"Sam? Could you stay behind please?" The voice of Will Schuester followed the shrill ringing of the school bell. As all the students gathered their things and made their way out of the classroom. All except Sam Evans.
Will hadn't really experienced much interaction with Sam. He'd been promised by Finn the blond would show up for Glee auditions, and wow them all with a rendition of Billionaire. Though sadly this had not been the case. No one had showed. Well, not unless you counted the poor girl Rachel had directed to a crack house. Nonetheless, the Glee club still needed a twelth member, and apparently Sam Evans was the perfect candidate.
"S'up Sir?" the blond broke the silence, with a rather unenthusiastic greeting. His gaze complacent, failing to meet with his teacher's. Clearly he didn't want to be here. It was a problem Will had noticed. During his lessons, the young blond would sit in the back row, staring out the window, his mind miles away from the the teacher's words. And his lack of attention had begun to affect the boy's grades. A fact Will was currently prepared to take advantage of.
"Well, it's your grades Sam..." The Spanish teacher began, leaning back to take a seated position upon his desk "...They're just not up to scratch" His gaze meeting with Sam's momentarily as he continued. "I know you've only been here a few weeks, but you're really close to failing this class" A sigh escaping his lips, as the student began an attempt at justifying his bad grades. Something about dyslexia, and time-consuming football practice, but Will's was barely listening. He was contemplating whether his plan really was the best way to go.
He'd resorted to blackmail before. All for the sake of Glee club. It was how he had landed Finn Hudson as the club's male lead. It had all worked out for the best in the end. Perhaps this would go the same way. He would simply imply that failing grades would no longer be a worry if he joined Glee. What student would pass up the chance of a free A, in return for singing a few showtunes?
"Look." Will began, realizing Sam had finished his plea for understanding, and aimed his puppy dog eyes in his Spanish teacher's direction "I get this is hard for you Sam, but you scored less on your last test than Brittany" A bit of an extreme exaggeration, but it certainly made the situation seem all the more desperate. "I'm sorry Sam, I'm just gonna have to fail you"
Watching the blond's head drop made it all the more easy. "Unless..." A glimmer of hope sparking in the student's eyes. His next few words battling with his conscience to make their way out. It was a necessary evil. The Glee club needed it's twelth member. And if giving this kid a free A got him to join, it would be worth it. "You could do a little something for me?" Will's lip flickering into a smirk as he finished.