A/N: Sorry this took so long. I am an author who comes up with all of the big moments in a story but has a hard time coming up with the important connecting points in between. I hope this chapter is at least read-able considering it took me almost two weeks to figure out what I wanted to do with it. Please let me know what I can work on and hopefully once I figure out all the ground work and start getting into my ideas things will flow more. Thanks for reading.

RM

DISCLAIMER: I do not own GLEE or BUFFY

Chapter 6

So despite being forced by Liam to have extra training sessions for her outburst with her Shakespeare teacher, Alex quickly figured out her place in McKinley and was able to get a sense of a "normal" routine in her life. Alex gained a reputation as a "brainy badass" (which seemed to her to be an ironic combination) which helped her to be accepted by her classmates, but caused the teachers to be frightened of having a smart student in their classrooms for once. She became legendary when word spread around the school that the Shakespeare teacher had quit due to a nervous breakdown. The new teacher, Ms. Holly Holliday (despite having a name fit for a stripper) seemed to have a younger, and accurate handle on the Bard so Alex just kept her mouth shut, paid attention to her classes, and the first two weeks went by without any incident, school wise that is.

Now that he found himself in Lima and surrounded by students Liam, in Alex's mind, had become even more determined to run her into the ground. His determination to train Alex to the point of exhaustion so he could be sure she was fully prepared to help Santana once they revealed to the Slayer that she had an ally meant that Alex had absolutely no free time and lived a life of pain. After school ended at three, Alex would wait for everyone to clear out of the halls and make her way to the Library for a 5 hour training session with Liam, where he would test her on weapons, fighting styles, and physical ability, as well as quiz her on the Slayer handbook. The most brutal part about it was that after the training sessions were done Alex needed to go home, eat dinner, do homework, and sneak out of her house to patrol around 10:30pm. Liam told her to avoid Santana at all cost at night until they figured out how they were going to tell her the truth. With this constant grueling schedule, Alex felt she was stuck in a state where her body was permanently sore, her mind permanently tired, and it didn't look like there was going to be any rest. That was until she had been at school two weeks.

Although she still wouldn't consider herself best friends with Santana, Alex found herself being accepted into her tight-knit group of friends. Brittany was still as sweet and as awkward as ever. Puck seemed to have developed a crush on her due to the "Shakespeare Stand-off" but Alex just tried to ignore it. Quinn was completely cool, and that Rachel girl still seemed to give her awkward glares. The rest of the kids in Glee club seemed really cool, but Alex hadn't thought about joining until Santana of all people broached the subject at lunch on Monday. "So Alex, were you still considering Brit's offer of joining us in Glee Club?"

Everyone turned to stare at her, and even though Alex knew Liam had told her she had to be in Glee, she still realized that she had to be careful in every situation with these people until they told Santana. "I don't know actually. I'm not opposed to the idea, but I'm still not entirely sure it's for me."

Brittany started pouting. "Alex you should join with us. It will be fun to hang out with you after school too."

"What exactly would I have to do?" Alex posed to the group. Brittany and Puck looked excited while Rachel seemed to not enjoy the conversation at all.

"We are having auditions after school. You just show up and sing a song. Mr. Schuster accepts everyone so you shouldn't even get nervous about it." Brittany was bouncing up and down in her seat as she answered but Alex, upon processing what she said started to panic.

"Wait! What do you mean auditions are this afternoon? I don't have anything ready. You could have a least given me a little notice Brittany!" Alex knew she would be auditioning no matter what but she was hoping she wouldn't have to look like an idiot while doing it.

Quinn looked like she pitied Alex and tried to comfort her. "Alex it's going to be fine. Stop freaking out on us and take deep breaths. He accepts everyone so as long you show up and sing something you will get in if you want to."

Alex still in panic mode realized that what she wanted was to find her watcher and see if he had a game plan for this. So despite Quinn's expert advice she got up from the table telling everyone she would go sign the list for auditions and made her way towards the announcement board and Liam. She quickly wrote her name down on the board, not even looking at the other three names on the list, and ran through the Library disrupting everyone there until she finally found Liam in his office. "Liam! Since you have had a plan for everything else so far what song am I singing for my Glee Club audition?"

Liam gave her two suggestions. One: don't do anything from a musical. Two: play it on acoustic guitar. From there Alex racked her brain for songs that she knew how to play. She texted her mom to bring her guitar to school and played through her entire iPOD in the back of her classes. She finally settled on one song, but as she sat in the auditorium, with the other Glee kids who had taken her in as a friend the last two weeks and a couple new faces, she questioned whether she was just about to make an utter ass of herself. Mr. Schuester sat behind all of his Glee kids at a desk in the middle of the audience and looked over the paper at the names of those who signed up. Finally he called the first name. "Sam Evans!"

A tall white boy stood up and began to walk up on stage. He had bleach blonde hair in a surfer cut and Alex though he belonged on the beach in California not in Ohio. He was cute but definitely not Alex's type. When he finally got up on the stage he grabbed the guitar that was up there and nervously spoke into the microphone. "Hi, I'm Sam Evans. I will be singing Billionaire." He stood back and began playing the first few chords and then began singing to his hearts content. Alex paid attention long enough to see that the kid had a good voice and then let her nerves take over her brain again. When Sam finished everyone around Alex clapped and cheered, but she just sank lower into her seat dreading her name being called.

Sam put the guitar back and made his way back down to his seat. Mr. Schuester called out another name but Alex was too terrified to even listen to who it was. It turned out that person was a no show, so then Mr. Schuester uttered the words Alex had been dreading since she walked into the auditorium. "Alex Heart. It's your turn."

Alex's face turned a pale shade of green. As she grabbed her guitar case and got up she made eye contact with Brittany and Quinn who both shot her a thumbs up. She grimaced at them and then made her way onto the stage. She got her guitar out of its case, quickly tuned it and then walked up to the microphone to do the normal introductions. When she opened her mouth to speak though no sound came out, so she stepped back, cleared her throat and tried again. "Sorry guys I'm really nervous about this." The audience politely laughed at her confession so with that tiny spark of confidence Alex continued. "My name is Alex Heart and I will be singing Black Horse and The Cherry Tree by K.T. Tunstall."

With that Alex just began playing the song on her guitar and decided to just rock out to it. She had picked the song not only because it was fun and easy for her to play at the last minute but it was nice and easy for her to sing with her alto voice. It wasn't difficult, it was just safe and that is what she felt she needed in this situation. And because she was so used to the song she realized that the more she played the more comfortable she got. By the end of the song she was actually having fun, and when she hit the last chord, Brittany, Quinn, and Puck stood up and cheered for her loudly followed by the rest of the Glee kids. Even Santana joined in. She heard Mr. Schuester chime in from the back, "That was very good Alex, thank you!"

With that Alex turn back around and headed toward her case to put her guitar away when she heard Mr. Schue call out the fourth name on the list. "Lindsay Heckert".

Alex tried to get off the stage before this new person's audition but as she was finishing the last lock on her case she heard a voice come from behind her. "Hey before you finish putting that away do you think you could accompany me?"

Alex whipped around to face the stranger and realized that this new girl must be the Lindsay Heckert that Mr. Schue had just called. She was about Alex's height with pale skin, brown hair, and gorgeous grey eyes. She was beautiful, and Alex couldn't help but think that she wanted to get to know her better. "Umm yeah I maybe could. What song are you singing?"

Lindsay's face brightened up it seemed and Alex began to wonder if Lindsay had thought she would say no. "I was going to do Kate Voegele's version of Halelujah. Could you play for me?"

"Um. Yeah. You start and I will keep up with you." Alex quickly bent down to her guitar case and opened it right back up. "What key?"

Lindsay quickly whispered it to her and headed over to the microphone to do the introductions. She then looked back at Alex and made eye contact with her, nodded, and Alex began to play the song. Alex focused on Lindsay and her voice to make sure she kept tempo and was playing the song exactly as she wanted it. And, surprisingly, despite not hearing the song in forever Alex only messed up a couple of times. Lindsay's voice was absolutely captivating. It was rich and soulful and Alex felt like she could listen to it for days. This girl is totally putting me to shame. No matter how hard she tried to fight it the more Alex played and watched Lindsay sing the more she couldn't help but feel an instant attraction to the girl. Before she knew it the song was over and as Alex strummed the last chord everyone in New Directions stood up and cheered for Lindsay.

Alex turned around back to her guitar case but Lindsay's voice caught her attention once again. "Thanks for playing for me Alex. That was really fun. We should do that again just for the heck of it sometime. It's hard to find such an attentive and professional musician."

Even though she tried to act as nonchalant as possible Alex still couldn't hide the slight blush that sprouted on her face when the attentive part came up. "Definitely. You are an amazing singer by the way."

"You realize you were amazing too right?"

"Naw, just thought this would be a good way to make friends at a new school. Thanks for trying to make me feel better though."

"I was being sincere, honestly." And Lindsay looked at Alex with such a truthful stare that Brittany would of had a hard time matching it. Lindsay looked back out at the auditorium and broke Alex out of the private conversation bubble they were having. "We should probably go and sit down and wait for Mr. Schuester to finish up huh?"

"Yeah that sounds like a plan." Alex quickly grabbed her guitar case and followed Lindsay down the stairs and into the audience. She sat back down in her seat just as Mr. Schuester was walking up onto the stage, and Lindsay decided to come and sit next to her instead of returning to her own seat.

Everyone looked up at Mr. Schuester expectantly, waiting for his final thoughts on the three talented singers that had just auditioned for their club. Finally he looked up at the fourteen kids sitting in front of him. "I'm hoping," he finally started, "that fourteen will be the lucky number that will take us to Nationals this year. Congratulations everyone and welcome to New Directions. Glee Club go and congratulate your new members. I will see you all after school on Wednesday for the first practice."

The next thing Alex knew Brittany was flinging herself at Alex quickly screaming "I knew it! I knew it!" She was followed by a quick hug from Quinn, a very inappropriate hug from Puck (which earned him a hit from every girl in Glee Club excluding Lindsay who didn't know him yet) and handshake from Santana. Even Rachel came over and congratulated her, although the threatened look Alex had been receiving for over two weeks was now aimed at both her and Lindsay.

Everyone slowly made their way out of the auditorium, and as they all said their goodbyes and headed their own way (Brittany and Quinn to Cheerios practice, Puck and the other jocks to football practice including the new guy Sam, and Rachel and the others home or to other meetings) Alex tried to hang back so she could head up to the Library for her training session. Finally the only two people left with her were Lindsay and Santana.

"Hey do either of you need a ride home? I was just going to head out to my car." Lindsay offered. I wish I needed a ride. Damn you Liam.

Santana answered first, "No thanks Lindsay. I was going to head to study hall."

"Yeah and I have to head up to the library for trai- I mean work." Alex stammered. Smooth Alex, way to fuck that excuse up.

Both Santana and Lindsay looked at Alex with incredulous looks on their faces. Finally Santana voiced the question, "What do you mean work?"

"Ok so apparently the new Librarian heard about the 'Shakespeare Standoff' and has now hired me to be the new Library assistant after school." Please let them buy it. Please let them buy it, Alex pleaded in her head.

"Oh my god," Lindsay responded. "I totally forgot that was you. That was one of the best days of my life." Alex awkwardly stammered a response to this and Santana smirked knowingly at her causing Alex to blush a little more.

Finally Santana decided to do the friend thing (for once) and save Alex further embarrassment. "Anyways ladies, I think I better be off. Lindsay you want to walk with me. Study hall is on the way to the parking lot. See you tomorrow Alex."

"Right bye Santana. Lindsay." Alex responded quickly. As she turned around she heard what was quickly becoming one of her favorite sounds in the world.

"I was serious about us playing together again. It will be fun having Glee Club together but let's work on that ok? Bye Alex, Lindsay finished, and she and Santana quickly made their way down the hall, while begrudgingly Alex turned to make her way up the stairs toward Liam and her hell.

It was about to hit midnight and Alex slowly made her way to the local Lima Ohio cemetery. Despite the fact that she was ordered to patrol many areas throughout Lima, each night she found herself in the cemetery at least once every patrol. Whether it was the stupid cliché about vampires and cemeteries, the fact that her training made her dread these places, or her slayer intuition, Alex felt herself drawn to check the cemetery every night. And tonight her instincts proved especially correct.

About 10 minutes in, and after checking a particularly dank and spider infested mausoleum, Alex rounded the corner to find herself face to face with three vampires. They were huddled over a piece of paper, but as soon as they realized they had company one of them began to ball it up.

"Hi boys, am I allowed to join this party?" Might as well have some fun with this. Alex expected the vampires to be confused by her quirky statement. She expected them to maybe smile at her lame punch line and then either run or maybe decide to fight her.

What she didn't expect was the vampire who balled up the paper to look her up and down, pull a lighter out of his pocket and say "Kill the slayer and then catch up."

The third vampire then began running in the other direction, lighting the paper as he went. Alex, as shocked as she was to hear this vampire know that she was a slayer, quickly realized that she had two vampires coming towards her. As one got too close Alex let out a roundhouse kick to his head as she grabbed her stake out from under her shirt. The vampire flew backwards and landed on his back with a hard thud as the second vampire decided to swing his fists at Alex's head. Alex dodged the punches pretty easily until the punchy vampire decided to get creative and quickly threw out a kick to trip her. Alex felt the breath get knocked out of her as her back hit the ground, but she quickly kicked out her legs and got back on her feet before Punchy could use his momentary upper hand. Punchy once again went back to what he did best and began swinging at Alex's head but she palmed him in the nose, shocking him enough so that when he took a step back she staked him in the heart. He dusted in front of her, just in time for her to feel Roundhouse grab her by the waist and body tackle her to the ground.

Despite being thrown to the ground by a 250lb vampire, Alex kicked the vampire off of her in two seconds, and the second he landed on his back again, Alex found herself staking his heart on instinct. He dusted in front of her and Alex finally was able to look around for the Runner vamp. The fight had luckily on lasted about 30 seconds so Runner Vamp was still in view and, if Alex pushed it a bit, was catchable. Alex wanted to know what that huge paper was, and knew she needed to stop him before he could fully destroy it.

Alex took off and very soon was on the Runner vamp's heels. He unfortunately had been able to light the paper on fire but hadn't been able to drop it or fully destroy it. Alex threw herself at the vamp (taking a page out of Roundhouse's book) and as she grabbed Runner by the waist she knocked him completely off his feet. The paper went flying out of his hands and Alex realized as they were falling that if she didn't time this right she was going to be in very big trouble.

As Alex and the vamp tumbled to the ground, a ball of flesh, stake, and fangs, Alex attempted to hold herself away from the vampire so he couldn't get his teeth into her. She didn't need the smell of her blood to intensify this fight even more. But as they finally made full contact with the ground and flew apart from each other Alex felt his teeth dig into her left arm and tear out. Alex didn't give herself anytime to fully recover from the tackle, and quickly got herself to her feet to find that she was now fighting a fully ravenous vampire.

She quickly looked at her arm and realized that she had two long horizontal gashes that were quickly dripping blood. Fuck, This is going to suck. Alex looked back at her competition and Runner vamp looked back at her with mustard yellow eyes that were now tinged with red and bloodlust. Alex then tensed and prayed that she would be able to end this fight before he would go crazy. Both Alex and the vamp tensed their bodies, ready for the standoff to end and the fight to begin when the unthinkable happened.

A voice began to drift towards the combatants and as Alex listened her blood ran cold. "You really didn't need to come with me Puck. There haven't been that many vampires lately and I can handle myself. Besides it's not like I know Alex well enough to even help you out so this whole conversation is pointless." Alex recognized the voice and realized that the one person she was supposed to avoid during patrols was quickly heading her way. Shit it's Santana! And why did she just say my name?

Alex looked over toward the vamp she was fighting, who was now just out of kicking distance as he had inched closer to her, when her heart skipped a beat. The vamp was no longer paying attention to her as he was trying to pick out the other voice in the cemetery too. Alex, as fast as she could, leaped close enough to the vampire and by the time Runner realized what was going on she kicked him across the head to knock him to the ground and stun him. Before the vamp could register what had struck him, Alex plunged her stake into his heart, took in the shocked look on his face, and then turned to salvage what was left of that paper as he dusted behind her.

Alex saw the small flames burning by a headstone and stamped them out with her foot. To her disappointment she realized that over half of the map had burned (because that's what the paper was, a map) but she folded it up and put it in her pocket to give to Liam. She turned around just in time to see Santana come from behind a tombstone with Puck right beside her, and as Puck looked up and saw her, and he began calling out and waving to her, Alex tucked the stake back under her shirt before they could see. That was way too close, Alex thought and despite the confused look on Santana's face, Alex began walking over towards her friends.