A/N: Disclaimer: Don't own Glee. I only own Faith, because I created her to resemble me. This story is partly true, but I changed some aspects of what happed, and obviously the characters.

PREVIOUSLY:

"do you want me to call your mom?" I ask.

"yeah" she sobs.

"alright.." I say, getting her situated in the chair again.

I call her mom and tell her what's going on, and she says she's on her way to pick up Faith. I sit with her until her mom gets here. The woman tells me she'd call me later, I know she wants to talk about the surprise homecoming.

I help her get Faith to the car and the teen forces a smile at me before I close the door. Good thing it's only three more days until her dad comes home. She needs to see him, because I know it'll really help her.

THE NEXT DAY
MCKINLEY HIGH
LUNCH TIME

Will's POV

Emma brought Faith into my officefor her lunch period. She worked Faith's schedule so she spent an entire period with her and we've been trying to get Faith to eat normal foods again. She won't eat anything from the cafeteria, but I don't think anybody likes it. Thankfully her mom is making her lunch every day and is working really well with us to help Faith.

We get her to eat a few bites of the sandwich she had and she drank the entire Gatorade. I'm gonna try to get her to eat a snack before practice today, so she has some energy.

"I don't wanna go on stage" she quietly says.

"why not?" I ask her. Even though I know she's scared.

"I can't do it.." she sadly says.

"Have you tried before?" I ask, maybe she'll start to see that if she tries something she'll be able to do it.

"no…"

"well then you don't know if you can or not. I have the auditorium all day today, so we can go in there now and I can help you" I suggest.

"I just can't" she sighs.

"yes you can Faith, you've just gotta let yourself try things. Mr. Schue and I are gonna be with you. It won't hurt" Emma tells her.

Faith sighs, "fine.." she knows now that she's in glee, she's gonna have to be on stage at some point. It'll help her boost her confidence if we work with her now.

"why don't we go down there and I'll let you walk around on stage. You don't have to sing, and I won't turn on any of the spotlights." I offer.

"I guess" she says.

I tell her she can leave her bags in my office and she follows us to the auditorium. She looks at me with fear in her eyes when I open the doors and Emma squeezes her hand.

"I can't do this Mr. Schue" she whimpers.

I squeeze her other hand, "yes you can, I'll walk up there with you. it's okay, all I want you to do is get used to being on stage. You don't have to sing anything"

"whatever" she sighs.

I gently rub her back, "come on, you only have to do this for a few minutes" I tell her.

"mmk." She says, as I lead her onto the stage. She gets on to the stage and looks at me like she's so scared.

I get up to stand by her and she grabs my hand. "just take a deep breath, and we're just gonna walk" I tell her.

She takes a shaky deep breath and I slowly walk across the stage with her and I can feel her shaking the entire time. I gently rub her back, "see, you can do this sweetie. Now, when we practice performing, I really want you to try a solo. And when that happens, you're gonna stand right here in the middle, and depending on what song you choose you can have the piano or your guitar…"

She shakes her head, "no Mr. Schue… I can't"

I really want to tell her it's for her dad but I have to keep it a secret. It's only two days away. "I just want you to try. It'll be okay. If you don't like it we won't compete with it yet. This is only practice, it's just gonna be Ms. P and me"

"mmk…" she hesitantly says.

"I'm gonna let go now okay, and stand right next to Ms. P. I want you to stand there for a few minutes and get used to it" I say to her.

She drops her hand from mine and lets the tears fall. I slowly walk off the stage and she stares down at me. Emma smiles at her and I do too. "you can do it" Emma says.

"hey Mr. Schue…." Faith hesitantly says.

"yeah.."

"I think I know what song I wanna sing when we practice…" she quietly mumbles.

"okay, what?" I ask, hopefully it's something good she can sing for her dad.

"Skyscraper… Demi Lovato's new one…" she mumbles.

"I think that's a great choice. Are you gonna play the piano?"

"maybe I'm still working on it" she says.

"why don't you just sing it for practice and then we'll add in the piano later" I suggest.

"mmk. Can I get down now?" she says.

"yeah, let me help you.." I say.

She walks closer to the edge of the stage and I stand so where she can jump off and let me catch her. I want her to know that she can trust me, and if I can get her to fall, it might be good for her.

"how am I supposed to get down?" she hesitantly asks.

"jump, I'll catch you" I say.

A look of fear crosses her face as she shakes her head no. "I can't"

"I promise I'll catch you. I really want you to trust me" I reassure her.

She looks over at Emma, who nods. Faith looks down at me, scared. "I think I'm gonna do it…"

"okay. I'm right here" I tell her.

She takes a shaky deep breath and falls from the stage and into my arms. She whimpers a few times and struggles not to cry. "shhh, I've got you. Just relax"

She buries her head in my chest and I sit in one of the chairs holding her. "I really wanna perform.. I'm just too scared" she whimpers.

That's better than her thinking she can't, "that's okay. I'm really proud of you for getting up on stage today, it's a start. I know you can do this"

She sits up and tries to smile. Emma comes over and she smiles. "That wasn't too bad now, was it?"

Faith shakes her head, "I've always wanted to be on stage.."

Emma and I both smile. She's where she should be right now, and if being on stage is something she really wants to do, I'm going to support that.

"you'll get to, you're gonna have lots of opportunities to perform" I tell her.

She tries even harder to smile and wipes away a tear that escaped. I squeeze her shoulder, "I want you to start working on Skyscraper. I think it's a great song for you"

"really?" she asks.

"yeah, I want you to really practice the piano part, because it could be something we can compete with." I explain.

She smiles, "okay.. I've already started it… so it shouldn't take much longer"

"good. Just don't stress yourself out too much over it. It'll be fine" I remind her.

She gets up, "uhm, I think I have a quiz in my next class. I'm not really sure though"

"alright. I'll walk with you.." I say, getting up and grabbing her bag off of the floor.

Emma smiles at her and then at me. I think getting her up on stage was a great idea for Faith. She just looks happier, and I know she's excited about getting to perform. So hopefully things will start to get better.

We leave the auditorium and I notice the small smile is still on her face. This is the first time I've seen her smile, I can only imagine how much bigger her smile will be when her dad comes home.

A/N: I'm really working on outlining and planning this story, so it may take me a little longer with the next update. But let me know if you have any song ideas, because I'm making a list of ones I've already used and ones I'm planning to. Please review!