My Better Half

16 - Lima Welcomes Me

5 months later

I walk through this school as if I own the place. As if I'm still in high school. As if he didn't hurt and humiliate me. As if the past 5 months didn't happen. But I'm not in high school anymore. And he did hurt and humiliate me. And the past 5 months did happen. While I walk through these halls, I feel powerful. Because I'm no longer that broken girl that spent the beginning of her 6th year distraught and lost.

I work here. I get to help people accomplish their dreams of becoming something big. Something big like a Broadway singer. A signed artist. A dancer. Whatever they want to be, I get to help them. I never had anybody help me become what I'm trying to be so I want to do that for these muggle kids. I have magic to help me on my way. They don't. They have no idea that magic exists so they struggle without magic.

I make my way into the choir room, bag hanging off my shoulder. I am greeted by my boss/partner, Will Schuester. I smile at him and stick my hand out.

"Elena, hey! I hope it wasn't too much trouble getting here." he says.

"No trouble at all, Mr.Schuester." I reply.

"We work together. You may as well call me Will." Will tells me.

"Okay. Well, it was no problem getting here, Will." I correct myself.

He nods and I look around the choir room. It looks way different from the choir room at Chicago Polytechnic but that makes sense.

"Is it okay if I play a song on the piano really quickly?" I question.

"Yeah, of course. The kids are in their way so hopefully, they'll hear you singing when they come in." he states happily.

I chuckle and walk over to the piano. I sling my bag off my shoulder as I sit on the bench. Cracking my knuckles, I play a high A flat to warm up.

"I, I hope she makes you smile
The way it made me smile
On the other end of a phone
In the middle of a highway driving alone

Oh baby I
I hope you hear a song
That makes you sing along and gets you thinking 'bout her
Then the last several miles turns into a blur, yeah

I hope you both feel the sparks by the end of the drive
I hope you know she's the one by the end of the night
I hope you never ever felt more free
Tell your friends that you're so happy
I hope she comes along and wrecks every one of your plans
I hope you spend your last dime to put a rock on her hand
I hope she's wilder than your wildest dreams
She's everything you're ever gonna need
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me

Yeah babe, I hope she
Shows up in a 2AM pic from her friend
Hanging on to a guy, and you just ain't him
I hope you stay up all night all alone waiting by the phone
And then she calls
And baby I
I hope you work it out
Forgive and just about forget
And take her on a first date again
And when you lean in for a kiss

I hope you both feel the sparks by the end of the drive
I hope you know she's the one by the end of the night
I hope you never ever felt more free
Tell your friends that you're so happy
I hope she comes along and wrecks every one of your plans
I hope you spend your last dime to put a rock on her hand
I hope she's wilder than your wildest dreams
She's everything you're ever gonna need
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me
And then I hope she cheats
Like you did on me