Dan tiredly took a sip of his grande Starbucks latte as he walked to the NYU campus at 7 AM. He had been selected to give the tours for possibly interested NYU candidates. The tour started at 8, but he had to get there by fucking 7 AM every morning. Who even wants to go on a stupid tour at 8 in the morning? Don't people have better things to do, like…sleep? Well, either way, he would have to stop being such a whiner and just deal with it.

He arrived at the usual spot near the front of the campus and was surprised to find someone already sitting on the bench. She looked about seventeen or eighteen, and she was dressed in a pretty ridiculously preppy outfit, which, for some reason looked kind of sexy on her. He walked up to her.

"Um, are you here for the tour…?" he asked, running his hand through his hair.

"Yes, I am! Hello, I'm Rachel Berry! And you must be my tour guide!" she gave him a huge smile and held out her hand. Dan shook it wearily.

"Well, you do know the tour starts in an hour, right?" he laughed.

"Of course! But I always like to get to my engagements as early as possible. So here I am! I'm actually waiting for my friend, Kurt. He's coming on the tour as well, he's just getting us some coffee. We're here in New York for glee club nationals."

"Oh, you're in a glee club? That's interesting."

"It's so much fun! Were you in one in high school?" Dan laughed at the thought of actually singing in front of anyone beside himself in the mirror with a hairbrush.

"Oh no, no. Not me. To say I'm not a good singer is quite an understatement."

"Aw, well, I'm sure you'd be good at it if you tried." she gave him another smile. He felt his heart beat a little faster in his chest. What the hell, Dan? Get yourself together, he snapped at himself. Anyway, their conversation was interrupted by who Dan assumed was her friend, Kurt. He was a tall, poised, gay-fabulous brunette dressed in something that looked like it just came off the runway. He handed Rachel her coffee and looked up at him, then back at her, as if he already knew Dan was attempting to flirt with her. Rachel broke the short silence by introducing them. "Dan, this is my friend, Kurt! Kurt, this is our tour guide, Dan!" "Nice to meet you, Dan." Kurt said politely, shaking his hand and taking a sip of his coffee. They all sat down on the bench and had a small chat until more people began to arrive. Then, it was time to start the tour.