A/N: Here we go again. A lot of drama is going to be happening after the summer for these characters, but I don't want to reveal too much. Enjoy this new chapter.
Ch. 32: Payback
"You have no idea how much I needed this," Quinn looks at her wife lovingly. "How much we needed this," Quinn states before taking a sip of her drink.
"You've had a tough two days. We understand," Santana says. "Amanda filled us in on some things. I know she and Beth are in some sort of fight, but it's nice to see her at home."
"Lucy is dealing with the emotional fallout of her pregnancy scare and Beth is moping around the house with a bruised face," Rachel says as she looks up from her drink. "It's a little depressing actually. I want to help so badly, but honestly, there is nothing that I can do. What I wanted to do was already done by Beth."
"Luce is planning something," Brittany chimes in feeling a little left out of the conversation. "She and Mandy are going to do something to Jason. I can tell."
Santana grins a little at her wife.
"How can you tell, baby?"
Brittany looks at everyone a little wide eyed.
"I have a fifth sense."
"Sixth sense, babe," Santana says with a loving grin. Brittany furrows her eyebrows a little.
"Oh, but still. They are going to mess that kid up."
Quinn raises her glass with a grin.
"To Lucy making that boys life miserable."
Everyone follows suit before taking a sips of their drinks.
*Friend to a Stranger*
"Are you ever going to make up with my sister?" Beth asks as she places another flyer onto another locker. Amanda sighs as she places one of Lucy's flyers on a locker next to her.
"I told her not to do anything. She could have seriously been injured. She didn't listen to me."
Lucy raised an eyebrow.
"Beth doesn't listen to anybody. She was trying to protect me the only way she knows how."
"The first time she tried to protect you, the both of you ended up in a jail cell. Beth doesn't need that again," Amanda says firmly.
Lucy places the last flyer on the one locker that didn't have anything on it.
"I'm glad that you are protective Mandy, but you need to do something because Beth believes you two are breaking up."
"I don't want to break-up!" Amanda shouted with wide eyes.
"Then tell her that…today," Lucy replies softly.
Amanda nods her head and looks at the hallway where every single locker had a flyer on it.
"Do you really think this will change anything?" Amanda asks pointing to the flyer. Lucy shrugs her shoulders.
"Who knows, but my confrontation with him at lunch will probably do it?" Lucy says with a grin.
Amanda laughs as she reads over the flyer.
"There will be a lot of girls that aren't going to want Jason any longer."
"That's my point," Lucy says with a grin. "I can't wait for this week to be done. Then we're off to cheerleading camp this summer."
Amanda freezes and bites her lip.
"I never told Beth I was leaving this summer. Oh, this is going to be bad."
"You're not the only one. The three people that Beth knows and hands out with are going to be gone for the majority of the summer."
"She gets to relax all summer while we do drills every day. She's lucky."
Lucy smiles and shakes her head.
"There is no way my parents will allow her to do that. Beth will be fine this summer."
"I hope," Amanda whispers.
*Friend to a Stranger*
"You could've just let me stay at home," Beth grumbles as she walks around Quinn's newly furnished office.
"After you got suspended, not a chance," Quinn replies as she logs onto her office computer.
Beth rolls her eyes and lies down on the couch near the window. It wasn't the first time that Beth had gotten suspended from school and she knew more than likely it wouldn't be her last. All she was doing was trying to protect her sister, a sister who meant a great deal to her.
"Okay, I admit that I probably should've handled things a little better, but Jason's an ass. Lucy didn't need all that in her life."
"I agree on that, but sweetie, you have to understand that going straight to fighting when you could've done something different isn't going to cut it, not in this family."
Beth understood what her mother was trying to say and she knows why. Violence shouldn't be an answer to everything, but it was hard. When you grow up only knowing violence, letting go of it was a hard thing to do.
"I know mom, I'm sorry."
"Mama and I know sweets. You get your protective streak from me and sometimes that can get us into some trouble. You're smart and now you just have to apply those smarts."
Beth internally rolled her eyes.
"Is that a lead in to talk about my not going to college?"
Quinn grinned and shook her head before typing away at her computer.
"Not just yet. That conversation will happen soon, and your mama is going to be present for it."
Beth continues to lie on the couch staring at the ceiling. She was a person that had never really been interested in school, but not being able to attend seems to have made an impact on her. On one hand, she gets to spend some time with her mom. On the other hand she's completely bored out of her mind. Especially, since Quinn wouldn't let her sleep in.
"How long are you going to work for?" Beth asks as she sits up and yawns. "No offense, but I'm bored from just sitting here. I need to be doing something."
Quinn looks over the monitor and raises an eyebrow. Beth was a lot like her. She was easily bored and she was fiercely protective of loved ones.
"We only came in today so I can catch up on some paperwork that I can't do from home. Getting a practice set up can be challenging, Beth," Quinn glances at a clock hanging on the wall. "Give me a half hour and then we can head home and go over some stuff before your sister and your mama comes home, okay?"
"Sure," Beth responds quickly. "But I am warning you now that I may fall asleep."
Quinn just smiles before getting back to work. Beth also enjoyed sleep, something Quinn used to enjoy growing up.
*Friend to a Stranger*
The halls of McKinley high were reeling with whispers and strange looks towards Jason Henderson. The moment Jason had stepped into the hallways all eyes were on him. When he stepped into the classrooms, guys snickered at him and the girls gave him looks of disgust. He hadn't seen the flyer until a few minutes before lunch, when one of the girls gave it to him and told him that he should see a doctor for his problem.
Jason looks down at the flyer and his eyes grow wide and his face grows red. He knew exactly who created this flyer and he knew exactly where to find her. He took off running through the hallways towards the cafeteria where he knew Lucy would be sitting.
Running into the lunchroom, Jason spotted Lucy sitting at the cheerios table with Amanda and a few of the other cheerios.
"Lucy!"
Lucy locked eyes with Amanda and smirked. She stood up from her chair and faced Jason. The voices in the lunchroom quieted down.
"What can I do for you, Jackass?"
"Fix this problem. Now!"
Lucy shrugs her shoulders.
"I don't think there is a problem. It's okay to tell others the truth Jason. There's no need to hide it."
"I do not have," Jason starts to yell, but whispers the next part, "erectile dysfunction."
The cheerios behind Lucy snicker.
"It's natural. Just schedule an appointment for the doctor."
"Damn it Lucy! Tell people the truth."
"If that's what you really want," Lucy says before standing atop of her lunch table and gathering everybody's attention. "Alright ladies, Jason would like everyone to know the truth, well here it is: Jason Henderson refuses to use protection," gasps were heard from a lot of the girls. "And he'll convince you that it's okay and everything will be fine, but he refuses to pull out."
Jason looks away from Lucy and bravely takes glances at his fellow classmates. The majority of the girls in the lunchroom refuse to make eye contact, the ones that do send him a glare. Even some of the boys glare at Jason.
"So, there you have it," Lucy states as she gets off the table. "The truth, what do you have to say for yourself?"
Jason stays frozen from his spot the redness from his face is no longer from anger, but now of embarrassment.
"Oh, it looks like the big man has nothing else to say, but I do want to leave with you a few things," Lucy says before turning to the cheerios at her table. "Let him have it ladies," Lucy says before taking a few steps away from Jason.
Shortly after, Jason is pelted with tons of packages of condoms. The cafeteria crowd cracks up when they all realize what was thrown at Jason.
And in a few short minutes and multiple videos uploaded to YouTube, Jason Henderson's popularity went down the drain.
*Friend to a Stranger*
Rachel took a seat next to her daughter across from Will Schuester. Rachel had always hated the principal's office. It only meant that she was in trouble. Now as a parent and teacher, she was there for one of two reasons. One, it meant that there was something she needed to do that involved her job, or two, it meant that one of her girls were in trouble. Considering Beth was already suspended, it meant that Lucy was the culprit.
"Do you want to explain why I am here?"
"I'm not apologizing for what I did," Lucy states as she folds her arms across her chest.
Rachel sighs and faces her old teacher and now colleague.
"What's going on?"
"Will Quinn be joining us?"
Rachel raises an eyebrow. "You suspended Beth, what do you think?"
Will nods his head in understanding.
"Lucy was brought into my office after causing a ruckus in the lunchroom."
Lucy sent her principal a glare. "It was not a ruckus. It was a necessity."
"Anyway," Will interrupts, he hands Rachel a flyer. "This was printed out and tapped to every locker in this school and then she publically harassed Jason Henderson."
Rachel looks down at the flyer and reads it over.
Jason Henderson
Spokesman for Erectile Dysfunction
"Don't be embarrassed. I have it and I'm fine."
It took all that she had not to laugh. Her acting skills were rusty, but she managed not to reveal her true feelings.
"I'm not sure exactly what was said in the lunchroom, but towards the end, Miss Fabray had her fellow cheerleaders throw condoms at Mr. Henderson."
Rachel places the flyer down on the desk and turns to her daughter. She knew that Lucy was having a hard time and she was also told by Brittany that Lucy had been planning something and this was it.
"I sincerely hope that you don't plan on punishing my daughter for this. Jason Henderson has been problem for both of my girls. You already suspended one for the rest of the year without punishing Henderson might I add are you going for daughter number two?"
"Curly Cue will not be punishing my cheerios, Lady; your daughter will be fine. Isn't that right, Shue?" Sue asks from her spot near the door.
Rachel watches as Sue saunters further into the room and Will rolls his eyes.
"This doesn't concern you Sue. I am in the middle of a meeting."
"That's too bad William. What you are doing is harassing my cheerio and I will not stand for it. Had Beth been on my cheerleading team I would've done the same, but she isn't. Your bias' are showing Will and I suggest you end this meeting early before you dig yourself an even bigger hole."
Lucy looks eyes with her mother who couldn't help, but just shrug her shoulders. She never really liked Sue, but if she was going to stick up for her daughter then it didn't really matter what she thought.
Sue and Will continued their stare down, but Will ended up losing. Like always.
"You are free to go Miss Fabray, but I would think about your actions before you do them."
*Friend to a Stranger*
After spending the majority of the day with her mom, Beth was happy to finally be home. When she and Quinn had walked into the house, Lucy and Amanda were already there and watching television in the living room.
Lucy looked at Amanda and followed her mother into the kitchen leaving Beth and Amanda alone. Beth takes a seat next to Amanda on the couch.
"Are you ready to talk to me now?" Beth asks hesitantly, worried about what was to come.
Amanda reaches for her girlfriend's hand.
"I'm sorry. I was upset about you ignoring everything I said. I can't control your actions. I just wished you would've thought about what you were doing before taking on Jason Henderson."
"I wasn't thinking," Beth admitted. "I was just trying to protect my sister. I act before I think."
"I know," Amanda whispers as she leans her against Beth's shoulder and snuggles closer to her. "I need to learn to let you do things on your own. I can't control you, but I also know you are worried that the next words coming out of my mouth will be that I'm breaking up with you, but it isn't. I love you and that will never change. We currently are going through our first fight and that was it."
Beth smiles slightly before placing her lips against Amanda's forehead.
"I love you, too and I'm sorry as well."
Amanda pulls away and presses her lips against her girlfriend's.
"Okay, well now that that's settled, I have something to tell you."
Beth freezes momentarily.
"What is it?"
"I have cheerleading camp for most of the summer and I leave in two weeks…along with Lucy."
Beth's eyes widen. She wasn't expecting that and she had no idea what to say.
A/N: Now I'm pleading for some help, storyline wise. I know a bunch of stories that I can use for the teens, but at this moment I am really lacking storylines for Quinn, Rachel, Brittany, and Santana…the adults in the story. If there is anything that people would like to see please comment and I'll see if I can fit it into the story.