You're probably all wondering what is going on. You're probably wondering why I had a breakdown in the middle of glee practice or why right at this very moment I'm crying my eyes out on my bedroom floor. But most of all your probably wondering why I quit glee. People seem to think my world revolves around glee club and that I don't have a life outside of glee, well they're wrong. Now you're probably wondering what life could I possibly live outside of the glee club and why keep it a secret. Well the truth, is that part of my life was soon to be forgotten and the secrets I've with held were never to be uncovered. But now that he's back they would collide and all the walls that I had built to shield myself from this collision would come crumbling down.

I'm not sure how long I laid there crying. I do my best crying when I'm alone, that's why I only cry in my room, the shower, and the privacy of the 3rd stall in the 2nd floor girls restroom. After another fifteen minutes I had willed myself to stop crying. I heard a knock on my door. I knew instantly it wasn't one of my fathers, they would have walked in by now. It was probably one of the members of glee, knowing them they probably sent Finn in hopes to get me to return.

"Go away; if you are here to convince me to go back to glee then you are wasting your time." I turned my back to the door as it opened. I was surprised by the fact that there were two sets of feet that had entered my room. Normally when the glee kids wanted something from me or wanted me to do something they usually only elected Finn to come. Probably because he was the only one who would put up with me plus they all knew I liked him so they thought all he had to do was bat an eyelash and I would agree to whatever he wanted. I turned around to find not only Finn standing in my room but also Noah Puckerman.

"What are you doing here?" I said towards Noah, my intentions were not to be rude but that is how it came out.

"Trust me princess I'd rather be swallowing a cup of nails than be here." He said with a bored tone. I hated how he was able to insult people without a second thought or emotion. Finn gave Noah a look before turning to speak, oh here we go.

"Look what Puck is trying to say is we would rather not be here but instead at glee practice. Look there is obviously something wrong. So why don't we all just sit down and talk this out."

"What is this, some makeshift good cop bad cop routine?"

"No Puck's just here because I gave him a ride."

"Well you can give him a ride back when I tell you to leave………Get out of my house."

"But Rachel yo-"

"I said leave!"

"Fine but just know this isn't over."

They left and I realized he was right. I'm pretty sure I'll be bombarded with questions tomorrow. Well thank god tomorrow is Friday.

THE NEXT DAY

Today has been going very well. It was 6th period and I had managed to avoid most of the Glee kids. Luckily I only have classes with 4 of the glee kids, Finn, Noah, Kurt, and Quinn. Quinn had my first period and was either always late or never there and either way she hates my guts so she couldn't care less what's wrong with me. Same with Noah, who had my 3rd period math class, he was never there, apparently he sleeps in the nurse's office. I don't see how he expects to succeed in life if he doesn't show his full potential. I mean really Noah has great potential if only he……… Well anyway back to my point. And I don't have class with Finn and Kurt till 8th period. So all I have to do is sit as far away from them both as possible and be the first person out of class.

"I mean really the bitch is being a little dramatic. She leaves for two fucking weeks and then comes back throws a fit when she sees the new guy and then quits. I say good riddance the bitch is annoying."

"I don't know San I mean the girl is annoying but did you see her face? She was scared shitless. I mean even you said that you thought the new guy was creepy and you saw how he looked at her there has got to be something going on there." It didn't take long for me to realize that Noah and Santana were talking about me and Ja-….him. I wasn't hurt at all by the comment Santana made about me, I was use to it. Even though they were both gossiping and speaking inappropriately I was surprised at the fact that Noah seemed to care. But I could be wrong; he made a point of walking around with an 'I don't care about anyone but myself' attitude. This wasn't the first time I had heard someone talking about me so I decided like always to hold my head high and walk away.

I saw Mercedes and Kurt walking towards me so I quickly averted them by walking the back way to my history class. I knew they wouldn't really try to convince me to come back to glee. They would just want to know what happened yesterday and I really wasn't in the mood. I had to walk all the way past the parking lot to get to my next class; I was going to be a little late so I figured I'd go to my locker since I'm already late. Big mistake.

I had just taken my history book out of my locker when I felt someone breathing on my neck. Before I could turn around I got hit in the shoulder and pushed into the lockers. I turned to see HIM staring down at me. I tried to run but he grabbed my arm and slammed me into the locker again.

"Where are you going Rachel? Don't you have time for an old friend" he whispered as his hands latched onto my shoulders and squeezed. My shoulder already hurt from when he pushed me the first time and it hurt even more with him grabbing me like that.

"I –I have to get to class." I whisper as I tried to pull away but he only grasped my shoulders tighter.

"No, stay we have loads too catch up on, don't we BEST FRIEND?" I was starting to get irritated. My day had been fine and it was almost over and he had to come and ruin it.

"Oh god, I've missed you Rach." he moaned as he began to sniff my hair.

"Go back to the mental institute that you came from." I said as I finally pushed him away. Another big mistake, my comment obviously upset him. His eyes went wide and he was squeezing my shoulders so hard that it felt like they could break at in any given moment. I screamed in pain as he pushed me into the lockers again.

"You mean the one you put me in?" He yelled before punching me in the face. He walked in circles mumbling to himself, He was gripping his hair like he was trying to rip it out. My whole left side stung and I could taste the blood in my mouth, my lip was bleeding. He seemed to be in his own world so I thought now was as good of a time as any to get away but he stopped me.

"YOU SEE WHAT YOU MAKE ME DO?" He yelled, as he slammed me into the locker again. He was breathing hard and fast. I closed my eyes waiting for his next move. His breathing went back to normal and I slowly opened my eyes to look at him.

"Oh my god. Rachel what happened to you?" He asked. I looked at him and was surprised to see that he wasn't kidding. It was like the last 5 minutes had never even happened.

"Tell me who did this NOW?"

"What the hell is going on?" We both turn to find Noah Puckerman staring at us. Thank god for Noah Puckerman.

"Nothing Noah I was just leaving." I said, walking as fast as I can to get as far away as possible but he grabs my arm before I can.

"I'm not done talking to you." He says as he pulls me toward his body. I guess he forgot that Noah was there either that or he didn't care.

"Get your hands off of her." Noah yelled, as he pulled him away from me and into the lockers. "I don't know who the hell you think you are Jason, but where I come from you don't hit girls! So stay the hell away from her." He let him go, grabbed my hand and led me down the hall way.

"Are you ok Rachel?" He said after we were a good distance away.

"That's the first time you've called me Rachel."

"Yea, well whatever. Let's get you to the nurse."

"NO! I mean, I'm fine I don't need to go to the nurse."

"Berry look at yourself. Half of your face is purple and your lip is bleeding. You are not fine."

"I'll be fine. I just need to go home and wash my face that's all."

"Fine. Whatever." He mumbled, I began to walk away and noticed that he was following me.

"Why are you following me?"

"Well you said you were going home right? Well that bastard could still be stalking around and may try something again. So I'm gonna walk you to your car." We walked in silence until we reached my car.

"Thanks for walking me to my car and you know for earlier."

"Ehh, it's no big deal but that asshole beaten the crap out of you in the middle of the hallway is. Seriously dude what's with you and that guy?"

"Please don't ask." I pleaded. He gave me a look. I felt odd having him stare at me like that.

"Fine but if he bothers you again come get me and I'll deal with him ok?" I smiled and nodded.

"That's very kind of you Noah, Thank you.

"Yea, yea, yea, alright see ya Berry." He said as I got into my car and drove away. I never realized how kind Noah was. I was grateful to him because If he hadn't of shown up who knows what would of happened.

I thought of Noah all the way home never once thinking of my encounter with Jason. That is until I got to my bathroom and saw my face. Noah was right; my entire left side was purple. Not to mention the deep cut in my lip that had swelled two sizes. I took a long shower before going to bed, I needed a nap. As I reached my bed I noticed a single rose thrown across it. Underneath was a note. It read:

I'll be watching you

-J


ok so like i promised saturday!! woot!! anyways sorry i haven't updated in like 4ever i mean i really wasn't feeling inspired to write but i like to thank GleeLover who reviewed this story and added me to her favorite authors and added this story to her favorite stoys! i thought that was sooo nice of her, it was so nice that i had to finish chapter 3!! but not just her i want to thank alll of you who have read and added me to ther story alerts there are 81 of you thats more than i could ever hope for! i hope you all like this chapter and ill start on chapter 4 soon!

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