CHAPTER ONE
Rachel was sitting at her laptop at her desk. Sam was sitting on the edge of her bed behind her.
"So Sam" She said suddenly turning around and frightening him "What kind of genre do you usually sing in?" Before he had a chance to answer she answered for him "I guess you would probably be into old school rock, in the seventies to ninety's era if I am not mistaken, and giving your resemblance to Finn I do not believe I am." Sam wondered how she could say so many words without taking a breath.
Sam sighed "Why do people always compare me to Finn? I feel like I'm living a stereotype." Rachel's eyebrows raised slightly
"Probably because you are dating Quinn Fabray. Like Finn used to… and you're on the football team and used to be quarterback… also like Finn. And soon enough like she always does Quinn will cheat on you and you will dump her and then she will get with the guy she cheated on you with for a little while but then make his life hell and dump him and move onto the next guy. Hopefully you'll escape the pregnancy drama though" She said almost without pause
"I'm sorry but you speak really fast" Sam said slowly as if to emphasize the rate of which normal people should speak
Rachel sighed "So people always tell me"
"Its not a bad thing" He comforted her
"You seem to be the only one who thinks so" Rachel sat on the bed next to her "Why are you dating Quinn Fabray?" She asks him seriously
Sam was hesitant "Well, I… when we first met she was really nice to me, you know. And I admired her, for the baby thing and… she's really pretty and popular and she seemed to be into me so…" Sam felt bad that he couldn't think of a better reason
"Is that all guys care about? Beauty and popularity?" Rachel said this in a tone of disgust that instantly made Sam regret what he said
"No…" Sam said quietly "I don't know Rachel its complicated"
"It always is with her" She said scathingly
"What do you have against Quinn?" Sam asked suddenly irritated. It wasn't great to have someone bag about your girlfriend to you
Rachel scoffed "Is that a joke?" Sam shook his head "You have no idea" Rachel realized "Look, Sam. My whole life I've tried to put up with Quinn. I've been nice to her and tried to put things in the past but I'm tired of being the bigger woman." Rachel reached for her laptop and brought up her Myspace page/
The video she found was from freshman year. It was her singing "Funny Honey" from Chicago. She scrolled down to the comments. The first was from Quinn, it read: Wow, your twin brother is a terrible singer.
Sam thought it was a little funny but he didn't dare say so. When Rachel brought up another video from the next year Sam realized that Quinn had been serious. The comment was: My toilet sings better than you do.
The next couple of videos all contained posts from Quinn and her friends saying things like: If I were your parents I'd send you back, and, I hope you get sterilized.
Sam knew Quinn was harsh but he never thought of her as a bully. He told Rachel so and she said
"That wasn't even the worst of it. She never through a slushie at me, lest she get caught and sent to detention which would tarnish her perfect reputation. She was perfect enough, she was beautiful, half the guys in school wanted her all the girls wanted to be her and she knew it. She was head cheerio, captain of the celibacy club, on the honor roll… she didn't need to bring other people down… she just did it for fun. She targeted me especially and I still don't know why. Maybe I was just an easy target, because I didn't dress or look like everyone else. It wasn't until she joined Glee that she actually addressed me by my first name. She drew pornographic pictures of me on the walls, spread rumors about me…" Rachel was nearly in tears by the end of the speech "Of course when she joined Glee I should have known things wouldn't get better. She realized that I liked Finn and tortured me worse, getting more vicious. When she got pregnant I was nice to her. I tried to include her and make friends with her… I helped them keep the secret, even if it was just for Finn's sake. But she wasn't grateful. At all… in fact even after she and Finn broke up she was just as mean. And after the baby I thought she might be a better person. But she just went back to the same old Quinn she really, always was." Now Rachel was in tears. "I'm sorry, you probably don't need to hear all that, especially about your girlfriend." Sam wrapped a comforting arm around Rachel and she leant into him
"No its okay. I'm glad you told me, now I know. And you got it all off your chest. I had no idea it was like that for you Rachel…I think that's pretty brave that you came through all that and can still put a smile on your face" Sam told her truthfully
"Except tonight" Rachel protested and they both laughed a little
"You have a very pretty laugh" Sam blurted out. He hadn't meant to say it, but often words that he though of just came tumbling out of his mouth. Rachel smiled
"Thank you" She told him
They sat there for a while, Sam just holding Rachel. After a while she said
"Did you know that me and Finn threw the Duets competition to get you to stay in Glee?"
"You did that?" Sam wondered
"Yeah… we thought that with you we'd have a good shot of getting into Nationals"
"You thought that much of me?" Sam was pleasantly surprised
"We did" Rachel admitted
"Well I guess it was worth it to see you in that hot nun outfit" Rachel blushed
Sam didn't know what he was saying to be honest. He felt like the Rachel he was holding in his arms was a completely different girl to the one who stole all the solos in glee club. It was also different to hanging out with Quinn. Quinn was never so… honest with him. Rachel was so real and open. And he couldn't get enough of it!