A/N: I think time is going to skip ahead soon to make a teenage Rachel with a lot of problems and of course all the others will be married with children or a significant other. Thank you so much for the reviews honestly I would reply to each one except I don't know how to. Tell me what you think about sixteen year old Rachel.
I do not own Glee.
"Will I think we should go out and look for him." Shelby murmured softly not letting her mind go to the worst possible scenario. Sam is her baby, her very sick baby and the heart break she's feeling is overwhelming.
Will nodded in agreement with his wife and looked to the very upset Santana and Puck "Do you guys know where he could've went?"
"I don't know!" Rachel squeals nearing hysterics. The guilt she's feeling is overwhelming and she can barely standing.
Puck knows where is brother is and as quick as he can he jumps up from his seat and grabs his coat turning towards his parents "I know where he is and I'll be back." Puck loves the kid, he really does but when he finds him he's going to wrap his arms around his neck and strangle him.
"Puck be careful!" Shelby begs as she gets up off the sofa to hug him "And when you find him tell him that he's dead."
Sam sits up confused and bewildered; He doesn't know where he is and what he's doing sitting in the rain and shivering to death. "Where am I?" He whispers terrified as he rubs his eyes and sits up. Looking around the blond finally begins to realize that he's sitting at the park. Sam cannot believe he actually came her again; when he was a little boy and he was upset he would always just run and sit in the same place.
"Sam!" He hears his voice shouted in a terrified tone and it's enough to make him answer.
"I'm over here!" He shouts as best as he can with a hoarse and scratchy voice.
Hearing Sam's voice is enough to send Puck into a run that could rival a champion kentucky derby stallion . Puck found his brother slumped over, hands on knees and legs dangling over the bridge it's enough to make the mohawked boy's heart nearly stop. "Sam are you okay?" he asks touching the sopping wet shoulder and leaning to look his brother in the eyes. "Let's get you into the car." Sliding an arm across his brother's shoulders he walks extremely slow but it's okay because for another day his brother's alive and breathing.
"How did you-" Sam asks but stops when a series of coughs cuts him off and he has to lean against the headrest and take a puff of his reliable inhaler.
"You okay?" Puck's worried about the kid brother sitting next to him. The breathing is shallow and coming in short little puffs and Puck's contemplating just taking his brother to the hospital.
Sam gives a sad smile knowing that the usually strong Puck Schuester is nervous and clearly upset "I'm fine."
"Your not fine and we are going to talk about it later, after Mom gets done killing you." Puck tells him seriously because he knows his brother and he knows that he's far from fine.
"Sammy!" Shelby screams when she sees her sopping white and pale son. "Go get some warm clothes on!" She scolds gently after pulling him into the tightest hug that she can possibly muster.
Sam follows his mother's orders and slowly climbs the many stairs before making his way to his room. The shivering his body is doing doesn't help with getting his clothes on very quickly but somehow he manages and is finally feeling some heat rush to his frozen chest.
"Sammy?" He hears Rachel's little voice behind him as he's about to walk down the stairs and face the wrath of mama bear.
"Hey sweetie pie!" The blond smiles and wraps his arms around the tiny body, relishing in the warmth he feels from the little girl.
Rachel knows something is wrong with her brother "Sammy what's wrong?" She asks wrapping her little arms around his neck so she can look into her favorite blue eyes.
Picking up Rachel Sam begins his trek down the stairs "I did something bad kiddo." Sam cannot lie to Rachel so he tells her a semi truth while he heads down the stairs so she can hear the whole story.
"Princess what are you doing up?" Will asks from his place on the sofa.
Rachel smiles slightly "I heard Brittany in the bathroom and when I asked her what was wrong she said she was practicing bird calls." That's enough to break the tension in the room and crack a few smiles.
"Now Sam tell us what the hell happened tonight?" Will said sternly. As a parent he was so relieved that his son was relatively fine but he was also so angry that his son ran off in the first place. Will was caught between wanting to hug his son and strangling him.
"I just...I hate school Dad." Sam said tiredly looking down at his hands and sighing heavily " It seems people only liked me for being Quarterback and it sucks."
Santana looked at her brother in concern "Sam you have all of us and you do have friends."
"Yeah I have three friends left and that's great but I miss everything." Sam whined but he didn't care he was feeling like a wounded kitten.
Rachel felt her brother's pain and climbed into his lap "Maybe you should go to Dalton like Kurt."
Shelby smiled at the solution she had not even thought about and smiled "Sam if you want to go to Dalton that is most certainly an option."
"Of course it is bud." Will looked into his son's eyes and gave him a sincere eye "We can go on Monday and set up-"
Sam loved that his parents cared so much be he didn't want them to put up so much money to a place he wouldn't be happy." That's alright."
"How about I go and make some pancakes?" Shelby asked smiling as she got up from the couch and head to the kitchen without waiting for an answer. Rachel ran after her telling her that she wanted to help leaving the three teenagers and their Dad in the living room.
"So..." Puck asked awkwardly the silence making him feel upset and baffled.
"Why don't we go and help them." Will suggested getting up and pulling his son into a hug "Do that again and I am going to put a pad lock on your door." The father whispered into his son's ear.
Shelby decided to have some fun with her family, she could clean up later. "Rachel sweetie can you come here?" She asked her little girl sitting on the counter next to her siblings. When Rachel climbed over to her mother where Shelby promptly flicked flour in her face.
"Mommy!" Rachel screamed smiling when she realized her mommy was going to play with her. Rachel smiled and grabbed her own tiny fistful of flour and threw it in Puck's face and smiled when he growled at her. "Now you're all floury Noah."
Puck smiled grabbing two hands full of the white substance and threw a handful each on Santana and Sam while Shelby was attacking Will. "Oh my god you really look like Satan." Puck laughed at the grimace on Santana's face.
Rachel threw powdered sugar on Sam's face and giggled as he pulled her up and over his head "You silly sugar princess." Sam laughed as he rubbed his floury hand over Rachel's little cheek.
The family played around with the baking ingredients until they and their beautiful kitchen were covered. They were all smiling though because even when things were at their worst things could always be made better with a few baking ingredients, a few laughs, and most importantly a few Schuesters.
When the family was finished with their little food fight they all laid on the coated floor all thinking different things but all equally happy and content.
"I think I just found Britt and Mike's first punishment." Will smiled and pulled Shelby in for a quick kiss.
"Gross get a room!" Puck and Santana booed.
"My eyes My eyes they burn!" Rachel cried covering her eyes and running from the room her footprints following her throughout the house.