Disclaimer: glee and its actors do not belong to me although I wish they did because I would play with them for my own personal entertainment. Especially Sam…

Chapter 2: So Much for Friendship

Enter Sam

I feel like I should have seen this coming.

I mean, I could tell there was tension between Finn. I could tell from the beginning after I turned down glee, but then I took his position on the football team (even if I did break my arm and lose it). So, it didn't surprise me that he found something to not like me for.

I was just surprised it was Kurt. The truth is, I wasn't sure what to feel about Kurt. I like him. He is funny and odd but, I like that in people. Plus, he seemed really cool, regardless of what the jerks on the football team say. But honestly, I never thought Kurt would be that straw breaking the camels back between me and Finn.

And in all fairness, he had the right to not like me ever since I started here. It seemed like I was stealing his thunder, and then he comes to the cafeteria of the hospital to find me with his crying step brother. He was obviously going to jump to conclusions about something like that, even if he was somewhat jumping the gun.

All I knew was that all of this stupid drama was keeping me up at night. Usually when I was lying in my bed in the dark, I would just fall asleep.

But not now. Not with all of this crap in my head. I wasn't used to thinking so hard. I would say that I never dealt with this kind of drama before because I used to go to an all boys school, but I couldn't because so far all of my drama at McKinley was with other guys. All I knew was that I was between a rock and a hard place. I wanted to be friends with Kurt, but I didn't want to get my ass kicked by Finn, which I have no doubt he could.

A part of me didn't even know why I cared so much to be friends with Kurt. He was just some kid who I thought was cool. Maybe it was because he was sad, and I wanted to be a friend for him. I don't know. It was all just too confusing.

And then there was glee. I did want to join and even though Finn wanted me to join as well, I feel like if I joined now, it would be just another nail in my coffin.

With more competition, plus the list of things I have already done to no doubt piss him off, he would think I had it out for him. If I had any sort of guts I would tell him what I wanted to say, which was "Screw you. I am my own person and I won't let you tell me what I can and can't do," but the part of me that just wanted to fit in was telling me that I shouldn't compromise my safety for anything. Not glee. Not football.

But for a genuine friend? … No I couldn't.

I have to steer clear of Kurt Hummel

Enter Kurt

Monday morning couldn't have come quickly enough. I was on cloud nine because my dad was awake and out of the hospital meaning, I could go to school without worry. Now all of the work I was behind in could be done and I could get back into my routine, and, it didn't hurt that I would get the chance to see Sam again, who I was going to apologize to as soon as I saw him for Finns outburst and possibly rekindle whatever it was that started in the hospital cafeteria. I just hope that I can do this without Finn breathing down my back like a frantic parent, or Mercedes and Quinn trying to make me prey every thirty seconds.

I walked into the school followed closely by Finn ,who I had reconciled with over the weekend. I know he ruined everything, and he told me he still wasn't a huge fan of Sam, but he wasn't my father, so I would do what I want and even he agreed to that, though paper and practice are two entirely different things.

"What do you have first?" he asked as we stopped at my locker.

"Math," I said rolling my eyes.

"Well, do you want to meet up and go to Spanish together?"

"Not really Finn," I said.

"Why not?" he asked clearly offended by my blunt answer.

"Because Finn," I said closing my locker and putting my books in my bag. "You are doing that thing were you treat me like a child… I can manage to get to class on my own."

"I know. I just don't want you to get any trouble from Azimio or Karofsky, because I know them, and they wont care what you just went through," he said, worry evident in his voice.

"I am not scared of those Neanderthals Finn," I said putting my hands on my hips. "I won't let them break me."

"I'm not worried about them breaking you emotionally or mentally Kurt," he said.

"You know, you're sounding entirely too smart these days Finn," I said smiling at him and patting him on the shoulder.

"What do you expect?" he asked. "I have Rachel to drill it into my head. She says that I have to get smarter if I want to make it to nationals."

"God, it really is all about the freakin' nationals with her isn't it?" I laughed.

"Well at least she has ambition," Finn said. "Listen, I better go meet up with her now. Will you be ok on your own?" I glared at him and he got the message and turned to leave "Just be careful."

"I'm always careful," I said, also walking away towards my math class. I made no effort looking for Sam before class because I knew he was in this class. That's where I had first seen him, even if I only just met him at the hospital on Friday.

I made my way down the hall and into my class, where I was surprised to see Sam already sitting alone at a desk. Usually I was always first, because I liked the get to class early, but obviously he had the same idea. I headed to the desk next to his instead of my front row seat and plopped my bag down. He didn't even realize I was there until he heard me beside him.

"Kurt!" he said surprised and was a little bit off put by the look of his face. "I thought you would have spent another day at the hospital."

I furrowed my eyebrows at his tone of voice. "My dad woke up. They just discharged him yesterday, plus I was starting to fall behind," I said.

"Well... That's good then," he said turning back to his work.

"Why, do you not want me here or something?"

That seemed to upset him, for his face twisted into a hurt/fear like expression. Damn you Finn for scaring my crush. He didn't answer my question and once again turned back to what was probably last night's home work. "Is that home work?" I asked him. He fake smiled and nodded I rolled my eyes "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Why would you think something's wrong with me?" he asked.

"Well the other day at the hospital you were super nice to me, and now you're being kind of a jerk."

"How am I being a jerk?" he asked. "I haven't said more then a few words to you since you got here." The matter of factness in his voice irked me so much.

"Exactly," I replied. "It seems like you are avoiding talking to me."

"Because I am working on trying to finish my homework before class starts?" he said. I didn't respond, which I knew was bad because usually I always had something clever to say when someone put me on the spot. I couldn't kick the thought that he actually made me speechless. "I think you are just over analyzing everything because you think I'm scared to talk to you because Finn threatened me."

I truly didn't know what to say he had pretty much just said what I was thinking.

"Well, are you?" I asked.

"A little bit yeah," he responded. I sucked my teeth and rolled my eyes.

"So now you're just giving me the run around," I snapped.

"How so?"

Ok, this was really starting to get on my nerves.

"Because you just made me feel bad by saying that I was over analyzing things, when clearly I wasn't, and I was right to ask because you are, in fact, acting like a jerk because of Finn," I said, all to quickly.

"Well, when you say it like that," he said smiling now. "Listen Kurt, the idea of us being friends sounds too great, but I don't want to step on toes, and I have already done enough to get in Finns bad books."

"So you're going to let Finn determine our friendship?" I asked hurt. "Or lack there of at the moment?"

"I just don't need problems right now," he said. I could tell even he wasn't impressed with himself.

"Isn't that why you didn't come to glee?" I asked. "Because you were scared of making enemies? It seems that you are giving up a lot for popularity."

"It's not even like that." I could tell what I had said annoyed him to the core, but he wasn't going to let me get the best of him.

"Well then it's probably for the best," I said. "The last thing I need at the moment is another crush on a straight guy."

"Wait, you have a crush on me?" he asked.

"Not any more," I said. "Now I can't even see why I did in the first place."

He looked hurt, but didn't have the opportunity to respond because the teacher had arrived and other students had started taking there seats. I got up and walked to the front and took my regular seat.

Throughout the class I looked back at him to see he was still dwelling on what I had said, but what should I care? He was the one who didn't want to be my friend because he was afraid of Finn, who I can say is more harmless then his stature. Maybe he does know that, and it was all a lie just so his image didn't get smudged, but either way, I was no longer a fan of Sam.