THE BOY IS MINE
HI! SO I SHOULDN'T BE POSTING THIS BUT IM HALF WAY DONE WITH THE SECOND CHAPTER OF CONFESSIONS AND I WAS RECENTLY LISTENING TO "THE BOY IS MINE" AND I THOUGHT WHAT IF THEY SANG IT FOR A DIFFERENT REASON AND THIS TWO-SHOT CAME ABOUT. Not sure when I'll post the next one but as soon as possible, I got time nowadays. Oh I'm a total Quinn fan I love Quinn/Mercedes friendship but this is just for this story she's in a bad light, don't really like Rachel so not a problem for me to put her in a bad light but sorry for those who like her it's for the story's sake. And I encourage you all to join the community All About Mercedes, made by the lovely Isis Aurora Tomoe.
SANTANA'S POV (2 ½ months ago)
Mercedes' phone started to ring "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga blaring out, Kurt's Ring tone:
"Hey, white boy, where the hell, are you? Me and San have been waiting for 20 minutes and her feet are starting to hurt!" It's true my feet felt like they were on fire. 3 minutes of arguing later.
"Him and Blaine."
"Yeah, 'nuff said." I turned and saw Finn, he was taller then most of the people here so you could easily pinpoint him.
"Hey Mercedes, isn't that Finn?
"Yeah it is. Let's invite him over."
"What? No!"
" we're alone Santana, Kurt and Blaine just bailed on us besides I heard Finn and Puck talking about how they wanted to see "The Adjustment Bureau" too, so let's just call him over we can see it together." She had a puppy dog look on her face, begging me to agree
"Fine, just hurry up and herd awkward Frankenteen over here."
"Leave him alone, he's still getting used to his height. Finn! Hey, Finn!" She waved him over when he turned towards her, he started towards us but he wasn't alone I saw him talking to someone and that's when I noticed a Mohawk in the crowd, great Puck's here too. Him and Mercedes are probably gonna be making googly eyes and wishing they could be open with their relationship, I'll be holding Mercedes later on crying about how she doesn't wanna ruin his rep, ugh whatever if it was me and I had a boyfriend or girlfriend I could give two shits what anyone says they can go kill themselves, especially if it was my girl 'Cedes.
"Hey Mercedes, hey Santana" Finn said, ever the enthusiast
"Hiya Frank—Ow! " Mercedes elbows me hard for almost calling Finn my pet name for him.
"Hey Finn, Hi Puck" she says cheerily like she didn't just abuse me, she stares just a little longer than necessary at Puck, Finn's looking at Me and doesn't notice or doesn't care that Puck winks at her and she giggles. I wish I had that, not the secret part of course, I've seen first hand how much the secret relationship is taking it's toll on Mercedes, sometimes she goes into a zombie state, nothing can shake her out of it, not even Me or Kurt, only the mention of Puck. Of course, I should stop thinking about this,Brittany's in love with Artie and he loves her I should just be happy she's found happiness, even if I'm hotter then him.I was so deep in thought I didn't notice Puck talking to me.
"Santana! SANTANA!"
"WHAT!"
"You okay? Where were you just now?" Mercedes asks worriedly, always the concerned friend what did I ever do to deserve her, guess god is throwing me a bone here.
"Yeah I'm good, sorry just zoned out. Too busy staring at the giant zit Frankenteen here somehow managed to pop. I think he missed a spot though. The mother load on your shoulders has no reason to be there your brain is barely present anyway."
"Santana! I'm so sorry Finn she didn't mean it" Mercedes replies, I don't know why she's apologizing and so what if I didn't mean it, though Brittany is the only person dumber then Finn. Like she was reading my thoughts she elbowed me hard again
"OW! Stop abusing me, woman" I grumbled. The boys' chuckle.
"So what movie you girls planning on seeing?" Puck asks the both of us though his eyes are trained on Mercedes
"The Adjustment Bureau" I answer for the googly eyed girl, told you.
"Us too" Finn answers for his equally googly eyed friend. I had doubts about Puck really wanting Mercedes at first but what can he gain, they have to date secretly for popularity sake anyway so there's no way it's for the same reason as last time. Hmm, guess he's actually for real, well good I'd kill him if he hurt my girl.
"You wanna join us?" Great Mercedes chooses now to get out of her daze, just to have them join us, well no thank you I'm just fine without watching Mercedes and Puck share gazes of love, adoration and longing I've watched them do it enough to know just what emotion comes and when it does and I'd rather not have to endure them "secretly" making out, this is actually gonna be a good movie I won't have them distract me from it, once again 'Cedes must be a mind reader because she turned to me with wide pleading eyes.
"Hold on just a sec," I say uncharacteristically politely
"What are you doing?" I whisper more harshly then I intended to, she didn't mind.
"This is one of those rare occasions Puck and I can be out in public together, with no restrictions, please?"
"Are you forgetting Finn doesn't know?"
"He does, Puck told him they're best friends of course he knows, just like you and Kurt know. Please, please, please?" she pleaded,
"Fine."
"Yay," she hugged me tight, I reciprocated we always hug each other tighter than necessary "Oh one more thing, please hang out with Finn and be nice," I was just about to cut in, "Finn's my friend too, after Rachel cheated on him, and he went back to Quinn only for her to cheat again too it's been rough for him every girlfriend he's had has cheated on him with his friends; he needs this Santana you never know, okay. PLEASE."
"I'll be nice to him don't expect a double date or anything." She walked back over grinning ear to ear, me trailing wearily behind.
"So what do you say, you gonna join us or not? I promise to be nice" I say, Mercedes owes me. The boys glance at each other, Puck takes another gander at 'Cedes, then turns to Finn again look of desperation on his face, Finn nods his head,
"Yeah okay, let's go"
NO ONE POV
It'd been 6 months since Santana had poured her heart out and told Brittany she loved her, to which she was rejected. Someone was chosen over her yet again, but something weird yet good came out of it, a newfound bestie in Mercedes. She seemed to be the only one to notice how withdrawn Santana was and began doing all the stuff you see in those cheesy chick flicks, things Santana wouldn't dream of really doing, there was always a pretext. 'Let's go to my place and watch a movie' usually meant 'let's pop the movie in but make out and most likely do the deed during'. Santana felt like she could confide anything in Mercedes, she's the only one besides Brittany, Miss Holiday and herself who knows what happened, in return Mercedes confided in Santana that when Puck and Lauren broke up because he joined celibacy club that she and he connected and for 4 ½ months now have been secretly dating, she also always brings Santana with her whenever she was going somewhere with Kurt and Blaine. Santana remembers that which seems so far away from now but was really only 2 ½ months ago. The time when she realized maybe Brittany wasn't the one for her maybe it was Finn. Thus it began the start of Finntana and Puckcedes the unsung union of Glee Club, but that only lasted for so long once Rachel and Quinn started to get a little too bold around Puck and Finn. Santana and Mercedes both knew they needed to make sure everyone knew just who Puck and Finn belonged to, Puck was Mercedes' not Quinn's and Finn was Santana's not Rachel's, the two girls were done having a secret relationship and denying their nothing but loving boyfriends the opportunity to walk around the hallways hand in hand, sing love songs in glee, the right to be able to go to Breadsticks and not have to duck every time someone they recognized came in (which was frequently). But they would wait just a little while, just until the last straw is pulled.
MERCEDES' POV
"Don't go breakin' my heart, I couldn't if I tried. Oh, baby when I get restless, oh honey you're not that type." I sang I skipped down the hallways, I was happy as you could tell, everything was almost perfect in my life. Me and Noah have been dating for 4 ½ months, me and Santana became fast besties 5 months ago, she's been going strong with Finn for 2 ½ months now, I think she's falling in love, though she denies this, Blaine gave Kurt a stern talking to about neglecting Santana and I to always hang out with his boyfriend even though we explicitly say it will be just us. It was the six of us, soon I got Santana and Brittany to reconnect, and now Santana, Brittany and I were the best of friends. Brittany cheered me up a lot when the secret of Noah and I got to me, which is become more frequently nowadays. Brittany also seemed to replace Quinn in my life as my go to blonde bestie. Quinn, after giving birth to Beth and moving out of my house seemed to drift away from me in an effort to pick her popularity up off the ground, even though she ditched me I'll always consider her a friend, a sister. Artie and Puck reconnected, now Artie, Puck and Finn were the best of friends. All in all I would say my life is great the only thing I wish would change is that Noah and I could be open, but I care too much about him, love him too much to watch him get slushied everyday because he was dating that "fat, black chick from Glee". Speaking of Noah, I was on my way to the back of school to meet Noah so we could drive over to Westerville, we would meet Kurt, Blaine, Brit and San and we'd all go shopping. I continued walking and singing until I heard something, as I walked forward more slower than before the noise got louder, I realized it was laughing both that of a male and a female. My immediate reaction was to run the other way I didn't want them to catch me and Noah but then again if our relationship is leaked I wanna know exactly who I have to take to the carpet. I walked up to the doors leading to the football field, to my shock I knew exactly who the two people were, it was… Noah and Quinn. I decided to watch them.
"Puck, stop it, just show me seriously okay?" Quinn said, a wide flirty smile on her lips
"Okay, okay. Come here." He got behind her putting a football in her hands he held her hands showing her how to throw it the right way, speaking instructions to her. Okay, so maybe I'm just over reacting and jealousy is once again rearing its ugly head, besides Noah's with me, he loves me and he wouldn't cheat, yeah just an overreaction. But that thought left my head as soon as Quinn turned around and stared into Puck's eyes, he stared back, his eyes were first confused, then shone with realization, he started to shake his head as she moved in closer to him,
"Wait, Quinn don't." he plead
"Puck, Noah we've avoided this too long. We have a daughter together no matter what we do we'll always be connected. Just think, we could conquer this school you and me, you paid the price of your popularity when everyone found out it was actually yours. There's nothing wrong with just a taste of what you paid for." She said, If I wasn't paying so much attention I probably wouldn't have heard her, she leaned in closer and she kissed him, and he let her, I knew exactly when he started kissing her back, after standing there frozen for 10 seconds watching the man who had stolen my heart kiss his baby mama and my former best friend and sister, tears slid relentlessly down my cheeks, wait why am I just standing here I need to get out of here, I back away from the door until my back hit the wall, I slid down and cried for what seemed like hours but was probably 2 minutes until I realized they might come and I can't see them right now. So I got up and ran because I had no clue what else I should do. Hopefully, I can find Brittany she can help me through this.
SANTANA'S POV
I was walking along the halls looking for anyone in my collective group really, my group being myself, Mercedes, Brittany, Artie, Puck and Finn. We were all going to meet the other two people apart of our myriad clique, Kurt and Blaine. I was just walking when I heard music coming from the choir room, maybe Mercedes is in there. I walked up to the door but it wasn't Mercedes who was in there but rather Rachel hmm, I haven't got time for Man hands right now. I may have toned way down on my bitchiness since me and Finn started dating though no one outside the clique knows but I will never be able to tolerate the hobbit, she's always all over Finn, I would kill her but she doesn't know Finn and I are dating, the only reason I haven't pulled a Mercedes and taken her to the carpet is because the innocent and pacifist part of me otherwise known as Brit, and the moral part, A.K.A 'Cedes, refused to let me ruin my relationship with Finn because of man hands. That's when I noticed something odd. There were long, manly arms picking Berry up and twirling her, a gleam hit on something on the man's hand a ring, an MVP ring, Finn's MVP ring. I felt my face immediately turn up in rage, I watched as they danced, Finn coming into view and sang together their voices still sounded perfect together, suddenly I saw Rachel's foot purposefully trip Finn, he grabbed onto her trying to keep balance they both tumbled down, she stared at him for awhile then leaned in to kiss him, with satisfaction I watched as he turned his head and she ended up kissing his cheek,
"Rachel please get off of me, I don't want to have to push you off." With that shell-shocked expression he seems to wear more times than not whenever it comes to Rachel Berry.
"Please Finn. No matter how hard you try to fight it you know we work, there will always be a place for me in your heart, just let this happen. Please?" I could see the tears slipping down both of their faces, intermingling so you couldn't tell whose was whose and felt myself crying, I couldn't watch anymore I just walked away silently crying to myself about my lost relationship and chance on love. I know Finn will kiss her and dump me and get back to being exclusive with Rachel. I won't fight it he deserves happiness and I don't think I ever thought Finn would ever stay with me if given the option of someone else, I haven't done anything to deserve him in my life, I've slushied people, told lies about them, gossiped about them basically done anything I could to make any and everyone I met lives hell, now it's coming back to bite my in the arse, guess god is finally doing something right. I walked down the hall head hung low, then all at once something hit me and I hit the floor I heard another thud, and looked up at the person who bumped into to me with the intention to light into them, but my words stuck in my throat when I saw it was Mercedes, crying her eyes out, much like I was, with an expression on her face I was sure was identical to mine.
"Puck?" I asked quietly my voice cracking with the tears, she nodded
"Him and Quinn. Finn?" she asked her voice hoarse, she must've been crying for a while.
"Yeah, Him and Rachel. Let's just go, we can call Brittany and Kurt and just cry our issues out." She chuckles humorlessly
"Yeah, let's go." She got up and then helped me up and we walked holding each other out of school and to my car so we could drive to hers, all the while crying over our losses silently.
PUCK/NOAH'S POV
Quinn. She kissed me, is kissing me and I kissed her back, I am kissing her back. Holy hell, I'm kissing her back, she mentioned Beth and all I could think of is my little girl is out there, with Rachel's mom who moved, and she doesn't know who I am. The only thing she has of me is a couple of CDS I made with messages from me at the end, I made one for any possible emotion she could have. I love Beth and I thought I loved her mom but it wasn't ever really love, just the innate need to covet what was Finn's. But then my mind was invaded by the one woman I could truly say I loved, all I could see was Mercedes' smiling face, all the kisses, hugs, looks of longing, and the feelings she invoked in me, the memory of the first time I'd said I loved her and she returned the sentiment, the first times we made love, it felt like the first time for both of us, it was her first time all around, but it was my first time making love to someone any other time it'd always been sex even with Quinn so why am I still kissing her, finally coming to my senses I detached my lips from hers and turned around so my back was facing her, I swiped furiously at my lips I didn't want the taste of Quinn's mouth tainting my memories of Mercedes' lips against mine.
"Puck, what's wrong" she said softly and out of breath.
"We can't do this, we just, we can't okay." I responded once I caught my breath I turned to face her, her face was turned up in confusion.
"Why? Puck, I don't get it. Don't you want me? I'm one of the prettiest girls in this school, I'm well on my way to being back on top, and I want you there with me. Not Finn or Sam but you and you're denying it, your popularity, and your status as Puckzilla."
"I'm not that person anymore Quinn and if you didn't figure that out by now then you don't know me. There are many reasons why I'm not going there with you, three main reasons really. One, you can't stay faithful to save your life, first you cheat on Finn with me, then you cheat on Sam with Finn then Finn again with Sam. Two, you could care less about Beth,"
"What? Puck that's not true."
"Maybe you didn't catch it but you just called Beth, it. She has a name, a name I gave her because you refused to name her. She'd be here right now with me if you'd have just thought about keeping her for a second, but you didn't you needed sympathy, because you felt like nobody looked at you the same, except The Glee Club. You used everyone there until you didn't need them anymore, especially Mercedes, and speaking of reason three, is because I have a girlfriend and I love her."
"Who? And what does that have to do with Mercedes?" she asked livid
"What do you think, Quinn? Use your brain, Mercedes is my girlfriend and I'm not going to stray away from her, I refuse." I said sternly
"What? Puck, you can't be serious, you're choosing that over me. Look at me, now think of her. You're really going to give this up for that." She said a disgusted look on her face.
"I don't appreciate you talking about my girlfriend like that, and yes I'd choose 'Cedes over you any day of the week, sorry Q, goodbye." I turned and walked away calmly I can't believe I just did that. I turned back towards her
"Oh by the way, I go by Noah nowadays, Puck's in the past I'm looking towards the future. And your not in it, so good luck with your get popular quick scheme Quinn, I'm done." I turned to walk away again
"You do know I can ruin you, right?" I froze and turned back towards her, seeing she had my attention she crept into my personal space, her movements reminded me of a snake, a venomous one at that. "I know about your little relationship now, and Jacob Ben Israel just might get an anonymous tip from someone regarding you and our dear 'Cedes." She crooned as she touched my face and my chest. I took her hands into my mine and stared her dead in the eyes,
"You can do anything you want Quinn, not even the threat of hell will make me ever touch you like that again, get it?" SLAP! She smacked me hard across my face, my neck snapping with the force of it, then, she started chuckling as I rubbed where she'd slapped me,
"You know I don't get you, Puckerman. You take my virginity and knock me up in the process ruining my body and my relationship, you worked so hard to try and get me to be your girlfriend and now that I'm telling you we can be together you choose Wheezy over me."
"Let me tell you why. If I wanted a self-centered, obnoxious, backstabbing bitch as a girlfriend I'd be all for it Quinn. Truth of the matter is Mercedes is nothing like you, she's loving and calm, she knows she has the ability to hurt others but only uses it if they hurt the people she loves, she's the girl I love and Quinn, there's no comparison, you can't even reach her level. For the final time, goodbye Quinn" I started walking backwards.
"YOU'RE GONNA REGRET THIS PUCKERMAN! AS SOON AS YOU WALK IN ON MONDAY YOU TWO BETTER EXPECT A SLUSHIE FACIAL!" She screeched after me, I turned to face her for the final time still walking backwards
"Guess I better bring some extra cloths then, huh?" I gave her a mock salute, turned and walked through the door, leaving Puck and all his drama behind me. As soon as I got out the door my mind went to Mercedes, she was supposed to meet me in the back at 3:30, CRAP. Its 4:17 wait what if she saw me and Quinn kissing, even if she didn't, no secrets, no more. Quinn is gonna leak this relationship and we need to be able to walk into this hell they call high school, strong and confident within ourselves, I won't let anyone take the love of my life away from me, not Quinn, Puck, Jacob or anyone else apart of this student populous they can all shove it, I'll kill them all and myself before I lose her, not again. With determination etched on my face I began to run to my truck. I gotta do what I gotta do to keep my woman.
FINN'S POV
I could feel tears running miserably down my face; see them running down Rachel's. Her eyes were shining, they were pleading with me to kiss her, to tell her I love her and that I want us to be back together. Usually I would, it seems so second nature to me, and part of my brain was telling me that all I had to do was life my head up an inch or two, and my lips would find hers in a way that before I taught they fit so well. However, an even larger part kept telling me that the way I felt kissing Rachel didn't compare to the way I felt kissing Santana, while Rachel and I's lips were compatible, Santana and I's lips fit perfectly together, they were in sync during the whole kiss our bodies' gravitating towards one another. Rachel's words kept running through my head though, "No matter how hard you try to fight it you know we work, there will always be a place for me in your heart."
"Finn, just let this happen. Just let it happen, trust me, trust this. Just let it happen" She repeated
"I—"I tried to get a word in but she continued
"Let it be, Finn. We work so well together. When we sing our voices are so well together, our kisses, so lovely. Imagine, I begin an international star and you being my trophy football husband, our life will be amazing. And—"finally seeing an opportunity to get a word in edgewise, I cut her off
"But not perfect." I whispered
"What?" she replied confused
"But not perfect, it'll be perfect, we'll never be perfect."
"Of course we will be Finn."
"Even you said it Rachel. Our voices are so well together, our kisses so lovely. And I'll be your trophy husband, I don't want to be Rachel. I don't want a life that's just amazing, I want one that's perfect, my definition of perfect, and I'm sorry but I won't find it with you, and I think you know that as well as I do." My voice cracked more times than not.
"But Finn, please." She moved to kiss me, but I turned my face again
"No Rachel, just please get off of me, I want to go see my girlfriend, now." Rachel sprung up like her she was on fire.
"WHAT!GIRLFRIEND?" She screeched, ouch, my ears.
"Yes Rachel, my girlfriend, Santana." I said as I got up, dusting my jeans off
"SANTANA!" she took 3 deep breaths, trying to calm down. "Finn, surely you don't mean Santana Lopez." She said in a condescending and disgusted tone, which I took offense to.
"Do you know another Santana?" I said snarkily, what can I say San must've rubbed off on me just a little. I was livid.
"Finn! What are you doing? You're shacking yourself up with Santana! You're choosing her over me! Why would you want that whore when you could have someone who is actually going to make something of their lives." Now I was downright furious, I kicked over a chair, the same one that suffered the same abuse when I found out the truth about baby gate. I advanced on Rachel, backing her into a wall, I towered over her. I bet I looked hella scary but I didn't care right now, it's not like I'm gonna hit her, I would never. However, I could scare her, so I spoke in a low and serious tone telling her,
"Don't you ever, ever again in your life talk about Santana that way. She's been a better girlfriend to me than you and Quinn combined. If anyone is a whore, it's yo Rachel. You're the one cheating on the guy you supposedly love with his best friend who you know got his last girlfriend pregnant. You're vindictive, selfish, self-centered and always seem to find a way to put everyone else's talents down while making your seem more than it really is, because the truth of the matter is all that supposed talent you have, won't mean a thing In the real world, if you don't have a personality to match it, which right now you don't. Goodbye Rachel, and good riddance." And with that I walked away. I felt like I wasn't in my own body, like I heard someone spit every word at Rachel, each one more venomous than the next but it wasn't me and it took me awhile to figure out that it was. I had to calm down, as soon as I got outside and the cold air hit me, it cleared my head. I could finally focus again. Santana. I have to go to her, through all of that having to reject Rachel, through the tears, the anger, the pain one thought seemed to flash through my mind. Santana and I, in a church, Puck, Mercedes, Brittany, Artie as our best men and maids of honor. She was in a long flowing white dress and me in a tux, she looked beautiful, I slipped a ring on her finger and in that moment I knew, I love her, Santana Isis Lopez, I just need to tell her that.
THE SECOND PART WILL HAVE THE SONG AND OTHER THINGS.