Hello people and welcome to the first chapter of this story, as you could see there will be two prominent OCs in this story, one more important than the other
Both OCs will date each other for a while but they will not be endgame, Quinn x OC is the endgame of the story
But after that, I don't know who to pair the female OC so I'm open to suggestions the only ones I won't do is Quinn, Rachel, and Finn, but other than that is fair game
Another thing, I have a big problem with time, so I most certainly don't remember the songs that came out around the time Glee was on the air, so if sometimes I use a song that hadn't come out that year please ignore it for the sake of the story
So without further ado, enjoy the story and let me know what you think about it
Chapter 1: A new path
"Come on bitch, that all you got?" A Mexican American boy about eighteen years of age said in a cocky voice, he was wearing a blue prisoners outfit and he was bleeding from his right eyebrow and the most prominent feature was the scar he had on his right eye, it was a thin line scar that ran from his eyebrow to the bottom of his cheek
"Heh, you sure have balls Mateo," A big African American teen said standing in front of Jason
Both teens were surrounded by all the other prisoners in a circle as they were encouraging the fight
Mateo spit some saliva on the floor and rushed to tackle the African American teen, who just push Mateo back the Mexican teen fell back into the crowd who push him back and Mateo didn't waste any time and threw a punch the gut of the other teen who didn't even move
"Seriously nothing?" Mateo asked in irritation as the other teen chuckled at him
"You'll have to bring better than that Mateo," The teen said and Mateo glared at him and then smirked
"Well how about if I go this way," Mateo said making a faint to the right and then quickly throwing a right hook to the teen's mouth catching him off guard
The teen just move his head to the side as he started to bleed from his lip and then glared at Mateo
Both teens glared at each other until the African American teen started chuckling "Man I'm going to miss you, Lopez," The teen said and Mateo laughed
"Well I most certainly won't miss getting beat up regularly from now on," Mateo said as both teens hugged each other "Man you guys have the weirdest goodbye traditions," Mateo said as he started to hug several prisoners
"Mateo Lopez, please head to the entrance please," A voice said through the speakers and Mateo looked up
"Well I'm off guys, I hope I never have to see your ugly asses again," Mateo said and the crowd laughed
"Stay out of trouble Lopez!" The teen that Mateo was fighting said as Mateo started walking toward the entrance
Mateo arrived at the entrance and he walked to where a guard was "Lopez, here is you're stuff," The officer as he handed him a bag with clothes and belongings "You can use the bathroom to change," The officer said and Mateo nodded grabbing the bag and walking to the bathroom
He entered the bathroom and noticed it was deserted, he quickly took out the clothes from the bag and started changing
He first put on his black tight jeans and his black and white Convers leaving him shirtless for a moment, he looked into the mirror and his eyes traveled to his tattoos, he had three overall, one was on his right arm, a dragon tattoo that covers his entire upper arm that travels from his shoulder to the edge of his elbow
The second one was a compass, this one was in the lower half of his left arm stopping right at the end of his wrist and on top of the compass, the legend "We make our own path" was written in italic
And the last one, was a cross on his chest surrounded by angel wings that covered his entire chest and below the cross, a name was written in italics, this name was Bruno Martinez, Mateo ran his fingers through the name and quickly put his black with red coloring on the bottom shirt and his black leather jacket on
He then grabbed his chain cross and put it around his neck and took a look at himself in the mirror before putting his prisoner uniform on the bag and walking back to the officer's office
"Good, go and get that check-up first and then you're good to go," The officer said pointing at the cut on his right eyebrow
Mateo simply nodded and walked to the infirmary, he entered and a doctor was standing in the middle of the room and turned around when he heard Mateo enter the room
"Let me guess, goodbye tradition?" The doctor asked sarcastically and Mateo just smirked making the doctor sigh "Come on, take a seat, I'll take care of it shortly," The doctor said as Mateo nodded and took a seat on a nearby stool
"Okay, let's get a look at it shall we?" The doctor said as he started cleaning the cut making Mateo wince at the touch, the doctor then put two pieces of medical tape on his eyebrow and cleaned the wound a little bit more "Is just a small cut, you'll be fine in a day or two," The doctor said and Mateo nodded
"Thanks, doc," Mateo said heading towards the exit, he put his hands on the pockets of his jacket and walked slowly towards the entrance of the prison
"Ready to go Lopez?" An officer who stood at the gates of the entrance asked and Mateo nodded as the officer opened the gates
"I hope I never see you again," Mateo said and the officer laughed as the teen walked towards the parking lot and saw his father standing next to a black mustang
"Dad? I thought Mom was picking me up, didn't you have work or something?" Mateo asked as he walked to stand in front of his dad
"That was the plan, but your mother had an emergency at her work and I offer to pick you up," Mateo's dad said and then he went to hug his son "It's so good to see you, son," Mateo's dad said with a smile on his face
"Thanks," Mateo said with a smile and then both entered the car and Mateo's dad started driving away
"So, what did your parole officer say?" Mateo's dad asked
"Well, thank god I don't need to do community service thanks to my good behavior in prison," Mateo said cheekily, "He told me to find a job, stay in school, go to AA meetings at least four times a month and if I ever got into trouble make sure trouble found me and not the other way around," Mateo said and his dad looked at him in confusion
"What's that supposed to mean?" Mateo's dad asked in confusion
"Just that I could defend myself in a fight, just as long as I don't start the fight myself," Mateo said and noticed the look on his dad's face "I know what you're going to say, don't get into fights, but you know how we are, we're Lopez, we don't take shit from anyone," Mateo said with a smirk on his face
"Fine," Mateo's dad said while sighing "Just don't take it too far, don't want to see you in juvie again so soon," Mateo's dad said and Mateo nodded
"You know, Abuela's in the house," Mateo's dad said and the teen groan in defeat
"Then can we not go home? I don't want to deal with the look of judgment and disgust so soon," Mateo said and his dad just shook his head
"You'll have to deal with it sooner or later, just do what I do, smile and nod you're head," Mateo's dad said and Mateo nodded "Also, about your job, I heard Burt Hummel is hiring," Mateo's dad said and that catch the interest of Mateo
"The car workshop?" Mateo asked in curiosity
"Yeah, you always had a way with cars, hell you even fixed this car when it broke down," Mateo's dad said
"Ok then, I'll check it out today, think you can drive me?" Mateo asked and Mateo's dad shook his head
"The car's yours Mateo, you drive yourself," Mateo's dad said surprising Mateo
"But…" Mateo started saying his voice full of shock and surprise
"I know, after what happened I shouldn't be giving you a vehicle," Mateo's dad said "But that look you had in the hospital haunts me Mateo, and I think you'll be responsible enough so that shit doesn't happen again, am I right?" Mateo's dad asked rhetorically and Mateo nodded
"No, it won't happen again, I promise," Mateo said and his dad smile
"Good, let's get home, get you settle in, face Abuela, and then you can go look for a job," Mateo's dad said and the teen nodded as he looked outside and both dad and son fell into a comfortable silence
It took about an hour and a half for both Lopez to arrive at their home in Lima Heights, Mateo looked at the house and sighed preparing for the confrontation he was about to have with his grandmother
"Come on, the quicker we do this the quicker it ends," Mateo's dad said and Mateo sighed again but walked to the house nonetheless
He enter the house and his grandmother was sitting in the living room watching tv "Hola, Abue," Mateo said and his grandmother turned around and she narrowed her eyes in judgment
"Mira, mira, pero si es el criminal de la casa," Mateo's Abuela said making Mateo sigh
"Es bueno verte tambien abue," Mateo said as his grandmother scoffed and returned to look at her tv show "I'm going to my room to settle down," Mateo said to his father who nodded "Where's Santana?" Mateo asked in curiosity
"Brittany's house, she'll be here later, I got to get back to work, stay safe Mat," Mateo's dad said and the teen nodded as he walked to his bedroom
He opened the door of his bedroom and saw that nothing had changed, the walls were painted black, his bed already mad with blueish black sheets, and several posters of rock bands from the 80s hanging on the walls
He walks to his closet and finds clothes just like he had left them, and on the edge of his closet, a black and red electric guitar stood there
"Hey girl, I missed you," Mateo said grabbing the guitar and placing it on the side of his bed
"I should go to Burt's Workshop, hope he hires me," Mateo thought with a sigh and walked to the exit of the house making sure he had his wallet on him
"Abuela, I'm heading out!" Mateo said but received no response as he grabbed the keys to the mustang and walked out of the house
Once he was in the car he drove to where Burt Hummel's workshop was but first decided to make a stop in a convenience store and visit an old friend of his
He parked in front of the store and step out of the car and walked into the store and stepped to the counter
"Well, look who it is, The Troubled Kid of Lima," the store clerk said and Mateo chuckled as he put his left hand on the counter
"Good to see you Fez," Mateo said with a smile
"You got out of jail?" Fez asked with curiosity
"Yeah, today, going job hunting actually," Mateo said smiling
"So what, came looking for one here?" Fez asked his voice still curios
"Nah, don't think my parole officer would appreciate taking a job under a drug dealer," Mateo said sarcastically and both of them chuckle "I'm here for luck actually," Mateo said
"Ah yeah, you always were a sucker for that brand," Fez said and grabbed two packages of Lucky strikes and place them on the counter
"How much?" Mateo asked looking at his wallet "Also can I get one lighter?" Mateo asked and Fez nodded
"13 dollars, one is on the house as a welcome back gift," Fez said and Mateo smiled as he gave Fez the money and put the package on his jacket
"Thanks, Fez, make sure you don't get caught," Mateo said and started walking to his car
He sat on the pilot seat and took one package from his jacket and started hitting the bottom of the package, he then took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and lit it up "Oh yeah," Mateo said letting the nicotine hit his lungs
He started the car and started driving to Burt's workshop with his window down and smoking away, he arrived at the workshop just as he finish his cigarette and step out of the car dropping the cigarette on the floor and stepping on it
He walked inside the workshop and quickly found a worker and talk to him "Excuse me, where can I find Burt Hummel?" Mateo asked and the worker quickly pointed at the office of the workshop
Mateo thanked the worker and walked towards the office, once he was there he saw a bald middle-aged man wearing an overall blue uniform sitting in his chair and looking at some papers, he knocked on the door and the man lifted his head
"Yes, how can I help you?" Burt asked in curiosity
"Yeah, my dad told me you were looking for some workers, and I came here to apply for a job," Mateo said and Burt raised an eyebrow
"That's right, any experience handling cars?" Burt asked in curiosity
"Well, my dad's mustang broke once and I fix it," Mateo said and Burt hummed as he stood up
"Okay, let's see what you got, you're going to help me with one car," Burt said and Mateo nodded and followed Burt
"Okay, sometimes customers don't know what's wrong whit their vehicles, so it's our job to find the problem," Burt said and Mateo looked at Burt in curiosity
"So, you want me to find out what's wrong with the car?" Mateo asked and Burt nodded
"Yep, here are the keys," Burt said tossing the keys to Mateo who catch them easily
Mateo walked to the car and enter it and started the car he immediately heard a screeching sound coming from the engine of the car
He raised an eyebrow and flip the key again hearing again the screeching sound, he walked out of the car
"So, what's the problem?" Burt asked in curiosity
"It's not the battery, because the car has no problem starting up, something to do with the engine perhaps," Mateo said as he pop the hood open and looked at the engine "Jesus, the hell happened here?" Mateo said as he saw a tube disconnected from the engine and the engine had started to oxidate
"Customer hit a wall, causing the oxygen tube to disconnect, so what would you do?" Burt asked in curiosity
"Maybe take out the tube, weld it together, and then put it back together to see if it works, but the engine is pretty oxidated, so maybe this baby will need an engine change," Mateo said without looking at Burt
"Yeah, I completely agree, you know your stuff, you're going to school?" Burt asked in curiosity
"Yeah, McKinley High, I start next week," Mateo said and Burt raised an eyebrow
"Your name son?" Burt asked in curiosity and Mateo gulped nervously
"Mateo, Mateo Lopez sir," Mateo said avoiding the eyes of Burt
"Ah yes, I know who you are," Burt said and Mateo scratched his head
"Is that going to be a problem?" Mateo asked nervously and Burt crossed his arms
"Depends, are you making it a problem?" Burt asked and Mateo sighed
"That night, that mistake, that accident it will haunt me for the rest of my life," Mateo said looking at the engine of the car "I will never run away from it, but I can at least try to make something better, I have to try don't I?" Mateo asked making eye contact with Burt who just smiled at the words of Mateo
"Good, everybody has a dark past, sure as hell, I wish I didn't do the things I did in high school," Burt said "Is what we do in the present that matters," Burt said and Mateo smiled
"So I got the job?" Mateo asked
"Yeah, 3 hours a day, Monday through Saturday," Burt said and Mateo nodded "You start next Monday at six, after school," Burt said and Mateo raised an eyebrow
"Why so late?" Mateo asked in curiosity and Burt chuckle
"In case you want to join a club or the football team," Burt said and Mateo nodded "After all you're still a kid, got to live your teenager years," Burt said and Mateo smiled
"Thank you, Mr. Hummel, I promise you won't regret this," Mateo said and Burt smiled
"We'll see," Burt said as he started walking to his office "Leave the keys on the table, and I'll see you on Monday, don't be late," Burt said and Mateo smiled as he placed the keys on the table and made his way to the exit
Mateo was happily driving to his house singing at the top of his lungs at the song on the radio, happy he landed a job, that moment was bliss for him and he quickly got to his house and then his stomach grumbled
"Right, I haven't eaten anything yet," Mateo mumbled as he exited the mustang and quickly enter his house
Mateo made his way into the kitchen and ignore his Granma and started searching for food in the fridge he decided to make himself some quesadillas, something simple and quick to do
Once he made the food he started eating them and once he was halfway done he heard the main entrance door
"Abuela I'm home!" Mateo heard a female voice shout and he heard footsteps coming toward him and he glance up and smile once he saw his sister standing at the entrance of the kitchen
"Mateo?" Santana Lopez, a sixteen nearly seventeen Mexican American girl wearing a red cheerleading outfit, said as she stood in surprise at the doorway
"Hey, San," Mateo said as he stood up and walk to where Santana was "Mirate hermanita, cuanto has crecido en un año," Mateo said smiling as both teens hugged each other to death
"Saliste de prison y no me dijeron?" Santa asked still hugging her brother
"Ya sabes como son pa y mama, siempre se les olvida todo," Mateo said as both of them chuckled "Y Abuela me odia asi que ni de chiste ella hubiera dicho algo," Mateo said as both teens separate from one another but still hold each other arms
"Te extrañe, no sabes cuanto," Santana said and Mateo smiled
"Yo igual, ahora cuentame, que me he perdido en tu vida?" Mateo asked as he guided Santana to the dining table
The next day
Mateo was seating in his car with the window down smoking a cigarette waiting for Santana to come down, he was wearing a white T-shirt with a Bon Jovi photo on it and a black leather jacket, his cross-chain fully on display on his chest, some black jeans and red converse to match his outfit and a pair of sunglasses on his face
"Santana se nos va a hacer tarde!" Mateo shouted and he heard the response from his sister back
"Ya voy cabron! Dame un minuto!" Santana shouted back and Mateo shook his head and took a drag of his cigarette and then saw Santana exiting the house "Ya nos vamos abuela!" Santana said as she entered the copilot seat
"Estas fumando?" Santana asked and Mateo chuckled as he started the car
"Que no es obvio?" Mateo said sarcastically as he drove towards Mckingley High
"Me das uno?" Santana asked and Mateo nodded as she took out a cigarette from the package and move the window next to her down
"Miranos, dos adolescentes fumando en el carro, mama y papa estarian orgullosos," Mateo said as he handed the lighter to Santana
"Que esten en la casa primero y luego nos pueden juzgar," Santana said taking a drag out of her cigarette
"Hijos perfectos nos llamaban, miranos ahora," Mateo said and Santana chuckled
Then both fell into a comfortable silence as Mateo droved towards the school, both teens smoking all the way
Soon they arrived at Mckingley and Mateo parked his car as Santana quickly exited the vehicle, Mateo also did it in a more slow and calm way
"Hey sis," Mateo said as Santana turned around and looked at him in curiosity "If anyone decides to give you hell for your surgery, let me know, and I'll beat their asses," Mateo said making Santana smile and nod as she walked away to meet her friends
Mateo dropped his cigarette down and put it out as he made his way toward Miss Pillsbury's office
He walked down the halls of the school his glasses still on his face as several students kept glancing at him making Mateo smirk at the attention
He found the teacher's office and knock on the door making the redhead counselor look at him "Hi, Miss Pillsbury right?" Mateo asked taking off his glasses
"Yes, you must be Mateo, right?" Emma asked and Mateo nodded
"Yeah, I was supposed to come here and get my schedule," Mateo said and Emma nodded
"Please take a seat," Emma said as Mateo took a seat in front of the redhead "So, Mateo what does it feel like to be back at school?" Emma asked and Mateo shrugged
"I don't know," Mateo said truthfully and Emma nodded
"Well, high school can be sometimes an awful place, so if you ever need help my door is open," Emma said, and Mateo smile
"Thanks, Miss Pillsbury," Mateo said as Emma open her drawer and took a paper and a lock
"Here's your schedule and your locker number," Emma said as he took out the paper and the lock "Have a good day," Emma said as Mateo made his way out of the office but then stopped when Miss Pillsbury called him again
"Wait, Mateo," Emma said and Mateo looked back standing in the doorway "You should check out the clubs of the school before classes start, see if you find somewhere to belong," Emma said and Mateo looked at her in curiosity but nodded nonetheless and walked to where his locker was
He found it quickly and started putting his books inside of it leaving his chemistry books on his backpack and quickly walking away making him crash into someone
"Ouch," Mateo heard a soft feminine voice exclaim and he look down and saw the most beautiful green-eyed blond he had ever seen on the ground
"Oh fuck I'm so sorry, I didn't watch where I was going," Mateo said as he put a hand forward to help the blond girl
Quinn, the blond who had fallen over, opened her eyes and prepare herself to berate whoever made her to fell over but when she opened her eyes she stopped, in front of her was, at least in her mind, the sexiest man she had ever seen and she couldn't help to be mesmerized by him
"Oh, everything alright?" Mateo asked in concern when the blond didn't respond for a few seconds
"Oh, yeah," Quinn said taking the open hand of Mateo as the Mexican teen helped her up "Sorry, I got dazed there for a second," Quinn said, and Mateo chuckled
"No worries, wouldn't want to hurt that pretty face of yours," Mateo said with a flirty smile on his face, and Quinn chuckle
"Those that actually work for you?" Quinn asked in curiosity and with a cheeky smile
"Well I got you to smile, so that's a win for me," Mateo said and Quinn smiled and crossed her arms putting her bag on her chest and hugging it closely, then Mateo saw something on the floor and went down to pick it
"May I?" Mateo asked putting the white flower that was on Quinn's hair up, Quinn nodded and Mateo put the flower on her hair and ran his fingers along her hair never taking his eyes from her own "Beautiful," Mateo whispered looking at Quinn and she heard him just fine as some color dusted her cheeks
Mateo cleared his throat and took a step back "I should probably get to class, see you around," Mateo said quickly walking away
Quinn stared at his back, biting her lower lip and hugging her bag closely "Shit, he's too cute," She thought as he shook her head and walked away
Mateo glance back at the retrieving form of Quinn and he smiled "Damm, first day and I already met an angel," Mateo thought as he chuckle and walked towards the club board
Mateo arrived at the board where all the clubs were posted, and he stared at them with interest, his eyes traveled to one particular club, not because it was interesting but because of the stuff that was written on it
"The fuck is a Glee club?" Mateo asked in confusion and to his surprise, he got an answer
"Is a club with a bunch of losers and some cool people on it, that annoys us to death with their singing," Mateo heard a voice on his right say and turn to see a black-haired chick looking at the board too
"So, definitely not join Glee right?" Mateo asked and the girl shrugged her shoulders
"I don't think I could tell the Devil of Mckingley what to do," The girl said and smirked when she saw the glare that Mateo sent her
"How the fuck so you know that nickname? I thought with me going away, everyone would forget about that," Mateo said, and the girl chuckle
"I have a good memory, unlike all these idiots who forget one gossip just to jump into another one," The girl said as she took a step forward and put her name on the cheerleading squad tryouts
"Maddy Perez huh? I'll remember that name," Mateo said and the girl looked at him with a smirk
"I sure hope you do, devil~," Maddy said and then looked at the glee club paper "Look they're a bunch of losers, but if you have a good voice you should join, so that people can notice you," Maddy said and Mateo looked at her with a raised eyebrow
"Is that why you're joining the Cheerios?" Mateo asked with curiosity
"This school only cares about how popular you are, I care about my future, and cheerleading will grant me that," Maddy said, and Mateo chuckle
"Well good luck with that," Mateo said and then put his name on the football team tryouts
"Football, so not Glee club?" Maddy asked and Mateo chuckle
"It says no tryouts anyone can join, figure I'll just drop by and see what's what, besides, only an idiot would put his name below Ass-braham Lin-colon," Mateo said chuckling and Maddy also chuckled
"Well, I'll see you around devil~," Maddy said walking away, Mateo looked at the clock and figured he should make his way to class
Lunch Time
Mateo had forgotten how boring school could be, yet it was better than having your face busted on every occasion so he couldn't complain
He was silently working on some initial school work while eating a jam sandwich when the most bizarre experience happened before his eyes
Some kids in colorful shirts with New York written on them started putting radios on the tables of the yard and started harmonizing with one another
"The fuck?" Mateo whispered as he saw a kid in a wheelchair start rapping
Yeah, yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn Now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to De Niro but I'll be hood forever
I'm the new Sinatra And since I made it here
I can make it anywhere Yeah, they love me everywhere
The kid in a wheelchair rapped and Mateo looked at the scene in front of him curiously, and actually surprise no one had interfered, it seemed like they were just so used to it that people were numb to it
Then a larger kid took over from the rapping making Mateo more confused than ever
I used to cop in Harlem All of my Dominicanos
Right there up on Broadway Pull me back to that McDonald's
Took it to my stash box
Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whippin' pastries
"Jesus talk about cultural appropriation," Mateo mumbled and just decided to ignore the singing and focus on his food
Eight million stories out there and they're naked
City is a pity Half of y'all won't make it
Me, I gotta plug Special Ed "I Got It Made"
If Jesus payin' LeBron I'm payin' Dwyane Wade
Three-dice, Cee Lo three-card Molly
Labor Day Parade Rest in peace, Bob Marley
Jigga, I be Spiked out I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from
In New York
Mateo planned to ignore the song, but his attention was brought to three people that came from behind him, of those three people two he knew who they were, one was the pretty blond he met earlier, and the other one was his sister
He look and made eye contact with the blond who smile at him and danced to him making him chuckle and nod his head, and decided to listen to the song and put his books away
Hey
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do
Now you're in New York -
You're in New York
Welcome to the bright lights, baby
These streets will make you feel brand-new Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York
New York, New York
Yeah
One hand in the air for the big city
Streetlights, big dreams all lookin' pretty
No place in the world that could compare
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody say Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
In New York
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
Now you're in New York
New York
New York
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you Let's hear it for New York
New York, New York
New York, New York
New
The Glee club all sat together in the middle of the stairs out of breath and looked around their demeanor changed into a gloomy one when they saw no one was even remotely interested in their performance
That changed quickly when they heard a slow clap coming from their right and they turned to see Mateo leaning on the railing of the stairs clapping at the group with a smirk on his face
"Solid work guys, I give it a seven out of ten," Mateo said still smirking at them "Could work on crowd engage more but what the hell do I know?" Mateo said his smirk not fading away
"Who are you?" The tall kid who had rapped earlier asked in confusion and Mateo smiled even more, especially when he could feel several of the females looking up and down at him
"Sabes," Mateo said moving his gaze to his sister "Cuando me dijiste que varias cosas cambiaron, esto definitivamente no era lo que esperaba," Mateo said and Santana sighed
"SI te hubiera dicho que estoy en un grupo que canta y baila acaso me hubieras creido?" Santana asked rhetorically and Mateo chuckled as the rest of the group looked at both teens in confusion
"No, definitivamente no te hubiera creido," Mateo said and then looked back at the group "So, you're the self-proclaimed losers of Mckingley High, right?" Mateo asked in curiosity
"We are, but we aren't self-proclaimed, more like it was bestowed on our heads," the teen close to him, a soft-speaking teen that Mateo could definitely tell was gay said
"Okay then, outcast then," Mateo said smiling at the teen who smiled in return "When and where?" Mateo asked in curiosity
"When and where what?" A girl with a big nose and a diva attitude asked and Mateo chuckled
"When and where is the audition?" Mateo asked, "Or do I just magically join and that's it?" Mateo asked sarcastically
Before anyone could retort Quinn spoke up "Choir room, from three to five," Quinn said with a small smile on her face and Mateo looked at her
"Great," Mateo said with a smile of his own
"So, are you joining us because of the song?" The tall kid asked with excitement in his voice and Mateo scoffed
"Fuck no," Mateo said chuckling "I'm just saving myself the nagging I most certainly will receive from Santana, and besides," Mateo said and then looked at Quinn straight in the eye "This club seems interesting," Mateo said as he started walking down the stairs, "Later losers~," Mateo said walking away
Quinn again stared at the back of the Mexican teen biting her lip and then turning to Santana "Hey San, who's that and why does he know you?" Quinn asked and the Hispanic teen turned to look at her
"Oh that's Mateo, his my brother," Santana said casually shocking the whole group
"I didn't know you had a brother," Quinn said in shock and Santana looked at her
"Oh right, we became friends last year when we joined cheerios, right?" Santana asked rhetorically but Quinn nodded nonetheless "Last year an accident happened and sent Mateo away, Abuela doesn't really like Mateo and forbade any talk about him, and I guess I kind of got used to not talking about him," Santana said with a shrug of her shoulders
"An accident?" Quinn asked in curiosity
"Yeah, you'll have to ask him, that's not my story to tell," Santana said with melancholy in her voice that confused Quinn and made her curious about the boy she had met earlier
"Think he'll want to be my friend?" Brittany asked Santana with hope in her voice and Santana just nodded with a smile on her face
Guys changing room
Mateo had walked into the boys changing room and grabbed a sports uniform since he didn't bring any clothes with him, he had already put on some red shorts and white shoes and he was shirtless staring at a grey tank top on his hands
"This is definitely not my style," Mateo thought with a sigh
"Cool tattoos bro," A male voice said on Mateo's right and he turned to see a blond, well-built teen looking at him
"Thanks…?" Mateo said looking for the name of the person next to him
"Ah," The teen said putting his hand forward "Sam, Sam Evans, I'm the new kid," The teen said and Mateo shook his hand
"Yeah, you do look like a guy named Sam, seems fitting," Mateo said with a chuckle, and the teen smiled "I'm Mateo, Mateo Lopez," Mateo said and Sam smiled
"Yeah, you do look like a guy named Mateo," Sam said and Mateo laughed out loud, Sam then took off his shirt, and Mateo whistled
"Damm, I feel like I lost or something," Mateo said looking at the physic of Sam and then back at his
"You're kidding right?" Sam said with a chuckle "Sometimes I feel too big, I would gladly be as lean as you are," Sam said, and Mateo chuckled
"I think this is the start of a beautiful friendship," Mateo said as both teens fist bump and put their respective sleeveless hoodies on, and walked to the benches to hear the coach speak
Sam grabbed a football and started playing with it as Mateo crossed his arms as he waited for the coach
The coach entered the locker room and saw a paper for people to join the glee club on the wall and took it off and showed it to the guys
"We're trying to recruit new members for Glee Club," The tall kid from earlier said, and Mateo smirked
"The Panther isn't cool with anything except doing exactly what she says without a question," The coach said and Mateo raised an eyebrow and leaned toward Sam
"Who the hell calls themselves the panther?" Mateo whispered and Sam and the kid who was next to him, a bald muscular teen, chuckled at that
"That's how you win," Coach said coming back from where she had taken the poster out "Now first thing first, you're all cut," Coach said making the guys gasp in surprise "Everyone starts fresh with me, tryouts start now, any questions?" The coach said and before anyone voice, their questions a pizza delivery man enter the locker room
"I have 25 everything pizzas for a coach Bieste?" The pizza delivery man said and the coach looked at him in confusion
"I didn't order any pizzas," Coach said and the guys started chuckling
"Well, boss says if you don't pay I'll have to," The pizza guy said as the tall kid from glee club took a pizza box and walked back to the bench "Means we have to reuse our kid's pampers for another week," The pizza guy said and the coach sighed and handed him the money
"Hand them out, Wayne Newton," Coach said to the tall kid "All right guys, dig in, it's a pizza party," Coach said as the guys started eating the pizza Sam was going to grab a slice but Mateo stopped him
"I wouldn't eat those before tryouts, we'll be throwing up sooner or later," Mateo said to him and Sam nodded forgetting the slice of pizza
"Everyone has to eat at least 4 slices, Let's go!" The coach said "And when you're done, full pads out on the field," Coach said gaining the attention of the guys "We're doing wind sprints, and the first 10 to puke, is off the team," Coach said walking away from the locker room
"Told ya'" Mateo said and Sam nodded with a smile on his face as both teens stood up and walked towards the field being the first to go out as the rest of the team was eating the pizzas
Choir room later on the day
"I don't think anyone is coming Mr. Shue," Artie, the kid in a wheelchair said as he looked at the clock and then at the door
"It's only 3:30 give it some time guys," Mr. Shue said
"Don't worry guys my buddy Sam will be here, he totally idolizes me," Finn said and Puck laughed
"Yeah right, after what happened in the locker room no one will idolize you," Puck said chuckling
"What about that girl Sunshine? Didn't you say she was good?" Mercedes asked Rachel and the jew girl shrugged her shoulders
"Guess she didn't want to hang with us losers," Rachel said nervously
"What about your brother San?" Quinn asked in curiosity
"Don't know," Santana said shrugging her shoulders "The idiot probably got lost," Santana said with a chuckle
"Hey, I totally resent that," A gruff voice said from the doorway making everybody turn to look at the doorway and saw Mateo leaning in the doorway "Is not my fault this idiotic school doesn't label its rooms," Mateo mumbled in irritation
"Hi, are you perhaps willing to join the glee club?" Mr. Shue asked in hopefulness
"Uh, yeah, I thought this was audition day, is it not?" Mateo asked in confusion and Mr. Shue chuckled nervously
"Yeah, it is, guys, take a seat," Mr. Shue said as the glee club took a seat on the chairs of the back Mr. Shue sitting in front of the kids "Okay why don't you tell us about yourself, like what you like, hobbies and dreams," Mr. Shue said and Mateo put his bag on top of the piano and stood in front of everyone with his hands on his pockets
"Well, my name is Mateo Lopez, I'm Santana's brother," Mateo said gaining a look of surprise from Mr. Shue who didn't know that Santana had a brother
"I like cars, bikes, rock and roll, and movies," Mateo said "For hobbies, I think fixing cars, or dancing I think, and for my dreams, find a beautiful woman, move out of Lima, and have a big family," Mateo said with a smile, not knowing that Quinn had smiled at him when he said that
"Or own a pet Tiger or a pet Lion, that would be cool too," Mateo said and several of the guys chuckle at that comment
"Okay Mateo, show us what you got," Mr. Shue said and Mateo nodded and walked to where the band was and grabbed a microphone
"Do you guys know, Death of a Bachelor, from Panic at the Disco?" Mateo asked the band and they looked at him in confusion
"Are you asking us if we know a song?" The guitar player asked in confusion and Mateo raised an eyebrow
"Yeah, it's not like I can say hit it and you guys magically know what song I'm going to sing, right?" Mateo said sarcastically and the band chuckled nervously
"Yeah we know the song, just tell us when to start," The guitar player said and Mateo nodded lifting the microphone and putting it in the middle of the room, he took out his leather jacket and place it on top of his bag
"Dude sick tattoo," Puck said as he saw the compass tattoo on Mateo's left hand
"Thanks," Mateo said with a smirk "I would show you my other ones, but stripping in front of everyone on the first day is kind of a bad first impression," Mateo said with a chuckle and then nodded at the band as they started playing the music
Do I look lonely?
I see the shadows on my face
People have told me I don't look the same
Maybe I lost weight
I'm playing hooky with the best of the best
Put my heart on my chest so that you can see it, too
I'm walking the long road, watching the sky fall
The lace in your dress tingles my neck, how do I live?
Mateo started singing with a hand on his chest and stomping his feet at the rhythm of the music as the glee club looked at him with interest, he grabbed the microphone with his left hand as he took a breath in, and prepare himself to sing the chorus
The death of a bachelor
Oh oh
Letting the water fall
The death of a bachelor
Oh oh
Seems so fitting for
Happily ever after (woo)
How could I ask for more?
A lifetime of laughter
At the expense of the death of a bachelor
Mateo took out the microphone in the middle of the chorus and grabbed the cables as he started swaying around the microphone pole singing with a smile on his face and snapping his left-hand fingers along with the music making the other students snap their fingers too and bob their heads at the music
I'm cutting my mind off
Feels like my heart is going to burst
Alone at a table for two and I just wanna be served
And when you think of me am I the best you've ever had?
Share one more drink with me, smile even though you're sad
I'm walking the long road, watching the sky fall
The lace in your dress tingles my neck, how do I live?
The death of a bachelor
Oh oh
Letting the water fall
The death of a bachelor
Oh oh
Seems so fitting for
Happily ever after (woo)
How could I ask for more?
A lifetime of laughter
At the expense of the death of a bachelor
Mateo started snapping his fingers and dancing around the room when the music part came up and he swung the microphone around, the smile on his face never fading away, while the rest of the glee club smiled and snapped their fingers with him
Then he place the microphone back on its pole and took a deep breath to finish the last chorus
The death of a bachelor
Oh oh
Letting the water fall
The death of a bachelor
Oh oh
Seems so fitting for
Happily ever after (woo)
How could I ask for more?
A lifetime of laughter
At the expense of the death of a bachelor
Mateo hit the high note with ease making the glee club clap and show their appreciation as Mateo twirled around once the song was ending
Mateo finish the song with two snaps of his fingers and his arms wide open as the glee club clapped for his performance
"Wow, that was great Mateo, welcome to the glee club," Mr. Shue said shaking Mateo's hand
"Thanks," Mateo said not really sure what to say so he just grabbed his stuff and walk to take a seat next to an Asian boy
"Hey, Mike Chang," The Asian boy said and Mateo shook his hand "That was sick bro, and those moves, it will be great to have a dance partner again," Mike said and Mateo smiled
"Oh, you dance too?" Mateo asked in curiosity and Mike nodded "Do you perhaps know what a dance battle is?" Mateo asked with curiosity
"No, not really," Mike said shaking his head,
"You my friend are in for a treat," Mateo said smirking and Mike smiled at him, then Mateo felt someone staring at him and look back to see Quinn looking at him, he smirked and send her a wink making her blush and turn around
Auditorium the next day
"So let me get this straight, she sent her to a crack house?" Mateo asked not believing what he heard
He was sitting on the wall separating the chairs of the auditorium with Quinn behind the wall, leaning forward on his left and Puck sitting next to him on his right
"Yeah, we couldn't believe it ourselves," Mike said standing next to Tina
"That's fucked up, why would someone do such a thing?" Mateo asked in curiosity and Quinn scoffed
"The longer you're here you'll realize that Berry will stop at nothing to stay in the spotlight," Quinn said and both Asian teens nodded
"And Mr. Shue isn't doing anything?" Mateo asked in confusion
"Nop, when it comes to her and Finn, they get a free pass every time," Tina said and Mateo frowned
"That doesn't seem fair," Mateo said, and Quinn chuckle
"Welcome to the glee club," Quinn said sarcastically, and Mateo chuckle
"Hey Mateo, right?" A female voice call out to Mateo and he look to his right and saw Brittany holding a stack of papers in her left hand
"Yeah, can I help you with something?" Mateo asked with a raised eyebrow
"This is for you," Brittany said handing him the papers and Mateo grabbed them confused
"Thank you?" Mateo said asked in confusion Brittany smiled and went to stand next to Santana
"What's that?" Quinn asked in curiosity
"Reasons why you should be friends with Brittany S. Pierce," Mateo said looking at the paper and chuckling "Cute," he said as he put the papers next to him and looked ahead when he saw a small petit woman walking on the stage, he put his left hand on top of the small wall in front of Quinn who looked down at it in curiosity
"Hello my name is Sunshine Corazon, and I'll be singing "Listen," from the movie Dreamgirls," The girl on the stage said
"Broadway show first," Rachel said looking at the glee club and was met with shushing sounds
"Nobody cares," Mateo said and he heard a light chuckle from his right, then the lights went down and Sunshine started performing for them
Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but can't complete
Listen to the sound from deep within
It's only beginning to find release
Oh, the time has come for my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own, all 'cause you won't
Listen
Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home in my own home
And I've tried and tried to say what's on mind
You should have known
Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own
You should have listened
There is someone here inside
Someone I thought had died so long ago
Oh, I'm screaming out and my dreams'll be heard
They will not be pushed aside on words
Into your own all 'cause you won't
Listen
Midway through the song as everyone was feeling the song and pumping up Sunshine, he felt a hand fall over his, and from his peripheral, he saw Quinn playing with his fingers and he decided to keep his hand there
Listen, I am alone at a crossroads
I'm not at home in my own home
And I've tried and tried to say what's on mind
You should have known
Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own
I don't know where I belong
But I'll be moving on
If you don't, if you won't
Listen to the song here in my heart
A melody I start but I will complete
Oh, now I'm done believing you
You don't know what I'm feeling
I'm more than what you made of me
I followed the voice you think you gave to me
But now I've gotta find my own, my own
Every glee member except Rachel started clapping for Sunshine and Mateo whistled with his left hand as Quinn still had a hold of his right hand
"Wow, uh, welcome to the glee club," Mr. Shue said with excitement as the glee club clapped and Mateo moved his hand a little to play with Quinn's fingers and smiled when he noticed that she didn't move away
Both of them glanced at each other and smile a little without caring if anyone saw them and then separate themselves slowly when Mr. Shue told them to head back to the choir room
Choir room later in the day
"Honestly I'm not surprised," Mateo said as the glee club was in the choir room discussing how Sunshine had ditched them for vocal adrenaline "Also what kind of name is vocal adrenaline? It sounds like a type of drug or some shit," Mateo said and Mike, Tina, Puck, Quinn, Santana, and Brittany who were in a circle together as Artie, Kurt, and Mercedes were standing far apart
The group that was around Mateo laughed at his comments "Ignoring the name, they still beat us last year and now they have a powerhouse on their side," Tina said
"So what?" Mateo said shrugging his shoulders "Shit happens, it's how you react that matters, is a shame that we lost Sunshine but I have a feeling that you people could easily beat her," Mateo said with a smile on his face
"Well not me, I can't sing for shit," Mike said and the group laughed
"Hey San, I'm sorry for telling Sue about your surgery, I shouldn't have done that," Quinn said, and Santana smile
"You know how things are, fighting dirty is the only way to survive on cheerios, but be careful Quinny, a Lopez doesn't go down without a fight," Santana said and Quinn chuckled
"I'd expect nothing less," Quinn said with a smile on her face, in reality, she wasn't going to apologize but with the arrival of Mateo, she wanted to make a good first impression
"Speaking of which, here you go Britt," Mateo said handing her a stack of papers
"Reasons why you should totally be friends with Mateo Lopez," Brittany read out loud
"I have to confess there aren't a lot of reasons like your paper, but I hope you accept me either way," Mateo said and Brittany smiled as she started to read the paper whit, Santana
"You know you didn't have to do that right?" Quinn whispered and leaned into Mateo as she was sitting next to him
"Yeah, I know," Mateo whispered looking straight into Quinn's eyes "But it was really cute, and she made some strong arguments and I just started writing mine, and next thing I knew I had my own paper too," Mateo said smirking
"You're such an idiot," Quinn chuckled placing her hand on his shoulder and Mateo chuckled alongside her
And right there and there at that moment after a year, Mateo felt free from the mistakes he had made a year ago
End of chapter 1
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