Kitty was standing at her chair, the New Directions stared at her with wide, shocked eyes. Marley was on the verge of tears, standing in front of the glee club, just finishing off an original song that she was working on. "…God forbid someone else wants to sing something, you mention you've been working on yet another original song, and it's like no one else matters!" Kitty finished off. The blonde cheerleader could see Marley begin to cry. Marley quickly turned on her heels and ran out of the choir room.
"Way to go, Kitty, you make Marley cry for another unknown reason," Jake spat out as he and Unique rushed out after Marley.
Kitty rolled her eyes and sat down. The glee club was still staring at her. "What!?" she yelled. The glee club quickly snapped their heads to face the front of the room. Kitty noticed that there was one head that was stilling looking at her: Ryder Lynn. He looked at her with great disappointment, but she didn't care. She rolled her eyes and started picking at her finger nails.
Glee club rehearsal finished forty-five minutes, and Marley, Jake, and Unique didn't return to the choir room until the last five minutes. Kitty was walking down the hallway when Ryder hurried to catch up with her. He pulled her aside suddenly, and cornered her against some lockers.
"What the hell is that, Kitty? That's like the third day in a row you made Marley cry," he said, looking down at her.
"What do you care?" Kitty spat out, trying to squeeze past the broad-shouldered teenager.
"Because you're a crazy bitch. And I know that's not how you really are," Ryder said, causing Kitty to roll her eyes.
"Actually it is, Beiber," Kitty said.
"What is going on with you, Kitty? One minute you're nice, and the next minute you're Godzilla's five-foot, blonde cousin," Ryder said, trying his best to say a Kitty-level insult.
Kitty smirked at the sound of Ryder's (rather good) insult. "Just, don't worry about it, Ryder. There are some things that you don't know about me. And there's some things you don't want to know about me," Kitty said, finally managing to get past Ryder and continue down the hallway.
Kitty returned home after glee rehearsal to a war zone. She walked into the kitchen to see her mother, June Wilde, and her father, Richard Wilde, having another argument. "Just go to one meeting, Richard!" June yelled.
Dad must not want to go to that couple's counseling thing he suggested earlier, Kitty thought to herself.
Kitty took a step into the kitchen, making herself noticeable to her parents. Her father suddenly calmed down at the sight of his daughter, as did Kitty's mother. "Hey, sweety, how was school?" Richard asked his daughter, with a fake smile.
"Fine. I'll be upstairs in my room. Carry on with your conversation," Kitty said, before grabbing a bowl of Cheezits and a bottle of Vitamin Water.
As Kitty was making her way into the foyer and up the stairs, she noticed something on the front porch. Ryder Lynn? What the fuck is he doing at my house? Kitty thought to herself. She quickly unlocked the door and swung it open, catching Ryder off guard.
"What the hell are you doing here, Lynn?" Kitty said, not looking pleased at the sight of Ryder standing on her front porch.
"Can I come inside? I want to talk to you," Ryder answered, truthfully.
"Alright, just be quiet coming up the stairs. I can't have people over during the week," Kitty said as Ryder silently snuck inside, and locking the door behind him.
"Kitty!? Who was at the door!?" June yelled from the kitchen.
Kitty and Ryder froze going up the stairs. Kitty quickly thought of something, "Just some people trying to sell us Bibles!" Kitty yelled back.
"Alright!" June yelled back, then going back to yelling at her husband. Kitty pushed Ryder up the stairs.
The two teens soon ended up in Kitty's bedroom. "What are your parents yelling about?" Ryder asked, about the yelling match he heard Kitty's parents in.
"Don't worry about it," Kitty said, sitting on her bed. She patted the bed, and Ryder sat down. "What'd you want to talk about?"
"What is going on with you? Last week you were all happy, and nice, and cool to be around. But ever since Monday, you've been on a warpath, constantly bashing everyone in glee club," Ryder said, truthfully.
Kitty let out a sigh. She shifted her position on the bed, causing her legs to be pulled closer to her. "I don't know why you're asking me. You heard it when you were coming up the stairs," Kitty said, picking up a cracker and chewing on it.
"Your parents? What's going on between them?" Ryder asked.
"My mom found out he was fucking his co-worker. She keeps wanting to go to couple's therapy, but my dad believes everything is going to work out, so he won't go," Kitty said. She could feel her eyes swell up in tears. Kitty took a deep breath and swallowed her tears away.
"How long have they been fighting?" Ryder asked.
"Two months. It's just hard," Kitty began, "seeing how happy everyone is in glee club. Then there's me. They have people to love. And I have no one. I just want somebody to love me." Kitty began to cry.
Ryder didn't know what to do. He hesitantly moved his hand to her leg. She didn't do anything to suggest he didn't like what he was doing, so he left his hand there. "You have me, Kitty," he said, causing her to look up at him. Her mascara has begun to run down her cheeks.
"What are you talking about?" Kitty asked.
"You aren't alone, Kitty. If you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here," Ryder said.
"Th-thank you, Ryder," Kitty said with a genuine smile. Ryder thought to himself, Kitty is actually really pretty when she isn't giving someone one of her bitchy looks.
The moment was moment when the door burst open and June stood in the doorway, caught off guard by the presence of the boy sitting on Kitty's bed.