A/N: *Evil laughs*

Listen to the song and pretend it's Chord ;)

(Also Sam and Mercedes' sections are in two different times frames)

Chapter 8

God Bless the Broken Road- Rascal Flatts

Sam

This was the twentieth hole in the wall Sam had stopped at on his trip, much to his surprise he was actually recognized when he walked inside. The recognition of a random woman wanting to be the girl he was singing to wasn't that exciting to him but he was humble and thanked her for her kind words before heading inside to the bar.

He'd some how managed to make a thirty-six hour trip last roughly two weeks and he wasn't entirely sure how much longer he could stall before having to cross that state line he'd been dancing with the pass few days. After he'd tossed his phone back in Lima and given the only person outside of his family and Puck his new number he knew that she hadn't check the messages he did send. That let him know that his plan wasn't as successful as the dozen of people he'd run into after posting the first three videos made it out to be.

He'd been going into local bars and performing songs that were geared towards one person and one person only, Mercedes. The thing that surprised him was that after his third stop he'd already gathered a following and when he told them to use the hashtag ASONGFORMERCY he hadn't expected it to be trending by the time he'd reached his sixth spot.

"Oh my God! It's you, you're gonna sing for her again aren't you?" A girl asked squealing excitedly.

"Mhm… last time actually." Sam answered.

"Wait no, you haven't gotten her back yet… have you?" She asked.

"Guess you'll just have to wait and find out." He said with a wink before walking on stage.

"Hi. I'm Sam and I'm singing this song for Mercy. Mercy if you see this… I'm close." He said pulling out his guitar and letting out a sigh.

California

"What are you talking about?" Mercedes asked Kurt who was yelling at her over the phone.

"For the thousandth time have you checked any of your social medias?"

"No Kurt I barely have time! Besides Holly said there are people who monitor mine for me so what's the big deal?"

"You really don't know?" He asked and she could hear the shock in his voice but she really didn't know what he going on about.

"No Kurt now tell me!"

"When you get a minute look up the hashtag ASONGFORMERCY."

"Is there a reason why?"

"Just do it!" He said before hanging up and she just looked at her phone before rolling her eyes and looking up what he said but before she could, she was called into the room to meet with her label about something she wasn't entirely sure about.

"Mercedes! So good to see you again." Mark, the label head giving her swift hand shake before having her sit, Holly was already there and so was her publicist.

A lot had change from her in the following months, she released her first song Shaking My Head which was a hit and she quickly followed it up with Color Blind another hit and it showed her versatility. She was currently writing more songs for her EP that she hoped would lead to a small tour for her to get more attention on the East Coast but this current meeting she didn't have the slightest clue about what was happening or why she was meeting with Mark.

"So Mercedes you're probably wondering why I called this meeting." Mark started shooting her a dashing smile and she couldn't help but notice everyone was sporting that same smile.

"Yes, is something going on?" She asked shifting slightly in her seat.

"I was actually going to ask you that exact question." He said and she just shot him a confused look before looking at Holly who she smiled and nodded at her as if to encourage her to say whatever it was they thought she knew.

"I don't know what you're looking for me to say…"

"This." Mark said pointing to the screen and pressing play. Mercedes looked at the screen confused until she saw Sam at a bar with his guitar on stage.

"Hi. I'm Sam and I'm singing this song for Mercy. Mercy if you see this… I'm close."

I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road

But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you

Mercedes' breathing hitched as she watched in awe and complete confusion shaking her head to keep the tears at bay.

"I don't… I haven't… when was this?" She stammered and everyone looked at her clearly seeing she didn't know anything about what was on the screen.

"So he was singing about you?" Holly asked.

"He's my ex…" She said still looking at the screen trying to figure out why this was meeting worthy and what made him do this.

That every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart, they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Yes, He did

"Oh this is perfect!" Mark said pausing the video before she could protest it.

"What… I didn't know he did this… I'm sorry if this is bad-"

"Bad? Hell no! He just made you beyond desirable, this is golden!" Mark said with a bright smile.

Mercedes hadn't heard a single word he said because was frozen looking at Sam and how much different he looked. She had asked Kurt but he told her he hadn't seen him at all and that no really had seen him, she started to call his family to make sure he was fine but she felt like it was no longer in her place to do such things so she chose to just say a silent prayer that he was okay. Based off how well built and tanned her appeared in the video he was doing fine.

"Mercedes." Holly said snapping her fingers causing her to refocus on the room.

"Huh?"

"We think you should do a response video." Mark said with a smile.

"What? No! This isn't some damn publicity stunt for me to just play along with… I haven't talked to him in God knows how long." Mercedes said shaking her head and standing up.

"Okay now that she said no can we move on from this?" Holly asked shoot Mercedes a reassuring smile.

"You don't honestly think we can just let this go unanswered do you?"

"I don't care what you think, when it comes to my personal life you don't get to profit off of it!" Mercedes said before shooting Holly a look and storming out.

She needed air and she needed to think, she started to head home but stopped and went to the beach instead. She needed somewhere to think that wasn't confined by four walls. She wanted to call him but what could she say? "Hey thanks for the sweet video?" She parked her car taking her heels off and just walked straight out on the beach, her phone was ringing but she ignored it because she'd been avoiding thinking about what to do regarding her lingering feelings for Sam.

I think about the years I spent just passin' through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there, you understand
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true

She found a spot on the beach to just sit when she remembered her call with Kurt and decided to do what he told her. She opened her Instagram immediately feeling overwhelmed by the amount of people tagging her in notifications, she skimmed them a few from post that she made, well she didn't make them but still. When she started getting to the ones that had the hashtag Kurt mentioned, she didn't realize that he'd been doing this for over a few weeks but what really shocked her was the comments.

I wonder who Mercy is?

Mercy sounds awfully close to that new singer Mercedes…

Wait is it her?

I looked on his page and they totally know each other! It has to be her! Tag Mercedes guys!

mercedesj give him another chance!

mercedesj he's sorry, hear him out!

mercedesj Come on chica, even I'm wanting you to give him a chance.

She rolled her eyes reading the comment from Santana but there were thousands more saying the same thing and she was completely shocked that people were that invested in this but then again it was Sam. He had a way of making her just want to forgive me which is why she was so conflicted about things this time. She'd actually left and she couldn't help but realize all the good things that had happened when she did, not that she felt like good things hadn't happened when they were together. She knew in those past years together she was happy, very happy actually what she couldn't figure out was why was this one thing so hard for her to get passed.

That was a lie, she knew why and it was the one thing she always knew he would do should things ever get to the point they had… chase her. She would have taken him back damn near a year had he just came after her that night, she came back why couldn't he? What made him do what he did after she left? All those same questions floated around in her mind but they wouldn't stick in her heart and that's why she was so conflicted because she wanted to listen to her heart but her mind was so damn loud.

Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart, they were like Northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Yeah

Sam

After he finished singing his song he knew it was time to put the rest of his plan into play, he smiled and talked to everyone that stopped him before walking out of the bar being met by two familiar faces. He shot them a smile choosing the let them start first but when neither of them spoke he knew they were waiting for him to explain.

"Kurt, Santana." He said with a nod.

"That's all you have to say to us?" Santana asked with a look.

"I don't know what you want me to say."

"How about how you plan on getting our girl back." Kurt said and he shook his head.

"Cant do that." He answered loading his guitar into his truck.

"Why not? The whole world knows you're singing to Mercedes and everyone is trying to figure out how you're planning to win her back." Kurt asked then said looking at Santana who had an unreadable expression her face.

"Because Kurt, this has nothing to do with 'everyone' and everything to do with me fucking up the best thing in my life. She doesn't even know about these little performances and I know for a fact if she did you wouldn't be here."

"What makes you so sure she doesn't? How do you know she's not choosing to ignore them? Or she's not having her people write up a cease and desist?" Santana asked and he couldn't help but smirk.

"Mercedes Jones is a private person and won't like what I did because it's making her have to address everything and wonder if it's worth trying again. I don't want her to make it easy simply because she still loves me… look that Sam a year ago was a complete asshole and she should slap me as soon as she sees me. That's assuming I get to see her because I am going in blind, I don't know where she lives or her schedule-"

"Oh wow, you're not trying to rekindle your past relationship…" Kurt said a smile spreading across his face and Santana shot him a confused look.

"He's going to try to win her back… from scratch." Kurt finished smiling at Sam who smiled back.

"And you intend on doing that by forcing her to think about how you fucked up?" Santana asked not understanding his logic.

"No, it's hard to explain but I don't want we had because it ended because of me… because I took for granted what I had. I took her for granted." He answered with a sad look.

"You better not make us regret this… here." Kurt said giving him Mercedes' address and a hard look.

"I know you won't really believe me but I won't mess up this time." He replied grateful that he had an address.

"Good luck." Santana said earning an amused look from them both. "What we all know she's still holding a candle for him, just don't fuck up again."

"Thank you and I won't!" He said smiling before waving them both off and heading, finally across state lines to Mercedes.

And now I'm just a-rollin' home
Into my lover's arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

Mercedes hadn't been able to sleep, she tried but it wouldn't come and now she had to get up and start her day. She'd watched all his videos smiling and crying because this was the grand gesture she told Anthony about but she also hated it because now the whole world was waiting for her to make a decision on something she hadn't even confirmed to be true. It just like Sam to put things directly in her face and make her address them but this time she wasn't entirely sure she could just forgive him but she desperately wanted to forgive him.

In a sense she had already forgiven him but what did that mean as far as moving on? Did they try again? Should they? Did she want to go back and try again? She asked herself all those questions as she got dressed deciding to skip breakfast and to just grab something on her way out. She had a feeling today was going to be a long one but she didn't have much planned outside of some studio time and another meeting with Mark about all this craziness. She walked outside towards her car before stopping dead in her tracks and taking in an uneasy breath, she wasn't expecting him to be here leaning against his truck just waiting for her and for a brief moment they just looked at each other.

"Mercedes I-"

That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, mm, mm

Sooooo... I wasn't kidding when I said this was ending on a cliffhanger!

1. There will be a follow up story BUT I have to gather a few more songs to make the chapters!

2. I plan on taking a mini hiatus before starting the next installment of this story

2b. Meaning I want to update and finish my other stories!

3. if you go to my profile I listed all the stories ending soon as well as other stories I plan on posting.

3b. I didn't post the summaries of said stories but if want to know about any of them PM me and I'll try to give the best answers without giving away the stories.

I hope you enjoyed this installment the next one is called The Make-Up :) So until next time XOXO!