Chapter 2

Hey guys! :P sorry I was going to update yesterday but I was kinda busy, I've planned at least another 4 chapters including this one, but it could end up being more than that. So there will eventually being a reason that I have tagged this as horror, things are going to turn nasty…

To GleeRachelBerry – I'm sorry, after re-reading the chapter I realised it moves really fast and over the next few chapters I have planned it moves a lot slower, but hopefully not too slow…

Anyways – on with the story :P

"Hey Rach!" Sam called up the corridor. Rachel snapped out of her Broadway daydream and turned round to see Sam standing behind her. She looked up and him and gave a small 'hey' wave.

"How would you feel about coming over to mine after school today?" Sam looked at Rachel with hope in his eyes.

"How about we go back to mine? My dad's are on a business trip until Sunday so im home alone?" Rachel challenged Sam's idea with one of her own.

"ok, I'll see you outside Spanish at the end of the day"

Sam sat next to Finn in Math 2nd period, they mostly talked about tryouts for quarterback that afternoon. They had agreed that no matter who got the position they would both still be mates and that it wouldn't change anything apart from the way they play on the pitch. Sam asked Finn what it felt like to get a lot of attention from the girls on the Cheerio's, Finn explained that he wasn't the best person to ask and that he should go talk to the biggest player of them all, Noah Puckerman. Sam was new to McKinley but he had heard about Puck from most of the dweebs that he had chucked in the dumpster at some point. He also recalled Rachel talking about the short lived romance that they had shared back in Freshman year.

The rest of the day seemed to go impossibly slow, but Rachel was currently sitting in Spanish watching as the clock crawled at a snail's pace, her foot tapping against the side of the table with every second. 10 seconds were left and Mr. Shue was setting the homework for the class but Rachel was just staring at the door…..5…..4…..3….2….1….. the bell finally went, Rachel bolted up from her seat and went to wait at the door. Sam strolled up a few minutes later and gave Rachel a smile and they started walking towards Rachel's car. When they were inside Sam pressed the power button on the radio; a song from his childhood came on.

(Normal:SAM, Bold: Rachel, Underline – both)

Young girl, don't cry
I'll be right here when your world starts to fall
Young girl, it's all right
Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly

When you're safe inside your room you tend to dream
Of a place where nothing's harder than it seems
No one ever wants or bothers to explain
Of the heartache life can bring and what it means

When there's no one else
Look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend
Just trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength
That will guide your way
If you will learn to begin
To trust the voice within

Young girl, don't hide
You'll never change if you just run away
Young girl, just hold tight
And soon you're gonna see your brighter day

Now in a world where innocence is quickly claimed
It's so hard to stand your ground when you're so afraid
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold
When you're lost outside look inside to your soul

When there's no one else
Look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend
Just trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength
That will guide your way
If you will learn to begin
To trust the voice within

Yeah...
Life is a journey
It can take you anywhere you choose to go
As long as you're learning
You'll find all you'll ever need to know

You'll make it
You'll make it
Just don't go forsaking yourself
No one can stop you
You know that I'm talking to you

When there's no one else
Look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend
Just trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength
That will guide your way
If you will learn to begin
To trust the voice within

Young girl don't cry
I'll be right here when your world starts to fall

By the time the song had finished, the two friends were at Rachel's house. As they walked up to the front door, Rachel noticed a small tear roll down Sam's cheek. She opened the door and they walked in a sat on the couch. Rachel went to get some of her famous Vegan cookies from the fridge and joined Sam back on the sofa. She switched on a movie and they sat in silence for at least half an hour. A thought was playing in the back of Rachel's mind, 'how come that song made Sam cry?'. Nervously she turned to him and asked in a quiet voice "I saw you crying earlier, what was wrong?"

Sam closed his eyes, and Rachel could see that she'd struck a nerve. She instantly regretted asking. Sam then looked up at her with sadness in his eyes.

"it reminds me of when I was younger, I had to spend hours comforting my younger sister, she was a wreck when she was smaller. Me, her, my brother and our parents used to live in a stunning city house and we lived a life where we didn't have to worry about money or being asked to move out. We owned the house and we were all happy. But one day Dad came home from work and saw that mums phone was ringing, he looked at the caller ID and saw the name 'Steven'. Mum had never mentioned anyone called Steve before, so dad decided to delve deeper. He looked through her messages and found a few over-friendly texts like 'hiya darling, how are you today beautiful?xxx'. That's when things took a turn for the worse, dad confronted mum and she said that Steve was just a colleague from work. Dad belived her for a while, but when she started wearing short skirts and very low cut tops to work, he started to think that Steve was a bit more than 'just a colleague'. One evening Mum said that she was just going out for a drink with the girls and that Dad had to look after us.

He decided that we would all get in the car and follow her to see where she went, she went to a second storey apartment and emerged sometime later with scruffy hair and a man on her arm. Dad opened the car door and mum froze, she knew that she had been busted. When she got home later that night she found all her bellongings scattered along the street and a message on a black sack 'leave us alone, we don't need you'. Lucy, my younger sister, came into my room that night, tears covering her face, I cuddled her for the rest of the night and sang christina's song softly to her every night for the next three years before she could sleep the whole night, without crying for mum.

The song just reminds me of how we came to like in dingy Lima and stuck in a two bedroom bedsit with hardly enough room to swing a cat."

By the end of his story Rachel was finding it extremely hard to keep back the tears, she rested her hand on Sam's arm to let him know that she was there to talk to, whenever he needed it.

Right so there we have it, sam's big story. It made me sad writing that ): poor Sam ….

Anyways thanks to those who read and reviewed the first chapter… the reviews are really appreciated, please read, review, alert whatever…. Just please read :D

Byebye, until tomorrow… TeamAlice1998 x