Chapter One

Author's Note: So, this is my first Glee story. Please be nice. Any suggestions would be helpful. I also need a name for the story and a song that Melody can audition with. Any ideas?

Disclaimer: Don't own Glee. Only own Melody.

It all started one day after jazz band practice. The jazz band teacher, Mr. Reichs, had called an emergency practice after finding out that they had to play for the Senior Citizen Spaghetti Dinner that was in 3 days. Since it was the middle of winter, they decided to play a Charlie Brown Christmas. It had an alto sax solo in it and since their senior alto player had the flu, Melody landed the part. After looking over the part, she realized she had some practicing to do. They played through it a couple times, until finally, everyone was satisfied that they could play the song well.

Melody was packing up her alto sax when she realized she still had another 30 minutes until her mom came to pick her up. After she was done, she walked over to the acoustic guitar that sat in the corner and picked it up. She walked over to the piano bench and, before sitting down, smoothes out her jeans. Before playing, she let her hands rest gently on it. After strumming a few chords, she begins playing and singing. Little did she know, she had an audience.

Tell her not to go
I ain't holdin' on no more
Tell her somethin' in my mind
Freezes up from time to time.

Tell her not to cry
I just got scared that's all
Tell her I'll be by her side
All she has to do is call.

All she has to do is call.

Tell her the chips are down
I drank too much and shouted it aloud.
Tell her somethin' in my heart
Needs her more than evil clowns
Needs the laughter of the crowd.

Tell her what was wrong
I sometimes think too much but say nothing at all
Tell her from this high terrain
I am running out fault.

I am running out of fault.

Tell her not to go
I ain't holdin' on no more
Tell her nothing if not this
All I want to do is kiss her.

Tell her somethin' in my mind
Freezes up from time to time.

After strumming the last chord, she gets up and puts the guitar back on the stand.

"You're really good," a mystery voice says from the storage closet. Melody squeaks and looks back to the closet to find the owner of the mystery voice. She sees Artie wheel himself out.

"Thanks," she says quietly, playing with a strand of her hair.

"You know, Glee club could use another female singer. We're tired of Rachel taking all the female solos. You sound like you could take her. Try auditioning, what's the worst that could happen?" Artie tells her, adding a smile, knowing no girls can resist his mega-watt smile.

"Maybe. I'm already nervous about having the jazz band solo. Adding a singing audition on top of it…makes me a little nervous."

"Well…auditions are held on Tuesdays after school in the choir room. Just sign up on the sheet on the back of the door," he says, wheeling out of the room.

Melody grabs her backpack and coat and heads outside to wait for her mom to get there.