A week later, Blaine walked into glee club and sat next to Tina, who he had gotten very close to since he had broken up with Kurt. As the other members were showing up, Tina turned to Blaine and asked him about Matthew. "What's going on with you and the new kid?" Tina asked with her arms crossed.

"What do you mean?" Blaine asked, looking concerned.

"Are you two going out?" Tina asked.

"What," Blaine said. "No, we're just friends. And besides, I still have feelings for Kurt." Tina was quiet after that. Just then, Finn walked in.

"Okay guys," Finn said. "So, I've discussed it with Principal Figgins and he has decided to let us sing at the upcoming Sadie Hawkins dance!" The whole glee club cheered except for Blaine. Memories of his past Sadie Hawkins dance filled his mind. They disappeared once he saw that Matthew was standing at the door. "So," Finn continued. "We need to discuss the songs we want to perform at the dance."

Matthew was walking down the hallway to head home when he stopped at the entrance of the glee club. He had alwayswondered what they discussed in there. He peaked inside. *Oh my gosh* He thought when he saw Finn talking. * That guyis tall* his thoughts were interrupted when someone bumped into him. "Move it popcorn head." He saw it was a girl wearing a cheerios outfit.

"Excuse me?" Matthew said.

The girl turned and said, "I didn't stutter." She turned and walked to get sit down next to Joe Hart.

Matthew wanted to rip that pony tail out of her head, but he didn't want to make himself noticed. He was doing a good job until she pointed him out. "Finn," she said.

"Yes Kitty?" Finn replied.

"There's a kid spying on us at the doorway." Kitty said, she pointed at Matthew. The entire glee club turned to face him. Matthew felt his face grow hot. He knew he was turning red. Finn appeared in front of him. "Can I help you with something?" Finn said.

"Um," Matthew said. He needed to come up with a quick lie. "I was...was...waiting for Blaine, but I forgot he had glee club today." He was relieved that he had thought of this. "So," he continued. "I'll just wait in the library." He turned to walk away, but Finn stopped him.

"Well," Finn said. "If you're just waiting for Blaine, then I guess you can stay if you want."

"Are you sure?" Matthew asked looking up at Finn's face.

"Yeah." Finn said with a smile and Matthew walked in. The members of the glee club were still staring at him as he walked up and sat on the other side of Blaine. He noticed that Jake Puckerman was looking at him. Matthew did not even want to make eye contact with him. Not after what he had done to him. Finn began to talk about things that Matthew knew nothing about. He wished he would've just gone home. "That was some entrance you made." Blaine teased. "Shut up," Matthew said. "That was so embarrassing." Kitty turned around and said,"Shhh." Matthew just raised his eyebrows at her and turned away.

"Were you really waiting for me?" Blaine asked.

"No," Matthew said. "And I'm not being sarcastic this time. I wanted to go home to do some work before I went to go tutor Brittany."

"Well," Blaine said turning his head to face Matthew. "I don't feel special anymore."

"Sorry." Matthew replied with a smile.

When Matthew entered Brittany's house, he saw that Sam was there. He didn't mind Sam, but he couldn't fight the feelingthat Sam didn't like him. "I hope you don't mind that I'm here, teach." Sam said with a smile. "I had nothing to do at home so I decided to come here to spend time with Brittany."

"No," Matthew said putting his things on the kitchen table. "I don't mind. I hope you don't mind handing her over for an hour though."

"Not at all." Sam said. Brittany walked over and sat next to Sam. She looked sad. "Can we like not do anything today." Brittany said resting her head on her hand.

"Why not?" Matthew said sitting down across Brittany. "I think Lord Tubbington is mad at me because I've been paying more attention to my toy kitty more than him." Brittany said. "He even hid my toy kitty from me last night."

"Well," Matthew said. "You need to study for your test, Brittany. You can't repeat Pre-Algebra again."

"I don't want to do anything." Brittany said putting her head down on the table. After a second she looked back up. "I have something to tell you something."

"What?" Matthew asked.

"I think Blaine Warbler likes you." Brittany said.

"Why would you say that?" Matthew asked.

"He talks about you all the time in glee club." Sam said. "It gets kind of annoying. No offense to you."

"Really?" Matthew said. He was shocked. he didn't see any signs of this happening. "I don't see it."

"Dude," Sam said. "You have to be bind not to see it."

"Yeah," Brittany said. "Even I noticed."

"But," Matthew said. "He still likes Kurt."

"That doesn't mean he can't have feelings for you too." Sam said. *Could this be true?* Matthew thought. *Does Blaine really like me?* He was confused. He didn't feel anything for Blaine. Or did he? He didn't know what to think anymore. He finished his tutoring session with Brittany and after ran back home.

Blaine walked into the boys' restroom the next day when he heard someone crying in one of the stalls. "Hello?" Blaine said. He heard a loud sniff and a stall door unlock. Blaine looked and saw that Matthew walked out with red, puffy eyes. He rushed over to Matthew. "What's wrong?" Blaine asked. Matthew looked into Blaine's eyes. They were full of worry and concern. They reminded Matthew of a puppy's eyes.

"My dad is coming to take me back." Matthew said through his tears.

"I don't understand." Blaine said shaking his head.

"I think I should tell you the truth." Matthew said. Blaine still had a concerned face. "When I was about 5 years old, my mom died in a car accident." Matthew said as he sniffed. "After that, my dad had a break down. He just lost it." He paused to let out a samll sob. Remembering what had happened to him was making him feel even worse. "He started drinking and he would leave in the middle of the day and not even tell me. I assumed he would be at the store and come back quickly, but he wouldn't come back for hours." Matthew started crying even harder. Blaine didn't know what to do. "When he would come back, he would beat me. He would say that it was my fault my mother died because she was on her way to pick me up from my Aunt's house." He stopped to take a breath. "He would hit me with his hand, belt, and whatever else he could find. He even broke one of his beer bottles and tried to cut me. That's how I got these." Matthew showed Blaine the long scars on his arm. "I was trying to tke the bottle away, but he got me."

"Why didn't you tell anyone?" Blaine said. Tears were starting to fill his eyes.

"He said if I did, he would kill me." Matthew said. "And I was young and he was my father so I believed him. I tried to run away, but he found me. It wasn't until a year ago I called children services on him and told them everything he had done to me. I was just so tired of it." He paused again and sighed. "They took me away from him and sent me to live with my Aunt and Uncle here in Lima. He told me he would get me back one day and now he said he's coming for me. I doubt it,but just the thought of him coming back into my life sparks so many emotions in me that I can't even deal with them." Blaine took Matthew into his arms and hugged him tightly. Matthew let out one last sob.

"I'm so sorry Matthew." Blaine said. Tears were running down his face. "I'm so sorry."