Disclaimer: I don't own Glee.
A/N: I know it's been over a week since I last updated but I am currently writing 3 Glee fics and about to start another GA fic. Like I said before, my heart belongs to Puckleberry so those fics will always come first. I had a little trouble with this one because sadly recent spoilers have greatly shattered my interest in this couple. I won't go into details because I know some people don't like spoilers but I will say that there doesn't seem to be a Puck/Rachel or Sam/Rachel relationship in the near future which is very upsetting. If you are interested I have decided to start another fic about my second favorite Glee coupling (besides Puckleberry, of course), Tina and Mike. I'm going to start on it soon so I should have it up soon.
By the way, I'm changing the rating from K+ to T just for the fact that I was unable to resist writing Noah Puckerman into this. And I plan to continue having him in this fic but it is about Sam/Rachel so don't worry. There won't be any Puckleberry - well except maybe some light flirting.
Quinn frowned from her locker watching the way Sam was talking to Rachel. She didn't like the way he had been spending time with Rachel. Quinn found it very inappropriate and it gave Rachel the idea she had a friend.
"What's up with you?" Puck asked noticing her expression.
"I think the better question is what's up with Sam and Treasure Trail?" Quinn spat.
"I thought you were going to try to be nicer to people this year." Puck sighed.
"Rachel Berry doesn't count." She rolled her eyes. "Not when she's trying to still another one of my boyfriends."
"She is not trying to steal Evans from you." Now it was Puck's turn to roll his eyes.
"How would you know?" Quinn asked. "She's finished with Finn; she already dated you. She's making her way through the glee club and I'm just surprised she hasn't sunk her nails in Mike or Artie yet."
"Just because you're vindictive doesn't mean Rachel is too." Puck sighed. "She's not trying to take you boyfriend. She just broke up with Finn. She's still in love with him. The only reason she's talking to Sam right now is because he's nice to her. If you haven't noticed Rachel doesn't have many friends and that's mostly on you, Santana and your little bitch squad. Sam's her friend, Quinn. That's all."
"I still don't like it." She narrowed her eyes when Rachel laughed at something Sam said and he smiled as well.
"Do you know why every guy in this school would have killed to get into your pants last year?" Puck slammed his locker shut. "You had confidence and that was sexy as hell. But this thing… you going all jealous bitch on Berry is desperate and kind of a turn off."
"Shut it, Puckerman." Quinn hissed at him.
"I'm not the one jealous of Rachel Berry." With that he sauntered off and Quinn turned her anger back on Rachel who was walking down the hall away from Sam.
She clenched her jaw and stormed off in the opposite direction. She was not about to let Rachel Berry steal yet another one of her boyfriends. She would just have to take Rachel down a few notches the best way she knew how.
"Quinn?" Rachel asked when she found the blonde cheerleader standing in front of her locker after school. "What are you doing?"
"You listen here, man-hands, I am only going to warn you once. Stay away from Sam." Quinn glared down at the brunette girl looking completely shocked in front of her.
"Quinn, I have no idea what you're talking about. Sam and I are strictly friends. Nothing else." Rachel shook her head.
"Keep your disgusting hands off of him. If I so much as see you glancing in his direction everything I've done to you before will seem like nothing compared to what I will do." Quinn threatened. "He is my boyfriend and I don't want you talking to him."
"I'm surprised by your jealousy, Quinn, but I think it's up to Sam who he's friends with. I'm not trying to take your boyfriend and if he wants to continue being friends with me I don't think there is much you can do about it." Rachel countered.
"Let's get one thing straight. I'm not jealous of you." Quinn narrowed her eyes. "Sam could never like a girl like you." She added that just because she knew it was mean before stomping off.
Rachel was surprised when someone rang her doorbell as her and her fathers' were eating dinner that night. "I'll get it." She ran over to find Sam standing on her front porch. "Sam. What are you doing here?"
"We were supposed to work on our duet. Remember?" Sam grinned.
"Oh, yea, about that… maybe it's not such a good idea that you and I work together." Rachel told him.
"Why?" He looked confused. "I'm not going to embarrass you, Rachel. I really am a great singer."
"I know." She sighed. "Quinn doesn't like that you and I have been hanging out lately and I really don't need another reason for her to hate me. I think it's just best if we go back to how we were before and pretend that we don't know each other. Quinn will leave me alone and you'll get points from her for ignoring me."
"I'm not sure how it works at McKinley but I don't turn my back on my friends. Quinn doesn't get to choose my friends for me. I like you, Rachel, and I don't see what Quinn has to do with us doing our duet together." Sam frowned. "How about we do this duet and after that if you still don't want us hanging out than I'll leave you alone."
She smiled slightly and nodded. "Okay." She stepped back so he could step into the house.
"Who is this?" David, her dad, walked over to them.
"Sam Evans, sir." Sam shook his hand.
"He's in Glee club with me." Rachel told her dad. "We're doing a duet together."
Rachel pulled Sam towards the stairs. She really wanted to skip the whole awkward introducing him to his dads thing. She was happy he was her friend but she was sure her dads would scare him off.
"We're just going to go practice." Rachel told her dad.
"It was nice meeting you." Sam called to David as he followed Rachel up the stairs.
Rachel gestured for Sam to sit on her bed and she sifted through her iPod trying to find the right song she wanted to show him.
"It's not traditionally a duet." She told him. "Which I think makes it even better. You did a great job with Quinn when you guys sang Lucky."
"Yea. We won, remember?" He smirked.
"To be honest, Finn and I threw the competition." She admitted.
"You did? Why?" He asked.
"Well, I uh, we thought that if you and Quinn won you'd get some points from the other glee-clubbers and you'd stay in the club. I know how hard it is to be in Glee and not get picked on. I heard that you got slushied the same day you joined and I figured you winning the competition would be the best way to convince you stay." She shrugged.
"Oh… and here I thought we won because I was actually good." He sighed.
"No! Sam you are a great singer." She tried to do some damage control. "You have an amazing voice."
Sam smiled. "Relax, Rachel. I was being sarcastic."
"Right." She blushed at her mistake. "Sorry, I'm not really used to this whole friend thing."
"So I guess you've never had anybody over at your house before?" He frowned slightly.
"Well, not really. Noah's been over a few times but not as a friend." She sighed. "I'm sure Quinn told you but Puck and I dated for a short time last year."
"She mentioned that." Sam nodded. "She doesn't really talk about you much though. Not unless she's insulting you, I mean."
"I'm pretty used to it." She sat down beside him on the bed.
"I don't understand why everyone dislikes you so much." He told her. "Quinn and Santana are always badmouthing you."
"I used to tell myself that it was because they were intimidated by me and my talent but honestly, I just think they truly enjoy making my life hell." She said quietly.
"Maybe I could talk to Quinn." Sam suggested.
"No, Sam, really it's fine. I don't need anybody defending me; it only makes the attacks worse." She shook her head.
"This is a great song." He commented when he heard the song Rachel had picked for them to sing for the duet.
"I hoped you would like it." She nodded and looked over at him.
"You really are cool, Rachel. No matter what anybody says… I kind of like being your friend." He smiled.
"You do?" She smiled as well. This was the first time anybody had ever called her a friend.
"Yea." He chuckled.
Rachel was not proud of her next move. It may have been the way she felt so excited to have a true friend or the way he was laughing or a mixture of both but she leaned over and quickly kissed him on the lips. She pulled away almost as soon as she had leaned in and they both fell completely silent.
Sam cleared his throat and looked a little nervous while Rachel blushed profusely.
"That was bad." Rachel's hand slapped over her mouth. "I have no idea why I did that."
"That was…" He looked just as embarrassed as she did. "Something we cannot tell Quinn about."
"Right." Rachel nodded in agreement. "Wanna just work on the song?"
"Yea." He nodded and for some odd reason he wasn't sure why he couldn't stop staring at her lips as they went over the song a few times.