Previously...

when Finn had finished untying his mom and Burt they all rushed upstairs. The four rushed to the place where Sam and Finn had left Sam's father, but he wasn't there, he had vanished from Finn's bedroom floor, leaving the pool of blood he was laying in and a trail leading to the hall window which was now open. "he's gone, he got away, you're going to be okay" said Burt, trying to console Sam who was still shaking but he couldn't help but worry about if or when he'll be back.

"Are you two sure you want to go to school today?" Asked a still shocked Carole

"Yeah, we have Glee club all day; we don't want to miss that because of some psycho! Don't worry, we'll be fine mom" said Finn getting his stuff ready for school "come on Sammie… I mean urmm Sam… we're preparing for Regionals which is on Saturday so Principal Figgins has given us an all day pass for glee" the teen explained. When they were finished gathering their things, the two shaken teens left for school. After they left Burt rang the school and Will who was a family friend as well as the boys' glee coach and teacher and informed them of the morning's events.

CHAPTER 2: You've Got A Friend

The boys arrived to school five minutes late for glee. When they entered the choir room, they were shocked to find Mercedes was the only one in the choir room "where is everyone else? I mean, we're five minutes late" asked an confused Finn

"we heard about what happened this morning Sam, Mr Schue is furious" explained Mercedes. Upon hearing this, tears that were threatening to fall began to form in Sam's eyes. Finn looked to Sam and noticed the unit in the far corner behind him smashed and the chair sticking out of it which confirmed Mercedes' words but he let her continue to speak "we're scared Sam, for you and your health. I mean where are you staying since he threw you out? You haven't told anyone" she continued and asked with tears now falling from her eyes which caused Sam to not be able to hold his own tears in anymore.

"I stayed at Finn's last night but" He started but choked on his tears and had to calm himself down, at least a little bit before continuing "I have nowhere" He replied now fully breaking down and crying.

"What! You mean you're sleeping on the streets?" he nods "Sam you cant do that! But I had a feeling that this was going to be your answer. So for tonight at least you're at my house" she stated matter of factly "mom's getting the spare room ready for you as we speak. Now, can you follow me please" Mercedes said, getting up from her chair, leading the two jocks to the auditorium.

"why are we in here?" asked Sam in obvious confusion because they hadn't learnt or thought of all the songs for Regionals yet.

"just sit down and Finn come with me" ordered Mercedes, leaving Sam alone to take a seat. Then Mr Schue came and sat next to him and looked him straight in the eye.

"you're going to get though this with me and the glee club by your side know matter what okay" he said, and hugged him while hiding the single tear falling down his face. This comforted Sam greatly and for the first time in weeks he gave a genuine smile. The moment was interrupted when the stage lights came up and everyone walked onto the stage. "as you know we have a tradition in glee when someone is going through a rough patch in their life" began Mercedes as the others got into place behind her "we sing to them to remind them that we are always here and that they will get through it" after her announcement the music for 'You've Got a Friend' started playing. Sam and Will moved their focus to the stage as the Finn began; "when you're down and troubled" Kurt joined him on the next line "and you need a helping hand"

"and nothing oh nothing is going right" Sung the girls from their stools. the Rachel and Quinn got up and walked to centre stage holding hands while they sung "close your eyes and think of me" until they were joined by Mercedes for "and soon I will be there" then Tina "to brighten up even your darkest night" the lights grew brighter and Will got up out of his seat and walked towards the stage, unnoticed by Sam as the boys sung "you just call out my name" and the girls countered with "and you know wherever I am" now they were all standing together at the front of the stage and singing "I'll come running, yeah. To see you again" Sam was now overwhelmed and tears were silently falling down his face when Will and Emma entered the stage singing "winter, spring, summer or fall" and Puck carried on with "all you gotta do is call" Sam chuckled at this because it was the perfect line for Noah Puckerman before they all joined in for "and I'll be there yes I will" and all but Will and Finn fell silent for "you've got a friend" at this point in time Sam was very grateful for having such amazing people in his life but became saddened again as he remembered why they were singing such a supportive song to him. He was conflicted and he was still worried in the back of his mind about his father's return but for now he was going to watch the rest of the performance and be happy for the great people in his life and work on Regionals.

Later on after the performance and rehearsing one of the numbers for Regionals, it was finally Lunch and for a special treat Will took the group to Breadstix as a special treat for their hard work in the run up to Regionals, for them to choose the rest of the set list in a ore relaxed atmosphere and to make sure that Sam would eat.

For a while now Will has wanted children but this has been delayed because of the problems he had with his ex-wife Terri which knocked his confidence in and out of the bedroom and dealing with Emma's OCD, it hasn't been able to happen for him yet but he now saw the glee kids as his own, especially Sam in his current state. He wished he could somehow get full custody for Sam but he didn't know how the glee kids, Sam or Emma would react, but he was adamant to try.

TLPPSE

It was now the end of the day and Mercedes was waiting next to her car for Sam walked up chatting with Finn. "hey what took you so long?" she asked as the boys got closer

"er sorry we were talking to Mr Schue" Finn explained while Sam looked incredibly apologetic and Mercedes noticed this

"don't worry it's cool" she said with a comforting smile "do you want a lift Finn?" She asked him

"erm, sure" Finn replied with a goofy smile on his face, a smile he'd only ever had when he was with Rachel or Quinn which didn't go amiss by Sam

"what's with the grin?" Sam joked nudging the tall teen with his shoulder

"oh, nothing!" Finn quickly replied, trying not to show the blushing that had just started. and hastily got in the car, followed by Sam

The drive home was lively with jokes and banter between the three gleeks and also friendly talk of fellow glee clubbers "Artie was very quiet today, I wonder what was up with him" said Finn with a hint of concern

"you mean apart from Rachel constantly talking about what solos she's going to sing?" Mercedes laughed causing the other two to chuckle a little.

Finally they Reached Finn's house and Sam grabbed everything he had at Finns which, coincidentally was all he currently possessed as it was all he could grab before he left his parents house for good. And it wasn't much. It was the clothes he had on the day before and a bag which contained a half eaten sandwich in. Mercedes took it, looked at it and said "well that's going in the bin" joking around.

"ha ha give it here" Finn said, unimpressed and blushing again. He couldn't understand why he was blushing, but he did notice that it happened every time he looked at Sam. but even if it meant he liked Sam more than a friend nothing could happen he thought 'he's straight…isn't he?'

A/N: that's it for now, I hope you enjoyed the second installment please don't forget to review with your ideas and thoughts on the story :) Thank You Heaven91 for helping me edit the chapter 3