It's been nearly a month after Regionals, after Ryder quit glee club, and Nationals was next week. Luckily, the New Directions had a chance to both relax and prepare with the senior prom.
Since they were the performers, the students in the glee club who weren't even seniors, were allowed to go. Blaine and Tina had plans to go with each other the day after the Sadie's Hawkins dance, Jake and Marley were going together obviously, Sam called his former girlfriend, Quinn Fabray to go with him, Artie was taking Sugar, which left Unique, Ryder, and Kitty dateless.
Jake and Ryder emerged from their Spanish class after the bell rang. "You have any idea who you're taking to Prom, dude?" Jake asked his best friend. Ryder sighed.
"I don't think I'll be going, man, I think I'll just relax and watch a few movies. I wanna start watching Game of Thrones, so I'll probably just do that," Ryder answered, readjusting his backpack strap.
"You can't just not go, Ryder. We have a chance to have three proms," Jake said. Ryder rolled his eyes at his friend's comment.
"You sound like such a teenage girl," Ryder said, stopping at his locker and rolling in the combination.
"Do you even know what happens after the prom? Parties. And what happens at parties?" Jake asked.
"I thought you learned your lesson at Mr. Schuester's wedding," Ryder said.
"Okay, not cool, man," Jake said.
"I'm just not into, alright? I just joined the New Directions again, and I just want one night to myself. Is that too hard?" Ryder asked.
"Alright you're right, do whatever you want to do. But, I must say, you will be missing out," Jake said, patting his friend on the shoulder before walking off.
Tina and Kitty went dress shopping after school that same day at a store in the mall. "You have anyone taking you?" Tina asked Kitty.
"Sorry, I don't have my gay best friend taking me who I had a crush on all year," Kitty answered, giving Tina a sarcastic smile to finish it off.
Tina rolled her eyes. "I'm surprised Ryder didn't ask you. You told me you two had a connection and all," Tina said, sliding through some dresses before pulling one out and resting it on a chair for later.
"Yeah, well that 'connection' was severed by man-woman Unique," Kitty said. "I asked Ryder out on a date and he said he wanted to sit and talk to 'Katie'."
"Are you joking?" Tina asked, giggling a little.
Kitty shrugged. "Whatever, I'm gonna look slamming at prom, and whether he's there or not, I'm going to rub it in how he should have went with me."
Tina smiled at Kitty's devious smirk.
Two hours later, the girls emerged from the department store, both carrying a dress covered in a sheet of plastic. Kitty and Tina were in deep conversation, and they didn't notice who was in front of them. Kitty walked right into Ryder, and both of them fell to the ground.
"Jesus Christ, dude, watch where you're-," Kitty stopped herself when she realized that she walked into Ryder. "Oh, Ryder. Hi."
"Oh, hey Kitty, hey Tina," Ryder said, standing. He offered his hand to Kitty and she took it; Ryder pulled her to her feet. Kitty picked up her dress. "Is that your dress for prom?"
"Yeah, me and Kitty just got done shopping for ours," Tina said.
"Well that look is going to look awesome on you, Kitty. I'll see you two later," Ryder smiled at the two girls and continued walking down the mall floor.
Kitty sighed. Tina leaned in to her. "I swear to God, if you two don't start dating, I think I may have to kill myself. You two would be so cute together," Tina said, as if she's gushing over a fictional couple on a TV show.
It was Saturday, two days after the unplanned meeting in the mall between Ryder and Kitty. Ryder was in his room, gathering pieces of suit together. He had his phone in between his shoulder and head.
"I can't believe you changed your mind so last minute," Jake said from the phone.
"Yeah, well, I did. I don't have a ticket though, so I guess I'll have to sneak in or something," Ryder said, pulling out a pair of dress shoes.
"I'll let you in thru the boy's locker room door to the parking lot. Be there at nine, okay?" Jake said.
"Got it, see you then. Later," Ryder hung up and started getting dressed.
"Damn, do you look out," Tina said, as Kitty stepped out of the bathroom. If you did a quick glance at Kitty, you would think that she was some sort of mermaid. Her hair was in loose curls over her shoulders, a diamond hair clip held the hair back from actually getting in her face.
"Why thank you," Kitty said, with a sweet but proud smile. She walks over to her make up mirror and fixes her make up around her eyes and turns back.
"Alright, let's go," Tina said getting up from the bed as the two girls exited Kitty's room.
When Kitty and Tina got there, the prom was in full-swing. Unique was on stage performing, Marley and Jake were dancing, and Sam and Quinn were flirting over towards the punch bowl, while Sue tried to keep interrupting them to ask Quinn about Yale.
Blaine quickly appeared and pulled Tina to the dance floor. Kitty pulled a rather attractive senior, who was going stag at the prom, to the dance floor and the two started dancing with each other.
Kitty and the boy pulled up next to Marley and Jake just as the ringer on Jake's phone rang. He pulled it out and answered.
"You here? Alright, I'll be there in five," Jake hung up and put the phone back in his pocket.
"Was that Ryder?" Kitty asked Jake.
"Uh, yeah. I'm sneaking him into the prom thru the boy's locker room," Jake explained.
"Do you want me to go and get him? You two are here together," Kitty said.
"What about him?" Marley asked her, referring to the senior boy that liked to grind his pelvis up and down Kitty's torso.
Kitty turned and gave the boy the iciest glare she could have ever given anyone. The boy froze up and hurried away from here. "I don't know who you're talking about," Kitty said, smiling sweetly, but deviously all at the same time.
Kitty has never been in the boy's locker room, besides when she and Tina went in during the calendar shoot, and never plans on going in there ever again. She walked passed rows of lockers and towards the large metal door with the glowing "exit" sign above it.
Ryder was leaning against the wall just besides the door, continuously checking his phone for the time. He heard the metal door slowly open. Whoever was opening it sounded like they were having a great deal of trouble getting it open.
Ryder grabbed the door and swung it open. Kitty wasn't expecting that to happen, and she started to fall. Ryder caught her and stood her back onto her two feet.
"Kitty? Where's uh," Ryder began, before being side-tracked by Kitty's beauty that night. "Where's Jake?"
"I told him I would go and get you. I didn't want him to be dragged away from Marley," Kitty said before turning and walking back towards the door that lead back to the school.
Ryder jogged to keep up with her. "Well I was right, you look amazing in that dress," Ryder said.
"I know I do. Why do you think I picked it?" Kitty said, before looking over her strapless shoulder and giving Ryder a wink. Ryder smiled.
"So you here with anyone?" Ryder asked.
"Nope. I'm going solo. I've been dancing with some boys, most of them dateless, but they aren't someone I would consider them my actual date," Kitty said.
She looked back to Ryder and laughed. "What's so funny?" he asked her, looking down at himself to see if anything was messed up or had a spot on it.
"You tied your tie totally wrong. Come here," Kitty said, moving her finger to signify to "come here".
"Your dad and mom weren't home were they? And you thought looking it up on YouTube would be the same," Kitty said, untying Ryder's tie and starting to retie it.
"How'd you know?" Ryder asked, looking down at Kitty moving her fingers quickly but very carefully.
"I have an older brother. Did the same thing the night of his junior prom. Our parents go out a lot, and after he left, I taught myself how to tie a tie, and ever since his junior prom, I tied every tie he wore. Well, until he finally bucked up and taught himself," Kitty finished, causing Ryder to snort. "Alright, you're all set." Kitty gave Ryder a smile and dusted off a piece of lint off of his shoulder and reentered the gym. Ryder soon followed her, after producing a swooning sigh.
Two hours later, Ryder was dancing with a girl he thought was Tara, but was actually Rhiannon. He saw that Kitty was sitting at a table by herself. Ryder politely excused himself from Rhiannon and sat down next to her.
"Your dancing shoes not working?" Ryder asked.
"I just never thought prom would get boring this fast," Kitty said.
"Well maybe if you had a date, it wouldn't have been this boring," Ryder suggested.
"Dates aren't my thing," Kitty said.
"Well do you want to dance?" Ryder asked the blonde beauty.
"Thanks, but no thanks. Maybe later," Kitty added. She went back to circle around the water marks on the table with her finger.
Ryder sighed and saw that no one from the glee club was making their way to stage, so Ryder did, he brought Jake, Marley, and Sam on stage with him.
He tapped the microphone to gain everyone's attention. "Hey everyone, this is for everyone who decided to go dateless tonight," he said, before whispering to the band what music he wanted. The band members nodded and started to play their instruments.
RYDER
You never need nobody
You've never been alone
And I try to get your affection
And all I ever do is wrong
You could break a heart in your sleep
Yeah the way you move makes a grown man weak
They all line up at your door
Saying, "Please (please), please (please
I can't take no more."
You never need nobody
You've never been alone
And I try to get your affection
And all I ever do is wrong
You could calm a storm with your tone
Yeah the way you sing makes a mockingbird hum
The grass you walk on gives way
Saying, "Please (please), please (please)
Come back this way."
You never need nobody
You've never been alone
And I try to get your affection
And all I ever do is wrong
Give me your hardest fever
Loudest scream in the crowd
All of these good times
Can't change the way I
Feel 'bout you now
Give me your hardest fever
Loudest scream in the crowd
All of these good times
Can't change the way I
Feel 'bout you now
Now I know you've got that smile
And the way it shines can drive a man half wild
I won't dance around this no more
I'm the only one you should smile for, yeah.
You never need nobody
You've never been alone
And I try to get your affection
And all I ever do is wrong
You never need nobody
You've never been alone
And I try to get your affection
And all I ever do is wrong
The music finishes, and Kitty is standing on the table, the exact level is standing at on the stage. Ryder walks off the stage, and weaves through the crowd and back to Kitty. She smiles as Ryder helps her off the stage.
"That was quite the song, Ryder Lynn," Kitty said.
"Would you like to dance with me, Kitty Wilde?" Ryder asked, in the same tone, offering his hand for her take. Kitty smiles and takes it. The two walk onto the dance floor and start slow dancing to the song Jake and Marley are singing.
"What would you say that I'm wearing a tie that matches your dress on purpose?" Ryder said.
Kitty smiled and looked down to see Ryder was right. His tie was the same color as her dress. "I would say that you're absolutely right," she said with a smile. Kitty moved her head to rest her head back on his chest. She takes a deep breath before saying, "I still like you, you know."
"I know. And I like you," Ryder said.
The two pulled away and looked deep into each other's eyes. The two then leaned in for a quick kiss on the lips.
On stage, Marley and Jake noticed the kiss and look at each other in total surprise. Tina taps Blaine on the shoulder and points out Ryder and Kitty kissing. Artie and Sugar were having a geek-fest watching them kiss. And Quinn and Sam were too busy making out themselves to care about Kitty and Ryder kiss.
And that was the kiss seen round gymnasium.