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24. School.
I woke up Tuesday morning to Minnie knocking on my door. "Marley, I'm heading to work now. I'll call you around 6 if I'm going to be late."
"Okay Minnie." I called back.
After what went down yesterday after school I knew today was a new day. I showered, dried my hair and picked out a pretty dress I got a few weeks ago that I loved. Lace type dress with a print on the inside. I grabbed a pair of brown boots, wore my bottle cap earrings Lark gave to me and the necklace Ryder gave me, grabbed my backpack (now drug free, in the attic) and on my way to school.
I kept getting messages from Kitty on the walk to school. I couldn't text her back as my phone was being strange and wouldn't message anyone back. Same thing with her phone with calls, it wouldn't pick up for her.
URGENT!
URGENT!
EVERYONE KNOWS!
NOT MY FAULT, I PROMISE!
I got to the school and everyone was looking at their phones the whole time. I shrugged it off as some 'fail' video on youtube and continued my way to Glee room so we could have that meeting before school started. Just as I got to the door Kitty ran to me. "MARLEY! MARLEY!"
I stopped and looked at her. "What?" I asked.
"It's not my fault!" She yelled out of breathe. She looked scared for whatever reason. "Coach Sue lost some Cheerio's the other week and needed more and this new girl who just came to the school, Bree, is a horrible bitch! Yes! That is being said by ME!"
"What are you talking about?" I asked Kitty as I stepped inside the classroom. I looked into the room and the rest of the Glee kids were sitting in the chairs and looked up from their phones when I stepped in. Kind of like one of those situations when someone is talking about you and when you come into the room they stop talking instantly. I froze.
"Kitty, what's going on?" I turned to her worriedly.
"Bree was in the parking lot and videotaped you on her phone." Kitty said.
Oh crap. This Bree girl caught me smoking.
Sam, the closest near me, stood up and walked over quickly and pulled me into a hug. It felt like a brotherly hug too. "Sam?"
"It's okay, it's okay." He assured me.
"What the hell guys!?" I yelled out.
"Marley, why did you start smoking!?" Jake asked. "You know that's a stupid thing to do."
"Oh like you care Jake!" I yelled. I escaped from Sam's arms and looked at the rest of them. "You broke up with me in NOVEMBER so you shouldn't care about my health!"
"I still care Marley!" Jake yelled at me.
"Maybe that's why she started." Brittany said. "Or her Mom dying?"
"No, since before that Brittany." I said. "Yes guys, I've been smoking cigarettes since November. Mr. Schue and Finn just learned yesterday."
"Ryder?" Tina looked at Ryder.
"No, I told him yesterday after he asked why I took so long to get out of the school." I said to her. "Yes I realize how I handle all the stress in my life this way isn't good. But I was told that with the exception right now I'm not expelled and I'm still attending classes. Just no Glee for a week."
"What about National's?" Artie asked. "We have a song you wrote and wanna try it out with you in lead and the dancing."
"Just work parts for me and I'll catch up."
"Great! Now we have to pretend that she's here and make her parts up and waste a week of dancing to keep her up to date on the dancing!" Tina yelled. "Great and I thought you were okay since Regional Marley, but I guess I was wrong. You are still trying to Rachel Berry but you are NO RACHEL BERRY!"
"AND NEITHER ARE YOU, YOU STUPID BITCH!" I yelled. She jumped scared. "All I ever hear from your mouth are two things. Blaine's cute adorable ass that you stare at when you get the chance and how RACHEL FUCKING BERRY IS THE BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD! I have no idea who the bitch is but she sounds like a pain in the ass! If this is the girl who tried to get every single solo in the past and had no care about how she got the solo, even if it meant hurting people, than by all means congratulations TINA COHEN-CHANG! YOU ARE THE OFFICIAL NEW RACHEL BERRY IN GLEE CLUB!"
Tina looked scared shit-less. She and everyone else just stood there stunned. Ryder stood up and came over to me and whispered for us to go outside. He guided me out of the classroom, though I dragged him out more, and he brought me outside the school to the football field area. I was complaining about Tina the whole time.
Once we arrived we sat on the bench along the gates. I cried into Ryder's shoulders as he comforted me. "Sheissuchabitch." I said quickly.
"I know," Ryder kissed my forehead. "She's not being nice I know. She'll clam down when she sees you are capable of doing everything and keeping up with everyone."
"Just because she's a senior doesn't mean she can be a horrible bitch to everyone!" I cried. "Lark's right. She's Bitch Satan."
"I thought you said you were done with Lark?"
"I said I had to think about it!" I yelled. "And he's been calling her that since the start of our friendship."
Ryder chuckled. "Well I guess Lark is right about something."
We had to go back to the school. I went to all my classes, gathered all the course work I've missed and the homework I've missed, watched Glee practice from a window in the auditorium for a few minutes and went home.
I've missed over a hundred and five homework assignments, including take-home tests, and essay papers. I got home around 2:30 and didn't stop working until 11:30 at night. When I finished I laid on my bed too tired to do anything so I fell asleep.