DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GLEE NOR ANYTHING ELSE.
Duncan Jones- Dennis Haysbert
Coach Thomas Mac- David Denman
As soon as Mercedes and Moses got home, the two headed straight to their rooms to get cleaned up. After a long day, and thankfully no homework for now, they were both hoping to get a movie in after dinner.
Mercedes smiled once she saw her father sitting the plates around the table, going over and wrapping him up into a big hug, "Daddy."
Duncan chuckled as he hugged her back, pressing a kiss to her forehead, "Hey you."
"I'm glad you were able to make it on the first night of the school year." She said as she let go, moving her hair behind her ears as she went and took a seat.
"I am too." Duncan replied as he sat the last plate down, taking a deep breath as he took his own seat, "You know that some nights I will have to work late, but I'm happy that tonight wasn't one of those nights."
Moses came into the dining room and instantly smiled when he saw his father, walking over to give him a fist bump, "Hey Pops."
"Hey son, how was your first day?"
Before he could say anything, they heard the sound of heels coming down the hallway, indicating that Vivian was home. With that being said, Duncan had took the honors of cooking for tonight.
"No, no, and no. We will finish this conversation when you both get out of class." Vivian said into the phone before hanging up, sighing as she looked at the faces of her family, "I swear the other two are nothing like our babies."
Mercedes snorted at the mention of her two older brothers, Jamison and Nehemiah, who were both away in college at Texas A&M. Jamison was a freshman, while Nehemiah was a sophomore.
"How was your first day, my loves?"
"It wasn't too bad, to be honest." Moses piped in as he picked up his fork, digging into vegetables.
"Make any friends?"
"You don't make friends on the first day, mom..only associates and then you see if they build up to be friends."
"That true in some cases." Mercedes started as she turned to look at everyone, placing some potatoes in her mouth, "I made one today. Her name is Quinn and she's the absolute sweetest."
Duncan smiled as he cut the steak up with his knife, raising his eyes to look at her, "That's great honey. You should invite her over for dinner one night."
"Most definitely will." Mercedes gave him a smile before picking up her fork again, "How was y'alls day?"
"Long."
Moses chuckled when both of his parents answered at the same time. Hearing the house phone ring, he was about to get up from the table but his mom stopped him.
"Let it go to voicemail."
"Yes ma'am."
Mercedes picked up her glass of water and took a sip before speaking, "So Dad, when are we going to get to meet your business partner?"
"Actually, he has invited us to have dinner with his family as soon as his wife gets back in town from work. Since she is a fashion designer, she's in Milan for a fashion show."
Mercedes looked at Moses before they both bursted out in laughter, catching their parents off guard.
Vivian moved the wine glass from her lips, raising her brow at the two, "Care to enlighten us on what's so funny?"
"No, we don't share our sibling insiders with parentals." Mercedes smirked as she placed some squash in her mouth, watching as both of her parents rolled their eyes at her. She smiled as they went on and continued their family dinner. They finished up with talking about each other's day. It wasn't too long before the leftovers were put up, dishes were washed, and the family was heading up their rooms for the night.
The next couple of days went by pretty well. She had transitioned so easily Monday that she really didn't have anything to worry about for the rest of the week. It wasn't turning out as bad as she expected to be. Although she did still miss home, she was actually enjoying herself here. Opening up her locker, she placed her two books in just to pull her History one out.
"Hey Mercedes."
Mercedes turned on her heels and smiled at the girl in front of her, "Hey Quinn, I was just about to text you."
"Really?" She asked as she placed her hands on her book bag straps, looking at her with a smile, "What's up?"
"I was wondering if you would like to come stay with me this weekend." Mercedes started as she closed her locker, pulling her bag up on her shoulder as she turned to face her.
"As in a sleepover?"
"Yeah." She smiled as she stared at her, "It will give us a chance to get to know each other better. I mean, only if you want too."
"I do. It's been awhile since I've actually done something like this." Quinn said softly before sighing, looking up at her with a sad smile, "Thank you for inviting me, seriously."
"No need to thank me." Mercedes smiled as she leaned over and gave her hug before pulling back and linking their arms together, "You can ride with me to school tomorrow."
"Okay." Quinn nodded with a smile. She was grateful that Mercedes' came in her life when she did. She was an amazing friend and she could tell that after just these few days of knowing her. Hearing her phone buzzed, she pulled it out of her pocket and looked at the screen, "Oh gosh, I forgot I had a meeting. I'll talk to you later, Cedes."
"Alright." She watched as she waved before heading down the hallway. Looking at her watch, she began to head the other way. It was the last period of the day, and hers just happened to be a free one. Some may usually go home, but she had to wait so she could pick her little brother up. She was just about to open the door to the patio until she heard someone clear their throat and call her name.
"Excuse me, Mercedes Jones?"
Mercedes turned around and found a man standing behind her, raising a brow as she stared at him, reaching into her purse for her pepper spray, "Who wants to know?"
"I'm sorry for just popping up on you." He said when he saw how she was looking, causing him to step back a bit, "My name is Coach Mac and I'm the football coach."
"Oh, it's nice to meet you..I guess." Mercedes let out a chuckle as she held out her hand for him to shake, once he did, she pulled back and closed the door, "What can I help you with coach?"
"I saw you throw the ball back to our practice area Monday and Ms. Jones, I just have one question for you. Have you ever considered playing football?"
Mercedes stared at him for a moment before she laughed, shaking her head, "Well, if you haven't notice, I'm a girl. It's kind of a forbidden rule that girls shouldn't play football. I tried to play at my old school back in Houston, but..yeah."
Coach Mac nodded his head understandably, "I understand and let me just say that there is no official rule stating that a girl cannot play. People, mostly men, are just sexist." He admitted honestly as he looked at her, "Our football tryouts were this week and we have found a few good kids. We are in need of a second quarterback and you have a special gift, I saw that from one throw. I guess what I asking is, will you join the football team as quarterback?"
Mercedes eyes went wide as her mouth dropped. She couldn't believe that he was asking her this. Playing football for a school officially has always been something she wanted to do and she couldn't believe that he was basically giving her the opportunity, "Coach, that would be amazing but I don't want to come in and cause any trouble."
"Just think about it and talk to your parents, okay? Our first game is in three weeks and practice starts Wednesday."
Mercedes thought for a second and shook her head. No, she wasn't going to think about it. This was something she had wanted to do for awhile, to hell with anyone who didn't like it, "You know what, count me in."
Coach smiled at her before he nodded. He knew he was taking a risk with this but he didn't care. This young woman had talent that deserved to be seen, and who was he to deny that, "Yes ma'am. Meet me tomorrow on the field at three."
"Yes sir, thank you so much." She said as she shook his hand again before walking back out. She couldn't believe that just happened but she was beyond excited. She knew the backlash that might come with it and she was prepared for it.
Sam chewed on his gum as he leaned against the fence. He was so thankful that this week was coming to an end and that tryouts were finally over. Its been a long week of trying to get some new players and to him, it was a few that were good but none of them were good enough to take his position. He turned when he saw a girl coming from the side of his eye, seeing that it was the same one from Monday, he smirked as he watched her come up, "Cheer tryouts are in the gym, sweetheart."
Mercedes rolled her eyes at him as she crossed her arms, matching his smirk internally as she went and stood beside the coach.
"She's not looking from cheer tryouts." Coach Mac spoke with a smile before looking at his team, seeing the confused looks on not only his players faces but also his coaching staff, "Everyone this is Mercedes Jones and she is your new quarterback."
The smile from Sam's faced dropped as a collective gasp ran throughout everyone, but was overshadowed when he yelled, "WHAT?"
"You heard him, sweetheart." Mercedes said as she glared at him before looking around at everyone. This was just the welcome and reaction she was banking on.
"Coach, she's a girl." Mike pointed out the obvious, gulping lowly when he saw the look on Mercedes' face, "I m-mean, no offense but.."
"What Mike is trying to say is that girls can't play football and that's final." Eric glared at Mercedes, already not liking the girl for what she said to him earlier in the week.
Mercedes walked up to him, causing one of the assistants to get between them, "Can't? You mean are not allowed to because of sexist asses like yourself?"
Eric took his eyes off of her and turned to the coaches before walking away, "I ain't playing with no girl on the team."
"You man enough to knock a girl down in the hallway, but ain't man enough to play with one on the team?" Mercedes yelled out, seeing him turn around for a second before he continued on.
So she was the one that helped Quinn Sam thought but he was still angry. He was getting replaced and by a girl at that.
"If you want to quit, that's fine by me. Anybody else want to join him?" Coach Mac asked, watching as four more left but everyone else stayed put, "Coach Leo is going to announce the underclassmen who made the team. Congratulations and practice starts Wednesday at five. Sam and Mercedes, come with me please."
Sam pushed off the fence angrily as he followed behind his coach. Once they got further away from the team and to the side, he immediately started to lose it, "Coach, I can't believe you're replacing me. I've been on this team since the beginning and now you're just letting this chick, who didn't even tryout, come and take my spot?"
Mercedes gave him a harsh stare, "This chick has a name, and it's Mercedes."
"Enough." Coach Mac cut in and stared at them both before his eyes went to Sam, "Look Sam, it's not like you want be playing. Both of you will be getting equal amount of playing time."
"But she's starting..why?"
"Because I said so. Now if you don't like it, you're welcome to join Eric and the others."
Sam rolled his jaw as he tried to calm down, looking over at her, the frown deepen on his lips. He did not like her one bit, but he wasn't going to let her stop him from doing what he loved, "I'm not quitting but don't expect me to like her."
"You don't have to like me, baby boy. Just make sure you do your job." Mercedes commented before she walked away, bumping him in the process. Yep, they definitely didn't get off on the right start.
A/N. OUCH! What an icy reception! Let's just say, these two will be bumping heads for awhile. So excited for Quinncedes sleepover. We will find out a lot about Quinn and her background. We also we get to meet Mercedes' older brothers soon, I have a feeling y'all are going to love them. We also are going to get to know more about Sam next update! Are you guys enjoying this story so far?
