First thing is first...who in the hell said my previous writing was good? That shit was hot trash! HOT TRASH!
I'm sorry I couldn't even get through the first chapter without wanting to smack myself. Granted I was young and was just starting to write. That shit was still hot garbage. But here is 2.0 since I couldn't start off where I left!
Is anyone still reading this though? Enjoy! :)
Mercedes
"So do you think she will be there?" My co-worker Berry asked as I packed a pair of jeans into my suitcase. It would be 5 years since I had last seen her. She was big on Broadway, she had albums coming out almost every year. She was on ever morning show doing a interview. She was my first love, the women I knew I was going to marry. But life got in the way, she wanted Broadway and I wanted a wife with kids. A life without the spotlight. Things had changed once I got to New York with Rachel. I knew how hard it would be to get into the music industry just not as hard as it was. The producers loved my voice and my range. They just didn't like my image. I wasn't changing for anyone, I had dropped the weight I picked up in high school, but my curves weren't going anywhere for anyone. So, I stopped looking at making it into the big leagues and went to school to be a doctor. I had become a pediatric doctor and I loved every minute of it. The way the kids lit up even though things were going so well internally.
"I don't know if she will be there Berry. She and I both made our choices, I'm here in Chicago and she is in New York. Can we talk about something different?" I asked before walking into my closet and grabbing a pair of high heels and some tennis shoes. I had gotten in the mail that Mr. Will Schuster was finally retiring as the Glee teacher and he wanted everyone to come to his retirement party. After talking to Quinn and Tina, Mercedes finally agreed to go and leave once the weekend was over. She had a lot of bad memories living in Lima, Ohio.
"So, what does Kerry think about you going back home?" Bret asked as Mercedes rolled her eyes and stuffed her suitcase.
"I don't care what she things, we ended whatever we had going on. She wanted to sleep with everything with two legs, I'll be okay being single." Mercedes said grabbing her hair products out of the bathroom and putting them in her suitcase before zipping it close. She had everything she needed for the 2 days and 3 nights she was going to spend in Lima. Mercedes checked the time on her watch and nodded her head.
"Remember to not over feed my dog. Please." Mercedes said glancing at her dog Osiris before putting her laptop in her carry-on along with the charger.
"I promise, call me when you make it in." Berry said as Mercedes rolled her eyes at him.
"No screwing in my house either. Go to your own apartment." Mercedes said as Bret shook his head.
"I hope you do some screwing while you're in Lima Bean too." Bret said before Mercedes got a call on her phone letting her know, her Lyft driver was outside waiting on her. She nodded her head one last time before heading out of her brownstone and to her Lyft. Her Lyft driver drove her to the airport and she checked in and boarded almost immediately. Mercedes and Rachel had ended on bad terms.
(Flashback)
"Come on Mercy, I know you love me and I love you." Rachel said kissing Mercedes softly before giving her a small smile.
"I know this is your career going out of town, but do you think maybe. You just stay here this Christmas?" Mercedes questioned as Rachel shook her head no.
"Babe I told you, I have to perform with Michael on Christmas Eve and I have to preform for the ball drop on New Year's. I mean we do live in New York. Why don't you just come down and watch me preform like you normally do." Rachel questioned as she ran her lip gloss over her lips.
"Maybe this year I wanted to do something different. We can stay in, watch movies, drink hot chocolate. Like old times." Mercedes said sitting running her tongue over her bottom lip. The sex was different between them two also, it was more rushed than slow. More like a duty and not because they were both in the mood. They didn't really go out to dinner with each other let alone dates. Rachel always had something planned or booked up. Rachel's manager didn't think it would be a good idea for Mercedes to come to the red-carpet events, she could by pass the red carpet and just meet Rachel on the inside. Mercedes hated that, she wasn't bitter by Rachel's success she just wished her girlfriend had more time for their relationship
"Mercedes we're not teenagers anymore. I gotta go. I love you." Rachel said kissing Mercedes forehead.
"We don't have to be teenagers to enjoy spending time together Rach. I love you and I want maybe a little bit of your time, or do I have to make an appointment with Sander for that?" Mercedes questioned getting up and putting distance between her and Rachel.
"You know you don't have to make an appointment with Sander. You're my girlfriend, it's just my career is finally going in the way I want it to go babe. Maybe if you would've done things differently, you would be with me." Rachel said before Mercedes looked at her with wide eyes.
"So I should've had the surgery, I should've starved myself to get where you're at." Mercedes spat looking at Rachel.
"I didn't mean it like that babe. Can we not do this right now. I have to go, maybe we can do dinner tomorrow night. No that won't work, I have a dinner meeting. We can play it by ear." Rachel said giving Mercedes a small smile.
"Don't worry about it." Mercedes said folding her arms across her chest and shaking her head.
"Don't be mad babe. Pouting causing wrinkles." Rachel said before leaving out of the loft. Mercedes heard the front door close before she broke down in tears. She had planned on proposing to Rachel on Christmas, but the things Rachel had just said to her, she couldn't believe the things that came out of her mouth. Mercedes called Quinn who lived in Chicago to stay with her until she got back on her feet. Quinn agreed with no problems. Her next call was to Kurt for her to store some stuff at his home until she could figure out what to do with it. Of course he had all the questions in the world and she had none to give to him at the moment he came to her door with Blaine in tow with their 6 month old son Adrian.
"Can we please just not discuss this right now. I just wanna get out of here." Mercedes said grabbing her things out of the closet and drawers. She packed up whatever she had and they packed it into Kurt and Blaine's truck.
"What do I tell her?" Kurt questioned as Mercedes looked around the loft one last time and her eyes landed on a picture on the mantel. It was a picture of Mercedes and Rachel when Rachel had won her first Tony award when everything was simple and easy.
"Just tell her I need space." Mercedes said taking off the necklace Rachel had gotten her when she graduated with her Internship at Tisch Hospital. She laid the necklace down on the envelope and black ring box that sat next to it. It was the perfect ring for Rachel. Their relationship had finally ran it's course like everything else in life.
(End of Flashback)
"Welcome to Lima, Ohio people. We will be landing in Dave Rice Airport shortly. Please buckle up and trays up. It was a pleasure having you on." The pilot said snapping Mercedes out of her daydream. She glanced out the window and seen Lima, Ohio. Nothing had really changed at all in her eyes. Mercedes got off the plane and headed towards baggage and turned her phone back on to send Bret a text message to let him know she had made it to Lima.
Be good, and don't be closed off.- B
I'm not closed off and don't over feed my dog.-M
I won't over feed this mutt. You be nice to your old classmates.-B
Mercedes rolled her eyes at his text messages and put her cell phone in her back pocket before grabbing her suitcase and heading towards the rental car place. She got her rental car and headed to the hotel. Mercedes parked in hotel parking lot and checked in and sat down on the bed. She pulled out her phone to let Quinn and Kurt know she had made it and they wanted to meet up at the hotel bar. Mercedes took a quick shower and got dressed in a pair of dark washed jeans, a simple black top with a leather jacket. She slipped her feet into her high heel boots. Mercedes ran her fingers through her hair before grabbing her clutch and cell phone and walking out of her hotel room. She got on the elevator and met them down at the bar.
"You look beautiful!" Quinn said hugging Mercedes.
"You do too, how is Kyle?" Mercedes asked as Quinn shook her head.
"We broke up last month, turns out he didn't want anything serious as I did. What about you?" Quinn questioned as Kurt and Blaine walked in and sat on the other side of the table.
"Liked to screw anything with 2 legs, didn't matter what was in between." Mercedes said as they all looked over the menu.
"Everyone has made it in. We were thinking about having a get together tonight at Quinn's parent's house since they're out of town. Just like old times, drinking and relaxing." Kurt said looking at Mercedes.
"That's fine Kurt, I'll just take my car, so I can get back." Mercedes said as they all headed out. They arrived at Quinn's parent's house before everyone else and Kurt and Mercedes sat up the food and snacks along the kitchen table.
"Have you talked to her?" Kurt questioned as Mercedes sat the cups on the table next to the chips.
"No, why would I?" Mercedes questioned as the doorbell rang. People started filling in pretty quickly before the small party became bigger than anyone had expected. They had ordered plenty enough pizza, wings and breadsticks to go around.
"The queen has arrived bitches!" Santana yelled walking into the kitchen where Mercedes, Quinn, Kurt and Tina were standing around talking.
"Can't miss an entrance like that." Kurt said hugging Santana. Mercedes made her a drink before leaning against the counter.
"Bitch isn't here?" Santana questioned hugging Mercedes.
"Don't start, please. Easy night tonight." Mercedes said taking a sip out of her solo cup.
"Shouldn't have said what she said." Santana said shrugging her shoulders. The party had ended quickly and it was just the old glee club lounging around the living room some drunker than others.
"Hey Mercy would you have given me a chance in high school?" Sam asked leaning against Sugar as he took a long drink from his cup.
"With lips like yours, oh yes." Mercedes said laughing, I was stupid in high school. God I should've listened to my parents." Mercedes said shaking her head gulping down the rest of her drink.
"We all should've listened to our parents." Quinn said laughing laying her head against Mercedes legs that she sat between on the floor.
"At least we're not parents." Santana said as Mercedes raised her glass.
"Amen to that sister!" Mercedes yelled before getting up. She had been avoiding Rachel like the plague since she got here. Mercedes grabbed a bottle of water out of the fridge and grabbed a slice of cold pizza.
"Can we talk?" Rachel said from the kitchen. Mercedes looked at her with a mouth full of pizza in a drunk haze.
"What is there we need to talk about? You said what you had to say and I left. We're broken up." Mercedes slurred before taking another bite of her pizza.
"I want you back." Rachel said as Mercedes snorted at her before shaking her head.
"I don't want you. You're nothing but a narcissistic, self-absorbed, self-entitled, prissy ass hole. You only care about yourself and not the people around you. You didn't care about my feelings or what I wanted to do. I mean damn I wasn't even allowed on the red carpet with you to any of your event and you didn't care. I wanted to fucking marry you, have kids with you. You wanted to be the next big super star without regards for the people around you." Mercedes said looking at Rachel who had this look of self-doubt written all over her face.
"I know Mercedes, I found out when you left. When I got home and all your things were gone, I didn't know about anything. I asked Kurt where you had went, he wouldn't give me a clue. Then another year passed and I had to find you. Your beautiful face popped up in an article about a surgery you had did about a set of conjoined twins. I had looked everywhere but in Chicago for you. I wanted to come see you, but the way we left things. I didn't want to open up things I wanted to hide about myself. I love you and I will fight to get you back." Rachel said as Mercedes narrowed her eyes at her before walking past her.
"Good luck!" Mercedes said shaking her head before sitting back down besides Quinn.
"Let's get your drunk emotional ass to bed." Santana said standing in front of Mercedes.
"I'm not emotional." Mercedes whined as they walked up the steps.
"Sure Jan." Santana said causing Quinn to laugh. Quinn helped Mercedes change into her pajamas before Mercedes passed out.
"You're the best Q." Mercedes said as Quinn nodded her head and walked out of the room closing the door. Quinn took a deep breath before walking towards the steps where Santana was sitting at.
"Should we tell her?" Santana questioned as Quinn sat down beside her and glanced towards the spare bedroom Mercedes occupied.
"Give them both time, it's been a past due conversation." Quinn said as Santana nodded her head.