For Evans sake
Chapter 8: Different worlds
Disclaimer: I only own Glee on DVD and CD!
I own: Sam's older brothers and sister, Max, Reese, Lexy!
A week later, Will and the members were in the choir room, looking through the lyrics of 'Firework' by Katy Perry when Sam raised his hand.
"Yes Sam?" asked Will as everyone turned their eyes on Sam, no one was prepared for what Sam was going to say next.
"I'm leaving. I'm going to Carmel. Starting tomorrow"
Those words that Sam had said in rehearsals today kept replaying in Quinn's mind. He was leaving? She couldn't believe it. He really felt that unsafe and isolated to the point where he felt that he couldn't stay at Mckinley?
"You're leaving? Why?" asked Quinn as she stared at her boyfriend in shock.
"I spoke to Max, Reese and Lexy a few days ago and we all agreed that it would be best if I transferred, I feel more threatened than I did at Riverside Academy" said Sam as he looked at his girlfriend.
"But dude, we already lost Kurt, we can't afford to lose you too" said Finn, trying to convince Sam to stay.
"I'm sorry guys but this is something I have to do" said Sam as he stood up and walked out of the choir room with his backpack on his back, not bothering to look back.
X
Sam woke up to the sound of his alarm clock, feeling more nervous than he'd felt since the first day of eleventh grade a few months back. Today he would be starting a new school.
A school where everyone had known each other since kindergarten and he didn't know anyone. But he'd wanted to leave Mckinley. Maybe things would be better at Carmel, maybe.
Sam went downstairs. "Ready to become a Carmel Cobra?" Reese asked his younger brother.
Sam laughed. "Ready or not, I'm going to"
"We have your schedule here," Max said, handing Sam a printout of his new schedule. Sam looked at the schedule and then looked Reese.
"YES! I have you for English!"
"Don't expect any special treatment" Reese laughed. "As you can see on your schedule, I'm in Room 215. You can come to my room any time if you need me"
"Thanks Reese" Sam said. "I'll be fine, I think"
"You said you were fine for a few months at Mckinley and you weren't" Lexy pointed out.
"Lexy, don't worry!" Sam said. "Everything will be okay"
"I'm worried about my little brother" Lexy sighed.
"Lexy, don't worry!" Sam laughed.
X
Sam sat in the front seat of Reese's car as they drove to Carmel. Carmel was on the other side of town, to be more precise, the rich side of town. He was glad that he was arriving early with his older brother since he had to get there early for the required teacher arrival time. He looked out the window as they drove. The houses near the school were much bigger than their house. When they pulled into the parking lot, Sam was greeted by the sight of a big palatial building. He'd been here before, but he'd forgotten how nice the building was.
In complete silence, Sam followed Reese into the building. The halls were carpeted, unlike at Mckinley. Rather than having signs reminding the students of hall etiquette on the walls, there was students' artwork on the walls.
Reese turned to Sam. "You okay?"
Sam nodded. "Yeah - it's just so - different from Mckinley"
"It is, isn't it?" Reese agreed. "Let's go to the office and I'll introduce you to the principal and your guidance counselor."
Sam quickly followed his brother into the office as Reese knocked on the door and a man stepped out. "Mr Jackson, this is my brother, Sam, who I told you about. Sam, this is Mr Jackson, the principal"
"Hi Sam" Mr Jackson said, shaking Sam's's hand. "Welcome to Carmel"
Sam smiled. "Thanks." This principal was already much calmer than Mr Figgins over at Mckinley, who always seemed to be yelling at Sue Sylvester.
A young blonde woman came into the office. "Is this your brother?" she asked Reese.
Reese nodded. "This is Sam, Sam, this is Miss Chase, the eleventh grade counselor"
"Nice to meet you Sam!" Miss Chase said. "Your brother said you had a hard time at Mckinley. I hope it's better here, but if anything ever happens, you can come to my office, okay?"
"Okay" Sam said, smiling. So far the faculty at this school was nice, hopefully the students would be too. Reese checked in for the day and Sam followed him to his classroom.
"I'm nervous" Sam admitted.
"Don't be" Reese said. "Like I said, you can come to my room if things ever get too overwhelming."
"Can I just sit in here until they open the doors for students?" Sam asked.
Reese nodded. "Of course."
Sam sat in Reese's classroom for nearly half an hour. At 8:00, the bell letting students in rang, and Sam went into the halls, trying to find his way around. The first thing he noticed was how much quieter these halls were than at Mckinley. Students were clustered in groups, but they were talking quietly with their friends. At Mckinley, students were often screaming or causing a scene in the halls.
The second bell rang, telling students that it was time to head to their first period class. Sam went up to a boy. "Excuse me, do you know where Room 328 is?"
The boy looked at Sam. "Oh, are you new here?"
Sam smiled awkwardly. "Yeah, I'm Sam Evans. I just transferred"
"Well, you're in luck, my first class of the day is in Room 328, so you can just come with me," the boy said. "I'm Jesse, by the way."
Sam went with Jesse to his first class, Geography.
Sitting in the classroom, he was again surprised by how much different it was from Mckinley. The students listened to each other in class and really paid attention, even thanking the teacher at the end of class. This continued to work throughout his other morning classes - Math, Reading and Algebra I.
Sam began growing nervous again when she left her last morning class and began heading for lunch. Would he have anywhere to sit? Would the cafeteria be noisy like it was at Mckinley, with food fights at least once a week and the clock exploding at least once a semester?
He got out his lunch when Jesse and another boy stopped him. "Hey Sam, have anywhere to sit at lunch today?" Jesse asked.
"I don't think so" Sam said.
"Sit with us then" the other boy said. "I'm Gabe by the way."
Sam followed Gabe and Jesse to their table, where three other boys were waiting. "Hey guys, this is Sam, he's new here" Gabe told the boys.
"Hey Sam" one of the boys said. "I'm Luke"
"I'm Charlie" another boy said.
"And I'm Jack" the last boy said.
"What school did you go to before this one, Sam?" Luke asked.
Sam groaned at the memory. "Mckinley"
"MCKINLEY?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah" Sam said. "We'll just say that the people there were NOT nice"
"It's an hour lunch period, there's plenty of time to tell us" Gabe said.
Sam told his new friends the story of everything that had happened at Mckinley and how hard it had been, how the jocks had bullied him, how he'd ended up with a black eye.
"Oh my GOD!" Jesse said. "Good thing you're here now"
"Yeah, just stick with us and you'll be fine" Jack said.