A/N: Alright so here is the second chapter for He Who Hold's her Heart. This chapter is a holiday chapter and I'm hoping that my iPod will suddenly start playing the random Christmas songs I have on it so that I'll be in the mood to write this. Otherwise, it looks like Pandora and the Glee: xmas station it will be for me!
I hope that you enjoy my little take on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years for Sam and Mercedes
I do not own Glee, any holidays, music or tv shows/movies that I mention
Chapter 2
"Sam, why are we having a discussion about this? You've known for over a month that I was going on this trip with Quinn. Why are you so pissy right now?"
"Woman, no one is being pissy! You know I want us to go to the University of Tennessee in Nashville. You KNOW this!"
"Stop being all huffy Sam. Just because I'm going to look at a few schools with Quinn in New England doesn't mean I'm turning down Nashville! You need to just calm down Sam. I know what you want. I know your heart in us going to Nashville, just back off for a minute and understand this trip is me supporting Quinn as she goes to look at several schools. Okay?"
Sam groaned and put his head on Mercedes shoulder. "I suck sometimes, don't I?"
Mercedes signed and patted Sam's head. "You do suck sometimes, but it's part of who you are. Do you trust me Sam?"
Sam popped up his head and stared down into her eyes. "Babe, I trust you with everything."
"Then trust that I won't screw you by going on this trip and suddenly won't want to go to Yale or some other school we go to see. Trust that I trust your school choice enough that I already applied to Nashville. Trust me…."
Mercedes squealed as Sam picked her up and spun her around. "Woman I swear, I love you more every day. Why do you allow me to act like an ass?"
Sam put Mercedes down and she stroked his neck. "Aww babe, you are such a cute ass. Admit it, you started a disagreement in hopes we'd turn around and make out afterward."
Sam slapped Mercedes butt rapidly causing Mercedes to groan. "Everything I do is to get you to make out with me. Now give me those sexy lips." Mercedes puckered up her lips and Sam lifted her so they were face to face. Mercedes linked her arms around Sam's neck giggling as Sam backed her up against the wall. He leaned in, first lightly touching her lips with his, but as soon as she opened her mouth he slipped his tongue in moaning at the feeling of their combined heat.
Quinn cleared her throat interrupting Mercedes attempt at lyric writing. Mercedes could see Quinn batting her eyes at her causing her to drop her lyric book into her lap. "Yes Quinn, what's on your mind?"
"I'm so glad you're here on this trip with me. I mean yeah my mom's here, but the second you said you'd come with it really gave me a renewed hope that I could do this." Quinn grabbed Mercedes hand. "You've always been an amazing friend to me. Through my pregnancy, then this last year when I was so obsessed with being on top again and I pushed you away, you were even there for me all summer calling me and worrying about me. You're a really good friend Mercedes."
Mercedes felt Quinn squeeze her hand and smiled at her. "Girl there were moments where I felt like a horrid friend. Almost the whole time you were with Sam I had a crush on him. I liked him more than a friend, but I wanted you to be happy so I shut off those feelings and I never said anything."
Quinn pulled Mercedes into a hug. "Girl, I knew Sam was in to you before he did! It hurt that he dated Santana and the way that Santana went about all of that, but the two of you together it's right. And look at you two, you beat the odds. Besides Mike and Tina and then Blaine and Kurt you two have dated the longest time out of the other Glee relationships. You'll get married and have tan colored babies. I already know it!"
The girls giggled and linked arms as Judy Fabray motioned for them to come and get into line to board the plane. "New Haven, here we come!" The girls bumped hips and rushed to catch up with Quinn's mom.
That night Quinn and Mercedes sat around having an old fashioned slumber party in their hotel room. It was only 8pm, but they'd ordered pizza and sat on the hotel coach in their pj's and slippers watching The Breakfast Club.
Mercedes looked at Molly Ringwald and then at Quinn, then back at the TV. "Quinn you are so Claire! Why didn't I ever see it before?"
Quinn gave Mercedes a look of disgust. "No way, that girl's panties were so tight. I am NOT her!" Quinn folded her arms.
Mercedes turned to Quinn. "Sweetie, think of yourself pre Puck." Mercedes beamed and felt so proud of herself. "Hello Quinn, Claire was a prude til along came John Bender, the bad boy with the wack family life. See, you are Claire and Puck is a John Bender."
Quinn hit Mercedes with a pillow. "Gross and I use to like the John Bender character! Alright smarty, so then is Sam 'Andrew Clark'?"
"Oh hell no! Finn is Andrew Clark! Then Rachel is Allison. The relationship don't have to stick, they just have to be what they are."
"Egh, I think Rachel is Claire. Her panties are far tighter than anyone else."
Mercedes shrugged her shoulders and sat back laughing at her new found Breakfast Club insight.
"Besides, we'd need Sixteen Candles to find Sam. He's sooooo Jack Ryan!"
Quinn fell off of the couch laughing, kicking her legs. "Oh stop! No more."
"Wait Q, we gotta find you a Blane McDonnagh from Pretty in Pink! You know, like the blue blood sweet guy who is smart and hot. Yep, that's what's gonna happen. Tomorrow, mark my word, you're gonna find your sexy Blane."
"Awesome and his name will be Kip and he'll belong to a country club, play squash and have a sister named Muffy." Quinn stated sarcastically waving her hand in the air while making a gagging motion with her finger.
Mercedes had been watching Quinn flirt with their campus tour guide for the past hour. Mercedes bumped shoulders with Quinn, "Q, it's your Kip! Granted his name is Ames. Ask him his sister's name."
"Shh Mercedes."
"I'll ask! Hey Ames…" Quinn slapped her hand over Mercedes mouth as Ames turned back to the two girls giving them a strange look. Mercedes poked Quinn in her side and she got freed of Quinn's grip. She didn't care if Quinn gave her a death look.
Ames laughed at the girls. "What is it Mercedes?"
Mercedes turned to Quinn and mouthed, 'he remembered my name!' "So Ames you are a freshman, right?"
Ames smiled and answered yes.
"What are you majoring in?"
"I'm pre-med; I want to be a pediatric surgeon."
Mercedes turned to Quinn and mouthed 'Oh my God!' She turned back to Ames, smiling again. "Are you single?" Quinn's eyes grew big and she grabbed Mercedes wrist. Ames laughed and nodded. Mercedes put her hand on the hand Quinn had gripping her wrist. "My friend Quinn is single too and will most likely be a freshman here next year. Maybe you two should exchange numbers and get to know each other."
"I'd love that." Ames turned from looking at Quinn to look at Mercedes and gave her a peck on the cheek, "You're a good friend."
Mercedes smiled and thought you have no idea as Ames and Quinn walked over to a bench to talk one on one. She tilted her head as she watched Quinn interact with Ames. Quinn looked perfect next to the 6'2 rugby champ. Ames had a Clark Kent quality that Lima boys just couldn't touch. His black hair was tousled with a few strands falling forward. He had on light stylish but masculine reading glasses, but they didn't do a thing to hide his bright electric blue eyes. And his body, well that looked strong, muscular and sturdy in jeans and a Yale sweater. Yep, she truly was a good friend.
Quinn walked back to Mercedes seeming totally shy. "I was going to hit you, but I figured I'll thank you instead."
Mercedes linked arms with Quinn. "Thank me by making me maid of honor when you two get married!" Quinn threw her head back laughing as the girls went off to check out the drama department.
Mercedes laid back in her enjoying the day off before Thanksgiving. Sam's family was due to get in in a couple of hours from now and her parents had gone to the airport to pick up her brother. She was just enjoying the next few hours of peace and quiet before the Jones house was stuffed full of family.
Mercedes spread her hair out on her pillow and relaxed into her blankets. She loved crisp autumn days like today. It had been extremely mild so far weather wise, but winter was right around the corner and you never knew how it could get. She was going to go out for a while in a little while but she was going to wait until Sam came over. Suddenly Mercedes heard her door push open and she jumped up in her bed drawing the covers to her chest, she fell back on her pillow seeing that it was just Sam. "Crazy male, why do you insist on scaring the crap out of me?" She yelled to the ceiling and she clutched her chest.
Starting at the door Sam took off at a run and jumped on her bed landing next to her. He pulled her close and nuzzled his cheek to hers. "Morning my love!"
"How in the world did you get in here Sam?"
"How many times do I have to tell you of how much your parents love me? They told me where the spare key is, so now I can just show up and surprise you mid-undress at all hours!" He smiled and in his best impression of Matthew McConaughey said, "Oh yeah!"
"I swear, you and my parents." She leaned over and kissed Sam lightly.
Sam flipped over and straddled Mercedes. "Besides, I wanted to tell you something."
"What is it Sam?" Mercedes whispered back. Sam leaned next to her ear kissing her neck and started singing to her.
Baby talk close to me
So no one understands, no babe
And whisper mysteries
To make me more a man, on no
As everything gets darker
We shine just like the sun
Mercedes head fell back as Sam slowly ground himself against her.
So don't you know that if we can keep this thing together
All this heat could burn for the rest of our lives
What we have is oh so deep
It's like we're drowning
It just keeps getting better all of the time
Until the day I die
Sam pulled away the blankets and covers that separated them.
Girl come close to me
There's a vision in my mind, yeah
You are all I see
And without you I'd be blind, no oh
As everything gets darker
We shine just like the sun
Sam pulled Mercedes to sit up as he stayed straddling her lap.
So don't you know that if we can keep this thing together
All this heat could burn for the rest of our lives
What we have is oh so deep
It's like we're drowning
It just keeps getting better all of the time
Until the day I die
Sam stroked his hands up and down Mercedes neck.
La La La La La La, Baby
La La La La La La, Oh Oh
La La La La La LaLa da da da da da
Don't you know that if we can keep this thing together
All this heat could burn for the rest of our lives
What we have is oh so deep
It's like we're drowning
It just keeps getting better all of the time
Sam pushed Mercedes back against the headboard, putting his hands on each side of her head and closing the space between their bodies.
It just keeps getting better all of the time
It keeps getting better by the hour
It keeps getting better by the day
Until the day I die
Don't you know that if we can keep this thing together
All this heat could burn for the rest of our lives
What we have is oh so deep
It's like we're drowning
It just keeps getting better all of the time
It keeps getting better by the hour
It keeps getting better by the day
Until the day I die
Mercedes head fell back against her headboard with a thud. "So you liked it?"
She bumped her hips up onto Sam's, lifting her legs over his. "Put your hand in my panties if you need to truly wonder that." Sam turned their bodies so that he could be up against the headboard with her fully in his lap. Sam slide Mercedes nightgown up to her hips and was thankful for the fact that he only had his gym shorts on.
Sam gripped her ass moving her forward on him as they grinded up against each other. "All this foreplay is gonna be worth it when we finally make love babe. I swear it." Mercedes head was back as she held Sam's head to her chest running her hands through his silky strands.
"I certainly hope so!" She let out a loud groan as Sam repeatedly hit her clit with his erection. Rocking back and forth faster Mercedes yelped and smacked Sam's back. "Oh fuck. Oh Sam, yes. Keep going right there. Ahhh"
Sam flipped them so Mercedes was on back and he was above her banging her hips down into the bed. He linked his hands with Mercedes as he heard her voice hitching and knew she was getting ready to cum. "Look at me Mercedes." He kissed her staring down into her eyes. "It will always be like this!" He came staring down at her as she stared back up at him.
"Dear God, this is the first of many true Evans-Jones family holidays! Donald missed the others so this is the first true one." Pamela Jones gave her oldest son a look and squinted her eyes at her eldest child. "But we are always thankful well we all get a chance to be together either way. Bless my family on this holiday and bless the food that we are going to eat that was prepared by loving hands. In all these things we pray. Amen. Everyone dig in."
Mercedes stroked Sam's leg as she passed the mashed potatoes. He looked down at her as they passed thing after thing between them and didn't seem to be paying attention to their plates but somehow got what they wanted to enjoy for the meal.
Mercedes brother Donald was sitting across from the loving couple and could see his sister's hand stroking Sam's leg. Donald cleared his throat, "So Sam, I heard you are now on the swim team. How is that going?"
Sam's head bounced up from Mercedes and smiled at the rest of the table. "It's good. I mean at first I didn't think it was for me. I'm more in to sports where you wear more clothing, but it's been a lot of fun for me. I sometimes forget how good at swimming I am." Sam laughed and ate a fork full of macaroni and cheese.
Mary Evans patted her son's hand from her seat next to him on his right side. "I swear Sam was meant to swim from in utero. He swam and kicked from a very early age, which gave me the craziest pregnancy." Mary kissed her son's forehead and smiled.
Everyone laughed except for Sam who was turning several shades of red. Mercedes squeezed his leg and smiled when he met his eyes to hers. "He's really good! I didn't really expect him to be so good at it, but I guess the fact that he excels at all the other sports he has tried just transferred over to this sport too. Granted, I already knew he could swim well."
Sam leaned in and kissed Mercedes, "I'm most thankful for you Cedey!"
Mercedes cheeks became aflame as he blush spread across them.
Donald was getting ready to make fun of his sister, but his mother threw a napkin at him and told him to keep eating.
Mercedes stood in her puffy black jacket and purple hat with her gloved hand inside of Sam's. He was wrapped up in his own black pea coat and blue scarf. They were up at 4am on Black Friday with Mike and Tina. Sam stroked a hand up and down Mercedes back as she shivered and tightened her jacket around her. He leaned over to Mike, "What time is it?" He saw Mike getting ready to answer as the doors opened and Sam grasped Mercedes hand and started to run towards the front door of the mall. He and Mike already knew where they wanted to go and as soon as they got inside he waved goodbye to Mercedes and saw Tina get a quick peck before Mike ran off with him.
"Alright, so we're gonna be good boys and buy our girlfriends jewelry, right?"
Sam shook his head, "Hell yeah!"
Mike popped Sam in the arm as they ran off towards the closest jewelry store to check the prices for what they wanted.
"Alright Mercedes any ideas as to what you want to get for Sam? Because I'm thinking I'm going to go to Victoria's Secret and get Mike some hot and slightly skanky lingerie to take off of me."
Mercedes laughed out loud as her friend dragged her towards Victoria's Secret. The girls separated as they got inside. Mercedes wanted to get a few things either way and she was excited about the new bag they were offering this year. Mercedes grabbed a few bras and panties and turned around to see Tina with some complicated looking piece of lingerie. How in the world do you put something like that on and once it's on how in the world does it get taken off. Mercedes turned around and saw the line growing longer and longer. She quickly grabbed two nighties that looked cute and decided if she couldn't wear it now she would sometime in the future.
Mercedes finally got to the front of the line 15 minutes later and turned to see that Tina was just two people behind her in line. Mercedes stepped outside of the store with bag and waited for Tina. She looked to the left and saw a sea of people just funneling from one story to another. Shaking her head she felt a hand on her arm and looked back to see Tina. "Come on, let's go to Macy's."
Sam couldn't concentrate at all in his Algebra 2 class. His usual naked Mercedes techniques just weren't coming to him. He just kept hearing his brother and sister telling him they missed him. And it was starting to drive him crazy. He needed reassurance and that meant he needed to see Mercedes.
Finally it was lunchtime and he could spend time with Mercedes. He raced down junior hall and rounded the corner into senior hall, thankfully there she stood leaning up again his locker. He couldn't help but do his Bill Hader impression during the Nicki Minaj Bride of Blackensteen sketch on SNL. "DAMN baby. Ha ha. Mmmm."
Mercedes shook her head as Sam slowly walked to her with his hand to his mouth. "Boy you are stupid! Alright, what we are doing for lunch?"
"Can we go to the deli around the corner?"
"Sure, you drove so I will follow." Mercedes slipped her hand in his and followed along behind him.
As they sat down Mercedes split the turkey and provolone sandwich in two and gave half to Sam and then mixed up the strawberry and pecan salad and gave Sam a fork. "Alright babe, what's up? You know I always know."
Sam took a deep bite of the sandwich and put it back down, chewing and wiping his mouth. "Stevie and Stacy are breaking my heart. They keep calling me and telling me how much they miss me and how sad they are that I'm not around." Sam pushed his plate away and Mercedes put it back in front of him.
"Honey eat, you have a swim meet later and you need to keep up your strength." He nodded and picked up the sandwich again. "Do you want to go back to Kentucky? Do you want to go and be with your family?" Mercedes reached out her hand taking his free one.
"Babe it isn't that I want to leave and it isn't that I'm going to leave. My parents understand why I'm here. I mean they are kids." Sam put his head down and she stroked the bottom of his hair line. "It's tough babe. I'm not gonna leave you, but maybe I need to make more of an effort to be seeing the kids."
Sam looked up at Mercedes and smiled. She continued to eat now that she didn't need to worry that he was going to be leaving. "Babe, if you want to make the 4hr drive to see you family every two weeks or something like that, I'll be right there in the passenger seat with you every trip."
Sam wiped off his hands and mouth. "You'd do that?" She nodded her head. "I am so in love with you. You just have no idea." He leaned in and touched his forehead to hers and she lightly kissed him.
"I have an idea. Alright, we don't have much time left. Let's finish eating." Sam kissed her cheek and went back to eating.
"Alright everyone I know you all are excited to start your Christmas break. Calm Down." Mr. Schue attempted to settle down the class and Rachel's hand shot up. "Yes Rachel, sorry, Winter Holiday break."
"Thank you Mr. Schue, it's much appreciated."
"Okay, I just wanted to give you all a bit of a challenge to start working on. You won't have to do this until 2 weeks before Spring Break, BUT I want you to start working on this now. The challenge is to think of a song that you would sing to each and every member of Glee club, I am not included in this challenge. So whatever your relationship is like with each person in the club you think of a song that you might sing to them. Try not to have a bunch of bad language in the songs that you pick. Oh, there is no guarantee that you will sing all of the songs that you pick. Oh and try to pick out a separate song for everyone, I know you may want to sing one specific song to a bunch of people. Any thoughts?" Rachel's hand shot up. "Yes Rachel."
"Mr. Schue, what about those people that there may be negative feelings towards?"
"Good question Rachel; you find a song anyway and get those feelings out. Like I said, this is a challenge and I want to see all of you be creative in meeting this. I think you all will get a lot out of it. And you can pick songs from any genre you see fit to pick." Mercedes hand shot up. "Yes Mercedes."
"I have a song I'd like to sing right now Mr. Schue. I'll still sing another song for the challenge though."
"Alright Mercedes."
"For you Sam!" The band started playing the beginning of her music.
Da, da, da, da, da, da
I just wanna be close to you
The way you look in the morning
I can see your face and your daze
The way (the way, the way) your silence
Always has so to say, to say
With you my king is where I belong
Our castle is beautiful and strong
I just wanna be close to you
I just wanna be close to you
How you own this body
Smoke your cigarette
Sing to me in bed
The way (the way, the way)
You hold me like your
Protecting your throne
I'll be your queen the crown fits so well
Yet near me darling is where dwell
I just wanna be close to you
I just wanna be close to you
You say I'm talking and laughing I'm not
Breakfast in bed have a play pillow fight
We'll hang like homies 'cause your best friend
I know I'm safe just as long as I feel your skin
Not that I need I'm secure with myself
Space, trust, and respect I understand well
Baby I just see such beauty in you
That I need is being close too
If near me darling is where you dwell
I wanna be close to you, you, you, you
I just wanna be close to you(oh oh)
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, dat
I just wanna be close to you
I just wanna be close to you
"Damn Sam, what in the hell do you do?" Puck slapped Sam on the back.
"Trouty shit has gotten real with you and Weezy." Santana fanned herself.
All Sam could do was sit there and stare at his woman as she stood there staring back at him.
Mercedes spent the first week of Christmas vacation with the Evans in Kentucky. Both Sam and Mercedes were sucked of the fact that his parents had let Mercedes sleep in his room. Granted over Thanksgiving break Sam was allowed to sleep in Mercedes room, with the door closed shockingly. Their parents were sticking to their guns on this as long as you are at home stuff. Mercedes went home from Kentucky with a garbage bag full of stuff. Granted that's about the amount that she traveled to Kentucky with.
Donald met Sam and Mercedes in Cincinnati and Mercedes headed back to Lima with her brother.
When Christmas morning came she opened the presents from her family and those from Sam's family, but she and Sam had promised they'd wait til after everything else was opened and open their presents on the phone with each other. Around 11:30 on Christmas morning Mercedes was in her room with several presents sitting in front of her of different sizes. She had a bowl of cereal in her lap as she called Sam. "Merry Christmas baby, sure do treat me nice!"
"Mmmm Merry Christmas to you too baby. I enjoyed your Christmas panties picture you sent me when you got up. A great way to wake me up!"
Mercedes laughed, "I'm glad you enjoy it. Are you enjoying your Irish visitor?"
"Oh Rory, yeah he's pretty cool. He was missing you as soon as you left you know. I swear that kid has a crush on you. I had to shut his ass down, that he ain't gettin a damn thing from you besides friendship! I think you could maybe help me help him."
"Maybe, I guess we'll have to see. Alright baby, enough about Rory or anything else. We can talk about our families later. Let's open these presents!"
Sam chuckled, "Someone is really eager."
"You're damn right Mr. Evans. Now is there any special flow to these presents?"
"Yes, you are so good to ask. You might as well open the shirt box first."
"Okay, is it what I think it is?" Mercedes opened the box and yelled kicking her legs. "Yeah, my newest installment of 'The Adventures of the Amazing Cedey'! I'm so friggin happy; you are so good about getting these to me each month. And these one is extra-long, yippee."
"Well hello you are getting it a little late this month and it IS Christmas! Alright, I know you want to read it, but I need to know which present to open first Cede."
"Umm, open the one with the Spiderman wrapping paper."
"Alright, let's see what is this?" Sam got it open and saw it was a CAD program for his computer. "Babe this is the one that I've been talking about!"
"I know."
"Cedes this is awesome, now I can work on my picture for the Architecture dept. at UTN. And I can draw naughty smutty pictures of you on my computer! Oh yeah!"
"Alright Sam! I think you already draw enough smutty pictures of me. Like, what in the world is going on with Cedey and Sammy on page 10? Straight up smut for a boy who is withholding the cocking his girlfriend is in need of. He he."
"Ha ha woman, open up the small rectangular box."
"Sam, did you get me jewelry?"
"Probably, but you won't know unless you open it."
Mercedes opened the box and found a Tiffany chain bracelet with a heart on it. "Oh my God Sam! And you engraved it too! All my heart forever more, Sam. SAMMMMMM, awwww. Damn you! And you aren't here to kiss on."
Mercedes sucked in the tear she had. "Umm, Sam go ahead and open the present with the shiny purple paper."
Sam ripped it open and saw an Avatar Neytiri statue. "Holy shit Cedes, do you know how much these are going for online?"
"I have connections Sam! Do you like it?"
"I fucking love it. You are AMAZING."
"I'm glad you like it. You might as well open the little bag now Sam."
Sam pulled the tissue paper out of the bag and pulled out a skimpy piece of lingerie. "Oh Mercedes, you didn't have to!"
"Don't be stupid, you know that's for me."
"And I can't wait to see you in it and out of it. Damn, how in the world does this thing go on?"
"Sam I have NO idea."
The following week dragged on with Sam spending every moment hanging out with his family. As he talked to Mercedes every night she was helping out at the homeless shelter with Quinn, having sleepovers with Rachel and Kurt and she'd been to the movies with Tina.
Sam tried to introduce Rory to his female cousins that visited for Christmas but there seemed to be a lot of lost in translation between the Tennessee accent and the Irish one. Strike one on getting Rory a girl, but one back in Lima would work a lot better.
Sam and Rory got back into Lima mid-day on New Year's Eve. After dropping Rory off at Brittany's house Sam spent the rest of the day helping Kurt and Carole get ready for the party that night.
At 10pm, Mercedes and her parents entered the Hummel-Hudson household. Her hair was down in loose waves around her face. She had on a sequin off the shoulder gold top and a figure hugging pencil skirt with mile high sparkly shoes.
Sam saw Mercedes come in and ran from in the kitchen and grabbed her up into his arms. Saying hi to her parents as they walked past. "I missed you woman." He kissed her gently putting her down. He looked at her wrist and saw she had on his bracelet. "Great piece of jewelry there."
"Why thank you, my boyfriend is incredibly thoughtful."
"That's a good thing, yes it is."
Sam pulled her arms taking her down into the basement where the teens would be for the night.
At midnight, surrounded by their good friends Mercedes and Sam kissed in 2012 and danced the night out.
A/N: Sorry I cut the holidays short, but they wanted to just keep going and going and I had to put an end to it to move on. The song Sam sang earlier on the chapter was 'Keep's Getting Better' by Josh Hoge and it's a REALLY sexy song in my opinion. The song that Mercedes sang was 'Close to You' by Fergie.
I hope you enjoyed this second chapter, a new one will be out in a couple of days. When you get a chance review if you like. Thanks for reading!