Had some fun with one of my favourite films and my favourite Glee Couple
Hope you like
Imprinted
"It's not like love at first sight, really. It's more like… gravity moves… suddenly. It's not the earth holding you here anymore, she does… You become whatever she needs you to be, whether that's a protector, or a lover, or a friend."
Imprinting is the involuntary mechanism by which Quileute shape shifters find their soulmates. It is a profound, intimate phenomenon that exists among the Quileute shape-shifters.
Description
When a shape-shifter imprints on a specific girl or woman, he becomes unconditionally bound to her for the rest of his life. When it happens, the experience is described as being gravitationally pulled toward that person while a glowing heat fills him, and everyone and everything else in his life becomes secondary, and only the imprintee is left to matter, leaving the shape-shifter with a deep need to do anything to please and protect his soulmate.
Imprinting occurs only after a wolf's first phasing. It can happen with anyone, regardless of previous personal feelings. It happens the first time he sees the human object of his imprinting.
Imprinting can't be forced on anyone, no matter how much the shape-shifter may want it, and separetion is rarely heard of it is expected that should it happen the imprinter may feel unspeakable pain, and may even want to commit suicide.
So Lets Begin
Mercy sat in the cinema with her best friend watching yet another horror film, a nice one actually, she'd watched all the rest of the series and now the finale was showing and they were excited for a happy ending.
"That was great just how you needed it to be" Mercy said to Scarlet as they left the building "Do you think love will ever be like that for us?" she asked as Scarlet giggled
"Come on girl it's a damn film Bella and Edward are actors" she laughed
"I know that, but I mean love not those two if they found it to act it surely it exists?" she asked
"Maybe in your damn head" she laughed "Come on it's later than I thought it would be and we got work tomorrow" she said pulling Mercy by the arm
"I'm not saying I need some fucking wolf man to fucking imprint on me or anything, your going too far now I just want that kind of love you know?"
"So I thought you were in love with Mark?" Scarlet asked confused
"I was in; your mouth does a pretty good job, with him" she laughed
"Excuse me" Scarlet said sassing
"Yeah thin line between what do they say?" she asked
"Love and hate I think" Scarlet stated
"More like Lust and hate" she spat
"So flavour of the month not so flavour any more I'm guessing?"
"Flavour of the week, no" she said almost vexed at the question
"Does he know that?"
"He will" she said taking her phone out and called Mark "Meet me at home in about 40 minutes please" she asked him and waited for a response before closing the call
"Booty call" Sharlet screamed out in the street "He comin?" she asked
"Bitch have you seen me? Of course he's coming" Mercy laughed "But not what he thinks for"
"Girl you changing men like you change your draws, regular, and I know that"
"Better I change them than not wear any at all; ever" Mercy threw back at her
"Okay; kettle and pot I hear you" Scarlet laughed
"You're lucky I call you my girl because my instinct is to slap a bitch into next year" she told her
"Okay I gave a sorry already lets get past that, I could easy be offended by what you said" she told her
"I dare you to do that" Mercy said side eyeing her
"Let me finished" Scarlet said with a tut "But" she said before looking at Mercy "Because I started this it really would be out of order"
"Grab that cab" Mercy shouted as she saw it coming, the cab stopped and they got in and settled before Scarlet shouted across her destination, smiling at Mercy as she did it
"Oh I love this one" she said as Mercy listened to the tune before they burst into song singing along to 'Reverse Psychology' by Keke Palmer paying no attention to the driver as they made their journey home
"Give me your share of the fare" Mercy said to Scarlet as she left the cab "I'm not paying your debts" she laughed "I got 8 miles to go now alone, with a strange driver" she smiled at Scarlet saying raising her eyebrows a the prospect of it before waving bye and knocking the cab window for the drive to start
"Where to?" the driver asked looking in his rare view mirror at her in the back seat
"May...faire" she said as everything went in slow motion before grinding to a halt and all she could see was this man's green eyes looking back at her turning into windows to his soul, she saw her whole life planned out first kiss, wedding, children and even grandchildren, she had a life full of love she was protected, very protective and from somewhere deep inside she wanted this stranger sitting at the wheel in front of her "What the fuck just happened?" she asked the guy as she sat back in the seat
"Miss?" he asked
"I just fucking imprinted" she said before giggling to herself
"You alright?" the Driver asked
"Yeah" she smiled "Are you in a relationship?" she asked
"Yeah" he smiled
"Can I ask you something?"
"Yeah" he said looking worried
"Why are all men like proper bastards?"
"I really wouldn't know that one not being one myself" he laughed "In any sense; I've got two married parents and I treat my girlfriends with respect"
"Girlfriends?" she asked
"Yeah I'm not gay" he informed her
"But one at a time or all together like, these girlfriends?"
"God one at a time, I'm not like that at all" he said shaking his head
"So when will it be my turn to find out exactly what your like?" she asked
"You heard me say I'm seeing someone yeah?"
"I'm not deaf, I just wanted to book myself in for the next available spot, I guess you're in demand and I figured I might get my spot before those other bitches wear you out" she laughed
"You're not what I'd call shy" he noted
"I just fucking imprinted on you Mr and I got to roll with it" she laughed
"Imprinted?" he asked
"Yeah and I don't even know your name"
"It's Ben, not Edward sorry" he laughed
"You just flopped with that damn name Ben I didn't see that name in my flash forward" she said laughing "But those eyes did it for me" she laughed harder
The next day she couldn't wait to get to work to tell Scarlet about her little imprinting session making them both laugh when Mercy told her she was unprinted by his damn name
"I didn't know you could un-print" Scarlet laughed as Mercy sat watching her, waiting to get her bitch on "Don't even look at me like that you know how fucking ridiculous that sounds"
"You don't have to believe me girl but I swear I saw my life with that man's eyes flash before me" she said before breaking into a laugh herself
"Come on let's get this chorus down before lunch" Scarlet suggested as they went to the studio booth. They were putting lyrics down for most of the day before Mercy finally called time and they called it a day having missed lunch and got well into dinner time before their well deserved break "Are we on the town again tonight?" Scarlet asked
"No Mark's coming round tonight" she replied
"Forgot about that curb?" Scarlet asked
"No, as I said he has his uses and, you can't cut your nose off to spite your own face, if you know what I mean" she giggled
6 Months later
"Mark asked me to marry him last night" Mercy popped into the conversation as they waited for the tube into town
"Marry?" Scarlet asked shocked "What did you say?"
"I said yes, if you feel in your heart that I love you that much"
"That's no answer Mercy you need to let that boy down easy"
"That boy needs to check himself, we don't go anywhere together, I've never been seen with him in any social environment; why the hell would he want to be thinking I'd want to marry his ass?"
"Maybe something to do with his face being in your crutch for the past like 8 months" Scarlet replied
"And that's all he's had in my crutch girl" she laughed "As I said he has his uses"
"But?" Scarlet asked
"Come on you gonna have a man going down on you for nearly a year and not trying for anything else what use is that"
"Nothing else?" Scarlet asked
"Not a thing else, he don't even ask" she laughed "He don't even really touch me just dives straight in and does his mouth business"
"Fuck, no wonder you're imagining imprinting on fucking cab drivers and shit" Scarlet laughed
"I did" Mercy announced affronted by Scarlet's whimsicalness
"I read up on it only men can imprint anyway" she laughed
"Oh so you believed me then, looking it up and shit?"
"No, I just wanted to know the facts about the fictitious situation"
"Do you fancy going bowling and getting something to eat after instead of the bar?" Mercy asked changing the subject
"Yeah, I don't mind, being as I'm home alone tonight" Scarlet replied
So they did what they went into Town to do and caught a cab out as usual to get home. Mercy didn't know why she looked she didn't usually but she checked out the cab driver and saw Ben sitting in the drivers seat
"Hi Ben" she said throwing herself in the seat feeling instantly familiar with the environment because she knew the driver
"Hi" he said smiling back as he drove off
"Still with that lucky girl of yours I guess?" she asked as he nodded his head "Remember those of us in that mighty long queue" she laughed before getting back to her conversation with Scarlet which lasted until she got home and Mercy tapped the window and waved to Scarlet again before telling him her destination
"May...faire" she said as everything went in slow motion again before grinding to a halt and all she could see was this man's green eyes looking back at her turning into windows to his soul, she saw her whole life planned out first kiss, wedding, children and even grandchildren, she had a life full of love she was protected, very protective and from somewhere deep inside she wanted this stranger sitting at the wheel in front of her "That damn imprint thing just happened again Ben sorry?" she said as she sat back in the seat
"Imprint thing?" the driver asked
"Yeah sorry" she said waving her hand in dismissal at him
"As in Twilight?" he asked as she nodded "My name's Peter by the way not Ben" he smiled
"Sorry Peter, I'm sort of stuck in that Twilight film, it's one of my favourites" she laughed "I'm imprinting all over the place sorry"
"Feel free to imprint but I'm married I'm afraid so you'd probably end up killing yourself" he laughed "I thought it was male's that imprinted?" he asked
"So my best friend tells me" she laughed "Which is why it's ridiculous"
"So that's Mayfair yeah?" he said looking in the mirror for her reply
"Yeah" she smiled
"Keep riding the cabs" he encouraged her "Plenty Edwards on night shift Bella" he laughed as she alighted the cab and paid the bill
"Goodnight" she said standing watching the cab sail off into the distance "Mark" she said when he answered the phone "The answer's no" she said and put the phone down "Damn man's got me thinking every Joe is Mr Right" she said searching for her keys and going into her building. She got upstairs to find Mark at her door "Mark" she said letting out a deep breath at having to deal with him again "What do you want?" she said opening her door
"I want to know why you said no" he replied following her in and through to the kitchen
"Mark I know you know what we have isn't love and I don't want to build your hopes up here it never will be, that's why I said no" she said finally turning to look at him to find him crying
"But I love you Mercy surely you can learn to love me?" he asked
"I'm sorry Mark I don't and I don't actually understand why you thought I did we've never spoken on that level"
"If you let me go now I won't come back, ever" he informed her
Mercy left the hot drink she was making and went around the bar to hug him "Mark I wish you all the best and truly I hope you find that Mrs Right you're looking for, but sorry I'm confident it's not me" she told him almost lifting him up and showing him the door, kissing him on the cheek as he left before closing the door and resting heavy on it thinking about what she'd just done, until she heard the kettle click off and went back to what she was doing
6 Months later
"Girl our song's coming out tomorrow, I'm so excited" Scarlet screamed as they left the studio
"Nobody knows that though just us we ain't done that much advertising what you expecting and" Mercy said putting her hand up in the air "We need to sell about 50K to make our own damn money back
"But we got a song" Scarlet said still excited as she started humming the catchy tune "What's up?" she asked Mercy seeing her move uneasily
"I'm still getting that imprint feeling after nearly a year of seeing that damn film, I thought it was Mark so I gave him up but, it's still happening"
"Maybe you need a doctor" Scarlet said
"I don't need no damn doctor"
"Beg to differ girl friend you're hell bent on finding a fucking wolf to imprint on you and a damn vampire for love, I'd say that behaviour needed a doctor" she giggled making Mercy smile at the ridiculousness of it all
"Maybe I need more sleep or something" she said brushing the doctor idea off "I'm getting a cab home and straight to bed" she announced
"Straight up though Mercy" Scarlet said "I needed to ask you something serious like" she informed her
"What?" she spun round asking
"Mark and you is that really finished?"
"Dead in and out of the water sweet, why?"
"I've been wetting my toes and well, we've been out a few times he's a really nice guy" she smiled "Truth Mercy he's husband material"
"Get the fuck out of here" Mercy said mouth open "Is that breaking some sort of code?"
"Girl I sleep with married men for fun, code, really?"
"I guess not, good luck with that" Mercy smiled as she waved down a cab and she was done "Imagine" she said to herself smiling at the new revelations with Scarlet and Mark "Mayfair Please" she said looking at the driver in his rear view mirror as she expected everything went in slow motion again before grinding to a halt and all she could see was this man's green eyes looking back at her turning into windows to his soul, she saw her whole life planned out first kiss, wedding, children and even grandchildren, she had a life full of love she was protected, very protective and from somewhere deep inside she wanted this stranger sitting at the wheel in front of her "That damn imprint thing just happened again sorry?" she said as she sat back in the seat noticing the cab wasn't moving "Is there a problem?" she asked the driver
"Yeah" he said shaking his head "I mean no"
"Which is it?" she said looking at him again falling into his eyes
"I'm sorry" he said smiling; she noticed his smile, it made her smile "I think I just … never mind" he chuckled looking at the road and putting the car in gear
"You think you just what?" she asked intrigued pulling herself forward in anticipation of his confession
"This is going to sound really mad but ever since I watched that Twilight I keep thinking I imprint on people and something just doesn't fit but I'm getting something here" he laughed
"Do you know Ben or Peter?" she asked
"A few but not from around here" he answered puzzled "Why?"
"It's just" she said thinking of how false she was going to sound "Well the same things been happening to me for like over a year now and I think I'm going mad" she giggled nervously
"You must be because only men imprint" he laughed
"I know that's why I don't understand all this, my God you're not dead are you I mean a vampire or wolf or something?"
"Do you want to feel how warm I am" he laughed "Mayfair did you say?"
"Yeah Mayfair" she said, very tempted to touch his skin in all different kinds of ways "So the name usually tells me if I'm up the wrong tree so hit me" she said sitting back again
"I don't know if I want you to go off me" he said wiggling his eyebrows at her "Sam" he told her
"Still warm, good name" she smiled "Mine's Mercy"
"Mercy; good name" he said as he pulled off
"Are you seeing anyone?"
"No not just now" he informed her "You?"
"No not just now" she smiled
"So" he said looking in his rear view mirror again "Very forward I know but instinct is talking to me right now, I can't talk while I'm driving so can we go get a coffee or something?" he asked
'Or something please' Mercy's mind shouted back at him "Coffee's good" she said
"I heard that" he laughed
"What?" she asked all saintly looking
"Or something please" he laughed
"Did I say that out loud?" she asked alarmed
"Stop stressing, no you didn't but I can hear your mind as well as feel you it's electrifying"
"God you got it bad" she laughed
"Just round here alright?" he asked as he pulled up by a cafe on a side road off the main strip
"Yeah fine" Mercy said turning to gather her things to alight the cab to turn and see Sam standing at the door ready to open the door for her "You're fast" she said a he opened it "And a gentlemen too" she smiled "Thank you"
He held the cafe door for her too, and made sure she was seated, requested her order and collected it before he took his place "So tell me about Mercy?" he said sitting down at the table with their coffee and buns on a tray
Mercy went into telling him about her childhood, how she'd been brought up by her Dad as her Mother died in childbirth, how they'd struggled until her Dad got qualified and went on to became a music professor at the local University and how music then became her life. She went on about it being important to her to make her own name in the business and not live off her Dad's as he was a well known Cello player but she was all about R&B and Reggae. "My Grandma I loved my Grandma broke my heart when she left" she told him a single tear leaving her eye in memory
"Where are you aspiring to be Mercy?" he asked just happy to sit and watch her talk and express herself with passion
"Oh I'm music make no mistake about that" she smiled "But I did see kisses, weddings, children even grandchildren in my imprint to I guess I'm headed to have it all" she laughed throwing her hands up in the air "And you Sam, I love how that sounds" she said wiggling about on her chair
"Me yeah" he said rubbing his hands on her thighs before pulling himself forward on the chair and resting his chest on the table "Music yeah I'm feeling that, I play the guitar professionally, I'm in a band socially, Studying Design and Art and I drive Taxi's to afford some of my tuition and stuff for my instrument. I still live with my parents; temporary, my Dad's a builder, I love him and my Mom well I'm proud of her she's a Head Mistress but a nice one" he said holding his hand up to stop her before she said anything against head teachers
"Aspirations?" she asked
"Seriously, I had a different lot when I woke up this morning" he said bashfully "I wanted fame, fortune and the sex on tap to go with that"
"That it?" she laughed
"Well maybe not in that order but yeah"
"So what changed?"
"I imprinted" he laughed "Now all I can think is your 'Consuming all the air inside my lungs, ripping all the skin from off my bones, I'm prepared to sacrifice my life, I would gladly do it twice' he sang jumping around, at seeing Mercy's smile he carried on singing'Oh, please have mercy on me, take it easy on my heart, even though you don't mean to hurt me, you keep tearing me apart, would you please have mercy on me, I'm a puppet on your string, and even though you got good intentions, I need you to set me free, I'm begging you for mercy, mercy, I'm begging you, (on my heart) begging you please baby, I'm begging you for mercy, mercy, Oh, I'm begging you, (on my heart) I'm begging you, yeah" he was jumping around singing in the middle of the cafe without a care in the world
(Extract from Mercy by Shawn Mendes)
"I hope your singing my song that brave and loud when it comes out tomorrow" she told him when he finally sat back down
"Not phased by that then?" he asked
"Not at all I would have joined in had I caught the song earlier" she laughed
"Do a random burst" he said almost daring her to, Mercy didn't need asking twice she was confident enough she stood up smiled and then started singing 'Beautiful mind, your heart got a story with mine, your heart got me hurting at times, your heart gave me new kind of highs, your heart got me feeling so fine, so what to do, still falling for you, still falling for you. It took us a while, with every breath a new day, with love on the line, we've had our share of mistakes, but all your flaws and scars are mine, still falling for you, still falling for you. And just like that, all I breathe, all I feel, you are all for me, I'm in, and just like that, all I breathe. All I feel, you are all for me, no one can lift me, catch me the way that you do, I'm still falling for you'
(Extract from 'Still falling for You' by Ellie Goulding)
Sam sat smiling as she moved around singing to people in the cafe "Bravo" he shouted clapping as she came to sit back down "You're a natural"
"You're not half bad yourself" she laughed
"So you thinking we can make beautiful music together?" he asked
"That is so corny" she laughed "And I imprinted on you by the way"
"So what does that mean if we both imprinted?" he asked seriously "Are we soul mates?"
"There's something"
"What?"
"Contact exchange?" she asked
"Okay" he said taking out his phone to do exactly that "And I'll look out for your song tomorrow" he smiled "What's your number?" he asked as she gave it to him and he called her on it "You got mine yeah" he asked when he heard her phone ring
"Yeah" she said looking at her phone
"Don't be surprised if you get a call at stupid o'clock its just my protective self coming out, I guess you understand the imprinting thing" he laughed
"I need to hear your band"
"I need you to hear my band, well its our band not mine there are five of us"
"When?"
"Friday at Fellows, its an alright gig"
"Okay but I'll bring my friend with me I don't even know you yet"
"So the intention is to get to know me then?"
"Silly question, I imprinted"
"Being serious about that for a minute" Sam said pulling himself closer to the table "I saw our first kiss, wedding, children..."
"Even Grandchildren I know" she laughed
"So this is something then?"
"Do you believe in all that Twilight stuff, I mean really?" Mercy asked
"What can I say to that?" Sam said looking up to the heavens for some sort of divine intervention on the answer "I guess I'd have to say I believed it enough before to know it wasn't the real deal, so now I'm sitting here with you as living proof I guess I'd be silly to say no" he smiled "And yes of course I want it to be real too"
"Cheat" she laughed
"Your too easy to read" he laughed
"You need to stop invading my mind and think for yourself" she said as she giggled
"Oh I'm thinking for myself, don't you worry" he grinned
"Yep that's what I'll be dreaming about too" she snapped out before holding her mouth
"So it's alright for you to read my mind then?" he ginned wider "We're definitely not Edward and Bella"
"What do you mean?" she asked
"Well I can read your mind and you can read mine, he couldn't get into Bella's could he?" he said looking around "I've got to get back to work 20 minutes is it for me I'm afraid but I'm so looking forward to seeing you on Friday Mayfair yeah?" he said getting up to go help her out of her chair and back to the cab, where they talked all the way to her building "I know where you live now too, so if you don't show I can get my stork on"
"Joke right?" Mercy asked
"Yeah" he said blowing air through his lips with force "We've imprinted we won't be able to stay away from each other" he laughed "Call me or I'll call you" he shouted as he drove off
Wednesday
Mercy met up with Scarlet that morning eager to pass on her news "I imprinted last night" she said excitedly
"Shut up" Scarlet replied bursting into a fit of laughter "You feel a way about Mark don't you?" she sobered up asking
"Are you serious?" Mercy asked stepping back
"Tell the truth I can stop this thing between us now if you say so"
"No girl keep Mark, I'm actually happy he found someone; and you" she replied grabbing Scarlet's hand "I really did imprint on Sam" she said smiling
"Did you touch him was he cold as ice?" she enquired
"Actually no I didn't touch him" she said as she stood there wondering why that was
"So technically he could have been a dead person?" Scarlet asked
"Don't be so fucking stupid" Mercy said giving her a dead eye
"I was just saying come on you know the whole idea is fucking stupid Mercy admit it"
"Whatever" she replied as her phone pinged "It's Sam" she said turning away from Scarlet to read the message "He wants a picture of my face" she said holding her phone up to take a selfie as she tidied her hair up and asked Scarlet to check her before taking several pictures
"How you gonna just send your picture to some random man?"
"He's not random I spent about half an hour with him yesterday and we connected I mean seriously connected"
"Mercy we have these conversations so many times about these dumb girls that give their details out to strangers and here you are becoming someone just like them, I don't think I like this particular brand of needy on you"
"I'm not needy" Mercy shouted back at her
"Okay" Scarlet replied putting her hand up "Leave it I don't really need your drama, our song's coming out in like 2 hours lets focus" she said walking into the studio not bothering to hold the door for Mercy she was so vexed at her attitude today "Morning all" she shouted to the room
"Morning" everyone said looking up to see they needed to maybe keep out of their way today and started tuning instruments
"Okay people" Wesley their Manager came in saying "20 minutes to countdown and these ladies are hitting the airwaves loud and proud
Mercy was sitting on the stool sending the pictures to Sam as he'd requested and having a conversation with him via sap. Scarlet was sitting kissing her teeth at every grin Mercy was letting off wondering what else she should have to be happy about today other than their new release they'd been working on for nearly a damn year
"Five minutes" Wesley said putting the speakers on in the studio as everyone found somewhere to sit ready
"One minute" he shouted
"Sam are you listening" Mercy said down the phone as everyone watched her face light up at the unknown response "Here it is" she almost screamed down the phone as their version of ''Beautiful People' by Sia ft Rihanna came on the airways and Mercy and Scarlet were jumping about in total excitement
"Yep I think that's just as good as it's going to get for now" Wesley stated as Scarlet did a 'hands out stretch what you got, give me your best and I wont turn it down' again bigging herself up
"What did you think?" Mercy asked Sam and squealed at his response "I'll call you later, bye" she said closing the call down to pay attention to what was happening in the studio 'Always out to impress' she sang over and over again until Scarlet joined in
"One day and you're sharing your life's work with him?" Scarlet asked once they stopped singing
"One day and I'm seriously thinking of sharing my life with him" she laughed
"What did he do to you?"
"He imprinted" she laughed not caring who heard her
"I thought you said you imprinted?"
"Yeah I did we both did"
"What the fuc..." Scarlet said walking away she'd heard as much as she needed to, it was confirmed Mercy needed help
"Hey Scar we're going out on Friday, put it in your diary" Mercy shouted after her "Can we have half a day on Friday as a well done?" she asked Wesley
"If you sell 10K by then yeah" he laughed
"Where we going?" Scarlet asked a bit happier
"Fellows"
"Is that that Jazz club?" Wesley asked
"Never been there I thought we could try it" Mercy smiled
"Okay" Scarlet said "I'm bringing Mark though" she added
"Fine" Mercy said smiling 'Can I see you for lunch' Sam sapped seconds after she finished talking to Scarlet, and she was in smile mode again 'Our cafe at 1' she sent back.
Both of them were early for their impromptu date and the coffee sat going cold as they went back into getting to know you mode, sharing a bowl of chips and dips, getting excited about all the things they had in common and sharing thoughts
"My twenty minutes is up" Sam finally said and took her back to work before getting back to his shift
"You know we've been talking for like 24 hours and we haven't even touched hands yet let alone lips" Mercy laughed as she stood in the door of his cab, him waiting to shut the door
"I envisage getting electric shocks or something just as painful that will fuse us together or something" he laughed
"Vivid imagination or what?" Mercy laughed "We gonna take the shock or what?" she asked standing in front of him waiting for him to act
"Or what?" he asked
"Or are we going to let this moment..." Suddenly there was no air but she was breathing, heavy but nothing could be heard, everything was happening in slow motion, they were stuck in time just floating there being locked together by a force she couldn't identify, she was having difficulty making out where she ended and he begun. She opened her eyes, she knew she had consciously done it but she saw nothing, it was as if her lids were still shut, this was getting embarrassing but did she care, he couldn't see how flushed she was anyway she seriously wanted to get it on right here right now 'Turned on or what' she thought forcing herself to let go of his lips at the thought of bursting one right there. They disconnected with a wet slap, was the only way to describe it and their lips were a good way off each other before they dared open their eyes, as they did a smile formed on their faces
"Definitely turned on" Sam said smiling
"Stop reading my mind" she giggled "How was that for you?" she asked
"Home" he laughed "We fused" he got out before laughing again "It's not you its just this is like a dream you know, you hope, but seriously you know it don't exist and here it is"
"Here it is" she giggled as Sam pulled her back in for more fireworks and atmospheric explosions
"I really got to go" he finally pulled away saying "Before I get myself in trouble"
"More imprinting tomorrow then?" Mercy asked as he walked away backwards looking at her
"I'll call you later" he smiled
"So cute" she lifted her eyebrows saying as she watched him backing away with the widest smile on his face that brought dimples to his cheeks and closed his eyes to a cute fuck me mode, his grin tilting to the right and his lips cherry red for the hard core kissing they'd just shared
"Yeah" he said pointing at his lips "You did this" he laughed as he got into his cab "and yeah that mode" he pointed at her saying "Correct"
"You weren't cold either" she shouted back at him
"Neither were you" he said waving at her as he drove off
He called her at regular intervals during the day and in the evening it was her turn to make the calls "I'm driving and stuff later" he informed her "So if I sound formal I've got a fare in the cab"
"Okay" she said that night they had a lot of 'road works destination coded conversations', Mercy was mega tired the following day having stayed up half the night talking to Sam between fares, she just had to do that and he just had to take her for coffee on his 20 minute break. She was up pacing the floor begging for sleep to come after those two coffee's to no avail, she got to work with what felt like grit in her eyelids but excited for the day ahead with Sam
"How many we sold?" she asked Wesley excitedly as she got in, praying she could get half a day tomorrow to make an effort for their first date
"You hit the target and exceeded it"
"Day off then?" she smiled
"Half and day off" Wesley agreed
Thursday night was spent much like Wednesday night, with band practice for Sam early evening, while at band practice Sam was making everyone's ears hurt with the amount of times he'd played his rendition of his favourite song of the year, which of course was Mercy's new song. He'd swung by at some ungodly time in the morning again to lock lips for a good thirty minutes in the street before continuing his shift, getting his usual 4 hours rest and back doing his day job, studying.
Friday
The morning went quickly and Mercy was already talking hairdos before Wesley made an appearance "Focus Mercy, before we have to extend" he teased when he saw her on her phone for the third time that morning as Scarlet nudged her to stop
"Put it away" she told her under her breath "What are you so excited about?" she asked
"New friends on Facebook" Mercy informed her putting her phone away smiling
"I hope your not sending baby pictures" Scarlet laughed as Wesley's voice interrupted Mercy's response and they were ready to sing again
"Okay" Wesley finally said as afternoon arrived "I release you" he said throwing his hands up in defeat as Scarlet's phone rang and she went off to answer it in private
Mercy looked at her phone wondering what Sam was doing for about a second before she remembered he was sleeping for 5 hours before getting up to practice for the last time before the gig "hair dresser" she shouted at Scarlet still on the phone
"Hold up" she replied getting back to Mercy about 2 minutes after that "I was just setting everything up for tonight, he'll meet us there" she smiled grabbing Mercy's arm and making for the door
Sam woke up at 5 pm washed and dressed in record time, stopping to check his look as he passed the hall mirror "What's the new get up for?" his Dad shouted after him making him step back to look in the lounge revealing his new brown Levi's with matching fur neck jacket and a cream fitted jumper underneath, hair neatly parted on the right with ponytail hanging and tan leather and suede Hood by Air Ssense boots setting off the look
"Expecting some suits in" he smiled
"Suits as in dresses and jackets or trousers and jackets?" his Dad laughed saying
"Suits" Sam smiled back
"Sam" his Mom shouted from across the room at him
"Mom" he stopped to say
"How's that imprinting going?" she asked
"Moomm" he whined "Who really imprints?" he asked smiling
"We did before we knew that was what it was called" she laughed as she looked at his Dad
"Lets just say, we haven't found a deal breaker yet, but its very early days" he laughed
"But its something?" his Mom asked
"Yeah its something" Sam said his face lighting up at the prospect of it being that special something
It was 6.30 pm and Mercy was uncharacteristically ready; hair done, purple ripped jeans, white ripped in all the right places, jumper and purple heels she had to climb into, leaving seconds for her to threw her white accessories on and grabbed her cute bespoke Snake mini bucket bag in Purple and white leopard skin look "Sam, you are gonna get it" she smiled when she was happy with what she saw looking back at her in the mirror.
"Wow" Scarlet said as Mercy came towards the cab "Knocking the shit out of somebody tonight" she laughed as Mercy curtsied in acknowledgement of her fierceness "Surprise waiting" she informed Mercy as they pulled up outside Fellows
"What?" Mercy asked stepping out after her "Mark!" she said surprised not that he was there, she knew that was going to happen, but at the transformation he looked, doable, she thought as she looked at him standing there in not his usual crumpled jeans and dirty top, but Black slacks and shirt matching too "You look different, Scarlet's treating you good" she remarked
"She is" he smiled kissing Mercy on the cheek before pulling Scarlet to him and kissing her without shame in front of everyone standing outside the club as Mercy was distracted by a guy walking towards them smiling
"Mercy" Scarlet said when she'd finished saying hello to Mark "This is Dean, Mark's friend" she said as the said guy came to a stand still in front of her "I thought as you're at a loose end you'd like the company; surprise"
"I'm no..."
"No you're not sleeping with him its drinks and a good time at the club" Scarlet interrupted her saying as she grabbed her hand and joined the queue to get in
Mercy stood wondering how she was going to explain this to Sam, her walking in with another man. She decided she'd send him a sap as they stood waiting to get in 'this guy is not with me its Scarlet's way of saying she wants to spend the night with her man' she wrote sending it and feeling a bit more at ease with the situation, that indescribable feeling of betrayal subsided
Sam was out on stage getting things set up and sound testing, his body was doing the regular getting ready stuff but his mind was firmly set on seeing Mercy, he scanned the club every now and again looking for her and checking the time with everyone "What's up?" Claire the base guitarist asked after he'd asked her the time twice
"Nothing" he said getting on with his work, 10 minutes later they were on stage and getting ready to sing their first song at Jazz night, they'd had to practice a hell of a lot lately for this gig, they weren't of any particular genre, they played everything. Steve had got them this gig and they were grateful because big names scouted in places like this but they'd never played Jazz before let alone to an audience. Three intensive weeks of practice and one Buble CD and they'd got three songs to an audible scream, Sam being the best vocalist had been thrown the gauntlet of lead singer and he'd made it even worse for himself inviting Mercy to the gig. As the music started and he started singing the first song with Claire he was pleased Mercy hadn't turned up just yet, for all the wrong notes he was hitting
Just getting into the swing of the song on the first chorus, Claire and he had just sung a romantic bit of the song to each other and he looked at the audience and straight at Mercy, bringing a smile to his face. She wasn't smiling she was angry he strummed on and sang his bits wondering what was up with her 'And it's me you need to show, how deep is your love' he sung again looking back at Claire distracted this time for knowing Mercy was there
He turned back to the audience, well Mercy, to see her hanging onto some guys arm 'What the fuck' he thought looking at her in disbelief, almost to the point of forgetting he was singing, Claire nudged him with her guitar to get him singing again. He checked himself and returned to the song as the rest of the band let him know they were not impressed strumming chords and banging drums and stuff. The song finished and he asked for a break leaving the stage by jumping off the front of it and walking directly over the Mercy
"Who's this?" he asked not looking at Mercy as he spoke, but on not hearing any response he looked at her
"Who's that?" Mercy asked flashing her head at the stage as he looked round and made the connection
"Claire, she's in the band and she's Steve's; who's also in the bands, girlfriend" he said looking back at her for her explanation
"This is ….." she said looking at the man standing beside her "Sorry what's your name again?" she asked him
"Dean" he replied as Sam and he stared each other out
"Dean, Scarlet's boyfriend Mark's friend"
"Why are you hanging off him?" Sam asked
"Because you were showing her how deep your love was" she smiled making him smile
"Shit Mercy, I was bringing it" he said grabbing her out of Dean's hold "I missed your fierce self" he laughed as he brought her mouth up to kiss her and she took it as everything and everyone melted away "You look stunning" he said holding her away from him to look at her
"And you've got me here to sing to me" she reminded him
"God yeah" he said looking back at the waiting band on stage "I'll be back" he said in his best Terminator voice making her laugh "Watch her for me yeah?" he asked Dean offering him a firm and Dean took it and smiled "Sam" he said before turning back and getting back on stage
"This next song is for my girl" he said as the crowd cheered "We imprinted about 4 days ago and already we know this is the real deal" he shouted as he started playing their rendition of 'Nobody but Me' by Michael Buble as everyone danced. After the show Sam's band ripped into him big time and he still walked away with a smile on his face "I don't know if I'll have time for the band now this new relationships started I'll let you all know" he announced as he walked backwards out of the dressing room as the band just stared in disbelief
"We're going to have to do something about this imprinting thing" he laughed when he got back to Mercy "We both got our crazy on tonight and that could have turned out a different way"
"I'm not even the jealous type" Mercy laughed
"Mine was possessive jealousy, I guess I've just learned I can do that" he laughed nervously "Can we get out of here go somewhere and talk about this?"
"Yeah, just let me tell Scarlet" she said as Sam followed her to Scarlet got introduced and left with Mercy shortly afterwards
"Mercy" Scarlet called, grabbing her arm "I see it" she smiled
"What?" Mercy asked puzzled
"The gravitational pull, its both ways" she laughed
The Bar
Sam and Mercy sat in a quiet bar having their conversation about what was happening for them "I don't think there's a minute when I'm not thinking I need to call you" he informed her as he sat down with their drinks opposite her
"And I'm always waiting for your call" she laughed
"I think about you before I even wake up, I mean I'm laying in bed thinking has Mercy had a good nights sleep before I think wake up, is that normal?"
"I guess it could be if I was thinking the same, and I am"
"I just told my band I might not be playing with them any more, I told them it was because I have to find time to be with you and it really was I feel like I need to give you my time, me if you like"
"I told Scarlet after knowing you one day I was willing to share my life with you" she offered
"I can identify with that" he laughed "I know we joke about this imprinting thing but do you think?" he asked stopping thinking about the risk he ran of sounding insane
"I'm not a wolf" she laughed
"Neither am I" he got out as he laughed with her "My parents are normal most of the time"
"Fatal attraction then?"
"Isn't that to do with sex?" he asked
"I guess and although I have thought about it, it's not a deal breaker for me"
"Me Neither" he smiled "But I am ready for it when it comes" he warned
"I'm guessing pun unintentional" she giggled
"Unintentional" he blushed
"Soulmates" she said ignoring his blush "Its cute though" she smiled
"So's yours" he smiled "Blush that is"
"I wasn't blushing" she said looking puzzled
"First kiss you blushed for it being so public" he chuckled
"Soulmate makes it sound so trivial, I really think we imprinted" she said concerned that they weren't taking things serious enough
"Okay don't stress, we know we imprinted and that's all that matters" he said grabbing her hand to calm her down "You do know this means we're tied for life?" he said "I have a private show for you" he smiled grabbing her hand and getting up "Except we both know this thing is right" he laughed as he started singing 'Me & Mrs Jones' by Michael Buble
At the end of the song Mercy kissed him, they fused together as usual only this time not only did they see their whole life planned out the wedding, children and grandchildren, love, there were names, dates, vivid pictures of life events. Sam opened his eyes still in the kiss unable to comprehend the depth of their future, looking at Mercy he saw she was still concentrating
"How did you do that?" he asked
"Been practising" she smiled "And now you know nobody will ever love anybody as much as I love you"
"I know I love you like that already, and this is what forever?"
"Forever" she said looking into his eyes and they knew they had already started making their forever plans
The End
