As Rory slept soundly next to him, Sam lay awake all night, running through all the crazy things Sebastian had done to him, Nick, Jeff, and especially Rory. The mere thought that the guy was in love with Rory was outrageous enough as it was. Sam remembered how he first met Rory…

FLASHBACK

Sam had just returned to McKinley High after Finn and Rachel had tracked him down, and they had convinced his parents to let him stay with Finn. That first day back, he narrowly missed a slushie facial and saw the kid that got it, a short, scrawny boy of about 15 or so. The boy looked like he was going to cry and was then suddenly shoved into a locker by one of those mulleted hockey jerks. Sam hurried over and helped the kid up.

"Hey, are you okay? I saw what happened." Sam extended his hand for the boy to take.

"I'm okay, I'm used to it," the boy said in a thick Irish accent. He had taken Sam's hand and gotten up; Sam saw tears in the kid's eyes.

"I'm Sam, Sam Evans."

"Rory Flanagan, foreign exchange student," the boy replied, looking up at Sam.

"I know how hard being the new kid is," Sam sympathized. "I transferred here from Tennessee last year and first thing I got was a slushie in the face. You'd think the school would have taken out those damn machines by now." Rory smiled slightly at this last part. "Have you found anywhere you fit in yet?"

"I'm in the Glee club," Rory mumbled. He knew that being in Glee club was easy pickings for a slushie or locker shove.

"I'm in there too; well, I was before I had to move, but I'm going back now to re-audition. I'm sure you know Finn and Rachel?" Rory nodded. "They came and found me because they're a few people short for Sectionals requirements. I've been begging my parents to let me transfer back, but they live in Cincinnati, which is like four hours away. They agreed on the condition I could live with Finn."

Sam filled Rory in on the previous year's events as the two walked to Glee club.

END FLASHBACK


The next morning, Rory seemed somewhat distant as he and Sam got ready for school. Rory kept his head down the whole bus ride and didn't say a word to anyone. Before parting for their homerooms, Rory simply squeezed Sam's hand and walked away. Sam watched Rory walk down the hall and wondered what really happened. His phone rang suddenly and he answered.

"Hello?" he said, still distracted by Rory.

"Hey, Sam, is Rory okay?" Nick asked. "Jeff and I have been worried about the two of you since yesterday."

"Rory said that Sebastian told him that he was in love with Rory," Sam explained. "He seems so detached now; he hasn't said a word all morning."

"Sebastian told him what?" Nick sounded shocked.

"I'm still in shock over the whole thing. Rory said they just talked, but I have a sneaking suspicion something else went down." Sam leaned against the wall and ran a hand over his face.

"Wow, and you'd think Sebastian would've just raped him or something again," Nick mumbled.

"Rory didn't seem all that scarred as he was the first time, so I suspect there may have been a kiss or something." Sam started pacing through the hallway. "I swear, dude, if I so much as see Sebastian again, I am going to kill him."


That afternoon in Glee club, Sam stood up to sing to Rory.

"I wanna be the face you see
When you close your eyes
I wanna be the touch you need
Every single night
I wanna be your fantasy
And be your reality
And everything between

"I want you to need me
Like the air you breathe
I want you to feel me
In everything
I want you to see me
In your every dream
The way that I taste you
Feel you
Breathe you
Need you
I want you to need me
Like I need you,"

Sam sang as tears came to his eyes while looking at Rory. "I love you, Rory," he said, bending down in front of Rory. Rory looked at Sam with teary eyes, and then he left the room without a word.


A/N: Sad…