What's Going On?
Chapter 8: Ouch.
Author's [Quick] Note: Well, I decided not to add that bonus chapter because it ended up as one-liners with the rest being song and I figured if you really wanted that you could go on some lyric website. The only humorous thing on there was Mercedes in a dress made of "No Trespassing" signs. So funny. Anyways, nothing left to say, so here you go!
Chris sat on his bed in his apartment when a curious little knock came from his door. "Hello?" a voice called, "Chris? Your door was open I was just-" Darren said as he walked into the apartment. "Oh, there you are."
"Hey, Dere. I was just working on the next episode." He said. It was then that Darren noticed the tears on Chris' face.
"What's the matter, Chris?" he asked of the other male.
"W-well, I don't know if I-I can do it. H-have you read-d it?" Chris asked, stuttering through his shaky voice. Darren reached over and took the tear-stricken sheets of paper from Chris. Reading through them, tears formed in Darren's eyes.
"Whatever could Ryan be thinking..." Darren mused.
~Change~
Kurt stormed down the hallway, "What is wrong with you, Blaine?" he asked rather accusingly, perhaps a touch of bile- rage- in his voice.
Blaine, looking frightful, just shrunk as Kurt got closer. In fact, when Kurt was a few feet away, he crouched to the ground and his sobs erupted from his body. "I'm s-sorry, Kurt. I-" he tried, but he couldn't keep talking.
Suddenly, Sue came from her office. "Porcelain! Stop making the Hobbit cry!" but when Kurt didn't step back, she stepped forward and grabbed him harshly by the collar. "What the hell is wrong with you?" she asked, but Kurt wouldn't answer. Tina, who had been standing with Blaine the whole time, glared at Kurt, though that may have been hard to tell (oops, Asian joke?). She patted Blaine on the back. "Okay, Tina, you grab Blaine and take him with me. I'm taking Porcelain to Figgins, but Blaine shouldn't see him at the same time so he's gonna explain things to me in my office." Sue explained. Tina nodded, gathering Blaine in her arms and walking with him down the hall; Sue had to practically drag a disobedient Kurt down the hall to Figgins' door.
~Change~
Darren, Grant, Max, and a sniffling Chris sat around on set, the prior three comforting the latter one. As others walked onto set, they all rushed over, ready to question and ultimately comfort Chris. But when they asked Chris, they simply got an, "I can't do it..." muttered over and over until one of the others explained it to them. So by the time Ryan made his appearance, over a dozen cast mates bombarded him with both begs of change, and threats to change it themselves.
But then, Ryan surprised them. "No. I wrote this script exactly how it shall be read. And, I'm sorry, Chris, but you knew your character would be emotional from day one. If you aren't up to it, I really will have to fire you." Everyone was stunned by his words. Chris just nodded and stood. They acted out the scene above, with little emotion from Chris, just as his character depicts.
The next scene, after the one of Kurt and Blaine's stand-off, we see Finn and Rachel arguing outside Figgins' office. Rachel defended Kurt, saying something along the lines of, "I hear Blaine said some pretty cruel words..." whereas Finn actually was defending Blaine saying, "But, still Rachel. Kurt was so... cold to him."
But both seemed to turn against him when Kurt walked out of Figgins' office and ignored them both. "Kurt! Man, what happened? Stop ignoring us!" Finn shouted at Kurt. He continued to ignore them.
"Kurt, please! Just tell us what happened!" Rachel asked.
With a sigh, Kurt spilled. And what came out was the very darkness he had apparently been harboring inside him. "I punched Sue when she was dragging me. I didn't do much, but I did get suspended. I'll be seeing you!" he said.
A passing Puck who happened to hear that murmured, "Damn faerie's getting better than me!"
~Scene Change~
Blaine, sitting with Tina in Sue's office spilled to her, "I'm so sorry Ms. Sylvester! I was just distraught because I was so horrible to him and he broke up with me and then he turned cold and I don't know what's gotten into him and I'm scared!" Tina placed a hand back on Blaine's back, shushing him.
Sue held an ice pack to her jaw, but still managed to let out, "Porcelain got suspended. I guess I'll have to confront him when he comes back, but still, I want you to know: if he antagonizes you again, in anyway, come to me. I'm ready to put him back in his place after this." She dramatically waved her ice pack in the air before returning it to her jaw. "Now get out and get on with school. I got my daily dose of drama."
~Scene Change~
"Hey, Seb?" David called after the taller boy, "I just wanted to thank you, for letting me sing the other day? I know nobody likes me there, so it was glad to let them know I am there for real. Anyways, you probably don't care about me so- uh- thanks again!"
But before David could run off, Sebastian grabbed his arm and spun him back to him. "Hey, David. I do care about you. And I love your voice, so it was my pleasure. Would you like to get coffee with me after school?" He asked, ever the forward person. David just nodded before hurrying down the hall.
~Change~
"Good. Thanks guys!" Ryan said before leaving the set. Even though everyone wanted to go see Chris, no one could find him. Apparently, while Grant and Max had filmed their scene, Chris had left. Where to, no one knew...
Darren was especially concerned, knowing full-well how these emotional scenes got to Chris, but Darren couldn't help but be concerned especially by how Chris had been acting. Usually he made Kurt so full of life, but today Kurt was as blank as a fresh sheet of paper (not a good analogy but still).
Grant looked at his phone as it buzzed. There was a text from Chris saying simply: How'd I do? Grant almost laughed to himself but kept his mouth shut. He instead replied: A little blank, but I suppose that's what Ryan intended. Where'd you go? But unsurprisingly, Grant never got a text back.
Author's [Ending] Note: So I'm not getting a lot of reviews. Just wanted to put on my beggar's clothes and, well, beg for reviews! I would really like to know how I'm doing!