I'll Stand By You (Finn Hudson x OC)

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Season 1, Episode 6:  Vitamin D

Ownership of Glee:  FOX, Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk

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Will and the Glee Club are in the choir room. Will is trying to get the kids through choreography.

"Five, six, seven, eight. Step, turn, out, in, ball-change, step ball-change step. You, you, you, you. And ba-ba-ba. turn..." The group — minus Angie — falters their steps and he becomes frustrated. "Come on, guys, you're sleepwalking on me here. Give me some energy. We've got sectionals in two — "

"Please, sectionals is going to be a breeze." Mercedes interrupts.

"Maybe so. But if we coast through sectionals, we're gonna get killed at regionals. We have got to be on our games." Will states.

Kurt laughs, catching the attention of his teacher, who's giving him a disappointed look. "Sorry. Funny Youtube. It's the grape stomping one."

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The next day at rehearsals, Will is pinning pictures to a board.

"Competition. Every one of these people or elements was a champion in their own right. But they used competing with each other to make themselves even better." He says.

"I don't understand how lightning is in competition with an above-ground swimming pool." Kurt states bluntly.

Will sighs. "Just go with it. You guys have become complacent. You were great at the Invitationals, but you got to up your game if you want to get through sectionals. Okay, split up. Guys on the left side, girls on the right side. Let's go, come on. All right." Will instructs his students.

Kurt moves to group with the girls. Without even looking, Will says "Kurt." Kurt's smile deflates and he moves back to the boy's side of the room.

"Here's the deal. Two teams. Boys versus girls. One week from today, you will each perform a mash-up of your choice." Will informs.

"What's a mash-up?" Puck asks. Angie has to bite back a snarky comment.

"A mash-up is when you take two songs and mash them together to make an even richer explosion of musical expression. Boys will perform on Tuesday, girls the next day. I want you guys to go all out, okay. Costumes, choreography. Whoever wins the competition gets to choose the number that we do for Sectionals." Will says.

"Wait, who's going to be the judge? Your gender makes you biased." Rachel points out. Angie hates to admit it, but Rachel has a point.

"Ah...There is going to be a celebrity judge." The director says with a smile.

"Wh-who?" Tina asks.

Will smiles more. "Oh, you're going to have to show up to find out."

"We got this in the bag." Mercedes says confidently.

"Totally. I'm going to start storyboarding our choreography tonight." Rachel says as the girls, minus Angie, exit the choir room.

Will looks at the guys. "Hey, I hope you guys are up for this competition. The girls look pretty pumped."

"We're planning on smacking them down like the hand of God." Artie states.

Finn yawns, directing the attention of his teacher and classmates.

"Hey, Finn, you all right? You seem a little out of it." Will says in concern.

"Yeah, I'm just a little worn out." Finn answers.

"Come on, dude. We're late for football practice." Puck says, and the duo walk out of the choir room.

Angie walks over to Mr. Shue apprehensively. "Mr. Shue... would it be okay if I sat out of the boys vs. girls competition?" She asks.