Disclaimer: As much as I would loveeeeeee to, I own nothing. Just my imagination.

I don't know where this came from. And once again, I'm not sure if I like it. Butttt here ya go.

Quinn walked down the hallway towards the choir room during her free period, to meet Rachel, pausing when she heard the piano, and a set of soft voices coming from the room. Just then she saw Rachel coming from the opposite end of the hallway, she waved and walked past the door, greeting her with a smile and a hug.

"Let's go to the library, someone is practicing in there." knowing the younger girl had recently decided that she wasn't going to listen to the glee member's performances before they were ready to perform for the whole club, unless they asked for help. She found it more entertaining watching and hearing it for the first time with everyone else, then knowing what was going to happen.

"Okay, I have to run by my locker first." she smiled returning the hug.

After the final bell rang and the rush of teens trying to escape the campus, 11 of the members of New Directions sat in the choir room, Kurt sighed dramatically and directed his attention to the group "Please tell me at least one of you have seen the new kid today?"

Ten sets of eyes turned to him with a mirrored look of confusion. He sighed again.

"Really? None of you heard the rumors? Well apparently-" he was cut off.

"Enough with the gossip guys, we have more pressing matters to attend to." Mr. Shuester paused, "We have an audition to listen to. Guys this is Alex." Eleven heads turned to his office door as the girl walked into the room. She was wearing a pair of baggy black cargo jeans, a white wife beater, and a pair of black and white Chuck Taylor's. Her short jet black hair was spiked up with green tips. Mr. Shuester walked over to the girl and introduced her to the group. She nodded at each member as their name fell from the older mans lips. Kurt was smiling like mad, finally he wasn't the only openly gay student at McKinley. Finn, Puck, Mike, and Matt were all in separate daydreams involving her and one or more of the other girls in the club. Mercedes, Tina and Artie smiled at her happy to add one more person to the family. Santana and Quinn were staring at her chest, and Brittany was confused, she looked like a boy, but she had breasts. She didn't know what to call her.

"Where is Rachel?" he questioned the group just as the door opened and she walked in "Sorry for being late every-." pausing and rubbed her eyes as they fell out of her head. She screamed "ALEX?" running towards and jumping on the taller girl, wrapping her legs around he waist hugging her tightly. Twelve jaws hit the floor, not only had this new chick successfully stopped Rachel Berry mid rant, but she had somehow gotten the diva to drop her guard in less then a second. She had only become comfortable doing that with the group recently.

Rachel got off the girl and smacked her arm and pouted "How come you didn't call me?"

Alex laughed softly "Hello to you too Rae, I'm good thank you for asking." Rachel, noticing the looks on everyone's faces giggled.

"Hey, guys, catching flies?" They all closed their mouths when Mr. Shuester's phone rang pulling them out of their shock. Quinn was the first to speak, after he left the room.

"How do you two know each other?" They looked at each other, smiled and Rachel answered "She's been by best friend since the summer before freshman year." When she saw the confusion on everyone's face she decided to elaborate. "I went to New York for the summer, to stay with my cousin, who is her cousin's best friend. Anyway, we just kind of connected and." She stopped and shrugged.

"How come you've never mentioned her?" Kurt asked bitterly standing to make a point.

"When have any of you, besides Quinn, Brittany, and by default Santana, taken an interest in getting to know Rachel? Not the diva, the Rachel outside of Glee?" Alex snapped at the boy, who cringed and sat back down. Quinn looked shocked, the boys looked scared and Santana concerned with the bi-polar moment this 'Alex' just had.

"Wait, what do you know about any of us?" Quinn asked kind of scared to know the answer.

"Enough to know that if I was to come to this place before the second semester of your junior year, I probably would have decked most of you. Really hard. Repeatedly. Possibly throw a few slushies, defaced a couple pictures, and drawn pictures on bathroom stalls. Although, mine would have looked real. Oh, and dressed you up in some ridiculous outfit and forced you to show up to school." Alex made a point to glare at Kurt while her tone was serious and bitter and Quinn actually saw it in the girl's eyes.

Everyone in the room swallowed audibly, before Alex turned back to Rachel, "Oh, I didn't get a chance to tell you, but St. James said hey." the older brunette smirked at the look on Rachel's face.

"Alexandra Marie! What did you do?" she practically screamed. Alex's smirk turned into a full blown smile.

"You know how they say paybacks a bitch?" she paused and the shorter girl nodded, "well whoever they are, they haven't met me."

Everyone relaxed slightly knowing the girl had given the boy what he deserved for egging her, and that she wasn't going to attack them in their sleep. Brittany finally spoke "Hey Alex?"

"Uh yeah Brittany?" she answered just as confused as to what was going to come out of the girls mouth as everyone else.

"What does 'six twelve zero eight' mean?" she asked seriously.

"It's the date me and Alex met, Britt, June 12th, 2008." Rachel answered smiling.

"Why did you ask that B?" Santana questioned.

She shrugged, "I wanted to know why Rachel's initials and those numbers are tattooed on her shoulder."

Everyone turned and looked at Alex who turned around to show the group the 'R.B.B 61208' on her shoulder. "We got them together last summer." Quinn seemed to be the only one who caught the 'We' in that statement. Everyone else staring at the Pink script.

"You have a tattoo Rachel?" she questioned in disbelief, she lived with the girl, how had she missed that? The brunette blushed, and Alex answered for her

"She has two." Eleven jaws dropped again.

Everyone practically yelled at her. "What?"

"No. I do not have two tattoos." she smirked as Alex raised an eyebrow. "I have five" she finished. Alex smiled and says "well I don't know about any of you but I want to see the new ones."

Santana stood up, "Hell I want to see 'em all." Everyone nodded, and Rachel shook her head.

"No. So anyway," she turned to Alex "why are you doing for your audition piece?"

Alex shrugged knowing she would see them eventually. "Uh, I was thinkin' either an Alicia Key's song or that one I wrote last summer."

Rachel's smiled faltered, "Alicia Keys defiantly." Alex smirked again.

"They are going to hear it eventually, Rae. But I'll do Keys if it will make you happy."

"No see now, now she has to play the other one. That is just cruel. Like if Santana started making out with Quinn or Brittany right now, kind of cruel. You can't do that to us." Puck said seriously. Everyone laughed except Rachel.

"Sorry guys. Didn't mean to tease, but Rae doesn't want me to play it, so I don't play it. Although," she paused Rachel's faced paled in recognition.

"Alex please, do not do that. That's cheating! No." Rachel stammered quickly.

"Awe but you know how much I love to embarrass you. It's all in good fun." Alex continued to push.

"I will let you sing the damn song if you promise to never ever ever under any circumstance do, that."

"Okay see Rachel Berry cursed, which means business, so I say screw the song, do whatever IT is." Artie piped up from the corner he and Tina were cuddled together.

"Or do both." Puck offered.

Rachel was about to protest when Mr. Shue walked back in "Hey guys sorry, family emergency, I'll see you all Monday. Go home, enjoy the weekend." Rachel relaxed silently thanking Mr. Shue's timing.

Alex's expression turned serious at his words, noticing his eyes were red, puffy and blood-shot "What happened?"

"Alex this isn't the place." he started then he noticed her eyes, usually a light goldish brown, now completely black. "Excuse us guys, please." he directed at the others. Alex grabbed Rachel's hand when she turned to leave with everyone else.

"Please stay Rae." she pleaded.

"Okay." she turned to Quinn, "I'll see you at home Quinn, don't worry I'll get home safe."

"Need anything, text me." was Quinn's response as she left.

"Alex" he stared. "Look Uncle Will, just cut to the chase, what happened?" she demanded.

"Your dad, he" he had to stop himself and control his emotions "he's not". He couldn't even bring himself to say it. Rachel bit her lip knowing what he was getting at. She pulled the taller girl into a hug, whispering in her ear "chocolate sauce". Hearing one of their code word, Alex broke down into her best friends arms.

TBC. Maybe.

-T