A/N: Well I'm glad that some of you guys like reading this story. I was really nervous about it before. Sorry this update has taken so long. Midterms are coming up in school and I have been preparing for them.
This chapter is shorter than the last one, but I hope that the next one will be longer.
BRAVE
PART ONE: Sophomore Year
Ch. 2: Not a Game
"Why didn't you tell us you had famous parents?" Rachel asks after meeting Sam's dad.
The three teens were in Sam's room lounging on the bed. Sam shrugs her shoulders at Rachel's question.
"I didn't want false friendships. I've spent most of my time alone. This whole friendship thing is new to me," Sam responds honestly.
"We're outsiders," Kurt said as he nodded his head. "It's hard to make friends. I don't have a lot of guy friends because I'm gay. Boys don't find me as their friend because they're afraid I would hit on them, which isn't true."
Sam looked at Kurt as he continued to stare at her. At first, Sam had no idea why he wasn't talking anymore, but one look at Rachel's raised eyebrow, Sam quickly figured it out.
"Oh, I don't care that you love boys. It's whatever."
Kurt just smiled.
"So Kurt is gay. Sam's adopted by famous people and others find me as a Diva. Now that we have that covered let's talk about my brother's crush on you," Rachel says with a grin. Sam just groaned.
"I'm not blind. I know he likes me, but I don't know if I like him like that. Also, I think I was flirted on earlier today."
Rachel and Kurt intrigued by the turn of events, lean closer to Sam.
"Give us the details," Kurt demanded.
"I think I was flirted with by a girl," Sam whispers.
Rachel raises an eyebrow, and Kurt grins widely.
"Obviously, you don't have a preference when you're dating," Kurt said. "So, tell us about the girl."
Sam rolls her eyes at what she was becoming. She was never one for gossiping, but it seems her two new friends loved it.
"It was a girl in English…Santana Lopez."
"No!" Kurt and Rachel yell in unison.
"She's mean," Rachel responds in honesty. "Ever since she came out she has made my brother's life hell. Any girls he is interested in, she's interested in, for example, you."
"So, I have to watch out for Santana. Got it!"
I can do that. Sam thinks to herself. Don't fall for the flirting. Easy as pie.
*Brave*
As it turns out, it wasn't as easy as Sam thought it was going to be. It seemed that everywhere she went she would bump into Santana Lopez everywhere she went. Literally.
"We've got to stop meeting like this," Santana says with a wink causing Sam to blush as she picks up her book from the floor.
"Um…yeah, sorry."
"Your name is Sam, right? You're in my English and Psych class." Sam nods her head. Santana grins. "Look, I have to go," Santana pulls out a pen and grabs Sam's hand, "But call me anytime." Both girls hear a locker slam shut and spot Noah storming away angrily. Sam, remembering what her friend's had told her yesterday made her outburst her thoughts.
"I'm not some game you can play. I'm a person with feelings so you and Noah can fight over someone else!"
Santana stands frozen in the hallway as she watches Sam storm off, she had a look of helplessness on her face and had no idea what was going on.
"Santana, I would like to speak to you."
Santana knew that annoying voice anywhere. She turns around and faces Rachel.
"What do you want Hobbit?"
Rachel took a breath and faced Santana head on.
"Leave Sam alone."
Santana's heartbeat rose at the mention of Sam.
"Excuse me?"
"My brother likes her and you're mean," Santana raises an eyebrow. "Sam is my friend and your constant flirting isn't helping anything. You're mean and I've never seen you in any sort of relationship."
"I'm going to stop you right there Dwarf. It's true. I may have some relationship issues, but I think you are forgetting the fact about your brother's manwhorish ways last year. I lost count after girl 7."
Rachel fumes. She never liked when people messed with her brother.
"Everyone has a past and Noah says that he'd changed if Sam gave him a chance. He's trying to change."
"What if Sam is the one I want to change for?" Santana asks with all seriousness in her voice.
"Then don't make it a game. Sam has a lot of people in her corner. I'm just one of many. I haven't known her long, but she has a big heart. Both you and Noah have a shot with her just don't make it a game."
Santana furrowed her eyebrows. Rachel standing up to her was one thing Santana wasn't counting on. After the first day of school and the small flirting banter that she had with Sam, Santana felt like maybe she had a chance; a chance to be somebody worth dating.
"What if she's not a game to me?" Santana asks hesitantly, afraid of showing a sensitive side.
"Then prove it," Rachel states before walking away.
*BRAVE*
"Stay away from Sam, Corcoran," Santana spits out as she approaches Noah in the quad.
"Take your own advice. What is up with you and her anyway? You know I like her and I want to pursue her. Why do you have to have what I want?"
Santana shrugs her shoulders.
"We have the same type so get over it. Just let me pursue Sam. I really like her Corcoran."
Noah shakes his head.
"I don't know if I have a chance yet so until I do, you have to deal with it."
Santana huffs and looks at the ground.
"Fine, but just so you know, Sam can make the decision and she isn't going to choose you."
Noah watches as Santana storms off.
"What's up man?"
Noah turns to his friend, Finn Hudson.
"Do you think I could be in a relationship with another girl?"
Finn chuckles and shakes his head.
"Not possible. You're the love 'em and leave 'em type, dude. There's nothing wrong with it, but it's just who you are."
Noah wasn't so sure about that.
*BRAVE*
"I don't think I like high school very much," Sam complains to her father as he prepares dinner.
"Why is that?"
"For one thing, I have a few admirers," Sam frowns. "I think and Rachel keeps going on about getting me to audition for Glee Club. I don't even sing," Sam says with a scoff.
"That we know of," Julian states with a smile. Even though Sam was his child, he still didn't know everything there was to know about her. Parents don't know every little thing about their children. Sam looks away from her father and mumbles "I don't sing."
"Samantha, no matter what you choose to do, your mother and I will support you as long as it's legal."
Sam throws her father a crooked grin. She knew her father felt like it was necessary for him to through it in and Sam couldn't stop grinning. When Sam had first come into the house she had been scared and quiet. Sam thought she had the understanding that no one cared about her and no one would be willing to adopt her. She had come to the house defeated only to have been proven wrong countless times.
"Family, I am home!" Brooke yells with a grin as she closes the front door. She hangs her purse on the hook and walks into the kitchen.
"How was school today, Sam?"
Sam groans, "More hectic than usual. Sue Sylvester wants me to be a cheerleader, Rachel wants me to join Glee club and this girl named Santana and this boy named Noah both want to date me."
Julian and Brooke lock eyes. Sam's sexuality had never been in question before, mostly because Sam had only liked one other boy in her life and his name was Jack. Both Julian and Brooke knew they had to tread lightly with this situation.
"Do you know what you are going to do?" Brooke asks.
Sam shrugs her shoulders.
"I don't know," Sam replies. "Could I see myself with Santana? Sure, but I've gotten close to Noah this past summer. I just don't want to be anybody's game."
Brooke sits down next to her daughter.
"If you find yourself liking this Santana girl, your father and I will stand by you, right Julian?" Brooke asks as she looks at her husband.
"Always, Samson. We will stand by you always whether you choose to date Santana or Noah or chose cheerleading or glee club."
"Not cheerleading!" Brooke interjects. Julian and Sam look at her. "Sue Sylvester is crazy."
"I will agree with you on that one," Sam says as she closes her eyes remembering her encounter with Sue. She opens her eyes and locks them with her father. "So, when's dinner?"
"Soon," Julian replies. "Why don't you get started on homework and I'll call you when it is done."
Not saying anything more, Sam heads to her room and shuts the door behind her.
The kitchen is quiet as both Brooke and Julian digest Sam's news. Neither one really had an opinion about same sex couples.
"I already don't like the idea that Sam dates a boy, but should I have an opinion on whether or not our daughter dates a girl?" Julian asks.
"I don't have a problem. It will probably get some getting used to. Plus it seems like she doesn't know what she wants. I think we just need to be concerned about the person she's dating, not the gender."
*BRAVE*
Both Santana and Puck were waiting by Sam's locker a few days later. Both were still fighting for Sam's affections and it appeared that both were failing miserably.
"I knew her before you did," Noah states grumpily.
Santana sends him a glare.
"That doesn't mean anything. I still have a shot."
"She's not even into girls."
Santana looks around for Sam, but sighs when she can't find her.
"You don't know that."
Out of nowhere a voice cuts in.
"Neither of you are going to have a shot with her if you keep bugging her about it," Rachel says annoyed. "Plus she has other things to deal with and it has nothing to do with her love life."
"Where the hell did you come from?" Noah asks his sister.
"From our mother's uterus," Rachel says cheekily.
Santana chuckles before walking away. She hoped to find Sam for lunch.
"You think you are so funny, don't you?" Puck asks with a small grin.
Rachel nods her head, "A little bit, yeah."
Noah rolls his eyes.
"Whatever you say Rachel."
"Glee tryouts are today, are you going to join?"
"I'm not sure Rachel. I know you and mom have this thing for the arts, but I just want to play basketball and strum my guitar," Noah states before walking away from Sam's locker.
"But you have an amazing voice. You're talented. Show it off."
Noah smiles at the comment. He turns to her quickly.
"The compliment is appreciated, but I have to think about it."
Rachel sighs and begins making her way to the music room. She needed to practice before her try-out.
*BRAVE*
Sam stormed into Haley's class a little out of breath. Haley looked up from her paperwork with a raised eyebrow.
"You have to hide me. Sylvester's on the war path."
Haley grinned.
"You are the only person that has said no to Sue Sylvester. I tried, but your mother made me cave."
Sam places her bag on the desk. Haley had a free period as well as Sam.
"I don't want to be in cheerleader. Not only do I have Sylvester on my back, I also have Rachel begging me to join Glee. She doesn't even know if I can sing."
"Can you?" Haley asks.
"Maybe I can, maybe I can't," Sam replies trying to change the subject. "I didn't think high school was going to be this difficult."
"I don't think anybody does. What made things easier for everyone when I was in school was to be involved in extracurricular activities. Lucas and Nathan had basketball. Peyton had cheerleading, your mom had cheerleading and student class president and I had cheerleading and tutoring. You should try out for glee club."
"What if I can't sing?" Sam asks with a raised eyebrow.
Haley shrugs her shoulders.
"It doesn't matter. Mr. Schuester just wants the students to be a part of something that isn't just basketball or cheerleading. Give it a shot, I'm sure your mom and dad will support you."
"I already know that, but I'm afraid," Sam admits. "Writing I can do, singing, I'm not so sure."
"It doesn't hurt to try."
Sam knew Haley had a point. She also knew that it took her a long time for people to see her writing, but singing? That was something she didn't want people to know about her. She could sing, but she has never sung in front of anybody before. She writes, but never has she sung anything before, except for the shower.
"I'll think about it," Sam states before grabbing her bag. "Do you still want me to watch Jamie tonight?"
"It would be appreciated. Nathan and I haven't had a date in a while," Haley says while leaning back in her chair.
"Neither have my parents," Sam said with a smirk before leaving the classroom.
Haley chuckled and went back to her paperwork and went about starting a tentative schedule for the semester.
*BRAVE*
"Millicent, did the new shipment for the store come in yet?" Brooke asks as she looks over the inventory on the computer.
"It is not, but it should be here by tomorrow. I think there was a mix up somewhere," Millicent states as she moves over to stand next to Brooke at the computer. "Your mother also called. She said she's coming to visit next week. She wanted to warn you."
"That means that my mother has something to discuss with me and I may not like it."
"What do you think it is?"
Brooke turns from the computer.
"When it deals with Victoria Davis, no one will ever understand her mind."
"Don't Victoria and Sam have some sort of bond?"
Brooke chuckles a little.
"Yeah, it's a little weird. When Sam first came to stay with Julian and I my mom didn't think it was a very good idea. She said if I was going to have kids then I should have kids that are my own flesh and blood."
Millicent frowns.
"That's kind of a mean statement."
Brooke nods her head.
"Yeah, it is, but then she met Sam and they started to hang out together. Then my mother apologized to me for what she said. And that was the only time that I have ever heard Victoria Davis apologize, to anybody."
Millicent eyes widen in surprise. She had never heard that story before. She thought Victoria was some sort of robot who didn't feel anything. Judging from Brooke's story it seemed like Victoria Davis was human after all.
"I wonder what she wants," Millicent states.
Brooke shrugs her shoulders.
"I just hope it isn't anything bad."