Full Force

A/N: This is the other story I had in mind when I see you came to me! I wrote the first few lines immediately after the other but I see you won out! I am just putting this story out there until I can finally figure out where I want it to go.

As soon as Mercedes; or Sid as she's better known for; realized that her family's dirt poor, she decided to do anything and everything she could to help her family out. It started with the odd chores like mowing, picking trash, walking the dog for her neighbors and then progressing to delivering newspapers and babysitting when she was old enough. When she started high school, she realized that she could make more money doing odd jobs or rackets as she would call them than getting a part time job. Being smart has its advantages. She learned that people would gladly pay her to do their homework or papers. She also found that there are a lot of things people are willing to pay for instead of doing it themselves. The holidays are the best money maker racket Mercedes has. Valentine's being the most profitable in their school. She would do the usual deliveries of flowers, chocolates, balloons, stuffed animals to most outrageous ones like singing telegrams or gorilla-grams. You would think she would hate doing all these things, but she actually enjoys it and not to mention love earning money.

Mercedes is an African-American, short, chubby, outspoken girl. She wears a lot of clothes for boys to hide her body and beanie hats. Not that she's self-conscious or ashamed of it, she just don't want the fact that she's a girl to determine what she can and cannot do. A lot of people mistake her for a boy, her nickname doesn't help much either but she doesn't mind being mistaken for such.

Today is the start of her senior year. This is the year that Mercedes needs to step up on her rackets if she intends to go to college next year. She has been accepted in a few colleges with full scholarship but she knew she needed to save up for other expenses as well as to help with her family's expenses at home. Mercedes walked through Mckinley High's corridors and headed towards the bulletin board to stick on her flyers. As she stuck the flyer on the bulletin board Mercedes stepped back and admired her work. The flyer read:

Hate Odd Jobs?

Willing to make your life easier...

Anything and Everything...

Negotiable and affordable prices!

Call Sid (419) 549-8853

Soon all the bulletin board in school had her flyer and the corridors are now filled with students. Mercedes maybe a bad ass at school but with her family status it did not warrant her a free pass from the popular kids making fun of her. She has gotten used to all their teasing and bullying letting it slide knowing they are the majority of her high paying customers. The popular kids are not only lazy, but they are rich and she needed their money more than her pride at this point. She would tell herself that this is just high school, in real life she would make it and surpass them all with her success.

Mercedes went to her designated locker and started putting her stuff inside. Pinning up things she likes and visuals of goals she was trying to achieve. She was caught off guard when someone shouted four and a ball hit her head. She was rubbing the area that the ball made contact with and looked up to see Finn the biggest jerk of them all laughing to her face.

"Ow, sorry Sid! If you weren't in the way the ball wouldn't have hit you!" Finn fist bumped with another football jerk Puck.

"Funny how I'm always in the way even when I'm no where near you guys!" Mercedes slammed her locker and pushed through in between Finn and Puck making sure to nudge her shoulder against them knocking them slightly out of balance. Puck grab hold of Mercedes' arm and slammed her by the lockers.

"You're lucky you're a girl Sid, otherwise that stunt you just pulled would have you swimming in the garbage! So why don't you just walk on down your class and fill your head with information that would actually benefit me!" Mercedes could feel the spit on her face as Puck spoke to her with his face inches from hers.

The jocks left and Mercedes rubbed her arm feeling the slight pain now emerging. She shrugged and walked to class.

Sam moved from Nashville to Lima with his family just over the summer to finally try something called normalcy. Their family is a well to do family back in Nashville, their growing fortune has his parents in paranoia of their future. They want him and his siblings to remain humble and respect people despite their status. The crowd that Sam was starting to hang out with are not the type of people they want their kids exposed to. So when Mrs. Evans saw a beautiful yellow house with white picket fences online she talked to her husband and both made a decision to move their family to Lima, Ohio. Mr. Evans business can still function without him physically there and he thought it was a good opportunity to start looking in to expanding his business across the country. Sam didn't want to move, he hated Lima which bored him to death. His siblings; Stevie and Stacie; however loved Lima and all the lush greenery there. They've already made friends with the kids in their neighborhood and can't wait to start school. In an effort to cheer him up, Sam's parents allowed him to bring one of his cars in Lima. Of course he brought his most expensive and flashiest car to lessen his withdrawal from his social life. So on his first day at Mckinley High he drove to the school's parking lot on his red Ferrari. He could swear he heard gasps as he pulled in to one of the parking space. He got out and whispers were evident as he walked towards the school's entrance.

Sam sat in the admin office waiting for his class schedule. When a beautiful blonde in a cheerleader's outfit sashayed in the office towards the counter.

"Good morning Mrs. Collins! Coach Sylvester asked me to get approvals for the pep rally on Friday. We need to get everything ready by then so we have to get all the necessary school permits first!" The blonde girl beamed.

"Yes Quinn, just get this forms done and I'll immediately get them to the Principal for approvals!"

"Thanks Mrs. Collins!" Quinn grabbed the forms and sat down near Sam to start filling them up.

Sam thought about introducing himself to the blonde but thought otherwise. He's sure that the small town folks in Lima would just fawn over him and that's one attention he does not want. Sam noticed the girl side-eyeing him a few times before she actually spoke to him.

"You new here?" She smiled.

"What gave you that idea darling?" Sam said in his southern drawl as he pulled down his shades to look at her.

"The name's Quinn. Quinn Fabray. I'm the captain of the Cheerios, the schools cheer squad!" She giggled as she held out her hand to Sam.

"Sam Evans!" He replied as he took her hand and lift it up to his lips to kiss.

The action garnered a blush from Quinn and a wide smile. Sam smirked and thought that it was too easy. Mrs. Collins interrupted by calling Sam to the counter and handing him his class schedule. He took his class schedule and winked at Quinn just before he went out the office.

"Class we have a new student all the way from Nashville. Can everybody please say hello to Sam!" Mr. Schue introduced Sam to the class.

"Hola Sam!" Everyone chimed.

"Sam you can take the vacant seat at the back next to Mike!" Mr. Schue pointed to an Asian guy with a letterman jacket.

Mercedes watched as Sam made his way at the back of the class. Another lemming she thought to herself as she looked back to Mr. Schue.

"Hey Sid! Don't you just think he's good enough to eat?" Kurt her secret bestfriend whispered.

"If you like rodents yeah!" Mercedes laughed.

"Girl stop denying I saw your eyes follow him!"

"I just thought I have a possible new customer and he looks loaded." Mercedes smiled.

"You and your business mind! I sometimes wonder if you are a clone of some sort! I've never met a girl that doesn't think about girl stuff and boys! Heck I'm not a girl but I think about girl stuff and boys more than you!"

"Well you can have all the girly stuff and boys if you want! I just want to get my family out of this place!"

The school day was over and Mercedes made her way back to her locker to get her stuff. She rushed out of school eager to start scattering her flyers around town. Just as she stepped on the parking lot she heard tire screech coming towards her. She looked to her left and saw a red car halt inches from her. She banged the hood of the car and looked at the driver. The driver got out and she was surprised to be face to face with the new kid Sam.

"What's your problem dude? I stopped didn't I?" Sam yelled at her. Mercedes didn't back down and pushed Sam.

"What's your problem? This is a school not a race track and people don't get out of the way because some prick with a flashy car decides not to adhere to traffic rules!" Mercedes made her voice deep just to keep up appearances.

"Well if you're such a law abiding citizen why didn't you look before you crossed!" Sam's temper becoming evident as he pushed back and Mercedes flinched when the thought that he might hit her crossed her mind. She shook away the thought and pushed him away from her personal space.

"You know dude I don't have time for this! Go fuck yourself, hasta la vista!" Mercedes saw the coming bus and ran towards the bus stop.

Mercedes found herself across town where all the big beautifully houses in Lima are found. She always wanted to live there and she often found herself walking the streets pretending she did live there. The first stop was the subdivision's community center. She put up her flyers there and saw some of her regular customers who confirmed her services for the week. Since freshman, Mercedes has been cleaning houses, mowing lawns, tending to gardens and even grocery delivery. The families that hires her pays her pretty well and not to mention treats her almost like family.

"Hi Mercedes!" A woman called out to her.

"Hi Mrs. Taylor! How's Tommy?" Mercedes smiled.

"He's great thanks for asking! What are you doing here?"

"I'm putting up flyers! Hoping to get more customers, you know for college and everything!"

"Here give me some of those I'm having a back to school BBQ over the weekend, I can hand it out there for you!" Mrs. Taylor winked at Mercedes.

"Thanks Mrs. Taylor that'll be awesome!" Mercedes grinned as she handed some of her flyers.

"Cathy? Catherine Perkins?" Mrs. Taylor turned around and saw a beautiful blonde lady smiling.

"Lynda! Oh my God! How long has it been? And what are you doing all the way here in Lima?" Mrs. Taylor and the blonde lady hugged as they catch up.

"My family and I just moved in this neighborhood. Sander and I wanted a change of environment for our kids so here we are!"

"Really? So this is permanent? You have to come over to my house and meet the family, we need to catch up!" Mercedes coughed to interrupt the reunion.

"I'm sorry to interrupt!" Mercedes smiled. "Just wanted to say thanks for the help Mrs. Taylor and I'll see you tomorrow for Tommy's tutoring!" Mercedes turned to the blonde lady. "I'm Mercedes by the way, if you have any job that needs doing I'm your person!" She handed her a flyer and waved goodbye.

Lynda looked at the flyer and called Mercedes before she could walk further.

"So what jobs do you do and who's Sid? I'm Lynda Evans by the way!"

"Nice to meet you Mrs. Evans, I presume!" Mercedes held out a hand and shook Mrs. Evans' hands.

"Nice to meet you too Mercedes!" Mrs. Evans smiled.

"I'm Sid! It's my nickname! I do a lot of odd jobs like mowing, cleaning houses, pool, gardens, I can do groceries too or special deliveries, tutoring, name it I can do it!" Mercedes beamed.

"She is a great girl Lynda! I've known her for 3 years now and my youngest Tommy is doing great at school coz of her!"

"I can babysit as well if you need one!" Mercedes added.

"I actually need help with cleaning once we finish unpacking. Can you get more people to help or are you just a one woman business!" Mrs. Evans asked.

"It depends on the job, but if you need more people I can get them no problem! I can help with unpacking too if you need an extra pair of hands?" Mercedes looked at Mrs. Evans and gave her a big smile.

"Can you start now?" Mrs. Evans half kidded.

"Yes Ma'am!" Mercedes' smile grew wider.

"Really? Because if you can that'll be really great! How much are you charging?" Mrs. Evans smiled.

"Ma'am it depends on you. I can charge hourly or we can create a contract for the entire job!"

"You are one business minded girl, I'm sure my husband would get a kick out of meeting someone like you!" Mrs. Evans laughed while Mercedes blushed from the compliment.

"I charge $5 an hour for cleaning, with an additional $2.50 if it involves heavy lifting. I charge another $5 an hour if I need to cook dinner! If you want a contract, just give me the things you need for me to do and how big your place is so I can draft one and send it to you!"

"You are very thorough young lady! My son can learn from you!" Mrs. Evans looking impressed at Mercedes.

"For now I think I'll do the hourly thing and let you see for yourself what you'll be dealing with in person. Then afterwards we can talk about a proposal. Shall we go?"

"Yes ma'am!" Mercedes beamed.

Mrs. Evans took out a card from her purse wrote down something and handed the card to her friend.

"Cathy, this is my number and address! Just call me or drop by anytime, we need to catch up!" Mrs. Evan's hugged Mrs. Taylor and walked towards the parking lot.

After contact details were exchanged between Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Evans, Mercedes nodded and smiled to Mrs. Taylor before following Mrs. Evans to her SUV. Mercedes gingerly put her seatbelt on taking in the plush interior of the vehicle. Mrs. Evans patted Mercedes hand on her lap and smiled as she put the car into drive.

"We have one quick stop before we go home." Mercedes looked at Mrs. Evans and nodded.