About lunch-time on Thursday, everyone seemed to be running towards the audiotourium, I caught Marcie on the way.
"Marcie, what´s going on?"
"Ethan´s playing something. That´s everything I know." I turned around and jogged into the audiotourium, and it was true, Ethan sat by the piano on the stage, and when everyone had arrived, he started talking.
"It has come to my knowledge, that someone, has been leaving letters in my brother´s locker. Letters questioning whether we are brothers or not. And I´ve found this song, to show to Ben, and to all of you others, that the fact that Ben is adopted, doesn´t mean anything. We´ve also got Mariah Smith on the piano here. Let´s kick it." Mariah started playing the intro to the song, as Ethan grabbed the microphone with his both hands, and started when it was time.
I couldn't help but sit with the silliest smile all the way through the song. This song was so cute and fit Ethan's voice perfectly- just like it fit the Morison's perfectly.
Ethan stopped singing, Mariah stopped playing, and everyone in the room started clapping. There were standing ovations, and without caring that everyone would see, Ben got up on the stage and hugged his brother.
Later that day, it was time for glee club. We were all in the choir room, when Mr. Schue came in.
"Hello Glee- clubbers." He said and placed his bag on the piano. I was thinking we could use today to talk about what problems we had in the beginning of the week. And how things are working out with them…. Anyone…."
"Mr. Schue?" Amy raised her hand. "I´ve actually got a song to preform, I was hoping I could do it today."
"The floor´s yours?"
"Anyway, I had a little brother… another one…" she laughed. "Two weeks ago, and it´s not a problem, but I hoped I could perform this anyways. Brad?" she looked back, Brad nodded, and started playing.
"Yeah…" Johnny started when she had finished the song "That was really go…" he was interrupted when Anna came running through the door, she seemed to be stumbling on her own feet and she fell to the floor, her bag was open, and when she fell, papers spread across the floor. Ben, Ethan and Mr. Schue, as the gentlemen they all were, stood up all three, and when Mr. Schue made sure Anna was all right, and helped her up. Ethan and Ben tried to gather all her papers.
"Anna?" Ben said with a folded paper in his hand. "Why does this have my name on it?"
"I… I…" Anna stuttered. But we all knew the truth "I found it."
"It was you!" Ben said. "You left all those letters in my locker, didn´t you?" Ethan stood next to Ben. He was angry and disappointed I could tell, Mr. Schue and Ben too.
"Why did you do it Anna? And why do you keep on writ…" Ethan began, but Anna interrupted.
"That letter´s an apology, everything´s explained in it."
"Oh no…" Mr. Schue said. "You did this, now I want you to look Ben in the eyes, and tell him, exactly why you did it." Anna nodded, took a step forward, took a deep breath, and started talking.
"You´ve got everything I´ve ever wanted. You may be adopted, but who cares, your parents they take care of you, they love you. Your big brother is a real role model who loves you more than anything else. My parents, they´re nice and so, but they just work all the time, and my brother moved to California to live with his stupid girlfriend as soon as he´d quit high school. You´re a nice guy, you make friends, everybody likes you. I´ve never had an easy time making friends, and about that time when you told us you are adopted. I met Lacey Landon and her gang. They wanted me in their gang, and I wanted friends. But they wanted me to do something mean, as a test to see if I was bold enough to be a part of their gang. And then she said, that if I stopped doing it, I wasn´t gonna be a part of the gang anymore… That was why I was late today… I quit the gang, and I was gonna put that letter in your locker, but it was an apology, and it was gonna be the last one I swear. I´m sorry I hurt you Ben, and I´m sorry I caused you so much trouble."
"You and I are gonna talk about what you did Anna!" Mr. Schue said, "but first… over to what I thought today was gonna go to. Talk about which problems we had in our families, and how things are working out."
"In the beginning of this week, I just wanted to know who my real family was…." Ben began. "Now I realized I´ve got them right here."
"I was worrying for Ben." Ethan ruffled in his brother´s hair. "But now, that he´s all right, I´m too."
"I was getting sad because my dad´s leaving for Kosovo again soon" Marcie said. "But it´s only for a short matter of time, and I´m kind of used to it. Now I`m gonna concentrate on spending as much time as possible with him before he leaves."
"We are still afraid of getting split up…." Liam said. "But we´ve realized it´s maybe for the best, I´m gonna share a flat with Ethan, she with one of our cousins from New York, so there´s no way we´ll be alone. And in the main time, maybe we could meet other people. And we´ll see each other on the holidays."
"I was afraid that my new brother Adam, wasn´t gonna make it when they took the respirator away, he was born too soon. But now it´s gone and the doctor says he´s never seen such strong lungs on a new- born." Amy said.
"Josh´s back with his family." Mr. Schue said, because Alice wasn´t here today. "I´ve been talking to them today, they said that Josh has been having a bit of nightmares tonight, but apart from that, and a couple of bruises, he´s unhurt. And all back to the one he was before."
"Have anyone talked to Hayley?" Connor asked. "Lex?"
"Not since she was talking out about my family." I muttered.
"Please Lex, you´re not mad at her for that are you?" Tyler asked. "You know she´s going through something rough right now."
"Who doesn´t?" I mumbled.
"What did you say?" Tyler asked. I shook my head.
"Never mind, it wasn´t important."
"So…" Mr. Schue spoke up. "Are we done for today?" The others nodded, I didn´t do anything. But when I started walking home, I told Tyler and Connor I wanted to be alone, and walked home alone.
Tyler pov
I didn´t really get what was going on with Lex right now, yes, her mum and brother were back, but it had been a week, and she hadn´t been like this for the first days. Yes, she was more emotional than usual, but not like now. Suddenly a thought hit me. I face-palmed
"God, I`m such an idiot." I said. "Come on Connor, we go to the hospital, I need to talk to Carole, and I think she´ll be there. God, how did I not see this? All this trouble with Lex´s mum must have messed up this whole adoption thing. How could I be so blind?" We walked home to my place and in my car.
"Excuse me." I said when I got in the reception. "Is Nurse Hudson working today?"
"Yes… but you need to sit down in the waiting area and wait for your turn." The receptionist said.
"Please, I need to see Carole, she´s my girlfriend´s foster mum, I really need to talk to her."
"Listen young man," finally the receptionist looked at me. "Either you sit down in the waiting area and wait for your turn until someone is free to take you, whether it´s gonna be nurse Hudson or someone else, I can´t tell. Or, you go home to her, and wait until she comes home. Or, you keep on nagging, and I´ll call the police"
"Plea…" I began, but then a voice I recognized was heard.
"Tyler? Connor?" Carole came walking down the hall. "What´s going on, are you okay? Is Lex okay?" I held up my hands to silent her.
"We´re all fine. I just need to ask you some things, can we please go somewhere more private?" Carole nodded, and led me and Connor into one of the examine rooms, where we sat down and I asked Carole about the things I wanted to know.
Lex pov, late evening same day
I laid on my stomach in the sofa, watching something I barely knew what it was, when my phone beeped. I reached for it, and read it.
My dad died this evening, at seven thirty, his favorite part of the day.
Could you ask Mr. S if i´s ok if ND sings at the funeral, it´s gonna be next Friday, could you also tell the others in ND. Please don´t call, I don´t wanna talk right now.
I´m sorry for what I said.
Hayley
I kept on staring at my phone, not knowing whether I should answer it or not.
"Lex?" Carole asked at last. "Lex? What´s going on?"
"Hayley´s dad died earlier today." I said, pressed the "answer" button and quickly dialed.
I´m so sorry for you. You can call me whenever you want, I´ll tell the others and talk to Mr. Schue.
Let´s forget about that, it doesn´t matter
Lex
Playlist
Ethan- Brothers- Ola Svensson
Amy- I'll be there- Jackson five
