titanium - glee

twenty-three ; why did it have to be me

"All right, let's, uh, let's gather round." Mr. Schue said, walking into the choir room and everyone took their seats, Rosy sitting in the back alone, waiting for Puck. He hadn't come to pick her up for school that morning and he hadn't been answering any of her phone calls. She knew that he would probably walk in any second, but she couldn't help but be a little worried. Puck always answered her phone calls.

"Sorry I'm late, guys, I was with Principal Figgins. Bad news, guys. Puckerman's in juvie." Mr. Schue said, sitting down with a sigh and Rosy felt as if she'd just had the wind knocked out her. No, this couldn't be real, he would walk in laughing and say it was all a joke.

"It really was just a matter of time," Santana said as the others laughed a little and Rosy stared at them all in shock.

"What did he do?" Quinn asked and Rosy glanced at her. The blonde didn't look the least bit concerned, none of them did.

"He drove his mom's Volvo through the front of a convenience store and drove off with the ATM." Mr. Schue explained causing the others to laugh again.

"When is he getting out?" Rosy asked, speaking finally, ignoring the pitying looks Finn and Artie were giving her.

"Unknown." Mr. Schue said and Rosy's mouth dropped open.

"He might be the dumbest person on this planet and that's coming from me," Brittany said and Rosy spun around to glare at her.

"Hey, stop it! Stop laughing, this is serious!" Rosy said and Santana rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, guys let's have some sympathy." Mr. Schue said and Rosy nodded along with him.

"For a guy who put his needs before the team's? We need his voice and his bad-boy stage presence." Finn said and Rosy stared at him in shock.

"What the hell, Finn. That's what you care about? Not that your friend is literally in juvie, you care that he's in inconvenienced you?" Rosy said and Mr. Schue held up his hand, stopping the argument before it could go any further.

"We can't look at this as a crisis. It's an opportunity." Mr. Schue said and Rosy crossed her arms, staring at him with raised eyebrows.

"You're saying that my best friend being in juvie is an opportunity?" Rosy asked, trying to keep her frustration in check.

"Yes, it is an opportunity to welcome our new member...Sam Evans!" Mr. Schue said, gesturing toward the door and Rosy let out a loud groan when Sam ran through it.

"How's it going? Hey, everybody, I'm Sam. Sam...I am. And I don't like green eggs and ham." Sam said and Rosy groaned again, throwing her head back.

"Oh, wow. He has no game." Santana said and Rosy nodded in agreement.

"This day just keeps on getting worse and worse, Finn, you promised me!" Rosy said, turning to her best friend and he didn't meet her eyes.

"I know, I'm sorry, but we need new members now more than ever," Finn explained and Rosy groaned again. "This is gonna be great," Finn promised and Sam nodded, before going over to sit beside Rosy when Mr. Schue started talking again.

"There are like five other empty seats in this room and you just have to sit next to me, don't you?" Rosy whispered, glaring up at the blonde but he just smiled at her.

"Well, you're the only person in here that I actually know," Sam explained, shrugging as he set his binder down.

"Lucky me," Rosy muttered and Sam laughed, shaking his head a little.

"It's nice to see you too, Rosy." He said and she rolled her eyes.

"Right back at you, Lorax," Rosy said, crossing her arms and leaning back in her seat.