Author's Notes: Hey guys, this story has been on my mind for a while. Quinn is gender swap and ONLY the first chapter will be Finn-centric. Both are necessary for this story. Don't worry! This is purely Faberry and you'll see them in the next chapter. English is not my native language and there will be some grammatical errors so please bear with me. I just hope you guys will enjoy this as much as I am. =)
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Finn walked down the hallway of McKinley on his first day senior year of high school. His face determined, he has a girl to win.
He knows that everyone told him that he's not the brightest tool in the shed, but that doesn't mean he couldn't think of anything complicated right? He knew he could if he just thinks hard enough and stop before his brain exploded.
He spends nearly half of the summer before school start to come up with a plan, a plan to win Rachel Berry heart, again.
They had broken up a week before the summer begins. His ex-girlfriend won't stop rambling about Broadway and Barbra Streisand and sometimes she says some big words that he couldn't understand. Do these words really exist or is she just making fun of him, he won't know. It's not like he cares anyway, since he always tuned her out after the first few minutes, and her rambling is just too annoying sometimes he couldn't stand it and would just walk away leaving the girl fuming and exasperated. After dating the little diva for almost a year he knew Rachel was one of those known as stubborn as a rock and he is not surprised when she chases him down and demand his fullest attention.
So the next day he broke up with her because she made him almost missed Call of Duty season with his buddies that night, even though it's just a few minutes late but it still count, right? You can't make a soldier wait while the war is going on, right? Right?
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On the summer break, Finn spends his entire weeks playing Call of Duty without interruption and watching football with his dad, he starts to miss her. He checked his phone, frowning when there's no new messages or calls, wondering why Rachel haven't called him yet and tell him she was wrong and want to get back together.
He asked his step bother about her because he knew they are best friend, but Kurt just told him they didn't contact each other since the holiday began. The Finn sense that Kurt seems to hide something, but he just shrugged it off, probably just Kurt being Kurt.
Maybe Rachel is upset and shut everyone out, or she is just waiting Finn to get back to her. He grinned, knowing all well that is the latter.
And he is cool with that, so he came up with a plan. Inside his mind, he would buy flowers for her and tell her he missed her. It always works every time and Finn have confidence that this time would be the same. Rachel Berry would open her front door and he will give her the flower and say he forgive her and she will jump into Finn's open arms and everything will be fine and dandy.
He went to bed that night thinking of how a genius he is.
So the next day he's standing at the Berry's front door like a statue for ten minutes. He didn't understand why he's been nervous, It's not like this is the first time he visited. Waiting outside her driveway and horn impatiently for Rachel to come out counts too right? Right? So when he took a deep breath and knock the door, he is not expecting to be greeted by a different Berry. Shit. Finn totally forgot about Rachel's dads in his plan.
Hiram Berry-He thinks that's his name. Finn had always confused about Rachel dads and take no heart to learn it because he thinks it's not important. He greets him with a stuttering hello sir, and ask if Rachel is at home.
Hiram stares at him for a while and it's kind of freaking him out. He's kind of intimidating and Finn remember the reason why he's nervous the first place. His hand is shaking and his forehead starting to sweat, but after what seems like forever to Finn, but it's just a few second, Hiram finally tells him that Rachel went to New York with her friends and won't be back until the last day of summer. Finn brow furrows thinking who the hell is Rachel's friends. Does she even have friends?
Feeling a bit disappointed that he couldn't see Rachel, and that means no making out for the rest of the summer. He thanks Hiram and dump the flower that look almost dead that he bought from the gas station before walking to his dead beat truck and drive away from the Berry's house.
He doesn't have a choice but to postpone his plan, and now standing in front of his own locker, it's time to proceed his plan.
He even bought the flower from the same gas station and is now lying almost dead inside his locker.
Finn wants to find his ex-girlfriend, but he got other things to do first, football. Yes! Football! If you're new to this school of course you won't know who he is. He's the star quarterback and captain of the football team!
He knows he's late for the morning practice, because Call of Duty keep him all night but you can't blame him. He got a war to win.
As the quarterback he needs to make an appearance at the football field. Heroes always arrive late right? Right? Just like the story his mother used to read to him for his bedtime story when little.
He slams his locker shut after he took out whatever he needs for the next period, he puffed out his chest and tugged at his letterman jacket and with a smug look at his face, he walks down the hall like he owned it. Oh please hello, you're looking at the star quarterback here.
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When he arrived the football field, he notices that most the field is empty, except for some players that is currently kneeling down on one knee in front of a woman with a clipboard while said woman shouting out names with her pen tapping on the board. Finn thinks that she's probably Coach Tanaka's new assistant or something. He also notices other things too, like there is some new faces and that he couldn't seem to find coach Tanaka anywhere. He figures he probably went to pee or something. He shrugged himself and walked towards them.
When he approached he could recognize Azimio, Karofsky, Matt, Mike as well as Puck among the players.
The woman with the clipboard sense that some her football players suddenly lost the attention and keep discreetly glancing to their right. She looks up to Finn's direction, eyeing him up and down and seems to stop at his Letterman jacket. Finn smirked to himself. Yeah! You're looking at the quarterback woman! He thinks internally.
"State your name and why are you here, kid." The woman said.
"Finn Hudson, I'm the quarterback and the captain of the football team." He replied smugly.
She stared him for a while and said, "Both positions has been taken. Now run along, I have a championship to win." Waving him away as though he was an annoying fly.
Finn jaw dropped and felt confused as why is his position being taken. "You can't be serious! You can't simply tell me that my position is taken! Where's Coach Tanaka? I was his quarterback for two years!" His voice starts raising and by the time he finishes he's shouting and his face red. "Who the hell are you anyway? A woman like you shouldn't set foot in the men's field! A woman like you should just go home and play housewife!"
"Hey! What the fuck man. I know we're friends but what you just said was not cool at all!" Finn recognized that voice, it's Puck.
Noah Puckerman, the McKinley resident man-whore. Even though he always sleeps around with the cheerios, he knew better to treat a woman with respect. His mother thought him that and he's not going to break that trust. Puck has played football since middle school and he knows a good coach when he sees one and he bet his whole stack of porns under his bed that Coach Beiste is better than Coach Tanaka. She shows them what she can do and surprisingly, they did a better job than Tanaka have ever coached them. Of course, it's also had to do with the new quarterback. He got good arms and puck couldn't be more proud. He had a good feeling that this year things going to be great and he's not going to destroy it by siding that selfish prick.
Coach Beiste held up a hand, halting Puck, telling him that it's fine. She addressed Finn. "Answer me, kid. Where were you when the morning practice starts? Where were you when the try-out start?" he vaguely remembers Puck told him about the try-out one night, but he dismissed him quickly. He got a war to win. "Couldn't answer? And for Mr. Tanaka, I will be replacing him. I will be coaching the team and I will not tolerate my boys to be late and with no respect at all!" She looked Finn in the eyes and he gulped. He glances at puck for help but he just shakes his head.
"B-but you can't just kick me out! I'm the captain and the quarterback! I'm better than all of them! They need me to win!" Finn stammered. The guys give him a dirty look, but he's far too worried about his position being taken and totally oblivious to notice the mood change. He never knew that statement just lost whatever little friendship and respect he got from the guys.
Coach Beiste just shook her head. "You couldn't even lead them to win a single game and you called that 'They need me to win'?." He could hear laughter coming from the guys. "Just do yourself a favor and stop embarrassing yourself." With that she returns her attention back to his players.
Finn is turning from embarrassing to angry, "I don't care! You can't kick me out because I'm late for some try-out!" He shouted. "I bet the new quarterback isn't a big deal also. You guys would totally lose without me."
He saw Coach Beiste tensed and he knew he just hit a nerve so he continue. "I'll totally forgive you if you give me back my position as the quarterback and I will forget all of this ever happens." His says in a cocky voice.
She ignored him. "Fabray!" she shout.
Finn saw a blonde guy stood up from his kneeling position. He's quite tall, not as tall as him, has short dirty blonde hair, piercing hazel eyes and strong jaw. He carried himself with an air of confidence, leadership and trustworthy, like nothing could drag him down. Finn hates people like him, makes him think that he's stupid when around them. He never saw him before, might be some new kid using their parents money to get what they wanted.
"Yes, ma'am!" He heard him say.
"What do you think?" She asked. Coach Beitse stop correcting him after he explained that he calls her 'madam' instead of 'coach' is his ways of respecting woman.
The Fabray guy looked at him, and Finn had this feeling like he's travelling back where he's standing in front of Hiram Berry. He looks so intimidating that those piercing hazel eyes can see through everything and he felt uncomfortable under his gaze.
"W-what the hell are y-you looking at!?" He tried to act tough but his voice came out like a squeak.
Karofsky snorted. "Dude, did you just squeak? Maybe you should be the one that plays the housewife. Oh wait, you can't even cooked." He laughed and high five Azimio.
Finn face turned so red that Puck wonders if he's going to explode.
"Ma'am, I think we should give him a chance." Fabray said to his coach.
The guys look at him in disbelief.
Coach Beitse seem to be interested in what her new quarterback had in mind and nodded him to continue.
"We both will try out for the quarterback position again at practice tomorrow. If he is as good as he say he is, then he has no problem to show what he can do." He doesn't wait for Finn for confirmation and continue, "and we will let the guys choose on which quarterback they prefer after. I believe this is only fair." He said with a blank expression.
Finn really hates him, hates him for stealing his position, hates him for trying to act like a good guy giving him a chance, hates him that he doesn't seem to bother at all. He doesn't need any chances because he is sure that his guys will choose him to be their quarterback. I mean, come on, who else can help them win if isn't the great Finn Hudson.
Coach Beitse nodded and motion Fabray to kneel down and turns to Finn.
"Be grateful that Fabray choose to give you a chance to prove yourself. I better see you tomorrow morning here. Now go!" She shout at him.
He grumbled to himself, Fabray, Fabray, Fabray, what the hell does this Fabray think he is!? I'm going to kick his sorry ass tomorrow. Just wait!
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Finn couldn't find Rachel anywhere. They shared a few classes together and she always disappeared like a ninja before he gets a word out when the school bell rang.
After the fifth period, something or someone caught his eyes when he rounds the corner and he look up to see a little brunette standing at her locker. Finn smile to himself, finally he gets to talk to her and they can be together again!
He starts approaching her, but his smile drop when he saw two jocks, possible freshman, holding slushie walking towards the oblivious brunette.
Finn quickly turns around to escape from the jocks and Rachel. He doesn't want to get anywhere near her when she's about to be slushied. He'll just wait for tomorrow for his plan since there's no Glee meeting today.
He went to bed that night thinking of how to kick Fabray ass.
The next day he arrived at the field in time for the practice.
He noticed the two jocks have similar black eyes and splitting lips and he recognized them as the jock that slushed his ex-girlfriend.
It takes 15 minutes for him to drive to school.
It takes 30 minutes for him to warm up and ready for practice.
It takes half the morning for Fabray to kick his ass.
Finn won't admit out loud, but this Fabray guy is good. Everything that he fails to do Fabray will do it will grace and perfection, and it just pissed him more.
It doesn't matter, because he knew the guys will choose him. He thought wrong, everyone choose Fabray instead of him and that just fuel him more. He shouted at them for being ungrateful, shouted at them for being a traitor and shouted at them hoping they lose the game without him and storm out. His storm out almost rivals his ex-girlfriend. Almost.
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Finn sits inside the locker room waiting for his former teammates to finish showering.
"Great game." He heard someone said and look up to see Fabray standing in front of him.
Finn looks away, ignoring him. He shrugged and walked away.
Once everyone gone, he steps inside the shower to cool himself off. He lost his position to some transfer kid. Yeah, he knows that because he overheard them talking when he waits on the bench. Apparently Quinton Fabray is his name (even the name sound cooler than his), is a senior like himself, move to Ohio from New York with his family. Finn tuned the rest out when he saw him doing a touchdown.
He sulked for the rest of the day and sulked more when he couldn't find the little brunette. He needs her to make him feel good, she always know what to say. Where could she possibly be? He went home feeling dejected.
He went to bed that night thinking about the little brunette.
The first time Finn saw Rachel the next day is at her locker. The brunette looks like she's fighting to keep herself from smiling to brightly but failing miserably. He's wondering what made her so happy that he worried her face would split into half.
He thought that now is the right time to execute his plan (he forgets about the flower, but he will give her later).
"Hey Rach."
Rachel startled and slam her locker shut, but not fast enough that he caught a glimpse of a bouquet of flowers inside. He frowned, those flowers looks ten times better than his.
"Finn." She replied curtly, hoping he will get the hint that she is no way in the mood to talk to him right now and just leave her alone. She still felt hurt that Finn has dumped her. Not that she wants him back, its just that he had apparently wound her ego.
Finn doesn't seem to notice the mood and he smiles his dopey smile. "So who gave you those flowers?" He asks casually, trying to act like it doesn't bother him at all.
Rachel's cheek suddenly turns a little pink."Oh! Oh, it's nothing. I don't see that is any of your business. Excuse me Finn, but I need to attend to my class now. Perhaps I'll see you around later."
And off she goes again, leaving Finn behind before he could utter a single word.
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The second time Finn saw Rachel was at his second period. They shared this period together and he is surprised to see both Santana and Brittany is sitting each side with Rachel between them. Brittany seems to gush about how nice someone sends her flowers. Santana is just being her bitchy self saying how sap and disgusting it is but Rachel knew better so she just smiled and nodded.
Finn just looks as confused as he has ever been. Since when does the three of them become friends. Oh man, all those thinking is just making his head hurts.
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The third time Finn found Rachel inside Glee, she was sitting with the two cheerios again with Santana glaring dagger to anyone dares to approach them.
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The fourth time Finn found Rachel, hoping to catch her after Glee and when he did, his face red and there's smoke coming out of his ears.
She's at her own locker, but she's not alone.
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