A/N: This is a story I wrote before, but changed the names to fit into the Glee Samcedes universe. Hopefully this will distract you while I work on Human Nature. If it's a hit I'll upload the other chapters of it.
"The best things in life are free, but you can keep em' for the birds and bees. Give me money. That's what I want." Mercedes Jones sang along as she walked up to the front door.
Ask any guy in the neighborhood or her school, and she looked like the shapely video vixens from the rap videos. Generous hips, round plump butt, and a very obvious bust. But she was too selfish conscious about her slightly chubby belly, her thighs that seemed way to big, and don't even get her started on the stretch marks that ran dark brown, almost black, against her warm chocolate brown skin.
She was so wrapped up in singing along to the Josie and the Pussycats remake of the classic song on her iPod that she didn't even notice her parents standing behind her.
"Holy sh-! Hey mom!" Mercedes shrieked, as she finally noticed her mother, Faye Jones, standing next to the couch. But her mother had a rather worrisome look on her face. It was then she noticed her father round the corner, which was an unusual occurrence in her household, since her parents had been divorced since before she could remember.
"Hey, dad? Um, what are you doing here?"
Mercedes asked her father, Raymond Jones, it was rare that she got to see her father. Even though he lived within the same state, a small town just outside of the hustle and bustle of Cleveland; while she stayed with her mother just on the outskirts of the metropolis.
"Your mother and I have to talk to you about something very important." Raymond said, rather solemnly.
"Why do I not like the sound of this impending conversation?" Mercedes asked, laying down her oversized bag, and sitting uneasily on the edge of the love seat in front of her estranged parents.
"Well, Mercedes, honey. I, uh, I'm being evicted." Faye forced out the last words.
"Wait what?! What do you mean we're being evicted?!" Mercedes asked, in disbelief. Standing up from her already uncomfortable position on the edge of her chair.
"I can't afford the rent on the house anymore, and with the economy the way it is, it's just too expensive." Faye tried to explain.
"But-but, there has to be something we can do right? I mean, I can get some extra shifts at the store, and maybe a second job before school-." Mercedes tried to explain before being cut-off by her father.
"Absolutely not. There is no way you are gonna be working before school on the already too little sleep you get from working after school... You're gonna come live with me." Raymond stated calmly, as if it were already a done deal.
Mercedes was stunned into silence for so long her parents wondered if she had actually heard them. Finally she inhaled slowly and exhaled in the same manner, and looked her parents straight in the eyes.
"This- you guys have already settled on this haven't you?"
Faye and Raymond both nodded their heads in agreement.
"So what's gonna happen now? I move in with dad and do what about school? And want about you mom?" Mercedes asked with a deep sigh.
"You'll still be able to go to your same school, same friends and all just, a little farther away."
"An hour away." Mercedes corrected her mother.
"You'll have your own car so you can drive to school. And, as for your mother..." Raymond left it open ended so Faye could jump in.
"I'll have to move out, of course, into a smaller one bedroom apartment. And I'll have to get a third job to pay off the money I owe on the house. So staying with me isn't even an option honey." Faye said sadly.
She loved her only daughter with all her heart, Faye had had custody of Mercedes ever since she filed for divorce from Raymond when Mercedes was three, due to his infidelity with his now wife/former secretary, Holly Holiday. They had never been separated for an extended amount of time, unless you count friend sleepovers, or the court mandated visitation time she got with her father during the summer; up until about 4 years ago when they finally moved to Ohio from Maryland.
But now it was different, and Faye couldn't let herself overreact. It wasn't like she was moving a million miles away, she was just gonna have to move into the fast paced city. She would still get to see her daughter, just not as much as she was accustomed to.
"Alright then, I guess I better go pack my stuff then." Mercedes said, as she shuffled past her parents into her bedroom, her spirit feeling totally crushed.
Hope you liked it!