Colors// Mike Chang Glee

Its Not an End, Just a Break

As I sped off down the street towards the hospital I found Mike walking alongside the road all by himself. That was about where Mr. Hummel picked me up and dropped me off at the hospital when I found out what had happened to Andy. I pulled over and Mike hopped in with a sorrowful face.

"Autumn. I am so sorry" he began.

"Hey. Its fine Mikey. I had a feeling it wasn't something I did but something you needed to deal with on your own. I understand" I explained as Mike slipped on his seatbelt throwing his book bag in the back seat along with mine.

"Oh god. I didn't mean to make you think it was your fault. No" he seemed flustered and all mixed up.

"Hey..." I stopped him from rambling on."Its okay Mike. Honestly, its fine. Take your time" I smiled over at him, telling him it was okay. I drove off towards the hospital as Mike explained everything.

"So after you threw coffee in Karofsky's face, some of the other guys came to me in the bathroom while I was washing the slushee out of my hair. They told me if I kept hanging around you as much I have been they would find a way to kick me off the team. They told me if Im not sleeping with you then I can't hang out with you" he paused to see how I was processing this information. I didn't want to say anything. I didn't want Mike getting kickoff the team, and I was okay with giving him time. I still had Andy, but Mike needs the football team, or else his parents will pull him out of school.

"So I didn't say anything and the bell rang so..." I took in a deep breath, taking in everything Mike was telling me.

"Then at lunch all of us had to sit with the guys because by then, everything got around to everyone" Mike explained.

My mind wondered and I couldn't help but ask."How did this all happen?" I still had a feeling this was all my fault.

"Glee gives us all a hard time in school. If we play football we're all expected to be hard asses who sleep around with every girl in the school. Then if we're in Glee were just thought of as nerds who are soft. Then being both gives people the wrong impression. I don't even like football all that much. I have to get though it so I can go to collage, and maybe then I can do what I love without being judged" Mike said, sighing in the seat next to me. I felt so bad for him. He has so much going on right now and he can't do anything he wants to because he needs to make others happy.

"Im so sorry Mike. I feel like somehow this is all my fault" I said pull into the parking lot.

"Its not your fault Autumn. You've made things easier for me. I could be riding the bus for one. I could be sitting in my room right now studying but instead I get to spend time with my two best friends, and three you don't expect anything from me. Football is expected for my parents, the team wants me to be exclusively in football, the guys in Glee want me to dance at my best, which isn't all that bad since I love dancing. But they still want something from me. But you..." he trailed off and I swear my heart skipped a beat. My stomach erupted in butterflies as he went on and I parked the car.

"You just want me around. You don't need to be told that you're doing great, or that you're amazing, you don't need to be told anything like every other girl at our school. You don't want me to check in on you every minute, you don't need me around all the time like everyone else in the school. You just want a friend by your side. And you don't want anything from me.

I want to kiss you right now. I thought to myself. Everything he was saying was so sweet. I want something from you but if I ever told you id ruin everything good right now.

"We should... um. Make sure Andy is okay" I said embarrassed for even thinking anything like that. I got out of the car and walked awkwardly to the front desk with Mike trailing slightly behind me.

"Andrew-" the lady in the front stopped me.

"I know who you're here for. You are such a sweet sister, coming to see your brother. We need more people in the world like you" she said sweetly. I smiled down at her and out came a buff nurse in white clothes. Mike and I followed the man who led us into Andys room since we still need the key card to get into the room.

The nice man let us in and closed the door behind us. There I found my brother and my dad next to each other.

"When was the last time you slept?" I asked my dad, walking in, taking both my dads and Andys attention from the tv that was playing old 70' romcom.

"I got enough" he gave me a weak smile."How was school?" Andy asked. He seemed low today. He wasn't smiling or seemed interested but like he needed to know I was okay in school rather then hear about my day.

"Good" Mike and I both said in sync.

We spent about an hour there talking with Andy. He spoke about how weird it felt not having his two fingers. He's been using his right hand to eat and its been a little messy but he's coped. He gets the stitches removed in 2 weeks and he spoke about how excited he is to get out tomorrow.

Then Mike and I got back in the car with my dad. He put up a fight but Andy told him to go and to drop our dad off in the morning if he really wanted to see him, which was obvious because he's his son and his first born. He loves both Andy and me so much.

My dad drove and I sat in the front while Mike was stuck in the back with our book bags.

"Umm. Can I drop you off before bringing Mike home Dad?" I asked, turning to look at my dad who looked so exhausted. He nodded his head as he stopped at a stop sign.

"Is everything okay?" he wondered.

"Yeah. I just wanna talk to Mike" I said with a small fake smile. I turned back to sit the right way in my seat as my dad drove up to our driveway and handed me the keys.

"Thank you. Get some sleep I love you" I said to him with a kiss on the cheek as he made his way into the house with a sleepy smile on his face.

Mike got out of the back and into the passenger seat."I am so sorry you even have to go through this" I apologized even though he said I had nothing to do with his situation.

"Its not you're fault. At least I don't have to go through it alone" he added. I drove down my street and onto the highway.

"Thank you for being there when I was at my worst, Mike" I said glancing over at him as I drove. He looked over at me with a sad smile.

"Thank you for treating me like Im not something that runs out of anything" he said.

"I can still drive you. Just drop you off a block away from the school" I suggested. I turned my attention back to the road.

"Okay" he agreed.

"I still cant believe you're going though this. Am I gonna see you in Glee tomorrow? Or at lunch?" I asked with hope that I might be able to see him tomorrow."Glee. Yes, Lunch, I don't think so" Mike said sadly.

"Okay. Mike...have a good day and don't worry about tomorrow. You'll get through it somehow" I smiled over at him and unlocked the door for Mike to go back into his home.

Ive been really bored this weekend and I just got a laptop for school so my fingers have been running over and over my keyboard to write this. I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. I love y'all!

-V