My first glee fanfiction. A student from ohio state university starts to help out Emma and some of the other teachers for her final year of her psychology degree. Having a younger person to talk to about there problems helps some of the students open up. Eventually going to be a Kurt/Dave fan fic.
Sophie removed her helmet from her head and de mounted her motorbike. As she stared up at William McKinley high school she felt her chest grow tight and her breathing become more erratic. Memories of being thrown into lockers and shoved in stairwells flooded her memory.
She took a deep breath and said confidently "I am not the same person I was five years ago, I am a confident, intelligent and beautiful woman. Its only a year and when I've finished I will have a degree" she swept her fingers trough her long brown hair and confidently walked up the steps and into the school she had once dreaded coming to.
Walking trough the halls she smiled. It was different now, devoid of students so early in the morning. It was smaller than she remembered and it didn't smell quite so bad.
Reaching her destination she knocked on the glass door and entered as the pretty red haired woman beckoned her in.
"Miss Pillsbury? My names Sophie Johnson. I'm the student from Ohio state university who will be helping you out this year" her voice, several octaves higher than it usually was made it very clear that she was anxious. Standing in the doorway for a moment Sophie reflected on what she was wearing. Black skinny jeans tucked into heeled dr marten biker boots. A black fitted v-neck sweater that clung to her curves. Probably not the best outfit for the first day of her work placement.
"Oh yes Sophie! I've been looking forward to meeting you. Sit down" Emma's smile put her at ease. Maybe this wasn't going to be so bad. "So from our email's I gather your doing your thesis on the pressure's felt by gay teens in high school. I have a student I will be introducing you to who I think will be more than happy to help you with the research for your piece."
"Thank you that would be fantastic. Umm… I was wondering what other things I would be doing for my placement. I mean I know there are going to be reviews every month and I have an exam at the end of the year but my teachers where a bit murky on what I would be used for."
"Well I have put a lot of thought into that and I have decided that for the most part in the first few weeks you will just be shadowing me. If you strike up any bonds with students that would like you to guide them you are more than welcome to help them. As long as you let me know and it's in an official situation. You will also be helping out other teachers with their paper work and helping with the extra curricular activities. I thought it would be nice for you to help with our schools glee club. I remember you mentioning drama therapy as one of your interest's for a future career" Emma finished a little out of breath. Instantly Sophie felt more relaxed. Knowing the guidance councillor was just as nervous and had put as much effort into this as her made her feel much better.
Sophie's first morning at William McKinley high school had been a hectic one. Filling in all the paper work needed for her to start her placement. Being introduced to the teachers she would be helping. It was decided she would be helping with the extra curricular activities and that she should stay with a set few teachers to help them. Her interests in the arts and sports had meant she was placed with the Spanish teacher Will Schuster, the cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester and the football coach Shannon Beiste.
Her meeting with Sue Sylvester was first.
"Miss Sylvester?" she asked as she walked into a large office. The first thing she noticed was all the trophies on the walls. How did they shine that way? They must have been polished daily.
" I see your admiring my trophy collection. Fantastic aren't they. Constant reminders to me of how amazing I am. You must be the new help. Im sue, but you can call me Miss Sylvester. I took the liberty of putting together all of my paper work for you to fill in. I haven't done any in a long time so it may take you several hours to sort it all out. Have fun." Sue dumped a large box of papers on her desk then went back to writing in her book. She looked up at Sophie's confused face. "Don't let the door hit you in the keester on your way out"
Sophie grabbed the box and exited Sue's office completely confused.
Her second meeting went slightly better with Miss Beiste giving her information on the football, hockey and wresting teams (im guessing she's also in charge of those) setting out times for her to be introduced to the teams and giving her copies of the paper work she had to do to sustain the programs.
Her last meeting of the day was Will Schuster. As she entered the choir room she saw him sitting at a desk sorting what looked like sheet music into piles.
"Mr Schuster?" she asked putting the box of papers down on a chair and moving towards him slowly.
"Ahh Sophie right?" he asked with a wide smile. She nodded returning the smile. "youll be helping me with glee this year then? Its nice to see some of our graduates come back. I wasn't here when you were but some of the teachers have told me you were a good student." He motioned for her to sit.
"so what do you want to gain from helping glee club? Emma has already told me about you working with kurt on your thesis."
"to be honest Mr Shuster…"
"call me will"
Sophie smiled. "well to be honest Will im not sure. I want to teach at some point and im majoring in psychology. My true love has always been for the arts so helping you will hopefully be fun and exciting"
"that's exactly what I hope it is for you. My kids are fantastic a really good group. Rehersals are every Tuesday and Thursday after classes have finished if that's ok. I was thinking you could just sit in on the first few and then we can chat about how involved you want to become on the creative side."
Sophie smiled. It sounded to her like Mr Shuester was going to be her favourite teacher to shadow this year.