3rd period. Spanish class.
Miranda walked into the curly haired teacher's room, wondering what would come next. Would he introduce her? Would he make her introduce herself? Or would he let her sit down in an empty chair, pretty much unnoticed? She was hoping he'd introduce her, not make her introduce herself or let her go into the pack on her own and be forced to fend for herself. Her unspoken hopes were answered as the man winked at her and said, "Class, we have a new student today. Her name is Miranda, and while some of you may have met her earlier, the majority of you probably haven't. Let's all give her a warm welcome into our school and hope she does well. Now grab your textbooks and turn to page 23."
As she walked to her seat, she smiled gratefully at him. No need to speak to him now, she had next period with him too. She only hoped she would be accepted. She daydreamed about making it into the club until she was asked, "Como Estas?" by her new teacher. Snapped back to reality, she searched the page in vain until she found the right reply.
"Muy bien," she replied, and went back to daydreaming.
She was not interrupted again, at least not until the bell rang for her next class. She walked up to her teacher's desk, hoping to be able to follow him to the Glee room. She was worried that the other kids would kick her out because she was a new, awkward freshman. Unbeknownst to them, the older, more experienced Glee clubbers, she did not have a very good chance of getting in.
"Show me where the classroom is?" she asked, as everyone cleared out.
"Right this way. Follow me," was the short reply. She followed the man out, remaining silent. Class wouldn't start for another 15 minutes, but they needed to decide on what song she would sing and make sure she had what she needed. She had a song in mind, but she needed to keep her mind open.
"I want to do a certain song, but I have 2 I can do. The first one, the least important, is Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls. It's a lot longer than the one I really want to do."
"Which is?" The man inquired.
"Permanent, by David Cook. He's someone I look up to, the song is touching, and it suits my vocal range really well."
Without assessing the matter further, the man looked it up and replied, "Let me print out the sheet music."
"Why?" Miranda asked. "I know how to play it on the piano."
"You can't play and sing to the club at the same time. You need to focus on singing. That's why you're here."
She didn't protest, so the printer started to hum, and seconds after it stopped, and the sheet music was sitting neatly in the printer's tray. Just as the curly haired man picked it up and set it in the music stand by the piano, and Miranda was going to point out how much easier it would be to set it on the piano, the glee clubbers started filing in. Nervously, she turned around to see two girls, one white and one black, and a very fashionably dressed boy walking in.
"Oh. And your name is?" asked the boy, his voice quite high.
Miranda was afraid to answer, and the tiny white girl apparently could tell so. "Oh, Kurt, just let her be. She's the new freshman, I saw her with Mr. Schuester earlier. We'll learn her name later. Come on, Kurt, Mercedes."
"Quinn," Kurt grumbled as they made their way to some empty seats.
Next came in four boys in football jackets, one of them in a wheel chair. They didn't really notice Miranda, but she noted that all of them, especially the one in the wheelchair, were exceptionally cute. After that was a young brunette that was covered in something wet. After her was an Asian couple, one a Goth. She was eying the wheelchair boy with a malicious frown. Last of all were two cheerleaders, both of which looked highly interested in each other.
After everyone had taken their seats, Mr. Schuester spoke.
"We have an audition for the club today. Her name is Miranda and I hope she'll be a new addition to our club! That's up to you, though, so I wish her luck and give the stage to her!"
The opening notes of the song were the most difficult, and after she got past them, the song came easily.
As she finished, she noticed that Mr. Schuester had stopped playing. But seemingly, the other Glee Clubbers didn't notice. They just applauded, and Mr. Schuester had her leave the room so they could take a vote. When she was called back in, the room was silent.
"Miranda, what would you do if we said you were out?" Before she could answer, he finished with, "I'm sorry, but you don't need to answer. You're in! Welcome to the newest member of the McKinley High Glee Club!"
She was appalled, so she just sat down.