I had this idea in my head for a really cute Sam and Mercedes story…I hope you enjoy. I don't own Glee or any other reference in this story. Just needed a little bit of love and fluff to add to this otherwise rainy day…I hope you all love it as much as I do…happy dreams everyone…a

Mercedes POV

July 15, 2012…Dear Lexi,

After mama died, I knew it was time for a change. Georgia would always be my home, but now the memories were more painful than joyful. The past 10 years have been full of taking care of my parents and trying to be the best teacher possible for my students. Daddy died 5 years ago and immediately after daddy died, mama was diagnosed with Cancer. It's been rough, but I've been refined to love so fully from the heart, that I can't wait to share what I've learned with others…it's time to take this country girl to the city…

Mercedes felt that a change was needed. She loved Georgia, but knew that a fresh start would help heal the pain of which she was experiencing from losing both her parents in such a short time. After she settled her parent's affairs, she had enough money to buy a cute brownstone in Brooklyn, as she accepted a teaching position at the local Brooklyn Academy of the Arts teaching 10th grade English.

'Seriously Mercedes, you couldn't ask someone to help you move.' Mercedes grumbled to herself as she parked her U-Haul trying to find the closest spot to the front door of her apartment. After driving around for an hour the spot in front of her house opened so she parked and started unpacking. As she opened up the back of the U'haul she sighed to herself as she wondered how she was going to get all this furniture into her house.

"That's quite a bit of stuff you got there." Mercedes turned around to see a middle aged man around 53 standing behind her. He had amazing green eyes with the sweetest southern accent that if her eyes were closed she would have thought it was her father speaking. "Yeah, I know" Mercedes sighed "I don't think I was really thinking when I packed up my things."

"I like your Southern, where ya from." The man replied

"Savannah, Georgia sir." Mercedes smiled back to the man, "and you, I can't miss that accent either."

"Nashville, TN the name is Evans, Dwight Evans, I'm in the area visiting my son. He lives in across the street."

"Oh, I love Nashville!" Mercedes smiled brightly, my parents had a house in Franklin, and we used to spend summers there when I was little."

"Well, what brings you to the city…Oh I'm sorry, I didn't even get your name."

"Mercedes, my name is Mercedes Jones."

"Please to meet you Mercedes." Mr. Evans extended his hand to shake it and Mercedes smiled as she hoped that this sweet man was an indication that this move is exactly what she needed.

Meanwhile…

'Where is the world is that ole man' Sam was starting to get nervous as his dad has been gone for over an hour. "This is the longest coffee run I have ever seen" Sam looked quickly out the window and saw his dad outside talking to a cute little munchkin. His eyes went up and his eyes strained to see the vision in front of him. "I see ya ole man, trying to get your mac on with a little hotty totty." He left the window and decided to finish getting ready before they started their day.

"Sam! Sam!" Dwight yelled as he came into the house. Sam ran out the shower in his towel thinking that perhaps something was wrong. "What's up pop!" Sam said on his way into his living room. "Get dressed we got work to do."

"Oh, no, I finished work yesterday; I thought we were taking it easy this weekend, going to down to Ellis Island & than a nice dinner, just the two of us."

"Yeah well we can do that another time; you've got a neighbor in need. The little munchkin across the street needs help moving and I told her that you would help her." Sam looked at his father as if he had five heads. "Excuse me…please tell me that you did not volunteer me to help a total stranger move."

"She's not a stranger, her name is Mercedes Jones, she's an orphan and she needs help. Don't let Hollywood destroy your home training."

"An orphan, that has a home in Brooklyn Heights…dad what are you talking about."

"Her mom and dad have died she has no grandparents, siblings, cousins, aunts or uncles, she is totally alone Sam and she needs help. Get dressed, I'm not telling you again." Dwight looked at his son above the rim of his glasses. Although he was 29 years old and currently one of the it boys in Hollywood, Sam Evans knew that there were 4 people in this world he could never say no too. His mom and dad & 2 siblings Stevie and Stacie. After a slight roll of the eyes, Sam turned around to finish getting dressed and help his new neighbor.

Mercedes heard her doorbell ring and went to door to answer it. As she opened the door her eyes opened wide as she saw the hottest man standing on her steps.

"Mercedes this is my son Sam." Mercedes stretched out her hand to say hello to Sam, but Sam just stood there solid as a statue. He obviously did not get a good look at the girl from the window because this girl was gorgeous. After a brief nudge by his father, Sam extended his hand to Mercedes and said, "Hi, Mercedes it's nice to meet you." The two felts bolts of light rush through their bodies, but ignored the feeling and placed it in the back of their minds. "Please come in." Mercedes said quickly. 'OMG! It's Sam Evans, at my door, in my house, shaking my hand!' she prayed that her fan girl was not too obvious. "Wow! This place is amazing." Sam said as he and his father stepped inside. "Thank you so much, I really love it. It's such a nice change from our big southern house in Savannah."

"Yeah, my dad told me you were a Southern girl." Sam winked at Mercedes making the temperature in the house reach 120 degrees. "Yulp! Just moved up from Savannah, trying to get a fresh start in the city, so I'm really excited." Mercedes smiled at Sam and although she couldn't believe her celebrity crush was standing right in her house, she felt a wonderful sense of comfort in his presence and only hoped that maybe they could be friends.

"Mercedes, I told Sam that we are going to help you move in today. I know you are doing this alone, and we both wanted to help you."

"Oh, no Mr. Evans I could never ask you to spend your Saturday lugging stuff into my house, it's to beautiful outside go out and enjoy your day." The Evans men both smiled at her and said, "So where do we get started…" Mercedes already knew that there was no saying no to these two. And honestly the extra set of hands would lighten the load. "Ok. I knew you two would not take no for an answer, but dinner is on my ok."

"That's fair." Sam said staring directly into Mercedes eyes. Surprisingly, Mercedes did not have as much as she thought she had. Most of her furniture was donated to the local Goodwill, so after her bed, sofa, dresser and kitchen supplies, Mercedes was moved in within a few hours. The three of them had a blast moving Mercedes in, they shared stories of growing up in the South, talked about High School and College and most embarrassing moments. Mercedes did not even address Sam's occupation, which actually made Sam happy. It felt good to be around a girl that he felt he could just chill with. He wondered if it would be possible to have a relationship with a person who was not in Hollywood. He was turning 30 soon and after 2 failed very public relationships, he realized that maybe he too needed a change, a "fresh start" as Mercedes would say…maybe Mercedes was his fresh start.

"So my dad tells me you're a teacher." Sam was upstairs helping Mercedes make the bed in her guest room.

"That's right, going on 8 years now."

"What grade and subject do you teach?"

"High school English." Mercedes replied

"High school! Are you serious, you just a little bitty thing, those kids don't give you a run for your money."

"They try." Mercedes said matter of factly "but, I set the standard very quickly in my classroom. My kids know whose boss from day 1, there is no confusion as to my expectations. And to be honest with you, that is exactly what kids want. They want boundaries, but some teachers try so hard to be their friend that their students end up running all over them. I can't have that in my classroom."

"Wow, sounds like you are an amazing teacher, I'd love to come by one day and sit in."

"I'm sure I can arrange that. I'm at a new school this year, so I'm really nervous, I hope the kids will like me." Mercedes sighed and looked over at Sam. He could tell that she was really concerned about her new school and students. He walked over to her and draped his arms around her. "You'll do fine, if they even get an ounce of what I've seen of you today, they have no reason to love you."

"Thanks Sam." Mercedes said as she looked up into Sam's green eyes.

There was a soft knock at the door as Mercedes and Sam broke apart from their moment. "Oh hey you two, I'm sorry I didn't mean to interrupt."

"No problem, dad, Mercedes was just telling me about teaching."

'Yeah right, it looked like a bit more than that to me.' Dwight Evans said to himself.

"Well, I just put away the kitchen supplies and wanted to see if there was anything else you needed Mercedes?"

"No, you guys have done more than enough for me today. I was actually going to see if you wanted to join me for dinner. There was a nice Greek restaurant I saw when I bought my house, but I didn't get a chance to try it out, do you think you would like to come?"

Sam knew his dad was tired, but gave him a pleading look so that he knew that he wanted to spend more time with Mercedes.

"Greek would be perfect Mercedes, what time do you want to go?"

"Well, if you don't mind, I'd love to take a little nap…I'm exhausted so would 8:00 be ok to meet you? It's only a few blocks away so we can walk there."

"You're a woman after my own heart Mercedes…this ole man is tired and a nap is exactly what I need. Is 8 ok for you Sam?"

"Perfect." Sam said looking directly at Mercedes.