the next day at school I had a limp, bruises on my body, my lip busted in the middle, my eye swollen shut, my eyebrow slit open. I went to my locker and sat in the back of my first period. I put on sunglasses and a sweatshirt. Finn and Puck came in looking for me. they didn't see me in the back or they didn't recognize me. Quinn sat in her seat waiting for me. Mr. Schu took roll and I didn't respond. I waited till they all filed out of class. Then I went up to Mr. Schu. "I've been here." "What happened to your face?" "Can you just mark me here?" I turned and walked out. I made sure to have all my stuff with me so I wouldn't have to go to my locker. i went to see coach Sylvester. "Coach." "Nicolette." She turned and just stared. "What happened to your face?" "I would appreciate it if you marked me here for p.e but I don't attend. Absolutely
not." I took off my sunglasses. "I can do that for you." I put them back on put on my hood and left. In my next period I just sat in the back again. i didn't go to pe. i ate my lunch in my bathroom. Math was harder to get by. I guess my
eye vessels were busted because blood started dripping down my eye. I grabbed my stuff and started leaving. "You stop." i turned to my teacher. "Who are you?" "Nicolette." "where are you going? I didn't excuse you." i removed my hand from my bleeding eye. his face uttered shock. "Bye." I left class and got in my car. I picked the kids up early. My phone started buzzing. i ignored every call. Ten minutes later there was a knock on my door. I stayed in the kitchen my face starring out the window. "Nicci?" I kept my head against the window. the entire Glee club was in my house. "Bitch." "Letty." "Nicolette."
silence. "can you please explain to us why you weren't at club today? since we took you back with open arms." I turned to Rachel her face going from snotty bitch to shock. "Maybe because I didn't fucking feel like going." "who touched you baby?" "I'm kill that asshole." "What happened?" Quinn rushed over to me. I flinched from her touch. "Can you all please leave?" "We are your team. your friends." "friends? half of you people hate me. The other half like my voice and some of you actually like me for me. If I didn't look like shit right now, only like four or five of you would be here. Don't fucking give me any
pity because I don't want it." Criss ran over and tugged on my leg. "Mommy up." I sighed. I picked him up. "You have a kid?" I rolled my eyes at Rachel. "I don't see any of you gone." Santana left, Matt, Rachel. I sighed. "hey girl." I looked at Mercedes. "Everyone left here cares about you rather you like it or not. Sure some assholes hurt you here, but obviously they care. Or they would have left already." Quinn was taking care of Crisstoff. "who was he?" I looked up at Mike. "My ex." "You dated him." "Yup." "Why?" i looked at kurt. "He was nice, cute, and didn't care I had a kid." "Real nice?" I gave Finn a look.
"He started getting violent slowly and I never really noticed until he started hitting me and the threats." "how'd you leave?" "I didn't. I left him hit me. I was over it. he never hurt the kids. just me." "how'd you get out?" "Alek came home high and was in his violent state. He saw what Sebastian did and attacked him." Mike came over and carefully put his arm around me. "thank you Mike." "I got your back." "Me too." Kurt was there. "Don't forget me." Artie. "Count me in." Mercedes. "I got your back if it's okay with you?" Finn. m-m-e." tina. "Hey I got you." Quinn. "ill try but I can't do much." Britney. "Might as well join the cause." Puck. He and Finn actually hugged me at the same time.