Sam walked into the Cafeteria and saw Rory sitting by Sugar, Joe, and two other kids he doesn't know. One was a boy, tall, skinny, with nerd glasses and sandy blond hair. The other a petite girl with dark brown hair and a knitted hat. They must all be Sophomores, Sam reasoned, and a sudden, unexpected wave of jealousy washes over him.

Whoa, wait. What am I jealous of? That Rory has friends that aren't me and Finn? Would it be wrong to go sit by them? They seem to be having a good time.

After what seemed like hours, he finally settled on sitting by Artie at a table where he wouldn't be in Rory's direct line of vision. Yeah, that wouldn't be too awkward. He also couldn't help but overhear the conversation that was going on at the Sophomore table.

"Cameron, Lindsay," that Irish accent was unmistakable, "are you sure you two aren't going to get in trouble for being here?"

So they didn't go to McKinley...

"Nope," the brunette girl answered, who Sam could now assume was Lindsay, "we don't have school today, something about a Jewish holiday or teacher workshop day...we didn't really pay attention. The only thing we're worried about is getting in trouble with your school." She grinned and high-fived the blond boy, who was presumably Cameron.

"Yeah, Defiance wouldn't care if we snuck out and there was school, so long as we made it back in time for Glee Club. Rory, you have no idea how little they care as long as Lindsay is there to sing after school."

Lindsay rolled her eyes and playfully shoved Cameron away from her. The discussion topic quickly turned to Glee Club, including both the New Directions and Lindsay and Cameron's: the Unitards, a rather exciting topic, surprisingly. Catching only bits and pieces of the excited conversation, Sam learned of Lindsay's apparent singing talent, not unlike a certain Rachel Berry, he thought to himself.

To be a carefree Sophomore again...getting excited over such little things, and being so happy, Sam also noticed, spying the wide grins and animated head nodding going around the table. He smiled to himself, relaxing until Lindsay started talking about something completely different, something that, even though it probably shouldn't have, caught his attention and refused to let go.

"So, Rory," Harmony said with a sly grin, "you hardly ever talk about Ireland with us. What's it like?"

"I think what she's trying to say is, do you have a girlfriend back home?" Cameron earned himself an elbow in the gut for that one, but Lindsay's question had had an extremely obvious second part.

Sam mused to himself, it would be easy for that second, unspoken part fly right over Rory's head, some of our "Americanisms" didn't make any sense to him. That was just one part of Rory that Sam found completely adorable, he was constantly fascinated by his first guy crush. Ever since Sam found out that he was bi (working as a stripper, other hot guys...), this unexplored territory bewildered him. Normally, he would have simply gone up to Rory and start flirting, but he didn't even know which team he played for.

Rory started to respond, and Sam found himself leaning forward in his chair, anticipating his response, straining to hear Rory's voice over the dull roar that filled the cafeteria.

Just as abruptly, he had to sit back, because Artie was giving him a funny look. Sam pretended that he was simply zoned out, shrugging his shoulders, just barely catching the end of the conversation.

"Haha, but actually, I do." Those words made Sam's heart drop down to the floor. "Her name is Jenna, and I think she's the love of my life," a distant look appeared in Rory's eyes as he reclined slightly in the cheap plastic chair he sat in, a quiet sigh escaping his lips. "However, she's back in Ireland and I'm here, for at least this year, maybe even the next."

"Dude, you're fifteen," Lindsay exclaimed. "She can't expect you to be able to keep up a long distance relationship for that long!

"She's just saying that so you'll break up with Jenna and maybe she'll have a chance-ow!" Cameron earned himself another sharp elbow to the ribs by an extremely red-faced Lindsay.

If Cameron didn't have two bruises on the left side of his body the next day, Sam would be very surprised. That little girl appeared to pack quite the punch, he thought as he chuckled softly to himself. Cameron was like an American girl translator for Rory, and Sam was glad that he was doing his job well, especially because Sam wanted to tell and ask Rory all of the things Lindsay was. Besides, it was also very amusing.

Of course, hearing Rory's response kind of made Sam want to leave the Cafeteria, and he was about to, until he heard Rory responding to Cameron.

"...I know it will be hard, Jenna actually told me that if I find someone here, to give it a shot, live a little. I don't know, I might've found someone, but I don't think that they'd be into me."

Sam pretended to be very interested in his soup, unfortunately missing Rory giving him a quick sideways glance. He also decided at the wrong moment to pick up his tray and leave, because he missed the rest of the conversation.

Sugar motioned for Rory and the others to lean in a little closer before hissing, "Sam Evans? Really, Rory? That's who you found to crush on here?"

"Jenna doesn't have to worry. I would never have the guts to even talk to him, and besides, he seems completely straight."

"I thought you were, too!" four voices exclaimed, somewhat indignantly, especially after just hearing about the girlfriend.

"Bi," Rory stated simply.