Welcome, all to chapter 2! This chapter, we'll be focusing on Sam's interaction with Penny...I shudder typing this. Enjoy!

Sam headed to the nurse's office to fetch band-aids for his teacher, Mrs. Blart.

He knocked on the door, and a sweet girlish voice answered. "Come on in, whoever you are!"

He pushed open the door and was greeted by a teenage girl wearing a bright pink dress shuffling through a box of syringes. She looked up when he closed the door and almost dropped the box. "Oh my...hello."

He waved politely. "Hi, I need some more band-aids for Mrs. Blart's class.

The girl kept staring at him, blinking. Hew jaw dropped a bit, and it started to make him uncomfortable.

He rubbed his neck. "Uh, we're out of band-aids. Can I get some more?"

His voice seemed to snap out of her reverie. "Uh, oh...yeah." She opened a drawer of the desk and handed him a box. "I'm sorry for staring."

He took the box and looked around. "Where's Nurse Gail? Who are you?"

She smiled again and stuck out her hand. "I'm Penny Owen, sophomore at James A Rhodes State College. I'm in the nursing program, and this is my volunteer portion of the program. I'm just helping out Nurse Gail, she's grabbing some lunch right now."

He nodded. "Right. Well...I'm Sam Evans, nice to meet you."

She giggled and flipped her hair. "I'm so sorry for staring earlier, you're just amazingly cute."

He grinned. "Well thank you, I appreciate it."

She crossed her arms and leaned against the desk. "You're gonna be seeing me around here a lot, Sam. I'm also gonna be coming to classes doing CPR demonstrations."

He shrugged and started playing with the plastic skull on the desk. "Oh, that's great. I already know CPR, but another class won't hurt."

Penny nodded and bit her lip, realizing that she wasn't getting anywhere. She tapped her fingers on the desk. "Okay, well if that's all..."

Sam turned to her and waved again waved again. "Thanks for the band-aids. I guess I'll see you around, Penny."

She smiled. "You too, Sam. Have a good day. I hope your teacher enjoys the band-aids."

Later

Sam walked into history class and saw a nervous looking Artie sitting at his desk. "Artie, what's wrong?"

"Flu-shots today!" Artie said anxiously. "I hate needles!"

Before he could say anything, his teacher, Mr. Rubens walked in holding a list. "Sam, to the nurse's office with you."

Before he left, Mr. Rubens handed him a lollipop. "Just in case."

When he got to the nurse's office, he saw Penny washing her hands at the sink. "Hi again, Penny."

She turned around and gave him a sly smile. "Hello again, Sam Evans. We meet again."

Sam hopped onto the bed and rolled up his sleeve. "Let's get this over with."

She fixed up her syringe and walked over to him. "Oh, not so fast, Sam. We have a few mandatory procedures I have to go through before I inject you." She leaned down, grabbed his chin and turned his head left and right. "First I have to make sure there's no discoloration in your face." As she was looking, she stared at his big, juicy lips. "My, you have big lips!" She then looked in his eyes and admired how blue they are. "Just checking to see if your eyes are dilated. If they are, I'll have to treat you for that, too." Lastly, she put her hand on his forehead. "Good, no fever."

While she was doing all that, Sam suddenly started feeling hot. He missed Rachel's touches. He remembered when he had a fever once, she brought him over to his house and checked him up and down, left and right, and nursed him back to health. He felt so safe and secure then. Now she was thousands of miles away, and a slightly attractive nurse had taken her place. God, he missed her! He tried to picture Rachel was once again with him, doing all those things. She looked really sexy in a nurse's uniform.

He suddenly felt a bulge in his pants, so he quickly shifted. He then felt his face get hot and he started to sweat a bit.

Penny looked up at him. "Sam, what's wrong? You're suddenly starting to sweat, and you're turning red!"

He cleared his throat. "I...um...I'm just nervous. I don't like needles."

She laughed. "No one does. But it'll be over before you know it."

He swallowed. "Right. Well...can I get a drink of water before we do this?"

She looked at her watch and shook her head. "No time, I'm on a schedule here. I promise, it'll be over before you know it. Just...close your eyes and think of something nice, and it'll be all over."

Instead of thinking of something nice, he tried to picture something weird. Coach Beiste as blue as an avatar wearing a bikini! Coach Beiste as blue as an avatar wearing a bikini! The thought of it just made him burst out laughing.

Penny raised her eyebrow. "Good grief, Sam, you're a bit too distracted, but it's over now."

He shook his head. "Did you do it yet?"

She stared at him. "Yeah, right before you started laughing. What were you thinking about?"

He blinked and coughed. "Uh...nothing. So can I go now?"

She nodded. "Yeah, sure. I'll see you around, I guess."

He hopped off the bed and rushed out, desperate to get to a bathroom. He was gonna need a cold shower later.

The Next Day

As Sam made his way to the cafeteria, he bumped into Penny who was leaving the nurse's office. "Hey, Penny."

She turned to him and grinned. "Well hey again, Sam! Off to lunch?"

He nodded. "Yup. You too?"

"I am." She replied. "I wish I wasn't eating alone, though. I'm not allowed to eat in the Teacher's Lounge because I'm not a teacher so I ate in the office by myself yesterday."

He pointed down the hall with his thumb. "You can join me and my friends in the cafeteria. We're having tacos today."

Penny threw her head back and laughed. "Sam, I'm a college student. I think I'm allergic to cafeteria food. I was going to Panera's, would you like to join me?"

He shrugged. "Won't I get in trouble for leaving campus?"

She rolled her eyes. "Not if you're with me. I promise, we'll be quick and I'll have you back way before lunch ends. It's only five minutes from here."

After a few seconds of contemplating, he nodded. "All right, I'll go. And I'll eat in here with you so you're not alone and my friends don't get jealous of my awesome lunch."

She clapped her hands. "Great, let's go!"

Half an hour later, they were back in the nurse's office eating their lunches. Sam had a bacon turkey bravo sandwich, and Penny had a chicken salad sandwich.

"So what do you do here? Are you part of any extra-curricular activities?" She asked.

He nodded. "I'm on the football team and part of the Glee Club."

She grinned. "Cool! I wish I could sing...but I can't, so I'm a nurse's assistant. Can you sing something for me?"

He shook his head. "I can't sing while I'm eating. Not good for the throat. I do impressions though, and I can speak Na'vi."

Her eyes lit up. "Oh my goodness, I LOVE Avatar! Can you do some impressions then?"

He spent the next two minutes doing impressions of Nicholas Cage. Sean O'Connery, Matthew McConaughey, and James Earl Jones to which she laughed at jubilantly.

"Sam, those are so good, you should be a stand-up comedian or something like on SNL. Now come on, can you sing just a little bit?"

He shrugged and took another bite of his sandwich. "I don't have my guitar with me. It's sitting in the choir room."

"You can use mine!" She exclaimed. Setting down her sandwich, she went behind the desk and pulled out a pink guitar case. "I've been playing since I was nine, it's one of my hobbies. I usually play it during my spare time, even here. Taylor sure has gotten me through a lot." She handed him the guitar. "So what kind of music do you like?"

He took the guitar and examined it. "Mostly rock. I once created a one-man cover band called the Justin Bieber Experience to win back my ex-girlfriend, but that didn't work much. And I've kind of lost respect for him in the recent events."

She pouted. "What a shame, I would have loved to hear you sing some classic Bieber. Oh well, sing something rock then."

"Okay, then. Let me see." He thought for a second, and then decided to play the song that he played for Rachel on their fifth date.

So long
I've been looking too hard, I've waiting too long
Sometimes I don't know what I will find
I only know it's a matter of time
When you love someone
When you love someone

It feels so right, so warm and true
I need to know if you feel it too

Maybe I'm wrong
Won't you tell me if I'm coming on too strong?
This heart of mine has been hurt before
This time I wanna be sure

Penny's eyes widened and she sighed dreamily.

I've been waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life
I've been waiting for a girl like you
A love that will survive
I've been waiting for someone new
To make me feel alive
Yeah, waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life

She clapped excitedly and took another bite of her sandwich. "That was amazing, Sam! You really do have a nice voice."

He grinned. "Thanks, my girlfriend loves that song."

Penny choked on her sandwich. "GIRLFRIEND!?"

He nodded and stroked the strings of the guitar. "Yeah, her name's Rachel. She graduated last semester and she's at a performing arts college in New York."

She patted her back and took a sip of her coke. "And...you guys are still dating even though she's thousands of miles away? You're still going strong?"

"Yup." He replied simply. "I miss her like crazy though. Here," He pulled out his phone and showed her a picture of them at the park. "this is a picture of us before she left. She'll be back in November for Thanksgiving, though. I really can't wait to see her."

While he admired the picture on his phone, he didn't notice Penny pouting in her seat.

She tapped her foot impatiently. "The bell's gonna ring in a few minutes. You better get to class."

He looked up at the clock and jumped up. "You're right. Thanks for taking me out to lunch, Penny. See you around!"

She gave him a small wave and sat back in her seat scowling.

When he got home from school, he decided to lie down for a nap. He was woken up by Puck shaking him a few hours later. "Hi there, Puck."

Puck smiled. "Good evening, sleepy head. I brought home some pizza for dinner, are you hungry?"

He nodded. "Yeah, I am."

As Puck was leaving the room, a cell phone at Sam. "You got a missed call from Rachel. She called a few hours ago."

Sam's eyes widened and he grabbed his phone and pressed Face-Time. He hoped she wasn't busy.

Finally, she answered, but he could barely see her. She seemed to be in a dimly-lit place and it was very noisy.

However, he could still he a flash of that amazing smile he loved. "Hey, babe."

She waved excitedly. "Hi, Sammy! How are you?"

He squinted. "I'm good, but I can barely see you."

She nodded. "Yeah, Kurt and I are out to dinner. You're lucky we picked a restaurant that has WI-FI. Hold on, I'll step outside." She stood up and turned to Kurt. "Text me when the food gets here."

He heard Kurt's whines voice off-screen. "You're just gonna leave me here alone? If I get mugged or something, I'm holding you personally responsible."

She rolled her eyes. "Kurt, please? I won't be long, I promise. Just don't look too obvious."

After a few minutes of the camera being wobbly, she was finally outside. "Ooh, it's chilly out here. So how was your day?"

He shrugged. "Fine, I guess. I got my flu-shot yesterday."

She winced. "Ouch, I hate needles. Did it go okay?"

He nodded. "Yeah, I just thought of something funny and it was over before I knew it."

She giggled. "I'd sure distract myself too if Nurse Gail was giving me a shot."

His stomach tightened for a second, but he decided not to tell her that Penny, the pretty nurse's assistant was the one that gave him the shot. "I miss you...so much."

She sighed. "I miss you so much, too. I definitely can't wait until November when I come back. How are Grease rehearsals?"

"Going great, we're all doing a real good job. Artie's still a little upset because Blaine didn't want to play Danny Zucko because he was still depressed."

Rachel bit her lip. "I wish I could say the same about Kurt. He only cried for two days and then he got over it pretty fast."

Sam scratched his neck. "Yeah, well temptation's a bitch. What day are you coming back?"

She gave him a sneaky smile. "Now that I can't tell you. It'll be a surprise."

He chuckled. "Well I'd better get planning on what we're gonna do."

She thought for a second. "Do these plans involve...a bed?"

He nodded. "Whatever you want, babe."

Puck's voice floated into the room from the kitchen. "Sam, you better get some pizza or I'll eat it all!"

Rachel checked her phone. "I have to go, too. Kurt just texted that our food's here."

He sighed. "Okay, I'll talk to you later. I love you."

She blew him a kiss. "Love you too. Enjoy your pizza!"

He waved and hung up the phone. Holding it to his chest, he sighed and gazed up at the ceiling until Puck called him again.

"SAM!"