The Substitute

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[WILL walks down McKinley hallway, passed by the Cheerio's who are carrying a huge trophy down the hall]

WILL: Morning, Sue. 

SUE: Oh, I'm gonna stop you right there. It's principal Sue. 

"WHAT?!" 

WILL: What?

SUE: Oh, you heard me right. My years-long quest for power has finally bore fruit.

WILL: Wait, what happened to Figgins?

SUE: Well, you need to start listening to the news, William. A particularly virulent strain of monkey flu has arrived in Ohio from Borneo, where it had been festering in a small clutch of loud, bisexual primates, not unlike your very Glee Club.

WILL: How... how did Figgins get it?

[FLASHBACK TO:] 

[FIGGINS talks with three students in the hallway] 

FIGGINS: And that's what it means to be an American.

[Sue is standing Lauren, wearing gloves and a mask] 

LAUREN: I think I have a fever.

SUE: Can it... Now. 

[LAUREN sneezes into FIGGINS's face]

LAUREN: 'Sup? 

"Naturally." People said, shaking their heads. 

"Ah, Lauren. The one who got away." Puck said, sighing sadly as he looked at his ex. 

[CUT TO: McKinley hallway. SUE and WILL continue talking.]

WILL: So Figgins is sick. How does that make you principal?

SUE: Well, through the blackmail of prominent local politicians, I strong-armed some extraordinarily broad clauses into my contract. My first order of business? Destroy the Glee Club.

WILL: I... I thought we were friends.

SUE: That got boring.

[LAUREN sneezes into WILL's face] 

"Okay, she needs to go home." Caroline said, baffled that she was still there. 

[CUT TO: The choir room. WILL is writing on the board]

WILL (voiceover): Just one of the perks of being a high school teacher: Constant exposure to illness.

WILL: All right, guys, um... Time to start thinking about song selections.

WILL (voiceover): I mean, I feel like I might have a fever, but it's important that I power through it.

[WILL turns around and everyone looks like 10 year old]

"Oh my God." Everyone said, amused and shocked. 

WILL (voiceover): Okay. I definitely have a fever.

LITTLE SANTANA: Lookin' good, Puckerman. Someone's been eating their wheaties.

LITTLE PUCK: These guns are fully loaded.

LITTLE RACHEL: Mr. Shue? I, for one think we should use our set list for sectionals to start exploring the oeuvre of one Bernadette Peters. 

LITTLE STASIA: No one wants to do that, Rachel! 

LITTLE BRITTANY: Someday, I'm gonna go to Paris and visit the oeuvre.

LITTLE MIKE: I just want to dance.

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