A/N: Hello I would like to apologize for the unfortunate long wait. Summer has been rather busy and all. I have three chapters already written and ready to go. So hopefully we don't have to deal with the wait like this ever again.
Also I saw the real life version of Steve at McDonalds. He is a tall skinny man, with blonde cropped hair, blue eyes, and a male male sign tattooed on his wrist. Just thought you should know.
Friday came and went very quickly. They had two weeks left of school till summer vacation and most students already tuned out the teachers and had just decided to wait the school year out. None of the teachers really cared either so most classes were watching movies or doing some weird crossword and fill in the blank work sheet.
Raquel was in the middle of pretending to give a crap as a small square paper landed on her desk. She looked around and saw Greg glance back. Raquel sighed and opened the note.
Hey I know we sort of are on bad terms but I just wanted to say I'm sorry. I was wondering if maybe I could make it up to you with dinner sometime. - Greg
Raquel smiled and scribbled a response back. She got up and tried to discreetly put the folded piece of paper on his desk.
Greg smiled and opened the note.
I'd apologize for going off on you, but then I would be lying. And dinner sound great as long as it isn't bread stix. -Raquel.
Greg laughed turned back to face Raquel and gave her a thumbs up. Raquel blushed and returned the gesture.
"Rocky!" Kurt shouted from across the hall. Raquel grimaced at the use of the horrendous nickname.
"Yes?" she didn't get a response as Kurt pulled her toward the front of the school.
"Where are you taking me!" Raquel shouted at him.
"We are going to my place!" Raquel stopped dead in her tracks.
"Kurt I'm honored but think of Blaine."
"As amazing as the offer sounds I'm gonna have to say no." Kurt answered dramatically. "It's not you it's me. . . Well actually it's your lady parts."
Raquel laughed. As she realized she was still being pulled out of school. Raquel must have looked utterly confused
"Your going to help me choose New York outfits."
"But school!" Raquel argued weakly.
"New York waits for NO ONE." Kurt announced as they walked out.
"Okay I'm thinking the blue shirt with the pin stripe vest. What do you think?" Kurt mused as he matched shirt with vest and pants. Raquel sat on his bed with a grimace on her face.
"Raquel what's wrong?" Kurt asked as he continued shuffling through the wardrobe.
"Nothing," she answered quickly. Kurt could see through it though. He closed his wardrobe drawer and proceeded to sit next to Raquel.
"You know holding feelings in can causes wrinkles. personally I don't think you can pull wrinkles so you should really just tell me what is going on." Kurt laughed. Raquel just looked at him with a small smile.
"It's just. Your like one of my only like really close friends and the rest are the New Directions. You guys are all leaving and I don't know who I'm going to have here." Raquel sighed into her hands. "I just don't want to be alone." Kurt wrapped his arm around her.
"Hey it's just the weekend and Blaine will be here. You can always hang out with him you know."
"Yeah I guess." Raquel nodded. Kurt stood up and placed a hat with huge blue and green feathers on her head.
"Oh you would pull off New York fashion so well! Now I'm upset your not coming." he smiled.
"Next time?" Raquel smiled.
"Of course! I swear on it." Kurt spoke as he placed his hand out in front of her.
"Deal." she smiled as she shook his hand.
That Saturday was incredibly boring. Raquel didn't even want to call the new directions to ask how their plane ride in was, or how amazing New York is. She spent the whole morning in bed stewing in her own envy.
Well that was the case till Steve barged into her room.
"I am going grocery shopping and if you kids want any say in what we eat this week your lazy little butts better be in the car in ten minutes." He stuck his head in Raquel's room. "This means you sweet thing." He smiled with a wink.
"Steve out!" Raquel shouted at the offending blonde haired man. He just smiled before rushing down the hall. Raquel heard the restroom door slam open.
"WHAT THE HELL STEVE GET OUT!" Derek screamed.
"Just making sure you're up. Jeez calm down it's nothing I haven't seen before." He laughed as he ran from the man throwing toothbrushes and paper rolls at him.
"You better not touch my toothbrush!" Raquel shouted from her room.
Raquel wandered the grocery store alone due to Steve's sudden urge to embarrass her in public by announcing that the feminine products at the gas station were in fact cheaper then the ones at this establishment. Derek just failed miserably at hiding the smile behind his hand.
Before Raquel stormed off she told the pair that she would wait in the stores cafe for them and left before any more humiliation could come to her.
As she approached the she saw a rather large, familiar body. He was hunched over trying to discreetly stare at one of the bag boys. Raquel was going to just continue on her way, but when she saw the sadness plastered all over the boys face. She sighed before taking the seat across from him.
It was Karofsky. He jumped a bit in shock. He looked at the younger girl sitting in front of him.
"Uh, Can I help you?" Karofsky asked.
"No, but I think I can help you with bag boy over there." Raquel smiled nodding toward the older looking blonde haired boy.
"Pfft- What are you talking about I-" Karofsky sputtered, Raquel hushed him and smiled.
"You don't have to lie to me I know."
"Did Kurt tell you?" The boy's eyes nearly fell out of his skull.
"No. He's to good of a person to out somebody." She stopped and thought about their conversation. "Well sort of. Any way I don't think I need anyone to tell me who's gay or not." Karofsky stared at her in confusion.
"How?" He asked. Raquel smiled before tapping her head.
"I have ultra sensitive gaydar." The larger boy shuffled in his seat uncomfortably. She laughed a bit. "I mean I live with my brother and his boyfriend." Raquel smiled sweetly.
Karofsky looked down at the table as if he were caught doing something he wasn't suppose to do. Raquel noticed this and relaxed a bit.
"So . . . Bag boy huh?" Raquel smiled trying to ease the tension.
Karofsky turned to the blond haired boy bagging a elderly lady's groceries.
"What about him?" He tried to shrug off the presense of the young man. Raquel smiled and leand in.
"Oh please! Don't act like you weren't just checking him out. I swear it was one way eye-sexing before I interrupted." Raquel joked. Karofsky looked bewildered. "Listen Karofsky -"
"Dave." Raquel was a bit surprised.
"I'm sorry what?" Karofsky sat up.
"My name is Dave. I'd rather you'd call me that then my last name."
"Oh-okay. I'm sorry. Well listen. Dave. You should talk to him."
"I don't even know if he's . . . you know. ." Kar- Dave gestured.
"What? Of age?"
"No!" Dave sighed. "I don't even. ." He mumbled the ending of the sentence.
"I'm sorry what?" Raquel shook her head.
"I don't even know if he. . Even , , you know . . .swings that way."
"Oh you don't even know if he's gay," Raquel looked at the bag boy. "I don't know that head of hair sort of confirms it." Dave glared at her.
"Your not helping."
"I'm sorry." she gestured for him to continue.
"Yes that and if he's even single." Raquel beamed and jumped out of her seat.
"Stay here. I'll be right back!" She shouted as she ran down the aisles.
Derek and Steve were in the snack aisle.
"But Steve! Look the hostess cupcakes are on sale!"
"No Derek! I'm not buying that horrible manufactured chocolate. I can make better cupcakes in my sleep."
"Yeah, but your cupcakes don't taste like childhood." Derek mumbled.
"Well your childhood is soon going to taste like clogged arteries." Steve smirked. Derek just grumbled and put the cupcakes back on the shelf.
"Hey!" Raquel shouted from the far end of the aisle. "Hey! Are we done? Did we already get everything?"
"I guess." Derek muttered from behind Steve.
"Yup. I got everything for smoked salmon and dill crepes." Steve smiled.
"Uhh. . .What is that?" Raquel asked as Derek stuck his tongue out in a disgusted fashion.
"Well besides it being our dinner, It's like pancake wrap of salmon and dill." He stated as if it's obvious.
"Or we can just do Chinese." Derek suggested. Raquel smiled and nodded in agreement.
"No! we had Chinese last week!" Steve argued. He pulled on Derek's sleeve, "And remember that thing I let you do to me. You promised I could cook whatever I'd like and you would eat it happily."
"Okay . . ew." Raquel commented on the side.
Derek sighed and looked at Raquel apologetically.
"Sorry Rocky." Derek smiled meekly. Raquel just rolled her eyes and walked toward the registers.
Once they headed to the register Raquel made sure to have them in line with the blonde. As Derek and Steve were unloading the cart, Raquel made her way to the bag boy.
She caught a glance at his name tag.
"So. . .How's business?" She asked dumbly.
"Business is . . . Good I suppose." He smiled and laughed.
"Good." She repeated, Thinking quietly to herself on what to say next. "Did you date Santana Lopez?" If her reputation was true then he must have had some contact with her.
"Who?, No. I'm not like that." He awkwardly spoke.
"Oh so your gay." Raquel murmured in mock surprise.
"Yeah." He answered as he bagged the groceries a bit faster. the awkwardness was almost unbearable. Raquel smiled.
As Derek and Steve pushed out the cart Raquel ran to the café.
"He's gay and I'm guessing single." She spoke to the stunned football player.
"Oh." Dave spoke with a small smile on his lips. Raquel smiled and walked away before remembering some thing and running back.
"oh! His name is Jeremiah."
SEE YOU GUYS MONDAY!
