A Sory Fanfic. I sadly do not own Glee or any of these characters.

The premiere of my first slash fiction as promised, sooo... Be gentle : ).

So here's what you missed on Glee: The Glee club just won Sectionals. Sam came back to McKinley and is staying with Finn and Kurt as a part of a deal with their parents. Rory, transferred to America from Ireland and hasn't quite fit in yet. The TroubleTones defected back to the New Directions after losing to them. And that's what you missed on Glee!

S1, E1: Making Friends

"Yeah, Mum. It's amazing 'ere in America." Rory lied to his mother, as he walked into the halls of McKinley High School. Crowds of teenage students knocked him about the halls as he made his way to his locker. " I fit in just fine Mum. People like having foreign kids around. Makes things interstin'."

Rory listened to his mother as she repeatedly tried to get him to reconsider his decision to leave Ireland, but much to her dismay, Rory enjoyed it here. Heaven knows why. Ever since he arrived, he'd felt like he was all alone. Sure, Brittany made him feel welcome at her house but during school she never had time with all her Cheerios business. Rory began to open his locker to grab his chemistry textbook for last period.

"Okay mum, tell Da and Seamus I said 'hi'... I love ye to mummy." He said hanging up the phone, relieved to have finished his conversation. He opened his messenger bag to put away his English and Algebra books, when he was thrust from behind into the cold metal of his locker

"Aww, the leprechaun misses his mommy." Karofsky sneered as he pushed the struggling teen back down to the floor when he tried to get up. " If you miss home so much, go back. I'm sure you won't be missed." Karofsky and his football friends walked off laughing at him.

Rory pulled himself up from off the floor. The football team always picked on him for being different. As much as he wanted to fit in, in a small town like Lima, Ohio it wasn't going to happen. He was a new kid, and not even an interesting one who was good at sports. He was just normal, bland. that's one of the reasons he applied to the Foreign Exchange program, a new start. However in Lima, things weren't any better.

He'd gotten used to repeating himself slowly when asking questions in school and ignoring the sniggers from other students as he recovered from being knocked down by jocks. Still, it hurt to be so alone. The glee club were welcoming to him, but they never had time either. They all had their own plans, and people to spend them with. Rory bent down to pick his fallen textbooks from the ground before people started stepping on them.

"Here," Startled, Rory looked up to see a tall blonde boy holding his books, wearing a friendly smile. Rory just stood there frozen. Sam pushed the books toward him again. "Those jocks shouldn't pick on you like that. You're the new kid, it's already hard enough for you to fit in."

Rory took the books back and nodded his head as a thank you to Sam.

"I don't know why they don't like me," Rory responded. Sam was surprised by his thick Irish accent. He had never actually heard Rory talk and his accent was really, really thick. "Thanks again for helping me, I'm not sure any of the other students around 'ere would do the same."

Sam waved his thank you off. He knew what it was like to be new, waiting for just one person to reach out to you. Sam extended his hand to the Irish teen in a friendly gesture.

"Any time, I'm Sam. Sam Evans." Rory took his hand, introducing himself as well. "I'll see you later, Rory. In Glee Club."

The blonde teenager walked off in the opposite direction toward his next class. Rory followed him with his eyes all the way down the hall until he disappeared into the crowd of rambunctious students. He could barely believe it. First Finn Hudson, and now Sam. Maybe he wasn't so bad at making friends after all.

He sauntered off towards the science labs, his head held high, which was abnormal for him. He'd forgotten today was a lab day, and he would end up alone for whatever experiment they had to do. Rory walked into the classroom and took his usual seat in the far front of the class where the least amount of people sat. The teacher, Mr. Collards entered a minute later in a white lab coat and called the class to order.

" Good afternoon class. Today we'll be studying the effects of alkali metals on the boiling points of chemical solutions." he announced, raising his goggles to rest on his bald scalp. He pulled a pair of spectacles from his shirt pocket and put them on. Mr. Collards eyed a clipboard in his hands of the students grades. " However, seeing as there seem to be a lot of failing grades in here, I believe I'll be choosing the lab partners myself from now on."

Rory cheered silently to himself. This time he wouldn't have to work alone. Maybe he'd even be paired with a good-looking lass.

His teacher began calling names. There were a lot of excited screams and disappointed moaning going around the room. Rory laughed, he didn't care who he got paired with. At least he thought he didn't.

" Rory Flanagan," the teacher called. The student behind him whispered to his friend, asking who 'Rory Flanagan' was. Rory just sighed and raised his hand. Everyone in the class turned to him. " your lab partner is...Sugar Motta."

A brunette girl huffed loudly in the back of the classroom, her friends patting her shoulders to comfort her. Now, Rory wasn't feeling so good about this partner thing. The Chemistry teacher finished calling out the other partners and dismissed the students to their lab benches. Rory, was determined to make some good out of what was starting to seem like a bad situation.

"Hi Sugar." He introduced himself with a dazzling smile. She gave him of smile full of disdain.

"Look Scottie, we do the assignment and you don't talk to me unless I ask you a question. Got it?" Sugar didn't wait for an answer as she started walking to their lab table, Rory watching in disbelief. He thought to himself, *Just go with it, Rory, it's not as bad as it seems.*

He tied his lab coat around his waist and fixed his glasses upon his face. Sugar had already started heating up the hot plate and boiling the solutions.

They worked in silence, every now and then Sugar would ask if she was doing something right. Thank heavens for that, because Sugar almost added a reactive metal to a solution that could cause a toxic gas. Eventually the bell rang, dismissing the students from school. Rory swiftly grabbed his stuff and walked towards the door, turning in the direction of the choir room.

" Hey, Flanagan." Sugar called behind him. " Thanks, for...uh saving me...I guess"

"Don' mention it," Rory replied, turning to walk again. Yet, Sugar wasn't finished yet.

"So, um, where are you going?" She asked, noticing he wasn't walking in the direction of the bus and car rider's lane. Rory kindly informed her of his daily Glee Club rehearsals. Sugars gave him a wide smile. "Oh, well we're going to the same place."

Of course Rory knew this already. The New Directions invited The TroubleTones to join them, and only Mercedes, Santana, Brittany, and Sugar excepted. He walked awkwardly beside Sugar, listening to her ramble on about her rich father and insult people who walked by them ( blaming it on her "Aspergers"). They reached the choir room, where glee club was meeting and Rory immediately tried to distance himself.

"Hey Rory, over here." A loud voice boomed over the noisy conversations in the room. Sam was waving his arm in the air calling him towards the top row. Rory smiled and took a seat next to the blonde. Sugar took a seat in the front next to Mercedes. He breathed a sigh of relief knowing he'd finally lost her.

"Oh, I see." Sam said, noticing Rory's sigh and facial expression. "You've met Sugar, haven't you. Yeah she gives people that feeling. I have her for my fifth period Spanish class and she is unbearable."

Rory smiled. At least he wasn't the only who couldn't bear being around her. Sam started talking to Rory, telling him about funny stories that happened with his friends at school. . Rory laughed, but something in his head kept making him think of his old friends in Ireland and how much fun he used to have with them.

" 'ey Sam," he asked. Sam stopped talking mid-sentence staring at the boy. " Are we...Friends?"

Sam was a little taken back. People never actually asked if they were friends. It was kind of just noticed how Rory looked more and more disappointed the longer he thought.

"Oh! Of course Rory, of course. " He assured him quickly. Rory's face lightened up and his mouth stretched into a large smile. It astounded Sam how just acknowledging their friendship made Rory feel so much better. Sam laughed, his vulnerability is adorable.

Rory was beaming for the rest of the rehearsal. He'd made two friends in America and he was beginning to like it here. He was finally starting to get the dance steps for their numbers in Glee Club, and he even got a tiny solo part, much to Rachel and Kurt's dismay. All along, his friends, Sam and Finn kept patting him on the back telling how good he was getting. Only making his smile wider. For once things were going great.

"Rory Leprechaun!" Brittany called Rory after rehearsal was over. Brittany was Rory's host family in America. She still hadn't grasped the fact that Rory wasn't a magical leprechaun. Santana stood behind Brittany looking at Rory with burning hatred. She still hadn't forgiven him for tricking Brittany to try to get into her "Pot O' Gold". "Do you think you could walk home today, I was gonna go with Santana to Breadstix tonight. "

Rory was about to answer, when a large hand grabbed his shoulder and spoke for him.

"Um, that's okay Brit, I'll drop him off at your house instead." Rory turned to see Sam smiling at Brittany and Santana. Brittany thanked him and her and Santana walked to the parking lot. Rory was relieved, if he had to walk home, he was sure he'd get lost.

"Thanks a lot Sam. I hope I'm not inconveniencing ye." He said sheepishly. Sam shook his head, shaking Rory's shoulder at the same time.

"Don't worry about it, Rory." Sam assured him, as they began walking down the hall towards the parking lot. "Anything for a friend."

A/N So what do you guys think. I wanted the first chapter to establish a friendship between the two, but after this , they get closer, and closer, and closer...=3 Reviews plz