So here's what you missed on Just Me

Anna and Andy are dating, but Liz is worried that something's not right with them. Liz and Matthew decided that they needed to slow down a bit and are starting to get to know each other. And Mr. Schue and the glee club are preparing for Sectionals with the help of Blaine.

And that's what you missed!

Oh, and this chapter is dedicated to Forwoodx3. Hope you like this!

I would like to warn you all that there is some pretty intense language in this one. Just in case you don't like that kind of thing.

So a few weeks had passed and I had started to develop a routine. Trudge through my insanely hard classes, go to glee and prepare for Sectionals, go home and do homework, and hang out with Matthew on the weekends.

Oh, and I also had a new hobby - Keep An Eye On Anna.

Lately, she'd been acting really strangely. First, she'd started dressing differently - more downplayed than I'd ever seen her (a lot of long sleeves and dark colors). Then she'd started freaking out on people for no reason (like when Ian had come up behind her and scared her. He'd done that a million times, but - for some reason - she'd turned and started screaming at him. I thought she was going to rip his head off). Then she'd started to physically look different (she looke gaunter, with dark circles under her eyes, the skin on her face stretched tight. I once caught a glimpse of her without a shirt on and noticed that she looked like she was losing weight). She was also blowing me off to spend time with Andy (there was hardly a moment when the two of them weren't together).

She just wasn't Anna anymore.

I had to talk to her about it, so one day when we were in the bathroom (the only place I could be with her without Andy around) I said, "Are you okay? You've been looking kind of sick lately."

She paused long enough for me to notice she was stalling. "Oh, yeah. I must be coming down with something. It's no big deal." She covered her mouth and coughed into her hands. Maybe she does just have a bug, I thought. But then she pulled her hands away and they were covered in blood.

"Oh, my God! Come on, let's get you to the nurse."

She just laughed and turned on the faucet. "Calm down, Drama Queen," she said as the blood rinsed away from her hands. "It's nothing."

"Nothing? Anna, you just coughed up blood. That is not nothing." I paused, thinking of what to say next. "I'm worried about you, Anna," I said softly, putting my hand on her shoulder, which felt too bony. She shrugged off the touch. "You're dressing different, acting different. You're losing weight and getting angry at everyone for no reason. You're spending way too much time with Andy..."

"He's my boyfriend," she snapped. "Is it a crime to want to be with him?" She sounded more defensive than she needed to be. "And as for dressing and acting differently, maybe this is who I really am." I knew that was a lie. I'd known her my entire life - I knew there was no way this was the real her. "And so what if I'm losing weight? It's not illegal to want to look good."

"But you don't need to..."

"Just give it a rest, Liz? This is none of your business."

"But..."

"No. Just... just leave me alone!" She pushed past me towards the door.

"Anna, wait!" But she was already gone.

When I got to glee that afternoon, I noticed that Anna wouldn't look at me. Instead, she turned her back and leaned into Andy, as if she were trying to prove something. But to who? Me... or herself? I shook my head sadly and went to sit next to Charlotte. "What's up with you and Anna?" she asked, tucking a piece of her blonde hair behind her ear and leaning in close. "You two are usually joined at the hip and now you won't even look at each other."

"I don't know. She's been acting really weird lately. Like..." But I never got to finish my thought because Julia walked into the room.

"Hey, Liz! Is your dad coming to help us today?" She sounded nice enough, but I knew that an insult of some sort was brewing beneath the surface.

"Nope," I replied cheerfully. "He went back to work yesterday, so he's in court right now." Daddy B was the best defense attorney in Allen County ("Putting those acting skills to good use," Daddy K always liked to joke) and his case load had grown immensely while he was hurt, so I wasn't sure when he'd be able to come help us again.

"Good," she sneered. "There was so much gay around here, I thought I was going to catch it." As if homosexuality were a virus like the flu.

I stood up. "What the fuck is your problem?"

"Well, sorry I don't like spending my day around a couple of fags."

"There's nothing wrong with being gay," I was quick to snap back. "And don't fucking use that word," I added through gritted teeth.

"You're right, that is the wrong word. Maybe I should use queen instead. It fits one of them, anyway." She reached into her bag and pulled out the 2011 Thunderclap that she had obviously taken from the library. "Let's see," she sing-songed, flipping through the pages. "Where was it again?... Oh, here it is." She cleared her throat and read out loud, "2011 Junior Prom King: David Karofsky. 2011 Junior Prom Queen..." here she paused for dramatic effect. "Kurt Hummel."

"No fucking way," Jason Carver laughed from behind me.

"It was a cruel joke that some self-righteous homophobes like you decided to play."

"Is that what they told you?" she laughed. "Admit it, Liz, your family is full of freaks. Two gay dads, a lesbian mom..." That did it. No one insulted my family and got away with it. I marched right up to her, so close our noses were almost touching.

"And what about your family? With your dad who's never home and your mom who likes to sleep with the first guy she sees. And what about your brother Marcus? Where's he?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," she said, dropping the yearbook and crossing her arms across her chest.

"Oh, I think you do. He's in jail, isn't he, Julia? For... domestic violence and possesion of an illegal substance, right? Didn't he get high and beat up his girlfriend so bad she had to go to the hospital?... And when's he getting out? Oh, right... never." I only knew this because Daddy B had represented him in court.

"Because you fucking fag of a father couldn't do his damn job!" Ah, finally the truth comes out.

"Don't blame my dad because your brother is a good-for-nothing druggie." Julia uncrossed her arms and shoved me so hard that I fell backwards and hit my head on the chair behind me. My blood boiling, I got up and shoved her right back.

"Don't touch me," she growled, shoving me again. So I put all my strength into shoving her - she fell backwards into the piano.

"Liz, knock it off," I heard Charlotte say behind me. "She isn't worth it. It's not your fault that she's too insecure with herself that she needs to put other people down." I looked back at Charlotte and then at Julia, who was just getting to her feet. "What you're doing makes you no better than her." I sighed. Charlotte had a point.

"What's going on in here?" Mr. Schue said, walking into the room with Daddy K.

"Nothing," Julia said sweetly. "How was your day, Mr. Schue?"

"Fine..." Mr. Schue looked confused.

"That's good." She turned to Daddy K and I tensed, my hands balling up into fists. "And what about you? How was your day... Your Highness?" Daddy K looked confused, but then noticed the yearbook on the floor, opened to the page. He pursed his lips together, which I knew was what he did when he was trying not to cry. I couldn't contain myself anymore. I walked up to Julia and tapped her on the shoulder. When she turned around, I raised my clenched fist...

And punched her square in the nose.

Wow, it feels so good to see that Julia got what's coming to her! Anyways...

And next time...

Mr. Schue: Since Sectionals are almost here, it's time for the annual Girls vs Boys competition.

Andy: What were you two talking about?
Anna: N-Nothing, Andy, I swear.

Liz: Matthew, I think Andy's hurting Anna.
Matthew: You're crazy. Andy would never do something like that.

Liz: Anna, please tell me what's going on.
Anna: I - I... I think I'm...

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