Colors// Mike Chang Glee

The Last Filler...

A: Hey Mikey. I'm sorry. I'm really sick and I'd hate to get you sick. I can't make Sunday. I'll see you at school though
M: Oh... okay

Monday came around and somehow I managed to get through the weekend without seeing Andy at all. He went to Mike's on Saturday after I texted him I couldn't go. Then I'd be driving to his place and picking them both up to go to school.

I got dressed, throwing my hair up into a messy bun, no makeup but curling my eyelashes, and pulling on my old hoodie and old pair of jeans that were going to have to do. I grabbed a cup of coffee and hopped into the car. Halfway to Mike's I tried my best to disconnect from the two of them.

I didn't know how I was suppose to face them when they've seen what I've drawn in my sketchbook. I turned the music up loud enough to make the seats vibrate as I pulled up to his driveway. They were both standing a few feet away, talking lowly amongst themselves.

I pulled up and let them in. Mike took the backseat and Andy took the front. He gave me a look that made me burn up inside and turned the music down. I guess that was a waste.

"What's up with the loud music?" he asked as the music came down to a decent volume.

"It's a good song" I lied and turned it back up. I didn't look back like I normally would but forced myself to keep eye contact with the road the whole time. I guess Andy gave up trying to get a conversation going after my three word responses like 'it was good', I felt better' or, 'nothing much'. I didn't even ask him how he was which was something I normally would do.

But we got to school and everything seemed lonelier then they normally would. I walked to my class alone, I walked to my locker alone, and after that I didn't even go to lunch. I stayed in the girls bathroom the whole time, contemplating weather or not I should go to my job interview or not. I decided I should. For dad's sake. I made sure to get to class after Mike so I wouldn't have to sit with him. Instead I made my way over to Kurt and Quinn.

I ran out of class, avoiding interactions with anyone the best I could. I had to go to detention. I guess Mr. Shu couldn't suspend us and decided to give us detention instead for the whole week. I met up with Tina, eventually going through detention for a few periods until Bio which Tina and I both walked to and continued to talk about everything and nothing all at once.

"Why didn't you sit with Mike and I? I thought having your brother in Glee with you would get you excited" Tina commented, taking her seat before the bell rang.

"Yeah, it's nice. I just..." I searched for the right words. "I wanted to sit with Kurt today. He seems nice and I'd like to get to know as many people as I can" is all I could muster. It was partially true. Kurt seemed like a nice person, just not a lot of interests were shared between the two of us.

"Mmhmmm" she rolled her eyes and directed her attention to the front of the class.

All week I tried to avoid them the best I could. Once I dropped Mike off, I dropped Andy off at home after explaining that I had a job interview and he seemed to have forgotten we said we'd get jobs to repair the game room to turn it into a workout room and a dance room. But now all that mattered was paying the bills.

I went to Starbucks. Then later that day I got the call about my hours and how much money I'd get within an hour. Turns out it's ten bucks an hour, and I work only four days a week since I'm only sixteen. Then my hours are night shift. From five to two so I would only have ten hours a day. Not bad considering.

Since then I got a ride with Artie's mom who kindly picked up both me and Andy. We arrived at Mr. Shu's apartment that was very lonely-like.

Everyone sat around his living room, not uttering a word or looking at each other. Over the last week a lot has happened for the team. Rachel's boyfriend joined us for three days and then went back to Vocal Adrenaline, fucking us over and leaving us vulnerable.