DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN GLEE IF I DID YOU KNOW THE REST.

A/N: So here is the next chapter. This picks up at the after party after the showcase. I just realized that I did not put a face to my new characters and I'll do that as they appear back in the story. Sean to me looks like Diggy Simmons and Katie looks like Ashley Tisdale in my mind. To all my followers and favorites you're AMAZING HUMAN BEINGS and to those who take the time to review YOU ARE THE WORLD'S GREATEST MOTIVATORS AND YOU ROCK MY WORLD YOU KNOW YOU DID! (in my best Michael Jackson voice)

MUCH LOVE

As I See It (College Years)

Everybody was in the back of the Hard Rock for the party Sean put together and was having a great time. The music was going and the drinks were flowing. Sean was on such a high he didn't even let Matt's presence bring him down. Sean got everyone's attention;

"Hey everybody I want to say thank you all from the bottom of my heart because of you this showcase was a major success and bigger than I even imagined it would be. I want to say thank you to my partner Trey who has been down with me since I started doing this music thing. We go do the damn thing baby I promise you that. To Puck, Sam, and Kevin ya'll are some bad boy's man to step in like you did and in the time frame we had learned all the songs and played them like you been playing them your whole lives is amazing and there are no words I could say to thank you enough. Santana and Mercedes you two are some bad chick's man. I am so honored that I get to even know ya'll. What you two did on that stage tonight was magical and I will never ever forget that. And last but not least I wanna thank Quinn-"

"Quinn" Santana said looking confused along with everybody else in the room including Quinn.

"Yes I wanna thank Quinn for smiling like that" he said "it made a great night even greater."

Quinn ducked her head and smiled at the compliment Sean just gave her. She glanced back over at him quickly to see him give her a wink.

"Now everybody drink up and eat up and have a good time."

Mercedes and Santana quickly made their way over to Quinn to talk about Sean.

"What was that about?" Santana said smirking.

"I was just as shocked as you guys were" Quinn said "but he is kinda cute huh?"

"Oh he is definitely cute" Mercedes said.

"And if I were you I'd jump all up on that" Santana said.

"I bet you would" Quinn replied.

"You damn right I would. He's cute, talented, driven, and potential to be big in the music industry all in all he is a great catch."

"And if nothing else he could be a great ride while you're here" Mercedes smirked.

"Wanky."

"Cedes" Quinn said shocked.

"What? Don't act all shocked you know you were thinking it too."

"Maybe I was" Quinn said ducking her head smiling.

"I say go for it" Santana said "you're here on vacation enjoy it."

"Maybe you guys are right" she said "it could be a vacation that I never forget."

"Go talk to him girl" Mercedes said.

Quinn looked to see he was talking to Puck, Matt and Sam "I'll wait till he finishes talking to the guys."

"We can break that up if you want" Santana said.

"Give them a few minutes" she said "let me go fix my face."

"So you like Quinn?" Sam asked.

"She's cute and I didn't want her to feel left out of the thank you's" Sean said.

"Sure that's what it was" Puck said laughing "you looked in her eyes didn't you?"

Sean dropped his head "yeah" he said "they are so beautiful."

"Many of good men have fallen to the prey of Miss Fabray's eyes so no need to be embarrassed" Puck assured him.

"Puck and I both fell victim to them" Sam said.

"Wait both of you guys dated Quinn?" Sean asked "and you're still friends?"

"Yeah" Sam said "as a matter of fact all of his girlfriends have been my girlfriends at some point except Lauren."

"And Rachel" Puck said.

"Oh yeah not Rachel" Sam said scrunching his nose up looking disgusted.

"So both of you dated Mercedes and Santana as well?" Sean asked.

"Yup" Puck said "and you know what's crazy, both ended short and bad. Yours with Santana was way worse with me a Mama."

"Yeah I was definitely blind-sided by Santana."

"Did I hear my name?" Santana walked up along with Mercedes and Quinn.

"We were discussing what an incestuous group we were in glee" Sam said laughing.

"It was pretty bad" Mercedes said wrapping her arms around Sam "but we all still love each other despite of."

"It's a miracle that we do" Puck said wrapping his arms around Santana.

"I guess we all kinda figured the relationships we were in back then wouldn't last past high school anyway so why be mad when someone else picks up what you threw away, well we did fight about it in high school but now everybody's cool" Santana said "but as we see with Sam and Mercedes that was not the case. He held on to his high school sweetheart very tight, even though it took him a few tries to find the right one to stick with his corny ass."

"Yeah I had to kiss a few frogs till I found my princess" he said glaring at Santana "but I found her and I don't plan to let her go either" pulling Mercedes closer to him "and what about you?"

"What about me?"

"You dated Puck back in high school and yeah you dated other people but here you are again and dating Puck."

"So I guess some things go full circle" she said smiling at Puck.

"He must be a glutton for punishment" Sam smirked.

"Sam" Mercedes hit him on the arm.

"What she called me corny" he said with a pout.

"Oh I'm a glutton for punishment alright" Puck said smirking "and she punishes me oh so good."

"My man likes when Snixx comes out to play" Santana said giving him a kiss.

"That I do" he said.

Feeling this conversation taking a turn for the worse Sean tries to change the subject;

"You guys make glee club sound so fun" Sean said laughing at Puck and Santana flirting back and forth.

"It was" Quinn said smiling "sure we had our fights and drama but we were a family and we still are."

"It was the one group that it didn't matter where you came from or what your social status was you were accepted in glee" Mercedes said.

"I have life-long friends who I would have never talked to if I never joined glee" Puck said.

"I know these two girls would not have become my two best friends if it wasn't for glee" Mercedes said pointing at Quinn and Santana "and I would have never been in love with this guy either" poking Sam in the side.

"Oh you would have been in love with me" Sam said with a grin "just from afar."

"Whatever Sam" she said rolling her eyes. Mercedes knew he was right he would have been her crush and she would just admire him in the halls like she was already doing when she first saw him even before he joined glee club.

Quinn gave Mercedes and Santana the look letting them know she wanted to talk to Sean and they got the hint.

"Come dance with me babe" Mercedes said looking at Sam

"Ok" he said as he was already being led to the dance floor.

"We'll join you guys" Santana said grabbing Puck.

"We will?" he asked being drug out to the floor.

"Yes we will" she said sending a wink back to Quinn.

Matt stood there awkwardly for a minute then realizing he was not wanted there;

"I'll go grab a drink" he said walking away.

"So I wanted to thank you" Quinn said.

"Thank me for what?" Sean asked even though he knew what she was talking about.

"For the little shout out you gave me" she smiled.

"That smile is thanks enough" he said "listen I don't want to seem to forward but I am feeling extremely lucky tonight so I'm just going to go for it, will you like to go out for coffee with me?"

Quinn laughed "you made it sound like you were going to propose or something."

"Maybe later" he said giving her a wink "but for now just coffee so what do you say?"

"I would love to."

"Cool" he smiled "and I promise to get you back safely."

"You better I got friends here who will not hesitate to kick your ass."

"Oh I know and I don't want to have to deal with Santana" he said.

"You better be more concerned with Cedes" Quinn said smiling "she is my soul sister and she is more likely to kill you or have Sam do it for her."

"Duly noted" he said "so I will wrap this party up and we can be on our way."

"I'll be waiting."

Sure enough Sean quickly started shutting things down thanking everybody once again for all of their help.

"What's up bro" Puck said "you throwing us out?"

"Not really throwing you out" he said "just ending the party now if you want to stay around here then by all means but I'm about to go" glancing over at Quinn.

Mercedes and Santana picking up on the sparks that are flying between Quinn and Sean "come on guys let's go" Mercedes said smiling.

"Yeah we can have our own party at the house" Santana said looking at Puck.

"That's all I needed to hear" Puck said "bye ya'll" grabbing Santana's hand and pulling her towards the door.

"They won't get too far since I drove" Sam said laughing "come on Mercy let's go."

"Right behind you boo."

After everybody cleared out Sean and Quinn were on their way for coffee. They sat in the booth for a few minutes in silence until Quinn broke the silence;

"So did you invite me here to look at me or are we going to actually speak to each other?"

Sean laughed "looking at you is not a bad thing."

She blushed;

"But no I came to get to know you a little better" he said "so you go to Yale do you like it?"

"I do like it very much" she said "I like my professors and I'm meeting some great friends too."

"Any boyfriends?" he asked.

"No not at the moment" she said smiling "I'm focused on my studies."

"Oh I truly understand that" he said "I am very focused on my studies right now to have a girlfriend" he was shaking his head no.

"So I take it that you're looking for a girlfriend?"

"Not looking per say but if she happens to come along then I won't turn her away."

"I guess I feel the same way."

"So if I were to ask for your number you would be willing to give it to me?"

"You would want my phone number although I'm all the way in Connecticut?"

"I have a feeling that you will be spending some time on the west coast and I might have a reason to visit the east coast from time to time."

"Well in that case then I would be more than happy to give you my phone number."

"Cool"

"But not right now" she smiled.

"So when?" he asked.

"In the morning" she said biting her bottom lip.

He looked at her stunned then he smiled and waved the waitress over "check please."

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Sunday morning came and Mercedes kept her promise and was up bright and early getting ready to go to church.

"Babe why are you up so early?" Sam asked as he wiped his eyes.

"I'm getting ready for church."

"Service isn't till eleven."

"Yeah but I made a promise to God that if he got me out of that Quinn/Puck/Santana situation I would go to Sunday school."

Sam shook his head "yeah he deserves all the praise for getting us out of that mess give me ten minutes to get dressed and I'll go with you."

"Ok" she said smiling.

Sam went and jumped in the shower and got dressed and met Mercedes in the kitchen where she had made a light breakfast. They ate and headed out to church. On the way Mercedes got a text from Quinn;

Hey Mercy I know I was supposed to go to church with you and Sam but something came up and I'm not going to make it ;-) ~Q

Mercedes started laughing because she knew exactly what came up, so she quickly text back;

Ok have fun ;-p ~M

Oh I am :-) ~Q

I want details, I expect you to be at dinner today ~M

I will and I promise ~Q

Bring Sean ~M

Ok ~Q

"So we don't have to pick up Quinn" Mercedes said.

"She decided not to go to church" Sam said looking slightly confused "that's not like her."

"She's a little busy" Mercedes smirked.

"Doing what?"

"More like doing who" she said laughing.

Sam looked her for a second before it clicked what she meant "Quinn got some?"

"Yup"

"Who"

"One guess" she said "and think about last night."

Sam thought it for a minute and then his eyes bugged out of his head "Sean."

"The one and only" she said shaking her head.

"I guess she enjoyed her shout out a lot" he said smiling.

"I guess she did" Mercedes said laughing "I invited her and Sean to dinner."

"That's cool we can find out what happened between them."

Mercedes looked at Sam shocked "when did you become so nosy."

"My girl is like a gossip queen and I guess she rubbed off on me."

"Whatever" she said rolling her eyes.

Her phone buzzed showing she had a text message;

Hey Cedes I wanted to let you know that I am ready to introduce you guys to my girl whenever you guys are free for that dinner ~MR

She quickly texted him back;

Ok that's great and if you and your girl is free tonight we were having a dinner for Quinn since it's her last night here ~M

Yeah I think we can make it ~MR

Cool dinner is at 4 ~M

Ok see you at 4 ~ MR

"well it looks like we will be meeting Matt's girlfriend tonight as well" she said.

"He's bringing her tonight?"

"Yup" she said "we are going to have to stop at the store on the way home to get some more stuff."

"That's not a problem" Sam said as he pulled into the parking lot of the church "hey Mercy."

"Yeah Sam"

"Are you making brownies for dessert?" he asked looking like a little kid begging.

"Is that what my baby wants?"

Sam nodded his head quickly "yes" he pouted.

Kissing his lips so sweet and soft "well what my baby wants my baby gets."

Sam smiled bright and did a fist pump in the air causing Mercedes to laugh so loud that people were looking at her like she was a mad woman.

"You are so crazy Sam."

"Crazy about you Mercedes and those brownies."

"Come on let's get inside and find our class."

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Service was great and Sam and Mercedes both had a really good time in Sunday school and they decided that they would make that a weekly thing. They headed to the store to pick up some more things for dinner.

"I hope Santana and Puck got up and cleaned up liked I asked them too because I am not going to have time to cook and clean once I get home" Mercedes said walking up the aisle.

"Don't worry babe whatever they didn't do I'll do when we get home" Sam said pushing the cart "every things going to be fine."

"Yeah you're right no need for me to stress it's just dinner with our friends."

"Exactly so relax and let's get this stuff and go."

"Oh you're out of cereal" she said.

"I'll go get some more" he said.

"And grab a box for me too."

"You got it" he said as he jogged down the aisle.

Mercedes was looking at a magazine while waiting on Sam when she heard someone clear their throat. She looked up to see some guy staring at her.

"Excuse me" he said "but are you Mercedes Jones?"

"Uh yeah I am" she said "do I know you?"

"No you don't but I am a fan of yours."

Mercedes looked shocked hearing that she had fans was exciting to her.

"I saw you at the Hard Rock and you were phenomenal" he said smiling "I was wondering if I could get a picture with you?"

"Sure I guess" she smiled.

He whipped out his camera and they posed and took the picture "thank you so much."

"You're welcome uh what's your name?"

"Marko" he said.

"Well you're welcome Marko you have just made my day."

"Can I ask you something else?"

"Sure."

"Can I possibly get your number and maybe we can go out sometime?"

Sam had walked up to hear this random dude ask out his girl. Usually Sam would go straight to the guy and let him know to back the hell up but not this time he wanted to see how Mercedes handled this situation.

"Oh I'm sorry Marko" she said "I can't do that."

"Why not? Do you not find me attractive?"

"It's not that" she said "I have a boyfriend."

"I won't tell if you won't" he smirked.

Sam had heard enough and started to walk over there.

"I love my man and I would never cheat on him" she said "but I am so glad you enjoyed the show."

"Well your boyfriend is a lucky man" he said.

"That I am" Sam said coming up behind him.

Marko's eyes got wide "wait your dating Sam Evans?"

"Yes she is" Sam said wrapping his arms around her waist "and you are?"

"A fan of Miss Jones but I'm a bigger fan of yours" he said "you made me a lot of money by beating Nevada."

Sam and Mercedes starting laughing "well I'm glad you made some money" Sam said turning to Mercedes "babe we really need to be getting out of here if we plan to have everything ready in time."

"You're right babe let's go" she said turning to Marko "it was nice meeting you Marko."

"Yeah you too" he said "but wait can I get a picture with you Sam?"

Sam smiled but nodded "sure why not."

"I appreciate it man" Marko said smiling.

They posed and Mercedes took the picture.

"This is awesome" he said "I meet Mercedes Jones and Sam Evans in the same day."

"We're going to go now" Sam said "oh and Marko don't ever flirt with my girl again or I'll hurt you real bad" he smiled, patted him on the shoulder and walked away pulling Mercedes with him leaving a stunned Marko standing there.

"That was rude Sam" Mercedes said "I already handled it."

"I'm sure you did but I had to put the exclamation point on it letting him know BOOM BITCH BACK THE HELL UP!"

Mercedes laughed remembering the conversation at the club "ok you right" she smiled and they went to check out.

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Mercedes and Santana was finishing dinner while Sam and Puck finished cleaning up.

"Chica this food looks and smells delicious."

"Thanks mama I hope tastes delicious too."

"You cooked it so I know it will."

"Thanks San."

"So how come Quinn didn't just come here with you guys after church?"

"She didn't go to church with us" Mercedes smirked.

"I thought she said she was?"

"She did but something came up" she chuckled.

Santana looked confused for a minute then it dawned on her "wait so Q and Sean did hook up last night, wanky."

Mercedes laughed as she put the last batch of brownies in the oven "yeah I guess so but she texted me this morning letting me know she was not going with us."

"I hope she makes it for dinner" she said licking the brownie bowl.

"Oh I told her she better" Mercedes said licking the brownie spoon "I told her to bring Sean."

"Well they might make it since she is going to bring him."

"Bring who?" Puck said coming in the kitchen reaching for the brownie bowl.

"Quinn is bringing Sean" Santana said slapping his hand away from her bowl.

"OW!" he yelled "why is Quinn bringing Sean?" rubbing his hand looking at Santana "you really not going to share?"

"No" she taunted "and they hooked up last night."

"For real" he said stunned "well good for them. Why did you make so much food?"

"Matt and his girlfriend are coming over too" Mercedes said.

"Oh so we finally get to meet the mystery girl."

"Apparently so" she said.

"I'm happy for Matt" he said.

"Yeah me too" Santana said "he always seems to feel left out when we're all together."

"I've noticed that" Mercedes said "and we want our friend happy."

"Who are we talking about?" Sam said coming in the kitchen.

"Matt" Puck said.

"Oh" Sam said rolling his eyes.

"What was that about Trouty?" Santana said noticing the look on Sam's face.

"What?" he asked.

"That look you just gave at the mention of Matt."

"Nothing" he said shrugging his shoulders.

"You have a problem with Matt babe?" Mercedes asked putting her hand on his shoulder.

"I don't know him well enough to not like him" Sam said "I am just trying to feel him out before I form an opinion of him."

"That's fair" Puck said.

The doorbell rang and Puck went to answer it;

"Quinn and Sean come on in" he said smiling "hey guys Quinn and Sean are here."

Everybody came out to greet them and instantly Quinn was being pulled in the kitchen with Mercedes and Santana while Sean was being led to the living room by Puck and Sam.

"So Q" Santana smirked "how was your evening?"

"Did you sleep well?" Mercedes chimed in.

Quinn smiled "my evening was lovely and yes I slept very well thank you."

"So give us the details" Santana piped in "was it good?"

"I don't think I want to discuss what might or might not have happened between Sean and myself" Quinn said coyly.

"Bitch please" Mercedes snapped "you better give up the details."

"OK" Santana said rolling her neck.

"Ok, ok it was amazing" Quinn said smiling "he was absolutely perfect. He was so sweet when he needed to be but…not so sweet when he needed to be."

The girls laughed and cackled together;

"Girl I am glad you got some" Santana said "everybody needs to enjoy their vacation."

"I know right" Mercedes said "so is this a one-time thing or will you be making more trips to the west coast?"

"We exchanged numbers and we talked about him making trips to the east coast and me coming back here some times as well."

"Cool" she said "I'm happy for you."

"Yeah me too Q" Santana said.

"I bet you are now that I'm not even thinking about Puck" she said smiling.

"Yeah let's keep it that way" she said side-eying her.

"Come on ladies let's calm down" Mercedes said stepping in between the two of them "this is a good thing happening. We all have good guys in our lives even if it is new we all deserve to be happy."

"True that" Santana said "and you know what else we deserve?"

"What's that?" Quinn asked.

"We deserve to eat I'm starving" she said.

Mercedes and Quinn laughed;

"We have to wait till Matt gets here" Mercedes said "but he should be here soon."

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"So I guess your shout out worked" Sam smirked looking at Sean.

Sean laughed "you can say that."

"So let's cut right to the chase" Puck said "what are your intentions with Quinn?"

"And please think about your answer very carefully" Sam said.

"Calm down guys" he said "I like Quinn and this was definitely not a one-time thing. We are just going to see what happens."

Sam looked at Puck and he nodded;

"We're satisfied with that answer for now" he said "but just know it will only take one word from Mercy and I will be forced to kick your ass."

"No" Puck said "we will be forced to kick your ass."

"I got it" Sean said "she actually warned me."

"Good" Sam said "heed the warning."

"I will."

The doorbell rung and Santana came running out of the kitchen;

"I'll get it final-"she swung open the door "OH HELL NAW!"

Matt was standing there with Katie on his arm smiling and Santana got instantly pissed off.

"What the hell is this?" she said.

Puck and Sam came to the door after hearing Santana screaming;

"What is going on?" Puck said.

Sam looked who was at the door and cursed under his breath "I don't believe this shit."

"Can we come in?" Matt asked trying to act like he didn't know what was going on.

"Why the hell you bring this bitch to my house?"

"Santana watch how you talk to my girlfriend please."

Katie rubbed up and down Matt's forearm with a smirk on her face "thank you baby, I thought you said your friends were nice."

"They usually are" he said "if you don't want us here we can go but Mercedes invited us."

"No it's cool" Puck said "come on in" earning him a glare from Santana.

Mercedes and Quinn came out of the kitchen and Mercedes stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Katie.

"Why is this heffa in my house?" she asked calmly. Sam was right by her side instantly rubbing her back trying to calm her down.

"Mercedes, Quinn this is my girlfriend Katie."

"Wait this is Katie?" Quinn said "the trick that was pushing up on Sam?"

"The very one" Mercedes said glaring at her.

"Listen I was wrong for trying to come in between you two and I realized I deserved to be with someone who wants me and so when I met Matt I finally found that so I want to apologize to both of you for everything."

Mercedes, Sam, and Santana just stared at her like she was crazy.

"Listen I know there is some tension between you guys but I would hope for my sake you can give her a chance" Matt said.

"Come on guys" Puck said "we can chill out let's just eat ok."

"Ok Matt" Mercedes said "I will give her a chance for your sake but if she try me I will cut her."

Santana pulled a razor blade from her hair and showed it to her. Mercedes stormed back into the kitchen mumbling under her breath and Sam was right behind her.

"Babe are you ok?"

"No I am not Sam I don't want her in my house but what can I do I invited them here I just can't kick them out."

"No you can't" he said "but we just have to make the best of this."

"Just keep her far away from me" Mercedes said grabbing the last of the food and carrying it out to the table.

"Time to eat everyone" she said.

"Great because I am starving" Matt said smiling grabbing Katie's hand. He just noticed Sean coming into the dining room "hey Sean what are you doing here?"

"I was invited" he said.

"Really" he said with a questioning look in his eyes.

"Yes he's my guest" Quinn stepped in "you have a problem with that?"

"No" he said going to take his seat.

Sam pulled out Mercedes chair for her "thank you baby" she said.

"You're welcome babe"

Quinn, Santana, and Katie looked at their guys like 'why you didn't you pull my seat out?'

"What?" Puck said.

"You could have pulled out my seat you ass" Santana spat.

"Since when do we do that?" he asked.

"There's a first time for everything."

"Can we just eat" Sam said "please."

"Yes let's before the food gets cold" Mercedes said.

"Everything looks great Cedes" Quinn said.

"Thanks Q I hope you all enjoy it."

"Mercedes you cooked all this food" Katie said smiling "I figured you did."

Mercedes slammed her fork down "excuse me?"

"Oh hell naw" Santana said.

"Pass me a blade Santana" Quinn said.

"I just meant that you look like you can cook."

"Not making it better" Sam said "dude you better get your girl."

"I was trying to compliment her on her culinary skills" she said looking at Sam.

"Well why don't I compliment you on your outfit" Mercedes said "did you just get off work or are you heading to the corner after you leave?"

"Boom Bitch" Santana said.

Quinn, Sam, Puck and Sean cracked up laughing;

"I'm sure she didn't mean it in a hurtful way" Matt said trying to calm the situation down.

"I'm sorry if there was some confusion in what I said I really thought it was a compliment."

"Okay Cedes she apologized" Matt said "so can we please try to get through this dinner since you went through so much trouble to make it."

"Fine and I apologize for what I said" she said with her teeth clinched "your outfit is lovely."

"Thank you" Katie said.

"Whatever" Santana said rolling her eyes "I ain't go act like I like the troll and she know why."

"Santina I told you I was not the one who took your phone on the Nebraska trip and read all your nasty text messages out loud" she said with a smile.

"Wait WHAT!" Puck said.

"I am sorry you were embarrassed" she continued "but you and your boyfriend shouldn't discuss those types of things over the phone."

"First of all its Santana trick and second of all I was not embarrassed over what Puck and I was talking about" she smirked "because I know every last one of ya'll sexually frustrated Barbie wanna-be asses went home and fingered yourself raw just wishing you had someone to do half the shit Puck and I was talking about. And if pissed you off more when you saw us back at school and knowing I was about to get the very thing done to me that you could only read about. Que perra.

Everybody tried not to laugh but it was not working the whole table including Matt was laughing at Santana's rant.

"I was more upset that you bitches talked the whole way there and back and wouldn't shut the fuck up so I could get some sleep so I would be well rested when I got home to get what my man promised me."

That was all it took the whole table erupted in laughter with the exception of Katie.

"Ok, ok no more talking about anything negative" Sam said trying to calm down from laughing too hard "my lady made us a great meal and we are going to enjoy it with no negative vibes."

"Ok sounds good to me" Puck said.

Everyone else just nodded and agreed. From that point on dinner went smoothly mostly because Katie didn't say anything else for the duration of the meal. After everyone finished eating they all went to the living room to talk.

"Sean I have to say I really enjoyed the concert last night" Katie said "all of you guys were amazing."

"Thanks Katie" Sean said "we worked really hard on that."

"It shows" she said "I bet it is amazing to be on that stage performing like that."

"It is if it is something you love to do" Puck said "I know Mama and my Sexy mama could do it every day if you let them."

"Damn right I will" Santana said smiling "that was so much fun I just can't get enough."

"Do you feel the same way Mercedes?" Matt asked.

"Definitely" she said "it has been my dream since forever."

"And it will become a reality" Sam said kissing her on the cheek.

"From your lips to God's ears" she said.

"You're a star Mercy and now everybody who was at the hard rock knows it" he said "even though some of us knew it a long time ago."

"He's right Cedes" Quinn said "you got a lot of people to join glee because of your voice. Sure we said it was for other reasons but everybody was hoping to sing a duet with you at some point."

"Now that is the truth" Matt said "I told you that on our date remember?"

"Wait what date?" Sam asked.

Sean looked at Matt and rolled his eyes that punk ass bitch has been waiting to throw that piece of information out there all night.

"Oh yeah we went out the weekend before you moved away" she said remembering their date.

"That was the one thing I regretted" he said "waiting so long to ask you out back then."

Quinn was not fooled by this trip down memory lane either he trying to get reaction out of Sam not going to happen not as long as I am here. "Well you snooze you lose Matt, Sam came along and scooped up our diva so now you and Kitty here can be happy."

"It's Katie."

"Oh sorry Katie" she said.

I knew it was a reason I liked that girl Sean thought.

"I know Sam scooped her up Quinn" Matt said slightly irritated "I was just emphasizing your point because I told Mercedes I always wanted to sing a duet with her but I was too shy to ask her."

"Well not a lot of people were lucky enough to sing with Mercy" Sam said "I was though" he smiled.

"So was I" Puck said.

"Me too" Santana said.

"Rachel, Tina, and Artie were the only others who I sang with" Mercedes said.

"So I know I'm being messy" Sean said "but I'm going to ask any way who was your favorite duet partner?"

"Ooh you a messy son of a bitch Sean" Mercedes said.

"Answer the man Wheezy" Santana said "let Puck and your boo know singing with me was the best."

"Please Satan singing with her man is way more special than singing with you" Sam said "go ahead and tell her Mercy."

"Sean I am going to kill you for this" she said glaring at him "my best duet partner was Artie."

"ARTIE" Sam and Santana said.

"Really babe, you go pick Artie over me?"

"Her and A-train do sound amazing together" Puck said.

"Yeah" Quinn said shaking her head "he was her musical match."

"Even though singing with the two of you were very special as well. Santana you and I were a force and River Deep, Mountain High is legendary and it made Sam fall in love with me" she said laughing "and Sam singing with you is always special and I would never have jam sessions with anyone other than you" she cupped his face and gave him a sweet kiss on the lips.

"You better not" he said kissing her back.

"Ok break it up you two" Sean said "Quinn I would love to hear you sing."

"Now" she said.

"Why not" he said "were all friends here."

"And I know exactly what you should sing" Mercedes said.

"What?" she asked.

"The song you sang with Sam."

"That was good even I had to admit that" Santana said.

"Ok I'll do it Sam would do me the honor of singing with me."

"It would be my pleasure, let me go grab my guitar" Sam said.

He got up and went to get his guitar and once he came back and tuned it just right he and Quinn began to sing it just like they did in glee club.

(Lucky by Jason Mraz ft. Colbie Caillat)

Do you hear me?

I'm talking to you

Across the water across the deep blue ocean

Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying

Boy I hear you in my dreams

I feel your whisper across the sea

I keep you with me in my heart

You make it easier when life gets hard

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes

Waiting for a love like this

Every time we say goodbye

I wish we had one more kiss

I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

Lucky we're in love in every way

Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed

Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea

To an island where we'll meet

You'll hear the music fill the air

I'll put a flower in your hair

Though the breezes through trees

Move so pretty you're all I see

As the world keeps spinning round

You hold me right here right now

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

I'm lucky we're in love in every way

Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed

Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

"That was amazing" Sean said "you have a beautiful voice."

"Aww thank you Sean" Sam said.

Everybody cracked up laughing;

"Yes Sam your voice is beautiful" Sean said "but I was talking to Quinn."

"Oh well, she aiiiight" he said sitting back next to Mercedes.

Quinn rolled her eyes at Sam "thank you Sean."

"Hey Sean you wanna see Sam cry like a punk ask Mama to sing the song she wrote" Puck said laughing.

Sam shot puck the bird and rolled his eyes.

"You wrote a song Mercedes?" Matt said "I would love to hear it."

Sean, Quinn, and Sam rolled their eyes at how blatant he was being trying to be all up in Mercedes face.

"It's kind of a personal song I wrote for Sam" she said.

"Come on Cedes it's a great song" Quinn said "and you did sing in front of a bunch of show choirs so you can sing it amongst friends."

"Yeah Quinn and I will back you up."

"Only if Sam wants me too since it is his song" she said.

"Mercy you know I would never pass up an opportunity to hear you sing" he said kissing her hand.

"Ok I'll sing it but you play it."

"Ok Mercy."

(He Heals Me by India Arie)

Told him my biggest secret

And he told me four.

He smiled at me and said that makes me love more

And then he made me laugh

And I knew it was a sign

That he was a man,

That I wanted in my life

And with every passing day

I feel more and more of that way

He heals me

He knows the real me

And he accepts me, he never hurts me

He heals me

He knows the real me

And he accepts me, he never hurts me

He heals me,

He heals me

I can play him songs, all through the night,

And he will listen to every line,

And even when I'm wrong, he is still kind

He chooses his words wisely when he tells me I'm not right.

And yes he is a beautiful man,

But he is also a beautiful friend

Right on cue a tear fell down Sam's cheek.

He heals me

He knows the real me

And he accepts me, he never hurts me

He heals me

He knows the real me

And he accepts me, he never hurts me

He heals me

The moment that we met, he made me smile.

He has so much compassion in his eyes

I have no idea, how long he'll be here

A season or a lifetime, forever or a year

But for the first time in my life I'm not worried about the future

Because we have such a wonderful time when we're together

However things turn out, it's all right

Cause he's already changed my life.

Mercedes was fighting back the tears. No matter how many times she sang this song, that part always made her cry because Sam truly changed her life.

He heals me

He knows the real me

And he accepts me, he never hurts me

He heals me

He knows the real me

And he accepts me, he never hurts me

He heals me...

They looked deep into each others eyes and Sam patted his heart twice and she did the same and smiled hearing Sean speak broke them out of their moment.

Matt was about to speak and Sean saw him;

"Mercedes that was amazing" Sean interrupted "I can't believe you wrote that."

"That was really beautiful Mercedes" Katie said softly which shocked everybody.

"Uh thank you Katie" Mercedes said looking confused.

"Matt I have to go" she said getting up "can you please take me home?"

"Uh yeah I guess" he said getting up.

"Are you ok Katie?" Mercedes asked.

"Yeah" she said in a shaky voice "I just have some studying to do that's all."

"Ok if you're sure" she said "please take some brownies with you I made plenty."

"Sure" she said grabbing her purse.

Mercedes went into the kitchen and put some brownies for Matt and Katie in a tin and gave it to them.

"Thank you for having me over for dinner" she said "everything was lovely."

"You're welcome" she said.

"It was great hanging out with you guys again" Matt said "and thank you for dinner Cedes" giving her a hug.

"You're welcome Matt" pulling away from the hug.

"Bye everyone" he said and walked out.

Everybody sat silent for a minute;

"Who was that girl who just left here?" Mercedes said "because she was definitely not the same girl who came in here."

"No that was a nicer Katie" Santana said looking just as confused "I've never met her before."

"Well it matters not" Sam said "whoever she is has left the building."

"And took her "boyfriend" with her" Sean said and he did the air quotes.

"You don't think their together either" Quinn said "I thought I was the only one."

"They didn't even act like they knew each other" Sean said.

"I picked up on that too" Puck said "I just thought he hadn't hit it yet."

"I just don't get why Matt would lie to us about Katie being his girlfriend" Mercedes said.

"Maybe because we were all coupled up so he figured he needed to have someone too" Santana said.

"I really don't feel like wasting my energy talking about Matt anymore" Sam said "I wants my brownies" getting up heading to the kitchen.

"I agree with Sam 100%" Sean said following Sam to the kitchen "I wanna taste these brownies I've been hearing so much about."

"Save some for the rest of us Sam" Mercedes said.

"You better get in here and get you some woman because I makes no promises."

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The car ride back to the dorm was silent until Matt couldn't take it anymore;

"What the hell was that?"

"I have to study" she said softly.

"No you don't" he said raising his voice slightly "you told me you had nothing to do today."

"I just remembered."

"Like hell you did" he said pulling up to the dorm "what is really going on?"

"Did you hear that song she sang to him?"

"Yeah so"

"Did you see his face when she was singing it to him?"

"Yeah"

"He actually cried Matt" she said "and she was fighting through her tears."

"I saw all of that but what does that have to do with you leaving early?"

"This plan of yours is never going to work" she spat.

"It would if you stick to the plan."

"NO!" she yelled "it won't because they are in love Matt and not a fly by night, high school love they have a forever kind of love. Something I've never seen with someone as young as they are. And it didn't just start Matt she wrote that for him in high school. Nothing or no one is going to break them up not you and definitely not me."

She opened the door to leave;

"So what are you saying?" he asked.

"I'm saying I'm done, I'm out of this stupid plan." She got out and slammed the door and walked inside.

"FINE" he yelled "I don't need you I can get Mercedes back on my own."

A/N: So what do you think about that? Katie finally seeing the SamCedes forever Love. What about Quinn peeping Matt's game? Everybody realizing he was in a fake relationship? Tell me what you think? I know I don't usually put a song in twice but she needed to sing He Heals me again so Katie can see the love coming off of them.

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