Here's the new update... I really hope you guys like it because, after what happened last night I was seriously thinking of killing the story and forget all about... well everything. Blame RIB!
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Chapter 20
Waking up wrapped in Sam's arms was the best feeling in the world and something Mercedes was not ready to give up. She loved her life in France but she loved Sam even more and no matter insecurities played with her feelings and with her thoughts from time to time. Sam was a casket full of surprises but there is one thing he has always been constant and truthful with and that is showing Mercedes how important she is for him. Still tangled in his tight embrace, she slowly managed turn around and looked at a still sleeping Sam. He was sporting the cutest pout and his tousled dark blonde hair covered part of his face; he looked like big toddler and that made Mercedes feel some butterflies in her stomach that made her heart stop. Gently pulling herself out of Sam's embrace, she walked to the bathroom to freshen up. After that, she decided to get in touch with the world and tell the Evans and Kurt that things between Sam and her were better. As expected, Kurt wanted to meet her for a coffee date and since Sam was still sleeping like a rock, she decided to give the meeting a go. She wrote Sam a note telling him that she was meeting Kurt but that she was going to be back soon because she wanted to spent time with him.
Mercedes met Kurt a little café halfway his place and Sam's. The cozy and contemporary decorated establishment was little hidden gem in the crazy streets of Manhattan. After ordering their drinks and some pastries, the two friends sat in a table nearby the windows and finally decided to get down to business.
"So, tell me all about it, because let me tell you girl… I thought you guys were heading to 'Splitville' last night." Kurt said, taking a sip of his cappuccino.
She laughed, because she at some point the night before she thought the same thing. "Why?"
"Darling, saying that both of you were upset was an understatement and when humans are upset, they become unreasonable creatures and some very hurtful things can be said and messy things can happen."
Mercedes reservedly smiled in agreement and said, "I know. I have to say that it was a difficult conversation to have with him and things got heated at times because we were trying to explain our points, but in the end, we found some common ground. I know things are far from perfect but I feel like we made an improvement."
Kurt smirked and pointed to the subtle bruises that covered part of her collarbone. "Yeah, I can see the obvious improvement. I wonder who cover more ground between the two of you."
"Keep your voice down!" A very embarrassed Mercedes said.
"Darling, there's nothing wrong with sporting some sexy love marks." Kurt teased. "Embrace them; not everyone in this city can say that they have a boyfriend like yours."
Mercedes zipped her jacket completely trying to hide the marks. "Kurt, stop! Please!" A mortified Mercedes pleaded. "We did make some progress but after waking up in Sam's arms this morning I've been feeling wary about something."
"Wary?" Kurt asked worriedly.
"It's something related to my decision of staying in France for good." Mercedes said absentmindedly playing with her fork.
"What are you talking about, Mercy? Stop changing your mind every five seconds because you are going to suffer the consequences in the end. Make up your mind once and for all." Kurt said unsympathetically.
"No, no, no. Don't get me wrong, Kurt. I was just thinking about only accepting the extension of the contract but declining the permanent position at the Louvre."
"Are you sure about that?"
"I think so. I mean, I loved working at the museum and I thankful for the opportunity because I grew and I know that I will grow even more until the end of my time there and it is something that is going to be on my résumé forever but I miss living in New York. Paris doesn't give me the same delight and something my mom taught me before she passed away was that home is where the heart is and my heart is in New York." Mercedes explained.
"Did Sam say something about not wanting to move to France?" Kurt asked curiously.
"No. He actually wants to transfer there this time around… This is something more on my personal level. I miss being here in the States; I miss my life here, my friends. I actually miss working at the Met and I've been missing Lauren and that's a lot to say." Mercedes confessed.
"Oh wow!" Kurt exclaimed stunned. "You can always return to the Met. Things have been… quite… well… interesting since you left. Sue has had a different assistant almost every week."
"Really?" Mercedes retorted.
"Oh yeah, Ms. Jones! After you left, Sue transformed herself into the 'Anne Wintour' of the art world. Since the day you moved to France, nobody has reached her expectations and something funny that happens every day, usually between 1pm and 3pm, is that she curses the moment she let you go."
"But… She was the one that offered me the position and the one that wrote the best recommendation letter I have ever presented with my credentials. She was so supportive about me living my dream and finding bigger and better opportunities in my career path." Mercedes explained.
"That was because she didn't know that no other assistant was or is as good as you. Mercy, I am pretty sure that if she finds out that there's a slight possibility of having you back at the Met, she would make wonders to make that happen."
Mercedes laughed and rolled her eyes at her friend because she knew that Kurt was going to share her idea of moving back to Manhattan with Mrs. Sylvester as soon as they parted ways. The talked about many things including the topic about how were things between Kurt and Blaine and about the possibility of them moving-in together after been officially dating for two years. Mercedes was thrilled and at the same time, she internally prayed for her friend and asked the high heavens to help him to never going through even the smallest amount of drama that she has been through with Sam. After what only felt like fifteen minutes but in reality was more than two hours, Mercedes and Kurt parted ways with the promise of seeing each other before she departs to France.
While walking back to Sam's apartment, Mercedes reflected on her life, especially her last five years. She thought about how during that period, she met the guy that has changed her life completely. The one guy that has taught her about love, friendship, happiness, sorrows and everything any relationship faces. Sam was the guy that has shown her time and time again that there is someone out there perfectly made for everyone and in her case, it was him. Engrossed in her thoughts, she did not realize she was so distracted until she bumped into a recognizable tall figure.
"I'm so sorry! I was really dis-" Mercedes stopped mid-sentence because she could not believe her luck.
"Hey Mercedes! Old habits die hard with you?" Finn said good-humoredly.
Mercedes coyly smiled. "Hello Finn. I wouldn't be Mercedes Jones without my untimely distraction." She said emphasizing the last part of the sentence trying to hint that she was upset her distraction did not come at a different moment. She was fuming at herself because the last thing she wanted to be doing at that moment was to talk to Finn Hudson; all she wanted was to be at her boyfriend's apartment doing everything sexually imaginable to the human species.
"You look great, Mercedes! How's life treating you?"
"I'm pretty good, thanks for asking." Mercedes answered, without even asking about how was he trying her best to look like she was on a rush, but her little charade was failing miserably because Finn Hudson was in 'reconnection mode'.
"How's life at the Met?"
Mercedes looked at her watch, she knew Sam was probably awake by now and here she was unintentionally mingling with Finn. "I don't work at the Met anymore. Actually, I don't even work in the city anymore."
Finn looked at her in utter confusion and she was pissed because her rambling let to another question. "Where are you working now? More importantly where are you living?"
"I'm living in Paris now and I am in town for some work-related stuff." She was hoping he believed her half-truth and let Sam out of the conversation. "But anyways, what are you doing in Manhattan?"
"I moved to the city two weeks ago. I got a great job offer at Hunter, Sikula & Associates." He proudly informed her.
"Wow Finn! That's one of the most important firm of architects in the city. I'm really happy for you." She replied with sincerity. Finn was a bit of a creep but he was a very capable professional.
"How long you're going to be in town, Mercedes? Maybe we could meet up or something."
"Oh Finn, I would love to." She lied. "I'm leaving in two days and my agenda is swamp."
"That sucks." He said with a sour expression on his face. "So, are you still dating Sam?" He asked.
Mercedes heartbeats went into overdrive, he brought into the conversation the one topic she was not interested in discussing with him but to keep the air clear, she gave him a straight to the point answer. "Yes, we are still together."
"Good to hear."
Liar. She thought.
"So, both of you are having the perfect romantic life in the city of love?" Finn teased.
"Working on it." She coldly answered. "Sorry to cut this short but I have to get back to my life. It was good seeing you." Mercedes said, starting to walk away.
"Mercedes, before you go… There's something I didn't get the chance to ask you that day I stopped by your office. Do you see yourself living your happily ever after with Sam?"
She turned around and faced him. "Yes, I do. No relationship is perfect, I have been learning all about it. With me living in France, Sam living here; everything has-"
Finn stopped Mercedes from her rambling and said, "You are in a long distance relationship with Sam?"
"Not that is any of your business but yes."
Finn laughed wildly. "Mercedes, you are a smart girl but so naïve in some aspects. Nah... I don't think naïve is the word. You are just plain stupid."
Mercedes shut her eyes out of rage; she took a deep breath and harshly said, "Care to explain why am I not only naïve but also stupid... because as far as I know we are only acquaintances and you don't me or Sam well enough to build an opinion about our relationship." She did not care that they were standing in a busy sidewalk and people started to notice the tension between them.
"This is the only thing I am going to say, Sam is man and guys that are involved in long distance relationships don't think with the head that holds their brain, if you know what I mean."
Instead of letting her mouth do the talking, Mercedes let the fury-injected slap she gave Finn do the talking. With nothing else to add, she ran away from the scene tears streaming down her cheeks. She did not know if it was the anger or the adrenaline but in a matter of minutes, Mercedes was entering Sam's apartment. Sam, who was watching some Sunday morning TV, stood up from the sofa to greet his girl only to see her wearing an expression of distress and hurt.
"Mercedes, what the hell happened? Are you ok? Do I have to go a kick Kurt's ass?" Sam blurted pulling her into an embrace.
"Everything is great between Kurt and I, babe." She regretted arriving at his place looking and feeling like a mess but all she wanted was to be wrap in his arms, feeling and confirming how much he loved her and only her.
"What happened then?" He asked, rubbing her back.
"Finn Hudson happened." She felt how his body tensed at the sound of Finn's name.
Mercedes guided Sam to the living room's floor and once they sat there, she explained him what went down between the two of them minutes earlier. Sam was enraged. At the time, he did not hate Finn; he just disliked him because of the whole San Francisco date debacle but after what he did to Mercedes minutes before Sam thought that Finn signed his death sentence. While Mercedes recounted her entire ordeal with Finn, he kept thinking of all the ways he was going to make him pay for making Mercedes feel that way at that moment but he did not know how he was going to do it because he did not knew a damn thing about Finn's life. Well, that was until Mercedes mentioned one perfect little detail.
"Mercedes, you said he's working where?" Sam tried his best to play it cool in her eyes, the least he wanted was for her to decipher the real intention that he was hiding with his question.
"He told me he started working at Hunter, Sikula & Associates." Mercedes innocently repeated.
Sam nodded.
Finn Hudson, I'm so glad I'm not going to be you tomorrow and I hope you are capable enough to defend your sorry-ass because the Sam Evans' wrath will descend upon you first thing tomorrow morning. He thought and slyly smirked at a still shaken up Mercedes.
A/N: Here comes the showdown... What do you think is going to happen between Sam an Finn... Will the go ballistic or will they keep it cool?
What is going to happen with Mercedes and all her Paris/New York dilemma? Will she make up her mind someday?
Can wait to read the reactions... I know not a lot happened but I hope I can write an interesting update for the weekend...
Until next time, XOXO!