Title: I Need You Now

Category: Glee

Pairing: Sam/Mercedes

Genre: Romance/Angst

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I don`t own Glee or any of its characters. Also, the songs I mentioned belong to their respective artists.

A/N: This is my first fanfiction. I`ve been reading them since my cousin introduced me to them a couple months ago, so I decided to try writing one. Sam`s band is based loosely around my cousin`s band (the songs they play) which is where I got my idea for this story. I hope you like it!


Chapter 1 –

"C'mon 'Cedes! We're going to be late!" Kurt Hummel yelled up the stairs to his best friend, Mercedes Jones. "I'm sure your hair is good enough, I don't want to miss this band."

"Calm down, calm down, boy," Mercedes retorted, appearing at the top of the stairs. She was wearing black skinny jeans, a black tank top and a purple jacket. Her hair was pulled back in a tight pony tail and she had on purple high tops that matched her jacket.

"Wow, Mercedes, you look HOT!" Kurt exclaimed, clapping his hands gleefully.

"I know," Mercedes said, nonchalantly, and both friends burst out laughing. "You do too, by the way."

Kurt pirouetted in his own black skinny jeans, tight black dress shirt and white bow tie. His hair was immaculately done, as usual, not even a hair out of place.

"So, anybody you're trying to impress with that beautiful outfit, may I ask?" Kurt questioned, eying her outfit.

"Nope," Mercedes answered, immediately. Despite Kurt's smirk, she would not give any indication as to whom her outfit was aimed to catch the attention of.

When Kurt was satisfied that Mercedes was telling the truth, or at least sure that he was most definitely NOT going to get her to spill, he glanced down at his watch. He let out a small gasp and grabbed Mercedes' arm.

"We are running late. We might miss the band; I will not live if we miss this band. Let's go!"

Mercedes laughed at Kurt's persistence and excitement, even though she didn't really like the band they were going to see all that much. She felt that the lead singer, Sam Evans, was just stuck up and obnoxious, and that the rest of his 'cronies', as she liked to call them, weren't much better. She felt it had something to do with the fact that they had become so famous at such a young age (well, not that young, they were the same age as Mercedes and Kurt) and in such a short period of time. She had agreed to go because Kurt had insisted, and she had a really difficult time saying no when Kurt begged. She also decided that this would be a good opportunity to get some ideas for improving her and Kurt's band, New Directions.

Mercedes knew that most of the reason that Kurt loved the band (she couldn't even remember the name because she paid so little attention to them) was because of a certain curly-haired guitar player by the name of Blaine. She could see the appeal in his captivating eyes, his lush dark curls and his fun-loving attitude when they performed songs, but it wasn't enough for her to completely obsess over the band like Kurt did.

At this point, Kurt had whipped out his phone and was frantically texting all of their friends that they were on their way and to save them some room in the grass so they could watch.

The two ran down the street (well walked at a fairly quick pace, they didn't want any sweat marks or anything) towards the park in the middle of town where the concert was taking place. They reached the park with 5 minutes to spare, and received a multitude of texts from their friends on where to meet them.

The pair strolled through the park, Kurt being in much less of a hurry now that he could see the stage and knew they weren't going to miss the performance. As they made their way to the spot where their friends were waiting for them, Mercedes saw many posters with pictures of the band members rocking out on their own instruments; Sam with his microphone, Blaine and Puck with their guitars, Tina with her keyboard, and Mike on his drums. Mercedes had to smile at the excited expressions on the band members' faces in the pictures, and at all the diehard fans milling around the park, waiting for the show to start. She frowned, though, every time it was Sam featured in the poster because she still couldn't stand him.

When they reached their friends who were situated surprisingly close to the stage, Mercedes relaxed a little, feeling for the first time that this might actually be fun. She hugged hello to Quinn and Brittany, smiled at Rachel and Santana and high fived Finn and Artie. Finn, Artie and Rachel are all in Kurt and Mercedes' band. Finn plays the drums, Artie and Rachel play guitar, Kurt plays the keyboard and he and Mercedes are the lead singers, with Rachel pitching in from time to time and Artie doing any rapping, if necessary. Quinn, Brittany and Santana were all friends with the band members and were their number one fans.

"You guys made it!" exclaimed Finn, happily hugging his step-brother, Kurt. "Aren't our spots amazing? We're practically on the stage!"

Finn was bouncing up and down like an over-excited child and most of Mercedes' other friends all looked very excited as well. Frankly, she just couldn't understand it, but she mustered up her strength and plastered an "I'm happy to be here" smile on her face. Her friends were completely oblivious to her inner anger at being there rather than looking for great deals at the mall, or singing in her bedroom. But, of course, she was here, under the scorching sun, about to listen to a band that would likely give her a migraine or something.

All eight friends made themselves comfortable on the blankets they had spread across the ground, just as the band took the stage to a roar from the audience. Sam took his place in the middle of the stage and smiled his big-lipped smile at the crowd. "Hello Lima!" he yelled, as the crowd cheered enthusiastically. "We're Pandora's Scar and we're here to rock with you today!" The crowd yelled and cheered even more as Sam turned around to motion for the band to start playing.

Kurt cheered as he recognized the first song as Kid Rock's All Summer Long. He stood up, along with his friends, and the rest of the crowd, and started dancing, loving the upbeat tempo of the song, and the buzzing atmosphere all around him.

Sam finished cheering to loud cheers from the assembled audience. "Next we'll be singing, Hello Goodbye by the Beatles!" Sam said.

As the song began, Sam and Blaine started singing it sort of like a duet, but then the crowd jumped in, singing every other line along with the band. Even if Mercedes couldn't stand Sam Evans, she could admire a great performance and she had to admit that he had picked a great song for including the crowd.

They followed with a few more Beatles' songs (Revolution, Drive My Car and A Hard Day's Night) and then some Elvis (Jailhouse Rock). At this point in the show, even Mercedes had to smile because despite the seemingly obnoxious side to the lead singer, they were a very talented group of people that she couldn't help smiling as she listened.

Kurt turned and smiled at her as he danced in his spot and then turned back to continue to stare at the curly-haired guitarist.

The group finished their tribute to older bands with Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode. Kurt was beaming and at the end of Blaine's guitar solo he felt as if he might faint. Instead he just watched Blaine until they made eye contact and then, surprisingly, Blaine winked.

Kurt beamed and turned to Mercedes to get her reaction but Mercedes had turned away and was in the midst of asking their friends if anyone wanted a drink because she needed a break from watching Sam waltz around like he was king of the world. Kurt didn't really understand why Mercedes had such a problem with Sam, but he didn't want to push the issue, so he just told her he'd like a Diet Coke and she went on her way.


It was almost intermission anyway, so Mercedes had decided to beat the rush and go a little early to the concession stands. She got herself an orange pop, Kurt his Diet Coke and her other friends their drinks as well. She grabbed a tray to carry the drinks back on, since she was not an octopus and could not carry eight drinks in her hands.

Mercedes decided to try and walk around behind the stage to get back to her seat, in hopes of staying away from the crowds. She was being careful, because as anyone who has tried to carry a tray with eight drinks on it knows, it is quite difficult to ensure that all cups stay upright and balanced while moving.

She was almost back to her seat, she could see her friends all milling around talking about how amazing the show was, no doubt, when a flash of yellow caught her eye. She turned around and crashed smack into another person. The tray with all of the drinks on it, flipped and every one of the eight drinks came crashing on her new (and favourite) jacket.

"Watch where you're going!" she growled angrily, wanting to give the oblivious and clumsy person a piece of her mind.

When she spun around again to face the person who had crashed into her, with a ferocious glare on her face and anger tinting her vision red, she found herself face to face with the one person she wanted to see the least.

Sam Evans.


A/N: In case anyone`s wondering, the name of the band represents Sam`s love of Avatar and Blaine/Darren`s love of Harry Potter. I hope you liked the first chapter. I`m pretty busy right now so I might not get to update very soon, but I`ll try. Please review, or something, and let me know if you liked it and how I can improve.