A/N: Again I want to start off by thanking everyone for their patience with this story. Thanks also to those who read and reviewed.
Chapter 35:
Mercedes stirred and was disoriented for a bit as the events slowly came to mind. She bolted up from her bed as she remembered the fire. Sam was jolted from his slumber as he felt the sudden tug at his hand.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Sam stood and hugged Mercedes.
"What happened? The last thing I remember is lying down on the bathroom floor then everything went black." Mercedes recounted trying not to cry.
"It's ok I'm here, you're safe now." Sam rubbed circles on Mercedes' back to comfort her as she broke down.
Sam held on to Mercedes until she was finally asleep in his arms. As soon as he tried to lay Mercedes back down on the bed she stirred and held on to him tighter.
"Don't leave me please." Mercedes begged with watery eyes.
"I'll never leave you. Just close your eyes and sleep, I'll be here when you wake up." Sam smiled at her.
"Lay down with me." Mercedes wouldn't let Sam go and pulled him to lie down next to her.
They stayed like that for hours until Kurt and Blaine burst in the room. Sam looked at Mercedes checking to see if she woke up and was relieved that she was still sleeping peacefully cuddled to his side. Sam slowly removed himself from Mercedes to go over to Kurt.
"How is she?" Kurt asked curiously.
"She's doing ok. The doctors want to keep her until all the toxins are out of her lungs just as a precaution." Sam relayed the information.
"Ok well at least she's out of the woods as they say. By the way, I called everyone to let them know what happened, so expect a few visitors to drop by." Kurt told Sam as he walked to Mercedes' bed.
"Why don't you go home for a while, Kurt and I can look after Cedes. I'm sure you'll want to rest up a bit." Blaine suggested.
"I'm good. I already told Rachel to grab some stuff for me and bring it over here."
"But you still need to rest. I don't think sleeping on a chair can be very comfortable." Blaine insisted.
"I promised Mercedes I won't leave her." Sam explained.
"I'm sure she'll understand. We won't leave her, we promise." Kurt crossed his heart.
"I know you won't, but it's for my peace of mind. I can't leave her." Sam admitted.
"Then we won't force you." Kurt smiled at Sam and returned looking at his friend sleeping.
The three were chatting when Mercedes stirred with a smile on her face. Sam and Kurt immediately went to Mercedes' side with Kurt out manoeuvring Sam so he was the closest to Mercedes.
"How you feeling Cedes? Do you need anything?" Kurt asked.
"I'm good Kurt, feeling a bit hungry though. I just had the best sleep ever and glad we got out of the burning building. Who would have thought we would have real-life action scene in our dull lives." Mercedes tried to lighten Kurt's mood.
"Oh honey, believe me nothing about our lives is dull. I'm glad you're ok Cedes, I don't know what I would have done if anything happened to you." Kurt sniffed and hugged his friend.
"I told you you'd find a way. I never doubted you for a second." Mercedes held tighter to Kurt.
The two hold on to each other until they felt it was ok to let go.
"Well your knight in shinning armour helped a lot. He is definitely the hero of the hour." Kurt looked at Sam and allowed them to switch so that he can be closer to Mercedes.
"Hi!" Mercedes said as she reached for him.
"Hi baby." Sam leaned in for a hug inhaling her scent as he enveloped her.
"Thank you Sam for everything. You don't know how grateful I am that you were there for me."
"I was out of my mind when I couldn't get to you fast enough. I thought I was going crazy." Sam smiled at Mercedes as they let go of each other.
"Yeah I think you were literally crazy back there and no don't even think about using that line on me. I can see the wheels turning in your head Sam Evans, you're not that slick." Mercedes laughed.
"What line? That I'm crazy about you?" Sam smiled wide.
"I can't believe you went and said it anyway." Mercedes mirrored Sam's smile.
The two continued their banter until they heard a knock on the door. Blaine got up and checked who knocked and was pushed by Rachel to get out of her way.
"Mercy I can't believe what happened to you. I was worried sick after your message and was trying to get hold of anyone who can give me updates. I'm so happy you're alright." Rachel shoved the bag she was carrying to Sam before embracing her friend.
"I was in the fire too!" Kurt pointed out from the other side of the room.
"Of course you were and I'm happy you're safe too." Rachel released Mercedes and went over to hug Kurt.
"Uhmm… Rachel? What's this?" Sam raised and pointed at the bag she handed him.
"Your stuff! I got you some change of clothes, clean underwear and toiletries from your apartment. I assumed you're not coming to the office so I only took casual stuff and I have rescheduled all your meetings for the week. Oh hi Blaine!" Rachel flashed her signature smile.
"Hi Rachel." Blaine greeted back.
"Ewww. You touched Sam's underwear?" Kurt teased.
"That's what great assistants do. Thanks again Rachel." Sam thanked his assistant.
"I'm with Kurt, ewww!" Mercedes laughed.
"In Sam's defence his clothes are very well organized and sanitary." Rachel defended Sam.
"That's not helping at all with the picture in my head of you touching Sam's underwear." Kurt and Mercedes were now laughing hard with tears in their eyes.
"Well I'm glad that amuses you two, but grow up." Rachel retorted.
"We're sorry Rachel. I don't get why Sam can't just go home and change there then come back; you're one spoiled kid Mr. Evans." Mercedes shook her head.
"I told you she'd understand." Kurt gave Sam a knowing look.
"I think it's sweet that Sam didn't want to leave you." Blaine interjected.
"It's sweet and all but you must be itching to rest on your own bed and not in a chair or half a hospital bed I'm sure?" Mercedes looked at Sam.
"I don't care if I have to sleep on the floor as long as you're next to me." Sam moved closer to Mercedes.
The two locked eyes and were only distracted when they heard synchronized awww-ing coming from the three people in the room with them. Soon another knock was heard on the door and once again Blaine got up to check. The poor guy was once again pushed out of the way, but this time it was a stampede of people carrying flowers, balloons and fruit baskets.
"Cedes! Gracias a Dios, we were so worried. Good thing el jefe grande was there to rescue you." Santana hugged Mercedes.
"We wanted to come sooner but didn't know if they'll allow us in, so we took our time to buy all this shit." Lauren was next to hug Mercedes.
Tina burst out crying as she went in to hug Mercedes.
"Hey T no crying. I'm fine and I'll be out of this hospital soon." Mercedes comforted her friend.
"I was just worried sick when you never replied to my messages. Mike had to literally hold me down because I was a mess." Tina sniffed.
"Tina girl, you're always a mess. You tear up about little things so this is no surprise to all of us." Santana rolled her eyes.
"Shut it Tana, leave the poor girl alone." Lauren pulled the crying Tina and patted her back to calm her down.
"I'm just glad you girls are here. I'm sorry for worrying you." Mercedes offered an apology.
"Are we in a parallel universe of something? When did it say that people should be apologizing now for living through a life altering ordeal? I don't know about you Cedes but disaster or not I will whip your butt in to shape if you apologize again." Santana reprimanded Mercedes.
The small crowd talked and laughed as if they weren't in a hospital or their friends weren't in that fire or that Mercedes could have died. Mercedes appreciated the normalcy and for a moment forgotten about the loss of her earthly possessions. Sam sat on the bed next to Mercedes holding her as if he feared of never holding her again. This did not go unnoticed to the people crowding the room but left the interrogation at a later time.
"We better go; we still have work unlike some people." Santana complained.
"Tana! Mercedes was in a burning building a couple of hours ago, I think she deserves a day off if not a paid vacation to recuperate." Tina exclaimed in disbelief.
"I wasn't pertaining to Cedes T." Santana raised a brow.
"Oh! Sorry." Tina blushed from her sudden outburst.
"I'd give you all a day off but the restaurant can't function without at least one of you three there." Blaine guiltily apologized.
"We get it boss and don't worry about it we'll keep the ship in tiptop form." Santana saluted to Blaine as she stood up.
"Hey, wait for a little while longer. Noah is on his way up here to say hi. He said they can give us a lift to the restaurant." Lauren told Santana.
"Cool!" Santana sat right back in her chair.
"Who's with Puck?" Sam asked.
"Artie, he said they're on their way to the club. When I told him where I am and what happened he wanted to check in on you Cedes." Lauren replied.
"That's so sweet. I'd love to see Artie again, the last time I saw him was at the club's opening." Mercedes said just before they heard a knock on the door.
They all shouted to come in and Puck reared his head in before letting himself in. Artie followed behind him as they made a beeline to Mercedes' bed. Sam stood to greet his friends and Mercedes thanked them for visiting. Puck made his way to Lauren as Artie stood next to Sam. Sam reintroduced everyone to Artie knowing he hasn't interacted as much with the people there. Puck was almost always with Lauren that he didn't need an introduction except from Kurt and Blaine.
"We're really glad you're safe Cedes. When Lauren told me what happened I wanted to come as soon as I heard. I asked Artie if it's ok to drop by and he wanted to see that you're ok too." Puck explained.
"Thank you again for the concern. I'm really blessed to have people caring so much about me." Mercedes smiled.
"I just wish we met up in better circumstances. I've missed you girl and I'm upset that you're hanging out with white boy over here more than me." Artie mock pouted which earned a chuckle from Mercedes.
"In case you haven't noticed you're a white boy too Artie." Rachel interjected.
"Only on the outside!" Artie waved a finger which made everyone in the room laugh out loud.
"Boy, you're all kinds of crazy. I'm not surprised that you three are friends." Mercedes giggled.
"I refuse to be included in that group." Puck protested.
"Hush Noah, you know you're just as crazy as they are." Lauren laughed.
The group went into a comfortable banter again before they had to leave. The girls said their goodbyes and promised to visit again tomorrow. Puck and Artie made Sam promise not to suffocate Mercedes with his mothering and to make sure they hang out again once she's out of the hospital.
"Are you sure you don't want to go home?" Mercedes asked.
"Yeah Sam, Blaine and I will keep an eye on Mercy while you rest up." Kurt insisted.
"I told you I'm fine. I have my change of clothes and like Rachel said all my appointments have been rescheduled." Sam went back to Mercedes' side and wrapped her up in a tight embrace.
"I just don't feel right interrupting your life like this." Mercedes sighed.
"Baby, you're not asking me for anything. I just want to stay but if you really want me to go I will." Sam held Mercedes at arms length and pouted.
"No of course not. But I'm giving you a choice, I won't be upset if you went home to eat and rest. Heck I want to go home too, but then I realized we don't have a home to go home to anymore." Sam hugged Mercedes once more to comfort her.
"About that, you and Kurt can move in with me." Blaine offered.
"Wow! Thanks Blaine but we couldn't ask you to put us up." Kurt was surprised at his boyfriend's ministration.
"I insist. You know I want you to move in with me and I don't mind having Cedes as a housemate, you know I love you both so much." Blaine took Kurt's hand to let him know he meant every word.
Kurt looked at his boyfriend lovingly and couldn't help the tears streaming down his face as Blaine confessed his love for him. Kurt cupped Blaine's face in his hands and crashed his lips with his. Blaine deepened the kiss not wanting to let go but his curiosity wanted a definite answer. Blaine broke the kiss with a huge smile on his face and asked Kurt for an answer.
"So is that a yes?"
"Yes! But only if Cedes says yes that is." Kurt quickly took back his answer and looked at Mercedes.
Mercedes was also smiling from the love she just witnessed. Kurt and Blaine both have pleading eyes willing her to say yes. Mercedes knew that sooner or later her friends would decide to move in together since they've been so much time in Blaine's apartment anyway and she has been preparing herself for this moment. She knew she had to say yes just to get things going for her friends, but she also plans to find a place of her own as soon as she's able to find one. Mercedes didn't want to prolong her friend's agony and nodded her approval.
"This will be so much fun. We'll have a weekly pamper day, movie marathon, girl talks…" Kurt listed all the activities they would do living together under one roof.
"Hey, in case you've forgotten; I'm entitled to some of Mercedes' time. I need to be included in some of them." Mercedes playfully slapped Sam's arm as he interrupted Kurt.
"Fine, I only require one weekend with my best friend, the rest is yours." Kurt winked.
"Kurt Patrick Hummel, I can't believe you'd sell me out like that!" Mercedes exclaimed.
"Well he is your boyfriend; it's only fair he gets some time with you. I'm just returning the favour." Mercedes mouth dropped at the mention of Sam as her boyfriend.
"Don't give me that look Cedes. If you and Sam aren't officially together I guess you make the change now, 'coz seeing you two together doesn't leave anything to the imagination." Sam and Blaine snickered at Mercedes' shell-shocked look and Kurt's tact.
Chapter 36:
"Hey Puck. I'm going over to Quinn for lunch, I'll be back later. Just call me if you need anything." Artie told Puck.
"Ok bro, I'll probably head over to the restaurant to see Lauren. We'll meet back here at 2?" Puck asked.
"Sounds good. See yah later!" Artie fist bumped Puck before he left.
Artie stopped by a flower shop first to buy some daisies for Quinn. He loves daisies and knows that Quinn likes them as much as he does. The flowers never failed to lift Quinn out of her deepest funk and after meeting her the other day Artie knew Quinn needed a pick me up. Artie walked in Quinn's office and shushed her assistant not to alert Quinn of his presence.
"You idiots are killing me. What gave you the idea of setting fire to the building?" Quinn shouted at the guy on the other line.
"You told us to do anything to get the job done. We just wanted to scare the landlord but it wasn't our fault his building's sprinklers are faulty." The man reasoned.
"I know I said I don't care, but that's the stupidest thing you could have done. If I wanted her dead you think I would have hired assassins and not idiots like you!" Quinn fumed at her failed plan.
"Well the guy is willing to sell his property now at the fraction of what you offered him and nobody got hurt, so I think we still got the job done." The man took pride from his work.
"You are not listening. Yes you got the job done, but I don't need the building now do I?" Quinn pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration as she listened to the person on the line.
"Fine! Go ahead with the deal and make sure all your tracks are cleaned. I don't want this being traced back to me or else…" Artie barged in Quinn's office.
"Or else what Quinn? Do you have anything to do with Mercedes' building being burned down?" Artie's face was going red with anger.
"I have to go; I'll call you back later." Quinn ended the call and stood up to walk towards Artie.
Quinn noticed the bouquet of daisies in Artie's hand and felt conflicted. She pulled Artie to take a seat on the couch with her.
"Quinn, please tell me you didn't try to kill Mercedes." Artie's eyes pleaded for Quinn to tell him the truth.
"I…" Quinn's throat went dry.
"How could you? You are better than this Quinn; you're turning just like your father." Artie's words hurt Quinn.
Quinn expected something like this from other people but not from Artie. She thought Artie knew her better than that and it was like a punch in the heart hearing Artie accuse her of something that was beyond her control.
"I think you should leave Artie. I might say something I know I'll regret later and I don't want to deal with you right now." Quinn tried hard to hide the tears threatening to fall.
"Quinn listen to me. Whatever it is, this, that you're going through right now, you know you can tell me. I'm sorry for judging you too quickly but please don't shut me out." Artie begged and that broke Quinn as the tears flowed uncontrollably.
"I… I can't Artie. You can't be involved with me, I'm bad news." Artie moved closer but Quinn pushed him away.
"Q just tell me, I need to know what's going on with you. I can't help but think of the worst when you're like this."
"Please Artie just go!" Quinn shouted.
"I'll go only if you tell me that you have nothing to do with what happened to Mercedes!" Artie grabbed hold of Quinn.
"I have nothing to do with the building burning down." Quinn looked in Artie's eyes telling him the truth but at the same time withholding some of the information.
Artie pulled Quinn and held her tight. Quinn melted and tears once again escaped her eyes. Artie never fails to make her feel and break through her numbness. She loved him so much but still felt unworthy of what Artie was offering. Her insecurities still played a big part in her life and despite all the therapy she's gone through she hasn't felt secure in her own skin to make decisions for herself. She actually believes she loves the angst and drama in her life. The pain in some way comforts her; reminds her of her mortality and that she does have a heart in spite of everything. Artie pulled away and dropped the flowers on the table before leaving. Quinn continued to sob in her office realizing that this might be the last time Artie would ever want to be with her once he knows the truth.
Artie left Quinn's office and wiped a stray tear that fell. He quickly went to the elevator and pulled his phone out to look for someone in his contact list. As soon as he was out the building her pressed the call button on his phone and waited for the other line to pick up.
"Mr. Abrams! To what do I owe the pleasure?" Artie squeezed his eyes shut and took a deep breath before speaking.
"Jacob I need your intel and I need it fast."
"Ok but we need to meet in person you know I don't trust phones."
"I'll make a reservation and send you the address later." Artie ended the call and made his way to the hospital to talk to Sam.
Sam took the opportunity to take a shower and change in clean clothes while Mercedes napped. Kurt and Blaine left to go window shopping for furniture. The two were in total bliss with the thought of moving together. Mercedes wanted them to enjoy their free time together and not be stuck in a hospital room like her. She insisted on Sam stretching his legs too but he was as stubborn as her. Sam walked out of the bathroom and stood leaning on the door frame as he watched Mercedes sleep. His heart swelled from the sight of her and a smile curved on his lips as he thought how creepy he must look if Mercedes suddenly woke up and saw him. Sam heard his phone buzz on the side table and quickly made his way to grab it to avoid waking Mercedes. He swiped his phone's screen to see who sent the message.
I need to talk to you I'm on my way now. I'll be there in 10 minutes!
Sam looked at Artie's message curiously but sent a reply anyway.
Ok! Let me know when you're here I'll meet you at the café downstairs. Mercedes' sleeping I don't want to wake her.
Artie felt somehow relieved that Mercedes was sleeping. He sent a final message to Sam telling him ok and thought about what he was going to say to Sam. He knew that he has to tell Sam everything he knows but at the same time he was afraid of what Sam might do to Quinn. Overall Artie felt if anyone could save Quinn it would be Sam.
Artie made his way to the café and sent a message to Sam that he was already downstairs. Artie ordered tea to calm his nerves and looked for a quiet corner for them to sit.
Sam wrote a note for Mercedes in case she woke up and he wasn't back. He took a last look of Mercedes sleeping and kissed her forehead before leaving to meet Artie downstairs. He quickly scanned the café and saw his friend in the far corner of the space.
"What's up man, miss me already?" Sam joked.
"Yeah, you know." Artie smiled but it didn't reach his eyes.
"Hey I know it's a bad joke but cut me some slack man." Sam jabbed his friend trying to get him out of the funk he's in.
"I think Quinn knows something about the fire!" Artie blurted out not wanting the information consume him.
"What… How do you know this?" Sam could feel the anger building inside.
"I don't exactly but I am meeting with somebody later to dig for information. I'm sorry man; I should have said something when I felt something was up with Quinn." Artie apologized.
"What do you mean? What are you talking about?" Sam couldn't comprehend what Artie was saying right now, the anger was clouding everything in his mind right now.
Artie gone through every event that he thought strange with Quinn and told him about the file in Quinn's office as well as part of the conversation he heard in her office. Artie also relayed the conversation they had after he confronted Quinn. He did believe her when she said she had nothing to do with the fire but he also knew that she wasn't telling the entire truth.
"I don't know what triggered this in her. She was doing so well for so long and all of a sudden she's avoiding me. Sam you have to talk to her." Artie begged.
"I can't." Sam plainly said.
"What? What do you mean you can't? Or you won't?" Artie was clearly irked by Sam's reaction.
"Artie there's more to this than meets the eye. I can't talk to her right now. I'm too livid to see her to want to talk to her. I'm afraid I might do something if we're left alone with each other." Sam explained.
"Then tell me what's going on. Sam we've been friends for a long time and you know how I feel about Quinn. The least you could do is tell me what's going on if you know anything at all." Artie demanded.
Sam ran his hands over his face and sighed before launching in his story. Artie listened intently as Sam recounted the day Quinn tried to blackmail him to submission.
Chapter 37:
It's been a week since Kurt and Mercedes moved in with Blaine. It's been going great so far as the three seem to be in the honeymoon stage of their living arrangement. Their problems were forgotten for a while but they knew sooner or later they had to explain to Blaine why Kurt's not back at work.
"We need to tell Blaine." Mercedes said as she spooned cereals in her mouth.
"Do we have to?" Kurt pouted.
"Kurt come on, It's been a week don't you think Blaine wouldn't notice you're not leaving the apartment at all?"
"Well you're not leaving the apartment as well so what's the difference?" Kurt protested.
"One Blaine is my boss and he forced me not to come back to work yet and two that's the difference!" Mercedes sassed.
"I'll tell him, but we need to sort the lawyer first before I tell him. I don't want him to worry."
"Ok, then we need to meet with Rachel's friend. Call him and arrange for an appointment."
"Yes ma'am. I'll do it as soon as we finish breakfast." Kurt smiled and continued eating his cereals.
Kurt lucked out. Jesse St. James was available today at lunch and agreed to meet them. It was an informal meeting for now, Jesse wanted to hear Kurt's situation first before deciding if he would be able to help them out. If not he could offer some advise at least. They decided to meet in a bistro near Jesse's law firm, Kurt and Mercedes arrived early and asked for a booth for four. Rachel was meeting them there as well since the bistro wasn't far from her work.
"I'm popping out for lunch. I might take a long one so if you need anything urgent call me on my mobile." Rachel told Sam after their meeting.
"Ok, tell Mercedes I miss her and I'll pick her up for dinner at 7pm." Sam said not looking up to Rachel.
"How did you know I'm having lunch with her?" Rachel looking quite surprised as Sam waved his phone still not looking up from his work.
Rachel arrived at the bistro and saw that Jesse was already there talking to her friends. Mercedes spotted her friend as Rachel walked towards their booth. Mercedes and Kurt waved at Rachel and Jesse looked back to see his friend.
"Sorry I'm late; your boyfriend is driving me insane." Rachel stated as Jesse stood up to let Rachel slide in.
"The last time I heard it's your boss that's driving you insane!" Mercedes protested.
"Yes but he moved up the ladder and so I'm referring to him now as you boyfriend." Rachel teased.
"Rachel you look amazing as always. How you've been?" Jesse smiled and kissed Rachel on the cheek.
"I'm great and thanks for meeting us Jesse. You don't know how much we appreciate it."
"Yes thank you for meeting us so quickly." Kurt added.
"Well from what I've heard so far Kurt has a strong case to have this lawsuit dropped. Everything is circumstantial and they don't have concrete evidence that Kurt has broken the non-disclosure agreement. We can file to counter this lawsuit but I have to be honest it will take a while. What it means is that investigation will still go, so your assets will remain frozen and until the case is resolved nothing will seem different." Jesse explained.
"So what do you think is the best way to deal with this?" Mercedes asked.
"Honestly? The best way is to have a private meeting with all parties involved with lawyers present of course. I know you're against getting Mr. Evans involved but I'm afraid he needs to be there for questioning."
"Is there no other way?" Kurt pleaded.
"I'm telling you the easy way here. It's either that or the long process." Jesse laid out their options.
"I told you we need Sam. Kurt come on, you know he'll never refuse." Rachel stated.
"I'm actually embarrassed to ask him." Kurt responded.
"What are you embarrassed for, you didn't do anything wrong?" Mercedes looked at her distraught friend.
"I'm embarrassed that the only time I saw him in public and this happened."
"Hey you're talking to me; I should be the one embarrassed." Mercedes kidded.
"If it's anyone's fault it's all mine. I brought him there." Rachel added.
"Come to think of it, yeah it's your fault Rachel." Mercedes teased.
"Hey!" Rachel protested as Kurt and Mercedes laughed at their friend.
"We're only kidding Rache. You know we love you girl." Kurt wiped a tear from laughing so hard.
They had lunch and continued with their conversation where Jesse would ask a few question in between to get a better assessment of their plan. Lunch ended and they all agreed for Jesse to continue with the counter-case as a back-up plan as the three try to figure out how to approach Sam. Jesse offered to pay for lunch but the three protested since he was doing the case pro bono. Rachel took the check and paid for lunch teasing Mercedes that Sam would gladly pay for it. Jesse told them to call his office tomorrow to arrange a formal meeting next week. He left ahead of the three seeing as he has a meeting with a client after lunch and needed some last minute preparation to do before then.
"Oh yeah. Your boyfriend told me to tell you that he misses you and that he'll pick you up at 7pm." Rachel teased.
"He's such a dork. He already texted me that." Mercedes felt her cheeks heating up.
"Well it just shows he's not afraid to let people know how much he loves you." Kurt fangirled.
"Oh he's definitely not afraid, but he knows if he hurts you I'm gonna cut his balls and feed it to him." Kurt and Mercedes looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Girl please don't, do that in public. The craze look you had a minute ago is disturbing." Kurt pointed out.
"Yeah girl, as much as I approve of the aggression, I don't think you'd want people thinking you've gone mental or have rabies." Mercedes chuckled.
"What is it, gang on Rachel day? You two are mean." Rachel mocked pouted.
They finally agreed that Kurt would talk to Sam himself, but not before coming clean with Blaine. Rachel soon needed to get back to the office after receiving a text from Sam about a document and so the three finally said their goodbyes. Kurt told Mercedes he might as well go see Blaine now instead of delaying the inevitable. Mercedes wished Kurt good luck and watched as he walked away from her.
Mercedes hasn't been out much by herself since the fire and took this as an opportunity to look for her own place. As much as she loved living with Kurt and Blaine, she this was only a temporary setup. They never made her feel left out but she knew that she's being a third wheel in their blossoming relationship. Mercedes grabbed some newspapers from a newsstand and scanned for apartments for rent.
Rachel literally ran to her desk as soon as she got out of the elevator and looked for the document Sam was referring to. She proofread the file and once she was satisfied printed the material. She placed the document in a clear folder and made her way to Sam's office. Rachel was stunned when she tried to open the door and found that it was locked.
"Sam? Are you in there?" Rachel knocked.
Rachel heard feet shuffling on the other side of the door and saw the door crack open.
"Rachel, come back later. I'll call for you when I need you." Sam whispered to Rachel.
"I have the document you're looking for." Rachel showed the folder while trying to look in Sam's office.
"I'll take that, thank you, now go!" Sam gestured for her to leave.
Sam turned around and Rachel saw a glimpse of a blonde woman seating on Sam's couch. The wheels started turning in Rachel's head and decided to wait after she's 100% sure of what she saw. Sam might be eating balls sooner than she thought as she shook her head walking back to her desk.
"I'm sorry for the interruption. Where were we?" Sam asked.
"As I was explaining, my name is Holly Holliday and I have some information that might be of some interest to you." The blonde woman explained.
