"I bet we get stuck with Mr. Sinacori as our sectionals advisor." Artie sighed as he sat around the piano in the choir room with Alex, Mercedes, Kurt and Tina.

The latter frowned "Oh, the creepy math teacher?"

"He's always singing when he walks down the halls." Kurt rolled his eyes.

Alex raised an eyebrow "So are you." She furrowed her eyebrows in thought "Actually you sing everywhere. Making breakfast, in the shower, during your skin care regime, when you iron your underwear-"

"That's quite enough." Kurt interrupted, cheeks burning as everyone around him sniggered. He let out a sigh "Why did I let you stay with me?" The brunette girl had been staying with the Hummel's not wanting to stay with Terri in the apartment whilst Will had taken residence in his office until he was officially separated from his wife and she moved out.

Alex grinned crookedly "Because you love me and are a glutton for punishment."

"Hey, guys." Rachel greeted, walking into the room "Did any of you think it was weird the way that Puck rushed to Quinn's aid during rehearsal yesterday?"

Alex rolled her brown orbs having a mental flashback to when Quinn slipped on some sweat that laced the floor and Finn and Puck rushing to her side thinking she was ready to give birth. "Who cares?"

Mercedes raised an eyebrow "Are you ever going to forgive Quinn?"

Alex pursed her lips and chose to examine her chipped slate gray nails in response making the group chuckle before Tina frowned softly "Alex, we get it. We really do but Mr. Schue has forgiven her..."

Alex but her lip before shaking her head "I-I just can't, not yet anyway."

Rachel sighed "So?"

"So what?" Kurt frowned.

Rachel rolled her eyes "Do you guys think it was weird?"

"No." Mercedes denied instantly.

Artie nodded in agreement "I mean, he likes her." His eyes widened "I mean, they're friends. We all know that."

"Yeah, but it seemed like more than that." Rachel frowned "I've never told you guys this before, but I'm a little psychic." Alex and Kurt shared a look "I can't read minds or anything yet, but I do have a sixth sense. Something is definitely going on there."

Alex raised an eyebrow as the group shared nervous looks. She shook her head erasing any suspicions before sighing and standing up "I've gotta go, I'm meeting Mike."

Mercedes and Tina shared a grin "Ooooh."

"Stop." Alex chuckled, shouldering her bag "See you guys later."

Alex raised an eyebrow, the hair ticking Mikes palm as he led her down the hallways of McKinley High, his hands covering her eyes "Where are we going?"

"Just wait." He smiled.

"Ugh," Alex groaned "I hate waiting."

"I know." Mike chuckled before stopping her in place, eyes still covered "Are you ready?"

"What if I say no?" Alex frowned in curiosity "Would you stay there, keeping my eyes covered until I was?"

"Alex." Mike groaned, dragging the last letter.

"Okay, okay!" Alex chuckled, holding her hands up in surrender "I'm ready."

As Mike peeled his hands away, Alex blinked her brown orbs into focus. A soft smile bloomed across her face as she looked around the room before glancing back at Mike "You brought me to the dance studio?"

Mike smiled down at his girlfriend "I thought it was about time we had that dance."

As their dance came to a close, Alex went into a grand jeté before being lifted into the air by Mike, his hands holding under her ribcage. Slowly lowering Alex, Mike's hands slid to her waist. As her feet touched the ground, Alex found her face inches from Mike's, their breath mingling as it ghosted across each others lips. Their hearts racing in equilibrium as they thumped against their chests that were pressed tightly together, not a slither of space between them.
Mike raised a hand to cup Alex's cheek. He smiled softly before dipping his head to capture her soft, plump lips with his own.

Alex's smile could not be hidden from her face as Mike led her towards the choir room, his arm wrapped around her shoulder as hers slithered around his waist. She raised an eyebrow as she came across Mercedes, Tina and Kurt all on their phones. Looking down the hallway she spotted Santana and Brittany arms linked as they spoke into their Bluetooth headsets attached to their ears. Her eyes narrowed as Artie came rolling around the corner, his phone squashed between his ear and his shoulder.

As the glee club approached the choir room, they all simultaneously snapped their devices off. Alex frowned "Were you guys all on the phone... to eachother?"

Alex didn't miss how their eyes widened in fear. Kurt shook his head rapidly "Of course not. That's just absurd."

Mercedes linked her arm through Alex's, pulling her from under Mike and into the choir room "C'mon, no time to waste. We better get to rehearsal."

Alex let out a scoff at the pleading look Finn was sending her as they sat in the choir, everyone's else talking in groups scattered around the room. Finn let out a groan "Please, Han. Talk to Quinn, she knows she messed up but she's super sorry and she really misses you." Finn sighed "And I know you miss her too, you're just too stubborn to admit it."

Alex bit her lip as she glanced over to the blonde cheerleader, talking in hushed whispers with Puck. Letting out a small groan Alex rolled her eyes "Okay fine," she relented turning back to Finn "I'll talk to her."

Finn grinned just as Will entered the room, Emma Pillsbury on his heels "Hey, guys? Let's, uh… Let's gather 'round." The chatter died down as everyone took a seat, Mike smiled as he sunk into the seat beside Alex "Well… I have found my replacement. So, give it up for Ms. Pillsbury."

As Will started off a round of applause, Alex was the first to join in, the rest following suit slowly. Brittany frowned "She's the one they made me talk to when they found out I was keeping that bird in my locker."

Santana narrowed her eyes at the red headed teacher "So, do you even know anything about music?"

"Well-"

Will shook his head, cutting his colleague off "What's important is that she cares about you guys every bit as much as I do. Now… I-I don't know what the future holds for me, and for us, but I know, Saturday, you're going to make me proud. You guys are going to be great. So… Good-bye for now."

"Thank you for everything Uncle Will, it won't be Glee without you..." Alex smiled sadly "We can't wait for your to come back, and you will come back." Everyone nodding in agreement as Will smiled at his goddaughter.

Mercedes suddenly frowned "Wait. What about our set list?"

"I… I can't help you with that." Will swallowed thickly "You've got to figure that out for yourselves. All right, guys." Will smiled at the group before patting Emma's shoulder and taking his leave.

Artie turned to the group as Emma swallowed, suddenly feeling a huge pressure as she looked around the students "Well, we have to do Proud Mary in wheelchairs. That's in."

Finn nodded "And Don't Stop Believing, for sure."

Tina looked to their interim teacher "What about the ballad?"

Rachel stood, making her way beside their teacher, a smug smirk in her face "I would be thrilled to contribute a ballad from my repertoire.

Mercedes scowled "Okay, you know what, Miss Bossy Pants? Enough." She got up, walking until she stood face to face with Rachel "I've worked just as hard as you, and I'm just as good as you. You know, you always end up stealing the spotlight."

Rachel frowned "Mercedes, do you honestly think you're as strong of a balladeer as I am?" Alex shrugged when Mercedes turned to her in disbelief, both thinking he same, what the hell is a balladeer? "Ballads are kind of my thing." Rachel told Emma.

Emma nodded slowly, her doe eyes exceptionally wide "Okay, um, Rachel? Why don't you let Mercedes give it a try?"

"Thanks, Mrs. P." The girl shot the teacher a thankful glance as the girls took a seat allowing Mercedes the stage. She looked towards their resident piano player "Do I even need to tell you what song?" she turned to the orchestra who Alex gave props to for always being prepared "Horns, strings, keep up."

As Mercedes performed And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going, Alex had goosebumps. Her friends powerful voice, sending shivers down her spine. She shared looks with the rest of the glee club, all completely in awe of the girls talent.

As everyone gave Mercedes a standing ovation, said girl raised an eyebrow at Rachel, hands on hips "Thoughts?"

Alex bit her lip as she watched the Berry girl make her way forward. Rachel gestured to the glee club "It's clear the room adores you. And, although it wouldn't be my first choice, well, I can't wait to see you sing that song at sectionals. You're amazing, Mercedes, and you deserve it. I'm going to hug you now."

Mercedes smiled "Okay. Come on." Alex grinned as the two girls embraced, she was proud of Rachel Berry.

Alex and Finn playfully shoved each other as they made their way to his locker. They both smiled as Rachel joined them. Finn glanced down at the small brunette "That was pretty cool in there. I… I know that must have been hard for you."

Rachel shook her head "It was the right thing to do. I… I wanted to bring the team together."

Alex grinned as she nudged the girls shoulder with her own "Berry, accept it. You were cool today."

Rachel grinned as she sheepishly ducked her head as the trio stopped beside Finn's locker. As the boy swung his backpack into his locker he looked between the two girls "You know, I got to be honest... I'm kinda pumped for Sectionals. This has been a hard couple of months, with Quinn and the baby and everything." Alex frowned as she watched Rachel's smile fall "I don't know, I think winning could make everything...good for a while, you know?" He frowned "Is that stupid?"

Alex shook her head "Not at all, I'm excited too." As Rachel looked torn, Finn and Alex shared a look before looking to the brunette. Alex frowned "What's up Berry?"

Rachel sighed, squaring her shoulders. Nodding to herself she turned to the boy in front of her "I want you to be happy Finn." The boy smiled "And when you care about someone, you can't sit around and watch them suffer when you know you can do something about it."

Alex shared a confused look with Finn, their eyebrows furrowed. Finn looked back to Rachel "What are you talking about?"

Rachel swallowed "I have to tell you something."

Alex watched anxiously as Finn pounded Pucks face as he straddled him in the choir room. When the brunette had tried to intervene, Mike wrapped his arms around her waist, holding her back, not wanting a repeat of the last time she came between the fighting boys.

Wills eyes widened as he ran into the room, Emma hot on his heels "Hey, hey, come on, come on." He pulled Finn off the boy "Get off him! knock it off! Get off!" Minho, Mike and Alex all made their way over, grabbing onto Finn to hold him back as Will pushed Puck away when he tried to advance forward "Hey!"
"Tell the truth!" Finn screamed at his male best friend as he struggled in the Chang brothers grips.

Puck glared "Punk just walked in and sucker punched me."

"Don't play dumb," Finn seethed "You're took freaking dumb to play dumb!"

Alex grabbed Finn's face in her small hands "Hey!" His eyes connected with her eyes "Stop." She commanded softly "You're going to get the truth, because that's the least you deserve, okay? But no more fighting, it's not worth it."

Everyone let out a breath of relief as Finn nodded, his struggle ending "I'm good." He wiped his hands down his face as Mike and Minho released him.
"Who told you this Finn?" Quinn cried as she stepped forward.

Kurt rolled his eyes "Obviously, it was Rachel."

"What?" The girls eyes widened "I didn't do anything."

Alex sighed "Yes it was Rachel, but it should've been you." she looked at Kurt "Or you," she glanced at Artie before looking around the room "Any of you. You all knew right?" At their guilty expressions she nodded "That's why you were all on the phone..."

Finn licked his lips as he looked at his girlfriend "I want to hear it from you." He glanced behind her at Puck "I want to hear from both of you."

"Finn just calm down." Will pushed Alex gently aside as he touched Finn's chest.

Alex sighed at her godfather, he was calm. As Alex's reassuring brown eyes were moved out of his field of vision, Finn couldn't contain it anymore and he burst "No!" He yelled "They're both lying to me!" He turned to Quinn "Is it true? Just tell me, is it true?"

"Yes." Quinn nodded, tears pouring down her rosy cheeks "Puck is the father."

Alex's breath hitched, now that it was confirmed her heart broke for Finn. She couldn't believe it, Quinn had done it again. Finn choked as he shook his head in disbelief "So, all… All that stuff in the hot tub… You just made that up?"

"You were stupid enough to buy it!" Puck glared.

Finn's sneakers squeaked across the floor as he lunged forward only to be stopped by Alex "Hey, hey! Stop." She placed her hands on Finn's chest "You're better than this." She glanced over her shoulder at a tearful and guilty Quinn and a blank faced Puck "Than them."

Quinn closed her eyes in pain, she's right.

Puck winced internally, she's right.

"I am so sorry." She sobbed looking between her boyfriend and Alex.

"Screw this." Finn shook his head "I'm done with you. I'm done with..." He glanced around at the glee club over Alex's head 'I'm done with all of you!" He exclaimed before pulling back and storming towards the door. In a fit if rage he kicked over a chair, leaving a shocked and guilty group behind.

After a few moments, the only sound being Quinn's shuddering breaths, Alex turned to look at the group "How could none of you tell him?" Everyone avoided her gaze except for Mike and Minho who looked at the group wondering the same, having been kept out of the loop aswell. Catching Kurt's eye she raised an eyebrow "I've been staying with you for two weeks, why didn't you tell me?"

Kurt sighed, sending her an apologetic look "Because you would've told him... and we didn't want to risk losing him for sectionals."

Alex's eyes widened "Seriously?" She gawked around the group "You guys were going to let him continue to think he had a baby on the way, one that he was terrified about, losing sleep over trying to support... All so we could win a competition." She threw her hands up "I love glee, I really do, and I know how hard we've worked for sectionals, but at the end of they day, it's just one competition. Winning is great, but it's not what really matters. What matters is us, who we are as a glee club, as people, as friends... as family. I'm really disappointed that you guys don't realise that."

After trying and failing to find Finn, she sighed as she read the text he had sent, letting her know he was fine, just that he wanted to be alone right now. Putting her cell in her pocket she frowned as she spotted Rachel and Quinn sitting together down the hall. As she watched the Berry girl stand up and walk away, she let out as sigh and made her way forward. She raised an eyebrow as she stood in front of Quinn "This seat taken?"

The blonde raised her watery green eyes before shaking her head softly. Alex licked her lips as she took a seat beside her. The pair sat in silence before Alex glanced over at her companion "Why Quinn?" She sighed "Why so many lies?"

Quinn sniffled "I was terrified. I made a mistake with Puck and I wanted Finn to be the one to fix it." She shook her head "I was being selfish, but I-I just couldn't, I-I didn't know what else to do." She cried.

"Tell the truth." Alex said softly "As hard is it is sometimes, that's how it has to be."

"He hates me." Quinn whispered.

Alex looked at the girl before sighing "He doesn't. Finn can't hate anyone, he's too nice."

Quinn turned her tearful eyes to Alex "Do you hate me?"

Alex thought for a moment, the seconds agonising to Quinn before the brunette shook her head "No."

"You should." Quinn mumbled, looking forward "I hate me."

"You made a mistake... mistakes." Alex corrected "Huge ones, but that doesn't mean you can't fix them or at least try to."

Quinn grabbed Alex's hand without thinking, sighing in relief when she didn't pull away "Are we ever going to be friends again?"

The brunette glanced over at her before nodding "Yeah...I forgive you for Terri and the baby, but until Finn's forgives you for this, I won't either." Quinn nodded in understanding, thankful her friend still had hope for her and their friendship.

The pair sat in silence, thinking before a body sat between them. Looking up to find Puck, Alex went to leave, ready to give the pair some privacy but a hand on her wrist stopped her. She frowned as Puck shook his head silently before turning Quinn "Look, I know you're upset now, but I want to be with you and I'm going to do everything I can to be a good dad to our baby."

"Thanks." Quinn nodded as she turned her gaze to his "But I honestly can't handle anymore stress in my life right now. I'm going to do this on my own. I know you don't understand it, but please respect it."

Alex bit her lip as she watched Quinn walk away, glancing beside her she watched Puck slump back, his head resting against the wall "I don't want to be like him... I can't be like my dad."

Alex frowned softly, absentee fathers was something they had in common. The brunette was one of the few people Puck had confided in about his home life, she knew how much proving himself as a father would mean to him and she couldn't help but feel bad that Quinn wasn't giving him the chance to "You're not, the fact you want to be there is evidence enough."

Puck glanced down at her "I'm sorry."

"It's not me you should be apologising to." Alex shook her head.

"No, it's you too." Puck sighed "I lied to you, I don't want to lie to you... I don't have a lot of friends, not real ones I can actually talk to... I know I don't deserve it, but I'd really like it if you could still be my friend."

Alex let out a soft sigh as she looked up at the boy "I will... If, and when Finn forgives you, so will I. But even when I'm mad at you, I'll still be here."

Alex had spent the night at the Hudson household, trying to convince Finn to come back to glee- He had worked too hard to miss out on Sectionals. When he was having none of it, she gave up. Finn was thankful the brunette was there for him, both just eating junk food and playing video games.

Carol was grateful the girl was there to distract him. Part of her was heartbroken for her son, but the other was relieved, he hadn't gotten his teenage girlfriend pregnant. Carol couldn't help but smile as the high schoolers had joined her when she watched City Of Angels on cable, she had a soft spot in her heart for Nicholas Cage. He reminded her of the good parts of Finn's father. When Finn and Alex belted along to Arms Of The Angel, as they slow danced around the living room, she couldn't keep the grin off her face as the three laughed.

When the song had ended, Finn threw his arms around Alex's shoulders "We have our song."

"What?" Alex had laughed as she looked up at her friend as they relaxed back into the couch.

"Our song." Finn smiled "Whenever we hear it, it will always remind us of each other and this moment."

Alex breathed out a laugh before she grinned softly "Our song."

Alex looked out the window as she stood between Kurt and Mike, as she and the rest off the glee club watched Artie be lifted mechanically into the bus for sectionals.

Will turned to Emma "So the competition starts at eleven."

"Right." Emma nodded in confirmation.

"I'll have my cell phone on." He reminded the red head.

Emma smiled "I know. You already told me. Three times. And you wrote it down."

Jacob Israel panted as he ran towards them "Reporting for duty, Mr. Schuester." He saluted "I have to tell you, I get terrible public event anxiety."

Emma sent him a reassuring look "You know what, Jacob? It's okay. We just need a 13th member. All right, so, um, just sway in back. You don't even have to sing."

Will nodded fervently "Yeah, don't even sing."

"Okay." Jacob hopped onto the bus, taking a seat way too close for Rachel's liking as she leant into the window as close as she possibly could.

Emma frowned as Will ran a hand down his face with a sigh "So, um, still no word from Finn?"

"No." Will shook his head "Alex was with him last night but he's too hurt." He sighed "I can't thank you enough."

"Okay." Emma gave him a small smile as she made her way onboard.

Alex tore her eyes away from the bustling crowd in the lobby they sat waiting in as Emma let out a sigh "Okay. So, smooth sailing so far, we're all signed in and, um, according to the program, you have drawn performance slot number three."

Tina frowned "We're going last? Isn't that bad?"

"Hardly." Rachel disagreed as she stepped up to face the group "This is good news. My extensive auditioning for community theatre has taught me that we either want to go first or last. If we're first, then everyone has to measure up to us, and if we're last, then we're freshest in the judges' minds."

Kurt raised an eyebrow "And did you ever get any of those parts?" He yelped when Alex nipped his arm "What? I'm just asking!"

Emma nodded, a smile on her porcelain face "I'm with Rachel on this. The glass is definitely half full of some very good things right now."

Mercedes shrugged "Yeah, Ms. Pillsbury's right. I mean, we're here now, right? No reason not to go in with some positive mojo."

As the glee club sat in the auditorium, Alex's eyes were comically wide as they watched the Jane Addams Show Choir perform And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going. Rachel gulped as she leant across Alex to look at Mercedes "It's a really popular song."

Alex believed in coincidences but she knew this couldn't possibly be one as the show choir moved into their Proud Mary performance, complete with wheelchairs.

It was the intermission and the glee club were back in the lobby. Emma was panicking as she called Will "We've got a problem. They're doing all of our numbers. The kids are completely freaking out. Artie keeps ramming himself into the wall, and I'm pretty sure Jacob Ben Israel wet himself."

Alex gently pulled Artie backwards as Will let out a sigh "I knew it! Sue leaked the set list."

Emma frowned "Will… Will, these kids need a leader right now."

Alex approached the woman, holding out her hand. Emma nodded, passing the phone over to the younger girl watching as she placed it to her ear "We need Finn. Get him here Uncle Will, it's our only hope."

Alex was livid as she watched the Haverbrook Show Choir perform Don't Stop Believin'. "Stupid hairography." She mumbled.

Rachel stood, looking down at her fellow glee club members, arms folded across her chest "Meeting in the green room in five minutes."

Kurt narrowed his eyes at the Cheerios in the room "You leaked the set list, you don't want to be here. You were just Sue Sylvester's little moles."

Quinn nodded "I know for a fact that's true. Sue asked us to spy for her."

Santana rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms "Look, we may still be Cheerios, but neither of us ever gave Sue the set list."

"Well… I-I did," Alex sighed at Brittany's confession "but I didn't know what she was going to do with it."

Santana stepped in front of her blonde best friend "Okay, look, believe what you want, but no one's forcing me to be here. And if you ever tell anyone this I'll deny it, but I like being in glee club. It's the best part of my day, okay? I wasn't going to go and mess it up."

"I believe you." Alex told her softly, earning a quirk of the lips from the fellow Latina.

Rachel sighed as she pulled herself away from the wall she had been leaning on "Okay, look, guys, there's no point in us arguing anymore. We-we have go on in an hour."

"And we have no songs." Tina reminded solemnly.

Artie looked up "Perhaps I could improvise some of my def poetry jams."

Alex sighed, reaching across Mike to pat her friends hand "Not this time A."

Rachel shook her head "No. Look, we're going to do this the right way. Let's start with the ballad. Mercedes," she turned to the girl "do you have anything else in your repertoire?"

Mercedes shrugged "Yeah, but it's not as good as anything you're going to sing."

"No, we, we agreed…" Rachel frowned.

"We agreed that I would sing And I'm Telling You, and that ain't happening. Look, Rachel, the truth is you're the best singer that we've got."

Alex smiled "As much as it hurts me to admit it," she held a hand jokingly to her heart "and it really does, she's right Berry."

Rachel frowned "What about you?"

Alex chuckled "I need more than five minutes to prepare, you've had a list of songs ready to perform at the drop of a hat since utero."

Kurt nodded as the rest cracked a grin at Alex's teasing "Rachel's our star. If anyone is going to go belt it on the fly, it should be her."

Rachel smiled sheepishly at Alex "Well, I do have something that I've been working on since I was four."

"Then I guess we have our ballad," Quinn shrugged "and we can close with Somebody to Love. It's a real crowd-pleaser."

Puck scoffed "Yeah, that and a can of soup will guarantee us third place. We still need another song we can all sing together."

"I have one." Alex grinned as Finn walked into the room "I found the sheet music online. I used the Cheerios' copier to make copies and then I trashed the thing. Alex, Mike, Minho, Brittany, Santana, you're our best dancers. figure something out and we'll all follow your lead."

Alex and Mike shared an apprehensive look before the latter turned to Finn "It's going to be choppy."

"Good." Finn nodded "We're best when we're loose. Look, all we have going for us is that we believe in ourselves and what we're singing about. If we can show the judges that…We might have a shot at this thing."

As the dancers huddled together off to the side, Rachel smiled up at the quarterback "It's good to have you back, Finn."

Finn gave her a small smile before turning to Jacob "You cool if I take my spot back?"

"Quite." Jacob nodded standing up "I was just here because I was hoping to get into Rachel's pants." He admitted before scurrying out of the room.
Puck held his hand out to Finn to fist bump "We cool, dude?"

Finn glanced down at the boys fist before raising an eyebrow at Puck "No."

"Finn..." Quinn sighed, upset.

Rachel looked at the boy concerned as he moved off to the side away from the group "You okay?"

Finn shook his head "Don't worry about me. Okay, this is all up to you now. You wanted the solo, you wanted the chance to be the star. This is your chance." He gave her a smile "Don't screw it up."

"Well, a-are they nervous? Has it started?" Will questioned, biting his nails and Emma sat with Jacob in the auditorium amongst the audience.

As the announcer walked on stage, Emma nodded nervously even though he couldn't see her "Show time."

The Emcee lifted the microphone to his mouth as he faced the crowd "And now our final team McKinley High's New Directions!"

As the lights dimmed and the music for Don't Rain On My Parade started, Will couldn't help but grin as he heard Rachel's solo through the speaker. She was brilliant, a star.

The New Directions made their way in two single files towards the stage during Rachel's big finish and Alex couldn't help but smile at the girls talent. She shared a proud look with Finn as the girl received a standing ovation. Rachel grinned "Ladies and gentlemen, the New Directions." She introduced, gesturing to the group behind her.

As the group started singing You Can't Always Get What You Want, Rachel joined the group before Finn took the lead "I saw her today at a reception, a glass of wine in her hand. I knew she would her connection. At her feet was her footloose man."

"No, you can't always get what you want, you can't always get what you want, you can't always get what you want, and if you try sometime, well you just might you find, you get what you need." The group chorused as they danced.

"Oh yeah, hey hey hey, oh..." Mercedes belted.

Alex grinned as she took centre stage "And I went down to the demonstration, to get my fair share of abuse. Singing, were gonna vent our frustration."

She smiled as Finn twirled her as they harmonised "If we don't were gonna blow a 50-amp fuse. Sing it to me now..."

The crowd returned to their feet as they took to dancing along with the glee club in the aisles "You can't always get what you want. You can't always get what you want. You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, well you just might find. You get what you need."

"Get what you need. Oh yeah, get what you need." The group grinned as they formed a line at the front of the stage, in turn raising a hand between each word to the crowd "Get. What. You. Need!"

Alex grinned, panting as she ducked her head to the stage floor along with the group as the performance ended, the audience roaring in applause as they whistled and cheered.

Will's eyes watered as Emma held the phone out for him to hear, his kids did it.

Alex grinned as she and Finn led Will into the choir room "C'mon Uncle Will, we have a couple of things to show you."

"The first..." Finn smiled before gesturing for the glee club to move apart.

Will grinned as the parting students revealed their first place trophy. He let out a here as the group celebrated their win. He smiled around his kids "I am so proud of you guys. You won fair and square. The result was unanimous, and the judges didn't even know about all the shenanigans that were going on behind the scenes. So… Congratulations. You earned this. Give it up! Come on! All right! But, now we have regionals to worry about. And you can bet that Vocal Adrenaline is hard at work, so we should be, too." He clapped "So, let's get started."

Puck stepped forward "Uh, wait, Mr. Shue. There's one more thing."

Alex grinned as she pushed Will to a chair at the front off he room. Rachel smiled softly as Alex got into position with the group "Since you weren't able to be there to see us perform, we put together a special number just for you."

As the group performed My Life Would Suck Without You, Alex could tell what Will was thinking about. Emma. Will had took Alex to breakfast before school and told her all about Ken leaving Emma, that postponing her wedding that was at the same time as sectionals was the last straw. He also told her that Emma had resigned and today would be her last day at McKinley, after admitting her feelings for Will, she also admitted she couldn't handle seeing him at work.

As the song came to an end, Alex smiled at her godfather "Go get the girl."

And get the girl he did.