Sam had been fighting the urge to open his eyes for days. He tried not to give in but the voice of his angel beckoned him. Her voice started out blurry. Talking about this or that. Asking how he felt. And though he was tired he loved hearing it. Then she started to sing to him and he knew, he just knew he was blessed. His very own angel to serenade him. He never wondered why he heard her and not Quinn because he was entranced by her. But today was the day he would face his angel. Today was the day he would open his eyes and see her. When he did open his eyes, he was staring at her enthralled by her beauty. His angel, stood in front of him, tears in her eyes staring back at him. It took him a moment to realize that she was not his angel, or a vison she was real. He just wished he knew who she was.
"Wh-wh-"was all he could get out. His voice caught in his throat.
He saw her smile as the unshed tears fell from her eyes and when she spoke his heart skipped a beat.
"You are at Trident Hospital. You were in an accident but you are fine. You are going to be ok."
San tried to clear his throat. "Wa- water."
"Oh, yeah, Sorry here." She stood and grabbed him some water from the table behind her. She smiled stepping forward allowing him to sip from the cup.
"You gave everyone a scare. Your parents had to go pick up the twins so I agreed to stay with you. Oh God you must think I am a horrible. I am Mercedes. I have been one of your nurses since you got here. "
Sam cleared his throat and sighed. "So you aren't my angel?"
Mercedes cocked an eyebrow at him. "No I'm not an angel. Sorry to disappoint you."
The door opened and Mike walked into the room followed by Kurt and Tina, another nurse. Mike cleared his throat and moved closer to Sam, not before eyeing Mercedes curiously.
"Mr. Evans it's nice to see you back in the land of the living. I am Dr. Chang and I have been treating you since you arrived here. I know this may seem like a loaded question, but how are you feeling?"
Sam nodded towards Mike looking from him to Mercedes then back to him. "I uh… I feel ok I guess. It hurts to move my back or legs."
Mike moved closer to Sam, he placed his hands on the side of Sam's face feeling for swelling. He then took out his light and made Sam follow it. After checking his chest and arms he moved to check out Sam's legs.
"Sam I need you to tell me if you feel this?"
Sam sat silently waiting to feel whatever the doctor asked him. "Are you doing it?"
Mercedes frowned, Mike had been running the end of his light against Sam's feet. Mike sighed.
"I am going to try something a little harder." He pushed the end of the light harder into Sam's foot and Sam nodded.
"It feels like a light touch. Am I right?"
Mike moved to the side of the bed. "Sam do you remember what happened?"
Sam nodded. "I was in the car with Quinn and we got into an accident. "
"During the accident you were tossed from the car, hitting your back on the ground. The impact cause some swelling in you back and as a result you could lose the feelings in your legs."
Sam felt like the wind was punched out of him. "I can't walk?"
Mike sighed. "We don't know yet. The good news is that you can somewhat feel, so at least we are no working with nothing. I want to put in for a few test to see where we are at and I will check on you in a little bit. Nurse Jones if I may, can I speak with you in the hall."
Mercedes nodded looking over to Sam and giving him a smile. "I will be right back. Nurses Cohen-Chang and Hummel will be with you until I return."
Mercedes walked out of the room and Mike pulled her to the on-call room. She yanked her arm away from him.
"What the hell Mike?"
"I should be asking you the same thing. This is why you stood me up? So you could play house with him?"
Mercedes folded her arms. "You must have lost your damn mind. For one no I am not playing house with anyone. His fiancée left him, his parents had to head back to their home state to get Sam's siblings so I offered to help watch over him."
"You are creating an unrealistic relationship with a patient and I don't want to have to report you,"
"Report me? How about I report you for sexual harassment?"
Mercedes walked out the door but Mike was after her. "You are just looking for any excuse not to be with me. Because you are so hung up on that Finn guy."
Mercedes turned towards him. "You are such an asshole Mike. Stay the hell away from me!"
"I am having you put on a different floor. You are no longer welcome in Mr. Evans room, and no switching with the other Nurses or I will write you up."
"You know what Dr. Chang you cannot and do not control my work schedule and if you try I will have you wrote up for harassment. I am so over you and all this."
Mercedes walked away from him angrily. She calmed herself down before entering Sam's room. She saw Kurt helping him sit up.
"How are you feeling Mr. Evans?" She asked moving closer to him.
Sam slightly smiled at her. "I am gonna tell you like I told Kurt, the name is Sam. You guys have taken care of me, fixed me up and probably seen me naked you can leave the pleasantries at the door."
Mercedes sat next to Sam as Kurt rubbed her shoulder. "Am I gonna see you tonight Diva?"
Mercedes shook her head. "No I have to call Sam's parents and I don't want to leave him alone."
"And Quinn." Sam piped up. "Don't forget to call Quinn. I am surprised she isn't up here now."
Kurt slowly walked away from Mercedes. "I have to uh go check on something or another."
He walked out the room and Mercedes looked at Sam.
"Sam, I have to tell you something."
"Oh God tell me she's ok."
Mercedes bit her lip. She didn't want to be the one to tell him but his parents would be worried enough and to have to deal with Sam their twins and telling him seemed cruel.
"Quinn is fine. She had a few cuts but nothing serious at all."
"Thank God." He said as relief covered his face.
Mercedes inhaled. She knew she had to just tell him like ripping off a band aid. "Quinn left you Sam."
Sam frowned. "What do you mean she left me?"
"Dr. Chang told her what he told you and Quinn, told your parents she couldn't be with you. That she couldn't be with ummm… a man who might not walk."
Sam shook his head. "No this is a joke right? Quinn wouldn't say something like that, not to me. You're lying."
Mercedes reached into the side table and pulled out the ring. As she handed it to Sam, tears brimmed his eyes. "She left me because I might not be able to walk?"
The tears fell and it broke Mercedes heart to see him like that. She sat on the bed and gently pulled him into a hug. Holding him she felt him let go and knew everything he was feeling from the time he woke up to now was coming out. Sam wrapped his arms around her and Mercedes felt content just holding him. She wanted to make him feel better so she did what she always did. She sang for him.
"When you love someone so deeply they become your life. It's easy to succumb to overwhelming fears inside, blindly I imagined I could keep you under glass, now I understand to hold you I must open up my hands and watch you rise. Spread your wings and prepare to fly, for you to become a butterfly so fly abandonedly into the sun, if you should return to me, we truly are meant to be so spread your wings and fly butterfly."
Mercedes felt Sam calm and grip her a little tighter. She held him and continued to sing. "I have learned that beauty has to flourish in the light. Wild horses run unbridled or their spirit dies. You have given me the courage to be all that I can, and I truly feel your heart will lead you back to me when you're ready to land. Spread your wings and prepare to fly for you to become a butterfly, so fly abandonedly into the sky, if you should return to me, we truly are meant to be so spread your wings and fly butterfly."
Sam didn't know why, or how she did it but all the feelings of pain from the accident and hurt from Quinn leaving him seemed to be eased when Mercedes sang. She took his pain away with a few bars of a song. Maybe she really was his angel. He relaxed against her as he heard her continue to sing.
"I can't pretend these tears aren't overflowing steadily. I can't prevent this hurt from almost over taking me. But I will stand and say goodbye. For you'll never be mine until you know the way it feels to fly. Spread your wings and fly, so you can become a butterfly so fly abandonedly into the sun, if you should return to me, we truly were meant to be so spread your wings and fly butterfly. So flutter through the sky, butterfly… Oh oh spread your wings and fly butterfly."
Sam pulled away from her and stared at her with tears in his eyes. She wanted more than anything for the pain he felt to go away. She reached her hand up to his face and wiped the tears away from him. She didn't know why, but his eyes called out to her.
She didn't know it but Sam felt the Sam thing about her eyes. He knew he shouldn't and he didn't know if it was the drugs her was on or what but at that moment he saw her, truly saw everything he could ever know about Mercedes. And he needed her in that moment as much as she needed him.
Sam moved closer to her and moved his hand to her face. The sadness in her eyes crushed him. "I was right." He whispered. "You are my angel."
He felt drawn to her, in that moment there was no Quinn no accident just her, the beautiful woman with the voice of an angel and sadness in her eyes. To Mercedes there was nothing but the man who made her heart race with just a look. Mercedes felt herself being drawn to him. Leaning into Sam she wanted to pull away but she couldn't. Grabbing her face with his other hand Sam pulled her closer. Their lips touched and fire shot through each of them. A force neither had ever felt or could control made Mercedes shutter and Sam moan.
Thank you guys for the support you have given me throughout my stories. I haven't had a lot of motivation but this story spoke to me. I hope you like it and will review it.
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