A/N: So here's what you missed on Glee. Rachel found out that Hunter was out of jail so she tried to go back to New York, but Finn was able to stop her and promise he'd be there for her. Blaine finally sang about the Jonas Brothers but after he did, Hunter gave a surprise visit to the New Directions in hopes of seeing Rachel. Brittany found out that Santana didn't quit her job and now she's mad at her, saying that she's embarrassed to be seen with her. Ouch. And that's what you missed on, GLEE!
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, but I wish I did. Here's a new chapter of the story. Two more until Regionals!
"You can't do this Sue!" Mr. Schuester yelled in the Principal's office the next morning. Currently, he and Sue Sylvester were discussing with Principal Figgins about the recent 'cease and desist' letter the Glee Club received—for wanting to cover Bryan Adams for Regionals.
"I'm sorry Will, but I cannot have the New Directions destroy the good name that is Bryan Adams." Sue countered, looking over to Mr. Figgins. "They already ruined Lady Gaga, Queen and don't get me started about the Britney Spears weeks. I'm still recovering from the Britney Spears sex riot from two years ago."
"But the kids were really into doing it." Mr. Schuester rolled his eyes, flapping the paper he had in his hand around. "Besides, it's not every day the alumni get to come home and help the current team. I mean, Finn sang this in Glee Club to inspire the kids—and to serenade Rachel but that's not the point. The point is, Bryan Adams is an icon that symbolizes love songs. If we don't get to do Bryan Adams then the kids are going to be terribly disappointed."
"I'm sorry William, but my hands are tied." Mr. Figgins sighed, looking to Will. "If Bryan Adams's record company sent the 'cease and desist' letter then you have to follow the rules. You're going to have to figure out something else." Will and Sue looked at one another as Will sighed. Will gulped before letting out the next sentence.
"So I'm supposed to tell the kids we can't do Bryan Adams?"
"What do you mean we can't do Bryan Adams?!" Finn bellowed once Will told everyone in the Glee room the bad news.
"That's the thing. They won't let the kids do Bryan Adams according to his record company." Will knew the kids were disappointed.
"This is just like My Chemical Romance all over again." Rachel pouted, crossing her arms.
"So we're supposed to come up with a new set-list before Saturday?" Jake sighed. There were only two days until Saturday and New Directions barely got a chance to rehearse the previous set-list.
"We'd just have to take out Bryan Adams, Jake." Mr. Schue tried to calm the kids down.
"But if we have to take out Bryan Adams, then that leaves nothing." Kitty argued. "We didn't come up with another song." As the others started complaining, Rachel felt her mind whirring, quickly coming up with an idea that was going to work.
"Mr. Schue, the theme is 'Groups' right?" Rachel wondered.
"Yes." Mr. Schue said.
"All right then, so instead of doing three group numbers, we'll do songs by groups. There will still be at least one or two group numbers but one of them would have to be a duet." Rachel thought aloud.
"What did you have in mind?" Mercedes asked, sitting next to Mike and Puck in the front row of the seats.
"I was thinking of having a duet to start off the set-list with Jake and Marley, then I was thinking we go to two group numbers. The key here is that we'll only use songs that were sung by groups." The New Directions couldn't argue with Rachel's logic.
"That sounds like a great idea, Rachel." Mr. Schue agreed.
"Yeah, that sounds like a great idea." Finn nodded towards Rachel.
"Then it's settled. I'll take care of the set-list for the New Directions." Rachel said.
"All right, are we all in agreement that Rachel should be in charge?" Mr. Schue asked. Everyone quickly nodded their heads in agreement.
"All right, I'll get started on it during lunch." Rachel promised. Finn gave Rachel a small smile but when Rachel turned around to talk to Marley and Jake about what she had in mind for them, his smile diminished. Finn was worried that Rachel was putting too much on her plate, wondering if any of it had to do with Hunter. Finn would have to talk to her about it later. Right now he had other things to worry about.
"Are you sure this is the place?" Puck asked sitting in the passenger's seat next to Finn. Finn and Puck were parked out in front of a house, while Finn continued to look at the address.
"Yeah, I'm sure this is the place." Finn nodded his head, getting out of the car.
"But what if Malcolm Reese isn't home?" Puck began to sound frightened, causing Finn to chuckle.
"Dude, what are you so afraid of?" Finn opened the passenger door for Puck to come out.
"He was in the army meaning that he could be taller than the both of us." Puck exclaimed.
"Puck, Coach Beiste is taller than you. I'm sure you'll survive against Malcolm Reese." Finn reasoned with his friend. Puck and Finn made it to the door, but Puck took a step back. "What is it now?"
"You ring the doorbell." Puck feebly said.
"Fine, I'll ring the doorbell. He might not even be home anyway." Finn knocked on the door then stuffed his hands in his pockets, waiting for someone to answer. After a moment, Finn turned to Puck with a smirk on his face. "See Puck? No one's here." But just as soon as Finn spoke those words, the door opened with a force. Puck and Finn looked up at the man, and Finn had to admit that he felt a little intimidated.
"I'm not interested in buying your Girl Scout cookies!" The man shouted. Finn cleared his throat, still staring at the man.
"I'm not selling Girl Scout cookies." Finn stated. "Are you Malcolm Reese?"
"Why you ask? Are you cops?" the man looked down at Finn.
"Why, did you do something?" Puck chuckled. The man tensed, then shuffled his feet.
"No, why do you want to know?" The man squeaked. Finn rolled his eyes and nudged Puck in the ribs.
"We're not cops, don't listen to him." Finn pointed to Puck then let out a sigh. "My name's Finn Hudson and if you're Malcolm Reese…"
"Wait a minute…you're Finn Hudson?" The man pointed towards Finn. "All right, my name is Malcolm Reese. I knew your dad."
"You knew Christopher Hudson?" Finn repeated.
"Yeah, he was my partner in the army…before he was unfairly discharged." Malcolm looked around then opened the door for Finn and Puck to come in. "We can talk inside." Finn and Puck followed Malcolm inside of the house and into the living room. Puck and Finn sat on the beige couch while Malcolm sat in the recliner.
"Do you mind if I ask a question before we get started on going back down to memory lane?" Puck raised his hand as if he were in school.
"Shoot." Malcolm leaned back in his chair.
"How did you get the name Malcolm Reese? That can't be your real name, is it?" Puck chuckled.
"Actually, my real name is David, but I'm such a big fan of the T.V. show Malcolm in the Middle. I legally changed my name to Malcolm after I was discharged from the army. It might have also helped that my middle name was Malcolm and that's all Christopher would call me." Malcolm recalled.
"All right, let's get back to the story at hand." Finn waved a hand before Puck then looked back towards Malcolm. "How well did you know my dad?"
"Oh, I met your dad when we were in the middle of training." Malcolm smiled at the memory. "He was holding the gun wrong and almost shot himself in the thigh." Finn grimaced at the thought since he remembered that he shot himself in the thigh when he tried out for the army. "Ever since then, your dad and I were two peas in a pod. I always admired your father Finn. He was so strong, courageous, brave…and he had everything that I wished I could be. I remember this one time where he saved these kids from getting in the middle of an altercation. Man, he made sure all of them were safely in one of the houses, then he sneakily was able to shoot and kill the enemy. Christopher had a soft spot for kids. He really did."
"I could figure." Finn chuckled, thinking about his dad faintly. "I just want to know what happened. Why was he dishonorably discharged? I mean, I know he let drugs get the best of him but…he did so much good but all he's going to be remembered for is making that one mistake. Apparently no one remembers all the good a person does once one bad thing overshadows it."
"Unfortunately that's true Finn." Malcolm sympathized. "Christopher was my best friend…and when they discharged him I was heartbroken."
"But why didn't you do something about it?" Puck wondered.
"I wanted to, I really did. But they were planning on kicking me out of the army with no place to go. I would have lost everything." Malcolm sighed. "I knew there was nothing I could do to help him then and after he died I blamed myself. I want to do something to help him."
"You want to help my dad?" Finn leaned in, staring at Malcolm. "Then you have to help me get him an honorable discharge. Everyone will only remember him for one thing…but we can change that and make everyone see despite the wrongs he had done, he was still a hero. I only need your help, Malcolm. Please." Finn looked to Malcolm in hopes of getting him to join him. Malcolm looked Finn in the eye, then released a smile.
"You want my help? You got it kid." Malcolm agreed. "I let Chris down once. I'm not going to let Chris down again." Finn and Puck eyed one another and gave each other a fist bump. One part of Finn's plan to get his father an honorable discharge was complete. Now, he just hoped the rest of his plan would work.
Rachel sat in the McKinley library, looking through a book of songs so she could get an idea for Regionals. She needed it to be perfect, and she had to think fast before Saturday. Saturday was two days away! As Rachel continued to skim through the book, Marley entered the library with her lunch, noticing that Rachel was sitting by herself. Marley decided to take this as the opportunity to get to know Rachel a little better. Marley sat opposite of Rachel, something Rachel suddenly noticed.
"Oh, hi Marley." Rachel smiled then looked back to the book.
"Are you still looking through songs to see what we should sing?" Marley wondered.
"That's exactly what I'm doing." Rachel nodded her head, flipping one of the pages. "As a matter of fact, there are a lot of songs in here that we could do that are made by groups."
"As long as it's not KC and the Sunshine band then I'll be fine." Marley chuckled. Rachel chuckled along with her, thinking about the time that the girls and boys were on over the counter medicine and gave extremely energetic performances.
"I'm with you there." Rachel smiled. Marley pursed her lips, wondering if she should ask what was on her mind. The thoughtful expression on her face caught Rachel's attention. "Marley? Is something wrong?"
"It's nothing…just…" Marley stammered then looked Rachel in the eye. "You don't worry about Hunter being in Lima while you're here, do you?"
"Me, worry about Hunter being in Lima?" Rachel repeated, her face turning blank. "I…I don't really have anything to worry about. As long as I have Finn then Hunter won't hurt me. I'm not hiding anything from Finn this time."
"All right, I just want to make sure." Marley let out a smirk while Rachel suddenly became uncomfortable. "Look Rachel, I just want you to know that we're here for you…no matter what." Rachel looked to Marley, thinking it over for a moment before letting out a sigh.
"I know you are, but I'm fine Marley. I mean, Hunter can't hurt me because you guys are here for me." Rachel got up from the chair, seeing that Marley suddenly regretted her question.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to step where I didn't belong." Marley softly said. Rachel gave Marley a warm smile, shaking her head.
"It's all right. You're just being a good friend like everyone else is doing." Rachel put a hand on Marley's shoulder. "You know you're really amazing Marley Rose. I just thought you should know that." Marley gave a grin towards Rachel, the guilt vanishing in an instant.
"You're pretty awesome yourself." Marley smiled. Rachel nodded her head, not exactly feeling as special as she should in that moment.
"Well, even us awesome people have to go and find ourselves sometimes, right." Rachel chuckled. She looked at the clock, realizing that she was supposed to meet Finn, Puck and Mike in the auditorium. She wanted to run something by them since they offered to help her with the set-list. "I have to go and meet some of the guys to run the set-list by them but I'll see you later, okay?"
"All right." Marley nodded her head and went to eat her carrots. Rachel gave Marley a friendly smile then headed out of the library towards the auditorium. As Rachel reached the auditorium, she noticed that someone was already sitting in one of the seats. Rachel figured that it could have been Finn, so she let out a wide grin and went over for a hug. Rachel suddenly stopped when she noticed the person seated wasn't Finn—it was Hunter. Rachel took a step back, seeing that Hunter was letting out a smirk.
"Rachel, it's good to see you here." Hunter chuckled, then got up from his chair. Rachel started to back away from Hunter, feeling as if she was in danger.
"How did you get in here?" Rachel emitted from her lips.
"The security guard fell asleep. That's all." Hunter shrugged his shoulders, seeing that Rachel was still backing up. "Rachel, there's no need to be afraid." As soon as Hunter said that, Rachel started to make a dash for the exit of the auditorium until Hunter ran after her and grabbed her. Rachel started to let out a scream but Hunter put his hand over her mouth to muffle the screams. "Rachel, you should really let me finish speaking before you exaggerate everything." Hunter spoke in a calm tone despite the circumstances. Rachel felt the tears stream from her face as she continued to scream. She had to figure out a way to get out of Hunters grasp, and that was when she thought of the perfect way: she stomped on Hunter's foot with her high heels, causing him to let go of her. Rachel took a step back, going for her iPhone in her pocket.
"I'm calling Finn and the police." Rachel shook her head as she started to dial 911. Hunter walked over to her, snatched the phone out of her hand and threw it to the wall, destroying the phone in multiple pieces. Rachel stopped crying for a moment to realize that her phone was no longer in working order. "You…you smashed my phone. YOU SMASHED MY PHONE!" Rachel yelled, her fists balled up. If she didn't feel like crying back then, then she sure felt like crying now!
"Well, it was your fault. You were the one that was being stubborn." Hunter leaned closer to Rachel, attempting to put his forehead on hers. Rachel had enough of Hunter and pushed him into one of the auditorium chairs in anger. She stared down at him, realizing what she had done…her breaths ragged. Hunter got up from his position, charged Rachel and slapped her across the face, causing her to fall back and onto the floor. Rachel held her cheek in shock while staring down at Hunter, realizing that it was going to leave a bruise later. "I'll finish you later…don't you worry, Rachel Berry. Don't you worry." Hunter turned back around and left the auditorium quickly while Rachel continued to hold her cheek. She felt tears stream down her face as she got up from the floor slowly, walking over to the stage, holding back her sobs. Rachel didn't realize that the Glee band was already there and they had flipped through a song and started to play it for rehearsal, giving Rachel the saddened option of singing along with the band. Maybe she would feel better if she did?
No, don't just walk away
Pretending everything's okay
And you don't care about me
I, know it's just no use
When all your lies become your truths
And I don't care
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you're happy now
Would you tell it to my face
Or have I been erased
Are you happy now
Are you happy now
You, took all there was to take
And left me with an empty plate
And you don't care about it
And I, am giving up this game
And leaving you with all the blame
Cause I don't care
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you're happy now
Would you tell it to my face
Or have I been erased
Are you happy now
Are you happy now
Are you happy now
Do you really have everything you want
You can't ever give something you ain't got
You can't run away from yourself
Yeah, yeah
Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you're happy now
Yeah, yeah
Come on tell it to my face
Or have I been replaced
Are you happy now
Yeah, woah
Would you look me in the eye
Could you look me in the eye
I've had all that I can take
I'm not about to break
Cause I'm happy now
Are you happy now?
After singing, Rachel was wrong…she didn't feel much better. Instead she felt worse. Rachel sat down on the auditorium seat, sobbing while covering her face. She didn't even notice Finn, Puck and Mike entering the auditorium to meet her about Regionals. The boys were in the middle of their own conversation about meeting Malcolm Reese and getting Finn's father an honorable discharge.
"So you think he's going to be able to help you?" Mike wondered as the boys headed down towards the stage.
"I think he can, I mean he seemed pretty cool so I guess…" Finn stopped in his tracks when he saw Rachel sobbing on the stage, not even noticing the boys. Finn, Puck and Mike gave one another panicked looks before rushing to the front of the stage to help Rachel. "Rachel, hey…what's going on?" Finn quickly got in front of Rachel and tried to pick up her head with his finger, but when he did, he noticed a bruise on the side of her face. Finn's eyes widened as Puck and Mike's expression turned violent. Finn pressed his hand on Rachel's bruised cheek for the moment, then furrowed his eyebrows. "Who did this to you?" Finn's voice was harsh. He didn't mean to sound that way towards Rachel but he was so upset that someone would strike his fiancée. Rachel looked Finn in his eyes, her mascara and eyeliner running down her face along with her tears.
"Berry, if you don't tell us who did this to you then I will punch that wall." Puck pointed towards the wall as Rachel continued to stare at Finn. Rachel gulped for a moment, then let out the name as she burst into tears again.
"H…Hunter." Rachel sobbed. Finn automatically hugged Rachel closer to him as he soothed her. Puck clenched his fists, shaking his head.
"That's it! I don't care if I get arrested! That little punk is going to get the beating of a lifetime!" Puck started to walk towards the exit before Rachel looked to him.
"Puck! No!" Rachel yelled out through tears. Puck turned around, shaking his head in disbelief.
"Rachel! I may be an ass to everyone, but if there's one thing I don't tolerate, it's someone putting their hand on a woman, especially on one of my friends!" Puck walked over to Rachel seeing that she had stopped crying.
"I'm…I'm your friend?" Rachel stammered, questioning Puck softly. Puck's expression softened as he nodded his head.
"Yeah, you're my friend." Puck let out a small smile as Rachel continued to stare at him. "And I know I suck at being a friend but…I want you to know that Finn, Mike and I will hunt down Hunter…and we will give him the beating of his life." Rachel shook her head towards Puck, letting out a small mischievous smile throughout her tears.
"No…we're not going to get him back by beating him up." Rachel said. "I have a better idea."
Hunter walked along a nearby Lima Parking lot, staring down at a text message that he received. He was told that he was supposed to meet the Warblers here so that they could discuss him coming back to the club. He was surprised that they would have wanted him back especially after he broke their conduct rules in the worst ways possible, but Hunter didn't care. Give him a Warbler jacket and some harmonies and he'd be set. He looked around the parking lot, unsure exactly where the Warblers were. Maybe they were running late?
"Hello…Hunter." A voice that wasn't any of the Warblers creepily said. Hunter turned around, holding his breath slightly. What the hell was going on here? Hunter saw Finn come out from hiding, along with Mike and Puck, the three of them wearing gigantic grey hoodies.
"What…what do you want?" Hunter tried not to sound scared, but he knew that it couldn't have been good.
"You know Hunter, we saw Rachel today after you attacked her." Finn growled as Puck and Mike joined him. "How did she get a bruise on her cheek? I sure as hell didn't do it and neither did my boys here…so that means it must have been…you."
"You don't have proof that I did that to Rachel." Hunter shook his head.
"Are we really playing this game again?" Finn shook his head, staring at Hunter. "Listen, I know that you did it because Rachel doesn't lie. She said it was you, and given the circumstances of what you did to her during Sectionals, I have to say I believe her. Plus her iPhone was smashed into a million pieces and you're getting in the way of her dreams."
"What dreams could she have anyway?" Hunter scoffed. "She keeps coming back here. I don't get why she likes Lima so much."
"She's coming back here to help her friends, but I have to ask why do you keep coming back? Who did you pay to get out of prison?" Finn snarled.
"I have my own little system in there. I know how things work so I was able to take the top spot in no time." Hunter gave a smug look towards Finn. "But I don't get why you're so upset. I mean, Rachel's just a girl and a girl needs to be with someone so she could satisfy a man's needs. You're not a man."
"I'm a man." Finn's face contorted into rage. "You're a pig. No girl would ever want to be with you because you're rough, you're pushy and you're not a good listener. And besides, Rachel knows how to satisfy me and she doesn't have to do what you're trying to force her to do to make me happy. Just her smiling face gives me satisfaction. All you're thinking about is trying to have your way with her."
"All right, so you called me here. What the heck did you want?" Hunter shook his head.
"You know, we were going to give an eye for an eye because of what you did to Rachel." Puck shrugged his shoulders. "You know, since she has a bruise on her cheek then you should have one too…but that's not how we took care of things in McKinley while we were there."
"Oh yeah? How did you take care of things?" Hunter let out a snicker. Finn, Mike and Puck gave one another knowing glances before taking a cup filled with liquid from behind their backs.
"This is how we deal with people like you, you son of a bitch." Finn growled under his breath, then he, Puck and Mike slushied Hunter in the face. Hunter was shocked with what just happened and all he could see was a cold, icy rainbow in his eyes. Once Hunter was able to get the slushie out of his eye, he noticed Finn, Puck and Mike were gone—and Hunter was beginning to think of ways for revenge. They messed with the wrong ex-Warbler.
Song Featured: Are You Happy Now by Michelle Branch (Sung by Rachel Berry)