Lily Anne Carter walked into school on Monday morning, her blonde, standard-issue Cheerio's ponytail swishing behind her as she walked. To anybody walking past her, she was a picture of confidence, and why shouldn't she be? She was popular as a Cheerio, with practically every boy in the school drooling after her, and she still managed to get excellent grades in school, all while being in the journalism club and taking dance on the side. On the inside though, she was exhausted. Her parents had been fighting all night long and she hardly got a chance to sleep; she was tired of all the screaming and crying - from them and herself. Keeping up with them, as well as all of her extracurricular activities, was taking a toll on her body. At school, however, she couldn't let anyone see herself as anything else beside the image of confidence and popularity that she had made herself out to be.

"Hey Hughie," she called, winking at the dark haired starting Quarterback of McKinley's football team. It wasn't like she had feelings for Hugh Sanford, but he was definitely fun to flirt with. She looked over her shoulder and smirked when she saw him watching her walk away: more specifically, her butt. She bit down on her lip as she walked, giggling to herself as he walked quickly to catch up with her.

"What's going on, Lils?" Hugh asked, not noticing the Cheerio cringe at the usage of the nickname. He was still too busy checking her out to notice, and he gave her a goofy grin. "Did you hear about the party Gigi is hosting Friday night?" he asked as they walked down the hall. He was a party animal and knew she tended to frequent them as well. It wasn't like he thought she hadn't heard about it; he just didn't know what to talk to her about.

Lily nodded when he asked her this, pausing in her path to stop and look at the cork-board that held all of the club sign-up sheets, which caused the clumsy Quarterback to stumble behind her. She smiled when she saw how many people had already signed up for Cheerios, though she felt bad about how many of these girls would be let down. When her eyes landed on the Glee sheet, she couldn't help but smirk. Empty. Not a single person had signed up yet.

"How lame do you have to be to sign up for Glee?" she asked Hugh, who just shrugged with a chuckle.

"I don't know," He said, but then his eyes widen and he gave her a Cheshire Cat grin. "I dare you do be the first signature," he stated boldly, his brown eyes bright with mischief. It was practically social suicide, and he wanted to see if she would take the bait.

Mortification was clear in her eyes as she pondered this. It wasn't like her to turn down a dare, but Glee? "No way," she said, shaking her head quickly.

"Come on, Lils, how bad could it be?" Hugh teased her, grinning as the Queen of Cool became flustered for the first time in as long as he could remember.

"First off, don't call me that, and second, I'll only do it if you do it too," Lily bartered, batting her eyes at him persuasively. She could tell he didn't want to, but when she saw him sigh, she knew she had won. Pulling out a pen, she quickly scrawled down her name, then handed him the pen. She waited for him to to sign, and then she happily flounced down the hall without another word, worried to be late for her English class.

Hugh watched her walk off with a sigh, then glanced back at the Glee list. Why was he doing this to himself? It was common knowledge that he had a crush on Lily, but it was also common knowledge that she was practically unattainable. Was signing up for Glee Club going to do anything for him besides kill his social standing?

He didn't have time to ponder this before getting slapped on the shoulder by a few of his football buddies. He was going to be late for class if he kept staring with his head in the clouds, and he followed after them looking like a lost puppy. He was glad that they had been too busy joking and shoving each other around; if they had noticed his name on the Glee list, he didn't know what they would do to him. He was perfectly content with keeping this a secret for as long as possible.


Well, here's the first chapter! You met Lily Carter, created by the fabulous LittleMissBrit, and Hugh Sanford, created by the semi decent me. The first "episode" of chapters will be introducing characters, and then we'll have auditions. I STILL NEED LOTS OF CHARACTERS, so please, send me some! I know you guys are creative!