Chapter 34: Ryder's Secret
The five Glee Club members had arrived at the Lima Bean and had all gone to sit down when Sam decided to let Ryder have the privacy he wanted and talk with Sam. "Hey Blaine, me and Ryder were going to talk with each other. And Ryder wanted to talk with me in private, so I hope you don't mind. Okay?" Sam told his boyfriend with hope that Blaine would be alright with it. "Sure thing babe, I don't mind you needing to talk with Ryder for a while. I was going to go talk with Santana and Brittany anyway. It's alright." Blaine answered with an understanding smile on his face.
Sam gave his boyfriend a loving smile and gave Blaine a quick kiss to thank him for understanding. Soon afterwards, he went over to Ryder at the table that everyone was sitting at. "Hey Ryder. I know you wanted to talk with me in private back at the school. So, we can talk now. Did you want to go somewhere else in private to talk instead of around all these people?" Sam asked Ryder with a concerned smile at how Ryder was acting extremely nervous.
"Sure, let's go outside and head to the car." Ryder said to Sam. Both of them made their way to Sam's car and then Ryder started to explain his problem. "Okay Sam, this is why I wanted to talk to you in private. I am gay." Ryder said with a bit of fear in his eyes. Ryder had been afraid to tell anyone because people already knew that he was dyslexic and he was bullied by some of the hockey players for that. But, Ryder didn't want to have another reason for being made fun of, so he had never told anyone about the fact that he was gay. Sam simply smiled at how history seemed to be repeating itself. First Santana helped Sam to come to terms with him liking Blaine, and now Sam is helping Ryder in some way. "Okay, so you're gay. I am willing to bet money on the fact that you have a crush on somebody at school. Am I right?" Sam asked with a comforting smile.
Ryder, up until this point was looking down at the pavement desperately trying to keep his emotions under control. But he had looked up at Sam when Sam guessed what Ryder's problem was. "Y-yeah. I do have a crush on somebody. He's in Glee as well." Ryder said with desperation as tried to not let tears fall from his face at seeing his crush be with someone else and not him. Sam smiled at Ryder and guessed who it was; "Jake?" Sam asked with a pretty good idea of whether Ryder would say yes or no. Ryder just let the tears fall from his eyes freely as an answer to Sam's question. "Yeah…I suspected as much. It was kind of a dead giveaway with the song you sung today in Glee Club." Sam said with an understanding smile to his friend. "B-b-but…Jake is with…Marley. And Jake is straight. A-and I care for him so much. But I can't be with him." Ryder explained to Sam with tears as he was crying and not be with Jake. "Listen, Ryder. Does Jake even know about your crush?" Sam asked Ryder. "N-no. I could never look him in the face with the knowledge of him not being able to return my feelings for him." Ryder replied while wiping his tears from his face with his t-shirt.
Sam had decided that Ryder would never get over Jake if he didn't at least let Jake know how he felt about him. "Ryder, I think you should tell Jake about your crush on him. Who knows, maybe he isn't straight. Maybe he likes you too. Heck, maybe Jake has a crush on you too." Sam said to Ryder. The moment those words left Sam's mouth; Ryder's eyes lit up like a kid receiving a Christmas present for the very first time. "Y-you think so?" Ryder asked Sam. "Hey, look at me and Blaine, never thought that would happen, but look how it turned out." Sam replied with a happy smile. Ryder was so happy at the possibility of being able to be with Jake as more than just a friend, that both he and Sam had failed to notice Jake walking up to the pair of them. "Hey guys, what are you talking about over here?" Jake asked with curiosity. Ryder instantly turned a little pink around his cheeks at the proximity that was between him and Jake. "Nothing." Ryder answered quickly with a nervous tone in his voice. Sam smiled as he started to watch Ryder fidget a little from the attention he was getting from his crush. "Hey Ryder, I was going to go back to others. You coming?" Sam asked, expecting Ryder to say no. "Nah, I wanted to talk with Jake here anyway." Ryder said with a slight anxiousness in his voice at the idea of telling his crush about his feelings for him. "Okay…just call me if you need anything okay?" Sam answerwed with a smile and walked off to join Santana and Brittany and his boyfriend.
"So Jake, can I tell you something?" Ryder asked. "Sure man, anything. You know you can tell whatever." Jake said to his friend with a smile.
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