Defying Gravity

Journey

"Quinn? Quinn? Are you all right?" Mr. Shuester asked

"It's been a long year." Quinn said.

"Yeah. Oh, you need some help with those plates?"

"I'm not due for a month. Think I can handle a stack of plates."

"Right. I'm...Yeah. No one wants any pizza? All right, well, uh, let's get started. Thank you for coming to the first annual New Directions' Regionals' set list nominations party."

"What's the point, Mr. Shue? Coach Sylvester's one of the judges. She's gonna crush us."

"Artie, you don't know that."

"Yes, we do. She told us at Cheerios practice."

"Yeah, she said, "I'm going to crush Glee Club."

I swore under my breath as Puck said "A whole freaking year. All that hard work for nothing."

"I'm sorry. I just really love you guys. You know how many Facebook friends I had before I joined Glee Club? Two. My parents. Rachel was right. Being a part of something special- it made me special. I just can't believe it's going to be over in a week."

"Wait. Who says it's going to be over?"

"Please. You think Puck and Santana are going to even acknowledge my existence once we're not in Glee Club together anymore?"

"She has a point." Puck said.

"Mr. Schuester? Do you think instead of nominating songs, we can just... all go around the room and talk about things that we loved about Glee Club this year?"

"Mr. Schuester, Finn and I have something we want to say to you." Rachel said.

"Me first. Have a seat. Nine months ago, there were five of you in here. And we sucked. I mean, we really sucked. Bad. One day, all of you are going to be gone. And all of this, all of us will be nothing but a hazy memory. It will take you a second to remember everyone's name. Someone will have to remind you of the songs we sung, the solos you got or didn't get. Life only really has one beginning and one end, and the rest is just a whole lot of middle. And I love you guys too much to let you not make the most of it. Now, I was going to quit once, but you guys brought me back with "Don't Stop Believing." It was a nine, but we are going to make it a ten." Mr. Shue responded

"We're doing "Don't Stop" at Regionals?" Finn asked.

Maggie and I fist bumped.

"And then some. We are doing a Journey medley. Because who cares what happens when we get there when the getting there has been so much fun? Rachel? You had something you wanted to say?" Mr. Shue said.

"Just that we're all really glad you didn't become an accountant."

"Regionals, here we come!"

" You raise me up... You have to believe we are magic..."

"A mash up of Olivia Newton-John and Josh Groban. Are you kidding me?! Somebody tipped them off about the judges."

"Guys, we can't get distracted by what the other teams are doing."

"We just got to keep our heads in the game and focus."

"Even though we know we can't win?"

"Yes. If this is only about winning for you guys, then I owe you all an apology, because I've failed you. And we should just all go home, because it means we've already lost. Besides,we have got something that the other groups don't."

"What?"

"Finn's dancing. Right? Come on. Now let's get out there. We got two minutes. Aural Intensity's almost finished. Bring it in. Come on. Come on. Let's go, go, go, go, go and..."

"Break a leg."

"I love you."

"Ladies and Gentleman, our second competitors, winner of the Central Ohio Sectional, McKinley High's New Directions!"

[RACHEL and FINN perform FAITHFULLY]

[NEW DIRECTIONS perform ANY WAY YOU WANT IT/LOVIN' TOUCHIN' SQUEEZIN' ]

[NEW DIRECTIONS perform DON'T STOP BELIEVIN]

[Cue to New Directions running offstage]

"That was awesome!"

"Oh, my God!"

"We've got second place in the bag."

"Screw that. We are going to win this!"

"Hell yeah!" Maggie yelled

"Quinney?"

"Mom. What are you doing here? Is Dad okay...?"

"I came to hear you sing. You were wonderful. I'm-I'm so sorry I missed all the other times you performed. Were there a lot? I left your father. Well, I-I... kicked m out, actually. He was having an affair with some, uh... tattooed freak. Quinney, I want you to come home with me. I can turn the guest room into a nursery. Oh, sweetie, say something."

Quinn looked up terrified "My water just broke."

"So we have something we need to say to you."

"I was just the gay twin brother of a football player." Matthias said.

"I was afraid to sing in front of people."

"In the beginning of this year, I was just another football player."

"I had a stutter."

"I was a closeted diva."

"I used to be captain of the Cheerios."

"I was afraid to dance outside my room."

"I hated everyone in this club."

"So did I."

"I wasn't honest about who I was."

"I was tossing kids into Dumpsters."

"I had never kissed a girl before."

"And I was getting slushied."

"I was just the bisexual daughter of Mary Winkle and Mike St. James." Maggie said.

"I was a has been dance team captain and the untalented sister of a rock star." I said.

"I didn't-I didn't have a father. Someone I could look up to. Model myself after. Someone who could show me what it really meant to be a man." Finn said.z

"We don't care what the judges say. We won. Because we had you as a teacher."

"And Glee Club will never end, Mr. Shue, because... you are Glee Club. And you're in all of us now." I gasped as I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and liquid rushing out. "Guys." I whimpered "My water broke." Maggie swore loudly and said "Somebody call Nick!" I gasped and said "Front pocket of my purse." Maggie pulled out my phone and called Nick. "Dude! You're girlfriend's going into labor! Yes bring Jeff. He's the godfather! Good, we're going to Just hurry!" The rest of it was a blur of pain until I heard a pair of doors opened. "Liz! Who's going with you?" Mercedes asked. "Maggie and Nick when he gets here." I gasped. I felt Maggie grip my hand and had the sensation of being rolled away. I cried out as I felt a particularly painful contraction. After pushing for a long time, I heard the nurse say "Congratulations, it's a boy." I felt my little boy get placed on my chest and smiled. I said "Hi baby. I'm your mama." I cradled him in my arms cooing at him. "He's beautiful." I said. I fell asleep.

"What are you going to name him Liz?" Nick asked. "Peter Finnegan. I don't know about the last name. Do I give him Sebastian's last name? Or mine?" I said. "Well, he gave you permission to use his last name, so name him Peter Finnegan Smythe." I heard knocking and said "Come in." Jeff and Maggie walked in. "Do you know when they're releasing you?" Jeff asked. "Tomorrow I think." I said. "Great. Um, the other kids in glee want to see you." Maggie said. I said "Two at a time."