Annie

So, broadwaybabewa and I have come up with this idea. Basically the concept of Annie, but instead of Annie, the main character is April Rhodes… crazy right. The people who find her is the imaginary family we have created for Will Schuester. This is the family we use in our other stories. And you're never gonna believe who portrays Ms. Hannigan!

STREETS OF LIMA, OHIO

SATURDAY DECEMBER 5, 2011

10AM

Greg Schuester's POV

I'm driving to the bank and while I'm at a stop sign close to the orphanage, I notice a tiny figure curled up in a corner by some boxes and the side of a run down building. I inch closer and notice the figure is a little blond girl. She doesn't have a coat on, and is shaking. I pull the truck up far enough away so it doesn't scare her.

I get out and walk up to her and realize she doesn't have anything more than what she's wearing. She doesn't notice me at first but when I kneel down next to her, "hey, is everything okay?"

"Yes..." she mumbles.

"It's snowing pretty hard, do you have something warm?" I ask her, knowing it's only gonna get colder and the snow is gonna pick up.

"No…" she quietly says.

"You're probably gonna end up getting sick if you stay out here much longer. Do you have somewhere to go?" I reply, hopefully she does.

"Yes..." she mumbles I'm not too sure if she really does though.

"Want me to walk back with you? Its way too cold to be out here right now" I say to her, hopefully there's somewhere I can take her, if not, I'm gonna bring her home.

"I'm okay by myself…" she replies, still not looking up at me. Something bad has happened to her, I can just tell by the way she's dressed and how she's acting.

"You sure? I wanna make sure you're gonna get outta this snowstorm…" I say, hoping she'll let me help her.

She just nods; this is when I know something's happened.

"You look like you're pretty cold. I can help you get somewhere warm." I suggest.

She doesn't say anything, just sits there shivering.

"I'm not gonna hurt you, I just wanna make sure you're safe." I reassure her, guessing that someone probably has.

She's still quiet and doesn't really move.

"Can you tell me your name?" I ask

"April." she mutters.

"April, my name is Greg." I tell her.

She just mumbles a small hi back to me. "I can take you somewhere warm, you can tell me where you want to go…"

She doesn't reply and this concerns me, she's probably run away from wherever she lives now.

"You really should get out of the cold, it'll only get colder tonight, and there's gonna be more now." I tell her, poor thing, she shivers as a big gust of wind comes.

"Oh." she mutters.

"I don't want you to get sick, I'll take you somewhere warm" I reassure her.

"Okay." she quietly says.

"Where can I take you?" I calmly ask her.

"Uhm…" she mumbles. Something's definitely happened to her. Or else she wouldn't be out here like this.

"How about I take you to get a little bite to eat?" I suggest, if she is a runaway, she probably hasn't eaten in a while.

"Thank you…" she says, looking up at me.

"It's okay, I'm gonna help you…" I reassure her, I don't want her to be afraid of me.

She's quiet when I say this, but I can tell she really wants to eat something, "what do you want to eat?"

"Uhm…" she mumbles.

"When was the last time you had something?" I ask her.

She just shrugs her shoulders; I'm starting to think she's come from an abusive home, or maybe ran away from the orphanage.

"I'm sure you've got to be hungry, let's go get something…" I smile.

"Okay…" she says, moving a little closer to me.

I take my coat off and wrap it around her, "It's way too cold out here, this'll help you warm up." She pulls the too big coat onto her tiny body and faintly smiles.

"Let's go to IHOP, get you something warm to eat…" I suggest, watching her smile get a little bigger.

"Okay." She replies.

"You'll feel better once we get outta this snowstorm…" I explain, as we start walking to the truck.

She pulls the coat closer to her body as it drags on the sidewalk, "This thing is so warm…" she mumbles.

"Have you ever had a coat before sweetie?" I ask, I really don't want to take her back wherever she was, seems like she's been through a lot.

"Never…" she quietly replies.

"That's okay, you can wear mine. Is there somewhere I can take you after we eat?" I ask, opening the door to the truck and helping her inside.

"Not really…" she mumbles.

"Where were you before you were by those boxes?" I ask, starting to drive and glancing over at her, she's curled up in my coat, shivering. I've turned the heat up pretty high; hopefully she'll start feeling better.

"I don't wanna go there…" she mumbles, hanging her head.

"If you don't like it there, I'm gonna see what I can do so you don't have to go back. You've just gotta tell me" I say to her.

"I ran away from the orphanage." She quickly mumbles, like she's afraid she's gonna get caught. Poor thing, who knows how horribly she's been treated, along with all the other kids there.

"Oh sweetie… here's what we can do, I'm gonna get you something to eat, and then I can take you to my apartment, and I'm gonna see what's going on with the orphanage.." I explain.

I watch her facial expression change to one of fear as she replies, "I don't wanna go back, and I hate it there…"

"I'm not gonna make you go back yet. I'm gonna see if you can stay with me and my wife for a while.." I reassure her.

"Okay" she quietly mumbles.

We get to the restaurant and she smiles when I park the car and get out to help her, "Keep my coat on. I want you to stay warm.."

She nods in agreement and looks longingly at the building. We start walking in and she smiles when she feels the warmth from the heat. We get situated at a table and she gives me a small smile, and pulls the coat tighter around her, trying to warm up. I quickly text Debbie telling her what's happened, and agrees that we should keep her until we talk to the orphanage and see what's going on. Because it certainty doesn't look good from the condition she's in.

AN: This was a completely random idea I got while watching Annie. I have some really good ideas for upcoming chapters. Please let me know if I should continue. You're gonna die of laughter when you find out which lucky Glee character gets to play the orphanage director. Reviews are highly appreciated! Oh, this is my first story on my new MacBook pro!