Ryder was nearly to the door when he heard, "Ryder!" being called from Kitty who was running down the hall after him. He sighed and turned and waited for her to run to him.
"What?" he asked. He didn't sound annoyed. He sounded tired.
"Where are you going? Did I do something?" she asked.
"What could you have possibly have done? I'm just leaving because I'm tired and want to go home," Ryder said, loosening his tie.
"I'll leave with you. This prom was a bore anyways," Kitty said with a little bit too much eagerness, causing Ryder to cock an eyebrow.
"Someone's an eager beaver," Ryder said.
"Shut up. I'm hungry, take me to go get some food before you take me home," Kitty said as she shoved past the smirking Ryder to exit the school and into the parking lot.
The Greasy Duck was a diner in downtown Lima that Kitty allows past, but never thought of entering. The people she saw inside were the people that she wouldn't be dead caught eating with. So when she and Ryder entered the diner, still clad in their prom outfits, she wasn't surprised seeing the other patrons giving her and Ryder weird looks. Ryder didn't notice though, and he lead Kitty to a corner booth.
A waitress soon approached them, chomping on bubble gum, and asked, "What can I get you two?"
"French toast and a Coke, please," Kitty said.
"Same," Ryder said. The two then handed the waitress their menus.
Kitty turned to Ryder, asking, "So, was your first prom as much fun as it cracked up to be?"
"Besides the fact that my date was making out with someone else, it went fine. How about you?" Ryder asked.
"Boring. Some guy tried to stop me from having fun," Kitty said, winking at Ryder, causing him to blush.
"I'm sorry for acting like a total douche," Ryder said, "You did kill that song, though."
"Oh really? Then how come you left before I even finished?" Kitty countered, smirking.
"I just needed to get out of their, y'know?" Ryder said, while playing with the napkin holder. Kitty couldn't help but to feel sorry for her friend – her only friend, to be honest.
"Do you wanna dance?" Kitty asked.
Ryder perked up at the question, giving Kitty a quizzical look. "Here? Now?" Ryder asked.
Kitty nodded. "These people are probably too drunk to even notice us, come on," Kitty said, climbing out of the booth. She grabbed Ryder's arm and dragged him out after her. She went over to the classic jukebox close to the door and selected a song. She walked back to Ryder as the song began.
KITTY
Closing time
Open all the doors and let you out into the world
Closing time
Turn all of the lights on over every boy and every girl
Closing time
One last call for alcohol so finish your whiskey or beer
Closing time
You don't have to go home but you can't stay here
KITTY & RYDER
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home
RYDER
Closing time
Time for you to go out to the places you will be from
Closing time
This room won't be open till your brothers or sisters come
KITTY
So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend
KITTY & RYDER
Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home
RYDER
Closing time
Time for you to go out to the places you will be from
KITTY
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Take me home
RYDER
Closing time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end
The singing stopped and Kitty found herself looking deep into Ryder's eyes, and he was doing the same into her's. They heard the waitress clear her throat, and the moment was shattered. The two quickly sat down into the booth and ate their late night meal in silence.
An hour later, Ryder was driving Kitty to her house. They were in silence still. "Thanks for dinner. Or breakfast. Whatever you want to call it, I guess," Kitty said with a fake laugh.
"Your welcome," Ryder said, playing with his loosened tie.
Kitty pointed at a house through the windshield. "That's me up there on the right," she said, as she was unbuckling her seatbelt.
Ten minutes later, the two were standing awkwardly on Kitty's front porch. Kitty had her hands behind her back. "Well, I guess I'll talk to you later," Kitty said, pulling a set of keys out of her purse.
"Kitty, wait," Ryder said, gently grabbing her arm.
"What?" she said, not even turning to face Ryder.
"I had fun tonight. But, I don't want to ruin our friendship with what went down with us at the diner. You're too good of a friend to lose," Ryder said.
"Okay, that's fine," she said quickly, before disappearing into her house.
On Monday, Kitty tried to go back to the normal routine with Ryder, but she couldn't. She could tell that she was admiring him when she looked at him. She was starting to crush on him again, but like the first time, she knew he wasn't interested.
She walked into glee club with her head held as high as she could hold it, and did her best to just give Ryder a friendly smile as he sat down next to her. He wrapped her arm around her shoulder in a friendly manner, and Kitty had to clench her fists together to stop her from doing anything crazy.
Mr. Schuester walked in with his normal smile on his face. "I take it you all had a good time at prom?" he asked the glee club. Everyone cheered, except Kitty who rolled her eyes. "Alright, now that the fun is all over, it's time to get back to business. But you still want to have fun, right? So we're going to have another tribute week!" The glee club cheered and tried to peer over their teacher's shoulders as he wrote something on the whiteboard.
Mr. Schuester took a step away from the whiteboard and revealed the tribute week's artist of choice: ABBA.
Kitty's hand immediately shout up into the air. "Mr. Schuester, I want to start things off. I already have a song prepared," Kitty said, shocking the whole glee club. Mr. Schuester was baffled at how eager Kitty was, as was the rest of the glee club. "Alright, Kitty! Come on down!" he said. The other New Directions awkwardly clapped as Kitty made her way down from her seat.
"This song is actually something I've been working on for quite a while now, and I think this week is fitting to perform it," Kitty said. She hurried over to the band members and whispered her song and they started to play.
KITTY
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try
Take a chance on me
(That's all I ask of you honey)
Take a chance on me
We can go dancing, we can go walking, as long as we're together
Listen to some music, maybe just talking, get to know what you better
'Cos you know I've got
So much that I wanna do, when I dream I'm alone with you
It's magic
You want me to leave it there, afraid of a love affair
But I think you know
That I can't let go
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best and it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test, if you let me try
Take a chance on me
(Come on, give me a break will you?)
Take a chance on me
Oh you can take your time baby, I'm in no hurry, know I'm gonna get you
You don't wanna hurt me, baby don't worry, I ain't gonna let you
Let me tell you now
My love is strong enough to last when things are rough
It's magic
You say that I waste my time but I can't get you off my mind
No I can't let go
'Cos I love you so
If you change your mind, I'm the first in line
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know, gonna be around
If you've got no place to go, if you're feeling down
If you're all alone when the pretty birds have flown
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa
Honey I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best, baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the rest, take a chance on me
(Take a chance, take a chance, take chance on me)
Ba ba ba ba baa, ba ba ba ba baa ba-ba
Honey' I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Everyone clapped, and Ryder new the song was about him. He didn't know what to do. Did he go up to her? Did he just stand there? His answer came clear to him when Kitty ran out of the choir room.