She felt the golden crust melt in her mouth.

Her jaws munched on this delicate snack that she was in love with.

Mercedes Jones was in love with tater tots.

She never felt like this about anything before. Sure, she had a small love for the flamboyant Kurt Hummel, and she even went out with Noah Puckerman. But these meant something special to her. They made her feel like a new heart. A new human. A new Mercedes.

"Mercedes, Mercedes!" Sam shouted at his girlfriend as she was dazing off into her lunch. "Are you okay? You haven't been really socializing lately. Is something wrong?" Sam bit his lower lip. He felt sweat roll down his forehead. He didn't want to mess up with Mercedes, she meant a lot to him.

"I'm fine, just a little nervous. I have a- erm- chemistry quiz today." Ms. Jones said with nerve.

"You'll do great, I know it." Sam smiled at her. "So what are you doing this weekend? I thought maybe we could tot, tots, tots, tater tots, tots-"

Mercedes was befuddled towards Sam. She needed her tater tots. She thought about the tot structure. How crisp the outside is- yet juicy in the middle. When you bite into it, it feels like your becoming a part of it, the inside potatoe, how yummy it is. A plate of tater tots being stacked onto one another, one by one, until they all come down. Then you pick them up-

"Mercedes, Mercedes! Hello?" Sam waved his hand in front of his girlfriends eyes.

Mercedes, barley even paying attention, just muttered, "Tots, tater tots, tots…"

"Mercedes!" Sam screamed.

"What!" Mercedes was finally awake. "What do you need?"

Sam calmed down and told Mercedes how she was being drunk-like. "Well, I have to go to the library. See you tomorrow honey!"

Mercedes watched as her boyfriend put his dishes up. She knew that if she wanted to be with her true love- tater tots- she had to leave him first. She didn't know how she was going to dump him though. She had one chance- and that chance was now. As Sam made his way out, Mercedes sprang up and stopped him.

"Hold it right there! Sam I have to tell you something." Sam was about to open his mouth, till Mercedes pressed her index finger over his mouth. "We can't be together. I love someone else." Sam had pain in his eyes, it reminded him of Quinn. "I love tots. Tater tots. And you may think I'm crazy, but I'm not. I'm in love." Mercedes lowered her voice, and talked in a monotone voice. "A few months ago, I thought someone would never come for me. I thought I would be the lonely high school girl that couldn't get a single date. I would cry myself to sleep. One day though, I saw a tot in my trash can. God gave me a sign. You came along, Sam, and helped me. You showed me that boys aren't the way to go. I decided I am no heterosexual."

Sam threw Mercedes' finger off his mouth in disgust. "I cannot believe your gay!" He said angrily.

"I'm not gay, I'm totsexual."

"That's it, we're over." Sam stormed out in disgust.

Mercedes looked as she saw her ex-boyfriend leave. She turned around and saw her food tray on the red lunch table. She squinted her eyes and saw it- she saw her tots. It seemed like her and her tots were the only ones in the room. She walked towards them. Right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot. She picked up the tot that was located at the top on the stack. She rubbed her fingers around it, and felt the bumps on the outside. She gentley tore the to part off, and stuck her finger in the middle. She felt like it was heaven. She twirled her delicate finger in it, and felt the potatoe in the center hug her hand. She pulled her finger out, and saw the tot that was no longer complete. She did the only thing left- put it in her mouth. She placed the tot in the palm of her right hand, and moved it closer to her lips. She widened her jaws and landed the tater tot on the center of her tounge. She slowly started to press down, and right as she felt the tot on her tooth, she took it out of her mouth.

"I can't do this." She said with a frown. "This tot has feelings, and I can't just destroy it cause it's delicious! I love it, and who would I be to destroy what I love?"

She placed the tot in a napkin, and wrapped it up. What about all the rest? She emptied out her golden purse- she threw away the unimportant things, like her drivers license, car keys, money, jewrly, and replaced it all with the tater tots.

"Now I'm ready." She said, finally leaving the lunchroom.

As she was driving home, she could see the golden light shining from her purse as her tots lit up. She almost forgot! For glee club she had to perform 'Edge of Glory' by Lady Gaga. Mr. Schue told her to add her own twist to it, and she knew exactly what she was going to do. She popped the karaoke track into the CD player, and started singing.

There ain't no reason you and me should be alone
Tonight, yeah, baby!
And I got a reason that you're who should take me home tonight
I need a man that thinks it's right when it's so wrong
Tonight, yeah, baby!
Right on the limits where we know we both belong tonight

A tear ran down her face. She was thinking about tots. How lonely some of them get! They are just eaten every day, without anyone caring for them. They aren't just something you munch on, they are living. They have souls. They deserve rights. Mercedes knew exactly what to do with this assignment.

It's hard to feel the rush, to brush the dangerous
I'm gonna run right to, to the edge with you
Where we can both fall far in love

Mercedes was ready to add her own flare to it. She decided to add a few extra lyrics to this song.

I'm on the edge of glory with tots and I'm hanging on a moment of truth
Out on the edge of glory with tots and I'm hanging on a moment with you
I'm on the edge with tots, the edge with tots, the edge with tots, the edge with tots, the edge with tots, the edge with tots, the edge with tots,
I'm on the edge of glory with tots, and I'm hanging on a moment with you
I'm on the edge with tots.

Mercedes looked down at the bag of her tots. She unzipped the top, and just looked at them. She opened her mouth, and the words came out naturally.

"Will you go out with me?"

The top tot fell to the bottom. Mercedes kissed her new partner. She knew that this was who she was meant to be with, but it wasn't going to come easy. She knew her next task- the most challenging obstacle of her life.