The New Kid Chapter 124, a glee fanfic

CHAPTER 124

Thursday Afternoon - 3 days to the final

Finn and Nicole left the bedsit shortly after. Nicole had to go and sort some things out regarding Finn's concert that night, so Finn carried on alone. He anyway only had one more stop before his concert that night: McKinley High. Finn was going back for a reunion with the Glee club. As he sat in the car and was driven to the school, he was followed by practically the whole town on foot. Luckily, there were, once again, barricades set up to keep out crazy fans.

When Finn walked onto the grounds of McKinley, a flood of memories cascaded through his mind. He crossed the field and thought about that hilarious conference final when the Glee Club had to step in and play because the rest of the football team went on strike. He looked at the bleachers and smiled, reminded of all evenings Bella and Finn would be kept late because of Glee and how they would sometimes ditch Glee and come up to the bleachers. As Finn walked those halls after 9 years of not coming back, it didn't feel nearly as good as he thought it would. It felt like something was missing. Or someone. Forcing a smile on his face, Finn knocked on the door and walked into the choir room…

To Finn's surprise, there were so many people in the choir room! The whole Glee club (minus Bella) were all sitting down in their usual seats, grinning at Finn.

"Hey guys! How's it going?" Finn asked, smiling at them.

"Son of a bitch, it really is you! It isn't some random dude that looks like you!" Harry exclaimed. Finn laughed and hugged all of them.

"What are you all doing here?" Finn asked.

"Well, we wanted to have a New Directions reunion with you actually here with us for the first time. And we're all flying to New York tomorrow to watch you in the finals, so don't worry about that." Quinn said.

"How are you all? I kinda saw you the day of my first audition for the show but I wasn't really focusing on you guys, so I really haven't caught up with many of you for almost a decade. What have I missed?"

"Well, let's see…" Puck said. "Mercedes and Sam are engaged…"

"Oh really?! Congratulations, you guys!"

"Thanks, dude." Both Mercedes and Sam said.

"San and Britt are still together." Puck continued. "Kurt and Blaine (that Warblers kid) are still together, Liam and Harry are still living in the frigid north in Toronto, Mike and Tina broke up right after high school but got back together during our 5 year reunion, which by the way, none of us saw you at…" Puck joked. Finn raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah. Sorry, I was a bit busy. You know, sleeping, eating, and OH YEAH… fighting for our country." Finn responded, rolling his eyes. Puck laughed.

"So yeah, that happened. Artie is now living in L.A and has a decent job as an assistant screenwriter for some minor TV shows. Oh, and George is moving to New York to…"

"Be closer to Quinn. Yeah, I guessed." Finn cut Puck off, finishing what he thought Puck was going to say.

"Wait, what? I was going to say he was moving to New York to be the NYU football coach. What about Quinn?" Puck asked, interested. Everyone, in fact, leaned in to listen to what Finn had accidentally let slip. George and Quinn's faces dropped. So much for keeping their relationship secret, they thought.

"What, seriously? You guys didn't know?" Finn asked, surprised.

"No, they didn't. And how did you, given that we haven't seen you in ages?!"

Finn shrugged.

"Come on. If you wanted to keep your relationship secret, you should have tried harder. Both of you have been exchanging glances at each other."

"That doesn't mean anything." Quinn scoffed.

"You want to dig a little dipper, Fabray? Okay. Your lipstick shade is literally on the side of George's mouth. Oh, and bad job trying to cover up that hickey which just 'happens' to be the exact same size as George's mouth."

Everyone looked at Quinn and George, amused.

"You know, Finn? Up until this morning, I was so excited to see you again. Now, I'm kind of regretting that!" George exclaimed.

"Stop trying to avoid the questions." Tina snickered. "Just tell us!"

"OK, fine. Maybe, recently, George and I started a long distance relationship and when he got that job offer, it gave us the opportunity to be in the same city as each other and we can truly see how we are in an adult, mature relationship." Quinn said.

"Wait, how long have you two been together now?" Kurt asked.

"6 months." Finn, George and Quinn all said at the same time. Quinn and George turned to Finn.

"OK, how could you possibly know that?" Quinn asked, laughing.

"Well, you guys suck at hiding stuff. 6 months ago, on the same day, both of your Facebook status' changed to say that you both were in a relationship, but neither of you specified with whom. That meant that you were with someone that everyone would make a big deal about. So, probably an ex. You two dated in high school so it can't be a coincidence."

Nobody spoke for a moment. Everyone just grinned at George and Quinn.

"Finn, I think it's safe to say that we all missed you so much, and we're so proud of you for what you managed to achieve in both the Army and in the music industry." Mr. Schue said.

"Yeah, you're awesome, Finn. We wouldn't come from all over the continent for just anyone and come back to Lima for a day, and then all go to New York for the final. We are all invited to the final, right?" Mike asked. Finn nodded.

"Yeah, I have as many tickets as I want. Speaking of which, are you guys coming to my concert tonight?"

"Duh! Of course we are!" Liam exclaimed.

"Dude, I still can't believe you sang I'm Sexy and I Know It in one of the biggest singing competitions in the world!" Puck laughed.

"What can I say? The judges liked it." Finn replied.

"Hey, what was it like performing with One Direction? That must have been so cool!" Kurt exclaimed. Finn spent the next couple of hours just catching with his friends. He had missed them so much and although it was great seeing them, it just made him miss Bella more. Her name did come up a few times, but the subject was always quickly changed for his benefit.

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At 8 pm, it was time for the concert and all 30,000 people present were buzzing outside the town hall. Finn and Nicole were a good distance away, and when they drove into the concert, Finn's jaw dropped.

"Wow." was all he could muster. He was used to performing in front of crowds due to the X Factor but the difference was this time, every person in that concert arena was a Finn Hudson fan.

"This is a taste of what's to come, homie!" Nicole exclaimed.

Finn then went on to perform his homecoming gig in front of what he could only describe as an epic crowd. As he walked down the long aisle in the middle of the arena on his way to the stage, he signed a couple of autographs, smiled in a couple of selfies, and accepted numerous hugs. People were practically piling on top of each other to get close to him at this point.

Once they were at the front, where the microphones, speakers, etc. were set up, Finn and Nicole quickly went backstage.

"You ready, buddy?" Nicole asked.

"I'm kind of nervous, not gonna lie." Finn replied.

"You'll be fine. You're awesome. And besides, I feel like with the crazy fans out there, nobody will even notice if you make a mistake."

Nicole's point was emphasised by the 'WE WANT FINN!' chant that was ringing through the crowd. Finn nodded.

"OK, let's do this." He said, and walked on stage, his guitar in his hand.

"What's up, Lima?!" Finn shouted. The crowd screamed in delight. "How are you all doing, tonight? You good?" Finn asked. Their cheers answered his question. "Well, I just want to thank you all for coming, and for voting for me every week. I wouldn't be where I am right now without each and every one of you, so thank you."

"WE LOVE YOU, FINN!" They all screamed. Finn spied his friends in the front row of the arena and he smiled at them.

Finn proceeded to open his set with his emotional cover of Young by Tulisa - the song he auditioned for the show with.

"Ok, I don't know if you guys remember but I was in the bottom two a couple of weeks ago." Finn said. The crowd all booed in disapproval. "Yeah, boo!" Finn laughed. "Not good. But hopefully, with the support of all you lot, I can win this thing, so pick up the phone and vote, okay? Anyways, I was in the bottom two, and I sang this song."

Finn sang his gorgeous acoustic cover of Shine a Light by McFly. It was probably his favourite song he had performed all series - bar his original one of course.

Tell me are you feeling strong

Strong enough to love someone

And make it through the hardest storm

And bad weather

Will you pull me from the flames

Hold me till I feel no pain

And give me shelter from the rain

Forever

Where can I find her

She took the light and left me in the dark (eah)

She left me with a broken heart (eah)

Now I'm on my own

If anybody sees her

Eh, eh, eh shine a light on her

Eh, eh, if anybody sees her

Tell me can you hear my voice

Loud and clear above the noise

And even if I had the choice

I would not give up

Where can I find her

She took the light and left me in the dark (eah)

She left me with a broken heart (eah)

Now I'm on my own

If anybody sees her

Eh, eh, eh shine a light on her

Eh, eh, if anybody sees her

Eh, eh, eh shine a light on her

Eh, eh, if anybody sees her

She took the light and left me in the dark (eah)

She left me with a broken heart (eah)

Now I'm on my own

If anybody sees her

Eh, eh, eh shine a light on her

Eh, eh, if anybody sees her

Eh, eh, eh shine a light on her

Eh, eh, if anybody sees her

After Shine a Light, Finn went straight into his next song without saying anything. It was the most light hearted song he had sung in the competition - Sexy and I Know It.

Oohh...ah

When I walk on by, girls be looking like ''oh, he's fly!''

And I'll pimp to the beat, walking on street in my new la freak, yeah!

This is how I roll, animal print pants out of control

It's a Red Foo with a big afro and just like Bruce Lee, rock out the club

Oh! oh! girl! look at that body! 3x

I...I...I... workout

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

When I walk on the spot, this is what I see

Everybody staring, they staring at me

I got passion in my pants, and I ain't afraid to

Show it, show it, show it, show it

Ooh, I'm sexy and i know it!

Ooh, i'm sexy and i know it!

Ooh.. yeah!

When I'm at the mall, security just can't find them all

When I'm at the beach, I'm in a speedo, trying to tan my cheeks,yeah

And this is how I roll. Come on ladies, It's time to go

We headed to bar, Baby, don't be nervous

No shoes, no shirt, I still get service!

Oh, oh girl, look at that body! 3x

I...I...I... workout

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

When I walk on the spot, This is what I see

Everybody staring, they staring at me

I got passion in my pants, and I ain't afraid to

Show it, Show it, Show it, Show it

Ooh, I'm sexy and I know it!

The girls in the crowd were cheering particularly loudly at this point. He had always known that he was a relatively good-looking guy but ever since joining the X Factor and being professionally remade by hair and wardrobe specialists, Finn looked like one of the hottest men in the country.

"Thank you. Thank you everyone." Finn said above the crowd's cheering. "You guys are absolutely amazing! I love you all! My next song is also very special to me because I actually wrote it myself. I sang it last week, I don't know if you all remember."

The crowd roared louder than ever.

"Wow, okay. I guess you do!" Finn laughed. "Yeah, so I wrote the song myself. It's called Sign of the Times."

Just stop your crying

It's a sign of the times

Welcome to the final show

Hope you're wearing your best clothes

You can't bribe the door on your way to the sky

You look pretty good down here

But you ain't really good

We never learn, we've been here before

Why are we always stuck and running from

The bullets, the bullets?

We never learn, we've been here before

Why are we always stuck and running from

Your bullets, the bullets?

Just stop your crying

It's a sign of the times

We gotta get away from here

Just stop your crying

It'll be alright

They told me that the end is near

We gotta get away from here

Just stop your crying

Have the time of your life

Breaking through the atmosphere

And things are pretty good from here

Remember, everything will be alright

We can meet again somewhere

Somewhere far away from here

We never learn, we've been here before

Why are we always stuck and running from

The bullets, the bullets?

We never learn, we've been here before

Why are we always stuck and running from

The bullets, the bullets?

Just stop your crying

It's a sign of the times

We gotta get away from here

Stop your crying

Baby, it'll be alright

They told me that the end is near

We gotta get away from here

We never learn, we've been here before

Why are we always stuck and running from

The bullets, the bullets?

We never learn, we've been here before

Why are we always stuck and running from

Your bullets, the bullets?

We don't talk enough

We should open up

Before it's all too much

Will we ever learn?

We've been here before

It's just what we know

Stop your crying, baby

It's a sign of the times

We gotta get away

We got to get away

We got to—we got to—away

After Sign of the Times, Finn was so in the zone that all of his songs kind of blended together. It was like he was so comfortable and doing so well that his mind had left his own body. As Finn was standing on stage, getting ready to sing his final number, he saw someone in the audience in the audience that he never expected to see. It was Bella! But he blinked twice and she was gone. Oh well. Maybe he was seeing things, he thought. NO! He tore his mind away from the blonde that had been dominating it for so long and focussed on ending the set with a killer number.

"So, I've got one more song for you guys tonight. As you know, I'm so, so happy to be where I am today. But I definitely wouldn't be where I am right now if it weren't for one woman and that's Nicole Scherzinger."

The crowd all screamed and cheered. Finn smiled at Nicole, who was watching from backstage.

"Yeah, Nicole's just been the best mentor I could have ever asked for, and I sure as hell wouldn't be in final if it weren't for all the effort and hard work she's put into helping me grow as a singer. So would you guys like to see me duet with Nicole Scherzinger in the final song tonight?"

"SCHER-ZIN-GER! SCHER-ZIN-GER! SCHER-ZIN-GER!" The crowd started chanting her name. Finn smiled at her, and she smiled back and walked on stage. The crowd exploded at the sight of the mega star. Nicole hugged Finn and the two of them took their places on stage. Although they hadn't formally planned for Nicole to come on stage and sing with him, for the past few weeks, Finn and Nicole had been spending some of their free time working on an acoustic cover of one of Nicole's songs so Nicole knew exactly what they were about to perform. Finn nodded at her and she nodded back. Finn then started strumming his guitar.

The world spit me out and I was spinning around, lost in a free fall

Forever going down, and breakin' through the ground

When I thought I reached the end, I start to fall again

But I was taught to never surrender when it's hard to get up

Gonna fight till I can stand and say

Oh, you can turn me down, you can throw me now

The harder out, the harder I come back around

You can break my heart but you can't scratch my name

I can take the hit cause I'm a boomerang

Oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa I'm a boomerang

Now I'm 10 feet tall, all my problems feel so small

Nothing in my way to make me change

No ceiling to my sky, just open space to fly

Every time I'm feeling down, I turn it back around

But I was taught to never surrender when it's hard to get up

Gonna fight till I can stand and say

Oh, you can turn me down, you can throw me now

The harder out, the harder I come back around

You can break my heart but you can't scratch my name

I can take the hit cause I'm a boomerang

Oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa I'm a boomerang

Even though I'm flying high, the sky can change one day

I could hit some turbulence, but who I am is never gonna change cause I'm a boomerang

Cause I'm a boomerang

Oh, you can turn me down, you can throw me now

The harder out, the harder I come back around

You can break my heart but you can't scratch my name

I can take the hit cause I'm a boomerang

Oh, whoa, oh whoa, oh whoa I'm a boomerang

At the end of the song, not a single person in the 30,000 person arena was quiet. They were all cheering for Finn.

"OK, thank you so much for having me. It's been so much fun to perform for all of you tonight, and make sure you vote for me on Saturday! Every vote counts! I love you all and goodnight!" Finn said and him and Nicole waved to the crowd and then walked off stage. The second they were off stage, Nicole pulled him into a hug.

"You did it, buddy! You were awesome!"

She was right. The second Finn was off stage, chants of "ENCORE!" echoed around the jam packed arena.

"Yeah, thank you. I feel I did well. And if that's any indication…" Finn said, gesturing to the arena, where the shouts were still going.

"Well, you know what they say… give the people what they want! You should perform one more song!"

"Am I allowed?" Finn asked. Nicole raised an eyebrow.

"You're not in school anymore, you nerd! You're a singer. You can do literally whatever the hell you want."

"OK, Imma do one more song." Finn said, nodding. Nicole smiled.

"Hell yeah!" Nicole smiled. Finn walked back on stage and he literally almost covered his ears so to not get deafened by the screams and shouts of delight coming from the audience at the sight of him.

"What's up everybody?! I'm back!" Finn exclaimed. "You guys were amazing tonight so I decided to sing you guys one more song. So, two months ago, I got the opportunity to perform alongside 4 VERY talented young men. They're in a decently famous band. One Direction. Maybe you've heard of them?"

Everyone cheered and screamed.

"So I got the chance to perform with them in Boston and it was one of the best moments of my entire life. Unfortunately, I don't have them with me today because I think they're in Mexico right now, but I'm gonna sing one of my favourites by them."

Oh, I just wanna take you anywhere that you'd like

We could go out any day, any night

Baby I'll take you there, take you there

Baby I'll take you there, yeah

Oh, tell me, tell me, tell me, how to turn your love on

You can get, get anything that you want

Baby just shout it out, shout it out

Baby just shout it out, yeah

And if you,

You want me too

Let's make a move

Yeah, so tell me girl if every time we

To-o-uch

You get this kind of ru-u-ush

Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

If you don't wanna take it slow

And you just wanna take me home

Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

And let me kiss you

Oh, baby, baby, don't you know you got what I need

Looking so good from your head to your feet

Come on come over here, over here

Come on come over here, yeah

Oh, I just wanna show you off to all of my friends

Making them drool down their chinny-chin-chins

Baby, be mine tonight, mine tonight

Baby, be mine tonight, yeah

And if you

You want me too

Let's make a move

Yeah, so tell me girl if every time we

To-o-uch

You get this kind of ru-u-ush

Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

If you don't wanna take it slow (c'mon)

And you just wanna take me home

Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

And let me kiss you

C'mon

Na na na na na na na na

Yeah, so tell me, girl, if every time we

To-o-uch

You get this kind of ru-u-ush

Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

If you don't wanna take it slow

And you just wanna take me home

Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Every time we to-o-uch

You get this kind of ru-u-ush

Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

If you don't wanna take it slow

And you just wanna take me home

Baby, say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

And let me kiss you

"Thank you ladies and gentlemen. I'm really done now. Goodnight everybody!"