Rory wasn't having a particularly good day. He was the reason that Brittany had left the New Directions for the Trouble Tones. If only he hadn't pretended to be a leprechaun – then none of this would. To make matters worse, Santana was smirking at him, as he sadly watched Brittany walk off.

"Hey, I have one final wish, Leprechaun. Would you do this whole school a favor and just disappear?"

Rory stood in shock, trying to hold back tears. Santana was never the nicest person to begin with, but why would she say something that bluntly to him? What had he done wrong? Was there something that he did to make her hate him? His questions were interrupted by a violent shove, slamming him into the hard, aluminum locker.

He let himself slide to the ground, burying his head in his knees, as people passed him by. He finally let a few tears fall from his eyes – why was life here so difficult? He felt a voice – like a whisper – say his name. Looking up, he saw Kayla, a quiet and intellectual girl in Glee Club with him. They had met on the first day of school . Kayla was his only friend – the only person who cared about him.

"Are you okay?" she asked. Rory looked up with her, his blue eyes swimming with tears.

"No. I thought America would be a place where everyone would accept one another but I hate it here. I'm the main target for the jocks and Santana also hates me. I have no clue what I am doing wrong, but she came up to me and –"

He broke down, comforted by Kayla rubbing his shoulder.

"It's okay – you can tell me," she whispered.

"She said I should do the whole school a favor and just disappear," he said, barely audible.

Kayla gasped. "No, Rory, don't listen to her. I'm so happy you're in America," she comforted him.

"You're my only friend," Rory said, looking up at her. "Everyone else either ignores me or hates me."

"You have the Glee Club," Kayla started, but Rory cut her off.

"I ruined the Glee Club. They're going to hate me now," he sighed. "Speaking of which, I have a song planned today. A-and s-something I n-need to tell them," he said, stuttering.

"Okay, then let's go to Glee. If we go early, maybe I can help you with backing vocals," Kayla said, gently helping Rory to his feet. Rory gave a small smile, as they walked down to the choir room but it quickly vanished from the icy stares he got when he entered the room.

"Hey guys," Kayla said, nervously. She noticed the absence of the Glee teacher, Mr. Schue, and the rest of the Glee girls.

"Guess he's late," Puck said, getting to his feet. The other Glee guys stood up as well, surrounding Rory and Kayla.

Puck spoke first: "You need to leave Rory," he said, directly.

Rory stood, aghast. "L-leave? W-w-why?"

"It's your fault that Brittany's with the Trouble Tones now," Kurt said, coldly.

"Yeah, and she had a great voice, not to mention she was an amazing dancer," Mike said.

Rory stared at the ground, ashamed. It was true, Brittany's defection to the Trouble Tones was all his fault. But it definitely wasn't his intent.

"You know I didn't mean for this to happen," Rory said, in a small voice. "Finn Hudson?" he asked, meeting his eyes.

Finn looked at him and the expression broke his heart. It was clear that Finn had already told the New Directions (at least all the guys) what had happened.

"Look, I know you were just trying to make friends," Finn said, not meeting his eyes. "But, you need to go now, Rory," he mumbled. "You can't be here anymore."

Those words were enough to break Rory's heart and he ran out of the room, sobbing.

Kayla didn't say anything, she just glared at the boys and took off after Rory. But by the time she reached the hall, Rory was gone.

Mr. Schue was getting ready to walk to Glee Club, when Rory ran past him. The boy was in tears, running as fast as he could.

"Rory!" Mr. Schue called after him, but Rory kept running. "Wait, Rory, what's wrong?"

Rory acted like he couldn't hear him and ran. Mr. Schue needed to have a talk with the New Directions and then a talk with Rory. He knew something about Rory that no one else did – something that could change everything.

He walked furiously into the room where the girls were just starting to pile in. The guys were already sitting along the choir room.

"Where's Rory?" Quinn asked, as she sat down.

"Yeah, I think you guys have some explaining to do," Mr. Schue said. "Because I just saw him run out of the school, crying. Boys, what do you have to say?"

The girls stared in shock at the guilt-faced guys. "What did you do to Rory?" Rachel asked Finn, dangerously quiet. Quinn looked accusingly at Puck.

"We did what we had to do. He lost us Brittany, so he needed to go," Puck said, shrugging.

"What?!" Tina shouted, shooting daggers at Mike.

"Well, he got what he deserved," Mike said, sheepishly. "Because of him, we can't go to regionals."

"So you thought that kicking out another team member would fix anything? Finn, how could you let this happen?" Rachel exclaimed. "You're the leader of the group and Rory looked up to you. You were his first friend!"

"Guys!" Mr. Schue interrupted. "Everyone is important here. You just kicked out a member of this family and he's now probably heartbroken. You don't know what Rory's been through. I'm very disappointed in you, boys," he said.

The room was quiet. Finn wasn't sure if anyone else got the message but he did – he messed up.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Hey guys, so this is my first attempt at writing an Angst Fanfic, so please keep flames to yourself!
This will turn more dramatic in the next chapter, will focus more on Rory.

-Kyla