Nobody compares to you

Chapter 1

Quinn walked into the empty room. No matter how far she ended up going from it, this room always felt like home. She looked at the empty chairs stacked in front of her, remembering all the times she had sat there, watching her friends perform. It had been three years since she was last here, she had since graduated from Yale and was a practicing lawyer. Success had finally found its way to Quinn but something always felt missing.

"Quinn?" Someone called from behind her.

The familiar voice had snapped Quinn out of her thoughts. She didn't even need to turn around to know who it was.

"Hey Sam." Quinn said, turning around with a huge smile on her face.

"What are you doing here?" Sam asked, the excitement evident in his voice as he hugged her.

"I'm not sure." Quinn said.

Sam looked at her with a confused expression.

"I guess I just missed home." Quinn said, with a small smile.

"Well, we're glad to have you. How've you been? The last I heard, you were working in New York." Sam said, unstacking two chairs for him and Quinn.

"Yeah, I was working with this law firm. Things were good but I decided I need something different. So I quit." Quinn said, looking down at her hands.

"So, does that mean you're going to be sticking around?" Sam said with his signature grin.

"Yes." Quinn said, trying not to show how happy she was to see him.

"That's great! Your timing is perfect actually!" Sam said.

"Why?" Quinn asked.

"The kids this year are great but they just don't seem to get along. I don't really know what to do. I've tried to get through to them but nothing seems to work. I just.. I don't know what to do." Sam said, looking visibly upset.

"That really sucks, Sam. But I don't know how I can help." Quinn said.

"You've always been able to help me, when I've been stuck, I know together we'll be able to work something out. I mean that is, if you're okay helping me coach the glee club for the next few weeks." Sam said, looking at Quinn with puppy dog eyes.

Quinn pretended to think for a moment. "Hmm, I guess, I could try and help." She said with a smile.

Sam had missed Quinn but it was something he had always brushed aside. I miss everyone, he would tell himself because letting himself think about just Quinn, would be too hard. They had tried to stay in touch but life had always gotten in the way. He knew she was living a busy life and didn't want to disturb her. He directed all his attention to focusing on the glee club and trying to make sure it was a place that these kids always got to call home. Glee club had saved him, made him into the man he had become and he knew how much it could mean to someone else who, was lost.

"Sam?" Quinn asked, trying to get Sam's attention.

"Yeah." Sam said.

"Are you alright?" Quinn asked.

"Yeah, why?" Sam asked.

"Because you've been staring into space for the past five minutes. What have you been thinking about?" Quinn asked.

"I was thinking about how I'm feeling Breadsticks for dinner. What do you say?" Sam asked, with a smile.

"Sounds perfect." Quinn said, her excitement evident, no matter how hard she tried to hide it. She didn't know why she was so excited. It was just dinner, between two friends, right?

Before either of them could say anything else, the bell rang and students began filling in for glee rehearsals. During the rehearsal, Quinn tried to be as involved as she could be but she found it hard to focus; she couldn't help but be in awe of how much Sam had grown. He had become such a leader, the kind of teacher these kids need. He had become someone they could believe in, someone she could believe in.