Will walked into glee that day happier then usual, so far he hadn't had one complaint about the cast list which, for these kids, was unusual but Will was happy about it none the less. "Alright guys, I thought today we'd go over the basic plot of RENT and the characters and then we'd read through some of the script. Sound good?"

"Mr, Schuster?" Rachel said raising her hand. "I nominate Kurt and I to go over the basic plot of RENT, as you put it, because we're the only 'RENTheads' in the glee club."

Will sighed knowing this was a losing battle, "Alright go ahead."

Rachel walked up to the front of the room Kurt not far behind. She immediately went to the white board and wrote the word 'RENT' on it, "RENT tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. There are eight main characters, there's Mark a film-maker, he's trying to complete his documentary throughout the play. He narrates the play from time to time as if he were narrating his documentary. He'll be played by Finn in our production."

"Then there's Roger," Kurt said. "He's Mark's HIV positive roommate, he's a failed musician who wants nothing more then to write one great song before he dies of the disease. He'll be played by Puck."

"Then there's Mimi, she's Roger's love interest," Rachel began. "She's a nineteen year old HIV positive exotic dancer who lives in the loft directly below Mark and Roger's. I'll be playing Mimi."

"Collins is Mark and Roger's old roommate who left to teach at MIT but returns at the beginning of the musical, he's openly gay and he does have AIDS. At one point described by Mark as 'computer genius, teacher, vagabond anarchist, who ran naked through the Parthenon,'" Kurt explained. "He'll be played by Sam."

"Kurt will be playing his love interest Angel," Rachel declared. "A gay drag queen who also has AIDS, Angel always has a positive out look on life and is very generous however she tragically passes away half through the second act."

"Then there's Maureen," Kurt began. "She's a bisexual performing artist who used to live with Mark, Roger, Collins and Benny but eventually moved out, she's also Mark's ex-girlfriend who he's not exactly over. Brittany will be playing Maureen."

"While Santana plays her love interest Joanne," Rachel continued. Joanne is a lesbian lawyer who is a lot more uptight then Maureen 'causing quite a few lovers spats throughout the show."

"And finally the show's antagonist Benny," Kurt said. "He was roommates with Mark, Roger, Collins and Maureen but he went of and married a wealthy woman and became there landlord. He is described as 'yuppie scum' and seems to care only for money. He'll be played by Mike."

"There are various minor characters that will be played by Artie, Mercedes, Tina and Quinn. Though hopefully we'll be able to get a bigger ensemble then that because there are a lot of characters." Rachel explained. "I think that about sums up RENT character wise at least. The show itself is very complex which is why I'm inviting all of you to come over to my house tonight for a screening of the filmed live on Broadway edition of RENT and then the movie which isn't nearly as good as the stage version."

Will smiled, "Thank you Rachel and Kurt, and I think it's a great idea for all of you to watch RENT so I expect all of you to at least watch the filmed on Broadway version. And since you'll be watching it I think we'll wait on the read through and I'll just let you guys read the scripts on your own for now."

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"You'll be fine Mike," Tina assured her boyfriend who was freaking out over the fact that he had so many lines.

"But I have a whole song to myself," Mike said. "And I have to sound good."

"And you will," Tina said. "Mike, I've seen those home videos of you performing for your family you were fantastic."

"How did you see those?"

Tina shrugged, "You were playing video games with Puck and weren't paying attention to what me and your mom were doing."

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"So, Noah," Rachel began sitting next to Puck much to his dismay. "As you know we're the romantic leads, technically you can reason Mark's the main character but we're definitely the romantic leads."

"You're point?" Puck asked only half listening to what she was saying.

"Well are you prepared to play such a complex character like Roger? Much less sing his solos, it took you weeks to sing a solo and that was simply because you wanted to date me."

"Always the humble one," Puck muttered.

"What was that, Noah?" Rachel asked.

"Nothing."

"Alright, so like I was saying..." Rachel began and Puck inwardly groaned slouching farther into his chair.

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"Hey," Sam said taking a seat next to Kurt.

"Hey, lover," Kurt joked before seeing Sam's confused face. "Haven't read the I'll Cover You scene yet?"

"Oh right," Sam said as if something was coming back to him. "I forgot about that, mom usually only watches Mark scenes." Now it was Kurt's turn to be confused. "Unhealthy NPH obsession remember?"

"Right," Kurt said. "Excited to play Collins?"

"Nervous, it's a big role with some really big scenes, especially near the end. What about you? Angel is a pretty big role."

"It's definitely exciting," Kurt said with a little nod of his head. "A little stereotypical but exciting none the less, I finally get a solo without having to beg for it."

Sam nodded, "Right, a solo and a duet kind of unusual for anyone other then Rachel or Finn to have that many songs."

"Yeah, but look at how many songs Mimi has," Kurt commented.

"True," Sam trailed off. He wasn't exactly sure why he came to talk to Kurt he hadn't spoken to the guy since Kurt broke off their duet but for some odd reason he wanted to talk to the clubs countertenor. Sam shrugged off this thought and went back to awkwardly chatting with Kurt.

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"So, Britt, you and I are gonna rock this duet, am I right?" Santana asked her fellow cheerio and best friend.

"I thought you said you didn't want to sing with me," Brittany said.

"Yeah, not about being in love."

"Aren't we lesbian lovers in the play?" Brittany asked.

"Well, yes, but this is different..." Santana trailed off.

"How?"

"Because this is a break up song?" Santana asked more then said.

"Are you asking me or telling me?" Brittany said in one of her wiser moments.

"Um..." Santana trailed off. But just them Mr. Schue clapped his hands together trying to get the clubs attention. "Saved by the Schue." She muttered.

"Alright guys, you're dismissed but I expect all of you to show up for Rachel's screening of RENT," Will explained.

A/N: Sorry this took longer then usual! I've been really busy, I'll try and update faster next time! Happy Mother's Day!