The Way We Were

The Way We Confront

Mercedes tapped a blonde on the shoulder. "Rebecca?"

Rebecca Stanley turned from her locker with a smile. "Hi, Mercy. Hi, Quinn."

Quinn pursed her lips. "We need to talk to you."

"What's up?"

Mercedes set her hands on her hips. "Stop going around saying you're going to trap our husband."

Rebecca's eyebrows moved. "I never said that!"

"Well people are saying you are."

"I'm not! I swear!" Her brown eyes were wide.

"Good." Quinn poked her in the shoulder. "Because we won't tell you again. He's ours and we will fight to keep him."

"Got it." Rebecca gulped.

W.W.W.

"How did your date go?" Brittany scared the crap out of Artie.

He jumped and nearly fell out of his chair. "Brittany?!"

"Sorry." She smiled sheepishly.

He calmed his racing heart. "What are you doing here?"

Here was the AV club storage room.

"I just wanted to know how your date with San went." She lifted her shoulders lightly.

He frowned. "I don't think that's an appropriate conversation for us to have."

"Why not?"

"We're exes."

"Technically we never broke up." Her smile was tinged with heartbreak.

He looked away. Why was this so hard? He didn't owe her anything but he didn't like seeing her sad.

"I just wanted to make sure you had a good time. You both really deserve that."

He sighed. "I heard you were dating Finn. Stole him right from under Rachel."

Brittany grinned. Finn was easy. "Yeah."

Artie smirked. "He better treat you right. I'll learn to walk just to kick his ass."

Brittany threw her arms around his neck and hugged him. "Thank you so much, Artie."

He rubbed her back. "You're welcome."

W.W.W.

Mike was apprehensive when he walked in the house. He knew things were about to hit the fan and he couldn't put it off.

Judy walked in. "Hi, Mikey. How was school?"

"Um... I learned a lot." He blinked, a little shellshocked still.

Judy smiled. "The girls are upstairs doing homework. I can't wait for dinner. I'm making chicken enchiladas!"

Mike blanched. He put on a smile for her benefit. "Sounds good, Mother." Judy was a terrible cook and they all hated when she got in a culinary mood.

Judy was all smiles as she went to the living room to clean.

Mike headed upstairs. He made it to Quinn's room and opened the door. Sure enough, the girls were doing homework. Mercedes was on the bed while Quinn was at the desk. "Hey."

"Hi!" They smiled at him.

He went about putting his stuff up slowly. He was putting it off and he knew it. "I have to tell you guys something."

"What's up?" Mercedes wrote in her notebook.

"Something happened at the lab."

"Lab?" Quinn asked.

"Remember when I told you Rebecca and I got permission to use the science lab after school?"

"Oh yeah. What happened?"

Mike grinned and chuckled like he wasn't about to start WWIII. "Well she kissed me."

"What?!" Mercedes and Quinn came to attention.

"She kissed me." He repeated. "But only for a second because I pushed her off!"

"I'm gonna kill her." Mercedes said slowly.

"She is so done." Quinn agreed.

"Now you don't want to be like Marcy, do you?" Mike soothed. "Fighting and getting suspended goes onto your permanent record. We don't want that."

"What do you suggest, Mikey?" Mercedes demanded. "We already warned her."

"Or did you like it?" Quinn crossed her arms.

He sighed. "Quinn."

"I just want to know! Maybe you like her nonexistent lips on you?"

"I did not like her kiss. I barely felt it before I pushed her away. I'm not cheating on you guys. I would never."

"Then let us handle this." Mercedes demanded.

Mike sighed again but it was out of his hands. "Okay."

W.W.W.

"Isn't that Rebecca?" Tina pointed to a girl a few stores ahead of them. The girls from glee (and Kurt) were at the mall.

Mercedes and Quinn looked. It was indeed Rebecca. Both set their faces and began walking towards her. Tina, Santana, Brittany, Kurt, Marcy and Rachel ran behind them.

Quinn tapped Rebecca on the shoulder as the older blonde was looking over a shelf of shirts. She turned around and smiled. Quinn was in no mood. "You lied to us."

"What do you mean?" Rebecca played it cool.

"You kissed our husband!" Mercedes shouted.

"I would never!" Rebecca gasped.

"How stupid do you think we are?! You're polite to our faces but scheming on our husband behind our backs!" Quinn yelled.

Rebecca backed up. "I would never do that!"

"But you did!" Mercedes stepped closer. "He's our husband! Not yours and the next time you go near him, nobody's going to be able to pull us off you! Got that?!"

Quinn jumped at her and Rebecca screamed. "Do you got that?!"

"Yes! Yes, I got it!" Rebecca was terrified.

"Good." Mercedes began walking away from the crowd that had formed. "Come on, guys."