A/N: I apologize if this story is difficult for you to understand. I was already finished with this when I realized that some people might not know as much about volleyball as I do.

A/N: This was a dream that I had about my own volleyball team, and I decided to make it into a story. I was originally going to make this a chapter in Together Forever, but decided to make it a chapter story instead. I hope you like it!

A/N: This is totally AU.

Rachel Berry walked into the gymnasium of William McKinley High School. It was completely full, as there was a volleyball game that night. As a teacher, Rachel tried to attend as many athletic events as possible, even though she was never much of an athlete in high school. She looked over and saw a familiar face watching her. Smiling, she waved and sat down in the bleachers.

Santana Lopez was trying to get her team ready. As the still relatively new volleyball coach at William McKinley High School, she still had a lot to prove. The previous coach, who had been there when Santana herself had played, had led the team to seven state championship titles. Of course, Santana had been apart of four of them. She allowed herself to get momentarily distracted as a familiar brunette walked into the gym. Trying to remain professional, she merely nodded as Rachel waved at her. She wanted to smile like an idiot, but she couldn't at the moment. Rachel had only seen her coach one game because they'd only has one home game so far, so Santana was excited.

"Coach!" Santana turned her attention to her girls and saw that her star player had blood dripping down her arm.

"What happened?" she exclaimed as she rushed over and grabbed a towel to hold over the arm.

"I was doing the warm up drills and I dove into the bleachers." Santana looked at the girl with a raised eyebrow. "What?" Santana chuckled.

"And that is why you're my captain." she said before grabbing some bandages, pre wrap, and athletic tape. "Let's get this fixed up. Can you still play?" The girl nodded. "Kennedy. I don't want you playing if it's going to bother you."

"I'm fine, Coach." Santana nodded as a whistle blew.

"Go do the coin toss." Santana said, walking with the girl. The refs went through the normal procedures and told the opposing captain to call the coin in the air, as they were the visiting team. She called it wrong.

"McKinley, do you want serve or receive?"

"Serve." Kennedy said immediately before wishing the opposing captain luck. After the rest of the warmup, Santana called the team into a huddle.

"Kennedy, Adrian, Avery, Zoe, Tia, and Blake." she said, telling the team their starting rotation. The girls nodded. "Guys, listen up. Their hits aren't as strong as what I hit during practice, but they go deep. Go for every ball and follow it even if it looks out. Nothing hits the floor." Santana said. They nodded and went on the court.

Kennedy went to serve the ball and the other team quickly returned it. After rallying for a few minutes, McKinley came out on the positive side of the point. The next ball landed right in front of Adrian. Santana raised an eyebrow.

"Adrian! What are you doing?" she asked. Adrian shrugged. "Get the next one." The next ball went behind Avery, who missed it. "Avery! On that one just shuffle back and get there." The game went on that way.

Rachel grinned as she watched her Latina girlfriend coach her team. Santana had played volleyball in college and though Rachel missed watching her play, she had to admit that this was just as fun. Santana was very into the game as she watched her girls. Santana, however, was slowly losing her patience. This was not the team she had been coaching. They were ahead, but the score was a lot closer than Santana felt it should have been. Santana was gone when the opposing team pulled ahead, even though her girls came back.

McKinley won the first set and they switched sides. After turning her rotation in to the officials, Santana walked over. "What the hell was that?" she asked. No one answered. "It should not have been that close and you all should not have lost the lead. Get out there and show everyone what I know you can do." she said. She began to regain her patience as they wiped the floor with the team the next set. However, she quickly got angry again. On the court, Adrian was sticking her foot under the net as the opposing player was coming down from her jump. The girl got out of the way, but tumbled into Adrian.

"Watch yourself, bitch!" Adrian yelled, trying to punch the other girl. Santana lifted her head out of her hands with a raised eyebrow.

"Can I have a timeout?" she asked before the refs could throw Adrian out of the game. Her girls ran over. Glaring at Adrian, she spoke. "The only thing that I am going to say about that right now is that do not expect to go back in tonight. I'm subbing you out. The rest of you, keep doing what you're doing." she said, subbing the girl out immediately.

"Coach..."

"Adrian, sit down." Santana said.

"But Coach!" Santana turned around.

"Adrian, I said sit down. If I were you, I would listen right now because you are in a lot of trouble." she said. The girl instantly sat down.

McKinley won the next set and they switched sides once again. "Same rotation, Carson is still in for Adrian." she said. Rachel gave her girlfriend a supportive smile as Santana sent her an exasperated look. Santana remained relatively calm as her girls finished the game. After the game was done, she gave the girls five minutes to get in the locker room. Ignoring the glare she was getting from Adrian's father, Santana went over to meet an approaching Rachel.

"Congratulations baby." Rachel said. Santana sighed and nodded.

"Thanks."

"San, remember to remain calm when you go in there." Rachel said.

"Easier said than done." Santana said. Rachel smiled.

"Coach Lopez!" Santana turned around to see Adrian's father approaching her.

"Yes sir?" she asked.

"Is there a reason you pulled my daughter out of the game?" Santana nodded.

"Your daughter's behavior was completely unacceptable and I benched her." she said.

"If she isn't playing on Thursday, I'll personally ensure your termination." he said.

"Are you threatening me?" Santana asked.

"More like a promise."

"Adrian will not be playing Thursday. I am not going to put up with that kind of behavior from my team. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go." Santana said, walking past him and into the locker room. She saw her assistant coach trying to get ice to everyone who needed it. "Sit down!" Santana yelled. Everyone scrambled to grab a seat and Santana turned to Adrian.

"What the hell was that out there? Do you know how badly you could have hurt her?" she yelled. Adrian stared at her. "Did I teach you to do that? No. I didn't. And if I ever see something again like what I saw out there, do not even bother coming to practice because I can tell you now that you will not be playing for the rest of the season. That goes for every single one of you. I am not putting up with that crap. It's unsportsmanlike and frankly it's dangerous. When you all pull crap like that you make me look bad, as if I allow you all to do that. That is not what we are about and if that is how you're going to treat your opponents then you won't go near them. I am not going to let someone get hurt."

"But Coach-"

"I'm not finished, Adrian!" Santana yelled. The girl sighed. "Your behavior has been unacceptable lately and tonight was the breaking point." Adrian rolled her eyes. "If you're going to disrespect me, get out of my locker room." Santana said.

"But Coach..."

"No. I've put up with a lot from you, but tonight was it. Turn in your stuff by the end of the week." Santana said. Adrian sighed, but left the locker room. "The rest of you did awesome tonight. You started off slow, but you picked it up. Tomorrow, we'll have to work on reconstructing the rotation. See you then." Santana said, walking out of the locker room. Rachel was waiting for her in the hall. Adrian's father glared at her, but left without another word.

"You kicked Adrian off of the team?" Rachel asked. Santana nodded.

"I have a feeling I just made a powerful enemy." Santana said, hugging the diva. Rachel nodded. "Let's go home, mi estrella." Santana said softly. Rachel nodded.