A/N: I own nothing and no one except the written words here. This idea came from two dreams that I had that could be easily related to one another.

I liked to think I was a pretty normal girl with a pretty normal life. I had a wonderfully crazy family who loved me and supported me in everything I wanted to do. I was a little weird because I actually loved school! High school was a lot of fun for me even at the end of my junior year when I had just finished taking four AP classes and had signed up for more the next year. I had great friends and I was involved in as much as I could be. I was part of three community service groups and lettered in three varsity sports. I also went to just about every theater production my school put on and played the flute in the school band. Everything was normal about me except for the fact that I had an uncle, Ryan, who was a pretty big deal out in Hollywood. He was my favorite uncle, but I rarely got to see him because I lived across the country from him. Little did I know, but that would change for the better when he decided to bring the cast of his new show to a college campus to be counselors at a musical theater camp so they could get to know each other better before shooting the rest of the season now that the pilot had been picked up by FOX. The summer of after my junior year of high school my uncle asked me if I'd like to come work at the camp as well. He knew how much I loved and appreciated theater even though I was never a part of the productions in school because of my busy schedule. He'd always tried to get me to switch, but I loved the sports I played too much. He always joked and said if he'd gotten to me before my dad did I would have been on Broadway by the age of 11 because I was so dramatic and theatrical and he was only partly joking. I did love to sing and I think if I hadn't decided to be an athlete I would definitely have been on stage. As it was I decided that I could stand to make a little money and spend some time with my uncle so I showed up at the apartment he was renting for the summer a week after school ended.

If you're wondering, yes I was referring to Ryan Murphy and yes I was talking about "Glee". That summer I had a lot of fun and I learned a lot that summer. I learned that I loved being on stage, but unfortunately for my uncle, just not enough to pursue it during the school year. I also learned that I loved the university that the camp was held at (we'd taken a tour before the camp opened) and I would be applying there Early decision in the fall. I also learned that I really did enjoy working with kids, which is good because I want to be a pediatrician. I learned that I LOVE the cast of my uncle's show! They are some of the sweetest and funniest people I've ever met. Most importantly though I learned that Chris Colfer is also a Starkid and that he is an amazing person. I missed the cast all throughout the school year and while we kept in touch it just wasn't the same. I would Skype with them on a weekly basis and they became some of my best friends.

Unfortunately I didn't know how long it would be until I would be able to see them all face to face again. My uncle had invited me to come out to LA for a few weeks after I graduated, but I couldn't because I'd been accepted into a research program that lasted a month that summer and I wouldn't be back in time if I went out to visit. I had applied to and been accepted to the college where the camp was held the year before and they had a special program for incoming freshman that allowed a select few to go into research labs with professors and work with their research students for a month. He told me that was fine because he'd be bringing the cast back again this year. Apparently they all begged him to do the camp again and the kids at the camp had loved it. There were also some new cast members who would be joining the group this summer and I was excited to meet them although I was told that not every new role was cast just yet. He asked who was in charge of the program so he could call and talk to them because he wanted me to be a counselor again this summer. I told him who to contact and he arranged it so that I could do both without a problem. That summer was amazing and I couldn't wait for my first year of college to begin.

I realized early that I wouldn't have time to watch my favorite TV show because of all the work and practices that I had. I also found that I would much rather read than watch anyway, so my uncle would email me the scripts and I could stay caught up that way. The summer going into my sophomore year of college was when things changed for me big time! Not only was I friends with celebrities, but I'd also be meeting my favorite on line celebrity, who I just happened to have a big crush on.

I was already on campus helping with research again when the majority of the cast was supposed to be arriving. I was lucky and unlucky in that the professor I was working with only had enough funding to pay two researchers for a full 8 weeks and one for 4 weeks. Because I was the youngest I got the short end of the deal, but that was ok because I'd be finishing my four weeks right when the camp would be beginning.

I met everyone the night they arrived at the theater and we had a pre-meeting meeting because all of the people there had done this twice before. Uncle Ryan told us that there would we people from the cast who were new to the show last season who weren't able to help last year and he asked if we'd help them out. He winked at me when he said this and I smiled. He was always trying to set me up with someone or another. I couldn't wait to see who it was this year.

The meeting was over and people were auditioning for roles in the show that we'd be working on this summer. This was a special camp the counselors were not only mentors, but also peers to the campers. And the campers weren't kids exactly, but more like freshman and sophomores in college. Ryan had changed it last year and it seemed to work better. Also the counselors were responsible for putting on a show that would be performed the night after the campers arrived, we had three weeks of rehearsal coming up and none of us knew what we'd be auditioning for just yet because we had to wait for everyone to get here.

I was sitting next to Chris and I asked him if he'd heard about why Darren Criss wasn't in the last Starkid show, but had only written the music for it. He said, "Hunny what was the last glee episode you saw?"

"Umm. Furt, I think, but I missed the one before it. Why?"

"Well that explains it. You know what happens though right, specifically with my character? Ryan sent you the scripts?"

"Yeah! Kurt gets a boyfriend named Blaine! And they love each other according to the last script!"

"Exactly!" He had effectively changed the subject, but I hadn't really noticed.

Ryan called me over then and told me that I was to work closely with and the actor who played Blaine and help him find his way around and everything. He said that he would be arriving the next day. I said ok and went back to my dorm to shower eat and get to bed. I had lab at nine until around five and I'd be meeting "Blaine" after that. Little did I know, my uncle had a surprise in store for me. He had worked at the camp with me and Chris for two summers and he knew that Darren Criss was my favorite actor. When he'd heard Darren's name at the auditions he'd recognized it, but couldn't remember where. Once Darren had been hired and asked to return for a second season Chris had insisted that Darren be a part of the camp this summer and meet Ryan's niece who he'd heard so much about and Ryan remembered why he knew the name. It was his intention so set the two up this summer and he had inadvertently been piquing Darren's interest about me right along with the rest of the cast when they talked about me.

It worried Darren that he was the boss's niece's favorite actor/singer. He was worried that she'd believe he owed her something because she'd mentioned his name to Ryan and he'd recognized it and took notice. He didn't think she sounded like the kind of person who would feel that way, but his on–again–off–again girlfriend, Mia, who happened to be off–again at the moment, had planted the seed in his brain and he couldn't shake the worry he had. Of course Ryan didn't know this and hadn't told Darren that it would be his niece showing him around the first day. Darren had never learned my name either, because the entire group referred to me as Duckie. So essentially we were both set up for trouble before we'd even met.

I had been made aware of who Blaine actually was because Chris made it his mission to make me watch every scene that he himself was in and many of them included Kurt's new main man. Darren Criss. That's who I'd be expected to "mentor". That's why Ryan had winked at me and, now that I think about it, Chris at the meeting. Oh great, how was I going to get through this?

I was up on the stage preparing for my audition, which was pretty much just a formality anyway. Ryan knew how each and every one of us acted and sang he just liked to watch us squirm a little. I had gotten out of lab early and was sitting on stage going over the scene I'd be reading with god knows who later on when out of the blue I heard a voice respond, by heart the line that the person opposite me would be expected to recite. I startled at that and called, "Who's out there?"

I heard a chuckle and a man walked toward the stage from the back of the house. "I'm Darren," he said, "Darren Criss, I play Blaine and I've only just arrived."

"I know who you are," I said shyly.

"A fan of the show I presume?"

"Something like that. And I'd be happy to show you to the dorms, I actually have your key here. I'm Catie, the one who's supposed to be mentoring you until you get your bearings here. "

"Nice to meet you and that would be great, thanks." We walked to the dorms and flirted and joked. He asked me how I knew so much about the school and I told him that I went to school there and that I was a tour guide. I had assumed he knew who I was and was pleased that he hadn't mentioned anything about my being related to Ryan yet. I wasn't one to brag or really talk about it much, I'd been treated pretty badly in the past by people who I thought were my friends and who had really only wanted an "in" with my uncle.

Apparently he didn't know that though because when I auditioned that night, the shit hit the fan.

I was sitting next to him when my uncle told us that we'd be putting up a musical version of Pride and Prejudice that Darren had helped write some of the songs for. That explained why the scene we had to do for the audition was one from the Austen novel. "Ooo, that's my favorite book!" I whispered, and Darren just shook his head laughing and patted my knee a couple of times. It turned out that we were going to be reading the scene together and I was really excited because I felt like he was actually showing interest in me.

We sat next to each other as the auditions went. Singing part was first, and I was going last, and then the reading of the scene. When it was my turn Ryan called me up and Darren said good luck. When I was done I sat on stage and waited while Ryan explained the way the readings would go. He said that because we'd been the last to sing, Darren and I would be the first to go. There were wolf whistles in the crowd and Darren was laughing when he got up on stage.

He began with Mr. Darcy's declaration of love to Lizzie, just before she rejects him. We waited for Ryan to give us the go ahead to move into the actual dialog part of the scene. He said, "Alright, dear, whenever you're ready." And I heard a few people call "That's right girl let him have it!" and then Chris and Lea yelled "You go Duckie!" As soon as he heard that his gazed turned cold and seriously if looks could kill I think I would have been dead. I knew right away that this was not just acting and I was pissed. I figured out quickly that he realized then and only then that I was Ryan's niece and he started treating me differently. What the exact reason was I didn't really care all I knew was that it was, in the end, because of being the boss's niece and I couldn't believe he was acting that way. I finished the scene and the anger and disappointment we said our lines with was not difficult to portray. He felt mislead and used and I felt cheated and judged and we both felt extremely disappointed in one another. We showed this as anger though and as soon as the scene was over he said, "I cannot BELIEVE you!" and stormed off the stage. Chris ran after him and as soon as they were out of the room and ran to the wings crying.

Ryan came running to find me after yelling "take ten!" to the cast. "CATIE! DUCKIE!" he called as he ran looking for me. I cringed at the nickname now, even though I'd loved it all my life, now it just brought back the memory of the cold glare in Darren's usually warm and bright eyes. I sobbed louder because of it and ryan came over and wrapped his arms around me. "Sweetheart, please excuse the way that I'm gonna say this, but what the hell just happened?"

"I don't know Ry-no, I'd hung out with him all day and we were fine, but as soon as he heard Lea and Chris say my nickname he just glared at me. I've never been so disappointed in someone or in myself for actually thinking he was special. He liked me until he realized that I was your niece and I don't even know why!"

"Well, we'll get to the bottom of this. You just stay here and listen; I want you to hear what he says because I'm sure it's all just a misunderstanding."

"Ok, if you're sure. If I want to come out and address something he says, can I?"

"Of course you can." No one could have guessed that there would be a LOT I wanted to address.

So eventually Chris convinced Darren to come back into the theater because they both knew Ryan would want an explanation.

Chris (C) Darren (D) Ryan (R) Me (M)

C- Darren, would you like to, CALMLY, explain why you just up and stormed out of the theater after your reading? You know that's exactly a good habit to get into.

D- Chris, she's just like I was worried she'd be. Just like Mia said she would be.

C- Who? And what the hell does Mia have to do with anything? You know she lies half the time she talks to you Darren and she's cheated on you at least once, I thought you weren't together anymore.

M – (thinking) They're not D – We're not.

D – But that doesn't matter. What matters is she was right about Ryan's niece.

C – What did she say about Catie exactly? And how would she know anything about her?

D – She told me that "Duckie" who I now know is Catie would think that I owed her something because she happened to mention to Ryan that I'm her favorite actor/ singer. That she'd think she's the reason I got this job and that I owe her for it. I just can't believe it's true! We're even doing a play based on her favorite book!

R- Woah, wait first of all the play we are doing has nothing to do with her, I didn't even know it was her favorite book. But, Catie? Think you owe her something? Did Catie say anything like that? Because that does not sound like my niece. Darren, everyone here knows you got that job fair and square; including my niece. I'm assuming you realized who she was when you heard people call her Duckie?

D- Yes that's right. You're niece. No, she didn't say anything, but her actions were loud enough to speak for her. She was hanging around me all day doing things to get praise and not letting me out of her sight, like she owned me or something.

R – I assigned her to be you're damn mentor! I'm sure she told you that when you first met her!

D- yeah she did, but she neglected to mention that she was your niece.

R&M – What does that matter?

Darren whipped around to see me step out from behind the curtain.

M- It shouldn't matter whether I was Ryan's niece or the princess of England! You like me JUST fine until you realized "what" I was. People have taken advantage of me for that in the past so excuse me for not bringing it up! Now, as for where you get off putting opinions and ideas in my head, I don't know. And really I don't care to. Darren, I was a fan of yours before I met you and upon first impression I became an even bigger fan because you treated me like a normal person. But guess what, you just lost a fan. It's a good thing you know how to make a first impression but your second impressions suck! How you could, having not even met me yet, assume such terrible things about me I don't understand and I can't believe you! I NEVER expected anything from you and I didn't even know you were part of the cast until last night. You had no right to treat me the way you did especially after, at least I'd thought, you'd gotten to know me. I have never met someone as selfish as you. You are giving this entire cast a bad name. If anyone, I don't care who they are, ever treated me like this I would sever any contact with them, so welcome to the no contact zone. That includes phone, email, twitter, verbal, physical and especially eye contact. You're a good actor Darren, but now I see that you're a terrible person. I have never been so terribly judged in my entire life, and by a person who preaches tolerance too.

D – Catie… I -

C – Just save it. Maybe next time you shouldn't be so quick to take your own insecurities out on other people. I have enough of my own thanks.

I started to walk out of the theater and I turned around and said, "Oh, and seriously, remember NO contact. I promise you I'll ignore it. Apparently I was too attentive. Ryan I'm sorry, but you'll have to find him a new mentor."

I left the auditorium then.

D – Well shit, I'm the biggest asshole in the world.

C – yeah, I'd say.

D – Do you hate me now too?

C- no, dumbass, I don't hate you. But she is my friend and I will stick up for her. What you did was uncalled for, unfounded, and mean. But when she says no contact she means it Darren. Unfortunately Ryan already cast you as Darcy and she as Elizabeth meaning you're going to be seeing a lot of each other. But I think you just realized how much like Mr. Darcy you are. So for you it shouldn't be a problem. Convincing her that you do care for her and that she was right? It's gonna be an uphill battle.

D – I think it's worth it. I just… I let Mia get to me. I've been lied to and hurt so much lately that I let that get to me too. How do I apologize and try to explain when she won't even look at me?

C – WWDD.

D- What?

C – What Would Darcy Do? God, when did real life turn into an Austen novel?

Darren texted and called me a lot over the next few days. Chris was right when he predicted that we'd already been cast as the leads, but luckily I didn't have to rehearse with Darren for a while still. I didn't listen to or read any of Darren's messages. I knew he'd just be saying how sorry he was and I really didn't want to hear it. I'd already had a crush on him so during the time that we'd spent together I started falling for him and I got my hopes up. He tore that down faster than fire through paper and he got through my walls like a Trojan horse and attacked me from the inside. It was going to take more than a poorly thought through text or phone message asking for forgiveness. At this point I was pretty sure he just wanted to feel better. What I'd said was the truth and the truth hurts, if I forgave him that easily it wouldn't help either of us.

A/N: EEK! Don't hate me! It gets better I promise!