A/N: Ladies and Gentlemen of the Pezberry court I am your ever present Story teller Captain-Blue-Kitty and welcome to chapter 21! This tale still continues so please carry on to the chapter!
I don't own Glee or the characters; it's a fact of life. BUT I do own Storme and her family so Hahaha! Please enjoy!
"Give it to me" Santana growled. She was currently splayed on her stomach on her shared hotel bed with Storme sitting on top of her. The honey blonde was triumphantly eating a chocolate chip cookie from a "chips ahoy" package. And Santana was struggling, but determined, to get the package of cookies from the other girl. They had an hour before they had to get ready for competition, so Quinn went for a walk, leaving Brittany, Storme, and Santana alone in their room. Brittany was in the bathroom straightening her hair, and Storme and Santana were currently fighting over some cookies.
"Heck no, you had like four, this is my second one" Storme protested with a semi full mouth. When Santana began to move again, with much more vigor, Storme came close to actually falling.
"Dang it Storme, give me the stupid cookies or I'm gonna go all Lima Heights on you" Santana threatened, trying her best to get the girl off of her so she could kick her butt, then eat the amazing brand of cookies while rubbing it in Storme's face.
"Psh, honey from where I'm sitting, I think I have the upper ha-" then suddenly Storme squealed as her ribcage was attacked. Not by Santana, but Brittany who now had a firm grip on Storme's waist and pulled her off of Santana.
"Brittany no, not the cookies" Storme laughed with a huge smile on her face while Brittany confiscated the cookies and handed them to Santana.
"That's how we do it in Lima Heights" Santana cheered before diving into the bag and getting more cookies. Storme was about to get up but Brittany went back to tickle her.
"You can't tease Santana like that; she really likes chocolate chip cookies" Brittany grinned as she gripped Storme's sides a bit harder as she continued her torture on the slightly shorter girl.
"B-But s-she was eating mo-more than me-me, Hahaha ITS NOT FAIR" Storme yelled through fits of laughter.
"You have to say sorry, or I won't stop" Brittany warned.
"F-Fine, I-I'm so-sorry, Brittany please, stop" Storme whimpered breathlessly, her oxygen was beginning to run low from all the laughing.
"It's all good cloud, just don't be denying the great and sexy Santana Lopez of her cookies and we'll be straight okay" Santana said just as she pulled out yet another cookie and took a bite of it. Storme took advantage of the opportunity she just discovered.
"I didn't realize you could do straight Lopez" Storme snickered. Brittany giggled as Santana accidently inhaled the chunk of cookie.
"Oh man that was too good, you know you set yourself up for that one Santana, sorry bro" Storme guffawed as Brittany went to pat the poor choking Latina on the back.
"Ah, no me gusta condensation, no me gusta" Santana hacked before inhaling deeply to get new air into her slightly deprived lungs.
"Hey it was too good to pass up, and your face was hilarious" Storme snorted as she lay down exhaled as her muscles relaxed. This was nice, she liked Brittany and Santana, they were fun to be around, and didn't fuss too much. Suddenly the undeniable click of a room key sliding into the door slot sounded and in walked Quinn.
"Hey Quinn" Storme smiled with a wave towards the short blonde, and the latter returned the gesture.
"Hey Storme, ready for the Prelim rounds today" Quinn asked as she closed the door and went to sit on her side of the room where she and Santana slept before snatching the cookies away from the now clearly displeased Latina. Storme liked Quinn, she supposed, she had heard from the whispered shadows of the school that Quinn had once been cruel to the Glee club and Rachel, just like she had heard about Santana, but the honey blonde didn't normally follow rumors.
"Yeah, but I'm nervous too, I mean did you see all the cheerleading teams that came into our hotel after us, holy cow" Storme said.
"Yeah I know, but relax, we got our choreography down so that's all that matters" Quinn assured.
"Right, well I'm gonna jump in the shower, so yall have fun" Storme said before rolling off the bed and venturing into the large bathroom and carefully closing the door.
It was now time for the Cheerios to head to the convention center to sign in and wait for the prelims to start. But since the building was a good mile away, they all got the opportunity to ride on the metro train. This trip alone took a good twenty minutes, but luckily they had an hour to get where they needed.
"Hussle ladies, I've seen obese cattle move faster than you" Sue snapped as the girls hurried along. They had already paid for their tickets; now all they had to do was find their platform.
"Hey Storme" one of the cheerios asked as she caught up to the requested other.
"Hey Riley, whats up" Storme asked warily as she slowed down for the other to catch up. Riley wasn't one of the nicest girls on the team, and when Storme had come to her first practice she found that out quickly.
"A few of the girls and I were wondering how you managed to get so close to the Unholy Trinity" Riley stated as she gestured to her little group.
"Well, Brittany and I became friends first, and I guess Santana and I are friends, but I'm not too sure about Quinn, we don't talk much" Storme shrugged casually. This made Riley snort,
"Hang back a sec new girl; I need to give you some insight about those three" Riley murmured putting her hand on Storme's shoulder and making her stop, letting the rest of the Cheerios walk ahead. Once they all were out of hearing range Storme began to talk again.
"Rachel Berry is like your best friend or something right" Riley asked with a raised brow.
"As far as your concerned she is, why" Storme asked.
"Listen, I like you, but you shouldn't be hanging around those three, especially after what they've done to Rachel" Riley said, again gesturing to their team mates, though she pointed specifically to Santana, Brittany, and Quinn. Storme glared,
"What do you mean, after what they've done to Rachel, what have they done" Storme demanded. Riley chuckled,
"Look you didn't hear this from me, but your "friends" over there, have been Rachel's number one bullies since the eighth grade, from the names, teasing, all the way up to the slushie facials and dumpster chucking they made sure it happened and laughed about it" Riley said coolly. Moments passed before Storme simply sighed and shook her head.
"Thank you for telling me, come on let's catch up, I think I heard them call our platform" Storme said before the two jogged away. They couldn't miss the metro. Moments later, after awkward shoving and several mumbled "excuse me's" the two just barely made it back in time to slip through the fast closing doors. They separated and during the ride the two did not look at each other. Storme was standing beside Quinn while Santana and Brittany sat down.
"There you are, we saw you running up with Riley, what in the world were you guys doing" Quinn asked curiously with a hint of suspicion.
"Seriously, you guys were gone for almost ten minutes, were guys making out or something" Santana joked waggling a brown brow. The joke made Brittany pout; she hoped that wasn't the case.
"In your dreams Lopez, she needed to talk to me, so we talked, that's all" Storme said.
"Whatever you say De Luca" Santana shrugged as she stretched out her arms. The trip went relatively quiet, except for Storme's humming of Titanium.
The day was passing by, and Rachel was busy trying to think of the last duet song that could be done, but nothing was coming to mind. So many things were going on in her mind at the moment that she couldn't focus. So she decided to call Kurt, her fellow Diva, in hopes of finding a possible song choice. After a few moments, Rachel unfortunately got Kurt's voicemail, so she left a message,
"Hello Kurt, its Rachel, I'm sure you're busy, so I'll try to make this as short as possible, I can't seem to think of any song ideas for the undecided duet number, so maybe you can, anyway call me back when the opportunity arises, goodbye Kurt" then Rachel pressed the end key and sighed, what now? She was sure that Santana and the rest of the cheerios were competing at the moment, so what could she do? Her fathers were at work, maybe Aunt Tiana and Destiny were home? Rachel smiled at the thought of visiting them.
"I think I'll pay them a visit" Rachel squealed before walking out of her room and rushing out of the house. Once at the end of the driveway, Rachel made sure to look both ways before going across the road, since her fathers' always said that the roads weren't always safe. Once she was sure it was safe, Rachel hurried across the road and onto the sidewalk that led to her destination. A few cars passed by, adding noise to the quiet neighborhood. In no time at all Rachel was walking up the drive way of two of her favorite people in the world. Destiny's blue mustang convertible and Storme's red sedan was sitting in the driveway, so that meant Tiana was working today.
"I hope she has a lovely day at work, I know that being a car dealer can be strenuous at times" Rachel thought to herself as she hopped over the steps to the door. The tiny diva gave three brief knocks before stepping back. Immediately a brief bay sounded from Dinah, and moments after Rachel could hear Terra and Dinah scratching at the door.
"Just a minute" Rachel heard Destiny call as she seemingly shooed the dogs away. Moments later the door was open and Destiny smiled when she saw who was standing in front of her door.
"Rachie, honey how are you doing" Destiny asked warmly giving the much smaller girl a hug.
"Hello Aunt Destiny, I'm doing well, how about you" Rachel asked as Destiny led the girl into her home. Once the door closed Dinah and Terra came bounding back to greet Rachel.
"Hey guys" Rachel giggled as Terra ran around her feet and Dinah licked at her jean clad legs wagging her tail joyfully. The older woman chuckled,
"They have missed you it seems, so what brings you by my dear" Destiny questioned as Rachel pulled off her shoes and set them by the door.
"Oh I wanted to come visit you and Aunt Tiana, but since she's working today, I'll visit you" Rachel explained.
"That's lovely dear, now would you like some mint tea, I have hot water boiling in the kettle" Destiny offered as she walked into the kitchen.
"That would be wonderful Aunt D" Rachel grinned as she followed the latter with an obvious bounce in her step.
"So how is Storme at school, she usually tells me about her day, but I think it would be good to hear your perspective too" Destiny said as she pulled out two tea cups and set them on the Island in the center the kitchen.
"Well to be honest, we only share one class together, but I also see her in the hallways and in Glee, so from what I have witnessed, she seems to be adjusting well" Rachel said honestly, though she didn't mention the slushie facial fiasco from the first week Storme had arrived.
"I thought so, you know, I never thought that Storme would be a cheerleader, though I must admit she seems to enjoy it" Destiny commented as she pulled out the crushed mint and tea herbs canister and poured a decent amount in each cup. Rachel was sitting down on one of the Island chairs; feet hanging carelessly in the air listening to her speak.
"Yes she's a great cheerleader, and she doesn't let the fact go to her head" Rachel smiled as the hot water was now ready and poured into the cups.
"I'm going to assume that the cheerleaders here think that they own the place" Destiny asked with a knowing grin as she sat across from the brunette.
"You would be correct" Rachel chuckled with an eye roll as she claimed one of the tea cups and stirred it with a tea spoon. For the next three hours Aunt Destiny and Rachel caught up and talked about school and work. They went deep into one particular conversation about which Broadway show was better, but Rachel triumphed when she went into a five minute speech about Funny Girl. Destiny knew that Rachel was stubborn about her Broadway shows. Suddenly the house phone rang and Aunt Destiny smiled before going to answer the phone.
"Up next we have last year's Nationals winners, number thirty seven, the McKinley Spartans" the male announcer called as the cheerios ran out cheering, though a few did a back hand sprang or car wheel, Brittany did a front flip. Santana did a one handed cart wheel, but Quinn and Storme did not. Contrary to believe, Quinn couldn't do many ground tricks, and Storme wasn't the best, so they ran out with the rest of their team. Once the applause died down and everyone in the large open building went silent, the girls had already formed two single file lines about ten feet parallel from each other. Suddenly the silence was broken by the opening beat of Swedish House Mafia's "Don't you worry child" and the girls started dancing their long practiced routine.
"Come on you crazy Latina watch it, you almost missed that step" Santana's inner voice yelped as Santana did a quick foot shuffle before spinning on her heel to do a quick turn.
"Shut up I'm doing fine" Santana thought back as she did a back flip to get behind a tall black haired girl as she did a front flip in front of her. Once they had finished exchanging places, everyone formed three horizontal lines and started doing a hybrid of stepping and possibly river dancing; Santana or any of the other girls hadn't figured it out yet. But it didn't seem to matter because the judges looked impressed. Suddenly the song changed to Justin Beiber's "Beauty and a Beat" and the cheerios knew that when that particular song started, the routine was almost over, so they had to start form their pyramid.
"Come on Storm, you can do it" Storme thought to herself as she and about six other girls started to back up. The six girls were the baseman, but Storme had to help get the second row up, she was on the fourth row underneath Santana, and Quinn since she was going to hold them up along with Riley, who would be holding Brittany. She was the top of the pyramid, since she was going to jump from the top of the pyramid do some aerial tricks and land perfectly. And so far, everything was going off without a hitch, every girl was performing flawlessly.
The pyramid was almost complete; Storme was hoisted up along with Riley so they could bring the Unholy Trinity to the top. In almost no time Santana and Quinn were standing on Storme and Riley, and Brittany was the last to come up. But it seemed that fate had other ideas today. Just as Santana and Quinn squatted slightly to help pull the blonde up, Santana accidently dug her heels into Storme's shoulders, causing her to jolt and hiss in pain. The sudden movement caused Santana to falter in her movements making Quinn to, unexpectedly, take all of Brittany's weight. This caused Brittany to start falling back to the ground, Quinn close behind. The tallest blonde crashed onto her back, knocking the air out of her, though Quinn landed on Brittany's legs before rolling to her side. Santana lost her balance and also began to fall and soon the rest of the pyramid followed with loud screams of surprise, shock and pain.
One by one, and even pairs of girls fell into a heap on top of Brittany, Quinn, Santana, Riley and Storme. The music was cut, judges and paramedics came out to check them, but the McKinley Cheerleading Coach just stood there in shock, what could have possibly happened to make this catastrophe occur? The decided that she would find out who was responsible, but at the moment, she needed to check on them, so she jogged over to the now groaning and crying mass of cheerleaders. She knew that phone calls were going to be made.
"WHAT HAPPENED" Rachel heard Aunt Destiny yell, she jumped from her seat to see what had caused the woman to shout. She ran into the living room, where the older honey blonde had gone a few minutes before and saw worry dominating her facial features. Rachel mouthed whats wrong to her, and Destiny responded by holding up her index finger. Rachel knew what that meant so she stayed by the woman's side.
"Are they alright?" a brief moment went by.
"What about Storme, is she …"
"I understand, well please be careful coming back" Aunt Destiny sighed before hanging up the phone. Rachel immediately jumped the older woman with questions.
"What happened, how's Storme, is everyone coming home?" Rachel asked, also in worry. The woman repeated her previous gesture of sighing before chuckling with little humor.
"The cheer team had an accident, when they tried to do their pyramid something went wrong and everyone collapsed onto each other" the now clearly distressed woman explained. Rachel nodded urging her to continue.
"From what I understand, Storme isn't majorly injured, she has a bruised shoulder and some minor scrapes, she fell on Santana" the older woman paused for a moment before going on.
"She's the one that Zero frightened when we were unpacking right" Destiny asked and Rachel nodded now worrying more since her favorite Latina was mentioned.
"Yes, well Santana fell on a girl named Quinn, poor dears; they both have major bruising as well, but I think their parents should take them to the doctor just make sure it isn't worse"
"What about Brittany" Rachel asked nervously.
"She took the brute of the fall, she dislocated her shoulder, but that's all I know so far"
Well, when are they coming back" Rachel asked with a sudden urgency.
"They're flying out tonight, so all the parents and guardians need to go to the airport later tonight, probably around eight or eight thirty"
"May I go with you please; I have to make sure everyone is alright" Rachel almost begged.
"Of course Rae, now I have to call Tia, goodness knows how she'll react when I tell her" Destiny chuckled lightly before pulling out her phone and calling her wife up.
"How awful, I know accidents happen, but still, I do hope they're ok" Rachel thought as she went to sit on the couch, worry consuming her tiny being.
A/N: Woo! Finished the chapter! And now I must make another! See you guys next time and I hope you enjoyed it