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"Who is that?" Rachel stared at the blond entering their school, she was sure she was new Rachel would have definitely noticed her before. It was the first day of school after summer and everyone was talking and catching up with their friends. Rachel and Santana were starting their sophomore year leaning against their lockers just chilling waiting for Brittany so they could go to class.
"Close your mouth your drooling" Santana said not looking up from her phone, Rachel just looked over to Santana with a side eye she was probably texting Britt since she had that stupid smile on her face.
"Your one to talk" Rachel muttered looking back at the blond.
"She looks confused, maybe I should go and help her out" Rachel said pushing her back against the locker to give her a momentum to start walking.
"Don't even, Britt just got here and I'm not going to wasting another minute just to wait for you, let's go" Santana snapped as she put her phone back in her pocket grabbing my wrist and pulling me the other direction.
"San don't be a bitch, I just want to help the girl out, we can meet up afterwards" Rachel said pulling her arm away as she turned around to go to the blond to interduce herself when she sees a black girl and a skinny pale boy talking to her.
"Looks like Kurt and Mercedes has you covered. Now let's go! I haven't seen Britt since yesterday" Rachel rolled her eyes and turned to walk with Santana so they could meet up with Britt and get to class.
Quinn looked around she was trying to find her way to the reception so that she could get her books hand her itinerary. "Do you need any help?" Quinn turned around to see a smiling black girl with curly black hair and hip-hop clothes that looked amazing on her and a skinny pale boy with nice probably designed clothes she smiled back at them
"yeah I'm trying to find the reception to get my stuff" she answered nervously. "Hey, no problem just follow me, I'm Mercedes and this is my boy Kurt" Mercedes said pointing at the boy next to her. "Nice to meet you I'm Quinn" they started to walk towards the reception.
Quinn couldn't help but feel a little relieved for getting help she had started to panic slightly, she was the new kid after all, she hadn't expected any kind of help. After getting her itinerary and gotten her books in the locker Mercedes told her that they had the same classes, so they walked together to the first class.
"I can't wait to see this girl that got Rachel so distracted, I don't think I've ever heard or seen Rachel fumbling for an answer to a teachers question before" Brittany said smiling jumping up and down and holding Santana's hand, Rachel just rolled her eyes as they were walking towards the canteen to get lunch. Just as they entered Rachel saw a mess of red and white in front of her and they heard a big thud, Rachel looked down and, on the floor, right in front of her feet was Finn
"Watch it!" Santana hissed and glared at him with small eyes "you could have crushed Berry with your big ass body! Get control of yourself!" Santana growled.
Rachel just shook her head "are you ok?" she asked as she gave him a helping hand
"yeah I'm sorry Rach I just tripped over my shoelaces" he took her hand and got up on his feet he looked to Santana nervously "don't worry about her. You know how she is" Rachel smiled and patted him on his upper arm she couldn't reach up to his shoulder he was a bit to tall for that. He smiled back and gave her a small nod. "See you at practice then" Rachel said and smiled and walked in to meet up with Puck and the rest of the football team and cheerios.
Finn smiled and was about to leave the canteen but stopped when he saw an angry Latina in front of him. "She might not get mad at you for fumbling about but I will. I still haven't forgiven you for breaking her nose last year for tripping. Get some fucking velcro shoes or something" Santana said between her teeth staring daggers in to the tall boy. Finn just nodded and without a word walked out of the canteen.
Santana smiled satisfied with herself and felt her arm get tugged and saw Brittany pulling her toward the jocks and the cheerios table. " You can't protect her forever San" She whispered. "Try me" was all Santana said as they sat down next to Rachel who was so deep in a discussion on whether the Ohio state football team would win the Superbowl or not.
Quinn was sitting at the same table as Mercedes and Kurt they had introduced her to Mike who was an Asian kid with a red and white letterman jacked he had his arm around Tina a gothic Asian girl who was talking to Artie a boy in a wheelchair they were discussing their summer and how they couldn't wait for their first glee meeting tomorrow when all of a sudden they heard a girl yell "I can't sit with you guys if you're all just going to talk shit! Come back to me when your brain is turned on again!"
A small brown-haired girl with a red shirt and a white tank top underneath, loose jeans and combat boots gets up from her seat and stomps off towards Quinn and the rest of the group. She sits down and grumbles to herself. Mercedes laughs looking at Rachel "I guess someone suggested that maybe Buckeyes wasn't the best team?" Rachel just looked at her with small eyes daring her to say otherwise, Mercedes looked past Rachel to the jocks and cheerios table where she saw them just laughing and shaking their head. They were used to Rachel yelling and storming of when someone wouldn't see her point of view when (according to Rachel) they were talking about the best team ever. She would cool off in a few minutes and get back and try to convince them of why exactly the Buckeyes were in fact the best team. Mercedes just smiled and shook her.
Quinn looked between Mercedes and Rachel trying to figure out their dynamic, she had seen the short girl around school always smiling and talking to people she seemed to be very popular and well liked, she couldn't quite put her finger on it but it seemed strange in her school that small petite girl in tomboy clothes would totally be lowest on the totem pole, but here in this school she hadn't seen one kid bullied, everyone was nice to each other. Quinn got brought back to her thoughts when she heard the small girl starting to talk again. "How rude of me, I haven't introduced myself, I'm Rachel, Rachel Berry" she smiled at Quinn and stretched out her hand for Quinn to take, Quinn smiled and took her offered hand "I'm Quinn Fabray".
"Nice to meet you Quinn" Rachel said shaking Quinn's hand "how do you find McKinley so far?" Quinn smiled at Rachel and let go of her hand for a brief second, she though she saw a frown on Rachels face.
"It's different from my old school I'll give you that" Quinn laugh nervously. Rachel leaned back in her chair smiling "yeah I get that, you should have been here last year it was a mess, people getting slushed and thrown in dumpsters, thank god that's finally over" she said stretching her arms and putting her hands behind her head yawning a little
"So are you thinking about joining glee?" Rachel asked looking at Quinn "maybe, I don't know, it sounds fun, but I was thinking about trying out for the cheerleading team, I was on the one in my last school and I don't know if I would have time for both" Quinn answered biting the inside of her check. "Oh that shouldn't be a problem both Santana and Brittany are in the cheerios and glee with no problem" Rachel said pointing back at the cheerios table at a tall Latina who had her arm around a tall blond as they were smiling and talking to each other and the rest of the cheerios "glee meetings are Tuesdays and Thursdays after school and cheerios practice is Monday, Wednesday, Friday afterschool and Tuesday and Thursday before school. Coach Sue wouldn't let the cheerios off with two free days in the middle of the week, according to her it's bad enough that they have the weekend to slack off. It was the best compromise she and mister Shue could come to without her sabotaging glee" she laughs shaking her head.
Quinn looked at Rachel with big eyes was she serious would a teacher actually sabotage another teacher? Rachel saw her face and gave her a calming smile "coach Sue isn't that bad once you get to know her, she is a bit crazy and she will give you hell at practice, but she backs you up if someone tries to pull you down and she sticks up for you if she thinks that you are being unfairly treated" Rachel said ensuring, Quinn she turned her head looking at the jocks again biting her lip thinking for a moment.
"Nope I can't let this go, those idiots need to learn" she said getting off the chair looking back at the glee table "see you guys later, Mike see you after school" she leaned over to Mike and gave him a fist bump. "you bet, this time I know I can take you down" he said smiling "Ha! you wish!" Rachel answered then turned around and walked towards the jocks again "alright fools ready to come to your senses" she said as she sat down next to a big guy with a mohawk who patted her on her back welcoming her back.
Quinn was at her locker putting away the books she didn't need for homework when two girls walk up to her "we heard you were interested in joining the cheerios" Quinn turned around and faced the tall Latina and her blond friend. "yeah I was thinking about it" Quinn nervously answered looking at the Latina. Santana looked at her for a moment with a neutral expression then smiled "great we could use some new blood, maybe get a few new ideas. I'm Santana and this is my girlfriend Brittany" Brittany waved and gave her a big smile "Come with us we'll show you where the locker rooms at and take you to the tryouts" Santana and Brittaney took each of Quinn's arms and locked their arm around hers and guided her to the locker rooms "So who told you I was thinking about joining the team?" Quinn asked as they entered the cheerios locker room
"Rachel, she would have gotten you herself, but she wanted to start warmups before the guys" Santana answered as she started to shift clothes. "Rachels on the cheerleading team? she didn't say" Quinn said mostly to herself wondering why not.
"No, she's not in the cheerios she on the football team" Brittany said joyfully as she fixed her ponytail. Quinn looked at her with a surprised expression, that small girl on the football team were the coach crazy, she would be crushed. "How?" was all she could say. Santana just smiled "you'll see when they start practice, now come on before me and Britts have to run extra laps for being late" She said, and they walked towards the pitch.
When they got out there Quinn frowned her eyebrows when she didn't see any one else other than a small football player jogging around the field, she looked at Santana with a questioning look. "Britt and I usually get stuff ready before the other girls and coach gets here" she answered "you can just sit down and chill or stretch until the others get here" she said as she and Britt started to get things ready.
Quinn sat down and started to stretch and get ready for the tryouts not long after she looked up when she saw a shadow in front of her, Rachel was standing there smiling down at her, she reaches out her hand to help Quinn up. Quinn took the her hand and got to her feet "thanks" she smiled" so I see that you decided to try out for the cheerios, I hope you'll consider trying for glee as well" Rachel said with a smile, Quinn smiled back at her "maybe, how come you didn't tell me you were on the football team" Quinn asked pointing on Rachels helmet that she held under her arm, Rachel just shake her shoulders and smiled at Quinn
"it didn't come up" she just said as she smiled and waved at the cheerios that had started to come over and warm up before practice. "you better not be ogling my girls Berry" a stern voice said and Quinn looked up at a tall blond with an adidas tracksuit and a megaphone in her right hand, Quinn was pretty sure that was the cheerleading coach, Quinn looked back at Rachel who still got ger back to the coach, she just smiled at Quinn and rolled her eyes.
"Wouldn't dream of it coach" she said as she turned around facing the cheerleading coach. "I was just wishing Quinn good luck for her tryouts" Rachel looked back at Quinn and gave her a wink, Quinn blushed. "Get to your side of the field Berry!" Sue yelled at Rachel with her megaphone. "Yes sir!" Rachel said saluting Sue and gave Quinn one last smile before running over to where the rest of the football team was. Sue turned around after Rachel still holding her megaphone to her mouth "you better run Berry! I didn't get you on that team just so you could flirt with my girls! you better give us a victory this year! Don't make me regret my decision!" Without waiting for a response Sue turned around again looking at Quinn "So you want to join the cheerios? let's see what you got" she said and walked over to a bench that Santana and Brittany had placed for her to sit on.
After practice Santana jogged over to Rachel who was sitting on the field stretching out so she wouldn't get too sore later. "Hey Rachel! Mami wanted me to let you know that dinner is over at our house today" she said as she looked down at Rachel.
"Okay cool" Rachel answered getting up on her feet "hey how did it go? did you get it?" She looked at Santana and she saw her big smile and squealed and jumped towards her and hugged her "I knew you would get it! I Knew it!" Rachel yelled while holding Santana and jumping up and down.
"Okay, okay, stop it your hurting me with your equipment" Santana laughed, and Rachel let her go "looks like we're unstoppable now" Santana looked at her with a questioning look and Rachel pointed at her right shoulder. Santana looked down and saw a big C her eyes widened and looked back at Rachel "for real?!" She yelled and lifted Rachel of the ground and spun her around they both laughed when Santana lost her footing and they both fell on the ground.
"Who would have thought that one day I would become the head cheerleader and you captain of the football team?" Santana said happily as she stared up at the blue sky "I know right?" Rachel answered smiling from ear to ear. "Hey, come on! Let's run through the shower and tell the fam" Santana jumped up to her feet and bent down to give Rachel a helping hand, but Rachel didn't take it.
"I'll be there in a few just need to finish stretching first." She said without looking at Santana. "Rach come on, nobody cares" Santana said looking at Rachel "leave it Santana" Rachel said back a little harshly, but Santana didn't take it to heart, she knew Rachel didn't mean anything bad by it.
"Rachel-" Santana was about to say how Rachel was acting like an idiot but she didn't get that far because Rachel interrupted her "San, just don't okay? not today" Santana sighed still looking at Rachel who looked anywhere else then on her. "Okay fine! just don't be late for dinner" Santana said angrily and turned around and walked towards their locker room.
Rachel parked outside the Lopez's house and got out of her car, she didn't bother with knocking on the door she had been running in and out of that door since she was three years old.
"Took you long enough" Santana was sitting on the couch in the living room watching tv not even bothering to look at her. Rachel just rolled her eyes "Is that Rachel?" a woman yelled from the kitchen.
"yeah mami I just got in" Rachel yelled back and started to walk to the kitchen. Maribel wasn't Rachels biological parent, but Rachel still called her mami she had done so since she could remember, Maribel and Carlos were just as much her parents as her father's Leroy and Hiram and in Maribel and Carlos eyes she was just as much their daughter as Santana was, and the same went for Santana, Leroy and Hiram.
They always shared big events like, birthdays, Christmas, first day of school dinners, you name it and they shared it like one big happy family. Entering the kitchen, she saw an older version of Santana standing in front of the stove preparing dinner.
"Do you need any help?" Rachel asked and started to set the table without waiting for an answer. "Oh, thank you honey" Maribel smiled at Rachel before turning her head towards the living room.
"Glad to see that at least one of you turned out decent!" she yelled, and they could hear Santana mutter a "whatever". Maribel just smiled and looked back at Rachel. Rachel could see and feel her eyes scanning her.
"Relax mami, I'm fine. I'm way to fast for any of the boys on the team, see" Rachel made a pirouette to show Maribel that she hadn't gotten hurt when she had been on practice.
"Well ok, just promise me you'll be safe ok? no risky business" she said waving her spoon at Rachel " I promise, I promise" Rachel laughed.
"Your fathers and papi will be home soon, go and relax with Santana dinner is almost done." Rachel just nodded and went to the living room and sat down next to Santana.
They sat there in silence for a little while until Santana spoke " you're stupid" was all she said and Rachel turned her head to Santana with a raised eyebrow.
"Excuse me" she said "you heard me" Santana huffed the she took the tv remote and turned off the tv and turned to face Rachel
"you're stupid and your beautiful, so stop bringing yourself down, nobody cares how you look only you. And your opinion about yourself suck so just listen to me okay? you're beautiful, your body is beautiful nobody cares that you have a little something extra, if you ask me it's just a bonus" Santana said and winked, Rachel just looked at her she leaned the back of her head against the couch and just stared up in the ceiling
"I know you're right" she sighed" it's just that sometimes it gets to me you know, and with the new girl and everything I just.."
"ah so that's what this is all about" Santana smirked looking at Rachel "you have a crush on the new girl, it's about time I was starting to worry that you were never getting out on a date"
"wow hold up who said anything about dating?" Rachel sat up a little panicked "Jesus Rachel relax" Santana laughs.
Just then the front door opened, and three men came in all laughing and talking. The first one a Latino man took off his jacked while yelling "Honey we're home" then he went over to Santana and Rachel and gave them each a kiss on their head and went in to the kitchen to say hello to his wife.
The other two men smiled at Rachel and Santana and went over to kiss their heads as well. "How was your day girls" the tallest of the men Leroy asked. "Oh, good timing dinner is done come and sit down" Maribel looked out of the kitchen and smiled at them. Rachel and Santana got up from the couch while answering her dad "it was fine dad, actually there were something Santana and I wanted to tell you all"
"nothing serious I hope?" the smaller of the two Hiram asked "No, happy news" Rachel reassured him and they walked in the kitchen Rachel holding Santana a little so they would stay behind she whispered " stop saying that it little, cause you know better" she let go of Santana and went in the kitchen to join her parents Santana just barked a loud laugh after her she knew when she said it that it would bother Rachel.
When they were all done eating and just sat around the table talking Leroy sat back in his chair and looked at the girls smiling "So what are the good news you wanted to tell us? Maribel, Carlos and Hiram all looked at the girls and Rachel nudged at Santana giving her the signal to go first, Santana just nodded and a big smile spread across her face.
"Coach Sue made me head cheerleader" she said squalling a little, all four parents jumped up from their seats and yelled "Congratulations" as they all gathered around Santana giving her a big group hug "that's not all, that's not all you guys" Santana laughed while trying to calm the parents they all looked at her with curious expressions, Santana looked at Rachel and smiled
"uhm coach Beist made me captain of the football team" Rachel said nervously, she knew both Hiram and Maribel wasn't thrilled about her joining the team to begin with. There was a moment of silence as the parents started to scream again and pulled Rachel in the group hug both Rachel and Santana were squished in the middle of their parents while the adults were talking about how proud they were of them. Rachel and Santana just smiled at each other.
