i sat in my kitchen with finn, waiting for his mom to come by.

kurt's dad had kicked him out, so he came here for the night. but his mom was coming by to see what she could do.

i sat on the counter as he raided my fridge. and then my pantry.

i heard the door open, and watched as carole walked into the kitchen.

"so...those are lovely marks on both your necks." she said causing me to put a hand to my neck.

i had completely forgotten to cover those up from the other day.

"i-it's not what it looks like." i tried to save myself.

"hm. yeah, okay stevie. you can just tell me you guys are dating. me and your mom have always said you're gonna get married." she shrugged.

"we're not dating." we said in unison.

"oh so you just did that for fun? just make sure you cover them up stevie, we wouldn't want anyone to get the wrong idea. like i did." she smiled at me.

"okay, thanks carole. i'm gonna go see jesse, but feel free to hang out here." i grabbed my keys and walked out of the most embarrassing moment of my life.

•

i knocked on jesse's door waiting for him to answer. he had a really nice house.

when he opened the door he smiled at me.

"hey, you wanted-"

"what happened to your neck?" he asked, cutting me off.

"oh, this. um....curling iron?" i questioned.

"wrong. those are hickies. someone's been busy while i was gone." he gestured to let me enter the house.

"look i was helping finn and we got a little carried away." i disclosed the information to him.

"it's fine, i get it. i was with rachel. you needed something to do. something you felt wrong about me providing." he shrugged.

"right...okay. so what'd you wanna talk to me about?" i questioned.

he grinned and grabbed my waist, pulling me closer to him.

"i'm gonna break up with rachel." he told me.

"really?" i smiled.

sure, i felt a little bad for basically stealing rachel's boyfriend. but something about this felt okay.

i mean not okay...i felt shitty about it. but i'm selfish.

"yes." he confirmed.

"look, i'm happy. i am, but we can't just start dating off the bat. it'll hurt rachel and the rest of the team will hate us. so for the first few weeks it's gonna have to be a secret, alright?" i asked wrapped my arms around his neck.

"okay. i just wanna be with you." he said.

i smiled and kissed him.

•

"stevie, mike, matt! you have to come to the auditorium! it's an emergency." rachel ran up to us.

we all gave each other a look of confusion, but nevertheless followed rachel.

as we walked into the auditorium, appearing to join with the whole group we saw vocal adrenaline on our stage.

with jesse front and center.

"jesse? what are you doing up there?" rachel asked.

"i've transferred back to carmel high. i'm sorry it's come to this, but you guys were awful to me. you never listen to my clearly superior ideas and you never accepted me." he said.

"oh fuck off," i rolled my eyes,"this was your plan all along, wasn't it?"

he stared at me, and for a second i thought i saw remorse. but it was quickly masked.

"why are you here in our auditorium?"

"the blogs say we're finished and you're ripe to topple us. we just wanted to show you a little something we came up with a few days ago to see if you agree with that assessment." jesse said and got in position.

they went into another one bites the dust, and we all just had to stand there and take it.

as we watched them, as pissed as i was, i couldn't help but think about how hot jesse looked as he sang that song.

i mean he looked hot.

as they finished the main girl said,"thanks for letting us borrow your auditorium. it's quaint."

"you're a bitch." i called out from where we were standing.

"no, i'm a winner." she smiled and turned to walk off.

"no you're a fucking-"

"it's okay, stevie." finn said from behind me, draping his arms over my shoulders.

i leaned my head against his chest and sighed.

as everyone left the auditorium, finn and i stayed in that position.

he knew this hit me harder than the others did.

once everyone left he decided to say something.

"you okay?" he asked.

"i feel like a fucking idiot." i exhaled.

"don't. he played all of us, stevie." he turned me around to face him.

"i-i know. but i really thought-he just acted so different around me. i thought i really saw him. i'm just-whatever." i rolled my eyes.

"hey, you'll be alright. he's a dick anyways." he said.

"i'm gonna go." i told him.

he nodded.

•

"maybe we should steal their school statue." mr. schue suggested.

we were trying to figure out a way to get back at vocal adrenaline for t.p.ing our choir room.

"their school statue is of a bronze great white shark eating a seal pup. it weighs three tons." kurt said grimly.

"how about we slash their tires?" i suggested.

mostly i was kidding, but it would be nice.

"illegal, but thanks for the contribution, stevie." mr. schue said.

i saluted him and went back to not paying attention.

•

"yeah i did it. and i'm proud. all i did was step up and be a man. they had it coming." puck said as we sat in principal figgins office with finn, mr. schue, and ms. corcoran.

"a few of my students t.p.ed your choir room, you slashed the tires on the range rovers of all twenty six of my performers. those were gifts from our win from sectionals. that's two hundred times twenty six. i don't have a calculator."

"you got your kids range rovers?" mr. schue asked.

"we have a very active booster club."

"wait, hold on. why am i in here? i didn't slash shit." i defended myself.

"stevie, you were the one who suggested it in glee club. for all i know, that's why they did it." mr. schue said.

"i was joking!" i exclaimed throwing my hands up in the air.

"i mean, do i wanna see jesse and his merry band of fuck heads in pain? yes. but-"

"stevie, i'm gonna have to ask you to tone down the language or face detention for the rest of the week." principal figgins said.

i rolled my eyes and stopped talking.

"these students have committed a felony. they are hereby expelled." figgins said.

we all looked at each other in shock.

"wait, i don't want anyone to get expelled. just pay for the damage. you can take it out of the glee budget." ms. corcoran nodded.

"that'll bankrupt the glee club!" mr. schue exclaimed.

"we'll pay for the damage. i have two thousand dollars in my bank account what's your paypal?" i asked taking out my phone.

ms. corcoran looked at me in shock.

"how do you have that much money?"

"i babysit. i've been saving for a really long time. i was gonna buy a new car but...look what's your paypal?" i changed the subject.

she gave me the information and i sent her the money.

"that's my part. good luck guys." i stood up and left.