Accidentally in Love

Chapter 21

I'm laying my body on my bed and looking at the ceilling. Tonight is prom night and I dont know how to tell Ryder about Sam kissed me. I know I should forget it but I cant. It keep ruining my mind. I never lie to my boyfriend before even I never lie to those jerks except for the 'I love you too' part. But I love Ryder. I meant it. I love him. And this is drives me really crazy.

"You're not getting ready? I already prepare a perfect tuxedo for you." Jake says to me.

I throw my pillow at him and groan. "I'm a girl not a guy!" I protest.

"Then, get ready now." Jake simply said.

"Too lazy to do that." I let out a sigh and sit up on my bed.

"You're definitely a boy." Jake simply said.

"And you're a girl." I simply said.

"Well, since you will go there with Ryder, I'm taking our car. See you at the prom." Jake grins at me and walk out from our room.

I exhale and stand up from my seat. I turn my face and it's already 6:45 which in fifteen minutes Ryder will pick me up. I'm not in the mood to go out after what happened between Sam and I. And I cant tell Jake since he is like bro to bro with Ryder and I dont know what should I do.

I open my wardrobe and take my dress. The dress that mom choose since yesterday for me and she insist me to wear that.

"Honey, Ryder is here." Mom shouts.

"Five minutes!" I shout back.

I change my clothes with the dress I took. Then I walk to my vanity mirror and put a little natural make up on my face and I comb my hair and let it down with little hairclips on the left then I take my white heels and walk to the stairs to get out from my room.

I'd rather to choose a simple dress one actually but my mom really wanted me to wear this so I followed her. I walk out from my room and look around.

"That's what I mean. You look beautiful." Mom smiles at me.

"Thanks, mom." I giggle and keep walking and turn my way to living room. "Sorry for making you wait."

Ryder turn his face at me as he is sitting down on the sofa in living room and look at me from head to toe. "Wow...wow... I mean wow you look super beautiful, babe." Ryder says to me.

"Thank you." I smile shyly at him.

"Oh. This is yours." Ryder give me the flower bracelet and wear it on my hand.

"Come on. Or we'll be late." I giggle and take my coat and walk out from my house with Ryder next to me.

Dont be nervous, Jade. Stay calm. Calm down. Everything will be fine. Dont worry about that. You just need to act like nothing's happened between you and Sam and the fact that nothing's happen. That's all. Just be cool.

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I'm just enjoying this prom. I met Sam but we didnt talk or anything. Well, if he brave enough he would tell Ryder but I guess that he never want to tell him and pretending it was nothing and the fact. It was really nothing.

Jake:

It was twenty years ago today

Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play

Ryder:

They've been going in and out of style

But they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Jake and Ryder:

So may I introduce to you

The act you've known for all these years

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Jake, Marley, Ryder, and Unique:

We're Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

We hope you will enjoy the show

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sit back and let the evening go

Sgt. Pepper's lonely, Sgt. Pepper's lonely

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Jake with Ryder:

It's wonderful to be here

It's certainly a thrill

You're such a lovely audience

We'd like to take you home with us

We'd love to take you home

Marley and Unique:

I don't really want to stop the show

But I thought that you might like to know (Unique:Whoa)

Marley:

That the singer's going to sing a song (Unique:Ooh)

Marley and Unique:

And he wants you all to sing along

So let me introduce to you

The one and only Billy Shears

Jake, Marley, Ryder, and Unique (Unique):

And Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Yeah!)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Oooh!)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

(Marley and Unique with Jake: Hey!)

They ended up their song with full of applauding from the audience. I'm just chuckle and turn my face as Tina walks in with some fellow of single ladies with her beautiful grey dress that looks really cute on her.

Jake, Ryder, Marley, and Unique went off from the stage and turn their way to change their costume like The Beatles back to their normal one. I lift up my skirt a bit and went out from the auditorium to follow them. I'm not really comfortable with this dress, honestly.

Principal Sylvester told me to handle everything's going on for the prom but she doesnt trust me to count the votes so she said she will have teachers to count that votes. And I dont mind with that. I'm really cool with this actually.

I keep walking until I enter the choir room and the others are taking their former dress for the prom dress. "This is boring." I let out a sigh and sit down on the piano.

"Jade, I told you this time, dont messed up with that dress. I really like it." Marley says to me and walk to behind the curtain to change her clothes.

"Thank you. You wanna exchange? I'd rather to go the prom with my cheerios uniform." I simply said.

"No, I wont let you go to the prom wearing cheerio uniform." Ryder shakes his head and standing in front of me.

I fix his tuxedo and smile at him. "You look really cute tonight."

"And you are the most beautiful girl in that gymnasium tonight." Ryder smiles back at me.

I cup his cheeks and kiss him softly as Ryder just kissed me back. "No make out in front of my face." Jake interupt us.

We pull our lips away. I roll my eyes then Ryder lift me up ftom the piano to the ground. I hold his elbow then we both go out from the choir room together. Play it cool, Jade.

"Marley was right, this dress looks fits in you." Ryder smiles at me.

"But the fact I'm not really comfortable with this." I giggle.

Ryder just kissed my head as we both keep walking and the prom queen and king candidates are standing on the stage. Ryder and I walk to the front stage and standing there.

I turn my face and Sam is standing next to me. He turn his face at me and we both looking at each other poker face. I put my hand around Ryder's waist. Ryder turn his face at me and smiles at me then having his arm around my shoulder. No. Ryder shouldnt know about that except me or Sam tell him and I guess no one of us want to tell him. Keep it cool.

"Congratulations, New Directions, on accomplishing the impossible. You've made me hate the Beatles." Principal Sylvester says from the microphone. "Your nominations for prom king are: Stoner Brett, Blaine Anderson, Artie Abrams and that radical cleric kid. And now your nominees for prom queen. Neck brace Cheerio,Asian number one, Kitty I-forget-your-last-name and some other chick. And now here's the moment you've all been waiting for because your lives are so devoid of meaning something like this seems very important. This can't be right." Principal Sylvester says as she open the envelope. "Okay, what the hell do I care, huh? Your prom king and prom queen are Stoner Brett and Tina Cohen-Chang!"

Tina and Stoner walk to the front. I built a smile on my face and applauding for them especially for Tina. She made it for the prom queen in her senior year prom. I'm applauding loudly as they give tina the crown and a bouquet of white rose. That's really cool and she looks really happy with this.

I'm still applauding until Kitty give me a sign and she points to Bree with her eyes. I turn my face at Bree and she look at one side on the corner behind a big stereo. I move my standing move a bit and Dottie Kazatori is standing behind that stereo and hold a wire.

I follow that wire and turn my face until I see a bucket on the stage lamp right above where Tina is standing. Kitty and I look at each other until suddenly Dottie pull that wire. "No!!!!" Kitty and I shout but the applauding still filling this room and red slushied fall down throw to Tina from above.

I gasped and cover my mouth with my hand as the room become silent in a second. Tina just look like a Carrie in Carrie's movie. Then that empty bucket fall down from the above and hit Stoner's head and everyone start laughing.

Tina leaves the stage and run away from the gymnasium with her body full with red slushie. Kitty leaves that stage and we walk out from the gymnasium together to get Tina until we enter the choir room and Tina is sitting down there alone and crying.

"We need to get you out of those wet clothes and into something dry." Marley says as Artie and the boys bring some towels.

"Just leave me like this. I swear.nI just thought for one lousy night of my life I could be that girl. But who am I kidding? I'm not that girl. And I will never be that girl." Tina says angrily and about to walk out from the choir room.

"Tina, where are you going?" Sam asks Tina.

"I'm going home, Sam." Tina's crying.

"Hey, Tina, stop." Blaine stops her. "You have two choices and whichever one you pick, we will be supportive but we can either drive you home or we can clean you up and you can go back out there and own that prom.nThis is your prom, Queen T." Blaine says to Tina.

"I can't go back in there. I don't even have a dress to wear." Tina's sobbing.

"You can have mine." Kitty says to her.

"Or mine. I'd rather to go to the prom with my cheerios uniform than this uncomfortable dress that my mom choose for me. I meant it." I said to her.

"Or mine." Marley says to Tina.

"Or mine. Although it would be a crime to break this look." Unique chuckles.

"Come on, Tina. We're all with you.

You want to be that girl? Then go be that girl." Blaine says to Tina.

Artie wheel closer to Tina and give her a towel. Tina accepted that then Kitty takes Tina's hand and bring her to the corner. Blaine walks to the piano and play it while we are cleaning her up behind the curtain.

Blaine:

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

Take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her into your heart

Then you can start to make it better

Blaine and Kitty:

Hey Jude, don't be afraid

You were made to go out and get her

The minute you let her under your skin

Then you begin to make it better

Sam:

And anytime you feel the pain

Hey Jude, refrain

Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

For well you know that it's a fool

Who plays it cool

By making his world a little colder

Sam with New Directions:

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Blaine (New Directions):

Hey Jude, don't let me down

You have found her, now go and get her (Let it out and let it in)

Remember (Hey Jude) to let her into your heart

Blaine with New Directions:

Then you can start to make it better

Tina and Sam (with New Directions):

So let it out and let it in,

Hey Jude, begin

You're waiting for someone to perform with

And don't you know that it's just you,

Hey Jude, you'll do

The movement you need is on your shoulder

(Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah)

Yeah

Blaine, Kitty and Sam with New Directions (Blaine):

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

Take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her under your skin

Then you'll begin to make it better

Kitty, Sam, and Tina (Blaine):

Better, better, better, better, better, better (Oh, better, Jude!) (Sam: Yeah!) (Kitty: Ooh!)

(Aww! Whoa! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

Sam with New Directions:

Nah nah nah (and Kitty: Nah nah nah nah)

Kitty and Sam with New Directions (Blaine):

Nah nah nah nah, hey Jude

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

Nah nah nah nah, hey Jude

(Jude, Jude, hey Jude, hey Jude, hey Jude, hey Jude, hey Jude Aw aw!)

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah (Wooh! Nah, nah, nah)

Nah nah nah nah, hey Jude (Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude)

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Nah nah nah nah, hey Jude

(Yeah, you know you can make it Jude, Jude you're not gonna break it, yeah!)

Sam with New Directions (Blaine):

Nah nah nah (Don't make it bad, Jude)

Nah nah nah nah (Kitty: Nah nah nah nah) (Take a sad song and make it better)

Nah nah nah nah (Kitty: Nah nah nah nah)

Kitty and Sam with New Directions (Blaine):

Hey Jude (Jude, hey Jude, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

Sam with New Directions (Blaine):

Nah nah nah (Wooh! Jude)

Nah nah nah nah, (Kitty: Nah nah nah nah) (Yeah)

Nah nah nah nah (Kitty: Nah nah nah nah)

Kitty and Sam with New Directions (Blaine):

Hey Jude (Hey yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!)

Sam with New Directions (Blaine):

Nah nah nah (Hey, yeah)

Nah nah nah nah (Kitty: Nah nah nah nah) (Hey, yeah, yeah)

Nah nah nah nah (Kitty: Nah nah nah nah)

Kitty and Sam with New Directions (Blaine):

Hey Jude

(Now Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!)

Sam with New Directions (Blaine):

Nah nah nah

Nah nah nah nah (Kitty: Nah nah nah nah)

(Whoa! Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Nah nah nah nah (Kitty: Nah nah nah nah)

Blaine with Kitty, Sam, Tina, and New Directions:

Hey Jude

"I'm Tina Cohen-Chang, and I accept your crown! Long live prom!" Tina says proudly on the stage.

She is wearing Kitty's dress and we cleaned her up so that she can go back to this prom and having an amazing night at the prom. And one thing that I'm gonna do is introgate Dottie and find out did Bree who all behind this? Because I'm sure she is.

The slow music begin. And everyone start dancing in pair with their prom dates. "Do you wanna dance?" Ryder grins at me.

"I though you'd never asks." I giggle.

Ryder smiles at me and we both start having a slow dance while looking at each other. I'm still feel guilty. I'm trying to forget that thing but I cant do that. I'm lying to my boyfriend and he think that we're fine but actually we arent fine. I hide something from him.

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I keep walking in the hallways alone and holding my book file to my class. I'm still hiding this truth to Ryder and I dont know how to tell him. But I cant keep him forever. I turn my face to right in front of me then I see Sam is walking down accross me.

I let out a sigh and turn around. I dont wanna meet him or talk to him anymore. He ruinned it. He made me lie to my boyfriend. And this is totally different when Ryder kissed Marley, we werent dating so I dont have any right for that but now we are dating and another guy kissed me.

"Jade, Jade I'm really sorry about that day." Sam blocks my way. "I know I was out of the line, I shouldnt kiss you."

"Lower your voice." I glare at him.

"Okay I'm really sorry. I will explain everything to Ryder. I will tell him the truth." Sam says to me.

"Dont you dare to do that or I wont talk to you ever again. You said you know your line but why you make habit to kiss your friend's girlfriend huh?" I said to him and walk away.

This is really drive me crazy. I cant tell Jake because he is like bro to bro to Ryder so I just keep it alone. I dont want to anyone know about that but I cant keep lying to myself and him.

I exhale and keep walking in the hallways. I'm lost. I dont know who I should tell about this or maybe I need to tell Puck and let him know because maybe he can give me something to do even though I'm not sure about that.

"You okay? You're like a lost duck with darker feathers in the hallways." Kitty suddenly walk next to me and frowns at me.

"I'm fine." I simply nodded.

"No, you're not. I already saw that look since last prom." Kitty says to me.

I stop my way and turn my face at her. I take her hand and walk lead her to the corner. "Okay, I'm not okay." I said to her.

"I knew that." Kitty simply said. "Talk. I'm your bestfriend. You can trust me."

"Would you swear to not tell this to anyone not even Jake, Ryder, or even Artie?" I raise my eyebrows at her.

"I swear." Kitty says to me and shows her two fingers. "What happened?"

"Sam kissed me." I said quietly.

"His froggy lips crushed your lips? Did you kiss him back?" Kitty frowns at me.

"No. Obviously not. I-I just dont know how to tell Ryder. This is really complicated." I let out a sigh.

"Let me break it down for you. Dont tell Ryder. I guess it's time for you to act like nothing's happened. Even though it's better to tell him the truth but dont! Dont do that." Kitty says to me.

"I never lie to my boyfriend or even cheating." I said to her.

"You're not cheating. I know you dont wanna kiss Sam back because his lips distracting you." Kitty simply said.

"You're not helping at all." I roll my eyes and walk away.

I take my phone from my cheerios skirt and text Puck to meet me after school. He is living in Lima right now and I guess I can easily meet him and tell him the truth.

"Just be b***h like you be everyday." Kitty go back walk next to me.

"I'm sure I can." I nodded and keep walking in the hallways then turn my way to my classroom.

I just hope that I can get out from this place and lost. And no one can find me. But sadly, I couldnt and I have nowhere to go.

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I'm sitting down on the piano next to Kitty in choir room who busy with busy with taking selfies on her phone. Ryder is busy with playing the drums and I'm still lost.

"If you show that face again, your boyfriend will be suspicious." Kitty says to me.

I roll my eyes and turn my face at Kitty. She just laugh at me and go back taking some selfies. I chuckle and move her hand to point the camera at us. Yeah I should pretending like nothing is happened. That's it.

"All right, big week, guys." Mr. Schue walks in. "Come on, gather round. I have here in my hand- Drumroll, please- a secret list of the show choirs that we will be in competition with at nationals in six weeks." Mr. Schue says to us.

"Wohoo." I chuckle.

"Okay, let's see what we've got. We've got the Rust Belters from Pittsburgh the Thunder Show Cats from Gainesville- and finally, from Fort Wayne, Throat Explosion." Mr. Schue says to us.

"No! Why, God?" Tina yelled.

"Uh, what?" Jake frowns.

"Throat Explosion- that's a joke, right? Anything but. They're the new super group the show choir underground's been buzzing about. Their budgets for costume, makeup- hair alone-are astronomical.

You guys have read that Malcolm Gladwell book Outliers, right? So, Gladwell says you can't possibly master anything unless you've spent So students can't even join Throat Explosion without proving they've logged in They don't even go to class.

They just perform every minute of every day. They live their art. They know no boundaries. They're constantly pushing the envelope, living and performing on the edge. They're like mini Lady Gagas. We're so screwed. They're not like Vocal Adrenaline, who were unfeeling Borg robots. They're total outsiders and misfits, which used to be our niche." Blaine says to us.

"We can't compete with Throat Explosion anymore at that level because we lost our biggest Gaga when Kurt graduated last year. Look around. We're a room full of, like, Katy Perrys now." Tina protest.

"You'd best check your spectrum, Queen T because orange is the new black, and Unique is the new Gaga." Unique says proudly.

"Well, not Marley. She's a Katy Perry. So is Sam, so is Blaine." Tina says to them.

"I'm a Katy Perry, and I'm proud of it." Blaine simply said.

"The truth is, Tina, we're a potent mix of Katy Perrys and Lady Gagas in here. But it's not a liability. It's the way we're gonna beat Throat Explosion. Now some of us in here are, you know, ambi-edge.." Mr. Schue says to us.

"Ambi-edge? You just make that up?" Artie frowns at Mr. Schue.

"Some of us are more, you know, wholesome, innocent romantic, all American girl-and-boy-next-door types. Who in here would describe themselves as a Gaga?" Mr. Schue asks us.

Kitty, Jake, Tina, Unique, and I raise our hands proudly. Yeah I'm a Gaga. I'm a Gaga and I shouldnt be worry about what happened between Sam and I. It was nothing.

"Okay, great. Uh, and the rest of you are Katys?" Mr. Schue asks them.

"Is there a third option?" Ryder asks.

"We're gonna mix it up a little bit. We're turning our weaknesses into our strengths.

This week, the Katys will get their Gaga on and the Gagas will bring the Katy. Throat Explosion does their one thing very, very well. But we need to be able to do both impeccably or else we're not gonna have a chance in hell of winning nationals this year." Mr. Schue says to us as he wrote 'A katy or gaga' on the whiteboard.

The bell rings.

"Alright everyone. This is a teamwork so do your best and make a good teamwork." Mr. Schue says to us.

I stand up from my seat and walk out from the choir room and walk to my locker and take my ransel from my locker also my cheerios jacket.

"Babe, Jake and I planned to take you and Marley to Cinema tonight." Ryder grins at me and open his locker.

"There is a new horror movie. The one that you want to watch the most." Jake says to me.

"So we can do a double date. Isnt that fun?" Ryder giggles.

"I'm sorry but I cant. I already promised to someone to go out." I half-smiled at them.

"With who?" Ryder frowns at me.

"My brother." I raise my eyebrows.

"I'm here." Jake points at himself.

"I mean my brother from different coloured-mother. Puck asked me to help him to find some gifts for his girlfriend." I said to them.

"Puck didnt ask me or tell me." Jake frowns.

"Because he knew that you would come out with weird idea." I simply said and wear my jacket and shut my locker. I turn my face and Puck walk down in the hallways wearing his leather jacket. "There he is. I will call you tonight and see you at home." I kiss their cheek and walk away to come over to Puck before Puck saying anything to them. "Let's go." I take Puck's hand and walk lead him.

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"It's kinda weird when you said that you need my help. What's going on?" Puck asks me as we both having dinner in Breadstix.

"I need my brother's advice and I cant tell this to Jake." I said to him.

"Are you pregnant? God, no. Why Puckerman always have baby on their sophomore year?" Puck rolls his eyes.

"I'm not pregnant. I even havent done that things." I roll my eyes.

"Then what's going on?" Puck asks me.

"Sam kissed me."

"Wh-what? Sam kissed you? I though you and that Ryder guy are dating." Puck frowns at me.

"We are but Sam kissed me and that's complicated." I said to Puck.

"Did you kiss him back? How is it feels when his big lips crush your lips?" Puck asks me.

"I didnt but I was shocked. I was alone in the dance studio then he came to me and asked me to give him my snake to have snake bite so he can get attention from a new young nurse at school then I told him to not to do that and I gave him advice blablabla until at the end he said that I'm amazing and he kissed me. Your friend is freaking me out!" I said to Puck.

"What did you tell him?" Puck asks me.

"I told him if he likes a girl he should be himself and dont ever try to break it down to be a bad guy or a guy who loses his mind. Kind of like that." I shrug.

"If I were him, I also would kiss you, Jade." Puck rolls his eyes.

"Puck...."

"No. Seriously, this is your fault, you told him something that might change his perspective and you shouldnt do that at first." Puck says to me.

"Is it?" I raise my eyebrows.

"Yes! Sam has been so unlucky in love. Quinn cheated on him with Finn, Santana dumped him, Mercedes dumped him when she want to go to L.A, and Brittany dumped him when she want to go to MIT and then you came along and said those words. And of course he flattered and kissed you. Glad that you both didnt make out there." Puck says to me.

"Then what am I supposed to do?" I ask Puck.

"Act like normal. That Ryder guy wouldnt know about that if you or Sam dont tell him. You're a b***h. And you're Puckerman and you got that magnet so be proud for that and since you were the one who asked me to go out. So you pay for this dinner." Puck grins at me.

"No wonder Kitty broke up with you." I roll my eyes.

"Fyi, I dumped her and I now hear that she is dating Artie. Besides I'm saving my money so I can go out and be airman force. I need to be a better person. The past is death for me." Puck says to me.

"Change is good." I simply said and continue eating my dinner.

"You pay right?" Puck grins at me.

"I have a cheap big brother." I roll my eyes.

"At least you can tell this to me and I can keep secret." Puck smirks at me.

I roll my eyes and let out a sigh. Yeah maybe Puck and Kitty are right. I just need to play it cool and pretend that nothing happened between Ryder and I or Sam and I.