Win You Over Chapter 15: Time to Win, a glee fanfic

Time to Win.

There were 2 things Rachel Berry was certain of. First, Finn had nowhere near the vocal range and athletic ability than her cousin, Jonathan – ergo, knocking him off the 'leading man' pedestal. Way off…like, way passed the moon. Second, Quinn was totally digging the new jock-ified Rachel Berry. I mean, come on, they were still maintaining eye contact 10 minutes after the duet with Johnny. 10 minutes and counting….

Suddenly there was a knock on the door – but not loud enough to disturb the eye contact between the two girls.

"Emma, hi" Will greeted, somewhat nervously.

"Hi, Will. I was just here to call Rachel out for Rugby practice." Emma started, and smiled when she spotted her star player staring deeply into the hazel eyes of thee former head cheerio.

"She's clearly a bit distracted." Emma stated amusingly, as she made her way to Rachel and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Rachel? Rugby practice. Let's go!"

At the words, 'rugby practice' Rachel snapped out of her trance like state she had with the blonde in front of her. "Sorry, I'll be –"

All of a sudden a group of female rugby players entered the room, some glancing around the room, while others like Trina and Frankie walked right up to Rachel.

"Dang. Rae. You're still here? Come on!" Trina exclaimed before taking her hands and yanking her out of her seat. When Rachel's back was turned Trina winked and smirked at Quinn.

"Uhh, wait! I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce the glee club to the rugby team! New Directions meet the Lions. Lions meet the New Directions." Rachel replied with a smile, which soon faded becayse of the glares the two teams were sending each other.

"How about we watch Berry's practice, since we're all going to the game anyway?" Puck suggested. Rachel nearly got whiplash when she turned to her Jewish counterpart.

"Wait, what?"

"Not everybody is gonna waste their time there. It's mine and Quinn's 3rd month anniversary on that day. Sorry." Finn shrugged, as he and everybody else ignored Rachel's question.

Quinn nearly broke out in laughter,

"I'd rather watch Rachel play rugby." She replied, with a wink at the brunette.

Finn was silent for a few seconds before was fed up.

"Okay, that's it! You have to pick RIGHT NOW. Me or the stupid troll loser dyke. Think carefully, Quinn. Get slushied every single day until we graduate and get shunned by your parents and kicked out all over again OR be with the person you're supposed to be with. ME." Finn challenged with a smirk.

"Finn," Quinn started,
"See? I knew you weren't into her. I love you –"
"You're wrong. She isn't a troll and she isn't a loser. My parents aren't going to shun me or kick me out again. They know I'm gay. And just in case you haven't noticed, you're not as popular as you've somehow deluded yourself to be." Quinn snapped, before she stood up and stormed out of the room.

Rachel was just about to go after the blonde, but was held back by Trina and Frankie,

"Rae, we have to go. Like, now. We've got that game coming up."

Rachel glanced over at Brittany and Santana,

"Could you guys…? "

They nodded and ran out the door after Quinn, as Rachel reluctantly made her way out to the field with everybody else.

Rachel may have agreed to have a practice with an audience, but everything changed once she stepped out into the field and feeling eyes on her. It was for the second time in her life, she felt it. Nervousness. And before she knew it, she kept fumbling and missing passes. She was just about to give up for the day, before when Emma approached her.

"Time out!" the coach called out, and faced Rachel,
"Is everything okay?"
Rachel shook her head. "I'm nervous. I think it was the lack of an audience during our first game. Nobody knew me."
"Hmmm, okay why don't you have a seat while I try to figure something out. You don't by any chance have a song that energizes you? Like a song you listen to before you go up on stage to get you psyched up?" Emma asked, curiously.
Rachel nodded and whispered it into her coaches' ear.

Emma made her way toward the glee club and waved Noah and Mike down,
"What's up Ms. P?" Puck asked,
"Do either of you guys know how to play and sing Time to Win by Down with Webster?"
the boys smirked and nodded, while Emma called the school orchestra out.

Rachel had her head in her hands as she sat on the bench, when she heard her phone ring the song, "Valerie" –

"San?"
"Yeah, it's me. Look toward the entrance."
Rachel turned her head, and found Santana, Brittany, ad Quinn waving at her.
"She wants to talk to you."
"'Kay,"
"Hi, Rae."
"Hi, Quinn. I'm sorry about what went down in the choir room. He should have known better."
"Rachel, it's alright. Don't worry about it. You just …practice, okay? Don't forget to win the game." Quinn encouraged with a smile.
"Yes, Ma'am."

(flash forward to the game)

"The score is 12 - 13 between the McKinley Lions and the Carmel Pirates! The Lions just need two points to win the game!" the announcer exclaimed excitedly.

Rachel turned to the audience and smiled when she witnessed Quinn cheering. She nodded at Puck and they began playing the song.

It's time to win!