I walked towards the cafeteria alone. Mercedes and Tina, my only friends at William McKinley, were both out sick. When I got my meal of tater tots and a salad I looked for a place to sit. Quinn and Brittany were both sitting with their boyfriends, and I would not want to be a third wheel sitting next to them. Rachael was sitting next to Finn, who was ignoring her since he had just broken up with her, and Kurt was nowhere to be found. That left Santana, sure she was a popular cheerleader, but maybe she would be nice to me since I was in glee. "Hi," I said quietly and sat next to Santana. "Why is she sitting with us?" whispered one of the other girls. "I don't know, but maybe if we leave she'll leave us alone," suggested Santana. All the girls sat up with their trays and got up.
"Why are you guys leaving?" I asked pretending I hadn't heard what she said.
"Because we don't hang out with little new kids like you, especially if they are stupid hippies that have no life." She said smoothly. I could feel my face becoming hot with rage. "At least I'm not some slut who sleeps with every guy I meet." I spat back. Her proud look quickly turned into a glare. "Wow…. this is coming from a virgin who has probably never had a boyfriend in her life."
"I don't mean to state the obvious, but you don't have a boyfriend either sweetie. I doubt you have the ability to have any form of relationship with a guy that isn't just 5 minutes in a motel room."
"Well, at least I could get a boyfriend…. or friends for that matter." She replied and with that she and her posse walked away without another word. I sat back down and ate my lunch. My face was red, and my vision was quickly becoming blurred by tears. I prayed they would go away. I did not want to give Santana the satisfaction that I was crying. Right when I was about ready to leave the table when I saw Kurt approaching me. "Bad day?" he asked sitting next to me. I nodded. "Well since this is generally where Santana and the other cheerios sit I'm guessing you sat here and she humiliated you. Am I right?"
"What are you? Some kind of psychic?" I joked and tried to give a smile, but I had never been good at faking my emotions.
"I just know what goes on around here, especially glee club." He laughed. Don't take it personally Santana is just naturally a bitch to everyone, even her little posse. I'm not sure she can live without making others feel bad. It's like she feeds on peoples humiliation." He gave me a sympathetic hug that makes my tears fade away. A hug was all I needed. I just needed someone to notice me and make me realize I wasn't a total loser. "Come on, let's go to glee club." He said and we headed out of the cafeteria.
"Ok guys, so we are going to do duets again, but this time fate will decide your partners." Said Mr. Schuester. This was followed by groans from some and excitement from others. "Each one of your names are in this hat and will be pulled out. Okay, drumroll please." Finn began drumming his hands on a textbook in his lap. "The first group is…Lillian and Santana!"