Chapter One: Don't Stop Believing Pt. 1
Episode: Pilot

Alicia Moffet as Liv Fabray
Voice claim: Emma Heesters & Christina Grimmie

Chapter Songs
Sample of Titanium by Sia (Madilyn Bailey Cover)

Come Away With Me by Nora Jones

"Liv!" A voice yelled as the person it belonged to banged on Liv's bedroom door. "Liv get up!"

"Go away!" Liv yelled pulling her pillow over her head. Suddenly the banging stopped and she sighed in content, but all hopes of drifting off to sleep disappeared when her door opened with a bang against the wall.

"Liv," Quinn said looking down at her younger sister. "If you don't get up now we'll be late for school."

"I'm completely okay with that." Liv assured her sister before letting her head fall back and she quickly rolled over, turning her back to her older sister.

She shifted and settled in to go back to sleep thinking that Quinn had given up when her comforter was ripped away along with the sheet exposing Liv to the coldness of the morning. "Quinn!" She yelled in frustration. She sat up to demand that Quinn give her back the cover only to see it being dragged out of the room. She yelled once again in frustration before falling back and staring up at her ceiling.

"God, I hate my life." She said quietly. She got up a few minutes later before Quinn came back and decided to drag Liv's entire bed out of the room. Liv honestly wouldn't put it past her.

After throwing on the first thing that she could find lying around on the floor that passed the sniff test- a slightly loose, red plaid tank top and a pair of jean shorts- before throwing on a cropped gray hoodie with Mickey Mouse on the front, Liv ran her fingers through her long blonde hair and grabbed her bag before leaving her bedroom.

She went downstairs hoping to slip out of the front door, but unfortunately her stepmother Judy caught her.

"Liv," She called stopping the small girl in her tracks. "Come eat something before you leave."

"I was just gonna get something from the vending machine at school." Liv told her, but she knew Judy wouldn't have it. She always insisted that everyone sit down and eat breakfast together as if they were an actual family.

Every since Liv moved in with her father and his family when she was a little girl she had always felt she didn't belong or was wanted by Judy or Russel, Liv's father. Judy, Russel, Quinn and their other daughter Francine who was away at college were the perfect family, but Liv had always felt like an outsider even though she was family too. She was the black sheep, the redheaded stepchild- she was basically an eleventh toe; she wasn't supposed to be there and she brought nothing but embarrassment.

"Just sit down and it'll be over before you know it." Quinn told her as she put a plate in Liv's normal spot on the long side of the table nearest to the doorway leading into the kitchen.
Liv dropped her bag onto the ground before sitting as Judy came back into the dining room with a stick of butter on a plate and a plate of cinnamon rolls.

As usual, for the first couple of minutes they ate in silence before Russel and Judy decided it was time for everyone to start speaking.

"So," Judy began as she began cutting her Canadian bacon. "Quinny. How's celibacy club doing?"

"It's going fine mom." Quinn told her.

"Gosh," Judy said. "I still can't believe how many girls you got to join the club."

"I can't believe you actually think those girls are virgins." Liv said trying not to laugh. "Brittany Pierce has slept with every guy in school."

"I'm sure that's not true." Judy said shooting a look at Liv who ignored it.

"I'm not being mean." Liv told her. "She takes pride in it, and I can't tell you how many times I've walked in on Santana Lopez screwing Puckerman in a janitors closet."

"Liv." Quinn snapped.

"What?" She asked. "It's not like you're still a virgin." Quinn's face didn't change and Liv let out a little laugh. "Oh my God! You're a virgin?"

"Aren't you?" Quinn asked Liv put down her fork.

"Yeah, but that's different." She said popping a grape in her mouth. "I'm fourteen, my hormones haven't kicked in yet. You, on the other hand, are sixteen and should be humping your boyfriend in any empty room you can find."

"Finn knows that I'm waiting til marriage." Quinn said quietly hoping her sister would drop the subject. She didn't mind that Liv was asking questions, she just didn't want to have that type of conversation in front of her parents.

"You could learn a thing or two from Quinn, Liv." Russel said and Judy let out a quiet sigh knowing that his opinion would not be appreciated.

Liv nodded before looking down at the watch on her arm. "Thirteen minutes." She said standing up.

"Excuse me?" Russel asked.

"That's how long you went before comparing me to Quinn. It's a new record." She told him as she picked up her bag and slung the strap across her chest.

"Liv-"

"No, you should be proud." Liv told him as she picked up a handful of grapes from her plate. "Used to be six."

"Liv," Quinn said as the fourteen year old began leaving the dining room. "Liv wait. I'll drive you to school."

"I can walk." Liv called back as she went into the living room and a few minutes later they all heard the front door slam.

"Nice going dad." Quinn said before picking up her red and white backpack from the ground and rushing after her sister.

"Was that necessary Russel?" Judy asked once they heard the front door close behind Quinn.

"I don't see what I did wrong." Russel admitted as she stood up and gathered up Quinn and Liv's abandoned plates.

"That's the problem." She told him before heading into the kitchen.

"Good morning Olivia." Emma greeted as Liv sat down in one of the two chairs that sat in front of Emma's desk.

"Just Liv Ms. Pillsbury." Liv reminded her.

Liv had been coming to see Emma Pillsbury everyday since she started school courtesy of Judy who felt like Liv had issues that she hadn't resolved with the therapist that she had forced Liv to go to from age seven to twelve. Liv honestly didn't mind as Ms. Pillsbury wasn't one to push and their sessions got her out of first period Algebra.

"So," Emma said folding her hands together on top of the desk. "What's been going on?"

"You mean since we talked yesterday?" Liv asked leaning back in the chair and crossing one leg over the other. "Nothing much."

"I've been meaning to talk to you about that." Emma said and Liv raised an eyebrow.

"About the nothingness going on in my life?" She asked and Emma shook her head.

"You've been coming to see me everyday since we started school a month ago." Emma said as if Liv hadn't known. "I've spoken to your mother an-"

"Stepmother." The blonde corrected.

"Stepmother," Emma corrected herself. "And we've both agreed that it would be better if you only saw me twice a week for now on." Liv raised her eyebrows.

"Seriously?" She asked and Emma nodded. "Cool."

"And since it's Wednesday, you don't see me until tomorrow after lunch."

Liv stood up and picked up her bag before saluting Emma. "See you tomorrow captain." She said before going to leave, but was stopped before she could get a foot out of the door.

"Uh, Liv?" The teen turned back to her counselor who cleared her throat. "I don't know if you knew, but...you're not wearing any shoes." Liv looked down at her feet only to find them bare. Had she really walked all the way to school without noticing she wasn't wearing shoes?

Liv lifted her head and looked over at Emma. "I should probably go home and do something about that." She said and Emma nodded. "But first I have to go and kill every single person I walked past who didn't say anything."

"Wait!" Emma began, but Liv was already gone.

After quickly running back to her house and putting on a pair of black thrift store boots, Live spent the rest of the day avoiding her sister. The last thing she wanted to hear was her sister defending their father.

It was the end of fifth period and Liv's day had gone better than most days, she was hoping that it'd continue that way. She was at the board that was hung at the end of the hall which intersected with three other halls, looking at all the extra-curriculars that were being offered. It was the middle of September and she had yet to sign up for anything. She was turning around to leave when an unwanted nuisance showed up.

"Liv," A voice she hadn't wanted to hear, said.

"Berry." She said not stopping as she began her walk down the hall, but the small brunette just followed her. "Stop following me Berry."

Liv and Quinn Fabray were different in so many ways, but one way they were the same was when it came to Rachel Berry.

Rachel, for some reason, made Quinn feel threatened whenever it came to her boyfriend Finn or anything else. It had gotten so bad that Quinn was currently cyber bullying Rachel with the rest of the Cheerios.

When it came to Liv, Rachel was always trying to talk to her and be her friend and Liv knew she should be grateful for that. She didn't have many friends, none to be exact and she knew Rachel was just trying to be nice, but Liv didn't want any friends. Friends were just relationships she'd have to sever once she graduated from high school. She planned on going to the furthest college she could get into and never looking back.
Liv figured if she was rude to Rachel that she'd back off, but it had been almost a month and a half since school started and Rachel had yet to give up.

"This'll only take a minute, I swear." Rachel said rushing to step in Liv's path so she'd have no choice, but to stop.

"Not interested." Liv said trying to step around the smaller girl, but Rachel just got in her way again. "Seriously?"

"I wanted to talk to you about joining the New Directions." She said and Liv sighed knowing that the only way Rachel would go away was if she was heard.

"The what?" Liv asked and Rachel smiled.

"The New Directions is a Glee club. It's kinda like show choir." Rachel said and Liv immediately began walking again.

"I don't sing." Liv said as Rachel got in her way yet again.

"I hear you singing in the showers all the time." Rachel told her.

Rachel was in the locker room pulling her shoes on when she heard it.

"Bulletproof," The voice sang. "Nothing to lose. Fire away, fire away. Ricochet, you take your aim. Fire away, fire away."

Rachel came out from behind one of the lockers and saw Liv taking a shower in the tiled part of the locker room dedicated to the girls showers. Her hair was wet and soapy and she was rinsing off under the shower head.

"Shoot me down, but I won't fall." She continued unaware of her audience. "I am titanium. Shoot me down, but I won't fall. I am titanium."

Liv stared at Rachel who had just recounted the time she heard her singing with a scarred look on her face.

"So what do you say?" Rachel asked.

"I say, I feel dirty knowing that you were watching me in the shower." Liv said trying to side step Rachel, but was unsuccessful.

"Please join Liv." Rachel begged. "I listened in on all of auditions and none of those kids have the talent I do. We need you if we're ever gonna stand a chance at a competition."

"I'm leaving now." Liv said trying to, yet again, step around Rachel, but he brunette grabbed Liv's arm and began pulling her down the hall back towards the sign up sheets. "God! How much do you bench?!" Liv asked trying to pull away, but Rachel was, surprisingly, much stronger than her.

"We only have five members." Rachel said showing her the New Directions sign-up sheet. "We need thirteen to be considered a contender at Sectionals."

"Not my problem." Liv told her.

"Don't you want to be known as something other than Quinn Fabray's little sister?" Rachel asked finally letting go of Liv. "I don't have any sisters or brothers and I have no idea what it's like being the younger sister of someone so popular," She looked at Liv who was still looking at the sign in sheet with her arms crossed. "But I do know that it can't be easy, living under a shadow as big as Quinn's."

"Don't want to do something- be apart of something where people won't think of you as Quinn's baby sister? Don't you want to be known as you."

When Rachel had called her 'Quinn's baby sister' Liv snapped out of whatever thought she was in.

"You're right." Liv said. "I am Quinn's baby sister and sometimes we might fight or I might hate her just because, but me joining Glee club would upset her." She backed away from the board before looking at Rachel. "I get you guys need help, but Quinn's my sister. Whatever I do reflects on her." Liv gave the brunette a small apologetic smile before turning and walking down the hall to her History class.

She walked right by Santana Lopez, one of the girls on her sisters cheerleading team, but hadn't noticed the Hispanic girl watching her interaction with Rachel. Santana waited until she passed before closing the door to her locker and walking to Cheerio practice.

"How could you?!" Quinn asked as soon as she walked into the living room of her home. "Are you trying to ruin me?"

Judy jumped up in surprise as the door slammed closed and dropped the book she had been reading on the floor. Liv looked up from her magazine with furrowed eyebrows.

"What are you talking about?" Liv asked as she pulled her legs off of the couch and stood up so that she and her sister we are the same height.

"Santana told me she saw you talking to Rachel Berry." Quinn said throwing her bag into a nearby chair and crossing her arms.

"Yeah, so?" Liv asked crossing her own arms automatically feeling defensive. "We were talking. That's what people do, they talk. What's the big deal?"

"Santana told me about how you're planning on joining Glee club." Quinn told her. "Do you even realize what you're doing to me? Everything you do comes back to me. If you do something stupid like join Glee club it doesn't just affect you!"

"Oh my God!" Liv said with a laugh as she looked at Quinn in disbelief. "Do you even hear yourself? You're trying to yell at me about what I'm doing, yet somehow you're making it about you! Bravo Quinn!" She said with a mocking clap. "That takes serious skill. Now would you kindly remove your head from your ass? It's not a hat!"

"Girls-" Judy began as she stood up, but neither teen paid her any attention.

"Are you seriously getting pissed at me?" Quinn asked in disbelief. "I'm not the one trying to join the loser club and drag my sister down with me!"

"Quin-" Judy began, but Liv scoffed.

"Drag you down?" Liv asked. "Next time you get information from Santana AKA Lucifer the Bitch Lopez, check your facts. Rachel practically begged me to join that stupid club and I said no because I knew that it would upset you!"

That tidbit of information made Quinn falter. "You said no?" She asked and Liv nodded.

"I said no," The blonde confirmed. "Because of you, but now I'm thinking I should've joined just so there'd be a reason you're yelling at me right now."

"Liv-" Quinn started, but Liv shook her head.

"You know it's not easy being your little sister." Liv told her and Quinn was surprised to see tears in her eyes. "Ever since I moved into this stupid house all I've been is Quinn Fabray's little sister. I've been trying for so long to find me, but it never mattered what I did because you did it first and that's the way it's always gonna be, so I'd much rather you didn't yell at me because you don't like something I did when I didn't actually do it. Okay?" Liv asked with a nod before walking past Quinn into the foyer.

She went up the stairs ignoring Quinn's calls the entire way before going into her bedroom and locking the door. She got her bag from where it hang on the back of the door before dumping it out on her bed and sifted through the objects until she found her Ipod and turned it on before going through her music as she walked to the Doc station that sat on her white dresser that was splattered in paint that was next to her bedroom door.

She found a song before playing it, turning the volume up all the way and putting it in the Doc station. It wasn't even a second later when music began blasting through the speakers, but Liv couldn't even tell which song was playing as she wasn't actually listening to the words.

She pulled off her hat and threw it on her bed before kicking off her boots and walked towards her alcove window that opened out to look over the Fabray's backyard.
She stepped up onto the ledge before easily climbing up onto the roof like she had a million times and just sat there looking up at the sky.

The next day after her session with Ms. Pillsbury after lunch Liv immediately went to her locker. Normally she'd go straight to the library for her free period, but she knew that Rachel would be by her locker since theirs were right next to each other.

Sure enough Liv found Rachel going through her books with her locker door open.

"Where do I sign up?" Liv asked and Rachel looked up startled.

And that's how Liv ended up standing in the middle of the stage in the auditorium with a guitar and a microphone stand in front of her and Mr. Schue sitting up in the audience.

"So what do I do?" She asked shaking her head.

"Just start whenever you're ready." He told her and she nodded before waving back to the students on the other instruments to start before she started strumming herself.

"Come away with me in the night," She sang lowly into the microphone. Mr. Schue was surprised in her choice of song. "Come away with me and I will write...you a song. Come away with me on a bus. Come away where they can't tempt us, with their lies."

"I want to walk with you on a cloudy day...in fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high. So won't you try to come?" She sang closing her eyes. "Come away with me and we'll kiss on a mountaintop. Come away with me and I'll never stop loving you."

Rachel watched from the side of the stage with a tight ball in the middle of her stomach as Liv strummed through the simple guitar solo. She hadn't exactly thought this entire thing through. She knew that Liv was good, but she had underestimated how good she was. The other kids in the Glee club were mediocre at best, maybe Mercedes could go somewhere with a few hours of practice everyday, but Rachel knew that Liv was like her. She didn't need anymore practice, she was ready...ready for group numbers and duets and even solos. Suddenly all thoughts of being the first choice for solos were ripped out of her mind.

"And I want to wake up with the rain falling on a tin roof, while I'm safe there in your arms. So all I ask is for you to come away with me in the night..." She opened her eyes and looked up at the lights before delivering the last verse. "Come away with me..."

Unbeknownst to the three in the auditorium, they were all being watched. In the doorway of the auditorium stood Quinn watching her little sister with new found appreciation. She never knew how beautiful Liv's voice was, but to be fair she had never taken a serious interest in the fourteen year old.

Watching as Mr. Schue showered her little sister with praises and how even Rachel Berry came out from the side of the stage with a smile on her face, Quinn realized just how much she was going to miss out with her sister now that they weren't even speaking and she couldn't help the tear that fell down her face when Rachel pulled the blonde into a hug and Liv didn't even pull away.

She knew that Rachel Berry had just replaced her in Liv's life.

It had been two days since Mr. Schue had accepted Liv into the Glee club and Rachel hadn't seen her since.

She hadn't attended any of her classes and when she asked Mr. Schue why Liv wasn't in Spanish class on Wednesday he told her that Liv was sick which Rachel knew was most likely a lie.
So that's how she found herself riding her bike to the Fabray home the next day. She wasn't too keen on knocking on the door, she was way too intimidated and Rachel Berry did not get intimidated easily.

She put her kickstand down and left her bike in the driveway behind a shiny silver Mercedes before going up to the door and quickly rang the doorbell before she could talk herself out of it.

"Hold on!" She heard a feminine voice call from inside and she prayed that it wasn't Quinn. About ten seconds later the door pulled open and there stood a woman.

She was the spitting image of Quinn with the same blonde hair and blue eyes. She had a few wrinkles on her face, but not many (Rachel suspected she moisturized) and she wore a cream colored blouse with a pair of white high waisted pants.

"Hello," She said with a friendly smile. "Can I help you?"

"Are you Mrs. Fabray?" She asked. "Liv's mom?"

"Step-mother actually." Judy corrected standing up straighter. "Are you a friend of Liv's?"

Rachel's mouth opened, but nothing came out. She wasn't entire sure how to answer that, Liv wasn't a 'friends' kind of person. "Uhh..."

"Yeah," A voice said and Judy looked behind her and both she and Rachel saw Liv standing in the middle of the foyer with her arms crossed. She wore only an oversized black shirt, a pair of white boy shorts that Rachel could see peeking past the hem of her shirt and a elastic band, holding her long blonde hair in a messy side ponytail. "She's a friend from school." Liv continued as she walked closer to the door. "What are you doing here Rachel?"

"Mr. Schue asked me to bring you the work you've missed from the past couple of days." Rachel said before digging into her bag and pulling out a folder of work from all her classes. It was only partly true, Mr. Schue had told her that Quinn would be by after Cheerio's practice to pick up Liv's work, but Rachel had convinced him that since practices were usually three hours long it'd be easier for Rachel to deliver them. "And a card from the Glee club that Finn made everyone sign." She said holding out an envelope, but Judy took it before Liv could.

"Well isn't that nice?" She asked with a smile before her mouth popped open. "Oh I forgot." She said. "I have soup on the stove. Why don't you come in?" She asked before disappearing left into the dining room.

"So why are you really here?" Liv asked closing the door after Rachel stepped in.

"I was wondering if you were okay." Rachel replied honestly. "You get into Glee club and then don't show up to school for the next two days. Why?" She asked.

Liv sighed before answering. "I don't know if I want to stay in Glee club." She answered honestly and to say Rachel was shocked was an understatement.

"What?" She asked. "But you auditioned and-"

"I know." Liv said biting her lip. "But I only did it because I was pissed at Quinn and..." She shook her head. "Quinn's my sister and joining Glee club would hurt her and I may hate her sometimes, but I can't do something that's going to hurt her."

"But what about you?" Rachel asked. "I saw you when you auditioned on Monday. You loved it, I could tell and your voice...Your voice is amazing and you have a gift. You're just like me."

"Watch it." Liv warned and Rachel shook her head.

"No, I'm serious." She said walking closer to the blonde. "You and I both love singing and we both want something- need something that makes us special, that'll make somebody go; 'Hey, look at her. She loves what she does and she is amazing at that.'." She grabbed Liv by the elbows. "And we could have that with Glee club." She let her arms drop to her sides. "You're more than just Quinn Fabray's little sister and I'll be there everyday until you realize that."

Realizing she had nothing else to say Rachel went to leave, but stopped once she had opened the door and looked back at Liv. "Mr. Schue is taking the Glee club on a trip to see one of the Glee clubs we'll be going up against at Sectionals. The bus leaves tomorrow at nine. I hope you're on it."

And that's what Liv was up half the night thinking about.

Quinn was her sister and Liv would do anything for her, but Rachel was right. Liv wanted a life of her own. She wanted to be remembered for more than being Quinn's little sister.

She had felt so free when she was up on that stage singing and she wanted to feel like that again. She knew that Quinn felt the same way about cheerleading that Liv did about singing, but somehow Liv still knew that her older sister wouldn't understand.

With battling thoughts in her head, Liv went to bed and wondered what she'd choose in the morning.

"Does everybody turn in their permission slips?" Emma asked the five teens as they loaded on the school bus in front of McKinley.

"Mr. Schue can we please wait a few more minutes?" Rachel asked stepping aside so she could talk to him.

"Rachel we've waited half an hour." Will told her. "If we wait any longer we'll miss the show." Seeing her disappointed face Will put a hand on her shoulder. "Liv'll just have to catch the next field trip.

"Right." She sighed getting on the bus. She knew that Mr. Schue didn't know that Liv showing up was more about watching a show together, it was about more than that for Rachel, but maybe it wasn't for Liv.

She and got on the bus and Will tapped the driver on the shoulder as he passed signalling that it was time to go. The driver closed the bus doors and started the engine, but just as they were about to pull out of the school's parking lot he screeched to a stop and almost everyone let out a noise of annoyance and/or surprised when they lurched forward in theirs seats.

"What the hell?" Mercedes demanded from where she sat next to Tina across the aisle from Finn who seemed to be unfazed as he offered Artie a peanut from his bag.

"Hold on." The gruff voice of the driver told them before pulling the lever that opened the bus doors. "What's the big idea kid." He asked as the girl he nearly hit climbed onto the bus.

"Sorry." Liv apologized and turned to Will, who sat in the first row of seats next to Emma, and handed him her permission slip before going down the aisle of the bus and taking the open seat next to Rachel. "Nice move putting that permission slip in with my homework." She whispered as the bus began moving.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Rachel said with a confused look that Liv saw right through.

"Of course you don't." She said with a nod. "I guess you're not the one who wrote 'Come or I'll die. I'll literally die.' in pink gel pen in the corner of the paper either?"

"Oh no, that was me." Rachel told her with a serious face and Liv couldn't help the little laugh that came out of her mouth. "But I'm really glad you're here."

"Me too."