Danni pelted around the corner. She was trying to escape her parents for a few measly minutes. She crashed into someone at full speed, and they both tumbled over. She groaned and rubbed her head.

"Gah. Sorry." She mumbled, without opening her eyes to see who she'd run into.

"Erm, that's ok... but can you get off me?" She opened her eyes and saw a boy about her age underneath her. She blushed and pushed herself off him.
"O-Oh..." She stammered. "Sorry."

He stood up and helped her off the floor.

"I'm Noah." He introduced himself. She smiled.

"I'm Danni. You have a funny accent." He raised an eyebrow.

"I'm not from around here. I'm on vacation." She bit her lip in embarrassment.

"Sorry."

"Why do you keep apologizing?" He tilted his head.

"I... I don't know."

"Oh. Right." They stared at each other awkwardly for a few moments. She avoided looking into his eyes, too embarrassed.

"Danni! There you are!" She looked back to see her parents along with another woman. "This is Mrs. Puckerman. I see you've already met Noah." She looked at him, who grinned.

She couldn't help but grin back.

. . . . . .

Puck was sat with Lauren, discussing wrestling, being badass and famous people getting more famous because of sex tapes. They were having a pretty good time. Well, Lauren was having a good time. Puck's mind was on other things.

'Why would Danni get into someone like Karofsky?' He thought. 'She can do better-'

"What's wrong with you, Puckerman?" Lauren's hash voice brought him crashing back down to earth. "You haven't said anything for the last ten minutes, and all I've been talking about is sex." He shifted his eyes over her plump face, framed with thick-rimmed glasses. The stern look on her face made him break into a cold sweat quite easily.

But he still loved her.

So why was he thinking about Danni so much?

"I'm just tired." He lied. The look on her face said she didn't believe him. "And... I'm planning a song for Glee." He said quickly.

She nodded.

"Care to share?" Oh crap.

"Er, it's a surprise."

"If it's anything like 'Fat Bottomed Girls' I'm not sure if I'll like it."

"No... It's something..." His mind flickered back to Danni. "...different."

. . . . . .

"I want you to go out with me."

Danni sighed. He'd been asking her all week.

"Dave. I'm only just becoming friends with you. Wait. Ok?" He grabbed her arm as she turned away.

"No." She looked back.

"Why are you so desperate for us to start dating?" He froze. He hadn't expected that question. The phrase 'actions speak louder than words' entered his mind. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her before she could react. Instead of pushing him away, she found herself kissing him back. It wasn't like anyone else was beating down her door.

But at the same time... Something didn't feel right.

She shivered when he brushed her hair out of her face and locked eyes with her.

"Will you go out with me now?" She felt her stomach tighten into knots.

"I... Y-Yes."

. . . . . .

Danni stood in front of the Glee members nervously. No one with the exception of Will and Puck knew that Dave was her duet partner. All eyes were on her. She swallowed.

"I am going to perform a duet... With Dave."

There were horrified gasps as Dave walked in. He glared at a few of them, but remained silent.

"Oh HELL to the no!" Mercedes yelled. Danni turned bright red.

"Now, guys, the whole point of Glee Club is to give people a chance to shine when other people won't let them. We need to give Dave a chance."

"Yeah, guys." Puck quipped smugly. It was only Danni and Dave who heard the mocking tone in his voice, and they exchanged confused glances. Everyone's eyes fell on Puck.

"Are you crazy Noah?" Rachel burst. "Have you already forgotten what he did to Kurt?" Danni felt sick when she heard this.

"Wh-What did you do to Kurt?" She turned to Dave in horror. Suddenly everything was silent. No one removed their eyes from the scene in front of them. "He's the guy from the ice cream place, right?" Dave kept his eyes on hers, he made them look as pleading as possible. "Dave?"

"He threatened to kill him." Finn said. Danni shifted her eyes to Finn.

"Are you trying to tell me my boyfriend is the kinda guy who makes death threats?"

"Your boyfriend?" Finn and Puck exclaimed at the same time. The rest of the Glee club couldn't contain their amazement, babbling immediately. Danni took a step back.

"I... I have to go." She croaked hoarsely. She'd expected a bad reaction, but not this bad.

She sped out of the room, and Will went after her, swiftly followed by Dave. She was slumped against some lockers, her head in her hands. Will crouched by her, and she ignored him. He looked at Dave and nodded. Dave sighed and crouched down too.

"Danni?" He whispered.

"What?" Her voice was muffled, but they could tell she was trying not to cry.

"I'm sorry."

"For what? Not telling me that you wanted to kill someone? Is that what you and that... That Blaine guy were talking about?" She glared at him accusingly.

Will frowned when he heard this. If there'd been some sort of confrontation, she should have told him about it.

Dave took her hand gently.

"Yeah." He lied. But he was a very convincing liar. "But I didn't mean it when I said it." Will didn't believe this for one second, but he said nothing. He wasn't going to make things worse than they already were.

. . . . . .

"Here." Finn snapped. He and Puck confronted Azimio. He took the money gleefully.

"I'd say thanks, but I think it's that Danni girl I need to be thanking." He chortled. Puck resisted the urge to punch him square in the face. Finn shook his head. He and Puck walked away.

"I can't believe she agreed to go out with him." Finn frowned. Puck just nodded. He was frustrated. "What's up with you, man? You've been really quiet." Finn studied his best friend's face. Puck ignored him and just walked away. Finn watched after him, confused. Sure, it was frustrating that they lost the bet, but he didn't need to be like this.

Finn concluded that something else must be going on.