*Quick note: Yes in our version its Riker not Jeff. Mainly because I prefer it :D*

Lauren's POV

I looked up from Blaine's arms, to glance at Dad. Through blurry eyes, he didn't look too happy about the fact that I might have outed our 'situation', and I was scared he was going to do something in front of the Glee club. Luckily he didn't. Instead, he gently pulled me away from Blaine, and hugged me. I tried to pull away but his hold was too tight, using his thumb he started to wipe away my tears. With a strained voice, he turned to Blaine, speaking loud enough for everyone to hear on purpose.

'She really does like Demi Lovato, doesn't she? It always makes her emotional; just wish she would sing songs that wouldn't make me sound bad. I'm not, am I?' He pretended to joke pushing Blaine in a jokey way.

'Of course not Dad!' Blaine put on his showface. I was released from the force hug.

'C'mon sweetheart, let's go. I've got a surprise for you!' He took my hand, leading me out of the school.

Sofia's POV

As soon as Lauren left, everyone started gossiping about what happened. Me and Rory couldn't stand it; we had to get out. If we didn't, people would have started asking questions. Or I would have shut them up myself – which wouldn't be a good idea, considering that I was in trouble with Brittany and Santana already. We made our excuses and left, slowly walking, hand in hand.

'I have a surprise for you.' Rory winked.

'Oooh? What?' He span me round, sitting me on a bench outside.

'Wait here.' He kissed me on the cheek, before walking off. 'I'll be a minute.'

A minute later, a red car pulled around the corner, kinda shakily, being driven by Rory. 'RORY! Oh my gosh, Rory! You can drive!' I stood up quickly.

'Jump in Sof, I got my license a couple days ago.' I slid into the car next to him, and kissed him, before breaking away.

'Wait! I'm still in my cheerleading uniform!'

'Good!' He bashfully smiled. 'I like you in that.'

'Well, it's a good thing then!' I giggled.

He drove me to a small restaurant half an hour away from Lima, which looked really cool and old-school. Really diner like. 'Here we are my dear.' He walked me in, and we were greeted by the waitress.

'Hi, how many?' She smiled.

'Just two.' Rory answered.

'Ok, follow me.' She walked us to a seat in the corner, handing us a menu each. 'Can I get you some drinks?'

'Can I just have a mineral water please?' I asked, and she nodded, before looking at Rory.

'I'll have a coke.' He ordered, and then shot me a worried glance.

'I'm fine.' I gave him a reassuring smile. 'So, what's the plan for tonight?'

'I was thinking… We grab something here, and then go to the movies. Sound ok?'

'That sounds perfect.' I looked over the menu. 'How about we get the sharing platter?'

'Good idea. I wasn't sure what to get.' Perfect. It meant that I didn't have to eat so much.

Lauren's POV

Dad took us to the mall to get us some new stuff. This was a definite highlight of the 'niceness' stage he goes through every few months, it's like sympathy shopping. I defiantly make the most of it. The abuse stops for a bit too, which is awesome, but that doesn't last long enough. He bought me a new iPod. Mine broke the other day, well I say broke; it had an incident with a wall and got smashed… He bought Blaine a new guitar! He was stoked.

We then drove to this diner, I recognized it immediately. Cooper used to drive Blaine and me here every Saturday morning for breakfast, which was awesome, but then he moved to L.A. We swore we would keep it up when Blaine could drive, but then I got ill, so it got too hard.

Dad's happy, because we're being served by his favorite waitress, whom he knows from church – she's a local trophy wife, of sorts.

Once we got seated, I realized that Sofia was in here, still in her Cheerios' outfit. I wouldn't have noticed if she had changed. I know she didn't want to tell me who she was going out with, but I had to see. I strained my neck a bit to see, Rory! They are perfect for each other; they're lucky. I saw that they had a sharing meal, and watching them, I noticed that she wasn't eating much. She didn't eat her lunch either – she thinks she hid it from me, but I knew. She used one of the same tricks I used when I was ill.

Mom and Dad were talking as we ate, I was starting to push my food around a bit – I got a text. 'Lauren, who is that?' Dad asked, becoming slightly stern. He has an issue with phones at meals.

'It's Quinn!' I answered, surprised.

'Oh, ok.' He smiled, not asking me to put away my phone. He likes Quinn. When we were younger, he considered her a good role model, so it was a good thing that we were friends. I would always sit with her at church; it was good to have someone to talk to. Even after she had Beth, he liked that she stayed religious and done talks about celibacy and what not.

'Hey Lauren. We should meet up and chat. We haven't done that in a while. Q x'

'I would like that, thanks :D x'

'How about after church on Sun? We could go to the Lima Bean before the Glee meeting x'

'That sounds good :) x'I put my phone away and looked at my dad.

'Dad, can I hang out with Quinn after church please? There's a glee meeting over lunch anyway.'

'Of course you can!' He grinned happily. 'Oh, that reminds me. How are you getting to church after sleeping round Sofia's?'

'I don't know. I haven't thought about it.'

'Well, if you can't get to church, then you can't sleep round.' What? That's so not fair! But I guess he has a point…

'Ok Dad, I'll find a way of getting there.'

'Good girl.' He smiled.

'Quinn, are you sleeping round Brittany's tomorrow? X'I decided to give it a shot.

'No, what's up? X'

'My dad says that I can't sleep round with Sofia if I can't get to church x'

'I'll pick you up x'Well, that was easy…

'Quinn said she'll take me to church on Sunday, so can I still sleep round?' I asked him as he ate dessert.

'Yes you can.' He put his spoon down. 'Now, I have some good news for you both.' He paused, glancing between me and Blaine. 'I had a call from Cooper today. He's coming to visit in a couple weeks.' YES! This is gonna be awesome!

'Really! I can't wait!' Blaine said, surprised. I looked over at him and he had big excited eyes. He's such a puppy.

Sofia's POV

After we had finished eating, we began to walk out, when I saw Lauren and her family. 'Rory! Psst, Rory…' I grabbed him before we were seen. 'Lauren's here. She doesn't know about us.'

'How are we gonna get out?' His eyes widened.

'Follow my lead.' I covered my face with one hand, making my way through the other side of the restaurant.

Once we got out, we both burst out laughing. 'We should tell her Sofia.'

'I know. I think I will tomorrow at my house.' I nodded to myself, and then shrieked as Rory started chasing me to the car. 'RORY! Stop it! Hahaha!' I whined playfully. Just as we got to the car he kissed me softly.

'Get in, my fair maiden.' He bowed, opening the car door for me.

'Weirdo.' I raised an eyebrow.

'Why thank you.' He smirked as he slid into the driving seat.

'Where are we going now?'

'We're going to a local movie theatre. It's small, but nice. They do a viewing of an older movie every Friday. Sometimes, they are real old-school… like… Black and white. Other times, like tonight, they are only a couple years old.'

'What are we watching then?'

'The Notebook.' He glanced at me, smiling.

'Oh my gosh I love that movie! I hope you have tissues.' Great. Now I have to watch a movie that makes me cry… In front of my new boyfriend.

Santana's POV

I sat in front of Brittany's mom, with a mug of hot chocolate in my hands. She looked at us with a concerned expression.

'So what did you girls want to talk about?'

'We wanted to discuss with you something that happened today.' I answered.

'Sanny, Mom doesn't like you being too serious, remember?' Brittany gave me a pointed look.

'Sorry Britty.' I pouted at her, and she grinned at me. She loves it when I call her 'Britty'.

'Anyway…' Hillary got our attention, waving her hand at us. B took my cell phone, unlocking it.

'Ya know how I invited Finn's cousin to be on 'Fondue For Two' this weekend?'

'Yes…'

'Well, here is a picture of her earlier today.' Brittany found the photo, handing my phone to Hillary.

'What happened?' She gasped.

'About 20 Cheerios slushied her.' I explained simply. B's mom looked at us suspiciously.

'It wasn't us Mom; it was Sofia.'

'She ordered them to do it.'

'And then, when we gave her exactly the same punishment as the rest of them, she gave me attitude.'

'We gave her more laps.' I finished.

'Thank you for telling me girls. Where is Sofia anyway? I will have to talk to her about this.'

'She's out with Rory.' Brittany grinned.

'Oh, ok. Is Finn's cousin sleeping round tomorrow?' Hillary looked at me.

'No, she text me a couple hours ago saying that she's not allowed. I will have to take her home afterwards.'

'That's a shame.' She stood up. 'Girls, can you set the table please? Looks like it's only the 3 of us tonight.'

'Ok Mom, we will do. Come on Sanny, let's go.'

'Can I at least have my phone back?' I made a grab for it in B's hands.

'No! Set the table!'

'Pwetty pwease Bwitty?' I made the puppy dog face look.

'Fine! You know I can't resist that face and voice.' She pouted, handing me my cell as we went to the kitchen.

Lauren's POV

'Hey guys!' I climbed into Burt's truck, next to Finn. Kurt had picked up Blaine an hour ago so they could meet up with the rest of the Warblers get to sectionals for last minute practice.

As I settled down Finn glanced. 'How was everything, you know…after Glee last night?' Finn asked, sweetly. Burt and Carole shared a suspicious look.

'It was good, surprisingly. Dad took Blaine and me to the mall, and then we went for a meal. How was your night?' The Hummel-Hudson's, Lexie, Tom, and Tom and Carole's Dad went to BreadstiX to remember the 9 years since Lexie's mom died.

'It was good… Emotional though. It was good to see Gramps.' Finn smiled.

'How was Lex?' I looked at Carole.

'She was very clingy to Tom and our Dad.' She answered sadly. 'Next weekend, Tom wants to go look at hospices, but without her. I don't know how he's going to do that.' She sighed.

'How do you think the Warblers are gonna do?' Finn asked, trying to lighten the mood.

'They're gonna rock it. I just know it.' I laughed.

Once we got to the theatre, we made our way backstage. Some of the Warblers were milling around, chatting to their families or each other, some were going over choreography. Suddenly, someone grabbed me from behind. 'There is my beautiful sister!'

'Blaine!' I span round and hugged him. 'I'm so excited to see you perform!'

'Really? I'm so glad Dad let you come.' Suddenly, the lights flashed. 'I've got to go. See you later.'

'Good luck Blaine, you'll do great!' I called at him as he walked away, and then waved at Kurt. Straight after Kurt went in, there was a cute blonde boy. He must be new, I haven't seen him before.

'Lauren? Are you ready? We have to go to our seats now.' Finn frowned at me.

'What? Yeah, sorry Finn, I'm coming.'

'Welcome to West Ohio Show Choir Sectional's 2012!' The announcer spoke in a really annoying voice. He talked about some local 'celebrities' who were the judges, and the sponsors. I looked through the program as he spoke, and realized that Blaine was against Oral Intensity, who was a big competition for ND at one point.

I looked at the list of Warbler members, and smiled when Kurt and Blaine were the top 2 listed. I couldn't work out what the blonde boy was called; there are too many members!

'…First up, from Dalton Academy, we have the Warblers!' The lights went up, with one spotlight focused straight on Blaine. All 4 of us cheered as he began to sing a ballad, and I even became a little emotional. As he sung, I couldn't help notice the blonde boy dance; he was really good!

After Blaine's song, there was a group number, where Kurt was lead, which was really cool for him; he so talented!

After the other groups sung – Oral Intensity was good but they had nothing on the Warblers! After a little break, the judges had deliberated and everyone was called on stage. Blaine smiled at me, looking kinda nervous, but excited about the results.

After saying that the other choir came last, the presenter had us on the edge of our seats. 'West Ohio Show Choir Sectional's champions 2012 are... From Dalton Academy, The Warblers!'

Burt, Carole, Finn and I all jumped up and cheered, as all of the Warblers jumped around and hugged and ran off stage after taking the trophy. Once we all picked up our stuff, we went to meet Blaine and Kurt backstage again, along with the rest of the Warblers' families.

'Blaine, you were amazing!' I hugged him as soon as he came over to us. 'You too Kurt.' I said hugging him too.

'I'm so proud of you guys! You deserved that trophy, you really did.' Burt took them both in a bear hug.

'Um, Blaine, who is that, is he new?' I pointed to the blonde boy. 'He looks nice.' Blaine raised his eyebrow at me. 'What? I'm curious!'

'Yeah, curious…' I hit him on the arm, he knows me too well. 'Ouch! He joined in September. Come on, I'll introduce you. As you're that curious.'

'Hey Blaine. What up?' He glanced at me while talking, smiling at me.

'Hey! I just wanted you to meet my little sister.'

'Riker.' He extended his hand towards me. 'Nice to meet you'

'You too. Lauren.' I shook his hand. It was really soft… I think he's been taking tips from Kurt.

'I'll leave you two to it.' Blaine walked off, leaving us alone. Elbowing my stomach as he left. Riker noticed and laughed. Great.

'Umm, you were great out there. Congratulations.'

'Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I was kinda nervous, you know, because it was my first competition here.' He played with a bracelet on his wrist.

'You were really good, you're an amazing dancer by the way' He grinned at me, laughing a little. 'Thank you. So, are you interested in Show Choir then? Or are you just here to support your brother?'

'A bit of both actually; I'm part of the choir in McKinley. Just transferred there actually.'

'Ahh, The New Directions.' He smirked. 'I like your top.'

'Haha thanks! Kurt made it for me for Christmas.' It was black, with the Dalton blazer on it; the tie was also on it. Even the white of the shirt was edged on to it, but not filled in. I was wearing that with black skinny jeans and my red Converse. 'I might have get him to make me one! It's awesome!'

'Lauren, we have to go to pick up Lexie.' Finn interrupted us.

'Uh, ok Finn. It was good talking to you.' I looked at Riker again, taking in his adorableness.

'You too. Can I…get your number?'

'Yeahh sure.' After we gave each other our number, I got Finn to take a picture of us. I put it as his caller ID.

'I'll call you.' He hugged me and pecked me on the cheek.

'Looking forward to it.' I blushed, as Finn gently pulled me away. 'Finn!'

'I'm sorry dude, but we've got to go.'

I was still grinning to myself giddily as we got to the car. 'Lauren, who was that sweetie?' Carole asked as we climbed back into the truck. The Warblers were going out for some sort of celebration.

'One of the Warblers. He's called Riker.'

'That's an unusual name. He looked sweet. Anyway, can you text Lexie saying that we're on our way.'

'I know! It's cute though.' I paused. 'Of course I will.'

'I'm going in to sort out some stuff with Tom.' Carole turned back.

'Have a good night Lauren, and I'll see you tonight Finn.' Carole got out, going to let Lexie know we're here at the same time.

'Hey guys!' Lexie sat in the front, where Carole was, wearing a purple sun dress.

'How's your day been Lexie?' Burt asked as he started the engine again.

'It's been great! We played some board games, and then went to the mall.'

'Don't you have anything for tonight?' I asked her, confused.

'Um, I'm not allowed to sleep over, because I got in trouble at school. Santana's gonna take me home after the show.'

'Oh, ok. That sucks. You're gonna like it round Britt and Sofia's house. Brittany's mom is really nice.'

'I'm looking forward to spending time with Santana. And Brittany; they're both really cool. Santana's been texting me all day, asking whether Britt can ask me about certain topics during the webshow.' Finn and I shared a look, knowing what Brittany can be like. At least Santana would be there to kinda deflect anything she asks and I'll be there too.

Lexie's POV

As soon as Lauren and I got out of Burt's truck, Brittany came bouncing out of her house. 'Hey Lauren.' She hugged her and pushed her into the house, before turning back to me. 'C'mon Lexie, let's go.' She grabbed my hand, pulling me inside.

'Hey kiddo!' Santana hugged me, leading me into Brittany's room.

'So, I was thinking we start early, so we can do whatever editing that needs to be done first.' Brittany sat down.

'Are you sure you wanna go through with this Lexie?' I nodded at Santana as the door opened.

'I assume you're Lexie?' I nodded at the woman. 'I'm Brittany's mom, Hillary. Is pizza alright with you guys?'

'Sound's good.' Santana laughed at the same time as Brittany, and I nodded.

'Pizza it is then. I'll order it when the show's finished.'

'Thanks Mom!'

'She's really supportive.' Santana explained as Hillary left the room.

Lauren's POV

Me and Sofia went to her room, trying to be quiet so the others could start filming 'Fondue For Two'. As we got to her room, I got a text.

'Hey, it's Riker. Just checking I got the right number :D'

'Hey! Yup, you did :D shouldn't you be celebrating?'

'I am... I just couldn't stop thinking about you x'

I... What? Did he really just say he couldn't stop thinking about me? I must have been staring at my phone for a long time because Sofia grabbed it off me.

'What are you staring at Laur? Who's Riker? Has little Laurie got herself a boyfriend?' She teased.

'Huh? No, well, not yet... Anyway, give me my phone back'

'Ooohhhh... He's cute...' I tried to grab my phone off her but she moved away.

'Sof, give it back.' I tried to grab it again. 'Nope, I wanna find out more about this Riker guy.'

I ended up chasing her around her room for my phone. Laughing and screaming, I eventually managed to pin her down and get my phone off her, which was strange as she is stronger than me.

'HEY GUYS DO YOU THINK YOU COULD SHUT YOUR TRAPHOLES? WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A WEB SHOW IN HERE!' Santana shouted from across the corridor.

'Sorry!' We shouted back together. I replied to Riker's message once I had my phone back.

'Really? I don't know what to say. I couldn't stop thinking about you either :D x'

'Ok, so tell me about Riker.'

'There's really not much to tell.'

'Come on! He must mean something; he said he couldn't stop thinking about you Laur.' Does he mean anything to me? My phone buzzed again.

'Really. :) x'

'No one has ever said that to me before. X'

'Well there is a first for everything :) x'

'OK, this guy DEFINATELY means something.' Sofia said, reading over my shoulder.

'Yeah, I guess he does...' I said while looking at my phone. 'He's new to Dalton, just joined The Warblers. I met him today after Sectionals, he seemed sweet. I only got to talk to him for a couple of minutes. Happy?'

'Yup! Talking about boys, I think it's about time I told you who my BF is...' Even though I already knew it was Rory, I decided to play along.

"Ooohhhh! So I finally get to find out who this secret boyfriend of yours is!" I said poking her in the stomach.

'Ouch! Yes. It's someone close to you, very close to you... It's Rory' I started laughing. I couldn't help myself, she sounded so serious.

'Ok, I tried, but you sounded so serious. I already knew it was Rory; I saw you two at that diner yesterday!' Her face was a picture!

'There is no hiding from you is there? Well, now that that's done... IT'S MOVIE TIME!' She jumped up, running to her movie collection. 'What do you wanna watch?'

Lexie's POV

When we were recording Fondue For Two, Brittany asked me about my life... And about my mom. Even though I knew she was gonna ask me, it was still sad. When I started crying, Santana grabbed my hand to comfort me.

'So, let's take a break to watch Lord Tubbington's first Vlog.' Brittany said, before pausing the camera. 'I'll edit it in later. Lexie, are you ok? Do you wanna stop?' I shook my head. I have to finish the interview.
'Are you sure sweetie? We don't have to continue.' Santana rubbed my back. 'Remember she's gonna ask about your dad next.'
'I wanna finish it.' I murmured.
'Ok. Britt, the camera.'
'So, something happened this week that changed your life...'

As I was talking, I became more and more upset, and I could just about make out Santana frowning through my tears. She suddenly put her arms around me, and I cried into her neck wrapping my arms around her. 'Do you wanna talk some more?' I shook my head against Santana's shoulder, and Brittany paused the camera again.
'Do you want the show to go on air? Coz it doesn't have to.' she said after I calmed down a little.
'No, put it on.' I whispered.
'Ok.' she turned the camera a little, so it was just showing her, and then turned it back on. 'Guys, Sanny and I have spoken to Lexie, and she is happy for this to be shown. It does get a little sad at times though.'
'I'll put that at the beginning.' she explained after she turned the camera off.
'Britts, we better start editing now.'

Sofia's POV

I really don't want to eat any pizza; just the smell of it makes me queasy. The greasy, fatty aroma, I've worked so hard to lose the weight I can't give up now! I can't avoid it though everyone's going to be watching me and Lauren to make sure she eats properly. Ironic isn't it? If Laur didn't have an eating disorder, I could get away with it, not that I'm anywhere near getting an eating disorder; it's just a change of eating habits. Part of me just hopes that they concentrate so much on her that they don't even notice how much I'm eating. Anyway, I'm the 'greedy cheerio.'

If I don't lose the weight in time, I'll be kicked off the Cheerio's, lose my superiority in the halls of McKinley and I'd be on the receiving end of all the slushies that I would have previously given out.

'Food's here. Let's go Sof, it'll be cold otherwise.'

'I'll come in a little bit. I'm not really hungry right now.' She raised an eyebrow at me.

'Sofia, you have to eat something, come on. You love Pizza' She whined, trying to pull me up.

'So it was alright when you didn't eat! When you just sat there pushing food around your plate!' I snapped my sudden outburst even shocking myself.

'That was really out of order Sofia. I can't believe you would say that. You know what I was going through. I was ill you know that!' Tears started welling in her eyes.

'No no no Lauren, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it; it's been a bad week, lots of things have happened.' I started panicking as she sat back down.

'I know you didn't mean it, but that really hurt.' I threw my arms around her.

'I know, that was a stupid thing to say. Shit I'm such a bitch I can't even be nice to my own best friend! I love you Lauren, I would never say something like that to hurt you.' She hugged me back, and then pushed me away, looking serious.

'I'm worried Sofia, I saw how much you threw away of your lunch yesterday and then you left most of the food for Rory at your date. Now you don't want pizza, c'mon you love pizza Sof; you can't even lie about that. I can't let you go down the same path as I did, I don't want to lose my best friend to some silly disorder like I lost myself.'

'I won't.' I bit my lip, contemplating whether to go on or not. 'I'm just losing a couple of pounds for Coach Sylvester; she said I could be point flyer if I did and you know what that would mean to me.'

'Just…don't go overboard.' She didn't look convinced but I pushed it to the back of my mind.

'I won't Laur, I promise, let's get some pizza!' I stood up, ready to face everyone.