Chibi-Kari: What a difference in reviews between chapter 1 and 2. At least no one seemed mad that I brought Kurt in. I was a little worried. Anyway I hope I didn't stray too far out of anyone's characters in this chapter. Feedback everyone! Keep it coming because it motivates me to write! Oh and I don't own.

Chapter 3

It was right after second period when Rachel's name echoed through the school with an order for her to go to the principal's office. She wasn't quite sure what he wanted with her. Sure she walked out of school yesterday after forth period Music, aka Glee Club's music class, but many a student skipped class without getting in trouble. Puck did it all the time. She was sure he hadn't been to a Math class in years. Half a day shouldn't mean anything and she was almost certain her teachers embraced her absence.

She glanced at the secretary who simply nodded for enter Principal Figgins' office. With a soft knock and a turn of the handle she walked into the room. Rachel couldn't figure out why she was here at all now that she saw everyone sitting in the room. Santana, Mr. Schue, Coach Sylvester, Principal Figgins of course. "Mr. Hummel? What are you doing here?"

Santana rolled her eyes. "Like you don't know, Berry."

"Keep your trap closed, Lopez." Sue snapped at the young Latina sitting next to her on the couch.

Mr. Hummel turned slightly with a smile and patted the chair next to him. "Come sit next to me, Rachel."

She nodded slightly as she glanced around the room before settling her gaze on the principal. "Why are am I here?" The last place Rachel wanted to be right now was anywhere near Santana.

Mr. Figgins rubbed the bridge of his nose tightly before turning to the girl in front of him. He almost hadn't believed it when the complaint came to him, but in all of his experience he could now see it. When Rachel first enrolled he had her pegged as manipulative and bossy. He had enough experience to see through her. Things had obviously changed. He had wondered why he hadn't had her storming into his office complaining about one thing or another a few weeks ago. "It has come to my attention that you're having a hard time with some other students."

Rachel's eyes widened as she glanced at Santana. Now she understood, but he had no idea how Figgins found out about what had happened. This would only make things worse. "Nothing that can't be explained-"

"Rachel." Kurt's father placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it tightly. "Have you been bullied?"

"I-I." She tried to ignore the tears that were starting to blur her vision. She wasn't going to cry about this. She hadn't cried over mean names in years. She actually hadn't cried in a long time and then the end of last year happened. Now it seemed she did more than her fair share.

"What has this school come to? First my son and now her. You won't keep getting away with letting students' treatment slide like this. There needs to be a zero-tolerance policy instated! This is proof of that!" Burt Hummel couldn't believe he hadn't known this was happening. He didn't believe the lively girl that used to date Finn and who now was almost inseparable with Kurt was tortured like this. Of course it seemed that these kids liked to leave their parents blind to their problems. When Kurt had come to him last night about what was happening to Rachel he hadn't hesitated to standup for her. Especially when he heard of Mr. Schuester's treatment of the young girl. School was supposed to be a safe place and if he was able he would do like he did for Kurt and pull her out and put her in a better school. Sadly, all he could do was be her voice since both of her parents seemed to be absent.

Will raised his hands to try and placate Kurt's father. He thought the man was blowing the situation out of proportion. Rachel always was able to take care of herself and would speak up when she really needed to. "Your son's case was completely different. I don't argue that Santana went a little too far, but Rachel isn't in fear of her life. This is just a simple spat between two girls that went out of control."

Burt spun to look at the teacher. "Simple spat? From what I've heard that girl over there verbally attacked Rachel without provocation! And this isn't new. It's a reoccurring thing. And don't think I'm going to ignore that this one incident happened in the middle of your class!"

Figgins raised his hands slightly to calm the room. "Ms. Berry. I'm still a little in the dark. What did Ms. Lopez say to you yesterday?"

Rachel's mouth opened and closed. She didn't want to be here. This was only going to make her life worse. If she thought it was unbearable now she didn't want to think about what it would be like after this. Everyone would think she told. Santana would be out for blood. Her eyes widened panicked.

Burt quickly saw that she wasn't willing to say anything. "The girl said that no one wanted her at this school."

"That wasn't quite what she said. Santana was talking about the class." Will interjected.

"Will, that doesn't make the comment any better. While, completely inappropriate I'm not sure the school board will see that as bullying." Figgins sat back slightly. He couldn't sugarcoat this. The Lopez girl was skating a fine line, but the school board was easily bought and the Lopez Family was a lot more popular than the Berry Family. It was easy to see this was emotional abuse, but he could only do so much.

"She obviously was including more than the classroom!" Burt exploded. He couldn't even believe kids could be so cruel when Kurt had told him what happened. He didn't remember kids saying things like that when he was young. "That girl told Rachel that even her mother didn't want her. She also calls her names like pathetic and Ru-Paul."

Figgins eyebrows raised. "Why did you say that?" He couldn't begin to understand why someone would say something like that to another student. He had heard a lot of things, but bringing into question the worth of another student was rare. There was no question it was bullying.

Santana shrugged lightly before sneering at Rachel. "It's true isn't it?"

Burt stood swiftly pulling Rachel up with him. "You need to take care of this. No child should ever have to hear something like that. Bullying isn't just physical and the Lima School Board needs to learn that!"

The room was quiet for a moment after the two disappeared behind the slammed door.

"If you had an ounce of backbone in your body Lopez here wouldn't have dared to speak out like that especially in your classroom." Sue snarled slightly at Will.

Will huffed in protest. "You encourage this type of behavior, Sue. Don't act like you don't."

"I encourage my Cheerios to keep the proper pecking order and name calling builds character. What Lopez did was defamation and pure cruelty and I don't encourage that." She turned towards the Latina. "And that's why you will take off your uniform as you are no longer a member of The Cheerios."

"What?" Santana stood up fuming. "You can't take my position away from me because of that stupid little bitch!"

Sue stood up. "I am the coach and I can do anything I want. You are dismissed from your position."

"You need me!" Santana insisted.

Sue's eyes narrowed. This girl needed a reality check. "You're not a flyer. Tumblers are a dime a dozen. There are plenty of girls willing and able to replace you and one will."

"I was acting captain last year! The girls respect me!" Santana argued.

"Don't think I don't know how you got Q, while pregnant, to help you. None of the girls respect you and part of that is the blatant lack of respect you have for yourself. Don't think I don't know about all the boys you've slept with. My Cheerios should inspire a different type of behavior than you are showing." Sue took a step closer to the now silent girl. "Now get out of here and that uniform better be in my office and dry cleaned by five."

"I'll cut her!" Santana yelled as she stomped towards the door.

"Ms. Lopez." Figgins called her. "That sounded like a threat. If you even try to go through with that we won't hesitate to kick you out of this school. Even the board won't ignore threats of physical violence with witnesses."

Santana pulled the door shut harshly. The glass rattled in the window pane.

"This has been blown completely out of proportion. Santana is a lot of things, but her bark is worse than her bite." Will shook his head. Santana was going to be horrible to deal with at Glee Club this afternoon.

"And I've heard you have quite the bark, too." Sue leaned back on the couch. "It seems you've yelled at the diva in front of your entire classroom for exercising her freedom not to speak. I thought your little club of misfits was about finding a place and expressing yourself without fear. It seems you can't remember your own self-righteous speeches. It must be all the hair gel poisoning your brain."

Will's mouth opened and closed. He had no idea how she found out about that. He couldn't deny it. If they asked any of the students they would know. "Rachel was out of line and I was just correcting her. She needs to learn to be a team player."

Figgins eyes narrowed. "A teacher never yells at a student, William. No matter what. You lead by example. You used to know that. And this isn't the first complaint of unfair treatment from you towards Rachel."

Will rolled his eyes. "She's a squeaky wheel and dramatic. Anything you heard from her is defiantly blown out of proportion."

Figgins shook his head. "Kids have destroyed their own lives over less than this. We're just lucky that it was brought to my attention before something serious happened. You should have done something about this a long time ago. Your behavior is completely inappropriate for a teacher. I'm sorry to have to do this, but I'm asking you to leave. You're suspended pending further investigation."

Will shook his head before standing and heading towards the door. "Those kids need me. I haven't done anything wrong. We're being to sensitive after what happened with Kurt. Yeah maybe Santana is a little of a bully, but this doesn't have to be resolved this way. And what about the club? Who is going to take care of that?"

"We've already put a call into Ms. Holliday." Figgins answered before shaking his head. "I think you need to take this time to look at the situation objectively, William."

Will lifted his arms in a half shrug of disbelief before he turned away from them. "This is ridiculous."

Sue called from over her shoulder stopping him as he strode angrily to the door. "You know what's worse than a bully, Will?"

He huffed slightly before rolling his eyes. "What, Sue? A whiney student that won't stand up for themselves?"

Sue's eyes narrowed. "No. An ineffectual teacher. Teachers are supposed to be a support system. I support my Cheerios and any student that needs protection. I did my best with your little male diva. You can only act as far as the school will let you, but you haven't been doing anything at all. Now how about you take Figgins' advice and get out of here before the little elves of idiocy in your hair try to take over the school." She dismissed him with a wave of her hand.

The club was silent as Rachel walked into the room. Santana glowered at her from the back row in her street clothes. "I hope you're happy. I'm off The Cheerios."

Rachel shook her head slightly. She just wanted to have this day over with. This morning was bad, but everything spun out of control after the meeting. Kids were glaring at her.

"Hey kids!" Ms. Holliday smiled tightly as she walked into the room. She had heard what happened and sadly wasn't too surprised when she heard what happened with Rachel. She was at least glad that she wasn't walking into the situation blind, but these kids were going to be hell to deal with.

"Not that it's not great to see you and all, Ms. H, but where's Mr. Schue?" Artie asked as he squeezed his girlfriend's hand.

She took a deep breath. Obviously all these kids had Spanish before everything went down. "Mr. Schuester is taking some time off for awhile."

Mercedes' turned to Rachel with a sneer. "You better not have gotten him fired! This is ridiculous. You shouldn't have gone to the principal. Now we're screwed for Regionals. Thanks Rachel. Like it wasn't bad enough that we lost Kurt. Now we've lost Mr. Schue."

Rachel shook her head. "I didn't."

"No. I did." Quinn threw her bag on the floor as she walked into the room.

Rachel's eyes widened as she turned to look at the other girl. "I told you to stay out of my life!"

Quinn just raised an eyebrow. "And I thought I told you I wouldn't."

Rachel lunged at the blonde only to be caught around the waist by Puck. "You've ruined my life!"

Puck picked Rachel up and threw her unceremoniously over his shoulder. "We're out for the day, Ms. H. Tell our other teachers. I'm trying to keep a good record and all." He swooped down and grabbed both bags before heading out the door Rachel still struggling over his shoulder.