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Mr. Shuester looked upset as he entered the choir room. The room was filled with happy voices from the New Directions members that were already in the room. Quinn was kissing up to Florence, hoping to get her to join the cheerios.
"Forget it. I"m not joining" Florence said for the sixth time that day. "Sue isn't even nice to me, she just wants me to join because I'm a good dancer"
"Alright...Lets gather around" Mr. Shuester spoke, a nervous undertone. For the first time ever, Florence was happy to hear him because it meant she didn't have to continue her conversation about the Cheerios. She noticed the tense look on her teachers' face, but after he forgot to pick her up when her dad was in the hospital, she really didn't care.
"Bad news guys. Puckerman's in juvie" He sighed. A wave of emotions went through the class at the sound of the news. Most people weren't surprised and a few of them just went on with their conversations.
"What did he do?" Quinn inquired, shaking her head in disbelief. She knew Puckerman wasn't the smartest guy, but she never pictured him to go to jail at only seventeen years old.
"He drove his mom's Volvo into the front of a convenience store and drove off with the ATM" Schuester replied, also still not believing what he just told the students.
"When is he getting out?" Rachel asked, her mind going straight to the upcoming sectionals. If the New Directions actually wanted to win, they would need as much members as possible.
"unknown" Mr. Schuester sighed, a tired look on his face as he leaned against the shiny black piano in the middle of the room.
"He might be the dumbest person on the planet, and that's coming from me" Brittany said, slight pride in her voice.
"Guys! Lets have some sympathy!" Mr. Shuester spoke. Puckerman might have done something stupid, but the way his friends talked about him behind his back didn't feel right to Schuester.
"Thats new" Florence huffed, receiving an angry look from her teacher. She didn't look away, instead she just smiled at him.
Finn was about the only one who was actually shocked about the news. "Sympathy? For a guy who put his own needs before the team? We need his voice! And his bad-boy stage presence!" Finn practically screamed
"We can't look at this as a crisis. It's an opportunity" Mr. Shuester sighed, a slightly happier look entering his face.
"For what? Further embarrassment and humiliation?" Mike sarcastically inquired,
"For welcoming our newest member... Sam Evans!"Mr. Schuester smiled. A blonde boy with a stack of astronomy books under his arm ran into the class at the mention of his name. Florence shot up when she saw the boy, rushing over to hug him. Sam opened his arms, a big smile plastered on his face.
Kurt shot Quinn a look. Santana also seemed to sense some sort of connection between the two and a smirk entered her face. "That's new" she whispered.
As Sam introduced himself to the class in a Sam kind of way, Quinn payed close attention to Florence, who's eyes had practically formed into hearts. The blonde shoved Kurt off his seat and sat down in his chair, creating a free seat next to Florence's.
Sam noticed the empty chair next to Florence and took a seat. Confused as to where Quinn went, but still still happy about the person who was currently seated next to her, Florence struck up a conversation with Sam, only to be interrupted by Mr. Shuester
Mr. Schuester explained this weeks assignment, duets to the class. The end of his explanation being the reveal of the prize the best duet would win, dinner for two at breadstix. Everyone started cheering and turning from side to side, hoping to find a duet partner. Sam turned to Florence. "I'm new here. Who do I sing with if I want to win?"
"Me" Florence said, looking back at him with a huge grin plastered on her freckled face.
"Who are you going to sing with, Kurt?" Mercedes asked. When Kurt didn't answer her question, Mercedes traced his glance. Which led all the way to the newest Glee member.
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Kurt was marching over to Sam's locker, hauling his little sister with him. "Hi! I'm Kurt Hummel, this is my little sister Florence" Kurt said, reaching out his hand for Sam to shake. Sam shot Florence a smirk, leading to her cheeks gaining a pink tone. Knowing she was blushing, She pulled her hoodie up over her cheeks, making only her eyes visible.
Not having sensed the tension between Sam and Florence until now, Kurt's eyes moved between the two teens. "Excuse me for a sec" Kurt spoke, yanking his sister away from Sam.
"What the heck happened the night of that football game?" Her brother asked. His voice was high pitched, even for Kurt.
Florence raised an eyebrow, not aware that Kurt knew about the football game. "Who told you about that?" she asked, already suspecting Quinn to be the one who told him.
"Quinn. Who else?" Kurt huffed, rolling eyes since he thought that was a state in the obvious.
"Nothing happened" Florence assured him, "Please don't embarrass me" she added. Kurt ignored her, and walked back over to Sam.
"Just tell me' Kurt said, the second he arrived at Sam's locker. Sam furrowed his eyebrows in surprise, sending Florence a look to check if she knew what was going on. Luckily, she knew her brother very well, and so, she knew what he was about to ask the boy.
"We have to go... You'll thank me for this some day" She spoke, shooting Sam an apologetic smile before yanking her brother away by his arm.
"I swear to god Kurt Hummel, not everyone you meet is gay. And even if they were, you don't always have to confront them about it" She sighed, "That's the 4th time this week"
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Sam had texted Florence to meet him in the astronomy classroom. As they entered the room, Florence stared at the guitar case Sam had brought. "I love astronomy. something about all that space makes my problems seem kind of small" Sam whispered, placing the black object on one of the tables. He opened it, carefully getting the instrument out.
"I wish i could kick my brother into space sometimes" Florence smiled sarcastically, the conversation that happened between Sam and Kurt earlier that day still fresh in her mind.
"That ones Venus, planet of love" Sam informed her, pointing at one of the planets hanging from the classroom's ceiling.
"Actually, it's Mars, planet of war" Florence corrected him chuckling at how confident Sam had sounded.
"Which one are we on?" Sam questioned, looking at Florence. The girl sent him a look and pointed at a blue and green ball.
"Earth, now tell me why we're really here, assuming it isn't just so you can give me false information about the universe"
Sam smiled, not at all deprived by Florence's harsh tone. "Many people told me you're one of the best singers in Glee Club, and since I want to win the duet competition, I thought we should sing together. You kinda already offered to, so you can't really say no anymore"
Florence smiled. "Fine, I'll sing with you. But only because I want to go to Breadstix" she spoke, taking a seat on one of the tables.
"Great. So I think we should start with the choreography" Sam smiled, handing the guitar around his neck. He played a few chords and looked at Florence. "I already have an idea, just get behind me" he explained, looking at Florence who was still sitting crosslegged on the table. Noticing she wasn't moving an inch, Sam chuckled. "Get behind me" he repeated.
Florence hopped of the table she was seated on. Sam happily continued playing his chords as she stood behind him. "good, now grab my hips and start swaying" Both realizing how stupid the last sentence sounded, they started laughing as Florence placed her hand on his shoulder instead. "Alright now, here's the cool part" Sam spoke.
"This wasn't the cool part?" Florence pouted. She looked up at Sam, a smile still plastered on he face.
"How many chords do you know?" Sam asked, wrongfully assuming she knew any of them. Florence's face turned into one big question-mark, practically never having touched guitar before, she knew nothing about the instrument.
"Do you know how to play?" The blonde boy asked, not discouraged at all. Florence shook her head. Sam gently grabbed her hand, placing each on her fingers on the right strings. He strummed the guitar slowly, giving her directions on what to do as he did so. When it sounded somewhat decent, Florence smiled brightly, not noticing the proud look on Sam's face as she continued playing.
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The day of Sam and Florence's duet had finally arrived. They had practiced together almost every day, and were confident they were going to do great. As they stood in the middle of the choir room, Florence looked around the class. She placed one hand on Sam's shoulder and her other hand on the upper half of the guitar, just like had practiced. Sam started playing lucky, the song they chose but about halfway through the song, Sam put his guitar down and grabbed Florence's hand.
A weird feeling entered the girl's body when her hand touched Sam's, the feeling wasn't at all new to her, since it was present whenever Sam was, but still it made her slightly nervous. The feeling --combined with the surprise of Sam totally changing the choreography they practiced, made butterflies flutter around in Florence's stomach.
Sam turned to face the other Glee members and Florence quickly followed. The song came to an end and the Glee club began applauding, pleasantly surprised by the performance and the chemistry the two singers had.
Florence smiled as she felt her cheeks gain a pink color. She turned to look at Sam, only to discover he was already looking at her, a matching blush on his cheeks
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