Game Set Match

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀᴛʏ ꜱᴇᴠᴇɴ

Jo Pov

My mono has finally gone away and I didn't go to school for a whole week, which that week was Valentine's day and Mr. Shue's wedding. I also heard that Kitty, Unique, Joe and Sugar also didn't come to school for a week because they got the Asian Bird Flu.

I heard from Jake that Ms. Pillsbury ran away from the altar so Mr. Shue isn't married yet. Jake also told me that Ryder helped him with the best Valentine week for Marley, which kinda makes me a bit jealous. But I stayed home for a week and he didn't even come to my house to give me a valentine's gift or anything.

Wait what the hell am I talking about? Well, I actually think I like Ryder I mean he is so nice and sweet, and this is the first time I am actually interested in someone which is kinda stupid. Now I can't play it cool like when I am with other guys.

I opened my locker for the first time since I was gone and a lot of love letters and also paper hearts fell down from my locker. What on earth is this?

"Wow, you didn't come to school for one week it looks like your fans must have missed you. You got like ten thousand letters and I didn't get a single one." Ryder chuckles.

"Here you want some?" I took a couple letters and gave them to him.

"I want one that you wrote for me." Ryder smirks at me.

"I didn't write one, I spent that whole week in bed watching tv." I said to him and took the love letters and put them in my locker.

"I was just kidding, but I actually have something for you." Ryder says, giving me a box.

I raised my eyebrows and opened the box, it was a beautiful gold chain bracelet with a heart. "Ryder, this is so cute. Thank you so much." I smile at him.

"That bracelet reminded me of you." Ryder smiles back at me.

"Thank you." I smile at him then I put the box in my locker, shutting it after.

"Wanna walk to the choir room together?" Ryder grins at me.

"Sure." I nodded as we both started walking down the hallway.

We were walking down the hallway together. I should give him a chance, I mean he is being so nice and sweet to me and to top it all off he is really cute. I think I am starting to like him but I am not really sure yet.

We both kept walking and we entered the choir room. I sat down in the middle row next to Jake and started fake sneezing to scare him.

"Stay away from me." Jake glared at me.

"Haha I'm not sick anymore." I chuckled.

Mr. Shue walked in with Finn then wrote something on the white board and turned to look at us. I looked at the white board and he just wrote 'movies.'

"Everybody loves movies. They don't just tell stories, they transport us to other worlds. They are inspirational, they provide comfort and they help us escape from our day-to-day anxieties." Mr. Shue says to me.

"Like getting left at the altar?" Kitty asks.

"Too soon." Ryder simply says.

"Exactly, or in your guys' case, studying for exams or worrying about regionals. In any case, for this week's assignment, I want you to pick your favorite movie song from your favorite movie." Mr. Shue says to us as we start cheering happily.

"Unique knows all there is to know about The Crying Game." Unique says to us.

"You don't get to call dibs on Les Mis just because you are the poster." Kitty says to Marley.

"Finally I can do my Nicolas Cage impression. 'Oh, not the bees! No! The bees! No!' Sam makes an impression.

"That's weird." I frown.

"That is the worst Nicolas Cage impression I've ever seen." Kitty frowns at Sam.

"Do you even know who Nicolas Cage is?" Artie asks Sam.

"Okay, it's not that simple guys. This is a group competition boys against girls and we are doing mash-ups. Now remember, movies are visual so it's just not about performance, it's about theatricality, it's about the language of cinema." Mr. Shue says to us.

"Preach." Artie says and wheels to the front. "And as I move into production on my first micro-budget feature, I'm happy to offer starring roles to whichever team wins. No trailers, no per diem." Artie grins at us.

"Great, okay. Well, everyone split up and start working on your song choices." Mr. Shue says to us.

I stood up from my seat and walked to the girls discussing the song from what movie we should sing for the competition.

"We should do The Artist so we don't have to sing." Sugar grins at us.

Kitty and I just look at each other then frown at each other. I rolled my eyes and turned my face until I realized that Ryder was staring at me. I just smiled shyly at him and he smiled back at me, then turned his face back to the boys again.

I guess I should give him a chance. A chance to date me because I think I like him but I don't know how and I don't know what I should do in terms of that. I'm the type of girl who never says she is into a guy. 

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