Chapter 2

Sam's POV

After rehearsing the same song 7 times, Finn decided it was time for a break, and sent us to the Cafeteria to scavenge any food that was available. I was very grateful for this opportunity, mainly because I was starving, but also because I could feel the tension between Blaine and Kurt, and it kind of made things awkward for everyone...well, maybe not everyone, since I think I was the only one Blaine had told about him cheating. But still, it made things awkward for me and Blaine and Kurt. Either way, I was one of the first people to get out of the auditorium, beaten only by Blaine whose shoulders were still slumped.

"Cheer up, bro!" I punched his arm. He just gave me a meek smile, and mumbled something about being sorry. I gave up, and went to go talk to Brittany instead. When I saw that she too looked glum, I started suspecting that there was something in the water.

"Why so sad?" I asked, putting my arm around her.

"They arrested Lord Tubbington again. I'll have to sell my laptop to get the money to bail him out."

"He got arrested again?" I blinked.

"Yeah. I think I have to go, please tell Finn that I had family matters to attend to." She kissed my cheek, then left. I frowned, trying to figure out what had just happened, then gave up and headed back down the hall toward the Cafeteria, taking the time to sneak a glance into our old choir room.

It made me realise how fast things were changing; I mean, three months ago, Brittany and I were just friends, Mr. Schue was still in charge of the Glee club, and we were all waiting anxiously for Sectionals. Sometimes it scared me how fast time was moving. I was graduating this year, and that scared the hell out of me, not that I would ever admit it.

As I turned my back on the choir room door, I felt a pair of hands grab me from behind and throw me on the floor. I landed with a loud thud that completely knocked the air out of me. I gasped, and looked up to see who had attacked me...it was the Warbler, Sebastian.

"It was you. They told me it was you." He said with a dangerous gleam in his eyes.

"What the hell is the matter with you?! Get away from me!" I yelled, scrambling to my feet.

"Tell me! Was it you?" He persisted.

"What are you doing here?" I frowned, very confused.

"Answer the question." He said angrily.

"Was it me what? I don't understand what you're talking about."

"Was it you who told everyone about the steroids?" His eyes remained narrow.

"Uh, kinda. It was me who figured it out, and it was also me who went to Finn about it." I didn't want to tell him about Blaine, since it had been me who had brought Blaine into it in the first place.

As soon as I got the last word out, his fist collided with the side of my face, a force that sent me back to the floor. This time it was my head that broke the fall. My vision started to blur, and everything went darker. I felt like I was completely and utterly weightless.

Then consciousness returned to me, and all I felt was a massive headache. I opened my eyes to see that Sebastian had knelt down next to me, "Did that hurt? Huh? Did it?" He sounded like a maniac. I wondered if he really was this crazy, or if it was just the drugs affecting him.

"Get away from me." I said slowly.

"Or what?" Sebastian pressed.

I couldn't hold it any longer, I jumped up and tackled him, knocking him onto his back, this time it was his head that collided with the floor. He was bucking underneath me, but it wasn't doing much good; I had, after all, done wrestling at my old school.

"You better say you're sorry, or I swear I'll-" I didn't have time to finish my sentence before he interrupted me, "You'll what? There's nothing else you can do to me. There's nothing else you can take away from me. I've lost it all...because of you!" As he said the last word, he somehow gained the momentum to throw me over, gaining the fight advantage.

He moved quickly, and sat down on my chest, whilst driving his knees into my arms, pinning them to my sides. I knew it was coming before I felt the impact. This time his fist collided with my left eye, causing me to make a sound that was somewhere between a muffled scream and a groan. Then I felt another jolt of pain go through me, this one originating from my nose. I opened my eyes just as I saw the third one coming, at which point I moved to turn my head, causing him to make contact with my ear. My vision went black again for a few seconds.

By the time I regained my ability to see, I was getting very sick and tired of this maniac beating on me, so I gathered up all my energy and put it together as I turned my body, and threw him off me. He didn't have time to blink before I rolled him onto his chest, and grabbed his arms to pin them behind his back. Sebastian must have had a weak neck, since this was the second time that his head hit the floor with a swinging force. I heard a terrible noise that sounded way too much like a crack. I thought that I had knocked him out, so I didn't expect him to tilt his head backwards and head-butt me. My already injured nose was not too happy about that.

I growled, and lunged for him, my right fist automatically swinging backwards; I finally landed a punch. I would have liked it to have been in the face, but he tilted his body back, causing my fist to strike his ribs. He screamed through gritted teeth.

"What the hell?!" I turned, and saw Blaine standing in the doorway looking a mixture of confused and disgusted. When neither of us said anything, Blaine walked over to where we were both half-sitting, half-crouching on the floor, and held his hand out to me. I took it, but felt unsteady when I got on my feet; my head's collision with the tiled floor must have been pretty serious. Blaine noticed my unsteady-ness, and used his arm to steady me by putting it around my ribs. Blaine then turned his attention to Sebastian, and he did not look happy. "Get up. Now."

Sebastian glared at him, but got to his feet anyway. Blaine then got out his phone, and started typing frantically. I tried to read what he was writing, but my headache got worse when I tried to focus, so I just gave up.

A minute later, Jake and Ryder came running in. They both seemed as shocked and horrified as Blaine had, but they were doing a better job of disguising it.

"Where's Finn?" Blaine asked them.

"He and his brother already left." Ryder replied, not looking at all at Blaine, but switching between me and Sebastian.

"What? Why?"

"He just said he was cutting the rehearsing short. He didn't say why."

"Damn. Okay, we're on our own then, we need to get Sam to a hospital immediately." Blaine's face had gone white, and I wasn't sure why.

"Dude, no way. I'm not going to a freakin' hospital." I looked at him like he was crazy.

"Sam, not only is your face covered in blood, but the back of your head is bleeding as well. And the fact that you can barely stand tells me that you might have a serious concussion." Blaine argued.

"I don't care, I'm not going."

"Sam, you're being unreasonable and stubborn!"

"You don't get it, Blaine, I can't afford to go to a hospital! My parents don't have medical aid. There's nothing I can do." I pushed him away from me. My balance had come back to me.

"Use mine." I had almost forgotten that Sebastian was still here until he spoke.

"What?" I asked?

"Use my medical aid. It'll cover everything."

Everyone, including me, stared at him. Why would he beat me up, then offer to pay for me to go to the hospital?

"Look, it's my fault he needs the damn hospital, so would you just take him there already?" Sebastian snapped.

"We'll take him." Jake offered. Ryder nodded his agreement.

"No, I don't want his stupid medical aid." I crossed my arms over my chest.

"Sam, listen to me, you need to go to the hospital. I trusted you once before when you stopped me from making a big mistake; now I'm asking you to please trust me." Blaine pleaded. I sighed. I knew he was right, he had after all given me a chance to prove to him that he belonged at McKinley, it was only fair that I return the favor.

"Fine." I mumbled. Blaine's face regained some of its colour.

Sebastian gave Jake a card and told him to give that to the hospital, and everything will be free. I had taken one step forward, when severe dizziness hit me, and I fell forward. Lucky for me, Blaine had been standing right next to, so he caught me before I hit the ground. I wanted to get back on my feet and thank him, but I couldn't open my mouth, and I couldn't move my legs.

I heard Blaine saying my name, and I was vaguely aware of Ryder and Jake crowding around me. I felt something underneath my back, meaning that they must have put me down on the floor. After a few seconds, I just saw black...