I don't usually do this with one shots, but I had a lot of personal requests to take the heartbreak out of my last Fic Promises Promises. Personally I don't think part 2's work that well, but the readers want what the readers want and who would I be without my readers so for everyone who asked (Too many to give personal shout outs to) I hope you enjoy this freaky comeback
Promises Promises 2
Finally Mercy had won an argument with Sam for like 6 years she'd been asking him to move on and to come clean to the Glee family "That's not what we've ever been about Sam we never lied" she'd said when he seemed determined to not tell anyone about them "Are you ashamed of me?" she asked
"No never" he shouted back at her standing up to be level with her "I'm not Mercy how could you think that?"
"Well because you've never wanted to tell anyone about us, I feel more like a dirty secret than a secret" she said pushing her bottom lip out and spreading on the guilt thick
"I'm feeling you're no longer happy with this, this arrangement we have here" he said walking towards her
"You can't even give it a damn name, Sam please just tell them"
"Will it make you feel better?"
"Yes it will, God your not even thirty yet and you're planning on living like this for the foreseeable" she said blowing a big breath as she sat back down on the couch "Seriously Sam, you being like this is breaking my heart"
"Remember we said we'd te..."
"Sam" Mercy napped at him "That was then, this is now and things have changed"
"What's changed?" Sam asked sitting beside her
"Seriously?"
"Yeah seriously" he smiled
"Sam I'm not here any more"
"So why are you sitting here talking to me?" he asked smiling "You can't even say the word yourself"
"Stop it Evans, I'm not backing down on this one, as much as it will hurt me, if you don't tell the guys tonight that's it for us, and I mean it"
"You always see reason when I sing our song" he said jumping up to get his guitar
"Not even that's going to work Mr I need some serious action here" she said putting her foot down as they stared each other down and eventually Sam gave in
"Okay I'll tell the guys tonight" he announced
"Promise?" she asked
"Mercyyyy" he whined as she looked at him warning him things could get worse "Okay I promise" he said closing one eye for the pain he felt saying it, as she clapped her hands with joy
"So tonight then, I'd come with you if I could" she said grabbing his hand "But I'll be here waiting when you get back" she said kissing him on the forehead as she got up "I'll be back in a bit babe" she said disappearing from sight
Sam had felt Mercy pulling away from him over the past maybe three months, she'd promised about a year ago that she wouldn't bring any more girls to him and she didn't but she was definitely getting into find a bitch mode right now all this making him promise stuff and nipping out every now and again. She was making him link up with the guys again and that always meant she had something in mind, was she planning on leaving him soon, why was she making it her life's work to get him a good network of people around him. He was scared , what would she do without him, or him without her, was he ever going to love anyone like this again, he hoped not, and if he ever did he swore it would be nothing like his love for Mercy. Her face was imprinted on his brain he'd never forget her, never and when all else failed and he needed her close he'd made her promise she'd come if he ever needed her and because of that he knew she'd still visit him.
"God it's 6 o'clock" he said looking at his phone "Get dressed" he said nerves now kicking in
"Merr..." he said as he entered the living room smiling when he saw her sitting at the dining table "You know don't you?" he asked
"Yep" she smiled
"Speaking of immortal " he said laughing
"Sam Evans you are crazy" she said smiling and yes they sung Human Nature together "You better get going" she told him when they'd finished, he kissed her and left to do his deed
The Conversation
Sam had the conversation in his head several times during the day and on his way over to Puck's gaff he wished he'd practised more because now what he had planned just sounded whack. He had no time left to think, he was outside the house and he knew the guys would be looking out for him, it had been a while. This wasn't Sam any more, he stayed home, didn't like to be around when the girls were there and everyone was hooked up it just wasn't for him any more but the guys were cool and, it was important to Mercy so tonight he was going to take the insane, mad, whacky, crazy pill stuff these guys were going to throw at him and walk straight out of there because he wasn't asking them for an opinion he was passing on information.
"Hi Guys" he said as the door swung open revealing Puck, Blaine and Mike
"Sam" they said collectively, surprised, like they were expecting someone else
They got all the pleasantries out the way and settled with drinks "We told the girls to come" Blaine announced "We know how you feel about that but you called a Glee meeting and well their part of it" he finished
"That's fine" Sam said with a smile as the guys looked around at each other suspect
Sam had refused to see any of the girls for over 5 years, he needed to do without their tea and sympathy approach or even trying it on with him feeling sorry for his situation. They'd already shipped Sugar in for Artie within the month of Tina going missing and he was disgusted with that move, if truth be told, but it helped Artie and he guessed that was all that mattered at the time. Hell would freeze over before he let them use the same moves on him again, they'd tried with Tracy a couple of times and nearly got him once, even Mercy was in on it but he stayed true to his word, he didn't take the bait
"Quinn, Rachael and Sugar will be along soon" Puck told him
"And you can finally see Genna again" Mike informed him "My wife" he told him when he saw Sam's blank look
"Oh yeah" he smiled "Sorry about the missed weddings and stuff guys" he said sincerely
Shortly after that the girls rocked up and gave hugs and stuff before settling down "So" Artie asked "Are these alright or does everyone want something hot?" he asked pointing at the nibbles on the table
"Maybe hot stuff in a bit" Jessie suggested looking at Sam "You have the floor bro" he told him when he got his attention
"Okay" Sam said as his hand went directly to the back of his neck, bringing a smile to everyone's face for some of the old him showing "There is no real shuttle way of saying this so I guess I'm just going to say it, and it's not really a discussion point I'm passing on information because I promised I would" he said looking around the room
"Peaked" Kurt said sitting in closer than he was
"Yeah well here goes shit" he said a nervous smile on his face "I've been seeing someone" he said as smiles came across faces "Hold up" he said when he saw the big congratulations thing coming "Since the day after Mercy disappeared she's been visiting me first it was whenever I needed to see her but then we got married a year after, like we were supposed to, I know you guys didn't know that; it was supposed to be a surprise, and now we see each other every day, night whenever" he said smiling with the relief of getting it all out
"What the fuck..." Puck trailed off saying looking around the room like everyone else was "You married a fucking Gho..."
"Puck!" Quinn shouted stopping him from saying any more
"So Sam" Artie said half understanding why he'd think that happened, love was a bitch sometimes "You guys got married when did you say?"
"Nearly 6 years ago"
"Okay, so where did you get married?" Kurt asked
"In our house, she doesn't seem to be able to go anywhere else"
"So Mercy is alive and trapped in your house?" Jessie asked about to put the fuck this to it
"Hold up" Blaine said "I've watched Resurrection, that's possible" he said calming everyone down with his hands
"Blaine stop entertaining this, don't make me use my words" Kurt said sharply to him cutting his eye for where he was taking Sam's ridiculous situation
"I'm kind of glad I got it out because now you all know I'm fine" he smiled
"Fine; bro you are far from fine" Puck said unable to hold it in any longer "You just sat there bold as brass telling us you married your dead girlfriend and you see her every fucking day and night, what; are you sleeping with her too?" he asked smirking
"Yeah, we do everything married couples do, except go out that is"
"Sam I'm sorry but, this isn't normal you're going to have to see someone about this" Mike butted in
"Seriously guys I am fine absolutely fine, and as I said in the beginning, this isn't a discussion, I promised I wouldn't lie to you guys any more, so I came clean that's all"
"So Sam" Rachael asked in a calm voice with a smile on her face "Does Mercy remember us?"
"Yeah sure but she doesn't talk much about Tina, Satan or Britt to be honest, you guys yeah. She's seriously mad with me for blocking you all out like I did, and she's constantly threatening to not come back if I don't get this sorted" he chuckled
"Does she talk about heaven?" Sugar asked him
"No she doesn't actually, and she used to be with me all the time, but these past say three to four months she's been nipping off to somewhere else, even she doesn't know where that is"
"She's stuck between like the In-betweeners" Blaine said earning himself a slap from Kurt
"Stop it" he said to him wide eyed "Don't encourage him"
"I'm just saying it's not that impossible where our minds go" he said pointing to Sam and himself "Remember ghost? She loved him that much she saw him in the end" Blaine remarked
"So Sam" Quinn asked "Why tell us now?"
"Mercy made me promise or she'd stop coming, and seriously I can't live without her"
"But dude she's..." "Dead" Mike said that last word under his breath
"She's never said that" Sam shouted across at Mike "She called me that night you know?" he asked them looking around the room
"Which night?" Artie asked moving forward
"The night we got the news, She promised she was coming back to me and asked me to wait for her and I promised I would, I knew what was going on I could hear it in the background, Tina shouting for you Artie, people in panic mode, and all we were worried about was making sure we kept our promise" he half smiled at the memory "So you see it was her last spoken wish and you all know how I am with those, where Mercy's concerned"
"But seriously Sam, at a guess I'd say she was getting mad now because you've gone too far with this thing" Jessie said in his weak attempt to understand what Sam was saying
"No she was just mad at the lies" he smiled "And now you all know, I'm good"
"This shit is blowing my mind" Puck said grabbing hold of Sam's shoulder "But you're my Bro and because of that I got to be here for you so anything you need, any time just ask; I'm not saying I understand, just that I'm here"
"Thanks guys I sort of lost my way for a while but true friends help you find your way back" he smiled
"And just like that we're back in the choir room" Mike smiled hugging him in as everyone else came into it too
"Food" Sugar said walking out of the room with Rachael and Quinn in tow to collect the food
Girls Conversation
"What did you think of that?" Quinn asked the other girls
"Truth; I'm not even surprised, I put it all out there when we tried to get together and the man still come back at me with his "A huge part of me that has a bigger thing for Mercedes crap" Rachael said "I guess that's why we agreed to be friends after that I knew he belonged to her"
"And I know Mercedes has always been about Sam, whether he was with someone else or not, those two were like glue" Sugar laughed "I'm not surprised"
"But how are we going to help him with this?" Quinn asked
"You know what Mercedes will find a way, if she's got him to tell us this, she's got a plan" Sugar said laughing
"You know what you might just be right" Rachael said as they hugged together before picking up the trays of finger food and boxes of Pizza and returned to the guys
Boys Conversation
"Bro" Blaine whispered to Sam waving for him to follow him as he called him, Sam got up and followed him "Dude I know everyone else thinks this is pants but we believe in this and I think we need to have a, Dynamic Duo moment on this and get some investigations going" he said as Sam rolled his eyes
"Bro we're fine as we are really" he told Blaine
"Bro listen this gets real for me, just listen, what if Mercedes is sort of hanging between the present and the future, not gone like we expect but sort of having an out of body experience you know lights on but nobody's home kind of thing"
"Where's this come from Bro?"
"It's come from all our nights of reading star wars fan fiction" he laughed "Remember those? the possibilities were endless, and Dude I believe you"
"That's good to hear Bro but I don't need any help with my relationship with Mercy we're good" he replied smiling back at Blaine
"Just remember I Robot" Blaine said getting up to go back to the crowd as the food came in
"What about it?" Sam asked getting up with him
"That Detective Evans is the right question" Blaine said as they rejoined the group
They sat having regular conversation and eating for about an hour before Sam got up "I need to get back" he announced "But seriously, thank you guys for coming to listen to me and not judging me on this and no; I'm not mad" he smiled as he made his way to the door
"Don't forget our conversation" Blaine told him
"Call if you need anything" Mike added
The Glee Family conversation
"Seriously now Dude's no shitting what did you think?" Jessie asked like he was bursting to get it out
"Fucking hatter comes to mind" Puck dropped in
"I sort of get not wanting to let go, I was there for a bit" Artie said looking at Sugar "But 7 years is much too long, I'm with Puck" he said raising his hand
"Obviously not taking those crazy pills" Kurt said rolling his eyes
"Look" Blaine said holding his hands out for everyone's attention "I for one think that Sam and Mercy will work this out, whether she's in his head or in his bed, she'll know how to handle him and he'll come round to her way of thinking" he smiled "She's not going to let him go if she doesn't think he can handle it and him doing this tonight I believe is part of her letting go process, he's coming back; he is" he said to unbelieving faces
"So what's plan B?" Quinn asked
"I guess we all jump on board, and start seeing her all over the place, until he realises how ridiculous this is" Sugar offered
"Did you guys just witness the same conversation as me, he believes this shit, it's in his head" Mike jumped up saying
"Worst case scenario?" Rachael asked
"We're looking at a fucking exorcism" Jessie looked at her saying
"Seriously?" she asked
"Seriously Rach"
"Best case?" Quinn asked
"He's mad and there's medication for that" Kurt replied
"I don't think any of those would be a desired outcome" Blaine said concerned that everyone was disregarding his theory
Sam's house
"Mercy" he shouted as soon as he put the key it the door "I told them, I was scared but I told them and they didn't say anything"
"They believed you?" she asked shocked
"Yeah why?" he asked his eyes telling her he really didn't understand why she asked him that "What's up?" he asked flopping on the couch
"It's just that I thought they'd be a bit more concerned about you" she said sadly
"Why?"
"Because Sam I'm a figment of your imagination" she said looking into his eyes
"See you still won't say the word so until you say it it's not true" he said childishly
"I don't know if you've notice over the past few months I keep getting drawn away" she said looking at her hands nervously "I really don't know what it's about just yet, but it maybe a higher being telling me it's time to go and I need you to be looked after just in case one of these times I go and I can't come back"
"What does it feel like when you're drawn away?" he asked curious to find the answers to that question Blaine talked about
"I don't really know how to explain it except it feels like someone touches my arm and physically pulls me away"
"And you don't recognise them?"
"I don't see anything just feel that, and I'm gone"
"So what do you actually travel?"
"I don't know Sam" she said frustrated at his questions
"I'm sorry Mercy it's just that, talking to Blaine tonight and I realised I've never really asked any questions of you, just accepted that you came back to be with me"
"Because we promised each other that we would" she told him
"What happened on the plane?"
"It crashed"
"Crash into where land, sea, sky, another plane where?"
"It crashed" she shouted "If you carry on I'll leave and I won't come back" she added
"But you will because you promised me you would, so you need to answer my questions" he said pausing before he carried on to say "You'll need to answer me Mercy I need to find out what's going on here"
"We crashed Sam"
"Into?"
"Water I think I remember Santana pulling at Tina because she couldn't swim so it must have been water"
"So hold up, after you crashed you remember seeing Satan pulling at T?"
"Yeah" she said "But I guess that was the end because I didn't see any of them after that"
"Did you get out of the water Mercy, think?"
"No I didn't"
"How do you know that to be true?"
"I didn't get out of the water Sam, now can we change the subject please?" Mercy asked with a worried look on her face
Sam looked at her for a long while thinking 'she's lied to me, why did she do that, did she even know she'd done it? there was something in her answer that let me know she knew more than what she was letting on, and damn it Blaine had put this grain of hope in my mind and I have to check it out. This is it I'm going to take the bull by the horns, and ask the question I knew could destroy our world, or mend it. Could I take the chance of losing the this for something I can't cope with? We need to know, something in our world is changing, how can we fight it if we refused to acknowledge what it was. This my friend is the question' "Mercy" he said calmly "Please don't run or shut me out, you know how it gets for us when we don't see each other, but I just have to ask this question" looking at her for a response
"What's the question Sam?" she asked, attitude in her voice
He grabbed hold of her linked hands and turned to look into her eyes "Mercy" he said breathing heavily for what he was about to hear "Are you?" he said choking on the word as tears came to his eyes, he quickly wiped them away and grabbed her hands again "Are you dead?" he asked, feeling a sudden jerk as Mercy pulled her hands away from him and stood up
"What kind of question is that?" she asked "Why would you want to ask me something like that?" she said pacing up and down the room as he watched her still waiting for her actual answer "What do you want me to be Sam?" she asked as she came to a halt in the middle of the room in front of him
"I want you to be alive of course I do, and if that's just in here that's fine for me, but we need to know the truth"
"What more truth do you need, I'm standing here" she said throwing her arms out signalling her presence
"Mercy are you dead?" he asked staring at her waiting for an answer
Mercy knew she had to tell the truth at this point a simple diva burst was not going to work, "I don't know what I am Sam, I saw the girls swimming, I struggled, I know I called your name and the next thing I know I was sitting in here watching you go all avatar on the place and feeling guilty for the promise I made you keep" she huffed "Then I guess I got all caught up in being with you and I never left here again until a few months ago when I keep being dragged"
"We've always talked about this babe, did you get your out of body experience" Sam said getting excited at the prospect that all his lifetime of fictional fantasising was going to come to life for them
"I got nothing babe just had to get to you, maybe something, I don't know, about a second wreck or something, I was, maybe a second wreck that's all I have my love"
"So in theory" he smiled "Your body could be somewhere in some sort of comatose form just waiting for you to wake up and you being here is stopping that process" he said excitedly "You could actually still be alive babe"
"What are you telling me Sam?"
"I don't know I need to talk to Blaine" he said pulling his hair off his face
"I've asked you so many times" she said watching him do that "Will you get that hair cut and please shave that fluff off your damn face, your beginning to look like a frigging unkempt country singer"
"I did that the last time you told me to" he said looking puzzled at her
"Please do it again" she laughed "And Sam" she said grabbing his attention "If I'm out there, find me won't you, promise me?"
"My life's work babe promise" he said kissing her "Bed?" he asked
"Bed" she agreed as they made their way to their bedroom
Afterwards Sam lay listening to Mercy's mind: she was trying for all her worth to remember what happened, 'I did see Santana grab Tina I heard screams but was I ahead or behind them, wait I went back what did I go back for' she thought before she was violently pulled back "Sam" she shouted grabbing for him but she was moving too fast to even be heard, this journey was different to the previous ones, this was a definite drag she wasn't being asked to leave now she was being made to leave "Sam!" she shouted but on looking back he wasn't even in eye view let alone close enough for him to hear her "Wait I'm not ready I need to make sure he's alright" she said kicking and scratching at the hands that had grabbed her so forcefully. It seemed like an eternity before she actually got loose and then finding her way back was a real trek se went through several inter-galactical space stations, eventually in the mix of feelings she was having, she found Sam's heart and after letting go of her panic she made her way back to him "Still asleep" she smiled and got back into bed
The Next Day
"Mercy" he whispered into her ear
"Hmm" she said
"I know you travelled again last night, I'm going to see Blaine I'll be a while, catch up on your sleep" he said getting out of bed after kissing her forehead
"Sam I .."
"I know my love, we'll talk when I get back" he fanned her off saying as he left the bedroom, too excited about his dynamic duo quest he'd got planned, to talk Blaine into.
Forty minutes later he was walking into Kurt & Blaine's home with his copy of The World under his arm "Good to see you, want a coffee?" Blaine asked as Kurt looked him up and down
"What fan fiction are we playing out today?" he asked
"Fan fiction?" Sam asked puzzled "I had an idea and I needed two heads to thrash it out, if Blaine's got some time"
"It's Sunday bro everyone has time" Blaine laughed walking towards him with the two cups and cookies on a tray "I'll call if we need you" he turned to Kurt and said thinking they could do without his negativity while they were trying to create "So?" he asked Sam as he shared the drinks and cookie out
"I asked the question last night, you know the right question?"
"Which was?"
"Are you dead"
"And?"
"Well she didn't know"
"What do you mean she didn't know?"
"She didn't know and I got to thinking, every back to life we've ever read about they had an out of body experience, and if they died they'd have seen their corpse being rolled away or something but she's seen nothing"
"Which means she didn't die" Blaine moved forward saying both of them excited
"So where is she?" Sam asked with a smile on his face "I got the trusted World Newspaper and I'm going to scan it every day for any clues on mysterious stories and stuff, you never know something might jump out"
"Come on guys" Kurt came in saying, obviously listening in on the conversation "You two need to grow the fuck up that World News is all about extra-terrestrial and stuff like frigging Men in Black stuff what you saying your going to find her and she'll be an alien?"
"Apart from the fact that this is a private conversation, and none of your damn business, I thought you'd be happy to even think that your bestie was out there somewhere?" Sam asked "Didn't take you long to forget her did it?"
"I've never forgotten her" Kurt said back with attitude "How dare you presume to know what I'm feeling"
"Okay guy lets leave that there, Kurt Sweet can you just give us some time please" Blaine asked breaking up the battle going on between his husband and his friend
Sam grabbed the paper and started leafing through it as Blaine took some sheets and started going through them the morning was taken up discussing stories they found but nothing about plane crashes or survivors
"I think you'll have to visit the library and look at back entries Sam"
"Back entries?" Sam asked
"Yeah like research back to 7 years ago and look at the stories from then"
"Oh yeah" he said jumping up "I got to go Mercy will have woken up already" he said grabbing his coat and leaving their house
Sam did his usual routine, he worked at MARVEL doing sketches for their Dodger comic strip Monday to Friday, didn't socialise with his workmates just went straight home to Mercy waiting, mindful that she was at home alone all day, he'd maybe cook or bring something back with him, have a bath put his sweats on and they cuddle up watch some TV play some games and then to bed. Conversation was always flowing talking about what he thought, said, done, felt, should do, every now and again the old 'What are we doing?' question would come up, usually from Mercy, and there'd be some shouting before everything calmed down again and bedtime was always about being loved or making love
Friday
"I'm going to be late home tonight babe" he said as he watched Mercy combing her hair in the mirror
"Why?" she asked
"It's not a woman remember I said I wasn't doing that any more?"
"Why?" she asked again ignoring his response
"I'm going to the library"
"Okay" she said
After work Sam found his way to the library as he'd said asked for the information he needed and sat at the computer looking through all the stuff they had. "Can I slim this down?" he asked the librarian when he got fed up of looking at everything
"Yes sure what do you need?" she asked
"I need anything about plane crashes in Europe in 2021" he told her "Or plane coming out of Europe that crashed please"
The librarian tapped some keys and a new search flashed up on the screen "thanks" Sam said as he got back to looking "Can I slim it down to a time?" he asked
"Sure what time?" she asked putting the divulged information in for him as he pulled his chair forward , for being just that bit closer to his end goal
"Could I get a..." he got out before the librarian was standing beside him "A specific airline please?" he smiled as he said it
"Sure" she smiled back as she bent over him and tapped the keys as he told her which one
"Thank you" Sam said, a giggle coming out when he realised she was actually flirting with him, 'Sorry but Mercy would suck the air out of me, literally' he thought smiling before getting back to his search "Four results, that's better"
Sam looked through the results for that fateful day in September when he got the call, found on near France as his breath itched, he fidgeting with his ear phone and pressed play on his faithful song, he'd know if she was there when he saw the picture, did he really want to see the picture 'Secret' by Seal played in his headphones as he read the commentary on the events of that day, something he'd never done before. Eventually he got to the end of the commentary, he had to click the next page and on the next page he was going to feel if the love of his life was left in that wreckage or if she got free, he sat not even listening to the noise that was going through his earphones, wondering what pressing that button was going to change in his life and if he really wanted anything to change "Press the button" he heard making him spin
"Blaine" he said surprised "What are you doing here?"
"I came to do the same thing as you bro" he smiled "Look for Mercy"
"I can't turn the page" he said turning to Blaine with his water filled eyes
"So where was she sitting on the plane?"
"According to the information here 4A with Tina in 5A next to her then Britt in 6A then Satan in 7A"
"Just behind first class yeah?" he asked
"How do you know that?"
"Kurt" Blaine smiled "He's done all this before but he hasn't got your connection"
"So you've seen this wreck before?"
"No but I've heard about it" he smiled "Open the page" he said and Sam's finger obeyed him
"My God" Sam said as he looked at the wreak for the first time "When did they find it?"
"Only about 4 years ago"
"Where there any survivors?" Sam asked
"No, I didn't hear there was"
"Well Mercy isn't there neither are any of the others" he said looking at the picture "Can I get a print out of this please?" he asked the librarian
"Sure" she said attacking him again with no shame in her subtle way and he carried on being blind to it
"Thank you" he said when she brought it to him
"You're welcome" she smiled waiting for something else
"I'm a married man by the way" he said walking off with Blaine on his arm, making out they were together
"So" Blaine said "What are you going to do now?" when they finished laughing and got outside
"I'm going to show Mercy and see what she makes of it" he smiled and Blaine let him go like it was the most natural thing for him to do
Back home
"Mercy" Sam ran in saying, I've been investigating the crash and well I found a picture of the wreck, I need you to look at it see if it brings anything back for you" he said flashing the paper in front of her
"Why would I even want to see that" she asked flashing the paper way from her as he pushed it further towards her
"Because we need to know babe" he said stopping her hands from obstructing him "and quick, you went away last night and I felt how fast you went"
"I really had to fight to get back Sammy" she said scared for what was happening
"I know, look" he said presenting her with the picture "Anything, anything"
"I...I think I …. Sam" she screamed as she flew from under his arm "Find me" she shouted
"Mercy" he shouted watching her go away from him until she was gone
Sam waited all evening for her to come back but she didn't, he sung their song over and over again until he was tired, then as a last resort he put her song on and left it playing as he drifted into sleep "Mercy" he woke up saying to find she still hadn't come back yet "Talk to me Mercy" he sat on his bed saying "Talk to me". He sat looking at breakfast for the longest time unable to move forward, he was already late for work and couldn't even be bothered to call in, he'd left her song playing and was really running the risk of becoming a gibbering wreck when his phone rang "Hi" he said expecting work
"Sam, just wondered how you were getting on?" Blaine asked "Did she remember anything?"
"She got dragged away Bro with such force I didn't even get chance to grab hold of her ad she hasn't come back yet"
"But what did she say"
"She didn't say anything Bro she looked at the picture and it all went downhill from there, but I still don't feel like she was there"
"So what's the next move?"
"Another question I guess"
"For?" Blaine asked
"Me I guess what do I do next and I'm going to have to really think about that one"
"I'll leave you to think then Bro" Blaine laughed "Should I contact Tracy?" he asked through his laugh
"No fucking way Bro, is she still about?"
"I don't even know I'm just playing, later" he laughed
"Later" Sam laughed putting his end of the phone down too "What did you see Mercy?" he asked picking the picture back up and looking at it. An hour later and he was still fixed to it "I've got to see it myself" he said "If this is closure I want it to close no doubts just close" he said to himself picking his phone up and dialling work, he booked an emergency holiday, booked his ticket and was out on the next available flight to France. Sending a text to his parents and Blaine as he stepped on the plane and them switching his phone off "Follow that instinct you always claimed to have concerning Mercy dude make it work for you for us". When the plane lifted off Sam had a bit of panic for not informing Mercy of where he'd gone but calmed down when he thought it through and decided he could prove to her he wasn't with some trick doing whatever she was conjuring up in her head. 12 hours later he landed in France and 4 hours after that he was in a hire boat on his way out to the wreck, praying to find something anything to show him what happened to Mercy.
"This is it" the guide said as they neared the secluded island
Sam instinctively got up to see the thing in the place that dared to take his life away from him, he grabbed hold of the sail bar and his chest as the reality of it all hit him "Did anyone survive?" he asked
"We don't know, it was many years before it was found, there's nothing to come this far south for" he replied
"So you mean they could have gone somewhere else?"
"Yes there are about 100 islands in these parts, a plane this size breaking up would have thrown passengers within 100 miles of here and not everyone speaks English or French for that matter, news could have missed places, anything. So yes it is possible survivors could be elsewhere"
"Has anyone ever looked?"
"Yes few but with no joy I'm afraid you are maybe my 14th customer and others have had them too"
Sam got off the boat and sat on the beach of this small island, he took the picture out to study it when the boatman came to sit with him "The whole plane isn't here is it?" Sam asked as he looked at the picture
"No this is just the absolute front"
"And there was another wreck here before?" Sam asked thinking on what Mercy had said to him
"No my friend your talking about Tromelin where there was a ship wreck back in maybe 1750 or 60 something like that, there are still bits of the old ship on the beach over there. Story tells that there was a ship with slaves travelling to Malaysia that got wrecked anyway, the French sailor that were on board built themselves a boat and left the slaves to rot on Tromelin, the sailors were never seen again but some 15 or so years later, when a ship arrived, they found some of those slaves still living there and they have been there ever since"
"Could you take me there, is it far?"
"Maybe two hours at speed" he said as Sam got his things together and they made haste
As they neared the Island Sam stood looking at the crowd that had formed on the beach for their approach "Are these people friendly?" he asked
"I don't know I've never stopped here before" he laughed "The worst they can do is eat us"
"Eat" Sam said, he seriously didn't find it as funny as the boatman "Mercy guide me" he said in the air and braced himself
"Hello" Sam said to the nervous crowd of people standing before him "I'm looking for my friend" he said looking for someone to understand him "My Friend" he said again showing them the picture of the wreck. A what looked like a giant man came from behind the crowd in such a rush Sam held his breath for what was coming next
"Come" he said to him signalling for Sam to follow him "Come" he said again and Sam followed quicker. They got to a stone built room with no windows and lots of sheets all over the walls and doorway like makeshift wallpaper or something. The guy offered Sam and the Boatman a drink which they too, it was wine, and sat down so Sam followed his action "Min Come" he said Sam smiled but he really didn't have a clue what he was on about.
They sat sipping and listening to this guy talk for about 20 minutes "Do you think we're in trouble here?" Sam asked the Boatman
"No Trouble" the tall man said laughing
"Okay no trouble" Sam smiled putting his cup down as the curtain moved making them all look at the door
"Sam" Tina shouted running towards him for a hug "Did Mercy guide you here?" she asked Sam was in shock he'd believed her to be dead for over 7 years ad here she was standing there in front of him, no way could he have dreamt this up
"Are you real T?"
"I'm real Sam, and you're the first visitor to the Island in 7 years my friend, I can't believe Mercy actually did it" Tina said hugging him again
"Where is Mercy?"
"She'll be here and stoked later" Tina said fanning him off
"So what happ..."
"Sam, Sorry I don't know your name" Tina turned to the Boatman saying
"Tony" he replied
"Sam, Tony this is Red Flower or Artie as I call him, and he doesn't know why" she said "My husband" she smiled as she spoke his language to him to understand what was going on, before grabbing his arm and throwing it around her "Mercy will want to fill you in so I won't bother just get something to eat and have another drink" she said shouted past them to someone else who appeared at the curtain and Tina said something else in their language to them and they disappeared.
Minutes later he heard the unmistakable voice of Miss Lopez coming towards them calling him Trouty as usual
"Satan believe me when I tell you, I did not miss that name cease and desist please" he smiled as Santana and Brittany came into view, "You two still married?" he asked
"Very much so" Brittany said smiling "I can not believe Mercy did this she said she would from day one she said she would" she said hugging Sam
"She'll be here soon she knows you're here" Santana said "What you see here, she made it happen" she told him "Come with us" she said holding her hand out for him to hold which he did
"What?" he asked
"Mercy has all your answers trust us" Brittany said
Sam went to Britt and Satan's quarters which were a bit fuller equip than Tina's gaff it had doors, windows and even carpet on the floor "what's with the upgrade?" he asked as Satan and Britt looked on puzzled "Tina's living in the dark ages and you guys have doors and shit what's that about?"
"Tina's Gaff is just as good as ours that was her Husbands shed"
"Oh" he laughed "My Bad"
"Bathroom's through there, get cleaned up and I'll have your clothes hanging by the time you get out" Santana informed him
"I have clothes?" he asked smiling
"You have no idea what you have Evans" Brittany told him as they left him to it
Sam bathed, and relaxed for a while until he felt wrinkled and got out, wondering what everyone was up to and why Mercy hadn't made an appearance yet if she knew he was there, where they stringing him along, was she there, but he didn't feel panicked, actually he felt as chilled as he'd been in a long while, he knew she was near and he couldn't think about anything else but her right now which could only mean she was definitely due to make an appearance. He got out and found clothing in the bedroom as Santana had told him he would, he eventually worked them out and got them on and made his way to the living room area
"Sexy Sam" Brittany said laughing as he came towards them
"Ridiculous Sam" he said laughing with them "Did I do this right?" he asked still laughing
"You're good Sam" Santana assured him "Come with us" she said grabbing him by the hand again and leading him to yet another house again more up market "Wait there" she said and left him standing there
Sam looked around the room, this room was extravagant with this wooden round table as it's centre piece with carved ornaments and grass flowers on with a Cream couch that looked so out of place for the dirt track surroundings with earth colours all over the place windows, door, curtains for the right reasons and what looked like the sea as a centre piece picture on the wall. Following the line of sight he turned a corner to see a large bed covered in linen white sheets and pillows again with wood and earth ornaments around with a large drawing of him above the bed "Mercy" he gasped turning to take in the rest of the room he saw again drawings of him and her together, on the bedside was actually a drawing of them on their wedding day in a wooden frame with no glass on top, only her dress was purple, he touched it unable to distinguish if he was living a fantasy or reality.
"Sammy" he heard shaking him to the core and stopping him in his tracks
"Mercy" he said spinning round to find her standing there looking back at him
"You heard me?" she asked as he walked towards her
"I always hear you my Love" he said grabbing hold of her as he found her lips and stayed there until she allowed him access and beyond "7 Years and I haven't forgotten how that feels" he said as she smiled up at him. He picked her up and went towards the bed "I need to feel this is real Mercy" he said kissing her again
"We can't Sam, the tribe won't allow unmarried people to mate" she said
"Shit Mercy do they know we've been mating" he said raising his eyebrows "for the past 9 years for fuck sake"
"Sam" she said rolling her eyes
"It's fine" he smiled "When can we get married?"
"Well maybe as soon as I ask you" she smiled
"No way Mrs Evans, my Job" he said getting down on one knee to ask the question "Will you Mercy Jones- Evans marry me" he smiled "Again"
"Yes I will, again" she laughed as he stood up and picked her up off the floor
"Why is your gaff so much better than Brittana's or Miss T's?" he asked
"What do you mean?" she asked
"Well T was in a shack, Satan's was alright but it wasn't this"
"We all live here" she said looking around "This is my personal space but the house itself belongs to all four of us, Come on I'll show you" she said grabbing his hand
She showed him Satan and Britt's white space everything including carpets were white, bedroom and living room with a few wooden ornaments dotted around and a painting of the two of them over the mantle. Tina's was wood and orange with splashes of cream added, a painting of her family on the front wall and toys in one corner
"Tina has children?" he asked
"Yeah she has two very beautiful girls and a boy" Mercy smiled "We claimed one each as Godparents I have Mile"
"Wow"
"You probably went to Tina's husband's workshop, he spends a lot of time there during the day and Satan and Britt do hair in their salon and steam pool"
"Where's the kitchen?" he asked
"We don't do any of that the locals bring it all, they have mercy on us" she laughed "They don't own anything electrical, mobile phone has no use" she said taking her phone out of her back pocket "But we do have one, we call it the family room" she said guiding him away from Tina's quarters "It's just here" she said as Sam spun round to a white and wood kitchen that had coal shelves for a cooker and lots of chairs around an unmentionable amount of wooden worktop
"Wow" he said again as he walked in "Who keeps this clean?"
"We all do really it's a bit of a novelty for them they still don't really understand the concept" Mercy laughed "So that's it" she said as Sam turned to walk out
"Wow" he said again as he took in the massive mirage on the wall of the entire Glee Family on the slide being marshalled by Mr Schue with the frog horn making him laugh
"Kept us focused" she smiled as she stood with him looking at it "Wedding" She said "I've got to get ready I'm sure my entourage is already" she laughed "Artie will collect you from here when we're ready" she said
"I need to find out what's happening with the boatman" he shouted after her as she left
"The who?"
"Boatman, Tony"
"I'll speak to him I'm going that way" she smiled as Sam went back to her quarters to wait as she'd asked 'I can not fucking believe this' he said excitedly to himself 'I've found her and I'm getting married, wait till I tell the guys back home, whose going to be laughing then, who's going to need crazy pills?' he thought in smile mode, his life was coming together
"It's time Bro" he heard looking round to find Tony waiting for him
"Tony" he said surprised but followed him anyway "What are we doin..." he started saying looking around "Is Mercy here?" he asked
"Cause she's here Bro where else is she going to be?" Tony asked him
"I.. I really don't know" he said still walking "Is this …." he said puzzled
"Look Dude" Tony started to say as the minister came towards them "Fix up" he said smiling as the minister neared and suddenly he was standing at the alter of a very familiar church
"What the..." he looked around saying as he saw Puck, Mike and Blaine coming towards him
"Dude you alright?" Blaine asked
"Yeah I'm fine" he smiled back at him "Dude" he bent down to whisper to Blaine "Whose Tracy?"
"Tracy who?" Blaine asked "I don't know, please don't tell me your having second thoughts after 9 years"
"9 years no Bro no way" he shrugged his shoulders saying
"You've been a on a funny one these past few days she only went to LA for a week Bro stop stressing"
"What have I been doing" he asked as Puck and Mike turned round too
"Getting rat faced and talking crap" Puck offered
"Running around shouting stuff like 'Child this is happening' shit" Artie said doing the actions
"You had too much whiskey at your Stag do, we're kind of surprised you've woke up for this" Mike laughed
"Talking to Mercy like she was in your bed dude and even attempting to do the business, nasty" Jessie laughed
"Blaine did we do an investigation?" he asked
"Dude we investigated that you knew your damn name and you knew you're due to marry our Girl in like" he said looking at his phone "7 minutes"
"So she's not dead then?"
"What kind of dumb ass question is that?" Artie asked "Don't get me trippin or you'll be the one dead on your damn wedding night"
"Dude's you better sort your boy out before I have to step on him, because if my sister gets hurt, I swear" Tony said shaking his head with his face screwed
"Ready" Kurt came walking down the aisle asking as the wedding march started to play
Sam watched as Quinn and Rachael walked down, followed by Santana and Brittany, then Tina and Sugar and then he saw Mercy walking towards him, taking his breath away in her fish tail lace white wedding dress, hair done to perfection and the brightest smile 'that shit before was definitely a dream she didn't look this good' he told himself as he felt his smile getting wider, he grabbed for her as she got to him, making her giggle at him
"You missed me?" she said
"Like a mother …." he said looking up to see the minister smiling at them
"It's only been 7 days" she told him
"Days; more like years" he said looking at her puzzled
"Sam?" she said as they turned to the minister to get the service on the way
45 minutes later and they were standing there having been announced, a second earlier, as Mr and Mrs Sam Evans
"Party back at ours" Mercy shouted as they got outside the church
"Babe how they gonna fit in our small flat?" Sam asked
"What flat Sam, are you alright?" she asked before turning to Puck to ask "What did you guys do to him on stag night?" looking at Puck hard before carrying on to say "And remember we don't lie to each other"
"We gave him a bottle and a half of whiskey, he's been out of it for about 6 days in total, and really Blaine had to march him around today and get him to recite you name" Puck said as Quinn, Rachael and Sugar fell about laughing
"We were with him Mercy" Mike said
"He kept grinding the furniture calling your name it was hysterical" Artie said laughing
"I on the other hand, had a totally different experience, which I'll tell you about one day" Sam said, unimpressed with his Dude's "And I can assure you it will never happen again" he said kissing her before they got in their car "We live in Palm Springs right?" he asked when they got in the car
"We do, and you now have a wife"
"I know that babe"
"How did that, so urgent, re-record go, I can't fucking believe Stan would ask you to do that days before our wedding, I seriously missed you like a bitch babe"
"The recording went well, I had strong words with Stan about that and I was a bitch missing you babe, everybody got it, I was with you in my dreams though did you feel me?" she said before laughing "As much as I could allow you to feel me with Satan, Britt and Miss T on my bed every night"
"I guess I did with all that humping they told me I was doing in my sleep" he laughed
"I ended up changing the last song on the album because he was being such a bastard about things" she told him
"So you didn't sing 'Still Here' then?"
"No I ended up singing that cover of the other one that you said gave you chills 'Gone' by Jennifer Hudson and seriously Sammy those extra days away made me really think about that, I'd probably beg you to haunt me till I was ready to join you" she laughed
"You don't even know" he said kissing her
"Oh and thanks for booking those leg space seats babe, Godsend"
"Only the best for the love of my life" he smiled before they linking fingers and started the reception proceedings
The reception went as expected with the GF being the live entertainment and even Sam and Mercy got up and sung a few, everything closing down around 3 am "What a day" Sam said flopping down on the bed next to Mercy "What should we do now?" he asked wiggling his eyebrows
"Sing to me Sammy, get me in the mood" she laughed
"We need props now?"
"No just your mouth" she giggled "I mean really sing to me" she said lifting herself up to look down at him
"It's our time Love" he said looking at the wall clock "3:21 I'm bringing our old faithful I'm afraid" he said jumping up to get his Guitar and flicking his tape on as their tune came blasting out and he started playing the song 'Secrets' by Seal
"That's not fair I asked you to sing, we both have to sing this" she laughed sitting up, Sam said nothing just started singing and Mercy joined in at her bit
Sam: You must know me, I'm one of your secrets , you must know me, I'm one of your secrets
I belong to you., I belong to you., and you belong to me.
Mercy: You must know me, I'm one of your secrets, from what I see, you're trying to hard to keep it (Oh yes you are)
Well I belong to you, I belong to you., I belong to you, And you belong to me yeah
Both (Sam): Look at me, I'm your hearts keeper, (Meant for 3:21 AM, she will be here.
Oh yes she will) And I belong to you, yes, I belong to you, I belong to you, and you belong to me.
Both: Look at me, I'm one of your secrets, Sam: from what I see, you're trying hard to keep it,
Both: But I belong to you, I belong to yo., I belong to you, and you belong to me.
You belong to me, you belong to me.
"I promise to belong to you forever my love" he said as he pulled her close
"And love of my life, I belong to you forever"she turned to him saying with a smile "And its ou..."
"Wedding night I know" he said, grabbing her lips before she could reply
The Real End