A/N: This is my second story, and it's going to be a multi-chapter fic. Sorry if any of the lyrics aren't centred, but I had a few problems with OpenOffice. Reviews are love, so give us some!

Song: Ohio by Bowling For Soup


The choir room was buzzing. The gleeks were talking amongst themselves while waiting for Mr Schue. Kurt and Mercedes were gossiping, Finn, Puck and Mike were talking about the upcoming weekend, Tina, Sugar, Artie and Rory were discussing The X Factor USA, Sam was teaching Blaine his signature move, Windy City, while Rachel and Quinn gazed at his abs through his too-tight top and Santana and Brittany were in the corner making out. Mr Schue wandered in a few minutes late as usual and started writing on the board.

"So, for this weeks lesson I thought we'd -" But he never got to finish his sentence because at that moment the band started playing. As he stared at them incredulously, a beautiful voice sang:

He said he needed a break
A little time to think
But then he went to Cleveland
With some guy named Leelan
That he met at the bank

A girl appeared at the doorway, no older than 15, with long, dark brown hair and big chocolate eyes. She was wearing a biker jacket with a plain white top underneath, ripped jeans, and heeled boots. She had a microphone in her hand. She started singing again as the band picked up the pace.

There's nothing wrong with Ohio
Except the snow and the rain
I really like Drew Carey
And I'd love the Scene, the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame

She made her way to the middle of the room, smiling at the band as she did so. Everyone was looking at each other in confusion, and you could see the questions running through their minds: Who was this girl? Did she go to their school? Does she want to join the New Directions? Everyone except Puck, that is, who was looking slightly less confused than the rest of the group. He obviously knew something they didn't. The girl searched her crowd until her eyes locked on him, and she sang directly at him.

So when you're done doing whatever
And when you're through doing whoever

She gave a pointed look at Quinn as she sang that line, which caused Quinn to look around her as if to say "Who, me? What did I do?"

You know Denton County will be right here waiting for you...

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about the Lonestar State
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And I've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway

By this time, the gleeks had noticed the direction of the girl's gaze and turned one by one to look at Puck for answers. He only replied with a shrug of his shoulders and a smile. The Girl seemed to be enjoying herself, dancing a little to the lyrics.

I think I made a mistake
It's not that easy to take
H
e went to make a deposit
Then she cleaned out his closet
Guess I'll sit here and wait

For him to come back home
It shouldn't take very long
I bet he misses the sunrise
And Mrs. Baird's fruit pies but I could be wrong

So when you're done doing whatever
And when you're through doing whoever

Another pointed look, this time directed at Santana, who gave her her best "Bitch, please, I ain't afraid of you, I'm about to go all Lima heights on your ass" look.

You know Denton County will be right here waiting for you...

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about the Lonestar State
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And I've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway

Troy Aikmen wants you back
Willie Nelson wants you back
NASA wants you back
And the Bush twins want you back
And Pantera wants you back
And Blue Bell wants you back
I got a premonition
I'm taking a petition
And the whole state's gonna sign

She made her way towards Puck, took his hand and pulled him up off his chair. She dragged him over to where the band was playing and handed him a guitar. He rolled his eyes, slung the strap over his shoulder, played the acoustic verse and started singing along with the girl, harmonizing with her perfectly.

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about the Lone Star State
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And I've got every slow dance saved

Come back to Texas
It's just not the same since you went away
Before you lose your accent
And forget all about the Lone Star State
There's a seat for you at the rodeo
And I've got every slow dance saved
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway
Besides the Mexican food sucks north of here anyway, yeah!

As the last chord died, Puck felt the stares of everyone on him, but he ignored them, taking off the guitar and picking up the girl, hugging her. As he put her down, all hell broke loose. Every person in the room seemed intent on asking the same question at the same time, and wouldn't let anyone else get a word in edgeways. Puck looked the girl in the eyes and motioned towards the door. She shook her head, smiled and turned to face the rest of the group.

"Everybody, SHUT IT!" She shouted with such a forceful voice that it caused everyone to do as they were told, even Mr Schue.

"Thank you." she said."Noah will happily explain everything to you while I go to the toilet, because I've needed to go since I got off the plane. Be right back!" She smiled and walked off quickly, and turned to the left when she exited the choir room, to which Puck said "Other way!". Through the doorway the gleeks saw her half-running the right way and giving a thumbs up to Puck as she passed. Puck turned around to find every single one of the New Directions looking at him, currently speechless. Mercedes was the first to speak.

"Alright white boy, what's the deal?" She said in her sassy voice.

"I don't know much more than you. I know who she is but not why she's here." He answered, his hands raised in defence.

"She's obviously close to you since you hugged her, and I haven't known you to hug anyone. Ever." Interjected Artie. "So what is she? Friend, family...booty call?"

Puck pulled a disgusted face. "Eww, no! She's only 15! She's my cousin, Ilyssa. I haven't seen her face to face in three years, though. I was born in Texas, and me and her were really close. But then we moved to Lima when I was 10 with mom's new boyfriend, hence the song. Since then we've kept in contact, video calling on Skype and Facebook and so on, and we used to go see them every summer, but because of money problems we haven't been able to go for the past few years. But like I said, I have no clue why she's here, she should be in school." He looked at the group to find that they were looking at him as if he'd grown an extra head.

"Just because I'm a screw-up doesn't mean I want her to be, OK?" He said defensively.

Just then, Ilyssa came wandering back in.

"Sorry about that guys but I've been busting for a wazz since I landed at Lima Allen County Airport. So as I'm sure Noah told you, I'm Ilyssa and I did all this because I have an important announcement to make: I've transferred to McKinley!" she said, directing the second part at Puck. "And if it's OK with you guys, I'd like to join Glee club."she added. He looked at her, shocked. He wanted to ask her so many questions, the main one being Why?, but her eyes clearly said "I'll tell you later", so he settled for hugging her instead. This time, everyone got up and joined in, turning it into a group hug.

"So is that a yes?" She asked.

"Did you hear yourself? Of course it's a yes!" Sam said, and the rest of the group nodded their agreement. Ilyssa squealed and hugged everyone tighter. She could tell she was going to like it at her new school.