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"Rae, are you ready yet?" Noah calls out as he's walking into my room. I'm currently sitting on my bed with my laptop on my lap while trying to plan a date for Quinn. "You're wearing that to school?" He asks while eyeing me skeptically, referring to my baby blue boy-shorts and matching bra I'm currently in.
"What?" I question in confusion as I finally look away from my computer. "No. Of course not. I just haven't bothered to get dressed yet," I tell him while rolling my eyes; although to be fair it is a valid question seeing as how I've done it before. It was on a dare though! "And it was only one freaking time." He just laughs at my annoyed huffing and grumbling.
"I thought you were picking Quinn up for school today?" He questions as he sits down beside me and begins looking at my laptop, so I make it easier for him to see as I continue with my planning. The thing about our little group is that we're close. Like super close. We tell each other everything. There's complete trust and literally no secrets between us. And also, Noah and I are so alike that it's kinda scary sometimes.
"I was, but then she called me last night and told me that her crazy Coach decided to schedule a last minute practice this morning. At 4:30...In. The. Morning. I mean that's just wrong Ark. So, so wrong."
"Hellz yeah it is," he replies with wide eyes and a horrified look on his face. "So, when are you planning on taking her out?"
"I'm banking on this Saturday. So long as she doesn't have anymore last minute practices called, that is," I tell him, getting up from my bed and walking into my closet to grab a muscle shirt from my drawer. I've decided that Noah and I are gonna semi-match today (cause I can do that), so not too long later I saunter out of my closet dressed in one of my newer pairs of black skinny jeans (To match Noah's regular black jeans), a plain white v-neck (To match his plain black one), my tan combat boots (Cause he's wearing his tan ones), and my Super Mario belt buckle (Cause he's wearing his Luigi one). I also decide to trade out my yin-yang tongue ring for my rainbow one, just for something different.
When I finally walk into the kitchen for breakfast Noah takes one look at me and chokes on his food for trying to laugh with his mouth full. Our dads chuckle at my wardrobe choice as well while Papi beats on Noah's back to try and help him clear his airways.
"Aww, look mi amor! They're matching just like when they were younger," Papi says in a wistful tone while shooting my Daddy a look. Daddy just smiles back at him as he brings the rest of the food to the table, sitting a cup of coffee in front of me with a kiss to the top of my head.
"Nice, Estrella," Noah rasps out once he's able to breathe again. I just smirk at him from where I'm sitting at the table, piling my plate full of pancake-y and bacon-y goodness and gulping down my liquid gold.
"I was thinking about stopping by the Lima Bean and grabbing some coffees for the girls," I tell Noah as he settles behind the wheel of our Jeep after we've finished breakfast and told our fathers goodbye.
"Sounds sounds like a plan hermana," he replies easily as he smoothly pulls outta our garage and directs the Jeep towards the coffee shop.
Once we arrive at the school after our stop we make our way towards the football field and then up the bleachers, coffees in hand, so that we can watch the rest of the girls cheer practice. It's definitely not boring, I'll give them that.
"Man do I sure love the guy who created these uniforms," Noah mumbles distractedly while licking his lips. I just nod silently and take a swig of my coffee, not fairing much better as I drool over my girl ordering her team around like the boss she is. We sit the rest of the practice in silence, cause we're not the biggest morning people, and around 15 minutes later the girls are tiredly trudging their way towards us. I silently hold out the tray of coffees and Tana immediately snatches one up and drinks it greedily and Britt just laughs fondly at her girl while she grabs her own, sipping on the still sort-of hot liquid.
"Thank you, baby," Quinn thanks me sincerely, giving me a lingering kiss in greeting after making herself comfortable on my lap as I hand her the last coffee on the tray. I just bury my head in her neck and mumble out a "You're welcome, mi amor." They then sit with us on the bleachers quietly while sipping their coffees for around 10 minutes before they head off to shower and get ready for the day, and Noah and I decide to head inside as well and hit up our lockers while we wait for them to be through.
As soon as Noah and I make it inside the school to head to our lockers before going to wait on our three Cheerios as planned we're stopped by an irate Mercedes. I mean seriously. This girl looks like she should be foaming at the mouth right now. And it seems as if her ire is directed at me, if the death glare she's trying to burn into me is any indication.
"Look new girl. I don't know what your problem is and I certainly don't know who you think you are, but you can't just come up into my school and think that you can take my leads and mess with my friends. So, leave Finn alone. He hasn't done anything to you. And I don't know what the hell you think you're doing with Quinn, or how in the bejeezus you know the Unholy Trinity, but if you're just using her and them to boost your popularity then you're going to be in a world of hurt. And I'm not just talking about by me, but by the entire Glee Club including Santana," she tells me, her glare still firmly set into place. I now feel like steam should be coming from her nostrils as well as the foaming at the mouth, and at hearing her 'threat' Noah snickers loudly. I'm sure I would find it funny too if it wasn't so damn early in the morning and it wasn't directed directly at me. I don't take very well to being threatened.
"Are you done?" I snap at her in irritation and at her nod I continue, "Look...Mercedes, is it?" She just stays quiet and continues to glare at me, which is starting to piss me off beyond belief. This school is quickly becoming a pain in my ass. I just roll my eyes in annoyance at her ridiculousness and forge on, "First of all I didn't take anything from you. I auditioned for it and it was given to me fair and square," at this she just rolls her own eyes and scoffs, and I grit my teeth and take a few deep breaths to try and keep a hold of my quickly slipping calm. "Second of all, Finn was an ass to me first so you have no right telling me to back off. He's a big boy who can fight his own battles," she looks like she's going to interrupt me so I continue talking louder than before to keep her quiet, "And finally, you have no idea what-so-ever about my relationships with Santana, Brittany, and especially Quinn, so you need to shut the heck up and mind your own damn business! Comprende?" Once I finish speaking I don't wait for an answer as I try and step around her and continue on my way to my locker, but she grabs my arm roughly to hold me in place. Oooh girl! "Let. Me. Go." I tell her through my now firmly clenched jaw. "Now!" I yell when she doesn't comply.
"No," she tells me defiantly as she tightens her already tight grip in warning, looking me straight in the eyes the entire time. I can tell Noah wants to intervene, but he doesn't because she's a girl. I've surpassed pissed now, so I yank my arm from her grasp harshly and in the same swift movement I pull the arm that was holding my own behind her back and push her up against the lockers face first. I really do hate to be doing this, cause I don't like putting my hands on girls either and I certainly will never ever hit one, but I can't let her think that she can talk to me that way and put her hands on me either. This is why I go easy but still rough her up a bit.
"What the fuck?" I hear Tana's startled voice behind me and hear Q and Britt gasp, but I ignore them and focus all of my attention on Mercedes. I don't want to have to do this again so I need to make my point clear here and now.
"Listen to me now and listen to me well. If you don't leave me alone I will make you're life a living hell. Do you understand me?" I demand. She just stays silent as she futilely struggles to free herself from me. "I said, 'Do you understand me?!'" I yell as I lose a bit of my cool and tighten my hold on her arm. I make sure not to truly harm her though.
"Yes," she whimpers out, finally scared. Good. She should be.
"Glad we can come to an understanding that benefits us both. Now get the heck away from me," I tell her as I release her and step away. She just shoots me an unreadable look before scurrying away from us without a backwards glance.
Once she's down the hallway I immediately bang my head against the locker in front of me and growl loudly in frustration. I feel a familiar pair of arms slip around my waist and pull me into them from behind and I instantly relax into Q's touch with a sigh. I don't know how she's able to calm me with just a touch but I really really like that she can. She's the only one.
"Puck just finished telling us what happened before we got here. Are you ok?" She whispers worriedly into my ear and then kisses my temple while waiting for an answer. I take my time giving it and just enjoy being in her arms for a moment.
"Yeah. I'm fine, she just upset me is all," I'll reply to her with a shrug. I then turn in her arms and capture her lips in a passionate and thankful kiss.
"What was that for?" Q asks breathlessly after we break apart.
"Cause I love you and I'm lucky have someone as amazing as you bonita," I tell her honestly. A blindingly gorgeous smile instantly overtakes her face after I tell her this and she pulls me into another mind-numbingly awesome kiss. We only break apart because of the late bell ringing.
"Love you too, babygirl. I'll see you in Spanish," she tells me before hurriedly turning and running down the hall to her class. Not that she truly needs to rush, what with her bring the Head Cheerio and all. She can freaking wander the school all day everyday if she wanted to and would never be told a word for it. With those thoughts and a sigh I finally make my way over to my locker and then to my own first period classroom.
I receive a glare from the teacher for walking in late so I just send her a wink before heading to my seat. She rolls her eyes at me but says nothing, and as soon as I sit down two pieces of paper almost simultaneously land on my desk.
Are you ok Star? - Ark
You're not sad, are you Rae? = ( - B
I smile genuinely as I reply to both of them, letting them know that I'm fine and that there's no need to worry. Then the rest of the period is spent actually paying attention to the teacher, much to her surprise.
I'm at my locker later in the day after fifth to get my science book for sixth when I sense an unwanted presence walk up behind me.
"Go away Shrek. I don't wanna deal with any of your chiz at this very moment in time," I sigh out tiredly to him without looking up. He ignores me and instead thinks it's a good idea to just slam my locker shut with a glare (If you can even really call it a glare) at me. "Fine, what do you want?" I bark out in agitation. The prick almost got my hand.
"I know it was you. What the fuck is your problem?" He snaps out with the same 'glare' plastered on his face.
"What was me?" I ask him, playing dumb. "Oh and you. You're my problem," I tack on belatedly as an afterthought to answer his question.
"You and your sad excuse for a brother saran-wrapped my car you bitch, and you need to stop throwing slushies at me," he huffs out in anger with his face turning red and blotchy.
"Eh, you have no proof," I tell him nonchalantly while lazily rolling my hand through the air, "I also certainly don't take orders from you so I'll do whatever I please when I please it, regardless of what you say. Oh, and also? If I were you I'd watch what you say about my brother unless you want me to re-break your nose for ya," I finish with a menacing scowl in his direction. As soon as I'm done speaking I walk in the direction of our (unfortunately shared) science class without sparing him another glance. The only upside to this class is I have Tana in it and she makes it fun.
"If you don't back off of me and leave Quinn alone I'm going to make your life here hell," he tells me, in what I assume is supposed to be a threatening manner. What is it with people and threatening me today? Is it threaten Rachel day today and I just missed the memo or something? Cause it's really getting on my nerves now and I'm fixing to not be held accountable for my actions. Instead of laying him out like I want to though, I just laugh at what he said as I stop my progress towards class and turn to face the idiot again.
"What the in world makes you think that you actually have the power to do that Grawp?" I ask him seriously with another disbelieving laugh. This man-child here.
"Wait...who?" He asks in complete confusion with his 'glare' slipping away. I just slowly start walking backwards towards our class again as I wait for him to collect his menial thoughts. "Never mind, whatever. If you haven't noticed yet I'm the captain of the football team, so I have lots of power here," he finishes proudly as he holds his arms out to his sides, to make himself look bigger I guess. This makes me chuckle. He really is such an idiot.
"Ok, Grawp. Whatever you say. You can most definitely go ahead and try making my life hell, but don't be too disappointed when you don't succeed," I mock him as I slip into the class right as the late bell starts ringing, and then I shut the door in his face.
As the bell signaling the end of eighth period rings I grab Quinn's books from her desk and her hand as she stands before we leisurely walk to her locker. As I wait for her to put her things away I see Finn down the hallway from the corner of my eye staring at her with a determined look on his face, which in turn makes me growl in anger. Q looks up at me curiously as she hears the sound before following my gaze to Finn.
"Hey. I love you. Not him. It's always been you. Never him," she whispers in my ear as she grabs my hand and begins pulling me towards my own locker, and by the time we reach Glee I'm calm and semi relaxed again. I sit next to Noah with Quinn on my right side and Tana and Britts next to her, and Mike and Tina are sitting in front of us so I decide to talk to them for a bit while we wait for rehearsal to start.
"Hey Mike, Tina. How was y'alls day?" I ask them to get the conversation up and going.
"My day's been pretty great," Tina tells me with a surprised smile.
"As has mine," Mike answers after his girlfriend with a polite head nod. "What about yours?" He asks me with a small smile of his own.
"Meh..." I reply with a small shrug. "To be honest the only good parts about it were when I was with Quinn, Noah, Tana, or Britt-Britt," I tell them honestly.
"I'm sorry," Tina says sincerely, Mike nodding his sympathy.
"Have you found a song to sing yet?" Mike asks me changing the subject.
"Yes and no, if that makes any since," I tell them and at their confused looks I elaborate, "I have some songs that I'm thinking about singing, but I need to narrow them down and then eventually pick one."
"Oh ok, that makes sense," Mike says.
"Yeah. I'm kinda pretty anal when it comes to performing. I adore it," I tell them, but before they can respond Mr. Shue walks into the room and begins speaking loudly.
"Ok guys! So who wants to-"
"Me!" Finn shouts, jumping up from his chair and rushing to the front of the room as if he was scared that someone would tell him no.
"Ok! Great Finn. You see guys this is what true leadership looks like," Mr. Shue praises, making Tana and Quinn scoff and scowl while Noah and I raise disbelieving eyebrows, and Brittany outright barks a loud laugh. Finn just ignores us and beams at the teacher's praise as Mr. Shue takes Finns vacated seat and says "Take it away Finn," with a wave of his arm.
"Thanks Mr. Shue. Ok, so this is for someone who's special to me and that I love very much," he tells the club with a small smile and I tense at his words, knowing exactly who this song's going to be for. Quinn notices my change in demeanor, and wraps her arm securely around my waist while laying her head on my shoulder. It's to comfort and calm me first and foremost, but I also know it's to keep me from jumping up and killing the ass.
Whoa oh oh oh oh
whoa oh oh oh oh
I kinda feel like it don't make
like-like-like it don't make
feel like it don't make sense
I'm thinking, baby, you and I are undeniable
But I'm finding out loves unreliable
I'm giving all I got just to make you stay
Or am I just a roadblock in your way?
Cause you're a pretty little windstorm out on the boulevard
Something like a Sunset, oh you're a shooting star
And I might drive myself insane
If those lips aren't speakin my name
Cause I got some intuition,
or maybe I'm superstitious
But I think you're a pretty sweet pill
that I'm swallowing down
To counter this addiction
you've got me on a mission
Tell me darling, can I get a break somehow?
Could I say no?
Shes got a love like woe
(whoaa oh oh oh)
Girls got a love like woe
(whoaa oh oh oh)
I kinda feel like it don't make sense
Because you're bringing me in
and now you're kicking me out again
Loved so strong, then you moved on
Now I'm hung up in suspense,
Because you're bringing me in
And then you're kicking me out again
Its like a hurricane, speed train, shes a moving car
Catch her in the fast lane, oh I gotta know,
Can I keep up with her pace?
Kick it into gear when I see that face
You can take up all my time cause you're the only one
That can make a storm cloud break
Pulling up the sun
And I can't get caught in the rain
Can I get your lips to speak my name?
Cause I got some intuition,
or maybe I'm superstitious
But I think you're a pretty sweet pill
that I'm swallowing down
To counter this addiction
you've got me on a mission
Tell me darling, can I get a break somehow?
Could I say no?
Shes got a love like woe
(whoaa oh oh oh)
Girls got a love like woe
(whoaa oh oh oh)
I kinda feel like it don't make sense
Because you're bringing me in
and now you're kicking me out again
Loved so strong, then you moved on
Now I'm hung up in suspense,
Because you're bringing me in
And then you're kicking me out again
Cause we only have one life
The timing and the moment,
All seem so right
So would you say you're mine?
(We'll be just fine)
Would you say you're mine?
(We'll be just fine)
Shes got a love like woe
(whoaa oh oh oh)
Girls got a love like woe
(whoaa oh oh oh)
I kinda feel like it don't make sense
Because you're bringing me in
and now you're kicking me out again
Loved so strong, then you moved on
Now I'm hung up in suspense,
Because you're bringing me in
And then you're kicking me out again
Shes got a love like woe
(whoaa oh oh oh)
Girls got a love like woe
(whoaa oh oh oh)
I kinda feel like it don't make sense
Because you're bringing me in
and now you're kicking me out again
Loved so strong, then you moved on
Now I'm hung up in suspense,
Because you're bringing me in
And then you're kicking me out again
Once Finn finishes singing I'm shaking quite violently I'm so furious. It takes literally every ounce of self-control I possess not to get up and beat the living snot out of this hijo de puto. The one thing that's really helping me at this moment is Quinn rubbing up and down my arm soothingly, oh and also Noah holding me in place with his arm around my shoulders tightly.
"So, Quinn? What do you say? Would you say you're mine again?" Finn asks her hopefully while staring desperately into her eyes, completely ignorant to the tension in the room. Once those words leave his mouth though, I can't help but snap. I roughly jump up from my seat, dispelling my brothers arm from my shoulders like it's nothing and bolt out of the choir room as fast as I can.
Hoped y'all liked it and again thanks for reading! = )