Hey guys! So I owe you all an apology…I took about a zillion years to update, after a cliffhanger too, I accept that and I am so sorry! But this was mainly because I was focusing on my 3 ryley week one-shots; check them out if you haven't already :) To make up for this I am aiming to update after this chapter super quickly- hopefully on Wednesday or Thursday :) Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee…if I did I wouldn't write fanfic…
Kitty Wilde staggered up what she hoped was the correct driveway, shuddering at the knowledge that she, of all people, had ventured into Lima Heights Adjacent; she was clearly a better friend than many people gave her credit for. She knocked three times on the door, wincing as the loud sound stung her ears and made her head throb even more, the unfortunate side effects of last night's heavy drinking making themselves known. After what seemed like an eternity, (for she was very impatient, especially when hung-over,) the door opened, and Kitty said a silent prayer of thanks as the lunch lady from school looked back- she was at the right house.
"Can I help you?" Millie asked the blonde, who she recognised as one of McKinley's popular kids, cautiously.
"Hello Mrs Rose," Kitty said, making her voice as sweet as possible. "I was wondering if your daughter was available, I wanted to talk to her about last night." Millie frowned, and sighed, briefly closing the door, then putting the chain on and opening it again.
"I'll go tell her you're here, but I'm not promising she'll talk to you," Millie told her. "She's very upset at the moment." Kitty rolled her eyes to the sky, but nodded.
"What's your name again?" Millie asked.
"Kitty. Kitty Wilde." The cheerleader told her, before Millie disappeared away from the door, and upstairs to Marley's bedroom, where the brunette was curled up in bed, trying to forget about the world.
"Marley sweetie, you have a visitor," she started.
"If it's Ryder, I don't want to know," Marley groaned.
"It's not Ryder, if it was I would have sent that boy away without even telling you he had come," her Mother admitted. "It's that cheerleader, Kitty Wilde," she explained. Marley sat up abruptly, wearing a confused expression.
"Kitty Wilde?" she asked, hardly believing it. Kitty was McKinley royalty, and the only thing connecting them was Ryder. Marley decided she was probably here to gloat, and sighed, throwing a dressing gown on over her pyjamas and dragging herself downstairs and over to the door, before undoing the chain and facing the popular blonde.
"Wow. You look even worse than me and I had four hours of sleep and a shit ton of beer last night," Kitty said bluntly, by way of a greeting. Marley stared back at her warily, slightly stunned, as this was the very first time the popular cheerleader had bothered to talk to her, or even acknowledged her existence.
"Look…" Marley started nervously. "If you're here to gloat about Ryder, don't bother, you can have him."
"Wow. You're so self-centred you make me look…not self-centred…" Kitty told her, her tone acidic. Marley's eyes widened. She had never been told that before. "Let me in," Kitty continued.
"No, I said you don't need to-" Marley tried.
"That wasn't a question." Kitty interrupted, before barging her way past the stunned girl and into the Rose's house.
"What are you doing?" Marley asked with a slight shriek.
"Show me where to sit down, and you and I are gonna have a little talk about Ryder." Kitty announced. Marley wanted to protest, but Kitty was clearly not in the mood to be argued with, and in all honesty, Marley was quite scared of her…she was behind many of the slushy attacks on her Glee club friends, after all. For that reason, she reluctantly lead Kitty into the kitchen, and gestured to her to sit down at the small table, whilst sitting down herself.
"How do you even know where I live?" Marley asked, feeling slightly weirded out that the blonde had managed to find her house.
"Ryder already told me you lived in this dump of a neighbourhood and then I used the yellow pages, it's not rocket science. Anyway, that's not important. Okay boob-less, first of all you're gonna explain to me why your reaction to being serenaded in front of the entire school was running away." Kitty instructed her, and Marley sighed, putting her head in her hands before looking up again.
"I'm just so conflicted…" She groaned.
"Conflicted about what?!" Kitty asked, half-shouting. "About a guy you've been dating expressing his lo-feelings…for you?"
"About a guy…expressing his…feelings for me, after kissing another girl!" Marley replied, wondering why it wasn't obvious to the cheerleader.
"Look. I've known Ryder longer than you have, and I can hand on heart swear he did not kiss that girl-" Kitty protested.
"I saw! I saw a photo!" Marley retorted.
"You saw a photo of Ryder being pounced on by some pyscho bitch who got paid to do it by some even bigger pyscho stalker Ryder has following him around. He told me everything last night, when we were blind drunk. A drunk mouth speaks a sober heart. He is way into you, he did not kiss that girl, and you didn't even give him a chance to explain himself!"
"How do you know that?" Marley asked. "You know drunk people can lie too-"
"Do you even know who I am?" Kitty retorted, exercising her usual air of self-importance. "I am Kitty Wilde. I can smell bullshit a mile off. That's why I know. That's also why I know that you have zero interest in Jake Puckerman, you only asked him to the dance to make Ryder jealous, which by the way, was a really shitty thing to do, for more than one reason."
"You like Jake?" Marley whimpered, almost cowering at Kitty's outburst, and feeling awful, because, as rude and scary as Kitty was…she was also right.
"Yes I do, thank you very much. But we're not talking about me. We're talking about how you saw that picture, which I'm sure looks like the least romantic kiss ever, and, rather than confronting Ryder and asking him what happened, went immediately to his best friend in an attempt to spite him." Kitty looked sternly at Marley as she shouted at her.
"I…you're right…it was a terrible thing to do…" Marley stammered, thinking back to the picture and remembering the way Ryder's arms had been positioned up in the air...in shock…she realised that now.
"Well eureka. Poor little Marley's finally realised she's in the wrong here. Now will you please call Ryder? I mean, I personally think he could do better than some whiny little kiss-ass, but I'm his friend and I can see that he is way into you. Like…nothing I've ever seen before. Look, if you're seriously still not sure, let me tell you how you our little drinking session ended last night. It ended with me carrying Ryder home and having to put him to bed before his very bemused father thankfully offered me a ride home. But before I left, when he was passed out, he was like, mumbling your name…it was like really creepy but really cute at the same time."
For the first time in the conversation, the corners of Marley's lips curled up into the tiniest of smiles, and she let an almost silent giggle escape her lips as she imagined the scene.
"Really? He really did that?" She asked, and Kitty nodded sincerely, staring her right in the eye. In that moment, Marley realised that she had to give Ryder another chance. She went to retrieve her cell phone, before sitting back down at the table and finding Ryder's number.
"Marley?" A voice called, causing both Marley and Kitty to turn around. Millie Rose stood at the kitchen doorway, with a familiar frown on her face. "Are you about to call who I think you're about to call?" She asked with a sigh.
"Mom…Kitty explained everything. And since she's told me all this when she doesn't even like me…I trust her…" Marley explained, whilst Kitty nodded, particularly hard at the suggestion that she didn't like Marley- she certainly wasn't her biggest fan, but she was doing this for her friend Ryder, not the irritating girl. Millie simply sighed heavily, but knew she couldn't control her daughter's decisions. Marley avoided her Mother's eye contact, and turned back to Kitty.
"Did you come here by car?" she asked the blonde, who nodded. "Could you please perhaps drop me off at Ryder's…if he wants to see me?"
"Sure- if you don't mind my crappy hung-over driving. And trust me, he will want to see you." Kitty replied. Marley nodded gratefully and clicked the green phone next to Ryder's name, before holding the phone up to her ear.
"Marley?!" Ryder's familiar, slightly shocked and perhaps a little groggy voice called out.
"Hey…Ry it's me…" Marley took a deep breath. "I think I owe you an apology…can I come over please?"
"Really? Um…I mean…yes! Yes, yes, please come over as soon as possible! Or I can come to you, or…" He stammered out, his voice giving away his surprise and happiness.
"I don't think my Mom really wants you in the house, but…yeah…yeah I'll come over right now, well, as soon as I get dressed. Bye...see you in twenty minutes, I guess," she told him.
"See you in twenty! And thanks…in advance, for coming. And you don't need to apologise for anything, we just need to talk it over…bye…I…bye…"
Marley hung up the phone, and told Kitty she would run and get changed. Ten minutes later, after rushing to throw on a pair of jeans and a shirt, running a brush through her hair, and throwing on a small amount of makeup, she bounced down stairs, where the blonde was sipping on a glass of water given to her by a frowning Millie.
"Let's go," she said, before following Kitty out of the house and into her car. Next stop, Ryder's house.
Hardly any Ryder in a Ryder-centric story, I apologise, but he will be well and truly back next chapter :) Also, Marley has come round- hopefully your reviews to this chapter will be happier than the last :p
Also, your guesses as to who Katie is continue to interest me…there have been correct guesses, that's all I'll say ;)
To my reviewers:
LoveLoveLoveSuck: I'm really sorry you feel that way! I hope I've fixed it for you now but please understand that a good story needs some ups and downs! (We don't want it turning into boring-arse season 4 jarley :p) I hold my hands up for the long updating- hopefully I will never take this long to update a chapter again- I am busy though so once per week is usually as best I can do.
Ember411: Hehe I'll bear that in mind! Wahhh you're scaring me haha- that's why I changed my mind, I thought I'd get some backlash to say the least! And pfff, silly Jake. Also thanks for your review for the last ryley week oneshot- glad you enjoyed the 20s terms! And aw, you called me your dear friend, so sweet :')
TeaAndGlee: Glad you loved the chapter…heheh she does need to leave! But she's not gone just yet!
Guest (1): I loved seeing your Kyder friendship related review come in, because I knew that you'd probably like this chapter? (Hope you did!) Kitty has very much got Ryder's back, so I hope you like that :)
LittleMusicalOwl: It just took a little push (or shouting) from Kitty, haha. I took joy from writing Jake getting shot down too! Hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as the last!
Savannaramirez35: I'm not trying to kill you, I promise :p Hope you enjoyed this update. And thanks, hehe, I think Melissa looks rather lovely from that angle XD I'm not even gay, just for her :p
Gleek555: Glad you liked the inclusion of the song! I definitely agree that Jake deserved a bit of a punching! Hmm, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a little bit to find out if you're right or wrong!
Kalette: Oh my gosh this is such a kind lovely review! Ugh I'm your fave? I feel so honoured, I hope I don't let you down! Yes! I am super excited for Billy Boy! Jennoist playing each other's love interests in a film is just…ugh, it's just a dream :') And yes, Melissa looks dayum fine in Wrecking Ball, can't wait for that either!
guest (2): I'm glad you liked the song inclusion! You were right to believe- Kitty was there to give Ryder a helping hand! Ryder will also get his say in the next chapter though :)
Gleeatic713: Oh, if only more men were like Ryder! Hehe, you'll have to wait a little bit longer to find out if you're right or not, but as I said, it's all there in the story ;) Also, thanks for your reviews to my ryley week oneshots! Asdfghjkl I died when Blake tweeted me :') He answered my question about if the Billy Boy Kickstarter was up yet (it wasn't.) You don't get the episodes for a few weeks?! Crikey! What country are you in?
Stay amazing people, and please drop this chapter a review. As I said, I will try and update very soon!
Lauren xxx