Mercedes: POV
I walked downstairs with purpose Monday morning. I was going to find a girlfriend & my life would be perfect.
I sat down & Mrs. Gonzales set a platter of French toast down. I loved French toast. I poured myself coffee & poured in milk & sugar before taking a sip. "Good morning, Mrs. Gonzales."
"Good morning, señorita Mercy." She smiled at me.
Marcy walked in. "Good morning, Mrs. Gonzales. Morning, Merce."
"Good morning, señorita Marcy."
"Good morning, Marcy." I watched as she poured herself some coffee.
"Ooh! French toast!" Marcy danced in her seat a little.
I smiled. It was hard to see but my baby sister was silly. I loved when she let it out. They say I'm silly, too but I don't believe it.
Daddy walked in & looked at us.
"Good morning, Daddy!" We chirped.
"Good morning, girls." He looked really pensive.
"Daddy, what's wrong?" I asked.
"You're not sick, are you?" Marcy went on.
"No. No, I'm not sick." He sighed. "It's about your mother."
We tensed. "What?"
"She agreed to go to counseling."
"Isn't that a good thing?" I hoped. Momma surely needed help.
"Well she told her lawyer she was only going so the order would get repealed & she could gain custody. She wants to take you to Italy with her."
Marcy paled. "She can't do that. Can she do that? She can't do that."
I could feel myself panicking. I didn't want to leave America & my friends & my boyfriend & my school. I didn't want to leave Daddy. "That's not fair! She can't do that to us!"
"Girls, calm down." Daddy looked between us. "I'm going to fight this as hard as I can. She won't win. I promise I'm going to hold onto you as hard as I can."
It was a quiet breakfast after that.
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Noah didn't notice how quiet I was on the way to school. I didn't know what to say or how to explain that I might be leaving. I could feel the bile crawling up my throat & felt sick to my stomach.
I told Noah to go to his locker & go straight to the choir room. I wanted to go to the girls room. I was lying but I just wanted to be by myself to sort out my feelings for a moment.
I went to my locker & got my things ready for first period then stood staring at the bulletin board until I felt someone behind me.
It was Marcy. "They usually give custody to moms. Don't they?"
I bit my lip. "Usually."
"We're going to be leaving. Aren't we?"
"Probably."
"Do you think we can disappear?"
"You mean run away?"
"Far away."
"We'd still be leaving everything behind."
"Daddy could take us on vacation for a couple years."
"We'd still be leaving everything behind." I repeated.
"I like McKinley but I'm not as attached as you. You've spent three years here. I've been here for a few months."
"Wouldn't you miss glee club & cheer?"
"Yeah but I'm used to starting all over."
I blinked. She was right. Because of Momma, she's started over more times than anyone three times her age. "Maybe a vacation wouldn't be so bad?"
We stared straight ahead at the board without really seeing it until I heard a hard slap. We turned to see T. She'd jumped right next to us. "Hey! What are you guys doing staring at the wall? There's nothing new on it."
Marcy let out a deep breath. "I should go."
"Why?" T looked at her. "What's going on?"
"It's been nice knowing you." She put a hand on T's shoulder before walking off.
"What's she talking about?" T looked at me, confused.
I leaned against the wall. "If I tell you, you can't tell anyone."
"Promise." T swore.
"Pinky promise."
T held out her pinky.
I took it. "My mom is trying to get custody of us."
Her mouth fell open. "Is that a good thing or-?"
"It's a terrible thing. She wants to take us back to her home country."
She frowned a little before her eyes widened. "Italy?!"
"Shhh!" I swatted her. "& yes."
"You can't move!" She threw her arms around me.
I hugged her tight. "I don't want to move."
"Can't your dad fight this?"
"He says he's trying but you know how courts are. Moms usually win. Marcy & I will be going if she does."
"I can't lose you. You're my best friend."
"You're mine."
She wiped away a few tears that had fallen. "Who all knows?"
"Mikey & Lucy know. I texted them this morning. That's it."
"Are you telling anyone else?"
"No."
"What about Puck?"
I frowned. "I really don't know if I can."
"He deserves to know."
I sighed. "I'll tell him when we're alone."
She tightened her hold on me. "I hope your dad wins. I'll be praying he does."
"Thank you, T."
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Puck: POV
Mama & Tina walked into the choir room & sat by me & Mike. Mike put his arm around Tina & asked Mama something in one of the many languages they knew.
She nodded & leaned on me.
He inclined his head at me & asked her something else.
She shook her head & responded.
He nodded & told her something that had her smiling.
She said something that made him stick his chest out.
Tina hit the both of them. "That's rude! What are you saying?"
"They're going back & forth about which one loves you more." Mini Mama said.
Tina's eyes lit up. Mike & Mama looked at Mini Mama like she was crazy. She just grinned at them. They said something in another language that made her smile wider.
Mal & Q laughed.
"Come on. What's the joke?" Wheels demanded.
"They called her a troublemaker." Q said.
"As true as that is, why?"
Mini Mama's smile turned downright evil. "I don't know why."
"Because you're just bad all the time!" Mama bit off.
"You're going to hurt my feelings."
"You don't have feelings." Mike narrowed his eyes.
She stuck her bottom lip out & widened her eyes. They got wet (heh) & her lip trembled. "I don't?"
Mike sat up. "Of course you do, Marce. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. You have feelings & they matter."
She got up & hugged him. "Tank coo, Mikey."
"You're welcome, Marce." He rubbed her back.
She patted his. I noticed that. Whenever she gave someone a hug, she patted their backs.
Mal tugged her away & sat her by him. "Are you going to be good now?"
She flashed him a bright smile. "I'm always good."
"I'm in love with you; I'm not delusional."
"Aren't you though?"
He pinched her cheek. "No."
She stuck her tongue out. "Okay, Mercy. It's Monday."
Mama blinked. "So?"
"So what were you going to do Monday?" Mini Mama said slowly like Mama had trouble keeping up with anything.
"I don't know- oh!" Mama came alive. "I have the yearbook!"
"The yearbook?" Britt asked. "Why?"
"Noah & I are gonna find a girlfriend!"
Mike & Mal started choking while the rest of the guys looked at her in shock. "A girlfriend?!"
"Yes! I think being in a thruple is a great idea so we talked it over & agreed." She lifted her nose at her brothers.
"Have you told Pop?" Mike demanded.
"No." She pouted.
"You're trying to kill him." Mal said like he was just realizing something.
"I am not! Stop it!" She waved a hand.
"I wish I was single!" Tina pouted.
Mike frowned at her. "What?!"
"No, I love you but I'd love to be in a relationship with your sister. Any of them actually."
"But not Maddie though?" Mini Mama wanted to make sure. "She is way too young for you. & Laura is married."
"& way too old for you." Mal grinned.
Tina laughed. "You guys are bad! I meant you, Cedes & Quinn!"
"I wish you were single, too!" Mini Mama held up a thumb.
Mike growled. "Well you're not! & you're never going to be again!"
Tina lit up. "Yay!"
"Do you want to be in a thruple, too?" Mama asked as she opened the yearbook.
"Only if it was with you guys. I don't like any other girl here like that." Tina wrinkled her nose.
"Gee thanks!" Satan bit off.
"I meant in McKinley!"
Britt giggled. "So who were you thinking about, Cedes?"
"Well we don't have a person in mind but we got down a list of qualities." Mama pulled it out.
Rachel took it. "It'll have to be someone as talented as you. & as nice."
Mama beamed. "We have talent & personality down."
"Ooh!" Mini Mama sat up. "I know like the perfect girl!"
"Who?" Satan asked.
"I don't know anything about her personally but she seems nice & smart. She's on the team." Mini Mama took the yearbook from Mal & flipped through the pages. She found the right one & showed us.
"Which one?" Mama squinted.
Mini Mama pointed to a picture of a blonde. "Anna!"
"Anna Picos?!" Everyone on the cheerleading team echoed.
"Yeah. & I know for a fact that she has a crush on Mercy."
"No way!" Mama denied.
"I'm telling you! I'm never wrong!"
The bell rang.
Mr. Shue clapped. "Alright, guys. Go to class. Have a good day. I'll see you tomorrow."
We left to go to class. I walked Mama to her class as she looked at Anna's picture in the yearbook.
"What do you think?"
I lifted my brows. "She's hot. Can I say that?"
She giggled. "Yes, Noah. We have to find someone who pleases us both. I think she's very pretty, too."
I bobbed my head. "So you gon talk to her?"
"Not yet. Just because Marcy says she likes me, doesn't mean it's true."
"How often is Mini Mama wrong?"
She sighed. "She's not magic."
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Mercedes: POV
She's magic.
I hated it when Marcy was right! But this might be in my favor. She might want something though. For being right? I'll make her dinner.
Anyway, every time I looked at Anna, she'd be already looking at me. She would turn her head & blush when I looked.
Somehow she was always close to me, even if the routine didn't call for us to be by each other.
She kept smiling at me & when I waved back, she lit up. I wasn't a genius at figuring out when people liked me but I'm not an idiot either. That girl had a crush on me.
I waited until we were eating lunch during fifth period to tell the monster she was right. "What do you think I should do?"
"About what?" Lucy asked.
"About Anna?"
Tana grinned. "So you agree that she likes you? I saw it today. She ate up your attention."
"Yes, I think she might have more than a passing interest in me." I stuck my tongue out.
"I think you should give her the ole razzle dazzle." Marcy sipped her juice.
I bust out laughing. "Marcy!"
"What? I'm serious. Use one of my free dress days tomorrow & wear something that will get her attention. We can even perform for her after school so she can know you're interested."
"That might work." Lucy pointed to her. "We can all perform it for her & she'll know that you're thinking about her."
"Who all?" Kurt asked.
"Maybe just us?"
"I have a song in mind." Marcy said. "We can sing it to our SOs."
"You mean bring Ellen here?" I asked.
She nodded with a blush. "I've never sang for anybody before."
I hugged her. "What song were you thinking?"
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Puck: POV
Mama called me last night to tell me that she had a plan to get Anna's attention.
I was on board. I didn't want to say anything but I was kinda excited. I never picked out a girlfriend with a girlfriend before. It was wild as hell.
On Tuesday, I drove to school & went to my locker to get my stuff ready for the day then went to the choir room. I had to do a second take when I saw Mama.
She looked too damn good to be struttin around this dump! She was wearing this corset top that had black & gold flowers in it. She had on a jacket to cover it but it didn't do much. It was short & the sides were wavy. Ruffled I think they call it.
She wore some tight ass jeans that made her ass pop & some black high heels with red bottoms. She wore red lipstick & her hair was in giant curls. I could smell her from the door & she smelled even better than usual.
I raced to her side & was about to kiss her when she wiggled away from me. "Noah, no!"
"Mama." I tried to get her back.
"No, Noah! I have to look like this all day!" She sat down & crossed her legs.
I fell into the chair next to her. "Not cool, Mama."
"You'll be okay." She blew me a kiss.
I sulked.
"You look really good, Mercedes." Sugar giggled.
Rory nodded, his eyes huge & his face a little pale.
"Thank you, guys!" Mama smiled. "I hope she thinks so."
"She will." Mike nodded. "If she's got eyes, she will."
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Mercedes: POV
I saw Anna between classes buying something to drink from a vending machine. I decided to test my outfit out on her.
I sashayed up to her. "Hi, Anna."
Her eyes widened. "Hi, Mercedes. How are you?"
"I'm perfect." I rolled my "R" before bending over to push the bar on the water fountain & taking a long drink.
I noticed the whole time, she was looking at me. She waited for me to drink my fill before she spoke again. "You look really nice. Won't you get in trouble though?"
"Sometimes you need to break the rules." I lifted a shoulder nonchalantly.
Her eyes looked a little glazed over. "Puck sure is lucky."
"Is he?"
She nodded hard.
I smiled. "He's not the only one." I cocked my head coquettishly. "How about you come to the auditorium after school? I think there's something you should see."
"Aretha!"
We turned to see Coach Sue standing down the hall, arms crossed angrily.
I turned back. "Today. After school. Don't be late."
Anna nodded mutely as I walked away. I made sure to add a bit of wiggle into my walk.
I made it to Coach & raised a brow. "Yes?"
"What are you doing out of uniform?!" The mean lady yelled.
I felt I'd done a damn good job at achieving my goal so she was not about to make me feel bad. So I told her the truth.
Her eyes widened. "I always hoped you & Q would get together some day."
I giggled. "She's my sister."
She humphed. "Is this a result of last week?"
I cocked my head in confusion. "Last week?"
"With your parents?"
I gasped. "How do you know about that?"
"Q told me. I made her."
My lips thinned. She must have gotten to Lucy when she was vulnerable. "So what?"
Coach looked at me with something akin to pity. "You get one day. You better be back in uniform tomorrow."
"Yes, sir."
She glared at me.
I smiled & walked to class.
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Sam: POV
I was still a little stunned after seeing Mercy this morning. She looked real good. It made my heart pound a little like I was having a heart-attack.
It made me so sad that I couldn't have her. All that could have been for me. Man, Puck was lucky! But then again Marcy said she was making it her personal mission to make sure I get laid as much as possible to make me forget about her.
I wondered just how much sex was I going to be having.
I asked her who was she going to fix me up with & she said someone like her so there'd be no mixup in how I feel. I don't know how to tell her that's not a good idea either…
But whatever got me over this heartache.
Anyway, I was in a fog as I went to the auditorium after school. Mr. Shue said we were supposed to meet there. He didn't say why.
I took a seat & noticed Ellen & Anna were there but every other girl but Sugar & Rachel was missing. We all looked around at each other. Apparently no one knew what was going on. Mal was there, too & he said that Marcy made him pick up Ellen & that was it.
Mr. Shue walked in. "Is everyone here?"
"No." Artie raised a hand. "Where are the girls?"
Kurt smiled mysteriously. "They're here."
"Yeah. They have a performance for you all. I'll go check on them." Mr. Shue went on stage then behind the curtain.
"So you know what's going on?" Blaine asked Kurt, who nodded.
"Little Diva & Queen came up with most of it but yeah, I know."
We murmured amongst ourselves as to what the performance would be.
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Mercedes: POV
Mr. Shue came backstage with his eyes covered. "Are you decent?"
"Not even a little bit." Marcy said immediately.
He took her at face value as we giggled. "Well hurry. They're really interested in what you're doing. Let me know when you're ready."
We let him leave before going over our makeup. We were wearing short denim jean shorts with three buttons on either side of the zipper in our favorite colors.
Marcy wore green, Lucy wore white with silver detailing (there were no all silver ones we could find last night), T wore black, Tana wore red, Britt wore white with colored polka dots & I wore a deep purple.
We found chucks in the same shades along with white tank tops & a soft short sleeved plaid shirt in our boyfriend's favorite colors. I wore red & black, Marcy wore orange & black, Lucy wore red & black, T wore black & white (Mikey's favorite color was black), Artie didn't have a favorite color so Britt & Tana wore yellow & black.
We tucked the shirts into the jeans & wore white ankle socks. We wore our hair straight down our backs as we put on pink lip gloss & black mascara.
After, we got out the finishing touches; Looney Toons caps. We bought them last night, too. Lucy had Sylvester the Cat, Marcy had Bugs Bunny, I had Tweety Bird, Tana had the Tasmanian Devil, T had Daffy Duck & Britt had Porky Pig.
We put the caps in our back pockets & called out for Mr. Shue. He came backstage. "You're ready?"
"Yep." I nodded with a smile. "Hit the music!"
He held up a thumb as he scurried out. "Good luck!"
I was nervous & I hoped it'd go well but I was looking on the bright side. This was going to work. I believed it & so it would be.
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Sam: POV
Mr. Shue came back & sat at the desk in the middle of the rows of seats & hit a button on a remote.
Mercy & Marcy ran out on stage as music started. Tina & Quinn ran around the front of the stage & the Jones sisters pulled them up. They ran around acting silly as the music changed.
Mercy started singing in a different language & she moved. Then Quinn started singing & they both moved. Then Tina started singing & they all moved.
They pulled caps from their backs as Santana & Brittany ran out. They began dancing as Marcy called out in a fit of total accuracy, "Here comes trouble!"
They started doing dances that were half really calculated, half really sexy.
Then they started flipping hair. It was wild but really put together.
All of a sudden, Marcy, Quinn & Tina ran off stage & Mercy began singing like she was in a nightclub with Santana & Brittany behind her. The other three ran back out & they started dancing again.
"Bring it back to the one forty!" Santana called out.
Half harmonized as the other half sang the chorus about having a boy. It flowed really well. Then they ended up in kinda an arrow with Marcy in front. They put their hands on their hips & posed.
I don't even understand what happened but I liked it. It was fun & bright & they looked happy.
We all clapped really hard as they stood on stage smiling.
We heard clapping from somewhere else & turned. Coach Sylvester was in the door. "What was that?!"
"That was me saying hi." Mercy waved to Anna, a pretty blonde.
"What was that language?" Coach Sylvester rolled her eyes.
"Korean." Tina piped up.
"You can sing in Korean?"
"I am Korean." Tina duhed.
The meanest coach in the state glared at the stage before leaving. Cuz that wasn't weird or anything.
Mr. Shue rolled his eyes. "That was good, guys. I'm proud of you. Singing in other languages is hard & you did it flawlessly."
"San & I didn't really sing that much." Brittany admitted. "They taught us the chorus & it was really hard."
"I'd rather sing in French." Santana rolled her eyes.
"Don't you know French?" Marcy raised her leg & put it down. Maybe her foot fell asleep?
"Yeah but have you ever heard French singing?"
"Yeah, it's awful."
Mercy hit her. "It is not!"
"Yes, it is." Marcy tossed her head sassily.
"Is that all you know?" Sugar asked. "Just that one song?"
"We have a routine for The Boys."
"What's The Boys?"
"Should we do it?" Marcy elbowed Mercy.
Who grinned. "Might as well. Can we, Mr. Shue?"
"Go ahead." Mr. Shue waved his hand. "I'd really like to see how many different songs you can sing in Korean."
"We know all of SNSD's songs in Japanese & we practice them in Korean even though we don't understand it." Marcy explained.
"I know all of their songs in Korean. I'm going to start learning them in Japanese." Tina went on.
"We don't know any in any language." Santana finished. "We never heard of Girls Generation before."
"Do Run, Devil, Run!" Mike called out.
"Ooh!" Tina clapped her hands. "I love Run, Devil, Run!"
"We have a routine for it." Quinn said. "If you ever want to learn it."
"I want to learn it!" Sugar yelled.
"Me too!" Brittany jumped on her toes. "Is it like The Boys or I Got a Boy?"
"More like The Boys without the beatdrop." Mercy told her.
"But that's the best part." Britt pouted.
"I know but it's still fun."
"Well let's get through the first song before you teach Rachel & Sugar the other one." Mr. Shue said. "Who has the song?"
Quinn gave it to him & he went to put it on.
The girls lined up on stage.
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Puck: POV
The girls were hot as fuck doing all those dances. I admit I check out when Mama starts talking about music from other cultures (I know two languages so I'm lost) but I might have to start listening.
The girls climbed off stage after singing & to be honest dancing their asses off. I knew Mama could dance but to be that technical was something I didn't see. No wonder Mr. Shue always had her dancing.
Mr. Shue let us talk to each other for a few minutes before he started the new lesson.
Wheels was praising his girls, who allowed him. Mal was teasing Mini Mama about whatever those songs meant while Ellen fawned over her. Mike had Tina in his lap while he spat that game at her. I could tell because she was blushing & she kept kissing his cheek.
Rachel & Finn were kissing Q's ass & she was eating it up. Kurt & Bowties were talking to Sugar & Rory. Kurt was explaining how he was there every step of the way.
Mama approached me & took me by the arm to lead me to Anna. We stood in front of her & Mama smiled all wide.
"That was incredible!" Anna gushed. "I've never seen anything like that before! You're so good!"
Mama smiled so big. "Thank you!"
"No, thank you! No wonder you guys won last week!"
"You know we won?"
"It was in the Muckraker." Anna admitted sheepishly.
"Wow." Mama licked her lips & I could see Anna's eyes watching her tongue. That was hella hot. I had to think of my grandma in the tub so I wouldn't get hard. "I'm so glad you could make it though."
"It was no problem. I only cheer so I'm bored whenever we don't."
"I'm sure you have other interests. What do you like to do?"
"I really like art. My dream is to be an art buyer."
"That's so awesome! My sister wants to be an art buyer, too!"
"Really?!" Anna laughed. She had a nice soft laugh.
Mama nodded with a smile. "Yeah but her degree is in interior design though. Her minor is art."
"That's so cool!"
"Yeah. We're all super proud of her. She graduates this year."
"I'm an only child."
"I'm nowhere near an only child. But I like having a big family."
"I always wished I had someone."
She looked a little sad. Mama & I looked at each other before looking at her. "What do you think of us?"
Anna blinked. "Excuse me?"
"What do you think of us? As people?" Mama clarified.
"I think you're nice people. I've always thought you were the nicest girl in school & everybody knows Puckasaurus." Anna blushed.
I grinned. "We were thinkin & you can totally say no though I wouldn't understand why-"
Mama elbowed me. "Noah!"
"But we were thinking you could be our missin piece." I went on like I didn't hear her.
"Missing piece? I don't understand." Anna looked so confused.
"Noah & I were thinking of opening our relationship up to one other person & we picked you." Mama explained in her gentle way.
"Opening your relationship up?"
"Becoming a thruple. A relationship with three people."
"Like Artie, Santana & Brittany?"
"& my sisters." Mama pointed out Mini Mama sitting on Mal's lap with Ellen on hers & Q with Finn & Rachel by the stage.
Anna's mouth dropped open. "They are?!"
"Yep." Mama smiled.
Anna looked between us. "& I'd be with both of you?"
"Yep. We'd do everything together & we'd be like a little family."
Anna smiled. "Okay. I'd love to. But I'd have to ask my parents."
"That's totally cool. We have to tell our parents." She waved a hand.
"Can I have a hug?" I could tell Anna's been wantin to touch Mama for a while.
"Sure!" Mama loved giving out hugs so she gave her this huge hug with them rocking side to side. Pure bliss was on Anna's face.
I hugged them both & both girls giggled.
We let go & Anna hooked a thumb behind her. "I have to go. I asked my mom to pick me up a little later today but I didn't say for what. She's probably waiting for me."
"Okay, guys! Break's over!" Mr. Shue clapped his hands. "Mal? Are you auditioning yet?"
"You just want me to leave." Mal made the girls get off his lap. "Come on, Elle. You can sit in on my photography meeting."
Mr. Shue laughed. "You're going to want to join one day!"
Mal's face clearly called Mr. Shue a liar as he took Ellen's hand & giving Mini Mama a kiss, left.
Mama & I walked Anna to the door & she slipped out, waving goodbye.
We went back to the group & Mr. Shue waved us close. "Okay, so since the girls have already gone & quite well I might add, I think this week's lesson should be on other cultures' music. Learn the music of another culture & sing one song. You can have help."
I Got a Boy by SNSD (Girls Generation) I don't know Korean. If they had it in Chinese, I could be of some use but I'm as lost as Sam.
