The Curious Case of Rachel Berry Chapter 10: Saying I Love You is a Dangerous Thing, a glee fanfic

Chapter 10: Saying I Love You is a Dangerous Thing

"So I got a surprise for you babe." Sam casually said as they sat down at what had become their regular table for lunch.

"Oh! Did you manage to get tickets for Les Mis?" asked an excited Rachel, her doe brown eyes lighting up in anticipation.

"Not exactly." Sam confessed. " Even better." he continued and leaned closer to whisper in her ear.

All while the rest of Mckinley watched with pure curiosity the newest couple being so affectionate.

"Then please do tell Samuel!" her excitement and giddiness not dimming in the slightest.

"So Coach Beiste promoted me to Quarterback for our last game of the season!" He whispered excitedly to her.

And in typical Rachel Berry fashion, she lost it completely and got so excited that she jumped the poor boy and both ended falling on the floor.

" I am so happy for you! I will be so busy once I get home since I need to start working on designing a shirt for the game. Would you rather have the shirt say Team Sam or something more original because I did that for one of Finn's gam-" Sam interrupted his girlfriend's rambling by kissing her, which definitely worked.

"I will definitely use this technique more often." Sam thought as he stare at Rachel, who had a dazed looked adorning her face.

"What is the meaning of this? Acting like a bunch of horned up animals ready to engage in sexual ministrations in the school's cafeteria? I knew right from the start that Will Shuester was not a good example for children who obviously can't keep it in their pants!" an angry Sue Sylvester said as she grabbed both teens by the collar of their shirts and pull them apart.

"But Coach Sylvester, we weren't doing anything wrong. I-" Rachel was saying but was cut off by the woman's deathly glare.

"To Figgins office now!" She yelled and personally escorted Sam and Rachel out of the cafeteria and all the way to the principal's office.

" Mr. Evans and Mrs. Berry, while we all know you are in relationship both of you kids need to limit your displays of public affection or I will be forced to take disciplinary action!" Principal Figgins while he stared down at both teenagers.

Sam and Rachel were so nervous they could not even look at each other. By Coach Sylvester's orders, the chairs they were currently sitting on were 42 inches apart.

" Since I know that you're both good kids, regardless of what Sue says, I will let you off with a warning but next time that something like this happens I will be forced to punish both of you." Principal Figgins said and pointed to his door, signaling that they could leave.

As soon as they got out they sighed at the same time; when they look at each other Rachel giggled while Sam let out a nervous laugh. When they finally got under control, Sam broke the silence that had begun on their way to Rachel's locker.

"Sue Sylvester is a scary woman." was all he said as he kissed her cheek and hugged the petite brunette.

"Sam, while I enjoy being in your arms, we need to keep it to a minimum if we want to remain at this school." Rachel said but her statement was muffled by Sam's chest, which she was pressed tightly to.

" I don't know if I can Rach." the blonde boy joked. " I'm a man and I have my needs." which earned him a punch on the arm.

" What needs are you referring to exactly Samuel? Because so far we have only kissed and it will stay that way if you do not behave." an irritated Rachel said.

" Fine, fine, I will be a good boy" Sam said, although he was still holding onto the brunette.

"Girl has got you whipped man." Puck said with a smirk and ran away at Rachel's shriek, which Sam guesses left him deaf.

"At least I have a girl Puckerman, when are you going to get one for yourself?" Sam yelled as the mohawked boy turned the corner.

"Boys" Rachel thought as she walked hand in hand with with Sam, who was escorting her to her next class.

" So far everything I've done has failed but we need to come up with a plan that will finally break up EvanBerry." Quinn said as all her minions settled down in the desks of the empty classroom.

" I thought they were called Samchel." Karofsky questioned looking confused.

"Apparently not dude, Q told me that it sounds too much like Finchel so their couple name is EvanBerry." Finn answered, obviously thinking he was smart for remembering.

" EvanBerry is their real couple name, I was the first to call them by that name on my blog." Jacob Ben Israel quietly confessed.

"Can't believe I got stuck with these imbeciles." an exasperatedQuinn thought as she rolled her eyes and use the yard stick to hit the the table and get the boy's attention.

" Perfect, now that I got your attention, here is the plan..." Quinn said with an evil smirk while the boys payed attention to her every word. Jacob Ben Israel going as far as taking notes.

As soon as the bell ranged, Rachel was the first to leave the classroom for once. She smiled as soon as she saw Sam already waiting for her. Throughout most of English, her last class of the day, she was unable to concentrate because all she could think about was Sam.

"How was Strength Training?" Rachel asked, trying to make conversation while they both walked to Glee.

" Pretty good, I got a good work out of it since I was able to bench twice the amount of last time." Sam confessed.

"Have you ever thought you push yourself too much Sammy? Didn't you benched like 50 last time?" a worried Rachel asked.

"Relax babe, I can handle benching 70-80 now without breaking a sweat, plus I gotta keep a good body so my girlfriend will be proud to walk with me." He joked but stopped once he saw a frown on her face.

"What's wrong?" He asked and lifted her chin to get her at eye level with him.

" I'll lo-like you no matter how you look Sam. Please try to take it easy next time, for me?" She pleaded and praying that he had not notice her slip of the tongue.

She did not want to freak him out if she said the four letter word too soon. Instead, she rather wait for him to make the first move. After all, in their almost three weeks of dating Sam had proved that chivalry wasn't dead. Therefore, she'd be old fashioned about this and wait for the guy, no matter how hard it was for her to not tell him how she truly felt. It was better then having Sam run away like Finn when she had first met him.

"Stop! You should never compare Sam with Finn, that is just an insult." her inner voice told her, which sounded very similar to Barbra Streissand's.

" Barbra Streissand, you're my conscience? That is so cool, I can't wait to tell Kurt!" She asked herself and automatically felt idiotic at talking with herself and completely ignoring her boyfriend.

"Well of course! But stop talking to me and focus on what your hot boyfriend is saying, it is important that you hear him!"came the voice of Barbra Streissand and suddenly Rachel was being shaken up by Sam, who had a worried look on his face.

" Rach, you OK?" He asked and when she nodded he let out a sigh of relief.

"Sorry, just spacing out while talking to Barbra Streissand." She confessed and blushed when he look at her like she had an extra head.

"I really hate repeating myself but I need to finally let you know how I feel about you Rachel Barbra Berry." Sam said and got on one knee.

Rachel was freaking out, not believing that Sam was asking to marry her after only dating for three weeks.

" Rachel, these last few weeks have been the best of my life and since tomorrow is valentine's day, I thought I give you this." He said as he took a golden bracelet with a music note, a microphone and a guitar charm as well as their initials.

" It's beautiful Sam, how were able to afford it?" She asked in amazement as he got back up and put I on her wrist.

"That's not all of it Rae, I couldn't help myself and I got you this too." he confessed, and showed her a matching heart shaped necklace engraved with the words Love You Always on the front and in the back,

Forever Yours, Sam.

"I can't possibly accept this Sam! This must have cost you a fortune!" She exclaimed, trying to politely deny the two gifts he was giving her.

Sam couldn't help but smile at the worry in Rachel's voice. That's why he loved her because she wasn't like most girls. A lot of the girls at this school would not think twice about accepting the gifts. Now he knew he had made the right choice in picking her. He appreciated the fact that Rachel didn't like receiving pricey gifts.

"Your my girlfriend, so if I want to buy you gifts, then you technically have to accept them." Sam grinned and kissed her neck to try and convince her.

"Oh Sam" She accidentally moaned and blushed red like a tomato. She furiously nodded her head in order to avoid getting teased. Sam grinned and quickly unclasp the necklace and pushed her hair out in order to put it.

" I love you." He whispered in her ear.

Just as she was about to speak, Santana and the rest of the girls dragged her away and Sam just laughed and walked into the choir room.

"It's so beautiful girl!" Mercedes screamed as all the girls gathered to examined the gifts Sam had given her.

" He is so smitten with you Rach." Tina chirped.

"No he isn't." Rachel countered and when they all gave her weird looks she said " I am beyond frustrated at every single one of you."

"What did we do?" asked Brittany with her head to the side.

"Sam just told me that he loves me and you crazy girls dragged me away before I could say back!" She exclaimed and all the girls soon looked down in shame.

"We're really sorry." Santana said and allowed the petite diva to leave and run into the choir room.

" Crazy friends I got right?" She said with a smile as she sat down in the chair next to her boyfriend.

"Yup." Sam with his hands crossed and a neutral expression on his face.

It must have been a slip of the tongue then since he's obviously trying to pretend like he didn't say it.

"Sam I-" Rachel began but was shushed by Sam putting a finger on her lips.

"But I-" She tried again but to no avail.

"You don't have to say it back if you don't mean it." He whispered and before she could argue further everyone piled into the choir room and she was forced to dropped the subject.

Rachel was feeling rather... antsy and was rather quiet. She wanted to say those three words but throughout Glee but every single time she was stopped in her tracks. It wasn't until Sam got a call and excused himself that she finally exploded.

"He's not letting say I love you to him!" She confessed to the girls.

"But why not?" Brittany asked.

"Sam thinks I'm just saying it because he was the one to say it first."

"Well sing it to him"

and before Sam could come back, Rachel Berry had managed to convince everyone(minus Quinn and Finn, who had walked into the choir room 15 minutes late.) to help her sing a song.

"Before we leave, Rachel wanted to sing a song that showcases Thursday's theme: Love" Mr. Shue informed as soon as Sam walked back in and sat down.

Clumsy

by: Fergie

*(slightly shortened/altered version)

Puck:

can't help it
The girl can't help it

Puck starts off with his part, as Rachel makes her way onto the stage.

First time
That I saw your eyes
Boy you looked right through me, mmmhmm

She remembers that day; it had been Sam's first day at William Mckinley. Their eyes had locked on each other the minute Rachel had begun to sing her part of Empire State of Mind.

Played it cool
But I knew you knew
That cupid hit me, mmm mmm

How ironic? Back then she had been dating Finn and as a result had never even approached Sam. What a fool she had been, that probably had been the worst mistake that she had made.

You got me tripping(oh), stumbling(oh), flipping(oh), fumbling(oh)
Clumsy cuz I'm falling in love
You got me slipping(oh), tumbling(oh), sinking(oh), crumbling(oh)
Clumsy cuz I'm falling in love
So in love with you

But nowadays, all she could think about was Sam. And Thanks to her boyfriend, she was more comfortable in her own skin and slowly. She was becoming less selfish. As she said the last part of the verse, she made sure to look at Sam, hoping he caught that.

can't help it
The girl can't help it

This time it was Artie who sung the verse and while she was thankful, all Rachel could focus on was Sam's blue, with a hint of green eyes.

Can't breathe
When you touch my sleeve
Butterflies so crazy, mmm mmm
Whoa now, think I'm going down
Friends don't know whats with me, mmm mmm

It was true, most of the time she spent with him, just a simple caress left her breathless. At times she also felt like her stomach was about to burst with all the butterflies filling her stomach.

You got her tripping' (oh), stumbling' (oh), flipping' (oh), fumbling'(oh)
Clumsy cuz she's falling in love

Santana sang the altered verse as she walked closer to Sam.

You know, this ain't the first time this has happened to me
This love sick thing.
I like serious relationships and uh
A girl like me don'tt stay single for long
Cuzevery timee a boyfriend and I break up
My world is crushed and I'm all alone
The love bug crawls right back up and bites me and I'm back.

Of course this wasn't the first she felt like she was in love. She thought she felt that way towards Finn, Noah and Jesse at some point. But now, she could honestly say that perhaps what she had felt with ex-boyfriends had only been what other people deemed as puppy love. With Sam, she was 100% sure it was the real thing. She was in love with him just as much, if not more then him.

can't help it
The girl can't help it

Clumsy cuz I'm falling in love
You got me slipping(oh), tumbling(oh), sinking(oh), crumbling(oh)
Clumsy cuz I'm falling in love
So in love with you

"So in love with you." She drew out as the song came to an end and now she was facing him.

"You really mean it? Your not just saying that because you feel obligated?" He questioned, his minty fresh breath hitting her nostrils.

"Hell no, what I feel for you Samuel Evans is the real thing." Rachel said before she kissed him and the two began to make out. Completely forgetting about everyone else that was in the room. This time, not even the clapping and the cheers from the rest of New Directions could stop them.

"I love you Rachel Berry."

"I love you more Sam Evans"

A/N: I honestly feel like this chapter sucked because it dragged on for too long. But I felt that it was time for the two of them to exchange their I Love Yous and this was the only way I could think of getting the two lovebirds to confess their feelings. Next chapter will be the last football game of the season and beware of what Quinn has planned for EvanBerry! Stay tuned, and if I keep getting this much ideas, the next update should come in Wednesday at the latest.

Sincerely,

The Wonderful Mistique