what if Sam evans never left Lima?
What if Mercedes Jones did, instead?
"what we need is star power, Mr. Schue. We need Mercedes Jones" Finn said to his glee club teacher.
"Finn, Mercedes moved away to Kentucky. How are we going to get her back?" Mr. Schue asked
"Just trust us Mr. Schue, we have a plan!" Rachel said happily
The needed to win sectionals. The New Directions were a complete mess. Mercedes moved away over the summer to Kentucky, Santana and Brittany left the glee club to concentrate on the cheerios, Quinn had joined the skanks and Sam was married to his two jobs and school.
Rachel and Finn made their way to Kentucky.
"Thomas Edison High school" Rachel read on the piece of paper. She looked over to her boyfriend excitedly "This is it!"
They parked in the parking lot and Rachel made her way into the school.
"Rachel, wait…do you even know what you're going to tell her?" Finn asked.
"yes. Just please follow my lead" She went into the school and stopped the first person she saw hanging in the hallway.
"umm…excuse me. I'm looking for Mercedes Jones. Really pretty girl, amazing voice, she probably runs this school by now and I'm sure she is the leader of your show choir." Rachel said quickly
The boy looked at her confused "don't know her, sorry"
"That's gotta be a mistake. She's really popular and cool" Finn said to the boy
"sorry!" the boy said walking away.
The two looked at eachother
"Well, that's obviously someone who wouldn't appreciate talent if he saw it dancing in front of him. I say we hit the show choir class" Rachel said determined
"what if someone catches us? I'm pretty sure we shouldn't be on school grounds that aren't ours" Finn said nervously
"Finnn! Have a little fun. We can be like spies!" Rachel said proudly.
She stopped a girl in the hallways
"Excuse me, I'm looking for your show choir class?" Rachel asked
The girl laughed hysterically "did you fall and bump your head? We don't do the arts here" the girl walked away
"no…arts?" Rachel said sadly to Finn
Finn pointed to a room that could only be the school's auditorium and they walked towards it.
"hello? Is anyone here?" Rachel called out.
"I think we have the wrong school" Finn said.
The lights went on and a voice in the distant finally spoke out
"I'll be right with you" out came out a very happy Mercedes Jones
"Are you here for the auditions…Rachel?"Mercedes said surprised
"oh my God! Mercedes!" Rachel ran to Mercedes and the two hugged. Finn followed.
"what are you two doing here?" Mercedes asked
"we came to kidnap you. We need you to win sectionals. New Directions needs you" Rachel said proudly
"kidnap me? leave it to Rachel Berry to be overly dramatic" Mercedes laughed.
"we thought you'd be a legend by now" Finn said to his friend"
"well, we have no music department. I was starting up a glee club now. Hoping I'd get some members but no one showed up to audition" Mercedes said sadly.
"Come back to McKinley!" Finn said
"yes, Mercedes. I spoke to Mr. Schue. I want you to do the solos" Rachel said.
"Rachel can't perform with us. Long story" Finn said
"and everyones a mess. Santana and Brittany left, Quinn's crazy and Sam's avoiding the world" Rachel said
"Sam? Is he okay?" Mercedes asked
"He's just…he's never been the same since we got back to school. I don't know what his deal with" Finn said
"oh" Mercedes said thinking about her ex boyfriend that no one knew about. "guys, I can't. I mean it all sounds great but my parents" Mercedes said
"we can talk to them!" Rachel said.
"please, Mercedes?" Finn pleaded.
Mercedes started thinking and smiled
"okay, I'm in" she said happily
The three friends hugged and laughed.
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Mercedes stood in the McKinley halls and took it all in. she couldn't believe she was back for her senior year. She was going to pick up right where she left off.
"good to see you back, Jones" Said Shane tinsely. He was one of her good friends from the football team.
"Thanks!" Mercedes smiled and she made her way into the choir room
"Mr. Schue! We have a little surprise for you!" Finn Hudson proclaimed.
"we present to you, the new and always amazing…Mercedes Jones!" Mercedes walked in and the group went crazy! Tina tackled her followed by Mike, Blaine and Kurt joined the group hug, Puck couldn't contain his joy and Mr. Schue almost teared up. Mercedes hugged Artie who was ecstatic to see her.
"I heard you are legend!" Rory said bowing down to Mercedes
"Oh my god! Stop that! What have you guys told this poor boy?" Mercedes said to Rory
"The truth!" Puck said smiling
"well, Rachel, here told me you guys needed some help and she convinced my parents to let me bunk with her. So here I am! What's the plan for sectionals?" she asked
The room grew quiet
"that's the thing…" blaine said
"well, we don't have a plan" Kurt answered
Mr. Schue bowed his head "we're sorta stuck!"
"Well one thing's for sure, you can't do this without Santana, Brittany, Quinn, or Sam. I'm going to bring them back" she said
They all smiled. If anyone could convince them to come back, it was her.
"I'll start today" Mercedes said with confidence "but first, how bout we start with some Michael?" she said
"That's perfect for sectionals!" Artie said
She got the group together and started to plan the perfect number.
The bell rang about 20 mins into practicing and everyone thanked Mercedes and walked through the halls. From a distance she saw Sam Evans gathering his things from his locker and her heart almost stopped. She ran over to him and grabbed his hand.
"What are you doing?" Sam asked
"I believe this is called, holding your hand" Mercedes said sarcastically
"Mercedes, I…"
"yeah I heard how you're all about working and you're not talking to your friends anymore. Sam, it's times like these when you need them the most" Mercedes said with pleading eyes
Sam paused and looked into her brown eyes and he wanted to tell her all those months of missed "I love you's and I miss you's"
"I have to go to class" he said still holding her hand
"Sam, please, don't go. Come back to New Directions" she asked him softly
"we can't do this anymore" he said releasing her hand. "you left me"
"I didn't want to. I had no control over it" she said fighting back tears
"what we had, it was just a fling" he said not believing himself.
"Is that what you tell yourself to feel better? It was more than that, Sam" she said putting her hand on his chest.
"look, Cede, you will always have a special place in my heart but"
"but what Sam? I'm here now" she said cupping his left cheek
Sam closed his eyes and was brought back to their summer romance together.
"I can't make room for you right now" he said walking away
"Then make room for New Directions, instead! They need you. I need you" she shouted out.
He turned around and stopped "fine. I'll be there" he said and then turned right back around.
Mercedes smiled
"I don't care how much you fight it, I don't care how big and bad you're walls are, I'll tear them down! I'm going to fight to get you back!" she shouted after him, smiling.
Sam Evans walked away smiling, happy his Mercedes was finally back.
Mercedes went on her way to her next mission: Quinn Fabray.