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Sam grinned as he walked towards Mike and helped him grilled the meat. Mike noticed the grin on his best friend's face and couldn't help his curiosity.
"Why are you grinning like an idiot?"
Sam grinned wider as he looked at Mike. "She laughed at me" he said, a bit too excited. Mike frowned.
"Aren't you suppose to be embarrassed if someone laughs at you?" he asked, confused. Sam rolled his eyes.
"You know about my signature introduction, right?"
Mike nodded. "You mean the whole 'I don't like green egg and ham' thing?"
Sam nodded, too eager in Mike's opinion. Puck had always told Sam to stop doing that so called lame tagline but Sam Evans was too stubborn to listen.
"Well, I did that and she laugh! Mercedes Jones was laughing at it! She is the only girl who laughs at it! Everybody usually just stares or rolling their eyes at me but this woman - she laughs! Man, I'm a goner, dude! This girl is amazing!"
Mike rolled his eyes. "Really, Sam? She laughed at your corny introduction and you suddenly a goner? You're such a drama king"
"I am not! And what do you mean by that?"
Mike rolled his eyes again and Sam realized that he always doing that when talking to him lately.
"Drama king, a male version of drama queen" Mike explained as he put some burger on the plate. Sam frowned at him.
"You really need to stop hanging out with Tina's friends." he muttered. Mike laughed at Sam as he flipped the burger. He wanted to say something when he saw Puck walking in with Quinn.
"Here comes your love rival" he said cynically. Sam gave him a dirty look before he turned his attention to Puck.
"What's up, dude? Sorry we're late. Someone refused to leave the room" Puck said as he glanced at Quinn who stood beside him.
"In case you've forgotten, Puckerman, she is my cousin and I don't want to know about your sex activities" Sam said. He leaned and kissed Quinn's cheek.
"I still don't understand why you chose him instead of other decent men" he whispered. Quinn chuckled.
"Trust me when I said that I wonder the same thing too" she said, smiling as she greeted Mike. Puck looked at both of them. He pulled Quinn closer to him as he side-eyed Sam.
"You need to stop corrupting my Quinn's mind. She won't leave me" he said. Sam chuckled.
"Trust me when I said that I don't need to do that" he said as he smiled wickedly at Puck before leaving them.
Mercedes watched as Puck and the one who she assumed to be Quinn stood beside Mike and talked to him. She also noticed that Sam had left the trio. She hoped that since Puck had a girlfriend now, he won't stop being annoying or at least he would leave her alone.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Blaine, Kurt's husband asked as he sat beside Mercedes.
"Puckerman and his girl" she explained, pointing at both of them.
"Wow, she's gorgeous!"
Mercedes nodded, agreeing with Blaine's statement. "Where's Kurt?" she asked when she noticed that she didn't see him around for a while. Blaine shrugged. Kurt might be somewhere around the house, probably with Tina; planning something to make Mercedes and Sam interact or any sort of plan that would let both of them being alone together. He knew his husband and his best friend too well. Blaine wanted to ask Mercedes if she would like some pie when he noticed that Mercedes had been staring at Sam who was standing at the table where Tina had put all the desserts. He smirked and Blaine had a hunch that Kurt and Tina's latest matchmaking plan might have a good result.
"Man, that guy is hot! Don't you think so, Cedes?" Blaine said, trying to get some agreement from Mercedes.
"Yup! He's gorg -," Mercedes managed to stop before finishing the sentence. Her dark complexion might hide the red colour on her cheeks but Blaine knew that Mercedes was blushing. He laughed when he saw her mortified expression.
"I thought you don't care about guys and relationship?" he teased her. Mercedes rolled her eyes.
"Even if I don't give a fuck about men, it doesn't mean that I cannot appreciate God's finest creation" she muttered as she got up and left Blaine alone. She could still hear Blaine's laugh and decided to ignore it.
Sam noticed the interaction between Blaine and Mercedes. From afar, people would think that he was thinking either to take the pies, cupcakes or any other desserts on the table. The truth was that he lingered around the table so that he could look at Mercedes without anybody noticed it and to make sure that Mercedes didn't think of him as a creeper. He also noticed that she did look at him and it made him happy. Sam's happiness stopped when he heard a familiar voice.
"Hey, Hot Mama! I didn't see you there!"
He frowned when he saw Puck was standing beside Mercedes. He rolled his eyes in annoyance. He should know that Puck would create some 'scene' with her even though Quinn was there.
Mercedes sighed as Puck stopped her. He gave her his famous smirk and the eye-brows rising as he greeted her. Only God knew how much she hated it every time he called her 'Hot Mama'.
"Noah" she said curtly.
"Awww, come on! Why are you always being cold towards me? Just admit it. You like me, right?"
Mercedes rolled her eyes. She saw that Quinn was staring at them and if looks could kill, she surely had been dead at the moment.
"For a millionth times Noah, I am not interested and I am pretty sure that your girlfriend is not happy right now" she said before she walked pass him.
Sam put some meat, burgers and sausages into his plate. His eyes wandered around the veranda, searching for Mercedes. A smile appeared on his face when he spotted her at the corner. He walked towards her.
"Mind if I join you?" he asked. Mercedes turned and looked at him. She nodded and made a space for Sam to sit beside her.
"I think I've seen you somewhere before" she said out of the blue. Sam smiled, remembering their first meeting in the elevator.
"In the elevator, last week. You ran into it while I was holding the doors"
"That's right! I knew I've seen you before!"
Sam chuckled when he noticed the sparkles in her eyes when she remembered their first meeting.
"Isn't it weird that we never met before? I mean, you - being Tina's best friend and me is Mike's best buddy. Besides, you work in the same building as Mike! I really think there is a force that interfere with us meeting each other"
"Force? You mean something like a dark force or evil power?"
"Maybe, or some villain who have a dead squirrel on their head" Sam muttered. He grinned when he heard she laughed. He could feel his heart doing a somersault inside when he heard her laughter.
"Why the hell am I picturing Noah's Mohawk in my mind?!" she muttered, still giggling.
"I don't know why but I sure am glad that I am not the only person who thinks that Puck's Mohawk hair looks like a dead squirrel on his head" he said, flashing his famous lopsided smiled as he took in her face. Mercedes chuckled. Silence enveloping them for a moment until Mercedes asking him a question.
"How long have you known Mike and Noah? Honestly, I was a shocked when I knew that Mike and Noah are best friends. Both of them are like heaven and earth, totally different from each other"
Sam chuckled. "I've known Mike since I was five. We grew up together since our parents are best friends. Then, we met Puck in high school. He looks like a badass but he is soft-hearted. Puck used to be the school bully. He tried to force Mike to do his homework during freshman year since he was 'the Asian nerd and genius' but Mike scared him off with his karate skills. So, he ended up doing his own homework and Mike was his private tutor. Ever since the incident, we started to hang out together and ended up being best friends. How about you, Tina and Kurt?"
"I've known Tina since middle school, and met Kurt in freshman year in high school. We joined the Glee club together"
Kurt, Tina and Blaine watched as they saw Sam and Mercedes talking to each other. They grinned when they heard Mercedes's laughed at something Sam said or did. The trio looked at each other with matching grins on their faces. Blaine wasted no time in relaying the exact words that came out of Mercedes's mouth when they were talking. Kurt and Tina gasped before started to squeal as quietly as they could.
"This might work! My Cedes won't die in loneliness!" Kurt exclaimed. Blaine rolled his eyes at his husband reaction.
"I knew that Sam is the perfect person for Cedes!" Tina added as she hugged Kurt in excitement.
"Okay, guys! I knew that you guys are excited but please don't rush things between them. You need to tone down your excitement. We don't want to scare Cedes away" Blaine warned them. Tina and Kurt gave him their promised and started to discuss something, dismissing Blaine. He shook his head at them before leaving those two in their own world and went to get Mike.
"What are you looking at?" Mike asked Puck who was focusing his eyes on Sam and Mercedes.
"I never knew Hot Mama can be friendly" Puck muttered as he sipped his beer. Mike shrugged. "Cedes is friendly - well, except with you" he said.
"Very funny, Chang! I still don't understand why she treated Sam differently" Puck frowned. Mike chuckled.
"One reason, Puck. He didn't greet her with 'Hey Mama. You're hot! Do you want to leave them and get 'something something' with me?'Besides, Sam doesn't try to get into her pants every time he sees her. By the way, I am sure that Quinn doesn't seem happy when she saw you talked with Mercedes just now"
"Nah! She's fine. She knew that there is nothing between me and Hot Mama"
"You do know that Sam will kill you if you hurt her, right?"
Puck nodded. He still remembered the warning that Sam had given him and even though he wouldn't admit it loudly, Sam Evans could be the scariest person if people messed with his family and his loved ones.
Mercedes stared at Sam. Her eyes were wide and her body was shaking due to laughter.
"You honestly thought that? Really?"
Sam nodded enthusiastically. "It's true! Mike and Tina are Marshall and Lily; the happy couple. Puck is Barney - although he is not awesome like Barney Stinson but both of them are man-whore. As for me, I am Ted Mosby minus the lame part. We both had our fair share of fail relationships and still searching for right one"
"Okay. That does make sense" Mercedes said. She slightly wondered what Sam had meant about the fail relationships. She didn't want to believe that a guy as hot as Sam had failed in relationships and possibly single at the moment. She wanted to ask him but decided against the idea since they just knew each other for more than two hours.
"How about you? Which TV characters or series that described you and your friends?"
Mercedes tilted her heard and thought about it. Sam watched her as she was thinking and he gathered all of his willpower to resist the temptation of kissing her lips.
"Well, I think - Tina is Gwen. She always looks after us. Kurt is Merlin. Blaine is Gaius since he is the middle man. He is the voice of reason among us -,"
"That's makes you Arthur, the leader of the group. Am I right?"
Mercedes shook her head slightly. Sam frowned. "It is because Arthur is the most handsome and I am the prettiest among us" she said, giggling. Sam laughed.
"Well, couldn't deny the fact. You are pretty" he uttered. Mercedes laughed. "I was joking! I am Arthur because without these three people, I am nothing. It is also because I couldn't let Kurt be Arthur. Bradley James is mine" she said, chuckling. Sam was still staring at her. A smile never left his face.
"I mean it, Mercy. You are beautiful" His voice was low and so alluring. Mercedes was blushing and suddenly she felt very hot. She was squirming under his intense gaze and Sam tried hard to harness his feeling when he noticed the uneasiness that started to crept in between them. He decided to break the stare and making some excuse of refilling his drink.
"Well, I'm going to have some desserts. Do you want some?" she asked. Sam shook his head and smiled at her. Mercedes got up and went towards the dessert table. Her mind was thinking about Sam's words and she didn't miss the fact that he had called her Mercy.
Tina had told Mike everything once their friends had gone and they were relaxing on their bed. Mercedes and Sam had volunteered to help them cleaned up after everybody had left. Tina had looked at Mike and wiggled her eye-brows at her boyfriend when Mike walked into the kitchen and saw that Mercedes and Sam were doing the dishes.
"I can't deny the fact that they do look great together. Besides, I haven't seen Sam as happy as he was today. You should see him when he was excited because Cedes laughed at his stupid trademark" Mike said. Tina chuckled.
"I noticed the way his eyes sparkle when she laughed. To tell you the truth, I was quite surprise that Cedes didn't dismiss him like she did to other guys" Tina said, thinking about it.
"Maybe it had something to do with the fact that today's event was a small event of get together with friends instead of match-making session for her"
Tina nodded in agreement with the statement. Mike could be right. Maybe the reason Mercedes didn't dismiss Sam was due to the fact that she didn't know about Tina and Kurt's plan of getting she and Sam together.