AN: Hey! I'm Back! From the writer who brought you "I Hate You I love You," Here is my new fic which was featured at the end of "I Hate You, I Love You," In excerpt form. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: New Girl in Town
Before anyone gets confused, yes, my name is Jared and yes I am a girl. You see, my father and my uncle used to have another brother. Jared Anthony Pierce was his name. When my cousin was only a year old, Jared passed away one night after getting in a car accident with a drunk driver. From what I heard, It was a sad time for the Pierce family. My father and my uncle decided that whoever had a baby next would name the baby Jared after their beloved brother. Upon agreeing to that, they decided that the gender of the baby wouldn't change anything. A year and a half later, my mother was pregnant with me. The Pierce brothers were very excited to get the chance to honor their brother by naming me after him. Nine months later, I was born. My mother was a bit hesitant about naming their baby girl "Jared" so my father let her chose a my middle name. So here I am, Jared Amanda Pierce. Sixteen years old and packing to move to Lima, Ohio.
We moved to Florida when I was 2 years old since my dad was stationed there until they needed his service You see, my dad is in the Army but he had been off call for the past few years. In those few years, my mother was diagnosed with cancer and sadly did not survive. I was devastated and I spoke to my cousin for hours that night. She and I had kept in pretty close touch even though I haven't visited her since I was maybe 7 years old. A couple years passed and my dad and I dealt with the passing of my mother. We became closer and my dad became my best friend. That was until he got a call a couple nights ago informing us that he was being drafted and will be sent to Iraq for a while. My dad decided that the best thing for me was to send me to live with my cousin in Lima, Ohio while he was away.
I really didn't have much of a choice. My dad called my uncle that same day and made arrangements for me to stay with them. I had to pack up my things and say goodbye to allmy friends in less than 48 hours. I sat through a long flight from Florida to Ohio to be greeted by one of my cousin's famous hugs. The girl has always been quite the hugger.
"Jared! You made it! Come, my mom and dad are waiting to see you!" She shouted out with joy. We found my bags in the baggage claim and she lead me to where her parents were waiting.
"Jared! It's great to see you after all these years. You have grown so much." My aunt commented.
"Brittany here hasn't calmed down since she found out you were coming to live with us. Its wonderful to see my niece again," my uncle told me. We walked out of the airport and drove to my cousin's house. The three of them helped me carry all my stuff to my new room which used to be the guest room.
"I bought you some blue bed sheets since I remember that was your favorite color. Feel free to do what you want to the room. I want you to feel at home here"
"Thank you, Aunt Sarah," I told my aunt.
"Brittany, dear. Why don't you help Jared unpack"
"I can handle it myself, Uncle Rick. Brittany, you don't have to help me unpack if you don't want to." I said.
"I wanna help you, Jared. I haven't seen you in over nine years. How about we put on a movie while we unpack?"
"Sounds awesome." I said. My room was completely set up in no time. Meanwhile, my aunt and uncle went to complete my registration at the high school Brittany goes to so I could start school tomorrow. They came back home with Chinese take out for dinner. As much as I missed my dad, I already knew that living with my cousin was going to be great.
Before I knew it, I was being woken up by Brittany.
"What time is it?" I mumbled as I tried to pull the covers over my head.
"It's time for school! Come on, hurry. I want to show you around before class!"
I got dressed and ate my breakfast and Brittany and I were out the door in no time. I got in her car and she drove me to Mckinley high. She took me to the principal's office to get my schedule and then she took me around the school, first showing me where all my classes were and then she began to show me other parts of the school. For a small town, there were a lot of people going to school here.
My cousin continued to attempt to give me a tour of the school. I think lack of attention and concentration runs in the Pierce family since she keeps getting side tracked. Being a Pierce, I lose interest in the tour and zoned off, looking around the school's hallway. Then I saw her. I know that argyle skirt and dorky animal sweater anywhere. There's only one person I know that would wear that with knee high socks and Mary-Janes. I walked away from my cousin to say hi to my old friend.
"Well if it isn't the one and only Rachel Barbra Berry." I said. She jumped and turned from her locker.
"Jared?! What in the world are you doing here!? If I recall correctly, you live in Florida. What are you doing in Ohio?!"She asked as she pulled me into a bear hug. Haha, bear, Berry, you know her last name is Berry which sounds like bear…you get the point.
"I did. But my mom passed away a few years ago and my dad is in the army and he was sent to Iran or something so I came here to love with my Aunt, Uncle and my cousin."
"Well I'm sorry to hear about your parents but I am so happy to see you here! How long has it been? Three years since I last saw you?"
"I know. Who would have thought that I would have run into you here?"
Rachel was about to say something but was interrupted. "Oh there you are! I thought I lost you." I heard my cousin say.
"B, How come Squirt is chatting with Berry? Did you introduce them? Are you trying to make her first day here miserable?"
"Well well, Santana Lopez. I haven't seen you since the last time I visited Brittany back when I was 7. I see you two are still the best of friends."
"Yeah well we will talk about that later. Now tell me, Squirt, what's up with you and Streisand over here?"
"First off, why are you calling me squirt? I may be 2 years younger than you but I'm actually taller than you now. I don't think that nickname suits me anymore. And secondly, If you really must know, Rachel and I are old camp buddies. We went to this music camp together. She went for vocals and I went for guitar. We shared a cabin with a few other girls and I liked pulling pranks on her. Then one day she pulled a prank on me and we became friends ever since."
"What kind of pranks?" Santana asked with an eyebrow arched up
"Like soaking her PJs in glow stick fluid or tying her clothes together into a makeshift streamer which I hung around her bunk. She ended up getting me back by taping one of those musical birthday cards to the inside of my guitar case so when I opened the case, "Don't Rain on My Parade," played loudly throughout the music room. The genius had the card well hidden so I couldn't find the where the music was coming from right away."
"Wow, Berry, I didn't think you had that in you." Santana said.
"Thank you Santana. Jared, this trip down memory lane has been fun but can you please explain how you know Santana and Brittany. Wait a minute. You said you came here to move in with your cousin. Please tell me you aren't related to Santana!" Rachel began to worry.
"Relax Rach, Santana is not my cousin. Think about it. What is my full name."
"Jared Amanda Pierce. What does that have to do with anyth…oooooh I get it. Brittany is your cousin!"
"Wow Berry, You sounded like Finn just now." Santana commented.
Rachel was about to defend herself but was interrupted. "Hey guys, sorry we're late. Charlie was taking too long to get dressed this morning because she misplaced her shoe or something." Said a blonde girl in a cheerleading outfit identical to the ones Brittany and Santana wore.
"Hey, It's not my fault. Quinn went through my closet last night looking for a shirt she lost." Another blonde girl who looked like the cheerleader commented.
"Quinn, Charlie, This is my cousin, Jared. She just moved here from Florida and as it turns out, is a friend of Rachel's from camp."
"Nice to meet you. I'm Quinn and this is my twin sister Charlie." The cheerleader said. She had long blonde hair that was ponytailed back. Her twin sister on the other hand had shorter, shoulder length blonde hair and wore black ray ban glasses. She was dressed more hipster like and had a camera hanging around her neck.
"I'm Charlie. And before you ask, we are actually identical. My sister and I are just very different and therefore some think we are fraternal."
"It's nice to meet you both." I said, checking both girls out. I haven't seen such radiant girls like them before. I noticed Quinn kept sneaking glances at Rachel and then would direct her attention to the group.
The bell rang signaling that it was time to head to class.
"Well we should get going. Would you two want to sit with us at lunch?" Quinn asked Rachel and I.
"Fine by me." I said. "What do you think, Rach?"
"Well I usually spend lunch in the choir room doing vocal exercises but I'm up for a change in my daily routines. I would love to accompany you guys."
"Awesome! I guess we'll see you then. Lets go, Charlie. We don't want to be late," Quinn said, "It was nice meeting you Jared."
"See ya later!" Charlie commented as they began to walk away.
"Uhhh Yeah s-see ya later," I said bashfully. Hopefully no one else noticed that.
I quickly found my locker and I practiced opening it before I headed to class. I didn't bother putting anything in it since it was my first day of school and I had only brought a notebook and a couple pencils with me. I headed to my first class which was a random elective that the school put me in. Beginning photography. I walk in to the classroom and sat down in the first available seat not really paying attention to anyone else.
"Hello, class. I have an announcement." The teacher said. "We have a new student joining us today. Jared Pierce, would you come to the front of the classroom please?" I stood up and walked to where my teacher was standing.
"Well hello Jared. I'm Ms. Carter, Mckinley's photography teacher and this is my student aide, Charlie Fabray." I looked up and my blush returned.