It had been three days, and Marley had not spoken to Jake. In fact, she noticed that he wasn't in school. Though everyone seemed to be okay with it, Marley was not. She needed to talk to him and tell him how she felt .Why wasn't he here? One, even two, days absent was normal for him. But three? Something has to be wrong with him. I need to see him. The only way I'm going to do that is to go by his place. Then she thought about whether he wanted to talk, or even see, her. But it didn't matter to. She was going to get an explanation of that night.

"Marley, I know you're thinking about Jake. But he's fine. Well not really, he said he was sick," Ryder said interrupting her thoughts.

That's what everyone was saying. But she knew better. Whenever Jake was sick, his nose would start to turn red, which would be the first sign. I can't believe I notice that about him. She only knew that because the first time she saw it, she laughed. Jake didn't understand why she laughed. It was only when she sang "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer", and finally understood. He laughed and Marley liked making him laugh.
"I'm sorry but I just can't believe he's sick. I know him and he has to be lying. Something has to be wrong. There is just no other explanation."

"If it makes you feel better, I'm going to see him after glee club."

"That makes me feel loads better. Please let me know if he's okay."

Ryder nodded and said he'd see her later because he had to get to class. Ryder's great, she thought, but I don't think he believes me when I said Jake's lying. Shouldn't he be more worried? Maybe she was just overreacting and it was just all in her head.

The bell bang and she realized that she was late to class. She walked into the classroom, apologized to the teacher, and took her seat. Unique looked at Marley because she seemed to be distracted. And she knew that there could only be one reason. Jake.

"Psst, Marley," Unique whispered.

"Marley turned and looked to where Unique gestured. Then she felt her phone vibrate.

He's fine, he's just sick. Ryder wanted me to tell you that Jake told him to tell you that.

Marley looked at Unique, shook her head and texted back:

I know that's wants everyone to think, but I'm not going to believe that, I trust myself enough to know when he is lying

Then you should go see him

Marley looked at the message but she saw the teacher was staring at her. She quickly put her phone away. For the rest of the class, she did nothing but focus on her work. She remained that way until it was time for lunch.

"No Jake again today, "her mom asked.

Marley had completely forgotten about Jake not being here.

"Nope"

"That's three days. Is something wrong?"

"He's just sick. Very, very sick," Marley had to tell her mother that.

She didn't want to tell her that Jake wasn't coming because of her. She told her mother that she would see her later and walked over to an empty table. She was hoping to that she could eat lunch alone. But that didn't happen because in less than two minutes she was joined by the glee girls, even Kitty.

"So you're going, right?" Unique asked.

"Going where? I didn't know we were going somewhere. Why didn't anyone tell me?" Brittany asked.

"We're not going anywhere, Brittany. But Marley is," Tina said with a smile.

"Wait, where am I going?" Marley had no clue what they were talking about.

"To see Jake," Unique answered.

"No I'm not. But Ryder is after glee club."

"You're the one who doesn't believe he's sick. So if you feel so adamantly about it then you should go."

"No. Jake doesn't want to see me."

"Oh please, shut up," everyone turned and looked at Kitty. "Even if he didn't want to see you, which I highly doubt, you want to see him. So you better go before I have to drag your ass over there."

Everyone nodded and said that Kitty was right. Marley didn't want to admit it but Kitty had a point and she did want to see him. But she was scared and didn't want to go.

"Okay fine, I'll go," she lied.

"Good, and tell me if he's okay because like you, I don't believe that sick story. And tell him that I miss him," Kitty said.

All the girls turned with confused looks. They all thought the same thing. Kitty still had feelings for Jake.

"What? Can't a girl miss her male best friend? Or are girls not supposed to have male friends because people will assume that they are together?"

"It's not that at all. It's just weird that you're being nice," Sugar said, obviously lying.

The rest of lunch and pretty much the rest of the day was the same. All the girls asked Marley what she was going to say to Jake. She gave the same answer "I don't know". Unique and Tina told her to tell him how she felt before Kitty sunk her claws into him again. She told them that she didn't believe that Kitty didn't want to him. She believed that Kitty was his friend and nothing more. When glee club came around, Mr. Schue asked if anyone had heard from Jake. Everyone said he was sick and looked at Marley. After that Marley sort of spaced out. When Ryder nudged her, she knew it must have been time to go.

"Are you okay? You sort of looked like you were in some other world," he asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Well I shouldn't keep you from visiting Jake."

"About that, I was wondering if you weren't doing anything right now, could you go and see him." You know that I want to but I have this stupid doctor's appointment."

"Oh umm…" that was all Marley could say.

She was expecting to see him right now.

"I could drop you off and you could give him all the work that he missed"

Marley knew that it was now or never.

"Okay, let's go."

They stopped at her house so she could tell her mother where she was going. And her mom was okay with that. And before she knew it there she was at Jake's house. She got out of the car and said goodbye to Ryder and walked up to the front door. She hesitated before ringing the doorbell. It's not too late, she thought; you can just turn around and walk home. But the door opened and Jake's mom was standing there.

"Oh hello, Marley. Jake's in his room. I'm sorry to rush off like this but I have to get back to work. I just figured I'd check on him on my break. Call me if anything is wrong."

"Okay, I will"

They both said goodbye, with his mom telling her that she is happy that Marley stopped by. Marley entered the house. She was immediately drawn to the pictures of Jake when he was younger. She smiled at the picture of him in tears holding, what must have been, his first guitar. All she thought about was how cute he looked. She walked upstairs and guessed that Jake's room was the one with the door slightly opened. Then she knocked and entered.

"Mom, I said I was fine," Jake said and turned to see Marley standing there. "Marley, what are you doing here?"

Marley looked at Jake and knew she was right. He looked fine, not sick at all. But why did he lie?

"I'm here to bring you the work you missed," she said holding up a bag.

"Oh, thanks"

He walked up to her and took the bag. She turned to walk away but stopped and turned right back around. She looked like she wanted to say something but didn't.

"Was there something else you wanted?"

"No. Well yes there was. I mean, no," Marley didn't know what to say. So she just came out and asked, "Why did you lie to everyone? I knew you weren't sick, but why tell everyone that you were?"

Jake just looked at her. He knew he should have come up with a better excuse. He knew that Marley wouldn't believe that. But who was she to just come here and asked for answers. It's none of her business.

"If that's all you wanted to know then you can go," he said rather harshly.

"I'm not leaving. Not until you tell me what's going on."

"There's nothing going on, so go"

"Jake, there's something…"

"GET OUT. JUST LEAVE," Jake yelled.

Marley stood there. Now she knew that it was serious. And knew it had nothing to do with. She wasn't leaving until she got an explanation.

Jake turned from her and faced the window. He knew he shouldn't have yelled at her. She just wanted to know. But how can I tell her that I was…

"Marley, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell. And I don't want you to go. I'm really happy that you're here."

"Jake, whatever is going on, you know that you can tell me. I'm your friend and I want to help.

Jake just shook his head.

"I don't want to relive it, Marley"

Jake turned from her again, but it was too late. Marley had seen a single tear fall from his eyes. She walked over to him as he sat on his bed. He turned to face her and he knew that he had to tell someone and that he did need help.

"I'm really sorry for ditching you that night at Ryder's and the day after when you wanted to talked."

"Jake, it's okay. I don't care about that anymore."

"That night I thought I was with you. And I didn't think it would or could happen to me."

"What?"

"I was… Someone…" Jake was crying and he couldn't bring himself to say it.

Marley wrapped her arms around him. And was confused as to why he was crying. Through his sobs she heard him say that he was raped that night. She couldn't believe it. As she held him, she couldn't help but feel responsible. If I hadn't gone home. If I had just stayed and looked for him some more. I wish I had done something to stop it.

"I'm so sorry, Jake. I won't let anyone hurt you like that ever again"

Authors's Note

So I hope guys liked this chapter. I wanted to show a vulnerable side to Jake. Thanks so much for reading and please review.

Spoiler Alert

I'm thinking that maybe Puck and Quinn might show up (I'm probably going to put them together because I ship them) And maybe Santana. Who knows... Anything Could Happen.