𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 - 𝐬𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬

RUMOURS

"Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Get your Muckraker here." Becky Jackson called out as she made her way through the halls of McKinley High. "Here. Looks like your stupid wannabe boyfriend is cheating on you with that dumb blonde slut."

Alicia flinched in surprise as Becky thrust the newspaper carelessly into her hands before carrying on down the hallway.

"Good morning to you, too, Becky." She muttered sarcastically under her breath, before looking down at the paper in her hands. Skimming through the Blind Items column to see whatever the hell Becky was talking about, she soon realized. And it wasn't good. "Oh crap."

Tucking the newspaper under her arm, she ran as fast as she could to the Choir Room where she knew Sam would be. Rushing in, she met his tired eyes and instantly felt guilty for bringing him even more bad news than he'd already had recently, but he had to know. "Sam, I'm so sorry but you have to see this..."

She handed the Mukraker over to him, which he accepted in confusion. But before he could see for himself, Finn and Rachel ran into the room.

"What blondie former cheerleader is having a secret Moonlight Motel rendezvous with another big-lipped blondie just days after her best friend was spotted there?" Finn almost spat as he charged towards Sam. "Right on the front page of the school newspaper!"

"You don't seriously believe this, do you?" Quinn stepped up, placing a hand on Finn's shoulder as she tried to pull him away from Sam.

"Well, why shouldn't I? Why wouldn't he do the same thing I did to him?"

"Because it's high school gossip, Finn." Alicia shot back, fully aware of what was really going on and desperate to defend Sam.

"Oh, so now your little puppy dog is defending you, Quinn. Just great!" Finn's tone dripped with sarcasm, as he rolled his eyes at his girlfriend.

Shocked by his words, Quinn reached out to grab Alicia's hand and gave it an apologetic squeeze. Before anyone could say anything, a commotion from the other door of the Choir Room interrupted them.

"This is your fault! You told everyone that I played for 'another team' on your ridiculous melted cheese show." Santana stormed in, equally as fired up about the Mukraker as she walked over to Brittany.

"Wait, are you mad? You do play for another team. You were on the Cheerios, and now you're only in the New Directions." Brittany shrugged innocently.

"And you couldn't have thought of any other way to say that?"

Turning back towards Sam, Finn reached out and gave him a sudden shove. "I swear I'm gonna punch your face off!"

"You got a lot of nerve accusing me of cheating." Sam shoved Finn back in retaliation. "You're the one who snuck in and stole my girl when we were together."

As things began to get heated, Quinn pulled on Finn while Alicia grabbed Sam's arm to pull them away from each other, helped when Mr Schue separated them "Hey!"

Pushing himself out of Quinn's grip, Finn shot one last glare towards Sam before heading for the door.

"Finn, where are you going? Weve got rehearsals!"

"Not today!" He shouted, leaving the Choir Room in a tense silence.

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As the days passed, the McKinley rumour mill only became more vicious, with Finn and Rachel now convinced that Kurt too was having a motel affair with Sam.

"What do we know about Sam anyway? I mean, what town is he from? What state? What's his old school like? Maybe he's a serial killer." Tina speculated as some of the New Directions sat in the Lima Bean.