Summer Break by Sophia Lowell & Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan

Author:Sophia Lowell & Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk & Ian Brennan [LOWELL, SOPHIA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780316190657
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2011-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

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McKinley High gymnasium, later Tuesday afternoon

The McKinley High School gym looked the same as it always had. Rows of worn bleachers were pulled out from the wall lining the basketball court. Handmade posters of various colors and sizes hung on the walls, bearing slogans meant to cheer on the mediocre teams. Sports had never been McKinley’s strong point. The Titans hardly ever won anything until Coach Beiste came along, replacing a heartbroken Coach Tanaka (whose personal life affected his coaching skills a little too much) last season. The baseball team still needed work. Lots of it.

Still, and maybe it was to the credit of the award-winning Cheerios, McKinley High had tons of spirit. This much was evident by the group of students who now stood in the middle of the court, unpacking the traditional end-of-year rally decorations. They began unfurling a bunch of red and white streamers that looked as if they’d been reused for a decade. Rachel wouldn’t be surprised if they actually had. Most of the budget for extracurricular activities was usually funneled straight to the Cheerios. Coach Sylvester had always made sure of that.

In an effort to have a few moments to herself, Rachel was sitting at the top of the bleachers. She used to sit here and watch Finn during basketball practice. The hard bench was uncomfortable, but it had suddenly become necessary to hide out from the crowds of students. Word had spread throughout the school that the Broadway star Rachel Berry had returned from the big city. It turned out that she actually had plenty of fans. Granted, most of them were kids who hadn’t known her at all during her days at McKinley. Back then, they had either chosen to ignore her completely or didn’t know she existed. The rest were freshmen who had heard stories of Rachel making her own way to fame and fortune. Either way, it felt pretty good to have fans.

Whenever she walked by clusters of students, Rachel would hear whispers of admiration, sprinkled with the sound of camera phones snapping pictures. It seemed as if everyone wanted to get a shot of the famous Miss Berry. As of now, she was definitely a trending topic on Twitter in the Lima area, if not the whole state of Ohio.

Rachel enjoyed all the attention from the McKinley paparazzi. But it was a little strange how some of the kids were taking pictures of her from such weird angles. One of the junior varsity football players, Jake Lader, had even propped up a ladder by the trophy case. He’d pretended to be polishing the Cheerios championship statues. When Rachel had walked by, he’d quickly snapped some photos from above. She’d be surprised if those shots contained little else than a view down her shirt. What good were those, anyway? Her face was the real moneymaker.

Rachel unearthed the stolen copy of the Thunderclap from her designer handbag. Now that she was alone, she could explore it without Kurt looking over her shoulder. To be honest, she was getting a little sick of his snide comments about everything.

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