Portraits of Her Beauty
Summary: Sam has a hidden talent. Photography. He used to take Quinn's pictures, but when she cheated on him, he has no passion. Until, he's struck by a beauty he has never seen before. A beauty behind the mask.
CHAPTER 1
Slushee facials. Right. First day after the spring break and he was getting THIS? WHAT THE HELL. Sam would curse Karofsky and Azimio all day if he could. He licked the slushee near his mouth. Tasted good actually. He ran to the nearest restroom and barged in. Empty. He ran to the sink and washed his face. The red slushee was so sticky he couldn't even wash it off from his hair. He bet that if lemon juice could dye his hair blond, then red slushee could too. He shook his head, tried to erase the thought of him, having a red, like, TOTALLY RED hair and washed the slushee away. He was too busy too noticed that one of the bathroom door was opened suddenly.
"OH MY GOD! SAMUEL EVANS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" shouted a voice from behind his back. Sam turned around to see who it was and was so shocked he could feel his heart jumped out.
"RACHEL BERRY? OH GOD! I am the one who supposed to ask that! What are you doing in the men's restroom?" said Sam, holding his chest so tight.
Rachel stopped for a second. Did he just say, men's restroom?..."WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THE SIGN OUT THERE CLEARLY STATED THAT THIS, IS THE RESTROOM FOR GIRLS." said Rachel, folding her arms on her chest. Sam was mouth-agape. He forgot that. Then, he realized why it was so awkward when he came here a couple of minutes ago. There was no sense of "That Feel When You Are In The Men's Restroom" thing. Sam felt so embarrassed he couldn't hide his red face. He turned his face to the mirror and tried to avoid the face of the so-called-diva.
Rachel giggled, "Nah, it's okay, Sam. I mean, it's fine. Pervert boys usually pretend to be fool just so they can peek on girls' panties in here…..Um, I mean, of course you're not one of them. But, um I just give you an example on…..um, never mind." Sam was shocked by the word "Pervert". He was, of course, NOT one of them. "Jeez, Berry. I get it. Now, do you want to help me with this slushee or not?"asked Sam. He was still busy washing his hair but the sticky slushee still wouldn't go away. Rachel giggled again, "Fine, but don't move. Operation Wash-The-Slushee-Away-From-Evans'-Hair is about to begin."
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Glee was amazing that day. Mr. Schuester brought them to Lima Local Park for refreshment. He said that the rest of the Glee Club could take a rest for a while after Regionals and enjoy the freshness of the air at the park. Everyone was so excited. Mercedes, Tina, Mike, Brittany and Santana were feeding pigeon birds. It was so cute to watch because it was so weird that suddenly, Santana loved to do good things. Well, Rachel guessed that her bitchy-self was in OFF mode. Puck and Lauren was nowhere in sight. Rachel didn't have to think twice where they would hide. She shook her head, trying to erase the dirty thought that suddenly came to her mind. Artie couldn't come to the park because he said he had an appointment with his doctor.
Mr. Schuester was too absorbed with the book that he read. Quinn & Finn were in their lovey-dovey mode, sitting on the bench near the lake. Finn stroked Quinn's hair and she laid her head on his shoulder. 'Ergh', thought Rachel, 'I have to look away before my tears rundown in a perfect moment of togetherness like this.'
Rachel couldn't stand the sight of Finn, stroking another girl's hair when it was used to be hers. How could he forgave Quinn after all she had done to him but he couldn't forgave Rachel when she just kissed Puck, ONCE? She sighed. Rachel tried not to think about it anymore and continued writing a song she was making.
She caught a sight of Sam, who was busy with his camera. DSLR Camera, precisely. He was busy taking pictures of a duck which has feathers that look like an Oreo. Rare one. When he caught the sight of her, she quickly looked away and pretends to be busy with her paper. Her heart beat so fast when she saw that Sam was walking to her direction. What is this feeling?
"Hey, MVP!" he called. He was standing in front of her, with a camera on his hand. Rachel, who was sitting on the weird-looking bench, looked up.
"Say 'cheese!'" said Sam and quickly took a picture of Rachel. Sam sudden action made her look like an idiot. She couldn't even say 'cheese!' when Sam pressed the shutter button. Sam laughed.
"HAHAHAHA! That, was hilarious. You should see your face!". Rachel quickly took his camera and looked at the photo Sam just caught. She was mouth ajar. "EVANS! You are not going to show this to everyone!" said Rachel, giving back Sam his camera with an upset face and almost made the camera fell down. "Whoa, easy there, beautiful. I saved my money from a long time ago to buy this princess of mine." said Sam, who quickly grabbed his camera from Rachel's hand. Rachel blushed from the name Sam had called her. Nobody said that she's beautiful, ever. Except her dads and her Mom, Shelby, of course. Sam smirked when he saw Rachel's face was blushing.
Rachel saw Sam's smirk and quickly changed the expression on her face. She changed the subject, "Well, I don't know that you have a hidden talent, Evans. I thought photography is not your thing." Sam sat beside her. "Well, I thought you know a lot about things around you, Berry. You should notice me more than stare at Finn all the time." said Sam, teasing her. Rachel stopped for a minute, then stared at him.
"For your information, I no longer stare at Finn that much anymore and I DO know a lot about things around me, Evans. Well, I do know that you dyed your hair blond with lemon juice and you love Avatar and you can speak Na'vi. Those things are cool. But, dyed your hair with lemon juice? Pfft, stupidest thing I've ever heard." Rachel scoffed.
Sam smiled and laughed a little. "Well, I am sorry Rach, but the past is the past right?"
Rachel didn't say anything. Did he just called her 'Rach'? Since when? There was an awkward moment for a while. 'Did I just call her Rach? God, maybe she didn't even like it' Sam thought, as he ran his free hand through his hair.
Rachel didn't give a comment or two about that. Her eyes wandered to the 'In Love' couple. She put a sad face on her face and tears slowly ran out from her eyes. Sam heard her sobbed. He tried to look around, tried to find what things that made her cry. And then, he knew what it was. He put his camera aside and hugged her, "Come on, Rach. Don't cry. My heart is aching too because Quinn cheated on me and get back to Finn. I know how it feels to be left by loved ones. I'm here, I'm here." Sam tried to soothe her and stroked her hair.
Rachel hugged him tighter. She didn't care if everyone's looking at them. She needed a friend. A real friend, who would be there for her whenever and wherever she needed them. Sam didn't care if everyone's looking at their hug. He knew Rachel needed a friend, and there he was, tried to fill Rachel's loneliness.
Rachel let go of her hug. She was still crying. She couldn't help it. Sam wiped away her tears. Ever since that accident in the girls' restroom a week ago, he felt that there was something inside Rachel that he couldn't figure out. He tried to be friend with Rachel. Be there for her; wipe away her tears, and everything a friend would do. Started from that day, he would be there for Rachel. Rachel smiled at Sam's kindness. She never thought that Sam would be so nice to her.
Sam stood up, took his camera and stood in front of Rachel.
"Hey, Rach?" he called.
"Yeah?" she looked up.
"Smile!"
This one, she was ready for Sam. So, she smiled, tried to hide her tears. Click. Sam smiled grew wider when he saw the photo he took.
Beautiful.
SOOOO what do you think about this story? Should I continue or stop? I suck at grammar, tough...sorry if I didn't spell it right. And sorry if this one is too short. Give me your opinions! I'll be glad to write more! I'll be so happy if you give me your reviews!:D
Xoxox,
TM