Game Set Match

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Ryder's Pov

Right now I'm going to Jake's house, I owe him one. He had my back and helped me with telling Finn about my problem and I'm dyslexic. I still have a crush on Marley. Maybe we can compete in a fair way. Besides, I want to apologize to Jo about the things I said.

Marley was right, she is a bitch but she isn't evil like Kitty. She still has a heart and I was really mean to her even though I didn't know anything about her.

I let out a sigh and got out of my car. I read the house address and this is their house. I press the doorbell waiting for someone to open the door.

"Can I help you?" A black woman opens the door and smiles at me.

"Mrs.Puckerman? I'm Ryder Lynn, I'm Jake's friend. Is he home?" I smile nervously at her.

"Oh yeah, he is in his room. Come in." She smiles at me and lets me in. I enter the house and look around, I turn to make my way upstairs. "His room is in the basement." Jake's mom says to me and she leads me to a door. She opens the door which I bet is Jake's room since there is JP on the door. "Honey, you have a friend here." Jake's mom says then leaves us.

Jake turns his face to the stairs and raises his eyebrows at me. "What are you doing here?"

"Look, I'm here to apologize about what happened lately." I said to Jake and walked down the stairs. "I mean it, seriously. Dude, you got a cool room." I said looking around.

"Did you come here to check out my bedroom or apologize?" Jake asks me.

"I want to apologize, I owe you one you got my back. Finn told me that you were the one who convinced him about my deepest fears and I found out that I'm dyslexic. I just want us competing in a fair way. No more hitting or anything." I said to Jake.

"You owe Jo, she was the one who figured out you are dyslexic and she forced me to tell Finn." Jake simply said.

"She did? But h-how?" I raise my eyebrows.

"We share everything, even this bedroom. I told her about your deepest fear and she looked it up on the internet and found that." Jake says to me. "That's okay, I already forgot that."

I just half smiled at him and looked around. They really have a cool bedroom in the basement but I don't see Jo around. I just hope she doesn't walk out of the bathroom naked.

"Jakey, I made buffalo chicken pasta since I'm always hungry when I study...." Jo walks in and lowers her voice while she looks at me with a bowl. "What are you doing in my house?" She raises her eyebrows at me.

"I wanted to apologize. We will face sectionals next week and I just want to be friends with all of you. You both had my back and really helped me out. I'm really sorry." I said to her.

"Even after calling me a slut?" She frowns at me.

"Look, I'm really really sorry. I shouldn't be like that, I didn't know you very well but I already judged you and it was really wrong of me. I'm really sorry, besides don't be mad those glee guys tease you all the time like Sam and Joe. Also the jocks talk about you in the boys locker room so it made me think...." I said nervously.

"She never slept with any guy and that was really rude. Kitty and her are different, she still has a heart." Jake says to me.

Jo just let her head down standing in front of the tv. I know I was really mean to her. If she was like Kitty, she wouldn't help me that day and the last thing I know was Bobby and Phil love making fun of her.

"I wanna say thanks because you helped me that day. You were gone before I said thank you. I'm really sorry, Jo I mean it. I just want the three of us to become friends so no more violence." I said to them, "I promise I won't call you that again. Jake told me his deepest fear and I know how much it sucks to be like you both, to be half-black, half-white and half-Jewish. I'm really sorry. I apologize for that and I mean it." I said to Jo.

Jo exhales and turns to face me. "Alright, I forgive you. It just really hurt, I never even slept with a guy. Not because I'm gay but because I want to keep that for the right person or maybe my husband, and when someone calls me a slut it's like I sleep with a different guy every night." Jo half-smiled at me.

"I get that, I'm really sorry to both of you." I said to them.

"Just stop talking about this and just forget that. I have homework to do." Jo simply said and walked to her desk.

I turn to face Jake and he just shrugs half-smiling at me. "Forget it. Just competing fair and square for Marley like how we are going to compete in sectionals." Jake says to me.

"Totally." Jo nodded in agreement.

"So are-are we fine?" I ask them.

"Yeah." They said together.

"Alright cool, I like this room. I really like it and maybe I should talk to my parents about getting a room like this." I grin at them. "Okay, I just want to make sure that we are fine and I got both of your backs and thanks. I'll see you guys tomorrow." I said to them and walked up the stairs.

"See you!" Jo shouts.

I walked out from their room and passed the living room. Wait, I saw a drum set inside the room. Whose was it? Jake? All I know is he can only play guitar. So maybe Jo? Wow that's really cool, she is really cool actually and I was really wrong to call her that.

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