Periods one and two went by so slowly that Taryn could feel her head imploding. She was so nervous and excited to see Finn. She remembered their summers together. How cute he was, how much he'd changed. He was taller, and more muscular, and definitely more handsome. She wondered if she was still attractive to him. He had liked her at one point. He'd also left her. She shook that from her head- he must be different now. The bell to signal lunch rang and Taryn gathered her books and started walking towards the doors. She saw a tall, skinny, fair skinned, dark haired girl and a dark skinned girl with short hair cornered with two tall chunky foot ball players standing over them. They were holding slushies and laughing at them. Taryn watched, confused, as they threw the slushies at them. "What in the world do you think you're doing?!" She yelled, causing the two jocks to turn around and look at her. "What is wrong with you?!" She yelled at them, walking up to them angrily. "That was rude and you should apologize." She sneered. "Or what, you gunna yell at me more little girl?" the football player laughed. Taryn's face turned red and before she could think she brought her hand back and slapped the guy in the face as hard as she could. He reached up and covered the red mark on his face and Taryn came to realize what she did. She looked over at the two girls in the corner whose mouths were hanging open. She looked back at the foot ball player and quickly turned and walked away. "Yeah, you better run" she heard them call out from behind her. She turned the corner and leaned against the wall. That was stupid. "Hey, wait!" The two girls came around the corner and Taryn looked up to meet their eyes. "Hi, I'm Marley and this is Unique, we just wanted to..." Marley said, "Thank you." Unique said wiping slushie from herself. "Oh no problem, I just can't stand bullying. It's ridiculous."

"Well bullying is a big thing in these schools, so we could really use a person with guts like you." Marley said sweetly. "I'm Taryn, I'm new here." Taryn said, introducing herself. "Well we just wanted to say thanks, we better go get cleaned up." They left and Taryn felt a little empowered and looked up to see Finn watching her from her locker. "Hey, what's up?" she asked, as she reached her locker. "Nothing... you? It seems like you're making new friends." he said, nodding towards Marley and Unique. "Oh I just met them in the hall way- no big deal." Taryn laughed, choosing not to bring up the incident. She opened her locker and placed her binder inside. "Do you still sing?" Finn asked suddenly. "Uh, in the shower yes. In public not as much. That was always my brother, he was the talented one- remember?" Taryn said, looking at him confused. "Why?"

"I have some people I want you to meet." he smiled, taking her hand and dragging her in to the class room next to her locker.

"This is the McKinley high Glee Club, the New Directions." Finn told her. She waved sheepishly looking at the room of people. "Who is she?" asked a short blonde girl in a cheer leading uniform. "This is Taryn, she's an old friend of mine." Finn told the group. "She's a new transfer here and I thought she should check out glee club."

"Hey guys," said a man coming through the door in a dress shirt, vest and jeans. He had curly hair and a chin dimple. "Today I was thinking we could do- oh hi..." he stopped noticing Taryn. "This is Taryn, she's new and came to check out glee club." Finn smiled. "Hi Taryn, I'm mr. Shuester." he said introducing himself. "Anyways, I was thinking that since it's a new year we should start it off on a fun note and sing our guilty pleasure songs." he said after shooting Finn a confused look. The room buzzed with excitement. Taryn looked at the room and spotted two familiar faces. Marley and Unique were sitting in the middle of the room. They smiled and she waved. She turned to look at Finn. "Are you going to sing something?" she asked. He looked at her with a little smile. "I think you should."

"Me? What would I even sing."

"What's your guilty pleasure?"

"I don't have one." She told him.

"That's a lie. I bet you still sing Enrique Iglesias in your room."

"How do you even remember that?!" She gasped punching him in the arm lightly.

"It was cute! Sing some Enrique, Taryn."

"Am I even allowed? I don't know if I can sing in front of people alone."

"Hey Mr. Shue, can me and Taryn sing a song?"

"If you want," he replied, looking at Finn confusedly.

Everyone in the room seemed surprised to hear Finn sing. They'd only really heard him sing once this year, and it was when he was trying to get the glee club back together.

Finn whispered the name of the song into the pianists ear. The band then started playing and Taryn felt a huge smile sweep across her face. "Feel free to join in if you know the song," she told them nervously, looking at Marley and Unique who were smiling.

"Do you know, do you know, do you know" Taryn sang, feeling the music. She forgot how much she liked singing. It made her happy.

"Do you know what it feels like, lovin' someone who's in a rush to throw you away"

Taryn looked over at Finn who was beaming at her singing. He looked like the boy she used to know.

The glee club joined in singing the background "do you know"'s .

"do you know what it feels like to be the last one to know the lock on the door has changed"

Taryn could feel the energy in the room shift and she started to move her feet to the beat while she danced. Everyone was singing and dancing along. She had always thought her voice to be mediocre however Finn always said she sang wonderfully.

As the song ended everyone applauded her and she took a small bow. "Wow, that was fantastic!" Mr. Shuester said clapping his hands together. He put his hands on her shoulders and turned to the class and said "What a great way to start off the assignment."

Taryn looked over at Finn and raised an eyebrow. She went and sat next to him again while everyone buzzed with excitement.