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Mercedes heard Sam's words repeatedly as she stood frozen with panic. "Mike...I can explain." was playing over and over as Mike stared back at them both with a look of anger, shock and disappointment. How the hell was Sam going to explain what Mike was just looking at. Mercedes couldn't find the words and as she looked at his hurt expression she could only think to utter his name as he swiftly turned around and left her room. Mercedes quickly ran after him, leaving Sam back in the room as he scrambled around the bedroom to find his gym shorts. As she ran behind him she tried to find the words that she could say to make this situation better. She caught up to him a few steps away from his car but still had no way to explain it to him the way she planned to before he walked in on them having sex.
"Mike, please, come back inside and let us explain..." she begged as she tried to pull his hand back. Mike stared at her hand for a second then pulled it away before turning to face her with every ounce of pain in his eyes. She'd never seen a look like that before. She wondered if this was how she looked at Finn when she confronted him about their secret love affair. She was really hurt then and she would hate to be the person responsible for making someone feel that way. "We..."
"Can explain?" he asked cutting her off. "How can you explain this? Huh? How do you plan to explain the fact that I came here to drop off your things and instead I walk in on my..." he paused and chuckled to himself before continuing with a shaken head. "...with my best friend screwing my virgin girlfriend?" Mercedes wasn't sure how she'd explain but she definitely didn't want to do this outside. Mike was already starting to raise his voice and it would only be a few seconds before all her neighbors were staring through their windows at the drama of the day.
"Please, Mike, just come back inside and let us explain." Mercedes begged again just as Sam made it outside and stood behind her wearing only his gym shorts.
"Guess I know who the bra belongs to now." Mike added.
"Come on, bro, if you come back inside we can explain all of this." Sam interjected causing Mike to scowl. The look of hurt on his face went back to a look of pure anger as he stared at Sam standing behind Mercedes.
"Funny." Mike scoffed. "I'm not your bro and...uh...when did this thing become a 'We' thing? Have you two been screwing around so long that you speak for each other now?" he asked as his voice began to elevate a bit more. Mercedes looked around and noticed a couple windows parting as neighbors began to notice there was drama starting.
"Mike...we only...I mean I didn't..." Mercedes scrambled for words but she just felt as if the world was caving in on her at once. "Can we all just go back inside so I can explain everything."
"No, Mercedes, because there's absolutely nothing that either one of you can say that will explain why he was fucking my virgin girlfriend!" he shouted back. "You know I had an inkling that something was going on between the two of you but I pushed it behind my head because I trusted you both." he added. "You because I assumed you were my girl and a freaking virgin. You wouldn't even sleep in the same bed with me!" then he went over to Sam and shook his head. "And you because I really thought you were my best friend and also because of the conversation we had this morning."
"Bro..."
"You heard me tell you how I felt for her! You let me go on and on about her, reassuring me that I had nothing to worry about. When it was you I had to worry about."
"I'm sorry about that bro...I mean Mike...I wanted to tell you then but we...I mean she wanted us to do it together." Sam explained as Mercedes shifted uncomfortably. She had no idea that Sam and Mike had a conversation about her. She knew Mike cared about her but from the look in his eyes it was obvious that he'd fallen in love with her and that was making things worst.
"But you knew how I feel...felt..." he paused and looked at Mercedes then sighed before continuing. "Feel. You knew how I felt about her and you just didn't care to tell me anything."
"I have feelings for her too, Mike. I love her and you know what...she loves me too." Sam responded. Mercedes couldn't believe Sam said that and stared at him in shock. This was not the time to add that. "I'm sorry, Mercedes but he needs to know this." Sam added before looking back at Mike. "We love each other."
"You know what..." Mike shook his head in total shock. "This all seems familiar. You always feel that you have to have every woman that I have feelings for. You always want my girls. If I love them then you just have to have them as well. You made out with Tina when I was away from town and now you're fucking my girl friend. You just can't help yourself, huh?" Mike asked as Sam slightly pushed Mercedes behind him as if he feared that Mike would actually hit Mercedes.
"Or maybe it's your women that can't help themselves." Sam responded. Mike stared at Sam and smirked for a minute before jabbing Sam right in the face till he tumbled back on to Mercedes. Sam quickly placed his hand on his nose as it immediately began to bleed.
"Sam...are you okay?" Mercedes asked as she held him slightly. He never replied instead he lunged over at Mike and slammed him against his car delivering a couple punches on Mike before Mike retaliated. They both fell to the ground and continued to punch each other. Within minutes Mike had overpowered Sam and had him on the ground preparing to deliver another punch when Mercedes ran over to him. " Mike, please stop!" she begged. "You're hurting him!" she shouted as she held on to his hand. Mike looked back at her and then down at Sam before standing up. The way he looked at her she could feel that the love he had for her was still there and they were a bit more intense then before.
"You know what...forget it!" Mike said as he stepped over Sam and opened his car door. He hopped in and started his car as he looked at Mercedes then drove off. Mercedes watched his car driveway before she ran over to Sam.
"Are you okay, Sam?" she asked as he sat up. "Let's get back inside before someone calls the cops." she added as she helped him up and back into the apartment. She hated watching the two of them fight and hated that it was all because of her. How was she going to fix their friendship? And why was the look in Mike's eyes haunting her?
Once they were back inside, Sam watched as Mercedes grabbed a bag of veggies out of the fridge then stepped into her bathroom to grab what looked like a box. Sam held his nose to stop the bleeding as his mind replayed what had just happened. Sam knew he was wrong for saying what he said but Mike really hit a nerve when he said that Sam always went after his girls. Mike knew that Sam never even had feelings for Tina. She was the one that threw herself on Sam because she was feeling lonely. Sam felt as if he had done him a favor and Mike had always told Sam that he'd forgiven him for that. And for him to compare the situations with Mercedes it just made Sam lose his control.
"I really screwed things up." Mercedes said as she sat in front of him and began to clean up his face. With her free hand she placed the bag of veggies on Sam's eye then gave him a weary smile.
"This wasn't your fault, Mercedes." Sam responded as he placed his hand on hers. "I should've told Mike about you the moment I saw you at the hospital. I'd been watching him fall for you since day one but I was too focused on my own feelings for you that I didn't even consider how this would all play out."
"No this is my fault." she replied. "If the two of you had never met me then you'd still be friends now." she added. Sam could see she was going back to how she was before taking the blame for everything as if she could change things.
"Babe, Mike is my best friend. We've fought before. He will pull through this." Sam responded even though he wasn't sure if that were true. He'd never seen the look he'd seen on Mike's face before. It was probably the end of their friendship. Although he was going to miss Mike, he was a bit happy to have won Mercedes back.
"I guess." she responded. Sam could tell that she was still having some thoughts that she was struggling with. He caressed her hand and placed a kiss on the palm of her hand hoping that this would bring a smile to her face but it didn't.
"What's up, babe?" he asked.
"I'd never hurt anybody like that before. And I never knew that Mike had intense feelings for me."
"What do you mean? He's always shown that he cared about you."
"No...his eyes...today..." she paused as she looked away from Sam's eyes and shrugged. "It was different." Sam wasn't sure he liked the look he saw there. Was she having second thoughts about them because Mike beat him up? Women always liked a man that could fight. Sadly for him, Mike had been taking kickboxing and boxing lessons since he was a baby. Only lessons Sam's family could afford were the guitar lessons he received.
"Are you changing your mind about us?"
"What?" she asked as she snapped out of whatever trance that she was in then shook her head before shrugging. "I...um...I still care about him. It just my other self still has lingering feelings for him."
"Yes...I understand but you love me, right?" Sam asked as suddenly lost the confidence he had felt with them this morning. She quickly smiled and placed her hand under his chin bringing him forward as she pressed her lips on his.
"I love you, Sam. Don't worry about that." she smiled. "I just can't seem to fully shake away that other side of me that was falling for the both of you."
"So...do you think that..." he paused as he felt if he said it out loud that the worst thing ever could actually manifest itself. He could really lose her for real now. She could actually be in love with him and her old self could return and fall for Mike as well. "You think you might revert back to the whole crazy double personality, I don't remember I love Sam, self?"
"Did you just call me crazy?"
"No...I said...the double personality thing was...you know what I mean, Mercedes." Sam responded as he could already sense he was losing her the more he said. "I'm sorry. I don't know how to deal with all this and I'm saying the wrong things."
"And you think I know how to deal with all of this?" Mercedes asked as she stood up then crossed her arms and looked at him. "I lost my two best friends in one night, caused someone that I loved to die on my prom night, loss my memory and mother all in one full swoop. My boyfriend who I thought was my boyfriend just so happened to walk in on me having sex with his best friend when he thought all along I was a virgin. I broke his heart, Sam!" she shouted then shrugged. "So I'm having second thoughts, that doesn't make me crazy. What the hell do you expect from me?" Mercedes said as tears began to fall from her eyes. Sam quickly ran to her but she stepped away and put her hand up to stop him. "Don't! Please!" she quickly wiped her tears away. "I think I need some time alone."
"Mercedes!" Sam stated stepping towards her again. She stepped back again then walked over to the door and opened it. "Can we talk about this?" Sam asked as he walked over to the door anyway.
"I need time to go over my crazy." she responded.
"I didn't call you crazy." Sam responded then sighed when Mercedes shook her head. "You're still wearing my shirt." he added hoping she'd say okay that he'd stay instead of giving back the shirt. Mercedes quickly took the shirt off and handed it over to him. Sam stepped over to her, took the shirt and kissed her anyway before stepping out of the apartment with the shirt.
Sam reached back to his apartment a bit later that night. Instead of heading straight home he went to workout instead to clear his mind. He prayed that he didn't push Mercedes away because of his no filter attitude. He'd always had that issue and he learned that he needed to find a filter today. He'd hurt his best friend and the woman he loved just because he couldn't stop and think before he spoke. So he avoided heading home the way he used to avoid heading home when Mike first invited Mercedes to live with them. The moment he opened the door he noticed Mike sitting in the living room staring at the TV with nothing on it. Mike immediately looked over at Sam then stood up and walked over to meet him halfway.
"Thought you'd stay over at..." Mike stated then paused before saying her name. Sam could only think of what crazy thoughts ran through Mike's head as he sat in front of a blank TV.
"She...uh...kinda kicked me out after you left." Sam confessed as he jammed his hands in his pockets. They both stood there in silence before they looked at each other. Sam could see that he was able to deliver a black eye on Mike as well. Even though he felt bad for the fight he felt a slight sense of pride that he was able to give Mike a black eye. "So...uh...sorry about the..."
"Yeah and uh...sorry about your eye and your..." Mike added and pointed to his nose. Sam chuckled and nodded then ran his hand through his hair.
"I think I deserved it after what I did...but I really feel you need to hear the truth about Mercedes and me." Sam said as he pointed over to the couch so that they could sit and talk. He was happy to see that Mike was in a better mood.
"Okay." Mike responded as he made his way back to where he was sitting. Sam nervously followed him and sat down before rubbing his legs and looking over at Mike. He tried to read Mike's expression but couldn't really figure out what he was thinking.
"So...do you remember the girl I told you I met and fell for...my client?" he asked and waited for Mike to nod before continuing. "Well she worked at the Lima Library, she had an accident where she lost everyone she cared about and also lost her memory." Sam added then looked over at Mike to see if he was connecting the dots. "She was always disappearing on me and I spent that weekend with her, you know. I thought I'd tell her how I felt that night but she wasn't home."
"That was the same girl that I was falling for and she was out with me that night, huh?" Mike responded.
"Yeah...so when I received the call from you to take your car to the hospital, I was already there because I was already at her place."
"Then you walked in on me with her at the hospital with flowers and just went along with it all."
"At that time I thought she was playing me and you looked so into her...and she looked just as into you." Sam confessed. "I never planned to take her from you I just couldn't keep how I felt for her aside. I couldn't stop loving her." Sam confessed and watched as Mike nodded with understanding. "But because you are my best friend I tried to ignore it instead of telling you the truth and fighting for her." Sam tried to read the expression on Mike's face again but he really couldn't get far. He just sat there as if he was a robot deciphering a code. Minutes later a smile spread across his face as he stood and walked passed Sam. He placed his hand on Sam's shoulder and gave him a quick tap on the shoulder.
"I guess that's the difference between you and I, Sam." Mike said before walking toward his room. "I will fight for her." Sam suddenly felt uneasy as he watched Mike disappear into his bedroom. If things weren't as shaky as they were with Mercedes, Sam would have laughed him off but Mike might succeed. Mercedes might actually fall for Mike, this time for real.