Come Back to Me

Chapter 4

October, Sophomore Year Boarding School in Seattle, WA

Knock, knock, knock, Mercedes opens the door to her dorm room and is blown away by the beautiful blonde girl who was in front of her, "Hi, you're beautiful, oh my god, I mean hi, I'm Mercedes. How can I help you?" Giving Mercedes a half-smile the girl replies "Hi, I'm Lucy, your new roommate."

"Lucy Fabray right?"

"The one and only, but why do you know that?" Mercedes laughs lightly "Oh I'm not a creep I promise. They told me you were coming but today is Friday, I thought you weren't coming until Sunday."

"Yeah well I wanted to get a head start, may I come in?" Mercedes smacks her head "Of course, sorry. Come in!" Quinn smiles to herself thinking that a flustered Mercedes is a cute Mercedes. Quinn looks around her new room and thinks that things could be worse. The room is spacious enough where both she and Mercedes can live without getting in each other's way. They each had full size beds which is step up from the twin size she thought she would be sleeping on.

As Quinn begins to unpack Mercedes asks, "Did your parents come to Seattle with you?" Quinn pauses for a second, she wasn't in the mood for talking, but she has instantly liked Mercedes so she answered, "No, just me."

"Oh were they busy? My parents are always busy, I love them and they love me but their jobs are demanding." Quinn could hear a hint of sadness in her voice and she didn't like it. She didn't know what it was about Mercedes but there was something about her that Quinn liked and she had only known the girl for ten minutes. "What do your parents do that they are both so busy?"

"They're both doctors, they are pretty high-profile, so they work a lot."

"So they send their daughter to a boarding school as a solution?' Quinn realized that question may have sounded offensive so she quickly adds," Mercedes nods her head.

"Well actually I asked them to send me. My brother left for college last year, and I didn't want to be in a large house all alone. They can be gone for what feels like days at a time." Wanting to know more Quinn asks, "Where are you from?"

"Los Angeles, My brother, R.J. goes to college up here, so at least I could be close to him, that's why I asked to come here. My roommate from last year didn't come back so when I arrived this year and didn't have a roommate, I was a little upset, but I have friends to hang out with, so I didn't make fuss about it but, now that you're here…" at that Quinn stops what she is doing to look at Mercedes, "… I can see that I'll be a lot happier." Mercedes adds a wink to her last statement, which causes Quinn to duck her head and blush.

Clearing her throat and returning to her unpacking Quinn smiles and asks, "So you like having a roommate?"

"I do. At home it was always me and my brother, but I didn't know what I was going to do when he left, so this seemed like the best solution."

"So, present company excluded, what else is there to like about this place?"

Mercedes smiles at Quinn "Well I don't know if I am the best person to ask. I spend most of my time in the choir room with the Glee club. It is like any other high school really. You have your popular kids, the jocks…; the standard high school totem pole."

"And where do you fit in?"

"In the middle I guess. I pretty much get along with everyone, and our Glee club is very well liked. So… can you sing?"

"I can hold a note. I actually just joined my schools Glee club before I was sent here." Mercedes noticed that the Quinn said "sent" here, as if against her will. She doesn't want to over step so she continues with the glee talk.

"You should try out for our club then."

"Oh no, but thank you."

"Why not? You can sing right?"

"Yes but I want to keep a low profile while I am here." Mercedes laughs lightly. "You really think you are going to be able to keep a low profile here?" Quinn pauses her unpacking and sits on her freshly made bed and looks at Mercedes, "What is that supposed to mean?"

"It means that you are gorgeous. Lucy you are the it girl. You have a great smile, beautiful skin, excuse me for being observant, but you're not slacking in the booty department. You would have it made here." Quinn only heard great smile, beautiful skin, and booty. After that she zoned out, the only thing she could see were Mercedes' lips moving. She thought Mercedes was cute instantly, but those lips would be the death of her. She couldn't hear anything else around her. When she finally came too Mercedes was standing right in front of her snapping her fingers and saying "Lucy, Lucy, where did you go?"

"Oh sorry Mercedes, you're just so, mmm, I mean, I um, I um, I think that I already don't care what the kids at this school think, but I do care about who is going to show me around." Quinn raises an eyebrow at Mercedes.

Walking over to her side of the room to sit on her own bed Mercedes smiles and says, "I think I know someone who can help. She was here last year so she knows her way around, she has nice long black hair, a cute smile, I don't want to brag but she is pretty awesome." Mercedes can't keep the grin off her face, and Quinn want to play some more.

"You do? I can't wait to meet this person, they sound great"

"Heyyyy!" Quinn smiles, "I'm just kidding Mercedes, I would love it if you showed me around."

"Ha, ha, ha, very funny… so what year are you?"

"I'm a sophomore aren't you?"

"I was last year. I'm a junior. Is that a problem?"

"I just thought they would have people in the same grade in the same room."

"Oh, they do, but I guess they ran out of sophomores to put you with and I had an open space so."

"So here I am… but I'm not complaining." Both girls are too busy blushing to think straight. Mercedes comes too first and asks, "So why are you here, if you don't mind me asking?"

"I don't mind you anything."

"What was that?"

Quinn not realizing that she said that out loud straightens up and says, "My parents, my parents aren't too happy with me right now. In fact they wish I weren't their daughter." Mercedes can see the hurt in Quinn's eyes.

"I know we just met, but you can talk to me if you want. I don't mind. We are roommates right, and we have to stick together." Quinn smiles at Mercedes, she thinks for a moment about what it would be like to be more than Mercedes' roommate. Mercedes smiles back. Quinn realizes that eventually she wouldn't be able to hide the truth, so she nods her head and says, "That's right Mercedes we are roommates and you would be the first to realize anyway, so I guess I should just tell you…"

"Tell me what?"

"I'm pregnant"

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I hope you guys like the story. Thank you for reading and responding. I am enjoying my first try at FF. If you like the story share it on tumblr, etc... Thanks again!

P.S. The Jones family are the only people who refer to Quinn as Lucy