Gleek Revisiting
My Samcedes Shipper version
UPDATE
All songs are the Glee versions
Year 1
"Empire State of Mind" was what was being sung the very first time he noticed her 'Who is that girl' he asked himself as he sat watching a group of kids performing on the steps at his new school, 'She is thick, sassy and cute as hell' he thought as he looked on wondering why they had decided to perform an impromptu song at break time the only words that came to mind were social suicide making him smile at the cuteness of it all.
'If that girl's skirts get any shorter she'd be naked' he thought looking at what looked like a typical Jewish girl also singing but out of her depth with the song. Those two look alright but dare I say it easy just like Jenna back home always up for a good time and somewhere to get a sure dip. That blond looks good too like the driven snow but she could be my freaking sister she looks so like me, I'm sure she was at church last week, but there were so many new faces its hard to tell.
Sam a blond haired, green eyed, big lipped, Texan, white boy had just moved to Lima Ohio with his family, following the folding of the tobacco industry in their part of Texas and with job loss came re-location for the family when his dad found work in Lima. He'd spent the summer missing his friends and specifically his childhood sweetheart Tania, he wrote to her every day about his feelings, going back home to be with her and love; yes although he was only 17 years old he was in love, so why was he sitting on this bench looking at this thick, curvy, black girl with lust and getting a road chubber in the process.
One hand in the air for the big city, street lights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty, no place in the world that could compare, put your lighters in the air, everybody say "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"
'Wow killer voice listen to that' he thought looking directly at this powerhouse voice that has the sass and looks to go with it, 'a definite challenge' he thought 'but worth every knock back I want me some of her like now' rubbing his jeans 'stop that lustful thought virgin Christian' he told himself. "The flesh is so weak" he muttered
(New York) concrete jungle where dreams are made of, (yeah) there's nothin' you can't do now you're in New York (New York, New York), These streets will make you feel brand new, (Brand New) big lights will inspire you (Inspire You), Let's hear it for New York, (New York) New York, (New York) New York (New York)
'Did she just look right back at me' he thought 'straight in the eyes and I didn't look away and neither did she there was something there too I felt something like a pull or something there is an attraction I have to follow this up, he told himself picking up his bag and leaving the eating area in search of the extra-curricular club he'd just witnessed, he needed to join.
He didn't find it then but, a few days later after football, he bumped into a guy he recognised as one of them in the group "Hi" he said to the guy with the dodgy smurf hair cut as he got dressed
"I'm not like that mate so don't say another word or I'm going to have to knock you the fuck out" Puck replied
"Hey, I was going to say I heard your singing club the other day and I'm interested in joining, My names Sam" he held his hand out saying
"You are" he asked a bit friendlier "I'm Puck, come audition for Mr. Hudson, I'm sure he'll let you in if you're any good, dude I just noticed your mouth, its big, how did you get it like that?"
"Born this way Dude you will never know the advantages of having these" he said pointing to his lips
"Get dressed and follow me, meet the lads" Puck instructed him, he waited for Sam to get dressed then took him to meet the guys "Guys this is Sam and don't ask him about the lips apparently they have their advantages" Puck said "Sam here want to join us so he's come for an audition"
"What you got to sing for us Sam?" Blaine asked smiling at him
"Er maybe 'Billionaire'" he said strumming his guitar to get the note before belting out the song to the excitement of the lads
"Hey you're in Mr H will be fine with you and, just for the record Quinn belongs to me" Puck said
"Oh while we're marking Rachel belongs to me" Jessie said
"Tina" Mike said pointing to himself
"I so hope Kurt is wrong and you bat for the other side by which I mean not mine cos he's mine"
"Oh and we think Santana and Brittany are a couple but they're still to come out" Artie said
"So that's hands off all the girls in Club then no problem"
"No dude, not all the girls, if you should ever be brave enough to go after Miss Mercedes Jones then tell us before hand, and we'll pray for your corpse" Artie laughed
"Why is she gay?" Sam asked
"No she just has an iron chastity belt around her entire self" Jessie said
"Which reminds me she'll be practising for her audition in about 3 minutes come on guys lets go" Mike said
"What are we going to watch?" Sam asked
"Sneak peek at Miss Jones in action my friend, you'll have to be sworn to secrecy, no one knows we watch her" Artie said as they all moved off in the direct of the auditorium
"Should I come?" he asked
"Do you take the oath?" Jessie asked
"Yes I suppose I do, I want to see what's going on" he said moving off to follow the others
They all crept into the auditorium and sat at the back where the lighting was almost non-existent as Mercedes sat at the piano warming up "Dude she is spectacular" Puck said as she started belting out "And I am telling you, I'm not going"
"What the fuck just happened" Sam said sitting quite still looking at the stage
"Miss Mercedes Jones my man, our powerhouse" Artie replied
"She is spectacular" Sam said mesmerised
"Spectacular with metal draws Sam my man forget it" Puck said
"I'll join your singing group" he said, they all laughed
"You got the hots for our Mercedes Sam I am told you it's a no go" Mike warned him
The next day he arrived as directed by Mike and Puck at 3.15pm outside the choir room for introduction "Remember what we said about the girls Sam" Mike reminded him
"Got it don't touch most of them, can't think of names right now I'm nervous"
"Who's that powerhouse again?" Puck asked
"Mercedes Jones" he answered, going slightly blushed for saying that so fast
"Hi everyone this is Sam Evans, he can sing and leave the mouth alone apparently it's to his advantage" Puck said
"Hi every one I'm Sam I am and I don't eat green eggs and ham" he said
"What! This guy has no game" Tina whispered to Mercy
"Oh he has game" Mercy told her smiling at him willing him to look at her
"Welcome Sam, I'm Mr Hudson or H which ever" Mr H said "We'll soon find out if you can sing the project for this week is duets and I want you all to perform duets the best couple, voted that is, will sing at sectionals.
"I'm up for that I'll even sing with Sam" Quinn shot her hand up saying
"What" Puck said looking around the room
"That's right isn't it Mr H we have to sing a duet?" Quinn asked for confirmation
"Well all the boys don't have to sing with all of the girls no" he replied "Start rehearsals because I want at least two songs per session this week at the very least we need to get the song list sorted and start practising" he finished, they spent the rest of the time sorting duet partners and arguing about it before Mr H had enough and dismissed them
"Sam" Quinn shouted as he left the room with the other guys "Could we start rehearsing like now, we don't know each others sound I think it's going to take longer"
Sam looked at the guys, noticing Puck's fuck you face, but felt it was too late to back out now he should have said something when she first suggested it, plus it was his first assignment he needed to keep up with the set task, if Quinn was with Puck then Puck had nothing to worry about "Yeah sure I've got 15 minutes" he replied
"So Sam where are you from?" Quinn asked as they walked back into the choir room
"Texas but my Dad has work here so we moved, did I see you at church last week?"
"The Church of God yeah you did" she said as Sam nodded indicating it was the correct church "Well we're here what did you think we could sing" she asked
"Something snappy like teenage dream or something like that"
"What about something intimate like Lucky"
"Aren't you Puck's girl, why do you want to do intimate with me?"
"No I'm not his girl, that ship has sailed for us I'm afraid he's just not accepting it"
After nearly an hour of practice Quinn thought they were ready to perform and told him she would be putting their song forward from tonight to ensure they sang early. He didn't feel comfortable with the song choice but went with it anyway, she seemed to know what Mr H wanted, so the next day they were one of two performances
Jessie and Rachel put forward their contribution of 'Hello' then Quinn and Sam went up and done their song 'Lucky'
"What the fuck" Puck mouthed to Sam when the music started and Sam just shrugged his shoulders
'Hope that was enough' he thought as he walked back to his seat, he was feeling satisfied with himself having got a smile out of Mercedes, his heart was swelling. The following day two more duets were song and commented on first up Mike and Tina took on 'Sing!'
"Was that really a song?" Santana had to ask, earning a sigh from everyone
"Well actually yes it was, we have time for one more anyone want the spot" Mr. H asked
"We're next" Blaine said jumping out of his seat, Kurt and he proceeded to sing 'Baby, its Cold Outside'
"Can we quickly do our song Mr H I mean nearly everyone has sort of done one already no need to drag it on to the next meeting?" Brittany asked
"No not now but you can be first next lesson" Mr. H told her
The next day Brittany and Santana were over excited to do their song, already standing on the stage when the group came in bursting into song with "Run the World (Girls)"
"That was good but I almost felt like I was on the field watching cheerleaders go at it" Mr. H said
Suddenly Mercedes and Puck got up to everyone's surprise "There was no one left"she responded, waving her hands in the air as everyone shouted "Puck!" in disbelief
"We're going to sing "The Lady Is a Tramp" Puck announced, Sam looked on pissed 'That was so not in the plan, where the fuck does he get off telling me to keep my eyes off his woman and then putting his all over mine like that, well we'll play that game now then Mr Fuck' Sam thought as he watched Mercedes and Puck do their performance
"Mr. H you know I'm not one to bicker but everyone in here has done a song with their other halves except Quinn and me and that's mainly because Puck is too nasty and Quinn well is Quinn" Mercedes said
"What the fuck hell did you mean by that Mer Ce Des" Quinn asked swearing under her breath
"Like cute and pretty Miss thing what did you think I meant?"
"Oh thanks" she said smiling before turning to Sam to say "I was just about the rip that fat bitches head off"
"Don't say things like that about her she said a really nice thing to you just" he replied not very happy
"I know she's nice and most the time I feel sorry for her you know with not ever having a boyfriend and still being a virgin and all but I figure she's going to be a spinster anyway I mean look at her she doesn't even look after herself"
"Stop it Quinn, it's not right, leave her alone she looks fine" he told her
"Come on Sam you don't mean that?" Quinn giggled asking him
"Okay" Mr H stopped their conversation saying "I need tonight to think about the winners and I'll let you all know tomorrow at practice" before letting them leave the choir room.
Sam took that unhealthy conversation he'd just had with Quinn back with him to the guys, he put the question out giving a diluted version of his conversation, keeping names anonymous
"I've had the hots for Miss Jones for over 2 years even when I impregnated Quinn" Puck said
"You and Quinn had a pregnancy?" Sam asked
"We have a baby Dude; Beth but she's with Shelby who's Rachel's biological mother, for about 9 months now, Quinn went off the rails a bit after, but she's coming back to us now" Puck said
"Maybe the same amount of time me" Artie said to blank looks "Mercedes, she is hot all those curves tell you there's dynamite under the clothes"
"Dudes just heard Mercy is audition practising again but with Brittany and Santana today are we in?" Mike asked entering the changing room
"I am so frigging in" Sam said to everyone's surprise, they made their way to the auditorium to find the girls already in song singing a version of "Candy Man"
"Hey dudes I could never get tired of hearing that voice, I'm telling the truth and I've got to have her" Artie said
"Dude what about my scenario?" Sam asked
"Dude I asked you to stay away from Quinn you got all up her grill, and now you want advice from me about getting with her?"
"I have no intention of getting with Quinn, I'm having a good time being here, I do have someone in my sights but dude it's not her"
"Well I think she likes you" Puck told him
"And she looks like she's going to die trying" Mike told him
"Dude believe me she's going to die, I'm not interested, you know the code and all that" Sam told everyone
"I want to see you stop her once she has something in her head that's it" Artie said
"I'm the same and I'm telling you I don't have Quinn in my head"
The guys parted company for the day saying they would put money on the fact that Quinn would get what she wanted or Sam's life wouldn't be worth living.
The next day Sam got a text from Quinn 'I think we won so get ready to spend some time together can't wait' he took the text to Puck and told him he was going to let her down harshly. Puck advised him to wait until the winners had been announced before deciding anything, his reason being, if they did win that would make the situation difficult and Club was all about the performance. Sam took his advice and didn't respond to the text at all just went through his day as usual finding Mercedes and watching her around the school, still unable to actually say anything to her about his feelings. Then it seemed like within minutes it was time for Club, they were going to hear the winners, he went into a mini panic about Puck and Mercedes winning wondering how he would deal with that? 'Should I have a conversation with him, let him know my feelings towards Mercedes? can I trust him with that information' suddenly he was standing at the door to the choir room and looking directly at Mercedes.
"Hi everyone" he said as he walked in
"Hi Sam" he heard from around the room but he was only looking at Mercedes and she definitely answered him back making him smile
"Okay let's get straight to it, we have winners people and the winners are drum roll please Puck" Mr H Asked "Quinn and Sam" he announced, making everyone groan
Quinn was up off her chair and running towards Sam before Mr. H finished his sentence, Sam watching her coming towards him held his hand out stopping her from invading his space and shook her hand by way of a congratulation, he really didn't need to make an enemy of Puck or any of the guys right now. He wasn't even that familiar with her, or any of them just yet, and truth, didn't really want to know her like that and she needed to know that from the off.
"Set list will be done by the end of the day and everyone that wants to will get a chance to sing something" Mr. H said "We have two weeks to rehearse so let's make the most of them shall we"
"Can we have a girl song Mr. H?" Rachel asked
"Yes you can but every girl has to agree to the song" he replied
"I have a contender" Rachel said "I'll sing it" she got up saying
"Not today maybe sometime soon but I have other business to discuss today" Mr H told her as she looked around the room put out by the rejection
'Party at mine tonight' the text came through on everyone's phone at the same time saying
"Stop texting and get thinking sectionals, our time here is precious" Mr. H said hearing all the notifications
Sam thought maybe he could ask Mercedes to do a song with him that would shake things up a bit wouldn't it and everyone would know where his interests lay 'should I do that?'. He was snapped out of his thoughts by Santana standing in front of him talking "Pardon?"
"Going to the party" she asked again
"Yes I am if everyone else is" he looked around saying
"Lentil's parties are usually dry but this Sugar hasn't had one before so it should be fun and we can have some tongue time"
"What's tongue time?" he asked
"Making out Sam, we can make out"
"I don't think so Santana just by looking at you I can see you're not my way inclined, why are you asking me out?"
"I'm not a lesbian, I like boys in fact I thought I liked you, but you are so not my type" she said walking away, flicking her glistening hair, he swore he saw silver in there
"That's good we can go together" Quinn told him, walking towards him as she spoke having heard the conversation between Santana and him
"No we can't, and please don't say you like me too other than as a friend" he held his hand up saying "We'd look so weird together we almost look like twins" he said, his tone serious, he could see Mercedes watching him deal with Quinn and smiled at her, she didn't smile back she just looked away, he wondered what she was thinking, replaying the scene in his mind he assumed she may think he liked having the girls around him, that was so far from his truth he couldn't explain.
Somewhere in his pointless conversation with Quinn he saw Mercedes walking away "Mercedes" he shouted out before he could catch himself, everyone in the room look round "Hold up" he asked, getting up, leaving Quinn behind watching the scene unfolding in front of her, when he got to her he was so nervous "Are you going to the party?" he finally asked
"Yes why?" Mercedes asked
"I don't have a car, can I drive with you?" he said
"Yeah sure you can, but you're getting me into trouble doing this others have their eye on you" she said looking over his shoulder at Quinn, Santana and Rachel
"I'll protect you" he smiled
"You will, that's nice" she said hooking his arm and walking through the door with him to gasps "You'll protect me right?" she asked giggling
"I will" he smiled, her giggle catching him off guard
"Let's party then" she told him as they found her car, got in and she started the engine "Are you buckled up?" she looked at his chest checking before she pulled off "Why did you do that in there?"
"Do what?"
"Come on; leave Quinn, blow Santana off and come ask me for a lift, where they talking about me again?"
"No they weren't to me anyway, what do you mean, do they always talk about you?"
"Let's not get this twisted Sam I know I'm a big girl, I'm not super hot; well I am but they don't think so, I don't think I'll ever be a size zero and I'm known as the 40 year old virgin around here; not that I'm not proud of that, people just see me as a joke so you asking for a lift to the party is that just another joke or are you genuinely trying to be a friend?"
"I'm definitely genuine" he said "I hate game playing I suppose it's all the jokes about my lips they seriously piss me off, I never had issues with my lips until I became a senior"
"Your lips, my weight between us we're not doing well are we?" she asked laughing, he joined in "But one thing for sure, you're fine looking" she said slipped out of her mouth sobering her up "Sorry I don't know why I said that" she told him looking really awkward
"No problem, I think you look fine too" he said showing his lop sided smile
"Well actually you know your fine anyway cos you've had Quinn and Santana approach you in less than a week at the school and those are two of the must have girls" she told him
"I'm sorry but I only see one must have girl in this school, can I let you into a secret?" he asked "But only if you never tell the others I told you"
"Peaked, yes you can"
"We watch your performances in the auditorium" he said "I enjoy them but I don't think it's fair we do that behind your back"
"Oh I know about that, why do you think I never pick my nose of pull my knickers out" she said laughing
"I love your laugh" he said watching her as he laughed himself
"You're the first person to ever say they love anything about me, I think you're fast becoming a friend Sam Evans"
"I think it's safe for me to say I love everything about you Mercedes Jones"
"You're not very backward in coming forwards are you Mr. Evans but, sorry to burst your bubble" she looked at him saying "You just pushed back Santana Lopez and for that she is going to be all over your ass tonight, so between Quinn and her we" she said putting her fingers on his lips and then hers "Will have no time to carry this conversation on, I just hope you're not a virgin with those four sluts using you as their play thing"
"Four?"
"Yeah Rachel, Quinn, Santana and Brittany, I think that's what they joined club for to get through more men but please take my advice and wear a condom"
"But I just told you I'm interested in you, so why are you sitting there telling me about these other girls that might like me?"
"There's no might about it Sam, I'm not strong enough to fight all four of them, if you can good on you, I've felt their wrath before when I tried to protect Matt and it wasn't nice. If you survive and I'm still on your radar we can give it a try because, funny thing is, I like you too"
"Mercy will you be my girlfriend?"
"What? Sam are you okay?" she asked feeling his brow
"I'm fine" he laughed "Will you be my girlfriend?" he grabbed her hand asking
"I'd love to be your girlfriend, but are you still protecting me?"
"Yes I am and if any of them say anything to you tell me, and we'll deal with it" he said as the car came to a halt he got out the car, went to the driver's side and let her out of the car, grabbing her hand
"Sam are you sure about this?" she asked looking down at their clasped hands
"Yes I am, you?"
"Yes" she smiled up at him "So okay let's go face the music"
Everyone was already there waiting for them to arrive, Santana announced "I've got first dibs on mouth so everyone else back the fuck off until I say"
"You can only have 15 with him because I want me some of that too" Brittany told her "And it's not fair you get everything"
"Do you girls not have any code, the slightest code at all?" Tina asked
"If the guy asked Mercedes to bring him here, surely you need to leave it and give them a chance?" Sugar asked
"Who is she?" Rachel asked looking at Sugar
"Okay" Quinn looked at Rachel, Santana and Brittany saying totally ignoring the conversation Tina and Sugar were trying to put to them "We're agreed 15 minutes each and then whoever he likes goes for it yeah" Quinn said feeling sure she had this in the bag
"Okay" they agreed.
Sam and Mercy walked into the house "Hi all" he said holding her hand "We have an announcement Mercedes and I are officially dating as of just now"
"Dating?" Quinn asked laughing
"Yes dating" he told her
"Fuck this" Santana jumped up shouting "What does she have that I don't?"
"I don't really don't know what you have Santana, and to be truthful I'm not interested" he told her "I'm not answering questions on what it is I feel for Mercedes, all you need to be clear about is that I'm not interested in you" he looked around the room saying
"Well said" Mike shouted back at him, getting a smile from Tina and Mercedes
"Seconded" Artie said putting his hand in the air
"We have a song" Quinn told everyone, looking at Brittany & Santana who got up and followed her to the middle of the very large den "Can you put Toxic on please Kurt" she asked, he done as asked while everyone watched them sexy danced thorough the song
At the end nobody actually clapped just stood around wondering what the girls were trying to say Kurt being the bravest asked "What are you girls trying to say, because that just came across as confusing"
"I'm saying right now his heads messed up because he cannot possibly look at me and want her" Quinn said pointing to Mercedes, as all the guys gasped at her total disrespect in saying that
"We're telling Mercedes that she's not permanent, just a glitch" Santana said hand on hip, looking at Mercedes as she spoke
"No offence Mercedes but Sam what the fuck?" Brittany asked
"Okay" Sam said sounding pissed off "What we'd like is for you all to respect our choice and stop with the can't believe it shit, actually your being very disrespectful to us"
"Yeah call yourselves friends, then act like this with one of our crew, you're altogether wrong girls" Puck said
"Sorry Mercedes it's just that, oh forget it" Quinn said "It might have come out wrong" she said going in for a hug but Mercedes stepped back rejecting her gesture
"Yeah we are all kinds of wrong you're right Puck, sorry Mercedes" Brittany said keeping her distance, her voice telling Mercedes she didn't mean it
"Sorry Mercedes" Santana said unsure if she really meant it but felt ashamed enough to say it, "still thinking out loud my bad"
"I just jumped on the bandwagon so sorry Mercedes, it's true we need to leave this alone" Rachel said
"Let's Party" Sugar said holding a tray of drinks
"What's her name again?" Brittany asked as she took a drink
"Dude" Puck said to Sam calling him over to where the boys were sitting, he looked at Mercedes she smiled and let him go, Tina came over to her for hugs, he went over to the boys
"How the fuck did you manage that Dude?" Artie asked as everyone's ears peaked
"I asked her and she said yes" he told them
"Come on Dude what happened?" Mike asked
"Honestly I asked her and she said yes" he repeated "Is that it cos I need to get back and get acquainted"
"Go dude just go" Blaine said tapping him on the shoulder
The party got into full swing as Puck hooked up with Quinn, Artie hooked up with the CD player, Mike & Tina, Blaine & Kurt, Rachel & Jessie sat or danced and Santana and Brittany sat talking looking intimate, for Mercedes and Sam the party need not have been happening they were only interested in each other
"So" he started the conversation awkwardly "What are you most scared of?"
"This not being real right now" she answered
"This is real, very real to me, I joined the Club for you I saw you standing on the steps singing with these guys and I fell in love"
"Love?" she asked shocked at his use of the word so early in their union, looking for something to lighten the conversation "What are you most scared of?"
"Well up until today it was being rejected by you" he smiled
"What would you have done if I'd have said no?"
"I suppose I'd have settled for 6th best one of those numb heads sucking on my lips for the night" he laughed
"Thanks for being honest, but who are 1 to 5?"
"You, I'd have tried again all through the party just bugged until you said yes" he said laughing
"You are too smooth Sam Evans please be real"
"I might not be so real, you may want to reconsider after this bit of the conversation" he said looking at the crowd and shuffling in his seat to face Mercedes totally "I don't believe in sex before marriage so that isn't going to happen for me, unless I get married" he quickly added
"Are you for real? I believe the same" she said getting excited about the prospects of having a boyfriend that didn't just want one thing
"I want to talk about colour, I mean it really doesn't bother me but will it be an issue for you"
"Come on Sam, I said yes" she smiled "And my family are cool you'll have to meet them soon too, I won't be able to hang with you until they've met you, my brother may be a bit of a tool but it's not going to be about colour it'll be about you treating me right"
"I don't have a problem either, my family are going to love you I have younger brother and sister, twins, my sister misses all things pink so sorry in advance if she attacks you"
"I love things pink and I don't have a sister to share anything with so that will be refreshing"
"Is the singing thing your life?"
"Well I'd like it to be, but I'm not sure I'm strong enough for that industry"
"You're definitely good enough and with me behind you you'd be strong enough you should go for it"
"What's your goal, ambition, aspiration whatever you want to call it?"
"I want to sing country if I have to but I guess my true calling is in comic writing or drawing I love it"
"Have you got any drawings I can see?"
"Yeah one day" he said shyly "Favourite film?" he changed the subject asking
"Oh Avatar special edition of course"
"No shit it's my all-time favourite too, but I haven't got the special edition" he said excitedly "That's proper first date stuff Mercy"
"Mercy I like that, when you say it" she said wiggling her eyebrows
"I like the feel of that" he said mimicking her wiggle
"Can we give our mouths a, I was going to say rest but..." was all she got out before his lips were on her locked in until they had to come up for air
"First kiss, is that cherry's?" he asked, licking his lips "It's my favourite"
"It's mine too" she said watching his lips as he spoke, finally going back in for more of the same "Got to take care of them lips" she laughed into the next kiss
"I'm going to say stop" he suddenly said, pulling away "I need to stop"
"What, Why?"
"I'm going to have trouble" he told her looking down at himself "If I carry on and I don't want to have to walk out of here compromised" he laughed
"Songs" Kurt shouted across the room as usual, everyone making their way back to the centre of the room
"We have one" Tina shouted fanning Rachel to join her, Blaine put the music on and they started singing "What a Feeling" everyone jumping around, dancing and having fun
"Yeah that was invigorating" Quinn said as they got up to do a song themselves "The Holy Trinity doing what we do best, so give some space"
"We don't need a repeat performance girls" Tina said
"No this one might seem weird but promise it's just fun; hit it Kurt" Santana said as the music started and the girls started doing their thing to "Problem"
"That was bitching hot ladies" Puck said going in to kiss Quinn
"Yes finally a good song from you guys" Mike laughed "I love Ariana Grande, her music is really good"
"I'm up next" Artie came forward saying "feel free to join in men" as he passed the music to Kurt "This is for the love of my life when I find her" he said as the music started and he sung "You should let me love you" while the guys back danced
"Yeay" Mercy shouted, hyped up by Sam's gesture "Did you just sing that to me?" she asked when he came to sit back down
"Who else am I going to sing it to? We need to do one, put our mark on us" he turned to her asking
"Can you do scream or something like that?" she smiled
"More like Human Nature" he laughed pulling her up and demanding the stage "We have one" he told everyone, while Mercedes went to give Kurt their choice, he grabbed his guitar and started strumming singing until she got back to him to joined in, ending the song with a kiss, everyone watching for a second before clapping the song
"Trouble brewing" Blaine whispered to Kurt as he looked at the faces around the room
"They haven't come across Mercedes Jones yet they don't even know who their fucking with, let alone her in love, good luck to them" Kurt whispered back a smirk on his face
"I know you girls think there must be something there between you and Sam but please, I'm the jealous type you need to leave us alone or suffer the consequences" Mercedes said walking away with Sam in tow
Kurt looked at Blaine and smiled "See what I mean?" he asked as Blaine just nodded
"Got him like a little lap dog already?" Quinn asked as she watched them walk away
Sam spun round to see who she was talking to to find it was them "Look I don't know what your problem is but it don't concern us, it's not our fault you're like a frigging cat on heat" he rolled his eyes saying "I respect you or try to respect you because I know the guys have feelings for you, but I don't know that I can say this any louder without becoming offensive I'm not into you, so will you please leave us alone?"
"I hear you believe" Quinn smiled "But don't forget we have the sectionals song to do, you need to keep me on side" flashing her skirt as she spun round to get a drink
"I wished I'd never won that fucking competition she's going to drive me mad" he said to Mercy "I don't want to get to the ridiculous stage but I might need your help with this one"
"Sam I have to trust you at some point and we might as well start now" she looked up at him saying "So only call me if any of them are literally on top of you, in your pants or on your lips and I'll deal with it, I promise"
"Can we leave I can feel their eyes constantly on me, it's getting me mad"
"Yea" she said "Sugar we're out too much clash tomorrow fam" she shouted to the room
"Tomorrow" he shouted to everyone
"Cherry busting time" Puck shouted making Sam laugh, none of them saying anything different as they left the house
Once they were in the car they kissed again before she drove off "Can we go to the lake for a while" he asked randomly "It seems like a nice place" she said nothing, just drove to the lake, they got out of the car and sat at the edge of the lake "There's a fair here in the summer do you want to go with me?"
"Summer is in like a month"
"Yeah so, do you want to go with me?"
"Yeah I do"
"So we made our first date then?" he slapped his thighs saying
"Three weeks till I get on those lips again?"
"No you're getting on these now if you want" he leaned in to kiss her as she came in to get it
"And no we will not be waiting three weeks" he said once they stopped "I want to come get you tomorrow to hang out will that be alright?"
"You can meet my parents then"
"I'll take you to meet mine tomorrow and then that's over with" he told her "We're making plans" he said laughing "It's funny but I feel like this is something, we have going on here, I'm falling into it so easy"
"I wish"
"What do you wish?"
"I wish god would give us something deep like that, you know, that no one could get through and we would last like, forever, silly yeah?"
"No; I wished for you some time ago"
"What do you mean you wished for me?"
"I wished for someone to love that would love me back unconditionally and that I'd know who you were as soon as I saw you, and I did"
"So... no forever love then"
"I only intend on loving like this once in my lifetime"
"No loves left at home in Texas then?" she asked "Yeah I'm fishing" she laughed
"Well yeah Tania was my girlfriend I finished with her the day I saw you on the steps because nothing was coming between getting you" he said moving his index finger between them "Ambitious I know but when you know you just know"
"Would you go back to her if she asked you, I mean like something freaky happened and you two got the chance again would you?
"I don't think so, I'm not in the habit of going backwards, although looking at you I can see an exception"
"Would you …"
"Sing for me Mercy I hate talking about other women I'm only interested in you"
"What here?"
"Yes here pretend the lake is your stage and you're doing a private show for my eyes only" he told her giggling his eyebrows
"I'll do X-rated" she said looking through her play list "oh this one I like" she said plugging it into the car speakers before she started singing along to 'Sweet Transvestite'
"Wow that was amazing so much energy, sexy and your toying with going to LA to share that, you have just got to get there and share that, it's too good to keep to yourself Mercy"
"Do you think?"
"I know" he said pulling her back down to sit with him, she leaned in for the kiss this time "Do you want to come to church with me on Sunday, sort that sin out?"
"I'd love to but I'm the lead singer at my church in the choir and I really can't think of a good reason why I shouldn't be there"
"Lead singer in the choir? I'm not surprised your voice is that good, I play guitar in mine just started though, can I come to yours on Sunday then?"
"Yeah and I'll square it with my parents to come to yours the week after"
"As much as I would love to sit here all night, I don't want to get off on the wrong foot with your parents what time is your curfew"
"11pm I've got like 30 minutes, it'll take about 10 to get you home and then get myself back I'll be late"
"Don't worry about me just drop me off on your way I can walk it home" he said getting up and pulling her up too
"No come now I'll drop you off" she said allowing him to pull her
They got home in record time and although she told her Mom about Sam she was careful not to mention she had spent time alone with him that evening. They spent the night thinking about each other sending a goodnight and good morning text before heading to school
"Morning Mercedes" he smiled as he met her at her locker before class, giving her a kiss "That should have lasted forever" he laughed
"Morning Sam, it will" she said giggling "Time for a reality check though, Quinn" she said, both their faces changing "I think what I'm going to say is mad, but I feel I've invested in this thing we have going on already, I will kill her if she tries anything, you'll need to keep me away from her" she hugging him saying
"I'm totally invested from the first day I saw you, so I know how you feel"
"Text me" she said giving him another kiss before going off to her lesson
"I miss you already" he shouted after her she turned and smiled at him, he was waiting for that smile he felt satisfied even secure having got it
During third lesson she got a text from him simply saying 'We're singing I've had the time of my life shit' it made her laugh initially but then she started thinking about the intimacy of it and a anger started to grow inside her 'WTF' she wrote back 'tried to change it but NO' he wrote 'change it' she wrote back continuing with 'talk to Mr. H' she couldn't wait for class to finish, she was out and on her phone calling him
"I need to see you, I'm not having it" she shouted down the phone already past pissed off and well on the way to slap a bitch, she could talk no more she put the phone down. He stood looking at his phone wondering what just actually happened he was just about the call her back when she appeared in front of him
"What was that conversation about, what are you not having?"
"Is she literally going to be doing dirty dancing all over you?"
"No we're singing not acting Mercy come on, please don't do jealous there's nothing to waste your time on I'm all for you"
"Initial shock I think"
"Let's focus on meeting the parents tonight, have you mentioned anything to your parents?"
"I sort of spoke to Mom about it, she seems fine and I'm sure she'll have brought Dad round to the idea of me having a boyfriend by the time we get there" she laughed
"Do I need to bring anything?"
"No just yourself, do I need to bring anything to your parents home?"
"No, did you tell your Mom I'm white?"
"I'm sure she'll work that out for herself when she sees you, I mean if I say something it's going to bring on the interracial conversation and I really don't want her telling me who I fall in love with"
"So you're in love now" he asked with a smile
"Did I say that?" she asked stunned at her revelations "I guess it rolled off my tongue easily enough didn't it?"
"It did and I don't think I feel the same" he told her looking at a mortified Mercy "I know I feel the same, I told you already, I loved you from the first time I saw you" he said kissing her again
"You two need to get a room that's the fourth kiss today, are you not hung over?" Blaine asked
"Just a bit but I think it's on love rather than alcohol" Sam told him laughing as he grabbed hold of Mercy
Come do this song for Mr. H, he wants us to sing about the risks of drinking, we feel rough we thought we'd do it some justice, you helping?"
"Yeah we're in, yeah?" Sam asked Mercy and she nodded a yes so they headed to the auditorium
"You got to have a drink" Artie said offering cups
"A really small one, we'll just pretend to be drunk" Mercy told him taking some of the drink he was pouring, they took a sip of the strong drink and he started singing 'Blame It (on the alcohol)'
"Is drinking in moderation bad though Mr. H because everyone does it?" Blaine asked at the end of the song
"Well no it isn't in moderation, but I draw the line at drink driving, we still need to find a song to mark summer break so get your heads together and we need to present something to the school next week and then that gives us just a week for sectionals" he told them
"I might have a song that Brittany could sing" Santana said making everyone roll their eyes
"Everything you do is for Brittany but your just friends, that is just so sad that you refuse to acknowledge your feelings for her" Rachel said
"Britt knows I love her and she's my best friend" Santana said
"You say that in the same sentence like that's fine Santana you're in love with her why can't you just tell her and get on with your life together" Mercedes said
"Don't tell me you two have found fucking love already for god sake this is ridiculous" Santana said looking at Brittany
"Sam and I are trying to find love" Quinn popped into the conversation "We practice every day, I bet he spends more time with me than with his girlfriend nowadays" looking at Mercedes, Sam had a smile of disbelief on his face at what she'd said looking in the air before looking at Quinn
"You know that may be true at the moment, but I spend quality time with my girlfriend and I remember it the next day" he told her kissing Mercy's forehead
"So fucking sweet" Kurt commented
"I'll meet you back here at end of play and we can go straight to your parent's house, hopefully we can get through this fast enough to spend some quality time together tonight" Sam said smiling when they got up to leave the auditorium.
End of day came quickly after that and Mercy was back waiting before Sam got there "Impatient much" he laughed coming towards her as he watched her tapping her foot and obviously willing him to be there, she turned and smiled
"I'm a bit nervous can you tell?"
"Yep" he said as he went in for a kiss, hugging her "Don't be we're in this together, it's feels like I'm asking for your hand in marriage or something I'm excited"
"I'm excited I mean I'm doing another first, introducing my boyfriend to my parents they are going to be shocked, I mean really shocked when they see you"
"Is this the white thing again?"
"No it's the boyfriend thing, I never thought I'd be saying that you know, not many people see my body type as, I don't know nice" Mercy said looking at her hands
"Mercy I love your body type as you call it, and if I could I'd have hoped many people wouldn't like it, but I know I'm going to be fighting them off all my life. Furthermore if all people see about us is our physical appearance then they are not worth knowing because they haven't taken the time out to get to know us, to see how beautiful you are on the inside as well as the outside"
"That's sweet Sam" she smiled giving him a kiss
"I know they think the same of me, the Holy Trinity and Berry, they've taken no time out to get to know me just looked at my face and assumed that I'm the type of guy that would be into them, I don't even understand how they think"
"I suppose they did" she grabbed his face saying "But I can't say much about that your looks gabbed me too"
"Yeah but that wasn't the only thing was it?"
"No I felt something" she kissed him saying "Come on lets go"
They got to the Jones residence 15 minutes later and stood at the door holding hands had a stress shake for about a minute then Mercy loosed his hands and opened the door shouting her parents to find out where they were "In here" she heard from the direction of the study
Sam was overwhelmed by the house it was a small palace with about four doors leading off the main entrance and some grand stairs in the middle of it all with hall's leading off to both the left and right at the top. He could smell home cooking going on from the left of where he stood and hear a TV from another door going too fast through the hall to do specifics
"They're in the study" she told him grabbing his hand and going towards the door
"Hold up" he said dragging his hand away "How do I look?" he asked showing nerves for the second time
"Eatable and you'll be fine, we've got this" she said giving him a quick kiss before opening the door "Mom, Dad this is Sam" she said looking at them before turning to him "Sam my Mom and Dad"
"Hello Sam really nice to meet you, let's hope inside matches outside shall we?" Mrs. Jones said
"Yes Sam nice to meet you, I've heard good things from, Cedes via her mother, so you know we need to have the talk like today" her Dad said laughing
"Good Evening Mr. & Mrs. Jones, nice to meet you both" he said walking towards them his hand held out for shaking
"We don't do handshaking Sam and my name is Marcia" Mercy's Mom said going in for a hug "he's gives a good hug Cedes" she smiled
"Thank you Marcia" he smiled
"Call me Mr. Jones" her Dad said walking towards him with his hand held out, Sam grabbed it he wasn't about to argue any point with this man, but Mr Jones pulled him in and hugged him, surprised was not the word "I'm joking you'll get used to me" he said "Call me Devon" he smiled "So Sam, what do your parents do?"
"Dad used to be on the oil rigs but that dried up for us, then he was in the tobacco industry and everyone's heard what happened to that lately so then we came to Ohio for his new job which is in real estate, but I think if he had the chance he'd go back to ranching that was his first love" he said looking between Devon and Marcia as he spoke "Mom's worked in the past and generally does like Diner work but she's just looking after us at the moment, that's me and I have younger twin siblings a brother and sister until something comes up"
"And other than school what do you do?" Devon asked
"Well I play the guitar that's my first love, fast becoming my second" he looked at Mercy with a smile saying "And I also play the piano and drums when the mood takes me, I've just joined the singing club at school and I have a paper round mornings, I'm on the football team and just for fun I've just started doing synchronized swimming" he said laughing
"That's a lot to pack into such a short life Sam, why is playing your guitar fast becoming your second love?" Marcia asked
"I believe this little lady is taking up that spot the more we get to know each other" he said looking at Mercy again smiling, she could see he was nervous, but he was holding his own
"Yes about this Little Lady" Devon pipped up "Let's go have this conversation" he said getting up to make his way towards the study door, they went across the hall and out through a door leading into a much larger room with sofa's, coffee tables large pictures, TV, Piano and a large pool table. they walked across the room towards the patio doors and out into the garden where they sat at the rather large glass table
"So Sam what are you intentions towards my daughter?" Devon said as they sat down
"Well Mr. Jones, Devon, we've only just started seeing each other like yesterday officially we haven't gotten past the getting to know you conversation as yet and of course a few kisses, well a lot of kissing but, Mercy I mean Mercedes and I are hoping this is it, we feel like this is it, we're both agree with there being no sex before marriage and we both love singing" he said looking at his hands before starting up again "I intend to treat her right and never make her cry although she makes me cry laughing most of the time, I'm big on respect Sir, I mean Devon and dare I say it but I'm fast falling in love with your daughter" he said taking a breath "There I said it so I don't want it to come as a shock when we finish college and get our careers up and running and I come and ask you for her hand" he said looking at Devon as he finished "So I guess my intentions are to eventually marry her" he sat dazed 'what the fuck, did I really just tell her damn Dad all of that, he is going to slap the shit out of me, how am I coming into this man's house telling him what I'm going to do with his only daughter? Not right Evans, not right'
"Do you know she's Black?"
"What?" he asked wondering if he'd heard right, remembering he was Mercy's Dad just before he blew "Yes I do and she knows I'm white we discussed it"
"And you're ready for everything that being that in this relationship might bring?"
"Yes we are Sir"
"Then" Devon said considering his words "As long as you mean our girl good we're one hundred percent behind you in this and you have my blessing but Sam" he looked at him, his face bone chillingly serious "Look after my daughter like you have never looked after any other or I will bring it"
"And if I don't I'll be here for you to bring it to, I'll deserve it" he looked him in the eye saying
"I like you Sam I think we're going to get on just fine" he told him getting up and beckoning him to get up and follow him back through the house where Mercy and her Mom sat waiting. Mercy's face looked worried when they approached but when she saw his smile her face lit up
"Everything alright Dad can I see him?" she asked too excited to wait for privacy
"Sam's a fine young man Cedes and if he keeps to what he's told me then we'll be good friends as well as the parents of his, dare I say girlfriend" he said waiting for her reaction
She jumped off the chair and into Sam's arms stopping only to look into his eyes before going in for a kiss, which he started to take but pulled away "Mercy your parents" he said looking at them standing watching
"I'm your girlfriend officially Sam" she said holding his head and pulling his face in for the kiss which he gave with a red face to follow
"Don't mind us we're all for PDA do it all the time it's part of a healthy relationship, just don't make it the norm" Marcia said
"Marcia, Devon would it be alright for Mercy and I to go out tonight, well she needs to meet my parents first and then we plan on going to the lake is that alright?" he asked
"I'm expecting you to become our third child Sam, I'll be seeing you so much just treat our home as yours, Cedes has an 11pm curfew earlier on Conventions weekends" Marcia told him
"Oh I hope you don't mind but I've invited myself to your church on Sunday and Mercy's asked .." he stopped looking at Mercy "Did you?" she nodded confirmation "Yeah she's asked if she could come to my church the following week to see where our family is too is that alright"
"Not a mind Sam I'm glad you're both taking an interest in that side of each other's lives" Devon said
"I'd like to hear those vocal chords of your sometime soon" Marcia added
"Sam's doing the lead part with Quinn at Sectionals so you'll see him then" Mercy informed them "So can we go now Sam I'm getting nervous" she said grabbing his hand "Bye Mom, Dad" she said leaning forward and giving them a kiss as she said their names
"Bye Marcia, Devon it was lovely to meet you and I'm sure I'm going to be a permanent fixture, we'll get to Mom and Dad one day too" he said as he hugged them before leaving with Mercy's hand in his, her parents watching them leave, happy for their daughter
"He's a good boy she picked well" Devon said
"She is so in love it's exciting, I hope she gets on well with his parents" Marcia said
"If he's a reflection of them then she'll be fine" Devon said before they carried on about their business
In the car Sam asked Mercy "How do you think that went?"
"I'm sat here with you, it went far past my expectations great" she replied, they both moved in for a kiss before she started up the car and they were on their way to his parent's house