Hi guys, well I hope you enjoyed last chapter, here´s the new one. Like I said a couple chapters before I´ll be adding some new Characters for the next chapters, so I hope you like it. Thanks :)
Chapter 10.- The break down
It was a Friday afternoon; the last days had been a little bit tedious and rough for the New Directions so each one of its members was going to try to relax that weekend. Finn was going to work at the tire shop and later he would have a little teacher gathering with Will, Emma and Coach Beiste. Meanwhile his students were going to go to Six Flags so they could get rid of the stress and have a nice time.
The New directions had agreed to meet at the bus stop where the vehicle would take them to their destination. It was all Jakes and Ryder´s idea.
Kitty and Wade were waiting for the rest to arrive; they were ready to have fun. Wade couldn´t believe that he and Kitty could get along this well, they hated each other at first, Kitty laughed every time she remembered all the funny insults she used to say to him, and she was still surprised that he didn´t take it personal and that they had become really good friends.
"Hey" Ryder shouted from the distance provoking a smile in both. He hugged them and they began talking with each other. He liked to see them like that, without the cheerio and girl costume. He preferred to see their natural selves.
"Are we going out today or not?" Wade demanded.
"Well we didn´t come here to take a look at the stop sign did we?" He asked , Wade shook his head.
"I hate unpunctual people, I mean they´re not zombies to arrive this late" Kitty said upset; Ryder and Wade laughed, suddenly Wade´s eyes were covered by two hands. It was Marley and Jake.
"Sorry for arriving late, we had to do something earlier" she apologized.
"Well, that´s not gonna make the rest come here on time is it?" Kitty answered in a moody voice. Sometimes she could have more temper than Wade, Karen and Danielle together.
A car approached and parked nearby. It was Ruby, Cameron, Robert and Lisa.
"Sorry guys, we´re late" Lisa said as she helped Robert get out of the car.
"Yes we can see that" Kitty answered impatient. They didn´t say anything else and just approached to them.
Cameron was hugging Ruby by the back. He felt really in peace when he was with her, he had never felt that way for anybody else. Ruby smiled warmly; somehow she felt she could be safe beneath those toothpick arms and that everything would be ok.
Karen arrived running with holding Patrick´s hand, and a few minutes later, received Kitty´s punctuality lesson and waited for Danielle to arrive, honestly Karen didn´t want her to come, but Patrick was hoping that she would come. He needed to talk to her about some issues with Sebastian he was having.
They waited for her a couple of minutes more, but since she hadn´t arrived they left.
The teachers gathering was taking place on the school´s gym. Finn felt weird among all those adults, for the rest of the teachers he was still the quarterback that graduated a couple years ago and that surprisingly turned out to be a young teacher.
Will and Emma were waiting for him, they tried to re-introduce him to the rest of the teachers, and all he heard the entire evening were things like: "I never imagined you would be a doing this", "Football didn´t go well right?", "Why are you a teacher?" or "Aren´t you supposed to be in college?"
That´s why he had so much appreciation for Will, Emma and Coach Beiste, they had believed in him all along and always supported him. He was discussing with Shannon all his plans for the glee club and sharing his results in the competition.
"Well Finn, congratulations" she said padding his back. "You surely are going to win regionals"
"Thanks Shannon" *sigh* "It´s still weird for me calling you by your name" he said between shy laughs.
"Don´t worry Finn, it´s weird for me too not calling you Pumpkin" both laughed. Emma was approaching towards them. Finn had always felt a special fondness with her, he had always noticed how fragile she was, even if she gave strong advice to the other students, and after the "romantic moment" they hadn´t really talked.
"Finn, can we talk for a minute?" Emma said shyly.
He nodded "Yeah, sure" she tried not to look so worried for him not to notice it, but she didn´t have good news for him.
Back on Six Flags they tried to stay together all the time. The team felt more united now (with a few exceptions), but when they performed it was like a giant wall of sound that astonished people with all their talent and amazing voices.
Patrick was worried, the night before he had spoken to Danielle and she assured him that she would be there; but she sounded suspicious, he feared something terrible must have happened to her. "Maybe, she´s just with her brother, or she had stuff to do" he thought. He was trying hide his concerns, otherwise Karen would notice and start giving him lectures about the matter all over again. He felt very upset whenever she scolded him, she was his best friend, but sometimes she could really cross the line.
Ryder and Jake were taking care of Robert once in a while; they had grown fond for the guy. He had an excellent sense of humor considering he might me a little sensitive due to his condition. They wanted the entire group to have fun.
Cameron and Ruby on the other hand, went away from the group every chance they could. It was not that they didn´t want to hang out with them, but they just felt like going to a place that only they knew, somehow, for Cameron, whenever he was beside her there was just nothing else around and it was just them in the world.
After their second roller-coaster ride they felt like getting a bite to eat.
"That was awesome, even for the second time!" Ruby exclaimed
"Well, not for me, I´m quite dizzy" Cameron complaint. They bought two slices of pizza and later sat down at a table on the fast food section.
They began eating, he looked quite funny. Ruby smiled kindly at him, he was so hungry that he didn´t care he was eating like a caveman in front of her, but he was only acting like one to make her laugh.
They almost never talked, and if they did all the things they needed to say to each other were spoken by their eyes. They could just contemplate each other for hours and still say everything with just one look.
Finally Cameron was the one to break the silence.
"Thanks" He said. Ruby was confused; she had done nothing for him to be thankful or anything.
"For what?" she asked looking for his hand. Her fingers faced his. Cameron looked down at them and immediately held her hand, and after a minute of silence he finally said
"Well, for making me feel special. Nobody´s ever made me feel like I´m more than a joke before"
Ruby felt her heart stop, Cameron´s eyes looked right at hers, but she felt as if he was looking deep inside her, like a connection. They didn´t kiss, they didn´t hug, but their hands holding on to each other tightly meant something bigger, and it was just enough for them.
Emma and Finn had gone out on the hallway. They talked about lots of things, she gave him lots of teaching advices and some tips for difficult situations he could face in the future.
She was nervous, afraid of what her news would do to Finn. He was just fine, he had gotten out of his long term depression and she didn´t want to see him like that anymore, but if she didn´t tell him she would feel it would be worse.
"So, have you seen anybody of your friends lately?" She asked
*grunt* "Well, I saw Mike recently, I drink a beer with Puck every once in a while, Mercedes is touring with Kelly Rowland as her opening act… Kurt and Blaine *sigh* are in New York, and they gather with Quinn and Santana sometimes"
"Have you heard anything from Rachel? It´s… been a while-since I last heard of her" Miss Pillsbury asked trying to see Finn´s reaction. He looked uncomfortable, and that was what Emma feared. A thousand memories popped into his head and he just evaded the question.
"Emma, you´ve been looking for the perfect spot to tell me your big news, and you haven´t so… Can you please tell me what´s going on?" he said. Emma sighed and took a deep breath.
"Yes, well. It´s about… " she said inconclusively. Finn looked at her expecting an answer. *sigh* "It´s about Rachel, I… I thought you´d know … It´s on the internet…" she handed Finn her phone.
He grabbed it doubtfully and looked at the news. It was her, that moon-eyed girl he had met, wearing a gorgeous red dress walking on some red carpet beside a handsome blue eyed man with curly brown hair and glasses wearing an elegant tux. The headline said: "BRODWAY GOLDEN COUPLE RINGING WEDDING BELLS" His heart pounded hard and he wasn´t sure he was going to be strong enough to keep on reading, but he had to make sure it was true. He felt that tears were going to burst from his eyes. Emma held his arm tightly
The article said: After months of hard work and full houses their dream finally comes true. Brodway star Rachel Barbra Berry is finally marrying her fiancé: the eccentric producer a.k.a "The Gatsby of Brodway" Alexander Cornwell. The ceremony had been postponed due to the busy schedule of their most recent production of the Phantom of the Opera revival. The couple had been engaged since last summer and they met at the end of the production of the Funny Girl revival on which Berry impressed him with the iconic role of Fanny Brice
"We are both happy and sad to finish this dreamy season, but after a really long time we´re finally fulfilling our dream" declared Cornwell the last night at the Tony Awards red carpet.
Finn handed the cellphone back to Emma and left the school. He felt shattered, he couldn´t stand the pain inside his chest, as if he was suffering a big heart attack.
He got inside his car, then did the only thing that could make him calm down
I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Just praying to a god that I don't believe in
Cause I got time while she got freedom
Cause when a heart breaks no it don't break even
Her best days would be some of my worst
She finally met a man that's gonna put her first
While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping
Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break even, even no
What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you
what am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up and you're OK
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
They say bad things happen for a reason
But no wise words gonna stop me bleeding
Cos she moved on while I'm still grieving
And when a heart breaks no it don´t break even
What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you
what am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up and you're OK
I'm falling to pieces
I'm falling to pieces
He was crying, he just couldn´t bare it. Not again. He drove to Puck´s house; he was the only one who could console him now. Finn got down of his car, he called Puck. He was just not in the condition to drive; tears were streaming down his face. All he could see all those memories flashing his mind, but they felt like knives beneath his skin, piercing him deep inside.
You got his heart and my heart and none of the pain
You took your suitcase, I took the blame
Now I'm trying to make sense of what little remains
Cause you left with no love, with no love to my name
I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Just prayed to a god i don't believe in
Cos I got time while she got freedom
Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break even
No it don't break, no it don´t break even, no
He fell down on his knees, feeling broken and as if he was already dead. Puck arrived and rushed up to him.
"WHAT´S WRONG MAN?! WHAT HAPPENED?" He asked scared. Finn couldn´t stop crying, he hugged Puck .
"She´s gone Puck!*sob* I lost her!"
Patrick and Karen were playing on the arcade. They were tossing rings. She had really missed him, it had been a while since they last spoke and there was so much she had to tell him. Karen didn´t like Danielle because she felt like she was losing her best friend, and he meant a really big deal for her, both had been through a lot since they met and for all those years they had made each other stronger, and she was afraid that someone would step in and break it.
"It´s nice to know that I can still beat you at something" Patrick said. Both laughed; the man in charge gave them their price.
"Well, you know how great I am, after all I learned from the best" Karen responded and then they went to look for some cotton candy.
There was a moment of silence and she was the one to break it. "I´ve missed you, you know?" Patrick smiled and hugged her
"Me too K"*sigh* "Me too"
"I´ve got loads to tell you, Thomas has been looking for me, and… we went on this… kinda date" she said with a guilty voice
"Yeah? Well then why haven´t you talked to me?" he asked reproaching "I have a cell you know?" Karen felt indignant.
"Well, I would´ve but you´ve been so busy with your little FRIEND…." She was about to start yelling and Patrick was starting to get upset.
"Don´t start with one of your lectures Karen, really…. I´m not going to listen to that anymore"
"Well, I do, because I´m your REAL FRIEND Patrick , and I know you, and you just don´t deserve to be treated like a toy, and that chick´s gonna treat you like one!" she scream, and Patrick had already lost it.
"Well tell me who the hell deserves me then?! A guy that wants nothing but someone to screw?! Or someone that just uses me as if I was just some kind of pet?!" Karen froze against his harsh words. "You may be my friend Karen, but you´re not my mother to tell me who I can or cannot be with " Patrick left, he was heading to take the bus when he saw Danielle coming towards him.
She looked uneasy, and scared, as if she had just seen a ghost.
"Are you ok? What´s going on?" Patrick asked her. She was trying to catch her breath finally she said
"We´ve got biiig trouble…."