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Next Chapter-3x14-On My Way-Regionals is just around the corner, with it comes a wedding, a car accident and a tragedy that nobody saw coming that will shake up the group in ways they cannot begin to imagine.

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Baby Trouty Mouth

Chapter 36-3x13-Heart

It's an interesting Valentine's Day as Sam finds out about Finn and Rachel's plans to get married, Ethan gets himself a Valentine's Card. Sam finds himself defending his life choices to the new kid Joe and the relationship building between himself and Mercedes is finally laid to rest.

If Sam hadn't heard it from Finn himself he wouldn't have believed it. "Married?" he exclaimed watching Finn like he had just suggested that for Regionals the group jump out of a box and dance across the stage in their underwear. "Yep!" Finn said bouncing up and down and looking thrilled. Sam chose a moment to count to ten before opening his eyes and trying this conversation again.

"Finn" he said in a voice of controlled calm "You get that your only eighteen right?" Finn nodded frowning a little. "Yeah I know but when Rachel goes to New York this will bring us closer" he said this like it was the answer to all of his prayers. Sam carefully resisted the urge to swear.

"Take it from someone who had to grow up quicker than he had to dude" he said reaching for his books so he could shove them in his bag "You don't wanna do that"

Finn shook his head. "It was different with you" he argued as Sam followed him out the door and into the car "I mean…you have a kid Sam…and you know I get that and I like Ethan" he added seeing the look on Sam's face "But a kid is not married, me and Rachel are just getting married. We don't wanna family yet"

Sam stared at him before taking another deep breathe. "Please" he said through slightly gritted teeth "Please let me be there when you tell Carole and Burt your pre-graduation plans" Finn shot him a look before his face broke into a grin a sure sign that he hadn't picked up on the sarcasm "Sure dude" he punched Sam on the arm "And I really want you and Ethan to be in the wedding, you guys are family"

It would have been very sweet had the entire thing not been as confusing as fuck. In addition, where the hell was Rachel supposed to live, the house was already overcrowded and that was without the already over enlarged presence that Rachel Berry seemed to permit whenever she was in the room.

Instead, he choose to keep his mouth shut. Ignorance was bliss in this Glee Club (he had learned that months ago) and in truth, everybody else's reactions would be hilarious.

He wasn't disappointed on that front. What with Blaine having a check up on his eye that would keep him busy for most of the day, Kurt had taken to moping around the room. Judging by his eye roll and the complete lack of surprise on his face as well as Mercedes (though why she seemed to be pleased Sam would never know) Sam was willing to bet that at least three other members of the room had known about what was going on before he had.

Perhaps it was the completely loved up expressions that seemed to be permanently scrawled across their faces but Sam believed in that second that nothing was would have disrupted the bubble that surrounded Rachel and Finn least the fact that nearly everyone in the room seemed to think they had gone insane.

There was a new kid at McKinnley however that seemed to take up most of Sam's attention for the better part of the day. His name was Joe. He knew that much from Quinn who's newly formed 'God Squad' was now patrolling the hallway. Sam knew he was new because there was no one he knew who looked…well…like…that…

Quinn had introduced them but Joe had spent the entire meeting in the empty classroom biting his lip. "So" he said finally when he realised that Sam knew he was staring "Do you really have a child out of wedlock?"

Sam almost choked before he regained use of his voice. "Yeah" he said taking a gulp of his water and wishing the kid would look away.

"Don't you ever wonder what God is thinking of you?" the kid (because he really was just a kid compared to what Sam had gone through) said tilting his head to the side as if he was asking what Sam thought of the weather.

Sam paused trying and failing to remind himself of all the manners that his mother had installed in him and he was trying to install in Ethan. One of them had involved being nice to people he was sure about it.

"No" he said finally hoping that his tone was polite (though judging by the look on Mercedes face he wasn't succeeding) "Somehow I always find I have bigger things to worry about"

He thought about offering Joe a list of things that he had to worry about but decided against it. Somehow he didn't think that Quinn's glaring was worth it, especially when Sam suspected that the kid didn't even know what sarcasm was.

Still the club was going through the motions and even though Regionals was just around the corner there was an almost comfortable feeling in the air. Valentine's Day was coming up and the club was celebrating and full force. Even with the announcement that Finn and Rachel were planning to take a steep plunge down into the marital abyss and Santana waging war on the new kid Joe for his comments about her relationship with Britney the club were celebrating with cheesy love songs and glitter hearts in abundance.

And that wasn't the only love that seemed to be dominating the Hudson-Hummel household. What with Rachel and Finn spending every second either planning the rest of their lives together or planning the set list for Regionals, Kurt helping Blaine 'recuperate' and Burt and Carole spending the night at a hotel it gave Sam the day to spend with Ethan who came home that night from school wearing a very smug expression and covered in a fair amount of pink glitter.

"What's got you smiling?" Sam said as he checked the water and finished folding Ethan's clothes into the laundry basket. Ethan grinned his expression so eerily similar to his mother's crooked grin that Sam was thrown for a second.

"Amelia Jackson gave me a Valentine" he said brandishing the card from his book bag and waving it around. Sam reached out and grabbed it narrowly avoiding being showered in glitter.

"Oh good" Sam said putting the card on the basket and helping Ethan climb into the bath, "You like this Amelia girl?" he said tilting his head to the side as Ethan reached for the soap, Sam just catching him before he threw the whole of it in.

"She's ok" Ethan said rolling his eyes as Sam grinned.

"Ok" Sam said knowing he wouldn't get anything more out of teasing his son unless he gave him at least some respite. God forgive he actually enjoyed having an adorable son. What with all the crazy in this world sometimes it was just nice to spend the one romantic holiday alone.

It was that night when Kurt and Finn had come home both looking utterly loved up (and in Kurt's case with a fresh red hickey) Sam carefully didn't say anything other than the usual greetings.

Besides, as much as he did want a relationship with someone he could spend Valentine's Day with he also didn't mind spending time with Ethan as much as he did, especially now his boy was growing up and didn't want to spend so much time with his old man. Even if Sam didn't think himself as old (and he didn't)

Maybe someday…hopefully someday…but for right now…he was fine just the way he was.

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