Tina sat at the head of a long conference table surrounded by the rest of her cast mates of her play. They just had their first run through of the script and everything seemed perfect. Everything just seemed to click. Being a lead in a play seemed a little daunting but to have a friend like Sam by her side made her feel at ease.

"So Tina give us the details."

Tina gathered her bag from the floor and slung it over her shoulder with a sideways glance at the girls in front of her. "Details? About what?"

"Sam," Pepper, a fiery redhead answered.

"Sam," Tina repeated and quickly glanced at her friend who was chatting with Stephanie on the other side of the room. "He's Sam."

"Is he straight? Single? Or is he off limits?" Torrance, a small brunette girls asked.

"Sam's straight and too single for his own good," Tina laughed at the questioning.

"So, you two aren't dating or anything?" Pepper squealed in delight. "Excellent."

"Yep," Torrance agreed. "He's a fine piece of ass."

Tina giggled as Sam made a goofy face behind Stephanie's back. She turned her attention back to the girls. "Sam's one of my best friends."

"It's a shame really," Pepper nodded to Torrance. "I mean really, a person as beautiful as Sam shouldn't just be friends with a girl as amazing as you."

"You're awesome Tina and I'm excited to be your best friend for the next two months," Torrance confided in the shocked Asian girl. "I'm a little more excited to see Sam shirtless though. He's body must be glorious."

"Eh, it's nothing special," Tina shrugged at the comment.

Sam strutted over to her and threw his arm over her shoulder casually. "You ready to head out Ting Ting?"

Pepper raised her eyebrows at the nickname. "Ting Ting? That's so cute."

"Oh, that's one of many nicknames I have for this girl. We've got Tay Tay, Queen T, Madame Cohen-Chang, CC," Sam rattled off with a laugh.

"That's enough Sam," Tina grumbled and playfully smacked him in the stomach. "Can we just go home now?"

"Sure," he shrugged. "See you tomorrow ladies."

"Bye Sam," they girls chorused with a gleeful smile on their lips.

Tina always thought of herself as a typical girl. Sure she didn't dress in the latest fashions as most girls or have the same taste in music as others but she was a girl nonetheless. She could remember vividly the first time she had a crush on a boy that wasn't a celebrity. It was Ryan Patrick, a shy, quiet boy in her second grade class. He was beautiful. Dark brown hair and sparklingly gray eyes. She had the courage to send him a valentines day card which he crumpled up and threw away right in front of her face. That was the one moment where Tina realized she wasn't a typical girl. She was rejected by Ryan at the age of eight and right then and there Tina decided to give up all hope on relationships.

It wasn't until she met Artie that she knew why she waited so long to have a boyfriend. He was kind and gentle and appreciated the real girl she had become. High school was hell enough for anybody but to have someone at your side helped her enormously. She could've loved him if she really knew what love was about at the ripe old age of fourteen. Artie never judged her, never took her for granted. They didn't work out in the end but Tina never took for granted that they now have a great friendship. To see Artie with Kitty was something she appreciated. They were great people not only together but apart as well. Tina was truly happy that they found each other and they were still going strong even with the distance between them.

The summer before sophomore year Tina realized the amazing man that Mike Chang had become. She would watch him during glee practice the year before and always admired his dancing. He would move a crowd without even opening his mouth. Every summer Tina always dreaded going to Asian camp but that year she discovered Mike and Mike discovered her. At first it was a way to make Artie jealous and appreciate her better but out of nowhere it turned into something more. She finally realized what people meant when they spoke about love and finding the one. Mike wasn't a person who spoke often but when he did it always made Tina's heart skip a beat. He was beautiful, inside and out. Like most things in her life, it didn't last. Mike moved to Chicago for school and the distance was too much for them.

Blaine. That was a phase for Tina. She wasn't really over Mike and he was showing her so much love and attention. Did Tina regret developing feelings for her gay best friend? Never. Blaine showed her how she should demand to be treated by a future boyfriend. He believed in her when she was afraid to believe in herself. He saw her the way she dreamed others saw her. Part of Tina believed that Blaine was her transition from child to adulthood relationships. Now in New York she knew what she wanted out of life and a future partner. That's why as she walked home with him on a hot and humid day, Tina couldn't stop staring at Sam.

"What?" He asked and stopped short outside their building. "Do I have something on my face again?"

"No," she shook her head of the thoughts she was having. "Just daydreaming I guess."

Sam Evans. He was her best friend, her roommate. Tina was letting the girls words carry too much weight on her mind.

"Okay good," he breathed a sigh of relief. "I was going to get mad if you let me ride a crowded train with something on my face."

"Yea like anyone was paying attention to your face when your shirt leaves little to the imagination," Tina joked as she climbed the stairs, Sam trailing behind her.

"I didn't know we were gonna be stuck in a car with no air conditioning on one of the hottest days of the summer!" He protested.

"Whatever Sam," she rolled her eyes and let them in to the apartment.

"How was the run through?" Blaine asked as he watched his friends drop their bags by the door and make a mad dash to the kitchen for water.

"Fine," Tina shrugged and took an extra long sip of water as she watched Sam take his shirt off and throw it in the direction of his room. "Sam has two more admirers to add to his list."

"I do? Who?" He asked, confused.

"Pepper and Torrance were questioning me about the details of the one and only Samuel Evans," she answered and stood in front of the AC to cool herself off better.

"Tina step away from that, you can catch a cold that way," Blaine scolded her.

"Okay dad," she sighed with an eye roll and made her way to the couch.

"That train ride was rancid so I'm heading into the shower," Sam announced as he walked to the bathroom.

Tina's eyes followed his every movement and sighed when he left the room. She and Blaine sat side by side quietly until Tina heard the showering running.

"How did you know you liked Sam?"

"Oh my God!" Blaine squealed in delight.

"Blaine," she hissed at her friend.

"Sorry," he apologized quickly. "Continue."

"I don't know if I like him. I do know that I do enjoy his company," she confided in her best friend. "It's obvious that he is physically stunning."

"Obviously," he agreed.

"Is it me or has he been overly affectionate with me lately?" Tina asked.

"I've noticed it too," Blaine eased her worries. "It seems like every chance he get his arms are around you or he's trying to hold your hands."

"So I'm not going crazy," she laughed and pushed her hair out of her face. "And what was that! Did he have to take his shirt off on front of me?"

"It is his apartment too, Tay," he reminded her.

"And the nicknames!" She complained. "When did he start giving me cutesy nicknames? That's our thing Bling Bling. For the past four years I've just been Tina to him."

"Maybe he wants to feel included," Blaine shrugged his shoulders at the question.

"Okay so I'm properly bathed now I need to be fed," Sam butted in as he walked to his bedroom with just a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Well, it's your turn to go food shopping," Blaine casually continued the conversation.

"Good," Sam nodded. "I've been dying to check out the new Whole Foods they opened up a couple blocks away. Blaine your coming with me."

Blaine looked over at Tina who rolled her eyes at the pair. "Sure, just get dressed and we'll head out."

Both boys walked the grocery store in relative silence as Sam rattled off all the things he needed and wanted to buy at the store. Blaine knew his friend was a health freak but to drag him to a pricey store when they were on a tight budget was just bizarre.

"So, what's up with you and Tina?" Blaine casually brought up as they walked down the cereal and juice aisle.

"Nothing," Sam quickly replied as he tossed a box of Cheerios in their cart.

"It doesn't look like nothing," he continued to pry. "You two look awfully chummy lately."

Sam stopped pushing the cart and raised his eyebrow at his friend in confusion.

"I just mean that you are getting very affectionate with each other," he explained. "Arms around each other casually touching each other for no apparent reason."

"I'm an affectionate person," he defended himself as he pushed the cart up the next aisle. Sam sighed and looked down at his best friend. "I know during senior year I said I'd only sleep or be with Tina if we were the last two people on earth basically. I don't know dude, things change. People change, sometimes for the good. Real good."

Blaine didn't hide the amusement on his face as the two friends continued their grocery shopping.