So a month later, I give you a new update...sorry for the delay, but I'm glad i have such patient readers. I hope you like this chapter. Next chapter is going to be GOOOOOODDDDD. Thanks for reading.

Chapter 10- Love Song.

The rest of the weekend went wonderfully. The rest of Nathan and Elena's engagement party was so much fun. Sam, Nathan and their Uncle Marty tried their hardest to get me to sing with them, but I resisted. I told them I was only there to watch everyone and have a good time. Sam tried to use his charm, which almost worked, but I ended up keeping my cool and remained a spectator throughout the nights events. Before we headed out, Sam's mother stopped us both and insisted he bring me over for dinner on Sunday, he smiled and promised he would do just that the following Sunday after our performance at Fat Cats.

I was pretty excited for the show and was more than confident in my song selections. In addition to singing the Adele cover, I had been practicing all week, I suggested that we should perform the Rufus classic "Tell Me Something Good," which I was really looking forward to singing for Sam.

The week leading up to the performance was very eventful and even work seemed more fun. That Monday morning I arrived to work a little bit earlier than normally only to discover Sam and Brittany pulling up into the parking lot at the same time. Sam spotted me from across the parking lot and before I even had the chance switch off the ignition there he was with his brightest smile opening my door.

"Good morning. I figured since I didn't pick you up, I'd still open your door." He said, flashing my favorite smile.

"Good morning to you too and you didn't have to."

"True, but I wanted to." I shook my head at Sam's antics while I gathered my bag for class. When I closed the door, Sam held out his hand for me to take and smiling back at him I linked my fingers with his and as we proceeded to walk towards the building, I heard Santana call out to me.

"Mercy, come here." I turned to where she was standing outside of her car and gave her a confused look. She made a come here motion with her finger, coupled with her dubious smile had me nervous as I looked up to Sam for backup.

"Go on in, let me see what this crazy chick wants." He laughed as he leaned down to kiss me, and for a second I almost forgot we were in public. I pulled away from the kiss grinning at the flush that crept into Sam's cheeks. I playfully pushed at his chest and turned my back as I walked over to the Santana's car.

"Hey, Santana." I stated when I finally reached where she was standing but she said nothing as she stared me down for a good ten seconds.

"Holy shit….you totally got some," she shouted. I felt all the blood rush out of my face and I frantically looked around to make sure that no one else was in the parking lot, particularly Sam.

"Scream it to the world why don't you?" I whispered as I covered her mouth with my hand, "Kurt just had to blab his mouth, didn't he?" I figured the news would travel fast but this was ridiculous.

"He didn't have to. It's written all over your face. But judging by your glow…you didn't go all the way. He just got YOU off, didn't he?" She stated with a smirk on her face and all I could do was laugh and roll my eyes. "Must you be so crass, Santana?"

"What? It's true, though right? He put those salamander lips and his tongue to work, huh?" I flashed back to that night and remembered the feel of Sam's lips and hands all over me, and felt my face getting hot. It was neither the time nor place for this discussion.

"I'm not about to discuss this with you right now," I said as I clutched my bad.

"Fine, I can see you're getting all hot and bothered just thinking about it so that tells me he did a damn good job. Gon'head froggy lips." She did a little fist pump and I fell into a fit of laughter as I backed away from her car.

"Goodbye Ms. Lopez." I said heading to my class glad I was there early enough that my brief encounter with Santana hadn't put me off schedule. I heard her laughing loudly as I made my way to the door. That girl was too damn much.

As I was making my way to my office laughing to myself at the antics of Ms. Lopez, I ran into Rachel. She seemed to be teeming with excitement.

"Hey Mercedes, you got a second?"

"Sure what's up?"

"Well I wanted to tell you that Finn and I have set a date….We're getting married November 18th."

"Oh, Rachel that's great! Not that much longer." It was the end of July, so it really wasn't long.

"Yeah I know," she said with a bit of nervousness shining through. I could see the idea of putting together a wedding is such a short amount of time was worrying her a bit but she was masking it well.

"But anyway I just wanted to ask you if you'd do me the honor of singing at my wedding?" Rachel's question caught me off guard, and it took me a second to get my thoughts together.

"Rachel…I would be honored to sing at your wedding." Her face lit up as we hugged each other tightly.

"Oh thank you so much Mercedes!"

"No, thank you. Do you have any idea of what you want me to sing?"

"Well I have a few ideas, I'll email you my suggestions and we'll go from there. Is that okay?"

"More than okay. You're running the show."

"Okay. So I was told by Kurt to ask you how your weekend went." I deeply exhaled and rolled my eyes.

"I swear I am going to kill Kurt. My weekend was lovely. I met Sam's family."

"Oh my goodness! That's great. How was it?"

"So much fun, his cousin just got in engaged and they threw a party for them. I really had a good time."

"Well judging by the big smile on your face, I can see that. I'm really glad you and Sam have each other. It's really like you guys balance each other out."

"Yeah, I can say that our relationship is going further and he makes me really happy. I'm just going to leave it at that."

"Well I can tell that much by your blush. You're happy and that's all that matters."

"Good, I'm going to go and set up for my first lesson. See you at lunch Rach." I said as we finally reached our respective classes.

I spent the rest of the morning in my office going over the music for my lessons for the day. With our summer recital coming up in two weeks, I was super busy. We all were. I had 2 students from my advanced voice lessons and a student from one of my piano classes. Everyone else each had two students performing in the recital. I was so busy in fact that if Sam hadn't come to pull me out of my office I would have missed lunch completely.

"You've been in here half the day. You have to get some food into your system." I glanced at my watch in surprise.

"I guess I lost track of time. I've been having some trouble with my part for one of the girl's songs. I've been trying to get it right." He pulled me up from my piano and squeezed my hand.

"You've got plenty of time to do that. We gotta get going."

"Where are we going?" I asked curiously.

"We're all going to Ling's for lunch." For the next few hours none of our crew had any scheduled classes so we decided to take a long lunch at our favorite restaurant. It wasn't something that happened often so when it did we took full advantage of it, and used it as a time to wind down. I didn't realize how hungry I was until I got there. I usually went with just some chicken fried rice, but I was feeling daring and went with some sesame orange chicken for the first time. I had eaten enough to get me full and finished the rest of my day.

The rest of the week leading up to the day of my performance with The New Directions went pretty quick. My last rehearsal with the guys was amazing. I really couldn't wait to perform. The day of our performance, Kurt insisted we go shopping for a new outfit for it. Kurt could always find an excuse for shopping so he called up the girls and we made a day of shopping.

"So Mercedes, you didn't tell me that Sam spent the night last Friday." Santana blurted while we were eating lunch, taking a quick break from shopping. That caused the rest of the girls to gasp in surprise. I whipped my head around to look at Kurt.

"I swear I am going to hurt you, Kurt. What did you do? Blab to everyone in earshot that Sam stayed the night?" He looked at me in mock surprise as he covered his heart in defense.

"No! I just told Santana…which was by accident. She just asked how the rest of our night went after we left EJ's." I rolled my eyes and shook my head in disbelief.

"Yes, he spent the night, but nothing really happened."

"Except he put those guppy lips to good use." Santana sang. This made Lauren, Rachel, Tina and Brittany more interested. They all wanted to know more.

"I'm not going to kiss and tell. But I can say something would have happened if somebody hadn't have barged in." I shot a look at Kurt. He blushed and lowered his head.

"Well how I was supposed to know! Next time put a sock on the door." We all fell out into laughter.

"Whatever, there won't be a next time because we'll just go back to his place."

"Oh will that be tonight?" Lauren asked with a wink.

"No….I don't know. If it's in the cards." Lauren's face lit up.

"Well shit, I think we may need to stop at Frederick's before we leave. We have to get you something black and lacey to wear tonight.

"I've never shopped there before. They have full figure bras?" I asked, feeling a bit unsure. Lauren reached across the table and grabbed my hand.

"Yep, I go there all the time find goodies for Puck."

The trip to Frederick's was eye opening to say the least. There were tons of cute and sexy things for not only myself but women of all shapes and sizes. I saw myself coming back in the future that was for sure. I found a very sexy yet classy black lace bra and panty set that went well with what I had decided to wear for Fat Cats.

I didn't talk to Sam much leading up until it was close to the time to leave out for Fat Cats. We would have rehearsed one more time but he had something to do with his cousin, Nathan. We just texted each other throughout the day.

As I got dressed, I began to feel nervous. Not just for my performance, but for what could happen at the end of the night. I was more than ready to take my relationship with Sam to the next level but I wasn't sure how to let him know that without just jumping his bones. After I got dressed, did my hair and make-up, I sat down and tried to calm my nerves in the TV room. Since Sam was busy with his cousin, I caught a ride with Kurt and Blaine.

"So Mercy, are you coming back home with us tonight?" Kurt asked as we made our way towards the entrance.

"Ask me at the end of the night," I replied with a smile on my face.

When I opened the door, the first thing I saw was Sam and Puck on stage. They were putting Puck's drum set together. I got a real surprise when I saw Nathan come on stage with Finn, holding a guitar. I was very curious then. I tried not to just stand there and stare at him so I searched the room for Rachel and Lauren. I spotted them and quickly made my way over to the booth. We all complimented each other's outfits and ordered some drinks. I was feeling a bit daring so I ordered a Long Island Iced Tea. While I waited for our drinks to come to our table, I saw Sam walking from the stage towards our both.

"Hey pretty lady." He said as he leaned down to kiss me. He smelled so damn good!

"Hey."

"Are you ready to blow everyone away?"

"As ready as I'll ever be. I'm a bit excited." He laughed and nodded,

"Good, that's what I like to hear."

"Was that Nathan I saw up there with you guys setting up?"

"Yeah, he's gonna help me out with something. He left to go pick Elena up." He leaned closer to me and whispered in my ear,

"I have a little surprise for you later." Oh shit. That made me nervous.

"A surprise? What kind of surprise?"

"If I give too much away, it wouldn't be a surprise, no would it? All I can say is that you're in for a treat. I'll be right back; I have to go find Will." He gave me another quick kiss walked away leaving me pondering on what my surprise could be.

"What's up Mercedes?" Rachel asked, noticing my confused face.

"Sam said that he's got a surprise for me later."

"Oh shit, somebody's about to get the business later!" Santana sang.

I couldn't help but smile….hard. The thought of going back to his place at the end of the night had my stomach full of fluttering butterflies. Everyone at our both began laughing.

"Just wait until Sam sees what you've got underneath. He's the one in for a surprise." Lauren said. I leaned closer on the table and looked at the girls.

"Guys, I'm kinda nervous. Well, actually, I'm REALLY nervous. I haven't been with a man in a very long time."

"How long are you talking about?" I winced.

"Six years?" Santana looked at me with wide eyes.

"Oh shit. Damn girl. You might as well be a virgin again. Something tells me that Sam is holdin some serious heat too." I felt my face heat up, remembering what I felt in my hand. Yeah I was in for a rude awakening. I tried to shake the thought. I needed to get my head into performance mode.

"Ok I really need my drink." When I finally got my drink, I wasn't expecting it to be so strong. I wasn't sure I needed to drink the whole thing right before I went on stage, so I just sipped it little by little. 15 minutes went by and I noticed Nathan coming towards out booth with his fiancée in tow. I stood up to greet them when I felt the effects of my drink starting to kick in.

"Hey I didn't expect you guys here." I said as Elena pulled me into a tight hug.

"Well since we couldn't get you to sing last weekend, we decided to come out and see for ourselves just how amazing you are." Sam then came over and introduced them to everyone and told me we had five minutes to do a quick sound check. I took his hand and let him lead us to the stage. I gave a quick hello to Finn and Puck as they finished setting up. After our sound check, we all gathered to the side of the stage and said a quick prayer. Finn and Puck went to get a good luck kiss from Rachel and Lauren. Sam and I stayed on the side of the stage. He pulled me into his arms and hugged me tight.

"Break a leg beautiful."

"Ditto, Handsome." He laughed, knowing that I was a little bit tipsy. He leaned down and gave me a chaste kiss.

"You are something else Miss Jones." When Puck and Finn made their way back to the stage, the three of them went on before me. Sam grabbed his guitar and flung it over his shoulder and took his microphone off the stand.

"Good evening everybody! So glad you guys could make it out here on this beautiful night. If you don't already know, we are The New Directions and we're going to play few songs for y'all tonight. First up, we're gonna start off with bringing out our special guest, she sang with us a couple weeks ago and I convinced her to come back and do a couple of songs with us. So if you guys would ever so graciously give a round of applause for the very beautiful and talented, Mercedes Jones." I put my game face on and stepped onto the stage with a big smile on my face as many clapped and cheered for me. I took my mic and glanced at Sam as I began to speak.

"I just want to thank Sam and the guys for letting me come back out again and singing with them. We're gonna start off with a classic by good ole Rufus and Miss Chaka Kahn. I hope everyone enjoys the show." I gave him a slight nodded, letting him know that I was ready to start. He gave me a wink and started counting off. When the opening of "Tell me something good" started to play, I began to feel the effects of my drink. I was really relaxed. In a sense, I was feeling very sexy. I started swaying my hips from side to side as I watched everyone get up out of their seats to dance.

You ain't got no kind of feeling inside.

I got something that will sure nuff' set your soul on fire.

You refuse to put anything before your pride.

What I got will knock your pride I aside

I held out my mic so the audience could join in the chorus.

Tell me something good.(tell me, tell me, tell me

Tell me that you love me yeah

Tell me something good

Tell me that you like it yeah.

I turned and walked over to Sam and continued moving my hips as I started the second verse.

Got no time is what you're known to say.

I'll make you wish there were 48 hours to each day.

Your problem is that you ain't been loved like you should.

What I got to give will sure nuff' do you ya good.

As I finished that verse, I slid my hand gingerly over Sam's shoulder and own his arm. When Puck went into his drum break, I leaned back against him and slowly slid my body down and back up. I laughed as I walked back over to my mic stand. I turned to look at him as I sang the chorus. He smiled and shook his head as he continued to play his guitar. I had never had so much fun performing. I was really feeling the groove of the song. I gave the song my own flavor and adlibbed for the duration of the song. When we ended the song, everyone stood up, cheered and clapped. I could hear Kurt screaming on the other end of the bar. Sam grabbed his microphone and smiled at me while saying,

"Ladies and Gents Mercedes Jones. She'll be back up later for one more song." He pulled me into a hug and whispered into my ear,

"Are you trying to kill me woman?" I just laughed and shook my head. When I got back to the booth everyone looked at me and gave me a round of applause. I glanced at Nathan and Elena. Nathan gave me a bright smile,

"Sam wasn't exaggerating when he said you could get down. That was amazing sweetheart.

"Well well, looks like someone finally coming out of her shell." Brittany said as I sat down next to Blaine.

"I think it's the drink. Speaking of which, I need another one." Kurt reached across Blaine and grabbed my hand.

"Two is your limit. Whatever Sam has planned for you, you have to be sober for it." He was right, I didn't want to be sloppy drunk at all. Sam and the guys played two more songs and decided to take a break before bringing me back on stage. I decided to get him a beer before he came back to sit with us.

"What are you drinking, beautiful?" A deep voice that wasn't Sam asked behind me as I stood in line at the bar. I turned to see a tall, handsome black man smiling at me.

"Oh, I'm getting someone else's drink."

"Well, can I buy you a drink; to show my appreciation for such a stellar performance earlier?" I gave him a warm smile.

"Uh, no thanks." I started to turn back towards the line when he spoke up again.

"Okay, well I'm Shane Collins. You're Mercedes Jones, right?"

"Yes I am."

"You have a very beautiful voice. You're not from here are you?"

"No I'm from Ohio."

"Really? I played football at Ohio State." That was interesting.

"I just graduated from Ohio State." He let out a hearty laugh.

"Oh it's been a few years since I've been there. So do you like it here?"

"Very much so."

"Well maybe we can exchange numbers? I'd love to have lunch or dinner with you, so we can trade OU stories." Oh shit, this is NOT happening. I needed to wrap this up quick.

"Oh…I'm sorry, I'm-"

"Mercy, baby. There you are." Sam cut in, coming out of nowhere.

"I was trying to get you a beer, then I ran into….Shane, right?" Shane smiled faintly and nodded. Sam gave him a bright smile and held out his hand.

"I'm Sam. You enjoyin the show?" Shane smiled back and shook his hand.

"Yeah, I was just telling Mercedes how beautiful her voice was." Sam looked at me and wrapped his arm around my waist, gripping it a little.

"Beautiful doesn't even begin to describe her voice." I playfully swatted him in the chest.

"Sam, please."

"What? It's true, babe." I just shook my head and laughed. I noticed Shane start to fidget and look around.

"Oh…well, I'm going to go look for my friend, it was nice meeting you both." Before either one of us could speak, he walked away. Sam looked down at me and shrugged.

"I think you scared him off." He tried to give me an innocent look.

"What do you mean?" I let out a loud laugh.

"Oh please, you all but pissed on my leg." He tried to keep a straight face when he looked at me but failed.

"Ok so what? I saw him flirting with you." I put my hands on his chest as he pulled me closer.

"Sam, sweetie. I'm a big girl. Before you came over, I was about to let him off easy. You have nothing to worry about. You are the only man I'm interested in." Although the possessive side him was kind of cute. He just looked at me with a serious look on his face. As if he wanted to say something. Instead, he just leaned down and gave me a kiss.

"You go on a head back to the table. I'll get my beer." I nodded and headed back to our friends. When he came back to the table, Sam walked over to his cousin and whispered something in his ear. Nathan then, stood up and walked off with Sam. Kurt looked at me as if to ask "what was that?" I just shrugged and shook my head. 20 minutes or so later, we got ready to go back on stage. This time there were three barstools sitting in front of Puck's drums set. I stood on the side of the stage as they finished setting up and as usual, last minute nerves came upon me and I felt the party the butterflies had started in my stomach. I closed my eyes and tried to shake the nerves away when I felt a pair arms wrap around my waist and pulled me into them. All nerves going away as I inhaled Sam's intoxicating scent.

"Is someone nervous?" I laughed and tried to wiggle my way out of his embrace.

"I can't help it, I always get nervous at the last minute. Especially if it's a new song." He turned me around to face him and cupped my face.

"Stop that, you've rehearsed it a million times. You could probably do this song in your sleep. You're going to blow everyone away with this song." I gave him a reluctant look. He laughed.

"Baby, believe me; they're going to love you singing this song just as much as I do…you are going to blow them away." He planted a kiss on my forehead and we both made our way on the stage. I saw that Finn had already sat in the stool on the left and Sam had followed me and sat down on my right. When he sat down, he took the mic off of its stand.

"We're going to slow it down for you guys, we have Miss Mercedes back one more time. We're doing a cover of another cover. The lovely Adele's version of The Cure's 'Love song'. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as we love playing it." He looked at me as he put his microphone back on the stand. I gave him a slight nod, letting him know I was ready. I closed my eyes and listened as Sam and Finn began the opening of the song. When my cue for me to come in came, I inhaled and opened my eyes.

Whenever I'm alone with you

You make me feel like I am home again

Whenever I'm alone with you

You make me feel like I am whole again.

When Puck's percussion part came in, I felt chills going through my body as the song came together. After many times rehearsing the song, I never reacted this way.

Whenever I'm alone with you.

You make me feel like I am young again.

Whenever I'm alone with you.

You make me feel like I am fun again.

I opened my eyes and glanced at Sam, realizing he's looking right at me as he played.

However far away, I will always love you.

However long I stay, I will always love .

Whatever words I say, I will always love you

I will always love you.

When the second verse came, the feeling I felt was indescribable. It was as if I had just realized that the words to this song were EXACTLY how I felt about Sam.

Whenever I'm alone with you.

You make me feel like I am free again.

Whenever I'm alone with you.

You make me feel like I am clean again.

However far away, I will always love you

However long I stay, I will always love you

Whatever words I say, I will always love you

I will always love you.

As Sam began to play his solo, I closed my eyes and swayed to the music. He made little embellishments here and there. His fingers truly were magical on his instrument. I looked over at him and watched as he concentrated on his solo, biting his bottom lip. It was something he did when was really into his playing. During the very last part of the song, I closed my eyes again and continued to sing my feeling out into the final words.

However far away, I will always love you.

However long I stay I will always love you.

Whatever words I say…..I will always love you.

I'll always love you. I'll always love you.

Cause' I love you..

When the final note was played, I opened my eyes and smiled to all of the cheers and whistles from everyone in the audience.

"Thank you." I said quietly into the mic and stood up. Sam and Finn had also stood up and joined me in doing a little bow towards the audience. Once I walked off the stage, Sam came up to me with a big smile on his face.

"I told you that you'd blow everyone away. That was amazing Mercy. That was even better than a rehearsal."

"Let's just say I had a little inspiration." His smile grew wider as he took hold of my hips and pulled me into him.

"Oh yeah?"

"Mmmmhmmm. So you're doing one more song?"

"Yes ma'am. Why?"

"I just wanted to know how much longer I have to wait for this surprise you spoke of earlier." He gave me a crooked grin and leaned down close to my ear.

"In due time sweetheart. I gotta go find Will; I'll see you in a little bit." He placed a soft kiss on my ear and went off to find Will.

When I got back to the table with everyone, I noticed that Nathan was gone, but Elena was sitting talking with Rachel. Before I could ask where he went, Kurt pulled me down to sit next to him.

"I know what your surprise issss." He sang, sounding like 16 year old gossiping girl. I laughed,

"And let me guess, you're not going to tell me."

"Nope…but I can tell you that it's coming soon."

"But they have one more song to sing, though." I said, started to get confused and anxious. I just wanted to know! Kurt began laughing and turned his attention to the stage. I turned around to see, Sam with his acoustic guitar, Finn with an electric guitar and Nathan sitting behind an electric piano.

"I didn't know Nathan was performing with them tonight." I said, looking at his fiancée. She smiled and shrugged.

"I just found out today as well. I guess Sam's been working on something." Before I could say anything else, I heard Sam's voice over the microphone.

"Before we close out tonight, I want to take the time and thank everybody for coming out and hearing us play. You guys have been an amazing audience. For our closing number, I wanted to bring my Cousin Nathan up. He's played with us before a while back, but tonight he's doing me a big favor for me. The song we're going to do is going to be a twist on the Bruno Mars hit. We all want to dedicate this to our special ones in our lives. This is 'Just the way you are'." The song started with Finn playing the electric guitar and Sam playing under it with his acoustic. Just from hearing the opening, I would have never guessed it was the Bruno Mars so; until Sam began singing.

Oh, her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they're not shinin

Her hair, her hair falls perfectly without her tryin.

She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day.

Yeah, I know, I know when I compliment her, she won't believe me

And it's so, it's so sad to think that she don't see what I see

But every time she asks me do I look okay, I say

When I see your face. There's not a thing that I would change

Because you're amazing, just the way you are.

And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while.

Because you're amazing just the way you are.

I was at a loss for words. I wanted to cry, scream and laugh all at the same time. I couldn't believe Sam was doing this for me. Going into the second verse, I caught him looking right in the direction of our table as he sang.

Her lips, her lips I could kiss all day if she let me

Her laugh her laugh she hates but I think is so sexy

She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day.

Oh you know , you know, you know I'd never ask you to change.

If perfect's what you searching for, then just stay the same.

So, don't even bother askin if you look okay, you know I'd say.

I laughed as soon as I heard the line about the laugh and he winked, knowing I would know exactly what he was talking about.

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change

Because you're amazing, just the way you are.

And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while

Because you're amazing just the way you are.

Sam closed his eyes and belted out the rest of the song and I could hear the pure emotions he was feeling as he sang. I felt Kurt wrap his arms around me and whisper,

"Now do you believe me?" He couldn't see as I nodded, the tears rolling down my face.

The way you are. The way you are. Cuz' girl you're amazing just the way you are.

When I see your face, there's not at thing that I would change.

Because you're amazing just the way you are.

As soon as the song was over, there wasn't anyone sitting down. Everyone stood up, clapping and whistling. I laughed as I wiped the tears from my eyes, praying that my make- up wasn't entirely ruined.

"Thank you. Have a good night everyone."

"Shit, Sam is about to have a VERY good night indeed. That right there just earned him a lifetime pass to the land down under, right Mercy?" Santana asked bluntly. I turned to her,

"Oh he's earned way more than that." Everyone laughed as I looked at Kurt and Blaine and said,

"Yeah, I'll see you guys sometime tomorrow." They laughed harder as I turned back around to see Sam, Finn and Nathan walking towards our table. When he walked up to where I was sitting, he shoved his hands in his pockets of his jeans and gave me a sheepish look.

"So, what did you think?" I stood up and got closer to him, still not saying anything. I just grabbed him by the neck of his shirt and pulled him into a big passionate kiss. We've kissed in front of our friends before but never had we just made out in front of them. Sam grabbed my waist, pulling me closer to him and deepened the kiss; earning cat calls and whistles from all of our friends. I slowly broke the kiss and said,

"Does that answer your question?"

"That and then some. You really are trying to kill me tonight." Oh it was about to get worse.

"It's not intentional, I promise. How long is it going to be before we leave?"

"Only 15 minutes or so, why?" I stood up on my tip toes to whisper in his ear,

"Because I'm going home with you tonight."

Thank you for reading! if you want an idea of what Sam's version of Just the way you are could sound like...Look up Boyce Avenue's version of that song.