Call Me Back
About two days after the phone call and his meeting with Kurt, Blaine received a text from Sam.
Hey, it's Sam. Could we, uh, meet up or something?
Blaine smiled to himself, already anticipating the reason for Sam wanting to meet.
Sure thing, where?
After waiting a minute, Blaine still hadn't gotten an answer. This wasn't surprising, given the probable subject on Sam's mind, it might take a little for him to be ready to talk. He busied himself by tidying up his room.
When his phone finally buzzed from his bed, he practically leaped onto the mattress.
I'm taking my little sister and brother to Hyde Park in about fifteen minutes, is that okay?
Checking the location on the Google maps, Blaine returned to his text inbox, responding;
Sounds good, Sam, I'll be there.
Wrapped up in a purple scarf and a heavy pea coat, Blaine walked to the park where he and Sam were to meet. It was close to home, so he hadn't bothered warming up the car and taking that.
When he reached the playground, he spotted Stacy, who was bundled in brown and pink racing up the stairs and slide. Stevie, who was a mass of green, was swinging on one of the swings.
Blaine finally found Sam sitting on a bench on the opposite side of the park, in a light brown coat over a grey sweatshirt. He walked over the snow covered path and sat next to him.
"Oh," Sam said, jumping a little in surprise, "Hey. Did you walk here? In the snow and cold?" Blaine shrugged.
"It wasn't to far from my house. How are you?" Sam shrugged noncommittally.
"Good enough." Blaine smirked.
"...Right. That's why you wanted to hang out. I know we're friends and we hang out now and then, but I don't think you'd call me if there wasn't something you needed." Sam looked up from the ground, frowning at Blaine.
"Are you psychic, or something?" Sam inquired. Blaine shook his head, chuckling.
"Nope, but enough about me. Let's talk about you." Sam shifted uncomfortably.
"I guess... See, I'm- Well, I guess I'm a little hung up on Rory." Sam let out a breath, and it turned into a white cloud in the cool air.
"Okay. Well, accepting you're attracted to him is good." Blaine bit his tongue, thinking of what to do. Let's try talking about when you realized it."
Sam sighed. "I guess I'd been attracted to him for about a month before he left, but I never realized until he did. see... I thought about him all the time. When I was bored, I wanted to hang out with him. And sometimes, when my dyslexia was really bothering me, he'd come over and read to me, and I just couldn't get enough of his beautiful voice."
"Wow," Blaine murmured. Sam didn't seem to hear the comment. "How about this," Blaine said a little louder. "I'm going to talk to Kurt, and we'll figure this out. Don't worry Sam."
Sam smiled at his friend. "Thanks Blaine. But... Rory's all the way in Ireland. There's not much we can do..."
"We'll see about that."