Kurt smiled as the 'Silly Love Songs' ended, watching as the Warblers dispersed and went to different tables, talking to the different people they invited. Kurt and Blaine dragged two chairs from the opposite tables just as the waitress brought them their drinks.

"Well, I'm certainly going to call this 'Lonely Hearts Club Dinner' a success." Blaine laughed and nodded as he raised his glass, toasting everyone. Kurt noticed that Rachel's hand was clasped around a necklace. A necklace he had seen before. Kurt gasped and realized where he had seen that necklace before. It was in a catalog that Finn was flipping through in November. He had approached him and asked if the gold-plated necklace with a floating diamond would be a good gift for a girl. Kurt nodded dramatically, saying that jewelry was one of the best ways to show a girl how much you love her.

"Hey Rach, where'd you get that necklace?" Everyone turned to Rachel, who blushed and let go of the necklace.

"F-Finn gave it to me." She said in a small voice as she looked down at the napkin she had shred up to tiny pieces.

"Babe, it's gorgeous! Can I see it?" Mercedes said as Rachel blushed and nodded, reaching around and unclasping the necklace, handing it to Mercedes. Mercedes held it up to light, examining every inch of the necklace.

"He said he ordered it for me for Christmas before we broke up." Rachel said in a small voice as Mercedes examined the necklace, Kurt smirking. That was the exact necklace he saw Finn cut out of the catalog and place in his room. A few weeks later a small package had arrived for Finn as he excitedly took it to his room. Kurt later sneaked in while he was at his Call Of Duty marathon and peeked in the box, finding the gold necklace resting in a box with Santa Claus on it.

"Oh hell to the nah! Is that a diamond?" Tina grabbed the necklace out of Mercedes hands and examined it. Mike leaned in and observed the necklace as well, seeing as his girlfriends' eyes lit up in excitement over the piece of jewelry.

"Yes ladies, that gold-plated star shaped necklace with a princess cut floating diamond. Finn had to work overtime to get the money to pay for that." Rachel felt guilt churn in her stomach. Finn hated work. She would practically have to drag him out of bed to get to his own job. Suddenly, Kurt's face lit up as he whispered something into Mercedes' ear as she nodded as Kurt stood up. Kurt went over to the bar and grabbed Sam out of his seat as he was sulking. Both heartbroken, both some-how cheated on. They'd probably have something to talk about and it beat watching Sam and Rachel sulk alone. Might as well sulk together.

"Hey, we're going to go say hi to Artie and Brittany. While we're gone, Rachel, Sam came here tonight without anyone after the incident and since you are both heartbroken, why don't you try talking through it? Okay. Bye." Rachel looked up and smiled at the sheepish boy. Kurt forced Sam into chair as he smiled at her.

"Well kids, have fun!" Kurt walked away and Rachel watched as Blaine put his arm around Kurt, seeing Kurt's face turn red. She turned back to Sam and smiled, sipping at her iced tea.

"I'm sorry you had to sit by me. Kurt and Mercedes can be completely unreasonable when it comes to my dating life." Sam laughed and just shrugged.

"No problem."

"So, how are you holding up with the whole Quinn thing?" Rachel said as she took another sip of her drink as she saw Sam's expression sink.

"It's getting better. Still hurts like a bitch though to know she cheated on me with her ex-boyfriend." Rachel looked at him and nodded understandingly.

"I know. It never does get easier. When I first broke up with Finn, I really thought I died. It could have been just me and my usual amusement for my flare of dramatics, but it just really hurt too. It hurts even more to know that Finn forgave Quinn, but he could never forgive me. Maybe our harboring of feelings are what went wrong with our relationship. But I'd really not rather think about it right now." Sam sighed and nodded, an uncomfortable silence enveloping the table for a while.

"Is it obvious that I still love her but I'm so hurt at the same time?" Rachel let out a small giggle and shook her head.

"To the untrained eye, you look just about as sad as a video-gamer who's console crashed. But I see that you still love her, but you just can't be with her cause you can't trust her with your heart anymore. Trust me. I've been there, actually, still there now." Sam smiled at her. He never noticed this before because he was too busy looking at Quinn but Rachel was actually really pretty. She had these big gorgeous eyes and a really nice smile and an even better singing voice.

"Well then, just please don't say anything about Quinn. Don't tell anyone?" Rachel giggled and nodded. Sam, she had to admit, was very attractive and after seeing him when they practiced Rocky Horror, his abs weren't bad either.

"I would never out you until you're completely ready. Actually, I would never out anyone, no matter what they did. They have to do it on their own time." Sam nodded enthusiastically and called the waitress over.

"Can I have a lemon iced tea too?" The waitress nodded as Sam turned to Rachel.

"Hey, our friends set us up so can we have at least a decent first date?" Rachel nodded and beamed as she asked what they should talk about. Rachel's first topic? Fruits. In a long run, Sam soon discovered that Rachel's random topic led to other topics as well and now, they were currently on the topic of song choices.

"So Mr. Schue only picks 80's songs? Wow. I love Journey myself but seriously? And by the way, what's the history behind the whole 'Don't Stop Believing' thing? I hear Artie talking about it a few days back and how epic it was during the good old days." Rachel giggled.

"So, Mr. Schue was supposed to leave us for an accounting job to support his wife when he thought she was pregnant. That's another story, but I'll tell you another day. So, we had just watched Carmel High perform Mercy at their Fall Invitational and we were scared. How could five losers compete with the twenty-four member National champion team? When we were so sure that he was going to leave, I took charge and said that we needed a song, just to sing. I picked 'Don't Stop,' and it's been our theme song for Glee, if you can so boldly say, ever since last year." Sam just nodded and noticed that Rachel was out-of-breath and laughed as she looked at him confused.

"Calm down Rachel. Breathe." Rachel engulfed several breathes of air before blushing.

"Sorry, my rambling is not a very attractive trait of mine." Sam just shook his head.

"It's cool. You just have a way with words." Rachel smiled as she continued her in depth talk about fish. They spent the rest of the night talking and joking with each other and once Rachel looked at the clock, it was already 10:30 and Breatstix was nearly empty, except for a few Glee club members who were hanging around the bar.

"I had a great time Rachel. It's really nice talking to someone without them flirting at me or talking about booty." Rachel just laughed as they stood up.

"Nah, I had a great time talking to a guy who wasn't using me for an ulterior motive. We should do this more often." Sam nodded enthusiastically. He was glad he could talk to a girl who didn't want to get with him just because he was on the football team. They actually had a very good conversation that lasted for three hours and they jumped from topic to topic, starting with oranges and ending with the Superbowl.

"We really should. How bout you give me your number and I'll think of something for us to do?" Rachel nodded and wrote her number on a napkin, pressing a kiss to his cheek as she tucked the number in his pocket. Sam smiled and waved goodbye before grabbing his coat and walking out. Rachel felt good knowing there was someone else she could talk to besides Kurt and Mercedes. Sam winked before leaving just as the girls crowded around him.

"Oh my God! You just kissed his cheek. That was so cute! What did he say? Are you guys going to go out again?" Kurt squealed in excitement.

"Yeah, we're meeting for coffee." Sam wanted to get over Quinn, and she did want to start getting over Finn, so she was going to let him help her. Couldn't a girl and a guy have just a platonic relationship? She already felt like she had a new best friend in him and a few seconds after her thought, her phone buzzed.

I had a great time. I can already feel us being close. How bout coffee, tomorrow at Coffee Bean, 4 pm? My treat.

Sure. Meet you there stud. ;)

Rachel smiled as she hit send as Kurt, like the ninja he was, whipped the phone from her hand and scrolled through the message and her reply.

"Meet you there stud? Getting kinky are we Ms. Berry?" Rachel's phone vibrated in Kurt's hand as he opened the message and squealed, showing it to her.

You're the best Rachel. Thanks for everything you told me tonight. We'll talk more tomorrow okay?

"Let's go before you pick this apart. We have that Valentine's Day sleepover at your house remember? Can we just go?" Rachel swiped the phone out of Kurt's hands as he raised his hands in surrender, looping one of his arms in Rachel's as they moved towards his car. Rachel felt her phone vibrate and waited until Mercedes and Kurt were in front, arguing about their car tunes before taking her cellphone out and reading the last message Sam sent her.

Looking forward to it. Night Sam.

Night. Sweet dreams. :)

Rachel hit send and rested her forehead against the cool glass as she listened to Kurt and Mercedes bicker about who was better, Rihanna or P!nk. Rachel just closed her eyes and shrugged when they asked her, telling them that they were both fantastic singers.

It was really great to have true friends.

New story! Come Back To Me will be finished before I post the next chapter of this story. ;)

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