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Eric's POV
I was standing by my locker, Marissa said she would meet me here after class, when I saw a tiny girl walking down the hallway. She was
wearing a pale pink dress that looked absolutely perfect on her. Her
green eyes met mine, and she smiled and waved. I motioned for her to come here, and I watched her get hit by some big guy who obviously didn't care that he had just smacked the small girl in the forehead.
"Hey. Yes, I'm talking to you." I walked over to him. I wasn't really thinking, I just wanted the guy to pay for what he had done to the girl who was standing by my locker, now looking a little scared.
"Oh, look. It's the new kid. Yep, the one that's in Geek Club. Be careful, we might catch some of his gay disease if we stand to close."
Wow, this guy really thought he was something, huh? I might just have to teach him a little lesson. I punched him in the face and all of friends backed away, not one stepping up to defend him.
"You need to learn something, you little dickhead." I said while holding him up against the locker. "First," I punch him in the face again, "You never hit a girl without apologizing. I'm pretty sure her head is going to be bruised for at least a week now." Second, I punch him in the stomach, "It's Glee Club. Not geek, not gay, not any other stupid ass name you could come up with. Glee." Third, I kick him in the crotch, "You need to realize that you and your little group of friends are not the most important people on the planet. You're the losers, not these other kids who will actually make it out of this fucking town." Then, I
started punching him some more. Remember, I definitely wasn't using my brain. Suddenly, a hand pulled me off of the little dumbass who was still on the ground.
"Eric, stop. Get up and walk away," Mr. Schue said. He looked at me sternly and said, "You're not in any trouble this time, but next time you will be. You understand? I know you were just sticking up for Kenzie, but you better not get so intense next time, okay?" Eric nodded. "One more thing, I know you already have a girlfriend, Marissa, right? Please don't break Kenzie's heart. She may
look strong, but I can tell she's been through a lot. So just stick with Marissa for right now. I'll see you in Glee today." And with that, Mr. Schuester walked away. I jogged to my locker, where Kenzie and Marissa were now standing.
"Sorry for making you guys wait. Mari, if you want to go on down to the gym, I'll meet you there." Marissa smiled and kissed me for what seemed much longer than necessary.
When she was finished, she said, "I'll see you there in a minute, Ere-Bear."
Once she had walked away, I turned to Kenzie. I found her staring after Marissa with a funny expression on her face. "You okay, Kenz?"
She looked up at me, "Yeah. I'm fine." I looked deeply into her
gorgeous eyes and could tell that she was far from okay, but I didn't
want to push anything.
"I was going to talk to you about a song for Glee, but I kind of got distracted," I say, running my fingers through my hair.
"Eric, it's fine. Is there any other time we could talk?"
I thought for a moment, "Maybe tonight? You could come over to my place, if you want."
Kenzie's eyes lowered to the ground as she said, "Marissa already told me about your date. Look, I have to go. But maybe we can work something out for this weekend? We can talk about it later." She started to walk away, but I grabbed her arm.
"Kenz, I'm sorry we didn't get to talk for very long, I really am. I promise I'll make up for it, okay?"
She smiled at me, "Okay, Eric. I really have to go now or I'll be late for class." She walked down the hallway, and I knew that I would make it up to her. Even if she didn't want me to, I would do it just to spend more time with her.
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Marissa's POV
I was walking towards Eric's locker and frowned when I didn't see him
there. Fortunately, I saw Kenzie, who I had been waiting to talk to. I
glanced down at her, and I swear she shrunk a bit when she was me.
Good, I like having that kind of power.
"Hi, Marissa," she said in a voice not much louder than a whisper.
"Hey, dwarf. I'm glad I found you, I have some things to tell you. First, what are you doing standing by my boyfriend's locker?" She answered.
"He waved me over to talk to him, but then...something else came up, I guess." She pointed to the end of the hallway where Eric was currently beating this kid up. Oh well, I'll see what that's about later. I've got other things that need to be done right now.
"Whatever. So, onto the next question, why the hell do you think it's okay to stare at Eric all day. You wanna know something? He doesn't like you. He will never like you. You're not nearly as pretty as me and definitely not as popular. You don't have what guys like. You will never find someone who likes you, I swear. You just skip around and smile like everything's okay. Well, guess what, sweetheart? It's not. And you're never going to find a guy who will have any interest in you if you keep believing that everything is perfect, because it's not. It's about as far from it as your face is." By the time I finished talking, the small girl was staring at the ground. I want her to understand that she isn't good enough, so I keep talking. "Quit staring at your ugly shoes, thinking this is my fault. You're the one that's never going to be good enough. I'm just the one who's nice enough to tell you the truth. So back off Eric, he's taken. But, even if he wasn't, he would never date someone like you. You're just so fake, I know you must be really screwed up to not even let people see the real you."
She looks up at me with red eyes and says, "Okay. I believe you. I'll back off, I'll never speak again if you don't want me to. I swear."
"Good," I say, giving her my Cheerio smile. Just then Eric walks up and apologizes for taking so long. He tells me to go ahead and meet him in the gym, so I say yes and kiss him for as long as I can. I give Kenzie a look, just to remind her of how much she sucks, before walking to the gym. Eric walks in as I'm warming up, and a smile at him. "Hey, Ere-Bear."
"Hey, Mari. Sorry, I just had to clear some stuff up." I frown, remembering the midget.
"That reminds me, why the hell were you talking to the weirdo?"
His eyebrows bunch up on the top of his head, she has to admit he looks absolutely precious when he's confused, and says, "Who? Are you talking about Kenzie?"
"Duh, Eric. Why do you keep talking to her?" I say, I'm starting to get frustrated.
"She's my friend, Mari. Don't call her that. And I talk to her because she's nice. You're the only person I know that doesn't like her. Why?"
"Well, Eric, because she's not as great as she seems. She's too happy
and peppy. She's obviously a fake. And I'm not, so you should spend
your time talking to me. Okay?"
Eric let out a deep breath, and ran his hands through his hair. "Okay, whatever. But I still have to talk to her for Glee, because we have to discuss our ideas. Other than that, I'll stay away from her as much as I can. Deal?"
I smiled, because I loved getting what I want, "Deal."
He looks at his watch and then says," I've gotta go change into my uniform or I'll have to run laps for being late. I'll talk to you later, Mari." He kissed me on the cheek before running to the locker room.
Third Person POV
As soon as the last person entered the room, Mr. Schuester started practice. "Welcome to Glee Club! I am so happy to see every one of you here. I can tell we are going to have an amazing year. I've noticed that not all of you know each other. So, for our first assignment, you need to sing a song about yourself. It can describe your personality, your feelings, your life, even the kind of music you sing. But you must bring in a picture of you doing whatever your song is about. Sound cool?"
All of the students nodded their heads and were talking amongst themselves, getting ideas for their songs. Mr. Schuester dismissed them early and everyone left very quickly to go to practice for sports or music lessons.
Anthony was running in the parking lot to his car after Glee. Rain was pouring down, and he didn't want to get wet. Abigail has a meeting that was only for freshman, so she was getting a ride home with one of her friends later. He saw Kenzie walking towards the street, and realized she must be walking home. He hopped in his car and drove over to her. "Kenzie, are you walking home?"
She looked up from the ground and replied, "Yeah. I only live about a mile or two away, and my dad has to stay late at work tonight. He doesn't get off until eight."
"And your mom?"
Kenzie looked away and said, "She's on a business trip in California. She won't be back for a few months, at the least."
"I'm sure you miss her a lot."
Kenzie nodded, "I do."
Anthony then realized that she was still standing out in the rain, and started to feel bad. "Let me take you home. Please, I don't want you walking out here. You might get sick, and I wouldn't want you to lose that amazing voice for any amount of time."
Kenzie smiled, "That's very nice of you, Anthony."
After Kenzie got in the car and told him her address, she felt bad because it was on the opposite side of town from his house. "Are you
sure? I don't want you to go out of your way for me."
Anthony saw how bad she felt and they reached a red light. He reached for her chin to pull her face up to meet his. "Kenzie, I promise it's okay. I would do it for you any day." He leaned in to kiss her, but she turned her face so his lips meet her face.
"Thank you so much, Anthony. I need to go ahead and get home." Anthony was disappointed he didn't get to give her a real kiss, but decided he could wait until a later date.
He decided to make conversation. "So what do your parents do?"
Kenzie looked out the window. "My dad owns a restaurant, Lisa's, it's new here but he had a few other restaurants back in Nashville. My mom, well, she works for a research company. She has to travel a lot, you know, because she's doing research on airplanes and rockets and stuff."
"That's cool. Is it hard, not having your mom around?"
"Yeah, it is. She's been traveling since I was about 10, so I've gotten used to it." They have pulled into her driveway now, and Anthony sees tears starting to form in her eyes.
"Come here," he pulls her into his arms. "I'm sure she loves you and misses you, too. You'll see her soon, you're going to be okay. And when it feels like it's not going to be okay, I'm gonna be here. Okay?"
She smiles up at him with tear-filled eyes. "Thank you so much, Anthony. I should probably go inside now, I have a lot of homework. I'll see you at school tomorrow." She kisses his cheek slowly, and then goes inside.
She turns around and waves bye, and Anthony waves back. As he drives away, he can't wait to see her again. What he doesn't know is what she's doing now…
Hey guys! I hope you liked this chapter. I will be featuring about 3-5 characters per chapter, just because I understand them more when I get to write about them more. So don't worry if your character wasn't in this chapter, they will be in the story very soon!
A special thanks goes to Sparkling Ducks1357for helping me with this chapter. It's because of them that this chapter is up! I will never be able to thank you enough :)
To clarify questions about the pictures:
-The picture needs to relate to the song. If the song that is describing your character is about their personality, it needs to be a picture of them smiling, running around, performing, etc. If it is about how they like to do something, it needs to be a picture of them doing that thing. If it's about a person, it needs to be a picture with that person in it.
-The picture does not have to be a real picture of their celebrity look-a-like. The point is for the character to show the club what they love doing, because these kids don't know each other.
-I won't use everyone's picture, but I will be using most of them. So please send them in!
Please review! In your review, it would be great if you could answer these questions, just so I can see what you like and what you don't like.
1. Who is your favorite character so far? Who is your least favorite?
2. Who is your favorite couple or people you would like to see together?
3. What did you guys think about "The New Rachel"? Love it or hate it?
Sorry for the super long AN, but thank you if you read it all!
