Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or its characters or locations, nor do I own any songs that are used in this fic.
Monday came and Alice was still wandering the halls alone, getting jumpy if even anyone from the club tried to approach her. Santana and Puck had spent the majority of the day seeing who could give Alice the biggest scare between classes of course they had to make it look unintentional so none of the club members could bust them and end their fun. "That's really mean San," Brittany had told her best friend after Santana had followed Alice into the bathroom and popped up behind Alice when she was standing in front of the mirror washing her hands.
"Come on Britt don't be a downer," Santana had said as she linked pinkies with the blonde and they walked down the hall together. Of course Brittany just went along with her friend like always. Alice couldn't help but be nervous when time for club activities came, she didn't know if Mr. Shue could control the pair who were terrorizing her.
Thankfully the two were smart enough to not try anything right in front of the teacher. "Alright this week I want to hear a song that tells us something about you that you want to get out, even if it's not something we see every day let it out in song," Mr. Shue announced, pointing to the board where he had written the word "you" and underlined it.
Rachel was more than happy to jump up and perform to "show everybody how it's done." Alice watched, already trying to think of the perfect song to perform.
Class ended and Alice rushed out before Puck or Santana had a chance to get to her again. Before they had a chance to follow her Mr. Shue called for the two trouble makers to see him after everyone was gone.
"Ok guys it's not funny," Mr. Shue said, leaning against the piano, "you need to leave Alice alone. Do you really think it's fair to mess with someone who's already so fragile?"
"Don't know what you're talking about Mr. Shue," Puck said, "we're just trying to be friendly, it's not our fault she's so easy to scare." Mr. Shue pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed, trying to be patient with the two, "Santana, Tina saw you intentionally scare Alice in the bathroom earlier and the others said you two have been chasing after her all day just to scare her."
"I don't suppose they can prove we weren't just trying to be friendly," Santana said casually as she started to walk to the door, Puck on her heels, "it's not our fault they just see us a bullies, we're really trying to be nice."
Mr. Shue called after them as they headed out the door, "they can't prove anything right now but if you guys don't stop scaring Alice I'm going to have to do something, she's a good kid, she doesn't deserve this. She's just like you guys, she just wants to be accepted."
XX
Friday came and everyone started to get concerned when no one saw Alice at lunch. She was absent from all her classes after as well and Mr. Shue sent everyone out to see if they could find her.
Blaine and Kurt were the ones to find her, sitting on the stage in the auditorium, she looked like she'd been crying.
"Alice, sweetie," Kurt said walking up to the girl slowly, "are you ok?"
Alice shook her head and hid her head in her hands. Blaine tapped Kurt on the shoulder and whispered in his ear, "look at her, she was Serena from Sailor Moon earlier. Now she's Misa Misa from Death Note."
"Alice," Kurt said softly, jumping up to sit on the stage beside her, "why did you change outfits?"
Alice hid her face in Kurt's shoulder and let out a sob. Kurt wrapped his arm around her and Blaine sent out a mass text to the other club members to tell them where they were.
"Whatever it is Alice you're safe now," Blaine said, sitting on her other side and holding her hand, "just let us know what happened."
Alice didn't say anything until Mr. Shue finally arrived after the rest of the Glee members.
"I...it was one of the football players...he...he threw me in a dumpster."
"Which one Alice, do you know his name," Mr. Shue came up and stood in front of the girl. She shook her head but looked up at her teacher. "I don't know his name but...he's the one that's always messing with Kurt..." she turned to the boy, "I can never tell what he's saying...I'm usually a little ways off...but it's always you..."
"Karofsky," Kurt growled the name and slammed a fist down on the stage, making Alice jump.
"Dude, why are you freaking out, he's always throwing you in dumpsters," Puck said with a smirk.
"This is different, Alice is a girl."
"So are you."
"Well, honey, maybe if you didn't make yourself a moving target with those outfits you'd get a little leniency," Santana said. Alice's head snapped up and she jumped off the stage. She walked over to Santana and stood nose to nose with the Latina, the heels she was wearing with her outfit giving her the extra height.
"I'm going to tell you what I told that bastard before he threw me in that dumpster, "Alice said, taking everyone off guard. They barely heard her talk but they couldn't imagine how mad she had to be to use vulgar language.
"If you have a problem with the way I look then look somewhere else."
Santana tried to say something but Alice wasn't done yet, "And you, Santana, where do you think you get off? I thought the people in this club were supposed to be nice and understanding. I though you embraced differences but all I've gotten from you and Puckerman is hell. If you want to hide behind a Cherrios skirt and pompoms that's your business but I'm not scared of who I am. I respect everyone in this club because they're brave enough to stand up and be who they are despite the cruelty, all I ask from you is the same respect."
With that Alice stormed off, back onto the stage and then backstage.
A/N I hope you like my story. Any reviews would be appreciated