Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character's on Glee. Although, if Fox would like to sell them to me I would be thrilled.
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Friday's lunch period found Angel in the library. She was a good student with good grades, but she wasn't one of those students that had it easy, she had to work and study for her grades. She was in the middle of studying for her next biology test when someone sat down in the chair across from her, "Leave me alone, Puckerman," she sighed without looking up; Puck had been interrupting her study time all week.
"Hello?" someone asked in a prim voice.
Angel glanced up and saw the gay kid from Glee Club. As she thought about it she realized she should have known it wasn't Puck, this boy didn't throw himself into his chair the way Puck did, "Kurt, right?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Pleasure," Kurt said, holding his hand out so that he could shake Angel's hand across the table.
Angel nodded, holding in a laugh, "No offense, Man," she said, taking her hand back and shaking her head in Kurt's direction, "But you are way over the top."
"Oh, I know," Kurt said with a smile, "I suppose it's because I know who I am and I'm okay with it."
Angel nodded, she wasn't going to admit it, but she was jealous of this boy who seemed to have it all together, she wasn't always comfortable in her own skin, "So, why are you here?" she asked, turning back to her biology notebook to take some notes.
Kurt folded his hands over each other on the table and sat up straighter, "I'm having a sleep over tonight at my house and I'm inviting all the girls from Glee Club, I was wondering if you would like to come?"
"A co-ed sleepover?" Angel asked, raising her eyebrows but not looking up from her notebook, "Your parents let you do that?"
"Parent," Kurt corrected out of reflex, "My mom died when I was younger. And it's not a co-ed sleepover. Just us girls. I'm thinking make-overs."
This time Angel was unable to hold her laughter in, once she had finished laughing she glanced up at Kurt, hoping that she hadn't insulted him, "I'm sorry for laughing, Kurt," she said with a soft smile, "It's just going to take some getting used to… you know with you acting and including yourself with the girls."
Kurt nodded, "I understand, I forgot because everyone else in the club is used to me by now. Will you come?" he asked, changing the subject.
Angel opened her mouth to say no but surprised herself when she said yes instead. Kurt smiled at her, "Great, afterschool I'll drive everyone to their houses to get their stuff and then we'll head over to my house. This really is going to be a lot of fun."
Angel smiled at him and waved good bye as Kurt got out of his seat and walked away. "That'll be fun," someone said as they sat down in the chair next to her.
Angel groaned, "Can't anyone just let me study?" she asked as she spun around to see Mike sitting in the chair next to her, "What do you want, Chang?" she asked, some of the malice disappearing from her voice.
"Well I was going to ask if you were up for an all night Mario Kart competition, but it looks like you're busy tonight."
"Mario Kart?" Angel asked, raising an eyebrow and laughing, "What are you? Eight years old?"
"You like Mario Kart and you know it," Mike said with a smile as he pulled Angel's notebook toward him so that he could see what she was studying, "Bio?" he asked, "I didn't know you were in advanced bio."
Angel shrugged, "I'm good with sciences," she said with a smile, "Can we have a rain check on the Mario Kart marathon?" she asked, her eyes lighting up with excitement when she thought about spending a whole night kicking her best friend's ass at the video game.
Mike laughed when he noticed the way the girl's eyes lit up when she asked about the game, "I knew you loved Mario Kart," he said before nodding, "How about Saturday night? Or are you obligated to spend one night home this weekend or something lame like that?"
"Saturday's fine," Angel said with a nod, getting up from the table and gathering her books, "I'll be at your house at six?"
Mike nodded, "Works for me. And, by the way, have fun tonight."
Angel smiled, "Thanks Mikey," she said before turning to walk away. She only walked about three yards before she turned around again, "Oh, and just so you know, you should be prepared to get your ass kicked on Saturday."
Mike laughed, "Not a chance, Ang."
"You'll see," Angel said with a smirk before skipping out of the library.
Mike laughed and shook his head. He had to admit that forcing Angel to join Glee Club had been one of his best ideas ever. His friend had always been a happy girl, but he had never seen her as happy as she had been the past week.
Slushy facials and all.
Angel met Kurt and the other girls from Glee out in front of the school after her last class, "Where's Quinn and Santana?" she asked as she pulled her hair into a ponytail.
"You didn't really expect them to come did you?" Tina asked, raising her eyebrows in Angel's direction.
Angel shrugged, "Brittney's here," she said, nodding toward the blonde.
"She's friends with Kurt," Mercedes explained, rolling her eyes with a smile, "She's too stupid to be mean to anyone."
Angel smiled and formed an "oh" shape with her mouth before turning to Rachel, "Oh Rachel!" she gasped, "When Kurt gets to my house I can get your clothes back for you. My dad washed them last night."
"Thank you," Rachel said with a nod.
Then it got quiet.
"So…." Angel said after a minute of silence, "This isn't awkward at all."
"Yes it is," Brittney said as the others started laughing.
"Shall we get going?" Kurt asked as he led the way to his car, "Whose house are we stopping by first?"
"Mine!" Mercedes announced as she climbed into the front seat of his car, "And then Tina's, Angel's, Rachel's, and then Brittney's. Does that work?"
"Not a problem," Kurt said with a nod, "And then we can stop by the sushi place to pick up dinner before we head back to my house."
"Sushi?" Tina asked raising her eyebrows, "Can't we just get pizza or something?"
"I'm with Tina on this one!" Angel called from the middle of the back seat as she leaned her head on Tina's shoulder, "Raw fish isn't exactly my thing."
"Oh alright," Kurt sighed, "Who is up for joining all the regular teenagers and getting pizza for dinner?"
Mercedes glanced at him guiltily before raising her hand in the air.
"I am a normal teenager," Brittney said, "But I don't eat pizza."
"Of course you are, Brittney," Rachel said, patting the blonde on her shoulder, "We never said you weren't."
Kurt announced that it was time for make-overs the second the girls walked into his house with their bags and pizza, "Who wants to go first?"
"I'm perfect the way I am," Mercedes said with a smile, "You've made sure of that," she said with a nod toward Kurt.
"Indeed I have," Kurt said with a proud nod, "Now this is what's going to happen people. Brittney you're going to help Rachel, the girl seriously needs to learn how to put make-up on, no offense."
Rachel nodded, "It's okay Kurt, my dads don't really do the makeup thing, so I tried to teach myself."
"Mercedes, Tina's roots are coming in, that streak needs to be re-dyed, can you handle that?" Kurt asked, moving on as if Rachel had never said anything.
Mercedes nodded and pulled Tina into the bathroom after Rachel and Brittney.
"Who can I help?" Angel asked, looking around trying to find someone to help, but there was no one left.
"You, my dear, are coming with me," Kurt said, grabbing her hand and pulling her into the bathroom, "I'm going to give you what looks like the first haircut you've had in three or four years," he said with a smile, running his hands through her hair, "Although you're ends look amazing."
"I get trims," Angel said, defending her hair and pulling her hair out of Kurt's fingers, "And I like my hair the way it is."
"It's going to look better when I'm through with it, Sweetie," Kurt said as he shoved her down in a chair with her back to his bathroom mirror so she wouldn't be able to see what was going on. "I might even dye it too," he whispered thoughtfully as he ran his fingers through her hair.
"Please don't!" Angel all but screamed as she whipped her head around to stare at Kurt, "Please don't. What if it looks bad?"
"Sssh Sweetie," Kurt soothed, gently turning her face away from the mirror, "It'll be fine."
Angel sighed and closed her eyes, "Fine, Kurt, but it better look amazing. I'm trusting you; if it looks bad then it's your fault."
Kurt nodded, "I promise you that it will look absolutely amazing," and with that he raised his scissors and cut off about six inches of her hair."
"Oh!" Angel gasped when she saw the amount of hair that Kurt had cut off fall to the floor, "Oh no."
"It'll be fine," Kurt soothed as he continued to cut her hair.
An hour and a half later Kurt was finally finished blow-drying Angel's new hair, "Okay," he whispered, covering Angel's eyes and turning her around to face the mirror, "Ready to see your new hair?" he asked, basically feeling Angel's anticipation.
"Yes please," Angel pleaded making the rest of the Glee Club girls laugh, "And if it looks bad you better be prepared for a punch to the balls."
"Be nice," Kurt said with a smile, "Besides you are going to love it."
He lifted his hand off of her eyes and watched as Angel gasped and her eyes widened as she took in her new hair. He smiled as he saw her smile through the mirror, "Kurt," she giggled as she reached up to touch her auburn colored hair. It was slightly longer than shoulder length and it looked amazing, "Thank you."
Kurt smiled, "I told you that you were going to love it," he said with a proud grin, "I know what I'm doing."
"Except that time you gave me the Grease inspired make-over," Rachel reminded him with a smile.
"I knew what I was doing then too," Kurt said with a wicked smile, "I wanted to make sure that you didn't stand a chance with Finn. I was selfish."
Rachel shrugged her shoulders, "It's okay," she said with a smile rolling her eyes that were now perfectly outlined with black eyeliner, "I understand, I was caught under Finn's spell too."
"Is this boy talk?" Mercedes asked as she walked back into the bathroom, "Because Brittney brought some facial masks; we could do facials and talk boys."
"My favorite thing to do," Kurt said, his eyes lighting up with excitement at the thought of facials and boy talk.
Angel sighed and shook her head as she followed everyone out of the bathroom, she had never had girl friends before she was going to have to get used to all of this girly bonding things.
By the time Kurt had applied the mask to her face the boy talk was already underway, "So you want to date Artie?" Brittney was asking Tina as Angel sat down on the floor.
"I think so," Tina said with a nod, "I mean, he's nice and sweet. We're really good friends and yeah, I think I'd be okay with dating Artie."
"Aww you're blushing," Angel cooed as she leaned forward into the circle, "You totally have a crush on him, huh?"
"Yeah," Tina said with a smile.
"But he's in a wheelchair," Rachel pointed out, "How does that work?"
"How does what work?" Tina asked, confused about what Rachel was asking for.
"Sex?" Rachel whispered, looking embarrassed.
"Oh," Tina gasped, covering her mouth with her hand and giggling, "He has made it clear on several occasions that he is still capable of using his penis."
"He told you that?" Angel asked, raising her eyebrow, "Wow, that was forward of him."
Tina laughed, "Yeah a little bit," she said before she stopped laughing and got serious, "But to be completely honest I was wondering about it. It was good to know that if I wanted to be able to, you know, do it, we'd be able to."
"At least the guy that you like likes you back," Kurt sighed.
"And who do you like, Kurt?" Angel asked, putting him on the spot. She knew who he liked, but she wanted to hear Kurt say it.
"Finn," Kurt sighed, "I know it's unorthodox, but I can't help it," he said when he caught the look on Angel's face.
"How did that start?" she asked, "When he joined Glee?"
"No before that," Kurt sighed.
"But you guys are from different groups," Angel pointed out "How did you even know him?"
"Oh everyone knows Finn Hudson, Girl," Mercedes said as she pulled some nail polish out of a box underneath Kurt's bed and unscrewed the lid, "No matter what group you're in."
"He used to help me out when the jocks would stuff me in lockers, or throw me in dumpsters, or give me swirleys," Kurt said with a soft smile.
"Sounds like something that would have been Puck's idea," Angel said with a shrug.
"Oh it was," Tina said with a smile, "But I mean, it's stopped now that he joined Glee so that's all good."
"So Finn would try to stop them from doing it?" Angel asked, gaining a new respect for Finn.
"Not exactly," Kurt said, "but he always made sure that he'd save the bag or my jacket or something."
"Save the bag?" Angel asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I have designer clothes," Kurt pointed out, "Clothes that would not do well in a dumpster."
"Isn't that sweet?" Angel asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You don't even know," Kurt sighed with a dreamy smile, "The clothes are very important and somehow, deep down, Finn understood that. It's like we were made for each other."
"But he chose Rachel," Tina pointed out with a soft smile, letting Kurt know that she didn't mean to hurt his feelings.
"Didn't you like him too?" Angel asked, turning around to glance at Rachel while grabbing a container of black nail polish.
"I did," Rachel said, leaning forward to blow on the pink nail polish sitting on her left hand fingernails.
"And then you decided that you didn't want him when he finally decided that he wanted you?" Angel asked, trying to grasp the dynamics of Glee Club.
"I had new boyfriend by the time that he decided to be mature enough to handle me," Rachel said, beginning to paint the finger nails on her right hand.
"Jessie St. James, right?" Angel asked, unscrewing the nail polish and beginning to paint her fingernails, "Mike and Matt told me," she said with a shrug when she noticed that everyone was looking her trying to figure out how she had found out.
"Yes that's right," Rachel said with a nod, "I mean it didn't work out," she said, "He was part of Vocal Adrenaline; I should have known that we would never be able to make our Romeo and Juliet romance survive."
"Romeo and Juliet romance?" Angel asked, raising her eyebrows, trying to figure out how this girl could be so dramatic.
"Different families, different Glee Clubs," Rachel said with a shrug, "But by the time I had decided that Jessie and I weren't going to work out I had become friends with Finn and didn't want anything more."
"You've asked enough questions," Kurt said, leaning his head on Angel's shoulder, "Now it's time for you."
"I'm not very interesting," Angel said, trying to sound unconcerned as she leaned forward and blew on the nail polished covered fingernails.
"Oh yes you are," Kurt said with a wicked smile, "Tell us about Puck, my darling."
"Puck?" Angel asked, "There's nothing going on there," she said shaking her head.
"Yes there is!" Tina and Mercedes yelled at the same time.
"We've all seen the way you look at him in Glee Club, Girl," Mercedes said with a friendly smile, "It's obvious that either something is going on there or that something will be soon."
Rachel nodded, "They're right," she said with a smile, "It is pretty obvious. I mean, even I picked up on that."
"He's interesting," Angel said with a shrug.
"It's more than that," Tina said with a smirk.
"Well, I mean, it's obvious that he's attractive," Angel said, "And when he's nice he's really nice. I think I could like him, maybe, once I get to know him better."
"He's on a date tonight," Brittney said, her eyes widening when she realized that she shouldn't have said that.
"Who is he dating?" Kurt asked, leaning forward and enjoying all of the drama that tonight included.
"He's not dating anyone," Brittney said, "But he and Santana are hanging out tonight."
Even though Angel had been trying to hide the fact that she had a small crush on Puck, it was impossible for her to hide the way the look on her face dropped when she heard that Puck was with Santana.
"Angel?" Rachel asked, leaning forward and placing her hand on her shoulder and gently shaking her, "Are you okay?"
Angel nodded, "I'll be fine, I mean, I never said I liked him, right?"
Everyone in the circle nodded, knowing that she needed them to understand that he hadn't hurt her.
"Maybe they're just going to dinner?" Tina said with a friendly smile.
"No," Angel said shaking her head, "I mean we all know what hanging out with Santana means," she said glancing at Rachel.
Rachel nodded, "It'll be okay," she said in a soothing tone before turning to look at Brittney, "Thank you for teaching me how to put make-up on," she said with a friendly smile, making the change of subject that everyone had been hoping for ever sense they had seen the smile on Angel's face slide off.
When Mike opened the door to see Angel the next afternoon he was surprised to see that she wasn't smiling like he had expected her to be.
"Ready to kick my ass?" he asked with a smile, hoping that that would make her smile.
"Let's get it over with," Angel muttered.
"What's wrong with you?" Mike asked as he followed her into his living room.
"Nothing's wrong with me," Angel snapped, throwing herself down on the couch and grabbing a controller, "Why would you ask that?"
"No reason," Mike said, shaking his head and grabbing a video controller, "Ready to play?"
Angel frowned, "Why are you such a child?" she yelled standing up from the couch and throwing the controller onto the cushions.
"Woah, woah, Angel," Mike said, standing up and grabbing her shoulders, forcing her to turn around and face him, "What the hell is going on with you right now?"
"Nothing!" Angel yelled back, "There's nothing going on with me!"
"Angel," Mike sighed, "I've been your friend for like six months, I think I know when something's wrong with you. Now tell me what's going on."
"Men are pigs!" Angel yelled before wrenching herself out of Mike's grasp and trying to run for the door.
"Wait Angel," Mike called after her, getting her to stop and turn around.
"What?" she asked, leveling him with one of the harshest glares he had seen on anyone besides his mother, "Well what do you want?" she asked, raising her eyebrow and tapping her foot on the floor.
"Do you still want to play?" he asked, holding up the video game controller, "I promise I won't ask you any more questions."
"Promise?" Angel asked, taking a step closer to him.
"Pinky," he said with a smile as he sat back down on the couch and handed her the controller as she threw herself down next to him, "But I'm not going to let you win just because you're upset," he said, leaning closer to her so that he could bump her shoulder with his.
She laughed and pushed him with so much force that he actually fell over on his side, "I don't need you to let me win," she giggled, "I can do that on my own."
"Oh really?" Mike asked as they picked their characters and their cars, "Figures you would pick Toad," he said rolling his eyes and selecting the race, hoping that he could distract her.
"What's that supposed to mean, Mario?" Angel asked, calling him by his character's name.
"He's slow," Mike said with a shrug as he started the race and smiled when he realized that Angel hadn't noticed the beginning of the race.
Angel saw his smile and turned to the screen, hitting the button that started her car, "Oh you dirty cheater!" she gasped.
Mike laughed and dodged the punch she tried to land on his shoulder, "I told you I wasn't going to let you win."
"I didn't think that meant you would try to cheat," Angel giggled as she passed him on the track, "And you're still losing."
Mike sighed, getting used to the feeling of losing, he had known that was going to happen from the beginning, he had always sucked at Mario Kart.
He turned to look at his friend, wondering what had made her so upset. He knew better than to ask, he didn't need her to flip out on him again, but he also knew that if he ever found out who had made her so upset he would kick their ass.
The worst part was that he already had a feeling that he knew who had made her so upset.
He leaned closer to her and bumped her shoulder again, "By the way, I didn't tell you before, but I really like your new hair."
Angel smiled and reached up to finger her newly colored, shorter hair, "Thanks, but you should tell Kurt that. He was the one that decided to cut it and dye it."
"Still it looks really good on you," Mike said.
Angel smiled, "I see what you're doing Chang," she hissed, "But you're not going to distract me. I will kick your ass."
Mike smiled and turned back to the television screen, hoping that he would be able to distract his friend for long enough that she could forget why she was so upset.
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Author's Note: I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. Now last chapter I asked for six reviews and I only got four. But I've been writing chapters and they're saved on my computer and I'm really excited about where this story is going so I caved and posted a new chapter. But this time I won't cave. I want six new reviews before I post the next chapter, please.
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