Sometimes People can Surprise You. [Part 4]
Title: Sometimes People can Surprise You.
Author: Ayaka620
Rating: PG-13 [for now]
Length: +11500 words thus far
Spoilers: Up to Grilled Cheesus I suppose but only certain parts.
Summary:A/U: Rachel Berry is the new girl at McKinley High. Everyone is aware of who the Trio is except for Rachel and frankly she doesn't care.
A/N: Hello everyone!! Thank you to all those that wished me luck on midterms, I think I did well for the most part, except for maybe my Astronomy, that one was questionable but regardless I'm back!
Part 4: The Plan
“I-“ Rachel began until she fully realized what Santana has proposed. ”what?!”
“You heard me Berry,” Santana stated and crossed her arms as a smirk played along her lips. “We, want you to tryout for our girlfriend.”
“Try-out?” Rachel questioned as her eyebrows furrowed in confusion as Santana nodded and the two blondes nodded. “Why is there a requirement to tryout? Traditionally, if one would want to go out with someone, they would request to go on a date, not a tryout.”
“Listen Berry, when you roll with us we have to make sure that you go well with the group before we make you an official member. You can think of it as a trial run to see if you can stand us, and visa versa. There are a lot of benefits from being with us."
"Benefits? What benefits would I get from being in this relationship?" Rachel asked curiously.
“Whatever we have you have,” Santana stated simply. “All the power, popularity and royalties will be yours.”
"Yeah! and lots of sex," Brittany said happily a wide sincere smile plastered on her face.
“Oh,” Rachel said with a hint of surprise at Brittany’s words but quickly composed herself as she cleared her throat.
“Not to say that doesn’t sound intriguing and rather tempting, but I believe I will have to decline,” Rachel stated firmly and sternly stared at the three girls.
“Do you not want to be with us?” Quinn questioned as she bit her lip and raised her eyebrow in anticipation.
“Yeah, do you not like us?” Brittany pouted.
“It doesn’t have anything to do with not liking you three, I just feel that we should become better friends first,” Rachel stated as she shuffled her feet and crossed her arms.
“But we are friends,” Brittany stated as she faced the brunette with an even bigger pout.
“I am well aware of that fact but I believe that it’s important that we have a good foundation of friendship. You never know what may happen. This can not work out so at least we have a strong foundation of friendship to back it up.”
“Why? It works with us. We’ve done it before so we know a quad can work.” Santana replied as she mimicked Rachel’s actions and crossed her arms.
“You do, but I don’t,” Rachel stated as uncrossed her arms and glanced to her side as she felt Quinn’s gaze on her. “I have no idea what I’m getting myself into. I’m scared, intimidated even,” Rachel admitted as she did her best to avoid Quinn’s gaze and bit her lip.
“Intimidated by us?” Quinn questioned softly as Rachel nodded her head silently.
“I know it may not seem like it, and I believe I do a commendable job of hiding it, but I am indeed intimidated by you three.” Rachel stated as she gave a sigh. “Not only am I overwhelmed by the situation but we have yet to discuss the predicament we are in.”
“Wait. What predicament?” Quinn questioned.
“Umm..”Rachel hesitated as she bit her lip. “That you three kissed me.”
“I didn’t know it was a problem,” Quinn said as she stared at the brunette, unease evident on her face. “I-I thought it was okay.”
“Oh, it wasn’t a problem.” Rachel answered as the three girls sighed in relief. “It’s just I was wondering why you did it?”
Quinn stared at Rachel as she contemplated on what to say, trying to choose her words wisely.
“We like you Rachel,” Quinn stated slowly as the other two nodded. “It’s not everyday that you have a girl come in as confident as you. On that first day you walked into McKinley, not knowing or caring who we were, you spoke to us. No one, and I mean no one does that at McKinley especially since they know what we can do.”
“You didn’t fear us,” Santana stated. “And you don’t back down from a challenge.”
“So what does that mean?” Rachel questioned as she scrunched her eyebrows.
“It simply means that you intrigue us Berry. We like the fact that you don’t take shit from us and you have the balls to back it up.” Santana said.
“And you’re really nice to us,” Brittany chipped in happily. “A lot of people just pretend to like us or are just nice because they’re scared of us. But you’re sincerely nice and caring too.”
“So,” Rachel began and raised an eyebrow. “You three like me?”
All three nodded.
“And you want me to tryout?” Rachel questioned as she was met with another round of nods.
“Okay,” Rachel began as she took a deep breath.”On one condition; we take it slow. I want to form a good foundation of friendship before I “tryout” to become your girlfriend. It will put my worries at ease.”
The Trio stared at each other as they stared back to the brunette and huddled together as they turned away from the girl.
“Give us a sec Rach,” Quinn stated calmly as she gave the girl a small smile.
‘She called me Rach,’ the brunette thought as she reflected on the nickname and smiled.
Clearing her throat Santana brought the brunette’s attention back to the Trio. “We agree to your proposition, but we use our terms on how the procedure goes.”
“How so?”
“You’ll spend one week with us individually to get to know who we are, then at the end of each week you’ll go on to the next person. And at the end of the 3 weeks you’ll spend a 4th week with all three of us. That roughly gives you a month to get to know us and “form a friendship””. Santana stated as she placed her arms behind her and leaned against Quinn’s car.
“Sounds reasonable, what’s the catch?” Rachel said carefully as she crossed her arms once more.
“You let us do whatever we want to you and what I mean by that,” Santana stated as she gave a flirtatious smirk and took a step closer to the brunette leaning in. Rachel’s eyes widened at the Latina’s sudden actions as the brunette took a noticeable hitch of breath and the Latina smirked once more. Santana slowly leaned in towards Rachel’s side as her lips brushed against her ear and hot air left her mouth, “get your head out of the gutter, Berry.” Santana breathed as Rachel blushed and Quinn rolled her eyes.
“What Santana meant,” Quinn interrupted as she stepped in between the two brunettes. “was that we are allowed to do whatever it takes to convince you that this can work. You’re neither allowed to control us in our actions nor can you stop them. But you are allowed to refuse to participate if you feel uncomfortable. We may want you but we don’t want to force you to do anything.” Quinn finished as she gave a reassuring smile.
“So basically what you are trying to say is that you want to try and woo me,” Rachel said.
“By any means necessary,” Quinn stated with a confident smile and Rachel pondered on the proposal.
“Deal.”
A/N: I know it’s a very short chapter. I was going to combine the first two weeks of the “Plan” into here but I felt the urge to post this right away. I think I was in the beginning stages of withdrawal for not being able to post in a week because of midterms lol. But I’m hoping to have the next part up by the end of the weekend and for all those that have twitter you should follow me and constantly tweet me to update. It certainly gets my motivation going, well aside from reviews. Lol. Just an idea if you want updates faster=]
Author: Ayaka620
Rating: PG-13 [for now]
Length: +11500 words thus far
Spoilers: Up to Grilled Cheesus I suppose but only certain parts.
Summary:A/U: Rachel Berry is the new girl at McKinley High. Everyone is aware of who the Trio is except for Rachel and frankly she doesn't care.
A/N: Hello everyone!! Thank you to all those that wished me luck on midterms, I think I did well for the most part, except for maybe my Astronomy, that one was questionable but regardless I'm back!
Part 4: The Plan
“I-“ Rachel began until she fully realized what Santana has proposed. ”what?!”
“You heard me Berry,” Santana stated and crossed her arms as a smirk played along her lips. “We, want you to tryout for our girlfriend.”
“Try-out?” Rachel questioned as her eyebrows furrowed in confusion as Santana nodded and the two blondes nodded. “Why is there a requirement to tryout? Traditionally, if one would want to go out with someone, they would request to go on a date, not a tryout.”
“Listen Berry, when you roll with us we have to make sure that you go well with the group before we make you an official member. You can think of it as a trial run to see if you can stand us, and visa versa. There are a lot of benefits from being with us."
"Benefits? What benefits would I get from being in this relationship?" Rachel asked curiously.
“Whatever we have you have,” Santana stated simply. “All the power, popularity and royalties will be yours.”
"Yeah! and lots of sex," Brittany said happily a wide sincere smile plastered on her face.
“Oh,” Rachel said with a hint of surprise at Brittany’s words but quickly composed herself as she cleared her throat.
“Not to say that doesn’t sound intriguing and rather tempting, but I believe I will have to decline,” Rachel stated firmly and sternly stared at the three girls.
“Do you not want to be with us?” Quinn questioned as she bit her lip and raised her eyebrow in anticipation.
“Yeah, do you not like us?” Brittany pouted.
“It doesn’t have anything to do with not liking you three, I just feel that we should become better friends first,” Rachel stated as she shuffled her feet and crossed her arms.
“But we are friends,” Brittany stated as she faced the brunette with an even bigger pout.
“I am well aware of that fact but I believe that it’s important that we have a good foundation of friendship. You never know what may happen. This can not work out so at least we have a strong foundation of friendship to back it up.”
“Why? It works with us. We’ve done it before so we know a quad can work.” Santana replied as she mimicked Rachel’s actions and crossed her arms.
“You do, but I don’t,” Rachel stated as uncrossed her arms and glanced to her side as she felt Quinn’s gaze on her. “I have no idea what I’m getting myself into. I’m scared, intimidated even,” Rachel admitted as she did her best to avoid Quinn’s gaze and bit her lip.
“Intimidated by us?” Quinn questioned softly as Rachel nodded her head silently.
“I know it may not seem like it, and I believe I do a commendable job of hiding it, but I am indeed intimidated by you three.” Rachel stated as she gave a sigh. “Not only am I overwhelmed by the situation but we have yet to discuss the predicament we are in.”
“Wait. What predicament?” Quinn questioned.
“Umm..”Rachel hesitated as she bit her lip. “That you three kissed me.”
“I didn’t know it was a problem,” Quinn said as she stared at the brunette, unease evident on her face. “I-I thought it was okay.”
“Oh, it wasn’t a problem.” Rachel answered as the three girls sighed in relief. “It’s just I was wondering why you did it?”
Quinn stared at Rachel as she contemplated on what to say, trying to choose her words wisely.
“We like you Rachel,” Quinn stated slowly as the other two nodded. “It’s not everyday that you have a girl come in as confident as you. On that first day you walked into McKinley, not knowing or caring who we were, you spoke to us. No one, and I mean no one does that at McKinley especially since they know what we can do.”
“You didn’t fear us,” Santana stated. “And you don’t back down from a challenge.”
“So what does that mean?” Rachel questioned as she scrunched her eyebrows.
“It simply means that you intrigue us Berry. We like the fact that you don’t take shit from us and you have the balls to back it up.” Santana said.
“And you’re really nice to us,” Brittany chipped in happily. “A lot of people just pretend to like us or are just nice because they’re scared of us. But you’re sincerely nice and caring too.”
“So,” Rachel began and raised an eyebrow. “You three like me?”
All three nodded.
“And you want me to tryout?” Rachel questioned as she was met with another round of nods.
“Okay,” Rachel began as she took a deep breath.”On one condition; we take it slow. I want to form a good foundation of friendship before I “tryout” to become your girlfriend. It will put my worries at ease.”
The Trio stared at each other as they stared back to the brunette and huddled together as they turned away from the girl.
“Give us a sec Rach,” Quinn stated calmly as she gave the girl a small smile.
‘She called me Rach,’ the brunette thought as she reflected on the nickname and smiled.
Clearing her throat Santana brought the brunette’s attention back to the Trio. “We agree to your proposition, but we use our terms on how the procedure goes.”
“How so?”
“You’ll spend one week with us individually to get to know who we are, then at the end of each week you’ll go on to the next person. And at the end of the 3 weeks you’ll spend a 4th week with all three of us. That roughly gives you a month to get to know us and “form a friendship””. Santana stated as she placed her arms behind her and leaned against Quinn’s car.
“Sounds reasonable, what’s the catch?” Rachel said carefully as she crossed her arms once more.
“You let us do whatever we want to you and what I mean by that,” Santana stated as she gave a flirtatious smirk and took a step closer to the brunette leaning in. Rachel’s eyes widened at the Latina’s sudden actions as the brunette took a noticeable hitch of breath and the Latina smirked once more. Santana slowly leaned in towards Rachel’s side as her lips brushed against her ear and hot air left her mouth, “get your head out of the gutter, Berry.” Santana breathed as Rachel blushed and Quinn rolled her eyes.
“What Santana meant,” Quinn interrupted as she stepped in between the two brunettes. “was that we are allowed to do whatever it takes to convince you that this can work. You’re neither allowed to control us in our actions nor can you stop them. But you are allowed to refuse to participate if you feel uncomfortable. We may want you but we don’t want to force you to do anything.” Quinn finished as she gave a reassuring smile.
“So basically what you are trying to say is that you want to try and woo me,” Rachel said.
“By any means necessary,” Quinn stated with a confident smile and Rachel pondered on the proposal.
“Deal.”
A/N: I know it’s a very short chapter. I was going to combine the first two weeks of the “Plan” into here but I felt the urge to post this right away. I think I was in the beginning stages of withdrawal for not being able to post in a week because of midterms lol. But I’m hoping to have the next part up by the end of the weekend and for all those that have twitter you should follow me and constantly tweet me to update. It certainly gets my motivation going, well aside from reviews. Lol. Just an idea if you want updates faster=]