Eight hours later she woke up to daylight, remembering a bit quicker today where she was "What time is it Venn?" she pulled the curtains open asking
"Breakfast time" he looked in the mirror telling her "And then some sleep for me"
"Where are we?"
"New Mexico"
"Hotel, breakfast and then you can get some sleep" she smiled
"Let me guess, you'll amuse yourself?"
"Good guess" she giggled "See we already have a routine going"
They pulled up five minutes later at the Hotel Parg the wall lights just about fading out as they approached, Vennrick booking in as Mercy played with her phone trying to work out what she needed to door see the most in this temporary home for the day.
"Room 608" Vennrick threw the keys at her saying
"Bags?" she smiled at him grabbing the keys "Routine" she giggled
The bags were in the suite, Mercy sat on the balcony taking in the fresh morning air it was only 6am or there about, but the streets below were getting busy already with worker's traders and children doing errands before school. She was sitting wishing she had someone to share her current feelings with, she'd managed to isolate nearly evryone from her past with some inapproriate conversation, action or just plain bad attitude, now she was going home, it was still that but she'd made it a very lonely place to want to be.
"Bathrooms free" Vennrick shouted as he made his way to his bedroom "See you in a while, enjoy your day"
"Later" she smiled as she watched him walk past with his towel wrapped around his waist and water dripping from his head like sweat "careful I might jump you" she laughed
"If that was ever going to happen, I'm sure we'd have gone there way before now" he laughed
"I guess you're telling me I'm predictable?" she got up and walked towards him
"Very Miss Jones" she smiled "And I know every damn trick you have so..." he walked away from her laughing "Good morning" he opened his bedroom door, turned to smile at her and closed it after him
He wasn't lying, she was a regular bitch with men, she hadn't found time for a lot of things in her climb to the top and had been all too weary of the men she'd met along the way. She'd made sure she got what she needed from every man she'd ever come into contact with but when she was done, she was actually done, and she wasn't scared to tell them just that, her actually words might have been 'Now get the fuck out'. She didn't care what they thought about her, her heart; she'd known at a tender age, was fragile, she held onto shit for a lifetime, knowing that wasn't a good look but that was her MO, so none of them were getting in, plus t wasn't in her plans
She eventually turned to grab her things and found the bathroom and sat in the bath letting the water run over her singing her three year evolved verson of Aretha Franklin's 'At Last' pretending she was back on stage reliving that audience appreciation as she delivered the song with gusto, an hour later she was dry, dressed and still checking her phone for something to do "Four hours and that looks like fun" she smiled tapping directions in her maps app to get to one of the many balloon rides, maybe seeing the world from above would give her some devine intervention and her life might be mapped out by the time her feet hit the ground agan.
She took the ride, came down and everything was just as she'd left it, she walked around the town finally bartering for some sandles she really didnt need, smiling as she won her prize and took them back for Vennrick as a present, they had dinner together in the suite that evening before they packed their belongings in their small cases and hit the road again. It had been a long and maybe too relaxing day for Mercy she stayed awake listening to Vennrick's tunes for a while but by 11pm she was exhausted she fell asleep watching the lights on the dark lonely road flash by like sheep, Vennrick drew the curtains when he realised she'd fell asleep.
Less than five hundred miles closer to home she woke up smiling "Morning Venn" her voice perky
"Someone's had a good rest"
"I think I'm just coming to terms with the changes I made for myself" she smiled "I need..."
"The bathroom, I know" he pulled in almost immediately after finishing off her sentance "I'm getting better with that routine thing" he smiled jumping out the car as it came to a standstill to let her out before he ran to get the key for her
"Thank you" she smiled taking the key to find her way to the bathroom, she stepped in and looked in the near clean mirror "I could do with a man today" she told herself "But no chance with Venn, he's way too old and Doreen would kill me" she frowned at herself. Doreen had played the chaperon for two of the three years, she was much older than the rest of the cast and tended to play mother a hell of a lot to people that really didnt need it, but she was sweet with it too bringing in cakes, taking the younger ones out for safe nights out and stuff and by the end of the second year she had actually became Mom to a lot of the cast. Affectionately known as Auntie Reen, Vennrick had automaitcally taken up the role of Uncle Venn and quickly became a listening ear for the guys with all their falling in love drama, much of which Chantel and her had caused.
She quickly freshened up and left the bathroom, there was a sudden urgency to get home, she needed to get to her bedroom, get some phone numbers and make amends with some freinds well one specifically "We need to stop again yeah?" she asked Venn as she got closer to the car "I wouldn't want you falling asleep at the wheel"
"You're getting lonely aren't you?" he asked as she walked past him to get into the car
"I think it's more scared, I have no future" she stopped to look up at him saying
"You'll be fine sweet" he grabbed her to him and gave her what he felt was a much needed hug
"Everyone keeps telling me that but..."
"There are no buts in our world remember what Reen said"
"I do" she giggled hearing the woman telling her "Your butt is way too big for you to have to alert anyone to the fact that it's there, stop it, stop with the self doubt"
"Come on just another 600 miles left to go after this, we'll do that in about a day and a half" he pulled her off him and turned her to get in the car "Oklahoma" he told her questioning eyes "We'll go grab a proper meal tonight"
"I'd like that" she smiled getting back in the car for the short journey to the Abassidor Hotel checking in before they did the usual thing and Mercy went out to buy something presentable for their evening meal, it took a few hours but she finally wondered into a side street and found the prefect little boutique, coming out with a black satin lined lace dress that floated down her body and flowed like a river just below her calves, she smiled as she added the well placed pearls around her neck, liked the look and didn't even try to talk herself out of buying the whole look.
She went back to the hotel, booked her pamper, massage, salon and nail time, then sat around drinking, laughing and singing with the women in the place "What time's your meal?" the hairdresser asked
"You know, I didn't ask" she laughed a bit worse for the glasses of wine she'd taken in "He's like my Uncle, it's not even a date, he's married to my Aunt and well... he's cheering me up I guess" she looked around sadly "I just finished my job after three years and I'm feeling sorry for myself"
"If you've finished by 9pm you should come down to the Tilsa watch our classic rendition of Oklahoma"
"Sounds like fun" Mercy smiled rubbing her hands together, it would be nice to see things from the other side after all this time
She finally got back to the hotel swaying all over the place, Vennrick put her to bed and let her sleep it off for about four hours, she woke up herself holding her head for the rock "Serves you right" he laughed watching her trying to stagger across to the bathroom
"What time's dinner?"
"If there's something availale at 8pm we'll catch it" he replied
"I'll just..." she pointed to the bathroom almost falling through the door, she came out turbo-shower awake
"Powerful isnt it?" he laughed
"Nearly as powerful as my voice" she laughed hurrying across the room to get ready for dinner, she was ready in minutes
She faked her way through dinner barely keeping up with the conversation, at one point her head shot up she was sure he was sitting there cussing her, but the smile on his face said somethig different so she didn't challenge it "Are you ready for off?" he asked as he paid the bill
"I wanted to go see Oklahoma at the Tilas if that was alright?" she smiled
"You sure you're up for it?"
"I can always do theatre Venn, you know that" she laughed, they finished up and she went as promised to see the show, three hours later and a couple more bottles of wine, they were back on the road. Vennrick had almost lifted her into the car and covered her with her throw, before he closed her curtains, smiling at her finally letting go of her life in LA as he jumped in the drivers seat and took her closer to home.
Mercy lay smiling with herself it had been a while since she'd been absoultely wasted and not cared about it until the next day like this, only difference being, was she even going to care about it tomorrow, she cringed as she remembered the first time she'd actually cared about getting drunk the night before
Flashback
"Pass the punch" Kurt waved his hand at me impatiently saying "Hurry up Merc, anyone would think you wanted me to be sober"
"It's coming" I drunk giggled "I can't think of a single reason I'd want you sober" I smirked at him
We'd been having a blow out, I'd been turned down yet again at another audition, Blaine's deal with MGM was looking like it wasn't going to happen and Kurt seemed to be holding Blaine's depression he didnt need a reason, he just grabbed the fruit and the next thing we knew there was punch flowing "Lets get wasted" he walked into the room with thee glasses saying everyone was up for it
With none of us being drinkers it didn't take much for us to get to rat-arsed stage, less than an hour later we were laughing at nothing, falling all over the place, and swearing uncontrolably at each other "Who's that?" Kurt's mind finally came back into the room as we sat trying to control the whirlpool in our heads
"Hold up, I can actually see through doors" I laughed "It's Sam" I rolled my eyes, for some reason already pissed off
"Sam" Blaine got up to answer the door like a love sick kid that was ready to throw up "Sam come in" he finally said smiling as he stood back to let him in "We're drowning some sorrows"
"Yeah I see that" Sam laughed grabbing hold of him to stop him falling back into the room
"Join the party" Kurt held his glass up at him saying "Grab a glass and come try our punch"
I was sat thinking I could just give him a damn punch, why did this man always seem to turn us just when I'd decided I was going to have some fun with my friends "Mercedes" he nodded as he walked past me
"Sam" I cut her eye at him in reply, I watched him grab a glass while Kurt poured us all another shot including him this time
"This is leathal" he pulled the glass away from his lips telling us "But nice" he smiled taking another sip
It wasn't actually clear to me when the party actually got started, all I actually remembered was that 'Colour' by MNEK & Hailee Steinfeld was playing and we were all dancing around at it, Id danced with each guy as we passed each other around and for whatever reason when it came to Sam and me dancing it was my turn to sing "I never thought that I would meet anybody who knows my body, how you know my body..." and suddenly we were singing a duet, this guy I didn't have the time of day for and me were actually singing together
"Everything is brighter cause the limit is the sky, baby, that's the way you make me feel..." he sang, we were looking at each other because we were singing but I knew in my heart I meant not a word I was singing, but I was happy about the sound we made together, I could work with that
After that we seemed to stay together maybe it was because Blaine and Kurt were in their own little world of being drunk, in love and obviously thinking sex, leaving the two of us to their own devices as usual but there was no arguing, it was a strange feeling. Sam was way past drunk trying to pretend he was three thirds sober, and I couldn't stop giggling at everything and nothing
"What you giggling at?" Sam's red eyes looked up at yet another one of my sudden outburst, he was sat opposite me, we'd found some common ground in Sci fi and were engrossed in sorting out the seventh wonder of the universe
"Nothing" I chuckled
"What have I got on me?" he looked around himself
"No it's me, I'm drunk and I'm actually sitting here talking to you"
"I know somethings wrong yeah?"
"Alcohol" I smiled "We need to have it everytime you walk into the room"
"I couldn't do that I have to work" he laughed
"Could you..." I pulled his shirt to me, surprised he moved easily towards me, I looked at his lips telling him without words I wanted on, he looked at mine they were glossy, open and waiting, our eyes met again, we both knew we were giving concent and our lips met, once, twice, three times before they finally locked together and we were full on making out "Sorry" I finally pulled way saying
"Sorry I..." he pulled away saying at the same time
"It's the drink" I smiled "chalk it up as a really bad trip" I put her glass down telling him, rubbing my itchy hands down my thighs before grabbing his face again for more, he pulled me into him hard, not caring that Blaine an Kurt sat watching us
"Finally" Kurt hissed making the two of us jump out of the kiss
"What?" he seemed to have kissed me sober
"You two" he huffed "For how many years there's been this tension between you, and that's the reason why"
"No it isn't" I told him getting up
"It's definitely the drink" Sam added "We have nothing in common honestly" the look he gave Blaine begging him to stop the conversation, this was awkward enough as it was
"We won't even remember any of this tomorrow" I smiled, blushing as my eyes fell on Sam again, I was wrong, I remembered everything the next day, some of it in graphic detail. I remembered how his arms felt around me, how safe he made me feel, how his lips were like soft pillows caressing my lips, how the feeling had sent my mind spinning faster than the alcohol I'd been drinking all night, how my body tingled at his touch and how much I instantly need that feeling back again
After that we had more than a few more alcohol induced kisses, but we always had to get that far before we'd admit there was a feeling there and then none of us actually admitted the feeling "Why do you guys always get drunk?" Blaine asked one night
"It's better than feeling sober sometimes, you can let go you know?" Sam replied
"Yeah let go" I smiled "I'm not going to get very many opportunities to actually let go when I make it"
End of Flashback
"I let go of you though" she turned on the seat and pulled the throw high over her shoulder, life was getting colder the closer she moved to home, she already felt lonely, she lay humming 'Natural Woman' by Aretha Franklin until she fell asleep
She woke up to Al Green playing on the radio "Morning" she smiled as she opened the curtains to see Vennrick smiling
"At last" he smiled "I thought you were going to do the full 24 hours"
"Why how long have I been sleeping?"
"I'd say about thirteen hours, I stopped a couple of times to check you and you didn't even stir" he laughed
"You must be wacked"
"I had a couple stretches, coffee and even a shower" he laughed "But I could do with a bed"
"Sorry Venn" she looked around for her shoes "Do you want me to drive for a bit?"
"No way, I can make it to a hotel I'm sure" he laughed
"Where are we?"
"About 6 miles from indiana"
"You've done nearly 800 miles in a night"
"Times changed, but it feels more like nearly a day" he laughed "This will be the last stop before home"
"How many miles left?"
"Only about another 250, I could do that now if you want"
"No you need your rest, Aunt Reen would surely slap the black off me" she smiled "As long as I miss church in the morning"
"I'll try my best to get you there" he laughed "God knows you need it, we all do"
"You'll sleep more than four hours" she laughed
"Maybe I will" he looked up at the Drury Inn and Suites Hotel as they approached
"Why don't we break the habit of a lifetime and bring the bags in now" she smiled
"I thought routine was important?"
"I guess it was when I was working" she giggled as they grabbed the bags out and went into the hotel
"We're in suite 516" Vennrick told her grabbing the bags and making his way to the elevators "Usual, enjoy" he said droping the bags and heading stright for the bedroom
Mercy sat thinking empty, and this was exactly how she felt that last Thanksgiving before she left for LA, her Dad had not long passed, her Mom wasn't having a very good time of it, neither was she to be honest, her head wasn't in the right place to be thinking about leaving. It had been planned months in advance that Thanksgiving evening was going to be spent at Sam's place Quinn and Rachel were coming down and he had the space for them, but then all this happened for her and she wanted everything to change to accommodate her
Flashback
"So you want us to move everything from Sam's after weeks of preparation back here?" Blaine sat rubbing his forehead asking "Mercedes you've been fucked up most of the time we've been here and we've put up with it because you're Kurt's bestie and everything but this stops now" he stood up at me saying
"You dont undestand what I've been through" I jumped up at him saying
"Do you think?" he asked as Kurt stood up, I could tell he was thinking he needed to stop his boyfreind from verbally attacking his friend "Don't even go there" Blaine looked at him hissing "If she thinks I'm going to do this to my friend she can think again, and you" he turned to Kurt saying "Can stay with her or come with me, that's totally up to you"
"How did this become our argument?" Kurt asked stunned at Blaine's altimatum
"Go with him" I told my friend
"Mercy I..."
"Just go with him" I fanned him off "I'd prefer to be alone anyway" I smiled my arm crossed at my chest as I spoke "I need to get used to being alone anyway, this time next week I'll be in LA"
"I'm not choosing between you two" he looked at us both saying
"I need you to choose him every time" I told him "He loves you"
"And I love him, and you" Kurt told me coming in for a hug
"And I love you guys, I know I don't show it but I do" we stood smiling at each other before he walked over to Blaine, took his hand and went off to Sam's
I collapsed in the couch and cried, it seemed that was what I'd needed to do for the longest time everything was built up and stuck, there was so much I was bottling up inside, a lot of it I dare not let out. I didnt know how long I'd lay on the couch or even how much of that time was used for crying, but I suddenly felt someone in the room with me and lookd up to see Sam standing there
"I was ringing the bell and knocking the door I didnt get an answer and I knew you were in, I was worried" he stooped down in front of my face as he spoke "What's the matter, you've been crying"
"I guess it's my Dad, moving away, leaving my Mom, home, freinds it's all getting so real"
"I know how that feels I'm off to New York tomorrow"
"The male model" I smiled sitting up as he filled the space I'd made beside me
"Yeah" he smiled looking at me for a while "And I know all we do is argue unless we're drunk, but I will miss you dissing me every day"
"I'll actually miss dissing you" I laughed
"I came over for a reason" he raked his hand through his hair telling me "To wish you the very best in life and tell you, serously and I know what you're going to say" he held his hands up at her to stop her talking "But you can't take that attitude with you to LA, I put up with it but it's not cool seriously, it's spoilt brat and nobody likes working with those including you"
"I know you speak the truth but you just get right under my damn skin every time" I laughed
"And for the record, I don't sleep around, I never have, all those imaginary girls you keep on about exist in your head"
"But I see you with them"
"Correction you see them with me, I didn't say they don't talk, of course they do, and I'm not rude dispite what you bring out in me, I politely talk back" he giggled
"And so my advice to you is keep it that way, always be true to yourself Sam Evans, that's a rough business you've chosen for yourself, it will ask you to compromise your morals every damn day, keep the faith"
"Talking of faith it's my last day tomorrow come to church, lets do a jam, we'll never get the chance again?" he put his arm around me and hugged me to him asking, since that impromptu drunken fest nearly a year back we'd taken to singing at church, it had mainly been me and Kurt in the past but Blaine and Sam had joined in now and we had fun for a change
"Okay" I smiled
"I wish we could have been friends all this time" he rested his chin on top of my head saying
"Talking of friends Quinn and Rachel they still together?"
"Very much so" he replied "You should come say hello, I'll walk you back later"
"They're your friends, are you sure you want to unleash me onto them?" my head popped up to look at him a smile on my face
"Positive" he looked into my eyes telling me, I couldn't help myself even if I'd have wanted to, I reached in and grabbed his lips with mine, devouring what felt like his soul as I took from him even breath, my need to have just a piece of him, so urgent it scared me "Sorry" he pulled away unsure where that kiss was taking him
"It's fine" I smiled fighting the urge to make this into something it wasn't, he'd just told me he was leaving in the morning "I'll take that as you're going to miss my ass" I giggled making light
"I am that" he stood up telling me "Come on, get dressed and let's go" he stood rubbing his hands together anything for them not to touch me again, I was aware he watched me walk into my bedroom, but all I wanted was for him to touch me again
We spent the evening at his apartment it was good to see Rachel and Quinn again, they were only there overnight, we had a good chat, sung a couple of songs for old times sake and once they went to bed Blaine and I helped Sam clean up, Kurt had been put to bed in his drunken stooper "Let's get you home" Sam finally threw the dish towel down and grabbed his jacket telling me
"I'm fine right here actually" I smiled at him
"I can't have you sleeping on the couch, you can have my bed"
"No seriously I'm fine, I didn't bring any night stuff, I'll be alright falling here and I'll probably be gone by the time anyone wakes up in the morning"
"You promised me church remember"
"I'll come back with breakfast ready for church"
"I'm not happy with you walking alone that time in the morning, just stay, or let me walk you home"
"I'll cook breakfast here then"
"Okay but I insist you take the bed"
"Okay I'll make you happy and take the damn bed" I smiled getting up and walking over to his room, I'd shut the door before he could say anything else
It must have been half an hour later I lay in bed thinking things I had no business thinking when the door queitly creeked open, my head pooped up to see what was going on "Sorry I thought you'd be sleeping, I need to get my night stuff, I usually go comando and I don't think everyone wants to see that first thing"
"Come talk to me I'm still awake" I laughed "I need to hear more about this commander" I giggled inside
"That's comando" he laughed I could feel the heat rising in me as I watched him move towards his cabinet and opened a draw "Comando" he laughed waving some pyjama bottoms at me "I'll just..." he pointed to the bathroom before walking into it "In a second" he popped his head back out saying. I lay with my head in the palm of her hand waiting for him to reappear.
He came out and sat on th edge of the bed as far away from me as he felt he could be right now, I looked intensly at his rippling muscles, that was never something I'd actually ever took the time to look at before, he had a good body "Sorry" I smiled when I noticed he was sitting watching me look at his body
"I can put a top on if it's distracting, it's just so hot"
"It's fine" I smiled feeling the blush flush up my body, my blood was at boiling point, shy had disappeared, reputation out the window and I couldn't for the life of me remember the other thing I needed to think about before taking this next step I was thinking about, I watched him licking his lips, he was coming in and maybe if I waited for him to make his move I wouldn't seem so desperate
"I want to..." he started in
Both their heads turned as his bedroom door burst open "Sorry I thought you were out taking Mercedes back, I need an extra blanket" Blaine told them walking through the room as they sat watching him
"I better go before we do something that's not really best for us right now" Sam smiled "Goodnight"
"Goodnight" I smiled with disappointment, turning my back as Blaine and he had some conversaton and I heard the door shut behind them still talking
I feel asleep that night talking or should we say singing very loudly, my way out of that mess I was bursting to make "Got to find me an angel, to fly away with me, got to find me an angel, ooh and set me free, my heart is without a whole, I don't want to be in love, I got to find me an angel in my life, in my life" I cried myself to sleep before I finished it 'Angel' by Aretha Franklin
She woke up the next morning made breakfast and went home to get ready for church, they sang thier song together hugged at the airport and Sam left for New York, sending her a text four days later when it was her turn to leave Lima, he wasn't enjoying himself
End of Flashback
"Missed opportunities" she smiled grabbing her things to have a long bath and think of something to do for the day, or even with the rest of her life. Eventually she got dressed and ventrued out to see what there was to do in Notra Dame, finding a beautiful little sanctury at the Univerisity she walked into the most sereen place, there were a few benches dotted around she found one and sat in this think place
She sat for a while before she realised she was hungry and moved off in search of food, she found a quaint little resturant near the busy shopping mall and was sat eating when a lightbulb moment happened for her, she was getting together a plan, she sat scribbling her thoughts down, knowing that her old life was well and truely over and this was going to be a new chapter for her, her focus was going to be completely different
Making her way back to the hotel late afternoon "Good Evening" Vennrick smiled as she opened the door to their suite "I knew you didn't want to go to church, but you do want to go home yeah?"
"Yeah" she laughed "I was trying to draw up a plan for my life, it takes time"
"I know that, and you know you need to allow for the unforseeable"
"When I make a plan I usually stick to it" she replied
"Focused I like it" he laughed "Go freshen up and we'll grab something to eat before we get off"
They found something to eat in the resturant attached to the hotel and three hours later they checked out, threw everything in the car and made the final part of their road trip to Lima
"So" Vennrick looked in his rear veiw mirror asking "Why the exodus, truthfully?"
"I need to spend some time with my Mom, I think better when I'm in familar surroundings and ... to be frank I miss it"
"Was there a person there?"
"No" she smiled "Why do you ask that?"
"Because you've never committed to anyone you've, should we say, dated in the past two years I've known you and I wondered if that was a result of being hurt or being in love"
"Neither, I just didn't have room to commit as I said when I make a plan..."
"And what even a relationship doesn't figure?"
"Not if I didn't put it in my plan" she laughed
"Let's hope that's something you figure into this new plan of yours" he held her eyes telling her "Everyone needs someone"
"I guess that's going to have to slot itself into that unforseeable slot you just talked about, I have too much to do for myself to add such indulgences to my plan"
"Whatever you say child, but everyone needs love"
"I have love" she smiled "You love me don't you?"
"Very much, but that's not the kind I'm talking about, as you very well know" he laughed
"I know" she laughed "I just don't need to be thinking about that right now"
"Listen" he said turning his radio up, they sat listening as 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Aretha Franklin rang out at them, they sat listening to the familiar words "Sail on silver girl, sail on by, your time has come to shine, all of your dreams are on their way, see how they shine? He looked at her in the mirror "You hear that right?"
"I hear that" she smiled
"Make it count"
"I will, that's a promise" she sat back watching the road go by taking her closer to her Mother, she wanted to cry for the anticipation of being home again. Her Mom had been to see her shows a few times, brought some family members down for birthdays and stayed for days when she was feeling sad about her husbands passing. Jones, that was what her Mom always called her Dad, was a big part of their lives that had suddenly been ripped away without warning. She smiled as she rememebred him walking into the kitchen every morning wrapping his hands around her Mother's waist and kissing her neck, her Mom responding with what she now recognised as want, and the two of them laughing as they looked back at the breakfast table were she'd be sitting
"We made her" her Dad would say, smiling as he came over to kiss her forehead "We're blessed" he'd smile down at her waiting for his good morning, which she always gave with a smile. That made her feel so loved, proud and ambitious to be what they expected of her, which to her account was something big, phenominal even. She couldn't remember a sad morning in the house growing up until the day after her Dad passed, and then she couldn't think of a happy morning.
Her mind ran on an old friend's book, she'd agreed to read it maybe a year or so ago, it had come out every second she's thought about it, but she hadn't get further than page 46, maybe she could give that friend some time right now, start building some bridges, saying goodbye to some old ways of treating friends
Flashback
I'd been at Mom's house most of the day, the goodbye was tearful and I was more than deflated, I'd lied and told Mom my friends were passing by my house to say bye, so I'd have to leave some three hours before my drive to the airport was due, of course there were more tears but I was glad to finally get away.
"Mercedes" Kurt met with me on our private car park, totally surprised "I didnt think you were coming back"
"What and not say a proper goodbye to my only friend" I smiled "And Blaine of course" I rolled my eyes at his disapproving look
"It seems like just yesterday we sent Sam off, it's all falling apart isn't it?" he asked
"No, we're all following our dreams, you guys will be big names in Hollywood before you know it, watch this space" I smiled
"I guess, I mean Santana went to DC"
"Yeah, and now she'd actually writing a damn book" I rolled her eyes at him
"Sam found himself in New York, Blaine and I are going to Hollywood and Rachel and Quinn were the first to go off to Texas so, I suppose your right"
"I, Mr Hummel am always right" I grabbed his arm and walked into our apartment, we eventually said our goodbyes and a few hours later I was on my way to LA, I'd meant to keep in touch, I'd actually said I would. I called Kurt maybe twice and Sam once and that was it, my life changed so fast I didn't manage to keep any of those promises I'd made, niether did they, life took over.
End Of Flashback
That was well over three years ago and she was anxous to see where everyone was in their lives today, who made it, changed it or even didnt bother, she took the book out opened it to the bent page and started reading, smiling when she came cross herself in her freinds memoirs
"We're almost there" Vennrick's voice interrupted her reading
"Thanks" she looked up smiled at him and went back to the book, it was a really good read
"We're here" he called as the car pulled up outside her apartment some time later "I'll get your bags upstairs, do you need me to take you over to your Mom's house?"
"No thank you Venn, I'll grab my car later" she smiled watching him get out the car and open the door before getting her bags out and following her up to her floor depositing the bags
"Call your Mom"
"I will" she smiled kissing his cheek
"I'm going to use the rest of the day for travel, I have a wife at home" he kissed her cheek telling her "Don't be a stranger"
"Thank you again" she took the kiss and let him go, she was going to get a well deserve bath in her own bathroom before she did anything esle
