Mercedes Prov:
Here I am sitting on the floor of my room with a pile of clothes surrounding me. I had been here for the last hour trying to figure out what I was going to wear, and so far nothing had been working out for me. How do girls do this on a daily basis? How do they constantly look nice for dates? Maybe it is because I have never been on one before. Maybe I am just over thinking this, but what ever it was, I was stuck with not knowing what I was going to wear for the night.
As if reading my mind, Santana and Tina came walking in. They looked at me, then looked at all the clothes surrounding me.
"Holly shit your turning into me." Santana said with a laugh as she sat on the floor beside me.
"Mercy I have never seen you like this. I mean never, not even when you had to pick a prom dress." Tina said as she sat down in front of me and gave me a small smile. I groaned at their words because I knew they were right. I had never been one to overthink my outfits, but lately I just couldn't help it. It seemed like nothing looked good on me, or was good enough for a date.
"Mercy you need to think about what Brittany said a few days ago. You can't be dressing for a man. You need to dress for you." Santana said as she rubbed my arm and gave me a smile. I nodded my head at her words.
"I know Tana, I get what your saying. But this is my first date, and I want it to be perfect. I want it to be everything I have ever dreamed of and more." I said to them as I looked down at the clothes I had.
"Then were going to make sure it's going to be. We're going to have you looking so hot that Sam will be walking around with a smile knowing that your on his arm. Every guy around you is going to wish you were with them, and every girl is going to envy you." Tina said to me as she started to look through the clothes I had.
As much as I loved that Tina and Santana were here to help. I wish that Quinn was here as well. It didn't seem right getting ready for something so important without having my other best friend around. It kinda killed me knowing she wouldn't be here to help me with this, like she had been for so many other occasions. But she also had a date today and was currently on hers with Biff. So I wasn't mad that she wasn't here, I was more sad then anything. Thank God I was lucky enough to have my other best friends with me. Hopefully between the two of them, they could help find me an amazing outfit.
But after about another hour of me not knowing what I was going to wear, I was ready to have a break done. Santana and Tina had went through all my clothes and even brought some of theirs, and nothing was looking good to me. I knew I was being beyond unreasonable, but I couldn't help it. My anxiety was at an all time high, and felt like I was going to faint.
"I can't do this guys. I can't go on a date with Sam. What was I even thinking, why in the world would I think that I could? I have nothing to wear, I am running out of time, and I'm a nervous wreck. I can't do it guys, I can't go on a date." I said as I laid down on my bed.
So many things were going threw my mind. I was going over everything that could go wrong on the date. Like what if Sam didn't like me after the date? What if when we were on the date we were so bored and awkward that we both had a bad time? What if I puke all over him again because I am so nervous? This was only a few of the many things that were continuously going threw my mind. I hated having all these doubts floating in my mind, because all they did was tear me down. I may put up a big front and act like I am never afraid of anything. But that couldn't be further from the truth.
Tina and Santana had tried to get me off of the bed and try on things again. But I wouldn't move, I just sat there in a fetal position starring at the wall. Eventually I heard my door being opened and shut. I'm not gonna lie, it kinda hurts me knowing they left like that. But I couldn't blame them.
I don't know how long I stayed in the same position, just starring at the wall and letting my thoughts consume me. But when I heard the door reopen, my thoughts stopped and I looked up. There stood Quinn looking down at me with concern.
"Mercedes Jones get your butt up right now. I thought you guys said you were going to try to get her out of bed." She said as she walked over to me and stood right in front of me.
"We tried, but she wouldn't budge. She needs some meds or something to calm her down." Santana said as she laid down on the bed next to me. I rolled my eyes at her words.
"Quinn what are you doing here?" I questioned as I looked at her.
"Me? You want to know what I am doing here? How about we talk about the fact that you have a date tonight and your still in bed." She said to me as she sat down on the bed next to me.
"I can't do this Quinn. I can't go on a date. Not just with Sam, just ever. I don't know how I ever thought I would be able to." I said as I sat up to look at her.
"Mercedes Jones you can do anything you put your mind to. Your just freaking out because this is your first date. And I can understand why you would feel like this. Do you remember my first date with Finn?" She questioned as she scooted closer to me. "I was a nervous wreck all week thinking about what was going to happen on the date. A zillion questions ran threw mind, but you were there to help me through it all. And when I finally went on the date, I had an amazing time. Granted Finn ended up being the biggest asshole in the world, but I still had a great time." Quinn said as she rubbed my arm in a reassuring way.
"You can't be afraid to live life Mercy. I know you haven't experienced dating. but you have to be willing to try. Otherwise you'll end up old and with a bunch of cats." Tina said with a smile.
"Nahhh she won't end up with a bunch of cats." Santana said as she smiled at me.
"You really don't think I will?" I asked her as I turned to look at her. She shock her head and smiled at me.
"Yeah because you can't take care of another living thing." Santana said with a laugh. Quinn and Tina joined in with the laughing. I took the pillow that was behind me and smacked Santana with it.
"Your not even funny, that was one time, and that snapping turtle was old." I said to them with a frown. They continued to laugh,
"Mercy that turtle was suppose to live to live longer. It was only ten years old." Quinn said as she continued to laugh.
"Come on that's like seventy years old." I said to them.
"Oh my god you did not just say that. That logic only works for cats and dogs, not turtles." Tina said as she doubled over laughing.
I scowled at them. "Whatever, it was probably really sick, or something." I said as I crossed my arms.
"Whatever you say Mercy but that turtle had at least another thirty years left admit it, you killed the poor thing." I didn't answer them and just continued to give them a glare, but I couldn't help but smile and start laughing as well. After another a minute we calmed down and they smiled at me.
"Are you guys done making fun of me?" I said with a to them as I tried to hide my smile.
"Oh come on Mercy you know it's funny, plus your smiling which is a good thing. But that's besides the point, you need to get out of bed so you can get ready for your date." Quinn said as she got up off the bed. "I even brought you something that I think you'll like." She said as she picked up a bag then took a dress out of it. The dress was a beautiful red sundress, that had a bow/string that went across the mid section and tied off to the side. It was an absolutely beautiful dress and I couldn't help but smile.
"Quinn when did you get me this?" I asked her as I got off the bed to get a better view of it.
"I got it today. Santana and Tina called me a while ago saying you were freaking out, and that your couldn't find anything you wanted to wear. So I ended my date with Biff and went to the nearest store to find you this little number. That's why it took me so long to get here." She said to me. "I also got you this hair piece to go with it." She reached into the bag and pulled out a beautiful red rose head clip.
"Quinn you ended you first date in a year just to come and help me get ready for my date?" I asked, I could feel myself starting to get emotional. She smiled at me and nodded.
"Mercy your my sister. Of course I am going to end a date to come help you get ready for yours. I would do it for anyone of my besties/sisters. That's what a true friend is for." She said as she grabbed me into a hug. I squeezed her back and smiled. I don't know what I would do without Quinn or Santana and Tina. They were always there for me when I need them.
"I hate to ruin this sister of the traveling pants moment, but you only have forty five minutes to get ready." Santana said as she got off the bed and pulled me away from Quinn. "Get your butt into the shower right now missy." She pushed me towards the door and went over to my makeup, no doubt picking out the perfect make up for me to wear for tonight.
As I reached the door I turned around to smile at them. "I love you guys." I said to them. The smiled at me and nodded their heads.
"Yeah we love you to now get in the shower." Tina said to me as she pushed me the rest of the way in. I couldn't help but smile as I walked into the bathroom to turn on the shower. I truly did have the best friends any girl could ask for.
The girls got me ready in record time. It took me about fifteen minutes in the shower, and that was because I decided to shave everything. So when I got out of the shower it was basically crunch time. They had already picked out my outfit, once I got that on Tina helped me with my hair, and Santana started to do my makeup. I noticed that Santana made sure to keep my makeup nature, which I liked. And Tina decided she would work with my curls, by putting in some fuzz reliever and hair spray. Quinn made sure to do both sets of my nails with an nice red polish, and she put in the hair piece she got me pinning up one side of my hair.
When they were finally done, and I got a look at how I looked, I was floored. I couldn't believe how beautiful I looked. I mean I had looked good before, but not like this. I had never seen myself look so good, I felt a happiness that I have never felt before as I looked at my reflection.
There was a knock at the door, before anyone could answer it Kurt came barging in.
"Mercy you look absolutely beautiful, your glowing." He said to me as he walked over to where I was.
"Thanks Kurt." I said as I hugged him. He hugged me back then released me.
"As beautiful as you do look, your late. And there is a fine looking man down there waiting for you girl. If you ass doesn't get down there soon, I might just take him off your hands." I couldn't help but smile at his words.
"You wouldn't dare, your too in love with Blaine." I said to him. "Will you walk me down the stairs good sir?" I asked.
"First of all, your right, Blaine is the only man I want. And secondly it would be my honor Miss Jones." Kurt put his elbow out for me to grab. I smiled at him and followed his lead, with the girls following behind us.
When we were at the top of the stairs I got a good look at Sam. He was standing there talking to Blaine, looking better then I have ever seen him. He was wearing tan shorts, with a nice dark blue top. I could tell he had went to get his hair done because it was neat and looked good. I was glade I had Kurt to help me walk otherwise I might have fallen. As we started to walk down the stairs he stop talking to look in our direction. His eyes went wide, and he is mouth was wide open. I couldn't help but smile at the way he was reacting, it was nice to know I had that effect on him.
When we finally were in front of him Puck smacked him to get him out of his daze. He shock his head and smiled at me.
"Damn Cupcake you look gorgeous. Not that you don't look nice all the time, it's just that you look especially nice now. But you do look good other times, really good, just not as good as right now. Wait that came out wrong." I giggled at Sam's words, I have never seen Sam act so tongue tied. Usually he was well put together and confident, but right now he was acting shy and nervous. It was kind refreshing to know that the great Sam Fabray got nervous just like the rest of us.
"Is Sam nervous? I never thought I would see the day." Santana said causing Sam to blush some.
"Come on who wouldn't be tongue tied after seeing how hot Mercedes looks." Artie said as he winked at me. Puck put his hand up and high fived Artie.
"That's true, if she wasn't my best friend, and wasn't straight. I would definitely be at a lost for words." Santana replied back. I ignored their words and walked closer to Sam.
"I know what you mean Sam, and thank you. You look great as well." I said to him as I looked him up and down. He smiled at my words and nodded his head. He then reached behind him and turned back to look at me. When he did I saw a beautiful bouquet of sunflowers. I couldn't help but smile more brightly at seeing this.
"Dude you got her sunflowers? Come one even I know your suppose to bring a girl roses." Puck said as he looked at Sam with confusion.
"See you should have went on a date with me beautiful, I would have definitely known what flowers to get you." Artie said. I shock my head again at their words.
"Then you guys obviously don't know Mercy as well as you think." Kurt said with a smile. "You have a good Memory Sam."
"Will someone please tell me what's up with the whole Sunflower thing?" Mike asked just as confused as the rest of the gang.
"Well you see." Tina said as she walked over to him. "Mercy hates roses."
"Because they remind her of when her grandmother died and they had a bunch of roses at her funeral." Quinn said.
"So ever since then she has hated them, and said she would never want a guy to bring her roses." Santana said.
"Because she would instantly think of the day she lost her grandmother and the hard time she had at the funeral." Kurt continued.
"Instead she said she would rather have a guy bring her sunflowers . Because sunflowers were bright and made people happy. Plus they remind her of sunny days." Sam finished as he smiled and handed me the flowers. I took them and admired their beauty.
"I can't believe you remembered." I said to him as I continued to look at the flowers.
"I remember everything that has to do with you Cupcake." He gave me a wink causing me to blush.
"Okay love birds before you start to dry hump one another right here and now, you should probably get going on your date." Santana said as she walked over to me and grabbed the flowers. I thanked her and turned back to Sam. He walked over to the door and gestured for me to walk ahead of him.
"Bye guys," I said to them as I walked out the door. Sam said the same and they all said goodbye to us.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Santana called out.
"There's nothing you wouldn't do." Kurt said to her causing everyone to laugh even Sam and I. Sam walked in front of me and opened my door for me.
"There something else aren't they?" He said to me as I got into his truck.
"They are but I love them." I said to him as he closed the door. I buckled myself in and waited for him to get in as well. When he did he buckled up and started the car. "So were are we going?"
"That's a surprise." He said as she started to drive away from the beach house.
"Sam you know I hate surprises." I said with a whine. He smiled at my childishness.
"Trust me Cupcake this is a surprise your going to love, trust me." I took a minute to think about his words. The weird thing was I did trust him, I trusted him fully. I think I always have, I just never wanted to admit it.
"I do." I said to him causing him to look at me.
"You do what?"
"I do trust you." Sam smiled at my words and nodded his head. I could tell he liked what I had said because he couldn't stop smiling. I was really excited for whatever he had planned.
It took about a half hour for us to get to where we were going. I looked around and notice there was a bunch of cars all scatter across this big field with a huge screen in front.
"Sam it really is you, I though you were messing around when you said you finally asked that girl out." A guy said as he walked up to Sam's side of the Truck.
"Stevie dude, that girl is right here, and her name is Mercedes." Sam said as he gave him a look as if to say shut up. The guy moved his eyes away from Sam to look at me.
"Well I'll be damned, you didn't do her justice Sam. You said she was beautiful, but this lady in front of me is gorgeous." The guy said to me with a smile. "The names Stevie miss, but you can call me whatever you want." Stevie finished as he winked at me.
"It's nice to meet you Stevie, I'm..."
"Oh trust me darling, I know who you are. Miss Mercedes Jones, Sam over here has talked my ear off about you for years now." He said to me as, causing Sam to blush for the second time tonight.
Sam reached out and punch Stevie. "Dude shut up already." I could tell that Sam was embarrassed and it was cute to see.
"You know I'm just messing with you man, I have nothing but love for you." Stevie said as he smiled at Sam. We heard a person behind us honk. "That's my que to get back to work." Stevie then looked out and called to the guy a few feet away from us. "Hey Jacob, please show my friends here over to the spot that was reserved." The guy walked over to us and signaled for us to follow him.
"Thanks again man for helping me today." Sam said as put his fist out.
"Dude us man have to stick together. Especially when it comes to trying to impress beautiful women like the one you have beside you." Stevie said as he fist bumped him. Sam shock his head and followed the man in front of us. He lead us over to a spot that had a reserved sign in front of it. The guy took the sign out and told us we could park there.
Sam reversed the truck so the back end was facing the screen. "Sam I honestly can't believe you brought me to a drive in movie." I said to him. I don't even remember ever telling him that I had always dreamed of going to one. The only people who truly knew about me wanting to go were Kurt, Quinn, Santana, and Tina. One of them must have told him that I wanted to go to one "How did you know I have always wanted to go to one?"
"Well a few years ago I heard you talking to the girls in Quinn's room saying how you wished some guy would take you to see a drive in movie, that you thought it was romantic. So when I asked you out, I had planned to take you here. They are always showing movies during the summer." Sam said to me. He got out of the truck and walked around to my side of the door. He helped me get down and shut the door. He then opened the back door and pulled out a picnic basket, a mini cooler, and some blankets. I grabbed the blankets from him.
We walked over to the back of the truck. Sam set down the cooler and basket, put the back of the truck down and climbed up.
"Hey pass me the blankets," He said to me as he leaned down. I handed him the blankets and he spread a few of them across the back of the truck. "Okay now the food." I then handed him the basket and cooler, he set them down on one side of the truck. He then walked over to me again and smiled down at me. "Now you Cupcake." He said as he reached his arms out for me.
I shook my head at him. "Come on Cupcake, I promise I don't bite." I laughed at his words.
"It's not that." I said to him as I picked at my fingers.
"What is it then?"
"I'm to heavy. You can't possibly lift me up." I said to him. When I looked up at his face I noticed that he has a pissed of expression.
"Mercedes Jones, I know I already told you not to say things like that. Now trust me when I say your not to heavy and I will be able to lift you with ease." He leaned down further. "Remember you said you trust me, so prove it to me by taking my hands and letting me pull you up here."
I nodded my head at his words. I took a deep breath then reached my hands out for his. Within seconds I went form being on the ground to being on the truck with Sam. "See I told you I could handle you, you just the right amount of women for me." He said as he released my hands. "Come on." He then walked over to the left side of the truck and sat down.
I walked over and sat down next to him. He reached for the basket beside him. "I brought us some Italian stuff. I thought it would be fun to make our own." He said as he took out two plates and handed me one. "How about we make this interesting."
"How so?"
"How about who ever makes their sandwich first gets something they want?"
I raised my eyebrows some at his words. "And what do you want Sam?" I asked him.
" I want a kiss."
"A kiss?"
"Yep that's all I want." I considered his words for a moment. Well rather I faked considering his words. Deep down I knew there was absolutely no way I would pass up kissing Sam.
"Okay well what do I get if I win?" I asked him.
"Anything you want Cupcake." I smiled at his words then nodded my head. I quickly grabbed the bread and started to slice it. "What the heck are you doing?" He questioned as he watch me finish slicing my bread.
"I'm trying to win this bet." I said to him as I started to get my sandwich together. He quickly grabbed his bread and started to get going on his sandwich. We both worked diligently to get our sandwiches done first, but in the end I ended up winning. "YESSS!" I shouted causing a few people around us to look in our direction.
"That's not fair, you cheated Cupcake, I want a rematch." Sam said jokingly.
"Nope I won fair and square, well kinda. But either way I get something I want." I said to him smugly, causing him to give me a side glance. He leaned closer to me and looked me directly in the eyes.
"And what do you want Mercedes?" He asked causing me to shiver. I don't know what it is about Sam, but he has this effect on me like no other guys does. Just his voice makes me feel like I'm putty.
I leaned forward and kissed him. I knew that either way I would have ended up kissing Sam, because he wanted it as a prize and so did I. I pulled back and smiled at his shocked expression.
"What was that for Cupcake? Not that I'm complaining."
I shrugged my shoulders. "I wanted a kiss a well." I said to him. He smiled and nodded his head at me.
"Anytime you want a kiss you just say so Cupcake." I lightly smacked his chest and smiled at him. But deep down I was doing back flips. I would gladly kiss Sam any chance I got.
We ended up eating our sandwiches with someone chips. And for dessert Sam brought some brownies that Quinn had no doubt made. Quinn was the best baker in the house. I could make you anything you wanted besides baked goods. And she could make you any baked goods, but not cook a meal to save her life. We made a good match in that aspect.
A guy stepped in front of the screen with a microphone letting us all know the movie would be starting in two minute.
"What movie are we going to be watching?" I asked as I turned to look at him.
"Well originally it was going to be A walk to remember, but you hate love movies and I didn't want to take you to a movie in which you were going to hate. So I called Stevie and asked if there was any chance he could change it."
"And what movie did you change it to?" I asked him.
"I asked them if they would screen in Avengers. At first his boss wasn't to keen on the idea, but when they saw how many people wanted to see it, he agreed willingly. He even let us come in for free, considering all the attention the movie brought in."
I don't know what came over me. Maybe it was the fact that Sam was beyond nice to have the movie be switched? Maybe it was because he switched it to one of my all time favorite movies? Or maybe it was because I was simply having the time of my life? What ever the reason was I grabbed Sam and brought his lips to mine. He quickly kissed me back. He reached for my sides and picked me up placing me sideways on his lap. I squealed as he did so, but then quickly started to kiss him back. When I felt his mini Sam start to grow I pulled back and smiled at him.
He had a dazed look on his face. "Damn Cupcake, remind me to change movie schedules more often." I laughed at his words and smacked him lightly.
"Your really something else Sam. This whole date has literally been perfect. I mean first the sunflowers, then the whole drive in movie part, the picnic, and now I learned you changed the movies just for me. I honestly can't believe you went through so much trouble, just for me." I said to him as I looked him directly in his eyes.
He shock his head at me. "Mercedes how many times do I have to tell you I would do anything for you? I know we have had a really rough couple of years, and that at some points we were close to killing one another. But that's all in the past now, especially since you know how I feel, and I know how you feel. There is no way in hell I am messing this up. I have wanted this for so long, and I don't think I will ever be willing to give it up. I really like you Cupcake."
I felt my insides melting, I literally think my heart is putty right now. I felt like I could swoon over his words. I couldn't deny that Sam really had shown me a different side of him. The biggest thing he did was take care of me when I was drunk and sick. Not many nineteen year old guys I know would have put up with that. Most of them would have jumped at the chance to sleep with me, or would have left me with puke all over me. Sam truly had been amazing, and it made me wonder why we didn't come clean about our feelings before.
"I really like you to Sam Fabray." I said as I touched our foreheads together. He put his hand on my cheek and smiled at me.
"You have no idea how good that it to hear." He was about to kiss me again, but the sound of the movie starting brought us out of our own little world. I went to go get up to sit on my side of the truck when Sam stopped me. "Stay were you are Cupcake."
"I'm to heavy to be sitting on you lap Sam." He frowned at my words.
"Mercedes Jones I will not say it again. Your not to heavy, your absolutely perfect. Now you don't have to stay on my lap, but don't move just because you think your to heavy." Sam said as he gave me a look that asked what my next move would be. I smiled at his words, only Sam could make me feel like I weighed nothing. I put my head on his neck and snuggled up close to him. He sighed in contentment.
"Your right were your suppose to me Mercedes, in my arms." He said to me as he wrapped his arms around me and brought me in closer. As I stayed cuddled up to Sam, and we watched the movie, all I could think was there was no place I would rather be.
If you think seeing Avengers in the theater was great, seeing it at a drive in was even better. Sam and I enjoyed the movie as we stayed cuddle up next to one another . After the movie was done we started to pack up. It really didn't take long to gather everything. Sam jumped down from the back of the truck while I handed him the things we had. He put them in the back of the truck then came back for me. Instead of fighting him on the fact that I was to heavy. I just let him caught me.
"See you fit perfectly in my arms." He said as he set me down. I smiled at him and nodded my head. Almost out of nowhere it started to rain. People all around us scurried to get into their cars. Even Sam started to sprint to my side of the truck. But I stayed where I was enjoying the feel of the rain. "Cupcake what are you doing?" Sam asked me.
"I want to dance." I said to him as I started to twirl around.
"Well we can dance at home, your going to caught a cold being out here like this."
"But I have always wanted to dance in the rain Sam, please come dance with me?" I said to him. He looked at me for a moment, and I could tell he was battling with himself. After a minute or so he shut the door and walked over to me. He reached his hand out to me.
"May I have this dance Cupcake?" He asked me. I eagerly grabbed his hand and let him bring me closer to him.
"Yes you may." I said to him. He then started to lead me around the grass twirling me around and dipping me. We both laughed at how silly we were acting, the best part was neither one of us cared. All that matter was we were with one another. Sam spun me out then bought me back in. When he did so his lips made their way to mine and he started to kiss me. It was a kiss just like in the movies or in books. It was absolutely perfect.
After we kissed Sam decided it was time to get going. I really couldn't argue considering we both could get sick. He helped me into the truck and we drove home. It didn't take us long to arrive back at the beach house.
"Thank you for today Sam. This literally was the perfect date." I said to him as we pulled up to the house. He turned and smiled at me.
"Your welcome Cupcake, like I said I would do anything for you." He then got out of the truck and opened my door for me. We sprinted towards the house, which was kinda stupid when you think about it, because we were already wet. Sam quickly opened the door and let me in.
"Where have you two been? The movie ended at nine, it is now ten thirty. And why are you guys so wet? Mercedes look at your dress, it's filthy." Quinn said causing us both to jump.
"Damn Quinn wear some damn bells or something, your gave us a heart attack." Sam said as he put his hand over his heart.
"Well I have been having one every since nine thirty came around and neither my best friend or brother where home yet." She said as she put her hand on her hips.
"I'm sorry mom I didn't know we had a curfew." Sam said sarcastically to her. I couldn't help but giggle at his words.
"There's nothing funny about this Mercy. I was worried sick about you two. Now go get dried off before you caught a cold, the both of you. " She said to us as she pointed up the stairs and waited for us to move.
"Yes mom." I said
"Right away mom." Sam said causing us both to laugh as we started to climb the stairs. I heard Quinn scuff from below us which only made me laugh harder. I knew she was generally concerned and I guess that's what made it so funny. I had never seen Quinn go all mom mood on me. Usually it was the other way around. Sam and I walked until we reached my bedroom door. I stopped and turned to look at him.
"I had an amazing time tonight Sam. I know I already said it, but thank you." He looked me in the eyes and nodded his head at my words.
"I had an amazing time to Cupcake." He then leaned down and gave me a kiss. Not a rough animalistic one, but a soft heart melting one. Before either one of us could take it any further he pulled back some. He went from my lips to my left ear. "This is only the beginning, just wait and see." He whispered to me, he then pulled back and walked into his room.
My heart was beating so fast at the moment I could barely breath. I felt like all the air was sucked out of the room. That is what Sam did to me by simply just a kiss and a few words.
I walked into my room and shut the door behind me. I slid down to the floor with a huge smile on my face as I recalled everything that happened tonight. I would have never thought someone like Sam was capable of doing something so sweet and romantic. I can't believe that he had truly took an interest in me all those years ago and remembered everything I said I wanted.
I almost felt like slapping myself for being so worried about tonight. If it wasn't for my amazing friends I wouldn't have even gone on the date to begin with. And if I didn't go on the date then I would have never known this other side of Sam. I would have never had the time of my life. I truly did just have the perfect first date, it was everything I had dreamed of and more.
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Sooooo this chapter was really fun to write. I hope you guys enjoy it . Did we like how loyal Quinn was? Did you like the date? Did we like how Sam knew things that Mercedes didn't think he did? Do we want a chapter that has some of Sam's Prov? Let me know what you think by leaving a review!
Facts about the chapter and why I wrote things the way I did.
1. I thought it was important to make Mercedes scared for her first date. All of us have had a first date and it can be extremely nerve racking. For someone like Mercedes who has never had a date, it could be ten times worse.
2. That also gave me the idea to have her best friends be there for her. It was just another way to show how much they truly care about one another and how close they really are. I mean how many people do you know that would end their date, just to help you with your own?
3. I love roses, but I like Sunflowers even more. I think roses are to traditional and over done. I wanted Sam to bring her something different and unique. Hence the Sunflowers, plus it was a great way for Sam to start showing that he has been paying attention to Mercedes for all these years.
4. I have never been to see a drive in movie and desperately want to see one. They sound like a lot of fun. That's why I made it Sam and Mercedes first date. It's a cute way to get to spend time with one another and have fun.
5. I wanted to show the different side of Sam in this chapter and I believe I did so. So many people on here were so quick to judge him when they didn't even know the full story yet. Yes Sam was an asshole, but there was more to him. Remember the golden rule, don't judge a book by it's cover.
truly is just the beginning for Sam and Mercedes. They have a whole Summer with one another, and I am beyond excited to write more about them.
7. This chapter is over 7,000 words. Ahhh I am definitely giving you guys longer chapters in the hope that you will forget that you have to wait a week to read the next chapter.
8. I absolutely love all the reviews I get. I smile when ever I see one. Especially when you guys take the time to tell me what you liked about the chapter, so please do so. :)