Will's eyes slowly opened. He was in an uncomfortable bed in a painfully bright room. Doctors with clipboards shuffled around as Will felt the touch of somebody's hand against his own. It was a familiar touch. Will knew it had to be his fiancée, Emma Pillsbury. Although it was painful, Will turned his head towards the woman, but to his surprise, it was not Emma. It was another woman, who Will had once loved, but who he hadn't seen in over a year.
"Good morning, sleepyhead."
"Terri?"
"Yes, Terri! I know it's been three years, but surely you haven't forgotten me."
Will hadn't forgotten her. Not long after he started coaching the glee club, Terri got pregnant. Or at least that's what she had told Will. In actuality, it was only a hysterical pregnancy, but she continued to lie about it because she was afraid Will would leave her if she weren't pregnant. Of course, once Will found out about it, he did leave her. She was kind of crazy. After a few attempts to sabotage Will's life, the glee club, and his relationship with Emma, Terri finally left Ohio to manage a Sheets n' Things in Miami. That was almost a year ago. Will didn't think he would have to deal with Terri's crazy anymore, but here she was, holding his hand in a hospital bed. Will knew that the right thing to do would be to talk to Terri and find out why she was here. But his instincts kicked in first.
"DOCTOR!"
A doctor walked up to Will's bed. The features on the doctor's face looked familiar to Will, but he knew that he had not met this man before. Will was about to say something when Terri spoke up.
"Dr. Lopez, I think my husband is in shock."
"Well, that's very normal for coma patients," said Dr. Lopez.
"A coma?"
"Yes, that's right, Mr. Schuester. You were in a coma for three years."
"Three years? So it's now 2015?"
"I think your math is a bit off. It's 2012."
"2012? But…"
"Mr. Schuester, I think you could use some rest. I'll check up on you soon." The doctor walked away. "Terri, what's going on?"
"Will, I know this is a shock to you, but you've been lying in this hospital bed, comatose, since 2009."
"2009? No! I remember everything that's happened since 2009. I coached the glee club. We won nationals!"
"Will, I think you need some sleep. I'll come back tomorrow!"
"No! I-I want to know how this happened! How did I end up in a coma? How did I sleep away three years of my life?"
"Fine, I'll tell you. But you have to promise you'll go to sleep as soon as I finish."
Will didn't want to sleep anywhere near this woman. But he had no choice.
"OK, tell me."