Puck
After I calmed Chris down a bit I went out onto the frotn porch. I was sitting there smoking a cigerette when the front door opened and out stepped Jesse. He went to the end of the porch and stood against the railing, smoking.
"Hey," he said.
"Oh, hey."
"What crawled up your-"
"Well first off I'm not too keen on how you're treating Rachel," I answered.
"Keen? And she's my girl, not yorus."
"Yeah well that's part of it."
"You want her to be yours?"
"No but she's a person not property."
"Ya know what she'd look really hot in? The black thing Olivia Newton John wore at the end of Grease. Anyway I'm gonna get going."
"What, so you're jsut gonna ghost out without telling Rachel?" I said.
He moved, almost falling off the porch.
"Obviously you can't drive."
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After Eric had come and driven Jesse home Marie came out and sat on the sofa next to me.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey," I replied.
She took a cigerette out of the carton that was between us and lit it.
"You smoke?" I asked.
"What you didn't know that?" she asked.
"Well no."
"Oh. So she's angry with us."
"Who, Ashley?"
"Yeah."
"Still?" I asked.
"Yeah, she thinks somethin's going on between us."
I threw my hands up and looked up; "omygod! Nothing happened."
"Yeah I know. Try telling her that."
I looked at her: "have you?"
"Well no. Have you?"
"No."
"Oh. And it's not like anything ever could because I'm with Chris."
Marie nodded; "right."
She breathed audibly; "I can't believe Santana uses people."
"She's not a bad person she's just very mixed up."
"Yeah but that doesn't make it right. "
"You're right it doesn't."
At which point Serena came out.
"Hey I need to talk to you," she demanded.
"Uh ok where?" I asked; looking up at her.
"Here's good."
"I'll leave you alone," Marie said, standing and going out onto the lawn.
"You broke up Ashley and I," Serena accused.
I stood.
"I didn't do anything. She's the one who joined the club."
"Oh yeah blame the club."
I stepped forward; "Look. She was the one who joined which is where she met me."
"Don't you understand?" Serena asked.
"I understand you're upset yes," I answered.
"Well that's one way to put it. My sister has cancer."
"What?"
"We'd go to my place and make out and it was like we had the whole time in the world for each other. It was an escape."
"Oh. You think I don't want to escape sometimes?"
"Well your sister doesn't have cancer."
"Yeah well Serena that's because all of my sisters are dead!"
"Oh."
I went inside to talk to Santana.
