Come Back to Me

Chapter 8

January in Lima, Next Day, Senior Year.

"You made me breakfast." Mercedes opens her eyes to see Santana holding a tray with pancakes, sausage, and a glass of orange juice. It makes her smile and Santana smiles back, "I made you breakfast." Mercedes moves to sit with her back against the headboard and Santana places the tray in Mercedes' lap. She gives her a peck on the lips before sitting next to her.

"You were going through it last night and I wanted to do something to help you feel a little better. Is it working?"

"More than you know, thank you babe." Mercedes begins to dig in and is enjoying every bite. She offers Santana some of her breakfast and she leans over to wrap her mouth around Mercedes' fork. "Mmm, your girl friend can cook."

"She really can." At the word girlfriend Mercedes' mind drifts to Quinn and why she was with Santana in the first place. Mercedes finishes her breakfast and Santana cleans up. It was pretty early in the morning because the girls had to get ready for school and Santana didn't want to have such a heavy conversation in the morning, but she needed to know what made Mercedes upset the night before. As the girls are changing Santana asks, "Mercedes can I ask you something?" Mercedes who was buttoning her jeans stopped to turn and look at Santana.

"You want to know why I was so upset last night."

"You cried yourself to sleep Mercedes."

Mercedes takes in a deep breath and processes a few thoughts before she finally answers, "I promised to be honest with you, and I intend to keep that promise, so I think you should sit down." Santana doesn't like the way this is going, Mercedes was getting ready to talk about her ex girlfriend because that's what their promise was about, but Santana didn't think it would happen so soon, the girls just became official a little over a month ago and Santana wasn't ready to compete with Mercedes' lost love. She knew that what they had so far couldn't compare to what she had with her ex.

"My ex got in contact with me last night and she brought up all of these old memories and all of these feelings that I tried to bury came rushing back and it just caught me off guard and I couldn't really handle it so…"

"So you called me."

"Yes, I called you because I knew you would make me feel better. I promise Santana I like you more than you probably think and I am not using you. You have helped me feel things that I thought I wouldn't be able to feel for another person and I really do love you."

Santana understands, it hurts, but she understands. She had loved Brittany the way she thinks Mercedes loved or still loves her ex girlfriend so she had a hard time trying to be upset with her."So what does this mean for us? I know I said I would fight, but I wasn't expecting to have to fight so soon. Do I even stand a chance against this girl? I love you too Mercedes but I need to make sure my heart doesn't hurt more than it needs too."

"Honestly Santana, I don't know."

Santana nods her head and starts walking towards Mercedes. She leans in gives her a sweet kiss that lasts longer than Mercedes expected, it was a good kiss. "Well when you figure it out let me know because I want you in my bed all the time Mercedes, not just when your ex makes you upset."

…

Mercedes opens her locker and is surprised to find another note.

I'm taking you out on Saturday, be ready by 10am.

Mercedes is furious she starts talking to herself, "Why does she think that she can do this…" Although she won't admit it Mercedes knows Quinn's schedule like the back of her hand. So when Quinn is about to walk into her second period class Mercedes is standing at the end of the hall trying to be as subtle as possible, making gestures for Quinn to come to her. Quinn gets the hint and starts walking towards her. Mercedes walks to a secluded part of the school and Quinn follows. With a hushed voice Mercedes starts, "How do you even know if I'm ready to talk? You didn't even ask me. You think you know everything and you don't, you don't know me anymore."

Mercedes' words don't bother Quinn because she knows that the girl is just scared of what could be. It's interesting because Quinn has developed this confidence, this dominant attitude towards Mercedes and their relationship. She had been timid and uncertain at the start of their relationship, when she was pregnant. As the relationship progressed so did her confidence, but Mercedes was still the one with the dominant attitude, the one who took care of the both of them, and the one who never had any doubts about their relationship. She was sure of their love for each other, so seeing her like this, uncertain for the first time caused Quinn to take over the dominant role instinctively. It was her job now to recreate the trust they had in each other. The love was still there, it was the trust that was the issue.

"Mercedes, you said we needed to talk, so we are going to talk."

"You didn't even ask me."

"Are you free Saturday?"

Mercedes rolls her eyes, "Yes"

"Will you spend the day with me on Saturday?" Mercedes doesn't say anything; she looks to the side and tries her hardest not to smirk. Quinn smiles, "I'll take that as a yes. I'm picking you up at ten." Quinn starts walking towards Mercedes. Mercedes turns her head to look at what she is doing. Quinn grabs her hands and places them around her own waist. She then places her arms around Mercedes' neck and then proceeds to hug her. Mercedes hugs her back; old habits. Both girls close their eyes and take each other in. Their feelings mixed with their scents is overwhelming for both girls. There are so many feelings wrapped into that hug; hurt comfort, love, but most importantly the hug feels like home. When Quinn initiated the embrace she only wanted to feel Mercedes, she wasn't expecting to feel all of the feelings that are swirling through her now. They both tighten the hug and Quinn's voice cracks when she opens her mouth, "Do you really think I don't know you anymore?" Mercedes lets a tear escape her eye, "Why are you doing this to me?"

Quinn pulls back to look at Mercedes and she opens her eyes to look at Quinn. Quinn uses her thumb to wipe away Mercedes' tear, "Mercedes you're my baby, the only thing I want to do is help you remember that, and I will do whatever it takes until that happens."

"Lucy I…"

"No Mercedes not now, not here, just be ready on Saturday okay and we can talk about anything okay?" Mercedes scans Quinn's face. There are too many conflicting feelings running through her mind, she nods her head, "Okay"

"Good, now as much as I want to stay here, unfortunately we need to get lost before JBI spots us in this corner." She kisses Mercedes on the cheek sweetly before she walks away swaying her hips and her cheerio skirt at the same time. She turns around after a few steps, "Saturday Mercy" Mercedes bites her bottom lip when Quinn turns back around thinking to herself, "Why me?"

…

When Mercedes gets to class she takes her regular seat next to Kurt, "And where were you?"

"I just had to take care of something, why?

"Because you are grinning from ear to ear, was Santana that something?"

Mercedes doesn't know what to say, she hadn't noticed that she was grinning from ear to ear, and she doesn't like lying, but what else could she do? "Umm you got me."

"I knew it, I knew it, and you guys are so cute together. She really needed a girl like you in her life." If Mercedes didn't already feel bad, she does now.

…

It's Saturday morning and Quinn is right on time. Mercedes tried not to get too dressed up, but she did make an effort to look nice. She applied light makeup, enough to make her face pop, and she even made the effort to straighten her long wavy hair. This effort did not go unnoticed to Quinn as she watched Mercedes walk from her house all the way to her car. Quinn also made an effort to look nice, so she smiles to herself while Mercedes takes a seat. "Hello Mercedes, you look beautiful as always." She blushes, "Thank you Lucy, you too."

Quinn starts driving and it is silent for a while, except for the low volume of the radio. Looking out the window Mercedes notices that they are heading out of Lima. "Where are we going?" Quinn looks over at Mercedes staring out of the window and she thinks that she is so happy to be with her, she takes hold of Mercedes' hand before looking back at the road and replying, "You will see when we get there." Mercedes doesn't look at their clasped hands, instead she smiles and continues to stare out of the window and squeezes Quinn's hand as a response.

"What are we doing here?" The car ride ends after about an hour and a half. Quinn has pulled up to a Motel on a secluded road. "It's not what you think, come on." The girls get out of the car and head inside. There is an older woman at the front desk, Mercedes assumes she is in her late sixties early seventies. "Lucy, you're here. It's so good to see you again." She moves from behind the counter to greet Quinn with a hug. "I know Ella; it's good to see you too. Thanks for helping me out."

"Oh anything for you, you know that." She looks over to Mercedes. "Is this the Mercedes that you have told me so much about, she is even better-looking than you described." Quinn's cheeks go red. "Ella I would like you to meet Mercedes, Mercedes this is Ella." Mercedes is confused but greets the woman anyway. "Nice to meet you Ella."

"The pleasure is all mine darling." She turns to Quinn, "Alright we will have enough time for chatting later, you go on up to your room. Here is the key, call if you need."

"Thank you Ella"

"You're welcome honey."

Quinn takes Mercedes hand and leads her to the elevator. When the doors close Mercedes finally asks, "What's going on, why does she know you, and what are we doing here?"

"When my parents started to loosen up on their Quinn surveillance, I took drives to clear my head. I needed to get away to think about you, to think about Faith, to just think without them breathing down my back. My car ran out of gas one day and I pulled into here. When I walked into the Motel to ask for help Ella noticed that I had been crying and she let me vent. I was so overwhelmed that Ella told me to take a nap in one of the rooms and when I was ready to leave she would help me with my car. After that day I started coming back regularly talking and taking naps when necessary. I always talked about you and Faith, every time."

The girls are standing outside a door on the third floor. It hurt Mercedes to hear what Quinn was telling her. She knew Quinn missed her but hearing it from her mouth is different from just knowing. "So here we are, are you ready to go inside?" Mercedes nods her head and Quinn unlocks the door. When the door opens there is a red and white checkered picnic blanket spread out on the floor. There is a bed in the corner of the room obviously pushed to the side to make space for the blanket. At one edge of the blanket there is a picnic basket, and at the diagonal edge there is a vase full of roses. Quinn adjusts the lights to make the room dim and when she does the fake candle that is sitting in the middle of the blanket become brighter and more noticeable.

"Lucy this…"

"This is a place where we can just sit and talk with no interruptions, no outside factors getting in the way, just you and me. I even turned my phone off, so let's take off our coats, just sit and talk, that's all." Mercedes agrees and she even turns her phone off; she takes off her boots before sitting down on the blanket. Quinn follows and sits on the opposite side of the blanket.

"Are you hungry for lunch?"

Mercedes smiles "Yes, I am actually."

"Good, because there are two turkey bacon sandwiches with our names on them." Quinn puts Mercedes' sandwich on a plate and hands it to her along with a side of salad, and a bottle of water. "I should have known bacon would be involved." Quinn laughs, "I guess it wasn't just a craving." The girls start eating and make small talk about Lima and McKinley. When they are done eating Quinn walks over to the mini fridge and pulls out small containers of chocolate covered fruit; strawberries, bananas, and pineapples. Quinn leans over Mercedes' shoulder to place the fruit in front of her and instead of walking over to sit on the opposite side of the blanket she sits next to Mercedes. "Lucy what are you doing?"

Quinn acts oblivious, "Nothing, I just want to be closer you that's all."

Mercedes turns her body to face Quinn. Both girls are now sitting with their legs in a pretzel shape, knees touching. Quinn picks up a strawberry and holds it to Mercedes' mouth. Mercedes hesitates but eventually bites into the strawberry. She then watches as Quinn consumes what's left of that same strawberry. Mercedes does her best to control her breathing because Quinn is so sexy right now. "Lucy you said we would talk, so let's talk, for real." Quinn licks her lips and nods her head, "Okay let's talk, I'll start; I'm breaking up with Sam this week." Mercedes already knows why, but she asks, "Why?" anyway.

"Because I don't want to waste anymore time Mercedes. I want us to be together as soon as possible, and that can't happen if I'm dating Sam? I just want all of the things that we used to talk about, remember what we used to talk about baby?"

"Of course I remember but…"

"There are no buts…"

It's New Years Eve and Quinn finds Mercedes in her bedroom sitting on her bed. "Hey here you are. What are you doing, the party is downstairs." The Jones's were hosting a New Years Eves party for their family and friends. "I just needed a break."Quinn walks over to stand in front of Mercedes, in-between her legs. Mercedes wraps her hands around Quinn's hips and Quinn grabs Mercedes' face with both of her hands and proceeds to kiss her on the lips. "You could have brought me with you. Your father and R.J. keep trying to push the name Rayanna on me." Both girls laugh, "Oh no, we are not naming our baby girl Rayanna."

"Haha I know that, but try telling that to your brother and father at the same time, they double teamed me."

"I'm sorry baby, I'll set them straight." Quinn rubs her fingers through Mercedes' hair and leans down to give her another kiss, "Thank you baby. So what were you thinking about?" Mercedes leans into Quinn and rests her head on her protruding stomach. Quinn is about 5 months pregnant and it is clear that she is having a baby. Her stomach pokes out and she has started gaining baby weight. The girls found out that Quinn was having a girl when they came down to LA at the start of Christmas break. They were both happy, Mercedes really wanted a girl.

"I was just thinking about us and the future and our little family."Quinn's hands are running through Mercedes' hair and she is smiling. "Yeah, and what about our little family?"

"I'm just thinking about things like will our baby girl like to sing, or dance, or act, or write, will we stay in LA or move after you finish high school, and how we are going to go about achieving our life and career goals. I'm not worried, just curious." Quinn stops her stroking and uses her hand to lift Mercedes' head so that they are looking at each other. "It's okay Mercy, I think about those things too. What did you have in mind?"

"I was thinking that I would apply to NYU and UCLA for their music programs, but I was also thinking about trying my luck on American Idol, or try and get discovered you know. But then there is you and our baby. I want both of you wherever I go. So then I starting thinking about school again because I know how much you love the library, and the arts, and you enjoy school, so I would apply to the schools you are interested in and we could go to school and work and take care of the baby, there are just so many thoughts I can't really work them out." Quinn is really in love with Mercedes, "I am so in love with you." Mercedes laughs lightly and smiles, "I really am. You are always thinking about how to take care of us and…You know if you don't want to go to school you don't have too just because you know I want to. You can take steps in starting your career and I can go to school and we can live in a small apartment on almost no money, but it will be okay because we will have each other and we won't be there forever." Quinn starts to lean down for another kiss but Mercedes pulls back.

"Listen L I'm not too proud to accept help from my parents, so scratch out that small apartment part and we might have a deal." Quinn rolls her eyes, a habit she picked up from Mercedes, and kisses her girlfriend. The kiss is long and wet; Quinn dominates the kiss by invading Mercedes' mouth with her tongue. Mercedes pulls Quinn closer to her and releases a series of moans. Quinn releases Mercedes' lips but that's only because she starts sucking on her neck and sucking hard. Leaving her mark on Mercedes is one of Quinn's favorite things and Mercedes knows it. She moves a hand up so that it's gripping Quinn's head and tilts her own head to the side to make sucking easier for her. Quinn bites Mercedes' neck, "Ahh" Mercedes grip tightens on Quinn's head. Quinn uses her tongue to soothe the bitten area. Quinn kisses back up Mercedes' jaw and starts attacking her lips again, she pushes Mercedes down so that her back is flat on the bed, but before she can straddle her lap there is rapid knocking on the door. Both girls jump and breathe heavily because they are out of breath.

"Now I know you girls are in there probably getting it on, but it's almost midnight so bring your buts down stairs. If you aren't down in three minutes I'm busting in."

Mercedes slaps her forehead, "I really, really hate my brother sometimes." Quinn removes Mercedes' hand from her head and kisses that spot, "Let's go baby before he comes in." Before Quinn opens the door Mercedes grabs her hand. "Before we go back to the crazy that is my family I just want to say that I love you, and I'm excited about spending the New Year with you and starting our family."

"I love you too Mercedes."

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Quinn is 8 months into her pregnancy and the girls are lying in bed. Mercedes is so close to sleep when Quinn rolls over in her arms to face her, "Mercedes, Mercedes, are you still awake?" Quinn is cranky and tired but she can't get to sleep because the baby refuses to stop moving around.

Mercedes manages to say, "Whas the…ma… ha… by"

"Mercedes the baby won't stop moving and I am exhausted, I need sleep. Talk to her, she listens to you." Quinn is going to crack if Mercedes doesn't fix her problem soon. Mercedes scoots closer to Quinn and gives her a quick kiss on the lips, "Chill out baby, I got this. Close your eyes and relax." Quinn is closes her eyes and releases a breath of relief, "Thank you."

Mercedes slides her body down the bed until she is face to face with Quinn's stomach. "Hey baby girl, what's the matter?"She places her hand on the large bump and begins rubbing it in slow circles. She can feel Quinn's body starting to relax. "I know you are getting restless in there, we can't wait to meet you either but we only have a few more weeks. We have been working on getting this room ready for you all day and your mom can't handle being awake anymore. What do you need me to do to help you relax, huh? Singing usually works the best."

Quinn chimes in, in her sleepy voice, "Yes, sing. Sing for her."

"I guess I'm singing to you baby girl." She clears her throat before starting, "Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high/ There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby..." Mercedes can't get enough of singing to her baby girl. She already knows that she likes it because it's the easiest way to calm her down when she is fussing. She loves that she can do that for her baby girl. She continues to rub Quinn's tummy and sings until the song comes to an end "If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow/ Why, oh why can't I?" Mercedes looks up to Quinn and notices that she has fallen asleep. "Your mom didn't want me to sing for you, she just wanted me to sing for her. I know she loves it too. I love you girls with everything that I have. I'm ready for you to be out here with us baby girl. We are going to have a good life together. I can feel it." Mercedes kisses the baby bump before she makes her way back up to lie face to face with Quinn. She kisses Quinn on the forehead before she rests her head on her own pillow. "Thank you for loving me, and thank you for her."

…

Mercedes quickly stands and starts pacing back and forth; somehow she and Quinn started holding hands. "I shouldn't be here with you, this isn't right." Quinn stands up too, "Mercedes calm down."

"I did my hair special for you I made sure to look good for you, this is a date, it is not just two people talking. You know it and I know it and I let it happen and I shouldn't be here."

"But you are here Mercedes, so what does that mean?" Mercedes stops pacing, "How can you be so clam? You have a boyfriend and I have a girl friend."

"Mercedes this is right. I told you I only started dating Sam to please my parents and as far as Santana goes I really am sorry for her, but she can't have you. Not fully because your heart belongs to me. It's not like we just met last week and these feelings are coming out of nowhere, we have a history together. You're here because you want to be here with me, and that's okay, it's okay."

Tears start leaving Mercedes' eyes; she has been fighting her feeling for Quinn for over a year and a half. She hates to think that she used Santana, but Santana helped her forget even if it was for just moments at a time. It felt good being with Santana, but her mind and her heart always returned to Quinn. "It wasn't supposed to be like this, we shouldn't be here right now. We should be in LA with our baby girl, you should be finishing school, and I should be at home with Faith while trying to figure out how to make my way into the music industry. I shouldn't love one person and be in love with another, no, this isn't right." Mercedes sits on the bed and starts crying into her hands. Quinn walks over and gets on her knees in front of Mercedes. She takes Mercedes hands in her own and moves them from her face. She lets go of one hand to wipe Mercedes' tears, "I hate seeing you cry."

"Lucy this isn't right."

"No it's not, but this is how things are and we need to finally deal with them, it's nobody's fault, things happen that are out of our control… Are you still in love with me Mercedes?" Mercedes eyes are still watery as she takes a deep breath before looking directly into Quinn's eyes, "I never stopped, as hard as I tried I could never stop being in love with you." It's Quinn's turn to have watery eyes, "Then that's all that should matter."

"I don't want to hurt Santana. She has been really good to me and I don't want to burn her like Brittany did." Quinn moves to sit next to Mercedes on the bed. "I don't want to hurt her either, but this is different. It kills me to know that she has been touching you and kissing you. When she talks about you I just want to scream because she doesn't know you like I do. Mercedes you will always be my one and only and I need to be yours again. I want to kiss you, and touch you, love you, and fuck you; I want to know that I am the only one that will ever be able to do those things to you. I want you to start wearing your key around your neck again. I want us to get out of Lima and find our baby; I want to start our lives together. I want you to let me love you again." Quinn puts hers and Mercedes' foreheads together. "I'm not letting you go. I don't care what I have to do but you are my girl." Mercedes doesn't have a chance to say anything because Quinn is all over her lips. Both girls start roaming each other's bodies and it doesn't take them too long to get acquainted.

Mercedes is on her back, Quinn is straddling Mercedes' right leg, and her right knee lingers close to Mercedes' center. Quinn bites and pulls Mercedes' bottom lip before sitting up to take off Mercedes' shirt. She leans down and starts kissing a trail from Mercedes' belly button up to her breast. Quinn lifts Mercedes bra cup and starts licking and sucking on her left nipple like it's coated with candy. She squeezes the left as she devours the right, and then moves her lips to Mercedes' left nipple to do the same. Mercedes is in a state of ecstasy, the grip she has on Quinn's head is almost too tight, she wants to scream but she is holding it in and Quinn can feel it. Quinn trails kisses up Mercedes neck, and to her ear. She licks Mercedes' ear and bites her lobe, "It's okay to let go baby, I'm here to catch you." Mercedes lets out a small whimper, but it is nowhere near what she is capable of. Quinn moves on to other parts of Mercedes' body and hopes that it will help. She unclasps the button on Mercedes' jeans and doesn't waste time taking them off. She takes off her socks too. Quinn remains standing so that she can take off her own clothes and as she does that Mercedes takes off her bra and panties. Quinn is a little taken back by Mercedes eagerness to strip, but she wastes no time getting back to her girl. She spreads Mercedes' legs and kisses a trail from her left knee to her thigh; she stops right before her center and repeats her actions with Mercedes right leg. When she reaches her center Quinn's mouth waters, she catches herself before she dives in and looks up at Mercedes. Mercedes is biting her bottom lip and she nods her head rapidly as the go ahead for Quinn to continue.

Quinn releases her tongue and licks one slow stoke along Mercedes' center, she does it again, and again, "Lucy." Quinn smiles because it's a start. Quinn's tongue roams around Mercedes center and takes in her flavor. The circles, zigzags, and moans that she is creating are bringing more and more noises out of Mercedes. When she licks Mercedes clit she got a loud, "Ahh" from the girl. She leaves Mercedes' center and trails kisses up Mercedes' body. She wants to hear Mercedes more so she bites her neck and enters two fingers into her simultaneously; "AHHH" Quinn's fingers are pumping in and out, as she leaves mark after mark all over Mercedes' neck. She licks Mercedes' ear and whispers, "What's my name?" Mercedes is panting heavily and she gets even more aroused when Quinn whispers in her air. She tries her best to say, "Lucy" in one breath.

"Who has you heart?" Quinn licks her ear again and it takes a little longer for Mercedes to answer because she is getting so close to the edge. She moans but it's not what Quinn wants to hear. So with each word Quinn pumps even harder, she wants it to hurt, in a good way, "Who. Has. Your. Heart?"

Mercedes screams, "You do, you do."

"Who are you in love with?" Quinn enters a third finger and sends Mercedes over the edge, Mercedes shouts at the top of her lungs, "YOU!" Quinn trails kisses back down to Mercedes' center and licks her clean. Mercedes is a little sensitive and Quinn's tongue is a little too much, "Lucy."

Quinn makes her way to the top of the bed and lies down next to Mercedes. Mercedes, who is still breathing hard, rolls on top of Quinn and takes over her mouth with her own lips. She strokes Quinn's face and looks directly into her eyes, "I'm in love with you Lucy, you have always had my heart, and you always will." She pecks Quinn's lips "I love you. I love you. I love you."

Mercedes straddles Quinn's lap. Her center is so close to Quinn's. Her eyes never leave Quinn's as she licks her middle finger and uses it to create a trail from Quinn's lips to her neck, through the valley of her breasts, past her belly button, and to her center. She slips her finger deep into Quinn, nice and slow. Quinn's breath catches in her throat. Mercedes pulls her finger out and brings it to her own lips. She sucks her finger clean and slow, her eyes roll to the back of her head in bliss and her head drops back, "Fuck me."

Quinn sits up and kisses in-between Mercedes' breasts, "I just did, but I can do it again." Mercedes lifts Quinn's face and plants kiss all over, "I should return the favor first."

…

The girls spent the rest of their day talking and fucking, they managed to fit in a small nap, neither of them really wanted to do much sleeping. Mercedes thanked Ella on the way out for taking care of Quinn in her absence. They promised to visit again soon. The car ride home was almost as quiet as the car ride there. They held hands the whole way but didn't say much, both knowing that they would have to return to reality too soon. When Mercedes notices that they are back in Lima she says, "I'm going to talk to Santana tomorrow."

Quinn squeezes Mercedes' hand, "And I'll tell Sam that it's over."

"Do you think that you would be able to get away tomorrow night?"

"I think so, my parents haven't been watching me as close as they used too. I don't know why, but I'm not complaining."

"Good come to mine around six? I'm going to head over to Santana's around three. I don't know how she is going to take it but… I just want to see you again."

"I understand baby, I'll be there."

"Good." Quinn pulls up to the front of Mercedes' house next to Mercedes' car. Mercedes leans over and kisses Quinn, "I don't want to leave you." Mercedes has real fear in her eyes, "Hey, hey, no Mercedes, I will see you tomorrow okay. I will be at your house at six, take that look off your face." Mercedes knows that she will see Quinn tomorrow, but she is having a really hard time letting her go.

"You promise?"

"I promise, I love you baby." She kisses Mercedes one last time, "I love you too Lucy."

When Mercedes exits the car she watches and waves as Quinn drives away. Before she can reach her door, it opens and both her parents are on the other side; neither of them looking pleased. Even so Mercedes' smile doesn't disappear as she enters the house.

"Mercedes Olivia Jones did you forget that I was coming today? Where have you been? We have been calling you all day and it's 11 at night. Was that Lucy that just dropped you off because I thought you were dating a girl named Santana, and was that Lucy that just dropped you off? I don't understand how, how is that possible. And look at your neck; it looks like you've been attacked by an animal. You tell us right now what's going on."

Mercedes is in a state of happiness and her mother's harsh tone doesn't phase her for a second. She touches the bruises on her neck, looks at both of her parents, and says with a huge dreamy smile on her face, "Okay, I'll tell you." And she does, she tells them everything. She tells them about the first time she saw Quinn at Glee Club, she tells them about the months she and Quinn spent avoiding each other, she tells them about Quinn's visit to the house the other day, and she tells them about the day she just had.

"So her parents threatened to kill you and they gave Faith away just like that?" Liv was livid.

"Yes, that's why she left."

"Oh hell to the naw, no one threatens my baby gets away with it. Oh no Ray we need to do something about this. Mercedes I am so sorry this happened to you" Ray tries his best to practice nonviolence, but all he wanted to do in that moment was kill somebody himself.

"How is Lucy getting along in that house?"

"I told you dad, she is just going through the motions until she graduates, but I don't want her to be in that house anymore than you do. What can we do?"

Ray and Liv are both troubled, "I don't know honey but we are going to think of something, come here."

Mercedes walks over to her father and hugs him. Her mother joins in shortly after to make a Mercedes sandwich, "You guys are the best parents ever. I love you."

"We love you too baby girl"

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Mercedes arrives at Santana's house nervous out of her mind, she knows what she wants to say, but she is still worried about how she will take things. Santana opens the door, "Hey Mercedes, come in." She kisses Mercedes on the lips before she closes the door. Mercedes kisses back because it's a natural reaction at this point. "Hi San, can we go to your room, we need to talk."

Santana is instantly disturbed because "We need to talk" is never a good way to start a conversation. So she nods her head and leads the way. When in her room she sits on her bed and looks at Mercedes expectantly. Mercedes takes a deep breath, "Santana I don't want you to think that you don't mean anything because you do, you have made me feel on top of the world since coming to Lima and I love you for that." Santana knows where this is going, but she doesn't want it to go there.

"What are you trying to say Mercedes?"

"I'm trying to say that I knew I would have a hard time saying no to my ex and I was right. I can't say no to her. She wants to try again, and so do I" Mercedes is feeling awful with every word. Santana is trying to keep her emotions in check.

"I thought you loved me."

"I do love you Santana, but I'm in love with her, its complicated, we have a history that I can't just throw away."

Santana stand to walk over to Mercedes but her phone rings. Mercedes silences it, but it rings again right away. Santana is in front of her now. "Well answer it; it's not going to stop." Her tone is harsh.

Mercedes answers the phone and her face is drained of blood and emotion. She hangs up the phone. "I'm sorry Santana but I have to go."

Santana's attitude disappears to ask, "Mercedes what's wrong?"

Mercedes is racing out of the house and Santana is still trying to find out what the problem is.

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Hospital in Lima

Mercedes rushes to the hospital and is there before she knows it. She spots her father in the lobby and rushes to him. She is hysterical, tears are streaming down her face like a waterfall, she tries to speak but her words get caught by the knot in her throat. Her father grabs hold of her shoulders and looks her dead in the eyes, "Mercedes you need to calm down. You can't go into the room if you can't pull yourself together." Mercedes didn't hear anything her father said, but she did manage to find her voice, "WHERE IS SHE, WHERE IS SHE?"

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