Protective

Chapter 29

Isabella's POV

We were all sitting in the choir room when we see Brittany walk in with her suitcase "Hey, Mr. Shue, what about my original song? Do you remember? My cup, my cup Sayin' "What's up?" To my cup, my cup More of a friend" I clap along singing with her and Artie. She winks at me playfully before looking back to Mr. Schue ""My Cup" is one of a kind, but we're going with Marley's song." Brittany pouts "Oh, come on, boo. Two thumbs down. The only way to polish that turd of a song is with my angelic alto voice." She pauses "So I demand to sing it as a solo. And I demand to sing all the good songs as solos. Everyone can snap their fingers and march around behind me. Tina, please make an exact replica of Jennifer Lawrence's Oscar dress" I look at her confused "um, no" Tina says looking at her "Um yes. Let me break it down. No one in this musty choir room compares to my megawatt star power. Besides Isabella. Blaine, you're shorter than your average lawn gnome. Joe, you look like a Yucatan spider monkey. Tina is you know, she's Tina." Sam jumps off the piano coming towards her "Wait, baby. Baby, I love you, but you're really out of line here." Brittany takes her phone out of her pocket, typing on it "And would you stop texting? I'm trying to talk to you, it's really rude." Sam's phone dings and he looks at it before looking back at Britt
"Did you seriously just break up with me? By a text?" She nods walking towards the door "As fascinated as I am by your down-filled, pillow-soft lips that are ten times too big for your face, I really miss my sweet, sweet lady kisses. Sorry/not sorry. Moving on, I repeat: I require all the solos. That's just the way it's gonna be." She stops at the door as Mr. Schue talks to her "Brittany, why are you doing this?" She makes a face at him "Well, I'm just living your lesson, Mr. Shue. It's all or nothing. All or nothing!" She walks out of the room. I sigh, sliding down in my chair. I don't know what's going on with her.

I walked into the choir room, and saw everyone about to get into show circle when I saw my sister. I looked at her confused when she smiles sadly at me. "All right, everyone. Show circle. Come on in" We all get into a circle me beside Santana and Mr. Schue when my sister takes my hand. "New Directions! um, before we go onstage, I have something I want to tell you guys. I got offered early admission to MIT." We all cheer for her as she continues "I never thought that I would graduate high school, let alone go to college, so I have to jump on this offer before it gets taken away. They want me to leave immediately. That's why I had that meltdown." She laughs slightly as I start to realize what's happening and start to cry. "Um my entire life, people have always told me that I was stupid. And after a while I started to believe them. And it wasn't until I walked in this room and I joined this club that I really started believing in myself." She smiles "And as soon as I did that, as soon as I started believing that maybe I was smart after all, I think the whole world did, too. And I'm really gonna miss you guys. 'Cause you guys are like my family." She says starting to cry harder. She tried to wipe her tears "Mr. Shue's like our dad. And Mercedes and Tina and Sugar and Mercedes, you guys are all like my sisters." They all laugh slightly as I look towards the ground starting to cry harder "And Mike Chang and Blaine and Jim, you guys are all like my brothers." They smile at her "And, Artie, you're like the boy next door who builds robots in his basement and who I take his virginity, and Jake and Marley and Ryder and Kitty, you guys are all like the foster kids who come to live with us when the orphanage closes and that we don't trust at first but we grow to love just like we do our pets. And then there's Sam. The cute boy from the wrong side of the tracks who does good impressions and who I fake marry. I love you so much, Sam." She hugs him and then walks to Santana "And there's Santana." They both hug each other tight as my sister starts to cry "oh man. You don't have to say anything, Brittany" she turns to me when she gets done "and then there's Isabella. My best friend, my sister, but most importantly my soulmate. You're my person, you've been there for me through everything and I don't know what I'm going to do without you" she runs into my arms as we sob. We hear people sniffle "I was alright until she said that" I hear Mercedes say "I don't know how to function without you, Britt" she shakes her head and shakily kisses my temple "I don't either" she whispers to me. I look towards my sister and see her smiling sadly at me. "Okay. No more. Show circle." We all put our hands in "Amazing!"

As we get done performing, Brittany and I go sit on the stage next to each other. We sit there for a few minutes when we see Santana stand in front of us. She offers her hands to us as we stand up. She gets between us and wraps an arm around both of us "it'll be okay" we both nod looking at each other "yeah" we walk to the choir room. Mr. Shue and Ms. Pillsbury ended up getting married in the choir room after we won. As they get done I make everyone sit down. "I uh, I have something to sing to Brittany" I smile sadly at her as I bring a stool to the front for her to sit in "everything's changing, and it's scary. I mean we don't know what could happen or change, but what I do know will always stay the same, is us. We will always be best friends."

Good morning, you're leaving
I'll see you in the evening
My best friend till the end
My better half no pretend
Our language is sacred
No people try to solve it
New adventures on the way

You and me together
Take on the world forever
I know all your secrets
And I promise you I'm gonna keep them
I'll be there when you are feeling clueless
You and me, oh yeah we're seamless
Woah oh, yeah, woah oh

We're klutzy, but so lucky
That I always have you to catch me
We're partners in crime
You're stuck with me your whole life
So different, out of our minds
From a planet that's hard to find
Every second every day

You and me together
Take on the world forever
I know all your secrets
And I promise you I'm gonna keep them
I'll be there when you are feeling clueless
You and me, oh yeah we're seamless

You're right by my side whenever I need you
Through the hardest times
I'll be there for you
At the crack of dawn when the moon is gone
I won't be hard to find
'Cause you and me, oh yeah we're seamless

You and me together
Take on the world forever
I know all your secrets
And I promise you I'm gonna keep them
I'll be there when you are feeling clueless
You and me, oh yeah we're seamless
Woah oh, woah oh

I smile at her as she gets up, hugging me. "I'll always be here, no matter the time of day. I'm only a phone call away" I whisper to her as we hug. She pulls back, smiling at me "I'm so lucky to have you as my best friend" I shakily smile at her. "Group hug!" Everyone comes barreling towards us. I feel someone poke me and see Kitty "I know I'm not Brittany, but I'll be here for you. Whatever you need" I tear up and hug her tight "thank you, Kitty, I'm lucky to have you" she smiles at me as we all break away from each other.

I ride home with Santana after we saw Brittany off. We get inside the house and I sit on the couch "so this is how it's gonna be from now on, huh? You in New York, Cedes in LA, Brittany at MIT, and Finn and Puck at college?" I pause "I don't know what to do without you guys" she sits next to me, pulling my head into her chest "I know it's hard, but I'll try to visit as much as I can. Plus, you and Britt can FaceTime and call each other, and Finn and Puck are only a 30 minute drive away" I nod "I know, it's just different, ya know? Especially without Britt" she nods "yeah, I know" she kisses the top of my head. Everything's changing.