*Quinn's POV*
I can't believe that we just got a recording contract! I'm still in a daze when we leave to go and meet Mal. We head to If Only studios, luckily it's only a 10 minute ride on the subway so it didn't take us long to get there. We climbed the steps up to the doors of the studio and I went to open it, just as my hand reached the handle I paused.
"Q? Come on. Open the door. I'm cold" Santana grumbled
"I just want us to remember this moment. Remember how hard we worked to get here. Remember how no matter what we went through we still showed up to rehearsal. I'm so proud of us. Even you Britt who only joined the band yesterday" I giggled. I took a deep breath in and opened the door. The four of us walked into the reception area and went up to the front desk.
"Hi, Mal told us to come and meet her in her office" I speak to the receptionists back, when she turns around we're all shocked at who we see.
"Tina? Is that you?" Rachel steps closer to the desk
"Oh my God, Rachel! I haven't seen you in years!" Tina says with a smile plastered on her face.
"If it isn't miss Tina Cohen Chang herself!" I smile at the girl who comes out from behind the desk and hugs Rachel
"Nice too see you too Quinn, oh and it's just Tina Chang now" She says as she goes over to hug me.
"Wait what? You and Mike got married?" Rachel questions and Tina shows us the ring, we squealed in excitement or at least Rachel and I did. Then Tina noticed the other two, she slowly took one step past Rachel and I
"Santana?" She looked straight at the Latina
"Tina. Wow. Umm I-I-I" Santana stuttered
"It's been a long time, I'm glad you're ok." Tina said and the Latina pulled her into a tight hug. Brittany was stood starring at the gigantic bear hug that was going on between the 2 girls. Once they pulled away Tina went over to Brittany and hugged her, they both giggled about how good they both look.
"What are you guys doing here anyway?" Tina asked us
"Well, Mal came to our band practise earlier today and she said that If Only was interested in us, so we're here to sign papers and start a career in the music industry" I smiled proudly
"Holy crap! That's amazing! I'm so proud of you! I'll just call Mal down ok?" Tina said before walking back behind the desk and calling Mal down into the reception.
5 minutes later, the purple haired girl walked out of the lift and beckoned us over. Rachel jumped up and walked over to Mal as quickly as possible, the three of us followed laughing at Rachel. We got up to Mal's office and she opened the door, to our surprise their was a man about our age sat in the chair in front of a recording booth with the most amazing recording equipment in front of him. Then he turned around.
"Sam?" the 4 of us yelled at the same time
"Hey girls." He smirks at us
"What the hell are you doing trouty?" Santana growled at Sam.
"Santana calm down" I whispered to her
"Well. I'm a producer now and I wanted a new girl band, I sent Mal out to find a new sound and she found you." He said as he swayed his chair from side to side "It's good to see you all"
"Bullshit. Senior year Sam, it's still there in the back of our minds. I was so mad at the beginning of that year and you took advantage of my misery and got me to start bullying people that I love and I actually care about. You were an awful person and I doubt you've changed. You wanted to hurt Brittany because she rejected you and you just wanted to hurt her. I hurt her and I know how messed up that was because she's perfect in every way, but I hurt her because I thought she hurt me. It took me an entire year of bullying for me to come to my senses and by then it was too late." Santana said and we all looked shocked
"Brittany? Did you know about that?" Rachel turned to Brittany and asked her.
"No. I remember rejecting Sam because I wasn't nor have I ever been attracted to him. So I refused to go on a date with him. But I didn't know that he started Santana's bullying." Brittany whispered.
"Look. I know what I did was wrong and I know you might not believe me, but I have changed and I'm different. My father owns this recording studio and he gave me an internship as soon as I graduated, I've worked my way up through the company gaining more skills and now I'm a music producer. You know that last Maroon 5 song? Sugar? Well I was the producer of that record, it was like a test run and since it turned out so well and did really well I've been granted permission to find something new and get and album ready for them. So I sent Mal out and she was told about you. And now here you are." Sam grinned
"So what you're saying is you want to give us a record deal? Correct?" I asked him
"Well yeah. It'll be great. And I promise that as soon as you don't like something I do outside of the studio so basically in personal lives then you can ditch me and get another producer to work on your album. Sound good?" Sam looked at us whilst twiddling his pen between his fingers.
"Yes" Rachel and I replied instantly
"Sure" Brittany then replied. The 3 of us looked at Santana, we were just waiting for her to agree
"Fine. But I mean it Evans, 1 thing and I swear to god I will shove that pen so far up your ass…"
"Ok Santana" I quickly cut her off
"Mal, get the contract for me would you? Thank you" Sam tells Mal and she walks out of the room. She comes back just a few minutes later, contract in hand. WE need someone to look over this.
"Hang on, I need to talk to my lawyer about this. I'll be back in one moment." I grab the contract and head out the room. I grab my phone and made a phone call
"Quinn, how're you? Are you ok?" He asked as he answered
"Mr Schue, Hi, everyone is fine. Santana, Rachel and Brittany. We're all ok. But I was wondering if you could look over a contract that we need to sign with Sam Evans for a recording contract. Could I send you pictures of it and you tell me what we should do?" I asked him
"Yeah sure Quinn. That's fine" He tells me and I thank him whilst I hang up the phone and send through the pictures of the contract. A couple of minutes later, it was probably 10 to be honest. I got a reply from Mr Schue telling me it was fine and so I took it back into the studio and we signed it.
"Well, welcome to If Only studios girls" Sam said to the 4 of us "First things first, we need a name"
"Hot Bitches or Hot Messes" Santana stated
"No San" Brittany said
"What about The Unholy Trinity?" I asked
"Quinn, there are 4 of us" Brittany stated
"Gold Stars!" Rachel exclaimed
"No Rachel! That's a terrible name" Brittany said "What about Worldwide?"
"Yes" Mal said "That's awesome. Well done Britt"
Hold up. Did she just wink at Brittany? She did!
"Anyway! Next thing how do you want to write the songs? Want someone to write them for you? Do you want to write them or have a co-writer?" Sam asked us and we all looked at Santana
"Well I've written all of the stuff we've done so far and I've got some songs I haven't shown the rest of them. So I think for our first album we should write all the music. But it's a group vote" Santana told us
"No San, we trust your judgement. We'll write our own stuff." I said and Britt and Rach nodded in agreement "Sam? Can we tell our families and stuff?"
"Oh yeah sure that's fine. We'll begin recording in 2 weeks, it'll give you time to practice and write. Well, this was a lovely catch up and I can't wait to work with you guys, but I need to get back to my work. I'll see you all later. Goodbye." Sam said and we were lead to the door "Goodbye Brittany" He said as we left the room.
He likes Brittany still.
As we walked back to the subway entrance Rachel began to speak
"You know what we should do? Go back to Lima, see our families and go back to Glee Club, tell everyone about our contract" She's beaming with excitement, I know she just wants to see her dads it's very sweet.
"I'm up for it" I tell her and she kisses my cheek
"I love you Q" She whispers
"I love you too" I reply and we share a sweet smile then we turn to Santana and Brittany
"You up for it? Trip to Lima?" I ask them
"Sure. It'll be nice to see Mami, I think she needs it especially as it's coming up to Christmas" Santana says and I nod
"Britt? What about you? Want to come back to Lima with us?" Rachel asks her
"Umm, there's nothing really left for me in Lima. No parents remember, just Glee Club. I don't have enough money for a hotel or anything. And I don't have the cash to pay for a plane ticket" Brittany tells us with a sad tone in her voice
"Hey" Santana goes and holds Brittany's hand "I'll pay for your ticket. And you can stay with me. No buts Britt, it's the least I can do. Plus I think my mami misses having people round. She loved you like another daughter. Please?"
"Ok. But only if you'll take me to see your Papi." Brittany said as we got onto the Subway train.
Santana stood on the platform in shock and the train left without her.