Author's Note: Well with the grand news that Chord Overstreet will be back, I've decided to write a WHOLE NEW Samcedes fic! YAY! Okay, you may not be excited about this, but I am. So here is my new story and I hope you like it! Also, check out my House story if you want! One last thing, this does have spoilers for the episode, "Hold on to Sixteen".

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Glee. That way I could write all the stories and make everything better. Sam and Mercedes would be back together in the blink of an eye if I was a writer. Okay, rant over. I don't own anything.

Mercedes Jones entered the school hand in hand with her boyfriend, Shane. He was talking about Call of Duty and Mercedes wasn't listening. She couldn't shake off the feeling that something big was going to happen today. She stopped Shane in the middle of the hallway.

"Baby, do you feel weird today?" She asked as she looked up at him. Shane gave her a weird look and began to think.

"Well, I did eat my mama's sweet potato casserole last night…that seemed a little funky." He said with a chuckle as he wrapped his arm around Mercedes's shoulder. She shook her head with annoyance.

"Not like that. I mean, like something weird is going to happen today." She said as she began thinking more.

"Sugar, are you okay?" Shane asked his girlfriend as he saw the thoughtful look on her face. She looked up at him and shook her head again, erasing her thoughts. She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him on the cheek.

"It's nothing, baby. I'll see you in class." She said with a wave as she walked down the hallway.

Mercedes began to hear whispering and felt the stares on her. What the hell is going on with everyone? Mercedes asked herself. Tina and Mike were whispering to each other and giving looks to her. The looks didn't seem rude or anything. They just seemed happy and sad at the same time. When Kurt and Blaine gave her that look, that's when she almost had enough.

"Why is everyone giving me that look?" She asked Kurt as she stopped at his locker. He was talking with Blaine and looked shocked when he saw Mercedes.

"What look?" Kurt asked as he put the final touches on his hair.

"The sad looks everyone is giving me! Don't you see it? Even you gave me the look." Mercedes said as she leaned against the locker beside Kurt.

"Mercedes…there's something I have to tell you." Kurt started as he clasped Blaine's hand in his own.

"Well, what is it?" Mercedes asked after there was a long pause. Kurt looked at Blaine for reassurance.

"Sam's back at Mckinnely." Kurt said. He stared at Mercedes as her face turned to shock, to sadness and then to utter excitement.

"Where is he? Have you seen him? Oh, do I look okay? Kurt!" Mercedes said as she began running her hands through her straightened hair and tugging at her shirt over her skinny jeans. Mercedes began to look all around her to see if she could spot him.

"Diva, calm down. He left go get lunch with his parents. He'll be back after school when we have practice. You can see him then. What about Shane?" Kurt said as he looked at Blaine again.

"What about Shane?" Mercedes asked absentmindedly Kurt gave her a sad look.

"Oh. Shane. My boyfriend…" Mercedes said as she began to feel the disappointment run over her.

"Hey Blaine, can you give Mercedes and I some alone time? I'll see you at lunch, okay?" Kurt asked as he let go of Blaine's hand. Blaine nodded his head and gave Kurt a kiss on the cheek. Kurt took Mercedes to one of the benches in the hallway so they could sit and have a chat before school started.

"Mercedes…you still love him, don't you?" Kurt asked gently.

"Kurt, I don't know. This summer was just so amazing. He was a gentleman, he made me laugh, he didn't talk only about football and Call of Duty. He was perfect. Sometimes I think that Shane is just a distraction, but then I think about the time he helped me during my audition for the musical. He was really there for me. I know that if Sam was here he would have supported me just as well as Shane had, but things were different with Sam. He made me feel like I could never grow old. I felt like a little kid learning about Neverland for the first time."

Mercedes had the look of love in her eyes and a happy smile on her face. Everyone knew she was happiest with Sam. Even though Kurt would never admit it, he kind of hated her with Shane. He was never right for her like Sam was. Kurt put his arm around her and gave her a hug.

"Mercedes, I know you'll figure out who you want to be with. You just need to give yourself time with the both of them." Kurt said with his hand rubbing Mercedes's back.

"Thanks, Kurt. You always know the right thing to say." She said as she gave him a hug. He gave her a tight squeeze back. They began to walk in to the choir room together to talk with their other friends. Mercedes walked through the door and her eyes landed on a blond with green eyes.

Mercedes could barely contain herself. She saw Sam with his guitar strapped to his shoulder standing across the room talking to Finn. She gasped and began running towards him. He quickly pushed the guitar to his back and grabbed Mercedes as she ran into his arms. They stood there in their embrace for a long time, not saying anything. Mercedes took in his smell, his soft skin on his neck, the way his arms felt around her…everything was perfect again.

Finally, Sam let go of her and took her hands and held her out in arms length.

"Let me look at you!" He said with a smile. She gave him a big smile and turned around for him.

"You still look beautiful." He said in awe. Mercedes blushed and gave him another hug.

"Sam, I missed you so much!" She said into his shoulder. He ran his hands over her back.

"I missed you too, 'Cedes." He said as he placed a kiss on top of her head.

"Now, Wheezy, you're not the only girl who's missed Sam around here." Santana said as Mercedes let go of Sam.

Mercedes and Sam let out a nervous giggle because they knew they had been hugging each other for too long. Mercedes just had this overwhelming feeling to not let him go. When she saw his smile, it was like the world made sense again. She had always loved his smile.

"Sorry, emotions running wild I guess." Sam said with a cute smirk.

"Yeah, I guess so." Mercedes said with a blush.