'm Sorry cookies? I don't, just you," Finn nods his head at what Bella said.

"I'm bored," Quinn stands up from her chair that was near the rest of the Unholy Trinity, "All those in favour of hiring Dakota Stanley?" Most of the Glee Club raised their hands as Bella and Ginn didn't raise their hands and when Finn sees Artie's hand going up, the quarterback sent him a look making Artie put his hand into his lap.

Bella sees Santana and Brittany sending her a look at her hand not being held up as Bella looked away from the duo when the bell rings picking up her bagpack as Rachel went out of the choir room with Finn going behind her.

"Hey, Blondie,"

The Hummel girl walked out of the choir room and into the hallway where students were making their way to class ignoring Santana's calls out to her knowing she'll say something mean, "Lesbo!"

Bella stopped in her tracks at that word coming out of Santana's lips when the Hummel girl didn't realise the Unholy Trinity was following, she thought it was only Santana, "Listen here, and listen close,"

Santana stands in front of the outed Lesbian, "Glee Club needs to go, and with you agreeing with Finn, isn't going to help the Glee Club go to the top in the social status," Bella held her AP history book close to her chest, "Okay, stop agreeing with him," Every word Santana said, she stepped closer, poking Bella's chest, "So you'll help us or you won't, your choice,"

Quinn and Santana walked past Bella with sweet smiles on their faces as Brittany looked at the Hummel girl's face, "listen to them, i don't want them to hurt your cute face," Bella blinked at Brittany's words before the blonde cheerleader walked past Bella with a sweet smile of her own.

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Bella leaned against the locker near Mercedes's locker seeing a couple walk past them smiling and laughing when they look off seeing Santana with the womanizer of the school, Noah Puckerman kissing at the end of the hallway.

"Have you ever kissed anybody?" Kurt came towards his locker putting the combination in before opening it up.

"Yes,"
"Yes,"

Both Hummel twins said as Bella furrowed her eyebrows at her brother, "Who the bell have you kissed—" Kurt interrupted his sister, "If by someone, you mean the tender crook of my elbow," he stated to the two girls, Bella rolling her eyes at her brother's comment.

"Who was it, Bella?"

Bella looked to her friend, "He-he's on the boys soccer team and it was a truth or dare game, one of the juniors at the time were playing and yeah," she described when Kurt added the hairspray to his hair, "No, i haven't, but i want to,"

Bella followed Mercedes's eye sight again seeing Noah Puckerman kiss Santana one last time, "Okay. Stop it right there, Mercedes. We are in Glee Club," Kurt leaned against the lockers, "That means we are at the bottom of the social heap, Special-ed kids will get more play than we will,"

"The only that gets me by is my knowledge that we are superior to all of them," Kurt grabbed his sister's hand spinning her around making her go to his left side and Mercedes was on his right, "What are you wearing on our Operation Dakota Stanley field trip?"

"Is there a dress code?"

"No," Kurt shook his head, "but every moment of your life is an opportunity for fashion," Bella smiled at that, "We'll hit the mall after school, Meet me at lunch," Kurt pulled his sister away from Mercedes who chuckled at Bella's facial expression as Kurt kept walking with her.

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"Damn Kurt, this car is fly,"

Kurt had dragged his sister away from her video game that she was playing when him and Mercedes got back from the mall, Bella grumbled closing the passenger door seeing the Unholy Trinity coke out of Santana's car, "My dad got it for my sweet sixteen after i swore i'd stop wearing form fitting sweaters that stop at the knee,"

The New Directions minus Finn and Artie looked at Kurt's for fitting sweater outfit with Bella snapping a picture of her brother's outfit, "If you ever blackmail me, i have proof of you wearing those sweaters," Kurt rolled his eyes as Mercedes, Rachel and Tina all chuckled, "What he doesn't know doesn't hurt him,"

"Are we even sure they're rehearsing today?" Quinn queried looking at the New Directions, "Vocal Adrenaline rehearses every day from two-thirty until midnight," Bella found it weird how Rachel knew that, "I'm so nervous these Vocal Adrenaline kids are gonna laugh at us,"

Bella, Tina and Rachel all shared a look from behind Kurt and Mercedes seeing the two linking arms, "They're so cool and popular, and we look like we just stepped off the short bus,"

Kurt and Mercedes kept walking arm in arm, "Those sweaty Nazis have just had more time to practice," Bella looked to where the Unholy Trinity walked alongside Mercedes and Kurt, "We have more heart, And you don't look touched in the head. That outfit is amazing," Kurt complimented his friend.

Bella sees the Unholy Trinity send Mercedes smiles at Kurt's comment, where she added, "So, would you ever, you know, wanna hang out?" Kurt looked down at Mercedes, "Come over, it's Liza Minnelli Week on AMC, you can join me and Bella—"

"Guys," Rachel comes in front of them stopping, "that's Andrea Cohen. She won outstanding soloist last year in Absolutely Tampastic," Bella makes a face seeing a girl throwing up into the trash can, "That is gross,"

Rachel went towards the two girls, "Are you guys Vocal Adrenaline? We'd like to talk to Dakota Stanley about choreographing for our Glee Club," Andrea looked at Rachel, "Don't. He's a monster,"

Vocal Adrenaline performed Mercy as the New Directions watched from their auditorium seats, with Bella's mouth falling open at the performance that including some flips, "Get off my stage!"

The Unholy Trinity smiled seeing the five New Directions' face have all fallen at the performance they just watched.

"Mr Stanley," Rachel went after the choreographer as Bella was behind everyone looking down to her phone, messaging Malik, "we're the McKinley High Glee Club,"

"No interviews,"

Bella didn't stop looking down at her phone until she bumped into someone, looking up and seeing Santana giving her a glare, "sor-sorry," Kurt moved his sister close to him away from the Cheerio hard glare, "We'd like you to choreograph for us,"

Dakota Stanley looked at them, "Look, my fee is eight thousand per number, plus a ten thousand bonus if you place in the top three," Bella put her phone down hearing that, "and with Dakota Stanley at the wheel, you will place in the top three,"

"Move it," his tired screeched driving away, "How are we going to get eight thousand dollars?"

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"Where's my textbook—"

Bella rummaged through her locker when the door was suddenly closed in her face turning her head about to say something to the person when Rachel and Tina took her hand pulling Bella away from Santana's smirk.

"What, no hi? hello, Bella, how are you today—?"

The trio stopped in front of Mercedes' locker where the said looked at them, "We need to have a gay-vention," Bella furrowed her eyebrows at Rachel's choice of words, "That's a gay intervention,"

Mercedes and Bella rolled their eyes, "It K-Kurt. He's lady fabulous," Bella didn't like the way that sounded coming from her friend's lips, "Its obvious you like him,"

Bella was about to say something to Rachel when hearing that, "Wait," She looks in between the three girls, "You like my brother, Kurt?"

Mercedes couldn't get an response in when Rachel said, "We don't just want you to get hurt by feelings he can't reciprocate,"

"Look, just because he wears nice clothes doesn't mean he's on the down low," Bella seriously needed to hangout with other people, "He wore a corset to second period today," Bella nods her head, "You can do better Mercedes,"

"Really?" Mercedes questioned, "Well, what if I can't? There's not a lot of guys around here knocking down my door for a date," Mercedes then looked to Rachel with a roll of her eyes, "Or yours, for that matter,"

Bella looked down to her hands, "Nobody notices us, Hello? We're in Glee Club." Bella frowned, "And i'm tired of being lonely. Aren't you? But Kurt, Kurt is sweet to me, and he liked who I am, and I like how i feel when I'm with him,"

The Hummel girl knew that Kurt wasn't into Mercedes like that, She knew her brother liked other boys, and she was okay with that. But until Kurt told herself, Bella would just have to support her brother's choice from the sidelines.

And she snapped out of her daze when Mercedes closed her locker and looped her arm through Bella's arm who stepped forwards.

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The New Directions were throwing a car wash to help raise money for Dakota Stanley, who Bella still had no idea on why they actually needed him. Sure, Mr Schuester's steps were easy but he was a great teacher.

Bella walked away from her car after getting changed into a pair of short shorts that she had in her car after getting slushied before coming to the event with her soccer shirt tied in a crop for some breeze since she was boiling.

"Looking good, Lesbo!"

The Hummel girl turned around with her fist clenched heading those words seeing her best friend Malik James in a car with Scott Daniels in the driver's seat, "When you get a chance, come and clean my car,"

Quinn, Santana and Brittany watched from afar seeing Scott Daniels torment Bella Hummel who tried going back to washing the car she was previously washing with some Cheerios who moved onto the other side not wanting to be in Bella's eyesight in their Cheerios skirts and red and white bikini top, "Scott,"

The boy turned to the Unholy Trinity putting on his best smile looking at the three Cheerios beautiful bodies in front of his view, "Fabray, looking good,"

Quinn rolled her eyes, hands coming onto her hips coming closer to Scott's window with a evil sweet smile, "Guys," She turns back smiling sweetly, "Clean this fools car,"

Some of the AV Club members also joined into the help raise money as the Club comes over and starts to spray water onto Scott's car.

Quinn smirked seeing some Cheerios laughing at the way the AV Club members started to get shirtless cleaning the soap from Scott's windshield with their bodies, Quinn turned meeting Bella's eyes seeing the girl smile in thanks at what she did.

Brittany and Santana looked to their best friend seeing how soft Quinn went whenever someone tormented or bullied Bella, "come on," Brittany grabbed her best friend's after linking her pinkie with Santana and bringing them to where Bella was still washing the car as the Cheerios who were on the other side of the car scrammed after Santana said for them to.

The tall blonde grabbed the sponge that was filled with soap and washed the top of the car with Bella watching Brittany in concern seeing her almost falling, "Be careful up there," Brittany smiled, her blue eyes meeting Bella's chocolate brown eyes, "I will,"

Her hands moving down where they played twirling around her ponytail down to the roof rack listening to what Bella said to be careful up there.

Santana smirked seeing the soccer player lean over scrubbing at the mark she could see, the Cheerios eyes going down seeing Bella's ass in those short shorts doing wonders for her, Santana's eyes moving away when she felt water hit her chest, "Hey!"

Quinn Fabray held onto a water hose seeing where Santana's eyes went on Bella's body holding a smirk on her face, "Quinn!" The latina Cheerio exclaimed wet, "What the hell?"

"Oops,"

The smirk stays on Quinn's face, "my hand must've slipped," Brittany slid down the top of the car jumping down, as her arms went around Quinn's waist when seeing the girl spray Santana again who grabbed Bella, "No! No-no, Santana!"

Bella Hummel was pelted with the hose to her face and body by Quinn who tried to get Santana from Bella's body who covered the latina Cheerio completely, "St-Stop!" Brittany got the hose from Quinn's hands turning it off seeing Bella completely soaked, her soccer shirt clinging to her wet body and Bella's booty shorts fitting perfectly.

"Oh, my god, Bella,"

The Unholy Trinity covers their mouths when Santana let Bella finally back down onto the floor, her feet hurting the ground, with her soccer shirt clinging to her upper body and her short shorts also clinging to her.

Kurt Hummel and Mercedes Jones watched where Brittany Pierce approached Bella embracing the girl in her arms after getting her wet, "Are you okay?" Bella looked up at Brittnay with her blonde curls sticking to her wet forehead, "I'm okay, just co-cold," Bella shivered, "What do you think happening over there?"

"No clue, we all know Brittany's the nice one in that trio," Kurt motioned to where Santana and Quinn spoke over the car cleaning the car with rags, "Probably Santana or Quinn said something to hurt Bells' feelings, once again,"

"So, listen, Kurt," Mercedes continued to polish Kurt's car, "this is like the third time we've gone out. Can't we just make it official?"

Kurt dumbly looked confused at Mercedes, "Make what official?" Mercedes smiled, "You know, that's we're dating,"

The Hummel boy opened and closed his mouth, "I'm sorry Mercedes, but i thought i made it very clear," Mercedes looked at him cutely, "I'm in love with someone else," Kurt glanced over Mercedes's shoulder to where Finn Hudson helped Bella clean the spot she couldn't quite reach, until Rachel comes into view, "Rachel?"

Kurt expressed his crush on the Diva in the Glee Club, "Yes. For several years now," Kurt spotted a part of his car he needed to clean, making it now his focus.

Mercedes picked up a rock from the ground holding it in her hand, looking to Kurt who looked confused before throwing it towards the Black 2009 Lincolin Navigator as Bust Your Windows was heard as Kurt stood there dumbfounded at what just happened.

"You busted my window! How could you do that? You busted my window,"

Mercedes made eye contact with the boy who busted her heart as Bella took a glance from where she was near Finn at her brother's hurt expression looking over Kurt's shoulder seeing Quinn and Santana cleaning another car, leaning over to reach the spots they couldn't get.

"Stop looking at my Cheerios, Lady Gay and get back to cleaning!" Coach Sylvester's voice boomed out as Bella's cheeks redden seeing Quinn, Santana and now Brittany all smirk in where she stands.

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Menus were being passed out in the next session of the Glee Club's meeting, Bella standing next to her twin and Brittany, seeing the short male known as Dakota Stanley passing menus our skipping over Artie. "Okay. Please examine your personalised menus,"

Bella furrowed her eyebrows when the Vocal Adrenaline's choreographer skipped over her seeing Santana, Quinn or Brittany have menus either, "This is what you're gonna be eating for the next six months,"

"Um," Mercedes looked at the choreographer, "Mine just says coffee," Dakota had his hand behind his head nodding his head, "Mm-hm," Bella didn't like how this was going, "What's smelt?"

"A pungent, low-carb freshwater fish," Bella kept her mouth closed from the snicker wanting to escape from her lips at Rachel's face, "Start with today's business. Artie," Dakota looked directly to Artie, "You're cut. You're not trying hard enough,"

Artie furrowed his eyebrows, "At what?" He questioned the choreography, "At walking. Can't be wheeling you around during every number, it throws off the whole dynamic, and it's depressing,"

Bella for one, didn't like how the much older man was picking on her friend, "So, you're kicking him out?" Mercedes then questioned saying what Bella wanted to say, "Mm-hm, Alao you. Youse gotta go, jefe."

"No, no, no,"

Dakota intervined when Mercedes turned to look at her friends, "You can't kick people out of Glee Club because you don't like the way they look," Sakota stood directly in front of Kurt, "Why don't you shut your face gash and stay away from aersol cans, because you could burst into flames at any second,"

"Hey—"

It was one thing for Dakota to pick on her newly classed friends but she wasn't going to get some old man who didn't get the part he wanted but instead the understudy, bully her brother. Stepping forwards to say something when Dakota spoke up, "You three, you're great. You're perfect. Don't change a thing,"

Dakota met Bella's eyes seeing the anger in the short girl's eyes, "You have a dancer kind of vibe to you, and it's perfect," Bella furrowed her eyebrows at his words, "Okay, but you don't get to make fun of my brother like that, the only person who can bully him is me, and i didn't give you permission,"

Dakota ignored Bella's words as Brittany smiled loving how protective Bella was over her brother, "Uh, you, eugh, nose job,"

"Now just hold on a second—" Finn started to say when Dakota looked up at the taller boy, "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?"

Finn looked to his friends, "What's wrong with you?" Dakota backfired Finn's question, "What's wrong with me is that your freakishly tall. I feel like a woodland creature!"

Bella leaned over to Kurt, "is it just me or doesn't he remind you of a woodland creature in a way," Kurt just smiled at his sister's comment to calm his nerves down, "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,"

Dakota packed back and forwards, "But maybe you don't have the confidence to hear it. Hmm?" Bella rubbed at her temples, "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," His words cut deep into the Glee Club's minds, "So, why don't you take a little second, take a breather, and ask yourself. Do i wanna be a winner," Dakota chuckled, "Or not?"

"Screw this. I quit,"

Bella and Finn both stepped forwards, "Me t-t-to," Tina joined Bella and Finn, Mercedes our down their menu into Artie's lap, "Let's roll, Artie,"

Dakota watched the Glee Club members all walking away expect from Rachel and the Unholy Trinity, "No, great, great. Separate the wheat from the chaff. That's perfect,"

"Wait—" Bella stopped in her step with Finn who was beside her, both the soccer player and quarterback turned back to Rachel, "Barbra Streisand,"

The quitting members of the Glee Club furrowed their eyebrows, "When Barbra was young ingenue, everyone told her in order to be a star, she'd have to get a nose job," Rachel stepped forwards, "Thankfully, she refused,"

Dakota Stanley looked at Rachel, "Where's this going, Yentl?" Bella saw the three Cheerios look at the choreographer who was supposed to break down this Glee Club and was doing a bad job, "Where it's going is that..we don't need you. Let's face it, we're never gonna be as good of dancers as Vocal Adrenaline. We're gonna win because.. we're different,"

Finn and Bella both smiled, "And that's what make us special," Bella smiled when she sees Mercedes step forwards, "They told J.Lo her booty was too big."

"Curtis Mayfield was more successful after he became paralysed," Bella pats Artie's shoulder rolling the boy to where Mercedes stands in line, "Jim Abbott,"

The Hummel twins looked at each other, Kurt thinking his sister knew who that person was, however Bella didn't, "I have no idea who that is," Kurt admitted honestly to the quarterback, "He was a one-armed pitcher for the yankees,"

"Selena Gomez,"

Bella looked at the Glee Club members, "paparazzi told her that she was fat. She made a song to fire back at the haters that came No. 1 Billboard in Hot Dance Club Songs,"

"Okay,"

Dakota pulled Bella's attention away from Rachel who smiled proud at her fellow Glee Clubber, "So, um, misfits and spaz-heads and cripples can make it, too. That's great. What's your point?" Bella sees Rachel now turn to Dakota coming closer to the choreographer towering over him, "Our point is that..you're fired,"

Bella and Finn smiled, "And i'm taller than you," the two athletic players high fives each other, with Bella then glancing to the three Cheerios seeing their eyes down, and realising that her and Finn's hand were still touching.

Bella pulled back her hand, clearing her throat going to where the Glee Club's bagpacks and duffel bags were, hearing the bell ring putting her duffel bag over her shoulder and walking out the choir room door not realising three Cheerios watched her walk away.

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"Let me light a candle,"

Malik James had dragged his best friend to see Acafellas that started his best friends — Noah Puckerman and Finn Hudson alongside Mr Schuester, Sandy Ryerson and Ken Tanaka.

Bella's face scrunched when Noah pointed towards where she sat with Malik, thirsting his hips as he sang with a smirk playing on his lips.

Ew, never gonna happen Puckerman.

Bella wasn't stupid, she knew Noah Puckerman, she knew what he'd say to girls to get them into bed with him and Bella wasn't one of those girls to fall into Puck's trap alongside Quinn Fabray. The only two girls in their year to not hookup with the mohawk headed boy who used his haircut as an personality trait.

"Bell,"

Noah placed his arm on Bella's shoulder when him and Finn appeared coming to the two best friends, "How was our performance?" Bella looked at Noah, "Don't do that again Puckerman, otherwise i will cut off your balls,"

She threatened the football player who only chuckled at her threat knowing she wouldn't actually do anything, "Fuckerman, hands off Bell, she doesn't want your STD's,"

Bella moved herself so that Noah's arm would fall and it did with Noah losing his balance before getting it back again, glaring at Bella who only smirked, "Let's go," Malik walked alongside his best friend as Finn and Puck walked behind them speaking about how well the performance went.

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The New Directions were now back in the choir room, but this time Dakota Stanley wasn't there as Mr Schuester stands in front of the choir room doing the steps from before.

Bella followed the steps easily not seeing the three Cheerios in the choir room with the rest of them, "Step-ball-change and head," the New Directions clapped this hands, "Low and high,"

"Low and high,"

Mr Schuester stopped turning back to his students, "Ah. What do you guys think?" Rachel looked to Bella who smiled back, "Mr Schuester?" The man looked at Rachel, "Yes, Rachel?"

The diva of the group smiled at their Glee Club teacher, "It was really good," The New Directions laughed at Rachel's comment clapping their hands, "Thank you. Thank you,"

"From the top!"