I do not own Glee or most of the OC's in this story. Glee is owned by Fox and most OC's are owned by the amazing C.P. Coulter, author of Dalton. If you haven't read it, you definitely should. Also some situations may be similar to those found in Dalton. Finally any songs or books used/mentioned in the fic are not mine. I hope you like it!

Chapter Two: Logan and the Twins

Emily woke to a bright light in her face. She rolled over and that helped a bit but it was still brighter than she was used to. "Rise and shine sleepy head." a female voice called from behind her. Emily rolled back over, opened her eyes and blinked away the sunlight. It took her a moment to remember where she was and why she was there, but soon enough she remembered Zoey, and the events of last night. She sat up, stretched, yawned and looked around. "Time to get up." Zoey walked over and held out a hand to Emily who took it and got out of bed.

"I'll change in the bathroom and knock before I come in again." Emily nodded and Zoey, who already had her uniform in her hands, went out the door. Emily went to her closet and took out her own uniform. As she got changed, Emily remembered she still needed to get shoes, a white shirt and white socks. She found a white shirt she brought and, although it didn't have a collar, she thought it would still work. She put it on and was tying her tie when there was a knock at the door. "Come in." Zoey came through the door. She looked Emily up and down and shook her head.

"Oh no. That won't work." She went to her closet and took out an extra white collared shirt, nice black dress shoes and knee high white socks. She threw them toward Emily who side stepped the mass as it landed on her bed.

"Thanks" Emily said as she held up the shirt and was happy that it was pretty close to her size.

"I'll just look out the window." Zoey said as she turned away. Emily turned away as well and quickly changed into her new shirt.

"Done." she said as she buttoned her blazer.

Zoey turned, looked Emily up and down and nodded her approval. "Much better." Emily smiled and put on the socks and shoes Zoey let her borrow. She tied the tie, grabbed her backpack and looked up at Zoey. "Ready."

Zoey grabbed her backpack and walked towards the door. Emily followed as they went down the stairs and into the kitchen. There were girls eating as Zoey and Emily took seats next to each other.

"What do you want?" Zoey asked, a bit perky.

"Cereal?" Emily said but it was more of a question since she was still trying to wake up.

"Okay." Zoey said and she was off around the kitchen getting a bowl, spoon, and milk Emily would need after putting some toast in for herself. "The cereal is on the table." Emily looked up and saw there were several cereal boxes in front of her. She chose Rice Krispies and poured some into the bowl Zoey placed in front of her. She absentmindedly scooped some cereal into her mouth and began looking around at the three girls on the opposite side of the table. They were too interested in their own conversation they hadn't seemed to notice Emily and Zoey come in and start to eat; she recognized one of them as Jasmine. Zoey came over, sat beside Emily and took a bite of her toast she had just buttered. "I see you recognize Jasmine." Zoey said. Emily nodded.

"Who are the other two?" Emily asked bringing her mouth closer to Zoey's ear so she could speak quieter.

"Amy and Skyler. Skyler has the lighter hair." Emily took in the three girls.

Jasmine's blue eyes sparkled and her brown hair hung just above her elbows, a little shorter then Emily's. Skyler had dirty blond hair and hazel eyes that were looking at the other two and Amy's brown hair hung only to her shoulders, the shortest of the three, her brown eyes were wide as she told the other two something that made them all laugh.

"How did they meet?" Emily asked turning back to Zoey.

"Amy and Jasmine have known each other since kindergarten and they met Skyler just this year when they all came to Dalton." she explained.

"They seem close." Emily noted, more to herself.

"They are. I'd avoid them if I were you." she advised. Emily nodded as she watched them get up, grab their bags and leave the dorm. Zoey grabbed her phone out of her bag when it started ringing. She laughed after she read something on it. "The boys just left. They'll probably run into Jasmine and them on the way here."

Zoey began to collect the plat, bowl and spoon from the table they had used and started washing them. Emily grabbed the dishcloth next to the sink and dried them as Zoey handed them to her. Zoey put the dishes away and smiled at Emily. "We made a great team." Emily nodded and beamed back just as the dorm doors opened and Wes, Blaine and David came through.

"Took you long enough " Zoey said as she grabbed her bag, Emily picked up her as well.

"Sorry we ran into Jasmine." Wes said, slightly angry in his voice.

"Told ya they would." Zoey said to Emily.

Emily turned to the boys. "They left right before you did."

"You should've warned us." Wes said.

"Next time." Zoey promised.

"Come on," Blaine said, "We're already late." He walked towards the door and held it open as the rest of the teens went out. David led the group towards the school building. "How was your fist night?" Wes asked coming up beside Emily.

"Good." Emily said with a smile as she looked up at him.

"Well. Your first day is going to be even better." David said as he turned to face them and started walking backward.

"I'm sure." Emily said sarcastically. They went into school that was already full of students and went against the wall.

"Get your schedule and we'll find your classes." Blaine said. Emily got it out and handed it to Blaine who looked at it. He looked up at the door three away from them on the other side, he looked down at the schedule and then back at the same door before smiling. "That's your first class."

She looked at the door as Blaine looked for her next class. "You have Biology next on the last door on this side. " He indicated the same side of the school they were on.

"That should be easy enough." Emily said with a smile. The bell rang and Blaine gave Emily the schedule back as students went this way and that attempting to get to their first classes on time.

"We all have class to get to but I'll wait outside your Biology class and show you where we eat lunch."

"Okay, thanks." Emily smiled and waved bye to Blaine and his friends. She went into her first class after taking a deep breath. She took a quick look at her classmates and her eyes were immediately drawn to a boy with blond hair who was currently looking at his watch anxiously then the door and seemed to overlook Emily as he looked at his watch once more.

"Can I help you?" Emily turned and saw a grey haired man, the teacher, smiling down at her.

"Hi. I'm new here and I think this is my first class." She held up her schedule and he took a quick look at it.

"I'm Mr. Clearwater. Welcome to grade 11 Functions and Applications." He went behind his desk, got a textbook and handed it to her. "You can sit there." He indicated a seat four away from the blond who was now wringing his hands and looked even more nervous than before. "Just come by my desk after class so I can give you some work to catch up on."

"Alright, thanks." Emily smiled at him before turning and walking towards her new desk.

The blond haired boy felt hopeless and alone. He kept check his watch and looking at the door for signs of the other blond boy. After the longest seven minutes of his life, the blond he was looking for finally came in the room.

"Finally," he said as the new comer took his seat next to the anxious boy. "What took you so long?"

"Sorry, I got a drink after I went to the bathroom." The other boy nodded, noticeably calmer.

"We have a new girl in our class."

The new boy looked interested. "A new talking flower?" The first boy nodded and pointed to a red haired girl who was too busy going through her messenger bag she hadn't noticed the boy come in and take the seat next to his brother, or the fact that they were both currently looking and talking about her. The second boy looked at her then to his brother. "She looks interesting no?"

"Very interesting." his brother agreed as he too turned to get a better look at the new talking flower.

After finishing her math class and getting the extra work to catch up on, Emily was grateful that she knew were her next class was. Even so, she looked down at her schedule as she walked into the room causing her to bump into someone.

"I'm so sorry." Emily blurted quickly as she looked up with wide eyes. The dirty blond haired boy turned towards her, his bright green eyes looking at her angrily. After taking her in though, they softened. "It's alright. Accidents happen. You're new right?" he asked.

Emily smiled and nodded, "Is it that obvious?" she asked. The boy laughed.

"We were all there once. My name is…"

"Logan!" someone yelled, causing the boy to turn. A dark skinned, dark haired boy was looking right at him.

"What do you want Derek?" Derek made a come here gesture with his hands. Logan turned back towards Emily. "Sorry about that. I have to go. I hope you like Dalton." He ran towards Derek.

Emily kept looking at the two boys while half listening to the teacher give her a textbook, a seat and extra reading for the night. She sat down and realized no one else was in her group of four. She tried to pay attention. A while later, the bell finally rang and Emily packed up her things, went to the door, and began looking for Blaine but the halls were so crowded, Emily didn't know how Blaine would find her. Suddenly two eyes that were so blue Emily though they were contacts met her green ones.

"Hello talking flower." it said making Emily jump back. The boy laughed and smiled, happy with her reaction. She recognized the boy from her first class that morning.

"I think she should be Red Rose, look at her hair." someone said behind her.

She turned and saw an exact replica of the boy who was now behind her, or so she thought. She turned, saw the boy, turned again, saw the same boy and tuned one last time to be sure and indeed saw the same boy. She took a step back and saw they were twins as she thought. She was about to introduce herself when the twins smiled.

"Good job Red Rose."

"It took Blaine a week to figure out we were twins

"And just because he never saw us together,"

"And if we saw him and were together we would always just happen to have to go in the other direction,"

"And you never corrected him if he called you my name because you didn't want to be rude." the one said to the other.

"And I just happened to understand everything he said to me he meant to say to you." he said to his twin.

"Yeah all that, it's no excuse."

"If Wes hadn't told him we would have been able to keep it up a bit longer."

"Yeah, he was a bit more shy when he first got here."

"That's when Wes told us to introduce ourselves together to any new people."

"But when Reed almost broke his nose on his third day when you were talking to him and I came up,"

"He changed it to the first time we talk to new people."

The two boys took a deep breath and smiled. Suddenly looks of horror took over both their faces at the same time.

"We're sorry Red Rose, how rude of us."

"You don't know who we are. He's Ethan." one said pointing to the other.

"And he's Evan." he pointed at his identical brother. The tilted there heads towards each other and put on sweet innocent looking smiles that Emily was sure they mastered over years of trouble making if the past few minutes were any indication.

"I'm Emily." she said, her first words to them.

"We know Red Rose and don't worry."

Emily was just about to ask why when the other twin started to talk

"We'll take good care of you." They walked up to her and grabbed her arms, one each, and started to lead her somewhere.

"Blaine said he would meet me for lunch. I'm just waiting for him." she explained.

"Oh we know the White Rabbit's looking for you."

"But we also know he loves playing hide and seek."

"Especially in Warblerland."

Emily though for a moment, "Warblerland? I'm not a Warbler."

"We are," one said with a satisfied smile.

"Consider this us showing you your next class since its right next to the Warbler room."

"All the art classes are together."

Emily was trying to figure out why this didn't seem right when it dawned on her. "How do you know what I have after lunch?"

The twins looked at each other with knowing smiles, "We have our sources."

Emily decided to drop the subject when she heard a phone vibrate; Ethan and Evan's knowing smile widened and one of them took out the phone and opened to the text they just received.

WRabbit: 911 can't find Emily, new girl, anyone?

"Have we seen Red Rose?" one of them asked the other with a questioning look. They both looked at Emily and the twin with the phone out typed a quick reply.

TweedleD: Yes

They'd only walked a few steps when the phone vibrated again.

WRabbit: Where?

The twins looked at each other with smiles even bigger at the trouble they were about to cause.

TweedleD: Somewhere in Warblerland

The twins lead Emily to a room that had three couches facing the center and a large rectangular desk making the forth side of the rectangle, none of them touching so people could easily walk around them and sit where they want. She also noticed a piano in one corner and a guitar next to it.

"This is the Warbler room." one of the blue eyed boys said, Emily wasn't sure how to tell them apart.

Emily was amazed at the simplicity of the set up and smiled at the piano remembering teaching herself how to play the one back at her old school. She didn't notice the twin's smiles.

"Well, we'll just leave you here then." Emily turned at this.

"But I have to find Blaine." she said a bit concerned, not sure whether to believe them.

"Don't worry Red Rose," one said as they both turned to the door.

"The White Rabbit will find you." They went out the door and Emily could've sworn she heard them say eventually.

"Wait! Ethan! Evan! Wait!" Emily hadn't realized she had taken a few steps into the room as she admired it and that was the only lead the twins needed. By the time she reached the door they were lost in the seas of students going this way and that. Emily sighed as she debated what to do. Not wanting to get more lost than she already was, she went back in the room, put her bag down beside the piano and sat at the piano bench. She placed her hands on the keys and absent-mindedly started playing.

Thoughts of last night came back including Austin. She didn't want to break up with him but she had to or he would've found out who she really was and would have broken up with her anyway. It was easier this way but it didn't make it any less painful. She hadn't realized she actually started playing a song until she really listened to the piano. She gave a sad smile, recognizing the tune she hadn't meant to play. A tear came down her cheek as she began to sing along.

Hands touch, Eyes meet
Sudden silence, Sudden heat
Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl

Emily though of the first time they met. It was corny, she'd admit but she had run into him and dropped her books. He helped her pick them up and offered to carry some since they happened to be in the next class together. It just kind of all started there.

Don't dream too far
Don't lose sight of who you are
Don't remember that rush of joy
He could be that boy
I'm not that girl

Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of what-might-have-been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in

Emily wondered what Austin would be doing now. Eating lunch with his friends? She thought about what they would be talking about. Classes? Teachers? She wondered how much homework she would have already at her old school.

"Probably not as much as I have already for today." she though with a little laugh. She continued to play.

Logan couldn't seem to focus on Biology. He found his mind and his eye's wondering to the new girl. Who was she? As the lunch bell rang, he packed up his things, determined to talk to her, but when he went to leave the room, she was already gone. Going out the door didn't help either; it would've been next to impossible to find her there anyway.

"Earth to Logan." Logan turned towards his name. "He lives." Derek was only a few steps behind him, trying to figure out what Logan was doing. He looked up and down the hall like Logan was attempting to see what was distracting his friend but only saw a mass of students. "You're not trying to find that girl again are you?"

Logan nodded, "Why?"

"She's….different." Logan responded. Derek rolled his eyes.

"Come on, I'm starving. Maybe some food will get you thinking straight."

"You go on ahead. I have to pick up some music for Warbler's. I'll meet you in the cafeteria." Logan started in the all too familiar direction of the Warbler room.

"Okay, I'll save you a seat." Derek was already lost in the mass of students.

"I guess I'll just talk to her tomorrow. " Logan said to himself as he turned the corner to the art hall. A sound made him stop immediately and he was happy that it was less crowded here then by the cafeteria. There was music coming from the Warbler room, the door was left open a bit and it was spilling out into the hall. The strange thing was it was a girl's voice, not the boys one usually hears as they pass. Logan poked his head in and smiled as he instantly recognized the girl from his Biology class. She started singing again.

Blithe smile, Lithe limb
She who's winsome, She wins him
Gold hair with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl

He slowly opened the door and slipped inside, happy that he hadn't disturbed her.

"She has an amazing voice." he thought, "She really means what she sings." He smiled to himself as she finished the song.

Don't wish, Don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl

Emily held the last keys down for a moment longer than needed to allow the music to fill to room. After it finished, there was clapping behind her. She jumped off the bench, turned around and said "I'm sorry." all in one smooth motion. Looking up, she saw the blond hair, green eyed boy she recognized from her Biology class. She gave a small smile and shyly looked down as she quickly grabbed her backpack and headed to the door.

"Where are you going?" Logan asked. Emily turned towards him.

"I don't know. I'm sorry though. You should have stopped me sooner. You could've been practicing by now. "

Logan looked confused but understanding came across his face and he nodded. "I couldn't stop you. I was listening. You have an amazing voice."

Emily shyly looked up at him under her long eyelashes. She gave a small smile. "I'm not that good."

"Yes you are. You should join Warblers." He suggested. Emily's eyes widened. "I don't think so. Only one other person has heard me sing before and I don't trust him anymore." Logan nodded.

"Well you are really good whether you believe it or not. What are you doing here anyway?"

Emily sighed with a little laugh "Well, I was suppose to meet someone in front of our science class but these twins…Ethan and Evan I think…. took me here. They kept talking about a White Rabbit and how I'm a Red Rose or something."

Logan seemed amused by all this and not the least bit surprised. "They have this strange fascination with Alice in Wonderland. Quite a few of us have nicknames. The White Rabbit is Blaine. I'm surprised they named you already though. Usually they wait and most if not all girls I know of they consider Talking Flowers."

"Yeah one of them said that but the other said they liked Red Rose better." Logan nodded. "So do you have an Alice nickname Logan?"

"The Knave." Emily nodded, "And you Miss. Red Rose, what is your real name?"

"Emily." She smiled up at him. "I should go." She looked back towards the door with a sigh as she realized she still didn't know where to go. Logan went quickly to the piano and started playing. Emily stopped at the door, pretending to look out but really listening to him. He began to sing.

You think you own whatever land you land on
The earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit has a name

Emily didn't realize she walked back to the piano, took off her backpack and sat beside Logan as he sang, mimicking his hand movements an octave higher. She looked up at him and he was looking at her. He gave her an encouraging smile and nod; she took a deep breath and began to sing the next part.

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew

They both took deep breaths to sing the next part together

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?

Emily took another breath to sing the next line and Logan stopped.

Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?

Emily stopped singing and Logan took her place for the next line.

Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?

Emily looked back up at Logan as she sang the last line by herself.

Can you paint with all the colours of the wind?

They finished playing at the same time looking at each other. There was silence for a moment before the door slamming open caused them both to jump and turn towards it.

"Finally," Wes thought, "I didn't think I'd ever get out of there." He had spent the last half hour talking to his art teacher, Ms. Turner, about why he would be perfect to help peer tutor the new kids in the art program and those that were having some trouble. After reassuring her he would think about it, he left the room and put the idea to the back of his mind as he thought about lunch. He passed the Warbler room and heard music coming from the open door. What was unusual was that it was a female voice, paired with a male's that made him go to the door and see who was singing. He smiled as he recognized the red hair as Emily's but frowned as he saw who she was singing with.

"What's Logan doing with her?" he though, "and why is she here anyway? I though Blaine said he was going to bring her from her last class to the caf himself." The singing stopped and Wes pushed the door open a few seconds later, causing both teens on the piano bench to jump up.

"Ow!" Emily said as she turned, rubbing her knee as she looked up to see who was in the doorway. Her smile widened as she recognised him. "Wes."

"Hello Emily." Wes said with a smile. He turned to Logan, his smiled noticeably faded, "Logan."

Logan's smile had also faded since he turned to the person at the door. "Wes." he said with the same hostility.

Emily looked between the two boys and silently wondered what all the tension was about. Before she could voice the issue, Wes turned back to her and smiled "I think Blaine's looking for you Em."

"Right." Emily said, almost forgetting. She threw her messenger bag over her shoulder and headed to the door. Emily turned back when she was a few steps away. "Thanks Logan. I'll see you in Biology tomorrow?"

Logan nodded. "See you then Red Rose." Emily blushed as she turned back to the door and went by Wes to go out. Wes took one last hard look at Logan before leading Emily to the cafeteria.

"Red Rose?" He asked with a bit of anger in his voice.

"Oh, that. Ethan and Evan gave me that as a nick name. Logan said it was Alice and Wonderland or something."

Wes gave a little laugh "It's actually called Alice in Warblerland." He suddenly looked surprised. "They inducted you already? Kinda fast, but cool. I'm the March Hare. Speaking of the twins….." He took out his cell to check the messages he'd gotten since he'd been talking to Ms. Turner.

WRabbit: 911 can't find Emily, new girl, anyone?

TweedleD: Yes

WRabbit: Where?

TweedleD: Somewhere in Warblerland

WRabbit: WHERE IN WARBLERLAND?!

TweedleD: You'll have to figure that out yourself White Rabbit

WRabbit: TWEEDLES!

TweedleD: Yes White Rabbit?

WRabbit: WHERE….IS…..EMILY!?

TweedleD: In your favourite place in Warblerland White Rabbit.

WRabbit: And that would be….

Wes laughed and Emily gave him a questioning look. "The twins have Blaine running around Warblerland…..I mean Dalton, looking for you." Suddenly Wes had an idea, "Let me see your phone."

Emily took her phone out of her bag and looked at him. "Why?"

"So I can put our numbers in it in case you ever get lost again." She gave him the phone and Wes put his, David's, Blaine's and, against his better judgment the twin's numbers, into it as they continued down the hall. "Here you go." He handed it back to her as his phone vibrated again. He checked it,

TweedleD: Your favourite place

Wes laughed as he decided enough was enough. He sent his own mass message to the group.

MHare: Found her in the Warbler room. Bringing her to the caf. See you all soon.

He immediately got a few texts back.

TweedleD :Wesssssssss, why'd ya have to go and ruin our fun?

WRabbit: Thanks Wes, I'll meet you there. :)

He closed his phone. "So how's your first day so far?"

"Pretty good, I have a ton of homework though."

Wes gave a little laugh, "They like to make sure the new kids know what to expect right from the start."

"So it doesn't get easier?"

Wes shook his head. "On the up side, you have a lot of friends here who can help you. Here we are." Wes stopped in front of double wooden doors with designs engraved on them. They looked beautiful. He opened them to reveal the cafeteria. Emily had taken one step inside and was just starting to look around when two people grabbed her around her waist, one on each side, and gave her the biggest hug ever. Emily jumped in surprise however Wes just rolled his eyes.

"See Red Rose….."

"….we told you someone would find you." The twins said in turn from either side of her.

"That's great and all but I wasn't the first one to find her." Wes said pulling the twins off Emily.

"Who was then?"

"Logan." The twins looked at each other with wide eyes, almost scared looking.

"Well, it's not our fault the White Rabbit couldn't figure out our clues."

"Ya, they were pretty straight forward."

Wes just rolled his eyes as the twins turned back to Emily with wide smiles. "Well Red Rose, it's lunch time." They grabbed her arms and led her to their usual table, leaving Wes to shake his head at them and follow. Their usual table was right next to the widow that lined the far side of the room. There were four long rows of tables each able to hold about 50 chairs on either side. Students were lined up on the right side of the room waiting to get their food. The twins sat Emily down and took their own seats one chair down from her.

"Hello Emily." David said sitting opposite her. He handed her a tray full of various types of food.

Emily looked at the plate that had a chicken sandwich, some jello, two chocolate chip cookies and chocolate milk. "What is this?"

"Your lunch, aren't you hungry?"

Emily nodded, "Thank you so much. I'll pay you back as soon as we get back to my dorm."

"Don't worry about it. We each take a week and pay for everyone's lunch. This week it's my turn." David said with a small smile.

"Oh okay, I'll pay next week then." Emily said.

"No it's my turn next week." Wes said.

"Okay, maybe the week after." Emily said.

"Nope, then it's Blaine's turn."

"The week after?"

"Evan's." Wes said looking at the twins who seemed to be in their own world.

"After?"

"Ethan's"

"What about the week after New Years?" Emily said with a little laugh.

Wes and David looked at each other. "We'll see."

Emily rolled her eyes as she took out her phone to make a reminder for herself when the twins suddenly looked at her with wide smiles.

"Red Rose, can we see your phone?" one asked as the other took it out of her hands.

"Hey give that back!" Emily demanded as she tried to grab it.

"Red Rose?" David asked as Wes nodded. Wes turned back to Emily. "Just leave them Emily, maybe it'll keep them quiet for a minute."

That minute was short lasted, "Who's Austin?" they asked looking up at Emily.

"He's a friend of mine from my old high school." Emily said, a little catch in her voice. The twins looked at each other with smiles and nodded while the one with the phone typed in something.

"Hey are you deleting my contacts? Give it back." Emily said attempting to grab her phone back again, which the twins were holding just out of reach. Emily gave up a minute later with a grunt. She took a bite of her sandwich as the twins went back to "Warblerlanding" her phone.

"Red Rose, who's the other David on here?"

"The other David?" David asked.

"I put all our numbers in her phone just in case." Wes informed.

David nodded as Emily sent her sandwich down with wide eyes, "He's an old friend of mine." she answered after a sharp intake of breath, "A really old friend." No one was listening though, the twins had shrugged at each other and continued to type on her phone. Wes and David had noticed Emily's reaction to the name and made a mental note of it. The twins were just about to ask about another name in her phone when the doors to the cafeteria were thrown open and an angry Blaine came it looking directly at the table where all his friends were.

"Tweedles!" he yelled as he started towards the table. The twins looked at each other nervously and nodded. They turned to Emily as Ethan shoved her phone into Emily's stomach forcing her to take it back while Evan took the chair that separated them from her away from the table. Ethan then began to pull the chair Emily was sitting in towards him and his brother as Evan pushed the extra chair where Emily's had once been just as Blaine walked up. He gave the twins a death glair as he took the chair that once separated the twins from Emily. Emily took her tray of food, pulled it in front of her and began eating her jello. David put another tray of food in front of Blaine but he didn't seem to notice.

"What were you thinking!" Blaine demanded, "She could've been lost! You're both lucky that Wes found her before someone else did!"

"She's right here." Emily reminded between them. "and someone else did find her before Wes did." The twins and Wes looked at each other wondering how Blaine would react.

"Who?"

"Logan."

"Logan?" Blaine asked with some venom in his voice.

"He's in my Biology class." Emily said with a nod. Blaine took a deep breath as he looked at the twins and Wes before turning with a smile back to Emily.

"Can I see your schedule?" Blaine asked changing the topic. Wes and Emily figured it would be best not the mention the singing thing.

Emily fished though her now almost full backpack and took out her schedule. The twins went to grab it but the glare Blaine gave them made them take their hands back and look down remorsefully. Blaine took the paper and looked it over again.

"Your next class is right by the Warbler room." he said

"She knows White Rabbit. That's why we showed Red Rose the Warbler room."

"Red Rose?" Blaine asked. "She has a nick name already?"

"Apparently." Emily said as the twins nodded eagerly in hopes this would put them back in Blaine's good books.

Blaine shook his head to clear it as he handed Emily back her schedule. "I can take you there and since we have English together I can met you after to take you there as well."

"Alright." Emily said with a smile putting the paper away.

"By the way," Blaine said finally turning to his food, "how was your first day so far?"

Logan was still in the Warbler room when Derek came in looking for him as the next bell was about to ring.

"Logan, come on, lunch is almost over and you haven't eaten. I thought you were just grabbing some music." He saw his friend sitting on the piano bench. He was looking out the window in front of him, staring into space, into nothing.

"I am." Logan replied, he slowly turned his head to look at Derek but his eyes were unfocused, looking at something that wasn't in front of him.

"Are you feeling okay?" his friend asked worried.

Logan shook his head to clear it and finally look right at Derek, "I think I'm going to go back to my room. I need to think. Can you let Blaine know?"

"Blaine? I though you hated him?"

"I do but this is important. It's a Warbler thing."

"Fine I'll let him know, do you need help getting back to the dorm?"

Logan shook his head. "I'll be fine; I just need to think things out."

"If you're sure."

Logan nodded and smiled, "See you later." With that, he picked up his bag and left the room.

"I bet this is about that Emily girl." Derek shook his head as the bell rang. He took out his phone and sent a text to Blaine, why the number was still in his contacts list escaped him, telling him Logan was going to his room for the rest of the day and wouldn't be a practice tonight. He assumed that practice was what Logan wanted him to let Blaine know about anyway. He shrugged and went to his next class.

Lunch was done, the bell had rung and Blaine had led Emily to her art class. After talking to her teacher she walked towards the desk with a shorter boy, even shorter than Blaine, with very curly strawberry blond hair. His brown eyes took in Emily as she walked towards him.

"Hi." she said once she was at the table and put her things down. "I'm Emily."

"Reed." the boy introduced. They shook hands. "I'll help you get started." He took out his binder and opened to a particular page. "This is the some of the sketches we have to do so far." Emily took out a piece of paper and wrote down what was on Reed's paper while he walked around the room to grab a few items. He came back, just as she finished, with three canvases, one of them blank. He sent that one in front of Emily along with a basic blank colour wheel.

"Thanks." Emily said with a smile.

"No problem. I would try to get this done tonight." he indicated the colour wheel. "I know you probably

have a ton of homework so you can get the sketches done for next week."

Just then someone came running into the room and set their stuff down on the chair across from Emily and Reed, both of whom looked at the student who came in. Emily's eyes widened, recognizing the female in front of her.

"Sorry I'm late." she said.

"Hey Skyler, this is Emily. Emily, Skyler." The girl's muttered hello as Skyler looked down.

"Thanks for getting my painting." Skyler said.

"No problem." Reed said with a smile. He turned to Emily, "We're supposed to paint ourselves how we think others see us." Emily nodded and looked at her blank canvas, thinking about what she might paint.

"Oh, let me see your phone. I can put my number in it so you can text me if you have any questions." Reed said.

Emily handed him her phone and he typed in his number while Emily though about how people may see her. He handed her back her phone, Emily looked at the new entry and gave a little laugh.

"Um…Reed, why does it say Dormouse?"

Reed blushed and took her phone back to change it, "Force of habit. Sorry."

"Is that your Warblerland nick-name?"

Reed looked up at her with wide eyes, "The twins?"

She nodded, "Nice to meet you Dormouse, I'm Red Rose."

"I'm impressed; no girl I know has an actual name."

Emily nodded and took her phone back. "So I've heard." With that Reed went to work on his painting and Emily began to plan hers.

Once the bell had rung again, Emily barely had time to help Reed put things away and pack up her own bag when Blaine came through the door of the classroom.

Emily smiled "I thought you were waiting outside the door?"

"I didn't want to risk the twins getting to you again."

"Don't they have class?"

"They've skipped for less."

Reed came back to the table at that moment and smiled at Blaine. "Hey Blaine, how are you?"

"Reed?" Blaine said with a smile. "I didn't know you had this art class."

He laughed, "Well I do. How do you know Emily?"

Emily and Blaine looked at each other. "We kind of found each other:" Blaine said as Emily nodded.

Reed nodded in understanding. "You ready Emily?"

She nodded as she looked at the now empty table and put her messenger bag over her shoulder. The three students left the room together and were about to separate as Emily and Blaine were headed toward a staircase and Reed continued on the main floor when Reed asked "Hey Blaine are we still doing the Warb-" but Blaine shaking his head violently interrupted him. Emily looked between the two boys confused but Blaine said bye to Reed and Emily followed suit. Blaine led her up the brightly lit staircase.

"What was that was about?" Emily asked.

"It's a surprise." Blaine said with a smile. Emily turned to him with a questioning look but figured Blaine wouldn't tell her anyway. She just had to trust him. They stopped just outside a door when Blaine turned towards her.

"In our literature class, I recommend that you don`t associate with me….at all."

"Why? And I though you said it was English?"

"Our teacher doesn't really like Granduled students and it really is literature class, everyone just calls it English to make it easier. Why don't you just go on in and I'll come in soon, I have a few things to get from my locker. You can text me if you have any issues, Wes said he put my number in your phone." Emily nodded as Blaine continued, "I'd look under White Rabbit if you don't see Blaine, there's no saying what Wes put it in as but I saw the twins playing around with your phone earlier."

"I guess." Emily was still unsure but after a smile and nod of encouragement from Blaine, she took a deep breath and when in the classroom, straight to the teachers desk.

"Hello, my name is Emily." She gave the male teacher behind the desk a smile.

"You must be the new student I've been told to expect, I'm . " Emily held out her schedule and the teacher nodded. He took out a book from behind his desk and hand her the copy of Go Ask Alice. She gave a little laugh and though of what the twins would think as the teacher continued. "We are on page 75, there are journal entries you can get from whoever you sit beside due before you leave for winter break and a rough copy of a short story due on Friday. Now, where to put you?" He looked around. Emily could see Blaine standing behind her.

"Umm, Sir? Does anyone sit beside Blaine?"

"Oh," he looked at Blaine, "Um, I don't believe so, is there?" Blaine just shook his head.

"May I sit there?"

"Sure." he said but he seemed almost disappointed. She smiled a thanks and turned to Blaine.

"I'll be right there." Emily nodded and went to the desk beside the one that had the bag she recognized as Blaine's. Since it was against a window, it was easy to see what desk she should be in.

She settled in and a few moments later, Blaine came back looking frustrated.

"Never mind, I'll figure it out myself." He huffed as he took his seat and turned to Emily, "We'll discuss you later but here is the entries you need." He put a piece of paper on her desk just as the teacher stood up.

"Since we have a new student we'll allow her to catch up on Go Ask Alice before we read it as a group so you can work on your short stories or journal's." He sat back down as everyone in the class smiled at each other, happy for a pretty much free period. Emily smiled at Blaine who was smiling at her. She then copied down the entries she needed to do and after giving the paper back to Blaine she decided to get the reading done so she wouldn't hold the class back any more although she was sure they wouldn't mind a few more free periods.

"Emily, start packing up slowly," Blaine whispered to her a while later. She looked up and saw to her surprise that he was almost ready to go.

"Are you sure?" Blaine nodded and she started to put her binder and book away.

She had just closed her bag when the bell had rung and Blaine grabbed her arm and led her to the door at a run before anyone else could put anything away. He took her down another set of spiral stairs, this one also had mirrors and a sunroof above so was lit like the other. Emily, however barely had time to process this as she was almost dragged down them in the mass of students that seemed to be going the same way as they were. They had just taken the last step of the stairs and were turning with the mass to some unknown destination when someone behind them asked, "Excuse me, hi, ummm, can I ask you a question. I'm new here."

Both Emily and Blaine turned and saw a teen boy about their age in what at first glance would appear to be the Dalton uniform. Upon further evaluation it was seen that the jacket did not match the Dalton one nor did it contain the Dalton logo. His blue/green eyes looked at them desperately. Emily's eyes widened and she suddenly became interested in an invisible knot in her hair that she was grateful she had left out of a pony tail. It easily covered her face.

"What's exactly going on?"

"The Warblers. Every now and then they throw an impromptu performance in the senior commons." Blaine was informing. "It tends to shut the school down for a while."

The new teen looked a bit confused. "So, what, the glee club here is kinda cool?"

"The Warblers are like rock stars." The new boy raised his eyebrows at Blaine as Emily dared a peek around her hair. Suddenly someone bumped her shoulder and muttered sorry. "It's okay." She said but he caused her to be pushed back a few steps. Then a few other people caused her to move forward and before she knew it, she was being swept in with the crowd toward what she assumed was the senior commons. She couldn't see Blaine and the new kid but she was happy about that. She couldn't risk him recognizing her and she was thankful he wasn't really attending Dalton, but what was he doing here?

"Come on, I know a short cut." Blaine said as he noticed that the new boy was looking at all the students going in the same direction.

"I'm Kurt by the way." the new boy said as Blaine grabbed his hand to guide him to the Warbler performance.

"Blaine "he introduced, "This is….." he turned, remembering Emily was with him but she was nowhere to be found in the mass of students. "Well," he thought, "she knows how to get to her dorm and I'll meet her there later."

Blaine turned his attention back to Kurt. "Come on." He smiled and led Kurt down a deserted hallway and walked up to a door made of wood that opened into a large room. Kurt couldn't see exactly how large it was because almost the whole population of Dalton was in it and even spilling into the hallway. Kurt saw a large window allowing sunlight to spill into the room. He took in the students and looked nervously at Blaine. "Oh, I stick out like a sour thumb."

"Next time don't forget your jacket, new kid. You'll fit right in." he said in such a way that Kurt knew his cover was blown. Blaine smiled. "Now, if you'll excuse me." Blaine went up to some other boys that were in the middle of the room, separate from everyone else and Kurt realized they were the Warblers, including Blaine. The other boys in the middle starting singing some harmonies to an easily recognized song and after couple of bars, Blaine himself started singing the lead.

Before you met me, I was alright
But things were kinda heavy, you brought me to life
Now every February you'll be my valentine, valentine

Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I, we'll be young forever

As Blaine sang, he began looking for Emily in the crowd, and found her at the back of the group in one of the most crowded areas in the room. She was by the main door that lead to the room where most of the students came into the room in the first place.

You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's runaway and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back

Let's go all the way tonight
No regrets, just love
We can dance until we die
You and I, we'll be young forever

Blaine seemed to always look at Kurt when he sang after finding Emily in the crowd. He smiled at Kurt who shyly smiled back. Blaine had a feeling Kurt wasn't just looking at Dalton for a future school and he thought there may be an ulterior motive to him pretending to be a student here.

You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's runaway and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back

I'ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight

The more Blaine though about Kurt, the more he figured he should talk to him, take him out for coffee maybe, introduce him to David and Wes. He seemed to have lots on his mind, preoccupied, and everyone could use some new friends.

You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on, I can't sleep
Let's runaway and don't ever look back
Don't ever look back

My heart stops when you look at me, Just one touch,

Now baby I believe, This is real,

So take a chance and don't ever look back,

Don't ever look back

I'ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight
Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans
Be your teenage dream tonight

The song finished and Blaine vowed to talk to Kurt after practice.

Emily tried to focus on the music but she kept making sure the new kid couldn't see her, he couldn't recognize her when she had just gotten away from that life, from him. It's not like he knew her personally but maybe he had seen her in passing. She had certainly seen him. She found herself clapping and figured out the song had ended and was happy she automatically started clapping when everyone else did. She smiled at Blaine, Wes and David who all had found her in the crowd and silently asked how they had done. She gave all three two thumbs up and when Blaine looked at the new kid and smiled at him as well, she took a better look at him. He looked just like he did when she left a few days ago. She discreetly looked around to make sure no one was looking at her and once she was sure, she snuck out the door she had entered the room through. The halls were almost empty once she passed the mass of students that were just outside of the door and finally she went out the main door. On her way to Roden she though about Blaine and how nice he was to the new boy. She was sure Blaine and him would talk again after the Warblers were done receiving praise for their performance by the rest of the student body. She just hoped they didn't bring him back to the dorm to hang out with him, David, Wes, Zoey and herself. She had barely avoided him in the hall.

"Please don't bring him to the dorm." Emily thought, "Please don't bring Kurt."