Come Back To Me
Chapter 13
It is graduation day and all the graduates and guests are sitting on fold out chairs arranged on the football field at McKinley High. The Glee club is sitting together in front of the graduates and guests, near the stage, prepared to sing when ready. Mercedes and Quinn sit next to each other holding hands. Quinn looks at Mercedes and notices that she seems a bit off, like her smile seems a little false. She rubs the back of Mercedes hand with her thumb until Mercedes turns to look at her.
"What's wrong baby?" It is sometimes scary to Mercedes how much Quinn can see right through her. She lifts Quinn's hand to her lips and kisses it before providing her with an answer, "I am extremely happy right now, I am. I have you, our friends, and family are here to celebrate with us, but I can't help but feel incomplete. My heart is aching for Faith, feel it, it wants to beat outside of my chest, and I just wish time could stand still long enough for us to find her, so we don't have to spend another day without her."
Quinn places her free hand on Mercedes' chest and her breath catches as she listens to everything that Mercedes is saying. Of course Quinn wanted Faith here just as much as Mercedes but there is something about the way Mercedes speaks about their missing daughter that causes Quinn's heart to break even more. "Mercedes she will come back to us. I need you to keep believing that. You are our foundation, she will always be wherever you are, and so will I. Faith may night be right here with us but she is right here, (Quinn taps Mercedes' heart with her index finger) all the time, and no one can take that away from you." Mercedes embraces Quinn in a gut wrenching hug and they both hold on trying not to cry. They stay like that for a few seconds until Figgins announces that the Glee club will be singing "The ever wonderful Ain't No Mountain High Enough. Let's give it up to our award winning Glee club."
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The ceremony has commenced and students, teachers, and parents are conversing all around the football field. Quinn is talking with Mercedes parents and Mr. Shu, while Mercedes is talking to Santana on the other side of the field. "So Santana you and Dani huh!" She says this as she nudges Santana in the arm. Santana hits Mercedes hand away and blushes, "Stop it Cedes, we are just friends."
"Oh I'm sorry I didn't realize 'just friends' meant fuck buddies, silly me!" Santana shouts "MERCEDES!... stop!"
"What? Santana it is perfectly fine, but I don't understand why you two just won't get together officially. I mean you both like each other; she has spent more time with you these past few weeks than with me, which is why she came here in the first place." As the two continue to bicker Dani approaches the two and gives hugs to both of them. "Congratulations. I am so proud of you girls." Santana and Mercedes respond "Thank you" in unison and Dani proceeds to talk to Santana, nudging her best friend out of the way while clearing her throat.
"Santana you look beautiful and you sounded amazing." As Santana blushes Mercedes rolls her eyes.
"Oh pa-lease."
Both girls ignore her disgust so she ventures to find someone else to talk to. "I was done talking anyway!"
As Mercedes walks away from the two girls she notices a little girl standing alone by the stage. Something tells her to find out if the girl is okay, so she walks over to her. When she reaches the little girl her heart stops, she resembles the love of her life. Everything from her light blonde hair, the roundness of her little nose, the shy/almost frightened look she has on her face all match her lovers. Except for her hazel eyes, all of her features matched except for the color of her eyes.
Mercedes, still finding it a challenge to catch her breath, kneels down so that she is the same height as the little girl. All Mercedes wants do is touch her, confirm that she is not hallucinating, but she doesn't want to scare the girl and she also doesn't want to get ahead of herself. This girl cannot possibly be who she thinks she is. So she says, voice cracked, "Hello, are you okay?" The little girl doesn't say anything, but she does nod yes. Mercedes proceeds to ask, "Where is your mom, or dad?" At that the little girl moves forward to get closer to Mercedes. The girl is tilting her head and it looks like she is trying to figure something out. As the girl gets right up to Mercedes' face her body stiffens. She waits for the girl to make the next move. The girl picks up her hands and places them on Mercedes' cheeks. At her touch Mercedes' heart begins to beat rapidly. It is as if the girl has triggered something in her. There is a sense of familiarity associated with the little girls touch and Mercedes eyes begin to water.
Taking a chance Mercedes touches one of the girls hand with her own and while staring directly into the little girls eyes Mercedes asks, "Faith?" At the sound of her name the little girl smiles slightly and reply's "Mama." Mercedes heart sinks, she grabs Faiths other hand and hold both of her hands tight to her cheeks as she begins to cry. The little girl moves even closer to Mercedes and wraps her arms around her neck, proceeding to hug her. "Don't cry Mama." Mercedes can't think straight.
From across the field Quinn notices Mercedes talking to a little girl. She stops conversing with the Jones' to look. Noting her silence the Jones' turn to see what she is staring at. They all watch as Mercedes begins to cry while hugging this girl. Concerned they all walk over to her. Quinn rubs Mercedes' back and kneels down next to her. "Baby are you okay? What's going on?" At this Mercedes swiftly turns to Quinn and asks through teary eyes, "Lucy are we in a dream?" Before Quinn can answer, her eyes lock with Faith's and like Mercedes she too begins to wonder if she is actually seeing what is right in front of her. Quinn answers Mercedes but she does not take her eyes off of Faith. "No baby we aren't."
Faith, who has been the calmest through all of this, touches Quinn's face and says, "Mommy." Before Quinn has the opportunity to try and process anything, Judy appears behind the awestruck Jones' and clears her throat, "Perhaps I can explain."
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