Rory was sitting on his bed in the room, pulling out a journal from his knapsack. It was something he took to document all his thoughts in while in America. His therapist had recommended it, since writing things down seemed to help with his depression.

He sighed, as he flipped through the pages. Most were stained with tears or covered in dots of blood from the cuts he made. Only one page remained unharmed. His phone buzzed and he tentatively picked it up. There was one message from Kayla:

Rory, are you okay? I'm coming over in a few minutes okay? xoxo –K

His eyes welled with tears once again. Kayla was the only one who treated him like another human. He was just known as the Irish freak at school and the Glee Club probably hated him. He felt a tinge of guilt as he began to write.

'Rory, what have you done?' he thought to himself. 'Do you really deserve for Kayla to be pitying you? You deserved everything that has happened, haven't you?'

He wiped his eyes, thinking that he didn't deserve Kayla as a friend. He carefully rolled up his sleeve. There laid multiple scars along his forearm. Each of them were to punish himself for things that he had done. He took a razor from the beside table drawer – no one knew he had it; he kept it locked in a small box, under a stack of paper.

He made a two small cuts alongside his scars – one for making Brittany leave the New Directions and one since he let all the New Directions down. It was his fault that they weren't going to Regionals.

Then he thought about Kayla. She was such an amazing girl and a caring friend. Rory was starting to have feelings for her but he knew he didn't deserve her. He raised the razor and made another incision, deeper and longer than the next one. He was about to lift the now-crimson metal off his skin when his door creaked open.

"Rory?" a voice whispered.

Oh no. Rory knew that voice – Kayla sounded heartbroken as she rushed into the room. "Oh my gosh, Rory why are you doing this to yourself?"

Rory broke down into tears, leaning on Kayla's shoulder. "You must hate me," he muttered into Kayla's shirt.

"I could never hate you Rory," Kayla said gently. "I just want to understand why you're doing this?"

Rory looked up to meet Kayla's eyes and his expression broke her heart. "I don't deserve you as a friend. I ruin everything – the glee club hates me, Santana and Brittany hate me and you should hate me. Look at what I do to myself!"

"Shhhhh Rory," Kayla said, rubbing his shoulder. "No one deserves this. I've been there, I know what it feels like."

Rory looked up in shock. "You? W-w-what happened?"

Kayla took a deep breath. "I have a lot of allergies. In middle school, a group of girls always picked on me, saying that I was afraid of these foods. I was harassed everyday and soon became depressed. I started to cut myself, like you. One day, I was attacked by the leader of the group who hurt me so badly I had to go to the hospital. My mom and dad found out about my depression and I got help. I started music therapy which has really been helping."

"Wow," Rory stared in shock. "Thank-you for telling me. You are very brave, I'm not."

"You've been going through a lot – you shouldn't have to deal with this alone. I kind of figured that you needed a friend, I kept a journal just like you have," she said.

Rory looked at the journal – it contained so many secrets in there. Secrets he never thought he could share. "I still think I don't deserve you as a friend. I cause too much pain for everyone."

"Rory, listen," she said. "I've been through a lot and I wanted to be your friend so I could help you. Look, there's a song that I wanted to sing to you in Glee, but I can do it now." Rory looked up as she started.

Mother cannot guide you. Now you're on your own

Only me beside you, still you're not alone.

No one is alone truly.

No one is alone

She smiled at Rory who gratefully looked back at her.

Sometimes people leave you. Halfway through the wood.

Others may deceive you. You decide what's good.

You decide alone. But no one is alone.

But no one is alone.

Rory knew the movie. Kayla had picked out the perfect song to sing.

Mother isn't here now

Wrong things, right things

Who knows what she'd say?

Who can say what's true?

Nothings quite so clear now.

Do things, fight things,

Feel you've lost your way?

Kayla took his hand, and sang the next set of lyrics looking at him.

You decide, but

You are not alone. Believe me, no one is alone

No one is alone.

Believe me.

Truly

You move just a finger,

Say the slightest word,

Somethings bound to linger

Be heard

No one acts alone. Careful,

No one is alone.

People make mistakes.

Fathers, Mothers

People make mistakes,

Holding to their own, thinking they're alone

'She's an amazing singer' Rory thought. 'And such a true friend.' He squeezed Kayla's hand as she continued to sing.

Honor their mistakes, Everybody makes

Fight for their mistake, one another's terrible mistakes

Witches can be right; Giants can be good.

You decide what's right you decide what's good

Just remember:

Someone is on your side

OUR side, our side

Someone else is not

While we're seeing our side, our side

Maybe we forgot: they are not alone.

No one is alone.

Hard to see the light now.

Just don't let it go

Things will come out right now.

We can make it so.

Someone is on your side

No one is alone.

Kayla stopped singing and just held Rory's hands looking into his sparkling blue eyes.

"Thank-you Kayla," he said, breathlessly. "I couldn't have asked for someone better to be my friend."

Authors Note:

So, what do you think? Love it, Hate it? What do you think of Kayla and her relationship with Rory? Suggestions for the next chapter? The Glee Club isn't finished with Rory - many members are still angry with him, except for Finn and the girls. Like I wrote before, any recommendations/song ideas/suggestions are welcome. Please R&R, it really means a lot.

xoxo
Kyla