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"Have a seat Finn," Emma Pillsbury said as she looked at the star quarterback of William McKinley High School and wondered what brought him to her office. Finn looked at Ms. Pillsbury and blushed. He didn't know why he blushed but he did.
"I need to know what my options are for college and stuff," Finn replied looking at her earnestly.
"OK. I have a pamphlet that you can take with you. Do you have any ideas about where you would like to go?" Emma said reaching for a pamphlet from the shelf behind her.
"Rachel says that there are a lot of schools in New York that I could go to," Finn answered.
"OK, um, where did you have in mind?" the ginger guidance counselor queried hoping she could get Finn to focus on his own aspirations.
"I don't know. Ohio State maybe, it'd be cool to play football there," Finn said shrugging his shoulders.
"That's great. Let's have a look at your grades," Emma said looking at the screen of her computer.
"Do we have to?" Finn said discouraged.
"Yes. It's not that bad. If you do some serious studying. Get a tutor and do well on the SAT there is no reason you couldn't end up at any school you want," Emma told him encouragingly.
"Great. Thanks. I'll get Rachel to start tutoring me right away," Finn said confident.
"Um, do you think that Rachel is a good choice? It will be hard to focus with your girlfriend as a tutor. What about someone else from Glee?" She suggested. If the guidance counselor was honest she didn't think that his girlfriend would help Finn accomplish anything that didn't benefit her directly or indirectly for that matter.
"OK, thanks Ms. Pillsbury." Finn said sighing.
Finn left the guidance counselors office excited about his future. He really wanted to play football in college. The only people who knew about his dream were his mom, Burt and Coach Beiste. He hadn't told Rachel and he didn't think he wanted to. She usually got upset when Finn mentioned not going to New York. While Finn was deep in thought he ran right into Artie Abrams William McKinley's resident rapper and genius.
"Artie, I need your help," Finn said a plan coalescing in his mind.
"I'm not helping you get Quinn back," Artie said rolling his eyes.
"No, I need a tutor in Math and Science," Finn quickly reassured him.
"Oh, sure I can help with that. You can join the sessions I do with Noah," Artie said relieved not to be asked to participate in Glee Club relationship drama.
"Thanks, man," Finn said extending his fist for Artie to bump.
"No problem," Artie said returning the fist bump.
Now all Finn needed was a tutor for all his other classes. He could ask Kurt but with the amount of time Kurt was spending with Blaine, Finn knew he wouldn't have the time. Maybe Mercedes could help. Finn knew she was really smart and in most of his classes. When Finn got to Glee he saw her sitting in her usual seat talking to Tina and Mike.
"Hi, Mercedes," Finn said sitting beside her.
"Hi, Finn," Mercedes answering turning toward him.
"Um, I need help with some school stuff," Finn said shyly.
"What class?" She asked smiling.
"Uh, English, History, and Spanish," he listed.
"So all of them?" She said quirking her eyebrow.
"Pretty much. Can you tutor me?" He asked hopeful.
"Why me? Artie would be much better tutor," she said pointing to Artie as he entered the room.
"He's tutoring me in math and science. His best subjects and my worst. I'm asking you because you and I have those classes together. Please I need to bring my grades up to get into college," Finn said pleading. He was prepared to beg if necessary.
"Sure Finn. I'll tutor you," Mercedes said sweetly.
"Thanks. My house after Glee," Finn said relieved.
"OK," Mercedes said turning back to her conversation.
Finn was excited to be getting help with his school work. He didn't like telling Rachel that he had to help Burt at the shop after school but it was better than explaining about Ohio State.