Harry was painfully embarrassed about losing his temper but didn't regret what he'd done. After having defeated the world's biggest bully he was in no mood to deal with the run of the mill teenaged kind. He stayed quiet through the rest of his English class despite his tour guides attempts to talk to him.

He was contemplating the changes his life had taken. Less then a month ago he had been on the run in fear of his life. Now Voldemort was dead, Sirius was alive and Harry was sitting in a muggle classroom in America. It was all so surreal Harry found himself wondering if he'd died and this was his after life or maybe he'd been crucioed into insanity and was really sitting in a ward of St. Mungo's next to Neville's parents.

He'd been furious to learn that Sirius had been alive all this time and that Dumbledore had kept it from him. He was briefly angry at Sirius for not contacting him directly but understood the absolute trust everyone seemed to have in Dumbledore. He couldn't really wrap his mind around the fact that Sirius had lived a whole life since the last time Harry had seen him. He was a different man. He looked healthy and was clearly happier then Harry had ever known him to be. He had a lovely daughter who oddly was older then Harry. It was a lot to take in but Harry was happy.

When he wasn't puzzling his sanity Harry thought maybe this was his reward. He'd saved the world after all. Maybe this was God or whoever's way of saying 'well done'. He would have preferred to skip the High School thing but Sirius seemed to think it would be good for him to just be a teenager for awhile and he was honestly just so grateful to have Sirius back he'd have done anything the man wanted.

Harry was pulled from his thoughts by Blaine tapping him on the arm. Harry liked Blaine he was handsome and charismatic. In some ways he reminded him of Draco but without the massive dose of pride and self importance.

"Hey Harry we have to work in a group but since you're new you haven't done the reading so I'll catch you up."

Harry listened closely as Blaine proceeded to fill out their worksheet the whole time giving Harry a running commentary explaining the answers and the subject matter. Harry was pleased Blaine was a good teacher and made sure Harry understood the answers rather than just telling him what they were. Even without his help Blaine finished a good ten minutes before the rest of the class. Harry smiled at him and Blaine beamed back.

"You're really not what I pictured when Finn told us about you." Blaine said thoughtfully. Harry raised an eyebrow at him utilizing a trick he'd learned from Draco who had learned it from Snape.

"What did you picture?"

"I don't know. Finn says according to Rachel you're like a musical genius. I guess I was expecting it to show. A pile of sheet music under one arm maybe? A snazzy concert ready suit but you're just a guy." Blaine laughed while looking kind of apologetic at the same time. Harry blushed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Rachel's exaggerating. I'm not a genius musical or otherwise I'm just good at it I guess. It's not a big deal. Really."

The music thing had happened during his Horcrux search. Hermione had always played Piano and had shrunk one to bring with them. One night Harry had sat down and begun to play. He'd been watching Hermione for days and had already figured out which keys made which sounds so he sat down and began to play a tune he'd heard on the Radio recently. Harry had always liked listening to music and could remember any tune after hearing it. Harry didn't think there was anything odd about it but when Hermione came in an hour later and found Harry playing something Harry had once heard on his aunt's classical music station she'd been impressed.

She'd spent the next week teaching him to read music which also came fairly easy to him. After leaving Grimmauld Place and sadly the piano since they were unable to retrieve it; Hermione had started transfiguring things into various instruments. Wanting to see if Harry could play them as well, they proved to be just as easy to learn as the piano and soon Harry was capable of playing almost any instrument he met.

He still didn't understand where it came from but suspected he'd always had it. He remembered even as a young child he'd been able to memorize and sing songs with ease. It was a rarely utilized talent as he moved to high grades teachers stopped teaching them songs and focused on more practical subjects. Petunia had always forbidden him to sing along to the radio because she didn't want to hear him.

"Well what do you play?" Blaine asked curiously causing Harry to shrug.

"Lots of things, after awhile I quit asking for the names of things." Harry hadn't thought this was a strange thing to say but judging by the way Blaine was gaping at him it was.

"You play so many instruments you can't remember all their names?" Blaine asked as the bell rang signaling the end of class. Rather then responding Harry just shrugged his shoulders and started packing up his things. He really was beginning to wish he'd never told Sirius about the music thing. He'd known his godfather wouldn't make a big deal about it and he hadn't. Harry had not calculated Rachel into the equation; she was an intense girl and knowing her made him look at Sirius with new eyes.

Harry couldn't help but wonder if he would have turned out like that if only Dumbledore had allowed Sirius to take him in. If Dumbledore had demanded Sirius get a trial would Harry have grown into someone like Rachel. He doubted it but the question lingered. Blaine seemed to realize Harry was not going to answer him because he caught up and began talking again.

"Rachel says you sing too." Again Harry shrugged.

"The reason I ask is because I'm in Glee Club here. Did Rachel tell you about our Glee Club?" Harry stopped and turned to look Blaine in the eye.

"Yes she did. Look you seem nice and I don't want to be rude but I'm not joining your club." With that Harry turned and walked away leaving Blaine standing in the hall.


Blaine felt like an idiot. He had gone about the Glee thing all wrong. Somehow when around Harry his brain flew away. He was amazed by the shorter boy; imagine playing so many instruments you can't remember their names. He knew his awestruck reaction had caused Harry to react badly. The other boy seemed almost embarrassed to be special in any way.

Blaine contemplated Harry as he walked down the hall trying to think of something to convince the other boy. He was nearly to his next class when a genius idea came to him. Detouring down a different hallway Blaine shot off a quick text to Finn before stopping in front of the class he knew Sam was in.

The bell hadn't sounded yet so as soon as Sam saw him he walked over.

"I need your help." Blaine told him.

"Sure anything," Sam replied looking concerned.

"I have a plan to get the new kid into Glee club but I need your help."

After explaining things to Sam, Blaine smiled to himself and headed to his next class. He was late but didn't get in any trouble. This was one class Harry didn't have with him but Blaine still remembered his schedule and knew he'd see the other boy for lunch.


Harry was feeling like a prat. He'd been at this school for less then a full day and had already threatened a bully and been rude to his only potential friend. He hadn't meant to snap at Blaine but Rachel had talked of nothing but her freaking Glee club and he really didn't want to talk about it anymore. Still that wasn't Blaine's fault and Harry resolved to apologize the moment he saw him and try to make it up.

As it turned out he didn't see Blaine until after his third class. He had lunch and was headed in the direction he believed the cafeteria to be in when Blaine flagged him down.

"Hey Harry!"

Harry turned to face the other boy with a soft smile and Blaine smiled warmly back at him.

"Hey Blaine I wanted to apologize for earlier-"

"You don't need to. I realized Rachel probably talked about nothing but Glee when you two were together. She was really excited about winning nationals last year." Blaine interrupted falling into step beside Harry.

"Yeah she really did but that's no excuse for how I behaved. I'm just a little tense about this whole new school thing." Blaine sent Harry another dazzling smile causing him to flush. He liked Blaine much more then he aught to. The last thing he needed was to get involved with some muggle boy. Shaking that thought off he turned to Blaine.

"So, lunch now I guess." He asked casting the handsome boy a shy smile. Blaine nodded and put his hand on Harry's arm to lead him toward the lunch room.

"Come on, it's this way. I hope you don't mind I usually sit with Glee Club kids but they're almost all pretty nice." Harry glanced questioningly at Blaine.

"Almost all?" Blaine flushed and glanced around nervously.

"Well you know some people can occasionally be . . . kinda mean but they usually sit elsewhere." Harry just nodded and followed Blaine into the lunch line. The woman behind the counter smiled warmly at them as she scooped some strange food thing onto their plates.

"Thank you Mrs. Rose." Blaine said casting the large woman a charming smile.

"No problem Blaine, you have a good day and you too honey." She said casting Harry a gentle smile. Harry flushed and ducked his head.

"Thank you ma'am." Blaine turned to him in surprise before smiling at him as though pleased.

"What?" he asked but Blaine just shook his head. Sitting down at a table next to some other children Harry looked down at his 'meal'. Most of it was unrecognizable.

"What is this exactly?" he asked poking a strange brownish object that was greasy to the touch.

"That's a tot" another boy volunteered. He had dark hair and looked a bit geeky wearing black rimmed glasses similar to what Harry had worn before Hermione had helped fix his eyes. Harry also noticed the wheelchair but didn't ask about it.

"A tot?" he questioned and the other boy nodded.

"Of the tater variety."

"Right,"

"It's like a fried processed potato." Blaine put in before turning to the other boy "This is Harry he's new and Harry this is Artie he's in Glee with me."

"It's nice to meet you." Harry said shaking his hand.

"You too, so that's a cool accent where are you from Harry?" Artie asked. Harry was actually surprised to realize Blaine hadn't asked him this especially considering the way he was now listening closely to hear Harry's answer.

"Oh umm, Surrey originally but I went to school in Scotland." He tentatively nibbled the edge of a tater tot and finding it actually pretty good popped it into his mouth.

"See our American Cuisine isn't so bad. I'm afraid I'm not sure where Surrey is." Artie smiled and Harry chewed his tater tot quickly so he could answer.

"It's in England a few hours away from London."

Artie opened his mouth to respond but before he could a tall blond boy came rushing over.

"It's a disaster" he announced.

"What happened?" Artie asked Harry noted that everyone seated at the table, most of whom he'd yet to be introduced to were also looking at the blond anxiously.

"Brad's not coming in today." The outcry from this single sentence was enormous.

"But what about Sectionals? We only a few days left to rehearse!" An asian girl cried next to her a sweet looking brunette had her eyes narrowed in concern.

"Maybe we can do it without him." Blaine suggested a cheer leader who had approached the table to see what all the fuss was about sneered at Blaine.

"Don't be stupid. We can't rehearse without our music! We might as well just quit now. There's no chance we'll win sectionals without rehearsing. I can't believe I joined this stupid club!"

Harry was watching on this with a bemused expression on his face. He had an inkling about what the problem was and didn't see why everyone was acting so crazy about it.

"Blaine, who is Brad?"

"Oh Brad is the Pianist for New Directions. He plays almost all the back up during rehearsals. It wouldn't be such a big deal except Sectionals is this weekend and we really need all the practice we can get."

"Well, I play piano. I could fill in if you need me to." The table fell silent as everyone turned to stare at him. The blond scoffed.

"Please, you've not even seen the music you'll never be able to play well enough Brad's been practicing with us since we picked the songs."

Harry angled his head to get a good look at the girl. She would have been pretty if she hadn't been making such an ugly facial expression. He noted that her voice was also pretty annoying and wondered if she was talented enough to make up for it in Glee. He supposed with her bad attitude she had to be amazing otherwise why would anyone even talk to her.

"You seem kinda mean. My names Harry and as far as not having practiced I don't think it'll be a problem. If you guys have the music I'll look it over and meet you after school." The mean girl gaped at him but before she could say anything Blaine cut in casting him a warm smile.

"Thank you so much Harry. You've really saved us this time." Harry felt his face flushing and shifted around accepting the music that had been produced from someone's bag and looking at it briefly before going back to his lunch.


Author's notes: So there is chapter two I'm going to wait and watch Glee tonight before starting on three. Mostly because I see no reason to come up with songs for sectionals when they'll be doing the work for me. For those of you also watching Glee tonight I encourage you to try and picture our Harry in the background and see how nicely he fits.

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Some answers to those of you who had questions

namikaze natsumi-hime: Yes Harry does have his Lordships. I don't know how much that will figure into the story so I thought I'd just let you know. Sirius did survive the veil but has built such a different life now he's going to let Harry remain Lord Black. Sirius has no interest in ever returning to Wizarding Britain and has no need for the Black fortune.

To my Harry/Kurt Fans: I will be honest there will be very little Kurt in this story. While I love Kurt he is so far outside my frame of reference I'm not confident in my ability to write him. He may make a few appearances but they will be brief. Sorry

Adri1577: Questions about Harry's education should be covered in the next chapter or the one after. I have a theory about it that I will elaborate for the group.

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