'Hey guys!' Mr Schuster said looking around at the excited glee club members. He had told them all about the new member that was going to join glee club today.
All of them looked excited except Rachel. She always got stressed when a new member joined, she constantly worried he or she would take her spotlight. Despite glee clubs popular rating going up ever so slightly every time they won a contest, not many new members joined and Rachel always thought people wouldn't join because they felt inferior to her and not because she was still unpopular and so was glee.
'I know you guys are excited but I want to talk to you about Maria, our new member a bit before you hear her sing.' Mr Schue said concerned. Brittany felt confused. Mr Schue said never to talk about someone behind his or her back. Surely that's what he was doing.
'This may come as a shock to some of you, but Maria is my adopted daughter. She is my English cousin's daughter and she died some time last month and me being Maria's only family accepted the challenge of being her dad. Maria and… her son will be my family from now on and I hope you guys accept her like I have. ' he said breathing hard, waiting for their reaction.
Santana started to worry too. She hoped Maria wasn't hot. She didn't need her as a distraction and she certainly didn't want any one to find out about her being Lebanese as Brittany calls it. God how she loved Brittany.
'Well personally I love the idea of a mother on our team. We have such a broad range of race on our team. Why not have the only type of person we haven't got? A teenage mother. ' Mercedes beamed. She was excited about meeting Maria, especially because she was English. She was sick of all these American white folk. She loved being in glee club and she loved the people there but she wanted someone from a different culture, someone vaguely similar to her.
'Excuse me,' Quinn said in her usual 'I'm not happy with what you've just said' tone.' I was a teen mom too, you know. I have stretch marks to prove it!' she said angrily.
Puck looked at her annoyed and whispered to her 'We know Quinn, Please stop bringing that up in front of Finn. It's a bit harsh'. The truth is he regretted her giving the baby to Rachel's mom. Maybe he could help Maria out with the baby and fill the gap in his heart that was supposed to be filled with Beth.
Suddenly a figure appeared in the choir room doorframe. It must be Maria. 'Hello Maria, come and meet the glee club' Mr Schuster said eagerly. She stepped forward. She was tall almost the same height as Finn. She had platinum natural blonde hair and dark brown eyes, hidden beneath her slim rimmed ray ban glasses. She wore an Elvis Presley t-shirt and a black mini skirt and sneakers, so amazing they made Mercedes jealous.
Artie grinned, finally someone who wore glasses, he wasn't the only four-eyed one in the group, this made him feel better about him self. He pushed his glasses up his nose and looked at Mercedes.
Finn smiled too. He was certainly happy with the newest glee club member, let face it, she was a total milf. He needed a distraction from Quinn and Rachel, they both kept looking at him weirdly.
'Hey guys, what up?' Maria said in her sharp English accent. She was nervous, Will had said glee club was welcoming and friendly but she was nervous about singing. She had only ever sung in the shower before and when will heard her, he insisted she joined the glee club as soon as she got to McKinley. She looked around at all the different faces and she caught the eye of a cute lanky Chinese-American guy. He smiled and winked, she blushed and she could feel her face burning. She went to sit down and Mr Schue tapped her on the arm and said the one word she dreaded doing. 'sing'. She stood in the middle and instructed the pianist she wanted to sing without music. She breathed hard and began her first note 'I've made up my mind, don't need to think it over…'.
Kurt gasped. She was good. He watched as she sung Adele's, chasing pavements. She sung so well, and if he dared to say it, better then Rachel. He liked how she wore a ring with the name Noah on. He guessed that was her sons name, she wasn't afraid of who she was, you could tell by the way she was standing, proud and confident, a true glee clubber.
Mr Schue looked at Maria. She reminded him of her cousin so much. He loved Maria ever since she was little and was so upset when his cousin moved back to England when she was twelve. Now she's sixteen and so grown up, she has Noah now and he's just an adorable two years old. He was so proud of her and truly felt as though she was his daughter and couldn't wait to spend forever as her dad.
Maria finished her song and took a deep breath, if it sounded like it had in her head, she did pretty good! She was grateful it was over though. She spun her Noah ring on her finger, like she always did when she was nervous and tried to stop herself from shaking.
The glee club cheered and Mike gasped for air. He had been holding his breath all the way through the song. He couldn't believe his luck. He looked at Maria one more time and realised something, he had just fallen in love with the newbie. He tapped the seat next to him and motioned for her to sit down. She came and sat next to him and his heart jumped. Finn and Puck were giving him a dirty look, they obviously liked her and it seemed she only liked Mike. She kept blushing when he complimented her and when rehearsal was over he walked with her to lunch and they sat together. She was beatiuful and Mike had seriously fallen for her. She could see her self falling for him too, she tried not to bore him about Noah or England but it seemed as though he didn't care if she did, he was just greatful for her company. When they were around each other, no –one else mattered and she was so excited when he asked her to see a movie with him on Friday. She could finally see something good coming out if America. At last.