Chapter 9

Mercedes

Mercedes couldn't believe Santana had the nerve to come up in her home that was all types of disrespectful, she couldn't wait to get to Lima,Ohio she never thought she would step foot in that awful place again, she knew that two wrongs didn't make a right and she was being just as childish as Santana, but Santana couldn't possibly expect to get off scotch free from messing with someone's grandmother did she? And she was also hoping she ran into a few people while she was there

She brought her plane ticket offline and made reservations for a rental the good thing was that the car rental place was located in the airport so she wouldn't have to depend on anyone to pick her up she didn't know anyone anyway

She instantly started packing for her trip, she was so busy that she didn't realize how dark it was outside she texted Sam to let him know what time she will be leaving for her trip and went to sleep

She was woking up by Sam crawling into bed and wrapping his arms around her waist pulling her close

"Hmmm hey baby"

"Hey sexy how was work?"

"It was ok, would have been better with you there though"

"Awww you're too sweet babe"

"I'm taking you too the airport in the morning Mercy, I don't want my baby to go but I know you have too"

"Yes, only for a few days honey"

"What time your plane leaves"

"At 8:00am"

"Ok, goodnight"

"Goodnight Sam"
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Mercy was woken up early the next morning smelling food, she opened her eyes and there was a smiling Sam standing at the head of bed with a tray of breakfast, scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, fruit and a cup of orange juice,

"GoodMorning baby I brought you breakfast in bed!"

She sat up in bed rubbing her eyes

"Awww thanks baby, you cooked for me you're so sweet"

"Yes, beautiful"

He sat her tray of food across her lap and crawled next to her

"Are you excited to see your family?"

"Yes"

Mercy hated that she had to keep lying to Sam she had no one in Ohio and was actually scared to go back, there was nothing in Ohio for her anymore,was it that important to go back to Ohio to get back at Santana? She kept asking herself that question, if she really did see Puck and he was telling the truth about how Quinn, Dez, Mike and Finn really felt about her then she was hoping that she could find them when she was back home, she planned to tell Sam about her past when she came back and was praying he didn't go ballistic when he finds out, she was also ready to hear about his too, if they're planning on staying with each other then they need to come clean and be more up front

Mercedes ate and got up to get ready, Sam dropped her off at the airport and told her goodbye he was reluctant to let her go but she insisted on leaving, once she was on the plane her heart started pounding in her chest and she became jittery, other passengers were looking at her like she was on something, but she was nervous and scared at the same time the last time she was in Lima was to see her mothers dead body laid out on a stretcher and it took for ever to get that image out of her head, now she was on her way back to the place she never said she would go back too

She forced herself to sleep through the trip and woke up as soon as she landed

When she stepped off the plane and breathed in the Ohio air her heart started pounding again, she froze in place, she was terrified nothing but bad came out of Lima when she was there and she was praying nothing happened, she almost ran back on the plane, she couldn't do it, she couldn't stay she was ready to go back to LA with Sam where she felt safe, she started pacing back and forth, breathing in and breathing out to lower her heart rate, someone called out to her

"Sweetie are you ok?"

She looked to see a older African American women

She stopped pacing and smiled at her
"I'm fine ma'am"

"Ok if you say so sweetie"

She sucked it up grabbed her luggage and made her way to the rental place to pick up her Car
She packed her things in it and pulled off, looking around as she was driving It was approaching winter so Ohio was pretty Cold that's another thing she wouldn't miss about living in Ohio, or Michigan she couldn't take their weather like she use too

Her first stop was to a gas station to fill the tank up she parked at a tank and got out, she walked in the gas station,grabbed something to drink,and walked in line it was only one other customer in there a well dressed guy standing in front of her getting gas for his ride

"Let me get 60 on that black Range Rover sir, I think that's pump 4"

Mercedes took in his attire he had on expensive loafers, with well fitted slacks and a button up dressed shirt, he had nice jet black hair with a nice style to it, he also had on a nice peat coat to complete his look and a Burberry scarf around his neck, she could tell he had a nice physique and he had a smooth voice almost had a tone to it like he could be a soulful singer, Mercedes man Sam was sexy as hell and she thought he was the finest thing walking but it wouldn't hurt to look at other guys

The man turned around fast and ran dead into Mercedes knocking her drink out of her hand

"I'm so sorry sweetie I didn't realize you were standing behind me"

"No problem"

She bent down to get her drink but he stopped her

"No let me"

When he looked up and handed her the drink he froze and stared at her
Mercedes gave him a weird look
"What?"

"Do I know you, you look like...never mind it might be all in my head"

"Look like who?"

"My first girlfriend, but it can't be you she disappeared, I don't know what happened to her, sorry ma'am"

Mercedes looked in his gray eyes and dropped her drinking covering her mouth
"Dez?"

"Mercedes?"

"Yes! Dez it's me!"

He grabbed her and hugged her tight"

"Omg! Mercedes! I prayed for you I prayed that you were alive and prayed that I would see you again and here you are!"

He let her go and looked at her
"You're so beautiful, last time I seen you we were 14 wow look at you"

"Dez, look how handsome and sexy you are, omg! How has life been treating you?"

"Great, I'm a Pastor now"

Mercedes thought about what Puck told her in her dream

"That's great Destin!"

He paused and looked at her
"You kind of had it hard, but things going to get better"

"Oh don't go prophesying on me now Dez"

He chuckled
"I'm not Mercedes, I just see it you're going to be ok"

She hugged him again
"I'm so sorry for what I did to you back then Dez I left you"

"It's ok Mercedes it really is I forgave you right after, I was upset but I couldn't stay mad at you, you would be my wife by now if we never broken up,but I'm engaged now I see a good guy marrying you in the future"

He started rubbing her back
"I'm sorry Mercedes for everything that happened to you but you have always been a strong girl I knew you would get through it"

Mercedes and Dez talked for a while catching up before he told her he had to go

Mercedes left the gas station smiling
She drove around Lima for a while just site seeing some parts of Lima went down, she stopped at the Lima bean and grabbed her a coffee thinking about her next move, she noticed people staring at her she didn't know if people recognized her or if she looked like she was new to town Lima was really small so the residents could tell if someone wasn't from there

She then made a stop to her old neighborhood her heart started pounding again as she was getting farther down the block, she stopped in front of her old home scared to look at it and took a deep breath

"Ok you can do this Mercedes just look at it"

When she looked up she noticed the block and her old home had kinda went down, her old condo was vacant with graffiti wrote on it she guessed no one would move in there after her mothers death, she noticed a tall figure standing in front of her home looking at it with his hands in his pocket he turned and started eyeing her car like he was suspicious of whoever was sitting in the car
She gasped

"Omg Finn?"

She jumped out of the car almost falling and ran towards Finn he stepped back like he was taken back by the woman running towards him once she got close his eyes got as big as saucers

"Mercedes?!"

"Finn!"

She jumped in his arms wrapping her legs around his face and sobbed into his shoulder
"Finn!"

He started sobbing and squeezing her tight
"Omg Mercedes you're alive! I thought you were dead sis! Your alive!"

She heard someone come from the side of the house
"Finn what's going on?"

She looked up from Finn and looked at the person coming towards them it was Mike
"Mercedes?"

She jumped out of Finn's arms and ran towards Mike doing the same thing to him jumping in his arms and wrapping her legs around his waist by then she was sobbing uncontrollably

He hugged her tight
"You're alive! Omg you're alive, where have you been?! We were so worried about you, you have been gone for 13 years Mercedes and we never stopped thinking about you and your mother! We check on the house everyday even though it's vacant"

"I'm so sorry I shouldn't have left you and Finn behind I'm so sorry, you guys were all I had left and I left you I'm so sorry!"

"It's ok Mercedes it's ok, you're here now that's all that matter"

She got down from him and took in him and Finn's appearance they were both now 34 years old but still looked 21 with a more mature look they both were still extremely handsome

Finn grabbed her hand
"Lil sis, tell us what's going on, where have you been? Tell us everything"

Mercedes told them the truth only leaving certain details out it was time she started to tell the truth and these were people she had love for and feel safe with so why not tell them?
This was a fresh start she has never told anyone about her life not even Sam yet and that was the first thing she was planning on doing when she went back to LA

They didn't judge her or anything they instead prayed together and gave her words of encouragement and that brought her to tears how could she leave these beautiful people behind when she had their best interest at heart?

As they were talking Quinn came to the patio of Puck's Condo she was guessing Quinn moved there after Puck passed on Quinn was still beautiful and still looked the same the only difference was Her hair was longer and you could see stress in her eyes none of them looked like they aged they still looked 21

Quinn waved at Finn and Mike, hey Finn and Mike"

They spoke in unison
"Hey Quinn"

"You guys know Quinn"

"Of course we do Mercedes Quinn was Puck's ex and we were his best friends we all hung together,plus Finn dated her for a while actually, and they won prom queen and king more then once"

"Wow Finn I never knew so you were Mr popular huh?"

Mike chuckled and gave Finn a tap on the shoulder
"Yea Cedes, he was our Quarterback the most popular guy in school"

Finn laughed
"Well I guess"

"Wow Finn, I didn't know it's so much I need to catch up on"

"Sure is"

She could feel Quinn staring at her she looked at her and Quinn gave her a weird look she covered her mouth then took off running she disappeared into the condo and came bursting out the door running towards Mercedes she fell into Mercedes arms almost knocking her down
"Omg Mercedes it's you, it's really you you're alive!"

Mercedes was confused she thought Quinn hated her

Finn laughed and told them they needed to get to work they were still cops, they hugged Mercedes goodbye and made her promise that she would keep in touch exchanging numbers with her

Quinn stopped hugging Mercedes and looked at her
"You're beautiful Mercedes wow"

"You are too Quinn, let's get in the car and talk"

They got into Mercedes car and Quinn took her hand
"I'm so sorry Mercedes I felt like an ass for what I did to you, I thought you were dead I thought I would never get the chance to tell you how sorry I was I prayed and here you are in the flesh alive and well!"

"It's ok Quinn I'm sorry too"

"Don't be, you know a lot of people blamed you for your mothers and Puck's death but I didn't, I know it wasn't your fault, I know you hate Santana I don't blame you, she could've vouched for you, that's what our homegirls suppose to do instead she lied on you to your crazy boyfriend and looked what happened"

Mercedes cringed at the thought of Santana and everything that happened

Quinn took notice
"I'm sorry"

"It's ok Quinn"

"So tell me everything where have you been for 13 years?"

Mercedes told her everything leaving nothing out it's been so long since Mercedes had anyone let alone another female to talk about her life too that she blabbered on and on

All Quinn could say was "wow"

But just like Finn and Mike she didn't judge her she noticed how Quinn kept staring at her expensive hand bag and attire she told Mercedes that she was catching a hard time and needed more money, Mercedes told Quinn how she had so much money and how she did jobs for the NFL player from time to time and how she would get guys to spend their money then fled, telling Quinn that didn't phase her instead she asked Mercedes to hook her up with a job, Mercedes told her that she was done doing that,changing her life around, but she felt sorry for Quinn so she told her they could hang out later that night and she would see what she could do

Mercedes got a room she couldn't stay in Puck's home where he was killed ,with Quinn it wouldn't feel right

She dressed and left out to pick Quinn up,Quinn was dressed nice with a small clutch to match her attire Mercedes Michael Kors bag went perfect with Quinn's attire, she empty everything out and gave it to Quinn

"Thanks Mercedes!"

They drove far almost out of Ohio just to find a low key bar and sat they ordered a couple drinks and snacks and started talking

"You know Mercedes I still feel his Presence"

"Who Quinn?"

"Puck's I still feel his presence in his home from time to time like he's there, but it's not a scary feeling it's a comfortable feeling I actually feel more safe when I feel him near,Lord I miss him"

"I do too Quinn, I do too"

They both fell into a awkward silence like they were deep in thought

Mercedes could feel someone looking at them and turned to see a nice looking Caucasian guy that looked to be in his mid to late 30s he mainly stared at Quinn, Mercedes whispered to Quinn and told her she'll be back, she approach the guy and whispered something to him pointing to Quinn, she could see Quinn watching them

She went back over to Quinn
"Quinn I don't feel right doing this anymore, but he wants conversation with you and he said that he will pay you over a 1,000 dollars just to talk to you, you don't have to do nothing else ok, just talk, sit where I could see you guys and don't go anywhere with him"

Quinn stood and straightened her dress out
"Ok"

She kissed Mercedes on the cheek and made her way to the guy and sat at a booth with him, Mercedes watched them like a hawk making sure the guy didn't try anything when she realized that they weren't moving she texted Sam

"Missing you baby"

"Missing you too,I see you made it safe and sound, enjoying yourself so far?"

"Yes, I ran into a few people I have not seen since I Left Ohio"

"That's great, hurry home to me baby ok?"

"Of course"

"Good love you"

"Love you too sexy"

Mercedes looked up and Quinn and the guy were gone
"Shit!"

She jumped up and frantically started looking for her she was pushing people out the way she pushed the ladies room open and yelled for her no sign of Quinn
She kicked opened the men's room not caring who was in there with no sign of Quinn she searched the whole bar,no Quinn

"Quinn no"

She started hyperventilating Quinn couldn't be gone what if she was killed then the blood with be on her hands, she couldn't take another tragic death, she started to call Finn and Mike but didn't know what to say without feeling guilty

She heard voices in a janitor closet next to her
"Come on I will pay more if you have sex with me please"

She heard Quinn's voice,
"No you said only conversation stop!"

Mercedes went to open the door and something was blocking it she started banging and kicking the door
"Open the fucking door! Quinn, Quinn! If you touch hurt I will kill you! I put this on my mother I will kill you!"

"Mercedes help!"

Mercedes took all her strength and kicked the door open as hard as she can knocking what was ever blocking it out the way the guy was in the process of trying to take a advantage of Quinn

Mercedes barged in and swung at his face with her small hands bussing his lip in the process

He let Quinn go and grabbed his lip
"You bitch!"

Quinn took her foot and kicked him hard between the legs, he fell to the floor in pain holding himself
"Ahhh! You crazy bitches!"

Mercedes kicked him in the back
"I got your bitch! give her the money you promised her, you pervert!"

"No!"

Quinn came and stepped on his stomach digging her sharp heel in to it
"Gave me the money!"

"Ok,ok!"
He reached in his pocket and pulled out a wad of cash Mercedes grabbed the whole thing

"Come on Quinn let's go!"
She grabbed Quinn and started pulling her

He tried to get up
"You whores that's 8,000 dollars!"

Mercedes kicked him again
"That's what you get for being a pervert and being stupid enough to carry 8,000 on you,you idiot! I hope you have enough gas money to make it home"

They ran out the bar without looking back when they got in the car Mercedes cranked it up and sped off,she drove a min before she stopped she pulled to the side and looked at Quinn,they both hugged each other apologizing
"I'm sorry Quinn now you see why I was hesitant about it, it's dangerous"

"I'm sorry too Cedes I shouldn't have been gullible and left with him you told me to stay in one spot and I didn't!"

"It's ok"

They stopped hugging and grabbed each other faces
"You're ok"

"Yes, you're ok?"

"Yes"

They let each other go and Mercedes sped off again she promised Quinn that she would never put her in that position again and made her promise to not try it when she went back to LA, Quinn promised her, she felt bad so she stopped at the ATM her bank allowed her to get up to 2,000 out so she got 2,000 out and gave Quinn the 8,000 plus the 2,000 to make it 10,Quinn tried to split it down the middle but Mercedes wouldn't take it she had more then enough money in the bank and hidden, she didn't need money from Quinn,

After that crazy night her next two days were nice her Quinn, Finn,Mike and Dez hung out both days as a group, Mercedes introduced Dez to the group and they all instantly clicked Mercedes can honestly say that she now had a reason to come back home to visit now, her and Quinn clicked extremely they had a weird connection almost like sisters and promised to keep in touch

After Mercedes said her goodbyes it was one thing she had to do, what she came to Ohio for in the first place, she waited to night fall then

She stopped at a store and brought matches and a gas can, she felt the gas tank up then passed a construction site, she politely parked got out the car walked on the site grabbed as many bricks as she could and got back in the car

It was a few contract workers still on site just wrapping up they all stopped in their tracks and stared at her she waved then smiled and sped off

She pulled in front of Santana's mother house and left the car running she got out and creeped on the side of the house peeking in windows it look like no one was there and no car was in the drive way, she got the bricks out and threw them in as many windows as she could, she then put gasoline on one small part of the grass lit a match and threw it setting it on fire she jumped in her car laughing like a crazy person and pulled a few houses down and watched threw the mirror, she called 91l anonymously and reported a fire, she didn't have the heart to sat the whole house on fire she just wanted to teach Santana a lesson

She left when she heard the sirens praying no one witnessed her
She checked in her hotel and instantly fell in bed, she enjoyed herself in Lima but she was ready to go back home to her man

She slept in the next day and woke up about 11 to check out she drove to the airport and dropped her car off, after she loaded the plane she went back to sleep until landing

When she got off the plane she called Sam he answered with a scream and she could here screaming in the background

"Hello!"

"Sam what's going on?!"

"Santana asked me to come paint and I agreed too I thought that was the least I could do,but she done loss her damn mind!"

Mercedes could hear Santana screaming like someone was murdering her

Sam screamed
"Shut the fuck up! The fuck is wrong with you?!"

She heard Santana call Sam bitch and it sound like she threw something at him
Mercedes politely asked
"where does she live, she still live in you guys old home?"

Sam told her
"Yes,Are you at the airport I'm coming to get you"

Mercedes cut him off
"Don't worry about it I'm catching a cab and I'm coming to fuck her up!"

Sam screamed her name
"Mercy!"

But she hung up in his face Mercedes was seeing red she was going home to change and she was most definitely coming for Santana she know she was going to risk Sam finding out about her and Santana but at this point she didn't care

Hope this chapter was enjoyable :-)

The next chapter well be from Sam's Pov and you will see why Santana is acting crazy in the background oh and Sam well most definitely find out about the real Mercedes in the chapter how will he take it? And Mercedes will most definitely would be whooping some As*