Only reason Mercedes was there was to hear Unique sing. She heard about Sam and Rachel dating and Sam being in love with Rachel. She couldn't have anything without Rachel taking except for recording contract and that pissed her off. Everytime she would visit Ohio and see them together she thank God her new life was in L.A. where she was actually appreciated and the guys actually had a pair.
Only thing she wanted to know was why? Out of all the people he could have dated why Rachel? He knows all about there rocky friendship if you can call it that and he still dates her. Not even the ones she called her "friends" who knew about this had the nerve to tell her but that was the life of Mercedes Jones. Looking on the stage she felt so proud of Unique and how far she has come since she first met her and was happy for Bieste embracing who he really is.
After the performance while everybody was on stage congratulating Bieste Mercedes went out to the choir room to clear her head. Sitting in the choir room she started reminiscing about all the bad and good times she had in there. She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't hear Sam walk in the room until he cleared his throat. Looking up at him she had a mixture of emotions sadness, anger, hurt, and a cross between hatred and love. She wanted to rush in his arms and give him a hug but she just sat there looking at him like he was a stranger. The tension in the room was heavy and thick Mercedes didn't know what she should say to him or how she should say it. Deciding the tension was to much for him to handle Sam breaks the silence.
"I seen you leave and I followed you here to see if you was okay."
"I'm fine you can go back now."
"No I'm not going to go back. Why did you leave the auditorium the way you did? If anybody knows about being true to themselves it's you. So for the life of me I don't understand why you would do something like that."
"For the life of me I don't understand why you would decide to go out with Rachel!" Sam looks at her brown eyes seeing the hurt in them and he feels like an asshole for doing that to her again.
"I don't have an exact answer for you Mercedes and I don't think I ever will. I just know Sue put me under hypnosis and had me fall for her and it was a lot I just..."
"You just do what everybody else does you fall under Rachel's magical spell. You forget about Mercedes Jones and just go along with her. I'm not even mad about it anymore I'm a grown ass woman doing something with my life instead of being stuck in Ohio. As I said when I become famous I'm forget about yall and that's exactly what I'm start doing."
"Your gonna forget about me? You gonna pretend I never existed just because I dated Rachel? I told her I was still in love with you does that count?"
"Yea it counts but it doesn't erase the fact that somewhere you wasn't under hypnosis and you actually fell for Rachel. I don't even know why I'm even having this conversation with you. I should have known Rachel was lying to me in New York it was my fault for going to her with our issues."
"You said that we wasn't believing in our love and that it was gonna burn you to see me with other girls. Why are you upset that it's Rachel?"
"Yes I did say that but I didn't think that the boy I'm in love with would go out with the one person I have a bad history with. I'm not shocked though I knew when you two almost dated while you visited New York something was there. Stupid me for actually believing that I can have something without Rachel taking it." Mercedes feels her phone vibrate in her pocket and she takes it seeing it's a text from one of her dancers on tour Val and a smile starts to form. Thoughts about the drama that is her love life long gone.
"Baby it wasn't like that when I went to New York she helped me out and I'm sorry." He looks on as she takes her phone out her pocket and doesn't like that she's smiling and giggling like a schoolgirl with a crush. Walking to where she was sitting he took her phone out her hand and turned it off putting it in his pocket.
"What the hell Sam! Give it back I was talking to somebody important."
"Well he's not important now and he could wait. What's important is our relationship and us getting back on track. I know your hurt that I started dating Rachel but I didn't do it to hurt you. You have to believe me when I say I told her more then once that I was in love with you."
"That's suppose to mean what to me? You telling her you was still in love with me but you still dated her. At least with Rachel you didn't forget about me like you did when you was with Brittany. I can't win and I can't lose with the females that were in glee club win some you lose some." Sam hangs his head down in shame when Mercedes mentions how he treated her when he was with Brittany. He wants to say something but nothing comes out and when he's about to say something somebody knocks on the door. Looking up he sees a stranger looking at Mercedes with a smile on his face. He was going to ask Mercedes did she know him but her running into his arms was all the answer he needed.
Mercedes was really done with this conversation only thing she wanted was her phone. When she heard a knock at the door she thinks it's Rachel coming to get Sam but when she looks up she see's the dancer from her tour Val. Getting out of her seat she runs to Val arms and squeals when he picks her up and spins her around all thoughts about Sam and Rachel forgotten as soon as they hug. Val always flirted with her and would do little gestures that would make her feel butterflies in her stomach something she hasn't felt in a long time.
So caught up in the hug she forgot Sam was in the room until he interrupted the hug by tapping Val on the shoulder. Looking at Val when he stopped spinning her around she noticed how gorgeous his eyes was and how cute his smile was. Val slowly put her down on her feet and rested his hands on her hips noticing the flirting going on Sam was about to interrupt their moment until Rachel walked in.
Walking in the choir room Rachel noticed a man with his hands on Mercedes and frowned instantly. She didn't like that Mercedes has all these guys falling at her feet like she's some type of goddess. Fixing her non existent breasts in her shirt she decided she wanted to steal another man from under Mercedes nose. Trying to put on a sexy face she decided she wanted to flirt with the mystery man who had eyes for Mercedes.
"Mercedes you didn't tell me you had a new boyfriend. He's very handsome." Putting on her most flirty smile she ran her hands down her hips and put her hand out for Val to shake. "My name is Rachel Berry and I'm single and I like Broadway and Barbra Streisand and I'm also a good kisser."
Mercedes looks at Rachel like she has lost her damn and furrowed her eyebrows. Her thoughts was running a mile a minute trying figure out why she was ever friends with Rachel in the first place. This girl thinks the sun rises out her ass and she could get whatever she wants not today. She always held out on beating Rachel's ass when they was in high school but since they not in high school she was about to give the ass whooping Rachel should have received a long time ago.
Getting out of Val's grasp Mercedes smirked as she approached Rachel putting on a smirk Mercedes clenched her fist before connecting it with Rachel's face. Mercedes shook her hand as it stung but that didn't stop her from getting on top of Rachel and punching her in the face repeatedly. After she got tired of punching Rachel's face in she got up and grabbed Rachel's hair and dragged her out the choir room to finish the ass whooping in private leaving Sam and Val alone.
Sam knew Mercedes wasn't the violent type and for her to beat Rachel she must be at her ends meet. Sam wanted to stop Mercedes from dragging Rachel out the choir room but just stood there. Not knowing what to say to Val he just asked him the first thing that popped in his head.
"What do you want with my girl?" Val looked at Sam and thought about his answer taking a breath he started to talk.
"Your girl? That's funny cause the last I knew anything you was dating her friend. What do I want with her? I want to make her smile, I want to make her laugh, I want to show her how a real man treats his women."
"Are you saying that I'm not a real man?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying any two times you can go and date the supposed love of your life friend your not a man. You are a little ass boy making boy decisions and that's causing your girlfriend to get her ass handed to her."
"I was hypnotized by Sue! Is that so hard to understand that I was not in the right frame of mind when I kissed Rachel and when I did all the other stuff I don't remember."
"What about when you wasn't under hypnosis that was all you. You decided to date Rachel after you wasn't hypnotized. Can you explain that?"
"She was safe for me. I was trying to get over Mercedes and she was there. It wasn't the brightest thing and I was just lonely. I know it's no excuse but that's all I have. I just want her back and to go back to how we once was."
"Do you think you deserve her back? after all the shit you put her through so you honestly think she should give you the time of day again?"
"No I don't deserve her back not after dating one of her friends again. I just want to prove to her that I won't fuck up again. I'm tired of everytime we break up I don't fight to stay together. What do you think I should do about this? Should I give up or fight for her?"
"Well one you need to stop being a punk and stop letting her walk away from you. Two I think you should perform a song for her maybe a Bruno Mars song or a Miguel song. Three what the hell is with your hair?" Sam chuckles and Val finish talking and getting to know each other as guys who cared for Mercedes. Val let Sam listen to the songs he thought fit the situation while listening to the songs Sam gets a bright idea and starts to fill Val in on it.
Meanwhile
Mercedes took Rachel to the janitors closet and finished her ass whopping in there. She let out all her hurt and anger in that ass whooping and damn it felt good. After she was finished she looked at Rachel's bloody face and smirked in satisfaction. After freshening up and washing the blood off her hands she headed to the choir room to get her phone from Sam and leave. Reaching the choir room she was surprised to find it empty and thought that Sam left with her phone until she seen a note on the piano.
After reading the note 5 times Mercedes against her better judgement decides to go to the auditorium to see what Sam wanted. Reaching the auditorium she was shocked to see her name in headlights the same way it was when they sung human nature.
"I always knew we would see your name in headlights one day." Mercedes jumped when she heard Sam's voice but frowned when she seen Val come in behind him.
"Why you doing all of this? Why is Val behind you? Sam this bet not be another human nature moment."
"I want to tell you how sorry I am and since I'm not good with words. I want to sing to you with Val's help of course in the dancing department. If you don't like the performance I'll give you your phone back and you can leave." She was having an internal battle with herself her heart was telling her to give the performance a chance while her brain was telling her to get her phone and get the hell out of Lima. Being the person that she was she went to the front of the auditorium to see what Sam had planned. Taking his guitar he began to strum the Miguel song Adorn while Val starting dancing.
These lips can't wait to taste your skin, baby, no, no
And these eyes, yeah, can't wait to see your grin, ooh ooh baby
Just let my love
Just let my love adorn you
Please baby, yeah
Mercedes was shocked that he knew this song and even more shocked that he could sing this song. Don't get her wrong she knew Sam had a good singing voice she was just shocked he was sounding good singing r&b.
You gotta know
You gotta know
You know that I adore you
Yeah baby
Baby these fists will always protect ya, lady
And this mind, oh, will never neglect you, yeah, baby, oh, baby
And if they try to break us down don't let that affect us, no, baby
Sam was putting his all into the song he wanted to let Mercedes know that he was sorry. He looked at Mercedes to see her reaction and it looked like she wasn't feeling it he decided to end it. He asked Val to exit the auditorium so he can talk to Mercedes alone.
"Was you enjoying the performance?"
"You sounded good I didn't think you could pull off that kind of song." Sam looks at Mercedes and starts to think about what he can do to prove to her that he is sorry.
"Is your phone that important or you can spare me a few more minutes?"
"I just wanna make sure that my manager isn't texting or calling me like crazy. I shouldn't give you anything except a slap to the face."
"Well your phone hasn't vibrated or anything so I don't think your manager needs you now. I would take that slap and whatever else you give me as long as it means your in contact with me."
"Sam I just want to know why? That's all I want to know is why? Out of all the girls you could have dated you go for Rachel."
"I don't know why to be honest I just know I was put under hypnosis and everything went blank. One minute I was in love with you the next I was singing some song with her. Everything was happening really fast and I'm having memory gaps. I'm sorry for hurting you when I dated Rachel it was never my intention to hurt you. My intention is to always make you smile, giggle, and make you happy."
"Sam..."
"Listen I know we have a lot to work on with everything that has transpired. I would really like if you would go out with me and we can catch up. What do you say?"
"I would like that a lot you can tell me how it feels to be a football coach." Sam smiles feeling he has a chance if he don't have memory blanks again.
"Oh and before I forget I have to get something."
"What's that?" Jumping from the stage he got to where she was sitting at and smiled. Getting her out of her seat he took her phone out his pocket.
"Here put your camera on." Mercedes looks at him strangely but did it anyway. Lifting her chin up Sam kissed her softly and Mercedes snapped the picture. Sam deepened the kiss after he picture was snapped and smiled into the kiss when she returned it. Mercedes broke after a few minutes not knowing what to say to Sam she just put her head down and smiled. Sam smirked seeing that she was blushing he was glad he still had that affect on her.
"Come on Miss Jones I have a date to take you on so I can woo you and make you mine again. Mercedes looks at Sam and smiles taking his hand they walk out the auditorium feeling better about the turn of events.
