"So they're really gonna do it huh?" Will questioned, sitting back in his chair behind the desk in the Spanish room with a sigh.

Alex nodded with a frown "Yeah, Kurt told me they were all going to Carmel High after school today. I'm really sorry Uncle Will."

A knock on the door got their attention and the pair watched as Finn entered "You got a sec, Mr. Schue?"

Will nodded "Yeah, of course. What's up?"

"I can leave..." Alex started.

Finn stepped forward "No Alex, stay... I just want to tell you that i'm quitting glee, too."

Alex sighed as Will frowned "I didn't quit glee."

Finn shook his head "Well, you might as well have. It's nutty in there. I try and talk sense into Rachel, but she's gone all chick-batty. I gotta be honest with you. It's hard being the quarterback when I get in the huddle and all the guys are calling me "deep throat." Glee's bringing down my rep, man."

"Have the guts to stick with it a little bit longer. You are a gifted performer, Finn. You can't quit now. If you do, you're just gonna regret it for the rest of your life." Will let out a sigh as Alex frowned in thought, would she regret giving up? "Trust me. I know."

"It's just not fun anymore." Finn said sadly, turning to walk away.

Alex watched as Will had a sudden idea "Hey, Finn, wait. There's something I want to talk to you about."


Finn had joined the Acafellas. She was on her way to the choir room were Will would be teaching him the choreography. Her steps faltered as she reached the door. Noah Puckerman was here too and he was dancing.

Will strummed on the guitar rhythmically "Do that. Okay, come on." Alex winced as she watched Finn bump into Puck before the Mohawked boy shoved him away angrily, sending him into a music stand. Finn grunted as it clattered to the floor.

Puck scoffed "Dude, my bowels have better moves than you."

Will frowned as Finn glared "Guys, stop."

Alex took a deep breath before stepping into the room "You guys have got the steps down. You just need to relax."

All three heads shot to her direction. Will and Finn looked at her in shock whilst Puck frowned "You're a dancer?"

Alex bit her lip before blowing out a breath "Yeah... Yeah I am." Will and Finn shared a smile as they watched Alex relax and set her bag down by the piano. "You guys play baseball, right? What does your coach tell you about hitting?"

"If you charge the pitcher, bring the bat." Puck shrugged.

Alex blinked "Okay, um, but I'm sure he also tells you to relax, right? Hitting's all about the hips. You guys gotta loosen them up... Like swinging the bat." She demonstrated, Puck smirked whilst Finn and Will grinned.

Will nodded "All right, pretend, acafellas, Madison Square Garden. Here we are. All those beautiful ladies out there." He gestured to his goddaughter who pretended to fangirl making the boys laugh "You swing that big ol' bat. Bam! Hit some home runs, all right, guys? All right." The four chuckled "Now let's try it from the top, okay? Here we go. Five, six, seven, eight. Yeah. Aw, yeah."

Alex nodded with a grin as she watched them try again "Yeah, get those hips into it!" She hollered with a laugh.

"That's it! That's it! All right! Uh! Yeah!" Will cheered as they finished.

The four shared high five "That baseball thing sure was good, Alex." Finn grinned down at his friend

Puck nodded "Totally. That was awesome."

Alex shrugged, laughing as Will pulled her into a hug "I'm really proud of you." He whispered into her ear.

Alex pulled back with a small smile as the two boys grabbed their bags as the bell rang "I was thinking about what you said about regretting giving up and I realised that I would... And that dancing and singing is what connects me to my mom, and as much as it hurts, I want that connection."


Alex was on her way down the hall when she spotted Mercedes by her locker "Yo Queen B, how did hunting Dakota Stanley go?"

Mercedes groaned, turning to look at her friend as she leant against the lockers beside her "That dude is terrifying! The Vocal Adrenaline guys were puking and crying, ugh it was awful."

Alex nodded wide eyed "So you guys aren't hiring him then?"

"No we are." Mercedes replied.

Alex gaped "But you just said he was horrible?"

Mercedes grimaced "He is, but he's the best and we want to win."

"How much does he charge for his torture?"

Mercedes grinned before shaking her head "$8,000. We're doing a car wash tomorrow to help raise it."

"What?!" Alex screeched gaining everyone in the hallways attention "Alright everyone, go back to your knitting!"

Mercedes went to open her mouth when Rachel and Tina suddenly approached the pair "We need to have a gay-vention. That's a gay intervention." Rachel started, looking towards Mercedes.

Alex was confused as Tina stuttered "It's K-K-Kurt. He's lady fabulous."

Rachel frowned at Mercedes "It's obvious you like him."

Alex gaped "You like Kurt? Since when?"

Mercedes sent Alex a sheepish look whilst Rachel shook her head at the interruption "We just don't want you to get hurt by feelings he can't reciprocate."

Mercedes sighed "Look, just because he wears nice clothes, doesn't mean he's on the down-low."

Rachel sent the girl a look "He wore a corset to second period today."

"Ouch." Alex winced.

"You can do better, Mercedes." Tina said and Alex frowned.

Mercedes glared between Rachel and Tina "Really? Well, what if I can't? There's not a lot of guys around here Knocking down my door for a date. Or yours, for that matter. Nobody notices us. Hello? We're in glee club. And I'm tired of being lonely. Aren't you? But Kurt… Kurt is sweet to me, and he likes who I am, and I like how I feel when I'm with him. And he's in our group, he understands what I'm going through. Now, maybe that's not enough for you guys, but it's enough for me." She ranted before slamming her locker door and walking away.

Alex frowned as she watched her friend go, she needed to talk to Kurt.


Alex stood on her toes, looking around the car park trying to spot Kurt. Finally spotting the expensive car his dad had bought him for his sweet sixteen, she raced over "Kurt!"

The boys head shot up, just as he was about to climb in "Alex hey what's wrong?"

"Look we need to talk." Alex sighed.

Kurt frowned, but nodded "Okay... Get in, I'll give you a ride home and we can talk on the way."


"Mercedes does not have a crush on me!" Kurt laughed.

Alex groaned "Yes she does, she thinks you're straight!"

Kurt froze "I-I am straight."

Alex raised an eyebrow "Let's say I believe you... It's okay if you're not. I would never judge you, you can trust me. Just like I trust you."

Kurt sighed as he pulled up outside Alex's apartment block "I like boys." He blurted before covering his mouth with a gasp and turning to face Alex "That's the first time I said it out loud." He whispered, eyes watering.

Alex frowned "Oh honey, c'mere!" She said pulling him into a hug "You're going to be fine Kurt. I promise." She said stroking his head as he sniffled into her shoulder.

Kurt pulled back, wiping his eyes "Tell me something. Just make me think of something else."

"Umm... I decided to join glee properly?"

Kurt gasped "Seriously?"

Alex sighed "I helped Finn and Puck with their dancing today... I didn't actually dance or anything but it felt right." She started before a small smile crossed her face "I was thinking about my mom and all I could picture was us dancing or singing together and I realised how much I missed it... How much it gave me a part of my mom back."

Kurt smiled as he watched his friend "I'm really proud of you."

"I'm really proud of you." She countered looking over at Kurt with a smile as he grabbed her hand.

The two sat in content silence for a moment before a thought hit Alex "So... $8,000 huh?"


Now as an official member of the glee club, Alex had to help out at the car wash. The group were ecstatic that the girl had pushed past her grief and joined in. They couldn't wait to see her dance or sing for the first time.

Alex was helping Kurt and Mercedes wash Kurt's car. She sighed as she threw down her rag "Your rims are clean. We've polished them, like, three times already."

Kurt ignored her making her roll her eyes "Did you bring a change of clothes? Because we're going straight to sing-along Sound of Music." He asked Mercedes, he had asked Alex first but she had a shift at Sheets 'N' Things.

Mercedes shook her head as she wiped the car "So, listen, Kurt, this is like the third time we've gone out. Can we just make it official?"

Alex was wide eyed as she looked between her two friends. Kurt looked over at Alex feeling dread creep in, realising Alex was possibly right "Make what official?" He asked hoping she wasn't.

Mercedes grinned "You know, that we're dating."

Kurt blinked "I'm sorry, Mercedes, but I thought I made it very clear. I'm in love with someone else. " he said glancing across the car park? Alex followed his eyeliner to see Finn and she gaped. Huh, guess Quinn had more competition than just Rachel.

Mercedes had turned to do the same "Rachel?"

Alex frowned as she looked over, realisation crossing her face as she noticed Rachel had stood in front of Finn as they washed a car.

Kurt nodded "Yes. For several years now." He rushed, avoiding eye contact with Alex who shot him a look of disbelief as he went back to cleaning his car bonnet.

At at the sound of a large crash, Alex's head shot up to see a panting Mercedes standing in front of Kurt's car, it's front window now had a gaping whole courtesy of the rock Mercedes threw through it.

Kurt gaped, holding his hands to his head "You busted my window." He whispered before turning to Alex "She busted my window!" All Alex could do was no, wide eyed as he walked around to the front of his car to inspect the damage "How could you do that? You busted my window!" He screamed at Mercedes.

Mercedes blinked, seemingly waking up from a dream before shaking her head "Well, you busted my heart. Hm!" And with that she turned on her heel and stormed off.


Alex fiddled with her fingers as she stood in line with the rest of the glee club as they waited for Dakota Stanley to pass out the binder he had for each of them. Dakota was a very small man with a mean face, who was dressed head to toe in black. It was her first official glee rehearsal and she didn't feel right. Not without Will.

"Okay, please examine your personalized menus. This is what you're going to be eating for the next six months." Dakota instructed, as he finished passing out the files. Alex frowned as he skipped, the Cheerios and herself. She shared a look with Finn who had decided to come back and give it another go when he heard Alex had joined. If she could do it, so could he.

"Um, mine just says coffee." Mercedes read confused.

"Mm-hmm." Dakota hummed, nodding.

Rachel frowned "What's smelt?"

Dakota looked up at her "A pungent, low-carb freshwater fish. Okay, let's start with today's business. Artie, you're cut. You're not trying hard enough."

Artie frowned "At what?"

"At walking." Alex gaped at the man "We can't be wheeling you around during every number. It throws off the whole dynamic, and it's depressing."

Mercedes frowned "So, you're kicking him out?"

Dakota nodded "Mm-hmm. Also you. Youse got to go, Effie. No, no, no. Yeah."

Alex was in shock as Kurt stepped forward "You can't kick people out of glee club because you don't like the way they look."

Dakota nodded sarcastically "Uh, why don't you shut your face-gash and stay away from aerosol cans because you could burst into flames at any second?" He retorted before moving to stand in front of Alex "You. You're perfect, I can see that you're a dancer. Don't change." He smiled before moving tot he Cheerios "You three– you're great. You're perfect. Seriously. Don't change a thing." He continued, he grimaced as she came to Rachel "Uh, you– ew, nose job."

Rachel held a hand to her nose self consciously "Now just hold on a second." Finn started angrily.

Dakota held a hand to his ear "What? What was that, Frankenteen? Why don't you, uh, wipe that dopey look off your face and get some lotion for those knuckles you've been dragging on the ground?"

Alex was still in shock as Finn frowned "What is wrong with you?"

Dakota raised an eyebrow "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me is that you're freakishly tall. I feel like a woodland creature. Um, am I hurting your feelings? Did I say something wrong? Because I thought you wanted somebody who respected you enough to tell you the truth. But maybe you don't have the confidence to hear it, hmm? Maybe you need somebody who's going to lie to you and tell you things like, "you got what it takes." But you know what? As far as I can see, you don't. So, why don't you just take a little second, take a breather, and ask yourself, "Do I want to be a winner" he ranted with a chuckle "or not?"

"Seriously?" Alex started getting everyone's attention "You guys paid $8,000 for this joke?"

Dakota held a hand to his heart "Excuse me, I was the understudy to the candelabra on Bro-"

"Broadway, yeah I heard." Alex scoffed "I don't care how successful you were, it doesn't give you any right to bully people! You think by tearing other people down, it'll make you look bigger and better, well news flash! It doesn't. All it does is remind people how small you really are." She said shaking her head before turning to look at the glee club "I made a mistake, I never should've joined this glee club. I'm out."

Finn nodded "Screw this. I quit." He said, stepping up with Alex as the two started to walk away.

"Me t-t-t-too. Let's roll, artie." Tina stuttered, as Mercedes set her diet plan on Artie's knee and began pushing him forward as the three followed after Finn and Alex.

Dakota grinned when Kurt stepped forward to join his friends and leave "No. Great, great. You know, separate the wheat from the chaff; that's perfect." He taunted.

Rachel stepped forward "Wait." She said and the six stopped inside the door "Barbra Streisand. When Barbra was a young ingénue, everyone told her in order to be a star, she'd have to get a nose job. Thankfully, she refused."

Dakota sighed, hands on hips "Where's this going, Yentl?"

Rachel shook her head "Where it's going is that, we don't need you. Let's face it, we're never going to be as good of dancers as Vocal Adrenaline. We're gonna win because we're different. And that's what makes us special." Alex smiled at Rachel, who returned it.

Mercedes smirked "They told J. Lo her booty was too big." She told them before stepping forward and rejoining the line.

"Curtis Mayfield was more successful after he became paralyzed." Artie added, rolling to the line as everyone else followed.

Finn smiled "Jim Abbott."

"I have no idea who that is." Kurt and Alex admitted in sync, causing the two to look at each other in shock as their friends chuckled.

Finn smirked at the two "He was a one-armed pitcher for the yankees. Pitched a no-hitter."

Dakota smiled sarcastically "Okay, so, yeah. Misfits and spaz-heads and cripples can make it, too. That's great. What's your point?"

Rachel threw her head back before spinning and taking a step forward until she stood right in front of Dakota "Our point is that, you're fired."

Alex smirked as she walked until she was beside Rachel, surprising the girl as she wrapped her arm around her shoulder "And, we're. taller. than. you." She said poking the man in the chest with each word.

Rachel grinned over at Alex as the rest of the glee club smirked. Dakota frowned as he looked up at the two brunette's, before muttering a bitter "Barely."


Alex looked away from the tv, smiling as Will and Terri entered the apartment "Hey, how'd the performance go? Did Josh Groban show up?" Sandy Rierson had been invited back into the group after bribing them with the fact he was friends with Josh Groban and that if he was apart of Acafellas, then Josh would come to their performance at the PTA meeting.

Will sighed, pulling off his coat as Terri headed to their bedroom to get changed for bed "The performance was great, those techniques really helped, thank you for your help. As for Josh and sandy... well turns out Sandy's definition of friendship was a hell of a lot like Josh's definition of stalker."

Alex held a hand up to her mouth to hide her grin "No way!" She couldn't help but chuckle "Sorry, I shouldn't laugh. That's must've sucked."

Will shook his head, letting out his own chuckle "No, it's alright. I realised tonight that teaching is what I love."

Alex smiled hopefully "You're coming back to glee?"

Will grinned as he sat down beside her "I'm coming back to glee."

Leaning her head on Will's shoulder, Alex let out a sigh of relief "Good. Because it's not glee without you."

Will chuckled "I almost forgot, my dad is going to law school."

Alex gasped, lifting her head to look up at him "What?!"

Will nodded with a chuckle "Yeah."

"Lawyer Vance Schuester... Not too shabby." She grinned, laying her head back on his shoulder.

As Alex returned her attention to the tv, Will looked down at his goddaughter "Are you happy Alex?" He asked curiously.

Alex bit her lip, not lifting her head "I'm getting there..." She admitted, eyes watering "There's times where in that moment I couldn't be happier, but then I think 'I cant wait to go home and tell my mom.'... and it all just comes crashing down. I mean how could I possibly have fun in a world that doesn't have my mom in it... I really miss her Uncle Will." She whispered, tears silently pouring down her face,

Will blinked back his own tears "Me too kiddo... Me too. But Alex, she would want you to be happy. When she's looking down on you, do you think she wants to see you upset?"

Alex sniffled as she shook her head "No... She'd want to see me happy. She always told me that my laugh was her favourite sound in the whole world."

Will smiled "Yeah, she told me that too. She said when I had a child, it would be the same for me."

"You're going to be a great dad uncle Will." Alex told him, wrapping her arms around his waist.

Will sighed as he placed a kiss on the crown of her head "I love you Alex."

"I love you too."


"Uh, uh, step, ball change and head. Step, ball change and head. Low and up. Low and high!" Alex smiled as she danced with the glee club "Oh, what do you guys think?" Will asked.

Rachel raised her hand "Mr. Schuester?"

"Yes, Rachel?" Will sighed.

Everyone held their breath as Rachel stared up at a Will before suddenly grinning "It was really good."

Everyone laughed in relief "Thank you. Thank you." Will bowed as they clapped for him "Okay. From the top!"