Just Force

''You know…'' Sam started next to her, already relaxed after seeing he was not the only one who thought Finn talked shit. Rachel looked at him from the side and watched him watch what was going on in front of them.

''You really are pretty cool, have I already told you that?'' he said and blinked down at her with an amusing smile on his face. Rachel suppressed a smile but did not really succeed and shrugged her shoulders, turning her head back to the front and watched with a cool expression what the whole male population of the school did with her ex-boyfriend.

''Yeah… A couple of times, I think.'' She scratched the back of her neck and cringed at Finn's yelp for help. She pinched her nose and watched the boys pulling Finn to all sides and punch him here and there – not really hard, but strong enough to make him yelp and squirm. It was more about cursing at him, threatening him in the face and shoving off muscles than anything else – but it was loud and messy, so it did not really make any difference.

''I don't really like violence.'' Rachel told Sam after a couple of moments of just standing there and watching. Finn tried to escape what caused the girls to make a move and scream at him, while pushing him to a locker.

Sam shrugged his shoulders at what Rachel said: ''Me neither…'' he told her and took her hand, when he heard a loud whistle that came from an enraged and furious Sue Sylvester. Rachel looked at him in confusion when he pulled her with him and started walking down the hall through the crowd of screaming and jumping teen-agers thirsty for blood. They walked slowly and as calmly as possible so that the teachers who ran past them to help Finn out of the massacre crowd did not notice them.

''You bunch of idiots! Let him go!'' screamed Sylvester and pushed the teen-agers away so she could get to the poor crying boy in the middle. The other teachers did the same, but were not as successful as the crazy sport teacher was.

''Only one move and you'll all die at this moment!'' she called and finally got to Finn who was frozen from fear.

Rachel and Sam on the other hand were already on the other side of the school. They walked hand in hand; Rachel humming a song he knew but could not quite define which it was. After some moments of silence, Sam smirked and pulled her closer: ''You arranged this.'' He told her, knowing it was true.

Rachel looked at him from the side with innocent eyes and a soft smile on her face: ''I have no idea what you are talking about.'' She looked back to the front and let go of his hand when they came her class that was almost empty because the majority of students was still at the 'crime scene'.

They stood face to face now; she smiling and he smirking. She could not take his knowing look anymore and had to giggle and look away with red cheeks: ''Well… Let's just say I had to make a few calls when I noticed Finn hacking into my FB-account.''

Sam took both of her hands and pulled her closer: ''A couple of calls…?''

Rachel cleared her throat after getting over the embarrassment she felt when the boy so openly flirted with her: ''Yeah… Kind of… Noah and Santana can be- pretty innovative when it comes to bringing someone down.'' She told him nibbled at her lip nervously.

Sam laughed: ''So… Finn just followed the scenario you three came up with without him even noticing it?'' he caressed her hands with his thumbs and gained a smile from her: ''It's not my fault his mouth is so self-centred when it comes to me. I know how to handle him without-''

''-getting your hands dirty?'' he ended her sentence with a smirk and watched the smaller girl blush in embarrassment.

''It's only self-defence- If he can play the game, I can too. But I'm not stupid enough to get caught while doing it.'' She told him and grinned at him.

Sam nodded and laughed at the loud cries and screams that still echoed through the whole school and seemed to have no end. It was actually getting even crazier when someone punched the emergency siren and made the whole school erupt in panic that send them sprinting out of the building as fast as possible and as loud as possible.

Rachel and Sam looked at each other surprised then turned in the direction of the chaos and joined the crowd. Sam pulled Rachel with him and kept her as near as possible while they worked their way out.

When coming out, teachers already called for the attention and screamed at some students for something they did. Rachel noticed Puck look in her direction from afar and smirking at her. She could only laugh after seeing Santana winking her way and pulling Puck with her to get the hell away from there.

Sam did the same.

He pulled Rachel with him, escaping the jumble of cries, screams and laughs that came from the crowd. The pair ran to the parking lot and climbed into Rachel's car, where they burst out laughing like maniacs. Sam was hitting his head against the front while clenching his stomach; Rachel on the other hand laughed so hard that tears were dripping down her face and her hands were all over the steering wheel, clenching it for dear balance.

When she pulled out of the parking, the teen-agers were still laughing, and they could not stop the whole ride to the Lima Park, where they decided to go after they had a short moment of not laughing that hard – but it was soon gone of course and they tortured their cheeks and lips again while laughing their heads off.

Finally, Rachel stopped at the side of the huge green park and climbed out of her car, Sam following close behind. She waited for the boy to stand next to her and looked at him with big shiny eyes.

''The school must be a complete jumbos by now.'' She told him and made him smile.

''Of course it is. Finn was stupid enough to say pretty wrong things and he can be happy that there are teachers who most probably saved him.''

''Yeah… He got what he deserved.'' Rachel mumbled and started walking. Sam followed her right away, hoping that something good would happen.

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, birds were singing and Sam thought the atmosphere could not get any more sugary. However, when he looked around, noticing the beautiful green of the trees and the colourful flowers blooming all over the park, he had to admit that it really did get even more lovey-dovey. It was a perfect scene for the romantic Rachel Berry. And he really hope that she found it romantic enough to become as brave as he did a couple of days ago.

''It's nice here, don't you think?'' Rachel asked and looked at him from the side. Sam blushed furiously when her eyes met his and stuttered that yes, it is nice here. He was not able to concentrate. He had the girl of his dream right next to him, but he still did not get permission from her to – you know – be intimate with her.

Today he had a feeling that he will gain this permission. Which is why his brain was on full speed and his heart was breaking speed records.

He watched her with his shiny eyes and nimbled at his lips with nervousness. His fingers itched to touch her, but he was afraid that she might not want it. His breathing was faster than usually and his heartbeat was racing. His legs could not be still and he wanted to scream his head off if fucking finally something does not happen.

Rachel on the other hand was completely calm. She watched the green in front of her, but was aware of the boy's wracked nerves. She smiled to herself at the knowledge that she was the one causing him to be completely out of control. Should she say something? Should she do something?

She turned her head to him and looked him in the eye. She decided. She will finally tell him.

After noticing her determined look, he became completely still.

''Sam…'' she started, taking his hand and making him lose his mind. ''I think I like you too.''