Will was sad about Emma, but today was his first day back teaching at McKinley. He decided to put yesterday behind him and try to live his life.
Will arrived at the school bright and early. Very early. It was actually 6 in the morning, and school didn't start for another two hours. Since the building was locked, Will decided to just roam around the grounds of the school. He was walking on the football field when he saw somebody throwing a football as if he was playing catch with someone. He wasn't though. He was just throwing it as far as he could and then walking to where it was, and then throwing it again. As Will continued to approach the student, he realized that it was none other than Finn Hudson, one of Will's favorite students. Finn was like the son he never had. Will ran up to him but stopped when he realized that Finn barely knew Will. Will had taught Finn in Spanish before he began coaching the glee club, but Finn was a pretty bad student, and Will was never really very fond of him. This Finn probably wouldn't remember him. Still, it was worth a shot.
"Finn!"
Finn whirled around.
"Oh…hi?"
He didn't remember him.
"Need a partner?" Will asked.
"What?"
"To play catch with. It's a lot easier if you have someone to throw it back."
"Oh…okay."
Finn tossed the football to Will.
"So what's your name?" called Finn across the field.
"Mr. Schue!" said Will.
"Mr. Shoe? Like what you wear on your foot?"
"No, it's- it's short for Schuester!"
"Oh! Why didn't you just say Schuester?"
"Because you always call me Mr. Schue," Will said quietly.
"What was that?" Finn shouted.
"Uh, never mind!"
What was Will supposed to talk about with this boy? He knew the Finn from glee club, but this was a completely different Finn.
"So, you play football?" Dumb question. Of course he played football.
"Yeah!"
"It's not football season, though, is it?"
"No! But I'm trying to get a football scholarship!"
"Isn't it a little late in the year to go for a football scholarship? I mean, haven't most schools already given them out?"
"Most of the good ones! I don't get great grades, though, so I'm holding out for one of the lousy schools to offer me one! I need to go to college so I can get a good job and support my daughter!"
"Your…daughter?"
Poor Finn. His girlfriend Quinn had slept with another guy named Puck and gotten pregnant. Finn eventually found out thanks to Rachel Berry, but if he hadn't joined glee club, he never would have even met Rachel.
"Yeah! Quinn had to drop out to take care of her! She probably would have ended up going to Yale, but…oh well."
Quinn was a nice girl. She was a bit manipulative at times, but deep down, she had a heart. Will remembered Quinn and Puck giving up their daughter Beth to Shelby Corcoran, the coach of Vocal Adrenaline, but neither of them would have ever met Shelby if they hadn't joined glee.
"So… what do you think about singing?"
"Singing? What about it?"
"I mean, do you like to sing?"
"In the shower, if that's what you mean, but…never in front of other people."
"You know, I would bet that you're one of the most talented kids in this school."
"Me? No way."
"Yes way. You just need to get out there and try. What are you doing fifth period today?"
"Fifth? I've got a free period. Why?"
"Why don't you come to the choir room and sit in at the glee club rehearsal."
"Glee club? I don't know, Mr. Schue, isn't that, a little, you know…fruity?"
"Just come."
"I'll think about it.
