"Wow, you are like 20 times better than I remember." Finn told her. "Wow girl, can you ever belt out an Enrique song." came a voice from beside her. She turned to see Unique pull a chair up beside her and sit down. "I hope this means you're joining the glee club- we could use a strong girl like you."

"Can I even still join? It's like the middle of the year." she asked.

"With talent like that you can join anytime you want," Finn told her.

"Please join!" Marley chimed in, walking over.

"I'd love to if you'll have me," Taryn replied.

"So it's settled, you are officially one of us!" Unique exclaimed.

"Hear that guys? New Directions has added a new member." Mr. Shue told the room.

The next 45 minutes of glee club rehearsal was spent introducing Taryn to the group and the group to her. They told her who they were and the past of the glee club.

As everyone was leaving Taryn stopped Finn.

"I'm confused, if you aren't a student here how come you're here?" she asked suspiciously. She learned Finn had graduated last year after they won nationals.

"I came back to help with the glee club, I don't really have any plans yet." Finn lied. Well, he really didn't have any plans for his life yet. He also didn't want to scare Taryn away with the details of his past.

"Where's Rachel? You two dated for a long time didn't you?" Taryn asked innocently.

"How do you..."

"Our parents still gossip like little book club ladies. I hear it all."

"So you heard about the engagement then..." Finn noted sadly.

"Engagement?"

"...or not."

"What engagement? Why do you sound sad? Finn are you okay?" Taryn asked all in one breath. She felt her eyebrows knit together.

"No, I'm not okay. But I will be." Finn told her sadly.

"You can talk to me, you know that. We used to tell each other everything." Taryn told him, grabbing his hand and squeezing it. Finn looked up at her and remembered when he'd first realized he'd had a crush on her. It wasn't something you forget, but it'd been so long. It was her eyes that really caught his attention. They were a strong, bright green- like fresh cut grass in the summer. They were looking into his now.

"Thanks Taryn, you were always one of my best friends. I hated that we lost touch."

Best friend. Taryn felt herself flinch slightly at the word.

Taryn had always had the hugest crush on Finn. Always. They had been so close for so long, he'd been her first kiss.

"So I was thinking maybe you could show me around Lima? I mean it's been so long I probably don't remember." Taryn said happily, getting up and pulling him up with her. She hadn't realized they'd been sitting so close.

"Sure, that sounds great."

Taryn had been lying, she remembered everything about Lima. It was a crappy little town but she loved it. It was extraordinarily different from her native New York, but it was all the things NYC wasn't. She'd come down here with her mom for the summers to visit her moms family, since she'd grown up here. Her dad and brother usually stayed in New York and Finn had never even met him. They probably wouldn't have gotten along anyway. Her brother was kind of a jerk to her. He always thought he was better. He was the better singer, the better dancer, the better student. What was she? It didn't matter- Brody went to NYADA now and she didn't have to deal with him. She rolled down her window and felt the warm breeze of Lima as her and Finn drove to the Lima Bean- the local coffee house. As Finn parked she unbuckled her seat belt. Finn put it in to park and looked over at Taryn. Her long wavy brown hair hanging loose over her shoulders. She was petite and pale skinned. She wore sunblock religiously because she burned so easily leaving her with pale porcelain skin. She was wearing a white sundress and little jean vest. Finn opened his door and met her at the front of his truck.

"Ready?" he asked her. "Yeah," she told him, a smile playing on her lips.

They walked in to the Lima Bean and stood in line behind a trio of blonde girls. "Hey guys!" came a voice from behind them. Finn turned around and saw Blaine getting in to line behind them. "Hey buddy, what's up?" Finn asked. "Long time no see" Blaine said winking. Taryn recognized him from the choir room. "Showing Taryn around Lima I see," Blaine commented. Blaine had a ridiculous amount of hair gel in his hair, but it suited him, thought Taryn. "Yeah, I used to come here in the summers but I haven't been here since the summer of grade nine I think." Taryn told him. "Oh cool! I didn't know that," Blaine said smiling. The summer where her heart had been broken. Finn nodded awkwardly, remembering that summer. Him and Taryn had been really good friends and that summer things were just different. He thought of her differently. She was beautiful. She told him that she liked him and he told her that he felt the same. Then without any warning at the end of the summer he told her they couldn't be together because he wasn't ready to be in a relationship. A few weeks after school started his facebook status had changed to In a relationship with Quinn Fabray. She'd gone through Quinn's facebook and seen she was a pretty, skinny, cheerleading blonde who was super religious. Finn became a football player, he dated a pretty blonde cheerleader- his life had become a cheesy classic teen movie. Meanwhile Taryn could never forget him. It took time but they eventually lost contact. Then a few years later she learned Finn was engaged to a girl named Rachel- who was the complete opposite of Quinn. She pretended it didn't affect her, but she was secretly sad that Finn had found love. She barely dated through high school. The one relationship she'd had ended badly with a jerk who'd cheated on her. "Next," called the barista. "Can we get two dark roast double doubles, thanks." Finn asked, handing her cash. "You didn't have to do that," Taryn said, nodding towards the barista in thanks as she grabbed her coffee. "As if you remember my coffee order." She laughed. "It the same as mine- how could I forget?" he smiled. "Bye Blaine!" Taryn called back, giving a quick wave. "So, how's being back in Lima?" Finn asked as they sat down. "Can't complain, I'm glad you were here so I'm not alone." She said, avoiding his eye contact while she took a sip of her coffee. "I'm glad you're back. Are you just here for the year?" he asked. "I'm not sure. I really don't have any post secondary plans." she told him. "Yeah that was my problem," Finn sighed. "Well you like glee club and you're a natural leader, have you ever thought of teaching?" Taryn asked. "I hadn't actually- but that's a pretty solid idea..." Finn agreed, something in his eyes lit up. "Well- I always was the smart one" Taryn nudged him jokingly.