Disclaimer: I don't own Glee
"C'mon guys let's see some passion out there, you look pathetic out there, you think this is hard, I'm living with one kidney, that's hard!" head coach Sue Sylvester yelled at her players. Sue Sylvester was a hard ass but was one hell of a coach. She was the first female coach in the United Football League (UFL) , and she made sure she would leave her mark. Her team was the Ohio Bulldogs, based in Columbus, OH, and she had turned them from the league laughingstock to one of the top teams in the league. Part of this was done by convincing the team's owner Paul Figgins to stop being so cheap. He had refused to sign quality players and had been making the team pay for their own transportation. However Sue Sylvester was not a woman who easily backed down and quickly got her way. The team was centered around four players.
The first was team quarterback, and leader, Finn Hudson, he was tall, had a great arm, a great ability to read defenses, and a great leader. All the skills a great quarterback needed. His top target was his best friend Noah "Puck" Puckerman who had a great set of hands and an elusiveness to him, a real home run threat. He was also a notorious womanizer and never could spend more than a week with one woman, often juggling a few women at once. The third guy of the core four was Matt Rutherford the star linebacker for the team. The middle linebacker or "Mike" was the quarterback of the defense. He had to identify the formation the offense was using and see what adjustments the defense had to make. It was his job to stop the run and if the running back is used as a receiver to make sure he was stopped. Matt was great at stopping the run and opposing running back feared to play against him. The last of the four guys was Mike Chang. Mike was the team kicker and was very, very accurate and held the record for longest field goal in UFL history at 65 yards. He was a quiet guy and didn't say much but he was very liked and respected by his teammates.
The core four were represented by the same agent, Will Schuester, who was one of the best agents in the game. He was a nice guy but always made sure his guys were taken care of. Plus if the any of his guys had any personal issues they needed to work out they could go to his wife Emma, who worked a psychiatrist. All in all life was good for the members of the Bulldogs.
Rachel Berry was just finishing up another day of work and was making her way back to her apartment. Rachel had dreamed of being on Broadway when she was growing up and thought she would do it after she was done with Julliard. However she couldn't afford to move to New York after she graduated from high school and went to Ohio State University instead to study music. After college she got a job in Columbus, teaching music at a very exclusive private school. Sure it wasn't exactly what she wanted to do and some of the kids were snobs, but the pay was good and she did enjoy her job. Rachel got home to the apartment she shared with her two roommates and entered after checking the mail.
Rachel was instantly greeted by her friend and roommate Brittany Smith. Brittany was a very bubbly and friendly, and while she was a bit on the naïve side she was greatly loyal as a friend. Brittany worked as a dance instructor at a local dance studio downtown. She loved to dance and teaching others how to dance. She and Rachel met in high school and while Rachel was a bit of a longer and unpopular Brittany was a cheerleader and one of the most popular girls in school. Brittany and Rachel bonded over a love of music and Brittany did not seem to care about Rachel's popularity status. Being friends with Brittany helped Rachel gain more confidence and less of an outcast in school. Brittany best friend Santana, another cheerleader, was one of the leaders of the I Hate Rachel Group but after Brittany made it clear Rachel was not her friend; Santana knew she would have to be friends with Rachel as well. Santana quickly became good friends with Rachel once she got to know her and became a protector to her like she was to Brittany. She was the third roommate in the apartment and had a job in an advertising agency in downtown as well.
"Rachel it's great to see you," Brittany said as she wrapped Rachel up in a big hug
"Thanks, Britt," Rachel replied.
"Hey man hands how was work?" Santana asked coming out of her room
Even though they were good friends now Santana still used the nicknames she had for Rachel when she was picking on her, to mess around with Rachel
"It was great Santana, thanks for asking" Rachel replied
The girls decided to go to their favorite bar for drinks even though that meant they would run into their "rivals": Quinn Fabray, Mercedes Jones, and Kurt Hummel. The trio also went to the same high school and Quinn was also a cheerleader with Santana and Brittany. Quinn did not like Rachel, although she never made it clear why. She used to be close to Santana and Brittany till they became friends with Rachel. Kurt and Mercedes were best friends from birth, and Mercedes had a crush on Kurt for a while till he came out as gay. They both didn't like Rachel as she was more musically talented then both of them and would beat them out for solos in the school's choir. They bonded with Quinn over their dislike of Rachel. Kurt and Mercedes had their own fashion line, and Quinn was a model. They still tried to give Rachel a hard time if they saw her in public but Santana and Brittany always had Rachel's back. With that in mind they headed out for the bar.