Newest story to keep me occupied until season three starts. Disclaimer: I do not own glee.

Chapter 4: Step Up

Finn has been in the hospital for almost two weeks now. Today was a new day, a new school week and I decided that Mr. Shue was right. For Finn to wake up, the glee club had to reunite, we had to come together for him, that was it, nothing else should matter.

The first thing I do when I enter the school is walk straight over to Rachel who was unpacking her stuff into her locker. "Rachel, we need to talk." She slams her locker shut and turns to me looking furious.

"I really don't appreciate you talking to me, Gregory." She says calmly but I knew she wanted to slap me. "Look. Finn hasn't woken up yet and I think he just might if glee club comes back together." She just scoffs.

"Seriously? Finn is my boyfriend! You can't just tell me you know how to wake him up!" I sigh. "It's just an idea. The glee club lost it's leader and we need a new one until the old one comes back." I say as nicely as possible but Rachel was just taking everything offfensively.

"You're already trying to replace him! Don't you get it Ally, glee club is through! Even I have accepted that. You have no friends left and I don't feel sorry for you. So why don't you leave me alone, and leave my boyfriend alone too." I didn't realize Rachel's words could hurt.

"You're right, I have no friends now and I have accepted that. But you Rachel, you're just being selfish. We all need glee, me, you, and especially Finn right now. Without glee, do you have any friends either?" I ask seriously and she just gives me this sad look.

"Is she bothering you, Berry?" And he just had to ruin my little progress. "It doesn't matter, Noah. I have to go to class." She hurries off and I turn to Puck.

"I'm going to get glee club back together, it just needs a new leader at the moment." I say and he just looks at me showing no emotion.

"Berry's not a leader, she's just bossy. Is this just your plan to get Finn up?" I just nod. I change the topic. "How was your week off?" He scoffs.

"You care? Well, it sucked, that's how nice it was. I just sat in my room all day." I look down at my shoes. "And just so you know, that whole uniting glee thing. It's not gonna work because I'm not joining again and I can guarantee that goes for all the other kids that still have some popularity left." I look up at him and glare.

"What is that suppose to mean?" I spit out. "We're not desperate, we actually got friends." I just shake my head. "Yeah, you call those football jocks and and cheerleading sluts your friends? It's like you forgot what is was like being in glee. , having real friends." I say and he glares at me.

"Yeah, well my real friend from glee is in the hospital, so yeah, I forgot about the stupid glee club!" He says in a harsh tone making me look down again. I couldn't do this.

"I check up on Finn everyday at 3:30, I get there 20 minutes before Rachel always does. Sometimes I watch her cry her heart out next to him. We do all need glee and it's not something you can forget." I say and start walking away.

"Stop by today at 3:30 or so, I know Finn likes it best when people stop by after school, tell him about your day." I keep walking o my next class.

It was 3:30 on the dot when I enter his room, holding my guitar in one hand and a new vase filled with flowers in the other.

I put them down and smile. "Hey Finn. It's me again, Ally." I take a seat next to him on his bed and take his hand.

"I promise you're gonna wake up, I promise. I'm going to get the glee club back together but I can't tell you that I'll be staying with them when it happens, if it happens I guess." I frown.

"I think Rachel's dead inside, Finn. She needs you so much. God, if anyone else was in your spot you'd be doing the same thing I am! It's like none of them get that, you'd actually try."

His hand was really warm, I think that's a good thing.

Flashback

I walk up to the booth smirking. "I'll take a hundred." I say and he just chuckles. "Very funny, Ally. I think I'm doing pretty good though." Finn says with his goofy smile.

"Yeah, this whole kissing booth, great fundraising for glee club." I hand him a dollar. "Hey! I'm helping the team." I just nod and he starts leaning down so I get on my tippy toes and then our lips meet.

To be honest, it wasn't as spectacular as I wanted it to be, it was actually a little awkward. We pull a way and I look at him in a confused way.

"What?" He asks smiling. "That wasn't the kiss I was expecting." He just shrugs his shoulders.

"Do you think Quinn will come by?" He asks me and I shoot him another confused look. "Are you in to Quinn again? But she's with Sam!" I say in protest. I didn't like where this was going.

"Can you keep a secret?" He asks looking serious. I just nod. "We kissed last week. Sometime after the football game, I can't get her out of my head." I didn't see that one coming.

"Oh... Yeah, I wont tell anyone. Who'd I have to tell anyways." I say smiling eventhough I was frowning on the inside.

"Thanks, it's not that I want to hurt Sam or anything but I really think there's something there with Quinn again and I want to find out what it is." I just nod.

"He puts up his close sign on his booth and steps out of it. "You want to grab lunch? I'm starving." I nod again.
"Cool. How about you tell me who you're crushing on, Ally. One of the football jerks?" He smirks and I just frown. "Yep, he's a football jerk alright."

"It better not be Puck, Ally. He's a jerk that gets his best friend's girlfriend pregnant." I know Finn has never forgiven Puck for what he did last year but I know that he doesn't hate him anymore also.

"Puck's totally trying to get into Zizes pants, that boy is a lost cause." I say frowning again. God, it seems I can't get any guy I want anymore.

"Seriously? I thought that whole thing was a joke." Finn says looking lost and I just nod no. "I actually talked to him about it yesterday." When I made a complete fool of myself when I pulled him into the janitor's closet.

"Oh, that's weird."

End Of Flashback

"Plan A is to get the club back together, but I think I'm gonna start with Plan B this time. I have a song I want to sing for you, it kind of sums up all my feelings about this." I grab my guitar and start hitting the right chords.

Every time I had a problem
Didn't know what I should do
Singing oh oh
I would run to you
You were there to guide me
Always there to pull me through
Singing oh oh
I would run to you
Run to you uuuu

I take a deep breath and let the few tears start falling. Finn, please wake p, please.

But I'm
Tired of walking in your shadow
So by this time tomorrow
I'll be on a plane singing
I never meant to hurt you
You know how much I love you
I know you love me so
But it's time to let me go

More tears were falling now and I could feel my legs giving in. Please, please wake up.

I gotta learn to be myself
Won't happen if I stay
Singing oh oh
I gotta get away
We could talk it over
But there's nothing left to say
Singing oh oh
Gotta get away
Get away

Why did he have to look so lifeless? I know he can hear me, I just know he can. I've done all the research, when people go into coma's, they can hear everything people are saying and it's just hard for them to react. They fight harder when they hear people though, I guess that's what I'm trying to start, a reaction.

Tired of walking in your shadow
So by this time tomorrow
I'll be on a plane singing
I never meant to hurt you
You know how much I love you
I know you love me so
But it's time to let me gooo
Time to let me go
Time to let me go

I put my guitar down and look at him. No difference, none what so ever. I sigh and take his hand again. The tears have stopped but I could feel my watery eyes.

"Like I said, the song said it all, and if Plan B didn't work and Plan A doesn't, well, I don't have a Plan C here, buddy. So you got to wake up soon." I also know what happens to patients that stay in a coma for more than a month, I know what they do.

I hear a cough and turn to the door to see Rachel, Kurt, Quinn, and Puck looking at me shocked. I look down at my feet.

"Did you guys hear all of that?" I ask and Kurt and Quinn nod. "Everything before and after the song." Kurt says now smiling a little.

"It was a nice try." Kurt says coming into the room. "Thank you." I look up to Rachel, she wasn't smiling, but she didn't look angry either.

"You sang it nice." Quinn says coming in the room only slightly. I turn to Puck and look into his eyes, searching for something, anything. I couldn't read him.

"You care." He states but it still sounded like a question. "Of course I do, I consider him my best friend, he's the only one I have left, I guess." I say looking back at Finn.

"I'm sorry." Rachel says quietly making me turn to her. "Getting hit by a car, it could of happened to any one of us, we could've been in Finn's position right now. It wasn't your fault." I give her a light smile and then she gives me a hug I wasn't expecting.

"I need a friend right now." She says letting go and I nod. "We all do." I say looking at Kurt, Quinn, and then Puck. "We need each other just as much as Finn needs us." I say still looking at Puck.

Kurt comes over to us and gives use each a hug. "I'm sorry too, and you're right, I need you guys." I give him a small smile and then I see Quinn step closer to us.

"I'm sorry, can we just put all our crappy girl drama behind us?" Quinn asks directing the question at me and I just nod. "I'd really like to do that."

I turn to Puck again but he was looking down. "Noah..." Rachel tries to put her hand on his shoulder but he pulls back. "I want Finn to wake up too, but the stupid glee club isn't going to fix that. Like I said, Ally, I got friends, I don't need any of you." He looks at me and then down at Finn.

"Sorry." He rushes out and I feel that pain in my chest come back.

"We're gonna get the glee club back together, with or without Noah. Finn deserves that much." Rachel says grabbing Finn's hand and lightly smiling.

"I'll talk to Artie, Tina, and Mike tomorrow. Quinn, convince Sam, Santana and Brittany. Kurt, work on Mercedes and Ally, try to convince Noah that this is not only what Finn needs, but what he needs too." I nod. I'm glad the old bossy Rachel was back.

"Now, if you three don't mind, this is usually the time when I talk to Finn privately, can I have like 5 minutes." Rachel says sitting down on Finn's bed. We all nod and head out the door.

I'm worried about Puck though, he hasn't been listening to me so why would another time make a difference? There has to be something behind his denial, something that doesn't necessarily involve Finn, something more tragic?

What is he hiding? I have to find out. Maybe if I help him this stupid ache in my chest will go away, I thought it was because of Finn but I'm not so sure anymore.

No matter what, school is going to be interesting tomorrow.