Heyyo.

39. Finn 2.0

By the time the stupid idiots finished making the ride work again it was half past closing time and I was in deep shit. Ryder was going to have my ass for being an hour late to our little bedroom date. Those idiots had to fine more parts as half the parts broke in half and caused the ride to stop working. Some they had to go run to a closed store, get inside, and buy the parts.

Lark and I made a dash to the motorcycle and soon we got on the road back to the hotel.

We arrived back and I ran off faster than a bolt of lightening, not caring about Lark apologizing for being late, and made a dash for the hotel. I felt sweat building up on my forehead and my hands swell up with fear. I ran up the stairs to my hotel room and prayed Unique would open and not ask questions.

I reached the room and took a breathe before sliding my key card out and putting it inside the slot, it turned green, and i slid it out then opened the door. The lights were off so I was about to put the main light on, but then one of the lamps turned on. A figure sat there on the bed.

Finn.

Crap...again.

"Finn?"

"Where in the hell were you Marley?" Finn questioned me. "Don't lie to me saying you went for a long walk on the beach with Ryder like some romantic crap. You aren't like that Marley. And your not someone who makes their friends lie about everything."

"Finn I—" I started.

"I came to check on you two. Unique said you were in the shower. I left and came back an hour later to see if guys came into the room, because I'll have my ass kicked if that happened, and she said you were taking another shower. I left for a half hour then on my way back to my room checked and YOU WERE STILL IN THE BATHROOM!"

Oh my God, he was yelling at me.

"So I asked Ryder and he had no idea where you were and I asked Blaine and he had no idea. Finally Brittany told me the whole shenanigans for the night; Jake and Kitty in his and Ryder's room, Brittany meeting Sam in her and Kitty's room which left Blaine and Tina in Sam and Blaine's room. Then Ryder and you were going to have some room to yourself. But you weren't here for anything as Ryder accidentally texted me asking Brittany if she knew where you were. Oh and meanwhile I'm doing all of this behind Mr. Schue's back which already sucks because of the whole frigging Valentine's Day thing! Tell me where the hell you were tonight!" Finn yelled.

I'd never seen Finn yell like this before. It scared me. I started to shake and said, "I was with Lark! A friend of mine! We went to the amusement park and a ride we were on got stuck for a long time!"

"Aren't you and Ryder dating?"

"IT WAS NOT A DATE!" I yelled.

"Crap..." Finn rubbed his head. "Are you okay? Did anything happen?"

"No, I swear nothing happened. Just stuck on a ride. I was suppose to be back by lights out." I explained. "I promise."

Finn sighed and rubbed his head again. He looked at me and said, "Because it's National's and everyone is needed, I can't take you off for breaking the rules."

"What rule?"

"What rule, Marley? In your room by check in at 10!" Finn shouted. "But you've learned your lesson right?"

I nodded.

"Good." He said. "You know, you've been different lately. Since I found you smoking you've kind of been the same but also different...what's going on?"

"Nothing!" I yelled. "Finn I wanna go to bed! Leave the room now!"

"Practice at 5. Don't be late." Finn said. He started to leave and right before he shut the door he said, "Sleep good."

I knocked on the door of the empty room Ryder said he'd be in when he texted me around the time we were suppose to me up. I knocked loudly and called his name out.

The door opened with a slam. "What the hell Marley!?" He whispered in a yell. "What happened? Finn was on my ass tonight and—"

"Lark's here." I said. "Well not here, here, but he's here. We met a while after you left for the hotel and we took a trip to the amusement park not too far from here and a ride got stuck and we got stuck there for a while." By now I was in tears. Finn hated me, now Ryder might hate me.

Ryder just looked at me with an angry glare. How couldn't he? I ditched our plans for plans with Lark and that got messed up.

"Please don't be mad at me. Finn already isn't happy with me and I feel like complete shit—"

"You smell like cigarettes." Ryder pointed out.

"Lark had some. He was bored and smoked while we waited to get off the ride." I said. "And I lost connection after a while to my phone, I got messages but couldn't reply."

"Finn doesn't hate you. I don't hate you." Ryder said to me. Ryder pulled me in for a tight embrace and kissed the tip of my head. "Just promise me you'll stop acting reckless, please? This isn't you and it's a little scary too see you going off the edge like this. That's why Finn was mad; he was worried that something happened to you tonight. Same with me. I just didn't know what was happening with you and got worried."

I nodded into his chest. I felt like crap to him. I felt like I've made this promise too many times.

As much as I wanted a cigarette after that, I fell asleep alone in my room. Crying to sleep.