-Chapter 58-Release-

-Rachel pov-

Thing that's great about being 18 is you can vote. Bad thing is if you are born in December of 1994. Everyone else in the house can vote but Beth and me. I'M ON THE SAME LEVEL AS A BABY!

I sigh as I sit in the Blazers room. The door opens and Dotty comes in. She sits down with a pout and crosses her arms. I soot closer and she looks at me confused.

"Can't vote either?" She shakes her head and pouts even more "How old?"

"17" She sighs and uncrosses her arms "It just sucks!"

"Trust me I know" I look at her with a smirk "Why don't we show how much we hate that the others got to leave?"

"I like your brain" Dotty stands up "After you?"

I get up and walk to the radio. I look through the C.D. collection. I smile when I find a good one.

-Rachel-Dotty-Both-

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation

Living in the past, it's a new generation

A girl can do what she wants to do and that's what I'm gonna do

I walk to where we hid some of the scare items. I grab the silly string cans and smirk. I toss some to dotty and shake mine.

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation

Oh no, not me

We start spraying the cans all over the room. We spray the desk and furniture. We laugh as we turn and start spraying each other out of the room.

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation

Never said I wanted to improve my station

An' I'm only doin' good when I'm havin' fun

An' I don't have to please no one

We open new cans as we start spraying down the halls. This is amazing! WE ARE FREE!

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation

Oh no, no, no, no not me, oh no, no, no, no not me

We pray the lockers as we run and sing. This is the best I've felt in a while. I feel like all of the negative is leaving me.

I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation

I've never been afraid of any deviation

An' I don't really care if you think I'm strange

I ain't gonna change

Once we run out of cans we run to the office. I look around and find all of Maribel's extra stuff. Fake blood, Spray paint, and toilet paper. We share a smirk

An' I'm never gonna care 'bout my bad reputation

Oh no, not me, oh no, not me

Pedal, boys!

We run through the halls again throwing toilet paper around. The rest of the negative flowing out of me. Dotty is a cool girl.

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my reputation

The world's in trouble, there's no communication

An' everyone can say what they wanna say

It never gets better, anyway

Once the toilet paper is out we dump the blood down a main hall. We run away cause it is sickening to watch. We pull out the spray paint and start running down the halls.

So why should I care about a bad reputation, anyway?

Oh no, not me, oh no, not me

We run out and throw the cans away. We walk back toward the Blazers room happy.

I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation

You're living in the past, it's a new generation

An' I only feel good when I got no pain

An' that's how I'm gonna stay

I honestly feel so much better. Like I can get back to how I was. Like yesterday started the healing. The smile's go when we see the club doors open.

An' I don't give a damn 'bout my bad reputation

Oh no, not me, oh no, not me

Not me, not me

We walk in and see Maribel standing in front of everyone. She's holding up a tablet with the cameras on it. I gulp as it replays what we have done. I go to speak but Maribel holds her hand up.

"I didn't want to believe when the teachers called" She turns the tablet off and looks at us expectantly "Why would you think any of that was ok?"

"It was my idea" I take a step forward and sigh "It was originally to rebel against some of you being able to vote but then...Then I started to feel lighter! My negative feelings went and I started to feel...I felt like me!"

"You'll both be suspended" we both sigh and nod "Next time you need to release negative to get better tell us! There's some junk yards where we can smash some cars"

"MY LIBRARY!" Dotty and I cringe as we look at each other. Alex runs in holding silly string strands "WHO DID THIS TO MY BABY?!"

"Before you get suspended you are cleaning the library" Alex looks at us with fire in her eyes "We will take our girlfriend to my office while this is done"

"YOU DESTROYED THE LIBRARY TOO?!" We turn to see Quinn and Brittany holding Santana in her chair "LET ME AT THEM!"

"We will be taking her too" Maribel looks at me "I'm glad that you feel better though"

I smile and let them get the girls out before leaving. This is going to be a mess to clean up. We may or may have not forgotten running in there. It was a quick loop.

-Time skip-

After cleaning the library for a hour and then cleaning everything else we finally are done. We head to the club and wait for our next steps. We both pale when it's just a woman and Shelby there.

"M-mom?" Dotty gulps and takes a step backwards "W-y-h-hi?"

"I got that Ohio home today" Dotty's mom tilts her head in that 'mothers only can' way "Imagine my surprise when I see the video about what happened and got told you're suspended"

"He..yeah" Dotty sighs "I'm sorry"

Dottys mom sighs too "I know things haven't been the best but I'm trying...Maybe you need to leave the Cardinals" We all look at her like she's crazy "It's for the best"

"She's the best singer we have" Dottys mom looks at mine confused "She has a solo at the next competition and is apart of the group number"

"I-I got the solo?" Dotty's smile is bright and wide "You hear that mom?"

"I heard" Dottys mom looks like she can't believe it "I thought you said you joined to dance and couldn't sing?"

"I just didn't want to have to make you shell out gas money" Dotty nervously scratches her arm "We are money thin"

"She can sing for you now!" Everyone looks at me confused "If you think she's good then she stays! If she's not then it's up to you"

"Ok" Dotty's mom looks at Dotty "Show me you want to and deserve to stay in the Cardinals"

Dotty walks to the piano and sits down. She looks at me and I give her a thumb's up. She looks at the piano again.

-Dotty-

The lights go out and I can't be saved

Tides that I tried to swim against

Have brought me down upon my knees

Oh I beg, I beg and plead, singing

Come out of things unsaid

Shoot an apple off my head and a

Trouble that can't be named

A tiger's waiting to be tamed, singing

You are

You are

Confusion never stops

Closing walls and ticking clocks

Gonna come back and take you home

I could not stop that you now know, singing

Come out upon my seas

Cursed missed opportunities

Am I a part of the cure?

Or am I part of the disease? Singing

You are, you are, you are

You are, you are, you are

And nothing else compares

Oh nothing else compares

And nothing else compares

You are

You are

Home, home where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go

Home, home where I wanted to go

"Tha~"

"I wasn't ready" Dotty looks over at her mom "Please...one more try?"

Her mom nods with a small smile. Dotty turns back and takes a deep breath. She ghosts over the keys and then starts playing better.

-dotty-

All around me are familiar faces

Worn out places

Worn out faces

Bright and early for the daily races

Going nowhere, going nowhere

The tears are fillig up their glasses

No expression, no expression

Hide my head, I wonna drown my sorrow

No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny

Find it kind of sad

The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I 've ever had

I find it hard to tell you

I find hard to take

When people running circles its a very, very

Mad world, mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good

Happy birthday, happy birthday

And I feel the way that every child should

Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous

No one knew me, no one knew me

Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson

He looked right through me, 'looked right through me

And I find it kind of funny

Find it kind of sad

The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I 've ever had

I find it hard to tell you

I find hard to take

When people runnin' circles its a very, very

Mad world, mad world

Enlarge on your world

Mad world

"So" Dotty spins and looks at her mom again "How am I?"

"You were great on both of them" Dottys mom walks over to her and they share a hug "You can stay as long as you don't do any of this again!"

"Trust me" Mom puts her arm aorund my shoulder "None of what happened is happening again"

Dotty and her mom leave and I'm left with my mom. She just gives me a smile before leaving too. I'm not sure I wanna go home. I wonder if the floor is comfortable to sleep on?

I'm so dead.