Twenty: Lights Out. Part Two.

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Later, Ryder and Kitty were sitting at a table at Breadsticks...

"I was surprised when you asked me to dinner, 'cause I know you're, like, dating Jake's brother and everything." Ryder says.

"Puck and I broke up. He dumped me when he went to live at a college he doesn't go to. From a distance, Puck is super hot, but you don't really realise until you're up close how puffy he is." Kitty tells him.

"There you go." A waitress says, putting their plates in front of them.

"I don't know why I have such terrible luck with guys. It's probably because I come on very strong and pretend to be all slutty, then I freeze up right away and get distant and drop weird hints that my vagina has teeth." Kitty said.

Ryder goes to put some food into his mouth, stopping himself and putting his fork down.

"I didn't come here to talk about the razor-sharp barbs guarding my cervix. I noticed how withdrawn you got this week at Glee Club after you told everyone your secret. It may have seemed like no one else in that room understood what you went through, but... Ashleigh did, and I do. It was, um, my friend Julie's old brother. I was in sixth grade. I was in sixth grade. One night, Julie had a sleepover, and in the middle of the night, he came down into the basement... and crawled into my sleeping bag. I thought it was a joke; I didn't know what was happening. Then he started, um... to feel me in places. In the morning, I went straight home without saying goodbye, and I couldn't tell my parents for a while. I was afraid of upsetting them or something. When I did tell them, they were really confused. They didn't understand why I waited so long to say something about it. My mom called his parents, and all I could hear her say was how good of a kid he was and how she didn't know how something like that could happen. Julie stopped talking to me and told everyone at school that I was spreading rumours about her brother. Then she told all my friends to stop talking to me. Finally, I just decided it'd just be easier to switch schools. So, I did." Kitty tells him.

"Do you think Ashleigh's been through something similar to us?" Ryder asked.

"I don't know, and we shouldn't ask, Ryder. Ashleigh has a lot of issues... I mean, from what I've heard and seen. I understand what it feels like to have something like that happen to you and feel like nobody understands. I guess I just wanted you to know... that I do." Kitty said.

Ryder reached over, grabbing her hand.

Ryder reached over, grabbing her hand

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"Thanks."

She smiled.

The next morning, all the Glee Clubbers are back together, performing...

Later, Sue was sitting on the bleachers, looking over at the Cheerios...

"Hey, coach. Can I watch it with you?"

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