Hope you guys don't hate because Kurt is hiding the truth from Mercedes. Anyways, here it goes.
Sam Evans was back in Lima, Ohio. He was nervous as hell, but not for returning to the one place that had so many memories but for seeing the one person who was responsible for all those memories.
Puck suddenly called Kurt once he received the call from Sam.
"Kurt man, he just called me. He arrived about 20 minutes ago. I'm on my way to pick him up." Kurt had to excuse himself from the movie Mercedes, Rachel and Blaine were watching to answer the phone. He went to the kitchen and whispered so Mercedes couldn't hear him.
"Okay, just keep him busy, if he wants to visit Mercedes in any way, prevent it. He's back and she isn't strong enough for another heartbreak. And try not to do anything stupid, we all care about Mercedes, so no killing Sam in the process okay?" Puck nodded on the other line and hung up. Puck was halfway to the airport to pick up the one person who crushed his friends hurt. It took a lot in him to not kick his ass.
Kurt left the kitchen and resumed watching the movie with Mercedes, Rachel and his boyfriend.
Sam had finished cleaning up his act towards the end of his senior year, when he broke up with Olivia. He still laughed as he remembered the stupid and immature things he did. He drank to fill an empty space, obviously that empty space was Mercedes.
Even though he tried drinking, it was a bust. He hated the taste of whiskey, and any alcoholic drink. The night he came home drunk, he had came from a bar not to far from where he lived. Walking in a disoriented way along the sidewalk, he saw a figure in the distance. As he squinted his eyes to see whom it was, he hard time believe it was really the person he was seeing.
"Mercedes!" He yelled as he waved with his free hand that wasn't holding the whiskey around in the air, trying to get the attention of the unknown figure he made out as Mercedes.
The figure stopped walking, which made Sam run towards it, finding Olivia.
"Oh it's you! Where is Mercedes? Is she here? Is she hiding?" He turned away from Olivia and started yelling at some trees.
"Come out Mercedes! Stop Hiding!" Olivia shushed him as she tried to take the bottle of whiskey away from him.
"Give me the bottle Sam, you're extremely drunk, you don't need this anymore." She managed to snatch the bottle away from him. She saw Sam panting like he just ran a marathon.
"Give it back! That is mine!" He extended his hand trying to grasp it, but she managed to move away. Sam panted in defeat.
"You see what this is doing to you? You need to stop! You are better than this Sam. Think of your family, how do you think they are going to react when they see their son, the alcoholic, coming through the doors of their house?" Sam started walking towards her and pushed her. She nearly lost her balanced but she stayed standing.
"Don't push me!" Sam laughed evilly and pushed her again until knocking her down on the floor. She started crying and as bended over to get his bottle of whiskey leaving her on the sidewalk floor.
"You need help! Sam! Where are you going?" Sam ignored her and continued walking until reaching his house.
Honk Honk!
Sam was shaken back into reality with the sound of Puck car's horn. He smiled at with the few bags he had headed to meet Puck who already got out of his car and pulled him into a hug.
"What's up man? Long time no see. How are you?" Puck released him from his tight and very assertive hug.
"Can't say I haven't had worse moments." Puck immediately could tell he was being sincere. He seemed like he hadn't slept for days.
"Well come on, my house awaits." Sam laughed softly and entered Puck's car with his bags still in hand. Puck started his car and he could see in Sam's eyes, pure honesty. Something didn't seem right to him. "He looks miserable for someone who dumped sexy mama." He thought. Then he came to a conclusion.
"He looks exactly how Mercedes was when I went to visit her." He thought when he went to her house with flowers.
"Hello?" Puck quietly entered Mercedes' room with flowers he bought for the occasion. Mercedes was sleeping, so he entered quietly only to place the flowers on her desk. Suddenly he was startled by her voice.
"Puck? Is that you?" He turned to see Mercedes wipe her eyes in disbelieve. He smiled warmly and walked towards her sitting on the edge of her bed.
"Hey sexy mama, how are you feeling?" Mercedes laughed softly and changed her position and sat on her bed, reclining her head on the wall.
"Are you still calling me that?" He chuckled and reached for her hand grasping it tightly.
"Listen, I know I'm ass, I've been told that many times. That doesn't mean I'm not sensitive." Mercedes looked confused at him, she wasn't sure where he was headed.
"What's your point Puck?" He sighed and gave her a small smile.
"I'm here for you Mercedes, for whatever you need. I'm sorry for what happened, Kurt had to stop me from going to Tennessee just to kick his ass. He had no fuckin right hurting you like he did." Mercedes nodded letting out a small tear. He removed it with his hands.
"He doesn't deserve your tears. You're Mercedes freaking Jones! You are stronger than this. You can pull through this, you don't have to do it alone." Mercedes leaned in and kissed him on his cheek.
"Thanks Noah." He laughed softly and gave her a tight and comforting hug. He got up from the bed and started heading towards the door, he was about to leave when he heard Mercedes speak.
"Thanks for the flowers." He chuckled without looking back and left the room.
Since that day, Mercedes heartbroken face was implanted in Puck's heart. And seeing Sam with the same exact face confused him.
Arriving to Puck's house, they quickly entered his room, where Sam saw the pull out bed already set for him. It brought back Sam memories of when he lived in a motel here in Lima. Sam placed his bag next to the bed, and then he slowly laid down on it, releasing a tired groan.
Puck made way to his bed and laid down on it too. Puck quickly turned to Sam as he had his hands covering his face. Puck read carefully like a book.
"What's wrong man?" Sam dropped his hands on his sides and led out a deep sigh.
"Lima, it brings back so many memories." Puck was surprised by his answer, then stood up straight reclining his head on the wall. He had to change the subject; silence blew for the longest time.
"What do you want to do? Tomorrow is graduation, we need to celebrate." Sam laughed softly and nodded his head in approval.
"Anything but drinking, had my experience with that in Tennessee, and I seriously don't want to go back." Puck suddenly seemed very intrigued. He wanted to know what he did while he was away.
"Do you mind retelling that story?" Sam looked at him, Puck seemed interested, and he needed to talk to someone about how his life Tennessee wasn't like he expected it to be.
"Sure." Sam took a deep breath and started telling his story.
The movie, "Funny Girl" had ended with Rachel and Blaine falling asleep on the couch. Mercedes and Kurt chuckled as they headed towards the kitchen, leaving them to rest.
"May I ask you something Mercedes?" Kurt asked her as she threw the remaining bits of popcorn into the trash.
"What is it?" Mercedes made her way to the sink to wash the bowl. She had her back towards Kurt and he was sitting on a stool next the kitchen counter.
"Are you happy with Shane?" Mercedes stopped the moment she heard his name. Mercedes let out a small sigh and turned to face Kurt.
"Why do you ask?" Kurt tilted his face looking at his bestie and her attempt to convince him that she was happy.
"Mercedes Marie Jones, is there something I am missing?" She rolled her eyes; she knew she couldn't lie to Kurt.
"Shane and I broke up." Kurt's eyes widened at the news. Mercedes let out a frustrated sigh and went to finish washing the bowl.
"When did this happen? Why didn't you call me?" Again, Mercedes turned stopped washing the bowl and turned to Kurt who was waiting for her answer.
"It was towards the end of senior year, he wanted me to go with him to Florida. But I told him no because you guys were going to come. He got mad at me, saying how I never wanted to spent time with him while we were dating." Kurt was confused.
"What do you mean?" Mercedes walked towards him leaning on the kitchen counter.
"We haven't hanged out once, since I started dating him." Kurt's eyes looked like they were going to fall out of his sockets.
"What? Why?" Mercedes shrugged her shoulders.
"What do you mean you don't know, Mercedes? There must have been a reason. You guys didn't have dates? You guys didn't see each other?" Mercedes nodded in approval. Kurt nearly fell out the stool; he couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"Then it was never a relationship Mercedes. Why did you date the boy?" Mercedes turned away from Kurt and went towards the sink. Kurt jumped off the stool and ran in front of her.
"Mercedes, please tell me you are over…" Mercedes laughed softly and nodded her head in disbelieve.
"Of course I am Kurt. What a silly question." Kurt arched an eyebrow not convinced by Mercedes. She knew she couldn't lie to him. She lowered her head and started sobbing.
"Oh my god Mercedes." He pulled her into a tight hug. He gently stroked her hair, he didn't care she was ruining his favorite shirt.
"Why is it so hard!" He response was muffled due to the fact her head was on Kurt's chest. But he still made out what she said.
"It's okay." All that Kurt was thinking that Sam was in town and she didn't know. The person that had caused her so much pain, and still continued was back in town, and closer than she thought. Kurt released Mercedes from his hug and she cleared the tears from her eyes.
"I think I need to take a walk." Kurt nodded in approval.
"Where are you going to go?" Mercedes laughed softly to herself and smiled at Kurt.
"Our spot." Kurt nodded in displeasure.
"I don't think it's a good idea Mercedes." Mercedes stopped Kurt before he had a diva attack.
"I need to take this pain out of me once and for all. What better way, than to face the one place I should have forgotten a long time ago. I forget that place and it's memories, and I forget him." Kurt let out a deep sigh and smiled at his friend. She hugged him again and headed out the door.
Kurt immediately grabbed his phone and texted Puck.
She's headed your way; she's going to the park in front of your house.
"Wow man, I'm sorry." Puck felt his heart break into two, as Sam was telling him his experiences after leaving Ohio, though he didn't talk about Mercedes. He only talked about his struggles with drinking, his attitude and how he used girls. Puck was shocked, because it seemed like this wasn't the Sam he knew before he left.
"How did you deal with it? How did you come out of that?" Sam laughed softly and cleared some tears that were falling down his face.
"My family knocked some sense into me, well it was my father who gave me a good beat down. I've been thankful he did it." Puck gave him a warm smile as he saw get up from his pull out bed.
"Where is your bathroom?" He asked as Puck was checking his phone.
"First door on the left." Sam smiled and headed out. Puck checked to see had a text from Kurt.
She's headed your way; she's going to the park in front of your house.
He started to have second thoughts that Sam had left intentionally to Tennessee. He started thinking maybe it wasn't his choice. He erased the message and put his phone away.
If fate wanted them to meet again, he wasn't going to get in the way.
Mercedes had arrived to the park. She went to touch the tree that was still there, the tree they had spent their times together. She placed her head on it's trunk and took a deep breath.
"It still has your smell." She thought to herself. Then she looked at the lake that was a part of the park. Then she saw a house across the lake, and she remembered how much the house meant to him.
She reclined against the tree took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She began singing.
I'm slipping away
In every way
I can't stay awake
(and I don't know why)
I'm slipping away
(and I don't know why)
I'm trying to make it through each day
I'm falling apart now in every way
She let out a single tear but continued singing.
I'm finding it harder to get by
There's a hole in my heart
She grabbed her heart tightly.
And I don't know why
Now I've come to realize
I'm slipping away
She stopped singing and removed her tears.
"No, I have to forget you Sam, no matter how much it hearts." She fixed herself and started walking when she saw a figure coming from afar.
It was tall, it's hair looked blond.
"It can't be." She thought.
AH! CAN IT BE? I don't know you'll have to wait. I hope you guys liked Sam's struggle, thanks to the evil of Shane :(! Also i hope you guys liked how Puck is starting to realize something is wrong. The song was "Slipping Away" By Sum 41. Maybe the truth will come out. I'll update soon, please review :)