I caught his eye, still smiling from the story Damo was telling me. I waved a little. He nodded back. Damian looked to where I was waving. "Hi Samuel!" he called, waving furiously. A lot of people looked at him. The accent attracts attention.

"Hi Damian," Samuel said quietly as we approached him. We sat down and waited for a waitress.

"What're you doing here?" I asked, hoping I didn't sound rude.

"I, uh, live by here," he said, his nose stuck in a menu.

"Oh cool, us too," Damian said, "Which neighborhood are you in?"

Before Samuel could answer a waitress walked up. Her name is Karen, she knew our names too. "Hi Damian, Marissa, Samuel!" she said perkily, "How do you guys know each other?"

"We all go to the same school now," Damian said.

"Awesome! What do you guys want to eat?" she asked.

In unison the three of us replied, "The usual!" I blushed, Damian laughed, and the corner of Samuel's mouth seemed to twitch a little. Karen smiled, laid her hand on Samuel shoulder and left, telling us our orders would be out soon.

"So, Glee Club," I said, taking a crack at starting a conversation, "What exactly is it like?" I tried to make eye contact with Samuel but his head was down.

"Well," he said, his voice was sort of hoarse, "Lindsay, the brunette with the teeth, is the star. I really hope someone gives her a run for her money. She's good but she performs way too much." Damian glared at him for a second. "Mr. Schue doesn't really give other people the chance to shine as long as there's someone better. Hopefully now that we have new blood it'll be better. You two are really good, but Cameron and Lindsay are going to see you as competition. We're picking duet partners tomorrow, just to let you know." It was the longest I'd heard him talk.

Karen came up to us after a minute with drinks. She gave Samuel a cup of coffee, Damian a glass of water with a lemon and a lime in it, and she sat a cold root beer in front of me. It's my favorite.

"Duets…" Damian said thoughtfully, "Do we get to pick them?"

"Probably not," Samuel said, "Last year's Glee Club drew names out of hats."

"I hope I get Lindsay," Damian said, putting his head on his hand, "She so…" he sighed, going back into his dreamlike state.

I rolled my eyes and smiled at Samuel. He grinned a little back. He had a sweet smile; I wish he'd show it more.

"Do we get to pick our songs?" I asked.

"No, I don't think so," he said before taking a sip of coffee. I frowned I knew the perfect duet.

Karen came back with three plates in her hands. She sat down half of a hamburger and one and a half order of fries in front of me, and chicken club in front of Samuel, and a bowl of tortilla soup in front of Damo.

"Thanks, Karen," Damian said, smiling. I hadn't eaten all day so I dug in. Samuel looked on with a mixture of humor and adoration. Damian smirked and ate his soup.

"My mum's getting home at five from her business trip," Damo said, "So I should probably get going. You okay with walking home, Mars?" He winked and nodded a little at Samuel. Damo fancies himself matchmaker. He drank the rest of his soup and climbed over me, picking up his keys on the way. "See you guys tomorrow, you're driving, right, Mars?" I saluted because my mouth was full. Damo waved, put a tip on the table and paid at the front counter.

Samuel and I sat in silence. I had a serious sense of déjà vu. This was just like lunch. When we finished I stood up. "Well it was nice sitting with you," I said, smiling, "I should be off; my dad will be home soon." It was a lie. My dad would be working till midnight. "He'll be worried about me." Also a lie.

"I'll drive you!" Samuel said eagerly. He blushed a little, "I don't want you walking alone in this neighborhood." I stared at him, my eyes searching for some sort of emotion but I couldn't find one.

"Erm, okay," I said, grabbing my bag. We walked to the front counter and paid for our meals. When we got to his car, he opened up my door nonchalantly. He was so gentleman like but in a very subtle manner. I climbed in and watched him the whole way home. We were both silent except when I had to give him directions. It was very strange.