Chapter 1
It was another day at William McKinley High School. Emma Pillsbury, the doe-eyed guidance counselor was sitting down on her perfectly cleaned office chair, talking to Will Schuester, the Glee club mentor, her ex-boyfriend. She saw her new boyfriend, the hot dentist, Carl Howell across her office. He looked at her and winked. She waved.
Will was surprised with how Emma was acting. He was talking, and yet her thoughts were on someone else. Will saw that it was Carl since he passed by him when he went inside the office.
"You must really love him, huh?" Will told Emma.
She smiled as she lifted her gaze away from Carl. "What was it, Will?"
"I said, you must really love Carl…"
"Of course, of course, Will…He's my…He's my boyfriend."
"I've never seen you like that before…at least not with Ken."
"The thing with Ken is…It's different." She said, thinking about how she agreed to be with Ken before because it seemed like the right thing to do. Because Will still had Teri then.
Will tried to hold Emma's hand, "I miss you, Emma…" He said.
Emma let go of his grip. "Will, I thought we were goin' to talk about the Glee club…"
"Yes, but."
"I love Carl, Will. He makes me happy. He cares."
"Emma, I love you."
She didn't say anything for a while. "It's lunchtime, Will." She said, "See you around…" She then got out of the office.
That afternoon, Will found himself watching the Cheerio practice. He was sitting at the bleachers, not minding the hot afternoon sun.
Quinn Fabray who's still working to get her head Cheerio position back saw Will at the bleachers. It was the 10 minute break so she decided to walk up to Will who was looking so glum.
"Hey Mr Schue…" She greeted as she sat down beside him.
He smiled, "Quinn," He said.
"Anything wrong, Mr Schue?"
He just sighed. "Don't mind me, Quinn…"
She smiled, "If there's anything being in Glee taught me, it's that we all know what each other is thinking…or something like it."
Will laughed.
"It's Miss Pillsbury, isn't it?"
"I'm not good enough for her."
"What makes you say that?"
"She chose Carl, Quinn." He said. "And besides, I've hurt her. A lot, you know?"
"And that makes you think she doesn't love you anymore?"
"She loves Carl. And they look happy together…"
"Well… yeah, they actually do." She said, "But Mr Schue, you wouldn't give up on her, would you?"
He just shook his head, not knowing what to say. "So, how are you, Quinn?"
Just when Quinn was about to answer, Sue Sylvester's voice was heard from the megaphone.
"Stop slacking, Fabray! Here, now!"
"This is life again, Mr Schue…" Quinn said silently, "Bye."
Will gave a little wave. "Bye, Quinn."
Santana Lopez passed by Noah Puckerman at the bench. Puck was strumming his guitar again to the sound of Beth.
"That's the third time I heard you do that song today!" She said exasperatedly.
"It's not just a song," Puck said, "Beth is my daughter."
Santana sighed, "You know, Quinn's not gonna be head of the Cheerios again…Coz I'll be."
"So what?"
"So there's no reason for you to like her."
"That's not the reason why I like Quinn."
"Oh, really?"
"Santana, Quinn has Beth."
"Correction," Santana said, "Beth is with Shelby."
"But she is still our daughter. That counts for something."
"She doesn't love you."
"I was a jerk."
"I think you still are."
Puck just shook his head and walked away.
Artie came across Mike and Tina at the hallway. They already passed by him when he called Tina.
"Tina," He said.
Tina and Mike looked back. Tina just looked at him.
"I just want you to know that I'm okay, with everything…" Artie said, "I mean, you and Mike…"
"Oh." Tina said, "Uhm..good, then…"
Artie nodded his head, "And besides," He said, "I am dating somebody else now…"
"Oh." Tina said, surprised, "Who?"
Brittany then came behind Artie, "We are dating." She said, the usual blank expression obvious on her face. "Well, I'm not sure if you can call malling dating, but if you are often at the mall, you can find us there…so, yeah, yeah, we're dating."
Artie smiled and nodded.
"Wow…" Tina said, "Congrats…"
"Thanks." Brittany smiled, "Oh, wait, I didn't graduate though…"
Mike just laughed.
Rachel and Finn went inside the rehearsal room and found Mr Schue staring at a piece of paper near the piano. He was holding the paper.
"Mr Schue, Finn and I have a wonderful idea for these week's theme…" Rachel said. She was wearing a big, fluffy Pink skirt and a pink top with gold stars.
"Yes, Mr Schue…"
"Why don't we do movie theme songs, you know, pair up, choose a movie theme song, and whoever wins will get a… uhm…"
"A trip to the Ice Cream store! All for free!" Finn said. Will wasn't saying anything, let alone, reacting. "Mr Schue?" Finn said and tapped him on the back.
Will was astounded. He then faced Finn and Rachel. "Hey, Finn, Rach…"
"Mr Schue, are you okay?" Finn asked.
"Sure, of course, of course." Will said. "What's up?"
Finn and Rachel exchanged glances.
"Mr Schue, is there anything wrong?" Rachel asked.
"Oh, no, no, it's okay… What is it you wanted to talk about?"
"Mr Schue," Rachel sighed, "Finn and I just have an idea that we should go do movie theme songs this week… You know, pair up and whoever wins will get a free trip to the Ice cream shop!"
"Well…good idea. Bring it on."
"So, this week's theme will be movie theme songs…" Will told the gang at the rehearsal room later that day.
"Thanks to me." Rachel quipped. Everyone looked at her. "Oh, well, and Finn…"
Santana rolled her eyes.
"Well," Will continued, "We'll do it by pairs. Whoever wins will get a free trip to the icecream shop, it's an ice-cream all you can thing!"
Brittany clapped.
"Great, Finn and I are gonna start rehearsing!" Rachel announced.
"No, no, no," Will said, "I already did a fishbowl lottery raffle a while back.
"What? Mr Schue…" Rachel said.
"Hush, Rachel…" Will said, "Okay…here are the partners… Rachel, you'll be with Matt…" Matt smiled and Rachel's eyes went big. "Finn with Mercedes, Puck with Quinn…"
"That is unfair." Santana said.
"Santana, wait," Will said and continued, "Santana, you'll be with Mike, Artie with Tina, and since there are thirteen of you now, Brittany you'll be with Kurt and Sam."
"Great." Kurt said.
"Yeah," Rachel said sarcastically, "Really great. Thanks, Mr Schue."