Abandon | GLEE [ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE]

twenty eight | the substitute

With a hand pressed against his forehead, Mr. Schuester thought to himself, "Just one of the perks of being a high school teacher: constant exposure to illness."

As he wrote on the whiteboard, Mr. Schuester said, "Alright, guys, um... it's time to start thinking about song selections."

Then he thought to himself, "I mean, I feel like I might have a fever, but it's important that I power through it." Then– after turning around to see not teenage kids sitting in the choir room but actual children– he thought to himself, "Okay. I definitely have a fever."

With a snort of his nose, Christian said to Mr. Schuester, "Well, you look terrible."

In turn, Morgan said to Christian, "Christian."

Christian replied, "What? He does. The dude looks like crap right now. I'm surprised he hasn't passed out already."

Then Mr. Schuester looked at Santana, who said to Puck, "Looking good, Puckerman. Someone's been eatin' their Wheaties."

After kissing his arms, Puck said, "These guns are fully loaded."

With a scoff, Christian said to Puck, "Dude. Did you seriously just kiss your own arms right now?"

In turn, Puck asked him, "What, are you saying that you don't?"

While Christian just blankly stared at Puck, Tom silently looked between Christian and Puck with a bit of a smirk on his face.

And while Alexandra furrowed her eyebrows and shared a single look with Mike, Rachel said, "Mr. Schue, I, for one, think we should use our setlist for Sectionals to start exploring the oeuvre of one Bernadette Peters."

Then Brittany said, "Someday, I'm gonna go to Paris and visit the 'Oeuvre'."

Then Mike said, "I just want to dance."

It wasn't long afterwards that Mercedes said, "Mr. Schuester, you look a little green."

In turn, Mr. Schuester said, "Um, I think I'm gonna go see the nurse. But first, I feel like I should get you guys a sitter."

With a sigh, Christian said, "Yep. It's official. He's lost it."

* * *

After writing 'me' on the whiteboard, Rachel turned to her fellow Glee Clubbers and said to them, "Class, in Mr. Schuester's absence, I'd like to go around and ask everyone what solos they'd like to hear me perform at Sectionals."

For a couple of seconds, everything was calm until Santana quickly stood from her chair and yelled, "Alright! You know what, let me at her!"

And while Sam and Mercedes were quick to do what they could to hold Santana back, Christian could do nothing but chuckle to himself.