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She heard the Glee kids talking about the performance and the food fight outside. Here goes nothing. She walked into the glee choir room.

"It's true, you guys sucked ass," she said following along with Mercedes' comment.

Rachel turned around and stared her down. "I'm sorry, and you are?"

"I'm Sugar Motta, and I have self-diagnosed Asperger's so I can pretty much say whatever I want. I'm like a diplomat's daughter. " This was already getting fun. It was time to stir up trouble.

"How can we help you Sugar?" Mr. Schue asked. It was time to turn on the annoying bitch she had inside just waiting to come out.

"Here's the deal, I'm awesome and I want to be a big, big star. When I saw you guys singing and dancing in the cafeteria I thought, I am so much better than you." Maybe that was a little harsh.

"Sorry, Asperger's," she said.

"Well, great. You see guys? You have inspired an audition. Good job." Mr. Schue said as he clapped his hands and walked to his seat. "Sugar, why don't you show us what you can do? Take your time, whenever you're ready. "

"Get ready to taste some sweet ear candy," she said with a smirk. "Hit it, hotty." She motioned over to the piano guy to start her song.

She took a breath and turned around, trying to block out the fact that her moms were both giving her dirty looks. She struck a god-awful pose, all for the effect of course. She mustered up the most awful sound she could and let it belt out her mouth in a horrible arrangement. She really went overboard dancing with the music, trying to show that she was dead serious with her performance. She knew she looked like a hot mess standing there, but it was all part of her plan. As she stopped singing the reactions were priceless. Notably, the look on Brittany's face made her have to hold in the laughter and mask it with a look of expectation. Her future mom would have been encouraging her silly antics and most likely joining in with her while Santana watched them and laughed.

With Mr. Schue's words, "Holy S….ugar." She knew everything was working exactly as planned. She grabbed her bag and walked out the door. The plan worked exactly as she had thought it would when Mr. Schue walked up to her in the hall the next morning and offered to give her singing lessons, but wouldn't let her join Glee.

Al came through for her. The next day she met with Shelby Corcoran, Vocal Adrenaline's old coach to the school and paid her to start a second Glee club. Sugar could tell that the Glee club had their issues with a female lead vocalist, her moms had talked about it in adulthood with even the mention of Rachel Berry. She knew Mercedes was probably growing tired of it because that girl could sing. She realized this during one of her spy sessions of the Glee's dance rehearsal when Mercedes got tired of being treated like backup and threatened to leave. Sugar ran around the corner to catch her in the hall coming out of the auditorium. She quickly dashed into the practice room where Shelby was.

"Play, quick," Sugar said as she pointed towards the piano. Shelby scowled at her but walked over and began their exercises anyway. It must have been the perfect bait because Mercedes soon walked in the door.

"I want to join your club Ms. Corcoran," she said abruptly.

"You can join, I could use a back-up singer," Sugar replied.

"Hell no, we are gonna have to have a little chat about that," Mercedes replied. Sugar just rolled her eyes. She turned around and smirked. Now, she just had to get her moms to join too. Mercedes would be the perfect person to convince them.

The next day she and Mercedes were in the room practicing. Mercedes was belting out her highest note as Santana and Brittany walk by in the hallway. Sugar smiled as she noticed them taking a peek. Baited.

"You know, I think we should get more members. First, because I need more back up singers to highlight my voice. Second, we won't even have a chance at sectionals if we can't compete. Our glee club of two isn't going to get us anywhere. So, is there anybody you can think of that might want to come over to this club. You know, somebody that feels the same way you do," Sugar asked. She knew she was playing dirty, but she had to get her moms out of that Glee club, and fast. Mercedes stood for a minute and thought about her proposal.

"You know what, I know the perfect person," Mercedes replied. She and Sugar walked out into the hallway and found Santana to 'casually' run into.

"So how's dealing with Salty over here and momma Troll?" Santana asked sarcastically.

"The name's Sugar," Sugar corrected. Santana just glared at her.

"Look, I think you should come over to this side too Santana. I mean, how often is your voice really highlighted. One song? Maybe on the end note? If you come over to Ms. Corcoran's club you would get way more solos and we could split the time between the two of us, highlighting our voices." Santana cocked her eyebrow at the thought.

"You mean be my back-up singers," Sugar said. She smirked as Mercedes and Santana roll their eyes at her comment and walk away.

The next day, while she and Mercedes were practicing in the choir room, Brittany and Santana walked in and the three look up.

"Can we help you ladies?" Shelby asked.

"We want to join," Santana said firmly. Everything was falling into place.

She left school that day and went to Al's house.

"So Sugar momma, any word on when your plan is gonna be complete?" Al asked with a smile as he walked into her bedroom.

"Not yet, working on it. My mom's joined my glee club today, so that's a start," Sugar replied as she took out her books from her backpack.

"What happened to Rory? You haven't mentioned him since we saw him at the school the other day," Al asked curiously. Sugar actually started to forget that Rory was here too. He had been gone the past few days and she hadn't seen him at school. But considering they still weren't really on friendly terms, she hadn't taken the time to notice.

"I don't know," Sugar said, "I don't really care." She looked down at her books and opened her math textbook. Deep down, she did care and was really starting to worry about him.

"Sugar, I think you should try to find him and fix things. You guys are never gonna get back home if you aren't talking," Al said. Sugar looked up for a moment and realized that he might mean something more with that statement. Telling her, of course, would alter the future. But if she figured it out on her own, that's a completely different story. She closed her book and asked to borrow Al's keys. She got in his car and drove to her Mom's old house, or what is her current house in this universe. She pulled into the driveway and knocked on the door. Phoebe Pierce opened the door. It was strange seeing her grandmother this young. She looked so much like her mom in the future that for a moment she started to feel like she was back home staring at her mother. All she wanted was for her to embrace her and tell her everything was going to be okay. She could feel the tears beginning to sting her eyes and she quickly cleared her throat to regain her composure.

"Hi, can I help you? Are you a friend of Brittany's?" Phoebe asked.

"No, I'm looking for Rory actually," she replied.

"Come on in," she said. Sugar walked inside. "Rory! Someone's here to see you!" she yelled up the stairs. "He'll be down in a minute." She smiled at her then walked into the kitchen.

Seconds later Rory came rushing down the stairs and stopped when he saw Sugar standing at the bottom with her arms crossed.

"Are you okay?" he asked softly. His eyes filled with concern.

"Can we talk?" Sugar asked as she looked around and noticed Phoebe watching them from the kitchen.

"Sure, let's go upstairs," Rory replied. As Sugar followed him she realized she missed him. He always knew how to comfort her when she was upset. He was her best friend. They passed by Brittany's room and saw Brittany and Santana laughing about something Brittany had just said. It had been way too long since she saw that sight. Her moms together, happy. It almost hurt to watch what they had now, knowing that all of that would fade away in the years to come. They gave each other a glance when she and Rory passed by together. She knew that look anywhere. They were trying to figure out if she and Rory were an item or not.

"Are they dating?" she heard Brittany whisper as they entered Rory's room. He shut his door behind them before she could hear the rest of her moms' conversation.

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Rory asked as he sat down on the edge of his bed next to her.

"Look, I know I said I was mad at you, and I still am, but I know that we can never figure out how to get home if we don't work together," Sugar began. She suddenly realized how close her hand was to his on the bed. She wasn't sure where all of these feelings were coming from. She never would have been thinking like this before. But as she looked into his hazel eyes, she could tell that something was different. He missed her too.

"I'm sorry for making you mad," Rory said. His eyes had never looked so sincere. "I've been working on the time machine the past few days, that's why you haven't seen me at school."

"You have?" Sugar replied.

"Yes, I know I kind of screwed up, but I do need your help to do this Sugar," Rory said. "Plus, I've really started to miss my best friend." He placed his hand over hers and smiled at her. She wasn't sure what the feeling was in the pit of her stomach that sparked when their hands met. She had never felt like this about Rory. Whether it was the heat of the moment or just plain curiosity, she leaned forward towards him. Just as their lips were inches apart, the door swung open to reveal her moms on the other side.

"I knew it!" Santana yelled with a smirk. "You owe me ten bucks Britts." Brittany just shook her head and the two burst into a fit of giggles as they walked away. Of course her moms would disrupt the perfect moment. They would have done that in the future too. Sugar clears her throat and stands up.

"Well, anyways, let's meet tomorrow at school and we will work on it. I'll meet you at the closet at lunch time," Sugar said quickly as she turned and walked down the stairs and out the front door as fast as she could. She figured it would be better to not mention the almost kiss. It was proabbly better to ignore it. After all, what was the point of her making Rory like her if he wasn't even going to have her in the future. It would just leave him heartbroken.

The next day at lunch she met Rory at the closet. They made sure the coast was clear and entered it. It was a lot tighter in here than what she remembered and the two are packed inside like sardines when Rory shut the door. He made his way around her and opened the hole in the back of the room. The two crawl through and make it to the other side. When they jump down, Sugar realized that Rory had, in fact, been working really hard to fix it. Several of the wires were back in place and two of the side panels were now attached.

"Wow, looks like you've done a lot," Sugar stated as she walked around the machine.

"It just looks that way. I really have gotten absolutely nowhere with it," Rory replied as he walked in and began examining the wires.

"So, if you're staying with Al Motta, why can't he help fix this. Or does he not know about it yet?" Rory asked as he fiddled with the broken parts and tried to put them together.

"I tried to get him to help, but he keeps telling me the same thing over and over. He keeps saying that my time machine is broke, not his," Sugar replied as she handed him a pair of the pliers from the toolbox.

"Hmm," Rory replied. "Maybe he has a time machine of his own that he's hiding or something."

"If he does, I don't know where it is. I've searched every inch of the house for it and haven't found anything yet."

"Well, maybe it's not at the house," Rory replied.

"Well, where else could it be?" Sugar asked.

"You've got me on that one. For now, I guess we have to work with what we have."

After several minutes of working on the time machine Rory looked at his watch. "So, it's almost time for next period and I am stumped on what to do next. Let's just go to class and then we will go from there. By the way, I joined Glee club to keep an eye on your dad for you."

"So you're okay with my plan now?" Sugar asked. She wondered if maybe Rory changed his mind about helping her.

"No, but I know you're going to do it anyways so I might as well make myself useful," Rory said as he turned away and started to crawl through the vent to the storage closet. Sugar quickly followed. The two are spotted by Santana as they are exiting the closet. Perfect.

"Looks like somebody's been getting their lucky charms on," Santana says with a smirk. "Did you find a pot of gold in there Pepper?"

"It's not what you think mo…..Santanta," Sugar replied, annoyed with her comments.

"Don't worry, Auntie Snix got your back," Santana said as she walked away. Sugar wasn't sure what that meant. Hopefully she was being nice, but the likelihood of that was slim to none. Knowing her mom, she was pretty sure she was gonna go viral with the news.

"See ya." She rushed away from Rory without discussing the situation.

Later during her glee club, all the girls were standing around the piano warming up.

"So, we need a name y'all," Mercedes said. They all looked around at each other.
"How about the troubletones?" Ms. Corcoran suggested. They all smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Alright, now let's keep practicing."

Later that day, she was in the bathroom when she heard her moms walk in. She pulled her legs up and hid in the stall so she could overhear them.

"Is anyone in here?" Santana whispered.

"I don't think so," Brittany replied with a laugh.

"Good," Santana laughed. Sugar heard the lock flip on the door to the bathroom. She listened and heard kissing noises. At least, they weren't subtle about how they felt. After a few seconds of being grossed out she heard them stop.

"Santana, I don't like having to do this. Like hiding who we are," Brittany said.

"Look, I just. I need some more time before I'm okay with this," Santana replied.

"I told you, I'm so yours proudly so. But we sit here and have to hide everything we do, I don't feel like you're proud to be with me," Brittany said. Sugar started to feel guilty for being here while they discussed this. She felt bad for her moms. She guessed that at this time being gay wasn't as accepted as it was in the future. It was strange to hear Santana being afraid to come out. This was the woman who took her to Pride every year and told her how much it meant to her to have people come together and celebrate being a family. That it wasn't about being different but about being accepted for who you are no matter who you chose to love. This was the woman that told her that she could love whoever she wanted to love and she would accept her for that no matter what. To hear her so scared and broken and unsure of herself was something Sugar had never experienced.

"Brittany, just please don't do this right now," Santana said softly. Sugar knew there were probably tears without even seeing them.

"Don't cry San. I just want you to be yourself and stop hiding the amazing person you are," Brittany said softly. After another awkward few minutes, she finally heard her moms leave. She left feeling even more upset about what she had just overheard. Her moms weren't even together yet, and at this rate she wasn't sure if they ever would be. She wondered whether or not she had already altered the future just by being there. If that was the case, now she had to make sure here moms got together.

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