~Finn Hudson~
Okay. I'm sitting in Breadstix with my boyfriend. And you know what? Life ain't that bad. I mean, I have a mom and dad who work round the clock to keep us above water while trying to save up enough to send Kurt or I to school, but life's pretty good, all things considered. Sam. He's always been a sweetheart about money. His family's like rich and he has no problem paying when we go out. Which isn't that often because I feel guilty about letting him pay. Today is our five week anniversary. That's the only reason I let him take me out.
Look at him. He's so fucking cute. His floppy blond hair. That wide mouth and pouty lips. Correction. That TALENTED, wide mouth. His green eyes. His eyes remind me every time I see them, of how he first got me to agree to a date. By complimenting mine. In that language from Avatar, Na'vi. 'Lor menari' he said. Supposedly that meant that he thinks I have pretty eyes. He's such a complete dork. First time that he said it to me we had been practicing. For the duets assignment Mr. Schu had given us.
~Flashback~
Mr. Schu had assigned us partners. He put dudes together and chicks together to 'make it more challenging'. Sam and I are in the choir room alone. Practice was over and we seemed to be the only two that wanted to get right on it. He looks so good in his sweater. Even though it totally makes him look like the Where's Waldo Waldo.
"I have no clue what song we can do together. I mean, we're two dudes!" I say. I had an inkling that Sam might be like me, but I didn't want to risk anything. I mean, seriously, who has hair like that without being like this? I wasn't out yet and I didn't want to risk it. I can't risk being out yet. I want to bide my time. I mean, Kurt's out and he get bullied all the time. Being popular; It's all I have. I can't risk it.
"I have an idea," he says, with the CUTEST GRIN EVER. Ugh. It like legit hurts not to kiss those lips RIGHT NOW. And then he tells me the song and my own smile forces its way onto my own lips. He is like me. At least, half way like me. And this is going to me fun. And perhaps the best way EVER to come out.
The next five days fly by. Sam and I practice everyday, working out solos, getting better at harmonizing with each other. It feels so awesome and natural to be so close to him. Getting to dance and sing. I don't think I've felt this happy since New Directions won Sectionals last year. And all of a sudden, it was Thursday. Glee day. I've actually got sweaty palms I'm so nervous. Sam and I are up right after Rachel and Tina. Dear God help us all.
Rachel gets up in front of all of us, pulling Tina by the hand. "Tina and I have selected a song that combines her love of Katy Perry and my deep feelings of sorrow and regret. And i can only hope that this song reaches out a touches you in the way I wish I could." I think I know what song they're talking about. And then it starts. O God. It is. Katy Perry's 'Thinking of You'. It's sad but that is Rachel's way of saying 'I'm sorry I was an emotionally abusive bitch'. Regardless, Rachel's power and Tina's dulcet notes charm everyone but me. I know the sinister motives behind her song choice. She wants me and that's not me being...um, egotismic? is that right? No? Oh well.
They end their song. Mercedes and Kurt are nearly in tears, being so moved by it. It's my and Sam's turn. He gets up in front of everyone and begins with, "now this duet isn't something most people would expect from two dudes but we hope we can do it justice." Oh God. It's here. The moment.
The band begins their accompaniment. I'm up first.
What's somebody like you doin' in a place like this?
Say did you come alone or did you bring all your friends?
Say whats your name? What you drinking?
I think I know what are you thinking
Baby whats your sign,
tell me yours and ill tell you mine
Say What's someone like you doin' in a place like this?
Then Sam joins me, harmonizing the chorus.
I'll never be the same
If we ever meet again
Won't let you get away
If we ever meet again
This freefall, oh, got me so, oh
kiss me all night,
don't ever let me go
Ill never be the same
if we ever meet again
I drop out of it, leaving Sam to his verse. He breaks into it, shocking them with his voice. It's perfect for Katy's parts of the song, just one octave lower.
Do you come here much?
I swear I've seen your face before
You don't see me blush
but I cant help to want you more, more
Baby tell me whats your story?
I ain't shy, don't you worry
I'm flirting with my eyes
I wanna leave with you tonight
do you come here much?
I've gotta see your face some more
(some more cause baby I..)
Then I join back in. We harmonize together for the rest of the song. I don't mean to sound... um egotistic?... but we're pretty good. Great even.
I'll never be the same
If we ever meet again
Won't let you get away
If we ever meet again
This free fall, oh got me so, oh
kiss me all night,
don't ever let me go
Ill never be the same
if we ever meet again
If we ever meet again,
I'll have so much more to say
(Say if we ever meet again)
If we ever meet again, again
I wont let you go away
(Say if we ever meet again)
If we ever, ever meet again
I'll have so much more to say
(Say if we ever meet again)
If we ever, ever meet again
I wont let you go away!
I'll never be the same
If we ever meet again
Won't let you get away
If we ever meet again
This free fall, oh got me so oh
kiss me all night,
don't ever let me go
Ill never be the same
if we ever meet again
I'll never be the same
If we ever meet again
Won't let you get away
If we ever meet again
This free fall, oh got me so, oh
kiss me all night,
don't ever let me go
Ill never be the same
if we ever meet again
Sam's amazing. His voice, his movements, his body all seem to be perfectly suited for this song. We prance around, dancing together while performing our number. I don't think I've had as much fun as this in a LONG time.
As the song comes to its close, I look around at my fellow glee clubbers. Looks range from shock to happiness to sadness and jealousy. You can guess who the last one is. After it ends, Sam and I kind of just stand there awkward, no one moving. Eventually, it's Quinn who breaks the non-moving-ness... She gets up from her see and walks over, clapping. Genuinely. she throws her arms around Sam and I, pulling us into a big hug.
"I'll always be here to support you," she whispers into my ear. And that's when the tears begin to spill out of my eyes. This woman may have lied to me, cheated on me and been a back-stabbing bitch to the entire glee club, but she has times like that when she makes me love her more than anyone else. She pulls away and says, "both of you. No matter what". She has tears in her eyes. It's Quinn's gesture of love and support that breaks the dam of silence of the glee club. Everyone but You-Know-Who joins the hug. I actually kinda started sobbing because of the amount of kindness and acceptance they showed me, crying into Mercedes' shoulder.
~End Flashback~
The forty-something waitress that will be serving our table comes around. She gives us the same look that everyone around gives us. It's the one that says 'two dudes together? That's disgusting'. I look down, blushing. I've never actually dated a guy before and so I'm not used to the looks. But it's soon gone and replaced with a fake smile that couldn't fool a blind nun. She takes our orders. A fettuccine alfredo for me with a coke while Sam just getas a salad and water. It seems like that's all he ever eats in public. Like he's ashamed to be seen eating something even remotely unhealthy. Even seen by me.
First time I was at his house, he asked me my favourite food. And I told him. Mac and cheese with hot dogs cut up into it. And he made it for me. It was really sweet. But he didn't eat any of it. In fact I don't think I've ever seen him eat anything junk food-ish. Odd.
O. Dear. God. it can't be her. It just can't. She cannot be here right now. Not to mention it's a totally stalker thing to do. Rachel Berry, you better be here with your dads.
"I...uh, gotta go hit the head," I say with what I think is a smile, but probably comes across as pained. O god. He's going to think I need to poop. I walk as quickly as I can without making a huge kurfufle. Rachel looks up at me and gives me a big smile full of thinly veiled jealousy.
"Hi Finn," she says. Ooooo. The pizza she's eating looks delicious. It's got SO much cheese. And a ton of different kinds of meat. I like meat. O my God. Get your mind out of the gutter. Perv.
"What are you doing here? You knew I'd be here with Sam tonight," I say, exasperation clear in my voice. I'd told Mercedes, Quinn and Kurt about my big plans for tonight in glee two days ago. I knew word must have somehow gotten to Rachel because here she was, sitting alone, creepily close to our table.
"I have no clue what you mean, Finn. I came here to have dinner with myself. I didn't know that you were going to be here with Barbie." She grins with both sarcasm and bitchiness.
"You know it would be easier for you to spy on us if you were at our table, so feel free to join us," Sam says, appearing on her other side. Holy crap. How'd he do that. Oh crap. Did he just invite Rachel to our table. NOOOOO!
"Well if you really want me to be ther," she says, getting up. She picks up her pizza and pulls her chair and begins walking towards our table.
"What the hell are you doing?" I hiss in his direction.
"Now is where we run," he responds with a wicked grin. His eyes are twinkling in the light, like he thinks this is some sort of game. He starts to make his way towards the exit. He meets the waitress partway to it.
"Here, you can keep the change and please tell the girl sitting at our table she can order anything off the menu," he says to her, slipping the forty-something a Benji. "And if you ever see two guys together at a table like Finn and I ever again, don't you dare give them the face you gave us. It was insanely rude." Okay. That was hot. I like it when my man stand up for me. And himself. He looks all intense and sexy.
"Come on, before she figures out we're not following her," he says to me, moving towards the door.
"Please! She talks fast but she thinks slow," I respond with a laugh. We exit Breadstix and walk slash run to his car, still laughing. A beautiful deep blue Beemer. He opens the door for me. He's such a gentleman. I get in and he closes the door for me before dashing to his own.
We drive the couple miles to his house, making small talk along the way. We approach his house and again, I'm hit by the size of it. It's the biggest house in Lima. 30 rooms. With a pool.
We walk inside and he immediately starts towards the kitchen. The interior of the kitchen is all shiny stainless steel and chrome. It looks so ultramodern. All silver.
"So what can I make you?" He asks giving me a look of expectancy.
"Uh...Mac and cheese? In honor of the first time I was here?" This makes him smile and chuckle before he sets about getting the things he needs to make it. He's such a great guy. I feel kinda guilty that I haven't brought him home to meet my mom. I think she'd like him. No. I know she'd like him. He's good to me and that's all she'd care about.
I sit and watch him as he boils the water,cooks the macaroni and makes the cheese sauce. Hot damn he can cook. He sets a large yellow plate of the mac and cheese in front of me. It smells so good. It hits me now that I actually haven't eaten since lunch. And that was at like noon and now it's like 7. He hasn't put any on a plate for himself. That's... odd. I know he hasn't eaten since lunch either. He's been with me all day.
"Aren't you going to have any?" I ask, my voice doing that annoying thing where it goes up at the end.
"I was just going to eat off of your plate," he responds bringing two forks. Of course. I don't know where I was going with that thought. That would be silly.
It's just then that Sam's very odd sister Amy walks into the kitchen looking all kinds of glamorous. She goes to Mckinley too, but she's a Freshman. Granted, she's the Queen of the Freshmen. She rules those ninth graders with an iron fist. "Sam, if you wish to continue on with your sinful, unholy behaviour, please do it somewhere out of the common areas." she says as she passes us. She opens the fridge before turning her head to face us. We're both staring at her. She's never said anything like that before. "Just kidding. It's always nice to see you Finn." She smiles. She does have a very weird sense of humor. She grabs a Vitamin Water from the fridge. Sam's entire family are big-time health nuts. Their fridge is full of vegetables, fruits and vitamin water. You couldn't find a bag of chips in their house to save your life. Amy then crosses the kitchen and opens one of the gigantic cupboards. She pulls out a bag of almonds before walking back towards wherever she came from. Before leaving she says, "have fun you two". And with a wink, she's gone.
Sam and I eat in moderate silence. It's a little strange how silent we are around each toehr. It feels like we've run out of things to talk about. After we finish, he puts the cheese covered plate in the sink and we head up the stairs to his room. We make out while the Sex Pistols play in the background. It's hot. And then he pulls away.
"I gotta pee," he says with the same expression I'm guessing I gave him two hours ago. And then he leaves me on his bed.
A/N. Each chapter will include a list of songs mentioned or sung. O! And in my world, Quinn is played by Mariah Carey. Seriously, I love Dianna Agron but I love Mariah more, plus I love Mariah's whistle notes. That's one of the things that bug me about Glee. No one hits a good whistle note. Oh and I've decided that while the focal point of this fic will be Sam and Finn, all the characters will have their own pieces of the narrative. And as families will be involved, I've cast a ton of new characters. I've also recast a few characters, you'll find out who in later chapters.
Songs in this Chapter:
Thinking of You- Katy Perry
If We Ever Meet Again - Timbaland feat. Katy Perry
Characters introduced in this Chapter:
Sam's sister Amy who will be played by fabulous Summer Glau