Hey y'all so here it is Chapter 12! I'm not all that happy with it but I figured if anyone could tell me if it's good or not it would be you guys!


THE NEXT DAYMercedes's House

"Ok, I'm not going to get mad. I'm going to calm down, take a seat and let you explain to me WHAT IN THE HELL JUST HAPPENED!" Sam was mad. I know understatement right? Pissed, angry, hell even livid were all understatements too.

"Well…" I obviously wasn't explaining fast enough, because I was quickly cut off.

"No, no let me…" Sam starts as he stands up and gets in my face. Oh snap he 'bout to shut it down! You gon' learn today! That random voice in my head was totally not helping right now. "…Quinn came over here last night. She must have talked to you about it, must have run the idea by you. Hell she probably even sang you the song to ask your opinion of it. You looked a little tired during school today. Did you guys stay up late talking about me? Did she tell you she hopes I take her back? Or how about trying to find out who I have feelings for, did she ask you about that?

When she asked you about the song I sang did you play it off like, I was just playing around? Did you give her a pep talk? How much did you avoid the subject of our 'private' relationship…Don't worry, I'll wait for your answer…" All I could do was hang my head in shame. I always said I had a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy when it came to our relationship. Well Quinn asked, and once again, I didn't tell. "Oh, you have nothing to say…"

He walks back towards the couch. "…So, let's take a count, how many times was Mercedes given the opportunity to tell Quinn, the girl who is unintentionally trying to steal her boyfriend, that Sam, the boy Quinn's trying to get with, is in fact her boyfriend; and how many times did she ignore the opening and deny said aforementioned relationship?" I once again say nothing. "What was that?" He puts his hand to his ear like he's trying to hear what I'm saying better. "Did you say 10…more than 10 times?! That you could have told Quinn that I'm your boyfriend, let her down easy and in private; but you didn't take it.

You let her get up there and embarrass me and herself in front of the entire Glee Club! Do you know how bad it felt to turn her down in front of everyone? And now, when we tell the rest of the club, because we will be telling them soon, it's going to be weird because of all this mess that could've been avoided if you weren't so scared!"

"I'm sorry Sam…" I really was.

"I don't want your apology Mercedes. I want you to tell me one thing: what are you scared of?"

"It's you! I mean look at you and look at me! We don't fit. There's always been this part of me that knew you would leave me. So, I didn't want anyone to know; so when you found your greener pastures I wouldn't have to deal with the embarrassment publicly…" And that is where I made my second mistake of the day. The first happened during Glee Club earlier today.

Glee Club- That Afternoon

"Good afternoon class, who's ready with their 'Wonder Week' song?" I almost flinched when Quinn raised her hand. I'd hoped she would chicken out, but I was wrong, Sam is going to flip! "Alright Quinn! Let's hear what you have for us today." Quinn stood up at the front of the class.

"Hey guys…" She starts nervously; it's very rare to see Quinn nervous but she and I were feeling the same way currently. "Well I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to formally apologize to Sam…" She walks over to where Sam is sitting. His normal happy demeanor instantly turns confused then embarrassed. "…I treated you and our relationship like a game last year and for that I'm sorry, but I'm here right now a better person, asking you to give me a second chance." When 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' started the rest of the class was jammin' except Mike and Tina, who were trying not to look as uncomfortable as they felt; Santana, who looked at me like she wanted to kill me while I was just trying to avoid everyone's eyes and pretend I was enjoying her song.

Then there was Sam, the only way to describe his demeanor was, thunderous. Once she was finished singing Sam stood up and pulled her to the side of the room. No one could hear what they said but we really didn't need to, we kind of figured he turned her down when she ran out of the room sniffling. Sam went back to his seat but kept his head down the rest of the time. Once Glee was over he stormed out of the room. I figured he wouldn't talk to me for a while so he could cool down but when I got to my car he was waiting for me.

I knew what he wanted and I knew not to question him. So, I got in the car and started towards my house. During the ride I thought about what I was going to say to Sam because I was sure if I didn't handle this Quinn situation fast I would lose my boyfriend.

Present

What I hadn't expected was that my own poor choice in words might just be the real reason.

"Embarrassed?" Sam stops my explanation dead in its tracks.

"Yeah, I didn't want to be embarrassed in front of everyone if you left me…" I was confused, I thought I was being clear.

"Embarrassed?" He says almost to himself, "You thought we were going to break up, and you would have been embarrassed if we did?"

"Where are you going with this Sam?" I have a really bad feeling about this.

"You said you were scared and that's why you didn't want anybody to know about us; but that wasn't it, this isn't about fear this is about status…" Oh no. "You aren't scared, you're ashamed of me, of us. Yes, you were afraid that I would leave you but you were more scared that people would find out that you were with the poor, dumb, white trash Sam Evans who can hardly afford name brand cereal much less, having the means to be able to date the Mercedes Jones."

"What?! Sam, that's ridiculous…I would never…"

"Save it Mercedes, it's all so clear to me now, I'm just surprised it took me this long to realize. You've hid your shame behind 'being scared' and wanting to be 'private' this whole time when really you didn't want anyone to know you were with someone so beneath you."

"Sam…" If he would just let me talk for two minutes then he would understand this was just one big misunderstand!

"No, I'm going to go, I just…I can't right now…" After that Sam gets up and walks out of my house, leaving me confused and hurt and all I can think is: What the hell just happened?


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