Again apologies for the short chapter, the next one will be better I promise.

Glee: Season 1 Episode 5 - The Rhodes Not Taken

Chapter One
It had been a week since Berry quit Glee Club and surprisingly, she hadn't come crawling back yet, and I'm starting to think that maybe she won't. Without Berry constantly nagging everybody the group is a lot more laid back, but as much as it pains me to say it the standard of performances have dropped. That girl is annoying as hell, but she can sing (not that I'd ever tell her that). Quinn has taken over Berry's role for 'Don't Stop Believing', but we can't get more than a few lines into a song without her running out of the choir room to puke. She's gonna have to tell people soon enough that she's pregnant, I don't know how much longer people are going to believe Finn's explanation that she ate some more dodgy breakfast food. Today, like clockwork, Quinn runs out the room after being spun around by Finn.
"Quinn, you okay?" Mr. Shue calls after her, the music stopping. He looks towards Finn.
"I think she just had a bad breakfast burrito" Finn says. I roll my eyes and fold my arms across my chest at yet another blatant lie.
"Can we please talk about the giant elephant in the room?" Kurt interjects.
"Your sexuality?" I say before I even have chance to stop myself. I look over towards Brittany as we smile at each other at my comment.
"Rachel – we can't do it without her" he continues, hands on hips, ignoring my comment.
"That's not true" Mr. Schuester replies, obviously lying. "We may have to layer Santana and Mercedes over Quinn's solo but…we'll be fine"
"Maybe for the invitationals, but not for the sectionals and certainly not for the regionals" Artie adds.
"The wheelchair kid's right" Puck agrees. "That Rachel chick makes me want to light myself on fire, but she can sing" I nod my head in agreement.
"Rachel left, guys" Mr. Schuester states, trying to end the conversation "She's gone. Now, if we're gonna make this thing work, we can't look back." His words are met with a deadly silence, I'm not sure a single person in the room believes him right now. "All right, take five guys" he turns and walks over to the piano. I make my way over towards Brittany.

"Hey Brit" I say meeting the blonde, as we interwind our pinkies. "You going to Jason's party tonight? His parents are away for the week. It's gonna be awesome. Puck's bringing a keg"
"Duh" Britt laughs spinning me around until I fall into her body. It feels like a shot of electricity goes through me as our midsections meet. I try to ignore it and push the feeling deep down. I look up at her, we both smile and laugh at each other. I step backwards and clear my throat.
"So, your plan with Chase worked" I say trying desperately to move my train of thought away from Brittany. "I haven't spoken to him in three days. He practically begged to go to the party together".
"Yey San" Brittany squeals and jumps up and down holding my hands. I smile and jump with her. She looks so happy for me, so why do I feel so bad. Brittany and I always go to parties together. Yeah, that must be it. I feel bad, because I don't want her to feel like she's a third wheel, I try to convince myself.

We leave Glee Club and head off to our first lesson of the day US History. Now that Glee Club is an official club that's fully up and running preparing for the competitions, we meet in the choir room every morning instead of going to Homeroom. Every Monday morning Mr. Schuester starts by giving us an assignment for the week, this is usually a theme which we have to find a song for, and then we take turns performing them for the rest of the week. As there is only a couple of weeks left before the invitationals, there is no assignment, just to perfect our setlist. When I reach the classroom, my pinkie still entwined with Brittany's, I see that Quinn is already inside.

"Hey Q. You, okay?" Brittany asks as we sit at a desk behind her.
"Yeah…yeah…just a bad…" Quinn turns around to face us and stalls trying to find an excuse for running out of the choir room.
"A bad breakfast burrito, right?" I interject helping her out.
"Yeah, bad breakfast burrito" she agrees, shooting me a look of thanks. Ever since the conversation with my mother on Saturday night, I'd been thinking a lot about Quinn and her situation. I came to the conclusion that although what she did was incredibly stupid, she was gonna need all the friends she could get soon enough, and she's still one of my best friends, so I've got her back for as long as she needs it.
"You are coming to Jason's party tonight, right?" Brittany asks. I dart my eyes towards Quinn.
"Erm, yeah, I'm not sure Britt" Quin replies, "I think my dad wants to have a family dinner tonight, to talk about the Chastity ball" Wow, I never knew Quinn was such a good liar, I've never been so proud of her. She normally stumbles over her words when lying, especially to me or Britt. I wonder what else she's been lying about I wonder to myself.
"Just come after" Brittany replies "Me and San will be there". Before Quinn can reply, Mr. Waterson comess in to start the class. Quinn turns back around to face the front. I rest my head on my hands and glance at Brittany out the corner of my eye, not that she notices.