"How many times do I have to tell you to mind your own damn business, Quinn?"
She was pulling the same old passive-aggressive shit that she'd been pulling for almost two months. He was halfway to wishing he could hit her, but he could never bring himself to that point (for which he was glad). So he shouted at her.
He shouted at her a lot these days, and she always shouted back. "And how many times did you cheat on me with that little-" She stopped herself and took a deep breath, remembering that they were in a public place and it wasn't Kurt she hated.
"Cheated on you?" He glared daggers at her, holding himself back. "I never cheated, Quinn, and you know it." The other Glee club members began trickling in, rolling their eyes at the scene in front of them. It was nothing new, these two were always fighting.
Quinn crossed her arms and said, more quietly, "Thinking is cheating, Sam."
Sam laughed, furious. "'Thinking is cheating, Sam,'" he mocked. "Thinking is cheating? I guess you'd be the one to know about cheating, huh?"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Puck placed himself in between them, glaring at Sam. "You know that wasn't her fault, man, you know it was all me, so leave her the hell alone. You know, I thought you were a good guy, Sam. I thought you were better, but now you're making me look like a saint."
Sam's face immediately flushed. He knew it was true. A few months ago he'd never have raised his voice at a woman, least of all in front of his entire class. Now it had become almost a daily ritual. Puck is right. What have I turned into? He couldn't believe he'd let Quinn push him so far.
It had become her favorite pastime. Ever since she'd found out his little not-secret, she'd been subtly nudging him toward the edge of his tolerance. Asking him if this or that guy was attractive, asking questions about his past relationships that were way too personal. He'd slowly started to realize that he'd made a mistake in trying to hold on to her and preserve their relationship.
It was Kurt's advice that had finally pushed him over that edge. "Look, Sam, it's pretty obvious it's not working," he'd said in passing. "So just spare us all the drama and break up with her."
Easy for him to say, he thought. Kurt had been in an odd but working relationship for over a month at the time. He and Blair had an interesting dynamic - their personalities were quite similar and clashed often, but they somehow managed to make it work.
So Sam had broken it off, and in a way, he was relieved. He knew she still wouldn't say anything about his sexuality, at least not outright spill what had become his little secret, but they were still hostile toward one another, and increasingly so. He knew it wasn't all her fault, that she'd been hurt and this was just how she was reacting. What hurt him the most, though, was that there was still love there. There was still some small part of himself that wanted to be with her and cared for her, and he knew she felt the same. But they wouldn't, and couldn't. Something between them had snapped and it would probably never be fully repaired.
So he'd tried to make it friendly, and it hadn't worked. So instead he'd given up on holding back, and Quinn had inadvertently become his verbal punching bag for all the things going wrong in his life.
He stood now in the choir room, looking from Puck to Quinn to Kurt and a few of the other members, before hanging his head and walking out of the room.
"Hey guys," Mr. Schue said as he came in. He looked around and marked the roll sheet. "Where's Sam?" he asked.
"I think he had an appointment with Miss Pillsbury," Kurt said.
The past two months had been a roller coaster full of extreme ups and downs.
Not just for Sam and Quinn, either. Finn and Rachel had their daily dramas, but had somehow managed to make it this far without killing one another. Mr. Schuester dated the substitute teacher for a while, but now she's gone and he's still hung up on Miss Pillsbury, who is still with her hot dentist. Mike and Tina broke it off a while ago, but now Artie's got himself a set of abs and a cheerleader girlfriend, so he couldn't care less. Mercedes had a new boyfriend, a pitcher on St. Martin's baseball team. They'd met a few weeks before at a game and hit it off, and he'd given her strep throat, so she was out for a few weeks, putting a huge strain on New Directions to make up for her absence as well as not get sick. Jesse St. James has been back, as well, making a play for Rachel's attentions and thoroughly pissing Finn off. In the mean time, Rachel and Quinn have formed a sort of uneasy friendship. So have Sam and Kurt, but it's not the same as it once was. Every time he sees Kurt, he feels like his heart is breaking just a little more. Sunshine Corazon left Vocal Adrenaline because she didn't like the way she treated her, and wanted to just have fun. She's now back in rehearsal with New Directions, but she can't officially join again until next semester, which means she won't be able to perform at Regionals. Beth's adoptive mother and Quinn and Puck all had a meeting so that they could see Beth. Sam tagged along, because that was back when he and Quinn were still going out, but it was nothing but awkward. That's when the big troubles in their relationship started. He suspected Quinn of cheating on him with Puck around this time, but it's never been confirmed or completely denied. And on top of all of this, despite winning first place at Sectionals, New Directions is under some serious pressure to do well this year at regionals, adding a big heaping of stress onto everyones' plates. And that's what you missed, on Glee!
an: So what do you think? sorry the ending's a bit lame, I really just couldn't think of how to add this all in without making it a complete run-on. so, this was meant to go longer, but I think I'll be going back to short chapters, so that you can read them faster! :) okay, leave some reviews, and thanks for reading!