Prompt: Angela - "There is nothing there. It's over and gone and you all blame me." - 'Pobol y Cwm'
As the bus pulled up in front of McKinley High, Finn got slowly to his feet. He had been dragging his feet all morning. Even with the distance of the summer between him and their loss at Regionals, Finn wasn't ready to face the first day of school. Somehow, losing the show choir competition was more humiliating than the football team's dismal performance last year and that in itself confused him. It wasn't even like he had wanted to join Glee to begin with. If Mr. Schue had found that marijuana in his locker, which he still didn't know where it came from, he never would have joined.
So why did he care that he had cost them a trip to Nationals because he had followed his heart and kissed Rachel on stage? 'The Kiss That Missed' as it had been billed on YouTube.
But it did matter to him. Everyone had been so hyped going into Regionals that not even placing was devastating. The football team was expected to lose but New Directions, well they had gone to the competition feeling that they could make a good showing. Finn had liked that feeling so much more than going into a game knowing you were going to come out a loser.
But once again he was part of a losing team. They hadn't placed at Regionals. They hadn't gone on to Nationals. After all their hard work, there was nothing to show for it and Finn couldn't help but feel like everyone was going to blame him. He had never been a fan of the first day of school but today he really didn't want to walk through those front doors of McKinley.