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Dani finally found the choir room at three-twenty, which was twenty minutes after Glee Club started. She knew because she'd asked Principal Figgins about it and where it was, but his directions had been very unclear, and here she was, late. She hoped Santana was still there.
Dani got a weird feeling in her stomach when she was with Santana. It was the same feeling described to her by her friends back in LA, when they'd been dating boys. Dani hadn't ever been the dating type, honestly. She steered clear of guys, even though they were always asking her out. She just hadn't had the butterfly feeling in her stomach.
The one that she was now getting when she thought about that junior. She sighed as she approached the choir room. She heard loud talking, sounding like it was from that girl Rachel, and a man's voice, probably the teacher. Putting on her brave, fearless face, she opened the door and peeked in.
All of the heads turned towards the door, as if they were surprised that anyone would walk in. Dani's eyes immediately caught on the Latina sitting in the back of the room, next to the blonde cheerleader she'd been sitting with at lunch and talking to in the hallway. Dani gave her a wide smile, before looking to where the teacher was.
"Hi, I'm Danielle," she said, stepping into the room completely. "I'm new here, and I'm interested in joining Glee Club."
The teacher looked actually astounded that someone had said that. Maybe that should've been a clue that this place was so not cool, but Dani didn't back out. It was because of those two dark eyes staring at her from the back of the room. "Oh, hello, Danielle. Welcome to Glee Club. I'm Mr. Shue. We'd love to have you join, but we kind of have a policy that you have to sing for us to get in."
Dani flashed him a smile. "Okay."
Singing in front of people? It wasn't her thing. Playing guitar in front of people while singing? Maybe. But she didn't have her guitar with her, and she really didn't like playing on other ones for some reason. OCD maybe. As Mr. Shue moved to the chairs where everyone else was sitting, Dani slowly moved to the center of the room. She paused by the piano guy, and told him quietly the first song that came to her mind.
As the song started to play, Dani gave Santana smile before she began to sing.
"This is the end.
Hold your breath and count to ten.
Feel the earth move and then,
Hear my heart burst again."
Dani hadn't really ever thought her voice was all that great, but Santana seemed to be gaping at her. So she was either sounding amazing, or absolutely terrible. And considering no one had stopped her from singing, she had to guess that she wasn't doing too bad.
"For this is the end.
I've drowned and dreamed this moment,
So over due, I owe them,
Swept away, I'm stolen."
Dani entered the chorus powerfully and confidently.
"Let the sky fall,
When it crumbles,
We will stand tall,
Or face it all together.
Let the sky fall,
When it crumbles,
We will stand tall,
Or face it all together,
At skyfall."
Mr. Shue cut her off, and the entire Glee Club stood and cheered. Dani felt her cheeks turn rosy, which honestly didn't happen often. "Wow, Danielle, that was amazing," Shue told her honestly. "We'd be happy to have you in our club. Are you a junior?"
Dani shook her head, "Senior."
"Oh, okay, let's welcome our new, only senior, Glee member!" Shue exclaimed, getting more applause and cheers from the Glee kids. Dani smiled, and did a little curtsy, before deciding that she was going to sit by Santana.
As she moved to the back of the chairs and took her seat next to the Latina, Mr. Shue started to talk about the club's sectionals competition.
Dani turned and looked Santana. "How'd I do?"
"Amazing! I can't believe you can sing like that!" Santana returned, sounding very excited. Dani felt herself blushing darkly, but she ignored it and smiled widely at the Latina.
"Thanks," she thanked, biting her lip. Santana locked eyes with her, but then quickly broke the gaze, leaving a little disappointment with Dani.
Dani didn't really understand what she was feeling when she looked at Santana. She'd just met this girl this morning. She's never really had interest in anyone as much as she did with Santana.
Dani shook her head slightly as she and Santana looked back at Mr. Shue. Dani hoped not to stay in Lima too long, she didn't need to get attached. Not by anything or anyone. Plus, she was sure that whatever vibe she thought she was getting from this junior was being made up in her own head.
"Alright, so all that's left for sectionals before practicing is the set list. I was thinking Journey, since it worked nicely last year—"
"Nicely?" the blonde cheerleader asked in disbelief. "We lost to Vocal Adrenaline using Journey at Regionals last year, Mr. Shue. We have to do something different this year."
"Quinn, I appreciate your opinion, but—"
"Mr. Shue, as bad as it makes me feel to admit it, I agree with Quinn on this matter. We need to do something that no one expects us to do," Rachel suggested.
"Oh, I have an idea!" Santana piped up. "Let's give the solos to people who aren't Rachel."
Rachel shot Santana a scowl.
"Yeah, Mr. Shue, a lot of us haven't gotten the chance to shine like we should," a darker girl told Mr. Shue.
"Yes, I know, Mercedes, but when it comes to competition, we need to use our best assets," Mr. Shue told her.
"And Rachel is our best asset?" Mercedes demanded. "I'm sorry, Mr. Shue, but there are some killer voices in here that are just as good as Rachel's."
"Agreed!" Kurt, the guy from Dani's theater class, exclaimed.
"Guys! Calm down! I'll think about it tonight and let you all know what we're going to do tomorrow, okay?" Shue asked.
"Fine," Mercedes grumbled. Rachel was sitting with her lips pursed and arms crossed. Dani had a feeling that Glee Club was going to be a fun place to just watch these people bicker. She got the feeling that arguments like this happened a lot.
Mr. Shue dismissed them all, and Dani grabbed her bag and stood up. She gave Santana a smile, before heading out of the room. Then, however, she heard her name said behind her. "Dani!"
She turned and saw Santana catching up with her. "Hey," Dani replied, smiling.
"Thanks for coming to Glee," Santana told her in quiet voice.
"No problem. It was fun," Dani admitted. "I have to go, my aunt told me not to stay too long after school. She's going to interrogate me on my first day of school and make me call my mom."
Dani realized that she had kind of spilled some of her personal life to Santana, but she honestly didn't care. She felt like she could trust Santana, even though she knew that she shouldn't. "Okay, well, I'll see you tomorrow, I guess."
"Definitely," Dani returned, smiling. Santana turned to walk the other direction, and Dani couldn't' stop herself. "Wait, Santana."
The Latina turned back around, an eyebrow raised.
"Could I get your number? You're like the first friend I've made here," Dani admitted. She knew she shouldn't get Santana's number. She didn't need to have any real friends here, it would only make it harder to leave later. It had already been hard enough making the decision to leave her friends in LA. But it was that feeling in her stomach. It was so foreign, but she craved it.
"Sure," Santana said, smiling. "Can I see your phone?"
They traded phones, inserted in their numbers and then traded back. "I'll... text you or something."
"Okay," Santana agreed, and Dani swore that she looked nervous.
"See you tomorrow, Santana." Dani gave a little wave, before turning and heading towards the parking lot. As she looked down at the name in her phone, she felt her heart racing. Santana had put a little heart next to her name in Dani's phone.
Dani told herself to calm down as she walked out to her car. It was likely that Santana did that in all of her friends' phones. Of course, Dani and Santana had practically just met, but they were friends, right? Sort of? Maybe?
She got in her car and started driving home. As she drove, she noticed another car driving in a similar direction, and saw that it was that Quinn girl driving, and Santana was sitting in the passenger seat. Dani bit her lip and averted her eyes, keeping them locked on the road. That butterfly feeling was great, but she didn't trust it while she drove.
Quinn dropped Santana off in Lima Heights Adjacent, and Dani was astounded to find that Santana lived just five houses down from her aunt. It gave the blue-haired girl even more butterflies.
"Danielle? Is that you?" came her aunt's voice.
"Becca, I told you that you can call me Dani," Dani called back to her aunt. She entered the kitchen, where Becca was cooking something that smelled a little weird.
"I know, sorry. Your mom always calls you Danielle when she talks to me," Becca explained.
"Yeah, she doesn't call me Dani," the blue-haired girl answered. Actually, there were only six people that were allowed to call her Dani. That was her dad, Becca, Santana, and three of her best friends back in LA. It was a nickname that Dani had learned to treasure. When she was younger, her grandmother, a kind lady that Dani had always looked up to, gave it to her. She had told Dani to always be herself and to never stop dreaming. She died only a few months after giving Dani the nickname, and that's when she decided that only special people could call her Dani.
Santana was the only one she'd immediately given permission to. Once again, it had to do with that butterfly feeling, or something. Dani didn't understand it herself.
"How was school?" Becca asked.
"It was okay," Dani answered, her mind going back to Santana.
"You should call your mom."
"Nope," Dani argued, standing and heading upstairs to where her room was in her aunt's house.
"Dani! Danielle! Call your mother!"
"I'm good!" Dani objected. Dani had a sort of... rough relationship with her mother.
More about Dani and her relationship with her mom should be in the next chapter... Wonder if anyone can guess why her relationship with her mom is rough? :P
I read "to never stop dreaming" when rereading this and had total WDCT feels. Am I right Dreamers? :P
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Most 3rd Person limited to Dani will not be in entire chapters. They'll be pieces of chapters and will be separated by " - " You'll see in the next chapter. This story is supposed to be mostly Santana focused, btw :P
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