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𝟶𝟶𝟷. 𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚘𝚝🎶
❝ being great at something is going to change it. being part of something special makes you special, right? ❞

"DON'T GET me wrong sue, i love cheerios and everything, but why exactly are you choosing me for this top secret 'exploit the glee club' mission?" meredith asked puzzlingly as she sat straight in front of sue sylvester in her office at mckinley high school.

"because shrimpy-"

"meredith" meredith carter corrected raising her eyebrow.

"whatever. because you're one of the most popular and bitchy people in this school. which means i trust you on this. i need you to break the glee club from the inside out. make rachel berry's sad depressed looking shooting star fall miserably to the floor" she explained, cleaning her reading glasses.

"and if i don't?" meredith challenged, crossing her legs.

"if you don't, you can say goodbye to your co-captain cheerio position" sue instructed throwing her reading glasses onto her desk. meredith could only sigh in defeat and make her way towards the glee club rehearsal in the auditorium.

——

alright, i know what you're thinking. meredith you're so hot and good looking, why do you need the approval of one overly cruel cheerleading coach? and to that i say because popularity is everything in this school. and it doesn't help that i'm secretly a genius and proudly bisexual. this red, white, and black cheerio uniform is like my protection from those things. so if i have to be a little spy on the loser club for sue, so be it. i know she'll pay me back handsomely. and because i'm that damn popular, it won't even effect me. and i always love making rachel hobbit berry feel like garbage. it's kind of my hobby.

——

"hello losers of glee club. i'm co-head captain of the cheerios, meredith d. carter, and i'm so very excited to join the um...six of you in this tantalizing glee club" meredith fake smiled as she hopped onto the stage where students artie abrams (the handicapped), tina cohen-chang (the stutter), kurt hummel (the poorly closested gay), mercedes jones (the biggest diva at mckinley), rachel berry (the most obnoxious person you'll ever meet), and finn hudson (quarter back and boyfriend to meredith's best friend, quinn fabray). and who could forget her spanish teacher, will shuester.

they had just performed a rather poor cover of you're the one that i want from grease, and to say that meredith wasn't cringing, was an utter lie. but, for once in her life meredith was going to try and be kind to this strange band of underdogs.

"are we really just letting anybody into this club!" rachel screamed stomping her foot childishly into the ground.

"what are you even doing here meredith" finn added crossing his arms defensively.

"relax chubs the clown. i want to join the glee club" meredith rolled her eyes at the much taller man while copying his movements and crossing her own arms.

"well, brunette barbie, you need to audition with your vocal chords not just shaking your cheer skirt" rachel snapped.

"rachel does have a point meredith. you need to audition to join" will agreed, leaning against the piano.

"don't worry señor. i'm always ready to kick ass. hit it!"

out tonight- performed by meredith
(a/n her voice sounds like renee rapp in my mind)
(amanda's personal opinion on the song: a banger that i'm surprised glee never covered)

meredith couldn't help but giggle as she looked around at everyone who was easily impressed by her performance. except rachel berry of course.

"well meredith, welcome to glee club" will announced with a large smile leading to meredith to clap her hands in excitement. "alright guys, let's get to work"

——

"you know, i'm pretty sure i have that top" meredith smiled at kurt hummel, who was quietly eating a bag of sour patch kids alone on a carmel high couch. they were currently waiting to go inside to the school's auditorium to watch their competition vocal adrenaline perfom.

"why are you speaking to me, evil spawn?" he asked not even locking eyes with the cheerios uniformed girl.

"because you look lonely" meredith attempted, siting next to him. kurt looked at her skeptically. "because i'm lonely"

"here" kurt offered her the sour patch kid bag. meredith couldn't help but smirk, popping a cherry sour patch kid into her mouth while winking back at kurt. in a way, a start to a new friendship.

——

"you're leaving us? when?" artie asked mr. shuester. it was no surprise to meredith that after the fiasco that was going to scope out the competition at carmel high, he was quitting.

"well, i've given my two weeks' notice, but i promise i'm gonna find you guys a great replacement before i go" will attempted to explain, but meredith rolled her eyes and leaned back onto the auditorium chairs dramatically.

"is this 'cause those carmel kids were so good? because we can work harder" mercedes defended, getting nods from the rest of the club.

"this isn't fair, mr. schuester. we can't do this without you" rachel explained.

"so does that mean that i don't have to be in the club anymore or...?" finn trailed off earning glances from everyone.

"i'm quitting if pillsbury dough boy is" meredith shrugged, starting to stand up.

"this isn't about you guys. being an adult is about having to make difficult choices. it's not like high school. sometimes you have to...give up the things you love. one day you guys are going to grow up and understand that. i have loved being your teacher" and with that, will walked alway from the clump of teens, with a solemn expression on his face.

——

"i feel so sorry for you mer that coach sylvester made you join that group of loners" quinn admitted as her, meredith, and santana walked through the hallway, their ponytails high in the air.

"truly. at least you did what she asked. there's no more glee club. yay!" santana said celebratory like. the three abruptly stopped at finn hudson's locker to see him talking to rachel berry of all people.

"hi, finn, rupaul" quinn introduced, slinging her cheer bag across her shoulder.

"hey" finn said slyly.

"what are you doing talking to her?" quinn asked. rachel looked between meredith and finn before sighing.

"science project-we're partners" rachel lied.

"christ crusaders tonight at five, my house" quinn told him before walking away from the two with a deadly look in her eyes. meredith couldn't help but look back at the two, who looked disappointed in her actions. why did she all of a sudden care?

——

meredith stood doing what she normally did after school on a thursday: cheerio rehearsals. what she didn't expect was to see out of the corner of her eye, artie abrams getting flipped inside a porta potty nearby the bleachers. and for once, meredith stopped midway through her routine. she couldn't sit by and watch him get humiliated any longer. and so, she stormed over towards the football team with determination going through her body.

"mer! meredith!" she could hear quinn calling towards her, but she didn't really care what quinn was thinking about her.

"need help?" meredith offered finn who stood opposite his football team.

"yeah, you get the left, i'll get the right" finn instructed with meredith following his league and pulling the wooden plank off the door. the moment the door swung open both finn and meredith cringed at the scent illuminating out of the stall.

"ugh! thank you. thank you so much. thank you. oh, my god, the smell" artie thanked as finn and meredith pulled his wheel chair out.

"what the hell, dudes? i can't believe you guys are helping out this loser" puck insulted them as meredith gently put her hand on artie's back in support.

"don't you get it, man? we're all losers-everyone in this school. hell, everyone in this town. out of all the kids who graduate, maybe half will go to college, a-and two will leave the state to do it. i'm not afraid of being called a loser 'cause i can accept that that's what i am. but i am afraid of turning my back on something that actually made me happy for the first time in my sorry life" finn told them off, looking back at artie and meredith.

"so what? are you quitting to join homo explosion?" puck scoffed, as the rest of the football team laughed at his cruel joke.

"no. i'm doing both. 'cause you can't win without me and neither can they" finn finished wheeling artie away from them. with artie adding a hiss noise to solidify the burn and meredith flipping them off without looking back. for once they felt like a team.

"we're still not friends hudson" meredith informed him.

"so be it carter. so be it" finn smirked at her leading for meredith to playfully roll her eyes at him and rough up artie's rather smooth hair.

——

"this is a closed rehearsal" kurt told finn and meredith as they both wheeled artie onto the auditorium stage.

"look, i owe you guys an apology" finn started.

"as do i" meredith sighed stepping out next to finn.

"i never should have quit. i don't want to be the guy that drives around throwing eggs at people" finn told the group of five.

"that was you?" rachel said, shocked.

"and i don't want to just be the mean half queer cheerleader anymore" meredith said crossing her arms over her chest.

"you and your friends threw pee balloons at me" kurt snapped towards finn.

"where did you get the pee?" meredith asked, making finn give a not now type of glance.

"i know" finn tried to reason.

"you nailed all my lawn furniture to my roof" kurt continued.

"i wasn't actually there for that, but i'm really sorry. look that isn't who i am, and i'm tired of it. this is what i want to be doing, with you guys. i used to think that this was, like, the lamest thing on earth, and maybe it is, but...we're all here for the same reason-'cause we want to be good at something. artie, you play guitar, right? think you could recruit the jazz band?" finn asked artie.

"i do have pull there" artie responded.

"all right. mercedes, we need new costumes, a-and they have to be cool. can you do that?" finn turned his attention towards mercedes.

"damn, don't you see what i got on?" mercedes told him with a giant smile.

"meredith, rachel, you can do choreography" finn told the two.

"i guess i can work with nose-i mean rachel for the day" meredith sighed. who knew turning a leaf could be this hard.

"tina, what are you good at?" finn asked tina.

"i-i-"

"we'll figure something out for you" finn interrupted tina's stuttering mess.

"and what are you gonna bring to the table justin timberlake?" merecedes asked, hands on her hips.

"i've got the music" finn smirked at the group. and for the first time, they were a team.

——

don't stop believin'- performed by new directions
(amanda's personal opinion on the song: 1000/10 still on my current music playlist, never fails to make me feel nostalgic.)

"good, guys. it's a nine. we need a ten. rachel, you need to hit the ones and the fives. finn, i think if we worked on it, you could hit a high b" will schuester applauded the group, giving them critiques. he seemingly appeared from the shadows.

"so does that mean you're staying?" finn asked him, hope in his voice.

"it would kill me to see you win nationals without me. from the top"

( 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 )
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hey, just wanted to give a warning that i really don't like rachel berry or lea michele very much, so if that ever effects my writing negatively i'm very sorry. but eek! first chapter! this episode is kinda centralized only around finn, rachel, and will, but the next episodes will get better. hope you enjoyed it though. don't be a ghost reader please <3 

also, you better believe kurt/meredith are gonna be iconic !

𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁, 𝟮𝟬𝟱𝟬