Amy POV

At Saturday afternoon I walked up to Rafaél's house. I had heard from Alice what had happened to Rafaél during the week we were in Washington DC. She had also told me that the whole of New Directions knew- even though there weren't any rehearsals for the moment I would soon notice that they weren't happy with how I had hurt Rafaél.

I hadn't meant to hurt him like that. I had been blinded by my heart been broken when I realized he wouldn't like me the way I liked him. And so hurt the one person that was one of the most important in my life- excluding my parents and my sister and brothers. Now it was a question for me how I had even been able to be such a jerk. And the whole trip to the big city I spent most of my time regretting what I had done then.

So now I stood on the porch steps and knocked the door. Mrs. Gerardo came and opened. "Hello Amy" she greeted me. "Come in, you're coming to see my son I suppose!?" I nodded and Mrs. Gerardo smiled. "Well, he's in his room, you know where it is" I nodded, and shoved one hand in my jeans pocket when I walked up the stairs and knocked the door to Rafaél's room and then opened it.

Rafaél laid on his bed reading some Spanish book I didn't recognize- or could read the title of when I came in. But he looked away from the book and sat up when I came into the room. "Hey" I said. "Can we talk?" Rafaél nodded and pushed himself up to sit Indian style while I took a seat in the desk chair and brainstormed for something to say.

"I'm really sorry for how I reacted." Well that was the most important part. "I guess I… that with that I was in love with you and then realizing that it ended like that… it just hurt you know and… and I know it's not an excuse for hurting you like that and especially not as for what you had just told me but… it was all me, you did nothing wrong."

I silent, there was so more I wanted to express but couldn't find the right words to and I wanted to give Rafaél a chance to say something but he didn't say a word. "Rafaél, we have been best friends like forever. I don't want to lose you like this so please, forgive me." Rafaél held up a hand to silent me and from the look on his face I almost knew that he wasn't going to and that our friendship was over, but then he smiled slightly.

"I'm not a resentful person." He said. "And if you forgive me, then I'll forgive you without hesitating." He smiled bigger. "You're my best friend Ames, I wouldn't want to lose you for anything." He held out his arms and I went over to sit by him and hug him. "So… do you want to have some guy- talk and I can tell you who I'm in love with?"

"Oh puh- lease Rafey, you don't have to tell me who you are in love with. It would take a blind person to not have seen that you're head over heels falling for Connor Atkins." Rafaél blushed. "See? Told you!" Rafaél then shook his head and smiled slightly.

"I guess it doesn't matter really. I guess he's straight anyway"

"You kidding?" I snorted jokily. "Connor's about as straight as the Norwegian roads- the worst of them." I and Rafaél had gone to Norway last summer, going on some of the roads it turned so much it felt as if you were driving in circles.

"Yeah right?"

"I mean it Rafaél, Connor is as gay as can be. And if I'm not taking his vibes for you wrong then he feels the exact same for you as you do for him." Rafaél smiled and shook his head, making his fringe fall into his eyes. Believe me- if it so would take forever I was going to bring the two lovers together- all I needed was a plan.

Leah POV

I was half asleep with my head against the window and my hand in Ariel's thick fur in the evening on the way home. I really hated going to my mum's parents. And now it was all decided- from the sixteenth to the twenty fourth of January my parents would go to New York- and I and Jonah would be left at grandma and grandpa's. How great!

It wasn't that I didn't like grandma and grandpa- they were my grandparents- I loved them with all of my heart just like I loved my parents, Jonah, and dad's mum- his dad too of course only that I'd never met him since he died before I was born- as well as my aunt Andrea- and all my other nearest friends and relatives.

It was just that I didn't like what they did!

As soon as I and Jonah were there at the same time they'd be all over Jonah, fuss over him and barely give him space enough to breathe. It wasn't that I was jealous, I knew people had to put more energy on taking care of Jonah then on me. But they acted like I wasn't even there- and I hated feeling so invisible as I always felt at theirs.

Jonah hated it too! He had always hated people fussing and being all over him like grandma and grandpa always were- and they were the worst kind. I knew he had told them but they didn't change for that- and I knew it wasn't all in my head because both mum and dad, my aunt, my cousin Wilson and Jonah had talked to them about how they acted like I was invisible- but nothing had changed.

In fact, the only person who hadn't talked to them about it was me, myself and I

"Dad?" I pulled myself back to reality for a little while longer and saw dad glance at me in the rearview mirror while he answered me yes. "Is there really nowhere else I and Jonah could stay while you and mum go to New York?" Dad sighed and shook his head.

"If there was. But Andrea is busy then, and Wilson is in college. I'm sorry Leigh but it's the only way." I sighed. "I know you don't like it. I spoke to them again today. Did you notice any difference?" I answered him no, he sighed and stroke his forehead. I couldn't help but sigh too but decided to leave it for now and leaned against the window again.

At least school and the glee club would be back by then. Lex had told me that they usually held some concert for a good cause by that time- maybe we would have a lot of rehearsals by then and I wouldn't have to be at my grandparents' all the time. Maybe, yes maybe. Or maybe I could come up with something…

When the glee club went back on it would only be one week of duets again, and then one week of something else before we started rehearsing again. Or maybe it would be two weeks of duets- I had heard rumors that Mr. Schue was going to do the duet- competition different this year from other years and maybe have it over two weeks… well.. it was still a long time left before it started so I guess I wouldn't have to worry about that yet.

But so the time went on, the night turned into a new day, the weekend into a new week and so it went. The mid- term holidays came and went and we all knew that this could just as well become Jonah's last short holidays. But we chose to leave it and just made the most out of every second we got with him and with ourselves and so October turned into November.

And so we were back, at Monday the thirteenth. The second Monday since the school started after the holidays we all sat in the choir room again. Most people had gone back to what we were before the beginning of duets, but not Marcie and Sean- they still sat in each end of the choir room and even though Sean made a few attempts to talk to her Marcie refused, and at last ben glared so badly at him he kept away.

"So." Mr. Schue jumped up to sit on the piano as usual. "Here we are again. I cannot tell you how happy I am to have New Directions back running and now we're back on our duet competition with the same couples as before the pause." Marcie moaned, Ben patted her shoulder to give his comfort and Tyler mostly looked as if he wanted to leave the room.

"But I've decided to do things a little differently this year and we will do it both this week and the next and then we will be starting to rehearse for Sectionals. But I've brought nine of my friends here to help you- one for each couple to help you filming and recording because this week you will all be doing each music video. Then on Tuesday next week we will all be watching the music videos you have done, and then on Friday next week I will tell who have won. So here are some of my friends to help you…"

"I'll call the name of each of you and one of these nine handsome men, and then a classroom that you can go into and talk together for what you want to do and how you want to do it. I'll be in here and doing paper work if anyone needs me. So- Teeghan, Tyler- Nicholas. Take Mr. McKenna's. Lex, Jonah- Michael, take Mr. Trey's." Mr. Schue continued pulling up couple after couple and man after man, leaving the choir room in groups of three and three, at last there were only I, Connor and a black man with a big afro left. "And Leah and Connor- Bailey- you can take my classroom."

"So have you thought about the song?" The man named Bailey asked when we had come into Mr. Schue's classroom. I looked to Connor- we had just taken for granted that we didn't need to think about the duet competition while the glee club was cancelled- and at least I had no idea. Connor seemed to have an idea though.

"Well. Mr. Schuester put us together because… well because I thought that Leah didn't like what I… what kind of love I would feel… that sounded weird…. I thought she was a homophobic. But she's not so… but maybe we could sing something about love… a song where it isn't clear what kind of love it is… What do you think?" Connor looked to me and I nodded agreeing, and searched through my phone to see if I had a song that could suit.

"Maybe this one?" I put on one of my favorite songs. I could tell that they both recognized the song- I had expected that- it was a quite well- known song, and after it stopped playing Connor was stroking his cheek. A frown from thinking hard forming in between his eyes.

"I think that song would be perfect."

"Maybe… if we do a video… then we can use pictures of different kinds of love like, of my parents- are your parents married?" Connor nodded. "and of your parents and of me and Jonah and of you and you have younger siblings right?" Connor nodded right. "To realize that- no one could show us what love was if they didn't show us all kinds."

"Is there any way we could get photos into the video then?" Connor asked, Bailey nodded just as the door to the classroom opened and Sean came in. "What are you doing here Sean? I thought you, Mar…. oh!" Sean nodded and looked to Bailey who had stood up. They talked in a low tone to each other but I couldn't help to catch that they had been friends like forever and then Sean walked out of the room again.

Sean POV

Well- this could be a problem couldn't it? Duet competition was back on and Marcie still would refuse to even look at me- this wasn't like her! Well… I had really screwed up. "Sean…" Bailey caught up with me. "You and that Marcie- girl were doing with John right?" I nodded. "Well… drop him, I'll tell John to do that emotional thingy with Leah and Connor- that's more John's thing- and if that Marcie still refuse to talk to you- I've got an idea!"

I had to admit that I didn't have much hope for Bailey's plan at first. He had always had a way with getting over exited- but the more he spoke and I thought about it- the better it seemed to be. There only was one problem. And that was that it probably wouldn't give me a chance to reunite with my best friend.

Leah POV

I sat on the floor in my bedroom wrapping a present for Lex on Friday afternoon when dad opened the door and he leaned through the door while I heard the pitter patter of Ariel's claws coming over. "Hey" I pushed her away. "Get away Ari, I need to finish this… God!" I sighed when she laid down on top of what I was working with. "Come on get away."

Dad walked over and pulled Ari away- she was getting too big for me to lift, but dad could still do it. "Thanks dad." I bent over and continued on wrapping the copy of the fault in our stars as Lex's birthday present while dad wondered out loud if I really could never come up with anything else to give then books. "The trick is just finding the right book for the right person." I smirked. "And it will be perfectly right."

I put the wrapped present to the side and reached up my hands for dad to put Ariel in my lap again. She had grown a lot since I got her, and I knew she would get yet a lot bigger than she was right now. "I need to go now!" I pushed myself back to get Ari off my lap, grabbed the present and then dad helped me to stand up.

"Are you sure you're alright now then?" I nodded at dad. All the earlier times I had gone to Lex's I'd either taken a wheelchair or he would have been driving me. But I had gotten so steady with walking lately I had decided to walk there myself today. The weather was okay- it was clear, snow hadn't fallen yet, the sun was shining and it was slightly over freezing so I'd only have to dress in warm clothes and I would be fine. "Dress warm." I nodded to dad and grabbed a hoodie that I pulled over my Mickey- mouse sweater.

"No Ari." I said while I stood and pulled on my jacket and pressed down the present in my bag and pulled on a beanie and thin gloves. "You'll need to stay at home today." I kneeled and tied my shoelaces. "DAD, can you come and hold her so she won't run after me." Dad came out in the hallway and lifted Ariel up again. "Thanks, love you. I'll be back tonight."

"Bye Leigh"

"Bye dad." I closed the door after me and pulled the backpack's shoulder straps over my shoulders and walked down the driveway and towards the road. To finally be able to walk- even though still quite slowly and unsteady- was the best feeling ever. But of course- it would be too bad if that feeling lasted wouldn't it?

At the Hudmel's porch steps I tripped and fell. I bit my lip to not say some less nice words and hoped that they hadn't noticed it inside so I would have the time to get up without anyone coming to help you- but of course they had noticed, and Carole came and opened the door- wow- well this was a coincidence.

"How come you are always around when I've fallen?"

At a note, about the Norwegian roads, they really do turn- a lot. And last time we were there some friends of ours came too and their youngest- seven years old, told his dad he was driving in circles so that's where I got it from.