The Life and Times of Alexis Berry

Chapter 1 (Prologue [Set before Hell-o])

A/N: I am being a total hypocrite, as I don't like most OC stories (Don't blame me, 'My Immortal' influenced that ) and I'm writing one of my own I've had the idea of Lexi for a while. I'm going to try and follow the plot as much as possible. I know there will be some plot holes and I might change some things, but this isn't Glee. (Note the disclaimer) I'm warning you, it'll be long. It's my 1st fic and I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I, sadly, don't own Glee. FOX and Ryan Murphy do. If I did Lexi would exist and there would be more Klaine.

My name is Alexis 'Lexi' Berry. You might say I'm 'special', some people do. But I say I'm… an odd case. I'm 16 and go to Carmel High School in rinky-dink Lima, OH. The reason I consider myself odd is, well, I'm an identical twin. But not a real twin. Well, yes a real twin but who knows how the mind of Rachel Berry works? Yes, the Rachel Berry. The girl who considers herself a star and anyone who says otherwise should be punished. Other than the fact we share a house, diva qualities, and dark hair, we have nothing in common. I'm straying away from my real point, me.

Anyway, like I mentioned before I go to Carmel. Carmel is not an average school. All students must have, at least, a 3.7 GPA. That means loads of studying. And Carmel is home to the famous 'Vocal Adrenaline', which is the pride and joy of the school, and me. Did I mention that I am lead female vocalist in VA? No? Really? Well I have now.

Being in Vocal Adrenaline is amazing yet it can be torture. Don't get me wrong; though we have gone through about a million different coaches, we're a family. Sometimes more than a family… See, I have a boyfriend on the team. His name's Jesse, Jesse St. James. He is nothing short of perfect. We've been together for close to 2 years.

The story behind us is surprisingly not that complicated. I refused to go to the same school as Rachel and chose Carmel. As a freshman I took the biggest risk as I could and tried out for Vocal Adrenaline.

And I got in.

Nothing big, they shoved me in the back at first. This went on for a while but one day we got a new coach, one that wanted to hold rehearsals for a small solo during our invitational. I took another big risk. I auditioned for that too.

And I got it.

I think that's when he started to notice me. During that 2 second solo he must have saw something. Even then, the 15 year old Jesse was the star. After that I got bumped up to the front, closer to him. Closer to us. More and more solos came my way until we were officially duet-ing.

During all this time I hoped that he would see who I was and that we were meant to be. But in the back of my mind something told me that we had such a slim chance of being together because 1, I was a year younger than him and I was a freshman and 2, he already has girls more beautiful than me fawning over him.

One fateful day after rehearsals he came up to me and said 'What's up?'

I nearly passed out 'Nothing. You?'

He grinned 'I was just wondering… youwannagotoBreadstixateight?'

Holy crap, is he asking what I think he's asking? 'Sorry, what was that?'

'Sorry, I'm kind of nervous. So would you want to care to join me for dinner at Breadstix tomorrow night at eight?'

I nearly started jumping with joy. 'Of course! I mean, sure, that would be cool'

And that's how we started. After that date at Breadstix life became as close to perfect as it would ever come. Now I do want to stray away from the topic of me and talk about my sister. The wonderful Rachel Berry, the talented Rachel Berry, the star that is Rachel Berry. Ugh, I can't stand even thinking about it.

We can't stand each other. We were barley even raised together. We've had separate rooms ever since I could remember. We're never home at the same times. She has vocal lessons, ballet, acting classes, and glee club. While my vocal lessons are VA, so are my dance lessons, and my acting classes are only school plays. You could say I'm not as… privileged… as Rachel. Which some people would consider as odd because we're twins. I don't. Our dads have always gone along with Rachel's demands. How, I don't know.

She currently goes to William McKinley High School. For the 1st time in out lives I'm getting the better choice, finally. So as you can tell from all this bitching and ranting I don't get along with my sister. Understatement of the year.

A/N: Hope you liked that! I worry that Lex sounds like a Mary Sue. I also worry that my writing sucks. If you think so let me know. Review please!