Plastic Love || Glee

2x17 - A Night Of Neglect

It was a new week and we were all sat in the choir watching Mr. Schue write 5,000 x.25= 20,000 on the board.

"All right, we need $5,000 to pay for our trip to nationals in New York." Mr. Schue said pointing at the board.

"What happened to the money that we got from the Cheerios?" Quinn asks.

"I guess Sue was hiding it in offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands...and we're having some trouble accessing some of it. Any of it. This is saltwater taffy." Mr. Schue said grabbing a piece of candy on the piano.

"I love saltwater." Brittany comments.

"When I was a student here, we paid for our entire trip to nationals selling this...classroom to classroom, door to door. We pushed this stuff like crack. And so will we. So to make $5,000 at 25 cents apiece...we need to sell 20,000 pieces of taffy." Mr. Schue explained.

"Wait. Do you honestly think that we can sell 20,000 anythings? We won regionals for the first time since dinosaurs roamed the planet...and I still got a freakin' cherry ICEE facial." Santana mentioned.

"Yeah, Santana's right. Nobody cares about us." I added.

"I can't listen to this." Mike said getting up to leave.

"Mike, are you okay?" Mr. Schue asks.

"No. You guys complain all the time about being mistreated...but you have no idea what it's like to work your butt off for something...and have everyone, even your friends, ignore you." Mike explained.

"I'm so trying to remember his name right now." Lauren whispered.

"Artie, Tina, Brittany, and I are on the Brainiacs." Mike added.

"Isn't that the Academic Decathlon team?" Rachel ask.

"We have one of those?" Finn asks.

"Yes, we do. And the four of us went on the Smarty Pants Show...and beat Carmel High to go to the Academic Decathlon finals in Detroit next week." Artie explains.

"You guys were on TV? Why didn't you tell us about it?" Leo asks.

"We did." All four of them say in unison.

"Wait. I- I get the three of you being on the team." Mr. Schue says.

"Is it because two of them are Asian and Artie wears glasses?" Puck asks.

"No. But Brittany?" Mr. Schue asks.

"Wow, that's messed up." I comment.

"Liz Schneider was our fourth, but she got rubella." Mike answers.

"Her parents are hippies who don't believe in vaccinations." Tina added.

"Brittany was the only person we could find on short notice. We bribed her with Dots. That Sunshine Corazon that Rachel sent to a crack house... was on the other team. Luckily, we had our own secret weapon. Sadly, we can't afford to go to the finals, so we're gonna have to forfeit." Artie explains.

"Why don't you just have your parents pay for it?" Rachel asks.

"Because we shouldn't have to. We're a school club. The school should pay for it. It's a matter of pride." Tina replies.

"You guys are absolutely right. How much do you need to make the trip?" Mr. Schue asks.

"With gas and motels, if we only ate Funyuns, uh, $250." Tina answers.

"Which means...we just need to sell more taffy." Mr. Schue said fixing the math on the board.

"I have a good feeling that the math is wrong," I comment.