Chapter 1: Athena

Dani checked her phone a second time and decided that it would be okay for her to go into the auditorium. Taking a deep breath she picked up her guitar, which was lying against the wall next to her, and slung it over her shoulder and looked again at the sign on the double doors to the auditorium and then pushed them open. The end of the sweet music of When I Was Your Man filled her ears, and she looked at the stage, spying a girl with dark brown hair fitted carefully with a red headband, a green sweater with a reindeer on it, a yellow skirt and red stockings who had obviously just finished singing.

"And that's how you do a solo!" The girl said, walking off the stage, it seemed a little reluctantly, and sat down in an empty seat next to, from what Dani could gather, were fellow Glee club members. Dani cleared her throat and started walking down the steps towards the mismatched group.

"Hey, I'm here to audition?"

"Hi! " Mr Shuester smiled brightly, standing up. "Never thought you were a singer, Dani! But let's see what you've got."

Dani nodded, and walked up on to the stage grabbing a stray stool, she carried it to the centre microphone and settled herself with her guitar. She looked out at the small group of people in front of her and her eye caught on a girl who was watching her carefully. Dani smiled, her eyes staying on the girl, who's eyes were like pools of fucking chocolate– Dani shook her head slightly, now wasn't the time to be thinking about girls, she had to show Mr Shuester and everyone else that she was worth it.

"Um, I'm going to be singing an original song of mine, if that's okay?"

"That's great!" Mr Shuester enthused.

"It's called Skyscraper."

Dani closed her eyes and fell into the world of music, the heartfelt words she had written poured out of her mouth. She didn't realise she was crying until she finished the song and finally opened her eyes to see a concerned Mr Shue next to her on the stage. She brushed the tears away quickly, shaking her head.

"Are you alright?"

"Sorry, sorry, I'm fine really."

"Are you sure?" Mr Shue asked, his eyes showing doubt.

"Yep. Um, well was that -?" Dani asked, changing the subject. Mr Shue looked at the rest of the Glee club who nodded and smiled in acceptance.

"That was amazing Dani! Welcome to Glee Club!"

"Wow, really? Cool!"

"Hey, Dani, right?" Dani was sitting on the train, on her way home, when someone sat down next to her. She looked up from the notebook in front of her.

"Yeah, oh hi!" It was the girl from her Glee club audition with the beautiful eyes.

"Your song was really good." The girl said, adjusting her knee high boots nervously.

"Thanks." Dani bit her lip, looking back down at her notebook. They sat there for a moment, both as nervous as the other when finally the girl stood up.

"I just wanted to say welcome to Glee club. See you tomorrow."

"Thanks. See you tomorrow." Dani mumbled, only realising how… well, hot, this girl was, with her knee high black boots, a short black skirt topped off with a casual flannel shirt tucked into it. Dani took one last look at those eyes, noticing the girl's lip gloss covered lips and found herself flipping her hair over her shoulder and adjusting her top to show off her figure as much as she could, but the girl had already turned away and walked off the train. As the train left the platform the girl waggled her fingers at Dani and that was all it took for her to fall head over heels for her. The rest of the train ride home was spent fantasizing about the girl and beating herself up because she hadn't gotten her name. But when Dani finally arrived home, the mystery girl was forgotten, her mother was drunk and passed out on the steps which a meant it was going to be a tough night.

"Alright, alright! Settle down everyone, to your seats! Seeing as we have a new Glee member –" Mr Shuester paused so that everyone could applaud. "I think this week should be solo week, I want you to express yourselves, okay? I want you to show Dani, and for Dani to show you, what your story is, why you sing, why you're here – whether it be to forget about maybe the people who bully outside of this room, or maybe it's simply because you love music, whatever it is I want you to tell it through song. I want you to all get to know each other!"

"If you wouldn't mind, Mr Shue, Finn and I would like to say something to Dani on behalf of everyone." The same girl who had been on stage before Dani yesterday stood up, dragging her boyfriend, Dani assumed, with her.

"We just wanted to say that yesterday you sang beautifully, but just because you have an amazing voice doesn't mean you're going to get every solo, so you –"

"Rachel!" Mr Shuester cut in quickly, glaring at her. The boy standing next to her looked a bit uncomfortable, but smiled at Dani.

"Just welcome to Glee club!" He said quickly. Dani smiled.

"Thanks! And thanks Mr Shue, I think this is going to be good."

"Your voice is like a baby's bottom." Somebody whispered in Dani's ear, Dani turned around quickly to see a blonde in a Cheerio's uniform looking forward at Mr Shue who was writing on the board. Dani shrugged and just as she was about to turn back around something caught her eye, the blonde's pinkie was linked with mystery girl's. The chocolate coloured eyed girl caught her looking and quickly detached her pinkie from the blonde's.

"Hey Dani." She said. Even her voice was breathtaking, Dani thought.

"Hey, I never got your name…" Dani trailed off expectantly, but Mr Shue had started talking and she had to turn back around.

After the bell rang signalling the end of lunch and end of Glee club, Dani wandered the halls to her locker, thinking about the blonde and mystery girl. They are definitely an item, Dani concluded, reaching her locker, but why would she unlink her pinkie when she saw me looking, maybe… no. Dani took her books out for fifth period, oh my god, she's turning me into one of the girl's who wanders about every move and thinks it means something when it probably doesn't. I am never like this about anyone.

A/N: Sorry this is very short, but the next chapter will be longer, promise! Reviews would be super duper lovely! xo