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Hello Readers…

I apologize for that lack of update on my behalf. I'm so sorry I have very little time. Its now 12 am in Australia, and I have decided to stay up because this story has been on the front of my mind because I love you my readers!

Just a short author's note. I apologize about the pervious sub-par chapter, but I just thought Sam and Rachel needed to sing together. This chapter is just a fun, little exploration of some cute Samchel moments. I love the idea of them being friends and moving more forward. I apologize in advance for teasing you at the end of the chapter but I just want them to take it slow.

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Just trying to leave my mark on the world

Love Caty.

Rachel hung around after glee. This was no unusual, because Rachel always hung around after glee. Sam hung around with her, which was unusual. He walked over to the piano, where she was standing. She turned to him.

"So I guess you won't be coming to my house this afternoon?" She asked, slightly disappointed. She liked Sam coming over to her house. She loved their talks, she loved being his friend.

"Well, I mean I could, but I was going to ask this incredibly smart girl in glee club to help me with my English homework." He said in a fun, sarcastic tone.

"But Samuel," she said in a fake innocence, "I'm the only girl in glee who is in your English class."

"Well," he said with an over exaggerated sigh, "I guess you'll have to do." He chuckled. "Rachel Berry will you help me with my English homework?" She fake punched him in the arm and he pretended to wince in pain.

"Okay, If I must." She sighed. "It will save the walk." They continued to chat as Sam helped Rachel up into his truck.

They had finished their homework and Sam was leaning against Rachel's headboard, with his legs spread in front of him. Rachel's head was resting in his lap and her feet were dangling slightly over the bed. He played with a lock of her hair absentmindedly.

"Okay without thinking, Favorite Movie, Color and Food. Go." He said.

"Funny Girl, pink and vegan peppermint choc chip ice-cream. You?"

"Avatar, green and your chocolate chip cookies." He picked one up from the plate on the bedside table and stuffed it in his mouth.

"I'm glad you like them." She said with a smile.

"There amazing." He smiled with a mouth full of cookie.

"Okay Sammy, tough one, your favorite person in the whole world, celebrity or otherwise." He swallowed his mouth full.

"You." Rachel was taken a back by his answer.

"Why?" She didn't look at him.

"Because you're my friend, you are smart and funny. You can make me laugh and your sweet. You appreciate me, and I can talk to you. You're not just a poster but I can see you and talk to you. You are my favorite person Rachel because you are my best friend. Why what was your answer going to be." She turned her head and looked at him.

"I was going to say Barbra Streisand, but I guess my best friend is okay too." They laughed at her answer. Everything was so easy with Sam and he really was her best friend. It was like breathing when she was with him, easy. Nothing was forced or broken like it was with Finn.

"Favorite song?" He asked, breaking her thoughts.

"To Make You Feel My Love, By ADELE." That was an answer that he did not expect.

"Wow, really? I thought it would be something like "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" or "My Heart Will Go On?" He seemed puzzled.

"Oh I absolutely love those songs, but ADELE has a way of singing your feelings perfectly. I love it because it's like she will do anything for him to realize that his one true love is in front of him." She replied nonchalantly, hoping he would take her hint. "Its how I used to feel about Finn but now I'm not so sure. I mean I love him but the yearning I used to feel is now gone. Like the void is filled. I don't need him anymore."

"Because you got me." Sam smiled. Rachel was grinning from ear to ear.

"What's your favorite song?" She asked quietly.

"Grenade by Bruno Mars."

"See now that was an answer I totally expected. Its so you Sam, Seeing the best in people but loving them for the worst." She smiled. They were silent for a moment.

"Do you still love Finn?" He asked, his voice was barely audible.

"I don't know." She pondered the thought for a moment. "Do you still love Quinn?"

"No."

"How can you say that so definitively?" She asked.

"Because when someone breaks your heart so harshly, it shatters into a million pieces. When she broke my heart the pieces of her broke so much they became dust, so I did not put them back together again." He explained.

"But wouldn't that leave and empty space in your heart?" She asked confused.

"Yes, but then you find something to fill that hole, something better and it fits so much better." He wanted her to know that he was not in love with Quinn anymore.

She smiled contently and hummed along to the song that was playing in the background. She shut her eyes, Sam was still staring at her.

"Do you wish you had sibling?" He asked her.

"Yes. And no. I mean I love being the apple…"

"Don't you mean berry…" She smiled at his joke.

"The Berry of my parents eye, but I have spent my entire life alone, and it would be nice to have someone who understands you."

"I understand you."

"Yes you do Sam, and I appreciate you so much. You are my best friend, and I'm so afraid."

"What are you afraid of Rachel?" He asked, concerned.

"Of losing you. I've never had a best friend before. Yeah Finn was my boyfriend and I'm friends with Tina and Mercedes, but people don't like me. I've never had someone who I could just talk to about anything. Someone who's there no matter what the problem. I am so scared of losing you, doing something Rachel Berry and making you run forever. I like having you in my life."

"Oh Rachel." He pulled her up from her lying position and placed her in the crook of his arms, and he wrapped his arms around her. She buried her head into his neck. "There is nothing you could ever do to make me run away from you. You are my best friend and I will support and be there for you until our dying days."

"You promise Sammy?" Her voice quivered. "I can't have anymore promises broken to me. If you did it will break my heart."

"I promise. Until our dying days." He held tighter as their breathing fell in sync. He was glad that he was the one to make her feel so secure. Without her he might actually fall apart. These pasted days had made him think how he lived without her before? Now even a day without her might be torture.

"Tell me something you have never told anyone?" He wanted to know all her secrets.

"I don't know if I actually like Broadway, or performing." She said. He took in breath.

"Um Rachel, Broadway and performing is you life. I couldn't picture Broadway without Rachel Berry or Rachel Berry without Broadway." He was severely puzzled.

"Oh No, I love it, It's my whole world. But I can't help but think what if my parents didn't make me perform or see Broadway shows. I mean what if I'm just a product of nurture and not a product of nature. Am I just who my parents want me to be, or do I really love it. It bothers from time to time but I don't know whether this is who I am."

"Rachel Barbra Berry don't ever think those thoughts again. You are who you are, and I have never seen Rachel Berry not do anything she wants to do. Performing is your life and it was who you were meant to be. That is why fate put you into the arms of Leroy and Hiram Berry, so that you would get the best chance of being you possible. Don't fight it Rachel this is who you are, and if you are a product of nurture, I'm glad because then I would not get to know this amazing girl in my arms right now." They both laughed.

"Sam that was beautiful. Thank you." Rachel was filled with happiness. "So what your secret?"

"I beg your pardon Miss Berry?" Sam asked slyly.

"Tell me something you've never told anyone." She said with a smile. Sam open his mouth and soon as he was about to speak, he heard a ringtone version of Defying Gravity go.

"Hold that thought." Sam unwrapped Rachel from his arms and she picked her phone off the bedside table. "Hello Kurt." She said in an over exaggerated annoyed tone. "What can I do for you?" she looked up and smiled at Sam.

"Okay I will be there in 15. Is it okay if I bring a friend? You'll just have to wait and see. Okay see you Kurt. Bye now." She looked at Sam and smiled.

"Kurt invited me to the Lima Bean to meet up with him and Blaine. Do you want to come?" she said in a sing-songy way.

"Okay Rachel, if I must." He laughed.

"Let me just grab my coat." She left the room. Little did Rachel know Sam's answer was going to be,

"I Love You."