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Brittany S. Pierce took a deep breath as she sat in her car. She was parked just outside of William McKinley High School. Quite possibly Brittany’s least favorite place on Earth. Everyday was miserable for her as she was belittled by the popular kids and made fun of for seemingly anything. They’d mock her little intelligence, her inability to be social, and most of all her sexuality.
It started at a party her sophomore year when she was discovered making out with a girl in a closet. Ever since then finding the word freak written on her locker or being called a freak was normal for her. And the biggest instigator was head cheerio Santana Lopez. The girl seemed to have it out for Brittany. Almost everyday she would do something that resulted in Brittany crying to herself in the bathroom. Wether it involved a slushy being thrown in her face or one of Santana’s legendary insult rants.
This particular day Brittany was feeling especially down. The previous night she heard her parents discussing her grades. She’d never felt stupider in her life than when she heard her father talking about her.
“Nothing seems to work Whitney. She studies and works with tutors but still she’s not getting any smarter.”
Brittany rested her head on her steering wheel just trying to gain the courage to go inside. The odds of her immediately being brought down by her classmates was high but she had started to grow a thick skin for insults. Being called a lezzie slut only had an impact the first dozen times. Especially since it didn’t make any sense. Brittany was still a virgin and hadn’t even gotten close to not being one. Her closet make out session was the furthest she’d ever gotten with anyone. And after they had been discovered the girl she was kissing proceeded to claim that it was only experimenting.
“You’ve got this,” Brittany sighed to herself.
She stepped out of her car and slowly made her way towards the school. Once inside she did her best to walk through the halls avoiding lettermen jackets and Cheerios uniforms as best as she could. Unfortunately when she arrived at her locker she knew her luck was out. She could feel several pairs of eyes on her so she slowly turned around. Standing in front of her was McKinley three most popular Cheerios. Quinn Fabray, Kitty Wilde and in the middle was of course Santana Lopez. It was McKinley infamous Unholy Trinity.
“Hey freak,” Santana said with a fake cheeriness to her voice.
“What do you three want?”
“Why Brittany I’m offended. You act like three girls can’t just visit their friend at school.”
“You guys aren’t my friends. Nobody is in this school. Except for...”
Brittany’s sentence was cut off by Kitty throwing a surprise slushy in her face. It was raspberry which was easily the worst as it stained the hardest, and Santana knew this. As the cold syrup dripped down her shirt Brittany couldn’t help but start crying. She was used to the bullying but starting her day with it was beyond miserable. As she cried Santana smirked before approaching her.
“Just because you like pussy doesn’t mean you have to be one,” she taunted before walking away with the two blondes.
Brittany leaned against her locker crying until someone suddenly wrapped their hand around their arm. She already knew who it was without opening her eyes so she followed the person until she heard a bathroom door open. She suddenly leaned down and felt the sensation of warm water running on her head. Once the majority of the slushy was washed away she opened her eyes and saw her best friend Sam Evans standing behind her.
Sam was the only person at McKinley who stuck with Brittany post coming out. He always tried to help her through the bullying even if it involved dragging her into the girls bathroom where he wasn’t supposed to be. Sam was the first person Brittany came out to after he asked her on a date. She knew she couldn’t lead him on so she decided to be honest. It was risky but Sam ended up being okay with it.
Now the two were closer than ever. Sam confided most of his secrets in her some of which he had never told anyone and Brittany did the same. She never had to worry about Sam, and honestly he was like a brother to her.
As she washed the slushy from her hair she let out her tears. Sam patted her back soothingly as she just lost it.
“You’re the only person here who doesn’t hate me Sam,” she said through her crying. “Not a single other person here is even remotely happy to ever see me. They’d be just as happy if I never showed up again.”
“Come on Britt don’t say that. I know it all seems hopeless but I’m gonna talk to Puck. We’re both on the football team and he’s dating Santana so he can probably get her to back off.”
“There’s no point Sam. Santana runs that relationship just like she runs this stupid school. If you talk to Puck it’ll only get worse.”
And with that she started towards the bathroom door only stopping as she pushed it open.
“Thanks Sam. You’re the only person here who I know I can count on,” she said.
Brittany left the bathroom before heading off to her first class. The rest of the day was peaceful for Brittany which was a bit of a surprise.
“Maybe the Trinity realized they had gone to far,” she thought to herself.
When she reached her car she let out a breath glad to finally be done with the school day. She had a test in Geometry she was sure she had failed so it was only so long before her Dad found out. And that meant being grounded from hanging out with Sam and being forced to study. Even though she studied for hours as soon as she had the test in front of her she just froze.
As soon as she arrived home Brittany went inside where she could hear her Mom talking excitedly.
“I’m so proud of you Lilly,” Whitney said.
Brittany followed the voice into the kitchen where her Mom was talking with her little sister.
Lilly Pierce always seemed to be doing something to impress her parents. She was a freshman but had already done more than Brittany had in her three years. She was a straight A student arguably more beautiful than her and had the perfect boyfriend, a football player named Ryder. She was also on the Cheerios and despite seeing her sisters torment everyday she never said a thing afraid of what would happen to her.
“What’s going on,” Brittany asked?
“Well Britt you’re sister just told me about her nomination for Freshman Homecoming Queen,” Whitney said excitedly.
Brittany put on a fake smile for her sister and gave her a hug. But in the back of her mind she could feel a ping of jealousy. Brittany spent many nights thinking about what life would be like if she was like Lilly. Smart, straight, and popular.
“It’s really not a big deal,” Lilly said. “Though Ryder and I are shoe ins to win.”
Brittany rolled her eyes subtly at her sisters comment before going up to her room. Once she entered she saw her only other friend Lord Tubbington sitting on her bed.
“Hey Tubbs,” she said sweetly petting the fat cat.
The cat purred at the soft pets before crawling over onto his humans pet.
“It’s just you, Sam, and I, Lord Tubbington. Just us against the world.”