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

FORTY TWO

Season 2, Episode 20: Prom Queen

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

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Santana and the other glee girls are talking about prom. Lauren's having trouble finding a prom dress.

"You're up for Queen, you can't make your own prom dress. Prom is like our Oscars. It's seriously, like, the most important night of our lives." Santana says.

Lauren furrows her eyebrows. "What about getting married?"

Quinn sighs. "Oh, you can get married as many times as you want. You only have one shot at your Junior Prom."

Mercedes arrives. "What are you guys talking about?"

Lauren answers. "Prom dresses."

Mercedes smiles. "Thank God I don't have to worry about that. I'm not going."

Kurt looks confused. "Why not?"

Mercedes shrugs. "'Cause nobody's asked me."

Will is standing in front of whiteboard in choir room. 'PROM' is written on the board.

"Alright, guys – prom." Will says.

Sam groans. "Please tell me we're not doing songs about prom."

Will shakes his head. "Nope – we are the prom. Figgins has asked us to perform."

Rachel smiles. "Let's do Run Joey Run."

Angie raises an eyebrow. "I don't think that's the best song choice."

Will continues. "Now, I know this isn't ideal with Nationals coming up, but we really don't have a choice. And, we could really use the money. But I know that prom is a special rite of passage. I want to make sure that all of you guys get a chance to enjoy the dance, too. So we're gonna stag at the performances so that each and every one of you has a lot of time to dance with your dates."

Mercedes stands up. "Excuse me." She says.

Mercedes leaves the choir room.

Will looks to the others. "Is she okay?"

Quinn sighs. "Mercedes doesn't have a date for prom."

Brittany shrugs. "So? I don't have a date. I'm just going to dance. And then all of your dates are gonna ignore you and come dance with me, so...your dates are really my dates."

Kurt gets up. "I'm gonna go talk to Mercedes."

Rachel shakes her head. "No, let me."

Rachel leaves the choir room.

Angie gives Finn a longing look.

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Angie looks at her lunch with a bit of a distasteful look. It's six days to Prom, and Finn hasn't even asked her to go with him yet.

Angie sighs as she picks at her food, mulling over her own ridiculous problem. Why can't she just ask Finn to prom?

Angie suddenly gets an idea when Finn sits down next to her at the lunch table.

"Hey babe. Whatcha thinkin' about?" He asks as he wraps an arm around her shoulders.

Angie smiles. "Oh nothing. But I do have a question for you."

"You can ask me anything." Finn encourages.

Angie takes his hand and holds it in hers. "Finn Hudson... will you go to prom with me?"