I Never Knew
Chapter 10: Hello?! Did I Miss Something?
So I can't say I'm exactly happy to be in school on this beautiful Monday morning, 'cause I'm not. My friends left really early this morning and I already miss them. Plus, it's like seven in the morning so I'm a little cranky. I reach my locker and start unpacking all my stuff i don't need. I have someone approach me.
"Hey Kaitlin, have fun with your friends yesterday?" Finn asks. "Yeah, it was great to see them, what you end up doing once you left?" I asked curiously. He scratches the back of his head. "I ended up going over to Mike's, we played X-box live all day," he says.
"That's cool, was Matt there too?" I ask hoping to find out how Matt spent his Valentine's Day. Finn gave me this weird look.
"No, did you ever check your phone when you got home?" He asks with concern. "Oh, no, i didn't get the chance because the battery died," I say. His facial expression turned to worried. "Oh, you haven't by chance seen Matt already this morning, have you?" He asks. I shake my head "No" and then he just runs off. Weird.
I shut my locker and see Puck at his locker with a big smile plastered on his face so I walk over to him. "Hey, Puck, are you ok?" I ask getting worried. "Ahh, yeah, I'm fine, why?" He asked looking confused. "Because you're smiling, you never smile!" I say smirkin and he just smiles brighter. This day is starting off weird. "Well i had a really good day yesterday..." he said expecting me to respond with a giddy expression. "That's good, who was it this time you hooked up with," I ask. He looked surprised that I'd use those words. He then scoffed. "I didn't 'Hook Up' with anyone yesterday, I had a pretty meaningful conversation with Quinn though," he said with another smile. I was happy they finally started talking again. "About?" I asked hoping to get my information. "The baby, we finally talked about the baby and our relationship," he said with an even brighter smile.
"Well, what are you guys gonna do?" I ask. "Were gonna try being together and see how it works out, see where it takes us, as for the baby, she's still thinking adoption..." He seemed kind of sad about that part. "Well that's great for you two! I'm happy for you, now how about you and Finn?" I ask trying to get him to open up just a wee bit more. He sighs. "I mean we'll have like very small convo's if someone else is there but otherwise, not really getting anywhere," He seemed kind of upset about that. "well just give it time, he'll come around.." I say trying to make him feel better. He gives me another small smile and then a quick side hug and walks off to class. I do the same and walk into my only freshmen class, still havent's made any friends in here, people just wont talk to me.
I walk in late as usual for Glee practice and find everyone sitting down as Mr. Shue was just about to start talking. I take my seat next to Mike. "Nice for you to join us Kaitlin," he says irriatated. That's not a good sign. My day hasn't exactly been great, I got teased in my freshmen class by these two girls, then at lunch I couldn't find any of the glee members to sit with so i was by myself and ontop of all that I had Mercedes, Tina, Artie, Mike, and Matt ignoring me, what was goin on!?! Mr. Shue pops me back into reality.
"Kaitlin, you missed our lunch rehearsal, how come?" He asked. "Ahh, I didn't know we had one but that would explain why no one was there..." I say that last part quietly. "Well I would have thought someone here would of told you.." He said glaring at most of the glee kids. He starts talking about our "Hello" assignments for a couple of minutes until he lets us all go early. I look over to Mike and smile but he simply just walks out out of the room. Mercedes, Tina, Artie, and Kurt do the same, what is going on with everyone? All I knew was that I was sick of it.
After everyone had left I go up to Mr. Shue hoping to talk to him about my future here. "Mr. Shue, can we talk?" I ask politely. He smiles and ushers me to take a seat in one of the chairs. "What's up?" He asks me. "I think i want to quit glee..."
So we were now going to be doing our last "Hello" performance, the number was called "Hello Goodbye" by The Beatles. And of course, Rachel and Finn had the leads, and it just so happens that my dancing partner ended up being Matt.
You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go, go, go
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
I was trying to get eye contact with Matt but he just wouldn't look at me, I had almost given up hope on him and everyone else. I kept an eye on Rachel too, she looked even worse than me, I wonder why? Did her new boyfriend do something or did her old one?
I say high, you say low
You say why, and I say I don't know
Oh, no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
Hello, hello
I don't know why you say goodbye
I say hello
We finish the performance in our partners arms, after a few seconds Rachel runs off leaving Finn looking shocked and hurt. Matt had already let go of me and then walks off the stage, just like Rachel had done, except he went the opposite direction. Me being frustrated, I walk over to Finn to see how he was. "What's up with Rachel?" I ask concerned. He sighs. "Meet me at my car, I got a lot to catch you up on, including what's up with Matt..." after he says those words he walks off leaving me standing there all alone. Since no one else was talking to me, except for Puck but he was too busy with Quinn, I walk over to Mr. Shue more frustrated than ever.
"So have you thought about it more?" He asked me knowing exactly why I came over to him. "Yeah I did, I still want to quit.."I say firmly. He sighs. "Kaitlin, you're a really good singer and I don't think the team would be the same without you, I really think you should stay." He says trying to reassure me. "It's just I'm getting picked on by the Freshmen for being in Glee, so I have NO friends my age and I've felt left out a lot lately plus I never get a solo, none of us do because you always give them to Finn and Rachel, it's not fair." I say. "Well I'm sorry you feel that way but you should really stay, I'll make you an offer..." he says. "What?" I ask curiously. "Well how about for a week, you not sing and just watch next to me, see what it feels like not being up there and if you still want to quit go ahead otherwise I hope you realize what you'd be missing..." with that he collects his papers and walks off to the choir room.
I make it to Finn's car and hop in the passenger seat, I look at him and he still seemed as upset as earlier today.
"So what's going on with everyone....start with Rachel" I say quickly. "Well she told me she broke up with Jesse...for the team and I told her how I feel and she still won't budge, all i could say was I'm not giving up..." He said in a calm voice. "Well it's better than her being with Jesse, I mean he is the lead of Vocal Adrenaline and there's something shady about that guy..." I said looking over at Finn who was trying to keep his eyes on the road.
"You know there all ignoring you because of Matt, right?" He says to me. I look at him shocked. "What, why?" I ask stunned. "Well, he had been ecstatic all of last week about his brilliant plan for Valentine's Day, involving you, he left you a voice mail saying to meet him at some place and yeah..." He says softly. "But, i didn't have my phone and i never got to check my messages..." i said all bummed out. "I know so I tried to talk to Matt about it earlier but he was either talking to someone else or busy, so I'm sorry..." he says trailing off. I shake my head. "No, its not your fault, ugh, i feel bad now, I got to talk to him then, so why is everyone else upset?" I ask. "Well he was basically bragging about his plan to everyone so i guess when Matt had thought you stood him up, everyone found out and feel bad for him..." he says. "But what about Rachel, Puck, Santana, and Quinn? They didn't seemed to care..." i said. "Well they didn't know what was going on..." he says spacing out. I chuckle a little.
We make it to my house and i hop out of the car, before shutting the door I turn to Finn. "Thanks for being my friend Finn.." I say smiling so he smiles back. "Well thanks for being mine too and for making me feel important," he says all smiley. "Anytime," I say and then close the door and he drives off. I start walking to my house, I look over to my left and see Puck sitting on his porch just staring at me, intently. I shake it off and walk inside.