2x17: Seasons of Love

Episode Synopsis: Kurt and Finn fly to Lima when Burt's results for his chemotherapy come in and the family spends the entire week anticipating the results. Finn witnesses Marley (Melissa Benoist) being bullied by Bree (Erinn Westbrook) at McKinley and urges her to stand up for herself, but it causes backlash when everyone takes Bree side in the fight. Puck finds out Quinn (Dianna Agron) has a new boyfriend and decides they can't be friends anymore. Marley's mother is hiding a secret involving her daughter.

{Scene shows Kurt lying in his bed as he turns towards the clock. The clock says 5:00 a.m. and Kurt takes his pillow and puts it over his head}

Kurt Voice Over:

It's the week before Burt's big doctors appointment, you know the one that tells him whether or not he still has cancer and if the chemotherapy worked, and Finn, Rachel, Puck, Santana, Brittany and I came back to Lima for different reasons. Finn and I are here in order to support our father and hope that he's cancer free. Rachel's here to give Finn some emotional support (oh, and to get a chance to go visit the New Directions since they're practicing for Nationals). Brittany's here to cut off some loose ends in Lima and to find a way to convince Finn that Lord Tubbington should live in the loft. Puck is here because he has a half-brother named Jake who just happens to be in the Glee Club, and he wants to hang out with him. And then we have Santana who is trying to psych Sam out, although Santana still doesn't know Brittany and Sam broke up before she left to New York. I can't sleep. I continue to think about what would happen if I lost my dad. What would happen if I lose the only parent I have left. I don't really remember my mom, but I wish I did. I'm sure she was the most amazing woman in the entire world. Well, I guess I could try to get some sleep.

{Kurt hears rhythmic banging on his wall and he looks up and hears noises in the other room. Kurt looks over and hears something across the hall}

If everyone would stop having sex every five minutes.

{Kurt takes his pillow and puts it over his head and emits a groan}

Kurt sat at the breakfast table the next morning as Carole put down some bacon, eggs and toast, giving him a smile as she went back to cooking for the rest of the family. Kurt and Carole were currently the only ones that were awake since Finn, Rachel and Burt were (finally) getting some rest. As Kurt took a bite of his toast, he let his mind wander to Burt's doctor appointment. What if the chemotherapy didn't work and he was forced to accept the fact that his father was going to die? What if Kurt was technically going to be an orphan child? What if…?

"Kurt? Sweetie?" Kurt was knocked out of his thoughts when Carole held out a cup of coffee for him. "Would you like some coffee?"

"Oh…sure. Thanks Carole." Kurt grabbed the cup from Carole while letting out a halfhearted grin.

"What's the matter sweetie?" Carole sat down next to Kurt, putting a hand on his. "You seem pretty quiet. You usually have comments about the kitchen walls and offer to bring swatches for a remodeling job."

"Sorry, I don't mean to be so quiet, it's just I was thinking about…" Kurt started to speak, but Carole put her hand up slightly.

"You're thinking about your dad, aren't you?" Carole finished Kurt's thought. "I've been thinking about him too. I mean, I don't want to lose him…but all we can do is be strong for him. Okay?" Kurt nodded his head slowly, gripping Carole into a hug. As Carole and Kurt hugged, Rachel entered the kitchen in one of Finn's overgrown t-shirts and some short shorts. Rachel sat down next to Kurt while smiling softly at the love fest between step-mother and son. Carole turned her head towards Rachel, ignoring the fact that her daughter-in-law was wearing her son's shirt. "Good morning, Rachel." Carole spoke with a chipper tone, heading to the stove. "Would you like some oatmeal or something? I know you don't eat eggs or bacon."

"Oatmeal is fine, thank you." Rachel smiled back at Carole. Her attention turned to Kurt who simply furrowed his eyebrows. "What's the matter?"

"Could you do everyone a favor and stop having sex with my brother under this roof?" Kurt sounded slightly annoyed. Rachel felt her cheeks redden but she didn't comment further on Kurt's rant. "I mean I know you love my brother and part of marriage is having sex but come on, if I have to hear you or Finn moan or scream each other's names one more time, I am going to cut out your voice boxes so neither of you can sings songs in Funny Girl!" Rachel seemed surprised by Kurt's outburst, but she wasn't offended.

"Please, like you never had sex with Blaine before." Rachel grabbed orange juice and poured it into her cup. "Kurt, I'm sorry…but Finn and I were fooling around last night, one thing led to another…and the next thing we knew…"

"I don't want you to explain Finn and you undressing." Kurt put his hand up to stop Rachel from going any further. "And I definitely don't want to hear what happened next." As Kurt groaned, Finn entered the kitchen with his hair wet, which led Rachel to believe that Finn had finished taking a shower. He smelled like lavender soap and his hair was extremely slick from the shampoo he used.

"Good morning my beautiful mom, my wonderful brother and my gorgeous and sexy wife." Finn sat down next to Rachel, pressing a kiss to her cheek. Carole chuckled slightly, but Kurt pointed a finger towards Carole.

"Don't think you're out of the woods either, Carole." Kurt said. "Rachel and Finn weren't the only ones getting it on last night." Kurt shuddered at the thought of Carole and Burt doing the unthinkable as Finn's eyes widened towards his mother.

"We're not going to talk about this." Carole smugly said as she left the room. "I should go and get Burt for breakfast." When Carole was out of earshot, Kurt stared at Finn and Rachel, raising an eyebrow slightly.

"If she doesn't come back in an hour then we know where she went." Kurt sipped some of his coffee, watching Finn's face contort into disgust.

"Oh god! Kurt!" Finn covered his eyes with his hands, earning a chuckle from Rachel. "I don't want to think of my mother doing…those things."

"Oh but when you and Rachel do it, it's okay?" Kurt questioned. Finn and Rachel sighed, knowing Kurt was going to continue pestering them.

"We're not my mom and Burt's age. Besides…if you eventually want to be an uncle, sex with Rachel is kind of mandatory." Finn shrugged his shoulders. Rachel laughed, burying her face into her husband's shoulder.

"Nice to know." Kurt got up from the table, exiting the room as he left Finn and Rachel alone. "Don't think about turning the kitchen into your playground." Finn and Rachel scowled towards the entrance but after a few moments, Finn leaned back in the chair and gazed at Rachel with a smile.

"So how did you sleep my sexy wife?" Finn smirked, causing Rachel to move into his lap and play with his wet hair.

"I slept like a baby, my sexy, incredible husband." Rachel whispered, pressing a passionate kiss on his neck. Finn groaned while Rachel sucked on his neck, leaving a love mark to let everyone know that Finn belonged to her. Finn was beginning to feel urges and thoughts, trying his hardest to think about the mail carrier incident to calm them.

"Rach." Finn breathed out, Rachel removing her lips from his neck to stare at him. "Not that it didn't feel good…but we can't be on the verge of undressing each other in the kitchen. My parents eat here." Rachel giggled, nodding her head slowly as she simply pressed a kiss on his cheek. "I do think I am going to need to cover this hickey so no one sees it."

"Why don't you want people to see my masterpiece?" Rachel chided, getting up from Finn's lap to put her empty cup in the sink. "I think I'm quite the artist."

"Yes you are, but…just so Burt doesn't give me a hard time about me using my childhood room as a love shack, I think it would be for the best if we didn't leave marks on one another." Rachel walked back to Finn, nodding her head slowly.

"All right, I see your point." Rachel kissed Finn's lips tenderly, gazing into his eyes. "So what's on the agenda today?"

"Well, I'm going to the school to go and say hi to the New Directions today." Finn smirked. "Do you wanna come?"

"Sure, I mean I think saying hi to our friends would probably help." Rachel shrugged her shoulders. "Besides, maybe Kurt and Burt would want to come." Finn smiled, nodding his head slowly.

"Yeah, I think Burt would like to come." Finn agreed. Before Finn and Rachel could say anything, Rachel heard her cellphone go off, putting a finger up to signal that she was busy for the moment. Rachel turned on her phone, flipping through it before her face stiffened. "What, is something wrong?" Finn wondered.

"Oh…nothing." Rachel cleared her throat as she put her phone on standby. "Nothing out of the ordinary."

"Rachel, what happened?" Finn asked. "Come on, tell me." Rachel reluctantly turned her phone back on to show Finn the text message she received.

Rachel, please answer us. We'd like to talk to you.

- Hiram and Leroy

"Wait, so your dad's want to talk to you?" Finn raised an eyebrow. "Why don't you want to talk to them?"

"In case you forgot Finn, my dad's along with Sue Sylvester tried to ruin our wedding day because they didn't want their little girl to get married. I don't really want to talk to them." Rachel shrugged her shoulders. "Why should I talk to them anyway?"

"Because they're your dads?" Finn reasoned. "Because they love you and because they were only trying to do what's best for you. Look, Rachel…after losing my father, I realized…life is too short. If there are broken ends, then you should fix them. One day your dads aren't going to be here, and you don't want the last memory you have of them being you saying something that you truly regret. I feel that way every single day…" Rachel continued to gaze at Finn, running a hand through her hair. "I know you're upset with them, but just think about talking to them. Trust me, it's something you won't regret and you might go back to having that relationship that you had before we got married. I don't want you to stop talking to them because of me, okay?" Rachel nodded her head, pressing a kiss to Finn's forehead.

"Okay, I'll talk to them…but not today. Today, we're going to head to McKinley and we're going to say hi to all of our friends." Rachel got up from Finn's lap to exit the kitchen.

"Wait, where are you going?" Finn turned around in his chair.

"I'm going to take a shower." Rachel answered, smelling her shirt. "I smell like you before you shower." Rachel walked out of the kitchen, Finn emitting a smile as he let out a low chuckle.

"I thought you liked the way I smelled." Finn turned back around, grabbing the cereal box and pouring himself a bowl of cereal.

Finn walked down the hallways of McKinley later that morning, trying to find the choir room so he could surprise the New Directions. He didn't tell anyone he was coming, but he did make it clear Rachel, Kurt and Burt were going to be on their way here to talk with Mr. Schuester. As Finn made his way down the hall, he spotted Marley coming out of her biology class, holding her books close to her. Finn noticed Marley had too many books in her hands, seeing her frustration as she tried to juggle them all in order to get to her locker. He decided he would surprise her and help her with her books—but Bree pushed passed him with the other cheerleaders, making her way over to Marley.

"Oh look girls, look what we have here." Bree said to her two friends, her voice oozing with fake kindness. "Marley's having trouble with her books. Why don't we help her to her locker with them?" However, instead of helping Marley, Bree and the other cheerleaders took the books from her, slamming them to the ground. Marley appeared shocked, but Bree could care less as she continued her way down the hall. If Finn was in high school, he would have stood by and not said a word, but he grown since then, and he wasn't' going to let anyone bother his friend while he was around.

"HEY!" Finn shouted, making his way over to Marley and Bree. Marley was surprised Finn was there, but Bree simply turned around and raised an eyebrow. "Pick up…her books. Now." Finn pointed to the books on the ground.

"And why should I listen to you, 40-year-old ogre?" Bree smirked. Finn snarled towards Bree, deciding to use his better judgment and not get into a name calling fight with her.

"Because if you don't, I'm going to get the principal." Finn threatened.

"Please, Principal Sylvester won't do anything to me." Bree shrugged her shoulders. "She favors the cheerios, and hates girls like…" Bree stared at Marley, sending her a glare before turning back towards Finn. "That."

"What are you trying to say, Bree?" Finn leaned closer. "That you think you're better than Marley? You're just jealous Marley is prettier and better than you in things you wish you were good at. You wish you could sing like her and you wish you were in Glee Club, don't you?"

"Please, you think I'm jealous of her?" Bree pointed back to Marley. "She's nothing to write home about. She's plain, she's nothing and she's not better than me. If anything…she's uglier." Bree pushed Finn to the side as her and her cheerleading friends walked past him. Finn felt the anger boiling in his body, but as he turned over towards Marley, he noticed she was on the verge of tears. Obviously, what Bree said about her really hurt her feelings.

"Hey, are you okay?" Finn's voice softened and turned sympathetic as he bent down to look her in the eye. Marley wiped some of her tears, her sadness now morphing into rage.

"I don't get why Bree keeps picking on me." Marley spoke through gritted teeth. "She continued to think she's better than me and she keeps putting me down. Just the other day, she put dirt in my locker and it was all over my clothes, the day before she dumped chili and a slushie on me in the cafeteria. She keeps bugging me and I don't know what to do about it anymore." Finn bent to the floor to pick up Marley's books as he stared at her, feeling sorry that she had to go through all of this.

"Bree's doing all these things because she's jealous." Finn assured her. "She's insecure about herself and when she sees how confident you are, she tries to tear you down in order to make herself feel better. She's nothing but a bully, and you don't have to take that."

"But if I try to fight back, Principal Sylvester will probably suspend me." Marley sounded slightly annoyed. "Like Bree said, Principal Sylvester will always take the cheerleaders sides before a Glee student."

"Well, maybe you don't fight back with slushies and stuff." Finn got up from the floor with Marley's books, giving her a warm grin. "Maybe you just have to find something you know you have an advantage over and use that against Bree. Trust me, bullies don't like to feel threatened themselves." Marley nodded her head slowly, tucking a piece of her hair behind her ear. "The only way the bully is going to stop is if you stand up for yourself. That way, she won't feel that you're some kind of placemat. Does that make sense?"

"Yeah, it does." Marley sniffled as Finn went into his pocket to hand her a tissue. Marley grabbed the tissue while smiling at Finn, blowing her nose in it.

"Come on, I'll walk you to your locker and to your next class. Okay?" Finn offered. Marley and Finn made her way over to her locker as Marley started to put in the combination.

"Finn?" Marley stared at Finn, seeing that he was looking back at her. "You don't think I'm ugly like Bree says, do you?" Finn quickly shook his head, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

"You're beautiful Marley." Finn assured her. "You're a beautiful girl with a beautiful heart…I kind of wish I went to school with you. We'd get along swimmingly." Marley chuckled, taking the books from Finn's hands.

"Thank you, Finn." Marley softly said.

"You're very welcome." Finn patted Marley on the back as she closed her locker. He held out his arm, giving Marley a grin. "Can I walk you to class?" Marley grinned, linking her arm to Finn's as he led her to her next class en route to the Glee Club choir room.

That afternoon, Glee Club practice was in full swing in preparing for Nationals, and nothing made it better than seeing Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Santana, Puck and Brittany in the choir room alongside them. They were going to whip New Directions into shape and they were going to win the Nationals trophy! Mr. Schuester stood in the front of the room, gazing at the members of New Direction, folding his hands together with a grin.

"All right guys, now before we begin our lesson there are a few things I want to say." Mr. Schuester looked to the alumni. "First, I want to thank Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Santana, Puck and of course Brittany for returning for this week's lesson. Now, I have a few surprises for everyone but two more alumni have decided to come and visit this week. First off, we have…" Mr. Schuester gestured towards the door and in came Mercedes, causing Rachel, Kurt and Santana to squeal with excitement. Mercedes waved and went over to her friends as Mr. Schuester continued. "And finally…we have…" Mr. Schuester made another gesture towards the door and this time, in came Quinn. Puck froze in his seat as his eyes widened and Kitty clapped her hands with glee. Quinn made her way over to her friends, sitting down with them—but Mr. Schuester had one more surprise. "By request of Finn and Kurt, I decided for this week we would have two members join us. You know him as your senator, he runs a tire shop when your car needs fixing, give it up for Burt Hummel!" Mr. Schuester motioned for the door and in came Burt, waving his hand towards the Glee Club. Everyone smiled, seeing there was one more surprise. "And last but not least, she's on the cheerios, she's nominated for Prom Queen and she's only a sophomore yet rules her club with an iron fist, give it up for Bree!" Bree entered the classroom, giving a sly smirk to everyone while curtly waving her hand. Marley glared at Finn who sent her an apologetic glance. "All right, so now that everyone has taken their seats, Finn…you said you had something you wanted to say. The floor is all yours." Finn got up from his chair, moving to the front and clapping his hands slightly.

"All right, so…I've been going through a lot of stuff lately as you all know…my birth father died recently and the man that's the father figure in my life is hoping the chemotherapy worked." Finn sighed before continuing. "But there has been a lot of good things coming into my life too, it's not just all bad. My Glee Club is going to Nationals in a few weeks, my beautiful wife is going to be Fanny Brice on Broadway and I actually have news of my own…Ryder, drum roll please!" Finn pointed to Ryder at the other side of the choir room, who started banging the drums. "Rachel's casting director for Funny Girl needed someone to play Nick Arnstein and…you're looking at him."

"Huh?" Kitty spoke from the back of the choir room with almost everyone sharing her confusion.

"Wait, you're going to be Nick Arnstein on Broadway?" Tina didn't quite understand.

"Really?" Blaine scratched his head with misperception. "I don't see it."

"Oh please, Burt Reynolds." Kitty rolled her eyes towards Blaine. "You're just jealous because it's not you everyone's going to be looking at for two hours."

"Yes, it's true." Finn's voice was mixed with tiredness and annoyance. "I'm going to be on Broadway but only for this production. I'm not going to make a career out of it."

"Well, I have to say I'm quite surprised." Kurt stared at Puck who shrugged his shoulders. "Congrats, I guess?"

"Dude, what's that on your neck?" Ryder pointed on the spot near Finn's neck as Finn's eyes widened. Finn tried to cover it with his hand but it was no avail. The entire Glee Club noticed the hickey Rachel made this morning, causing her cheeks to redden.

"Finn, is that a hickey?" Tina chided.

"Ooh! Finn be getting busy, yo!" Artie couldn't help but add in his own thoughts, causing Finn and Rachel to blush. Finn figured it was time to move on and get back to his point.

"Anyway, that wasn't the point I wanted to make." Finn sighed. "The point I was trying to make before all this hickey and I'm not cut out for Broadway talk started was, I wanted to sing a song…for Burt and for Rachel. I was looking through songs and I thought this one was just perfect…this is to thank the both of you for being there for me at my lowest…and…I would do anything for you guys." Finn motioned for Brad to start playing and in an instant, everyone gazed at Finn who was pouring out his emotions.

{Finn stares over at Rachel and Burt as they both smile back at him, the rest of the Glee Club watching their moment. While they stare at Finn, Marley feels paper being thrown at her by Bree and she turns around while scowling at her}

[Finn]

Look into my eyes—you will see

What you mean to me

Search your heart, search your soul

And when you find me there you'll search no more

Don't tell me it's not worth trying for

You can't tell me it's not worth dying for

You know it's true

Everything I do, I do it for you

Look into your heart—you will find

There's nothing there to hide

Take me as I am, take my life

I would give it all, I would sacrifice

Don't tell me it's not worth fighting for

I can't help it, there's nothing I want more

You know it's true

Everything I do, I do it for you

There's no love like your love

And no one could give more love

There's nowhere unless you're there

All the time, all the way, yeah

You can't tell me it's not worth trying for

I can't help it, there's nothing I want more

Yeah, I would fight for you, I'd lie for you

Walk the wire for you, yeah, I'd die for you

You know it's true

Everything I do, I do it for you

"STOP IT!" Everyone snapped out of their trance when they saw Marley glaring over at Bree as if she was going to attack her. Jake had to put a hand on Marley and Kitty had to snarl at Bree to get her to back off. "Stop flinging paper at me! Stop throwing things at me! Stop putting chili on my hair! Stop throwing slushies at me and stop…stop everything! JUST STOP!" Without thinking, Marley took the piece of paper Bree threw at her and started throwing them back towards her. "Do you like that? Do you like that?! You don't like that, do you?! DO YOU?!

"MARLEY!" Mr. Schuester shouted, causing Marley to turn over towards her Glee Club teacher. Everyone had to admit that they were shocked by what just happened. Marley neveracted out, so this had to be a first. "What has gotten into you?! Throwing things at our guest? Interrupting other members when they've worked hard to prepare something to share with everyone else? That's not like you." Marley held the crumpled piece of paper she had in her hand, staring back at Bree in shock. Mr. Schuester was seriously taking Bree's side in all of this. Finn glared at Bree, knowing exactly what was going on. Bree did throw paper at Marley, and Marley was just trying to defend herself. "What do you have to say for yourself, young lady?" Marley glared at Bree, snarling as she thought of what was on her mind.

"You really want to know what I have to say?" Marley asked, causing everyone to stay quiet. "Do you really want to know? Fine, I'll let everyone know what's on my mind. Bree is a bitch and she's an ugly person deep down inside, always constantly putting other people down only to make herself feel better. I also caught her trying to have eye-sex with Noah over there!" Puck stared at Marley while Quinn crossed her arms towards him. Puck simply shrugged his shoulders to Quinn but his eyes went back to Marley. "That's what I have to say! And this is so stupid! Inviting her here for the week so she can torment me? And no one is going to do a thing about her bugging me? I hate this school, I hate this club and I hate youfor letting this happen! So put that on your board, William Schuester!" Everyone appeared mortified, but Kitty was impressed.

"Damn, didn't know she had that in her." Kitty whispered. Mr. Schuester wasn't impressed with Marley's sudden disobedience.

"Marley…to the principal's office. Now." Mr. Schuester pointed towards the door.

"Come on Mr. Schue, that's not fair. Bree started it!" Puck found himself saying, causing Marley to look to him. Finn had to agree with Puck; Mr. Schuester was being unfair.

"Mr. Schue…" Finn started to say before Mr. Schuester put his hand up. Marley grabbed her backpack and left the classroom, slamming the door behind her—and knocking over one of the plaques that was on the wall. Mr. Schuester turned around and spotted the plaque sitting there as he wondered where the old Marley went—and who was this girl trying to be someone she wasn't?

"Well, that was eventful." Santana folded her hands. "What's next on the agenda?" Mr. Schuester turned to Santana, slowly shaking his head as if he didn't want to hear another word until he was able to recollect his thoughts.

"I need a cup of coffee…" Mr. Schuester tiredly exited the room and closed the door behind him, causing Finn, Puck and Rachel to look at one another in confusion. This afternoon went from peaceful to chaotic in a matter of moments.

"Gee, I didn't know that sophomore had such a potty mouth." Burt joked that afternoon as Kurt and Finn sat in the tire shop, helping Burt fix a car. "She seems like such a nice girl."

"She is a nice girl." Finn defended Marley right away. "She's a wonderful girl…but Bree has been pushing her buttons lately, so it was only a matter of time before she snapped."

"Well, boy did she snap." Burt chuckled, fixing one of the cars. "I gotta say Finn, that was a beautiful song you sang in Glee Club today…I didn't know you had it in you to be a gigantic sap."

"Oh, well, anything for you." Finn smiled. Burt pat Finn on the back while Kurt looked through a handbook of some sort. Kurt was supposed to be helping Finn and Burt with one of the cars but instead he found himself reading a book about NYADA. It was his dream to go there—but he didn't know how he did on his audition.

"Hey, Kurt." Burt grabbed his son's attention as Kurt gazed up from his book. "You're supposed to be helping me with this tire here."

"Oh, right." Kurt got up from his chair, handing his father a tool. "Sorry about that, my mind was kind of on other things."

"Oh trust me, kiddo I know the feeling." Burt chuckled, examining the car. "I'm kind of nervous about my doctors appointment…"

"Why are you nervous?" Finn wondered, gazing at Burt with interest. "I mean, you're like…going to be okay."

"Well, I'm not exactly nervous." Burt said. "It was kind of the wrong word to say. If anything, I'm absolutely terrified about my results. What if the chemo didn't work?" Finn and Kurt shared Burt's worry as they walked over towards him, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Don't speak like that." Kurt scolded. "It had to work. You've been trying so hard for the last six months and…you've done great. Sure, you've gotten your blood pressure up a few times but you're going to be okay. I promise you."

"I hope you're right." Burt smiled softly. "It just feels really good to have both of my boys here with me. I really appreciate the both of you dropping everything and running to my rescue."

"It's our pleasure." Finn waved his hand while giving Burt a grin. "We love coming home and seeing you and mom. It gives us all a chance to see each other face to face and talk about what we've been up to. Sure, being an adult in New York is fun and all but it feels nice to just come home and…be together."

"What Finn said." Kurt seconded. Burt hugged Finn and Kurt tightly as the three of them shared a father/son moment.

"I love you guys so much. Don't you ever forget that." Burt was beginning to feel emotional as Kurt and Finn rubbed his back.

"We love you too…" Finn and Kurt spoke in unison, giving each other glances of hope mixed with worry.

"So, you have to tell me what Los Angeles was like, Mercedes." Rachel said as the girls sat in one of the booths in the Lima Bean. Rachel, Quinn, Brittany, Santana and Mercedes ended up going to the Lima Bean that afternoon in order to have a girls chat. It had been a while since they all had been together, and they had to know what was going on in everyone's lives. "Were there movie stars, actors, any singers, any good looking men?"

"Ooh, you better not let your hubby hear you talk like that." Mercedes joked before continuing. "Los Angeles is amazing. It's all I ever dreamed of and I recorded my first album. I think you're all going to like it. It took me months to record it and some of the songs were inspired by true life events...like one of them was inspired by Puck, Rachel and Finn...Santana told me all about the love triangle and I had to write about it." Mercedes went into her purse and took out some copies of her CD, handing them to Rachel, Quinn, Santana and Brittany. Rachel giggled at the fact a song was inspired by her, Finn and Puck's love triangle, staring at the CD with a grin.

"Boy are Finn and Puck going to like that." Rachel waved the CD and put it away. Quinn stared at the CD for a moment, her smile forming at thinking about Puck.

"I'm definitely putting this on my iPhone." Quinn motioned towards the CD, putting it in her purse. "I'm so happy for you Mercedes. You seem truly happy." Before Quinn could continue, she heard her phone ring, causing Rachel, Santana and Brittany to exchange glances and Mercedes to look amused. "Oh, I'm sorry. Hold on." Quinn picked up the phone and started giving a flirty smile as she spoke. "Well, hello there…yes, I did miss you…really? Aww…you are a total sweetheart. I'll be back in a few days, I'm just visiting some friends. Hey, I'm gonna have to call you back later…okay, I love you too…bye." Quinn hung up the phone, but found herself the center of attention.

"Gee Quinn, who was that?" Mercedes asked as Rachel, Santana and Brittany giggled. "It had to be someone amazing."

"Was it Puck?" Brittany blurted out, causing Quinn to raise an eyebrow at her.

"No, it wasn't Puck." Quinn sighed before her face turned into a smile. "It's my new boyfriend from my school."

"Wait, you met a boy at Yale?" Santana questioned, taking a sip of her coffee. "After you and Puck broke up?"

"Well Santana, it's not like Puck and I can be together." Quinn reasoned. "We tried the long distance thing and it didn't work."

"But you do love him, right?" Mercedes wondered. "I mean…you do love him."

"Of course I love Puck." Quinn said. "I'm always going to love him. But, this is something I need to do for myself. I think maybe the whole taking our relationship for a test drive while in two separate states wasn't a good idea. Maybe we weren't meant to be together in order to make it work." Brittany and Mercedes raised an eyebrow, and Rachel decided to change the subject slightly.

"So who's the guy?" Rachel wondered, a smile forming on her lips. "Is he cute?"

"Oh he's like supermodel sexy." Quinn laughed slightly. "His name is Biff, I met him in my psychology class and he's super amazing."

"Does he sing?" Brittany asked, taking a sip of her coffee.

"Oh I bet him and Quinn do private duets all the time, aren't I right?" Santana smirked. "And they must be steamy sexy."

"Oh come on, now you're embarrassing her." Mercedes noticed Quinn's face turning bright pink. "But seriously, you think he could be the one for you?"

"I don't know." Quinn said. "Maybe? I really like Biff...But you guys can't tell Puck about this. I don't want him to feel like he was nothing but worthless because that's the last thing I think of when I look at him."

"Don't worry, Quinn." Mercedes assured her.

"Our lips are sealed." Rachel agreed. However, while the girls were promising Quinn that they wouldn't say a word about it, Santana's lips curled into a smirk. It looked like Quinn's little secret wasn't going to stay a little secret…

Puck sat in the McKinley courtyard while eating lunch, looking at some of the members of the Glee Club when his eyes focused over to Marley walking past the New Directions table. He wasn't sure why, but he found himself staring at her a lot lately. He had to admit he was impressed with the fact she stood up for herself against Bree, but he also hated the fact she got in trouble with Mr. Schuester-it had been sort of Mr. Schue's fault...he didn't give Marley a chance to explain anything. Puck kept his eyes locked onto Marley as she went into the school building-only until he felt someone tap his shoulder. He looked up and spotted Santana standing there with a smirk.

"What is it Satan?" Puck took a bite of a baby carrot he had in his lunch container, ignoring Santana for a few moments while he recollected his thoughts.

"There's something that I think you should know," Santana shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly. "It has to do with your ex-girlfriend."

"What about Quinn?" Puck suddenly became interested, knowing Santana had something huge.

"Well, I know you must have been heartbroken after Quinn broke up with you, and it seems she finally found someone else that's not like you." Santana shrugged her shoulders. "I mean, she has a new supermodel boyfriend and let's face it...you're as far from a supermodel as they come." Puck felt himself becoming offended, but he understood something about that sentence-Quinn had a new boyfriend, she had moved on from him, she wasn't interested in being with him anymore. "I know it hurts now Puckerman, but hey let's face it. Maybe she thought you were a Lima Loser or worse...a New York loser since you've done close to nothing with your life since you've got there. Maybe she needed more adventure and let's face it...you weren't an adventure, you were just a lost lovesick puppy following the wafting scent of Quinn Fabray. Let's face it, she probably never loved you in the first place. I mean sure, you had her baby, which was given to Shelby but...after that there really was no reason to keep you around. She probably thinks you're nothing special to her...well, that was all I wanted to tell you. Enjoy your kindergarten lunch, Noah." Santana motioned towards his carrots as she got up and left, with Puck's eyebrows furrowing. He needed to talk to Quinn about this. He needed to hear from her that what Santana was saying wasn't true...that he wasn't just replaced because Quinn thought he wasn't good enough.

Marley walked through the halls of McKinley the next afternoon, heading over to Glee Club, but she noticed that something felt different—extremely different. For one thing, everyone was staring at her and another thing…even her friends in the Glee Club were giving her a different look. Marley had to wonder what was going on that was causing everyone to back away from her.

"Hey, what's going on?" Marley asked as she walked over to Jake, Kitty, Ryder and Unique. "Everyone's staring at me all funny…" Marley noticed Jake, Ryder, Kitty and Unique giving her the look, causing Marley to point. "Yeah, just like that."

"Marley, you didn't read the school website this morning, did you?" Kitty wondered.

"No?" Marley's face twisted into confusion. "Who reads the school website?" Jake took out his phone and started going through it, showing his girlfriend what was on the page. Marley's eyes widened in shock as she grabbed Jake's phone to read the article herself. "Marley Rose bullies student, makes a bad name for herself? Who wrote this junk?"

"Jacob Israel." Ryder answered.

"Apparently you're all anyone wants to talk about." Unique said. "What you did in Glee Club yesterday really hurt Bree."

"What?" Marley shook her head. "But Bree has been bullying me for months and no one has ever defended me. Now all of a sudden, everyone wants to defend her because she's a cheerio?"

"Sue Sylvester was the one that wanted to run the story." Jake said, but he stopped speaking when he noticed Marley turning back on her heels and storming to the principal's office. "Marley, where are you going?" Marley continued racing down the hall, almost knocking down Finn and Kurt in the process. Finn and Kurt realized something had to have been wrong when Marley continued to walk.

"I think we should follow her." Finn whispered. "Something's seriously wrong."

"Wait, what do you think happened?" Kurt asked as the two brothers made their way down the hall. Finn noticed everyone giggling at Marley as she continued to walk down the hallway, and was suddenly stopped by Rachel who looked more than furious.

"Rachel?" Finn seemed surprised.

"Finn, read this." Rachel handed Finn her cellphone as Finn skimmed through it. He read the article written by Jacob Israel about Marley and felt his anger boiling. "What are we going to do?"

"All right, um…go find Puck and Santana, and confront Jacob Israel about the story." Finn suggested. "Kurt and I will follow Marley before she does something crazy." Rachel nodded her head and headed over to find her two friends as Kurt and Finn continued on their merry way. Finn entered Sue's office only to spot Marley yelling at what was supposed to be her principal.

"I can't believe you let Jacob Israel write gossip about me just so you could make the cheerios look good!" Marley screamed, pounding her fist on the table. "So what if I said a couple bad words yesterday and reacted in anger! Bree has done far worse to me than a couple bad words!"

"Let me get this straight, you claim you were being bullied by Bree yet this is the first I've heard of it. So why have you never report it?" Sue shrugged her shoulders not seeming to care.

"I DID REPORT IT!" Marley shrieked. "But all this school cares about is funding and the cheerios that you don't care about other students! Bree has made me feel terrible and now that I said a couple of words, suddenly I'm the bad guy?!"

"I'd watch your tone if I were you, missy. You're already in enough trouble. Let's not make your tirade turn into an expulsion." Sue glared at the sophomore. Before Marley could get a word in, Finn and Kurt stormed into Sue's office, glaring at her. "Oh look, it's Frankenteen and Lance Bass. Whatever brings you two into my lovely office?"

"You're a disgrace as a principal!" Finn pointed his finger at Sue, not moving his eye contract from her. "A student here is getting bullied left and right and you choose to ignore the other students behavior! Yet, when she's simply defending herself, although she could have chosen better words, you ridicule her and make the other student seem like the victim!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about, Granny Panties." Sue leaned back in her chair.

"Are you seriously stupid?!" Finn snapped, not caring what he said anymore. Marley and Kurt's eyes widened as Sue slowly leaned forward in her chair as Finn continued his rant. "You must be dumb because you're favoring the cheerios over a student that needs your help! Bree is nothing but a menace to Marley and all you care about is making sure your little precious Bree doesn't get suspended for her actions. So what if Marley cursed her out in Glee Club? Bree has said far worse things to her! You're nothing but a gigantic bully and frankly, you're an idiot for letting this go on more than it has to. I have been holding my tongue for four damn years and I'm not going to hold it in anymore: you're a bully, a liar and pathetic. Have you ever wondered why you had to marry yourself? It's because no man on the earth would want to be with an ogre like you. Calling people names is one thing, but when you ignore a young girl's pleas for help because of what your cheerio is doing to her, that just shows that you're just like Bree, it shows that you're a cold hearted bitch!" Sue continued to glare at Finn, but she softened her gaze when she realized Finn wasn't afraid of her anymore. If anything...all of Finn's words were true.

"Okay then…" Kurt grabbed Finn's arm slowly and started to make his way out of the room. Marley followed Kurt and Finn out of the room as Sue continued to stare at them with shock. Did Finn Hudson just grow a pair and stood up to her? She had no idea Finn really felt that way. And Finn's words possibly made Sue want to re-evaluate her methods.

"Finn, you didn't have to do that in there." Marley sighed, staring over at Finn. "You didn't have to do…"

"Yes I did." Finn said, releasing a sigh. "In high school I would stand by and watch people get bullied and I always felt guilty because I never did something about it. I would watch Kurt get tossed into a dumpster with designer clothes and all, I'd watch Rachel get slushied and she'd have to bring three sets of clothes because of that, I'd watch Artie get locked in a portable bathroom only to find out it smelled really bad in there—and not once did I speak up. That was when I realized…not speaking up is just as bad as someone bullying someone else. It was like I knew about it and I refused to help yet I refused to join in. When someone is bullied, you can't just stand by. That's how it gets so bad and people end up committing suicide. So I'm not going to stand by and let the people I love and care about get hurt because someone is insecure about themselves." Finn walked over to Marley and put a hand on her shoulders. "You're an amazing girl, and you don't deserve what happened…I'm sorry Jacob wrote that article about you and I'm sorry Sue egged this on…it's not right."

"Whatever happened to Jacob anyway?" Kurt wondered. As if on cue, Finn, Marley and Kurt turned their heads and spotted Puck and Santana dragging Jacob on the floor as he screamed loudly.

"Put me down! Put me down!" Jacob screamed before Puck picked him off the ground and banged him against a locker.

"You like writing gossip articles that offend people? Well, do I have a surprise for you." Puck opened the locker and shoved Jacob in it, closing the door and walking away from the locker. Puck found his eyes shift to Marley again, seeing she was staring at him while moving her hair behind one of her ears. Puck gave her a tiny smile and Marley did the same thing.

"He won't be writing anything about Marley anymore." Santana said while she and Puck walked away, Puck taking one last glance at Marley before walking down the hall. Finn stared at the locker, looking back to Marley as she crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow.

"You know you can't leave him in there." Marley said.

"Not even for five minutes?" Finn joked. Marley continued to raise her eyebrow at Finn and motioned towards the locker.

"Get him out." Finn and Kurt looked at one another before reluctantly heading over to the locker and opening it. Jacob fell out the locker, only to find that Finn and Kurt were staring down at him.

"Gee, look what we have here? A gossip rat." Kurt snarled.

"I am not a gossip rat." Jacob whined. Finn leaned down towards the floor and growled at him.

"Run…and don't look back before I get Puck to chase you." Finn spoke. Jacob ran as fast as he could away from Finn, causing Marley to release a smile towards him. She was lucky she had a friend like Finn; it always seemed that he was there for her. But it didn't feel like Finn was just her friend…it felt like he was the caring older brother that would fight for you when things didn't go right. She loved him like a brother, and she was more than glad she had Finn in her corner when things weren't going her way.

"Okay, so I know that trying to get Bree off my back didn't go as planned, but…I learned from it." Marley helped her mother in the school cafeteria that afternoon, baking cookies and putting them in the oven. "I know it was wrong the way I approached it, but…"

"You lost your temper." Millie, Marley's mother, stated as she walked towards her daughter with more batter. "Don't worry sweetie, it happens to the best of us…it just means that we're passionate about something…kind of like you were passionate about you wanting Bree to leave you alone."

"Yeah…" Marley said. "But ever since then, people have been looking at me differently. It's like, I walk in the Glee room and all of a sudden all eyes are on me, but it's not because they want to say hi. It's more like them believing the gossip. Today Tina told me that I did a horrible thing to Bree and I don't really belong in Glee Club. Glee's supposed to be a nice environment…but…I don't know if I can be somewhere that's so hostile. I mean I love singing…but is it really worth staying in a club where people believe everything they read?"

"That doesn't sound like a nice environment, honey. Look, you need to follow your heart and let it do the talking. People are going to be cruel, but it's going to have to be up to you to decide your battles." Millie sighed. "So did anyone see Bree for who she really was?"

"Yeah…none of the people that are actually in the club but…Finn did." Marley nodded her head. "Finn, Rachel, Kurt...Puck…all of the guys that just came back. I mean, ever since I met Finn, he's always had my back. When things absolutely sucked, Finn was there…he's like that big brother that every kid wishes they had. You know?"

"Finn sounds like a great person." Millie smiled, taking the cookies from Marley as her daughter sighed. "Something on your mind, Marley?"

"I…I was just thinking." Marley admitted. "Well, Finn had been through a lot and even though he's been through a lot, he still has time to care for everyone else around him."

"Well, then Finn sounds like a special person. Do you think giving him a batch of cookies would help with the dealing of his problems?" Millie smiled.

"I think Finn would love that." Marley agreed as Millie handed Marley a plate of cookies that were already baked.

"By the way, what's going on with Finn now? I mean, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Millie played off the fact that she wanted to know. Marley took one of the cookies that were on the plate and bit into it.

"He said his father died and his step-father is going to the doctor tomorrow to see if he's free of his cancer." Marley spoke with her mouth slightly full.

"What happened to his father?" Millie questioned, now becoming interested.

"Finn didn't say, but his father, Christopher had a lot on his plate." Marley packed the cookies in a nice basket and jumped down from her station. Marley took a quick look at her mother, raising an eyebrow when she saw her mother was in slight shock. "Mom? Are you okay?"

"Hmm? Yeah, I'm fine." Millie assured her daughter. "Um, why don't you go give Finn and the other alumni the cookies, sweetie, you know as a thank you present. I'll talk to you later."

"Okay." Marley made her way out of the kitchen and as soon as Marley left, Millie went into her wallet to pull out a picture. She continued to gaze at the picture of Millie in the hospital with baby Marley, and right next to Millie and baby Marley was Christopher—Finn's father Christopher—Marley's father Christopher…

Quinn sat in the McKinley auditorium by herself the next afternoon as she was in her own thoughts. She was supposed to meet Rachel and Mercedes later in order to do some shopping, but she felt she needed a moment to herself. She continuously thought about what Santana said about Puck. Quinn knew she still loved Puck and those feelings were never going to go away. The issue of the matter was, she was trying to fill the void. Puck wasn't going to follow Quinn all the way to Connecticut and Quinn wasn't going to drop out of school to be with him. They were just on separate paths…and they weren't going to be reconnected.

"I had a feeling I'd find you here…" A voice that was all too familiar said. Quinn turned around and spotted Puck entering the auditorium, gazing at his surroundings, trying to find something to make conversation. "You always seemed to come here to think."

"That's Rachel." Quinn quickly said.

"What?" Puck raised an eyebrow.

"Rachel is the one that always comes here." Quinn smiled softly. "I come here sometimes but…" Quinn looked away from Puck as he let out a sigh. Quinn knew there was something he wanted to say.

"So…you're with some guy named Biff, huh?" Puck questioned, causing Quinn to be surprised.

"Wait, how did you know…" Quinn then thought before letting out a sigh.

"Santana." Both Quinn and Puck spoke in unison as Quinn tried to gather her thoughts.

"Look, I get that you don't want to be with me." Puck sounded hurt, staring at Quinn with sadness. "I tried to move on from you but all I did was piss Finn off and almost lost Rachel as my best friend. Look, I love you and you love me so cut the crap with your model boy toy so we can be together."

"Noah, it's not that simple." Quinn continued to stare at Puck while rubbing her temples. "I do want to be with you, but…we can't. We tried the long distance thing and it just didn't work."

"But we can try it again." Puck sounded sad. Quinn simply put her hand up in the air, shaking her head sadly.

"No." Quinn knew she had broken Puck's heart, but there was nothing she could do. This had to be done so the both of them could move on. "I'm with Biff now and you're going to find a nice girl that's not Rachel and date her. It's the only way this is going to work. We can still be friends…but we can't be with each other." Puck simply shook his head slowly, his face contorting into anger.

"I don't think we can be friends…" Puck whispered. "Us being friends is just going to complicate everything. I think it's just for the best if…if we don't talk…at all…" Puck turned around and exited the auditorium, slamming the door behind him as Quinn sat there almost dumbfounded. She didn't realize it—but she had just lost her best friend, the only one that was going to love her and show her unconditional support, all because she was pushing him away.

Puck trudged down the hallway in a huff, unbelieving that Quinn had a new boyfriend. She moved on from him, and Puck was just there with no girl and no direction in his life. He felt lost, and he hated feeling that way. He looked up to see Marley come out of the cafeteria with a basket of some sort and stared at her for a few minutes, wondering where she was off to. He felt extremely bad for her since Bree had been making her life hell, and he felt she didn't deserve something like that. He stopped for a moment, looking at her and Marley felt Puck's eyes on her, seeing he was stuffing his hands in his pockets.

"Hey, Puck." Marley smiled, waving to him with a smile. Puck continued staring at her before his eyes shifted to the basket in her hand.

"So you do always walk down the hall with a basket like little red riding hood?" Puck pointed towards the basket, seeing Marley was staring down at it. She giggled, looking back at him.

"No, you see my mom works in the cafeteria so, she gave me this basket full of cookies to give to Finn and the other alumni as a thank you for defending me." Marley explained, Puck nodding his head with interest with Marley realizing Puck was alumni. "Would you like a cookie? You look like you had a rough day." Marley went into her basket to give Puck a cookie, seeing he was smiling at her as he took it.

"Thanks." Puck looked at it before taking a bite, suddenly feeling better. "Mmm, these are good. My compliments to the chef."

"You're looking at her." Marley said, Puck's eyes widening in interest. "I made the cookies. My mom just made them look all nice in the basket." Puck and Marley shared a laugh, as Marley shrugged her shoulders. "So do you want to walk about why you're angry? I mean, you didn't look too happy when I saw you." Puck considered it, before deciding to tell her.

"It's just...my ex-girlfriend has a new boyfriend and I cut off our friendship." Puck said. "It's hard being friends with your exes, you know?" Marley agreed, folding her hands together, giving him a sympathetic look. "I don't know what I'm going to do. I have no direction in my life." Marley shrugged her shoulders, taking a step closer towards him.

"Maybe it's just time that you move on from your ex and start worrying about yourself." Marley said. "I mean, find a new girlfriend, love her just as much as you loved your ex girlfriend. I know it's hard moving on...but...sometimes it has to be done. You don't want to feel stuck forever, right?" Puck stared into Marley's sapphire eyes, realizing he was getting lost in them. He cleared his throat, nodding his head while rubbing the back of his neck with his hand.

"You sound like a relationship expert." Puck smirked. "Kind of like the Dr. Phil shows my mom watches."

"I'm not a relationship expert, trust me." Marley gave Puck a warm smile before her smile disappeared. "I feel like Jake is siding with Bree and everyone else in the Glee Club against me...I thought if you're with someone, you defend them no matter what."

"You're right." Puck quickly agreed with her, noticing Marley was gazing at him. "I'm just saying...if I were your boyfriend, I'd side with you. Don't know who wouldn't side with a nice, pretty girl like you, just saying." Marley felt a blush creep on her cheeks, her heart thumping a little harder than usual.

"Noah Puckerman, are you flirting with me?" Marley teased as Puck laughed.

"Ah...Jake would kick my ass...but hypothetically...maybe." Puck shrugged his shoulders while Marley continued smiling at him. They kept their eyes locked on one another for a minute, before Marley cleared her throat.

"I should probably go and find the other alumni." Marley motioned towards the basket in her hand, as Puck nodded his head.

"Right, right." Puck agreed. Marley started to make her way past him, but Puck put a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, if you ever need to talk...I'm always available. By the way, your cookies are delicious." Marley stared at Puck a few minutes more, nodding her head with a grin.

"Thank you, Puck. You know, I'll be glad to make you some cookies sometime..." Marley said. Puck nodded his head, his grip on her shoulder softening.

"I'd really like that." Puck said. Marley stared at him, giving his hand on her shoulder a squeeze before making her way down the hallway. Puck continued to stare at her as she made her way down the hall, and noticed Marley turning around to gaze at him. Puck chuckled to himself, walking down the hallway, not remembering what he was mad about.

"I don't know if I can take this." Kurt bounced his leg in his chair as Burt, Carole, Finn, Kurt and Rachel sat in the doctor's office the next afternoon. "The suspense is killing me. It's really killing me."

"Kurt, will you relax?" Finn chuckled, staring at his brother. "Everything is going to be fine."

"And how do you know that?" Kurt snapped at Finn. "You're not a psychic so don't try to read my mind."

"All right Kurt, I think you're just getting a little worked up." Rachel decided to get in the middle and stop the brothers from fighting. "I mean Finn's probably right, there's probably nothing going on."

"Sure, take your husband's side." Kurt mumbled.

"Come on Kurt, Finn's right." Carole assured him, rubbing his hand with hers. "I'm sure Burt is going to be fine. Besides, if there's anyone that should be a little nervous right now, it's him." They all focused their attention to Burt, seeing that he was just flipping through a magazine.

"Burt?" Rachel's voice caused Burt to look up and stare at her. "Are you okay?"

"Am I okay?" Burt put down the magazine, trying to find the words to say to Rachel. "I don't know if I'm okay. I mean, should I be?"

"Everything is going to be fine and I'm not just saying that." Rachel assured him. "You gained your weight back, you look happier and healthier and you have a great support group. Right guys?" Rachel stared at Finn who nodded his head in agreement.

"Right." Finn said. "Look, whatever happens we get through it together as a family. It's the only thing we can do." Burt smiled over at Rachel, giving her a silent thank you as the doctor came out of his office.

"Burt Hummel?" The doctor asked with Burt suddenly becoming nervous. Carole held Burt's hand while Rachel held both Kurt and Finn's.

"Yeah…" Burt got up from his chair, staring at the doctor. "So what does it say?" The doctor kept a serious face for a moment before a smile appeared.

"Your cancer is in remission." The doctor said. With the news, Finn and Kurt simultaneously gave Rachel a hug and Burt let out a relieved sigh. "I see your family is happy with the news."

"Are they ever!" Burt started crying tears of joy as he turned to Carole and gave her a tight hug. The doctor let the Hudson-Hummels have their moment, while Burt motioned for Finn, Kurt and Rachel to join them. "Oh this is the happiest day of my life…I love you guys…each and every one of you and…thank you for sticking by me when I was at my lowest…you're the greatest."

"We love you too. We measure our life with love right? That's why you're here…because you have so much love and support…and we're never going to stop loving you. Never." Kurt whispered, everyone nodding in agreement. They continued to hug one another, not letting anything ruin their sweet moment after a tough week—but there was still one more thing Finn and Kurt wanted to do before the week was over and they had to head back to New York…

{Scene changes to the McKinley auditorium and Finn, Rachel, Puck, Santana, Kurt, Quinn , Mercedes and Brittany sit on the stools as they stare at Burt and Carole in the audience.}

[Rachel with Finn and Alumni]

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

[Mercedes with Finn and Alumni]

Five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear

[Finn and Santana with Alumni]

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure, measure a year?

[Rachel with Alumni]

In daylights, in sunsets

In midnights, in cups of coffee

[Mercedes with Alumni]

In inches, in miles

in laughter and strife

[Finn and Santana with Alumni]

In five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure a year in a life

{Quinn and Puck exchange a look and Puck looks saddened and Quinn looks sorry}

[Finn with Alumni](Puck and Santana)

How about? (Love)

How about? (Love)

How about? (Love)

[Alumni]

Measure in love

Seasons of (Quinn with Alumni Girls: Love)(Finn with Alumni Boys: Love)

[Rachel]

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

[Santana]

Five hundred twenty five thousand journeys to plan

[Mercedes]

Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes

[Brittany and Quinn]

How do you measure the life of a woman or a man

[Puck]

In truths that she learned

Or in times that he cried

[Finn]

In bridges he burned

Or the way she died

[Kurt with Alumni]

It's time now to sing out, though the story never ends

Let's celebrate remember a year in the life of a friend.

{Scene changes to Mr. Schuester entering the Glee room and finding a note from Marley saying "I Quit – Marley." Scene shifts back to Marley watching Finn and Kurt bring Burt and Carole to the stage as they smile at one another and Millie sitting in the back watching Finn. Marley's eyes shift to Puck and Puck looks at her, giving her a small smile as he sings. Marley smiles back at him and Santana notices Marley in the audience.}

[Alumni]

Remember the love (Kurt: Oh, you got to, you got to remember the love)

Remember the love (Santana: Share love, give love, spread love)

Remember the love (Mercedes: Measure, measure your life in love)

Seasons of (Quinn with Alumni: Love) (Finn with Alumni: Love)

Seasons of (Quinn with Alumni: Love) (Finn with Alumni: Love)

[Rachel]

Measure your life

Measure your life in love

{Everyone on stage cheers as Burt, Finn and Kurt hug tightly and the screen goes black}

GUEST STARRING

Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel

Remy Rosemont as Carole Hudson-Hummel

Dianna Agron as Quinn Fabray

Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce

Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones

Melissa Benoist as Marley Rose

Jacob Artist as Jake Puckerman

Becca Tobin as Kitty Wilde

Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina Cohen Chang

Kevin McHale as Artie Abrams

Blake Jenner as Ryder Lynn

Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson

Alex Newell as Wade "Unique" Adams

Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans

Trisha Stahl as Millie Rose

SONG(S):

Everything I Do (I Do It For You) [Originally by Bryan Adams]: Performed by Finn Hudson

Seasons Of Love (Originally from Rent): Performed by Rachel Berry, Mercedes Jones, Finn Hudson, Noah "Puck" Puckerman, Santana Lopez, Quinn Fabray, Brittany Pierce and Kurt Hummel