HIYA PEOPLES!!!! This is my second story, sorry if it sucks. Just some random info:

The girl's name is Kate Nichol. She is from Alabama, and has quite a history down there, and even though I know what it is, you all have to wait(MWUAHHAHAHAHAHHAAAAa evilness :D). There WILL be romance a-blossoming later, but I wont tell you who with… just a hint, rhymes with: 'THE GAY KID ISNT AS INTO GUYS AS HE THOUGHT HE WAS BUT HE DOESN'T QUITE KNOW IT YET'… lets see, what else…. Oh, yeah, LLAMAS :D


TIME

Kate Nichol flipped the cell phone closed, then glanced at her watch. Ten fifteen. Damn it, that call had taken longer than expected. She sighed and slipped the phone into her pocket, wishing that she had remembered to bring a coat. She wasn't used to the chilly Ohio air, or the over-all grey-ness of the state, or the strange smell that seemed to permeate every place she went. And now, on top of this unfamiliar environment, she was late for her first day of school.

She double-timed it down the stairs from her apartment and jumped into her beat-up old Volkswagen Beetle. It groaned as she turned the key, like it was protesting the very idea of moving. Kate sighed, then jiggled the keys in the ignition, and thumped the dashboard. The car started right up, roaring to life with its 40-year-old growl. Kate backed it out of the parking space, and out of the lot onto High Street.

It was sprinkling now, so Kate rolled her window down. She loved the smell of rain, it reminded her of home. She glanced down at her watch. Ten minutes to get to school. She whispered a naughty word under her breath. There was no way she would get there in time.

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Rachel Berry was sitting in her first-period class, wishing that she was sitting in the Glee room instead. Her head was filled with songs that she wanted to sing, so she sang a few of them to herself as she watched the clock. Only five minutes in? Why was time so slow? Oh, well, only 265 minutes until she would be singing out loud to her heart's content.

The teacher asked the class to open their books, and turn to a page. But Rachel didn't hear what page they were supposed to look at, or even that they were supposed to be opening their books. She was entirely lost in her own little world. Her own little world of Glee.

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William Schuester was sitting on a stool, banging his head against the piano. His day was not turning out as planned. First, the guitarist had bailed on Glee Club- and just a week away from Invitationals, at that. Second, Sue had leaked the set list. Again. So now Will had seven days to find both a new guitarist, and a new set list. Oh, yeah, and on top of that, Quinn's due date was next month. There was no way she was flying anywhere for Invitationals. Time was running out too fast.

Will sighed and stood up. He looked quickly around the bright, cheery Glee room, then shook his head. He walked into his office, and shut the door.

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Kate ran up the steps outside the school. Six minutes late. She ran through the hallways, trying to find her class. Seven minutes late. Eight minutes late. Nine. Ten.

She burst through a door- the wrong door, apparently. She was in a small, well lit room, full of colors and instruments. She saw the piano first, but it didn't take her eyes long to wander to the guitars in the corner. She wouldn't have been surprised if she was drooling. There were Epiphones, and a Martin acoustic. And a Telecaster. A freaking Telecaster; she had wanted one of those since she was eight.

Kate forgot about the time and made her way to the guitars. So shiny. It made her feel a little like a raccoon. She pulled a chair from the line-up and sat down, picking up the acoustic guitar. She glanced around to make sure that she was alone. And then she played.

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Will was sitting in his office, racking his brain. There had to be some song- something that would win them Invitationals. And maybe this time he could make it to the end of the week without Sue demanding to see the set list. He groaned. His head hurt, and he hadn't slept last night. He put his head down on his desk and sat there. And then he heard it.

It was quiet at first, just a few notes. But then it got louder- someone was playing a guitar. And Will recognized the song, though he couldn't quite put his finger on it. It was slow and sweet, soft.

And then he heard a voice begin to sing. It was a girl's voice, and it was soft and sweet, like the guitar. Will walked silently to the door, and peered out.

There was a girl, sitting with her back turned to him, playing one of the guitars and singing:

"-take these broken wings and learn to fly.

All your life, you have just been waiting

for this moment to arise.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night…

Take these sunken eyes and learn to see.

All your life, you have just been waiting

For this moment to be free.

Blackbird, fly… Blackbird, fly…

Into the light of a dark black night."

Then she played a last little guitar part and ended with a chord. Will clapped.

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Kate jumped all but fell out of her chair. She stood up, and tried stupidly to hide the guitar behind her.

"I- I'm so sorry, I didn't mean- I didn't realize-" She stammered.

"No, it's okay. That was really good. How long have you been playing?" The man was tall, with curly brownish hair, a dress shirt with a grey vest over it, and faded jeans. He looked friendly enough, and Kate loved talking about guitars. Anything guitar, music, or band related was like a double-dose of caffeine for her- it got her going and once she was going, it would have been easier to stop a freight train.

"About ten years now… kind of… I mean, It's not like it counted when I got my first guitar- I was, like, six. But I started taking lessons about six years ago…." She was rambling now, and she knew it. She blushed and shut her mouth.

The man looked her up and down, then smiled. He held out his hand. Kate looked at it, then took it gingerly. She was never too trustworthy of strangers, even ones who looked as nice as this one.

"I'm Will Schuester. Or, well, more like Mr. Schuester- in here at least. I'm the Glee Club teacher."

Oh, shit. Kate thought. Glee club. She hadn't had the best experience in the glee club at her old school. But she smiled, pushing that memory back. This was her new life, and god damn it, it was going to be a good one, if it killed her.

"Kate Nichol. I'm new here… and actually, really late for Geometry."

Mr. Schuester laughed and flashed a bright smile.

"Well, then, maybe you should get going."

"Right. Um…. Where exactly is the Geometry room?"

"Room 208, just down the hall."

"Ok, thanks."

She smiled a nervous smile and started towards the door.

"Uh, Kate?"

"Yeah?"

"Guitar?"

She looked confused for a moment and then realized that she was still holding the guitar. She laughed uncomfortably and handed Mr. Schuester the guitar, then backed out of the room.

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Will watched her go, a plan forming in his well-conditioned head.


DID YOU LOVE IT AS MUCH AS I DO? If you did, leave a comment, if you didn't, go somewhere and poop a rainforest. Seriously, no negative comments. I mean it. Don't make me sic my Leprechaun on you…

MORE TO COME AS SOON AS I WRTIE IT, Kurt and his awesomesauce face will be in the next chapter, I swear, so do not fret fellow Kurtsies :D

*BAI*