we sat in the choir room as mr. schue wrote sectionals on the board.

i sat in my chair, criss cross and turned to finn.

"so...who were you kissing last week?" i asked.

"why? you jealous?" he smirked.

"no. i'm with jesse."

"you always say that to me."

"i'm reminding you." i explained.

"are you? or are you reminding yourself?"

what he said left me without a response.

i opened my mouth to answer, but when i couldn't come up with anything, i just turned my attention back to mr. schue.

"mr. schue, you look a little green." mercedes said.

"um, i think i'm gonna go to the nurse. but first i feel like i should get you guys a sitter." he muttered and walked off.

almost immediately after his departure rachel jumped up.

"class, in mr. schuester's absence, i'd like to go around and ask everyone what solos they want to hear me perform at sectionals." rachel demanded.

"okay, that's it let me at her!" santana yelled and jumped up.

it took me, brittany, and puck to fully contain her.

rachel screamed and ran out.

•

mike and i threw paper at puck and finn, as the sub wrote on the board.

when she turned around we pretended not to be doing anything.

"linsey lohan es bien loca, no?"

some of us repeated it, but we were all a little confused.

"no, repiten otra vez, con más energía. venga!"

"linsey lohan es bien loca, no?"

"¡muy bien! ¿cuántas veces a asistido lindsay lohan en rehabilitación? cinco veces. ¡cinco!"

"favor de ponerse en grupos, para discutir cuantas veces se ha puesto lindsay lohan en rehabilitación." she said as kurt walked in.

i turned to mike.

"mike, do you know anything about finn making out with someone?" i asked.

"um, yeah. tina told me he and rachel were. why?"

"rachel? are they dating?"

"i don't know. are you jealous?" an amused smirk played on mike's lips.

"why do you ask?"

"cause that's probably why he did it. to make you jealous."

"whatever."

•

i walked into the choir room with finn to see puck buttering the floor.

"dude, what are you doing?"

"kurt got us a substitute so i'm buttering the floor." puck told us.

"but isn't sectionals like two weeks from now?" i asked.

"hey, gigantor. we're gonna swap names." artie grinned.

"i'll be rachel." i laughed.

rachel walked into the choir room.

"um did i hear something about a stubsti-" she was cut off by slipping on the buttered floor.

we all laughed.

"well, at least i didn't fall and break my talent. i'm fine!" she exclaimed.

the sub walked in and slid across the floor.

"oh, what the hell?"

"hola, clase. nothing says "bienvenidos" quite like a buttered floor. let's start with some introductions. my name is holly holliday. what's yours? Go." she turned to puck.

"i'm finn hudson i'm the quarterback of the football team." puck said in a voice that made him sound stupid.

"i'm stevie flynn, his loud loud best friend." santana smiled.

"i'm rachel berry, and i love me. i, for one, think we should take this opportunity to explore the musical genius of one, barbara streisand. because i'm also an annoying little jewish girl." i said causing everyone to laugh.

except rachel of course.

"i'm mike chang." brittany lowered her voice.

"that was really good." kurt nudged me.

i smiled.

"those aren't your names. you wanna know how i know that?"

"you're psychic."

"i know this because i recently watched a video of you guys performing at regionals, where you came in last. maybe it's because the songs were about 30 years old, but..."

"those songs are classics."

"those songs are amazing. but the sound like someone else's songs. not yours. just saying."

"she's got a point." i shrugged

"i'm not your average, run-of-the-mill substitute teacher. i want you guys to do things that you want to do. i want you to have fun in our fabulous but fleeting time together. what do you say we have class outside today?"

"it's raining outside."

"well then let's take a field trip to taco bell." she said causing us to laugh.

"should we take up some medical marijuana? i wish."

"it's really hard not to like this woman."

"okay, no! we can't just goof off all day. we have to write a set list for sectionals." rachel demanded.

"you're right. what songs do you wanna do?" ms. holliday asked.

we all stayed silent.

"oh, don't get asked that question very often?"

before i knew it we were singing forget you, and it was actually a lot of fun.

way more fun than any journey song we've ever done.

•

"you made out with rachel, didn't you?" i came up to finn at his locker.

"why?"

"mike said you did it to make me jealous." i ignored his question.

"god, mike is such a big mouth." finn rolled his eyes.

"you have to stop." i told him.

"stop what?" he played dumb.

"finn...come on. i'm dating jesse. you need to stop the little mind games. and you need to stop waiting for me."

"stevie...ever since we sang that duet for the duet week you've been acting...different around me. i know you felt something when we were singing."

"oh please, i was just emotional because jeremy jordan originated the song. you know how much i love him." i rolled my eyes.

"you're a liar, stevie. i know when you're lying."

"why would i wanna be with someone who told the whole school i'm yet to have sex with jesse? huh?"

"i wasn't the one who spread it. i only told rachel. and kurt. and santana. but that's it!"

"are you stupid! you told kurt and santana? you wanted it to get out. why?"

"stevie, there's a reason you haven't had sex with him yet."

"cause i'm not ready."

"you've already done it! how can you not be ready?"

"i'm not talking about this with you!" i yelled throwing my hands up before taking a deep breath and calming down,"date rachel. she really likes you."

"i love you, stevie. i'm not dating anyone else."

"well then it's gonna be a really lonely year for you." i looked up at him.

"you don't love jesse."

"what makes you so sure?"

"because it's supposed to be me and you. this is just a little bump in the road." he shrugged.

"you are so annoying! just date rachel already. date quinn for all i care, just stop loving me." i walked off.

"why would you be with him when you don't even wanna have sex with him?"

"stop throwing that in my face. you know what? i am gonna have sex with jesse. and he's gonna be way better than you." i told him.

he laughed.

"don't be so sure."