Time For Change

by sophescapism

Ryder is tired of being hurt and decides it's time for change. Meanwhile Kitty is plotting for Ryder but Ryder wants to keep his options open with Marissa and maybe Marley. Thanks to her tutoring job, will Marley's feelings for Ryder be too much to hide anymore once they start sneaking around school and maybe after school. Conflict will arise if and when words gets out.

4. Chapter 4

Soo instead of studying like I'm supposed to I spent all my time writing this super long chapter. Thanks to all my followers, reviewers and anon readers for reading. Disclaimer: I do not own Glee.

Marley's House

Mili Rose:

Hi honey! How was the first day on the job?

Marley:

Good. {rushing upstairs}

I'm really tired mom, I think I'm going to go sleep early.

Mili Rose:

Wh- oh well okay sweetie. Let me know if you need anything.

Marley's Room

Marley:

What's gotten into me lately?
I thought I got past these feelings for Ryder.
I'm with someone already..with Jake.
It's not fair to him after he's changed so much for me.

I need to make things right with Ryder first thing tomorrow.

Ryder's Room

Ryder:

I can't sleep.
The memory of what happened replays in my head over and over again.
{phone vibrates. Hoping it would be something from the girl who he can't keep his mind off}

TEXT MESSAGE
Kitty: How about we grab lunch together instead of meeting after school? I have to rehearse my duet with Artie after school.

Ryder: {sighing in disappointment it wasn't a text from Marley}

Okay. Meet me at my locker so we can walk to my truck.

Kitty: see you then. Night Night Ry ;)

McKinley Halls

Marley:

{rushing through the Halls to get to her locker and grab her books she needs for her morning classes}

Looks like I'm not going to be able to apologize and talk to Ryder before class starts like I planned to. Dammit! Why did I stay up practically all night thinking about Ryder and that kiss.
{bell rings. Jake runs up to her}

Jake:

Hey! Running late, are we?

Marley:

{Gasping. looking startled}

OMG! You surprised me. {avoiding eye contact}

Yeah, I woke up late. Couldn't sleep last night.

Jake:

Was I running through your mind last night? {smirking}

{wincing as he failed to make eye contact with Marley, very usual for them}

Marley:

I gotta go run to class. I'll see you later okay.
{closing her locker and jogging away}
{guilt eating her up even more after seeing Jake because she doesn't know how to tell him what happened between her and his best friend yesterday. More importantly she didn't want to hurt him, especially now that this time it was her that initiated the kiss with Ryder.}

Crap! I'm going to be tardy.
{running. Taking a short cut through the now empty halls}

Ryder:

{turning the corner}

{CRASH. Oblivious to who he crashed into}

awe. My bad.
{looking at who he bumped into}

oh. Marley.
uhh..sorry I didn't…

Marley:

Oh my gosh I..no..it's not your fault I was coming around the corner pretty fast.

{Trying to walk around each other but keep bumping into each other as they try to leave }

Ryder:

{stepping aside to the left. Extending his right arm as if directing her where to go}

Marley:

{staring up at Ryder's chiseled chest and facial features as if in a trance.}
{biting her lower lip. Subconsciously remembering the kiss }

Ryder:

You go first. {chuckling awkwardly}

Marley:

Ha. yeah.
{slowly walking away but suddenly turns}

Ryder!?

{Ryder turns around}

We need to talk.

Ryder:

I know….

.

Marley:

Meet me ten minutes before lunch.

Ryder:

urm, okay.

{with that they both dart off to class, making it just in time}

Last Class Before Lunch

Marley:

I haven't been able to focus in school all morning. I need to see Ryder, I mean talk to Ryder.
{pulls out her phone underneath the desk}

TEXT MESSAGE

Marley: Meet me underneath football bleachers in 5 minutes.
Ryder: k.

Marley:

Can I be excused to the nurse office? I'm not feeling good.

Teacher:

Oh yes! quick, Go! Go!

Underneath Football Bleachers

{Ryder pacing underneath the bleachers, thinking about what to say to her. He sees her coming now. His hands getting more sweaty by the minute. Heart beating out of his chest.}

Ryder:

uhh, Hi.

Marley:

{blushing}

Ha. Hi {smiling cheesy at him}

Ryder:

{smiling back}
you look nice today.
not saying that you don't look nice other days besides today, cuz you do…you always look nice.
{face starting to feel red and hot}

{both staring at each other, waiting to talk about the elephant in the room}

Marley:

{blushing even more then ever before}
{feeling her heart flutter rapidly}

Ryder:

So about the kiss…
I made a promise I wouldn't kiss you again after the whole valentine's day kiss.
And then..
{Marley cuts him off}

Marley:

Ryder! Stop.
Stop blaming yourself for everything.
it wasn't just you this time.

It was me.
I was the one who went in first this time and…
{debating if she should really say what she's been thinking all night and morning long}

And.. I'm not sorry.

{there I said it}

Ryder:

{who was looking at the ground, suddenly shot his head up to look at Marley's face}

You're not sorry?

Marley:

No!
I'm not!

{staring at Ryder's shocked face}

Are you?
{clinging on to hope he would say no quickly}
Ryder:

Ahhhh. {heavy sigh}

Marley:

Never mind, It was stupid for me to ask.

{crushed Marley taking that expression from Ryder as a no and turns away to start walking out from underneath the bleachers}

Ryder:

Marley! Wait!
{Ryder runs after Marley, grabs her arm lightly and turns her around to give her an emotional/passionate kiss}

Does that seem like a no to you? {smiling at her beautiful face while he holds her in his arms}

Marley:

huh.
that was…{smiles as wide as her heart feels like its smiling}

{Bell rings to signal lunch}

Ryder:

Crap! That's the lunch bell.

Marley:

We gotta go
{unwillingly drifting away from Ryder}
before the emo kids or someone we know catches us here

Ryder:

Right..but what about Jake?

Marley:

uhh..I don't know
I guess for now don't say anything,
we'll talk later

Ryder:

When!?

Marley:

Soon, I promise.
{giving Ryder one last longing look before darting off to the cafeteria}

Ryder:

{subconsciously walked towards the school parking lot to his truck where his hoped to be alone for a few minutes until someone knocked him out of his daydreaming}

Kitty:

HEY!
what the hell Ryder, I was waiting for you in front of your locker
do you have amnesia too on top of your dyslexia?

Ryder:

Oh my bad Kitty, I thought we were meeting at my truck. {semi still daydreaming about what just happened with Marley and totally oblivious to Kitty's insult}

Kitty:

Uhh,HELLO!? {waving her hand in front of Ryders face to break him out of the trance like state he was in}

Ryder:

ah, sorry! Lets go grab Subway.
We'll still make it in time before lunch is over.
C'mon!

Walking back into McKinley

Kitty:

Thanks for lunch!

Ryder:

don't mention it {winked at her}

Kitty:

So are you going to the carnival tomorrow?

Ryder:

It's Friday already!?

Kitty:

Take your head out of the clouds!
I know I'm so dreamy and what not
but are you?

Ryder:

uh, yeah I'll be there.
catch you there?

Kitty:

maybe {giving Ryder a flirty last look}

Other side of McKinley Halls

Jake:

Are you feeling okay?
you seem out of it today and you hardly said anything at lunch

Marley:

Yeah I'm fine

Jake:

Are you sure?

Marley:

I said I'm fine okay {forcing a smile to make that statement not seem so cold}

Jake:

okay. {hugging Marley from behind}
anyways tomorrow night you, me and carnival rides. {kisses Marley's cheek}
oh! I almost forgot Ryder and his date too

Marley:

What!? {breaks away from Jake's hug}
Like a double date?
with Ryder and his date? {trying her best to hold in her jealous feelings}

Jake:

Yeah! lol
I'm hooking him up with that chick from Sugar's party
It's a bro thing for cock blocking him at the party.

Marley:

oh. {turning even more cold at Jake}

Jake:

what?!
what's wrong?
there's something wrong I can tell.

Marley:

no, nothing. There's nothing wrong.

it's just that I was planning on inviting those closest to Ryder from Glee club to try and convince him to rejoin.

Jake:

don't worry I'm sure we'll get to hang with everyone at the carnival eventually.

I'll see you later, I'm late for class {plants a quick kiss on Marley's lips, then runs off to class}

Friday morning {McKinley Halls}

Marley:

{taking her newly discovered short cut to class}
{finding a certain someone already standing by the corner}

Hi! {smiling extremely wide and excited to see him}

Ryder:

Good morning sunshine {smiling as wide as Marley}
I was hoping you take the same detour to class like you did yesterday.

Marley:

I was hoping to see you here again

Ryder:

Can you meet me at the same spot today after lunch today?

Marley:

okay.

Ryder:

Cool, see you then.

Lunch

Marissa:

{walking up to Ryder at his locker in the hallway}
Hey

Ryder:

Oh, hey!
I was about to text you

Marissa:

oh you were?
what about?

Ryder:

Yeah!
To see if you wanted to have lunch together?

Marissa:

sure!

{Marley was using Kitty's obvious jealously as an excuse to keep looking at Ryder and Marissa having their lunch date in}
{Marley's blood was boiling at the sight of anyone trying to flirt with Ryder, she was secretly more jealous than what Kitty was showing but she couldn't let any of those secret emotions show in front of everyone from Glee club and her boyfriend}

Jake:

stop staring, build a bridge and get over it Kitty.

Kitty:

no one asked for your opinion Chris Brown.

Marley:

{end of lunch bell rings}
Alright you two lets not start World War 3
C'mon lets all go to class.

Under the bleachers

Marley:

so what's up. {sounding cold because of her jealous feelings}

Ryder:

{winces at her tone expression, very unlike the Marley Rose he knows}
Hey, what's wrong?
{stepping closer towards Marley}

Marley:

Nothing. {crossing her arms}

Ryder:

{softly whispering} Don't be like that.
{grabbing her hands and holding them to his chest}
tell me…please.

{thinking about what she could be upset about}

Is it because of Marissa?
or Jake?

Marley:

{feeling her heart start to melt at Ryder's touch}
{no Marls! Snap out of it}
{she slipped her hands out from Ryder's and pushes him back}

So I guess we have a double date tonight.

Ryder:

yeah… I guess we do.

look, I didn't tell you yesterday because I forgot all about it.
I honestly did.

I forget about every girl in the world!
when I'm around you.

I didn't even set this double date up.
Jake did.

Marley:

I know.
{feeling a little bit bad about giving Ryder the jealous cold shoulder}

Ryder:

{noticing Marley warm up to him just a little bit}
{stepping closer towards her, again with that look she just can't resist}

I couldn't help but notice a certain someone staring at me in lunch.

Marley:

I'm so sorry!
this must be how you feel every time you see me and Jake together.
the jealously, heart ache , hurt and rage.

and I'm soo sorry if you've ever seen something more than holding hands
I can't imagine how painful that would feel like

Ryder:

huh. Yeah.
it sucks..
{backing away from Marley}
reeeaally bad.

Marley:

{stepped towards Ryder, then grabbed his face}

I know the feeling.
not as well as you do, and I'm sorry for that.
{resting her forehead on his}

{softly kissed his lips}
I'm sorry Ry.

Ryder:

was that what was bugging you? {smirking at her jealousy}
I'm sorry if I made you feel that way during lunch.
{apologetic kiss on Marley's lips}

Marley:

We should head back to our classes before we get in trouble for taking too long,

Ryder:

I wish we could freeze time and stay here longer.

Marley:

don't worry we both have something to look forward to later on tonight.

{Marley runs back to her class, Ryder follows suit after making sure the coast is clear back to his own class}

Carnival

To Be Continued…

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