Mike's POV
Matt and I are sitting here in the back of glee waiting for Mr. Schue to get here. So I think about what happened with my dad yesterday and ask Matt, "Matt?" "Yeah, Mike?" "Would you be mad if I joined the football team? Something happened with my dad
and now he thinks I'm on the football team." "You're going to what!?" He yells shocked with wide eyes. Everyone turns to look at us weirdly. "Sorry." We both say sheepishly while blushing. Then they turn back around and go back to their own conversations.
"I'll explain later." I lean in closely and whisper while Mr. Schue walks in. He does the same thing and whispers, "Alright."
Rachel's POV
Mr. Schue hands out papers for "Hopelessly Devoted To You" and he says, "Brittany! I want you to do the solo." Then here comes selfish loud mouth complaining. "What! Mr. Schue, I thought I said that anything from "Grease" goes to me. I mean I'm blonde,
wholesome, church girl. We practically even dress the same." "I'm trying to shake things up a bit." He says making a grand gesture while doing so. "I think you're being unfair." She says bratty like while I roll my eyes. "I think you're being unfair
to Brittany who I bet would love to have her first solo." He says trying to compromise. "Brittany knows how much I respect her and her talent. But I don't think she's ready for such an iconic role of Sandy." She says trying to convince them him to
give her the solo. Then Mercedes looks at her paper and says "Wait... I'm a jet?" She asks with sass while putting her hand on her hip and jets it out to one side. Then Quinn looks around and storms out. "The more she does that, the less effective
it becomes." How many times has she stormed out? "A lot." Santana says while rolling her eyes. I said that out loud? I think while titling my head to the side. "Congratulations, Brittany. This is going well." "Congrats. Good job, Britt." Santana and
Noah congratulate her.
Mike's POV
When glee is over I notice that Kurt is still here packing up his stuff. So I tell Matt, "There's Kurt. I'll talk to you later." "Good luck man." Matt says then we fist bump. I kind of have a crush on Kurt. But I'm in love with Matt. So I gather more
confidence and walk up to Kurt. "Hey. Kurt? I needed to ask you something." "Thanks, but I already have a date to the prom. But I'm flattered! I know how important dances are to teen gays." He says as nice as possible but uncomfortably. I'm still
not ready to come out so I say "I'm not gay." "Oh." He says shocked and relieved. "I just... I needed a favor." But here's how I got here.
Flashback: Yesterday
Mike's POV
I thought the choreography for "Single Ladies" was so cool so I decided to try it. And guys doing it is trending on YouTube. So I decided to ask Tina and Brittany to be my backup dancers. I asked Britt because she's my girl best fired and besides me she's
the best dancer in glee club. I would've asked Rachel since she's the best dancer on the Cheerios but I'm scared of her and Tina is the nicest one on the team. So as we're doing the dance my dad walks down the stairs. "Dad! You're home early." "Deadliest
Catch is on. I'm watching with a friend. "But besides that. What are you wearing?" "It's a unitard. Guys wear them to, uh, work out nowadays. Do sports. They wick sweat from the body." Ok so I was lying. But he doesn't know that. Then he puts a finger
in my unitard and he lets it snap back. Ouch. Then he nods a bit skeptical. So Britt decides to save me and she suddenly says. "Football!" "Yeah, all the guys in football wear them. They're jock chic." I say agreeing. My gay is totally showing. "Totally.
Mike's on the football team now. He's the kicker – that's the smallest parr on the team, right?" Tina asks a bit confused at the end. "Yeah. Brit and Tina were just helping me with some conditioning work." Ok even more lying. Don't judge me.
"Hmm. Really. You know, I played in JC before I got into being a doctor. "Cool. I guess we'll have something to talk about, then." I say then I chuckle. "So one of you two his girlfriend?" He asks me curiously. I'm kinda shocked by this question but I
just can't say no or he'll get suspicious. So I grab Brit's back and pull her towards me and fake smile. "But I'm not ready to be exclusive just yet." Just in case he decides to ask around.
"Alright, just keep the music down. I can't hear myself think up there." I was about to sigh in relief as he walks up the stairs. But I get stopped short when he turns around and says, "And hey, Mike. Be sure to get me a ticket to your first game." My
whole facial expression drops. What have I gotten myself into?
End of Flashback
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Mike's POV
The football team is practicing while Mr. Tenaka is yelling at them.
"This is not that difficult, gentlemen, let's go." He yells.
FINN: Just relax, okay? Remember what I told you. Keep your eye on the ball...don't try to aim it. Okay, put your helmet on. "It'll mess up my hair." I cannot mess this up. It took to long to do this morning. "Put your...put your helmet on, okay?" He
says kind of irritated. Then he helps me put my helmet on. Much to my distaste. "That's good. Red's your color." Kurt says to me. "Thank you for helping me with this, Kurr. You're really cool." I say appreciatively. "Well, I figure, the more crossover
between Glee and football, the easier my life's gonna be." He says hopefully. Then I begin to walk away to get my music. Then Kurt gets a little startled and says, "Woah. Woah, woah, where are you going?" "To get my music ready." I say like it's obvious.
"Wh-what? Are you nuts? You can't use that!" He says nervous then baffled. "But we did when we were rehearsing." I say completely confused. "Practicing." He corrects. "And no one was around! Look, do you know how much interference I had to run with
these guys just to get you this try-out? If you do it your way, they're gonna kill you!" "My body is like a rubber band. If you put it in the freezer and try to use it, it'll break easier. And I'm a dancer. I need to warm to warm up somehow. If I'm
doing this, I'm doing it my way."
Kurt's POV
What have I gotten myself into. The only reason in doing this because Rachel might let me touch her but in out heated make out sessions. I know for a fact she won't let me touch her boobs till at least next or senior year. Then Artie walks up to me.
"Dude. I know we're best bros and all, but are you kidding me? Not only are you going to get him killed, you're going to get us killed as well. What we're you thinking? He doesn't belong here." He says upset. "First I was thinking of Rachel's nice but
when we make out. And we joined Glee Club, so what's the difference?" "Uggh. Don't remind me. I knew I should've sent Blaine over here. But dude, I'm a stud. I could walk in school with a dress and it still be cool." Then coach blows his whistle.
"Come on man, don't worry about it. He won't last a week." "Everybody take a knee." Coach says. Then we all go and surround him. "We've been winning our games so far except for 2 and that's great. But we seriously need to get our game back. But our
kicker, Mr. Langenthaal, has a broken leg. So Mr. Langenthaal will not be able to play for about 6-12 weeks. So he'll be benching out. Moving toward. The next player that can get a football between those uprights will get his job." He says while looking
around the circle. Then Mike walks up. Oh boy.
Mike's POV
Hi, I'm Michael Chang, and I'll be auditioning for the role of kicker." I say confidently while the some of the other football players laugh. But I look at them in disgust. Then Kurt nods his head to me. Then I walk to the center of the field with Kurt
and he plays the CD and I start dancing to it while the footballers laugh and point. Then once I'm ready I go and kick the ball. It goes really high and I tilt my head to one side. I guess it was good. Then the coach runs up to me. So I whisper
to Kurt, "That was good, right?" "Aha, yeah." He says shocked. But I need reassurance so I ask again. "That was good?" "Yeah." He says more confidently. Then the coach asks eagerly. "Can you do that with the game on the line and ten gorillas bearing
down on you wanting nothing more than to taste your sweet virgin blood?" "Mm, sounds like fun. Can I have my music?" I need my music. "If you kick like that, you can wear a tutu, for all I care!" Ohh cool. then, to the rest of the team] "Gentlemen!
We have found ourselves a kicker!" Coach yells happily.
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Rachel's POV
I was texting Kurt when I heard my daddy scream "Sweetie come quick. Your cheerleading coach is on tv. I run downstairs cause one of my favorite people is on tv. And this is what I see. Rod Remington and Andrea Carmichael, the Ohio news anchors. Then
Rod says, "Well, let's see what's going on now with local champion cheerleading coach, Sue Sylvester in a brand new segment we call "Sue's Corner." Then Andrea takes over and says, "Take it away, Sue!" Then the camera goes to coach and I squeal. "Ohh!
This is so exciting!" Then she says, "Thanks Rod, Andrea. You know, caning has fallen out of fashion in the United States. But ask anyone who's safely walked the immaculate sidewalks of Singapore after winning an international cheerleading competition,
and they'll tell you one thing. Caning works! And I think it's about time we did a little more of it right here. And to all those nay-sayers out there, who say, "That's illegal! You can't strike children on their bare buttocks with razor-sharp bamboo
sticks!" Well, to them, I say, "Yes. We. Cane." And that's how Sue sees it!" Then as she says the last line, she makes the letter C with her hand. "Ahhh. Brilliantly done." I say while clapping my hands.
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Sue's Office: Sue's POV
I'm signing autographs of myself when the owner of WOHN, Mr. McClung, walks into my office and says, "More mail for you, Sue! But I think, I think there might be some, some hate mail mixed in for your editorial on littering. Oh those babies. Who cares.
"Well, Mr. McClung, your station didn't hire me because I was yellow. Not everyone's gonna have the walnuts to take a pro-littering stance, but I will not rest until every inch of our fair state is covered in garbage. It's why I pay taxes. It keeps
garbagemen earning a living, so they can afford tacos for their family." Like I said who cares. "Fantastic. But I'm...concerned...about your future at WOHN. You see, my daughter goes to your school and she says that a lot of the top cheerleaders are
defecting to the show choir. You know, it makes me wonder, if you're losing all that talent, how you can expect to win Nationals. See, your segment's all about being a champion, Sue, a winner. So... We need you to win Nationals. Okay! Uh, thanks a
bunch. Great work." I smile at them at him as he walks out. Once I hear the click of my door, "WILL SCHUESTER AND THAT GLEE CLUB!"
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Days Later: Rachel's POV
Kurt has been avoiding me and it's really been bothering me. After my "Get To Know Each Other Better" party for just glee club to destroy them easier, he's been acting strange.
Noah's POV
Quinn has been avoiding me and it's really been bothering me. After Rachel's "Get To Know Each Other Better" party for just glee club to help get along better, she's been acting strange.
Rachel's POV
Every time he sees me in the hall he walks away really fast, he doesn't call me or answer my calls anymore, he doesn't text me or reads my texts anymore, and he avoids me in glee club. I have to talk to him.
Noah's POV
Every time She sees me in the hall She walks away really fast, she doesn't call me or answer my calls anymore, she doesn't text me or reads my texts anymore, and she avoids me in glee club. I have to talk to her.
Rachel's POV
I see Kurt at his locker getting ready for class so I walk over to him. I touch his arm softly and I say, "Kurt. Please don't walk away?" I plead with him desperately. "What's wrong? Whatever I did, I'm sorry. It won't happen again. Just please talk to
me? I miss you." I say while looking down ready to cry. "No, no. Please don't cry. I'm sorry baby." Then he hugs me and continues. "You remember that love and sex glow you and your mom always happen to notice?" He asks me. "Well yeah. We're both good
at reading people." Then I take a look at his face and I see the glow. "Kurt? You love me?" I asked shocked. "Well, not in love. But, love yes. It's because of you, Rae." "Aww, I feel the same way about you too." Then we hug and kiss.
Noah's POV
I see Quinn at her locker crying so I walk over to her. I guess she hears my footsteps cause she looks up and try's to hurriedly walk away. But I catch up to her since my legs are longer than hers. "Quinn, what's with the silent treatment? Whatever I
did, I'm sorry." I say looking down sadly and ashamed. "I'm pregnant." She says full on crying while a ton of bricks hit me and my world crashes around me. I try to listen but it's so hard. I'm not ready to be a father. But I know what's it like to
live without one. And I don't want to be like that. So I will be there for Quinn and our baby. "I wasn't sure, and I really didn't want to go by myself, and I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you sooner!" "Mine?" Is all that I could say. "Yes, you. Who
else's would it be? Remember Rachel's "Get To Know Each Other Better" party?"
Flashback: Rachel's Party
"Alright guys pick any room you want. There's plenty of them." Rachel says. "Her house is huge." Noah says. "Yeah. I know. It's like two of my houses put together. And my house is huge!" "I mean I knew she was rich. But not loaded." They walk to a room
and open it. "This room is beautiful." Quinn breathes in awe. All Noah could do was shake his head in shock. "Come on Puck. Let's lay down." "Alright." Then they kiss and it turns into a heavy make out session. "Wait!" Quinn says. "Do you have protection?"
She asks cautiously. "Don't worry. You're my first. I promise to take care of you. You can trust me." "Ok." Then they go back to kissing.
End of Flashback
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Are – are you gonna get a...?" I'm so scared. "No. I really thought I had a shot at getting out of here." She says while crying on my shoulder. I don't know what to do or say.
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Mr. Schue's POV
Brittany was singing and she did such a great job. We might have to work on some parts but she did a fantastic job otherwise.
"That was great, Brittany. Good job!" "You don't have to say that. I was sharp. I can't do this." She says unconfidently and unsure. "Hey, hey, look at me. Have you noticed the more confident you are? Hey... I need you to be great at Regionals.
To do that, you've got to know that you can do this." I try to comfort her and feel more confident about myself. Quinn used to be our best singer until Rachel joined. So now she haves to stop complaining every time she doesn't get a solo. "You have
to give this song to Quinn. She's better than me, and you know she'll quit if you don't. I'll have to t-take one for the team." She says bashfully and walks off the stage full of sadness. "Uhhgg." I sigh. Then Puck walks up to me. More like a grievous
Puck he doesn't normally talk to me. But he's a good kid and a student of mine. "Hey, Puck. What's up?"
He tries to find the words but they don't come out and puts his head on my shoulders and breaks down cryin while I hug him.
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Mr. Schue's POV
We're walking down the salad bar getting food while having our conversation about everything.
"Thanks a lot for this, Mr. Schue. Couldn't talk to my mom, you know?" Puck says softly "So how far along is she?" I ask him. "I don't know. Uh, a couple weeks, maybe? It's pretty recent, I guess." He says unsure. "Well, what do you, what do you need
me to do? You want me to set you up with Planned Parenthood?"
"No. No, it's not even a conversation. She's keeping it." He says more sure. Then we go and sit down. "I've seen the guys around town who had kids in high school. They work here or at the supermarket or pumping gas... or worse." He says worriedly. "They're
caged. Got no future. I can't become one of those dudes! Mr. Schue, I gotta go to college, but we don't have any money. I need a scholarship. I'm tied with Rachel but I don't need valedictorian. My grades are perfectly fine for a scholarship right?"
He asks nervously. "Of course, Finn. You're a straight A student, with a clean and nice record, and you're apart of glee. You got this in the bag Finn." I say trying to comfort him and give him hope. "Eat up." I continue.
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"This is garbage! What the hell does Beyoncé have to do with football?! Artie says. "Calm down man, it's just to get us back on our game." Kurt says trying to calm his friend down." "So we're taking coaching advice from Lance Bass now?" Blaine asks. Mike
frowns in distaste at both Artie and Blaine. "Guys. Guys! Athletes are performers, just like singers and dancers. I mean, think about it. Jim Brown, Dick Butkus..." He says trying to calm them down then Kurt says, "OJ." "OJ. Right. All pretty tough
guys; all of them had big careers as performers. Now, I don't think you guys are losing because you don't have the talent. You lost those two games because you don't have the right attitude." Mr. Schue says to try and motivate them. "Oh, I get
it. We have think more like Amazonian black women." Artie says sarcastically. "Think about it. If you can sing and dance in front of people, everything else is easy." "Coach. Please. Step in here." "I'm down with it. I mean, heck, what do we got to
lose?" "Sun Tzu says in his "Art of War" to never let the enemy know you. Our greatest weapon could be the element of surprise. Don't tell me that you wouldn't be on your heels if the other team started busting a move on the field." Then Ken blows
his whistle.
"Okay, too much talking, and not enough stretching. In the Choir Room in full pads in five. That's five minutes. Let's go!" Ken says frustrated.
In the Choir Room
"Uh, five, six, seven, eight, step ball change, up! Den, den, den, deh. Buh, buh, buh, uh, buh, buh, buh." Will says. The team is mediocre at attempting these moves. Then Will blows Ken's whistle and says, "That's good, guys. Your hips are still a little
tight. Okay? It's just like you're playing football. It's all about the lateral movements. Just stay low, and..." Then Kurt interjects. "Can I help? If I may." Will obliges and says, "Watch Mike." Kurt attempts to teach the team the choreography to
"Single Ladies". It is a bit better than before but needs a little work.
"Alright, boys. Five, six, seven, hand, hand, point to the finger, hip, head. Oh! Sneak attack, back to the ring. Comb through the hair. Slap the butt." Mike instructs the team while showing them the moves.
Ken then blows his whistle and says, "Okay, that's enough for today, gentlemen. We'll...work on it. Just hit the showers." Mike them turns to Ken and says, "Um, Coach, I don't mean to interject, but um, I think we should end with a show circle."
Kurt's POV
"Dude what's up with you?" Blaine asks. "Nothing." I say trying to dismiss the question. "It's not 'nothing' I'm your best friend. Talk." "I said it's nothing. I say getting frustrated. "I knew it. You're in love with Mike." Ok now he over stepped the
line. "I cheated on Rachel with Mercedes. And I don't know how to tell her." His eyes widen in shock.
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Football Game: Locker Room
"Well, I think we, uh, really came together this week as a team." Kurt says trying to motivate his team. "Yeah, a gay team. A big gay team of dancing gays." Artie says mad.
Mike becomes unhappy after his homophobic statement. Then a football player named Nick, speaks up. "Seriously, Finn. It was fun in practice and all, but we can't do that out here in front of everybody! It'll make us even more of a joke."
Then Mike gives Kurt a do something look.
Football Field
"Divert right. Eighty-seven on one. Break." Kurt yells to the team. "Break!" The team repeats. The referee blows his whistle and a rival football player makes a rude comment about his mom. "Yo, QB! Your momma's so fat, the back of her neck looks like
a pack of hot dogs. Give me some ketchup!" He ignores the comment but not before giving the guy a deadly look that will him nightmares for at least a week. "Down, set, hut!" Kurt yells. The team does horribly and Kurt says, "Punch and Judy on
one, break!" They do terribly and Ken gets frustrated and yells, "Come on!" Then Mike sees his dad and starts to jump up and down excitedly while waving. "Dad! Dad!" His dad gives a small wave. "I told you! I told you!" "Jordan versus Bird on one!"
Kurt yells. "Run!" Ken yells and throws his stuff on the ground. The scoreboard then changes. There are only twelve seconds left in the game. Mike's dad looks disappointed. "Cupid tips on one, break!" Kurt orders again. Then he looks at Rachel, Mike,
and Will and calls a time out. "Time out!" He turns to Artie and Blaine and says, "Dudes. We gotta do it." "We will be jokes for the rest of our high school lives." Artie says.
We're already jokes if we don't win this game! I don't wanna be a Lima loser for the rest of my life." Artie looks over to Mercedes with the cheerleaders. Then, the same guy from the rival team says to him, "Yo, left tackle! Your momma's so fat, her cereal
comes with its own lifeguard. Like Baywatch!" "Hey, ankle grabber. I had sex with your mother. No, seriously. I cleaned your pool, and then I had sex with her in your bed. Nice Star Wars sheets." The other guy is dumbfounded because of the fact that
he actually did have sex with his mother. Then Artie says to Kurt,"Let's do it, captain." Kurt addresses the whole team and says "Come on, huddle up! Huddle up! Okay. "Ring On It" on three. Yeah. Alright? Come on! On three! One, two, three, break!"
Kurt yells. "Break." "Hut, one, two, three. Let's hit it!" Kurt yells. Kurt makes a hand movement and "Single Ladies" starts loudly playing through the speakers. The team is reluctant at first but then they start dancing. Rachel laughs while putting
her pom poms to
Her face. Mercedes rolls her eyes and Mr. Chang, the other team, and the crowd is in disbelief. "Hike!" Kurt yells. Kurt passes the football to Blaine, who makes it all the way to the end of the field. Ken and the crowd are extremely happy. "You're up,
kid. You make this and we win. You make this and you die a legend." Ken says to Mike. "Can I pee first?" Mike makes his way to the field. Mike then makes hand motion and starts to dance to a little bit of "Single Ladies" then kicks the ball and makes
the field goal. "Ten, hut!" Kurt yells as the ref blows his whistle. The game is over and the Titans have won. Everyone is happy and cheering and Mr. Chang goes crazy. "That's my son! That's my boy!"
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Mike's POV
As I'm doing my nightly routine my dad comes downstairs and says, "You're mother and I were really proud of you tonight. Sorry for ever doubting you." "Thanks dad. He starts to walk up the stairs but I stop him. "Dad?" I stand up and he turns and looks
at me. "I...have something that I wanna say. I'm glad that you're proud of me, but I don't wanna lie anymore. Being a part of the Glee Club and football has really showed me that I can be anything, and... what I am... is... I'm gay." I say nervous
and confident at the same time. "I know." "Really?" I say super shocked. "I've known since you were three. All you wanted for your birthday was a pair of sensible heels. I guess I'm not totally in love with the idea, but if that's who you are, there's
nothing I can do about it. And I love you just as much. Okay?" Then he brings me into a hug. "Thanks for telling me, Mike." I nod and he turns around as I go sit back down at the mirror. "You're sure, right?" He asks stopping. "Yeah, Dad. I'm sure."
I say taking a breath. "I'm just checking." He clarifies.
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Quinn's POV
I was about to close my locker when Puck comes up to me smiling. I smile back. "Hey." Then he pulls out a torn baby blanket out of his pocket. "Here. This is the baby jacket my dad got me the day I was born. It was the only good thing I had to remember
him by. I took it everywhere with me, so it's a little dirty. But I want our baby to have it. To feel all warm and snugly when they think of me." I'm so shocked and touched by this gesture. It's so sweet. "I'm gonna do everything I can to be a good
father." "Thank you, Puck."