Signs of Life;
Prologue
How did I end up in the slammer, you may ask? No, I did not kill anyone, nor have I committed a felony. I did not shoplift, although I can see why you would think that given my amazing and extremely expensive fashion sense, and I definitely didn't vandalize any public property... that's just stupid. But I did do something. Well, we did something. 'We' being Blaine, Rachel and myself. Two under aged teenagers and an amazingly dressed twenty-one year old in jail. The under aged teenagers I was hired to baby-sit; the teenagers that were left in my care by the most wealthiest couple living in North Carolina. Let's just be fair though, I am only twenty-two years old so I don't hold all the wisdom of some sixty year old but we are in pretty deep. Charged with auto-theft, sneaking in and out of a public domain and for hacking a multimedia international event; I am guessing I am fired…?
Summer. Most people, in particular teenagers, would be excited at this time of the year. The endless amount of homework and the many days filled with exams and studies while trying to cram as much information in your head the night before, are finally over…at least for a couple of months anyway. It is a small price to pay for the sweet taste of freedom. However, while teenagers are busy preparing road trips and weeks spent at the beach and while families are packing their bags for holidays; I, Kurt Hummel, am spending my summer babysitting in North Carolina. This isn't just some babysitting job either; I am taking care of the most obnoxious and self-absorbed 17-year-old boy and an equally annoying 16-year-old girl, named Blaine and Rachel Anderson. The Andersons are wealthy, scratch that, they are an extremely wealthy family. Their house– mansion, is an exact replica, of that of Marie Antoinette's. Of course Genevieve Anderson demanded this while James Anderson supplied the funds and continued to work, not even remotely phased by his wife's decisions; after all he is barely home for it to bother him anyway. Now you may be wondering why a young nobody from Lima, Ohio has been hired to 'baby-sit' their children while they tour Europe for the twenty-sixth time; (not that I am keeping count or anything). The answer to that is fairly simple. No one would apply for the job. Rachel and Blaine have a reputation of sorts; they are careless, immature, completely self absorbed and rather rebellious. No one in their right mind would take on the job of looking after the Anderson teenagers, which is why James Anderson raised the price to a staggering $800 a week. A week! That is when I submitted my resume online and within minutes received an email, telling me that I was hired.
I was one of those teenagers that had many dreams and aspirations. I truly believed that once I graduated high school everything would fall into place. I thought that my life, my real life outside of the McKinley walls would begin with a bang. I would move to New York, attend one of the most prestigious 'Music and Theatre' schools, do some community theatre work on the side and then years later my next stop would be Broadway. My reality, my 'real life' began with a fizz. It never happened. I am now twenty-two years old and barely able to hold a stable job, therefore babysitting is my go-to when the mere $87 a week working at Bolero's Pizza House won't suffice.
After being 'hired', I decided to read up on the Anderson teenagers and was surprised to learn that Rachel and Blaine seemed to be so much like my old friends in New Directions. Both having dreams bigger than themselves; … dreams similar to mine. Rachel, of course, had a YouTube account named 'TheNextBarbara', for each day of the week she posted a video of herself singing covers of songs. It is idiotic but depending on what day it is, she would post a video of herself singing a song that began with the letter of whatever day it was. For example, on Thursday she sang 'The Only Exception' and so on and so forth. The comments mostly consisted of compliments and constructive criticism …mostly.
Rachel Anderson defines the word 'obnoxious', it is fairly clear that she believes she was born for one purpose. To perform. Actually, it is extremely clear that she believes that, given that she states this at the beginning of every video. There are 453 videos currently posted. Rachel thinks that being on stage, in front of millions of people, is her one and only purpose in life and that being the next Barbara or Patti is what she was born for, hence the account name. Blaine Anderson on the other hand is very different to his sister. He doesn't have a YouTube account sadly but online stalking and searching resulted in me finding his online blog. He calls himself the 'DapperMusicMan' and on many occasions states how pointless school and education is. Blaine basically wants to do one thing in his life. Make music. His blog consists of online rambling and some videos posted of himself strumming away on an acoustic guitar and softly singing his original songs. I skipped the blog entries and watched the videos; he was good, really good actually. I minimize the tab and reopen Rachel's YouTube account, muting the music I press play and watch her belt out a ballad and once it ended I did the same to Blaine's video. I would be 'babysitting' these two teenagers in one week. I would be in North Carolina and sleeping in one of fifty bedrooms in the Anderson mansion in one week. I groan and let my head fall to the table, accidently pressing the spacebar on the keyboard un-muting the video, resulting in Rachel's ostentatious voice echoing through the small apartment. I will be hearing that for 8 weeks. Oh god. Summer is looking just great! Note the sarcasm.
A/N: New idea! Love it or hate it? I would like to know because if you do like it then I will gladly begin writing this series :) Yes, I know that I have three other stories that have been started but haven't been finished but this just popped into my head and I think this story would be easier to write because I have so many ideas! I haven't given up on my other stories though! I am in the middle of editing the next chapter for 'Break the Silence', so that should be up soon-ish! The characters are the same to Glee (some at least) but their whole stories have been changed as you can tell. Tell me what you think! Oh and don't worry - the other chapters will be way, way longer than this. It is just the Prologue any way ;)