We walk off stage and New Directions smile. "Nice work." I nod at Santana. "I have to, um." I say and they look at me. "Are you ok?" I nod. "Nikki?" I nod at Lucas and they shake their heads at me. "Yeah." I say and he nods at me. "Guys, I'll get my own way home." I say and they go wide eyed. "I have to do this." I say to Sam and he nods. He kisses my forehead and they all walk out. Rachel shakes her head at me and she walks out.
"You're going to take us down?" He says, looking hurt. Vocal Adrenaline flock in and they sit on our sofa. "That is my team out there." I say and they nod. "We were your team not so long ago." Giselle says and I nod. "And I love you guys. But I need to look out for them." They nod. "I only have one target. That is your leader." I say and look at Jesse. "I'll try not to let things get messy. I'll try and keep you guys out of it. I have to do this. I hate what has happened between us all and I really don't care anymore. At the end of the day, someone has to be hurt. We can't all be happy. I learnt that the hard way." I say and Jesse looks at me. "I said sorry." I nod. "Sorry makes it all go away, does it?" He shrugs and I go to walk out. "I am having a party on friday. You guys can come." I nod. "Don't try anything." I say and he nods. He hugs me and I smile. "I'm having a party on friday. You guys are free to come." I nod. "No trying anything." He smiles. "I can't talk for Jesse." I nod. "I know." I smile and he nods. "You want me to give you a ride?" I nod. "That would be great." I say and he drives me to Noah's where I see all the cars. "I'd invite you in, but they are just going to quiz you." He nods. "See you on friday." I nod. "See you then." I say and get out.
I walk in and they all look at me. "We have been invited to a party on friday." I say with a smile and they nod. We sit there and I start making out with Sam and we smile.
friday evening
We walk out of school and all go to our cars. "Meet at ours at six. We'll leave from there." Noah says and they nod. Quinn, Geoff and Sam get into the car with us and we go to our house. We sit around and I make out with Sam.
At 4pm we run upstairs and get changed out of our cheerleading uniforms and she gets changed into a dress, while I put on my black converse, my dark skinny jeans, my iron maiden t-shirt, a grey cardigan and my black and red fingerless gloves. Quinn looks at me. "Am I too dressed up?" I laugh. "No. I'm just wearing what I usually wear to their parties. Giselle and the girls will be wearing dresses and stu I say, while putting black eyeliner on. She smiles and we walk back downstairs, to see everyone walking in. We smile and Sam wraps his arm around me. We all put 5 dollars in for the taxi van and we get in.
I give the guy the address and we start the journey to Lucas'
"So, what is the plan?" I shrug. "Socialise. Talk. Drink. Get any dirt you can. And enjoy." I say with a smile. We get out of the van and pay the driver. I see Blaine and he walks over to Kurt. They walk off together and I smile. I see Lucas and Giselle. They welcome us in and everyone goes off in different directions with different people. I walk in with Giselle and Lucas and they give me a beer. "You want a glass?" Giselle says to me and I smile. "I'm good." I say and take a swig. I sit up on the bench and smile.
We chat and everyone goes silent. "Here comes the cavalry." I say and see Jesse with his minions. Sam, Noah, Santana and Quinn are at the other side of the room, watching me. Jesse walks over and I smile while taking another drink of my beer. "Nikki." I nod. "Jesse." I say and he walks on by.
"So, how are you goimg to take us down?" I smile. "That would be telling." I say to Giselle and look over at my group. "NIKKI!" I turn around and see Sarah. "SARAH!" I shout and hug her. "Why weren't you at the friendly?" I ask her and she nods. "I didn't really, want to see you with them." She says and gives Noah, Quinn, Santana and Sam a look.
I smile and hug her again. "When are you coming back?" I smile. "I'm not babe. I told you before. I'm done with VA." I say and someone hands me another beer. "Well not completely." Lucas says and I laugh.
"Any requests for music?" Ryan asks and I look at Sarah. "Mosh!" We say at the same time and make our way to his living area. The music starts playing loud and we jump up and down.
We walk back off and Noah walks over to me. "Nikki." He says and I nod. "This is Noah. Or Puck as they call him." She smiles and shakes his hand. "Hi, Puck." She flirts and I look at her. "This is Santana, his girlfriend." I say, gesturing to her. She nods. "Hi." I quickly introduce them all and she nods at Sam. "I hope you are treating her right." He smiles. "Course I am." He says and winks. Rachel walks past with Finn. "BERRY? WHO LET YOU IN?" She shouts and I nod at Sam. "Yeah, she doesn't exactly like her." I say and they nod. "She did." She says and Sarah looks at me. "First you join the enemy, then you date one, now you are friends with the bitch? Girl you've changed." She says and walks away. Lucas follows her and Giselle gives me a sympathetic nod. I look back at New Directions and they look at me. "Cut all ties." Quinn says. I look around me and at s from Carmel. I see Blaine and walkover to him. "I'm getting out of here." I say to him and he nods. Kurt grabs my arm. "Some girl told me their set list!" I nod. "Tell me tomorrow!" I say and walk out. Noah and Sam follow me with Santana. "Can you guys just give me some time." Noah looks at me. "You don't need them." I nod and a tear rolls down my cheek. "That is my crew in there. They looked up to me. I can't just give up on them. Jesse is one person. I still love them. I'm sorry if that makes you guys feel threatened. But i've had shit go down in my life. It's easy for you guys to say "Cut All Ties." I say and Finn walks up with Rachel and Quinn. "You guys have been in this glee club a hell of a lot longer than I have. You trust each other and have some kind of respect for each other. You try having that ripped from you! You try, having people give up on you. New Directions is all you guys have every known. That is how I feel about Vocal Adrenaline. They are my family. And you can't just say goodbye,yet they have. Those three people that just walked away from me were my bestfriends. And now I have to give that up? for what? For you guys and for classic music? I love you guys more than I can ever scream. But I love them more." I walk away and find the play ground.
I sit in the cold and sit on a swing. I hate what is happening. Who was I kidding? Go to a new school, make new friends and a new boyfriend. But the baggage? I'm going to depress everyone I meet and i'm going to do that for the rest of my life. If anything, my dad slapped the stupid out of me. To bad he hadn't done it 6 months sooner.