Sorry for not being good at the Sue Sylvester insults, I am not Jane Lynch or writer of Glee. if I were a writer, I would of change a lot of things on the show.

36. Nationals. I.

I woke up a little hungover. After Ryder left I went to get a snack and found some beer bottles in the fridge. I took a few of them and drank until I fell asleep. I woke up to my alarm around and got up, showered, packed my bags within ten minutes with everything I needed and now took the hour rest I wanted until Ryder's parents came and picked me up so we could head to the school. It was Thursday, last Thursday, so I made sure EVERYTHING was spotless. Beer bottles were gone, all the alcohol and drugs hidden in the attic and condoms in a drawer in Minnie's room. Now with the hour wait I watched TV while eating cereal.

My phone rang. Lark. He hasn't called in a while.

"Lark?"

"Hey, it's ain't no Mama to be," He laughed. "How ya doing?"

"Fine. Happy I'm not pregnant." I said to him.

"Yeah, same here... though I'm sure we didn't have sex..."

"Whatever Lark. That's over with and it's not going to happen again, ever, alright?"

"So you guys heading to L.A today for big singing competition."

"Yeah, Ryder's coming to get me soon and his parents are dropping us off at the school."

"Alright I guess. How far is that travel though?"

"Pretty much a full day. That's why we're leaving today so that we have all day tomorrow to practice before Saturday." I explained. "I'll tell you how it goes."

"Okay then, Catch you later." He said then hung up.

As soon as he hung up Minnie came down the stairs ready for work at the hair salon. She looked a little hungover still but managed to still walk like a sober person. She turned to me with a smile "You heading out soon?"

"About another hour before Heather and Richard pick me up," I told Minnie. She had met Ryder's parents once when she came and got me one day and they spoke up a storm about everything. She really liked them and they really liked Minnie, just like how they love Mom when they met Mom.

I miss Mom. I really wish she was here to see this happening, us competing and winning Nationals. She said she would bake a big celebration cake for us and have it ready as soon as we returned back to Lima and have it decorated beautifully with musical notes, school colors, the school animal logo and 2013 National Winners! Written in the center, followed by each singer and coaches names written all over. It would of been amazing and wonderful.

"Hey," Minnie started to say. "I know you told me your Mom was going to make a cake and you were excited for that. I can't bake for my life, but are store-bought cakes just as good?" She smiled. She really wanted to try and make me happy whenever Mom or something related to Mom made me sad.

"You don't have too." I said.

"I want too." She said. "Hell it'll be another celebration of no babies entering this house!"

I laughed. "Again, if you want." I said.

"See you in a few days," Minnie said. "Break a leg!" She then hugged me.

"Thanks Minnie." I hugged her back.

She left. I sat there smiling and had a half hour to wait. I then remembered I needed to pack one more thing. I hurried up the stairs into my room, grabbed what I needed, and placed it inside of my suite-case then zipped it back up. Good, now I'm settled.

Ryder's parents came over and beeped the car. I jumped up, turned off everything, grabbed my bag and my suite-case and jacket and sunglasses and left the door making sure it was locked and left for the car. While Ryder's Dad opened the trunk and put my suite-case in there I jumped in the back with Ryder and greeted him with a kiss. "Hi Ry."

"Hey," He said grasping my hand. "You excited?"

"Totally." I said. "I can't wait to win the trophy."

We arrived at the school and one we said our goodbyes to his parents inside of the choir room; they and everyone else's parents left and it was just us in the room. We were talking about L.A and the competition when Mr. Schue and Finn walked into the room.

"NATIONAL'S!" Mr. Schue shouted happily. "Who's ready to win!?"

"LET'S DO THIS!" Tina cheered.

Everyone got up and started to gather their things and leave when there was a knock on the door and when I turned to see who it was, it was Coach Sue. "Oh look William, your woodland creature trolls are leaving for National's to where they won't participate in, all 11 of them."

"We have 12 Sue," Mr. Schue said.

"No, nuh uh, that's Principal Sue. Figgins had some other things on the hand,"

(Flashback: Sue making a threat, again, to Figgins about having sex with another woman other than his wife, ((Sue drugged him)) and wants to be principal).

"Sue, you have to stop doing that. It's not going to work one of these days." Mr. Schue said.

"First act as Principal, to inform you that there will be no Nationals." She said to us. "Someone here has an invalid permission slip."

"I swear I made my Mom use the crayon!" Brittany implied. "She used the red one."

"No, not you. The Golden voice swan over there. Next to that Canadian hair wanna-be." She said. She was referring to me. Me? "Your permission slip was invalid."

"How? My Mom signed it." I said.

Mr. Schue had given us the permission notes a few days after we won Regional, this was a few days before Mom died, and I had Mom sign it that night and gave it to Mr. Schue the next morning. He wanted them early so he could give them to Principal Figgins and have all us of be ready to go.

"Oh I'm sorry William," She said in a sarcastic tone. "it says here on this permission slip that a Mildred Patrica Rose gives permission for her daughter, Marley Jane Rose, to go to the competition. If I'm not mistaking this woman is gone and now another woman, Minerva Winifred Warner, is in the care."

"Wait a minute! So because my Mom died, AFTER SHE SIGNED THE DAMN PAPER, the paper is INVALID!?" I screamed. "WHAT THE F—" Ryder covered my mouth and held be back down, soothing me.

"Sue," Mr. Schue said. "Millie already gave permission, isn't that enough?"

"Nope. Not the guardian."

"If I call Minnie, and she says it's OK to go, is that good?" I asked. "She can't physically leave but if she says it on the phone, can I go?"

"Unfortunately yes, that is enough validation." Sue rolled her eyes. "If I could do more I'd make that invalid..."

I pulled out my phone rapidly and speed-dialed Minnie's number and put it on speaker for everyone, including Sue, to hear. "Hi, thanks for calling Flawless Elemental Beauty, this is Minnie how can I help you?"

"Minnie, it's Marley. I kind of need help now. Sue Sylvester—"

"What? Did that Sue Sylvester whore do something do to you? I swear Marley, that whore is going to end up like half the people I know. Dead from being beat by a steel baseball bad."

"What did she call me!?" Sue yelled.

"Oh speak of the dinosaur," Minnie said.

"Minnie, so my Mom signed the permission slip for National's before she died and now, apparently, that's invalid."

"Did the dinosaur whore troll make that rule up?"

"I don't know, she's being Sue Sylvester!" I yelled. "So I need you to give permission for me to go."

"Guessing that I'm on speaker here since the dinosaur heard me, Billy there too?" She never seemed to catch on that Mr. Schue hated being called Billy...

"It's Will." Mr. Schue said.

"Hey Billy, yeah, Marley can go to Nationals...SHUT THE FUCK LOLA! I'M MAKING A PHONE CALL!...YEAH IT'S IMPORTANT, WHY DO YA CARE!?... SHUT UP AND GO GET HIGH ON CRACK AGAIN, YA BITCH! NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY POT YOU CAN HAVE...GO FUCK OFF YA BITCH!...So, yeah, Marley can go Billy."

I couldn't stop laughing. I knew who Lola was and those two always argued together. Even Ryder was laughing. He'd seen it in person too.

"Uh, great, thanks Minnie." Mr. Schue said.

"Break a leg you guys...NO LOLA! I WASN'T TELLING YOU TO BREAK A LEG, HOLY SHIT YA BITCH! CALM DOWN! Bye Marley!" She hung up after that.

"There you go Sue, the permission from Minnie herself." Mr. Schue said.

"Fine, go legitimately break your legs Schuester." Sue said.

After the whole fiasco of the phone call we all settled into the bus and got ready. Mr. Schue and Finn were talking outside to Sue, again, after she came out of the school and called them out. Finn seemed to smile and said something and once the three were done Finn and Mr. Schue came on the bus. "Who's ready!?"

Everyone on the bus cheered. Finn sat down in the seats in front of Ryder and I. As soon as the bus left the parking lot and we were on the road I leaned forward and tapped Finn. "Finn?"

"Yeah Marley?" Finn turned around.

"When Sue came out again, was it about me and the whole thing that had just happened?" I asked. I had a feeling it did.

"No, not really." Finn told me. "Sue just reminded us that we're all responsible for you guys and if anything happens she'll have our heads. But you guys are all good kids so nothing to worry about."

'Oh, okay." I said.

"Marley?"

"Yeah?"

"How's...you know, that habit?" He asked. I knew what he meant.

I spoke in a clear voice, even though I have had some for a while. "Good," I whispered. "Nothing for a few weeks."

"Good." He whispered back.

I sat back in my seat next to the window and soon felt a kiss on the cheek. "What was that for?"

"Just felt like it." Ryder said.

I smiled and kissed him back before leaning against the window and watching everything pass us by. I was still annoyed by that whole thing in the choir room and all I wanted was a cigarette.

I'm so excited for National's though.