Just a forewarning, this chapter won't be that long.

I don't own Glee and all mistakes are mine.

Kitty's POV

I've spent the last week and a half tutoring Ryder in my spare time and it's going surprisingly well. In fact, it was going so well I think I was even starting to like him, which was completely new territory for me.

It had been a while since I'd felt anything for anyone and I'd not liked anyone since I started high school so the normal pulling hair and being cruel because you actually liked them, didn't apply in this situation.

The more time I spent with him, the more I liked him. When he come over to study, we never just studied. By the time we'd got bored of studying, we usually spent the rest of the time getting to know each other. "The rest of the time" would usually depend on how much fun we were having and on more than one occasion, Ryder had ended up being late home because our time had overran.

It turned out that we had an awful lot in common including video games; you never would have guessed that the blond preppy cheerleader loved video games, TV shows and movies. Being sent away to boarding school had really turned me into a bit of a tom boy but because of the influence of my sisters, I was still incredibly girly. It was nice to be able to let my tom boy side out once in a while, I realised.

"You have two sister?" Ryder asked after we'd been studying for over two hours.

"Yep, Quinn and Frannie." I told him. "They were both straight-A students and captain of the Cheerio's. My dad expected me to be the same so that is what I've strived to be ever since I was a little girl. My parent's approval means a lot to me and when Quinn got pregnant with Jake's brothers baby, my dad lost interest in her and he now looks to me. I don't want to let him down the way Quinn has." I told Ryder honestly.

"Do you really feel that way? That Quinn let your dad down?" Ryder asked.

I shook my head. "No. Quinn just ruined the image my dad had of her. I'm proud of my sister and the choices she made, she knew that she wouldn't be able to look after that little girl properly so she gave her to someone who would be able to. Now she's at Yale and doing so well for herself. My sister is amazing." I stated. Ryder smiled. I tapped him on the leg. "Tell me about your siblings." I told him.

"Kurt and Finn." He clarified. "Kurt is the oldest, Finn's in the middle and I'm the youngest. They both went to school with Quinn actually."

I thought about for a moment. "Hmm, they do sound familiar. I think Finn and Quinn dated. But then, Quinn never told me anything, I just heard things from my parents." I told him.

"They did date. Finn actually thought he was Beth's father at one point."

I hid my face in embarrassment. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry Quinn did that."

Ryder shook his head. "Don't apologize for something your sister did. That's one of the things Marley and I promised to never do because we are not our siblings and we shouldn't have to apologize for their mistakes. It our turn now." Ryder said confidently.

"You have no idea how right you are." I said, and without really thinking about it, I leaned it and kissed him.

Marley's POV

I was again sitting with Sam, Blaine and Matthew since I couldn't find Ryder or Kitty. They never seemed to be around these days…it was weird. I was probably reading too much into it, they were my best friends; they couldn't be seeing each other could they? Not to say that two of my best friends couldn't be dating. I was definitely thinking too much.

I was pulled out of my daydream when one of the boys clicked their fingers in front of my face in order to get my attention. When I came to, I realised that it was Matthew.

I giggled and blushed slightly. "Sorry Matthew, what were you saying?" I asked.

He smiled at me. "I was asking what you were doing for the weekend."

"Oh, right, I'm sorry…erm, me and my dads are flying to New York for the weekend so we can go and see Rachel. We'll go straight after school on Friday and return on Sunday evening. Right now, we're not sure how late but I'll be back at school on Monday." I told my new friends.

"That sounds nice. You miss Rachel I take it?" Matthew asked.

I nodded my head. "More than anything. She's my sister, of course I do. I spend most of my time on the phone to her at the moment." I told him.

"Do you have any plans for the weekend?" he asked.

"Rachel is going to show us around New York. We've already been of course but Rachel is going to take us to where she works so we can have a meal and then I guess we'll just wonder round."

"Sounds like a nice, chilled out weekend." Matthew commented.

"It is and it's what we need." I told him. "It'll definitely be a change from the way she's been over the last couple of months. She's been running all over New York trying to get everything ready for NYADA and she's working and auditioning for extra's on play to give herself a bit of an edge when she graduates and has to start auditioning for Broadway. Between all of that, she hardly ever has any time at all."

Sam started to laugh. "Wow, that definitely sounds like the Rachel Berry I knew."

"Yep, she's not changed all that much. I think she's slowing realising that she needs to chill out a little bit though. New York is so fast-paced compared to here." Before Matthew could say anything else, Jake appeared at the table. "Hi Jake." I said brightly.

"Hey Marls." He looked kinda shaky and a little sad. "Can I talk to you for a bit? Maybe in private?"

I looked at Matthew but he'd gone back to talking to Blaine and Sam. I turned back to Jake and smiled brightly. "Sure Jake." I said, gathering my things and leaving the cafeteria with him.

We walked down the hallway in silence before Jake took my hand. "Can we go to the auditorium? It's easier to talk in there." I nodded silently and we carried on to the auditorium.

"So what did you want to talk to me about?" I asked him when we arrived in the auditorium.

He stayed silent for a moment before looking at me with sad eyes. "Do you think I'm good enough for Glee?"

My mouth dropped open, I was shocked by his question. "Are you really asking me that question?" I asked.

"You're the only one I want to tell me the truth. In case you haven't noticed, I've not made a lot of friends since I started here. Kitty called me out in front of everyone as soon as I got here, Ryder spends most of his time with Kitty or you and Matthew has been spending time with Sam and Blaine and I can barely get a look in. you're the only one out of all of them that wants to spend time with me."

"Only because no-one has had the chance to see you for who you really are. You hide behind another personality with most people and for some reason I'm the only one who sees the real person. I'm not sure why I am but I am."

"You haven't actually answered my question." He said, grinning slightly.

"It's a stupid question Jake, of course you're good enough and I shouldn't have to tell you that. Mr Schue wouldn't have let you in the club if you weren't. The song we did was amazing. How long have you been thinking like this?" I asked.

"A while." He said, looking slightly ashamed.

"And you're only telling me about it now?" I asked. "I could have helped get this silly thought out of your head."

"It's not a silly thought." Jake insisted.

"Yes it is." I said quickly. "Jake, you have this insane thought that you're not good enough. You have no reason to think this way so why?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know." He answered simply.

"Well then I'm going to be here for you. As a friend. You come to me whenever you're feeling like this and I will get the damn thought out of your head." I promised.

"You'd do that for me?"

"You're my friend. Friends help each other out."

Puck's POV

I'm back in Lima. Ever since Jake told me the first time about not being good enough; what a stupid thing to say by the way, I've been calling him almost every day since and he's been telling me the same thing over and over again. So now I'm here, to help my little brother.

There is another reason, Mr. Schue called me and asked me to come back. Apparently something is about to happen….

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