Author's Note: Sorry it took so long for the update. I am trying to see how I can handle my new schedule. Just give me a little time please to work it out. I hope you enjoy. Rated M for Mature and please forgive any mistakes.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or any of its characters.
The Beholder's Eyes
Chapter 21
The ride to Sam's home, unlike the four days preceding it; was now filled with hope and promise. It was still quiet but the quiet held a confidence that Mercedes was grateful to feel again.
Once Sam pulled into his underground garage and parked the car Mercedes leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.
Sam: (Smiling) What's that for?
Mercedes: Just because you are sweet, and kind, and perfect; thank you for being you.
Sam stared at her and then mouthed the words
Sam: (Mouthing) I love you
Mercedes: (Smiling) Sam….
Sam: Mercedes…. (He smiled)
Mercedes: Sam, I've got an idea. You take the elevator on the right and I'll take the one on the left and whoever makes it to your apartment first wins.
Sam: Wins what?
Mercedes: The loser has to do everything the winner says for 60 minutes.
A glint sparks in Sam's eyes as he quickly checks his watch.
Sam: 120 minutes? (He says as he smiles a lopsided grin)
Mercedes: Then we have to make it interesting. We have to first take the service elevators at the far side of the garage and then go to the lobby where we switch to the glass elevators.
Sam: No going back on the rules right? Whatever I say?
Mercedes: Or whatever I say! Agreed?
Mercedes heard the car door slamming as Sam sprinted from the parking space and yelled through to parking lot
Sam: Aaagreeed!
Mercedes: AHHH! SAAAMMM!
Mercedes jumps out of the car, slams the door and starts running after Sam.
Mercedes: You are a cheater Dr. Evans!
Sam now stops running because he has reached one of the service elevators. Sam starts to feverishly push the button.
Mercedes who now reaches the second elevator pushes the button.
Sam: You've got to understand; 120 minutes (He laughed as he shrugged his shoulders)
Mercedes pushed her button once more and there was a ding from her elevator and the door opened.
Mercedes: See you upstairs (She stuck her tongue out at him and entered the elevator)
Once Mercedes ran into the elevator; she then immediately ran back out.
Sam's elevator rang and his door opened.
Sam: Haha! That is the elevator they use to carry the garbage! I'll see you upstairs! (He runs into his elevator)
Mercedes then grabs her nose and runs back into her elevator and presses the button for the first floor.
Sam: (He yells from inside his elevator) You won't have to hold your breath too long! Don't worry I'm a doc…
Sam's elevator door shut.
Mercedes pressed her button again and her door closed and her elevator began to move. Once her elevator made it to the first floor she immediately ran out into the far corner of the lobby. (Gasping for air) She scans the lobby and she sees some blond hair bouncing high above some of the other heads as it moves quickly through the lobby but then the hair stops moving.
Rachel, a seven year old girl and her mother Emma has stopped Sam in the lobby and is showing him her doll who has a gauze bandage wrapped around its head.
Rachel: Dr. Evans! Dr. Evans!
Sam stops running through the lobby to speak to the little girl.
Rachel: My doll is hurt can you help fix her?
As Mercedes starts to walk quickly through the lobby she spots Sam who has been stopped by someone in the lobby who wants to talk. (Laughing to herself) She taps him on the shoulder as she passes him by and reaches the glass elevator.
Sam is trying to keep his composure as he sees her standing in front of the glass elevators. But Mercedes can see that he is flustered because he is shaking his hands down by his sides as he tries to smile and converse with the little girl.
Sam: (To Rachel) I am out of my office tonight but maybe you can bring her by in the morning and I will take a look at her. Okay? I'm sorry but I really have to go now.
Emma: Maybe you can come by for dinner…
Sam: Sorry I'm booked! (He shouts as he has already started moving again down through the lobby)
As Sam reaches the elevator he sees Mercedes riding up in the glass elevator approximately two feet above his head.
Mercedes waves at Sam
Sam begins pushing the button on the elevator dock.
Sam's elevator dings and he too enters and starts riding up the elevator afraid that he will not be able to catch Mercedes who is now at least a floor above him.
Mercedes is confident she has won this until her elevator stops on the 3rd floor. Two women enter the elevator with 7 small children dressed in their pajamas carrying stuffed animals in their hands.
Woman #1: Hold your partners hand so that no one gets left on the wrong floor.
Mercedes is then surrounded by little children who are excitedly speaking of a sleepover that they are about to have on the 8th floor.
Mercedes waits as the entire group of children file into the elevator; when she notices Sam's smile and him pointing at the little children as his elevator passes her by and continues upward toward the 5th floor.
Mercedes: (Thinking) What have I gotten myself into now? I couldn't leave it at just 60 minutes, could I? Oh, no. I had to let him talk me into 120 minutes.
Mercedes elevator rings on the fifth floor. She navigates her way around the small children and off of the elevator. Only to find Sam standing at the elevator bay; and his presence takes her by surprise.
Mercedes: What are you doing here?
Sam: I wanted to give you a fair shot. GO!
He takes off down the hall with Mercedes running fast as she can after him. They are caught up with each other and running neck and neck as they rounded the corner headed toward unit 503. It was then that he noticed it out of the corner of his eye. Mercedes started slowing down right as Sam and she approached the door; she pulled back. Sam grabbed the doorknob and stopped and looked at Mercedes.
Mercedes who has now also stopped running speaks
Mercedes: You won Sam! (She laughs as she tries to catch her breath)
Sam raises one eyebrow
Sam: (Who is also winded as he replied) You think so?
Mercedes: You reached the door first. No going back on the rules right?
Sam: Right. (Sam pulls out his keys and opens his apartment door while he is thinking) (Thinking) She just let me win.
Sam could not help the flood of warmth that he felt rise over his chest and up to his cheeks which betrayed him with a blush. He opened the door and let her into his apartment.
Once Sam entered the apartment and closed and locked the door behind him. Mercedes checked her watch which read 7:45pm before she spoke again.
Mercedes: So, you have 120 minutes starting now. What do you need me to do; your laundry; would you like me to make you dinner? Clean out your closet? What is it?
Sam: I want you to take a shower, that garbage elevator was not kind to you.
Mercedes: Oh! Sam! (She hits him on the arm) You were the one who left me with that elevator!
Sam: I know; but still.
Mercedes: But I will need to wash my clothes too so do you have something for me to wear?
Sam: I will be right back with that. (Sam hurried off to his bedroom and returned in an instant) Then Sam handed her what he had in his hands.
Mercedes: Sam this is….
Sam: (Interrupting her) Don't say another word you cannot speak for the next let's say 20 minutes or so I will tell you my next order the closer we get to that time. You have to take a shower right now, and you have to wear that when you come out. No going back on the rules right?
Mercedes bit her bottom lip and walked back into Sam's bedroom and through it to the direction of the bathroom.
After a few minutes Sam heard the water running in the shower. Sam walks into kitchen and collects a small candle in a candle holder and walks with it into his bedroom and lights the candle. He then starts stripping off all of his clothes and grabs a towel from a rack in his closet and wraps it around his waist. He then places his hand on the doorknob to the bathroom and slowly turns the knob.
Sam can see the outline of Mercedes body on the beveled glass door of his shower. He reaches his hand in and turns off the light in the bathroom using the light switch.
Mercedes gasps as darkness overtakes the room.
Mercedes: Sam!
Sam: Shhh. Remember no talking.
He says as he enters the bathroom closes the door and places the candle on the counter; the firelight of the candle barely reaches the shower door as it flickers and dances atop of the candle. It is still dark enough not to see who maybe standing in front of you. The heat from the steam of the shower adds a thickness to the air as Sam removes his towel, places it on the hook, and enters the shower with her.
Sam begins to stroke the line of her spine with his finger and kisses her right shoulder. Mercedes body instinctively responds by pulling away slightly. Sam smiling moves closer to her back and steadies her by wrapping his left arm around her waist and pulls her into him. With his right hand he pulls her hair from off of her shoulder as to clear a path to begin kissing her ear and her collarbone.
Mercedes is trying her best to not break the rule of speaking as she reaches her right hand behind her and grasps on to Sam's thigh which he has braced behind her own.
Sam uses his right hand to move her hair from her left shoulder to her right and begins to nibble at that spot behind her left ear as he lets out a small moan.
The water from the shower heads continue to pulse the spray on them both and the sensation of the water beating on their bodies only adds a sense of rhythm to the kisses and the stroking that they are feeling on their bodies.
Sam's hand reaches for her breast as he simply whispers
Sam: (Whispering) Mmmm, Mercy
Sam turns her body around to face him and he begins to kiss her passionately on the lips.
His entire body is tightening as his erection grows and he grips her even more firmly. Mercedes reaches her hand around his neck and starts to run her fingers through his wet hair. She desperately wants to say something but she knows that she cannot. She drags her hand down the front of his body encircling his nipple with her thumb and forefinger. Sam releases a groan and his breathing begins to change; it is coming in quick gasps almost as if he was panting.
Sam: You have… no idea….. what…you do to…. me; uhhh (He moaned)
The heat of the shower was making Mercedes dizzy but it was nothing compared to what Sam was making her feel as he slid his hand between her thighs and the small candle burned out completely. The sudden darkness of the bathroom elicited a small gasp from Mercedes which she was grateful for because she needed the release. She felt Sam's body slide down hers and he kneeled in front of her. Sam perched her leg on the edge of the bathtub and began to kiss her inner thigh. He reached his arm under her leg and held her tightly as he moved closer to her center. It was then she could no longer contain herself and she spoke.
Mercedes: Saaammm….
Sam simply slowly shook his head no as he was engrossed in her inner thigh and she knew then she was still not to speak.
Mercedes felt like she could not continue to stand her legs started to quiver and her pulse raced. It was then when her eyes closed, her head flew backwards and he legs began to buckle did Sam know that he had fully done his job. He stood up and began kissing her again. Sam then whispered again in her ear as he turned off the water in the shower
Sam: (He nuzzled her neck and whispered in her ear) Come to bed sweetheart.
Mercedes could barely move; she could only feel his hot breath encircling her earlobe and mingling with the heat from the suddenly turned off shower.
Sam slid open the shower door and guided Mercedes out of the tub and through the darkness. He opened the bathroom door and a flood of light entered the room which nearly blinded both of them.
Sam laughed as he steered her from the bathroom to his bed by walking behind her and holding on to her hips.
He had her lay down on the bed and then he straddled her. As he watched Mercedes lying there Sam briefly looked toward his right to the bedside table. Mercedes watched a smile slowly creep over his face.
Mercedes: (Mouthing) What is it?
Sam: (Smiling) 85 minutes to go!
Then Sam's body covered hers.
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