I woke up at ten in my bed. Lindsay was sleeping next to me, her hair in a French plait. I groaned and got up, knocking the teal blue comforter off of me but making sure it stayed on Lindsay.

I walked downstairs and sat on the couch. I turned on the news. An anchor woman with fake blonde hair, gleaming white teeth, and fake boobs sat delivering the news. "This is a breaking news alert!" she said, shuffling the pages of her script and setting them down. "At seven a.m. this morning the choir room of William McKinley High caught on fire. It is still being inspected but firefighters suspect fowl play." I gasped.

"Lindsay!" I shouted, running up the stairs. I opened up the door to my room where Lindsay was on the phone with someone.

"Are you serious?" she said into the blackberry, "Burnt? How bad is it?" She had already heard the news. "Oh my God! I'll be right over!" She hung up the phone. "Marissa! Our choir room-"

I cut her off. "It burnt down, I know, they just announced it on the news. Let's go, I'll drive."

Lindsay dialed a number on her phone. "Damian," she said, "Come out side, we're going to school. There's been an accident." She hung up in a truly dramatic, Lindsay-ish way. Lindsay and I ran down the stairs and flung out the door, still in our pajamas.

I pulled up to the school and the four of us piled out. Alex, Emily, Bryce, and Micky were already there. Samuel pulled up at the same time we did. Micky and Bryce were in their pajamas like us. Even Emily hadn't done here makeup. Alex looked like he'd been up a while.

The fire was out but there was still a firetruck there and a few firemen who looked at us sadly

It was cold, I was still in my light pink pajama shorts and a powder blue tank top. I hugged myself for warmth. Cameron stood next to me and Samuel was on the other side. Damian had his arm around Lindsay and she was crying on his shoulder. I noticed she was wearing his black hoodie. I smiled sadly at them.

Samuel took off his leather jacket and handed it to me. Cameron glared at him. For some reason I knew Cameron would've given me his jacket if he had remembered to grab it.

Ellis drove up Matheus and Hannah. Hannah gasped, the usual smile she wore looked like it had never been there. The usually outspoken Ellis was as quiet as the grave. Matheus ran his hand through his black hair.

Mr. Schue drove up in his beat up station wagon. He ran up and stopped dead when he sat the extent of the damage. All the sheet music that had been accumulated over the past was gone, our newly won trophy had melted a little, the piano and the drum set were completely destroyed.

I started crying. To my left I felt Samuel's hand grab hold of mine. I saw he were linking hands. I grabbed Cameron's. He held Hannah's and she held Matheus and so on until we were all linked.

"Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick,
And think of you
Caught up in circles confusion
Is nothing new
Flashback warm nights
Almost left behind
Suitcase of memories,
Time after"

Lindsay started the song but after the first verse we all joined in.

"Sometimes you picture me
I'm walking too far ahead
You're calling to me, I can't hear
What you said
Then you say go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

I let a tear splash down my face.

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I will be waiting
Time after time

After my picture fades and darkness has
Turned to gray
Watching through windows you're wondering
If I'm OK
Secrets stolen from deep inside
The drum beats out of time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time

You say go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds

I laid my head on Cameron's shoulder, telling myself to go for it.

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you I'll be waiting
Time after time

If you're lost you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you, I will be waiting
Time after time

Time after time
Time after time

Time after time."

We stood there in silence for a minute, no one wanting to be the first to speak. Even the loud Lindsay wasn't willing to talk. Mr. Schue broke the silence.

"Guys," he said, "This isn't going to stop us. We'll be fine. This is a minor setback- a minor one. We're still going to regionals and then we'll take sectionals. But we need a place to practice. Anyone willing to volunteer?"

"My basement will do, I think," Lindsay said quietly, "It has good acoustics."

"Good," Mr. Schue said, "Brighten up guys, we'll be fine!"

We all smiled sadly at each other and nodded.

"Go home guys and get some rest. Come to school tomorrow and then we'll have Glee Club as usual only we'll be at Lindsay's house!"

"I'll text everyone the directions," Lindsay told the group. Everyone nodded and started to disperse. Some decided to go to breakfast together. Others like Damian, Cameron, Lindsay and I decided to go home, or in their case, to my home. We all climbed in my car.

I pulled up to my house and ran my fingers through my hair. I sighed and took the keys out of the ignition as I got out. We walked inside and sat on the couch. "What do you guys want to do?" I asked them.

"I'm going back to bad," Lindsay said, going up the stairs.

"I'll go make breakfast," Damian said, going into my kitchen like it was his own.

Cameron looked at me, but I couldn't tell what he was thinking. "You okay," he asked stiffly.

"Yeah," I said shortly. No, I wasn't. I had a bunch of emotions spilling over me. I'd probably share them with Damo later. I wasn't about to let Cameron see me sob. That would not happen.

"Hey Marissa?" Cameron said after a minute or two of silence, "Over the past few days I think we've grown closer and I was wondering if you wanted to go out. On a date," he added after I didn't respond.

"Oh," I said, my voice flat, "Um, yeah, okay… sure, Cameron." I scratched my temple. "I'm going to go see it Damian needs any help in the kitchen." I pointed to the kitchen and hurried in there.

At some point, Lindsay had snuck back down and had gone into the kitchen. Her and Damian were cooking pancakes in a skillet. They kept sending each other sickeningly flirtatious glances at each other.

I coughed obnoxiously. Startled, Lindsay dropped and shattered the glass of water she had been drinking. Damian grabbed some paper towels and started cleaning.

"I'm so sorry, Marissa!" Lindsay exclaimed putting a paper towel to her blood foot. A couple shards of glass had hit it.

"Hey Cameron!" I shouted, "Could you get me some Band-Aids? They're in the cabinet above the sink in my bathroom.

Cameron came back and handed the Band-Aids to Damian, winking. Damian came over, practically shoving me out of the way. He tenderly cleaned, Lindsay's cut up foot. I smiled at him and went to clean up the glass. When I looked over I saw him kissing Lindsay. I finished cleaning then shuffled Cameron out of the room.

The doorbell rang. I answered it to find a tall and beautiful woman in a pencil skirt and a light pink blouse. "Hi, Marissa, right?" she asked, "I'm Cameron's mother."

"Hi mom!" Cameron said, grabbing his bag. "Bye, Marissa, I'll see you tomorrow. Tell the lovebirds in there I said they're idiots and I'll see them Monday."

"Bye, Cameron," I said, shutting the door behind them. I rolled my eyes and sat on the couch, going to Netflix and turning on an episode of Bones.