Marley closed her locker only to see Kitty standing when the locker door had been; arms crossed wearing an expression of irritated curiousity. Marley jumped back when she first saw the blonde cheerleader, "Kitty, how many times do I have to tell you not to do that anymore? One of these days you're going to give me a heart attack."
"Oh please, if anything is going to give you a heart attack it will be the artery clogging fast food that you and your mother obviously enjoy on a far too regular basis."
Marley just rolled her eyes and the dig at her and her mother. "What do you want Kitty?"
"Word around the choir room is that you and Jake broke up at the hot mess and a half of reception that happened after Mr. Shuester's failed attempt at holy matrimony. The only strange thing is that no one has any idea why. Usually there are at least well founded rumors. As your new best friend I demand to know why."
"We've just been growing apart recently. It was a long time coming."
Without missing a beat Kitty responded with, "That sounds like bull shit."
Marley was taken aback by Kitty questioning her, "Well, what it wasn't, and even if it was, it's none of your business so please just drop it."
Kitty didn't like that Marley was obviously lying to her, but knew that pressuring her to talk wasn't going to help, she had to make Marley think it was her idea. She would invite Marley to go shopping with her for those new outfits she promised the brunette. Hopefully her financial generosity would loosen Marley's tongue.
After lunch Kitty found Marley in the kitchen with her Mom. Kitty cleared her throat to announce her presence. When Marley saw the blonde cheerleader, she crossed her arms over her chest and is looking at Kitty with an expression of annoyed anger. Ms. Rose turns around and smiles at Kitty, "Hello dear, can I help you with something?"
"Um, yes. I was hoping to talk to Marley?"
Ms. Rose just chuckled and said, "Oh sweetie you don't need my permission for that. But I can tell you two want to talk about something without me here and I just remembered that it's my day to wash tables."
As soon as Ms. Rose had left the room Kitty walked over to Marley and said, "I'm really sorry for pressuring you to talk about why you and Jake broke up. As your new best friend I wanted you to know that you can talk to me about this stuff."
Marley just smiled and said, "I accept your apology. I understand why you did it and know that you're Kitty Wilde and do whatever it takes to get what she wants."
"Damn right! So I was wondering if it would be ok for us to go shopping after school so I can make good of that promise to buy you some new clothes like I promised."
Marley's eyes lit up and she beamed at Kitty, "You were serious? I thought you just said that to make me feel better before we performed."
"Hey, I don't make promises I don't intend to keep. And I definitely plan to follow through on this one."
Marley's mind was already wondering at all of the stores she could finally more than dream of shopping at. Before she could stop herself, Marley had rushed over to Kitty and pulled her into a bear hug that almost crushed Kitty's lungs.
"Marley! Can't breath!"
Marley released the small blonde and looked down at her feet in embarrassment, "Sorry. I just got a little excited. I've never had name brand clothes that weren't hand-me-downs from cousins or from resale shops."
Kitty just shrugged, "It's understandable. So meet me by my car after school? Coach Sylvester cancelled afternoon practice because she said she would go blind if she had to watch one more minute of our blinding failure today."
Marley just nodded and giggled, "That sounds great."
