Blue Monday

Monday came far too fast for everyone in Glee especially Sam and Blaine. They spent the weekend being inseparable. But the dreaded day finally appeared and they had to go separate ways due to class, because as Blaine pointed out when Sam asked him to skip, "Those who fail to learn from history are bound to repeat it…summer school". The day went as any typical day paying just enough attention to answer questions, and doing the parts that they absolutely had to until they could be in class together. When the bell signaled it was time for Glee Club both boys nearly ran to the classroom, and met in the doorway at the same time. Sam gave a slight bow motioning for Blaine to enter first and they sat together on the front riser leaving room for Tina to sit beside Blaine and Jake to sit beside Sam. Sam and Jake's friendship had grown stronger over the past few weeks, and Sam was thrilled about this because he was always so close to Puck and this friendship made Sam feel like he was still helping his long time friend.

Finn was the last to come into the classroom, but he was 15 minutes late. Mr. Schuster had already begun his most recent lecture on Regional's and the importance bringing their "A" game. Upon entering Finn looked disheveled and seemed to stagger into the piano. His voice was slurry when he told Mr. Shuster he was fine.

"Are you sure you're okay Finn…you don't seem like yourself," Will asked.

"Oh yeah dude, I'm great. I…I just didn't get much sleep last night is all," Finn responded appearing to not be interested in the conversation.

"Well…maybe you should sit today out. Go home and rest," Will questioned.

"Naw, it's okay Mr. Shooo…I'll be alright," Finn said pointing his finger and thumb towards Will as if he were holding an imaginary gun.

Finn slumped into a chair in the corner of the room, and Will returned to the students and the discussion about their next competition. Unique thought there needed to be some improvements on their dance routines because there were only a handful of strong dancers, and Brittany volunteered to help coach anyone who wanted the help as long as they agreed to be on her online talk show. Tina said she really missed Mike being there because he could assist in the dance as well, and Ryder then volunteered Jake to help considering he'd been in dance classes for the majority of his life. Jake was a little embarrassed about that news being released considering he hadn't told anyone but Ryder.

The conversation continued on with opinion and rebuttal until the train of thought was derailed by the sound of snoring coming from the corner. Finn had fallen asleep and started snoring. Kitty had even made a comment about noticing a small string of drool coming from the corner of his mouth.

Will walked over to shake him on the shoulder gently, but he would not wake up. Finally Kitty being tired of Mr. Shuster's molly coddling grabbed some cymbals from the bang and crashed them loudly beside Finn's head startling him awake and into the floor.

"Wha…what'd you do that for," Finn yelled out in panic.

"Well loser, this is Glee practice not nap time," Kitty snarled.

"I just shut my eyes for a minute," Finn defended himself.

"And then you started snoring, and drooling down your shirt like one of the stoners in a bad movie," Kitty retorted.

"Hey, I'm just tired," Finn replied.

"NO, your high. Believe me I know what the hell it looks like, and if you're not going to be anymore mature than that I don't see any reason for you to even be here," Kitty replied coldly.

"Kitty, that's a pretty serious allegation," Will snapped at her in defense of Finn.

"You can say whatever it is you like to about the situation, but I've seen it too damn much not know it. And, if he's going to be in here like that then I'm not staying," Kitty snorted and stormed out of the room.

Everyone turned and looked at each other as Will helped Finn up from the chair to take him to his office. Will was concerned because although Finn was no longer his student he was still his friend and didn't want him resorting to drugs as a way to cope through life.

"Okay Finn, what's going on," Will asked in a concerned tone while crossing his arms.

"I…went to the hospital las….night….doctor…gave….pills..," Finn tried to say while nodding off.

Will shook him by the shoulder but Finn just continued to snore. He felt the best thing he could do was to let Finn sleep off whatever it was that was in his system, but was relieved to hear the words hospital and doctor in Finn's brief and cryptic explanation. Will left his office with Finn still inside asleep in a chair and noticed that Unique and Marley had left the room. Blaine explained that they went after Kitty and then asked about what was going on in his office. Will tried to explain to the best of his ability with what little information he knew, but then returned to the matter at hand and tried to get everyone else back on point; a task that was like herding chickens after the recent events.

Marley and Unique walked down the hallway in a decent rush peering into classrooms, and the bathrooms looking for Kitty until they heard sobbing coming from the girl's locker room. They followed the soft muffled sounds until they discovered Kitty sitting in the fetal position crying into her hands on the floor beside a set of lockers.

"Um…Kitty…are you okay," Marley asked softly.

"Of course I am…I was…I was just praying that you didn't blow up like the Goodyear Blimp during Regionals, or pass out from the reek of your poverty," Kitty snarled.

"Listen girl friend, I don't care what your problem is but you're not going to take it out on my home girl, mmmk," Unique threw back her way.

"We're just wanting to help," Marley whispered.

"If you really want to help, why don't both of you just get out of here, AND LEAVE ME ALONE," Kitty yelled.

The girls realized they were making matters worse, and decided to give Kitty her wish and leave the room. They realized something major had happened to Kitty at some point but it was going to take a miracle to find out what that something was. When they returned to the choir room they told everyone that Kitty just needed some time alone. Kitty returned fifteen minutes later looking as stern and high and mighty as always. Her only tale was the red ring around her eyes showing she had been crying.

"So, where's Prince Valium? Already send him to detox," Kitty snapped.

"Finn has been taken care of Kitty, and it's not your concern. Just take your place, and let's use what little time we have left to rehearse," Will said in a respectful, but forceful tone.

Kitty had taken her original position, and everyone joined in as if nothing had changed or happened. At the end of class Will asked to speak with Kitty privately, but she just walked past him saying she had to get to Cheerio practice.

Sam, Blaine, Jake, and Ryder reconvened again outside of the practice football field. Blaine and Jake really wanted all four together to discuss the events in Glee, but understood that Ryder and Sam had practice. They said their goodbyes and made plans to talk later and Sam and Ryder entered the locker room complex and Blaine and Jake walked away together.

"Hey, want to go get a cup of coffee or something," Blaine asked with hesitation.

"Man, what is with you guy and coffee," Jake snorted back.

"It's just a thing I guess. Kurt got me addicted to it the year he was at Dalton," Blaine said a little embarrassed.

"Yeah, addicted to…that's the word for the day. Tell you what, yeah let's go get a cup of coffee, and see if we can figure out what's going on," Jake stated.

Jake and Blaine went to the Lima Bean and sat at a corner table and just talked for a while. Not really about Finn or Kitty, but just talked. It seemed to Blaine that this was the first time that he'd actually gotten to just have a conversation with Jake without Sam, Ryder, or Noah there as a buffer. He found that Jake was quite intuitive, and sensitive. He also discovered that Jake and Ryder had been having some trouble in their "friendship" since Mr. Evan's Funeral.

"So, why do you think that Ryder is acting weird," Blaine asked.

"Well, you know, he keeps saying he's in love with me, and that if I really loved him that I'd want to be out and let everybody know like he wants to tell everybody. And, since I won't man, he acts like I'm just using him or something. I don't know," Jake explained.

"Well, do you love him, or are you just wanting him for sex," Blaine asked in a way that made Jake feel like he was being interviewed by a therapist.

"No, I love him…well…I really like him…ya know…he's my boy and all…but I don't know if I can be in love with a dude," Jake tried to explain.

"Well, that's something you've got to figure out for yourself. You've got to figure out what your emotions are. No one can tell you how to feel, but I will say that you need to say something to him because the longer you put it off the worse it's going to be," Blaine said.

"You know, I don't think we've talked about Finn or Kitty-Cat since we've been here," Jake said trying to change the subject.

Blaine caught Jake's not so subtle hint, and was about to start the conversation back in a new direction when he heard his text ring tone go off. He looked and it was from Sam asking where he was. He texted back at the Lima Bean, and questioned if it had been three hours to himself. A few minutes later Sam came swaggering in and pulled a chair around so he would be straddling it at the table, grabbed Blaine's latte and took a sip, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and asked what was going on.

"We've been talking about Glee today," Jake inserted making sure that Blaine understood not to discuss their previous conversation.

"Oh yeah, that was weird," Sam said with his eyes bugging out.

After Sam took a second sip of Blaine's latte Blaine excused himself from the table and went to the counter.

"Oh shit, think I made him mad," Sam asked.

"I dunno, he's kind of weird about stuff sometimes," Jake said confused.

When Blaine returned to the table he was carrying a small plate with a scone cut in half, and a small steaming cup. He poured the contents of the small cup into his original cup, and kissed Sam on the cheek, and said, "There, now there's enough for both of us." Sam just leaned his head over onto Blaine's shoulder and snatched half of the scone and threw it in his mouth.

Everything was going really well until Kitty stormed in on her cell phone. She didn't notice the boys sitting in the back, and continued screeching into the phone.

"I just want to know if that son of a bitch is still locked up. Yes mom, I know Jesus don't like that kind of language, but I don't care right now. What are you talking about he's up for parole? No, you swore he would never be out again. I don't care if he does want to see me he can go to hell. Okay, I'll pray about it but I'm still not going to go up there," Kitty demanded over the phone.

She realized she was the next person to order, and the Barista was waiting on her order. She pushed the end call button and demanded what she wanted, then threw money on the counter. The boys were shooting each other odd looks, and then Sam noticed her walking towards them.

"Did you get an ear full," Kitty snapped.

"What are you talking about," Jake retorted.

"Listening to my phone call. I saw you three over here not saying a word," Kitty said in an accusing tone.

"Dude, I don't care if you do think you're the best thing in shoe leather I'm gonna just say that no one is as interested in you or your phone calls as you are," Jake said in a nonchalant tone.

"Well, I'm going to just say that if you tell anyone about what you heard I will tell everybody about you and your little boy toy you've been trying to keep quiet, got me," Kitty mewed.

"Wha…wha…what are you talking about," Jake stuttered.

"You and Ryder making yourselves abominations at little Blaine's house. Really, it wasn't bad enough that you were sending your soul to hell, but you had to take Sam, Ryder, and little Jake with you too," Kitty said.

"Well, it's always more fun if you if you go on a trip and take a buddy," Sam retorted.

"Don't worry baby, I can't go to hell. They still have that restraining order on me," Blaine said as he leaned in and kissed Sam.

"Besides dudes, Heaven won't have me, and hell's afraid I'll take over so I think we're safe," Jake spouted out as everyone but Kitty broke out in raucous laughter. She stormed out, and the boys continued to laugh amongst themselves.