hey, so here's a second installment. I'm thinking of one more before you guys can figure out what happens next which is the episode "heart". enjoy! I can't believe a one shot turned into this. lol
Sam stood in the McKinley high school parking lot. It was 7:45 a.m. He knew he was early but he was too excited. He hardly slept anyway so he didn't mind getting to school earlier. It was getting chilly in Ohio but it was still unseasonably warm. He cupped his hands together and blew into them. The sun was bright and he squinted looking forward as Mercedes pulled up in the parking lot. He couldn't contain his smile. He walked over to her car and she climbed out, retrieving her bookbag from the backseat and Sam's lunch.
"Hey beautiful" Sam said smiling at her.
She looked amazing, he thought. As if it were even possible, she looked even more beautiful today than yesterday. That was the major issue he had. Everyday felt like he was seeing her for the first time. The butterflies were always there, his heart always skipped faster, his mind always raced. This was no different.
"Hey yourself" Mercedes said smiling handing him his lunch. "Mac and Cheese, your favorite!" she said
" yum! I'm so excited! So the God Squad! It's genius!" He said
"I know, I know! You can thank me later!" She responded.
The two laughed and made their way to Principal Figgins office. They walked inside and the school secretary greeted them with a friendly smile.
"Can I help you kids?" she asked
"yes ma'am. We wanted to talk to Principal Figgins about putting together an after school club" Mercedes said proudly
"Oh! Well, how exciting! I'll get Mr. Figgins" The secretary got up and walked over to his office. Sam and Mercedes heard some mumbling and the secretary came back out.
"You guys can go in" The secretary said smiling at them.
Sam and Mercedes made their way into Mr. Figgins office.
"Samuel Evans, Mercedes Jones. To what do I owe the great pleasure?" Mr. Figgins asked with a huge smile on his face.
Mercedes and Sam looked at eachother.
"Well, sir, Mercedes and I have an idea. We would like to create a club. Sorta like the celibacy club. We would promote love and peace. Mercedes and I are Christian and we don't want to push our religion on anyone we just want to spread the good word…" Sam said stumbling over his words.
Mercedes laughed. He was nervous.
"What Sam is trying to say, Mr. Figgins , is we would like to get a club together where we can come up with ideas for fundraisers and charities to help those in need. We would pray for those who need our help and we would never force religion on anyone. People can come in and pray with us if they want, no judgement passed." Mercedes said breathing in.
"Well, that sounds promising….but the idea of a religious group…let me break it down for you, I can't have any sort of crazy fighting over this." Mr. Figgins reacted.
"Well, no sir. We wouldn't go around telling everyone to be Christians. People have the right to be what they want to be" Sam said.
"Exactly, people can come into our club and share their faith. The club is mostly about faith" Mercedes added to Sam's comment.
"It all sounds great but I don't have money in the budget" Mr. Figgins said.
"Well, we can start with this" Mercedes said pulling out a check from her bag
"My parents are making their first contribution to the club. It's 500 dollars, for supplies, transportation. It's a start until we raise our own money" Mercedes said happily
"And I have…" sam said rummaging through his pocket "10, 20, 30….thirty dollars" Sam said proudly.
Mercedes looked over to him and smiled
"So what do you say?" Mercedes said pouting to Mr. Figgins
Mr. Figgins smiled "okay, okay. You can use the Spanish classroom. Afterschool 3:30-5:30 and I expect to see things cleaned up the next day!" Mr. Figgins said trying to sound authoritative and not like a softee.
Sam and Mercedes high fived eachother.
"you won't regret this, sir" Sam said happily.
Sam and Mercedes left Mr. Figgin's office, feeling proud of their accomplishments.
"I can't wait to till Quinn!" Mercedes said happily
"And maybe Shane might want to join" Sam said knowing what Mercedes was going to say next.
"Sam, you know he's not going to be able to. He has football" Mercedes replied
"You should try. I mean, I know if I were Shane, I wouldn't be so keen on the idea of you spending time, alone afterschool, with your ex boyfriend" Sam said almost wickedly
Mercedes rolled her eyes. She knew exactly what Sam was trying to do.
"Fine. I'll ask him" Mercedes said semi angrily.
"Good" Sam smiled.
"Good" Mercedes replied
"See you at 3:30" Sam said, kissing her cheek and making his way to his homeroom"
Mercedes could punch Sam Evans right now but he was right. If Shane really liked her, he'd join the God Squad. Speaking of the devil, Shane Tinsley started walking towards her.
"Hey baby" Shane said to his girlfriend.
Mercedes really wished for once, Shane would just call her by her name. OR anything else but baby. Except for Beautiful since Sam had taken possession of that name.
"Hey Shane"
"Walk you to homeroom?" He asked
"yeah. Sure. Hey, Shane?" Mercedes looked up to her boyfriend
"mm hmm?" Shane asked.
"I was wondering if you wanted to join this club with me. I'm going to head it up. It's called the God Squad and I'd really like you to join with me. They're going to meet every day after school for an hour. It's just an hour." She asked her boyfriend.
"Baby, you know I can't. I have practice and I have to get in shape. Cooter told me I'm ready for the big leagues. I just need to focus more" Shane said
"Focus….more?" Mercedes said changing her tone to an angry one. "how much more can you possibly focus?"
"Baby, you have to give me a break, this is important" Shane said
"And God isn't important? You know, God's the reason you got that scholarship" She said to him. She hated being preachy but she really didn't like Shane right now.
"That's unfair, Mercedes" he said.
And there he went. Finally using her name. He only did it when he was angry at her and she hated that.
"Forget it, Shane. It's fine. We're full anyway" Mercedes said dryly "I'll walk myself to class. See you at lunch" Mercedes left Shane and walked by herself. He didn't even make an effort to call after her. This aggravated her the most. He never fought for her. He never showed his feelings. Shane Tinsley was a wonderful guy, a great friend, but a pretty terrible boyfriend. He was nice and at times even supportive. But there was a huge difference between verbal support and physical support. It wasn't like Mercedes needed anyone…she just felt if she was going to call someone her boyfriend, he'd at least act like it. At the rate he was going, Sam Evans was more of a boyfriend than Shane Tinsley was.
The school day went by quickly.
Sam was waiting for Mercedes outside the Spanish class.
He saw her walking alone and he was relieved his plan didn't backfire on him. Shane was nowhere to be seen. Now, Sam felt pretty rotten about this but it had to be done. Someone had to show Mercedes that Shane, although a great guy, wasn't the guy for her. Damn catholic guilt, he thought. He hated being the bad guy in his head. "God please forgive me for this" Sam prayed to himself.
He smiled as Mercedes approached him.
"Madame President, your audience awaits" Sam teased
"wow! All of them?" she said laughing.
"we'll have members in no time" Sam reassured her.
Mercedes and Sam walked in and they felt powerful to be forming a group that would serve as a hang out spot for their friends whenever they felt abandoned. They both sat down and Sam spoke
"no no…not so fast. You are going to be sitting there" He pointed to a chair facing the room
"what? Why?" Mercedes said laughing.
"Just, trust me" He laughed.
Mercedes looked at him and squinted her eyes. She sat at the chair that Sam pulled out for her and saw something on the desk.
"Sam? Is this for me?" She gasped
"yep! I got it on Sunday" He said happily
Mercedes couldn't believe her eyes. Before here was a Brown Gavel with a purple bow on it and her name was engraved on the handle "Mercedes Jones".
"Sam, why did you spend your money?" She said admiring the Gavel
"I figured, you can't be president of the God Squad without one and Finn knew this guy at Things Remembered. He charged me close to nothing for the engraving" He said "Do you like it?"
"I LOVE it" she said
Sam smiled as he watched her play with her gavel.
Mercedes banged the desk.
"ahem, I call the first God Squad meeting to order" She giggled.
Sam put his thumbs up.
The two giggled.
"This is so much fun!" she laughed.
"yeah, it really is. Like old times." Sam smiled and clenched his jaw.
"I miss those times" Mercedes said softly.
"I miss you" Sam replied.
And there they went again, forgetting present time.
"When I saw you walk away with Shane, after not talking to you for a week…" he started
"my heart broke" she continued
"Yet everytime I see you, it manages to mend just as quickly…" Sam said
"I wanted to tell you…." Mercedes said
"I wanted to hold you" Sam said smiling and looking down.
"I can't see Shane anymore" She said abruptly
"what?" Sam asked completely shocked.
"He's…he's just not what I need right now. And I can't continue doing this. I messed up big time, Sam" She said sadly
"We're not doing anything wrong right now" Sam said tenderly
"Oh yes we are. We're practically dating!" Mercedes said sharply
"People that date hold hands and make out…we don't do that" Sam said.
"We might as well…I mean people aren't stupid. Father Wilson asked me if you and I were back together again. FATHER WILSON!" Mercedes said
"So let's be together then." Sam said hopefully
"I want to…" Mercedes finally confessed. "But I have to do the right thing" Mercedes remarked. "I just have to find the right time. It's not like Shane's ever available for private conversations" she said sarcastically
Sam smiled.
" so, once you talk to him…you and I…" Sam started
"I'd like that" she smiled
"Then, I'll wait" Sam said.
In the grand scheme of things, everything looked almost easy. Mercedes would talk to Shane. She would tell him everything, he would tell her that he'd be fine because he cared about football more than her and she'd finally be able to be out in the open about her feelings for Sam. Little did she know that fate had other plans for her.