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In Which Jake Is Jealous
He watches from the end of the hall as Ryder leans against the locker next to hers and leans in. She meets him halfway and suddenly Jake is watching another kiss he rather forget about that.
When he sees their hand's intertwined together he looks away. He sees the smile on her face as they walk by him and he quickly turns towards his locker praying that they didn't see him.
They didn't.
Shaking his head he looks up again to see their backs disappear down the hall.
When a small soft hand, familiar hand, slips into his he doesn't question it. He simply pulls Kitty closer to him as they begin walking down the hallway.
The choir room is strangely empty when he and Kitty walk in hand in hand. Walking towards their normal chairs they sit. His arm automatically wraps around her shoulder as they sit and she scoots closer to him.
This is easy. Being with Kitty. It's easy.
"What do you see in her?" Kitty asks after a moment of silence.
He doesn't know how to answer her and he doesn't have to when Ryder and Marley walk in hand in hand. Marley's giggling fills the room and he feels Kitty shift next to him.
She's about to say something but he tugs at her hand and she simply rolls her eyes. "Fine. I still don't know what you see in her." she whispers at him.
He rolls his eyes at her as Marley and Ryder take a seat in the front. Marley smiles at him over her shoulder, only flattering slightly when he sees his hand in Kitty's, and he nods back.
He doesn't pull away when Kitty leans up placing a kiss on his lips.
He doesn't see Marley still looking at him with a sad smile.
He's sitting on the bleachers and for some reason he feels peaceful. The bleachers are his sanctuary.
"Hey." he hears her quiet greeting.
He simply nods because he doesn't have much to say. His fingers keep strumming the strings lightly.
She sits next to him her hands deep in the pocket of the letterman she's wearing. "You and Kitty? Again?" she asks.
"You and Ryder?" he retorts "Really Marls. You don't even know him."
Marley looks away with a shrug "He's nice. And he likes me."
"Kitty likes me and she's nice to me." he responds
Marley shakes her head because she never though she would hear the would Kitty and nice in the same sentence. "Yeah. I really doubt that."
He shakes his head continuing to strum his guitar "I really don't have to explain myself to you." grabbing his jacket he walks down the stairs.
Marley looks at his retreating back with a sad look before turning in the direction Ryder is standing calling her name.
He looks at his phone with a frown. The name displayed in the front. He hesitates but presses the green button anyways.
"Go for Puck." he hears a deep voice followed by two high pitched giggles.
"Wrong time?" he asks nervously.
"Oh no. Just Hummel and Berry. What's up kid?"
He suddenly doesn't know what to say "Ummm I know you've written some songs."
"Yeah?"
"Well I wrote one and I was wondering if you could tell me what you think." he's still nervous even as he grabs his guitar.
"Now? Can Hummel and Berry listen in?" Puck asks "Their kinda being nosy as fuck."
He hears two indigent gaps in the background "Umm sure just give me a minute."
Putting the phone on speaker he places it on the bed and begins to strum lightly.
Can't ever get it right
No matter how hard I try
And I've tried
Well, I put up a good fight
But your words cut like knives
And I'm tired
As you break my heart again this time
Tell me I'm a screwed up mess
That I never listen, listen
Tell me you don't want my kiss
That you need your distance, distance
Tell me anything but don't you say he's what you're missing, baby
If he's the reason that you're leaving me tonight
Spare me what you think and... tell me a lie
He slowly comes to a stop and says nervously "So? That's all I have."
His worlds are met with silence and he shuffles around his seat waiting for an answer.
"That was so good Jake." Rachel gushed into the phone. "I'm so impressed. How old are you? Like sixteen. That was amazing. Noah tell him." he hears a hand coming in contact with an arm and a "Shit Berry really. What happen' to no fuckin violence."
"Look kid that was really good. Shit it's better than anything I wrote when I was your age." he pauses "I'm impressed."
He finds himself grinning as he listens in.
"Hi Jake I'm Kurt Hummel." a new voice joins the conversation "S' Beyonce." Puck says only to receive another slap on the arm. "Don't listen to your idiotic brother. I'm Kurt. That was really good. Really, really good. Is it about a girl."
Before he can deny it Rachel jumps in "Oh is it about Marley. You guys would be so cute!"
He opens his mouth to say no but suddenly Kurt and Rachel are squealing "Oh Jarley!" Kurt is saying the background.
"Sounds like a fuckin disease." Jake and Puck say in unison.
The four of them laughed. (After Rachel gave them a speech about their crude vocabulary)
"Fuckin' Crazy." Jake muttered to himself.
"Right on." Puck laughed.
He smiled to himself. Maybe having a brother would be a good thing.
Walking into the field he stands next to the coach.
"Jake Puckerman?" she asks "You're trying out?"
He shrugs his shoulder "Why not?"
"Your brother was one hell of a player."
"I was thinking more of quarterback." he says looking at the field as the guys worked out or whatever because truthfully they were fuckin pitiful.
"Let's see what you got." Coach Beastie says throwing him a ball.
He catches it swiftly before dropping his backpack on the floor and joining the guys on the field.
Twenty minutes later he looks down at his white and red jersey. His brother's 20 jersey now his. And for the first time he doesn't mind being compared to him as the guys pat him on the back.
Slipping off his shirt he slips on the jersey.
He can't help but smirk at Ryder as he passes him in the locker room.
A/N: Ta-da! So I just realized that there's already a Crazy For You FF O.o Sorry about that. But I really have no idea if I should change the name and to what. So yeah Jake is now on the football team because as I recall Beastie said something about the guys sucking, even Ryder, and who doesn't want to see Jake in an uniform? How are you guys liking the relationship between the brothers?
Review? Please :)