Mercedes's Prov:
We had an amazing time for the rest of the night. We played countless games and messed around. I hadn't had this fun in a long time. I don't actually think I had ever had this fun in my life. Of course I have had fun times before, but this time I feel like the fun we were having meant so much more. Everything I did lately seemed to mean more to me. Maybe it was because I finally decided to let my mom and dad go. That I wasn't going to let their word and actions effect me. It was like the weight of them was finally off of me and I was able to live my life and have fun.
It truly was a long night of games. We were out all night playing games. I don't think anyone really paid attention to the time. But before we knew it, it was ten o'clock at night. Brittany. Kurt, Blaine, and Artie had left at this point. And the rest of us decided we would clean up, then head in for the night and go to bed. That's were I was currently laying in my bed not being able to sleep. Usually I could fall asleep easily and I didn't have a problem. But tonight definitely wasn't one of those nights.
I found myself thinking about Sam. A smile instantly was plastered on my face as I thought about him and how great things were going for us. It was almost like I was dreaming my life right now. I would have never imagine that my life would be like it is now. I am happier then I have ever been, and I have Sam to thank for it. If Sam didn't help me build my confidence like he has been doing, then I don't think my life would be the same. Being with Sam has made me realize that I deserve happiness. And I wasn't going to go one second more without it.
As my mind was consumed with Sam, I thought about what he was doing right now. I wondered if he was sleeping right now or not. I looked over at the clock and realized that it was twelve at night. Sam had to be sleeping right now, there was no way he was awake right now. I didn't want to go in and wake him, but there was also the chance that he was still awake. If he was then I would have someone to talk to. I decided that I would at least see if he was still awake, if not then I could always just come back to my room and read a book or something.
I got out of my bed and walked into the bathroom that he and I had shared. I walked over to the door that lead to his room and slowly opened it. When I did I saw Sam sitting up on his bed looking in the direction of the window. When the door opened he turned his head and looked in my direction. When he saw me standing there he smiled at me.
"Well hello my gorgeous girlfriend. What do I owe the pleasure of you being in my room? Not that I am complaining." He said to me with a wink. I smiled at his words.
"Well I was trying to sleep, but I just couldn't." I said to him as I leaned against the door frame.
"What coinkydink I could sleep either."
"Why do you think that is?" I asked questioned him.
"Well I don't know about you, but I know I can't sleep because all I can think about is my beautiful girlfriend who is only a room away. I hate the idea of her and I not sleeping in the same room. Because I sleep a hell of a lot better when I am with her." He admitted to me. I found myself smiling at his words. When I thought about it Sam and I had been sleeping together a lot lately. Maybe that was the reason that I hadn't been able to sleep tonight. Because I didn't sleep as good alone as I did when I slept with Sam.
"You know, I think I am having the same problem."
"Well then get your beautiful self over here." Sam said to me as he moved the blankets off of the other side of the bed. I smiled as he did this, I turned around and shut the bathroom door. I walked over to where Sam was and slide down into the bed next to him. He covered me with the blanket and pulled me closer to where he was. "Now this feels a lot better."
"It definitely does." I agreed. I laid my head down his chest, and he wrapped his arm around my mid section. I enjoyed the warmth of Sam's body, against the cool air of the air conditioned house. I could hear his heartbeat against my ear and I was loving it.
"I love having you in my arms." Sam whispered to me causing me to blush and smile. We sat laid there enjoying one another's company. It was nice to have silence like this, but my thoughts became consumed with the thoughts of the future. When I thought about this I thought about how I didn't really know what Sam had planned for the future.
"Sam."
"Yeah."
"Do you ever think about the future?" I asked him causing him to move away from me some and give me a confused face.
"Cupcake I thought I told you I was beyond excited about us going to the same school again. I love the fact that I am going to be able to have my girlfriend going to the same school as me. But if you don't believe me, I could always show you." He said to me as he leaned down and kissed my neck causing me to giggle. I lightly pushed him away from me.
"No what I mean is where do you see yourself in like ten years. What do you see yourself doing?" I asked him as I turned completely to look at him. He leaned back and it looked like he was deep in thought. He then turned to me and smiled.
"In ten years I see myself making my own comic books, and having my own comic book company. I see myself married with at least two kids, and owning a home that was big, yet comfy at the same time." He said to me with confidence. I can honestly say his words shocked me to the max. I would have never thought that Sam would be into making comic books, or owning his own comic book company.
"I would have thought you would have taken over your father's company." I truthfully said to him. He chuckled at my words.
"Nah I have never been interested in taking over the business, that is more of Quinn's thing. That's why she is going to business school. I mean I am as well, but because I want to know how to run my own company."
"I am so flabbergasted right now. I didn't know you wanted to make your own comic books. I mean I know you liked to read comic books and such, but I didn't think you would want to pursue that as a career. That is amazing Sam, but why do you want to own your own company. Wouldn't it be easier to just make comic books, and not have to worry about running your own company?" I asked him.
He shock his head at my words. "No it wouldn't be easier because now a days most companies want to change your initial ideas. I mean once in a while you will find a company that will fully take your idea, but it is rare. When I come up with a story to tell I want it to be mine and only mine. I don't want to have my ideas rendered just to make others happy. Which is why I want my own company, if I had my own company I wouldn't have to worry about those things. Plus when I took on people I would let them do whatever they wanted with what they have created." He said to me with pride.
My heart swelled some to see Sam so excited about his dreams and the future. Most guys his age that were in college messed around and got drunk. They might have an idea of what they want to do in life, but they weren't as invested as Sam was into his future. I would have never thought that Sam would put that much thought into his future. It just goes to show that you can't assume things about people.
"So what about your Cupcake, where do you see yourself in ten years?" He asked me.
"Probably writing my own books, or being a journalist." I answered him.
"What? Your not going to pursue your singing career?" He asked me.
"No, I mean it is more of a hobby then anything."
"Mercedes when someone sings as well as you do, it is not a hobby, it is a natural born talent that should be shared with the world. You have such an amazing voice, and I am not just saying that because we are dating. You could ask anyone and they would tell you that your are simply amazing."
"You don't get it Sam." I said to him as I turned away from him some.
He gently grabbed my chin and made me turn so I was facing him again. "Then make me understand."
I let out a loud breath at his words. " It's not a realistic career Sam. If I was going to be a journalist or even a writer then I have a better chance of making something out of myself. But if I was to just go off and try to make something out of my singing career which is a one and a million chance, then I could fail and make a fool of myself. It's better to be safe then sorry." I admitted to him.
"Mercedes do you honestly think that me wanting to start my own company and make my own comic books is the most realistic thing to do? Of course it's not, if I was being realistic then I would just take over my fathers company and play it safe. But instead I am going after my dreams and trying to make me happy. And if my dreams don't come true, then at least I tried. I wouldn't have to live my life wondering what if. Because failing isn't the worst thing Mercedes, not trying is."
Sam's words hit me hard. My whole life I had been someone who had hid under her own little rock and only let a few people join me. I had never tried to do the things that I wanted to do in life because I was afraid of failing. Back then I wanted to do everything perfect so my parents would love me. So I never colored outside of the lines and I always played by the rules. But maybe Sam had a point. I could still go to college and major in journalism so I would have something to fall back on, and I could still get myself out there musically. But the problem was I didn't even know what the first step was to get to where I wanted to be.
"Sam I don't even know how to get there. I don't even know how I would reach my dreams." I admitted to him.
"Mercedes that is the best thing about having people around you that love you. Because those people will do everything in their power to help make your dreams come true, I personally know I would. Because there is not doubt in my mind that you are going to be a big star one day. Your amazing in everything you do, especially singing. I can see you making it as a singer, more then I can see me selling and owning my own comic books company. That's how much I believe in you and your dreams." Sam said to me causing my heart to melt.
I leaned forward and crashed my lips to his. Sam responded and kissed me back. I pulled back and smiled at him. "What was that for? No that I am complaining or anything." He said with a goofy smile on his face.
"That was for once again believing in me when I didn't believe in myself." I answered him.
"I will always believe in your Mercedes."
"And I will always believe in you." I said to him with a smile.
"Let's go some where just me and your tomorrow night, another just us date." He said to me. I nodded my head at his words.
"And where do you intend on us going?" I asked him.
"Now if I told you that it wouldn't be as good of a date." He teased, I rolled my eyes at him causing him to laugh. I found myself yawning as I did this.
"What time is it?" I asked him. He turned around and picked up his phone.
"Holly shit." He said as he closed it and turned back to me.
"What? What time is it?"
"It's two in the morning. I can't believe we have been talking for that long."
"Two hours to be exact." I said to him.
"Let's get some sleep. You know my mom and dad wake up at the crack of dawn." I nodded my head at his words. Sam laid down and held his arm out to me so I could cuddle up to him. I laid my head on his chest again and found myself relaxing instantly against him.
"Goodnight Cupcake." Sam whispered to me.
"Goodnight Sam." I whispered back. And before I knew it my eye lids became incredibly heavy and I found myself in a deep slumber.
Sam's Prov:
I woke up the next morning extremely early. I tried to sleep longer but I couldn't get Mercedes words out of my head. It killed me that she thought that she wasn't good enough to be a singer. Everyone I knew thought she was amazing. When we had our little karaoke gathering everyone loved her and basically begged her to get back up there and sing more. It seemed crazy to me that she would even doubt herself when it came to singing. Even though she didn't say anything I knew that some of her problems came from her parents when it came to signing. They never believed her and made her feel like she couldn't make it as a singer.
I knew that I had to do something to get her name out there some how and make it so she would have more confidence in herself. The problem was I didn't know what I could do. I laid there thinking for a while, when finally a thought came to mind. I knew that this was something I had to do. It was something that would get Mercedes name out there, and if people liked it, then it would boost her confidence.
I slowly started to get out of bed while removing Mercedes from around me. I didn't want to wake her up. It was really early and she needed to sleep. Not only that, but I wanted what I was about to do be a surprise. When I finally got out of bed I walked over to my laptop bag and grabbed it along with my phone. I slowly opened my bedroom door and stepped out of it. I quietly closed my door and winced some when it squeaked. I looked over to the bed to see that Mercedes hadn't moved. I quickly closed the door and walked away from it.
I walked down the hallway and down the stairs. I then made my way over to the little library/office that we had in the house. It was definitely the best place to be able to have some alone time to do what I wanted to do. I went over and sat down at the desk that was in the room. I plugged my laptop charger into the wall and then into my laptop. I took out my phone and dialed a number, I knew who I was calling was going to kill me, but I wanted this to be done for tonight for Mercedes and my date. It rang a few times and I almost thought he wasn't going to answer. But then on the eight ring he answered.
"Why in the world are you calling me right now? You do realize it is only six in the morning right?" Mike answered grumpily.
"Yes I do know how to tell time. I need your help dude." I said to him.
"What is it man, are you in trouble." He asked urgently.
"Just come down to the mini library area."
"Okay dude give me a minute, I will be right down." Mike said as he hung up. I ended the call and reached into one of the desk drawers. Inside the drawers was different CD's. I looked threw them until I found the one labeled Mercedes's singing. I smiled happily and took the CD out. As I did so Mike came in.
"Shut the door." I told him. He did as I said and then locked it.
"Dude what in the world was so important that you had to wake me up at six in the morning?" He asked me as he sat down in the chair next to mine.
"I need your help."
"Okay well what do you need my help with pacifically?" He asked me.
"I wan to make a video to put on YouTube of Mercedes singing. I also want to make a few CD's with the same video and send them out to some major record labels. The problem is I in no way no how to mesh all these videos together. Or how to do some special effects on them. That's were you my friend come in." I said to him.
"Dammit Sam this couldn't have waited for another few hours?" He asked me grumpily.
"Technically it could. I just couldn't sleep because I wanted to do something for her. And once I knew what I wanted to do there was no way I could sleep at all. So I thought I would get started now, but I have no idea what I am doing. That it why I called you down here to help me."
"Your so fucking lucky your one of my best friends. Otherwise I would be tempted to punch you in the face right now." He said to me as he grabbed the laptop away from me.
"Your the best Mike. I definitely owe you dude." I said to him as I lightly slapped him on the back.
"You do, now lets see what we can do. Give me that CD so we can upload it and see which videos you want." I handed Mike the CD he put it in, and all of a sudden a bunch of different videos of Mercedes showed up. Mike clicked one and it was from a year or so ago around Christmas time. Mercedes was singing holly night, and silent night, she sounded absolutely flawless. "Wow." Mike said as he watched her sing.
"I know."
"She is amazing. Those songs are tough to sing and to actually sing correctly." He said with admiration.
'"Your telling me dude. This is why I need to get her name out there. She is amazing and has the talent to make it to the big leads." I said to him as I watcher her sing. I could feel Mike's eyes on me, I turned to look at him. "What?"
"You really care about her don't you. I mean I know you care about her, but this is a whole new level of care."
"I would say it's past caring about her. I think I am in love with her." I admitted to him.
"Good for you man. It's about time you found happiness as well."
"Thanks man, that means a lot." Mike smiled at my words and turned back to the computer.
As he did so I couldn't help but hoped this worked. All it takes is for one person to believe in you. And I wanted to be that person for Mercedes. I knew she had what it took, it was about time that everyone else knew what she had as well. I couldn't wait to show her this tonight.
Mercedes's Prov:
I woke up feeling like something wasn't quite right. I looked to the side where Sam would have been sleeping to realize that he wasn't there. Which was weird considering Sam always stayed in bed with me, or woke me up when he was ready to get up. Maybe he was in the bathroom? I got out of bed and walked towards the bathroom. I opened the door and walked in to find that Sam wasn't there. I couldn't help but wonder where he was. For the time being I shrugged it off and decided that I would take a shower and get dressed for the day.
I took a shower and put on the new purple sundress I got the other day when I went shopping with the girls. I put my hair into a high pony tail, and added just a little lip gloss. I grabbed my phone and I walked out of my room and down the stairs. As I reached the bottom step I heard people talking from the kitchen. I walked in and saw Santana, Quinn, Puck, Tina, Mary and Dwight sitting there eating breakfast. They stopped talking and smiled when they saw me.
"Mercedes sweetheart how did you sleep last night?" Mary asked me as I reached the table.
"I slept really good." I said to her as I sat down next to her, and Santana.
"I bet you did." Santana said sarcastically causing everyone to laugh. I kicked her lightly under the table, or at least I tried to but ended up kicking the table instead.
"Shit." I said as I grabbed my foot and held it into my hand.
"Mercedes are you okay?" Dwight asked me with concern.
"Yeah I am fine, I just accidently hit my foot against the table." I responded to him. He nodded his head at my words and took a plate from the middle of the table and loaded it up with some pancakes.
"Here you go sweetheart." He said to me as he handed me the plate.
"You know you don't have to get my food for me right. I am not a baby any more, but thank you." Mary gasped at my words.
"Mercedes Elizabeth Jones you will always be our baby. All of you will, and you better always remember that." Mary said as she pointed her fork at everyone at the table. We all laughed at what she had just said.
"Does anyone know where Sam is?" I asked them. They all turned to me with shocked expressions, except for Puck.
"I thought he was with you." Mary said to me.
"Well we slept together in his bed last night. But the morning when I woke up he wasn't there."
"Well that is just weird. You know Mike wasn't in his room either." Tina said to me. For the first time I realized that Mike wasn't there as well. I turned to the last friend who was still in the room. As my eyes landed on him he looked at me.
"Puck?"
"Yes Mercedes?"
"For one you know you can call me Mercy if you want, and for two where is my boyfriend?" I questioned him.
"Remind me who is your boyfriend again?" He asked with an evil smirk.
"Puck come on, please just tell me where he is."
"I can't do that Mercedes."
"What not?" I asked.
"Because I would be a horrible best friend if I did. He told me to keep it a secret." He said answering me.
"Will you tell me if I give you a kiss?" Quinn asked him. He turned to look at her and shock his head. "How about it I..." I didn't hear the rest, but what ever she was saying was effecting him because he was biting his lip and breathing hard. Quinn pulled away from him and smiled. He slowly shock his head again, causing Quinn to frown.
"Fuck Sam is so lucky that I am a good best friend. Shot sorry for swearing." Puck said as he looked over at Mary and Dwight. I wanted to laugh at he did so, and I would have if he wouldn't have looked so cute and innocent as he did so.
"Oh please when you have someone like my sassy Santana over there around all the time, you get use to hearing swears. Plus were not prudes Puck, you can swear." Mary said to him with a smile. Puck let out a breath at her word and nodded his head.
"I must say that I like this one a lot more the that jerk of an ex you had." Dwight said to Quinn causing het to smile.
"That's exactly what I said sweetie. And Mercedes I am sure Sam is okay and safe. Why don't you give him a call though to ease your mind." I nodded my head at her words and picked my phone up and dialed Sam's number. It took about four rings before he answered.
"Hello my beautiful girlfriend." Sam answering.
"Hey where are you?" I asked him.
"I can't tell you that Cupcake."
"And why is that?"
"Because it's a secret." I scoffed at his words.
"Come on please tell me." I pleaded with him. I heard him laughing and someone else.
"Who is that?" I asked.
"Mercedes I am generally hurt." I heard Mike say.
"Oh I am sorry Mike I didn't recognize your voice." As I said this Tina's head shot in my direction. 'Ask him where they are.' Tina mouthed to me, I nodded my head at her words.
"Mike?"
"Yes Mercedes?"
"Where are you guys?" I asked.
"You see I can't tell you that."
"Please?" I pleaded again hoping he would cave.
"Nope sorry Mercedes." Mike said with a laugh.
"Sorry Cupcake. Your just going to have to wait to see me. But know that I am okay." He said to me, I scoffed at his words. I knew he was okay, I now wanted to know where he was. But I knew there was no way he was going to tell me where he was, so I gave up.
"Fine."
"Don't be upset Cupcake you will get to see me tonight. I'll be ready to go leave the house for our date around five. So make sure your ready to go." He said to me. I had almost forgot about our date.
"Okay I will be ready. You sure you don't want to tell me where you are?" I said trying one last time to figure out there location.
"I am sure, I will see you tonight. Goodbye Cupcake." He said to me.
"Goodbye Sam." I responded as I hung up.
"So no luck with finding out where they were?" Tina asked me.
"No I asked both of them and they wouldn't tell me. And it doesn't look like Puck is going to say anything so I guess I am left knowing nothing." I huffed, I really wanted to know where Sam was.
"You see this is the thing about you women. You want us to be spontaneous and do surprises. But when we try to do those things you want to know what we are doing and get mad when we don't tell you." Puck said causing Dwight to laugh. Dwight lifted his head and Puck high fived him.
"Oh I definitely like this one." Dwight said with a chuckle. The boys seemed to be amused but us girls weren't.
"It must be a really big/nice surprise, it will be worth the wait." Mary told me. I nodded my head at her words. I knew it was going to be great, I just hated waiting to know what it was. I put my phone down and started to eat breakfast. It was hard for me to enjoy Mary's amazing pancake because my mind was on Sam and what he was doing right now. I was beyond ready for tonight, I wanted it to be here already. Sometimes I wish someone who was really smart would invent a time traveling machines. It would make waiting a lot easier.
It was now five o'clock in the afternoon and I had just finished getting ready. Quinn, Santana, Puck, Brittany, Tina, and Mike had gone out to dinner leaving me alone to get ready. When I saw Mike appear earlier I had hoped that Sam was with him, but no such luck. I was becoming more and more impatient by the minute. I was glade it was finally time for me to see Sam. I hated not seeing him today. I guess I had gotten so use to seeing him everyday for most of the day that it was weird for me not to see him all today.
I decided that I would wear some black shorts, with a baby doll light blue shirt with a V cut. I wore my black sandals, and did a mermaid side braid in my hair. I only added a light lipstick, not wanting to overdue it with makeup. I gave myself one final look in the mirror and smiled. I walked out of my room and down the stairs. As I walked down I saw Sam standing there smiling at me.
"You look amazing as always Cupcake." He said to me as I reached him. I smiled at his words.
"Thank you."
"Are you ready to go?" He asked me. I nodded my head at his words. He held his elbow out to me and I took it. We walked out of the house, and locked the door behind us. We walked to his truck and we both got in. We buckled up and Sam started the truck and drove away from the house.
"So, are you going to tell me where we are going?" I asked him? He shock his head at my words. "Your impossible." I said to him causing him to laugh.
"I am impossible." He said as he pointed to himself. "You my dear are impossible, you just don't give up."
"Well I want to know." I whined, he laughed again.
"Well your not going to know until we get there. It's only a few minutes away so calm down." He said to me with a smiled. And true to his word we arrive where we were going in less then five minutes. He drove down this dirt path that seemed to last forever. I had absolutely no idea where we were and found myself looking around to find something that I have seen before. When he stopped I looked in front of us to see a whole little panic area was set up on the grass. And in front of the picnic area was a white screen and a projector. A little ways off from that was this little pond of water. I was officially lost at what was going on.
"Sam where are we, and what is all this?" I asked him as he opened my door.
"It's my surprise to you Cupcake. This place is very important to me." He said as he grabbed my hand and pulled me over to the picnic area. As we got closer I noticed that there was a pizza sitting there with chips and drinks around the area.
"Weren't you worried that an animal would come and eat this?" I asked him with a chuckle as I sat down with Sam.
"Well kinda, but that's why I wanted to get going at five. I told the pizza guy to have it here for five ten. It seems like it all worked out well." He said to me with smile. I found myself smiling back at him.
"So what is the projector for?" I asked him.
"You'll find out the minute we finish eating." Sam answered.
Let me tell you I have never eaten so fast in my life. I mean ever, when I was done, I felt like I might be sick.
"Are you okay Cupcake?" Sam asked me.
"Yeah I am okay, I just ate way to fast." I answered.
"Well who's fault is that?" He asked me with a smirk.
"Yours!" I accused him.
"What? How is it my fault?" He asked with a laugh.
"It's your fault because you wouldn't tell me what the projector was for and said after we were done eating that I would find out. So I ate fast because of you. Which reminds me what is this for?" I asked. Sam shock his head at my words.
"You my dear Cupcake you so impatient, but I did say once you finished I would show you and I am a man of my word." Sam said as he started up the projector. He then took out his laptop from a bag and hooked the two up. He went online and went to YouTube. He typed in Mercedes Jones singing. A video appeared and he clicked it, as he did so the video started and I heard me singing silent night. I gasped as he did this.
"Sam what is this?" I asked him.
"This is me showing you how amazing you are Cupcake." He said as he pointed at the screen. I sat there frozen watching me sing all these different songs. I felt speechless as I watched them and could feel myself crying. I had never in my life watched me sing, and as I did for the first time right now, it felt amazing. I watched all these different videos all up to the one of me singing Fight Song by Rachel Platten. I cried harder when I watched me sing so flawlessly. I looked so happy and carefree, it was amazing to see.
"That's not even the best part, look at all these amazing comments and likes. Not one person said something negative." Sam said as he showed me the hundreds od different comments. The video had only been up for today and it already had so many different views, likes, and comments. I felt my heart swell as I saw this.
"Why did you do this Sam?" I asked him.
"I did this because I wanted you to realize that you don't need your parents approval to do something Mercedes. These people haven't ever even met you and they are in love with your voice. Many of them wanted to know if you had an album out for them to buy. You need to go out there and share you voice with the world. Because so many people want to hear you amazing voice." Sam said to me as he wiped my remaining tears.
"You did all this for me Sam?"
"Of course I did, I would do anything to help you reach your dreams." He said to me. I grabbed Sam's face in my hands and connected our lips. I couldn't believe Sam had done all of this for me. I couldn't believe he had spent all day trying to make sure this was perfect for me. It was in this moment that I realized that I was in love with Sam.
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So what did we think about that chapter? I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. And I know I kinda copied glee with the whole having Sam put a video of Mercedes online to build her confidence and show her that she should follow her dreams. But I just loved that scene in glee and wanted to add it in here, but make it a little different. Let me know what you thought about this chapter by leaving me a review!:)