Chapter 4.- Getting to know you
Last week had been an interesting week for many of us. Glee Club had excellent new additions, there is Cameron who I find really spirited and devoted to music, Karen that really gets along with anybody, she´s been showing Unique some serious dance moves, it´s like seeing Destiny´s child put up together again. Then there´s Danielle, she´s got some serious rep; and I really can´t understand why someone like her would be joining New Directions, but I´m glad she joined because she is really talented, even if she has this "Stay out of my way or I´ll kill you" look towards me.
Patrick is just like this teenage heartthrob, he´s really emotional and romantic. I´m glad he joined, he´s been getting along with Jake and Ryder; And Ruby is a very nice girl, it´s just that making friends is too difficult for her. She had told me that last year someone barely even noticed her. The ones I can´t really understand are Lisa and Robert. It´s not that they are not kind or anything, but they seem like they are just so autistic and we need everyone to blend in. It was my job and Jake´s to help Finn… Well Mr. Hudson to unite the team.
I went to the halls looking for Jake. He was just waiting for me to get to class. I walked towards him and kissed him on the cheek.
"Hey, there you are" He said. I held his hand and we went to our next class.
"So, how do you like Glee Club so far?" I asked him. He looked at me smiling gladly
"It´s good, I think we really have a chance to make it big time, being this our last year and all…"
"You know, I think It´d be a good idea to make a … reunion or something, you know to make know each other, not musically talking of course" I said innocently. Jake was still thinking.
"You mean a party?" He asked confused.
"Well, if you want to call it that…" He was still thinking about it. I guess he was examining the possibilities
"Yeah, it´d be good I guess, maybe I can call Puck and ask him for help or something…" Then Jake smiled at me, we had now arrived to our class and entered the room.
Ryder was on the library. It was his free period and he was studying for his SAT´s. Since he was dyslexic he decided he had to study since the beginning to do well and get a decent score. Patrick had agreed to help him out on some math stuff which he was good at. He took advanced calculus, so he was able to help him. Ryder had been cool to him on his first day, and he thought it was a nice to help him study.
"Thanks for the help man, I really appreciate it" Ryder said looking at Patrick thankfully
"No prob dude, now… let´s see we were on limits…" Patrick said while looking at his math book searching for the page where the exercises were. Ryder remained silent looking around when his cellphone vibrated. He searched for it on his pockets and he opened the text he had just received.
"Hey Patrick, what do you have to do tonight?" Ryder asked mysteriously. The boy thought for a minute and answered.
"Nothing. Why?" He raised his brow expecting that he wouldn´t ask him to study later.
"´Cause we´re going to a party from the Glee Club tonight"
Immediately the word spread and the fellow glee clubbers were receiving invites to the first party of the year for them. They were all excited about it. In the past the New Direction had had some great parties and they thought that this one didn´t have to be an exception.
The bell rang and Cameron was headed to homeroom as it was meant. There he shared hour with Ruby. He hadn´t met her until audition day, for her Cameron was invisible at first, but she only knew him because he was the goofy outgoing kid that had excellent taste in music. He thought that Ruby was real pretty and it was almost impossible that he had only seen her two weeks ago.
Ruby was the kind of girl that wanted to be left alone sometimes, yet she still wanted to be able to make friends. He had never been good with girls, until 7th grade then he began having more interaction with them and he had his first kiss, and he had one of those middle school sweethearts, but she was nothing like Ruby, so he was trying to get close, at least to get to know her. He had just received the text, so he thought he´d had a very good chance on asking Ruby out.
"Hi" he said as he sat carefully beside her. She looked at him uncomfortable. "Hey" she said going back to her book. Cameron examined it. He saw an Emily Bronte book, and he began the conversation. Ruby was the kind of girl that liked reading alone.
"Wuthering... Heights?" He asked. She didn´t even look at him; she just nodded. Cameron didn´t know how to take that. He was thinking of another thing to say, but nothing came up in his mind so he insisted on the book. "Is she any good?" Ruby looked at him with an expression between exasperation and anger. She felt nagged. Before she could say anything Cameron interrupted her "What are you going to do tonight?" He asked optimistically.
"I don´t know, the regular stuff, do homework, I don´t know Cameron" She said with a tough harsh voice. "You happen to ask me this why?"
"Well, I don´t know if you heard, but Jake Puckerman is hosting a party tonight and all Glee Club members are invited, so I was going to ask you if.. .You wanted to come with me?
"Look Cameron I... I´m really flattered, but I haven´t even received an invite so…" Out of the blue her cell vibrated and she took it out and there was the text from Marley inviting her. She really just couldn´t believe it. It was as if it had been planned or something. Cameron couldn´t help it but smile flirtatiously.
"I.. " *grunt*
"Come on Ruby, it´ll be fun!" He added excited. With puppy eyes he looked pleadingly "Please?"
She looked away a minute and realized he wasn´t going to stop acting like that until she accepted. She turned to face him and rolled her eyes. What she thought he´d do he did.
"Alright! I´ll go" Cameron dedicated a dopey smile to her, Ruby smiled but she didn´t say anything. They looked at each other in an awkward moment of silence. Then Cameron stood up
"Well, see you. Tonight" Then he left walking with giant steps to the door. Ruby shook her head and went back to her reading.