McKinley High - The Canteen
Sam put his phone away and was still sat with Coach Beastie having his lunch when he saw Rachel walking in "Shit" he said loud enough for Coach to hear him and look at him having already seen her approaching
"Don't worry Sam we got this" he said sensing something was wrong
"Hi Coach, Sam how are things, I'm not really interested I just thought I should ask. I'm off to New New York, Back to NAVANNA, next week hopefully I don't know what will happen to the Glee kids and I'm not sure I care to be honest but I'm going, so" she said looking up at the lights "I'm having a few drinks at my place before I do, go that is" she said looking back at Sam "This Saturday, it's got to be this Saturday, and you're welcome to come, I know you'll want to say bye to me" she said without breath and now she was stood waiting for a response
"Thanks but no thanks Rachel" Coach said, when he saw Sam had no intentions of responding "I'm going to be busy" he said as Sam looked up at him in a plea for him not to say anything so he left it at that.
"Sam" Rachel said getting no response "Oh come on you had your tongue down my throat last month and today you don't want to even look at me, you're gonna miss this when I'm gone, Jessie did, Finn sure as hell did and I'm telling you, you will miss me" she demanded
"Leave it Rachel" Coach said, but she didn't
"Don't tell me that controlling bitch has you not speaking to me now" she laughed "She'll never be me you know that right?"
"Good luck in NAVANNA was it?" Coach said as she stood staring at Sam for a while before she slowly walked away, still looking at him. "Where's NAVANNA?" he asked Sam
"I have no idea, never heard of it" he replied, taking a sip of his drink as he looked at his sandwich, his appetite had suddenly gone
As Rachel got to the Canteen door Mercy was coming in and Rachel, for some unknown reason, turned to her to say "I see you're playing silly games getting Sam to not speak to me"
'Really? Really' Mercy stopped in her tracks thinking as she looked at Rachel with contempt 'Is it me? was I not clear, this bitch thinks I'm playing with her, those days are long gone girl, you need to wake the fuck up and smell this shit' Mercy thought as her hand automatically sprung up and delivered a slap across Rachel's face that sent her to the floor again and quietened the entire Canteen, she set herself straight and continues to walk toward Sam,
Sam along with everyone else heard the slap and spun round to find Mercy standing over Rachel and he knew what had happened, he sprung off the chair and flew over to where Mercy stood "What was that Babe?" he asked as he walked towards her looking around the food hall, luckily not many people in it right then
"I told her no acknowledgment and she did, I'm not joking with her Sam and she needs to know that"
"Okay Mercy, but no more of that please, we agreed she didn't exist for us" he said turning to follow her back in the direction he'd come from, taking a second to note that Rachel actually got up from the slap, grinning in a 'serves you right' kind of way
"She needs to stay away Sam she'll get beat down every time she comes in my face"
"Mercy no more please, promise"
"Okay, I wont do that again in this environment" she said to stop him from going on, with a smile on her face
"What's up anyway babe" Sam said smilling for her semi-agreement, he knew by that grin it would be short lived
"I just came to have lunch, I thought it was about your break time, I brought lunch too" she said holding a lunch bag up
"I was having lunch with Coach, but you know I can eat more, come and sit with us, he knows about our commitment party by the way" he told her as they walked over to the table, Mercy greeted Coach as usual before taking one of the spare seats
"I hear congratulations are in order Mercedes, Sam's a lucky man and I wish you both all the best"
"Thank you Coach" was all she said, her blood still boiling and her mind still on Rachel and her front, that girl wasn't right but she couldn't put her finger on it
After a longer than usual lunch, Mercy went to leave but Sam asked her to sit in the stands and wait for him until he finished in about an hour, of course she agreed, there was always going to be an opportunity to beat down on Berry and God help her every time she thought about the girl her blood boiled. 'My friends haven't done much to hurt me over the years, but this cut to the core, all I've ever done, or tried to do, for that girl was help her and sometimes even be on her side when everyone else was against her' "Would you credit it" she sat up in the stands watching Sam training his class and talking to herself 'I wished I had that much hate in me I'm more hurt right now, no I take that back I wouldn't want to live with that much hate inside me' she sat thinking looking up to see Sam standing watching her think
"Come over" he called to her some 40 minutes later
"Whoo man look at that" Ricky shouted as all the team turned to see Mercy coming down the stalls "What the... Look at that booty"
"She got all the right junk in all the right places" Steve another team member sang. Sam normally would have shut them down but he just smiled he actually agreed with them
Mercy eventually got to him "Hey Babe" she said giving him a kiss
"Hey guys, this is my soon to be wife Mercedes Jones, and that is the one and only time you get to talk about her or look at her like that is that clear"
"Yes coach" they said as they dispersed talking about him, and her anyway
"Can we go get a drink or something I need to talk to you about something?" he asked
"Yes sure" she said as they walked back to his office where she sat messing with the things on his desk until he'd showered dressed and they left for Breadsticks
Breadsticks
Once drinks were ordered they sat in a quiet booth "You know our commitment party tomorrow, I still can't believe I'm saying that, we've taken the next step babe" he said so excited for where life was taking them "but anyway, I had an idea about the theme and I wanted to run it by you."
"Do you think we have time to set a theme, its tomorrow?"
You know we're always doing club tunes and sometimes we do like Diva tunes and when we came to yours for that short time one summer we even had a Country music theme with the barn atmosphere and everything and I just thought we could do a reggae themed party this time for your parents like. Kurt said they like that Beres Hammond music so I asked the guys to come up with 3 songs in that genre for the party. What do you think?
"I think that's a great idea but can the guys pull that off"
"Hey they pulled off Empire State of Mind" he laughed
"Whatever, they want to do within reason you told them to keep it PC didn't you?"
"Yes I did"
"That's fine then, I only need you to be there" she smiled at him "I so want to kiss you like, hard right now" she told him embarrassment on her face
"Do it" he said moving closer to her, she didn't waste time she grabbed his lips with hers and stayed there until she was satisfied "I like the new committed Mercy" he smiled when she let him up. Once they finished their drinks they drove to the park and sat and talked as Mercy had asked the night before.
The Park
"How is this long distance relationship thing going to work Sam?" she asked as she lay in his arms on the grass
"Well you'll come up when you can and I come to you when I can and we'll have to make it work"
"What if when you can come to me I'm busy of visa versa, be serious Sam"
"As long as you ain't out of state it will work and who's to say I can't come to you wherever you are in the world I'm working and Beaste charges a nominal fee for rent, I'm still getting funds from Treasure Trailz for the modelling I did so I can, and have, saved a lot so me coming to you isn't a pipe dream" he said proudly "We can skype and whatsapp, text everything in between and when we need to hear each other's voice we'll phone. I must insist though that we make time for at least one long conversation each week regardless of what time that happens and you should always phone me as you have the busier schedule. Unless you're willing to set up a shared timetable so we can share that and fit time in around both of us"
"You have been thinking about this haven't you?" she smiled up at him
"Yes I have, since before the first time we split, you've just never listened to me before"
"Sorry Sam"
"We don't need to go through the temptation thing we've both passed that test I think" he smiled
"Don't judge me Sam, I have to ask this question but" she said holding her hand up "if you don't want to answer, that's fair enough but I'm going to aske it anyway" she smiled up at him "What's sex like?"
I'm not a virgin as you know, but seriously Mercy I don't need to be talking about my experiences with other people with you" he said "Anyway, I think we'll teach each other stuff because I don't know what you actually think but I'm no expert and I'm just as jittery as you believe, what if you decide I'm crap at it and I can't satisfy you" he laughed nervously
"Do you think we should try before we buy?" she asked seriously, with concern
"No" he looked at her saying "We agreed in New York it was going to be all or nothing, there are books, films and shops to teach us and I'm sure we know the basics"
"Maybe you do, I don't" she said looking at him a bit longer than she needed to 'That is not going down right now Lady'
"Come on let's get back, my family are probably here now and bursting to see you" Sam said as he stood up and pulled her up 'Where the hell has that converstion come from, is she feeling insecure or is this a start to why we can't do this long distance thing again?' he was thinking as she fell into him again and attacked his lips "I love you Mercy, you know this right?"
"I love you much more" she said all dreamy eyed as they got in the car. Sam started the engine and looked at her again 'Awakening' he thought smiling at her becoming a woman right in front of his eyes 'Seriously' he asked himself looking down at the developing bulge in his pant
"Mercy" he smiled "You're going too hard with those eyes stop please" as she laughed
"Okay" she said when she was ready to behave herself
The Jones Residence
"Hi Sam, hi baby girl" Devon said as he opened the door, they never actually ever got to knock the door the car was like a doorbell, always alerting people to visitors arrival "Sam your parents called on their way down from the airport to see what we needed, and said they were going to book a hotel we asked them to stay here, I hope you don't mind"
"No Sir thank you very much for the offer"
"We're all family here now son"
"We are Sir"
"Your Dad's in the den with your brother but the girls have gone out shopping for God only knows what, I shut down you know" he said walking back to his study "I've got maybe an hour of work left and I'll be in" he told them as he entered his study
So as Devon left they made their way to the Den to find Sam's Dad sitting on the couch in front of the TV watching the game, while Stevie was playing some electronic game on another couch by the window "Hey son nice to see you I'm sure, but let me get a look at this little lady who's decided to become an Evans in the future first, Mercy its really good to see you again and under such circumstance, so your taking Sam off our hands thank you so much" he laughed as he walked towards her giving her a hug before stepping back to finish what he'd got to say "No I'm joking welcome to the family" he said placing a kiss on her cheek
"Thank you Mr. Evans and it's my pleasure to take him off your hands" she smiled looking up at Sam
"Call me Daniel or Dad please Mercy" Mercy nodded in recognition of his request, before Dan's attention turned to Sam as they hugged "Son" he said but his tone said everything he wanted to say to his son at that moment, obviously he was waiting for a man to man moment to expand on that
"Stevie" Mercy said looking across the room at him surprised "You've grown so much, how old are you now? come give me some sugar" she said watching him as he walked over slowly and gave her half a hug "What's up little man why the long face?"
"I told Sam I was going to marry you and he took you for himself it's not fair" he moaned
"Oh bless" she said looking at Sam with a frown, Sam huffed, clearly not happy with his brothers take on his happy news "Look at it this way" Mercy said a smile in her voice for Sam's face "When I marry Sam all the family are going to have me so you win, because you don't get the nagging that Sam's going to get just the good times"
"I suppose so" he finally said after some consideration "See Sammy if you would have waited you could have had the best bits of Mercy but I win I get the best bits" he cheered up saying
"Whatever little man, now do I get a hug?" he asked as Stevie went over and gave him a hug fit for bursting someone
"Missed you Sammy"
"Missed you too little Man, Mercy asked how old you were"
"Sorry, I'm 12 now" he replied, looking back at Mercy
At that moment the door burst open and Stacy came running towards Sam "Sammy, Mercy Sammy, Mercy oh group hug I don't know which one to hug first"
"Me missy I'm your brother" he laughed
"Yes and Mercy's going to be my sister, a sister trumps a brother for me because I already have two brothers"
"Stacy you have grown, and how are you?" Mercy asked with her arms open waiting for the charging Stacy to hit base
"All the better for knowing you two are going to get hitched great news congratulations" she said as she grabbed hold of them both, Sam kissing her forehead as Mercy got her wind back from the impact and pulled her further into the hug
"Thanks Stacy" Sam and Mercy said together.
"Mom" Sam said, looking up to see her standing in the doorway, he went walking towards her as she stood welling up and about to burst into tears "Mom don't cry these are happy times, happy times" Sam said walking quicker as the dam burst and hugged her
"Yes I'm crying because I'm happy Sam, come here Mercy, give me a hug" she said fanning Mercy towards her "I'm sorry I find myself unable to move" she laughed through her cry. Mercedes found her way over to where Rosemary was standing and gave her a hug "It's about time but welcome to the family"
"Thank you" Mercy said as she kissed Rose's cheek.
"You don't know how happy this makes me, in our family the commitment ring is almost more important than the engagement and even wedding ring because it's where the actual commitment's made between two people, did Sam tell you how important this was?"
"Not really at first but I'm getting the picture from your reaction, and to tell the truth I'm not put off" Mercy said looking up at Sam, who was grinning from ear to ear
Finally Rose was able to move her feet and they went to find seats, chatting about life in general, Mercy's singing, Sam's future and of course wedding planning
"We need to talk to you both after dinner" Sam said after getting an agreement from Mercy
"Okay once the children are settled we'll have time to talk" his Mom said side eyeing his Dad
"Sounds serious" his Dad commented
"Well it's just something we think you ort to know" Sam told them, looking at Mercy
Dinner was served with lots of chatter and laughter, later that evening, while the children played in the games room Sam and Mercedes took his Mom and Dad to the Study for their conversation.
"Well Mom, Dad, Mercy and I have just recently gotten back together but there's some things I haven't told you about which have happened since I went back to Lima" he paused as his Mom shuffled in her chair a sign she already had questions on the first sentence, but he carried on despite her clear signs "When Mercy and I left New York we broke up again due to the distance, I neglected to tell you that and I'm sorry about that, it was wrong. What I didn't also tell you was that I was seeing someone else, Rachel actually" he said to a puzzled look from his Dad
"Sorry I've got to break the listening code here, who?" he finally asked
"Rachel, remember the girl who came with Finn to come and get me back to McKinley?" he asked as they nodded "her" he said looking at Mercy who was looking at her hands as they fidgeted in her lap, he took her hands and brought it to his lips, "Its okay Babe this is all on me" he told her kissing her hands
"Anyway" he turned back to his parents saying "We started spending time together mainly because we were both back in Lima and bored, well honestly, I wasn't interested, we all knew that, I'd told her as much in my junior year at school, but then Mercy came back and told me she was seeing someone else and, asked me to help heal Rachel's heart; after Finn passed, I know you don't know, but she was down and stuff, and apparently she'd told Mercy she'd developed an attraction to me, I thought I was doing Mercy a favour while dealing with my boredom so I plunged into this platonic relationship with Rachel it was hard work, she's not a very nice person.
"She turned out to be the worst" Mercy added making Sam smile before squeezing her hand and carrying on
"I did it mainly because, Mercy asked me not to reject her for fear of her losing it or something, I don't even remember why but it seemed reasonable at the time and maybe because it was Mercy asking I don't know" he said taking a breath "So to get to the point" he said breathing again as he squeezed Mercy's hand "Of late I'd been questioning her interpretation of our platonic relationship, she was being clingy and kept saying she loved me and stuff, the other day when I questioned her about why she kept saying strange things to me, I was even getting roped into it" he laughed for a second, but sobered up at the look his Mom gave him, as she sat still bursting to talk but clearly needing the facts first "I found out that she had concocted a load of lies which she had fed to Mercy and I in order to spilt us up" he said expecting some kind of reaction but when he got none he made to carry on
"She was so convincing" Mercy told them a tone of disgust in her voice
"Anyway" Sam said smiling at Mercy admitting to the that she had been gullible too "The bottom line was, it turned out Rachel was jealous of Mercy because she had followed her dream while she'd failed at everything she ever wanted and had to return to Lima". "She did some nasty things to Mercy and me, and I'm not going to lie as part of her comeuppance we've said and done some horrible things back to her. Mercy doesn't want you to see her in a bad light and neither do I really, so we felt you needed to know how we come to be back together, even though technically, you weren't really aware that we'd parted and we didn't want to lie to our parents because we feel it makes for a bad foundation for our relationships.
"Actually" Mercy added squeezing Sam's hand again "The whole glee club thought it was bad what Rachel done to us and she's been banned for 2 months from having anything to do with the original group, and after that we've asked if the gathering's Rachel Berry focused not to invite us; on other events the guys have said they will confide with Sam and I before extending an invitation to her" she smiled
"That's it, it's all out" he said sitting back to get the response
"Well you have been busy Sam, why did you chose not to tell us you were going steady with Rachel?" his Dad asked
"Because it wasn't a true thing, I didn't treat her badly or anything I was just her shoulder for a while" he jumped in defensively saying "I did it for Mercy because she asked me to, but I guess I done it for Finn too, he wouldn't want her sitting moping about him, that was in my head too"
"I actually get where your heart was coming from Sam" his Mom finally said "And I don't think it was a bad place, but you still can't mess with people's feelings like that it's not fair" she said before looking at Mercy "and Mercy why did you think it was right to send the man you love into another woman's arms?"
"I guess it was all part of Rachel's manipulation she sort of led me to believe that that is what friends do for each other, and seeing her and Sam together it wasn't hard to believe that, that was what he wanted too"
"Oh I see" she smiled as she saw Sam's face not happy about Mercy being questioned about his wrongdoing
"And I am not going to lie to you Mr. & Mrs. Evans" Mercy carried on
"Rose and Dan please Mercy" his Mom smiled
"Sorry Rose, Dan" she said looking at them as she called their names "If they had have fallen in love I would have walked away and left them to it because I want Sam to be happy and if that's not with me then so be it"
"Wow we are so proud of you Mercedes Monique Jones" Her Mom and Dad said coming from the doorway as Rose touched her heart in classic Sam style and went towards Mercy pulled her up and hugged her while Dan sat in awe of his son's soon to be fiancée's commitment to his son.
"Tell me this is not the perfect coupling Rose" Marcia asked as she walked towards a now standing Rose and Mercy
"I can't tell you that Marcia because I feel they are too" the two women hugged each other, tears in their eyes
"Come on" Marcia said drying her face "We have a Commitment, Engagement and Wedding to plan" she shouted as they both jumped in the air.
"Hold on" Sam said cooling the mood "You do know this isn't going down, until after graduation and job security and everything?"
"A wedding can't be planned overnight it takes months, years to get everything just so" Rose stated.
The parents went on into the night discussing plans while Sam and Mercy got Stevie and Stacy to bed before sitting out on the patio
"That went well don't you think?" Sam asked as they cuddled
"Very" she said balling into his arms as they watched the stars dance across the sky, pretending to be into astrology, until it was time for him to go "Will you be coming to mine? I can't lie I need you near me tonight" he asked
"Yes I was going to suggest it if you didn't, I just don't want today to end, let me get some things" she said as she jumped up off the love chair and flew upstairs to pack some things, on her way back through she popped into the den, hugged everyone and said "Goodnight"
Sam went in maybe five minutes after and did the same and when Mercy came out to the car they left
Sam's Bedroom
Sam and Mercy had completed their bedtime rituals and were cosy on the bed watching Video's and eating popcorn, when Mercy found a question to ask
"Sam how do you think our families are going to react to you being white and me being black"
"Is that even a serious question Mercy when did we start worrying about what people thought about our relationship again, we are what we are, drawn together by no less than God, we tried fighting it so many times for so many reasons and I've give up I hope you have too now. We belong together if fools can't see that it's their problem because we are endgame"
"Okay Sam yes, I've stopped fighting it, I just want us to be ready for that kind of reaction, tomorrow some of my family can be foul about shit like that" she said throwing popcorn at him one by one
"What?" he asked a smile on his face for where she wanted to go now
"Can I ask you something else Sam, just one question" she said putting her finger in her mouth 'Fucking trouble' he thought
"Go on" he smiled 'She's going to ask shit about sex again this awakening shit needs to stop'
"How far is too far when, you know, we're making out?"
"If I say stop, that means I've got as far as I can go without losing control and ripping your knickers off and taking you right there and then, does that answer your question?" he smiled 'That's answered every damn question you'd ever need to ask right now Miss Diva, sleep' he told her in his head but just pulled her into their sleep position
"Well sort of" 'Sort of? that was as plain as day Diva' "I mean me just standing naked in front of you wouldn't send you over the edge would it?"
'What the fuck did she need to go and put that shit in my head for, what is wrong with her tonight, now I've got a damn problem with her fucking body waking up thing, I'm lit up Babe surely you can feel I'm already lit up, work with me' "The thought of you standing in front of me naked is sending me over the edge Mercy just Stop" he said rolling his eyes as he pulled her closer trying to get that negative reaction she always gives when he did that
"Just one more question Sam" 'Was that a smile in her voice, she's playing with me, and you are not telling me you can't feel that Mercy' he said pushing himself a bit closer trying to shut her up
"Mercy please" he finally said when she didn't react badly to his usual movement
"Just one I promise" she said as he rolled his eyes at the promise of it all
"What?" he finally gave up and asked
"What does it mean when my down there starts seriously pumping, like it is now?"
"Mercy, go to sleep now" 'This damn games gone too far' he thought jumping out the bed to visit the bathroom
"Come on Sam what happened to learning together?" she shouted after him "What you doing in there?" she asked but he didn't answer until he came out some 4 minutes later
"Well" he said a bit red faced "It's the same as my morning feeling like you want sex" he told her "You'll learn to deal with it"
"Eerrmm" she said making him stop in his tracks "I think that's a you'll learn to deal with it Mr, I talked to my girls, I know that's your job" she laughed 'What the fuck' Sam rolled his eyes thinking 'She is going to kill me' he thought banging himself down on the bed
"Mercy I'm saying this for you as well as me, I don't care what you say, think or do we are not busting that cherry until we're married and that's final" he told her seriously "This is just as hard for me, harder now you've had your damn awakening or whatever it is, and I need you to work with me on this"
"Fine" she said with Sass "Just show me what you do when you go to the bathroom, because I need to do that for myself tonight"
"No Mercy, it might be safer to get a DVD for you to watch, is that okay?"
"Okay, but that's a long time to go with this feeling"
"You're turned on, a cold shower might help"
"Okay I'll go and have one" she said jumping off the bed talking as she went "I've actually had these feeling before but I've never felt the urge so strong before, does it get worse?" he didn't answer "Sam" she shouted from the bathroom frustrated for him not answering her
"Once you see the DVD tomorrow it will get easier Mercy" 'This is fucking killing me' he thought to himself, "Hurry up Mercy I need a shower too" he called to her
Sam woke in the night to hear the shower running again "Poor Mercy" he said and called her back to bed, he remembered it well from when they first got together
Saturday:
In the morning when he woke up she was looking down at him just staring "What's up Babe" he said with a smile on his face for her face being the first thing he'd seen this morning
"I've had no sleep Sam I've been in the shower most of the night every time I came back to bed the ache comes back again, I'm friggin tired you need to show me what to do now" 'Is this what she's waking me up about, I've got the biggest boner right now, I'm finding it hard to hold back and she comes at me with this, fuck Evans you are done, you're going to break this damn promise'
"I said no Mercy it's not safe for me to do that now trust me, you'll be fine today and tonight we'll watch the DVD through skype then we'll have a conversation over the phone I promise, then you'll know what to do" 'Fuck I'm stronger than I thought I was, my body's telling me to do the exact opposite to what I just said I guess I've just been the strong one' "Just let me get a shower and I'll be ready he said as he jumped out of bed I'll take you home because I have a few thing to do before the party" he said wanting to get temptation out the way
'Two days and I'm wearing him down already Satan was right, go in hard, shit I'm not even acting this, I want my man, where the hell was I going with that till marriage crap, you're going to know it's till Commitment Mr Evans' Mercy got up got dressed and went down to the kitchen to make breakfast but Beast was already up and cooking, "I've done bacon sandwiches as I guess you two are eating on the run today busy day and everything".
"Your right Coach" she said
"Sheldon please" Coach said, Sam came down the stairs saw Mercy's face ready to ask another awkward question and grabbed her hand making for the exit
"Take the sandwiches with you Sam" Sheldon shouted as he threw the bag across the kitchen table to a moving Sam
"Thanks for these" Sam said as he almost ran out of the house, with Mercy attached
"Mercy please don't discuss our bedroom stuff unless we're alone and definitely not in front of Beaste"
"Okay" she looked at him puzzled "But what was I going to say about the bedroom?" she smiled
"You're playing with me I thought you were going to say something, your face"
"Poker face remember?" she laughed "But honestly, I don't know when that stuff's going to come out of my mouth, I think I'd be more in control if I wasn't a virgin" she said as Sam half looked at her his face saying 'No' his body happy for the information and his eyes begging her to stop "Shit your eyes always get me, stop it" she said tapping his shoulder to stop looking at her with his sad eyes "But give me something Sam" she finally said
"DVD now" he said "That's my compromise"
"I'll take it" she said bouncing about excitedly
"Okay, I need you to go to your room as soon as you get in and make sure you lock the door and then I'll phone you when I get to where I need to be we're going to deal with your feelings, I need you to be happy" he told her as she nodded
"Your job" she smiled
Jones Residence – Mercedes Room
As soon as the car stopped Sam let her out and Mercy ran to the house, "Call Sam" she told him like he was really going to forget to call her, Sam went to the store brought the DVD he'd had his eye on for some time and got back home warp speed and went to his bedroom stripped his bottom half and once settled he called Mercy
"Hey Mercy are you in your room and have you locked the door?" he asked as soon as she picked up the phone
"Yes I am and I have"
"Okay, what have you got on?"
"You know what I've got on I've just left you"
"Put the phone on loud speaker but low Mercy and take those clothes off all of them"
"All of them?"
"All of them" he said, waiting for a while for her to remove her clothes
"Are you undressed?"
"Nearly just my bra and knickers left"
"What colour are they your knickers and bra" he asked getting into mode
"Blue and black lace"
"Take them off babe and lay on your bed but first, can we do a skype so you can watch this DVD with me" Sam asked "it's a bit x-rated babe but there's no actual sex in it just alternatives who knows we might see something we like" he said waiting for a reaction which he didn't get "I want you to watch this with me it'll show you what you need to do to get rid of the feeling your having but it'll show you what I do as well is that alright?"
"Fine Sam" Mercy said setting up the skype as Sam set up the DVD and positioned the laptop in front of his TV
"Babe don't come in front of the camera, that's too much excitement for me"
"Have you got a good view Mercy?"
"Yea fine I can see your TV and what's on it, isn't that the news Sam?"
"Babe give me a minute and turn the volume way down"
"Can you see that Babe" Sam said after starting the DVD and adjusting the laptop
"Yes babe turn it on then"
"Impatient much" Sam said smiling
"You're playing with me Sam"
"It's called foreplay Mercy it's part of love making"
"Just follow what the lady does Mercy and watch what the man does too, ready? lesson one" Sam said and clicked the start button and the DVD started
"Talk to me Mercy"
"I'm following instructions Sam you should be doing the same"
"So you're doing what this lady is doing now?"
"I'm going by the DVD Sam, I'm imagining it's you doing this to me" she said as time and distance became irrelevant, it was unclear when things got serious for the both of them as the noises of themselves were drowned out by the imagination of the other being in the same room and the noises of satisfaction that took place almost simultaneously as they called each other by name "Oh yeah, that felt so good I think that is going to be my favorite pass time baby, you better have money for your phone bills and DVDs" she laughed
"The sooner we get comfortable doing this in front of each other the better cause I need to see your face when you do that for me Mercy, I wished I was there to hold you right now babe, I love you"
"I love you more Sam, you're here I can only imagine your arms around me right now"
Suddenly there was a knock at her door and her Mom shouted "Cedes is everything alright with you and Sam sweetheart you just came in and went straight to your room I'm a bit worried"
"Everything is fine with Sam and I Mom" Mercy shouted back through the door. "Sam I've got to go, I'll see you later, I'll be the one blushing" she whispered laughing
"Bye Mercy"
"Bye Sam"
It was 5 hours to the party and Mercedes was wondering 'what should I wear, should I go shopping? but I have so many outfits that I've not even worn yet. I think I'll wear purple it's my lucky colour and that dress just knocks it out the ball park Sam will love it and I'll feel like a million dollars. I already have the perfect accessories for it and if I start my hair I can get it up off my face I like that look on me "I'm going to look the part if it kills me" she told herself as she looked in the mirror. "Just time for a nap before I start getting ready" she set her alarm for 4 p.m. and settled on her bed. Thoughts of the skype session she'd not long had with Sam filled her mind as her eyes closed for her to find sleep with a smile on her face 'We'll be having sex by tonight' she planned
Mercedes was woken by ringing and reached out to stop the alarm, but it didn't stop "What the" she pulled her head from under the sheet to see what was happening to find her phone was ringing
"Come on Weasie we need to have a chat before the party" Santana said down the phone
"What time is it" she asked
"2 pm why don't tell me Sam's there?"
"No no I was just having a nap"
"Well this is important, come on we're at the Lima Bean"
"Okay give me about 20 minutes" she said before closing the call down, reluctantly freshening up and leaving for the Lima Bean Café.
The Lima Bean Café
As soon as she walked into the café Mercy was drawn to the laughing coming from the far booth and as she thought it was her girl Santana or Satan, lovingly referred to as that because of that wicked streak se sometimes possessed, as she neared she saw Brittany, Tina, Sugar, Quinn, sitting on one side and Kurt, Blaine, and Artie on the other. "What's up why are you all here?" she said looking around the booth
"Well Mercedes we wanted to have this conversation before your big announcement at the party" Tina said
"And nobody thinks your silly or anything like that" Artie echoed "Have a seat" he told her as she sat in the vacant spot
"I got to ask Merc, are you sure about this thing with Sam I mean why Sam?" Santana said
"Do I have to go through this with you all right now?" she asked
"We just feel like we wouldn't be being very good friends if we didn't ask" Quinn said "And don't think Puck didn't want to be here because you know how he feels about his Sexy Mama"
"Okay I realise there are probably things about Sam and I that you don't know because most of our relationship has been private, we really fell in love the summer of 2010 we were going out from maybe a week after we all found out about him living in that motel. We chose to keep it quiet mainly because I didn't want you all in my business. We sort of split up when Sam moved back to Texas and as you all know he came back for me just before Sectionals in 2011 with his 'gonna fight to get you back' speech in the corridors of McKinley. Thing is we were still in love and that love has gotten stronger eventhough we've done everything to try to make it stop. I finished with him when I left McKinley High and we hoped that was it Sam dated Britt as you know and I thought that was it, crush over".
Sam called me just after you and he had that discussion in the auditorium Santana about Brittany and he said he understood that Brittany belonged to you but you weren't there right now and he felt that Brittany would go over the edge if she had no one to cling to and he felt he would go the same way. He was very upset and needed to know that what he was doing was alright. I was upset because it was clear that Sam hadn't gotten over me and at that moment I realised I loved him still too. After that realisation those few weeks when Sam was with Brittany was painful for us both, all of us really cos I know you hurt too Santana" Santana agreeing by nodding her head. When he and Britt split up I came to see him a few times he was a bit disorientated and we talked a lot over skype and texts and stuff and eventually I helped him out of his funk and we completed some college applications and he got a few interviews. He called me when he got a crush on some school nurse to ask permission again to see her and I gave it. Sam ended up in New York with you guys but he called me every day, he wasn't doing too well there and eventually I decided to go to New York and get my man. I always set Sam free, usually, when I leave but this time he said we've tried the long distance relationship thing without knowing it and he was only seeing other girls because he was trying to give me what I want by moving on. He doesn't want to give me what I want anymore and he wants us to make a commitment. I don't want to keep hurting myself by giving him permission to see other women and then stressing over it when he does. We're both so over the boyfriend girlfriend stage and need to take the next step into getting serious we both consider each other end game and we want everyone else to acknowledge that especially after this thing with Berry" she looked up with genuine sadness in her eyes "So I guess what I'm trying to say is that Sam and I have been together for 5 years now it's just that it's not been common knowledge and the nature of our relationship may not have been conventional but it was what we wanted for each other at the time and I love him and he loves me".
"So Mercedes why have you never had other boyfriends" Blaine asked
"Sam couldn't handle that Blaine he's a very jealous man and I know how he gets about stuff like that, so it's just easier"
"What do you mean" Blaine said "Remember the Shane situation, he went all he man with that one totally stressed and some of you were even roped into his game plans. Just watch him the next time you get the chance and you'll see for yourselves" Mercy said, smiling at the memory
"Mercedes I don't even know why I'm surprised you've always been a very cautious person and I should have guessed that you had valid reasons for your actions you're not like some of us who jump in and ask questions later" Tina said
"Praise" said Quinn
"Looks like Trouty's got your back" Santana said
"Yep that he has" Mercy said
"All I can say is I am satisfied that you are doing the right thing and I support you" Kurt said
"We all support you" Quinn said as everyone echoed their agreement
"Thank you all for your support" Mercy said
"Now you need to go because Sam's coming in a bit for the same thing" Blaine said
"Okay see you all later" Mercedes said as she stood up, hugged everyone and left the Café
About 10 minutes later Sam entered the Lima Bean Café once he found them he sat down and looked around, "Where's Puck" he asked Quinn
"In service" she said in a you already now that was
"Okay; I thought Mercy would be here" he said tapping the chair like drums with his nerves now setting in
"She was, she not long left" Brittany said
"Oh" Sam said looking a bit put out for having missed her, he needed that hug
"Sam" Blaine said "Don't be offended Bro but I got to ask are you sure about this thing with Mercedes? I mean why Mercedes?"
"When did you first noticed I was there?" Sam asked
"In Duets week when we rehearsed and sung Lucky I'm in love with my best friend" Quinn said smiling at the memory
"When Finn brought you to the Choir room and you sung Billionaire with us" said Artie "Brilliant jam by the way" he said fist bumping him
"When you introduced yourself as Sam I am and I don't eat green eggs and ham and again when you done Dammit Janet, those gold shorts" Kurt Said "all that nuttage" he said to Blaine's nudge
"When Mercedes and I noticed each other for the first time you were all singing Empire State of Mind I know that because our breath stopped and started at the same time the second our eyes met"
"Sounds intergalactic" Sugar laughed
"Actually a good way to explain it" Sam replied seriously "An outer body experience" he smiled
"But that was the first song of our junior year you came along after that" Santana said as she thought about it, bringing the conversation back to the forefront
"I joined Glee Club after that but Mercedes was the one who pulled me to join I wanted her from the first time our eyes met when she was on the steps singing and dancing to that song. I'm sorry, I know that might be upsetting to hear for some of you but it's the truth. I didn't pursue her because I thought she was untouchable, out of my league and she was really hard to read and everything. Even information was hard to get no guys knew anything about her"
"I wanted to knock Puck the fuck out when he kept calling her 'Sexy Mama' and Artie for constantly touching her ass, but I had to hold it together and tell myself she was not mine, yet"
"I breathe but I don't breathe until I hear her voice or see her face even when we aren't together. Everything I do I have to run it by her just to have her in my life"
"I am totally whipped and I am not ashamed to tell you that because she is my end game"
"I know there might be questions about previous girls I've gone out with and "body types" as Mercy always puts it, but I think she understands now that she is my "body type" she just gets me and accepts me for who I am we laugh at each other's jokes, love the same things but somehow still manage to be individual" he said going into thought "I love her and she loves me it's as simple as that"
"That's good enough of me, I understand that feeling" Blaine said
"Yeah me too" Kurt echoed looking at Blaine
"Damn Trouty you got game" Santana said
"Too much game" Artie said giving him a firm
Quinn smiled and touched his hand "Look after my girl" she said looking into his eyes
Tina and Brittany gave him a hug "We know you have Mercedes' back" Tina said
"Hey I got her back, front, sides, top and bottom she said she'll be mine so let's go celebrate" Sam said jumping up off the chair in excitement
They all left the Lima Bean Café to get dressed to attend the commitment party at the Jones residence.
"Got you songs Ready?" he asked
"Yep" came back as everyone jumped in their mode of transport and left the venue