So, broadwaybabewa and I have come up with this idea. Basically the concept of Annie, but instead of Annie, the main character is April Rhodes… crazy right. The people who find her is the imaginary family we have created for Will Schuester. This is the family we use in our other stories. I promise this is better than the summary sounds. Please review!

PREVIOUSLY

Debbie's POV

An hour later we're in the car again, and she's starting to yawn, and her eyes are getting heavy. She falls asleep before we get home, and once we get there Greg comes to the car to help me carry in the bags. I got her a few coats, some jeans and warm sweaters. I also was able to get her a hair appointment for tomorrow. He picks up the sleeping girl from the seat while I get the stuff that I'd bought. He gives me a look, I know I spent a lot but she needed this. We get her inside and he lays her down on the couch, covers her up and gives her a stuffed animal.

I quietly go into the kitchen and call my brother, I know he's on break now so hopefully he'll answer.

GREG AND DEBBIE'S APARTMENT
Debbie's POV

Henry answers the phone after two rings, "what was the deal at the mall earlier?"

I sigh, "she's from the orphanage, Greg found her on the streets a few days ago"

"and you're taking care of her? for how long?" he asks.

"I'm not sure, the woman that was working at the orphanage was arrested for neglecting the girls and Kim took over. Mom knows. But what I want to know is what she asked you for…"

He sighs, "she wants a real mom…"

Of course she does, she's been alone pretty much her whole life. It's really sad to think that somebody could just let her be on her own at such a young age. "anything else?"

"no, she just said she wanted a mommy." He tells me.

"well, then I guess it looks like we are gonna adopt her…" I say, grabbing my to do list and making a note to call the adoption agency.

"seriously?"

"what are we supposed to do, send her back to the orphanage? She wants to go to school Henry, she wants a mom, I can't just turn her away after everything she's been through" I tell him, sounding just a little annoyed.

He sighs, "you're right Debbie. I know you'd be a great mom"

"thanks. We've just got a lot to work on with her, but she'll get through it." I tell him, she needs to see a doctor, the school needs to test her to see where she is developmentally and she might need some counseling, but doing that through school would probably be best.

"do you want me to wait until Christmas to meet her so she doesn't get any ideas that I'm Santa?" he asks, chuckling a little.

"that would probably be best. I just want her to have some time to get used to being with us before she meets the family" I say.

"so we are doing something for Christmas this year then?" he asks, originally we weren't all gonna meet together but now that we have her and it's probably her first good Christmas I want her to be with her family.

"yeah, I've still gotta finalize things with mom but I think we're gonna do it at her house." I think it would be best if we met at our house, but I want her to get to know my parents too.

"alright. just let me know" he says, and we hang up.

I go into the living room and April's still sleeping soundly on the couch. She's curled up under a blanket with a stuffed teddy bear, and she's sucking her thumb. I just smile, and fix the blanket around her where she'd pushed it away.

I walk back into the other room to talk to Greg. I want to know what he thinks about adopting her. We were going to try to have our own kids but now that we have her, I'm not sure what he wants.

He's in his office when I finally find him, "hey" he says smiling.

"what's up?" I ask when I notice he's on the computer.

"looking at what we would need to do to adopt her" he says. I smile, and sigh, he is thinking the same thing as I am.

"really?" I ask, peeking at the computer.

"yeah, she needs a good home" he says, leaning over so I can see what he was looking at.

"I talked to Henry. He said that she told Santa she wanted a real mom…" I tell him, that just breaks my heart. Poor thing probably hasn't had anyone take care of her until now.

Greg just sighs and squeezes my hand, "well, we can adopt her, and she'll get that."

"yeah. I was thinking we'd go to my mom's for Christmas this year, since we don't have to go very far and I don't want to overwhelm her too much" I tell him, I'm a little worried about how she'll react to meeting the rest of my family. I'll probably talk to her about it first.

"that's probably best. What should we get her? other than adopting her?" he asks.

"I'm not sure yet. She seemed really overwhelmed in the toy store and didn't really explore much of what was there. But I'm gonna talk to her though" I tell him. She just let me pick out a few things for her and she accepted pretty much everything I showed her. she was just happy to be getting some new things.

"alright. I'm gonna call our lawyer and see what we'd need to do. we're already her foster parents so it can't be too hard" he tells me.

"sounds like a good idea. I'm gonna check on her, she was getting a little restless before I came in here"

He nods and picks up the phone. I make my way back into the living room and she's flopped over on the couch, so now she's laying on her stomach, and she's whimpering a little. Her legs are curled up close to her and she's still sucking her thumb.

I sit by her and gently rub her back, "shhh sweetie"

She tenses under my touch and buries herself farther into the blanket. I just keep rubbing gentle circles on her back, "it's okay, just relax"

She whimpers and flops over to her side. She must be having a nightmare, when she's sleeping peacefully she's pretty still. I just fix the blanket around her and she squirms. She must've felt my hand on her because she sits up and leans into me. Her eyes flutter open and then they close again.

I wrap my arm around her and fix the blanket. She snuggles close to me and relaxes. I can tell she's never had this kind of attention but is warming up to us pretty fast.

A/N: sorry about the wait! I've been busy with school and have slightly lost interest in Glee. But I had a few new ideas for this story so I decided to write them. Please let me know if you're still interested in this, because if you are, I'll keep going! Please review. Follow me on twitter: onlyprettier214