The bell rang at 9.00AM sharp for the McKinley students. Most of the new directions members were already there, all except Puck and Finn. had told them yesterday to come straight to the choir room for an emergency meeting, and that he would excuse them from their first periods. They all seemed confused, but no-one questioned it, as they all were secretly over-the-moon about missing English first thing with . They all hurried to the choir room, where they were greeted by a surprisingly up-beat Mr. Shuester.

"Ok guys, morning! Ok, I bet you're all wondering why-"

"Sorry we're late! There were these foxy ladies by the supermarket, and they were totally digging me" Winked Puck.

Finn walked round Puck and took a seat next to Rachel. Rachel kissed him on the cheek and they all turned back to Mr. Shuester.

"Ok, hurry up and sit down guys. Anyway, I bet you're all wondering why I called you here. Yesterday afternoon, I had the best idea! 'Unlikely pairings'."

The whole class stared at him, still confused about the task.

"Well, I realised that the duets you guys do are…. Predictable. So I thought this week we could, shake it up, do something a bit different."

Rachel sat up in her chair and raised her hand.

"Mr. Shue, I understand your intentions, but some of the people in here don't have the talent and ability to work with other vocalists. So, good idea, but I think we should stick to the usual pairings." Rachel beamed. Kurt rolled his eyes, and Mercedes tutted.

"Why? So you and Chubby McPuffy – Nipples can get the lead duets as usual? No, I think it's a good idea, I'm in."

"- I'm in"

"- Me too!"

"- Same here"

"- Count me in"

In no time, everyone agreed to do it, everyone besides Rachel. But with some gentle encouragement from Finn, she was soon on board.

Mr. Shue wrote everyone's name on a piece of paper and put the paper in a hat. He went round so every kid picked a name. Kurt reached in, hoping to get Blaine's name, and pulled out Brittany's name.

"Brittany, we're gonna have so much fun! I'm thinking sparkles and glitter – And lot's of it!" They giggled and Kurt left Blaine's side to sit next to his new partner.

Puck reached in the hat next and pulled out Tina's name.

"Uhm, , there's no-one in here called Tina." Puck said, confused. Puck lifted his hand, ready to pick another name when he was stopped by Tina, grabbing his hand.

"Yay. This is gonna be fun." Tina whined, being sarcastic.

One by one, everyone picked a name, and the partnerships got funnier and funnier.

Artie got paired with Finn.

Mercedes got paired with Mike.

Blaine got paired with Quinn.

And Santanna got paired with Rachel.

"NO. WAY. IN. HELL." Santanna screamed.

"WHAT? I'M NOT PERFORMING WITH THAT!" Rachel yelled.

"I PRESUME YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF BECAUSE ANYONE HERE WOULD BE LUCKY TO HAVE ME AS A PARTNER."

Finn snorted, but tried to disguise it with a cough.

"Mr. Shue, I can't. I won't. I WILL NEVER WORK WITH SANTANNA."

"Yeah, Mr. Shue, I love Artie and everything, but we've got completely different tastes in music. It's never gonna work" Spoke Finn.

"I don't even speak to Mercedes much…" Moaned Mike.

The only pairings that didn't seem to mind were Kurt and Brittany, and Blaine and Quinn.

"Listen, it's not up for discussion! These are the partners you will work with, Next week, you will each perform for the rest of glee club. It's not optional."

The majority of the class whined, and stood up to head for their classes.

"Hey Quinn…" Blaine said, quite hesitantly.

"I know we've never spoke much, but… I'm looking forward to working with you." He said with a broad smile.

She couldn't help it, but the corners of her mouth started to widen too and before she knew it, she was beaming the biggest smile she'd ever known.

"You too, Blaine." She replied.

"If you want, you can come over my house tonight, and we can start working on songs and stuff?"

"Yeah, that'll be good. I'll be there at seven."

And with that, everyone separated and spread off in different directions towards their classes.

And no matter how much she tried, Quinn couldn't stop thinking about Blaine for the rest of the day.