So hey guys, this is my Quinn/Joe fanfiction. As soon as I saw them together in the first God squad meeting, I shipped Quoe. It's sort of going to go along with each episode, but I may get a bit behind as it may take me a while to write each chapter.
Also this is my first ever fanfiction, so please expect it not to be perfect! Reviews are welcome:)
Also I have to thank random-gleekV for giving me some tips on writing!
Chapter 1 – First day
"Joseph, Joseph, wake up!"
My eyes flickered open as the sunlight streamed through my bedroom window. My Mom burst into my room with a grin on her face.
"Mom, what time is it?" I said, my eyes adjusting to the light.
"Time for you to get ready for your first day at school Joseph!"
Then I remembered that I start at McKinley today. I had been homeschooled all my life so today was a big deal for me. I love being at home, but when I realised my best friend was my Mom, I decided that I should go out and see what I had been missing all these years.
"C'mon, out you get!' my Mom insisted. 'Your breakfast is downstairs waiting."
I hopped out of my bed and went to my drawers to decide what to wear. I chose some baggy jeans and a loose fitting top, of course I would wear my favourite sandals. I slipped my clean clothes on, discarding my pyjamas on my bed. I walked into the bathroom and splashed some cold water on my face to freshen up a bit. Inspecting how I looked in the mirror, I thought I would just leave my dreads loose because I couldn't be bothered to do anything with them. I walked downstairs, dodging the boxes of bibles in the hallway. My Dad is a door to door bible salesman, so we always have bibles scattered around the house.
I walked into the kitchen to find my Mom sitting at the table and my Dad leaning against the counter. Dad saw me come in and smiled.
"Morning Joseph, how are you feeling about going to your new school today?" he asked, patting me on the back.
"I'm pretty excited to be honest, but I'm a bit nervous," I smiled back.
I sat down on a chair and started munching at my bagel.
"Your mother and I have been thinking, since you have decided to widen your social life, we have bought you a present."
I looked up from my plate as my Dad brought out the new iPhone from one of the drawers and placed it carefully on the table next to me. My eyes lit up when I saw it.
"Wow, thank you!" I exclaimed, jumping up from my seat and giving both my parents a hug.
"We thought you would like that," said Mom.
I sat back down at the table to continue my breakfast. I inspected the phone further, and found that it had already been set up and had my parents' phone numbers in the contact book. I finished my breakfast and put my new phone in my pocket, and ran upstairs to brush my teeth. I grabbed a jacket and my bag from the side of my bed and went back downstairs. I went into the kitchen to tell my parents it was time to leave. Because it was my first day, my parents were coming in to talk to the principal, and finalise everything.
I put my sandals on and went outside to get into the car. I sat in the back, with my dad driving and my mom in the passenger seat. We started driving down the road, past the park and a few shops. I could see some kids already on their way to school, and a couple of school buses ready the leave their stops. The sound of my mom saying my name broke my trail of thought.
"Joseph, if you don't like it at your school, you don't have to go back ok? Just see how you get on, and try and make some new friends," my mom said, with a worried expression on her face.
"He will be fine dear, you don't have to worry," my dad replied.
We pulled into the parking lot in McKinley about five minutes later. People were already starting to arrive, the cheerleaders dressed in their uniforms and the jocks in their football jackets. I got out the car, looking at the place where I would now be spending most of my time. I had heard rumours about what happened to the new kids at high schools, being tossed into dumpsters and being constantly picked on, that's probably why I was pretty nervous and had butterflies in my stomach. My parents and I walked through the parking lot, I was given weird looks by a couple of people, I don't know why.
When we got inside the corridor was full of students milling around and talking. Some people standing in groups, other collecting books from their lockers. We continued into the principal's office, where we were greeted by a man with a strong accent.
"Mr and Mrs Hart I presume?" said the man.
Both my parents nodded simultaneously.
"And you must be Joseph?" he turned, looking at me.
"Yes, sir," I replied.
"Please take a seat."
We all sat down and the principal started talking to my parents. We were in there for about 15 minutes, Principal Figgins just explaining how the school was ran, and how everyone is expected to behave etc. I was given my schedule and locker number, not having a clue where any of my lessons were.
"I will let you miss first period, and have one of our seniors show you around, so you can get used to your surroundings," Figgins said.
We came out of the office and I said goodbye to my parents. Everyone was in their first lesson by now, so the corridors were left silent.
"Bye Mom, bye Dad," I said giving my parents a hug.
"Bye Joseph," said my Mom hugging me back tightly.
My parents left and I saw principal Figgins walking down the corridor with a big, dark skinned girl.
"Joseph, this is Mercedes, she will show you round the school for an hour or so," he said.
"So you're Joseph?" Mercedes said. "What school did you transfer from?"
"You can call me Joe if you want to and I didn't transfer from a different school, I was homeschooled but I decided I wanted to go to a high school to find out what I had been missing," I replied.
"Well, you're not missing much to be honest," she chuckled.
I smiled back at her.
"By the way, you have amazing hair!" she said, looking at my dreads.
We started walking around the school, Mercedes explaining where each subject area was.
After about forty-five minutes we arrived back where we started, outside the principal's office.
"So yeah, that's basically all there is to show you," said Mercedes, turning to face me.
"Oh ok, thank you!" I said giving her a half smile. "Wait, before you go, could you show me where my locker is? I don't have a clue, sorry."
"Yeah, sure what's the number?" she said, looking at my schedule.
"Um, 1453," I replied.
"Ah, I know where that is, come on, I'll show you."
We walked down the corridors, in a comfortable silence.
"Do you have any interests? Because we have many extracurricular clubs and groups," Mercedes asked.
"Well, I enjoy playing my guitar, I write songs every now and then, I quite like singing as well. What clubs are there?" I asked.
"Well, I am part of the God squad and the glee club. The God squad about God and Christianity, obviously, and the glee club is a show choir, you would be really welcome there if you enjoy singing."
"They both sound good, I have grown up as a Christian, going to church every Sunday and so on. When is the next meeting?"
"Tomorrow lunchtime, I'll take you, we are planning what we are going to do for Valentine's Day this year, so ideas are welcome," she said.
We had arrived at what seemed to be my locker by now, so I put in the combination on the sheet and watched the locker door click open. I placed some books that Figgins had given me in my locker, since it looked like I didn't need them yet.
"So it looks like I have math first, sounds great," I said sarcastically. "Could you show me to the room? I'll hopefully remember where the rooms are after a while."
"That's fine," Mercedes laughed "Looks like you're with me anyway, let's go!"
We walked to our math class, where I was greeted by our teacher Miss Curtis. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a blonde haired girl sitting by herself writing in her notebook. She was looked nice, I thought to myself. I think Mercedes caught me looking at her.
"That's Quinn, go sit next to her, she's really kind, honest," Mercedes whispered in my ear.
I took her advice, and went and sat next to Quinn. She looked up from her notebook, sensing my presence. Her green eyes glinted in the light.
"New kid I guess?" she said "Nice hair by the way," she smiled, looking at my hair.
"Thanks, and yeah I am, how did you guess?"
"The new kid always sticks out," she said "You will get used to the weird looks."
"Hahaha, hopefully. So, do you know Mercedes?" I said, pointing in her direction.
"Yeah, were in the glee club and the God Squad together."
"Oh, you're on the God Squad as well," I said, noticing the cross necklace around her neck. "Mercedes is going to take me tomorrow."
"I'll look forward to seeing you there then," she said.
We spent the rest of the lesson talking about random things and sharing our interests. It seems we had a lot more in common than I first thought we would, such as both being devoted Christians.
The rest of the day was alright I suppose, I had a couple of lessons with Mercedes and Quinn. I decided to stick with them since I didn't know anyone else. At lunch I met the rest of the glee club, they all seem pretty nice. Another boy, Sam is also in the God Squad. I said I would join glee club after their regionals, since they were coming up pretty soon and I decided that I needed to adjust to being at a school. All day I couldn't seem to get Quinn out of my head. My nerves seemed to double after I had started talking to her in Math. She was really pretty, and easy to talk to but something still made me nervous when I was around her.
At the end of the day, Mercedes and I exchanged numbers, then me and Quinn did the same thing. I decided to walk home, to get used to it. I was greeted with a load of questions when I got there.
"Joseph, you're home! How was it? Did you make any friends? Did you enjoy it?" my Mom asked.
"It was great thanks Mom. I made a couple of new friends, Mercedes and Quinn, they are both in the God squad with a boy called Sam," I answered "I'm planning on going to their next meeting tomorrow which will be good."
My dad must have heard me come in because he walked into the lounge.
"Hey son, how was your first day at school?" he asked.
"It was good thank you," I replied.
"Joseph has even joined a Christian group," my Mom explained.
"That sounds good Joseph," my Dad said, sounding pleased.
I spent the evening doing all my homework and playing my guitar. Homework was something I wouldn't need to get used to, since I normally did all my work at home.
My phone buzzed and I saw that the text was from Quinn.
'Hey Joe, do you get that Math homework we were given? We were talking for most of the lesson so I didn't manage to take many notes:S'
I knew the answers because I was a little ahead of everyone at school. I replied...
'Hey, I will let you copy my answers tomorrow since you asked so nicely! Anyways, it's getting late so I'm gonna get some sleep! I'll see ya tomorrow:)'
I placed my phone on the bed side table and clambered into bed. I knew I was looking forward to seeing Quinn tomorrow.
So, there you go! The first chapter. I stayed up extra late to finish it. I wanted to go into Joe's first day a bit, there will be more of Quinn and Joe in the next chapter! Sorry if my updates are a little slow.
Reviews are welcome:)