Alex had spent the weekend unpacking. After arriving at her uncle Wills apartment she was greeted by his wife Terri. The two were high school sweethearts and had been together ever since. Alex had heard many stories from her mother about the ex cheerleader.
Maria and Will had met their first day, freshman year in high school. The two's friendship continued to grow quickly and they were soon best friends. They both shared a passion for music and dance and had been easily accepted into the schools glee club where their talent and friendship blossomed.
Maria Santiago very much disliked Terri Del Monico. In fact she hated her. As the captain of the cheerleading squad, her popularity gave Terri a false sense of superiority, one that she used against the those she felt where beneath her. Maria was one of those people. Terri hated Maria for her beauty and talent while Maria hated how Terri effected Will. The curly haired teen boy was blinded by the beautiful cheerleader and never took notice of the animosity between the two girls he loved.
Maria constantly held in her negative opinions on the blonde, knowing she made Will happy and didn't want to ruin that. Terri was irrational and controlling. She was unsupportive of Will's artistic dreams and constantly put him down, so when Will told his best friend that he had proposed to Terri, Maria blew. She just couldn't bite her tongue any longer.
After a nasty argument, Maria walked away in a storm of anger. Will had refused to believe what he was hearing and accused her of being jealous that Terri was taking him away. It took Will three days to realise how stupid he was and grovel for forgiveness. His apology was a big production that he had gotten his college acapella group involved in as they serenaded her between classes. Three days was long enough for Maria's anger to dissolve. She had come to the conclusion that, as she had done all through high school, she would support Will. Even if that meant putting on a dress and being Will's 'best man'.
Alex sighed as she picked up her backpack from the arm chair by her bedroom door. She give one more glance around her new room, satisfied at it's appearance before heading down the hall to the kitchen to get some breakfast. She found her Uncle Will preparing two lunch boxes, one for her and one for himself. He looked up as she stopped beside him "Hey! Good morning. You ready for your first day?" Will questioned smiling at the small brunette.
"Yep." Alex lied, grimacing as she took a bite of the bright green apple that she had swiped from the fruit bowl. She most certainly was not ready for high school. Especially not as the new kid in town.
After a short journey across town, with the exhaust scraping the road as it hung from the beat up, blue clonker of a car Will called his own, the two pulled into a parking space at William McKinley High School. Alex would be attending as a freshman and Will would be teaching Spanish. "Do you want me to take you to register or are you alright on your own?" Will questioned as he unbuckled his seatbelt.
Alex shook her head with a small smile "I'll be fine on my own, thanks." she told him as he returned the smile.
"Okay, you have me last period so I'll see you then, if you need anything just ask one of the teachers to find me okay?" Will questioned looking over at his goddaughter.
Alex sent him a slightly bigger, genuine smile as she nodded. She took a deep breath before getting out of the car and following after Will. Alex looked around at the students mulling around the parking lot before school started. She let out an inaudible sigh as he approached a group of what Alex assumed to be the jocks of the school as they surrounded a boy who stood out in the group in an expensive looking, royal blue jacket and black skinny jeans while the majority of the boys around him sported school sweatshirts or letterman jackets.
"Hey guys." Will greeted gaining the groups attention as they all turned at his approach. "Making some new friends, Kurt?" Alex almost snorted at look on Kurt's face. He looked at the teacher with astonished wide eyes. Alex knew she would look the same if she wasn't already painfully aware at how naive William Schuester was.
"He sure is, Mr. Schue." A boy spoke up gaining the two newcomers attention. Alex noted his strong build underneath his black and red letterman jacket. His brown hair shaved into a Mohawk. He sent her a flirtatious wink causing her to scoff as she rolled her eyes.
"Hey, Finn, you still owe me that report on que hace el verano pasado." Will said, patting a very tall boys shoulder as he passed.
Said boy looked completely baffled as he look down at his teacher "What?"
Will spun on his feet to walk backwards "What you did last summer." He reminded pulling his sunglasses of his face.
Finn chuckled nervously "Almost halfway done with almost all of it, Mr. Schue." He retorted as Alex smiled, amused at Finns reply as they watched the Spanish teacher make his way to the front door.
"It's hammer time!" The boy with the mohawk exclaimed as soon as Will was out of sight. He and another boy made their way over to Kurt and picked him up, preparing to toss him into the dumpster behind them.
"Please, this is from Marc Jacobs' new collection!" Kurt pleaded thrashing in their grip.
Alex stepped froward ready to intervene at the same time as Finn did "Wait." He called and Alex sighed in relief as the two boy released Kurt. The relief was short lived as she watched Kurt thrust his brown, leather satchel into the boy with the mohawks chest before unzipping his jacket and handing it over to Finn.
"Okay." Finn decided.
"Hey!" Alex called, stepping forward as the two jocks picked Kurt up once again. The group of boys quickly turned their attention to the fuming brunette. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" She asked, pulling Kurt from their grasp, before bending down to swipe Kurt's bag from the ground and clutching onto his arm as she swivelled to look back at Finn. "You think this is funny?" She questioned looking around the group.
The guy with the Mohawk smirked as he stepped closer "The names Puck but you can call me Puckasauras." He purred, giving her a nod. Alex stared blankly at the taller boy before turning back to Finn.
She narrowed her chocolate eyes as she looked up at the tall boy before putting a hand on her hip "You know some day, someone will pick on you for being different or liking something that they don't. I hope when that happens, you realise just how awful it makes you feel and remember that's how you are making other people feel when you toss them in the dumpster like they're yesterday's trash." Alex snapped before snatching Kurt's jacket from his grasp with one hand and pulling Kurt along with the other.
Puck whistled as he and the group watched the two walk away. "Man, that was hot. I like 'em feisty." He thought allowed as many around him nodded in agreement while Finn absorbed what she had said. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty and ashamed at his behaviour. "Who was that?" Puck questioned the boys.
They all shook their heads or shrugged not knowing who the unfamiliar beauty was. "I don't know man, I don't know." Finn breathed not taking his eyes off the petite girl as her brown waves flew behind her in the wind.
