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Chapter 11 .- Just like a Pill
The next day Danielle called the New Directions for a meeting, she had sent all a text so they could meet at McKinley. Everyone arrived uneasy, Danielle´s news were something to worry about.
"What´s wrong?" Jake asked, the group approached to her wondering what was the thing she had to tell.
"Why couldn´t this wait ´til Monday?" Ryder inquired. Everybody else was beginning to act aggressively, and it was obvious that they were, it was 5 am.
"Ok! I´ll tell you! Jesus!" Danielle yelled, the glee club looked at her expectantly. "Ok, I didn´t go to Six Flags last night because I was curious about something, and I found out that there´s been some serious stuff going on with our competition the last few weeks, I went to Idaho and I happened to break an entrance inside the Hooshierdaddies and I happen to have taped them. They´re not gonna be on our regionals, but the Warblers will, but still they were DAMN GOOD!
"That´s all?" Kitty said " I thought you were going to say somebody had died, or something…
"We beat them up at regionals and we certainly can do it again" Jake added.
"Well, I don´t know what you consider to be good but you better take a look at this" Danielle showed him her cellphone and the rest gathered around to look at it. It was Frida Romero and she was sounding amazing as always, they were singing Just a Dream from Nelly, suddenly another voice joined her.
It was a small, thin boy with spiked hair and voice like a cannon ball. He looked very much like Frida.
"Who is he?" Marley asked. Everyone else was speechless, that boy had a really powerful face and he sung every word with intensity.
"He´s Frida´s brother, Brandon Romero" Patrick said.
"And that means he is trouble" Danielle added. Cameron was really concerned; she looked away for a second when he saw Ruby talking to a guy near the school buses. She looked suspicious, and the guy that was with her, he was sure he had seen him somewhere else.
Finally the guy left, he wore a leather jacket a v- neck shirt and had short curly red hair. Ruby was now coming back, he pretended he hadn´t seen anything, but Ruby did look different
Finn woke up on a strange bed with a tremendous headache and sore muscles.
"How are you feeling?" a girl voice asked him. He couldn´t see well, his eyes were swollen. There she was, the most gorgeous girl he had met in his life.
"Quinn? What are you doing here?" Finn asked surprised, He hadn´t seen Quinn in a very long time. She hugged him tightly.
"I happen to be on a break from work, and I came to visit my mom, I knew that Puck was in town too so I was on my way to pay him a visit when he called me telling me what was going on" Finn´s expression changed, it turned serious. Quinn had been one of the first people to know about Rachel´s marriage, she had stayed a close friend to her, Kurt and Santana.
"So you already know huh?" Finn said sitting up. Quinn placed her hand on his shoulder, Finn didn´t do anything, he just wasn´t in a good place at the moment.
"Yes, I was one of the first ones to know" Finn said nothing. Quinn could feel his pain; she knew how it was like to lose something you really love. "I heard you became a teacher" she said trying to break the silence.
He nodded "Yeah, Mr. Schue gave me the job and I´m in charge of the glee club now" Quinn smiled at him widely.
"That´s good Finn, I´m very proud of you" Quinn said as she hugged him. Suddenly Puck entered with two cups of coffee.
"Here you go" he said as he offered both the beverages. "I´m really glad you´re here Quinn, I really wouldn´t have known what to do with him if it hadn´t been for you" Puck said.
"Well, that´s what family is for right?" she said and afterwards Puck pulled them towards him to surround them with his big muscly arms
"You know, you should really come to glee club with me this week, It´d be a lot of help if you did" Finn added, Puck smiled and so did Quinn. They wanted to be there for Finn especially now.
Ever since the parking lot emergency meeting Cameron hadn´t seen Ruby, he thought she was avoiding him or something. He was scared; he had had a rough time trying to tumble her walls down that if she pulled away from him he would feel devastated.
Suddenly he spotted her.
"Ruby!" He shouted pacing towards her. The girl stopped and turned around "I´ve been looking all over for you"
"Look Cameron not right now ok?!" Ruby yelled at him, he was surprised, she had never spoken to him that way before. She reacted immediately and then kissed him on the cheek "Gotta go, but see you soon ok?" she rushed away from him. She felt a little feverish "Maybe she was on her way to see the nurse or something"
Hours passed and it was finally time to go to the choir room. Finn, Puck and Quinn where there waiting for Finn´s kids to arrive. "I need to go to the rest room" Quinn said.
She walked to the nearest one. She looked at herself in the mirror and then she heard a strange noise from one of the cubicles. At first she was dubious if it was open.
"Hello?" She asked and then she opened the door. The girl had a pill on her hand and she was about to put it on her mouth, and the moment she was busted by Quinn she ran outside. She tried to follow her, but the girl had out run her.
Quinn went back to the choir room, she had to tell Finn what had just occurred.
"Finn, I need to tell you something" she was very concerned. Finn could see how uneasy she was.
"What´s wrong Quinn, are you ok?" Quinn nodded. "What happened?"
"I just saw a girl in the bath room about to take a pill" she said worried. Finn shook his head, he thought that it was just an exaggeration
"Maybe it was a pill for p.m.s or something Quinn" he said disregarded, Quinn shook her head. Sometimes Finn could be so close-minded
"You don´t run away if you get caught taking one of those pills Finn…" Quinn sighed
"Well did you see where she went or would you be able to recognize her if you saw her again?" Finn asked, Quinn looked away and saw the girl again entering by the second door, taking an isolated seat.
"There she is" she said "The one sitting alone" Finn turned around and saw Ruby breathing heavily. He really couldn´t believe it was her.
"I can´t believe I was that stupid" Ruby thought "I should´ve done it elsewhere, I mean how stupid was I to do it here! And that woman saw me, and the worst part is that she´s here; she probably already told Mr. Hudson… Gosh! He´ll expel me from glee club and he´s going to tell my parents… Well, they wouldn´t care anyways…WHY IS SHE STILL STARING AT ME?! Well, at least I got rid of the drugs so no one can prove that they were… Just, be cool Ruby, act normal and no one will notice"
"Well, now that you´ve been introduced we´re going to make a special assignment for this week" Finn said as he wrote "Drugs" on the white board. "Your assignment this week is to find some songs that talk about drugs and their abuse … So next time I wanna hear you ok?"
Danielle stood up, but this time she wasn´t going to sing first she was going to talk to Finn about her road trip to Idaho and her undercover report from the Hooshierdaddies.
After everyone was dismissed Finn stopped Ruby before she could go.
"Ruby, please wait" he said. She faced him with puppy eyes, she felt very sorry about what had just occurred. "We need to talk" Before he could say something else Ruby hugged him. She began crying.
"I´m so sorry Mr. Hudson, I´m sorry" she was sobbing, Finn felt so moved by her hug, he felt like he was about to cry too, he never imagined she would attempt to try those sort of things.
"It´s ok Ruby" He hugged her tightly, he didn´t know whether to scold her and make her see what she did was wrong or to make her know that she wasn´t alone and that she could count on him as a friend as well. "I´m gonna help you get through with this"
After she stopped crying they sat down and began discussing the problem.
"What on earth could make someone like you start consuming drugs?! "Finn asked in a concerned tone. She was still sobbing, it was very hard for her to admit she had hit rock bottom.
"I, don´t know… I feel so alone … I wanted to… Feel nothing… it just hurts too much sometimes to be so alone…" The girl had her head between her knees, Finn could feel her desperation. He somehow understood how she felt, he knew what it was like to look for an easy way, even if his easy way had been the army… It felt awful not knowing what to do when you hit the bottom.
He took her hands and the girl looked straight to him "Listen to me Ruby, very carefully ok?"
"Please don´t, tell principal Schuester, or Cameron… he´ll be very disappointed and Principal Schue will call my parents, well… they won´t care either way but, whatever you do please, please don´t expel me from glee club… " Ruby begged him, he shook his head still holding her hands.
"I won´t do that Ruby, neither I will tell Principal Schuester, but your parents need to know… You´re their daughter, they have to help you…"
"THEY DON´T CARE ABOUT ME! MY DAD WOULD RATHER BE WITH HIS SECRETARY AND MY MOM WOULD RATHER BE OUT WITH HER FRIENDS FROM THE COUNTRY CLUB THAN SPEND TIME WITH ME! I MEAN.. LOOK AT ME! NOT EVEN I WOULD SPEND TIME WITH MYSELF…. " she was about to start crying again "I´m worth nothing"
"Don´t you ever say that again!" Finn shouted "You don´t know how special and talented you are or how you captivate people with your voice! Never say that again, because you don´t know how much you may mean to the people around you, I mean… just look at Cameron, he´s just crazy about you! And if your parents don´t really value you, well… screw them! You know… once a girl I knew said something that kinda became the motto of the New Directions when she was here… "Ruby looked at him still with sad eyes then Finn said "Being part of something special makes you special… And we may not be really together as a team, but we´re forming this … little family, and you will always have us here for you. So if you ever need anything or someone to just... talk to. You can always look for me ok? " Finn wrote down his number on a piece of paper and gave it to her "But, still you need to talk to someone that can help you deal with this… " The girl nodded, and finally they hugged again.
The boys began with the drug week, they busted out a jam demonstrating once again their abilities to rock
Ryder: When you're out with your friends
In your new Mercedes-Benz
Patrick and Ryder: And you're on drugs
Cameron: And you show up late for school
'Cause you think you're really cool
Cameron and Ryder: When you're on drugs
And you put on your headphones
Cameron and Patrick: And you step into the zone
When you're on drugs
But the world don't care
If you are or are not there
'Cause you're on drugs
Ryder: GIVE IT TO ME
ALL: We are all on drugs yeah
Never getting enough (never get enough)
We are all on drugs yeah
Give me some of that stuff (WOO)
Patrick: And you twitch in your seat
'Cause you wanna hit the street
All: When you're on drugs
Ryder: And you cause such a fuss
ALL: 'Cause there's no one you can trust
When you're on drugs
Cameron: And the best of your days
Will vanish in the haze
When you're on drugs
Ryder: And you wish you could quit
'Cause you're really sick of it
But you're on drugs
Patrick: GIVE IT TO ME
ALL: We are all on drugs yeah
Never getting enough (never get enough)
We are all on drugs yeah
Give me some of that stuff (WOO)
We are all on drugs yeah
Never getting enough
We are all on drugs yeah
Give me some of that stuff (WOO)
we are all on drugs (x4)
"That was a great performance guys, but we don´t celebrate drugs" Finn said. The guys looked disappointed. "So, who´s next?" Karen stood up with Unique and Kitty, then she said
"Sometimes, drugs aren´t just substances or those sort of things, sometimes it´s something more powerful than that"
"Hit it!" Kitty shouted.
Unique: Maybe I need some rehab, or maybe just need some sleep
Kitty and Unique: I got a sick obsession, I'm seeing it in my dreams
Unique :I'm looking down every alley, I'm making us desperate 'cause
I'm staying up all night hoping and hitting my head against the wall
Karen: What you got it's hard to find
Karen and Kitty: I think about it all the time
Unique: I'm all strung out, my heart is fried
ALL: I just can't get you off my mind
Because your love your love your love is my drug
Your love your love your love
I said your love your love your love is my drug
Your love your love your love
Unique: I don't care what people say
The rush is worth the price I pay
Karen: I get so high when you're with me
But crash and crave you when you leave
Kitty: Hey, so I gotta question
Do you wanna have a slumber party in my basement?
Do you wanna make it hot, beat like an 808 drum?
Karen: Is my love with your drug?
Your drug, uh your drug
Uh your drug is my love, your drug
ALL: Because your love your love your love is my drug
Your love your love your love
I said your love your love your love is my drug
Your love your love your love
Your love your love your love, is my drug
The rest of the club celebrated the performance, but Finn and Quinn weren´t pleased with it.
"Guys, you´re just not getting it, yes sometimes when you´re in love you can get addicted to someone, but that´s not the point" Quinn began talking "Guys, I know… you may think that using this might be fun, but it´s not. It really causes some huge damage to you, and as fun as it may look to get high and not remember what you did last night, the fact is that … people do it because they are actually on dark places they just can´t get out and that´s when drugs come in…" She said looking at Ruby, and Cameron understood what was going on, he just didn´t know what to say to her…
"I think I know what you mean, and.. I think I have the perfect song" Danielle intervened. She stood up and then began singing.
Lying here on the floor where u left me
I think I took too much
I'm crying here what have you done?
I thought it would be fun
I can't stay on your life support
there's a shortage in the switch
I can´t stay on your morphine
Cause it's making me itch
I said I tried to call the nurse again but
she's being a little bitch
I'll think I'll get out of here
Where I can run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of making me better
You're making me ill
You keep making me ill
I haven't moved from the spot where you left me
It must be a bad trip
All the other pills were different
Maybe I should get some help
I can't stay on your life support
There's a shortage in the switch
I can't stay on your morphine
Cause it's making me itch
I said I tried to call the nurse again but she's being a little bitch
I guess I'll get out of here
Where I can run just as fast as I can
To the middle of nowhere
To the middle of my frustrated fears
And I swear you're just like a pill
Instead of making me better
You're making me ill
You keep making me ill
"Now, that´s more like it guys" Finn said. When glee club rehearsal finished Cameron looked for Ruby.
He didn't´ know what to say, so when she was about to go he ran and hugged her from behind.
She freaked out; she thought that if he found out that she was the one that consumed drugs he would never speak to her again. "I´m never leaving you alone, do you hear me? NEVER" he said whispering. He hugged her with all the strength he had in him.
Ruby turned around stepped on her toes to reach his lips. Cameron pulled her closer the moment their lips touched. That moment they knew that they were in love with each other.
Finn and Quinn had been accompanying Ruby to some special center where people who had drug problems attended. Cameron decided to accompany them too; Ruby was very grateful to all of them. She felt much better and on her sessions she met people that had it worse than her, and that she had more people that could understand her and help her face her problem, she promised herself she would do much better and she found that she had something to live for, she wanted to show her talent and make the people feel the way she felt with her music.
Again the choir room was ready to listen to whoever was next on the list to sing. Quinn had some number prepared with Ruby.
She began introducing the number. It was an acoustic version of pink´s hit "Don´t let me get me"
"When I was your age, I had some rough time finding myself, I had struggled with … a lot of things, and for a while I thought about consuming drugs, thinking that it would actually make me feel better, but I just found a reason to get better and to get up… And I met people who did drugs because they just didn´t accept themselves or their reality… so I want to dedicate this song for anyone who has felt that way before…."
Quinn: Never win first place, I don't support the team
I can't take direction, and my socks are never
clean
Teachers dated me, my parents hated me
I was always in a fight cuz I can't do nothin'
right
Ruby: Every day I fight a war against the mirror
I can't take the person starin' back at me
I'm a hazard to myself
Both: Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else
I wanna be somebody else, yeah
Quinn: Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe
somethin
A day in the life of someone else?
Cuz I'm a hazard to myself
Both: Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else
Ruby: Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Both: Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Quinn: Don't wanna be my friend no more
Both: I wanna be somebody else
Ruby: Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe
somethin
A day in the life of someone else?
Both: Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else
They all clapped, it was a very emotional performance, and that was when everybody understood that the whole drug week had been meant for Ruby, so they all went to hug her.
The closing number was going to be in the auditorium, it had all been Finn and Cameron´s idea. They were all wearing green shirts and jeans, and they would throw colored paint at each other.
Cameron: Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Finn: Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Cameron and Ruby: Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold
Finn: Speak to me
ALL: when all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
Move along
Move along
Ruby: So a day when you've lost yourself completely
Ruby and Quinn: Could be a night when your life ends
Marley: Such a heart that will lead you to deceiving
Unique and Marley: All the pain held in your
Hands are shaking cold
Marley: Your hands are mine to hold
Finn and Cameron: Speak to me
ALL: when all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
Move along
(Go on, go on, go on, go on)
Cameron and Ruby: When everything is wrong we move along
ALL: (Go on, go on, go on, go on)
Ryder and Kitty: When everything is wrong, we move along
Marley, Finn and Ruby: Along, along, along
Finn: When all you got to keep is strong
Move along, move along like I know you do
And even when your hope is gone
Move along, move along just to make it through
[x3]
Marley: (Move along)
ALL: (Go on, go on, go on, go on)
Cameron and Quinn: Right back what is wrong
Finn and Ruby: We move along