A/N Hey, everyone. So, just to clear some things up. Yes, Russell is an abuser. Yes it's a similar story as many have already written but it actually isn't. Russell is just part of the beginning as a catalyst. He's basically the villain for a few chapters until the underdog can over throw him, so to speak. The actual story has nothing to with him. The story focus is on the rest of the Fabrays and Berry-Corcoran clan.
Meaning in later chapters Russell will not be a part of the story, anymore. Just so you know, there is no child molestation happening between Russell and his kids. I got PM'd by some one who thinks that's what happened to Quinn in the first chapter. No, she was just getting a beating. I should have mentioned trigger warnings in the beginning for the abuse but forgot to, sorry. Also, someone also wrote how was it possible that the neighbors didn't hear anything. Speaking from experience in that department. It's actually extremely possible.
Last but not least, the Fabray manor is large and has a lot of spacious yard. The houses on the street are for the socialites of Lima, so there's a good distance between those houses. Hopefully that answered your questions. If not, I'll try to answer them better next time. I don't own glee or any write to the story lines or characters.
SKYLER AND CHARLIE.
The rest of the weekend flew by. Before they knew it, It was Monday. The first day of junior year. Skyler was at her locker getting her books together and trying to read her timetable.
She didn't notice the approaching blond cheerio. Charlie drank in the brunettes figure and felt her mouth water at the short skirt and short heels. The brunettes legs were toned and slender.
Not to mention her beautiful long dark hair. She's never seen anyone like her. Charlie did her best to collect herself before clearing her throat.
Skyler turned around and her eyes widened in surprise while her heart began hammering in her chest.
'OH MY GOD! IT'S HER! Be cool. Relax, Sky. There you go. Smile. Wait! wait! wait! that's too big! You'll freak her out! SAY SOMETHING, YOU IDIOT!' Skyler's thoughts were a jumbled mess..
"Um.. Hey, Can I help you?" Skyler ask kindly. Doing her best to stop her body and voice from trembling nervously.
She had no idea that Charlie was doing the same. The blonde was a cool mask of calm with a gentle smile on her face from many years of practice.
"Yes, actually. You are Skyler Corcoran, aren't you?" Charlie asked smoothly though she already knew the answer.
Skyler was nervous and thought maybe this was Sam's girlfriend or something and she had pissed the blonde off by inviting her boyfriend over to play games.
"Uh.. yes?" Skyler replied hesitantly. Charlie pulled the cheerios duffle bag from her shoulder and held it out to the brunette. Skyler stared in confusion.
"Are you going to make me stand here all day, like an idiot?" Charlie asked.
"I don't understand. I didn't make the team." Skyler furrowed her brow in confusion. "I think you have the wrong person." She finished.
Charlie shook her head and turn the duffle bag around to show the opposite side. There in bold white letters with a red back drop was the name CORCORAN. the brunettes jaw dropped and Charlie thought it was absolutely the most cutest thing she had ever seen. She felt her stomach flip and she chuckled.
"I'm not mistaken. I wouldn't forget an awesome performer. You definitely learn quickly." Charlie said with a smile, totally forgetting the promise she made to herself about staying as far away from Sam's new girlfriend as she could.
Instead she lost all coherent thought once she was in the brunettes presence, hell, she forgot she was even in the middle of the hallway at school.
Skyler's head shot up from staring at the bag in surprise. She flushed under the blondes compliment, swooning hard.
"Really? You think I'm good?" SKyler asked bashfully also forgetting her whole spiel about 'Being cool'
Charlie's smile turned into a contented smirk. "Definitely. You were the best one I had seen all day. You had complete control of yourself out there. I was impressed." Charlie said.
Skyler blushed deeper. The two got lost staring at each other, it wasn't until the bell rung that the little bubble they were in popped.
"You better change into your uniform before coach see's you. You'll be doing suicides all through practice." Charlie said beginning to walk away.
"W-Wait! I didn't get your name!" Skyler called out. The corridoor was now empty. Charlie turned around walking backwards and replied. "It's Charlie!" Before turning back around to keep walking.
Skyler dropped against the lockers with a dreamy sigh. Leaning her head back she spoke the name wistfully.
"Charlie.."
"No. Sue." Sue said out of no where.
"AAAHHH!"
Skyler screamed in surprise dropping her books in the process. Sue held up here bullhorn as she spoke into it in Skyler's face, causing the girl to wince.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING, CORCORAN! STANDING HERE NOT IN UNIFORM! WHERE THE HELL IS YOUR HIGH PONY?! GET CHANGED! NOW! OR YOUR OFF THE TEAM!" Skyler scurried desperately trying not to fall on her way to the locker room.
RACHEL.
Rachel sat in class looking around at the students. This was one of the lowest classes to be in because it was were they assigned the untamed and severely illiterate kids that had no respect for authority and no hope.
They were loud obnoxious and rude. Dancing on desks. They threw papers and played music, they fought each other and threatened the teachers. Some where on their cell phones, chatting away like it was nothing.
There were also some couples making out. The teacher was sat at his desk on his cell. He had most likely given up a long time ago.
Rachel stared out the window. She was patiently waiting for the day when she could escape this place and if her plans went accordingly by January she'd be gone before anyone realized it.
QUINN.
A floor above Rachel's class was Quinn's. The blonde sat in the back because she was still sore from the beating her father had given her Saturday.
Every move she made hurt but she didn't want anyone to notice her discomfort whenever she got up.
The back of the classroom was perfect because then she's be the last to leave. She looked out the window and wondered if by some cosmic force her life would change.
She dreamt about it, fantasized about it. Hell, she even prayed about it. She just wanted to be happy. She was tired of her life, tired of her facade, tired of everything. She just wanted to escape.
SKYLER.
Skyler was in her spanish class lost in thought. She was thinking about Charlie and how sexy she looked in her cheerio uniform. What she wouldn't give just to- "Skyler!"
Skyler's eyes shot up to Mr. Shuester. She looked around and realized everyone was staring at her.
"Yes?" She ask genuinely but she supposes everyone thought she was being a badass because laughter was heard.
"What's your answer?" Mr. Shuester asked.
"Honestly, Mr. Shuester. I wasn'y paying attention." Once again the class laughed but she was being honest not a smartass.
"I'd like to see you after class." Mr. Shuester said walking away. All that was heard were 'oooohhh's' and 'someone's in trouble.'
Skyler rolled her eyes.
CHARLIE.
Charlie stared at the clock on the wall. She wanted the class to be over already. Hell, she wanted the school day to be over already so she could get to cheerios practice.
She wanted to see Skyler again. She couldn't help but think about the brunette. She was sexy and beautiful, not to mention adorable. Charlie rolled her eyes at herself when she realized just how attracted to the girl she was.
Sam was going to kill her. He was going to maim her for checking out his girlfriend. She may not be a guy but she knew that, that was a no go in the bro code book and he was literally her bro.
Whimpering helplessly to herself, she laid her head down to her hands in self loathing. Life was just SO UNFAIR!
SAM.
Sam Sat in his class and couldn't help but stare at the beautiful girl before him. He had the hugest crush on her and didn't know what to do about it. The girl was one of a kind.
After spending time with her as friends. He couldn't help but not like her. She was funny, beautiful, smart and strong all the things he liked in a girl. He stopped by her house that weekend because she said she needed a strong man to help her move her dresser.
He practically flew over there in an instant. He had drooled over her and was a nervous wreck the whole time. He didn't know how to tell her that he liked her more than as a friend. He also knew his father would killed him if he even attempted to ask her out.
QUINN.
Quinn had study hall and had just rounded the corner to go to her locker. She heard laughter and cheering but didn't actually see the incident however she almost walked into the small body covered in slushy.
The blondes eyes widened in surprise because she recognized the sweats and hoodie covered frame. It was the same one she saw walking past her house two nights ago.
She was about to speak to the person and ask if they needed help but was grabbed by the waist roughly and lips attached to her neck.
"Hey, hottie.' Quinn grimaced.
She hated being called hot or hottie, that's all anyone who was even remotely interested in her called her. His rough mid afternoon shave grazed her neck. Just as he pulled back Quinn put on her fake charming-I'm so in love with you-smile, to please him.
He was none the wiser. Biff McIntosh was prince charming at his best and worst. He was dangerously handsome, 3 feet taller than her. He was the quarterback of the football team and the most popular boy in school.
He was a real charmer with parents. He was also one of the offspring of Lima's social elite.
In that school district there was only one high school in that part of Lima and unfortunately no private schools. So this is where all the kids in that district went.
Biff had girls falling all over themselves for him. He was also a senior while Quinn was still a junior but because of her looks. She was the most popular girl in school.
Yes, her siblings were popular as well but she was head cheerio and he was the quarterback. They were the 'it' couple. The only problem was... She absolutely loathe him.
His rude, obnoxious and down right spoiled personality made him ugly. His bullying made her want to puke. He also was not her type at all. She doesn't understand why teenagers had to be so malicious.
Maybe in another life she'd understand. If she was a bully, she'd be the equivalent of him in female form, she's sure. However; that wasn't her and it hurt her to watch him be that way. She knew if she spoke up, her father would hear about it. So she pretends to be okay with his behavior.
"Hey, did you see the new loser. Azimio and I gave it a slushie shower." Quinn tensed in his arms at the word 'it' and he still didn't notice.
"We can't figure out if it's a boy or girl but it doesn't matter. A loser's a loser." Quinn wanted to punch the living shit out of him.
He's right about one thing. it didn't matter if the PERSON was a boy or girl. Said person didn't deserve being hit with that many slushies, let alone one.
Whoever the person was, was literally leaving a trail behind. That had to be at least 10 slushies. "By the way, be at my house tonight. I'm throwing a party." He slapped her ass and walked off arrogantly.
Leering at other girls who were blushing for him while he winked as he walked by them. Quinn rolled her eyes when he rounded the corner out of sight. She followed the trail in a hurry, only to stop short at the school's front doors.
Who ever that hooded figure was, was long gone now. The blonde sighed and turned on her heel to head to class.
RACHEL.
Rachel had been walking for 40 minutes now and though it was only mid September, it was still chilly and her sopping wet clothes weren't helping. Her teeth were chattering and her fingers were numb by the time she reached the house.
She knew Shelby was at work and Skyler was still at school. So, she could relax without them around. The brunette went up to her room and undressed stepping into her shower.
The hot water beat down on her body. She stood there until the water began to get cold. Stepping out she went to her small duffle bag in the corner and took out another pair of sweatpants and thick hoodie.
She had a total of five, they were 3 sizes bigger than her but they covered her body completely. She always kept her hair tucked into her baseball cap with the hoodie over.
No one could see her face really because she kept her head down. Her shoe's had duct tape holding them together because they were that old. Shelby had tried to take Rachel shopping but that only caused the tiny brunette to blow up at her.
She refused anything from the woman citing that her belongings were all she needed because she got them on her own without Shelby.
Rachel gathered her sopping clothes and put them to wash as she cleaned up the trail of slushie she left behind from the foyer, stairs and hall when she first arrived.
She didn't need Skyler or Shelby finding it. She didn't want them coming to bother her with their bullshit about caring. After her clothes had finished washing, drying and the house was as it should be.
She went back to her room and put her clothes into her rough looking duffle bag. The damn thing was barely hanging on but oh well. She locked her bedroom door and crawled on to the mattress that still had it's plastic wrap.
That's another thing that caused Rachel to blow up. She had come home to find strange men in her room. They were in the middle of putting her California king bed together and she freaked out.
They had only got half of it done before they left. Rachel's room was bare save for the unfinished bed furniture, box spring, mattress and a desk still in it's box with the chair being the only thing in the room actually put together.
The box spring was leaning against the wall. The mattress was on the floor. Her closet and dresser were empty, there was no blankets or pillows and her bathroom was empty, too except for her first aid kit, tooth paste and tooth brush.
She only had a pack of generic bar soaps she had scored from a Salvation Army back in New York and some toilet paper. She didn't even own a towel. Rachel laid there in the silence staring at the wall. The only thought on her mind was wishing for January to come already.
CHEERIOS PRACTICE THAT SAME AFTERNOON..
Skyler was pretty sure she was dying. Her breathing was erratic and her body was aching. A whistle was blown followed by Sue's voice shouting at them through the bullhorn to get their lazy asses to the showers.
Skyler finally crashed to the grass face first and groaned. She heard a chuckle behind her and though she was exhausted the butterflies in her stomach were not.
"I warned you, didn't I." Charlie said as she took a seat next to the prone form.
"How-pant-does-pant-that-pant-woman-pant-still-pant-work here-pant-this is-pant-abuse!" Skyler said trying to calm her breathing. Charlie smiled.
"And here I thought you were a badass, Corcoran." Charlie laughed.
"Very-pant-funny." Skyler replied. "Am I dead? This is what being dead feels like, right?" Skyler continued not being able to move.
"Oh come on, you big baby. You'll get use to it." Charlie said as she stood.
She held out her hand for Skyler to take. The moment their hands touch both girls felt a tingling sensation up their arms. Charlie recovered first and hauled the brunette to her feet. Helping her back to the locker room.
Quinn had watched their interaction while gathering their equipment. She had a soft smile on her face. She could clearly see her sister had a crush on the new cheerio.
She had been privy to their stare down during try outs but let her sister believe she didn't notice. She just hopes Charlie's careful and their father doesn't find out. She continued her work praying that he never would.
CORCORAN RESIDENTS..
Shelby had just gotten home and was exhausted from her day. She had groceries in her arms and walked to the kitchen to deposit them, when she bumped into Rachel on the way. The brunette had a bottle of water in her hand.
"Hey, sweetheart. How was your day?" Shelby ask sincerely but carefully. Rachel just stared at the wall behind Shelby.
"I um.. I'm making us mac n cheese tonight-unless y-you prefer something else?" She was met with uncomfortable silence still.
"I uh.. made sure to pick up your vit-" Before Shelby could continue. Rachel roughly shoved past her almost causing her to drop the groceries.
Shelby watched her run up the stairs. Her eyes shut and she jumped slightly at the sound of Rachel's door slamming shut.
Shelby did her best to quell her tears and not for the first time prayed in her mind and heart for god to send them a miracle to help Rachel and give herself strength because she didn't know what to do.
Nothing she has tried worked even though she of all people knows what exactly Rachel's going through. She sighed and carried the groceries to the kitchen to get started on dinner.
CHEERIOS LOCKER, SAME DAY..
Skyler and Charlie were getting undressed . Both girls did their best to keep their eyes forward facing their own individual lockers as their backs were to each other.
Not that either of them realized they were doing the same thing. Their lockers were across from each other with only a bench dividing them. It was tense separately for them.
Both wanting to admire the others body but was afraid the other girl would realize it wasn't platonic. Now with their towels securely wrapped around them they walked to the shower stalls.
All the other cheerios had finished and gone home. The only other girl there was Quinn and she was with Sue in her office, going over the weekend practice plan.
Both girls were wrecked with nerves but they didn't notice that either because they were keeping to their no eye contact rule. Charlie went two stalls down from Skyler so she wouldn't be tempted to look.
Skyler thought she lucked out so SHE wouldn't be tempted to look at Charlie. They were divided by short walls that only went up to just above their shoulders, you could see from the neck up, though. They started their showers silently. Charlie cleared her throat.
"So, how do you like being a cheerio?" She asked keeping her face forward.
"It's nice. I mean other than feeling like your dying after practice, I like it." Skyler replied and Charlie chuckled.
"Yeah, well it does take some getting use to but the perks are difinitely worth it." Charlie said washing her hair.
"Perks?" Skyler asked doing the same. Slowly, the tension and nervousness dissipated.
"Yeah, you know, Unlimited trips to the spa, tanning, new shoe's, trips to ceder point. Perks." Charlie replied.
"Wow.." Skyler said in disbelief.
"Yeah, it's cool." Charlie said. She shut off her water at the same time Skyler did. They re-wrapped their towels and as Skyler was closer to the lockers. She was ahead of Charlie with her back to the blonde.
Charlie couldn't help but stare at her body being hugged by the towel. When Skyler dragged her mid back length dark hair to one side to squeeze out the excess water Charlie gasped.
"You have a tattoo?!" She ask in pure disbelief that this 16 year old girl actual had one. Skyler looked as best she could over her shoulder toward the center of her back and shrugged.
"Yeah." You could barely see it because the towel covered most of it. "You co-could see it if you want to." Skyler said. She was standing in front of her locker now facing away from Charlie. Charlie bit her lip anxiously.
"O-Okay.." Charlie breath out. She stepped closer and reached her hand out to lightly grasp the towel to lower it.
Her fingers grazing Skyler's skin causing both girls to feel the fire in their lower bellies burn in need to touch more. Skyler's eyes closed at the contact doing everything in her power to keep her body from quivering from the blondes touch.
Charlie was not fairing better. Her fingers glided down along with the towel as she stepped closer. So close in fact, Skyler could feel the light breeze of the blondes breath on her shoulder.
"Wow.." Charlie whispered but she wasn't referring to the tattoo but the softness of Skyler's skin.
Both girls were frozen in their trance. Charlie had never touch another girl this way before and it was sending her body into over drive. She had always wondered what it felt like and now she knew for sure she was definitely gay!
There wasn't a sound but their breathing that was slowly becoming slightly laboured.
Charlie swallowed thickly. "What does it mean?" She whispered and Skyler had to bite her lip at the sound of the blondes sultry voice.
"It's for my sister... It was my way of remembering her.." Charlie wanted to ask but didn't want to intrude.
The tattoo was a symbol of two arrows tied in a knot. The knot had two berries dangling from it but the arrow heads were pointing in opposite directions. There was a date at the bottom.
Charlie placed her hand on Skyler's shoulder gently turning her slightly. The blonde was taller than the brunette by a few inches.
Charlie gazed down into the deep pools of green that were swimming with emotion, gone was the lust only to be replaced by sadness. Skyler's eyes were welled with tears until they began to slip from her silently..
Charlie felt her chest constrict at the brunettes hurtful expression. The blonde was about to hug the brunette and Skyler was grateful because she needed one when the office door busted open on the other side of the room a few rows down from the two girls who jumped apart in fear.
Sue could be heard as she yammered on to Quinn. Charlie went back to her locker both girls getting dressed quickly. Skyler was the first one done. She grabbed her bag and shut her locker.
She got out of there as fast as her legs could take her. She felt embarrassed of her almost breakdown just thinking about her sister. Her sister who wanted nothing to do with her.
Now Charlie was going to tell everyone how she cried over her tattoo like a baby. The brunette jumped into her Ferrari and bolted not looking in her rear view mirror to see Charlie who had chased after her to make sure she was ok.
The blonde sighed dejectedly. She walked to her beetle and climbed in, deciding to wait for Quinn there.
THE NEXT DAY.
Tuesday morning Skyler was at her locker. She was not in the greatest mood after the events of yesterday evening. She felt like a complete loser. Charlie must think she's a loser, now.
She probably told her boyfriend and the rest of the cheerios what happened. They most likely had a good laugh about it.
She was positive she was going to be picked on and placed at the bottom of the cheerios pyramid. 'Way to go, spaz.' She thought to her self as she was getting her books ready.
Charlie rushed around the corner of the hall, relieved to see that she caught the brunette in time and rushed over.
"Hey." Charlie said sweetly.
Skyler felt her knees wobble and swallowed thickly. Even if Charlie made fun of her along with everyone else. Skyler would still feel the force of her crush and that just made her emotion's act up more.
She took a shuddering breath. Charlie watched her with concern. "Hey.. Are you ok?" Charlie ask.
"What can I help you with?" Skyler said keeping her eyes forward in her locker. Charlie was thrown by the brunettes tone. It was complete opposite of how she sounded yesterday.
"I just wanted to come and check on you.. You know, because of yesterday. You left so fast by the time I got to the parking lot you were already leaving." Charlie said in concern.
Skyler shut her eyes. It sounded like Charlie cared but Skyler heard all about this school. The cheerios and jocks sometimes played pranks on newer kids making them believe they were friends only to embarrass them in public.
"Well.. As you can see I'm fine. Thank you, though." Skyler said rushing to get the rest of her books.
"Did i.. Did I do something wrong?" Charlie ask panic began to seize her, maybe she wasn't subtle, maybe Skyler had noticed that she had been checking her out. What if she told the other cheerios.
What if her dad found out. Charlie's vision began to blur and slowly she began hyperventilating. Skyler noticed her composure crumbling. She grew concerned and placed her hand on the blondes shoulder.
"Are you alright?" Skyler ask.
Charlie couldn't hear clearly. All the blood was rushing to her ears and she felt light headed. Skyler put all her books back and shut her locker than wrapped her arm around Charlie's waist and began escorting the girl to the nurse.
She took notice to the sweat building up on Charlie's forehead and her face seemed paler.
"Nurse!" Skyler shouted when she enter the nurses office with Charlie, feeling fear engulf her.
The nurse got up and asked what happened. Skyler wish she knew. The nurse told her to sit Charlie down. She took Charlie's temperature, no fever. She took the girls blood pressure and noticed it was a little high.
"She just needs to lay down for a little while. I'll check on her again in a little bit." The nurse said as she walked out of the room.
Skyler sat next to a stoic and tense Charlie, worried. They sat there for 20 minutes, Skyler holding Charlie's hand. The blonde slowly began to relax again. Her hearing cleared and she could breath. She realized Skyler was with her and holding her hand but was too scared to say anything.
"Whatever I said that caused this, I'm sorry." Skyler whispered.
Charlie's eyes widened in surprise. 'Why the hell was she blaming herself? I'm the pervert here.' Charlie thought.
"You didn't do anything. If anything this is my fault." Charlie whispered back preparing for Skyler to leave her now that she was free.
"How in the world is it your fault. I was the one who was rude to you." Skyler replied.
"Yeah but I made you uncomfortable yesterday obviously an-" Charlie began and Skyler's eyes widened in surprise.
"I wasn't uncomfortable. " She cut in.
"You w-weren't? Than why didn't you want to speak to me?" Charlie asked in such a small voice.
Skyler's heart melted at the sound. Here was this beautiful popular girl asking in such a vulnerable way why SKYLER the newbie with no reputation, didn't want to speak to her. As if Skyler was special enough to worry about. She swooned even though she knows Charlie hadn't meant for her to take it that way.
"I was scared.." She whispered.
Charlie looked at her in confusion and was about to speak but Skyler kept going. "I was scared because you saw my tattoo and I got emotional. I-I thought that m-maybe you'd told all the jocks and cheerios about what a loser I was for crying over a tattoo. I was embarrassed and scared that I was going to get bullied though I'm a cheerio..." Skyler finished.
Charlie's eyes softened and she just crushed a little harder on the girl in front of her. She sounded so small and insecure which blew the blondes mind because the girl was gorgeous.
How could she think Charlie would do such a thing. Than again they barely knew each other. They had only just spoken to each other for the first time yesterday morning. She was definitely going to rectify that.
"I would never do anything like that to you.." Charlie said. Skyler's watery eyes shot up to the blonde in surprise.
"Re-really?" Skyler asked nervously.
"Really.. Something about that tattoo caused a lot of emotion to just spring up out of no where, obviously it's not to be taken lightly. I don't know what happened and I won't ask unless one day you'd trust me enough to tell me but I do understand. I have siblings too and they mean everything to me. I won't ever make fun of you, Skyler or spread your business. I just want to be your friend. That is if you'll have me, of course." Charlie finished with a gentle smile.
Remember all the previous times Skyler swooned? Yeah, they were nothing compared to this moment. The brunette flushed bashfully and smiled with twinkling eyes at Charlie.
The blonde was just too sweet. Charlie for her part felt the air leave her lungs at the sight of Skyler's bashfulness. The brunette was so cute she just wanted to kiss her so badly. She had been thinking about those lips and beautiful eyes all night.
"I would love to be your friend, Charlie." Skyler replied. Charlie smiled in return feeling giddy inside but remaining collected on the out.
"We should get to class. We probably missed first. Sorry about that." Charlie said standing up.
"Don't worry about it, as long as your ok.." Skyler said and it was Charlie's turn to blush.
They got a note from the nurse excusing them and headed to their classes. Charlie had walked Skyler to hers than smiled with glee on the way to her own. The morning turned out to be a good morning after all.
THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY.
Quinn was a tutor for the school. The student center gave extra credit to students who became tutors. Quinn had been Britney's tutor since last year and though Britney progressed more slowly than she would like, she was still progressing.
Santana had recently became a tutor but that was for Britney, she refused to tutor anyone else. So even though Santana was there every Tuesday and Thursday for Britney.
Quinn was there as well. Santana was going over Britney's Spanish homework because she claimed it wasn't the same learning from a book and she was actually Spanish.
Quinn was waiting for them to finish So, she could start the math. She was staring out the window across from her that had an empty table in front of it. She was getting lost in thought when a dark grey sweater passed across her vision, walking toward the table.
Quinn perked up when she realized it was the person she had meant to speak to yesterday about the slushie shower. She was about to get up and follow when Stacy Meyers took a seat next to the person.
When Stacy finally sat, Quinn saw some of the kids jaw. Biff was right you couldn't tell what the person's gender was. The kids ball cap and hoodie hid most of their face.
Quinn watched as Stacy who had found out from one of the girls on the squad, who heard from Santana about the extra credit, had signed up yesterday. Quinn was a little annoyed and couldn't explain why.
She wished she had known the kid needed tutoring. She would have offered her services and maybe get to know them. Maybe make a new friend that WASN'T part of the popular crowd.
That would be refreshing. She could use tutoring as an excuse to build said friendship. Stacy pulled out the new kids file. The cheerio furrowed her brow in confusion.
"Why isn't your name in here?" Stacy ask but got no reply.
"Anyway, so you need tutoring in everything. Wow.. how the hell did you make it to high school?" She snorted.
She was stating it, not actually asking the student. She had a smirk on her face that told Quinn she found the kids intelligence level humorous. Quinn was slowly getting angry.
The student center was for helping your peers not teasing them. Quinn decided she would keep an eye on the kid from now on. She couldn't explain her curiosity or her pull toward the kid but she would do her best to make sure they would be ok.
"Ok, so here's your English homework. Read the first paragraph and then do the questions and I'll check them." Stacy said and pulled out her phone.
She was met with unmoving silence. Stacy was becoming annoyed very quickly. "Look, I don't want to be stuck here with a loser like you, any longer than I have to. So, the faster you do your work, the faster we can leave, now read!" Stacy growled out. Still nothing.
"Are you freaking deaf loser? Let's go!" Stacy grit through her teeth.
"You know what fine, retard. Not my problem that you won't graduate and stay a Lima loser. I still get the credit for being here." Stacy grabbed her phone again and began texting.
Quinn watched on in frustration. Students weren't allowed to intervene on other sessions. Oh but Meyers was definitely going to pay for it during practice. Santana and Britney had witness the entire thing.
Britney was sad and Santana was glowering just as hostile as Quinn. The rest of the session went like that, the kid did nothing while Meyers ignored them in favor of texting. For the next coming weeks that's how it would be.
LATER THAT SAME NIGHT..
Quinn was staring out her window at 11:30 pm. Her thoughts troubled and her body ached because some how she pissed off Russell again. She sat there wondering when this would end.
Sometimes she wondered what it would be like if she just died. She would be free if she just took the leap and killed herself. It wouldn't hurt anymore because there would be nothing to hurt.
Quinn was cut from her musing when she saw the lone figure of the kid from school, again. Every night for the past week at exactly 11:38pm the figure passed her house.
It was odd to Quinn. She wondered if this kid had a job but then realized the only place that stayed open until midnight was the gas station, the 24 WalMart and the 24 hour diner next door to it, on the other side of town and the kid was definitely going in the opposite direction.
She watched until the figure disappeared. Not for the first time wishing she could disappear with them.
THE RIVER COURT.
Rachel just reached the river court and sat along the river staring out. It was getting colder now that it was mid month and she just kept reminding herself that January was getting closer and she just had to be patient.
The river court was her place of solace and she couldn't be more content. It didn't matter that it was dangerous to be out that far by herself, so late at night or completely void of any other human life. She liked it, she wouldn't be heading back for at least another two hours.
