It's Called Being Sassy

Just the Two of Us

Mercedes races down the stairs in the morning. "Hi, Momma. Early rehearsals. Gotta go!"

"No!" Mrs. Jones beats her daughter to the front door and bars her from leaving. "I had a feeling with Regionals coming up, you'd have early practices so I made you breakfast early." She leads her daughter to the kitchen. "Sit. Eat a pancake."

"Chocolate chip?" Mercedes chooses the smallest flapjack and eats quickly.

Her father is sitting at the other end of the table and is pointedly ignoring his daughter. He rustles the newspaper he's reading loudly as if to say 'Notice me ignore you'.

Mercedes sighs. "Good morning, Daddy."

The paper rustles.

"I have your cookies ready. And you left your backpack in the hall again." Rose chides.

"Sorry, Momma." Mercedes apologizes.

"Well, I put the cookies in there along with your lunch. Have some eggs." Mrs. Jones pushes the plate towards her. "You'll need your strength today."

Mercedes chokes on her orange juice. She takes a small amount of eggs and eats them quickly. She polishes off her juice and rises. "I really have to go now. Love you!" She grabs her bookbag and handbag. She looks at her father but he continues to ignore her.

She leaves the kitchen slowly and picks up Sam's jacket then exits the house.

MJ

Mercedes puts Sam's jacket in her locker and closes it. Puck walks up. "Hey, Mama."

"Puck!"

"That's what they call me." He grins. "Let's go." He takes her hand and leads her to the choir room.

She's in an emotional uproar over how to proceed with Puck today. She doesn't know whether to confess over Sam or even if she has to.

When they reach the choir room, she detangles their fingers and goes to sit in the front of the room between Kurt and Tina. Puck raises an eyebrow but shrugs and walks to the back of the classroom to sit.

Mr. Shue ambles in. "Good morning, guys. How'd you all sleep?" When the class is silent, he continues. "I know. Me too. Who's up first?"

Santana stands.

"Okay, Santana, you have the floor." Mr. Shue takes a seat.

Santana sings Who You Are by Jessie J. When she's finished, Mercedes stands and hugs her. "That was really nice."

Santana can barely hear her over the clapping. "If anyone even thinks about bothering you, Auntie Snix just arrived in town." She grins.

"Thanks, Santana." The girls sit down.

Mr. Shue stands. "Who's next?"

Quinn raises her hand.

"Okay." Mr. Shue sits again.

"Actually Brittany and Sugar are in this, too." Quinn waves the two to the front of the room.

"There is no one else that I can say this to
And there is nothing better than to talk to you
If you have a problem, I'll be here for you
Cuz girl, you always know that
It's Us Against The World

Quinn: I met someone the other night
Someone I really started to like
How will I know if it's right for me
I wonder if we are meant to be