Chapter 10: Billionaire
A few days later, Sam was at his locker when he was approached by the kid in the wheelchair and the giant teenager.
Sam had done some research and found out the kid in the wheelchair was named Artie Abrams, and the giant was Finn Hudson, quarterback of the football team.
"Hey, Sam?" Finn said, and shook Sam's hand. "My name's Finn, and this here's Artie."
Artie smiled and waved at Sam, and Sam gave a smile to the two boys.
"Yeah, I know who you are. You're the- the quarterback." He said.
"Exactly. Which make me very cool." Finn said. "And we'd like to talk to you about Glee Club."
Sam's spirits soared as he grins widely at the two boys in front of him.
Sam stood in front of Artie, Finn, Mike and Puck in the Choir room. Puck was staring at Sam with his mouth open.
"So, Sam, tell us about yourself." Finn said.
"My name's Sam Evans. I like comic books, sports. I'm dyslexic, so my grades aren't that good. But I'm working on it." Sam said, looking at the four while the band came into the room.
"Dude, your mouth is huge." Puck spoke, staring at Sam's lips. "How many tennis balls can you fit in there?"
"I don't know, I've never had any balls in my mouth...have you?" Sam asked, earning a smile from Puck.
Finn looked shocked and surprised at Sam's courage to say something like that to the mohawked bad boy.
"I like this kid." He said, leaning over to Artie.
"I like his confidence." Artie agreed, his arms crossed over his chest. "But the Beiber cut has to go."
"Mmmhmm." Finn agreed, before standing up and heading for the guitars.
"So, can you sing with that big mouth?" Puck asked.
"I've never really sung in front of anybody before." Sam said, a bit embarrassed to admit it.
"Dude, let me tell you," said Puck as he walked to the guitars looking at Sam. "Chicks DIG singers."
Finn approached Sam with a guitar.
"Well, give it a shot." He said, handing over the guitar. "We'll back you up, I promise. What song you got in your back pocket?"
"Uhmmm...Billionaire?" Sam said after a moment of thinking.
Finn snapped his fingers and smiled, heading to the drum set. Sam put the strap of the guitar over his shoulder and started strumming.
Sam:
I wanna be a billionaire so freakin' bad
Buy all of the things I never had
Artie, Puck and Finn started nodding their heads, impressed already.
I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
Puck started strumming along with Sam.
Oh, every time I close my eyes
I see my name in shinin' lights
Puck and Finn grin at each other.
Yeah, a different city every night
Oh I, I swear, the world better prepare
For when I'm a billionaire!
Finn starts playing the drums and Artie decided to start singing, while Mike starts to dance.
Artie:
Yeah, I would have a show like Oprah
I would be the host of, everyday Christmas
Give Artie a wish list
I'd probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
And adopt a bunch of babies that ain't never had it
Give away a few Mercedes like "here lady, have this"
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
It's been a couple months that I've been single so
You can call me Artie Claus minus the Ho Ho
Haa Haa, get it?
I'd probably visit where Katrina hit
And darn sure do a lot more than FEMA did
Yeah, can't forget about me stupid
Everywhere I go, Imma have my own theme music
Sam starts singing again.
Sam:
Oh every time I close my eyes
(Artie: what chu see, what chu see, bro?)
I see my name in shinin' lights
(Artie: Uh huh)
Ahh, yeah yeah
(Artie: What else?)
A different city every night
Oh
(Artie: Yeah yeah yeah)
I - I swear, the world better prepare
(Artie: For what?)
For when I'm a billionaire
(Artie: Yeah!)
Oh oooh oh oooh
(Artie: Sing it)
When I'm a Billionaire
Oh oooh oh oooh
I wanna be a billionaire
So freakin' bad
Sam finished singing.
Finn and the guys looked at Sam silently for a minute before Sam spoke.
"That was-that was really cool!" Sam said, smiling and laughing from his exhilarating performance.
'I can't believe how fun that was!' He thought.
"Nice." Finn said, impressed. "So, you think you can come back and do that in front of everybody?"
Sam's face lights up before he replied:
"Sure."
Everyone grinned at each other, everyone of them delighted.
Just outside the Choir room, Kurt was peeking in. He had watched the whole performance, all the while staying out of sight of the boys.
He watched the blond as he sung Billionaire, completely enthralled at his talent level. But it wasn't until the boy turned that Kurt's heart started pounding.
'Holy Gaga, he's gorgeous!'
Kurt looked at the boy, noting the full lips, broad shoulders, his steady hands.
'He's amazing.' Kurt thought next. Kurt listened as the boy finished the song.
Kurt smiled when he heard the boy agree to come back and perform again for the entire Glee Club.
'I can't wait to meet him.'
Sam was all set to go back to Glee later and perform again. At least, up until Finn had gotten Coach Beiste angry, just for trying to help Artie get on the football team. Sam watched as Beiste kicked Finn off the team, and made him run out of the locker room. When Finn left, Sam was left listening to the other guys in the room start making fun of the Glee Club kids.
It hurt Sam to hear all the nasty, derogatory things that were being said.
'I can handle everyone knowing I'm Bi.' He thought as he changed his clothes. 'But I don't think I can handle people saying stuff like this about me if I were to join the club.'
Sam left the room, his spirits getting crushed more when he thought about the boy from the club he had developed feelings for, despite never introducing himself to the other boy.
'I can only imagine how he feels hearing these things about him and the team on a daily basis.'
Kurt, Finn, Mr. Schue and the rest of the Glee Club waited in the Choir room for anyone to show up and audition for the team. They stared at the clock on the wall, hoping someone would walk through the door.
Kurt had been wishing the gorgeous blond he had seen singing with Finn, Puck, Artie and Mike would show up.
But at four fifty-eight, the blond still wasn't there, and everyone opted to go home.
"Well, hate to break it to you, but it doesn't look like anyone's going to be joining us. So I think we should just call it a day."
"We said three to five, it's only four fifty-eight." Mr. Schue said as everyone gathered their things and started to leave.
"Just wait. My buddy Sam's gonna try out. He totally idolizes me." Finn said, while Artie looked at everyone that was heading out the classroom door.
"Face it, Finn." Kurt snapped. He was disappointed that the blond he had seen earlier never showed. "You're no longer the Quarterback. You're not the Pied Piper anymore. No one's going to follow you around thinking everything you do is 'cool'."
Kurt stalked out of the class, upset at himself for hoping he'd get to meet the new kid.