Mercedes and Santana step out the car,and Santana glanced over at her sister.
"Merce are you gonna be ok?"
"I am fine let's just get this over with."
Santana ran over to Puck when she spotted him. Mercedes sighed Santana had on a long black skirt with heels. Mercedes knew her goal of this date to have fun on Jake and Puck. She had on a pair of blue jean pants and an oversized blue USA tee shirt. She walked over to them and smiled.
"Hey Puck."
"Mercedes hey how are you."
"I am good."
Mercedes's eye widen as she saw Jake. He was clearly Puck's brother but she had to admit, the boy was sexy.
"Jake this is Mercedes."
"It's nice to meet you Jake, Tana and Puck have said great things about you,"
Jake Smiled. "Nice to meet you too. I have heard of you but they didn't tell me how beautiful you were."
Mercedes shook her head. "Yeah thats a line I really don't need to fall for.
Mercedes walked close to Santana.
"We need to talk…we will be back in a minute."
She smiled sweetly leading her sister away. Santana sighed.
"So what's up?"
"How could you Tana?"
"What did i do now?"
"I am like the anti love and your hooking me up with another cute guy."
"I thought Sam was your dream guy, you are in love with him?."
"He is, I still love Sam but I can't be with him. He has to do right by Penny. And Jake, well he is hot."
"Don't tell me that its love at first sight with Jake?"
"This is not love girl. Its strictly lust with this one."
"I am glad I only have one he is it for me."
"Lucky you."
"Ok well nice chat but let's get going so we can have some fun what are we gonna do first."
They walk over to the guys as Santana is speaking to Puck, Mercedes smiled at Jake.
"I am in the mood to shoot and kill."
Jake stepped forward.
"You just read my mind."
They all walk into the hall of fun & stuff. Santana looked at Puck.
"What was that about?"
"Well I guess your brother had quite an impact on my sister."
"Well it runs in the family."
"Ok so what is this shooting and killing they are talking about."
"I think laser quest."
"Oh ok we can do that.
Mercedes looked at Santana.
"San come on now I don't want you to hurt yourself laser quest is a man's game."
"Oh and you're a man?"
"No but I have trained with the best of them."
"Like who."
Mercedes smiled. "Well you remember when Mike left for school and dad and I would leave and say we were going out to eat at the Chinese restaurant."
"Yeah I hated the place."
"I know well truth is we hated it too…we went to laser quest."
"Without me?"
"Well yeah I mean come on you were into dolls I was into guns, dad was so cool too he beat me like fifty times before I beat him."
"I can't believe you guys did that."
"Oh come on I know that when we left you guys went to the movies and always made it home before we did."
Santana raised her eyebrows. "And how did you know that."
"We followed you."
"You two were some sneaky little people weren't you?"
"Yep."
Jake walked back over to them.
"So Mercedes I got our tickets so are you ready to play."
"Oh yea…I must warn you I am very good I am undefeated."
"Well today must be my lucky day."
"How so."
"They last person I played who said he was undefeated I whooped on him."
"Oh well bring on then."
"No doubt I have a lot of anger to work through and you just became my number one target."
She smiled as they walk into the dark room and Santana looked at Puck.
"That is the first time I ever saw her smile and talk about dad at the same time."
"Well I am just glad he's smiling after his breakup with Marley he hasn't smiled or showered."
Santana pulled him close to her and kissed him gently. "You hungry I have a feeling they are gonna be in there for a while."
"Sure but let's hit the batting cages first."
"Ok."
After Mercedes and Jake were done with laser tag they decided to find Santana and Puck and go skating. They are all goofing around and skating then the announcer says couples only as Santana and Puck skate off Mercedes looked at Jake.
"Every time I am having a good time that word ruins it."
"Bad break up?"
"I should be crowns queen of the breakups."
"Well I know what you mean about the word couples…so how bout we show him that we can skate couple or not."
"Ok let's do it."
They get onto the floor and begin to skate, Mercedes sighed looking at Jake.
"She was dumb you know."
"Who was?"
"Your ex…to let you go I mean."
"So was he."
"Mine isn't that simple."
"Oh do tell."
She sighed and turned slightly towards him. "Well I was engaged to be married…then I met this other guy I hated him at first but was beginning to fall for him."
"So what happened?"
"Well my so calls fiancée was cheating on me and I mean he was cheating on me like his life depends on it and I realized that I wasn't in love with him, I was in love with the other guy. But when I found out Sebastian was cheating on me I went to him and then I found out that Sam knew Sebastian was cheating on me."
"That was cold of them both."
"No the cold part was they were friends that's how he found out."
"Man that does suck."
"Well I forgave Sam because it wasn't really his fault. Sam was amazing and I thought once we admitted how we felt about each other we could just be happy. But then I found out his ex was pregnant and I walked away. So what about you."
Jake sighed. "Nothing to tell I wanted to settle down start a family have a few kids you know. I already graduated had my own place a great job and I wanted a family to go with that all she wanted was to party and run around so I had to let her go."
"Well I guess we have learned one thing through all this."
"What?"
"We're suckers when it comes to love?"
"Here, here."
Santana and Puck skated towards them, Puck shook his head.
"What are you two doing out here you aren't a couple."
Mercedes smiled. "We are here telling the man he can't label us, we will lift every voice and sing till we are heard and our point is made."
Mercedes laughed as Santana looked at her.
"And what is your point."
"We will not be held down by the man and we will not be subject to the law of love."
"Really."
Jake nodded.
"Yep yep."
"You two are crazy…Puck are you hearing this."
"Yeah Jake is crazy like that."
Jake stopped skating and held his hands up. "Yeah well that was my quota so who is up for food."
Mercedes nodded. "Jake you and I are gonna be good friends cause you read my mind we need to refuel especially if we are going back to play laser quest."
Santana shook her head. "Wait you went through there like ten times."
"Eight." Mercedes said correcting her. "And we have to play at least three more times."
"Why."
"Well for starters we were going to play ten but the manager said we had to wait at least an half an hour till we play some more times…now that I think about he was treating us like kids."
Jake smiled.
"Well we were acting like kids running screaming."
Santana sighed. "Ok well I still don't see why you guys gotta play three more times."
"Well we are stuck in a tie Tana."
Puck chimed in. "So why not just play one game."
Jake started to skate towards the exit and everyone followed him. "That would be only nine games and we don't like odd games."
Santana sat down removing her skates. "So what if ten is a tie?"
"Sudden death whoever wins that last game is the champ…but we all know that I Jake Puckerman will be named king of laser quest."
Mercedes laughed. "Fat chance Puckerman, you're going down."
They run towards laser quest.
"Hey what about eating."
Santana looked at Puck.
"Should we be worried…?"
"About what them."
"Well yeah I mean look at the time they are having."
"I think we should be happy they are having a good time and not sitting at home in their pajamas bothering us."
"I know but Mercedes is so sensitive."
"Jake is not like other guys he isn't gonna hurt her he is just as sweet as some other guy you know."
She smiled as Puck pulled her to the food court maybe it was time to let go of Mercedes's hand and enjoy life too.