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!

PREVIOUSLY

"I'll see you in about an hour…" I say, she just hangs up, I'm worried about those other girls now that she knows James is coming with me when I go over there.

Hopefully we can get things taken care of and those other girls out of the situation she's been in. Hopefully James isn't busy and he can come with me to the orphanage to see what's going on.

Debbie Schuester's POV

April is curled up on the couch with a big blanket sucking her thumb and not really paying attention to the movie. Greg comes in the room and smiles at her.

"Hey April, how would you like to stay here for a while?" he asks.

"Really?" she asks, like she's afraid to believe him.

"Yeah, it's almost Christmas, we want you to have somewhere nice to stay." He explains. God, she's probably never done anything, or gotten anything nice for Christmas.

She's quiet after he says this. She's probably kinda scared still.

"sweetie, we know you don't like being in the orphanage, it'll be a lot nicer if you'd stay here…" I say to her.

"I want to stay here…" she says, pulling the blanket closer.

"Okay, we want you to stay with us." I tell her, her eyes widen after I do.

"Really?" she excitedly says.

I gently squeeze her shoulder, "yeah honey, Greg's about to go sign the papers so we can keep you…"

She faintly smiles, and looks at Greg. She seems pretty shy, but then again she's only been with us for a few hours. But looks like she's feeling so much better.

"Feelin any better? I know you were pretty cold when you got here…" I ask her.

She just nods, but still pulls the blanket closer to her body.

"That's good sweetie, after the snow lets up a little, I'm gonna take you to get some new clothes…" I explain, knowing that what she's wearing is the only thing that she has. Unless there's something at the orphanage that she left behind, but I doubt it.

Greg stands up, "I'm gonna go, I'll be back later. I'll call after I get the papers signed…"

"All right, I'm just gonna be here with her" I reply, maybe she'll get some sleep she looks exhausted. I'm sure whatever they had to sleep on there was a lot less comfortable than this couch. She's so sweet and shy; I wish she didn't have to be treated this way.

*gLee!*

ORPHANAGE
LIMA, OHIO

Greg Schuester's POV

Once I get inside the orphanage I hear screaming and giggles cease. I make my way to the office where I am greeted by a tall blond woman. "You must be Greg…" she says.

"Yes, I am. I need the papers for April, and anything else that's hers." I say, looking over at James who has just walked in behind me.

"She doesn't have anything…" the woman replies.

"Okay, well just show me where to sign…" I say to her. She glances at James and he smiles.

"Sure whatever, do you want one of the little brats too?" she asks James.

"I'm just gonna have a look around if you don't mind…" he says.

"Fine…" she replies, handing me the paperwork. There's barely any information about April in here, nothing about what she likes, no health records, the only thing it tells me is her name, birthday and when she was brought in. Says she was abandoned at age eight, she's had a rough three years.

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James Davis' POV

I walk up the stairs to find the other girls cleaning the floor in the room where they sleep. One little brunette stops when she sees me walk in, "it's… a cop…."

All the other girls continue working harder, like they're afraid.

"It's okay, you're not in trouble…" I explain to them. Greg was right, they hardly have anything here, and there's certainly not anything to keep them warm.

"Why are you here?" the same brunette asks me.

"I just wanna make sure things are okay, can you tell me anything about April?" I ask her, as she walks closer to me.

"I like April, she's my only real friend…" the girl explains.

"She's safe, one of my friends is taking care of her, I can let her know I talked to you…" I reply. This little girl seems pretty scared, but the others aren't really concerned that I'm in here.

"Okay, I'm Becca…" she faintly smiles at me.

"Hi Becca, I'm Mr. Davis… but you can call me James if you want…" I smile at her. She's the first girl I'm going to find a home for, there's no way I can let her or any of these girls stay here.

She doesn't reply. But glances back at her abandoned rag on the floor and then looks up at me anxiously.

"How long have you been working on the floor?" I ask.

"All morning, Ms. Sylvester likes it spotless…" she answers instantly.

"It looks pretty clean to me, why don't you girls take a break for a while…" I tell her.

"We can't! she's gonna be mad…" Becca explains.

"I'll talk to her, don't worry about it.." I reply, and more of the girls drop their rags to the floor.

I kneel down to Becca's level, "In a few hours, I'm going to find someone new to take care of you girls, it shouldn't be like this here…"

She smiles at me, "I wanna leave here, April wanted me to come with her but I was too scared…"

"I'm gonna talk to some of my friends and see what I can do, okay… just hang tight in here for at least a day or two, and I'll come let you know when I find someone…" I say, hopefully someone in the family will want her.

"Kay… one more question…" she quietly says.

"Ask away.." I smile back at her.

"Can you see if someone can bring us some food? I'm really hungry…" she mumbles.

"Sure, I'm gonna call another one of my cop friends and see if she can…" Hopefully Jennifer can stop somewhere and get them something, if April was as hungry as Greg said, these girls have to be starving.

She smiles, "Thanks…"

"No problem, I'm gonna make sure you girls get a nicer place to stay before Christmas." I explain.

Becca smiles, "He's gonna get somebody to bring us food!"

The rest of the girls smile and the ones who are still scrubbing the floor stop.

"I'll be back soon okay" I get up to leave and Becca follows me close to the door, "hurry…" she quietly says.

"I'll try…" I smile and squeeze her hand.

I get back down stairs and Greg is trying to get Sue to tell him anything about April, but she barely knows the girls names.

"Ms. Sylvester…" I say, approaching her.

"What now? Find one you wanna take outta my hair?" she snaps.

"Well, I'm about to take all of them away, you're under arrest…" I explain.

"WHAT?" she screams.

"Neglect and child endangerment, for each girl, there's 10 girls up there plus April.." I explain, beginning to cuff her.

She's quiet and I take this opportunity to read her Miranda rights to her and Greg follows me to the car.

"I'm gonna call Jennifer and see if she and Bill can come watch the girls until we can get someone to take over…" I explain.

"Okay, I'm gonna call Debbie and let her know, her sister just graduated with her social work masters… she'd love this…"

"That'd be great, I wanna talk to her as soon as possible, I know she'd be great with the girls.." I reply.

We need someone like that in here, to make this a real orphanage. Get food service in here, some counselors, and clothing donations for the girls, and new furniture in their room. And I think I need to look into having the heater and running water checked too. Good thing April is out of this place, but I'm sure she still wants to be able to see her friends.

A/N: SUE IS ARRESTED! Finally! Crazy right? Well, I'm just gonna do a few chapters showing the improvements to the orphanage and maybe give Becca a new home. Let me know if you have ideas and if you like this by reviewing! This is one of my many distractions from summer school….