Here is the next part of this story, I really like writing this so I hope that you all like reading it. There are some references to this the episode Extraordinary Christmas (3x09), no big spoilers but you will notice what I am referring to when you are reading if you have seen the episode, that was something that I couldn't help myself with.

I would love to know what you think of this, and thank you for your feedback so far, and I will start the next chapter as soon.

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The second day of the Hanukkah celebrations wasn't going to be like the first day, that was something that Rachel had told him when the two of them had met up during lunch, what Sam knew was that Puck was going to come over and that there was supposed to be a game of dreidel but the blonde boy had no idea what that meant.

"It won't be like I interrupt your thing?" Sam asked when Rachel sat down at the table after she had gotten something to eat, Sam was holding an apple, he had taken a bite from it, and the hand that it was in was pointing at Rachel before he took another bite from the apple.

"I told you yesterday," Rachel said as she took some of the salad that she was going to eat, "that it won't be a problem as long as you behave."

"I always behave," Sam said and he put down his apple and took one of Rachel's hands in his own and he was playing with her fingers, he didn't really know what he was doing, "you should tell Puck to behave."

"Noah knows," was Rachel's reply when she looked in to Sam's green eyes, the boy saw the look on Rachel's face, and he couldn't be happier about the fact that Rachel seemed to really like being around him.

"I don't have to like find a gift to him too," Sam said when he realized that he might need to find a gift to Puck, and he didn't have any idea what to give him, Sam didn't really think that giving Puck a box of condoms in front of Rachel and her fathers would be the best idea.

"It won't be a problem as long as you let him win," Rachel said, and she saw how Sam's face fell when she had said that to him, "I kidding with you but there is a big possibility that Noah will win I don't know how he does it."

"I will try and not win so that I don't have to find him a gift," Sam said and he pushed his tray to the side as he looked at Rachel, "and where is everyone?" both Sam and Rachel looked around in the lunchroom neither one of them had no idea on where their friends were, the two of them saw a few other students.

"I know what you mean," Rachel said and she had pushed her tray to the side too, and the two of them had their fingers linked together over the table, "but you should by him some dip."

"Dip?" Sam asked and looked at Rachel.

"He had a thing for dip," the brunette said as she unlinked her fingers from Sam's, "and I don't like that fact that he always asks for nunchucks."

"That whole nonviolence thing," Sam said and he got up from his seat and took both his own and Rachel's tray before she had a chance to do so, "so dip to Puck what should I find for you?"

"I think that you know what I would like," Rachel replied as Sam had put their trays away and taken her hand in to his, holding Rachel's hand was something that he had started to do and now it just felt natural to do so, if Brittany and Santana could do so when they were just best friends why couldn't he hold his friend's hand.

"So if I got you a pig," Sam said and looked at Rachel, he had seen an add that told you that you could by animals for people in Africa, "that you have to pay and feed and then it get slaughter and becomes food you would love it."

"Sam!" Rachel almost yelled as she looked at him, he saw that she hadn't gotten the joke he had tried to tell, "I don't know how many things that was wrong there." Sam was about to answer but Rachel continued on, "first a pig is pork and I am Jewish we don't eat pork and second of all I am vegan."

"I know," Sam said and he looked at her, "I was joking, that is something that I could give to my mother or to someone that is acting like a pig all the time, like…"

"Samuel Evans, you don't say anything more about that," Rachel said and she had stopped walking and Sam had stopped too as he looked at her.

"I am sorry, Rachel," Sam said and he turned around and looked her in the eyes, "I didn't mean to upset you."

Rachel's whole face broke out in an even bigger smile when she looked up at Sam, "I am so going to get that Tony Award when I make my debut on Broadway." Sam pulled on Rachel's arms, their bodies were pressed together, and the boy placed his arms around her and held her close, Rachel's head rested against his chest as she took a breath inhaling the scent that was Sam Evans. Sam almost had his nose buried in Rachel's hair as the two of them stood in the hallway in McKinley, not caring about who might see them; the thought of being seen didn't even cross their minds.

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Sam and Rachel had stopped by the Evans home so that Rachel would be able to meet both of Sam's siblings before he came over for his second day of celebrating Hanukkah, with the three members of the Berry family and Puck.

The two teenagers sat in the kitchen, Sam was doodling around a paper while Rachel tried to explain to him how this driedel game was played but he didn't really care about that.

"Sam," Rachel said in a high pitched voice when she looked at him and she had noticed that he wasn't really listening to what she was telling him. The boy's eyes meet Rachel, and he had a small smile gracing his lips, "what are you doing?"

"I was just drawing something," Sam replied as he pushed the notebook away from him to the side.

"Let me see," Rachel said as she reached for the papers that he had drawn on.

"No," Sam almost yelled as he pulled the papers from under Rachel's hands "it's not done," and as he did Rachel saw some parts of what he been drawing.

"What is that?" Rachel said and looked on the blue ink sketches that Sam had done.

"It's just something that I have been working on," Sam said as he showed the first side of the notebook, it was part of the skyline for New York, and then it was Times Square and the third part that she saw was a taxi driving down one street.

"It's really nice," Rachel said as she studied the drawings.

"You really think so?" Sam asked as he looked at Rachel, the girl nodded her head.

"Sam?" Sam turned his head when his name was called, he looked over at Rachel.

"Ready to meet three more members of the Evans family," Sam said as he reached for the notebook that Rachel was holding, after he had put the book away he took Rachel's hand and he led them to the livingroom where his two siblings were sitting, Stevie had started up a game of Mario Cart and Stacey was looking up at them.

"This is my sister Stacey," Sam said and the young blonde girl gave Rachel a shy smile when she looked at the girl.

"It's nice to meet you Stacey," Rachel said and she smiled in the girl's direction, the young girl looked at her brother and the short brunette that was standing next to him, "I'm Rachel."

"And Stevie," Sam said as he pointed at his younger brother that was holding on to a control to the video game that he was about to start and play, "he won't talk to you right now." Sam turned to her sister, "Where is mum?"

"I'm right here," Sam turned around and he saw his mother standing behind him and Rachel looking at the four of them, "and you are Rachel?" Mrs. Evans said as she looked at Rachel.

"Yes," Rachel said as she looked the woman, "It's very nice to meet you Mrs. Evans."

Sam could see that Stacey was looking at him, and Rachel and his mother, he loved his sister but the look that she was sporting right now wasn't one that he liked very much.

"Are you Sam's girlfriend?" Stacey asked as she looked at Rachel, Sam felt how his own cheeks were getting a bit redder, he was the look on Rachel's face, and he could see the blush slowly creeping up her neck before reaching her cheeks.

"Sam is my friend," Rachel answered Stacey's question, and kneeled down so that she was face to face with Stacey as she continued on to explain.

"Are you sure?" Stacey asked and she turned to her oldest brother, "why were you saying Rachel's name in your sleep?"

"Yes, Sammy," Rachel said as she turned to him, "I want to know that too," Sam could hear the teasing in Rachel's voice.

Sam pretended to look at a watch and he turned to the two girls, "Look at the time," and he looked more to Rachel, "I think that we need to leave." Sam took a gentle hold on Rachel's hand as he pulled her towards the hall.

"Nice to meet all of you," Rachel called as Sam gently was pushing her through the door, "Why did you do that?" Rachel asked him as the door was closed behind them

"I thought that we needed to leave."

"Sam," Rachel sighed as she was helped in to the car that Sam was borrowing, "you don't have to answer your sister's question and I was just teasing you."

"I know," Sam said and he closed the door behind Rachel, and he smiled at her through the window.

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The two teenagers had made it to the Berry home, and Sam had finally understood what this whole Dreidel thing was about, and he wouldn't mind letting Puck win it all, but it would be nice to bring home some candy for Stevie and Stacey but he just had to wait and see if he would be able to beat Puck. Rachel had told him that she wasn't that competitive about this, she would let them win, but she was going to be there the whole time, just to make sure that Puck wasn't cheating.

"So is Puck eating here?" Sam asked as he sat down at the table, he looked over to the kitchen where Leroy stood and he was making some food, Sam thought he saw some Latkes, but he couldn't be sure.

"I don't think so," Leroy said and looked over at the blonde haired footballer, "but he will eat some of the sufganiyot.

"The huh?" Sam asked and he had a look of confusion on his face.

"Rachel!" turned his head as he looked at Rachel walking in to the kitchen.

"You called, daddy," she said and she smiled at her father.

"You said that you had told Sam about what we were eating," Leroy said and he looked at her with a questioningly look on his face, Rachel nodded her head, "how come that he doesn't know what sufganiyot is then?"

"I might have not used Hebrew when I told him," Rachel said and looked at her father, "I thought that it would be easier to know what it was if I explained what it was."

"So what is this suffer gain yolk," Sam said as he looked at Rachel, his eyebrows where scrounged together.

"Not suffer gain yolk," Rachel said and she walked over to the table and she sat down so that she was facing Sam, "Sufganiyot."

"That was what I said," Sam said and looked at Rachel, he was reaching for her hand, and when he took one of her hands he began to play with the fingers on the hand before he linked the fingers together.

"It's the doughnut," Rachel said and looked Sam and she could see the smile spread over his face, his eyes lit up when he listened to her, "you make it the same way as a doughnut but it doesn't have the hole."

"What's the filling?" Sam asked as he looked over at Leroy.

"We will have some different ones," Leroy said as he walked over to the table, he watched the way that Sam was focused between him and Rachel, he never did anything without giving Rachel's hand a small squeeze, "Maybe you would like to help."

"I get to do my own doughnuts?" Sam asked and looked at the tall man; he nodded his head, "sweet, you want to help?" Sam had turned to ask Rachel, the brunette shook her head.

"I'll just prep the driedel game," Rachel said as Sam walked over to the counter where he was going to help Leroy.

Rachel sat at the table, she didn't really do anything, it wasn't that much that she needed to prep for them before they would be able to play the game, it was just Puck that was missing, she could hear how Sam was talking with her father, and it seemed like the two of them were getting along great.

"Is Noah coming tonight," Rachel looked up from what she was doing when she heard her other father's voice.

"He said that he would," Rachel said and she looked at Hiram, who gave her a kiss on the head before he walked in to the kitchen to greet Leroy and Sam.

"It's great that you are willing to learn how to make these," Hiram said as he took a doughnut from a tray, "Rachel will love that you can make these." Sam looked up at Hiram; the football player didn't really know what Hiram was talking about.

"I hope so," Sam said as he took some jam and handed it to Leroy who did the final part before he put them in the oil, "not that I know what I'm doing."

"So it's here you all are," the four people that was in the kitchen looked and Sam saw that it was Puck that had entered the house, Sam couldn't really remember that he had heard a doorbell or that someone was knocking on the door but he had been kind of busy trying to get Leroy to share his recipe of these Sufganiyot things that they were making.

"Noah!" Rachel said and she was exited, that was one thing that Sam could tell when he watch Rachel interacting with Puck, he felt a small pang in the bottom of his stomach as he was watching them.

"Sam," the boy looked over at his two friends that were talking about something, before Rachel had called his name.

"What?" he asked as he walked over to the table and he sat down on the end of it, he tried to see if he could get a hold of Rachel's hand but it looked like she was busy.

"We are starting the game," Rachel said and he could see that she was blinking a couple of times, "you have your driedel right?"

"Yeah," Sam said and looked at them, "so I should probably go and get it."

"That would be the idea," Puck said as he took up his own from the pocket of the jacket that he had on before he hung the jacket over the back of the chair.

"Evans is treating you right?" Sam heard Puck question but he couldn't hear Rachel's answer but he couldn't imagine Rachel saying anything other than that Sam was treating her right.

Sam took the dreidel out from the pocket of his jacket, he had an envelope there too, and he put it in the back pocket of his jeans before he walked back to the kitchen.

The blonde haired boy saw that Leroy had left some of the Sufganiyot on a tray for them and Rachel's both fathers had left the kitchen, "We'll leave you alone, and don't let Noah scam you."

"I will do my best," Sam said before he walked back in to the kitchen.

"Great you are here," Puck said and he cracked his knuckles before he looked over at Rachel and then to Sam, "You better be ready to have your ass kicked."

"Noah," Rachel schooled him, and Sam heard a muffled noise coming from the other boy.

"So what should I do?" Sam asked as he sat down on the same place that he had before.

"It's easy," Puck said as he held on to his driedel and he looked at Rachel, "you did explain how this works right?"

"yes, Noah, I did," Rachel said and she looked at Sam, "don't listen to him, he likes to trash talk he thinks that helps him win just ignore most of what he says." Sam looked at Rachel he wasn't sure what he was hearing, "I do that most of the time, it's a lot of garbage that comes out from his mouth.

"Hey," Puck said as he tried to stop Rachel from saying more than she should, "Are we playing?"

"Of course we are playing," Rachel said and she took out her own driedel from a box that was next to her, "and after I want my gifts," Rachel looked at Puck who nodded his head.

"What about Evans?" Puck asked as he looked at from Rachel to Sam.

"Sam isn't Jewish; he doesn't have to give me anything if he doesn't want too."

Sam was the last one to spin, and they had played for almost an hour when Sam heard the first protest coming from Rachel, he had been surprised that they had been able to play this long without anything happening.

"You can't change the rules in the middle of the game," Rachel almost screamed when she saw what side of the driedel that had landed upwards.

"I'm not changing the rules," Puck said as he glared at Rachel.

"Yes you are," Rachel said as she looked at Puck, "Sam tells him." Sam looked between the two friends, and he had no idea on who was right.

"I," Sam started as he looked at Rachel, and then to Puck, "I don't know," he looked over at Rachel, "sorry."

"Dude, don't say that you are sorry," Puck said and he took the whole pot of chocolates that laid on the table.

"Noah," Rachel said as she tried her best to stop him, "you are supposed to put one there and not take the whole pot." Sam looked down on the driedel to see what side that was up, and he saw that it was the one that was called, Gimle (gib) and from what Sam had remembered, Puck was supposed to put one of his chocolate pieces in the pot.

"Dude," Sam said and put a hand over Puck's wrist, "just put a piece in so that we can play."

"No way, I won that fair and square."

"Rachel," Sam said as he looked over at Rachel, "I think it would be for the best if we stopped now."

"You are right, Samuel," Rachel said to Sam before she turned to face Puck, "and you should know better, what will Hannah think when she finds out that you cheat on this and more so your mother."

"Don't drag them in to this," Puck said as he put his driedel in the pocket and took out the present that he was going to give to Rachel.

"I wasn't going too," Rachel said as she walked over to the counter and she took a couple of boxes and she put them on the table.

Puck was the first one to give Rachel her gift, Rachel looked at the small box that Puck had given her, "Bling, bling?" she asked and both of the started to laugh.

"What do you think?" Rachel opened the box, and she saw the Star of David in the box with this year's dates of Hanukkah engraved.

"Thank you, Noah," Rachel said and she got up from her seat and gave him a hug, Sam looked at the two and he once again felt a pang, almost like someone was stabbing him in the gut, he knew that it wasn't anything between them but it still felt when he saw them. "And this is for you."

Puck laughed when he saw the dip that Rachel handed him, but he knew that it was more to it, but he also knew that it was something a bit more personal and that he should wait to open it until he was home, "thanks just what I needed."

"So I got you this," Sam said as he fished up the envelope form his back pocket, he looked over at Rachel, "I'm sorry it isn't that much," Rachel opened the envelope, and she let out a small laugh when she saw what it was that Sam had gotten her, "at least I didn't give you that pig."

"it's really nice Sam," Rachel said as she got up and gave him a hug, Sam pulled her down so that she was sitting on his lap, the two of them started to whisper together, and they got lost in their own little world, something that they had done more often, with each passing day, and now they didn't really notice what was going on around them.

"You know who would have given you a pig right?" Sam asked when Rachel had her head resting against his, he was playing with her fingers when Hiram walked in to the room, he looked at them the man had a smile on his face and he knew that what they had witnessed last night wasn't a onetime thing.

"Sorry to interrupt the two of you," Hiram said as he looked at Rachel, "But I think it's time for Sam to leave, Noah left almost an hour ago."

"I'm sorry," Sam said and he lifted Rachel of his lap and looked at Hiram, "I lost track of the time and I think Rachel did too."

"It's okay," Hiram said with a smile gracing his face, "It happens to all of us when you are in love."

Rachel closed her eyes as hard as she could and she put a hand over her eyes, and she hoped that Sam wouldn't look at her, she knew that she was blushing, and she didn't want Sam to get the wrong idea, well it would be the right idea but he was her friend, that was all that he was. Rachel opened her eyes, and she glanced at Sam, she could see that he had a bit of a reddish color on his cheeks.

"We are just friends," Sam stammered out when he looked at Hiram, and Sam saw the look on Rachel's father's face and he closed his eyes, he was just waiting from Hiram to call him out but nothing happened.

Both Sam and Rachel walked to the hall, where Sam put his coat on and looked at Rachel; it was the brunette that opened her mouth first, "Sorry about my dad, he likes to embarrass me most of the time."

"It's okay," Sam said as he put a hand on Rachel's shoulder, before he placed a kiss on her cheek, he let his lips linger a couple of seconds longer than necessary. He was about to walk out the door when Rachel placed a hand over his arm, and she leaned up and placed a kiss on her own on his cheek.

"Please just forget what he said."

"You saw what Stacey did earlier," Sam said and looked at Rachel, "But it's forgotten."

"Good," Rachel said and nodded her head, she watch as Sam walked out to the car, she let out a small sigh when she saw drive away.

Rachel knew that it had been a bad idea to let Sam spend this much time with her, and she had already fallen for him, but there was still so much that she didn't know but she didn't care.

Sam stopped by the side of the road, and he his head fell back against the top the backrest of the car, he closed his eyes, he had no idea on how he was going to be able to spend more time around Rachel without letting her know that he liked her, or maybe even kiss her goodbye before he had told her how he felt.

The worst part of all of this, he had no idea on if Rachel felt the same, it had been some small things that would indicate that she felt the same, like the hand holding, getting lost in each other and not really knowing what was going on around them.

This was the second night and Friday would be the forth night and Sam thought that might be the best time to make a move, it was the last day of school for the semester too, so if it turned against him he wouldn't have to see Rachel until the first day of the next semester and that was a couple of weeks away so it shouldn't be to awkward.

I think that you noticed the reference, it was just a begging to be addressed, I still can't believe everything that happened in that episode.