The school had hired a new Spanish teacher named Holly Holiday in Will's absence, so for the first few periods of the day, he had nothing to do. Then the bell to start fifth period rang. Into the choir room came five familiar faces. Will wanted to cry. But he restrained himself.

The first person to come in was Artie Abrams. Artie was in a wheelchair but that didn't stop him from being a great dancer. In fact, he was probably one of the best dancers in glee club. The next person to come in was Tina Cohen-Chang. Tina used to be very shy, but she had since opened up and become a great performer.

Tina pulled a chair up next to Artie's chair and sat down, putting her hand in his. This surprised Will. Tina and Artie had gone out once but it was a long time ago. Will remembered Tina as dating Mike Chang, but, as Will had to keep reminding himself, Mike never joined the glee club and probably never even met Tina.

Next to enter was Mercedes Jones. Mercedes sat down as far away from Tina and Artie as she could while still being in the same room. Will knew that Mercedes's diva attitude could sometimes be a problem, but Will had always managed to help out and solve the problem. Apparently Sandy didn't do the same.

The next student to enter was Kurt Hummel. Kurt was a very confident young man. He had a flair for fashion that most straight teenage guys would never even dream of having. But that was a different Kurt. This Kurt was wearing a trucker hat, a flannel shirt, and jeans with a hole in the knee. This was not the Kurt he knew. Kurt walked up to Mercedes and kissed her. This couldn't be true! Mercedes once had a crush on Kurt, but when she found out he was gay, she - and then Will realized. Kurt had never come out.

The last to enter was Rachel Berry, and was she ever scary-looking. She marched in with a face that was so frightening that Tina put her blue-streaked hair in front of her eyes. Rachel was carrying so much sheet music that the lower half of her face wasn't even visible.

"Alright, let's get down to work! Mr. Ryerson is gone, so I'm taking over."

The club groaned.

"Actually, Rachel, I'm going to be running the glee club from now on."

Rachel looked at Will.

"And you are?"

"Hi, everyone, my name is Mr. Schuester, but you can call me Mr. Schue."

"Hi, Mr. Schue" the club mumbled.

"I'm really excited to be back teaching the glee club. I was thinking that today we could do 'Don't Stop Believing'!"

The class was quiet.

"The Journey song?" asked Artie.

"No offense, Mr. Schue, but that song is ancient," said Mercedes.

"You mean, kids don't like Journey anymore?"

"N-n-not really," said Tina.

Tina still spoke with a stutter.

Will didn't know what to do. He had only printed out music for one song.

"Well, alright, let's get working on one of Rachel's songs. What have you got?"

"Well, let's see. We've got On My Own from Les Mis, hmm… Don't Rain On My Parade from Funny Girl…I like that one."

"Rachel, those are all solos."

Rachel stared blankly at him.

"Yes, what's your point?"

"Well, Rachel, I was thinking that maybe we could do a song that would involve everyone."

Will looked out at the club. Tina and Artie were making out, Mercedes was texting, and Kurt appeared to be critiquing Rachel's clothes in his mind.

"You know what, Rachel, go for it."

Rachel gave the music for 'On My Own' to Brad the pianist, and he started playing. Will sat down in a chair and watched Rachel sing. Her voice hadn't changed. Really, nothing about Rachel had changed. In a world where everything was different, it was good to have one thing to remind him of the world he had grown accustomed to. But then he looked up at Rachel and he noticed that she was crying. And it wasn't the kind of crying that Rachel usually did when she sang. It was honest-to-goodness real sad crying. And Will knew why. He remembered the first time he heard her sing this song for glee club auditions. It was back when she was all alone without a boyfriend. Before she met Finn. But Finn wasn't going to join the glee club anytime soon. He was just a football player now.

Will got up and walked out of the choir room. Nobody even noticed that he was gone.