I've already written a few poems for this, and I posted one of them on this side called "dikta" and… this girl PM:d me, and said she wanted to have that poem as a part of a collection of poems for some sort of charity- thing…. Wait for it… wait for it… three, two, one YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY YAYYAYYAYYAYAYYAYYAYYAYYAAYYAYAYYAYYAYYAYAYYAY YAY, YAY, YAY OH YEAH, OH YEAH. YAYYAYYAYYAYYAYYAYYAY
When Caroline was singing most of our chins dropped. I myself must have looked kind of like a bird house-you know, with the mouth forming to an "O" like the hole in the house. How on earth? How did that voice fit into that tiny little girl? When Caroline had stopped, it went all quiet, and no one said anything for several seconds.
"Okay then…" Caroline said after the seconds. "I will just leave… thanks for your time." She turned around and took a few steps out, then Mr. Schue- as chocked as all of us others got on his feet.
"No, no, no." He got before her and grabbed her arms. "That was beautiful, and yes, we'd be very happy to have you as a part of the New Directions." Mr. Schue laid his hand on Caroline's back and led her back to the group.
"Everyone welcome our new member Caroline Landon. Yeah and by the way…" Mr. Schue ran over to the bench, "I want you all to write on this, write name, and clothing size for sweat pants, hoodie and T- shirt." God knows why he wanted to know, but I wrote it down, and when we were done Mr. Schue lifted me up in the wheelchair again, I'd have to wait for him and coach Beiste again- rehab- before I could leave. I wheeled backwards, talking to Jonah, and accidently wheeled into someone.
"Oii." I turned around- oh great! Teeghan.
"I'm sorry, I didn't AAAH." Before I had finished the sentence Teeghan had grabbed the wheel and pushed me over.
"HEY. Hey, hey, hey." Mr. Schue and some of the others came running. "Are you okay?" He kneeled down by me.
"You okay?" Mr. Schue asked once I again as I didn't answer him the first time. I nodded. "I'm fine." Then I let Mr. Schue lift me up in the chair again.
"What on earth is up with her?" Jonah asked, more himself than anyone else. I knew he was angry- few things made Jonah mad- but someone that did something to me was one of those- the worst in his mind- followed by someone doing anything towards our parents, and jokes about life- threatening illnesses as his own.
"Don't care about it Jonah." When Jonah and Mr. Schue looked away, I stroke my arm- when I'd tried to catch myself- I had landed on it- and I would probably have a quite nasty bruise soon. I wheeled slowly after Jonah out in the corridor again- Jonah was leaving to go home, and I pulled out a book to read from my locker- waiting for Mr. Schue and Coach Beiste for rehab.
Teeghan POV
Yeah, yeah, yeah Teeghan Chrystal Knight pushed over kid in a wheelchair- oh boo- hoo. Bad Teeghan, really, really bad. I shook my head again and turned around to walk out in the corridor where Alice is waiting, she frowned looking at me.
"You didn't give her a chance to explain. It was an accident and you know it." She told me.
"Whatever."
"You know what…" I walked past Alice and continued down the hall, she followed me. "I'm getting sick of you. You're rude to anyone and everyone- especially Lex…"
"That's because Lex is a…"
"Don't you dare say that last word." She tells me. "You're rude to everyone and you're never there for anyone who would be there for you when you needed."
"Yeah. Like what." I snorted.
"Like when Josh disappeared- he was gone for a long while and you just avoided me more and more- and like Lex- how hard do you think last year was for her…"
"Oh yeah, yeah, yeah- here we go again- well did you realize Lex was the only one and thing that seemed to mean something at all last year."
"You're just unbelievable." Alice told me, grabbed my shoulder and forced me to turn towards her and stop. "Are you really that selfish?" I snorted. "You expect us all to be there when you need us- but when need you or when someone else has too much attention- you just ignore it- and I don't want to be friends with someone like that." Alice turned around and walked down the hall without me. I shrugged and went to get some books from my locker. I didn't care about her- I didn't- not at all.
I got in my car and drove home- more a mansion of a house- a sign in front of it saying George Knight's- my great grandfather- mansion. Mum and dad wasn't home- so as usual- I was home alone with the people that worked for us.
"Send a snack up to my room." I told Katie. Then I hurried up to my own room- turned my TV on and lifted my laptop up onto my knees. I googled on "the saddle- club song" and found one, I listened through it- and yes- it was like it was written about me.
Leah POV
On Wednesday I received a note in my locker- about meeting someone in the hallway outside Mr. Pearce's classroom when school had ended- and when I came over there- Jonah, Moa, Caroline and Sean were there.
"You received a note too?" Sean asked, I nodded. Why would someone want every new member of the New Directions to be here? The answer came with a group of five football players- Luke Pritchett, Dillon Scott, Mark Taylor, Johnny Mohr, and Colin O'Malley came around the corner- holding two slushies each.
"No, no." I got in front of Jonah and held my arms out. "I'll take all of those- but don't slushie Jonah- please- you don't know-" I hadn't finished the sentence when Luke threw his slushies at Sean, Dillon at Caroline, Mark at Moa, Johnny at me- and at last, Colin threw one slushie in Jonah's face, then turned the other one upside down over Jonah's head. I felt the ice and drink burn on my skin and in my eyes- I felt it getting inside my shirt- I heard the other's gasps and moans- then I heard Mr. Schuester's shout from the other side of the hallway, but it didn't matter. It was like I heard all that from the other side of a wall, as I heard the usual wheezing in Jonah's breath takes- I brainstormed- I had never been in this situation before- yes, Jonah needed his meds- but as long as Jonah was soaked in slushie it wouldn't do much good.
Mr. Schue POV
I heard Leah shout something and turned my head to see Aiden's little brother- just about to throw a slushie at Jonah- and whatever that would be able to cause- it wasn't going to be good.
"NOOOOOO" I shouted- but too late. Colin threw the slushie- and another at Jonah, I dropped my bag and ran down the hall- and reached Jonah just in time to catch him when he collapsed. I looked to Leah.
"Giving him spray will save some time-" she said. "But we need to get that slushie of him." She pulled out the spray of her pocket, and sprayed it in Jonah's mouth. His breathing slowed down, I scooped him up to carry him into the choir room next doors- to give him some privacy.
"I've got a towel in my locker should I get it?" Sean asked so fast I could barely hear what he was saying. I nodded and Sean sprinted across the hallway. Moa held the door to the choir room open- Jonah's breathing had fastened again. I looked to Leah once Jonah sat on the piano chair.
"We gotta get his shirts of- nothing will change as long as he's soaked in slushie." Sean came running back with a towel, and helped me to pull Sean's T- shirt off.
"He's got some extra clothes in his locker," Leah handed me the spray. "I'll get it." She turned around and wheeled fastly out of the room.
Jonah had scars- worse than any others I'd seen. There was one big scar across his chest, in the middle of it across the chest- bone, and one from his chest back behind his shoulder and then to the front and his neck again. And on top of that several smaller scars on his chest and back. I bit my lip, not really knowing what to say as I once again leaned forward and raised the little red and white bottle to give Jonah his meds.
Leah POV
Dad came to pick Jonah up. Jonah was exhausted- but as alright as he ever was. I sighed and wheeled to my classroom, on the way there I wheeled past the audiotourium, I heard music- so I wheeled into the room and saw Lex standing there- singing.
Boy that girl sure had the hell of a voice. She sang the song with such a powerful, clear voice that made shivers go through my whole body- and the way she sang it almost sounded like she really meant what she sang. When the last tone had rung out I clapped my hands and wheeled onto the stage.
"That's a great song." I told her. She smiled.
"Yep. I like it."
"You sang it like you knew what you were singing about." I stopped right in front of the red- haired girl. She smiled.
"It's been multiple years since my real sister died- this summer- I kind of- let her go…. Do you get what I sing about when I sing this song?" I nodded.
"Yeah… I'm sorry about your sister… I thought you lived in foster- care by the way- was she your…"
"She was my biological sister- and I'm adopted." I smiled and looked to the floor. She lost her sister? Were I and Lex going to have been through the same in some while- I couldn't help all the questions that started spinning in my head. I thought for several seconds- then Lex spoke up.
"I know… you guys told us- it's going to happen to you too. Listen Leah- when my sister died I thought the world was going to end- but the world has a way of moving on even when you don't do it yourself. So you just… stay on it- and then one day- you will be happy again." I sighed.
"I'm not so sure." I mumbled- but I guessed Lex was right.
"By the way." She said "A couple of months ago some friends of mine were talking about sleepovers- and I suddenly realized I've never had one- so- would you like to come over?" I laughed slightly, mostly because Lex did it herself.
"Sure, I'll just ask my parents about it when I come home today."
Playlist
The song Lex's singing- Be free- from The saddle club s3 sung by Ariel Kaplan I think.
