"Senior year at last!" Rachel exclaimed walking into the choir room where all her friends were sitting at.

"Not for everyone." Artie pointed out wheeling past her.

"Did you hear about the new Trig teacher that is replacing Mrs. Phillips? I heard he is pretty hot." Mercedes said from her seat in the back of the room. Rachel smiled at Mercedes as she took a seat next to Finn.

"So, it's a guy?" Rachel asked obviously impressed. Finn elbowed her, "Don't worry, Finn, you'll always belong to me."

"Okay guys, quiet down." Will said as he walked into the choir room. Everyone silenced and looked up at Mr. Shue who was leaning up against the piano, "So, it's a new year and for some of us, it's our last." He began looking at the group of kids in front of him, "So, to start off the year, this week's assignment is going to be on New Beginnings." He said as he walked over to the whiteboard and wrote 'New Beginning' on it. Everyone looked at Will in confusion, "To clarify, I want all of you to pick a song that takes you back to the beginning of something special for you. Whether it's your first kiss, or your first day of school, or even your first crush. Just think back to the beginning of it all." Everyone continued to look confused.

Rachel was the one to speak up, "I think I have the perfect song to start things off." There were a few groans behind her.

"Okay, what do you got." Will asked staring at Rachel ignoring the groans. Rachel got up with a huge smile on her face and walked over to Brad the piano player and whispered something in his ear. Brad nodded then Rachel walked over to the center of the room facing her peers.

"Every time I hear this song I think about love. More importantly, my first kiss with Finn." Finn smiled at her as Brad began playing the first few notes of Coldplay's "The Scientist". Rachel began singing and soon some of the girls began singing back-up. When she finished Shuester stood up from the stool he was sitting on and clapped followed by everyone else. Rachel smiled and took a seat next to Finn.

"That's exactly what I was looking for. Good job Rach." He said.

"Alright class, in order to understand Trigonometry, you have to understand Algebra." Blaine Anderson said to his class as he took a seat on the edge of his desk. He is the new Trig teacher for William McKinley High School. He is currently twenty-five years old and just graduated from Lima Community College in Ohio. He stood up from the desk and walked to the other end of his room, tossing a peice of chalk as he walked. A hand shot up from the back of the room, "Yes?" He asked to the girl who had her hand up.

"Why is it so important that we know Algebra?" The girl asked resting her arm on the table in front of her.

"Good question Miss...?"

"Zizies, Lauren Zizies." Lauren answered.

"Miss Zizies, the reason you need to know Algebra in order to understand Trigonometry is because of equations. Trig is like long complicated Algebra that only few could comprehend when first learning it." Blaine said as he walked over to the blackboard, "Can you tell me what the answer to this question is?" Blaine wrote a simple algebraic expression on the board.

"Yeah, five." Lauren answered.

"Precisely," Blaine said looking at the open teacher's copy Trigonometry book on his desk. He looked back up at the board and wrote another question on it, "Now, Miss Zizies, can you tell me what the answer to this question is?"

"No?" Lauren said.

"Would you believe me if I told you that, that's the same exact equation?"

"Probably not." Lauren shrugged.

"Exactly, but, it is. Trigonometry is just taking a basic algebraic expression and complicating it. Both of these equations equal five." Blaine said pointing at the board. Lauren nodded then looked down at her fingers.

"What do you have next?" Rachel asked skipping over to a table where Kurt, Mercedes, Tina and Finn were seated at. She sat her tray down and took a seat next to Finn.

"I'm going to History." Mercedes said.

"I have Spanish. I decided to take it to help suggest song ideas to Mr. Shue. That, and, Mike is also taking it." Tina said as she picked up her turkey sandwich.

"You already know where I'm going." Finn said through bites of fries.

"I have Trig next." Kurt said looking down at his schedule. Rachel clapped her hands.

"So do I. Yay, math with my new bestie." Rachel reached across the table grabbing Kurt's hand who willingly allowed her too.

"I can not wait to see this new teacher." Kurt said folding his schedule up and putting it in his binder.

"Neither can I. I hope he's just as cute as Mercedes told me." Tina said.

"Yes, well, I've never actually seen him before." Mercedes said.

"Oh, don't worry, we'll tell you two about him." Kurt said motoning towards Rachel who just smiled at him. Finn looked at Rachel, his eyes full of jealousy. Rachel took noticed and wrapped her arms around her boyfriend.

"Don't worry babe, I'm not gonna leave you for a math teacher. No matter how adorable he is." Just then Lauren appeared holding a tray in her hands.

"Did any of you guys see the new Trig teacher?"

"Not yet, why?" Kurt asked looking up at her.

"Kurt and I have him next period." Rachel said.

"I just had him and I wanted to warn you that he's a serious hunk." She said, "Like, unbelievably gorgeous."

"So, the rumors are true?" Kurt said, slightly impressed.

"What does he look like?" Mercedes asked.

"He has black hair, nicely slicked back in hair gel, hazel eyes that just makes you die inside and, he's just perfect." The three seated girls and Kurt exchanged glances at each other.

"Now, I definitely can't wait to see him." Rachel said grabbing her water bottle from her tray.

"Yes, well, just warning you." With that Lauren walked away. Finn began feeling jealous again. He hugged Rachel tighter trying to get the image of the perfect teacher that everyone keeps talking about out of his mind.