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'm gonna talk to one of my friends that works at the school, and get you signed up. It'll be okay.." I tell her. She's probably gonna have to go through some testing and maybe a little speech therapy, but I think she should be fine.

"kay.." she mumbles and continues to eat. I'm glad she told me this because now I know that those other girls are probably struggling academically as well and we need to get them caught up.

There's gonna be so many things we have to work on with each girl, but it'll be so much better for them in the long run. I want to talk to Greg and see if we can adopt her, she'd be much better off if we kept her so she could have some consistency while she's catching up to where she needs to be.

*gLee!*

TWO HOURS LATER
LIMA ORPHANAGE

James Davis' POV

I walk in the building, and it's pretty cold in here. I'd gotten someone from CPS to stay here since we'd arrested the original supervisor. I'd convinced my wife to come with me to meet Becca, and she's already gone upstairs to check on the girls.

I talked to the CPS worker, and she said that the girls were really struggling, and she had to go out one night and buy more blankets for them, since they were freezing. She's ordered food for them every day, and it's all her own money so I'm gonna see if I can get the state to reimburse her. I tell her that my wife and I may be taking Becca home with us for a while and she thinks it would be a good idea.

I make my way upstairs and Melissa is sitting on a bed next to Becca. "hey…" I say, quietly walking over to them.

"you came back…" the little girl says.

"just like I said I would. Is everything okay?" I ask.

"I don't wanna be here anymore.." she whimpers.

Melissa starts rubbing her back, "I know…"

"how would you like to come stay with us for a while?" I ask her.

Melissa looks at me like I'm crazy but smiles when Becca looks at her.

"really?" the little brunette asks. She's so tiny, all of these girls are. The CPS worker said they scarfed the food that was brought in last night. Maybe we could take her out to lunch and get her some new things.

"yeah, it's almost Christmas and we want you to have something nice…" I tell her. Melissa smiles at me when I sit next to her.

It's pretty cold in here and I'm not surprised when she crawls across the bed and leans into me. I wrap my arm around her and she's shivering. Poor thing, she's so miserable here, she shouldn't have to go through this.

"mmk.." she says, snuggling into me.

I hold the shaking little girl and Melissa smiles, handing me a blanket. I wrap her up and she relaxes into me. "can we go now?" she asks.

"okay.. Mel, will you go downstairs and make sure all of her paperwork is done?" I say rubbing Becca's back.

"sure" she says, getting up and leaving the room. Becca buries her head in my shoulder when I get up to leave.

"is there anything here you want to take with you?" I ask her.

She nods and I put her down so she can go get it. She runs over to a bed that I guess was April's because it looks abandoned. She crawls under it and pulls out a tattered teddy bear.

"April told me to keep it. And if I ever saw her again to give it back so she'd know it was me…" she tells me.

I'm gonna have to take her over to Greg's to see April. They must've been each other's only friend. "Okay. Maybe I could help you find April, and you can let her have the bear" I say.

She looks at me and reaches for me like she wants to be held again. I wrap her in the blanket and pick her up. She buries her head in my shoulder, wraps one arm around my neck and clutches the teddy bear close to her.

I carry her downstairs and Melissa smiles when she sees us. "everything's fine. We can take her"

Becca's grip tightens on me when we walk outside into the cold. I hold her close and notice a news van parked down the street. I'm still in my police uniform and they come up to me when they see me carrying Becca.

"what's going on? Is she okay?" the reporter asks me.

Becca whimpers in my arms and I bring the blanket up around her head so they can't see her.

"No comment" I say back to them, rubbing Becca's back.

Melissa brings the car up to us and I get in the back seat with Becca. She's still shaking in my arms and I gently rub her back, "shhh, just relax. You're safe with us"

We get her home and she's sleeping in my arms. Melissa helps me out of the car and I sit on the couch with her. I don't want to lay her down because I'm afraid she's gonna wake up if I do. She's still shivering so I wrap her in another big blanket and hold her close to me.

About an hour later I feel her hot tears soaking my shirt. I gently rub her back, "shhh, Becca. It's okay"

The little girl whimpers and keeps crying. I'm pretty sure she had a bad dream. Melissa comes in and sits by me. She gives me a concerned look when she sees the second blanket wrapped around her.

"what's wrong sweetie?" I ask.

"I… is Ms. Sylvester gonna be mad?" she whimpers.

I gently rub her back, "no, she's not at the orphanage anymore. I'm a police officer, I won't let anything bad happen.."

"mmk" she whimpers.

I keep rubbing her back, "shhh… just relax. Everything's gonna be okay"

She snuggles into me, trying to keep warm. I glance at Melissa and she looks really concerned.

"Becca sweetie, are you feelin okay?" Melissa asks her.

"really cold" she says, wrapping herself up in the blankets.

I hug her, "are the blankets helping at all?"

She nods, "but I'm still cold"

"what if I brought you some hot chocolate? It'll help you warm up" Melissa says.

"really?" she asks.

"yeah, I can make you some. Have you ever had it before?" she asks.

She shakes her head no.

"it's okay. I think you're gonna like it" Melissa smiles, getting up and going into the kitchen.

A few minutes later she comes back with a plastic cup of hot chocolate and I help Becca sit up. She reaches for the glass and takes a sip. She smiles and her body relaxes after she takes a few more sips. She's not really shivering anymore when she finishes the glass. The little girl leans back into me and pulls one of the blankets up over her. She's not shaking anymore and I hand her the teddy bear again.

"I've always wanted to go to school…" she quietly says.

Melissa smiles, "it's winter break right now. But I can call the school and see what we need to do to get you signed up"

"really?" Becca asks.

"yeah, I think you'll like it" she says.

The eight year old smiles and snuggles into me. I think she's gonna be okay, she's just a little shy right now. I run my fingers through her tangled hair and she relaxes.

"do you wanna tell me about some of the things you like sweetie?" I ask her.

"uhm… my favorite color is purple…" she quietly says.

"okay… is there anything else you like sweetie?" Melissa asks.

"I dunno…" she quietly says, leaning her head on my chest.

When I read her papers, it said she'd been at school one day and her parents died in a car wreck. No one else in her family could take care of her since they all lived out of state. It's been almost two years since the accident and she's been in the orphanage since.

I gently rub her back, "it'll be okay. You're gonna stay here for a while, and things are gonna get better"

She whimpers and I just hold her. It's probably been so long since anybody's comforted her, I'm not sure how much attention she's gotten since her parents died and she probably didn't get much comfort after that happened either.

I keep rubbing her back and she snuggles in to me. Her breathing evens out and she's asleep again. Poor thing, she must've had a really hard time sleeping at the orphanage. I just let her sleep, she probably feels a lot safer with me and a lot more comfortable. Hopefully we can keep her for a while so she can have somewhat of a childhood. I'm not sure how good it was before this, but lately it's been hard.

A/N: HELLOOOOO out there! Is anybody even reading this? If so, I want to know. Please review and let me know what you want to happen, and if I should even be spending my time writing this. I hope whoever is reading this enjoys it.