Blair was in the school's library during her free period instead of going to the choir room with the others. She had a shift at her music store after school and wanted to get a jump on her homework. Doing homework was one of the normal, albeit tedious tasks that kept her grounded. Well, she did it for that effect and because she wasn't sure how long she'd be in this Glee-ful Reality so she needed to make sure she'd have some semblance of a future.

Music played in her earbuds as she worked away at the mathematical equations. Math still pissed her off because they always seemed to change it. If it wasn't broken then why fix it? How they wanted the equations solved now took just as long as the other method, so why bother changing it?

Her homework was interrupted when Liam sat in the seat beside her and said something. Due to the music she didn't catch what it was, so she pulled her ear buds from her ears and whispered, "What?"

"Have you seen this?" Liam held his phone towards her with a YouTube video ready to play. When Blair shook her head to indicate she hadn't, he pulled the earbuds plug from her phone and put them into his own. They each took one bud before he hit play.

Moments later a video started playing of a woman dancing to Olivia Newton John's 'Physical'. Blair didn't get the point of watching this until the woman turned around to reveal that it was none other than Sue Sylvester dancing.

Blair smiled and laughed at the video because she thought it was epic. "I can't believe Sue actually posted this."

Liam laughed even more because that wasn't the case. "She didn't."

Yeah…that changed everything. Blair's initial reaction faded away and was replaced with a hardened expression. "Who posted it?" Blair demanded to know. "If Sue didn't post this then who did?"

Liam laughed as he turned off the video and pulled the plug from his phone to return them to her. "No idea but it's hilarious."

"No, Liam, it's not." Blair gathered up her things and practically ran out of there in hopes of finding Sue and giving her a head's up about the video before the entire school found out about it.

Liam didn't get why she was so upset. "Oh, come on. It's funny!" After calling that out to her, he was shushed by the librarian so he apologized and left the library.

By the time Blair found Sue it was too late. Between what the kids in the hall were saying and Sue's expression, she knew all about the video. That didn't stop Blair from going over to see if she was alright. "Sue…"

Sue was in such an embarrassed rage that she lashed out at her. "Was it you? Did you post that video of me as some sort of payback?"

Blair couldn't believe Sue was asking her that. "Are you kidding me right now? I would never do anything like that! I know I can be a bitch sometimes but I don't go out of my way to hurt or embarrass people. I wouldn't do that, especially to you. You're my family, dammit."

Sue sighed heavily because she really didn't think Blair had done it but the video being posted online like that really threw her for a loop. "You're right, I'm sorry. Just get to class. We'll talk later."

"If I find out who posted it, I give you my word they're going to answer to me." No one messed with her family and got away with it.

Sue didn't doubt it. "Don't do anything to get expelled. It'd look bad for me to have you expelled." That and she didn't want Blair to get into that much trouble.

Blair backed away with an impish smirk upon her face. "No promises."

On her way to Glee Club, Blair stopped by her locker to swap out her books but her plan was cut short due to a piece of paper that was taped to it. Blair plucked it off and found it was some sort of ranking system – or a 'Glist' – of who's hot and who's not. Quinn was listed as number one, Santana was two, and Blair was tied with Puck for third. "What the hell is this?"

Blair didn't care about swapping out her books that this point and stormed down the hall. She wasn't sure who she intended to talk to about this, but she was pissed as hell. Blair wasn't going to stand for this.

Sue was the first person Blair came upon and decided to side with the evil she knew at that moment and showed her the list. "This isn't right."

"I was coming to find you about it. I just got out of a meeting with Figgins. It seems one of your Glee buddies put it up." Sue crumbled up the paper and threw it into the trash. "Schuester claims he's going to find out who was behind it."

"If he doesn't find out then I will. I hate bullshit like this!" Blair felt like she wanted to punch something. "What is done behind closed doors should stay there and not be put on some sort of – of sexual score ranking list!"

Sue had seen Blair in this sort of mad-mode before and it resulted in them spending the day patching up a hole in her bedroom wall. That wasn't something she wished to repeat. "Deep breaths, Blair. Perhaps you should see Doc today."

Blair took a couple deep breaths before refusing. "I'm fine. I don't need an extra appointment. But if I find out who wrote this I swear that I won't hold back from doing something that might get me expelled."

At Glee Club, Mr. Schue was not happy about the Glist whatsoever. He started the meeting off with holding it up and demanding to know who was behind it. "Who did it? This is serious. Figgins is threatening to disband the Club."

"If being a part of this Club is going to result in crap like this then maybe it should be disbanded." As much as Blair loved Glee, she wasn't going to put up with this sort of crap.

Santana didn't seemed phased by the situation. "Why are we playing this game? We all know it was Puck."

Puck was quick to defend himself. "Back off. I didn't do squat."

"Then why is Quinn on first and Blair tied with you?" Tina questioned with crossed arms. "It seems like a sneaky backwards way to try and win brownie points with the two of them."

"And why am I last?" Rachel interjected. "Other than the fact that I blew up your pack of lies."

"Enough!" Mr. Schue shouted at the group. "No one is blaming anyone for anything." With a calmer voice he turned to Puck. "But seriously, did you do it?"

Puck defended himself again because he wasn't the culprit. "I said 'no'. I'm a delinquent, sure. I like setting stuff on fire and beating up people I don't know. I own that. But I'm not a liar." He was quick to amend that. "Except for that one thing I'm not a liar."

Mr. Schue was inclined to believe him but that wasn't the present point. "All right, here's the important point. Between this and posting Coach Sylvester's personal video on YouTube, you guys are getting a pretty bad reputation."

"Why is that a bad thing?" Artie questioned. "Maybe if we seem more dangerous people would stop flushing my glasses down the toilet."

"Or maybe if you'd tell me who they were then they'd stop flushing your glasses down the toilet." Blair was more than willing to deal with the creeps.

Artie pondered it for a brief moment. "I'd rather have the bad reputation."

Blair reached her limit there and had enough of it. "That's it, I'm out." She scooped up her bag from the floor and headed for the door.

Mr. Schue didn't intend on letting her leave like that. "Blair, where are you going?"

Blair stopped and turned around on her heels to address the Club with her answer. "I'll come back when this Club had gotten their sense knocked back into them. Bad reputation as a good thing? Seriously? Who cares if you're not popular! You've got your lives and your friends and so much other stuff going for you. Popularity that isn't going to mean shit after High Schoo0?l – That's what you're worried about?" She scoffed and waved her hand towards the group. "Once you've got your priorities straight, let me know. Until then…I quit."

The majority of the members were shocked to hear her say that before she walked out. Finn was the first to speak up. "She can't quit, Mr. Schue. We can't let her quit."

Mr. Schue wasn't sure what else to say at that moment other than, "If that's the way you all feel about it then you're gonna have to figure it out with her on your own."

Blair was seated at her usual lunch spot on the staircase outside when her lunchmates joined her. Liam sat where he usually did a couple steps ahead of Blair and Finn sat a couple below. It was only a matter of time before one of them brought up her outburst and quitting of Glee and she was making mental wagers with herself as to who would crack first. To her surprise it was Liam – she was betting on Finn.

"What was up with that 'Rachel moment' earlier?" Liam asked casually before opening up his container of grapes and popping one into his mouth.

Blair raised her brow a bit at how he asked his question and answered with one of her own. "Rachel moment?"

Finn elaborated on that one. "Well, yeah, she's usually the one who storms out and quits. Not you."

Now that it was explained, Blair couldn't get offended by their description of it. After all, it was pretty damn accurate. "True, but I feel my reaction is justified. I don't like what the Club is turning into and I don't want to be a part of it that's how it's going to be."

Liam leaned forward on his knees while talking to her. "So you're going to throw all the good stuff away because someone made the Glist? You're going to let one person sway your decision? That doesn't seem like you."

"It's not one person, Liam. Did you not hear what was said today? Bad reputations are better than nothing at all? I've had my fair share of dealing with bad reputations and I have no intention of doing it again." Blair stole one of his grapes and tossed it up in the air before catching it with her mouth.

Finn turned around to look up at her. "What will it take for you to come back?" He hated the idea of her not being there.

"I'm pretty sure I've already said what would need to happen. Everyone needs to smarten the hell up." Blair gathered up her things because she wanted to see if the Auditorium was empty so she could work on something before her next class. "I'm too old for this crap," Blair muttered as she walked down the stairs.

Liam and Finn exchanged weird expressions with each other before Liam called out to her, "You're the same age as us!"

"Old soul, boys!" Blair answered as she continued walking away. "Old freaking soul."

Lucky for Blair, the Auditorium wasn't being used so leaned against the piano, pulled out her cellphone and scrolled through a song list. She was just about to hit the play button but stopped when she heard footsteps behind her. Blair looked around to see Liam heading her way. "You following me now?"

"Lucky guess." Liam sat on the nearby piano bench. "You still doing the assignment even though you quit?"

Blair put an end to that theory. "I'm making a CD for my aunt so I need to rehearse." Since Jean loved them so much Blair continued making them for her.

"Need some help? I'm sure they've got a guitar around here somewhere." Liam knew he wouldn't get anywhere with her as far as rejoining Glee was concerned, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to try and spend time with her.

Blair set her phone face down on the piano. "Do you understand why I've quit Glee?" It was bothering her that no one seemed to get it.

Liam shrugged a bit. "Sure. Sue's methods are rubbing off on you."

Blair drummed her fingers on the piano before asking, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"You think the Club needs to learn a lesson so you're doing something ridiculously insane to make sure it's learned. Sound familiar?" Liam didn't realize he was dancing on thin ice until that moment.

Blair tapped her phone before swiping it up. She opened her mouth to speak but pressed her lips together in order to find the right words. "I'm going to let that slide because despite how much you remind me of someone, you're not them. You weren't there, so you have no idea what happened."

Liam was confused during some of it but one point stuck out so he just focused on that. "Then tell me what happened. Let me get to know you. All I know about is your life since Lima and a few tidbits from before. Why won't you talk about it?"

Blair picked her bag off the floor and put it over her shoulder. "Because no matter how I try to explain it you'll just think I'm insane." She snapped her finger and pointed at Liam in an 'oh, that's right' manner. "You'll just think I'm ridiculously insane." She scoffed lightly and left the Auditorium.

It wasn't Liam's fault that she couldn't tell him about her Reality and everything else, but she was just so frustrated about everything and unfortunately took it out on him.

Liam didn't get what happened to make her react like that but clearly there was something more going on than what she was saying. If only he could get her to talk to him but he had no idea how to make it happen.

Blair had an appointment with Doc after school but despite everything that was on her mind she didn't really say much and kept her eyes on the clock.

Doc took off his reading glasses and set them aside atop his notepad. "You do know you have the freedom to cancel appointments you don't wish to attend, don't you? These sessions aren't mandatory. No one is forcing you to be here."

"I know," was all Blair had to say in response to that without looking away from the clock.

"I am all for sitting in silence if that is what you wish to do, but I have a feeling you'd rather talk so let's talk." He looked at the clock as well and then it made sense. "You are waiting to speak so you can make a quick get away afterwards aren't you?"

Since he knew what she was doing there was no point in putting it off any longer. "What's your take on reputations?"

Doc thought this was an interesting place to start but have his personal opinion. "I think they can be pretty misleading, at least where bad ones are concerned. They're usually based off one mistake or a rumor and are much harder to shake than it is to achieve a good one." He put his glasses back on and picked up the notepad. "Can I ask why?"

"My friends think having a bad reputation is better than none at all – that maybe they'd be respected if they had a bad one. And I quit Glee because the entire club pretty much agreed about it and I couldn't deal with that crap." Blair looked down at her hands as she picked at the purple nail polish. "I knew someone, someone very close to me, who was destroyed by a bad reputation. Granted he did a lot to deserve it but it was the reputation that skewed the views of others whenever he tried to do some good. They always assumed he had some sort of ulterior motive or had something to gain by his good deeds. It broke something inside him and I'd hate to see that happen to anyone else. I don't think I could handle seeing it happen to anyone else."

Doc made note of this before asking, "Did you happen to mention any of this to your friends?"

Blair shook her head with a scoff. "I shouldn't have to explain every detail of my past to make my point."

"There's a difference between making your point and actually letting someone get to know you." Doc set his notepad aside again and leaned forward a little bit to say, "I understand that you let someone in before and they ended up breaking your heart but that does not mean everyone will."

"But that's what everyone does," Blair countered as she look up at him. "Everyone I let in either breaks a piece of me or dies. What's the point of letting people get to know the real me if…"

Doc cut her off there because this was something they'd gone over time and time again but she still didn't seem to get it. "Human connection, Blair. You can list off all the cons and what-ifs you want, but what it all boils down to is human connection. We need it in our life, even if it's limited. My younger sister hated being around people but she had one best friend that knew everything about her and that was more than enough. So whether you let one person in or a hundred, the number doesn't matter. You can't keep everyone at arm's length forever, Blair."

He waited for her to respond to that but since she didn't, he continued on from there. "After what happened with Puck and where your mind went to that day you have been living your life, and I applaud you for that, but Blair...when was the last time you felt alive?"

Blair didn't want to answer that question and pointed to the clock. "Well look at that, time's up."

Doc didn't try to keep her there longer and just said, "We'll pick this up at our next session," as she made her way to the door and walked right through it.

Since Sue had to work late that night, Blair brought some supper to her after seeing Doc. Presently they were eating in Sue's office at the High School. Sue stuck her fork in the salad before breaking through the heavy silence in the room. "I hear you quite Glee."

Blair figured she'd have heard about it sooner or later. "Mr. Schue come to talk to you? Or was it Doc?"

"Doc knows better than to break you confidentiality like that," Sue countered. "I know that because I've tried and he didn't budge." Sue set her own fork aside. "Actually, who told me was your football buddy, the Hudson beanstalk."

"Finn came to talk to you?" Blair found that a bit hard to believe. "Finn's terrified of you."

"He still is, but he seems to care about you. You've got some loyal friends there, stubborn goddaughter of mine. Are you sure you're willing to turn your back on them?"

"Coming form the person who's pissed at Glee because one of them posted your video? That's rich." Blair set her take-out container on Sue's desk, suddenly losing her appetite. "Why can't I just do something without having to explain it? What? Because I'm messed up I have to report every single thought process to make sure I don't take a step off the ledge again?"

Sue knew how frustrating Blair found all this, but it was necessary. "If making sure you're not holding all your pain inside is the cost of making sure nothing happens to you, then yes that is what you're going to do. You don't have to explain your actions, but you can't keep everything buried inside either. You can't have it both ways."

Their conversation was interrupted when Sue's telephone rang. Sue had half a mind to ignore the call but answered it. "You're go for Sue." After listening to someone claim to be Olivia Newton John, she was not amused. "Nice try. And that's a ridiculous accent." On that note, she slammed the phone down.

"You're getting prank phone calls now?" Blair clenched the arms of her chair. "Now I'm really pissed."

Before Sue could say anything else, the phone rang again. This time Blair was the one who answered it. "Listen here, whoever you are, you better quit messing with Sue. You mess with her and you mess with me and that really something you don't want to do…" Blair's jaw dropped when she heard the voice on the other end of the line speak and explain herself. "One moment please."

Sue looked at Blair oddly as she put it on speakerphone and returned the receiver. After Blair waved at her to speak, she said again, "You're go for Sue."

"Hi, as I was explaining to the young lady before, I am Olivia Newton John."

Sue cut her off there. "Sing something." When they sang, there was no doubt it was her.

Now that it was confirmed she was indeed who she claimed to be, Olivia went on with the reason for her call. "Listen, Sue, I'm headed for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a sanctuary for orphaned koalas, but I heard my daughter Chloe laughing at something on the internet the other day and I saw your video. And I just have to ask, whatever would possess a person to do something like that?"

Sue sighed before answering, "Well, I gotta tell you, Olivia, that video was never meant for public consumption. Some people enjoy videotaping themselves being intimate with a partner. I happen to enjoy revisiting the impeccable form of my various jazzercise routines."

There were two things Blair couldn't believe. She couldn't believe that Olivia Newton John was talking to Sue and she sure as hell couldn't believe what Sue was saying to her. Even so, this was so freaking awesome!

"Well, it got me thinking," Olivia continued. "Physical was the biggest hit of my career. It spent ten weeks at number one. Unfortunately, I botched the video, which, by the way, was one of the first music videos ever. But I filled it with obese men in spandex and it went over the top, and the song went with it. But I saw your YouTube video, Sue, and I realized that now is the time save it and possibly you. I'll be in Ohio tomorrow chairing a benefit for Saving the Rainforests at King's Island."

Sue was mighty confused and wasn't sure what Olivia was getting at. "I don't understand."

Blair practically squealed, "She wants to redo the Physical music video and have you in it!"

Olivia laughed at the reaction. "That is exactly what I was getting at. We can go over the particulars tomorrow. I'll be in touch."

Sue and Blair shared shocked and awed expressions with each other before Sue spoke, "That was Olivia Newton John. That was Olivia Newton John!" The pair shared an excited squeal with each other before Sue cleared her throat and composed herself. "You tell anyone I did that and you're grounded for a month."

Blair sat back in her chair and moved her fingers across her lips like she was closing up a zipper. "I didn't hear or see a thing." Okay, it was official, this Reality was so freaking weird and Blair was rediscovering her love for it.

That weekend was ultimately the best weened ever! Blair went along with Sue to the studio where the music video was being filmed, was able to stay and watch the whole thing, met the incredible Olivia Newton John and got the legend to sign her vinyl copy of the Grease soundtrack. So, yeah, best weekend ever! At least in that Reality.

Monday at school rumors were all around Mr. Schue being…well…a slut. Those rumors just reaffirmed the point that a bad reputation was so much easier to gain than a good one and that much harder to get rid of.

This was something Blair and Sue were actually discussing, using Mr. Schue's situation as example, when they walked down Mckinley's hallway and were suddenly stopped by a terrified looking Kurt.

"Coach Sylvester, Blair, can I just have a minute of your time?"

"What do you want, ladyface?" Sue felt Blair's glare for that and changed her response to, "Speak, Blair's gay friend."

Kurt took a deep breath before saying, "You're aware that a tape was leaked onto the internet, causing you to become a national laughing stock? We stole the tape from your pills and syringe drawer. We posted it online. We'll accept whatever punishment you see fit, and Blair we will not even attempt to block our faces when you punch us."

Blair crossed her arms and nodded at Sue when she turned back to her.

Sue nodded back. Looking to Kurt, she said, "So it was you. I can't thank you enough." With a genuine smile she walked away.

Kurt had no idea what had just happened and looked back to Mercedes, Tina, Artie, and Brittany for any insight but found none. It wasn't until Blair tapped on his shoulder to make him turn around that he got a little insight.

"Look it up." Blair placed her hand on Kurt's shoulder and leaned forward to whisper a bit of advice. "But never pull anything like that again. You won't be so lucky next time." She quickly pecked Kurt's cheek. "Later, Loser."

Kurt stammered out, "L – later, Jerk," and turned back to the others when she walked away. Since the only hint they were given was to look it up, that was exactly what they intended to do.

It felt weird not going to Glee rehearsal but since they were meeting in the Choir Room, Blair hung out in the Auditorium since it was free period for those who weren't in clubs. She didn't think anyone would go in there since Drama was doing stuff outside that day, so it surprised her when another person joined her on stage. It surprised her even more to see it was Finn.

Blair had been playing on tune on the piano but stopped and stood up to meet him. He looked pissed and betrayed and a blend of other emotions. "Whoa, Finn, what happened?"

"You were right. About the whole reputations thing, you were right. Rachel did a music video and casted me, Jesse, Liam, and Puck in the same role to make herself look like some slutty girl singer with a bunch of guys fighting over her. She cared more about making that kind of reputation for herself than her relationships."

Blair felt bad for Finn, especially since she knew he still had a thing for Rachel so she hugged him. Words seemed to fail her at that moment because it wasn't about being right, it was about doing the right thing.

Finn hugged her back, feeling a bit better that she didn't say any form of 'I told you so'. That didn't stop him from saying, "We should listen to that old soul of yours more often," though.

Blair laughed as she moved from their embrace. "I know I don't know everything, but I know enough to make a point."

"What else do you know, oh wise lady?" Finn asked with a chuckle as he leaned on the piano.

Blair sat on the stool and waved her hand towards him. "What would like to learn?"

Finn thought for a moment before coming up with something. "Who's the person Liam reminds you of? He may have mentioned you got a little weird about it."

Blair even had to admit she thought she was a little weird when she made the comparison that day. "His name's Matt. We grew up together, and Liam reminds me of him so much I sometimes forget who exactly I'm talking to, but it makes me miss home a little less."

Finn moved around the piano and sat down beside Blair on the stool. "Does anything else around Lima make you think of home?"

"Not really, this town is like a whole different world compared to where I came from." Blair put one leg over the stool so her legs were hanging on either side as she faced him. With a deep breath she took a step towards taking Doc's advice. "You mind if I tell you some more about it?"

Finn's brows shot up at that because Blair never really wanted to talk about her life before Lima and felt pretty honored that she chose to talk to him. "Take it away."

Blair knew that she couldn't tell Finn everything but she picked a point of her life to start with just started talking…

End Season 1 Episode 17