"i'd like to call this meeting to order." rachel said right before finn and i walked into the choir room.

"oh, hello finn. how nice of you to show." rachel said coldly.

"well, this looks like none of my business." i remarked and took a seat next to matt.

"okay, look, i realize now that all of you think that glee club is just a joke. okay and you're convinced that we can't win, and you're content to just sit idle by until figgins cancels the club. well, i'm about to present to you a rare opportunity. the opportunity to become stars."

"how?"

"we've all been cast in a local commercial." rachel beamed.

"are you serious?" finn inquired.

"yes finn," rachel spat,"and while all of you have been so concerned with your appearance in this school, i've landed glee club its first big break. simply put, making us all celebrities. okay and no one messes with celebrities or defaces their pictures."

"okay, i don't about celebrity. i've been a guest star on multiple t.v. shows before and i'm still not a celebrity." i laughed.

"oh yeah, i always forget about your intense theatre background. you used to go away for a couple weeks at a time to film small roles." finn nodded.

"and i quit the biz all for glee, baby." i laughed.

"yes, but you have more instagram followers than all of us combined." quinn pointed out.

"right. yeah, okay." i conceded and sat back down.

"hey! maybe that's why you've never been slushee-d!" artie said making a big realization i hadn't thought of.

"ohhhhh!" i exclaimed.

•

i stood in my pajamas with mike, his arm wrapped around my waist and my arm slung around his shoulders, as rachel protested the script we were given.

"aw, are you guys a thing? that's so cute!" tina exclaimed.

"no, we're just friends."

"oh. my bad." tina replied and walked off.

next thing i knew we were performing jump for the mattress commercial instead of a shitty script.

•

"but, we don't want to go to sectionals without you." artie frowned.

"it's without me or not at all. look, i was the one who slept on the mattress, which means i accepted them, not you. which means i'm disqualified from competition, not you guys." mr. schue explained.

"he's taking the bullet for us. solid."

"we have worked too hard for you guys not to get your shot."

"we can't do this without you, mr. schue. hell, we probably can't do it with you." finn said.

"that's not true. you guys are good. you're really good. you did "jump" for that commercial without me, right? look, the best teachers don't give you the answers. they just point the way and let you make your own choices. your own mistakes. that way you get all the glory. and you deserve it. look, if... if you can't win without me there, then i haven't done my job."

"we're really sorry, mr. schue."

"I know. I want you guys to go get gussied up and take that glee club photo with pride. I want to see a smile on every one of your faces."

•

after our glee picture, i realized i had a question for mr. schue.

"hey, mr. schue." i smiled as i walked into his office.

"hey, stevie."

"i'm really sorry you can't go to sectionals with us."

"thank you. it's my fault, really. at least now we still have our amateur status." mr. schue continued to look on the bright side of things.

"yeah. that's actually what i had a question about." i took a seat in front of him.

"go ahead."

"um, right, so i hadn't really thought of this before. but i've done professional work. like gotten paid and everything. is that against the rules? like am i banned too?" i questioned.

"have you done any work while in the club?" he asked me.

"no sir." i shook my head.

"then it should be okay. you're still amateur in the eyes of competition as long as you don't do any work while you're in glee."

"okay, good. thank you." i began to stand.

"can i ask what work you've done?"

"um, just some guest staring. and some reoccurring roles. but i've never became a principal character because i just...i feel like my work isn't done here. i need to graduate, and i can't just leave finn you know." i shrugged.

"right. that's fair. i think once you graduate we can ship you off to los angeles to become a big star. mention me when you win an award." mr schue joked.

i laughed,"will do."