I do not own the characters of Glee. They rightfully belong to Ryan Murphy. I only own this idea. Sam signing in Bold Italic, anybody else signing in Bold.

"Sam? Where are your hearing aids? Samuel?", asked Mrs. Evans as she tried to get her eldest son's attention. She waved her hand near his face, since his back was towards her, getting his attention automatically. "I'm sorry?", asked Sam as he turned his ear towards her more to be able to slightly hear her. "Hearing aids?", she asked him again, as she made an 'x' with her one finger and tapped her right ear twice. "My hearing aids are on the dresser near my bed.", answered Sam once realization hit him of what she was asking for. He watched as his Mom walked back the hallway into his bedroom and picked up the hearing aids, handing them to her son with a stern look on her face.

Do I have to?

Yes, Sam. You have to. Nobody else in that school knows about your hearing or probably knows how to sign. You need those to hear. You may be deaf oral but you're still deaf.

Fine. Fine. I'll wear them. I'll just make sure my hair covers them good. Do you know if I have speech therapy today? Or is it study hall?

Speech therapy today and study hall tomorrow. Now go, so you're not late. And enough signing. You need to use your voice.

"Bye, Mom. Tell the others I said bye.", said Sam as he put in his hearing aids and turned them on, before he covered them up with his blonde hair. "Bye, Sam. Have a good day. Use your voice, it'll only make it stronger.", said Mrs. Evans as she watched her son pick up his backpack and walk out the front door of the house. Sam closed the door behind himself and walked down the road, taking in all of what he could possibly see. The dog running in a fenced yard, sprinklers, spraying water on new grass, the football that was being hurled towards him. Wait. Football?! The blonde turned quickly and caught the football, looking around for the person who happened to throw it. "Dude! Sam! Throw it back!", called out Finn from his position where he was leaning against Puck's truck. Sam tensed his shoulder and threw the football back to the tall teen with a smile on his face.

"Didn't you hear us calling you?", asked Puck as he watched the boy walk over to the truck and lean against it, putting his foot back on the tire. "I was zoning out a bit.", replied Sam as he fixed his backpack on his shoulders. "A bit?", teased Finn as he climbed into the truck, followed by the blonde boy who punched him on the shoulder. "I'm gonna make you both walk if you make me wreck.", threatened Puck as he slid behind the wheel and slapped Sam on the ass to get him to sit down and stop attacking Finn. "You'd have to walk, too.", said Sam from the backseat, where he was grinning teasingly at the pair. "Do I need to slap you again?", asked Puck as he looked in the rear view mirror at the boy. The blonde then gave him a look that resembled a puppy being scolded for chewing up the furniture. "You look like a dog, dude.", teased Finn as he reached back and ruffled the blonde hair, pulling his hand back quickly when his fingers brushed over something that felt like hard rubber.

"Woof.", said Sam teasingly as he fixed his hair, making sure it covered the hearing aids. "I'm so going to make you two walk tomorrow.", said Puck as they pulled into the parking lot of McKinley High School. "You love us and you know it.", said Finn as he punched the mowhawk headed teen on the shoulder. "Tolerate is more like it.", said Puck as he put the truck in park and slid out, sliding the seat up so Sam could get out. "Thank you, Noah.", said Sam as he slid out, dodging the punch the boy threw at him. Sam couldn't help but laugh as he was put into a headlock by the bigger teen, with Finn holding his arms in place. "Say uncle.", ordered Puck as he held onto the smaller boy with a smile on his face. "Never.", said Sam as he managed to pull himself free.

"Get back here, Evans!", called out Puck as he chased after the smaller boy, who was running up the main stairs to the school. "Not going to happen, Puckerman!", Sam called over his shoulder as he ran into the school. "A little help, Finn! He's faster than he looks!", said Puck as he ran into the school, seeing Finn following him quickly. Sam ran down the hall and slid to a stop at his locker, ducking when he saw Puck make a move to slap the back of his head playfully, managing to slap his ear instead. He had no idea that the hearing aid in his right ear had fallen out onto the floor until he heard the crunching of plastic and metal as a foot came down on it. "Oh no. That took me months to fit right.", groaned Sam as he bent down and picked up the crushed hearing aid. He put the broken hearing aid into a pocket of his backpack and took out the left one, putting it into the same pocket. Looks like I'll have to stick to lip reading for now.