BANG!

Karofsky's shoulder slammed into Kurt's, sending the smaller boy into the open locker. Kurt felt his head hit the lockers and his legs gave out. He collapsed onto the ground, his bruises on his back and shoulders aching. Kurt's binders flew everywhere, papers flew all over the ground. The other people glanced his way- a few even laughed. People walked all over the papers that littered the floor without a second look. Kurt sighed, shutting his eyes for a second.

"Hey... Are you okay?"

His eyes opened and he looked up, seeing a girl helping him pick up his papers. Helping him pick up his papers. She wasn't laughing or jeering or... She didn't look mean or mad or like she was going to make fun of him for being who he was. Kurt had never seen her before, so she must be new. Her long, brown hair was brushing the floor. Her green eyes met Kurt's own and he scanned her face. If he wasn't gay, Kurt would have thought she was very attractive. But she was very pretty. She had a lot of freckles all over the top of her nose and her eyes were wide and they looked as thought they really cared.

Kurt cleared his throat. "I guess..."

"You don't look it." The girl grabbed the last of the papers, then tapped them three times on the floor- filing them into a neat pile. "I'm Max."

"Kurt." Kurt answered, taking the papers from her. He slid them into his binder. He looked up again. "Are you new?"

The new girl, Max, shrugged. "Yeah... I moved and had to come here..."

"You make it sound like its terrible." Kurt smiled a little, rubbing his bruised shoulder.

Max smiled, standing up. "Well, it is high school."

Kurt's smile faded. "You could say that again."

Max's smile also faded, following Kurt's. "Are you seriously okay? You don't look it."

Kurt nodded, standing up. Max followed. "I'm... I'm okay." I'm not okay.

"So where are you headed?" Max asked as Kurt shut his locker. "Home?"

"No, I have Glee practice..." Kurt answered, letting his hand drop off his locker and he turned to face the new girl. "Are you going home?"

Max smiled a little. "I was... But I want to be involved... So what is this Glee practice?"

"Uh... Mr. Schue?" Kurt said, clearing his throat as he walked into the choir room. A few other people were in there already- Rachel, Finn, Tina, Artie, Sam, and Mercedes. "This is-"

"Max." Mr. Schue nodded towards her. "She's in my class, yeah?"

"She's interested in joining Glee." Kurt answered, feeling a little stupid now. Of course she was in Mr. Schue's class.

Mr. Schue nodded, but it was Rachel who talked next. "Max. I think you don't understand the concept of this Glee club- you need to audition before you can join Glee and I'm not sure if we have time for you to audition today, seeing as we are preparing for Sectionals and-"

"5 minutes out of a week, Rachel." Kurt sounded defeated, even to his own ears. "Let her audition."

Rachel sighed, blinking as if she were annoyed. "Fine." She sighed, forcing one of those fake smiles. "Go ahead." She went and sat down next to Finn again, who also looked confused. As usual.

Max smiled at Kurt and Mr. Schue and as soon as everyone was inside the choir room, Mr. Schue started talking. "Alright guys! This is Max Anderson and I'd like for all of you to listen to her and be completely fair with how you feel and if it's negative- do not voice it." He seemed to be staring directly at Rachel as he said it, as if he knew something was wrong with how she was feeling towards Max. "Not that it matters, because I have the overall judgement. Alright..." He clapped his hands together and gestured towards Max.

"Uh..." She smiled awkwardly, suddenly looking very self-conscious. "Hey guys, I'm Max... And... I'm going to... sing for you?"

Santana rolled her eyes. Kurt felt a flare of anger in the pit of his stomach, despite how miserable he felt.

Max cleared her throat, then looked over the piano man, who started to play.

The second she started to sing, Kurt knew she was going to be accepted into Glee with open arms.

"I've been alone.

Surrounded by darkness.

And I've seen how heartless

the world... can be..."

"Hold on-" Rachel stood up and stalked to the front of the room, standing directly in front of Max. "Aren't Glee auditions supposed to be with actual songs? Not made up ones?"

"Rachel, I think that either one works- as long as she's singing." Mercedes answered, a note of confusion in her voice. None of them had ever seen Rachel so mad or annoyed at anymore. "And what's up with you?"

"Nothing is up with me- I'm just doing something for the good of the team." Rachel answered, crossing her arms. "I believe that Max wouldn't benefit us at all. Yes, she has some talent, but not as much as some other members who deserve more time to shine. Adding her to the club would just create even more tension than there already is."

"Dude, Rachel, this isn't cool." Finn stood up to try and walked towards her, ready to calm her down.

"Yeah, I'm a bitch, and even I say that you're being pretty harsh." Santana added. "What did new girl even do to you?"

Before Rachel could answer, Mr. Schue stopped her. "Alright- enough!" He stepped closer to Rachel and muttered words no one except her could hear. Rachel, once he stopped talking, sighed, shaking her head. "You know, Mr. Schue? I thought you cared about this club. Obviously you don't anymore, or you wouldn't jeopardize our chances at Sectionals." Without another word, she stormed from the room.

It was silent for a while. Kurt's eyes shifted from Mr. Schue to Max, who was staring at the space where Rachel had been with an expression of pure confusion and angst. Mr. Schue cleared his throat, then passed out a set of papers. "Alright guys- I have a new song that just might work for Sectionals. Sam take the male lead and Max take the female."

Everyone else was near silent for the rest of the practice, minus the points when they were listening to Sam and Max singing, singing with them, or asking necessary questions. Mr. Schue nodded, watching every careful movement. However, his head wasn't really into it- he was too busy wondering what Rachel could possibly be so worked up about and how Max, the girl who hadn't even been at school for a week, was a part of it.

Author's Note:

Hey anyone who reads this... Okay, little disclaimer, this is my first ever OC story and you will get more background information about Max is and stuff, just... not now. Did anyone catch the AVPM references? They were pretty obvious XD

This takes place in Season 2(if that wasn't obvious...) and Max is a Junior with them.

Warnings: There will be mention of/bullying in this story, so if you're sensitive to that kinda stuff, head the warnings, kk?

ALSO- I have no idea where I'm going to take this XD

Anyways, I may have some headcannons for certain chapters, but not right now... I just realized my main headcannon doesn't exist because it's an actual thing...

Anythings, if anyone is still reading, thank you so much XD

Reviews are not necessary, but greatly appreciated :3