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This is a prequel from Finn's POV
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The Nazi zombies were frantically chasing him shouting out in an effectively scary monotone voice "Brains...Brains... Brains"
"My brains aren't even that big, I mean I'm not even that smart please just leave me alone...I don't wanna die yet!" Finn was frantically screaming. He doesn't even know how he got himself into this situation.
Never once in his life did Finn think this is how his life would end. He always imagined himself dying in a normal way, like maybe dying from a concussion cause of football or dying from starvation like those kids in the Africa commercials or even sexual diseases from having too much sex. On second thought, maybe the sexual diseases aren't a very appropriate death, but at least it would be a pleasurable death.
Speaking of sexual diseases he at least thought that Puck would be the first one to die between him and Puck. I mean Puck is always doing unnecessary dangerous crap, so why is it that he is the one running away from Nazi zombies. Think Hudson how do you NOT get yourself killed...A GUN! How could he be so stupid, everyone knows that to kill a Nazi zombie you blow off its head with a gun. I mean if Call of Duty has taught Finn anything these past few years of his adolescence life, it`s that you can easily out kill any zombie with any good-old gun.
Much to Finn`s own surprised he pulled out a pistol from his pocket. He didn`t even know that he had a gun until now. Finn positioned himself and held the pistol out in front of him. `just like in the video game` Finn thought to himself. When Finn pulled the trigger nothing but bubbles came out.
"What the hell? ...This isn't suppose to happen...AHHHH"
The zombies approached closer and closer to Finn. They started to make their way to eating out his brains. At this point Finn saw his life flash beyond his eyes, he saw the white light at the end of the tunnel. He can almost taste his death now. And it tasted like...Cheerios?
BOOOOOOM! The sudden loud crashing noise abruptly woke Finn up. Finn quickly woke up to the taste of cereal in his mouth. When he opened his eyes he quickly realized that the blinding white light came from none other than his own bedroom window. He saw that beside his window, stood Puck with a box of Cheerios in one hand and a banging loud pot against the wall in the other.
" Bad dream dude?" Puck asked with a smug smile
"What the...where are the Nazi zombies" Finn asked so confused.
"Wow...you really need to lay off those video games Hudson" Puck suggested as he placed the pot down. "I think you might be going CRAZY" He made a circular motion around his head to imply Finn's insanity.
"Wait what?" Finn was so surprised by Puck's early surprise visit. He knew that Puck was definitely not a morning person; he rubbed his eyes to make sure that they weren't deceiving him. When he opened them he saw that Puck was still standing there, more shockingly with a backpack none the less. "Why are you here? And why do I have Cheerios in my mouth? And why do you have a backpack?"
"Your mom let me in. The Cheerios were my idea. I got tired of hearing your mom yell from downstairs. So I decided wake you up myself." Puck pointed towards the pot on the floor. "And I mean what better way to wake someone up than to the taste of cereal."
Finn looked around his bed; there were Cheerios all over his bedside and even on his bed sheets.
"Yeah sorry about the mess...I was working on my aim... You know what I realized... Your head is REALLY small in comparison to your body. It kinda looks like a potato, which makes it really hard to aim for. You should really fix that."
Finn touched his head feeling self-conscious. He quickly recovered from his moment of insecurity. "What about the backpack?"
"Oh yeah, we have orientation today"
"Orientation... for high school?"
"No for kindergarten" Puck said sarcastically
"What?" Finn furrowed his eyebrows he was so confused.
"Yes. Obviously for high school. " Puck rolled his eyes.
"YOU MEAN THAT WAS TODAY"?
"No I mean that IS today RIGHT NOW. Hurry and get ready or else I'm eating all of your mom's bacon."
Puck went downstairs to eat what's left of breakfast, mostly the bacon since his mom never let him have any at his house. Finn quickly got ready. He brushed his teeth, combed his hair, and threw on the fleece sweater his mom picked out for him the night before.
Orientation was kind of like an introductory course of high school. It basically gave insight and preview into how the next four years of your high school lives is going to play out. It acted kind of like the first day of high school for post-eighth-graders/soon-to-be freshmen.
Finn and Puck were planning for orientation ever since they graduated middle school. Finn and Puck barely plan for school on a regular basic nevertheless plan for school in the summer. This just proved how important orientation was for them.
Orientation was the day where they can 'scout of their competition and get on top' as Puck would say. Orientation was the day where you had to choose to hang out with the coolest people, talk to the right crowd and stick with that crowd so that you would reach the top of the social ladder and be teen royalty. Puck and Finn made a promise to each other when they graduated. Well actually...Puck doesn't like to call it a promise, he said that sounded gay. More like Puck and Finn agreed upon the bro code of conduct. This conduct basically outlined that Finn and Puck were going to be the most badass and coolest guys in high school. They were going to get to the top, rule the school and do whatever the hell they want. They were going to date the hottest girls, be invited to the coolest parties, and basically they were going to be the most respected (well in Puck's case...feared) guys in school.
"Hey Finn are you finished putting on your make up yet?" Puck screamed from downstairs.
"Ok. Ok. I'm ready." Finn ran downstairs and was greeted with Puck's disgusted face.
"Ew. What are you wearing? You look like a dork."
"My mom picked it out for me...I think it looks good"
"Why do you insist on being such a LOSER? Do you want to get thrown into a dumpster today? Because with that shirt you're wearing I'd be happy to do it for you."
"Is it really that bad?" Finn asked feeling very self-conscious.
"We're not friends if you're wearing that" Puck said bluntly.
"Um...what do you think I should wear?" Finn asked.
"Dude. Shut up. Quit acting like such a girl and throw on some normal clothes and let's leave already"
"Ok be right back. Wait here". Puck rolled his eyes and kept eating breakfast. Finn went back upstairs and quickly grabbed his usual attire, a simple polo t-shirt with a hoodie sweater. Although his clothes were wrinkly and they looked a bit dirty. Finn figured no one would notice. Finn quickly grabbed his backpack and ran downstairs to meet Puck and his mom.
"Hey honey! So glad to see you finally ready" Finn's mom Carole sweetly said to her son.
"Hey mom, Puck and I are going to leave now."
"Oh?" Carole noticed Finn messy looking clothes. "What happened to the clothes I picked out for you last night?"
Finn looked down at his shirt and felt a slight pang of guilt for changing out of the clothes his mom picked for him. "This is more comfy that's all."
"Oh ok. Hun." His mom said a bit disappointed. "Can I give you boys a lift to school?" Carole asked hopefully.
"Sur-"
"NO" Puck quickly cut in. "Me and Finny here will walk, its healthier and stuff" Puck said all in one breath. Finn stared at Puck puzzlingly, but remained quiet.
"But aren't you boys worried you might be late?" Carole asked
"Naw naw. Don't worry Miss H. We got this covered." Puck said smoothly
"Oh. Ok. Well then... I guess I'll see you later after school" Carole said a bit hesitantly.
"Yeah, we'll see you Miss H. Thanks for the breakfast. The bacon was awesome" Puck responded as he headed for the door grabbing Finn along with him.
"Finn do you have all your papers and pens. Also don't forget your keys" Carole shouted after them
"Yeah mom. I got everything. Bye" Finn called after her
"Bye Finn, I love you honey. Bye Puck" Carole chimed sweetly.
Finn blushed at the embarrassing sentimental phrases his mom was saying. He quickened his paced just to get away from his sweet yet still embarrassing mom.
"It's a good thing I told your mom to let us walk, or else everyone would find out what a loser-ish momma's boy you really are" Puck said with a teasing smile.
"Wait. I thought we're walking cause you wanted to exercise and be healthy Finn said confused
"I'm already deezed and ripped as it is. I mean look at these guns." Puck takes a moment to flex his arms. "These guns are fully loaded." Puck said with confidence.
Finn looked down at his own awkward body. Sometimes he wondered how it was possible that he was good at sports. His body is kind of flabby and he wasn't deezed or muscular as Puck was but at least he was tall. Maybe too tall... Finn tried to push those negative thoughts away. No point in feeling insecure about his body now when he's suppose to try to convince everyone at school to thinking he was cool.
"Alright. We don't have time to admire my awesome body. We have to get to school. There's only ten minutes left until class or school or whatever they have plan for us" Puck quickly regained his cool composure and began to speed walk
Finn quickly followed to match his speed "What do you mean there's only ten minutes? Didn't you tell me that school started at 8:20am?"
"Yeah it does. It's 8:10 now" Puck said calmly.
"WHAT THE... HOLY SHIT! We have to get there quick" Finn frantically screamed. Finn instantly began to sprint down the road towards school.
"Hold up wait for me." Puck shouted after Finn. 'Wow since when did he get this fast' Puck thought to himself as he tried to catch up with Finn.
Finn was so concentrated on running that he didn't even notice a car driving towards him when he was crossing the street.
"Watch out car!" Puck screamed after Finn. Finn looked up the second the car stopped inches away from him. He saw a blonde woman and very pretty petite young girl in the passenger seat. However they didn't look too happy to see him. Puck finally caught up to Finn. "Wow you dumbass. Sometimes I wish the car did hit you; just so you would wise up" Puck scolded. Finn ignored Puck's comment and continued to stare at the petite young girl in the car.
Finn isn't normally the type of guy to gawk and stare, but there was something about this girl that he couldn't bring himself to stop admiring her. The girl in the car noticed he was staring and made a move to lean towards the driver seat and beep the horn. BEEEP! At this point Finn quickly recover from his trance and reality set back into him. The girl made some sort of a puff and rolled her pretty little green eyes. She did not look impressed.
Puck slapped Finn's head to get his attention. "Come on lets go." Puck started to run ahead. Finn quickly followed afterwards. They continued sprinting for a few minutes until Puck got tired.
"Stop! W-W-Wait!" Puck breathed out. "I-I need to...Catch...A breath" Puck was leaned over hands on his knee heaving heavily in and out.
"What? No. Puck we don't have time to sit and rest we have to get to school or else we'll be late" Finn protested.
Puck sat down on the edge of the sidewalk. He looked down at his watch and made a sour face. "There's no point now, it's already 8:23"
"I told you we should have let my mom drive us" Finn said annoyed
"Pshhh. Yeah OKAYYY, and let everyone see what losers we are?" Puck said sarcastically. Finn made an annoyed face. "What's with the kissy-kissy sour face? It's your fault were late. You were the one who slept in"
Finn knew this was true. He was just annoyed that the today out of all days, was the one day he chose to sleep in during the summer. "Yeah. I know. Sorry" Finn said embarrassed with himself and feeling guilty for the trouble he caused his friend.
"It's no big deal. We're late anyways." Puck paused for moment thinking. "Hey dude" Finn looked up at Puck curiously. "Since when did you run so fast? I swear in middle school I was always the faster one."
Finn sat down next to Puck. "I guess you're just getting fatter."
"Yo. Shut your potato head" Puck said as a he slapped Finn across his head.
The truth was; Finn has been waking up every morning at 5:30am. Finn ran laps around the neighbourhood until 9:00am. Then he would eat breakfast and fuel up. Afterwards he would lift weights and work out until noon. By noon after he's eaten lunch. Finn would be dead on his bed, sleeping away. Finn wanted to work out extra hard this summer because he desperately wanted to make the football team. The football team was like rite of passage into popularity and respect; everyone knew that football players ruled the school. All throughout summer, Puck and Finn would head to their local football field and practice or play a game. They both knew their chances of joining the football team was slim, since almost no freshman's ever been good enough not to mention respected enough, to join the varsity football team. Despite this, Finn and Puck still worked hard to try to make it on the team.
Finn thought for a moment. "Hey Puck..."
Puck looked up at Finn. "Yeah?"
"What's going to happen if we don't make the football team this year" Finn asked timidly
Puck stared at Finn for a moment. He made a pouted face and slap Finn across the head again.
"Ow" Finn yelled while rubbing throbbing spot on his head.
"Yo man. Shut up. I don't need your negativity or bad karama or whatever shit they call it" Puck said forcefully. "We're going to make the football team. Me and you." Puck said confidently.
Finn looked up at Puck with hope. "You really think so?"
"No. I know so. I mean come on Finn. Have I ever been wrong about anything?" Puck asked genuinely
A few instances crossed Finn's mind, but he chose to ignore that and just agree with his buddy. "Yeah you're right".
Then another thought crossed Finn's mind. "Wait. What if only one of us makes the team?" Finn asked
"Then I guess YOU'LL just have to try harder next year" Puck said while smiling his sleaziest smile.
"What? I thought you said me and you."
"Yeah about that. I mostly meant just me. And sometimes you." Puck teased
"Oh yeah?" Finn responded with a challenging tone
"Yeah."
"Says the slowpoke that has to sit down for a break"
"Ok. One who says slowpoke anymore? What are you five? Two. Yo. Let's go me and you right now." Puck said standing up and staring Finn down.
"Alright. First one to reach the school entrance wins" Finn said eagerly jumping straight up to meet Puck's eyes.
"On 'go' we run." Puck said to Finn.
Finn nodded and prepared to get into his running position. Puck followed Finn's example.
"Ok. Ready. Set..." Puck ran off before Finn.
"You cheated!" Finn quickly followed after.
Eventually after a few minutes, Finn and Puck finally reached William McKinley High's entrance.
"I win!" Finn exclaimed with the biggest goofy smile and his arms pumping in the air.
"Shut up." Puck said out of breath. "I let you win"
"Yeah sure" Finn rolled his eyes. Finn was about to open the door to walk into the school when he saw Puck standing hesitantly. "So...we better get to class because we don't want to be even later than we already are" Finn said while awkwardly holding the door.
"I think I'm going to go exploring..." Puck said.
"Exploring?"
"Yeah. I mean I'm already late. I mind as well be leisurely late."
"You mean you're skipping class already?"
"Not skipping. Leisurely late. At least I showed up to the school's building. You gotta give me credit for that"
Finn stood there awkwardly while debating whether or not to follow Puck's lead. Finn really wanted to go to class and experience orientation for its purpose. He felt that if he didn't at least know the basic mechanics of high school he would go crazy. I mean there's so many things to know, like what to do when the bell rings, which class is which, how to hold your books, how to wear your bag, how to walk down the halls and so much more. There were just so many things he wanted to at least get the hang of so he wouldn't be a total confused outcast in high school.
Puck took noticed of Finn's troubled look. "Look. Just go ahead without me. You're a big boy, you don't need me there to hold your hand"
Finn looked relieved "Alright. I'll text you later than"
"Yes. Text me later so that you can tell me how school was and we can talk about our feelings and do our nails" Puck said mockingly.
"Get outta here!" Finn joked while walking into the building. Puck chuckled and went out to the parking lot to 'explore'.
As Finn entered the building, he was in awe. Everything about high school was just so... BIG. He stood there for a good five minutes until some approached him from behind.
Finn turned around. There stood a small young boy dressed in a flashy strange outfit.
"Hi. I'm Kurt. I'm going to be a freshman here. Could you please direct me to room 235?"
Finn made a confused face. "Uh... I'm new here too"
"Oh? Really?"
"Yeah." Finn blushed.
"Wow. You're really tall for a freshman."
"Thanks. I think..."
Kurt looked at the boy. He hated to admit it. But this boy was actually really cute.
"So... do you have a name? Or am I just going to have to call you Frankenteen."
"Frankenteen?"
"Yeah. I mean you're like this totally awkward giant, and you're standing in the middle of the hall looking stiff as a board not to mention you look really lost. You're kinda like Frankenstein from the movie, but you're a teenager. Hence the name Frankenteen"
"Um...I'm Finn."
"Oh, well you already know I'm Kurt"
"Yeah." Finn relaxed a bit and flashed Kurt his goofiest smile.
Kurt felt a warm wave of feeling wash over him, as he admired Finn's smile. He tried really hard to suppress those feelings, but he couldn't help himself. Kurt really wanted to be around this boy a little longer, even if it meant being a little too late for class.
"So. Do you know where you're headed too?" Kurt asked
"Not really. I kinda don't know where or what I'm doing." Finn jokingly admitted.
"Oh, well you should really check the bulletin board to see what class you're assigned to for orientation. Come follow me I'll show you where it is"
"Oh. Ok. Thanks."
Finn followed Kurt across the hall towards the bulletin board. Kurt began looking through the list.
"What's your name?"
"Finn?"
"No. Last name."
"Hudson. Finn Hudson"
Kurt began looking through the list.
"Found it! Let's see...It says you're in room 235. HEY! That's the same room as me." Kurt explained happily.
"Awesome. High five." Finn raised up a hand for a high five. Finn noticed Kurt trying to reach his hand, and lowered his high five. Kurt gladly hit it.
"Alright! Now let's try to find this classroom." Kurt began to lead the way and look for the room.
A few minutes past and they still couldn't find the room. As Finn was following Kurt he noticed how all the hallways were empty and quiet.
"Uh. Where is everyone? " Finn asked nervously.
Kurt rolled his eyes and looked at his watch. "Well. Were now twenty minutes late for class, so MAYBE everyone's in class except for us. MAYBE that would explain why no one's roaming the hallways like us. MAYBE everyone's where they should be except for us." Kurt said sarcastically.
"Oh." Finn responded embarrassed for asking.
Kurt felt bad for his rude response. "Look I'm sorry for lashing out. It's just we been looking for this classroom for almost fifteen minutes and we still can't find it." Kurt said weakly.
"Were looking for room 235 right?" Finn asked
"Yes Finn. Room 235." Kurt said a bit annoyed.
"Oh. It's right here then." Finn quickly led the way and Kurt tried to follow after. "Here it is" Finn pointed towards the room.
"How did you-"
"We past it a couple of times" Finn answered before Kurt could ask.
"Why didn't you-"
Before Kurt could ask again the door swung open. A petite woman, presumable the teacher stood before them.
"Hi guys. Are you looking for something?" the lady asked.
"Yeah. I'm Finn and this is Kurt. Were looking for room 235."
"Oh well this is it. Come on in. I'm Ms. Pillsbury by the way."
Finn and Kurt walked into the room. As soon as they walked in, Finn instantly locked his eyes on a pretty petite blonde girl. He was enchanted by her. He couldn't stop staring. She was one of the most beautiful girls he has ever seen.
"Hi class...um could you please listen please." Ms. Pillsbury tried to get the class's attention. The class was reckless and everyone was talking and throwing paper balls at each other or fooling around.
"Um well this is Finn and Kurt" Ms. Pillsbury tried to speak over the kids. She failed miserable. She just gave Finn a weak look. "Well. This is it" Ms. Pillsbury motioned her hands around the class. "Just take a seat anywhere and class will be over when the bell rings. Then afterwards you can go for lunch. Okay?"
Finn didn't hear a word Ms. Pillsbury said. He was too busy zoning out and memorizing every detailing beauty about this mysterious blonde girl. He only came back to reality when Kurt elbows his ribs.
"Huh?" Finn said dazedly.
"Let's sit down." Kurt told Finn.
"Yeah ok" Finn noticed there were two seats available in front of the beautiful blonde girl. He lunged towards the seats just to be closer to her.
"Okay...I guess were sitting there..." Kurt said awkwardly sitting next to Finn.
Ms. Pillsbury came back with two sets of paper. "Here these are for you. You can fill them out. They're just some practice questions to keep you busy and all." Ms. Pillsbury flashed her politest smile. "I'm going to be right there if you need any help" She pointed towards her desk and began walking towards it. Finn noticed that she even brought a cloth and began scrubbing away at the desk. 'Weird' he thought to himself. Although his attention was immediately brought back to the blonde girl behind him. He wanted so bad to just get another look at her.
"What is your favourite colour?" Kurt said as he was reading the sheet. "Why do they make us do these dumb sheets?" Kurt complained "I mean seriously, what are we? Five?"
Finn didn't even begin reading the sheet yet. He was too busy thinking of an excuse to turn around and talk to the pretty blonde girl. Maybe even get her name.
"How about you Finn?" Kurt asked
"What?" Finn said as he tried to regain attention.
"I said. What is your favourite hobbies?" Kurt said in an obvious tone.
"Football, video games, music, and uh... sports?" Finn answered vaguely.
"Ah. I see. Well my interests are music. Mostly Dianna Ross. I love her. And fashion obviously as you can tell I'm wearing a Marc Jacob's sweater-" Finn tried to pay attention but he couldn't. He just stared at the pretty blonde girl while Kurt went on talking about some Marc or Jacob guy or something.
The black girl beside the pretty blonde girl took notice of Finn's staring.
"Excuse me white boy." The black girl said.
Finn looked at the black girl. "Me?" Finn asked pointing a finger at himself.
"Yeah you!" The black girl said in a diva like tone "Now tell me what you been staring at for the past ten minutes since you got here?"
Finn was nervous. He didn't want to expose himself as a creeper stalker who stares at random pretty blonde girls. Not even if she was the prettiest girl he's ever seen in his life.
"I-I-I ... That" Finn panicked. He pointed towards the poster behind the black girl. "I was staring at that poster" Finn desperately lied.
They all turned back to look at the poster. It was a poster about racism.
"You got something you wanna tell me white boy?" The black girl asked accusingly.
Finn quickly realized his mistake and desperately tried to fix the situation "No! No! I love black people."
"Excuse me?"
"I mean. No that's not what I wanted to say."
"So you're telling me you don't like black people" The black girl said with her eyebrows crocked.
"No!.. I mean yes. I love black people. I just. I-I-I"
While Finn was desperately trying to fix the messy situation he got himself into. He noticed that the pretty blonde girl was chuckling at this whole situation. For a minute he stopped thinking and just admired her laugh. It was so pure and innocent. It was really one of the greatest sounds he thinks he's ever heard.
Kurt noticed Finn's hesitation and began to speak up for Finn. "What HE means" Kurt said as he put his hands on Finn's shoulder. "Is that he's just looking around the room reading posters because come on. Look at him. Doesn't he seem like such a bright little fellow who just loves to read random posters and everything." Kurt said in a mocking tone while shaking Finn's shoulder.
Finn just nodded his head. Thankful that Kurt has gotten him out of that potentially embarrassingly nasty situation.
"And who be you other white boy?" the black girl asked Kurt.
"I'm Kurt Hummel." Kurt answered with his arms stretched out for a hand shake.
The black girl looked at Kurt's hands and eventually shook it. "I'm Mercedes." She said sweetly which was strange because her tone before was kind of harsh. "And how about this boy?" Mercedes asked Finn.
"I'm F—" Finn was about to answer until the pretty blonde girl beside Mercedes cut in.
"He's the idiot who ran across the street when it was a green light and almost got hit by a car. Not to mention almost gave my mom a heart attack and made me late." The pretty blonde girl added in a light tone.
Finn realized that she was the pretty blonde girl in the car that almost ran over him. "That was you?" Finn exclaimed with a smile.
"Why are you smiling...you realized that if not for my reaction skills, my mom would have ran you over, and you would have been flatten road kill..." the blonde girl responded.
"That's Frankenteen for you." Kurt added
"Frankenteen?" the blonde girl asked
"Yup Frankenteen. When I found him, he was this oversized awkward giant roaming the halls. It was kind of funny actually. He was so tense and awkward that when I first met him I kinda thought he was a freak of nature" Kurt said playfully while slapping Finn's shoulder. "But then I realized he's not so bad. He's just an awkward friendly Frankenstein teenager. Hence, Frankenteen."
They all started to burst out laughing. Normally Finn would be kind of mad that they were all making fun of him. But just being able to see and hear the pretty blonde girl smile, made it all the worthwhile. Finn knew that it was kind of crazy since he doesn't even know her name yet, but he swears that he would do anything to see that girl smile even if it's just for a little while. This thought actually kind of scared him now that he thought about it. He realized that he was falling head over heels over a complete stranger.
The bell rang and soon everyone started packing up and going to the cafeteria for lunch. He saw Mercedes and the pretty blonde girl stand up and began to talk and walk towards the door. Finn at least desperately wanted to know if he'll ever see this girl ever again.
"Hey!" he shouted at the pretty blonde girl. "Am I going to be seeing you around?" He asked her with hope in his eyes.
She turned around and responded with a soft breath. "Maybe." With that she flashed him her brightest smirk and walked off. Finn stood there in awe.
"Hey! So. Finn do you wanna to head to lunch?" Kurt asked cheerily.
Finn remembered that Puck said to text him when he finished class so that they can meet up for lunch. Finn felt bad but he had to decline Kurt's offer.
"Sorry dude. I have to go meet up with my other friend. Puck." Finn said sheepishly
"Oh. Okay. It's no big deal. I have other friends" Kurt responded a little too forcefully. The truth was, Finn was Kurt's first and only friend in high school so far. The people in Kurt's middle school hated him and made fun of him for being too 'gay' and feminine. The only friends he ever had were girls. And even those girls were mean to Kurt and often ditched him to hang out with their boyfriends. Finn was one of the only guy friends Kurt ever had. So Kurt really did feel disappointed when he heard that Finn wanted to go hang out with his other guy friends.
Finn saw the hurt in Kurt's face and felt bad for ditching him. "We can meet up later?" Finn suggested. "Give me your cell phone number and we'll keep in touch if anything."
"Ok" Finn and Kurt exchanged cell phone numbers and began to part their separate ways. "I'll see you around?" Kurt said hopefully.
"Yeah." Finn smiled and began to look for Puck. He sent Puck a text message asking where he was.
Finn Hudson
Where are you dude?
Noah Puckerman
Come out to the back parking lot.
Finn went out to the back parking lot. There he was Puck and two other guys dumping a nerdy looking boy with a jew-afro into the dumpster.
"What are you doing?" Finn asked
"Were dumping this nerd into the trash where he belongs" Puck said with a devious smile
"No Stop! I'll give you anything. Food? Money? A car? My house? Please don't do this. I just dry cleaned my vest!" the nerd called out to Puck
"I feel bad. Are you sure we should be doing this Puck? Finn asked cautiously.
"Do you wanna be cool or not?" Puck asked forcefully.
"Yeah..." Finn said hesitantly.
"Then open the dumpster's lid and let's trash this loser"
Finn did as was told, and watch as the nerd was being dumped in.
"Nice show there girlies." A booming voice said behind them.
They turned around to see a cool strong looking guy with about ten other guys all wearing William McKinley's football varsity jacket.
"But let me show you how a real man does things around here." The guy smirked. He snapped his fingers and called out his crew. "Boys come here. Finish this nerd off."
The football guys did as told and began to take the nerd's glasses and crack it in half. They later started to strip off his clothes then stick him into a trashcan, while rolling the trashcan into the dumpster and locking the dumpster's lid shut.
The football guys started laughing at their efforts. "HAHAHA let's see how long it takes until someone finds him". The cool strong looking guy looked back at Finn and Puck. "So who are you dweebs?"
"I'm Puck" Puck answered cool and confidently.
"Dave Karofsky"
"Azimio"
"Uh...Finn Hudson." Finn tried to answer in his calmest coolest voice.
The cool strong looking guy examined all four of the freshman's standing before him. "I'm Jeff Duncan, captain of the football team. I'm the toughest, the best, the one who gets all the girls, the one who says whose in and who's out, the one that could ruin your high school life, and basically I run this school. Whatever I say goes." Jeff said with a cocky arrogance about him.
Finn shifted his weight feeling a bit insecure and intimated.
"Now I'm only here at your stupid freshmen's orientation because lazy ass coach Tanaka says that we need at least one other freshman on the team this year." Jeff said with smugness. "I decided that if we're going to have to let a stupid freshman on the football team this year, we mind as well have a decent one, that isn't gay and stupid."
Jeff critically examined the boys before him again. "So far you dweebs don't seem like such losers. Granted you're still stupid and lame, but you're not the worst." Jeff paused for a moment to think then continued his speech. "Tell you what. If one of you losers can prove to us that you're cool enough to be on the football team, then I'll recommend one of you losers to coach Tanaka and you will pretty much be guaranteed a spot on the team. You buttholes can kiss my ass later for giving you this generous rare opportunity."
Finn and Puck shared a look with each other. They came to a mutual understanding that the only way to be cool and be on the football team, is if they put up with this obnoxious Jeff guy and give into his demands. All four of the boys agreed and Finn spoke up on their behalf.
"Okay. Yeah we agree." Finn said a bit nervously.
"Obviously you agree, you would be an idiot to do otherwise." Jeff rolled his eyes and scuffed at Finn's remark. "Okay. First order of business, we need to test your football abilities. Hmmmm." Jeff thought. "How is this going to play out?"
"We should do the bread runner" One of the football players chimed.
"You're right. That's a hilarious one. Okay. Get me some bread" Jeff commanded.
Instantly five guys came back fetching four breadsticks. "Okay candidates. Stick these bread sticks down your pants into your tighty whites." Jeff said sternly in a mocking tone.
Finn and Puck were hesitant at first. But they gave into Jeff's command and put the breadsticks into their boxers. Amizio and Dave did the same.
"Okay. Basically run around the school three times with bread sticks sticking out of your pants." Jeff said with a serious face. All the football guys laughed at Jeff's remark. "When you're done your three laps, come back here. Last one here, get's a surprise." Jeff smirked knowingly at his friends.
The boys took their racing positions with the breadsticks in their pants.
"This is so embarrassing." Finn whispered to Puck.
"I know. I know. We're just going to have to suck it up and deal with it." Puck said meekly.
Finn has never been one to complain. But what Jeff and the football guys were doing was just plain evil. Finn hoped that once he made the football team it will all be worth it. That is, IF he actually makes it past these embarrassing request's that Jeff and his friends had him doing.
"On your mark losers. Get set. And...Go!"
Finn ran the fastest he has ever run in his entire life. He just hoped that if he ran fast enough this would all be over and no one would notice him. The thought of anyone seeing him in this embarrassing state made him want to barf. Finn can feel the embarrassing snickers and the students pointing their fingers at him. Finn's mind drifted to the pretty blonde girl and the thought only motivated him to run faster and get this thing over with so that she doesn't see him in this scenario.
By the third lap, Finn was starting to take notice the sweat build up in his lower region. The breadstick was seriously getting annoying. It was touching and getting in the way of all the wrong parts of his body. Finally Finn was the first to make it back to the parking lot. Puck followed after, then Amizio and finally Dave caught up with them.
"So Dave, you're the last one I see" Jeff said with a devious smile.
Dave looked scared. All the colours quickly drained from his face. He looked pale and frighten as a ghost. Dave stood there still as can be, afraid that any movement might prompt the end of his life, or at least his high school life.
"Everyone pull your breadsticks out and give them to Dave." Jeff commanded with a bombing voice.
Finn and everyone else did as told. Finn pulled out the nasty moist breadsticks from his boxers and gave them to Dave. Finn noticed one of the football guys holding out a camera filming this.
"This is definitely going on Facebook" one of the guys said.
"Eat it." Jeff said casually.
"What?" Dave screamed
"I said eat the breadsticks. What are you stupid?" Jeff commanded harshly.
"No! No way! Screw this. I'm leaving!" Dave screamed.
"If you leave. I will make your life, a living hell." Jeff stated as a matter fact.
"But..."
"Shut the hell up, and eat the breadsticks. Or. I'll make sure you never show your face at this school ever again." Jeff threatened Dave.
Dave knew Jeff wasn't joking around. He knew that Jeff had the power, and could easily make Dave's life a living hell. He knew that he had to just shut up and do as told. Dave stared at the breadsticks. Jeff titled his head towards the breadsticks and prompt Dave to do it. "Do it" Jeff said impatiently.
Dave Karofsky weakly gave in. He took a bite out of the breadsticks. All the football guys and Jeff laughed cruelly at Dave. A series of nasty name calling followed afterwards, all the football guys were saying things like faggot, homo, ass wipe, pansy, piece of shit and many other cruel names.
Finn couldn't bear to watch anymore. He wanted to just go in there and stop them. This was just too cruel. Puck saw that Finn was about to step in and Puck quickly grabbed his friend's elbow. And gave his meanest warning death stare towards Finn. "What are you friggen doing?" Puck shouted-whisper to Finn.
"This is too cruel. We have to stop this." Finn whispered back.
"What do you mean cruel? You use to make fun of Karofsky in the fifth grade for having pubes. Who cares? Just go with it."
"I know...But this is different. Look at him. He's going to be scared for life."
"Look. If you want to be the hero, and save everyone, you're more useful at the top. At least if you're at the top you can do something about it. If you stand up for Karofsky now, it's only going to make Jeff and the guys hate you more. The last thing you want to do is become their bully target."
"..." Finn was hesitant to respond.
"You know I'm right. Look things can be a lot worse. Karofsky made his choice; he made it for a reason. He could have easily walked away and let Jeff ruin the rest of his high school life, but no. He decided to be smart and just go with it so that he can at least survive these next four years of high school without Jeff totally bombing on him. Just be glad that it isn't you up there."
Finn curled his fist together. He hated how he had no control over this situation.
After Dave Karofsky finished the last breadstick he quickly fled the scene. Finn presumed that Dave would be going home by now crying under his sheets. Well, at least that's what Finn would have done, even if it did make him sound like a baby.
Jeff turned back to Finn, Puck and Amizio. "And then there were three" Jeff said mischievously. "Hmmm I'm thinkin-"
"Hey Jeff" the teacher interrupted.
"Oh hi Mr. Schuester" Jeff said nervously.
"I see you're getting friendly with the new students"
"Yeah..." Jeff said awkwardly
"Good. Good." Mr. Schuester smiled. "So Jeff I hope you been studying this summer, I wouldn't want you to fail my Spanish class again."
"Seeh. I definitely have."
"It's pronounce 'si' not seeh"
"I knew that. That's what I said"
"Sure...Ok well I'll see you in class next week Jeff" Mr. Schuester entered his car and began to drive off for the lunch break.
Jeff stared back at the three guys. He instantly thought of a devious plan and smirked at his own genius. "Alright, ladies. I have the perfect proposition for you. Are you ready to man up and do this?"
"Yes!" Puck and Amizio instantly shouted.
"Ok. Whoever completes this task, will receive the full ultimate V.I.P treatment the football team has to offer. Your mission is to sneak into room 214 and get me the grade 12 Spanish answer key"
Finn looked nervous; he didn't get a good feeling about this task. "Wait...Isn't that stealing..." Finn voiced timidly.
"You say stealing, I say borrowing. Why is this task too much for you?" Jeff raised his eyes brows at Finn, sizing him up. "Are you scared Mr. Hudson?"
"No. It's just...we could get into a lot of trouble for this..."
"You are such a baby, if you don't want to do this just say so." Jeff said with a threatening face
"No. I want to." Finn said weakly as he gave in to Jeff's request.
Jeff smiled, satisfies that he got his way once again. "Well. What are you waiting for? Move it!"
Finn, Puck and Amizio went their separate ways in a desperate attempt to try to fulfill Jeff's request.
"Where are you going?" Finn asked Puck.
"I unno the hardware store? That way I can buy a hammer or maybe even a gun... anything to smash the door open basically" Puck said confidently
"You sure that's going to work?" Finn asked sceptically
"What's your plan genius?"
"Um..."
"Yup. Thought so." Puck said knowingly. "Just text me when you find the room."
Finn nodded and preceded roam the hallways in order to find the room. He turned around when he heard someone call his name.
"Hey! Finn!"
"Oh. Hi Kurt" Finn smiled nervously.
"I didn't see you in the cafeteria at lunch today. Where were you?" Kurt asked innocently
"Oh. You know I was chilling...Outside...of the building...just doing guy stuff" Finn
"Oh. Right. 'Guy stuff' " Kurt motioned his hands to quote on quote. "That's cool. Yeah definitely I know what you mean. I do that too sometimes. I 'chill' with other guys, so together we do guy stuff."
"Right..." Finn said with doubt.
"Yeah...So...What are you doing roaming the hallways?" Kurt quickly added to ease the awkward tension. "Are you lost again?" Kurt chuckled.
"Actually. I think I am" Finn said as he took notice of his surroundings.
Kurt laughed heartily. "Ok. I'll help you out. AGAIN."
"Thanks" Finn smiled assuring.
"So what are you looking for exactly?"
"Room 214 I think..."
"Alright let's get moving shall we Frankenteen"
Finn smiled at the familiarity between him and Kurt and proceeded to look for the room with Kurt.
"Here it is! Room 214!" Kurt motioned to showcase the room.
"Awesome! I just need to text Puck."
Finn Hudson
Dude. I found the room!
Noah Puckerman
Good. I just came back. Meet me at the front entrance.
Finn started to walk towards the front entrance to meet Puck until Kurt stopped him otherwise.
"Hey! Where are you going to now?" Kurt asked worried.
"I'm going to meet up with my friend Puck"
"Oh..." Kurt said disappointed
Finn felt bad for ditching Kurt the second time today. "You can...come along if you want"
A bright smiled crossed Kurt's face. "Sure!"
"Dude where's the room?" Puck asked in a hushed voice. Puck quickly took notice of the small boy behind Finn. "Who's this kid?"
"I'm Kurt" Kurt motioned his hands out for a handshake.
Puck merely stared at it and ignored the boy. He quickly returned his attention back to Finn. "So yeah anyways like I was saying. Where's the room?"
Finn felt the need to give Kurt a proper introduction to Puck, but he felt too embarrassed to initiate the introduction and instead chose to just ignore it.
"This way. Come follow me." Finn responded
They all followed Finn back to room 214. Finn tried to open the room but struggled.
"The room's locked." Kurt added.
"Oh." Finn blushed for not realizing this sooner.
At hearing this, Puck began to look through his bag and pull out a tiny chisel about the same size as a pencil. "That's alright I came prepared."
Finn and Kurt both stared at the chisel as Puck held it up as if it were some holy grail.
"So...we're going to dig our way through the door?" Finn asked confused
"Something like that. I unno. The hardware store wouldn't let me buy the gun or the jackhammer, and plus I only had like five dollars on me. So I bought this." Puck said holding it out for Finn to see. "I was thinking we can do like a prison break thing like that show where they break out of prison but except this time it's not a prison, it's a classroom. And were not breaking out, were breaking in. So yeah I think it might work..."
"No. Just stop this is a horrible plan." Kurt added
"Shut up. Why are you here anyways?" Puck said annoyed
"I'm here because clearly someone has to save you from your own stupidity."
"Wh-"
Kurt quickly interrupted before Puck could say anything. "One. Do you realize that your small toy you call a chisel 'quote on quote' is about as small as an eraser. You would be lucky enough to even get that thing to cut through paper nevertheless a door."
Puck looked down at his own small chisel. 'I knew I should have used my lunch money to buy the $8.99 one' Puck thought to himself.
"Second. Even though your pathetic little toy does not even qualify to be dangerous, it does qualify to be threatening in terms of school standards. Meaning. If any teacher were to catch you with that chisel, you would be accused of weapon violence and thus suspended or even expelled from school."
Finn and Puck both shared nervous glances with each other at heard of expulsion.
"Thirdly. Why are you even sneaking into room 214? What could possibly be worth the threat of suspension and expulsion to simply break entry into one stupid classroom?" Kurt asked
Finn and Puck looked away from Kurt down at the floor. Both embarrassed to give the real reason to why they were doing this.
Finally Finn responded timidly. "We're doing this because we want to be a part of something"
Kurt was taken aback by Finn's honest response.
Puck began to get mad at the long overdue silence that passed between them. He flashed an angry look at Kurt. "Look if you're not going to help us, then just shut up and leaves us alone." Puck said harshly
"I want to help." Kurt said meekly
"You what?" Puck said surprised at Kurt's offer.
"I said I want to help." Kurt repeated sternly this time.
"You don't have to if you don't want to do." Finn added
Kurt turned to Finn "I want to. I know how it feels to be an outsider looking in. I know how it feels to just want to belong. Besides, that's what friends do right?" Kurt said hopefully
Finn smiled his goofy smile and gave Kurt an assuring nod. "Thanks Kurt"
Kurt smiled back. "Alright Puck give me the chisel."
"Why are you gonna give it to the teacher..." Puck said cautiously
Kurt rolled his eyes. "No. Just...Pass me the chisel"
Puck handed Kurt the chisel. Kurt began to slide the blade into the vertical crack between the door and the frame of the lock. He motioned the blade at a specific angle while pushing against the door. Soon enough the door swung easily open.
"Woah that was awesome!" Finn shouted. "Where you learn to do that?"
"My dad. He accidently locks himself in the garage sometimes while forgetting the keys so, I Google these things" Kurt responded proudly.
"Alright ladies. Enough with your chit chat let's look for that answer key" Puck quickly rushed into the classroom and began to look for the document.
"Answer keys?" Kurt asked confused.
"It's a long story. Just tell me if you find anything that says grade 12 Spanish answer keys" Finn informed Kurt.
Kurt was about to continue questioning Finn on why he needed that specific answer key, but Kurt argued against it and hoped Finn would tell him after.
They checked all throughout the classroom but could not find the answer keys.
"This is stupid! We been looking for ten minutes and still nothing" Puck stated
"We made it too far to quit now." Finn responded
"How about this?" Kurt said pointing to the desk drawer. "We haven't looked in this drawer" Kurt tried to pull open the drawer but it was locked.
"Dammit! I bet it's in there. That's the only spot left." said Puck
"Hey Kurt. Do you think you can do the lock opening thingy again?" Finn asked hopefully
"No. Sorry that only works on doors. This lock seems too small, plus it looks like you need a key."
"Check the other drawers, maybe the key is around here somewhere." Puck said
"Found it!" Finn held up the small key. He was about to open the drawer, until he heard two set of footsteps. Finn saw that the classroom door was wide open and that he was in clear view. 'why didn't I close that stupid damn door' Finn cursed to himself.
The figured that stopped at the front door was none other than that same pretty blonde girl he had been admiring all day long. The pretty blonde girl stared back at Finn. Finn was like a deer in head lights. His feet were frozen to the ground, his heart pounding a mile a minute and his face pale as a ghost staring straight at her. He only hoped that she would forget about this embarrassing situation and continue on.
The other set of footsteps were approaching closer. These footsteps seemed heavier and they made a clacking noise. The sound seemed like they were footsteps of a teacher. At hearing this, the pretty blonde girl quickly broke her gaze, and she quickly began to close the lights and shut the door all in one swift motion. Finn could hear her soft footsteps drift farther from the door. He could also hear muffles of a small polite conversation. It sounded like she was talking to a teacher. Soon enough a few minutes passed, and it seemed as though the hallways were empty again.
Puck and Kurt let out a relieved breath. "That was close" Puck whispered
"Too close. Hurry up and get what you need so we can get out of here" Kurt responded in a paranoid tone
Finn quickly grabbed the answer key and put everything back into place. They quickly left the room and continue to flee the scene.
"Did you get it?" Puck asked
"Yeah."
"Ok. Let's go meet Jeff"
Finn and Puck ran back to the parking lot to meet up with Jeff, Kurt followed behind them subtly.
"Who's this dweeb?" Jeff asked as he noticed Kurt following behind Puck and Finn.
Puck turned around and noticed Kurt then he quickly said to Jeff "He's just some creep who followed us out of nowhere." Puck secretly looked back to Kurt and warned Kurt to leave mouthing out the words 'GO AWAY!'
Kurt ignored Puck's warning, "I'm Kurt Hummel. I'm with them." Kurt said pointing to Finn and Puck.
"No he's not. He's crazy, just ignore him." Puck said, standing in front of Kurt pushing him away.
Kurt pushed back. "No I'm not. I'm with Finn Hudson. I'm his friend."
They all turned to look and Finn. "Is this your gay little boyfriend?" Jeff asked accusingly to Finn
"No! Not at all. I don't even know who he is." Finn said rashly.
Kurt obviously looked hurt by Finn's statement, and Finn could feel the guilt building up inside of him and slowly eating away his interior as soon as the words left his mouth.
Jeff turned to look at Kurt. "Wow. I don't know whether you're crazy or just dumb. But you sure look annoying"
The rest of the football guys took that as a sign to pick Kurt up and throw him in the dumpster.
"Hey! STOP! I'm going to tell a teacher. Put me down you stupid jocks" Kurt shouted.
The football guys ignored Kurt's protest and shoved him hard into the dumpster. You can hear the screams and pain Kurt was yelling out as his head hit against the hard metal rim of the dumpster.
The disgusted look on Kurt's face described exactly how he felt. There were banana peels on hanging from his arms; a piss lingering smell stuck against his body, there was even dog shit on his hands.
Kurt slowly got out of the dumpster. He stared at Finn while walking away from the football guys in shame. Finn felt so guilty when he saw Kurt's face. He wanted dig himself a big hole and die in it. Finn was so ashamed of himself for letting this happen to Kurt. But Finn knew that, he couldn't do anything about it. He knew that he made it this far and if he stood up for Kurt it would ruin his chances at popularity forever. Finn just bit his tongue and kept quiet, praying that one day Kurt would forgive him.
"So who's got the answer key?" Jeff asked rubbing his hands together excitedly.
"We do!" Puck responded while Finn held out the answer key book out.
Jeff snatched the book out from Finn hands and began to go through the book.
"Hmm... Wow you losers ACTUALLY got the right answer keys. I didn't think you dimwits had it in you." Jeff said impressed
Puck and Finn high fived each other, they shared a mutual look of congratulations for being able to succeed on the tasks at hand.
"Why are you guys celebrating?" Jeff asked accusingly
"Um...Cause you said were on the football team now cause we did all the tasks right?" Finn asked reassuring
"I said ONE of you. I didn't expect both of you to work together, that's just kinda gay."
Finn and Puck were shocked to hear that only one of them would make the football team. Every since they were little Finn and Puck have been like two peas in a pod. They did everything together.
"Which one should we let on the team?" one of the football guys asked.
"Hmm." Jeff thought for a long moment, analyzing and examine the two boys. "Puck"
"What?" Puck said surprised
"Yeah you. You're on the team."
Puck looked back at Finn and gave him a sad apologetic look. "How about Finn?"
"What are you boyfriend and girlfriend? Who cares? Finn just a nobody now. Unless you want to switch spots with him and let him be on the team instead of you"
Puck kept quiet. Unsure of what to say, do or even think.
One of the football guys passed Puck a slushie.
"What's this?" Puck said confused.
"As a new member of our team this is our welcoming gift to you."
Puck was about to take a sip from the drink until Jeff called out "No! You idiot you don't drink it."
"You don't?"
"No. You do something MUCH more fun and enjoyable"
Puck looked confused holding up the cold slushie in his hands.
"As a new member of our team we are giving you the honour to slushie your first victim." Jeff pulled Finn in front of Puck. Puck stared at Finn guiltily then back at Jeff confused.
"You idiot! Throw the slushie at his face!" Jeff commanded.
Puck looked at Finn with sorrow and guilt. He felt so bad to betray his friend like this, his knees felt weak, his heart ache. Never in his life did Puck think he could ever feel this guilty.
"Do it! What are you waiting for?"
After hearing Jeff yell into Puck ears, Puck's first instinct was to throw the slushie at Finn's face. The cold sticky liquid dripped down Finn's face. The instant the slushie hit Finn's face, it felt like a hard cold slap. Finn felt the icy liquid slam into his face. The stinging felt like someone ripped Finn's face off ran over the face with a car then left the flatten face out in the hot sun to burn and dry to dust. It wasn't even the actual slushie that hurt; it was the shame, the betrayal; the gut feeling in his stomach. Finn tried his best to hold back his tears. At this point he was thankful that the sticky liquid hit his eyes so that he would have an excuse to close them. Finn couldn't bare opening his eyes and staring back at Puck.
"Woo!" The football guys said as they high-fived each other.
"And that's how we do it in Lima Heights!" One of the football players yelled into Finn's ears.
Jeff used one of his fingers to scoop off a piece of the slushie off of Finn's face to hold it out for Puck. "Now you can taste it. It tastes like power, and that is the best flavour of all". Jeff licked the slushie off his finger and motioned Puck to do the same.
Puck followed Jeff example. And all of the football guys were cheering Puck on.
"Alright. Shut up." Jeff said calming the football guys down. "Let's leave this place, there's no reason for us to be here anymore." Jeff gave Puck a pat on the shoulder for approval. "Nice going back there"
Puck felt like shit. He didn't understand why Jeff wanted to approve of him for the team and not Finn. "Why me?" Puck asked
"What do you mean?"
"I mean. Why do you want me on the team and not Finn."
"Cause you have a mohawk and you looked more badass than that other guy" Jeff said casually. "Now shut about and let's go egg some houses!"
At the mention of his mohawk, Puck began to reminisce about his first mohawk haircut with Finn.
[Flashback]
"What haircut are you getting Puck" Finn said as he was flipping through the magazines in the barber shop.
"I unno something stupid my mom picked out."
"You said the S-word."
"Shut up Finn"
"You said the other S-word."
"OH MY GOD! You so annoying sometimes."
"Sorry." Finn said looking down at his feet
Puck felt guilty for reacting so harshly at his best friend. "Look I'm sorry for yelling at you I didn't mean it. It's just...I hate the fact that all the kids at school make fun of my Jewish curls all the time and the haircut my mom picks out just makes it worst. UGHH I hate everyone at school!" Puck shouted
"Everyone?" Finn asked disappointed
"No not everyone. Not you... I just I want to punch all those dweebs who think they're so cool, I mean I'm way more awesome then them I bet."
"Yeah. I think you're way more awesome than them too" Finn smiled at his friend reassuringly.
"Thanks bro."
"No problem." Finn paused for a moment and began to think. "Hey Puck I have an idea."
Puck rolled his eyes. Finn and his ideas never work out because they usually involve some sort of lame Power Ranger reference or something else stupid.
"I don't think a Power Ranger movie marathon at your house is going to make me any more popular Finn..."
"Wait What? I thought you like Power Ranger" Finn said getting side tracked. "Never mind, Ok so I'm thinking that you should get a new haircut."
Puck looked at Finn puzzled "I am getting a haircut" Puck said raising his arms showing Finn that they're at a barber shop."
"No! No! I meant a new NEW haircut,t one that you choose."
"What would I pick?"
Finn showed Puck the magazine picture of Mr. T.
"How about Mr. T's hair?"
"He has a mohawk..." Puck said unwaveringly
"Yeah, but I mean he was awesome in that movie Rocky. He's so tough, brave and cool. Kinda like you" Finn said innocently with a smile.
"Like me?" Puck picked up the magazine and looked at the photo more closely. Mr. T was really tough and cool. Plus everyone respects Mr. T. Maybe it was the mohawk. Puck started to wonder that maybe if he got a mohawk more kids would respect him and he would be more cool. Puck always thought mohawks were really awesome, all the coolest rockstars and party-goers had mohawks. In that moment Puck made the decision that would ultimately define his signature look.
"I'm going to do it" Puck said confidently
"What?"
"I'm going to get a mohawk."
"Wait. I was just joking I didn't think you would take me serious. I mean you're always calling my ideas stupid so..."
"No Finn. This is a great idea. I'm getting a mohawk."
"What about your mom?"
"What about her?"
"Won't she get mad?" Finn said concerned
"Yeah" Puck smirked and proceeded to sit on the barber's chair and show the barber the haircut he wanted.
"Wow you're such a..." Finn looked for the words to describe his friend
"I'm a badass." Puck smiled confidently. "I am going to be such a badass"
[/end Flashback]
Puck's thoughts began to sink in. Puck was beginning to realize the meaning of his actions. As he thought about it more, he felt like a growing weight of guilt drop down on his body. He felt like his gut was being ripped from his insides and that they were being slammed on by jackhammer then shoved back into his mouth. Puck had to stop himself from thinking about Finn.
"Are you thinking about something?" Jeff said interrupting Puck's thought.
"No. Not at all. I'm nothing thinking about anything. I just want to forget all this stupid shit in my life and just throw some damn eggs at random people" Puck said as he tried to find a distraction from his guilt.
"Yeah! That's the spirit" Jeff said patting Puck on the back. "I knew I picked the right freshman for this team"
Puck gave Jeff a weak fake smile. Together Puck and the football team made their ways into their cars and began to drive around egging random people.
Meanwhile Finn started to make his way to the closest washroom to clean himself up. He washed the slushie off and changed into his gym clothes. By the time Finn changed, orientation had ended and everyone had left. Finn was all alone at school. He took this time to relax and reflect on his day. Normally Finn didn't do much thinking, but his thoughts on high school kept creeping up on him. Finn thought about all the things that happened today, all the emotions that arise from those happenings but mostly Finn thought about his relationships. His relationships with Puck, Kurt, teachers, his mom, and even that pretty blonde girl he keeps seeing but he doesn't even know her name. Finn reflected on these things and he's not much of a problem solver, but he did come to the conclusion that high school was going to be difficult. If orientation had given him any perspective about high school, it was that high school was going to change his life. All his relationships are going to change, all his thoughts , his feelings, his values and him as a person. Finn felt that entering high school, things were going to change, and problems were going to arise. It was basically going to be an emotional roller coaster that never stops until those four years are over.
Thinking about these kinds of things made Finn really nervous. He really just wanted to relax and find a distraction from all these high school worries. Finn reached for the football inside his bag and began tossing it across the field then running back to get it and tossing it to the other side. It was a good distraction, Finn liked football. Football was easy. Football was something he could understand and feel safe with. Finn knew that if anything, he could always depend on football to be the one thing that would make him feel better.
Mr. Schuester finally finished up his work day and headed for the back parking lot to get in his car and go home. As he was getting in his car he noticed Finn on the school football field throwing the football back and forth. Mr. Schuester was reminded of his own high school experience and felt a sense of sympathy and awe towards Finn.
"What are you looking at?" coach Tanaka said beside Mr. Schuester.
"Oh! Hey Ken. I'm just looking at that kid over there" Mr. Schuester pointed to Finn out on the field
"Why? Did something exciting happening? Did the kid die?" coach Tanaka said a bit too excitedly
"No. Of course not. I'm just saying how it's very admirable that the kid is practicing football alone on the field. You know kids these days are so distracted with materialistic and shallow things and it's just very nice to see a young boy take pleasure in the simple things in life like this." Mr. Schuester gestured towards the football field and Finn. "You know, he's very...zen... very in the zone...very... young. It's just gives me hope and it's refreshing to see that in our students here at McKinley."
"Yeah I guess he's pretty good with that football..." coach Tanaka said in a bored tone.
"He is, isn't he? I think he's going to be a freshman here next year"
"Wow. Very tall...He'd be a nice addition to the football team."
"Oh yeah how is the football team this year? Are there going to be try-outs?"
"Maybe. I don't know. Probably not, Jeff Duncan the senior football captain is probably recruiting a few good players."
"How do you know Jeff will recruit good players for team? What if his recruits are bias?"
"I don't know? What do you think I am the Jeff Duncan mind reader? He can do whatever he wants as long as I have a decent team with fair chances at winning a game."
"Alright Ken...Whatever you say." Mr. Schuester looked back at Finn. "You know I sure hope that Jeff kid recruited that guy on the team"
"He probably did; I unno...I'm hungry I'll see you in a few days" Coach Tanaka said as he got into his car and drove away.
Mr. Schuester followed Coach Tanaka example and started to drive home.
A few hours passed until Finn stopped playing with the football. It was getting dark and the sun was setting down. Finn lay on the grass lazily with his arms folded behind his head. Finn admired the beauty of the scene before him eventually his mind drifted to the pretty blonde girl on the thought of beauty. 'I wonder how her day went' Finn thought to himself.
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