"Wait are you serious! Finn and Sam are gay, and dating each other!" Will says before taking a bite out of his sandwich.
"Yep, and they actually did a pretty good job of hiding it until I caught them …in my bed." Kurt says as fills Will in on everything that's happened over the summer.
"Wow I mean I never actually…Wow." Will grabs a napkin and wipes his mouth.
Sam's dad, Dwight, is shaking his son, begging him to wake up as Sam screams out in his sleep. Finally he slaps Sam hard across the face and Sam sits up in a flash. Sam sees his father and can't help but cry into his shirt.
"It's ok son, it was just a nightmare." Sam's Dad hasn't seen Sam like this since Sam was five and had stayed up watching a Freddy Kruger movie.
"I'm sorry Dad." Sam says wiping his tears.
"It's ok son, now tell me what's going on. You don't seem like yourself, and I'm not talking about you being gay or dating Finn. I'm happy for you about that. But, something just seems wrong. Did something happen after practice? I only ask because Coach Bieste called wanting to know why the kid she made her starting quarterback quit the team after one practice." Dwight's face is full of concern. He knows something bad has happened to his son and he wants the truth.
"It just wasn't the way I remembered it being, dad. It used to be a lot more fun." Sam can tell his dad knows he's not telling the truth.
"Son you know how I feel about lying. Bieste told me that you came out to the whole team yesterday. Did some of the guys give you a hard time? Cause I have to tell you son, that's gonna happen now. I don't like it, but that's just the way it is."
"I just couldn't take the taunting, dad, it was too much." Dwight can see Sam is still lying to him, but he can tell that he's just scratching at the surface. He wants to dig deeper, but he can tell Sam is about to break down again. So he decides he'll let Sam tell his lie this once.
"Ok, son, you don't have to play if you don't want to. But, you know you can always talk to me or your mother if you'd like. We'll listen to anything you want to tell us, no matter how bad it is." Dwight leaves and Sam falls back onto his bed, rolls over onto his left side and hugs a pillow tightly. He cries his self back to sleep praying that his dream will be about Finn and not Ryan.
Please let me dream of Finn, please. I don't want to dream about Ryan again. Every time I close my eyes I can see it happening all over again. His breath on my neck is hot and the pressure he puts on my spine is killing me. Please God, just make me forget it. I just want to dream about Finn. I want to feel his warm, gentle touch. Feel his soft lips on mine. I want hear him tell me he loves me. I know he'll love me no matter what. But I know he'll see me differently. I'll be damaged, broken, poor little Sammy Evans, and not Sam Evans, the perfect guy Finn Hudson loves.
Finn wakes up groggy and confused. His mind slowly begins to clear and he remembers Kurt drugged him to make him stay home. To make him rest instead of driving without having gotten any sleep the night before. He'd kill Kurt if it weren't one of the sweetest things his brother had ever done for him, twisted, but still sweet.
Finn goes into his bathroom and takes a quick shower. He dries off, gets dressed and goes into the living room. He finds Kurt and Will sitting on the couch with Blaine sitting on the floor in front of Kurt's legs, all of them rewatching performances from Nationals.
"Oh Finn, good you're awake. I was starting to worry that I might have given you too many sleeping pills." Kurt says with a slight chuckle.
"Yeah, Kurt, you really shouldn't drug people, babe. It's kinda dangerous." Blaine says looking up at his boyfriend.
"I normally wouldn't but he hadn't slept any last night and he was gonna just drive over to Sam's. What would you have done?" Kurt says demandingly.
"I don't know, driven him over to Sam's, maybe?" Blaine says and Kurt smacks his head. Will laughs quietly to himself.
"Mr. Schue, what are you doing here?" Finn asks feeling confused as to why Kurt had brought will over to their apartment.
"Kurt invited me for lunch and told me about everything that's happened with you guys over the summer. I'm really sorry about how Burt and Carole reacted, Finn." Will goes over and hugs Finn.
"Yeah I don't really know what happened. I mean they said they still love me, but they said they needed some space too." Finn worries he may lose his mother and step-father over all of this, but he doesn't care as long as he still has Sam. Only then would it all be worth it.
"I know why." Blaine interjects.
"Why?" Will, Finn, and Kurt ask at the same time.
"Well, Kurt was," He looks back up at Kurt quickly, "and baby don't take this the wrong way. "Kurt was obviously gay. He never had a girlfriend or acted like he was remotely heterosexual…aside from that time he dated Brittanny, which btw freaks me out to think about. Finn has always been a guy's guy; he's had girlfriends galore, and was the star quarterback, his parents just need to readjust how they think about him. Give them time Finn, they'll come around.
"As much as I hate to admit it, Finn, I think Blaine's right." Will says calmly.
"I have to agree, Dad and Carole have always seen you as the son who would make them grandbabies. Not to say they wouldn't love any babies I would give them. It's just something about being blood related that makes parents think their grandchildren need to be. Thank God, for surrogate mothers." Everyone laughs and Finn starts to feel a little bit better.
"OK, well I'm gonna go see Sam. Since he didn't make the team he's feeling pretty bummed." Finn says grabbing his car keys off the table by the front door.
"Uh, Finn, Coach Bieste told me this morning Sam turned down a spot on the team. He didn't get cut, he quit." Will' words cause Finn's head to spin with confusion. He had thought Sam was lying about something and he wanted to know what. He opens the door and slams it shut on his way out.
Finn is driving quickly to Sam's. When he gets there the only car in the drive is Sam's. He gets out of his car and runs up the steps to the front door. He rings the doorbell several times, until Sam answer's the door.
Finn takes one look at Sam's face and his heart breaks. He can tell that the bumps and bruises on his face aren't from football. Sam is shirtless, but his ribcage is wrapped with bandages. Finn also notices a hand shaped bruise on his right shoulder. He knows.
"Oh God, Sam." Finn says with tears forming in his eyes.