Chapter 1 – Blaine's Idea

3pm at McKinley High, the school bell rang to signal the end of school. The halls flooded with students as they rushed to get home after the average droll day at school. Rachel and Kurt who came out of the last class together gracefully walked down the halls to Glee club discussing their future.

Rachel excited at the thought of moving away and going to New York said "My dads told me that they'd help pay the rent but we'd still have to get jobs to pay for other living necessities."

"It's going to be kind of hard to get a job considering that we're 18 and we have never worked a day in our life." Kurt unenthusiastically replied as they strode down the hall. "Well, I have worked at the reception of my dads auto shop."

"You sat in the chair for two minutes while the guy went to the bathroom. Once. I was there," Rachel laughed. "I think I have pretty amazing resume."

"Yet no relevant experience. My dad says that he's seen a ton of amazing resumes but no relevant experience. Rachel, we're at a time were 48 year olds with masters degrees and years of experience in neurology are applying for jobs at McDonalds. We really need to make ourselves stand out if we want a job." Kurt said as they entered the choir room.

Blaine had already arrived and was talking to Mike and Tina. Mr Schuster leant over the piano while discussing the music with Brad.

"Speaking of people who won't need a job until they're 40..." Kurt joked as Blaine turned his attention to him and smiled.

"Really? Kurt, you just can't stop talking about me," Blaine joked teased as Kurt sat next to him.

"Actually, we were talking about having to get a job while in New York." Kurt replied.

"So you were suggesting that I'm not going to need one?" Blaine smiled as he asked.

"Need?" Tina asked

Blaine gave a short laugh as he defended his self. "Maybe my parents want me to gain something valuable from life."

"Oh, you mean like their money?" jokingly replied Mike.

"If you're looking for retail experience try volunteering at charity stores. They're always looking and rarely say no. Once a year every Warbler must volunteer 3 weeks to charity so yes I have worked. Thank you." Blaine smiled as he defended his self.

As Finn walked in with Rory, Mr Schuester said "That's a great idea Blaine." As always, this didn't go well with Finn. His face dropped and he walked slower as he focused on their conversation.

"You allrite Finn?" Rory asked when he noticed that Finn was no longer listening to him.

"Yeah, yeah." Finn said distantly.

Blaine smugly continued the conversation. "It's an age old Warbler tradition. W-"

"What's going on?" Finn cut in. Puck, Quinn and Artie arrived at the choir room. They passed Finn who was still near the door and looked at Mr Schuester when the question was asked. "We don't need to impose any new Warbler rules. I like what we have now." Finn looked cluelessly at the club and then back at Mr Schuster. He remained standing in front of everyone and wasn't going to sit down until he got an answer.

As Rachel started talking he took a seat "Blaine was just telling us about how the Warblers dedicated some of their time to charity." Rachel informed him, her eyes followed as he sat down.

"You guys must have been real local heroes." Finn sarcastically commented.

Rachel gave him a distasteful look. Finn looked at her and whispered "what" innocently while giving a short laugh under his breath.

Mr Schuster arranged the music sheets on the paper and put them in a neat pile making sure that all the edges were neat. He shook his head and looked at the class "what Blaine was saying is quite interesting. It'd be good for you guys to give something back to the community" Mr Schuster thought for a few seconds before his face lit up."You know what? It might even give McKinley and the Arts a good name." He smiled and nodded while looking into the distance. "Yeah, I should ask Emm- Miss Pilsbury and see if she can help us arrange anything."

Puck called out "Mr Schue. I've done more community service in a day than this club put together will do in a week."

"Oh, you're an active volunteer too?" Blaine asked unaware of Pucks history.

"Uh...sure..." Puck slowly nodded. He knew Blaine didn't know but why tell him the truth. That was the old Puck.

"You can never give too much to the community," Mr Schuster replied.

Rory quickly blurted out "Not unless you're Hercules." He smiled but it quickly faded and he looked down in embarrassment when the choir room remained silent in confusion. Everyone squinted their eyes trying to think about what he said.

"Who's Herkey's?" Finn asked.

Rory looked up again and addressed everyone "The really strong Greek God who was made human? He destroyed a town?" He looked around looking for a sign that somebody understood what he said. "Her-que-lees." He pronounced.

Everybody sat up straight again and said "oh," in unison when they realised what he said.

"OK guys come forward, we're cutting into rehearsal time," Mr Schuster clapped once loudly to get their attention.

"If it's any consolation, I probably would have laughed if I understand what you said." Blaine smiled patted Rory on the shoulder as he walked down.

"Thanks, Blaine" Rory sighed and gave a cheered up smile.