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. I promise this is better than the summary sounds. Please review!

PREVIOUSLY

James' POV

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.

TWO HOURS LATER

James' POV

It's been a good two hours and she's still sound asleep. I really need to call Greg and some other people at work to see how things are going. I grab a pillow and gently lay her down on the couch.

I walk into the kitchen and Melissa smiles at me, "how is she?"

"still sound asleep. I think she just needed someone to hold her, she hasn't had that in two years" I explain.

Melissa sighs, "I read through her files at the orphanage, and it said she'd come from a pretty normal family. It was just that horrible accident that changed things. Her extended family just didn't care enough to come here and get her"

"I hate that she's had to suffer for two years in that place. She was scared at first when she saw me, but she had an easier time accepting the fact that I was gonna help more than any of the other girls." I tell her.

"I just can't let her go back there after she told me she wanted to go to school. It would really hurt her. I want her to get the chance to be a kid again" she says.

"since it's almost Christmas, let's keep her. I'll give us time to get things settled with the orphanage and maybe you could work with her and see where she is academically"

"alright. I want to take her to dinner tonight, but maybe I should make something here…" she says.

"I think that would be better. She's been so cold and she needs something good to eat. And I'm not sure how long she's gonna sleep either. She just needs to have a night where she can relax." I tell her.

"yeah, do you think you can stay here while I run to the store and pick up some things for her? She only had that beat up teddy bear when we left" she says.

"honey, that teddy bear is April's. Becca told me that April left it with her so that if they ever saw each other again Becca could give it to her."

she sighs, "you have to call Greg. If the girls are friends we need to let them see each other."

"I'm about to. I wanna know how April's doing and I need to call the precinct and see if they've made any decisions on what they're doing about the old director" I tell her.

"okay. I'll be back in a few minutes. Let me know what Greg says" she tells me, grabbing her purse and walking out the door.

Greg's POV

Debbie is sitting on the couch looking through some books with April and she's having a hard time reading most of them. I had been talking to Kim about how April's doing and what changes needed to be made at the orphanage. I'm about to go into the living room with them, but my phone rings again.

"hey Greg.." the voice says.

"hi James. What's up?" I ask him.

"How's April?"

"she's okay. She had a little bit of a cold this morning. Debbie is reading with her right now…" I reply.

"okay… Melissa and I brought one of the girls home. She has this teddy bear that April gave her and told her if they ever saw each other again that Becca was supposed to give it back to April" he says.

"do you think we should let the girls spend time together soon?" I ask him. I want April to have friends, and maybe we can get them to go to the same school.

"yeah. Maybe in a few days, Melissa just ran to the store to get some things, and Becca is asleep right now" he says.

"okay. how long is she gonna stay with you?" I ask him. I know Debbie really wants to keep April. And I can tell April's liking the attention she's getting from Debbie, she's never really had a mother so she's begging for all the attention she can get.

"we're planning on keeping her through Christmas. And she really wants to go to school so we'll probably let her stay with us so she can" he says.

"I think that's what we're gonna do too. Debbie said she knows somebody at the school that she was gonna call to get her in. I'll get her to call Melissa so they can get that worked out." I tell him.

"okay. I'll just let them work out when the girls can see each other. I'm about to call the precinct and see if there's any new information as to what we're gonna do about the orphanage" he says.

"alright. I'm gonna go sit with Debbie and April for a while. Call me if you get anything" I tell him, and we hang up.

James' POV

I'm about to call the precinct but when I glance into the living room, Becca is standing in the doorway to the kitchen clutching the teddy bear and the blanket is dragging on the floor. I put the phone down and stand up to walk closer to her. She reaches for me like she wants to be picked up, so I do.

"wanna talk about it sweetie?" I ask her, she's probably had a bad dream or just has so much on her mind.

She wraps one of her arms around my neck and I cover her up with the blanket again. "I just want a family…"

I rub her back, "you will get a family, you're not alone anymore…"

She sniffles a few times like she's trying not to cry, "will you be my daddy?"

It probably took a lot for her to ask me this, she hasn't had anyone for a few years and she really needs somebody. I think if she gets a good home now she'll be okay, she's still really young. Even though Melissa and I haven't really decided what our plans are, I'm a little worried about sending Becca back to the orphanage.

I move her so that she's sitting on my knee, "you're gonna stay here for a while, and we're gonna see how long they'll let us keep you. But you can call me daddy as long as you're here okay…"

She gets up from my lap, and storms back into the living room. I just don't know what Melissa wants to do, so I text her telling her what just happened and ask her if it would be okay if we adopted Becca.

She replies telling me that she'd been thinking about it and that we'd make a decision when she got home. I get up to go check on Becca and she's laying on the couch face down crying.

I gently put my hand on her back, "sweetie…"

"I did nothing wrong and they disappeared! They left me in that scary place for a long time.. I want my family back…" she cries.

This makes me wonder if anybody told her the truth. If we do keep her, she's going to need some counseling because it's obvious she never got it when she was at the orphanage.

I gently rub her back, "shhh, everything's gonna be okay. You're gonna stay here, we're gonna take care of you… I promise"

"what about my mommy and daddy? Why can't I have them?" she asks.

I run my fingers through her hair, "do you remember the car accident you were in a few years ago?"

She nods, "it was rainy, and dark, and really, really scary."

It was probably just a freak accident because of bad weather, they happen all the time. "well, the doctors tried to make your mom and dad get better but they couldn't." I explain.

"s.. so does that mean they… d… died?" she says, choking on a sob.

I hug her, "it does sweetie, I'm sorry…"

She keeps crying, "they just told me I had to go to the scary place until they could find someone to take care of me. I thought it meant I had to stay there until they got out of the hospital"

I start rubbing her back, "I'm sorry nobody told you what really happened. I know it's not fair. I'm not gonna make you go back to the scary place, I promise"

She clings to me and keeps crying. I feel really bad for her, she's been thinking her parents are gonna come back when they've been dead for two years. I gently rock her to try to get her to calm down.

"I hate it there" she sobs.

"shhh, I know. Everything's gonna be okay" I calmly say to her.

I hear Melissa come in the door and she quietly puts the bags down on the kitchen table and comes into the living room. "she okay?" she quietly asks.

"I just had to tell her what really happened because no one else did" I explain, still rocking the crying little girl in my arms.

Melissa sighs, "I picked up some toys and things at the store. Maybe you could get her to come look at them"

Becca's sobs have finally turned into whimpers and her breathing is starting to even out. I nod, "sweetie, do you wanna come into the kitchen with me? Melissa brought home some toys that she wants you to have"

She slowly picks her head up, "really?"

"yeah, and I'll let you pick what you wanna eat for dinner tonight. I'm gonna make you something" Melissa tells her, smiling. I think it's been so long since she's seen a friendly, smiling face that she isn't too sure how to react.

Even though her tears are almost gone, she's still clinging to me. I gently rub her back, "do you want me to carry you into the kitchen?"

She nods so I pick her up and sit down with her at the same chair I was earlier. Melissa follows me and starts to put some of the cold things into the refrigerator, showing each thing to Becca before she does.

Once she gets all the food put away, she reaches inside a Walmart bag and shows Becca a purple stuffed bunny. I notice a tiny smile form on the little girl's face as she reaches for it, and holds it close once Mel gives it to her. She then shows Becca some of the other things, it isn't much but it's probably more than Becca's had since she's been at the orphanage.

There's even two new outfits and a new pair of shoes. I can tell Becca's just a little overwhelmed because she's still clinging to me. "it's okay sweetie, these are all for you" I reassure her.

She slowly sits up and reaches for a coloring book that has a big box of crayons sitting on top of it. I help her open the box of crayons and she smiles. I move the chair so that she can sit on my lap and color.

"I'm gonna start dinner, what do you want sweetie?" Melissa says.

"uhm, spaghetti?" Becca tells her, even though it sounds more like a question.

"sure" she smile, pouring water in a pot to start cooking.

I just smile at the little girl in my lap coloring a picture of Tigger. It's been way too long since she's had anybody's undivided attention, but I think she'll be okay in a few weeks.

A/N: I know it's been a really long time since I've updated this. But I really don't have very many excuses, other than school. But that's over for now. Next chapter will focus more on April, since these last few have been about Becca. Let me know if you have any ideas by Reviewing. Merry Christmas! Follow me on Twitter! Gleeroxmysocks