The attractiveness of Confidence

Hi folks, I am rewriting some of season 3 of Glee. I was appalled by the treatment of Mercededs by Mr Schue and Kurt (I hated that he jus ditched Mercedes). So I am rewriting some of these wrongs and adressing others. There is no Shane and Sam never left but he and Mercedes are not together. Also, Quinn never became a punk or whatever, she was trying to be.

I do not own glee or any of it characters, if I did Racheal and Finn would be slapped on a regular basis.

Chapter 1

Mercedes Jones walked slowly down the corridor of McKinley High School, this summer had been rough, it had began with her and Sam sort of dating but when his dad got a better job, Sam became distant and they started hanging out less and less. Soon he was saying he was too busy and then she saw him going out with some Cheerios and she knew what was really going on. She got to her locker and opened it up and saw a picture of her with Kurt. Kurt too seem to disappear out of her life, he was either too busy with Blaine or too busy planning his future in New York with Rachel Berry. She sighed heavily, Tina was usually with Mike, Quinn her supposed soul sister had abandoned her last year. She felt like the only ally she had left was Artie.

But it was her senior year and she had decided she was no longer going to be a doormat for anybody. She was Mercedes 'The Diva' Jones and she was no longer going to take being second best anymore. She was putting herself first for the first time in her life ans she did not care what other people thought. With that resigned in her mind, she walked boldly into the choir room with her head held high, not noticing the sets of eyes that were glued to her as she took her seat at the back. She was the second to last to enter, Rachel and Kurt were the last, trying to look like some modern day Doris Day and Rock Hudson, they sat down chatting happily about New York, as Mr Schue wrote on the board.

"Sectionals," Mr Schue said reading what he had just written on the board and everyone groaned, while Rachel looked excited.

"Come on guys, this is our chance for me to lead us to victory," exclaimed Rachel while the majority of the others rolled their eyes and Santana scoffed loudly.

"Yes well, anyway, we need to comeback bigger and better than ever this year, if we want to win at nationals. So that's why I am starting a mandatory booty camp, for our weaker dancers, I think that let us down last year," stated Mr Schue while Mercedes looked at him rolled her eyes.

"Oh please," muttered Merceded but not quite softly enough.

"Something to sat Mercedes?" asked Mr Schue annoyed at being interrupted.

"Actually, yes I do Mr Schue I do. It was not our weak dance ability that lost us nationals, it was Rachel and Finn's inapropriate kiss. You need to stop acting like they are superstars and actually allow them to take responsibility for their mistake."

"Why don't you put some diversity in our set list. Allow other people to shine, like Tina or Artie or Puck. They never get to sing solos, ever. Why can't you use other people instead of giving every solo to Rachel and every duet to Finn and Rachel. We're supposed to be a family but it feels like its the Rachel Berry show with her side kick Finn."

"I am tired of this and I honestly don't know if I can take another year of this."

With that Mercedes picked up her bag and with a determined look on her face walked out on a stunned glee club.

"Go wheezy," stated Santana impressed and she was not the only one that watched Mercedes leave.