At Last
My Samcedes take on season 6's the wedding
Wednesday
Sam
So it's two days before Britt and Satan's wedding and we've all come down to help with preparations, 'why is it that we always end up doing stuff for everything' Sam stood wondering as he along with Tina and a few others moved bales of hay around trying to make a frigging barn look like the best church in the world.
North East Indiana; apparently anything goes here, "like" Sam asked no one as he quietly listened in to Blaine and Kurt's conversation "When did you guys get back on talking terms?" he shouted across to Blaine with a smile
"A while ago" Kurt told him smiling before turning back to what they were doing
"I hear we're the entertainment as well, surprise" he laughed as Blaine waved him to stop, but he was too late
"Yes Sam, we are the entertainment for our two GF members, I didn't think anyone would have anything to say about that, we do it for outsiders all the time" Kurt replied as Sam looked from side to side not knowing where to go next with that
"Okay" Blaine butted in "so what feel are we looking for in here again?" he asked trying to refocus everything
"Well" Kurt said, taking a deep breath and he was off a full five minutes without air and Blaine standing there getting all mushy eyed and shit, making Sam laugh
"Did we sign up for this?" Tina asked as they shifted the same bale of hay for the tenth time according the Kurt's instruction
"Do we ever sign up for anything?" Sam asked, the two of them rolling their eyes
"So Sam" Tina said sticking the folk in the ground to lean on it "Have you spoken to my girl lately?"
"Mercedes?" he asked
"My girl yeah" Tina said rolling her eyes
"I'm not in her good books with this Rachel thing going on, pissed her off big time" he laughed
"You think that's funny?"
"Not funny but you know, she tells me to do one thing and thinks another, then fucks me off for what she's thinking, and I don't know, she makes me laugh"
"So what is this thing between Rachel and you, I mean of all the crew, seriously, I really didn't see this one coming" Tina asked
"It's not really a thing, we sort of clicked a bit when we were learning to play the piano, but then I guess loneliness for me and missing Finn for her and we just thought we'd waste some time together. Mercedes is off being who she needs to be right now and I'm fine with that, I prayed maybe just as hard as she did for this for her"
"Waste some time sucking on her lips, feeling her ass that kind of time, I know you Evans" Tina laughed
"No; we kiss sometimes, not very often, it's not like need to be on your lips kind of stuff for us, it really is companionship, and anyway Mercedes thinks it's a good way to heal her heart"
"Yeah healing hearts, you've done a fair bit of that in your time" Tina laughed
"I'm freaking out, I'm like in total panic mode I don't think this barn is structurally sound and I'm scared its going to callapse and kill everybody" Brittany flapped as she came down the stairs "Kurt this is just not working everything is wrong, everything" Brittany said holding back tears
"Britt it will all be sorted just go find Santana or something relax" Kurt assured her
"I am so far past this damn girl's drama" Sam said to Tina still moving hay as they watched Britt leaving the barn
"It's her wedding Sam she's allowed at least a blow out every hour"
"When we had our fake wedding there was none of this just simple I dos and dancing" he frowned
"And humping" Tina laughed
"Well not humping but we did play a lot, if you know what I mean" he wiggled his eyebrows saying "I was satisfied anyway" he smiled "I got more than I got off Quinn anyway" he laughed
"You're proud of getting it off the school bike?" Tina asked a smiling Sam "Really?"
"I didn't say proud I said it happened" he frowned "Mercedes was gone, what was a guy supposed to do?" he asked "I at least expected her to come back and see me with Britt and slap the shit out of me and free it up in a jealous rage" he laughed
"You still had a thing for my girl then?"
"I still got a thing for My girl" he smiled
"Your girl" Tin laughed "Was that Lentil I saw hanging off your damn arm earlier?"
"No it was Lentil trying to walk in high heels on dirt you saw me holding up earlier" he smiled "So what's all this I'm hearing about you and Mike? I thought that was all so last year or was that the year before?"
"As I said, confidentially to Artie, Puck and Blaine; I guess something inside me says I need to ask you know, we connected at school and well it felt like forever, so if it's my destiny and I don't even try to chase it you know?"
"Worst case scenario but, what will you do if he knocks you back?"
"Carry on I guess but at least I'll know" she frowned "What you going to do when Mercedes finally kicks you to the curb?"
"Pick myself up, brush myself off and get back to fighting for her" he smiled
"But she'd have said no already"
"She knows there is no such word when it comes to our end game" Sam smiled
"You're so sure of yourself Evans" Tina laughed "You jump into Quinn and it's all love of my life, every song you sing and shit; for a week, then Santana's Latino tits for what 2 weeks. Break that down with a fondle with Blond Brittany, a crazy five minute spin with yours truly and now kisses that mean more to you than listening to 'your girl' sing" Tina said with hyphenated fingers "End Game; Really?"
"That's all school boy stuff, we're good" he said
"If you're that good why has Mercedes been here since last night, and I don't see you guys hooking up any time soon"
"Mercedes is here?" he asked excitedly "I thought she was coming in on the day"
"Santana asked her to come early for something" Tina offered, as Sam took his phone out to check his calls
"Where is she?" he asked
"She's with Rachel, Britt and Satan doing floor planning and putting final touches to dresses and stuff
"Shit" Sam spat
"What?" Tina asked as Kurt and Blaine looked round at them
"She'll be …."
"What, she'll be what?" Tina asked
"Sorting out for me to be sitting with frigging Rachel, I know her"
"But you're with Rachel"
"I'm not with Rachel, we hang out and I'm healing her heart because Mercy asked me to"
"Sam I think you need to grow up Dude" Tina said walking away from him
Sam did some fast, hard work after that, each bale he moved was slammed down with a fuck or shit attached. Mercy had come back, not told him, he knew for a fact she was busy getting the Rachel Berry is everything event set up in her head so, without consultation this time, they'd gone back to the secret relationship that nobody was privy to at their age. He needed to work out if he was pissed at the impossible situation of Mercedes ignoring him again or spending the whole day sitting next to Rachel pretending to be all about her and if it was going to be the latter he was going to play it all the way because Mercedes needed to stop trading him the fuck in.
Mercy
Mercy was way past panic when her plane touched down in North East Indiana, she was ready for the wedding, hell they'd looked forward to it for months, she'd been on the phone to Santana nearly every day, planning something and listening to her cry about her Nana still not getting involved. Brittany was all superstitious about stuff and Satan was getting ate up about all her fads, and Mercedes was calming her down, a hell of a lot for two people who had agreed to be together for ever like. All that was covered it was seeing Sam again, and not just seeing him but him being with Rachel now that she was panicked about. She wanted to jump across or through anything or anyone that stood between Rachel and her and pull her silky hair out of her fucking scalp, for taking her man after everything they'd shared. But the thought of Finn, and the grief Rachel must have been going through stopped her from reacting how she wanted to, so she knew she'd more than likely take it out on her next obvious target Sam.
"Mercedes" she heard as she stepped off the plane and spun round to find a frantic Kurt standing waiting
"Kurt" she said a big smile coming to her face as her hand went up to wave as franticly as he was, hugging when they finally stood in front of each other. "What's up?" she asked looking at the spring in his step
"Blaine" he said rubbing his hands together
"What you're back together?" she asked surprised
"Well yeah and, I don't want to put a dampener on Britt and Satan's day but marriage is on the cards too"
"Stop" Mercedes said in surprised disbelief, covering her mouth to stop the swear coming out "That would be so romantic, has he asked again?"
"Not yet but I feel it" he said hugging her again for his excitement "And you, what's happening for you?" he asked as he pulled away from her and grabbed her case, linked arms and started their exit from the airport
"Well I'm excited for Britt and Santana obviously" she smiled looking at Kurt
"Yeah, obviously" he said flatly
"What?" she asked her eyes widening with her words
"He's been taking her out, it doesn't look romantic to me from his side anyway, but I guess that's for you to interpret" he said side eyeing Mercedes "They go out mainly with other people there's always someone else there and she hangs on him a lot"
"I didn't ask about Sam he's not my business right now"
"Girl you keep this up and you're seriously going to lose that man" he warned
"Sam's fine, he knows what this is" she smiled "He's with Rachel now" she said as he let her arm go for her to get into the car and loaded her bag before driving off to the ranch for the preparations.
"Tina's waiting at the hotel she's probably the only one that knows your coming today" he told her as they pulled up
"I'll say hello then I need some Zeds I'm wacked" she said yarning
Tina was outside waiting for her to get there gave her a quiet hug and helped Kurt with the case before grabbing hold of Mercy and taking her to the room they were sharing
"I'm going to miss you later, sister from another set of parents, I'm in the barn apparently, whatever that means" she said frown on her face
"I'm going to get these few hours I'll see Satan and Britt about 9 or there about" Mercedes replied
"Rachel's in with Kitty, if you're asking" Tina offered
"I'm not asking" Mercedes smiled "I trust him"
"Oh you trust him?" Tina asked laughingly
"I'm not biting that bate girl yeah I said I trust him to do what's right for him" she smiled "And I'll see you later" she said having found her bedroom "Goodnight" she said, and shut the door behind her
Four hours later 8 am, she was up and dressed "T" she shouted as Tina came rushing through the main room "Come on" she said fanning her through as they left the hotel room heading north to find Santana and Brittany to sort out this dress thing they kept going on about all day yesterday, she'd promised them there would be two dresses ready for wearing by the end of the day so that was the main task
"Aaahhhrr" Santana, Rachel and Brittany screamed when they saw Tina and Mercedes coming towards them, Mercy could have easily brought mucus up from the deepest pit of her stomach and spat it in Rachel's face the picture of Missy Elliott doing just that bringing a smile to her face and she kept it there
"Hi" she said as Santana fell into her arms followed closely by Brittany and then, almost as a looks good token, Rachel did an awkward hug
"Missed you girl" Santana said rubbing cheeks
"Yeah" Rachel said weakly 'Now that pissed me off' Mercedes thought
"So what we doing first" she asked focusing on Satan, because to look anywhere else right now, might just trigger that up chuck reflex she was praying for to put another load of sick in Lentil's mouth, seeing as she'd forgotten the taste of Britt's delivery
"Going to sort out the dress" Santana said as they ran about getting, shoes, bags and coats ready for the trip
They played around for a few hours and when Britt finally found her dress Satan did her thing and came out to see it just to try and break this suspicious thing going on for Britt just now. It was funny but I don't think she figured on Britt taking it so hard there was genuine hurt in Satan's face for the way Britt was feeling and Mercy held her heart for them.
"Okay what next" Rachel jumped up saying as the girls walked back towards them with their purchases bagged up
"Will it be you next?" Mercy asked Rachel
"I don't know" Rachel smiled obviously thinking Mercedes meant that in a nice way
"I'm guessing Puck and Quinn will be next they look solid" Tina piped up
"I agree they totally fit" Mercedes smiled
"Seating" Santana said as they got to the others
"Okay" Mercedes said grabbing Tina's hand as they walked out and made their way back to the hotel. Tina to her tasks at the barn as Mercy, Rachel and Santana were stood in the foyer with a model of the seating plan Sam had made for them
"It's pretty much done" Santana said as Brittany walked in
"So wait, why isn't Sam sitting by you Rachel?" Mercedes asked 'So you're trying to hide this from your ex in-laws? Are you telling me that I've given up quality time with my man so you can treat him like your dirty little secret? No fucking way bitch, no fucking way, I treat Sam, that's our game, and you Lentil, are not invited to our fucking party'
"I don't want to upset Bert and Carol"
"They'll be fine"
After some consideration and some serious telepathic shit from Mercedes, Rachel agreed to sitting next to Sam 'Let the game begin' Mercedes thought with a smile on her face
"Everything agreed yeah?" Rachel finally asked after about another hour of planning and moving around
"Yeah" Britt said "I'm happy with that" and everybody breathed
"What's everyone doing for dinner?" Mercy asked
"We're eating in our room" Santana smiled grabbing hold of Britt
"I'm with Bert and Carol this evening, we're grabbing some horses and going down memory lane for Finn" Rachel informed them
"I thought you were with Sam now?" Brittany asked
"Well we see each other and I guess right now he's my significant other but I haven't said anything to Bert an Carol yet and, if I'm honest, I don't want to, not about Sam anyway"
"Why not?" Mercy asked fuming inside
"Because I'm not sure he's my person just yet"
"Your person?" Mercy let slip more out of shock that Rachel was thinking that far ahead
"Yeah it still feels a little like good friends trying to make it into something else for me" Rachel informed her
"Something else like?" Mercy asked again, concerned for where this healing her heart was actually going
"Well Sam said he felt he could have a thing for me" she smiled "But in the same sentence he also said he still had this huge thing for you" she said looking at Mercy "and it got me thinking, there might be someone out there for me like that you know?"
"Like?" Mercy asked
"Are we getting on with this food thing" Santana asked alerting Mercedes to the fact that she was asking way too many questions and her pitch was getting higher with every question. Mercy looked at Santana 'Fucking right its going down' Santana read in her face which made her laugh "Diva" Santana said hugging her "Leave it, she ain't shit" she whispered in her ear
So that evening everyone did their own thing Tina apparently went off to speak to Mike about getting back together, Rachel went to sit and let Bert and Carol look at her as a reminder of what they'd lost in their son, Britt and Satan went back to their hotel room, Blaine and Kurt apparently needed to find some sort of equilibrium in their really suddenly revived relationship. The young GF had gone off to some club or something and Mercy just wasn't in the mood to do any of it, so she sat in the bar at the hotel sipping on her dry Martini, thinking about commitment maybe.
"Mercy" she heard shaking her, she knew who it was and she knew he was there, so she was unsure why she was shocked to see him
"Sam" she said smiling back at him, he always made her smile when she saw him he had that power no matter how damn mad she was she had to smile
"I was just about to eat, have you eaten?" he asked
"Not yet, I was about to" she said looking around
"Did you book?" he asked looking around himself at the full dining room
"No I didn't know I had to" she said concerned for not getting any food
"I booked earlier, will you join me?" he asked holding his hand out for her to grab
"Sure, I'd love to" she said grabbing his hand as she got up and followed him to a table. Settling in and sipping on her drink before he spoke again
"So" he said as his whisky was delivered to the table "I know you seated me next to Lentil" he smiled
"Who told you that?" she giggled
"As soon as I heard you were doing the seating I knew what your agenda was" he smiled "You need to change it" he told her still smiling but not joking
"I can't now I made such a big deal of it she'll think something"
"Like what?"
"Like I'm still into you or something"
"But you are, we are" he pulled forward saying "Why do you keep denying me?" he asked
"Because my love, it keeps us coming back" she laughed
"As long as you know I expect you to come back" he laughed
"Seriously what's happening with Lentil?" she asked
"Nothing for me, we had a few kisses in the early days but now I guess it's more like a friendship" he said searching for some reaction in her face "Mercy I know you want me to live my life and all that but seriously you are my life, I'm being so false with this Rachel thing I need you to release me from it"
"I can't do that Sam she has to be the one to release you not me, it's her heart we're healing here" Mercy said with sad eyes
"Come on she didn't even want to be here with me" he said banging his fist on the table "All she goes on about is the prospect of Bert and Carol finding out about us, there is no fucking us for them to find out about" he huffed "I'm living a lie for you this goes against everything I believe, you need to release me from it"
"Sam" Mercy said rolling her eyes "Either she releases you or you release yourself but I will not be the reason you guys splitting up"
"What the…" Sam started looking around to see if they were attracting attention "Mercy" he said with clenched teeth "This is not a relationship I am not fucking this woman, will you please stop with this split thing. The only thing I know is split right now is me and you and I need that back on track" he said flopping back into his chair to calm down
"I want that so much too Sam but not here and not like this" she said looking around "Just let Rachel finish her thing and I promise this will be the last time ever I ask you to do anything like this" she begged
"And you promise that?"
"Promise" she said smiling at him
"I'm holding you to that you know that right?"
"I expect you to Mr"
"I need to go get smutty with you, I miss my girl" he said giggling at her reaction as she moved involuntarily on her seat "And you need smut"
"I so need your smut babe" she said smiling at him seductively "But that elephant in the room is preventing me from making my move"
"What if we go deeper into that jungle" he smiled
"Aarrhh" Mercy said "Saved by the food" she laughed as their order came to the table
"Your not getting out of it that easy" he smiled grabbing his fork to make a start. There was light chat, catch up on where they were in life, thoughts for next steps, aspirations and they even talked about life for them in the future "I see you as my future Mercy" Sam said when he felt she hadn't taken his conversation seriously enough.
"Sam" she said looking at her plate before putting her knife and fork down
"What?" he asked concerned at what would make Mercy put down her utensils mid way through her meal
"I know this is like the worst timing ever and I don't expect you to do anything about this but" she said obviously embarrassed as her hands were doing their thing
"Babe what is it just say it and we can work it out" he asked grabbing her hand across the table
"You're going to hate me" she said looking away from him
"I'd never hate you and you know whatever this is, I'm going to fight to get you back" he smiled
"I'm... well I'm ready" she said finally looking up at him
Sam's mouth dropped open, of all the things he expected to hear from Mercy that so was not it. He felt panic for about 10 seconds before excitement set in "I'm not with Rachel babe" he said squeezing her hand "I swear on my life I'm not with her in any sense of the word"
"Well she..."
"Seriously Mercy I can't stop her from thinking whatever she thinks, and I don't plan on not being her friend for life or anything like that but we will never be together and definitely not in that way"
"You promise your just friends"
"Just friends" he said "So pudding?" he asked
"Seriously; did you hear what I just said?" she asked
"And I said pudding" he laughed holding his hand out for her to take, as they paid the bill and left the restaurant
Sam's Hotel room
"Have you locked the door?" Mercy asked as their lips locked together
"Hmmm" Sam answered still attached for a while longer before he found himself and pulled back "Are you sure about this Mercy?" he asked looking into her eyes for confirmation
"I'm ready" she smiled up at him
"Let me just.." Sam said walking off to put his beats on "Put this on, set us a mood" he laughed as he placed his pod in and went back to her before pressing play revealing his Tevin Campbell playlist
"Love his voice" Mercy whispered as Sam came close to her
"Relax" he said kissing her nose and grabbing her to dance moving her slowly around the room
"I can't I'm so excited" she said her teeth showing as she grabbed his face for a kiss
"So Miss Jones, you know this means your going to be Mrs Evans yeah?" he asked when she finally let him up
"You haven't asked me yet" she smiled
"But you know its going t happen yeah so this" he said touching her heart "Belongs to me, for life"
"And this?" she said touching his heart
"Has always been yours" he said kissing her deep as their hands made light work of removing clothes and quickly they were in the bedroom, familiar noises from their time in New York came back making them both smile or stop to take things in. "Are you sure about this?" he asked again "My Brown eyed girl" he smiled as he sung along to the current track
"We're going to do this Sam" she said pulling him onto the bed, there were clumsy moments, giggles, pain, discomfort and tears but at the end of it all Mercy lay in Sam's arms smiling "That was, I don't know a word" she said kissing him on the cheek
"All I can think is that your mine at last" he smiled "Do you want to go again until you find a word?" Sam asked smiling
"Yeah" she said turning to him and giggling for the look on his face "Are you up to it?" she asked laughing as Sam grabbed the pillow and hit her with it before throwing it to the bottom of the bed and grabbing her for round two
Thursday
"Morning" Sam said as Mercy opened her eyes
"You're going to have to wait to get out of here, Mike's just got up"
"Mike's in your room?" she asked shocked
"He'll be gone in a bit" Sam said signalling for her to be quiet as he went to the door and put his head through "Mike good your up I wanted to practice my song before the event you know"
"Didn't know you were singing Dude" Mike fired back "I'm cool Tina wants to see me so I'm going to catch up with her before things get busy and I don't want to be late" he said as he grabbed toast from the toaster and fell into the couch.
"My song for you" he went back to the bed saying to Mercy
"I didn't know you were singing for the wedding" she said
"I'm not, I'm singing for you" he laughed as he grabbed his guitar and sung 'Come back to me' by Keith Urban "I know your going again I don't expect anything else but I just want today for us and then I won't ask for any more time than you can give me until your ready to settle down anything you need to do" he said when he finished singing "I mean every word, as long as you come back to me"
"Hey whatever happens from today onwards I'm yours and hey" she said making him look up from her hand he was holding "I own that dick" she smiled
"You own it and everything that goes with it" he smiled
When they finally heard quiet in the living area, they left the busy bed, showered and Sam walked Mercy to her room kissed her with a promise to meet at the hotel gates in an hour
They took a ride on the heritage trail to have a look at the Amish Country, hired a car and drove in a vintage open top for two hours along the coast, shopping which Mercy just had to do for tomorrow and food of course. All too soon it was 6 pm and Rachel was ringing off Sam's phone
"What does she keep ringing you for?" Mercy finally asked on Rachel's fourth attempt to contact Sam
"She's just used to us hanging" Sam said hugging Mercy "Hey did we promise each other something?"
"Yeah" she said as he pulled her close
"So" he kissed her on the forehead saying "Stop stressing"
"Okay" she smiled up at him before making their way back to the hotel
Hotel
"Where you been all day?" Rachel asked as Sam entered the food hall
"Sightseeing" he smiled as Mike smiled at him
He caught Mike's smile as Tina emerged from behind him "Where's Mercy?" he asked looking around the room as he spoke
"She wasn't well" Tina said "She's not coming"
"Okay I'll go check on her" Sam said turning to leave before anyone could comment on his action
"Mercy" he said when he got to the door "Mercy" he called a bit louder when she didn't respond "Mercy" he shouted when she ignored his voice, and the door swung open "What's wro..." he trailed off saying when he saw she'd been crying. He checked the corridor before stepping in, shutting the door and hugging her "What's the matter Babe?"
"I just feel so messed up on all levels Sam, I can't go out there and pretend to be something I'm not" she said
"What are you not?" he asked still hugging her
"I'm not Rachel's friend that's for sure, I've done nothing but want to spit in her damn face since I got here and then what do I go and do turn into Britt with a mix of Rachel sleeping with someone else's man at the first hurdle" she cried into his chest
"But I'm not someone else's man though am I, I'm yours I've been telling you that all day"
"That still doesn't stop me from feeling all kinds of wrong"
"Do I need to get Tevin back up in here?" he asked lifting her chin up to see her eyes "I guess I do" he smiled "Which room is yours?" he asked as they walked off towards it the sound of Tevin Campbell playing in their ear as they made love again, any thoughts of Rachel that were there clearly disappeared as they lay in each other's arms. "Do you still feel guilty?" Sam asked
"No babe I feel totally loved" she smiled up at him
"Hold onto that feeling no matter what, and know that it's true" he said kissing her forehead
"Won't people be wondering where you are?
"No I told them I was coming to check on you" he replied as Mercy sat up in the bed "Chill" he said pulling her back down "Holding the feeling yeah" he looked down saying as they lay listening to music until they fell asleep
"Mercedes" they heard jolting them out of their sleep "Mercedes you alright?" they heard again as Mercy figured out it was Tina
"Yes T I'm alright you woke me up"
"Sorry girl just checking, I was gonna get Mike to kick the door in" she giggled "Did Sam pass by?"
"Yeah earlier" Mercy said still sleepy
"He's gone AWOL" she said "Not with Lentil though" she quickly added
"Okay" Mercedes answered
"By the way were where you last night?" Tina shouted through the door obviously determined to have a conversation with Mercedes tonight
"Missing in action" Mercy said kissing Sam as she said it, who was lying next to her holding in his laugh
"Girl the only person not seeing this shit going on between you two is you" Tina laughed "I know Sam's missing from his room I just came from there"
"Sam's missing?" Mercedes asked through the door trying to sound concerned
"Yeah right; Goodnight" Tina said knowingly and then she was gone
About 3 hours later Sam finally made his way back to his hotel room exhausted and happy, he'd got Mercy to agree they were sort of on again, she was happy and she'd got to a point where she really didn't give a shit what Rachel or anyone else thought of her, she was his girl and that was all that mattered. They were yet to have the conversation about him spending the day as Rachel's plus one later but, she'd fed into that happening so he felt she wouldn't be down on him too much about that. He was struggling with one demon; she'd asked him not to really communicate with her for the day and respect Rachel, he'd felt he was disrespecting her in doing that and didn't really want to agree to it, but Mercy always got what Mercy wanted when it came to Sam, he knew that too well. She'd promised to give him secret treats throughout the day if he did and he'd dived at that, having reflected on the day he concluded he was a happy man, his life was planned, Mercy was in a good place, he just had to sit back and let it all fall into place now, his eyes closed for sleep while the smile was still on his face.
Friday
Everything got busy real quick, one minute he was deep in sleep the next Mike was banging the door down telling him he had 2 hours to get ready "Two hours" he jumped up saying "What time is it?" he opened his bedroom door to ask
"It's only 9 am" Mike laughed "But I figured with all the extra marital activities you might need a jump start for your double life, what you doing bro?" he asked as Sam left his bedroom for the living room
"Hi guys" he said when he saw Blaine, Puck, Artie and Mr Schue standing or sitting around
"Hi" they said back waiting for his response
"I'm not with Rachel, I never have been, Mercy asked me to help heal her heart and that's what I'm doing" he said looking around the room "Mercy's the love of my life, she's going to be my wife actually we agreed that and I love her"
"So what you're with Mercy now?" Artie asked
"I can't even put our business out there like that" he replied "It's complicated" he said rubbing the back of his neck "She needs to be who she was born to be, who I believe she is and no way can I get in the way of that, I want it all so much for her, but I'm hers and she's mine"
"That is so sweet" Blaine said "But we still have an expectant Rachel sitting out there"
"Look as soon as she finds her feet again I'll be the one up front encouraging her to fly, I'm doing this for Finn and Mercy, she just needs a crutch right now and I've agreed to be it"
"Sam I just hope you know what you're doing" Mr Schue said
"I do trust me and I need to go, Mercy's off today and I doubt I'll get much time with her today because of the wedding I need to go see her, sorry" he said getting up to get dressed
Mercy's Room
Sam knocked the door surprised it was opened immediately "Morning Sam" Tina sung out
"Morning T" he said waiting to be invited in
"Can I help you?" she asked a smile on her face obviously waiting for him to actually say
"I need to see Mercy" he said stepping in any way as he spoke "Mercy" he said as he walked further in
"Sam" she came to her bedroom door saying with one foot of toes freshly painted "Come in" she said making her way back into her room "Will you do the other foot?" she asked as he sat on her bed and her foot found his lap, Sam said nothing just grabbed the polish and started creating his art.
"So" he finally said as he painted "You're leaving today what time?"
"Don't go avatar" she smiled
"What time?" he asked again stopping his stroke action
"I'm leaving at 7 pm and before you blow I booked before I knew my intentions"
"But you won't even be here for most of the reception"
"I'm still sort of pleased about that because I know Satan's set up this couples thing for later on and I really don't want to watch you and Lentil styling it out on the dance floor" she giggled
"Whatever I'm doing… da da da" Sam said laughing "So yeah I'll be dancing with her but it really will be your face I'll be seeing"
"Have fun on that yeah"
"I'll try, so what were these secret treats you were talking about last night?" he asked intrigued
"Trust me you're not going to miss them" she giggled
"So on that I know your voice, booty and eyes are involved" he laughed 'Every day's a new adventure, so happy that I got, a beautiful thing from November to November you're all I wanna shout my beautiful thing, darling, so beautiful' he sung from his Tevin collection 'Beautiful thing' "I'm going to miss those eyes, that booty and damn your voice babe, but the killer for me right now is gonna be you..." he told her as he hand moved further up her leg and hit the spot as they were shaken back to time by Tina's voice
"Kitty nice to see you" she shouted obviously to let them know someone else was there
"Rachel asked me to go in search of Sam for her" Kitty said
"Why would you come here for Sam?" Tina asked
"She actually told me to check out Mercedes room first" Kitty laughed "I told her Sam or Mercedes are not like that but just to say I checked"
"What's going on between Sam and Rachel?" Tina asked "I really didn't see that happening when we were at school"
"Who really knows what's going on in Rachel's head?" she asked before offering "My take is; Sam's being a really good friend and Rachel's taking advantage, I heard her talking to Mr Schue the other day about Finn and thought aarrrhh but then she mentioned Jessie in the same sentence, and even I stood there thinking er, what about Sam" she laughed "I mean she went all out on the hurting stuff with Mercedes to get him and then what?; her total bitch coming out if you ask me" Kitty finished heading towards the door, which they heard open "In a bit" she said as Tina shut the door
"Suddenly I don't feel guilty at all" Mercy giggled
"Good" Sam said getting up off the bed "Good job we didn't start that, I'd never let you go" he said getting up
"Enjoy the day today lover" She said pulling him back for a kiss "And I'll find an excuse to come back soon"
"Please he said holding his position "I miss you already" he said before pulling her face to him and kissing her deep, when they let go their eyes were still closed "That's home" he said as he opened his eyes to smile at her still closed eyes
"I'm still there" she said before opening her eyes to see Sam's face smiling back at her in turn making her smile "Let's brave the day"
"Hold up let me see if you're dry" he said testing her toes "Five more minutes" he smiled "Song?" he asked
"God a song" she said looking up in the air considering "I think I'd have to sing One + One by Beyoncé" she smiled "Coz that's what we got"
"Go for it then" he said pulling at her toes as she started singing "Seriously I need me some of that like now" he said pushing her back down on the bed with his kiss when she finished
"Sam" she whined for him messing her nails up
"Mercy" he whined back before they dealt with their urgency
"Come on, up, don't sleep you'll be late" Sam said as she curled up for sleep afterwards "I'm going to be living off these memories all day" he laughed "I'm so happy even Lentil's not bringing me down" he almost shouted before remembering they were in hiding and covering his mouth
"Okay" Mercy said getting up "I'll see you soon, and watch out for my treats" she said going up to kiss him before ushering him out her room and out the hotel room
"Remember I'd rather be doin…"
Doing it with me, yeah I got that" she said laughing as she shut the door leaning on it to smile for a short while before Tina came into focus "So did you ask Mike?" she asked
"I'm doing it today" Tina informed her
"Is that going to go well on someone else's wedding day?" Mercedes asked
"I have no idea" she laughed "But that's what going to happen, come on lets get dressed"
Mercy done her rituals and was standing ready within the hour "I guess we need to go see what our girls are doing?" she asked
"I guess we do" Tina said joining her in the mirror "Hot yeah?" she asked as they looked at their reflection
"Hot" Mercy said as they stood in their identical pink dresses at Brittany's request
She'd just been in the yard taking photos and Sam had come in playing the fool as usual and making her laugh "Your mine" he mouthed making her laugh hard for the photo. Suddenly Tina came out shouting for her to get to the dressing room and she flew off to go be with the girls. They got to the room and Mercy sat there with Rachel feeling super awkward, checking out her nails that Sam had already done a few hours ago, while Brittany shouted impossible instructions.
20 minutes later and they were getting ready for the brides to come in "What are you doing up there?" Sam asked Mercy as he stood in his spot ready for the wedding party
"Your treats are about to start" she said walking past him and to the back of the stage where Artie was sitting he smiled as the music started, and Mercy started singing
"At last" she sang looking at him for those words as he heard "My love has come along" Whoo he thought smiling proud for the sentiment, nodding his head telling her that was true, watching her sing her song to the brides but for him.
Suddenly there was a load of stuff happening Kurt came out with Britt and then Blaine came out with Satan and they had black suits on instead of the uniform white ones and God they were both getting married Sam couldn't believe his bestie hadn't even mentioned it to him. On second thoughts he'd been so focused on Mercy since he'd heard she was there, he hadn't even called his parents let alone thought about anybody else's drama
"Mine at last" he heard her belt out he had to bite his lip to stop the full blown laugh from coming out, he giggled at the end as he slow clapped her efforts
"Wife and Wife, husband and husband" they heard and Sam looked at Mercy and smiled she was doing her best not to look at him but she knew he was saying it was her turn soon. He couldn't believe Mercy had seated him and Rachel right opposite her and he constantly smiled at her balls throughout the day as she gave him lots of sneaky eye contact.
Then she got up with the Trouble tones and did that spot number that made him drool. He got carried away looking at his future wife, "I'm so excited" she was singing as she bobbed around the dance floor shaking everything he needed in his hands right now all over the place telling him "I know, I know, I know, I know I want you want you" he felt like telling her to get right there in front of him now "Move real slow" Sam was back there in that hotel room going for gold standing there realising she was actually his he was on a high.
A little after that she pointed to her phone and waved bye, Sam had just finished making bye faces to Mercy and he looked round and Rachel was coming towards him, he stepped towards her, noticing she was looking at Carol and Bert "Couples dance" she said going to stand in front of him, they finally nodded her the go and they danced, "thank god Mercy just left, and please let this shit be over soon" he thought as he danced around the room looking like he was enjoying himself "impressions come in useful" "she's singing in my ear like there's going to actually be a day for us" "No fucking way" he looked at her saying in his head. Not long after that the wedding was over and the following day everything was packed up and they left for back to Lima and back to work.
Two weeks in and Sam and Mercy were constantly on the phone to each other, Sam would wake up in the night to give her a call, break and lunch times for him was sandwiches in a quiet corner talking to Mercy on his phone. He was still friends with Rachel but he was confident they'd definitely moved to the friend zone and she was getting focused on going back to New York
He told Mercy about young Myron and his demands on Rachel's time right now which meant Rachel had a different focus, until Sue roped them all in to doing some show for the boy's barmitz whatever because she fancied his uncle or something.
"Right up her street" Mercy laughed "Hey I had some reporter up here asking me questions about Sue" she informed him
"What did you say?" he laughed asking
"The truth" she laughed "See you soon I hope"
"We live in"
"What?"
"Hope, we live in hope"
Mercy called him when she saw the news about Sue, they had a very long chat about what should happen to her next, before Mercy revealed what she's really called him for
"Sam I need to be with you, I'm coming up for a day this week, can you fit me in?" She asked
"It that a trick question, I've been asking you for a few days now woman, just get here"
"What's my excuse?" she asked
"Why do you need one?" he asked
"I just need to see my Mom" she said dismissing his question "Wednesday then"
"Wednesday yeah hurry up" he laughed
Wednesday
Mercy came in on a late flight, Sam met her at the airport and took her back to his place, he was still living at Sheldon's place in his bedsit, the only thing he used the rest of the house for was food, everything else was in his personal space
"Do you need something to eat, drink?" he asked as he set Mercy's small case on the floor and put his classic Tevin Campbell playlist on
"I'll take a drink if you have one"
"Whiskey" he laughed
"Seriously?" she asked
"Yep or Whiskey with juice"
"I'll have the Juice please" she laughed as he poured whiskey into two glasses and took the juice to the bed with him where she was already sitting "You heard me then?" she said taking the glass off him
"Hair for the dog that's gonna bite your ass" he laughed throwing the small tot down his throat
"Okay lets get my buzz set in" she said throwing hers down too as she fell back on the bed with a smile on her face "Come on bite my ass" she said giggling
"How many times" he said as they went back to their familiar place "God the nights too short" Sam said when his alarm went off 6 hours later and they still hadn't found sleep
"We talk nearly every day, what do we find to talk about all night?" she asked him
"We weren't just talking though were we" he laughed "And I just realised we're a secret again, how did this happen" he asked "No don't answer that I don't want anybody else up in here right now" he said laughing again
"What time do you have to be at work?"
"In a bit I've got an hour tops" he replied wiggling his eyebrows
"I'll take twenty minutes of that" she said as he pulled her back down onto the bed
"Shit" he said 35 minutes later "I'm definitely going to be late and that's on you miss insatiable" he laughed as he jumped out of bed and found the bathroom, coming out in his work clothes "Come to school when your ready meet me in the canteen, the staff one" he said as he kissed her before leaving the bedsit "Oh and Beaste is fine, he knows about us, so get something to eat" and then he was off
Mercy sat looking around his space wondering if Rachel ever came up there and why she'd forgotten to ask that, when she decided to be nosy and check his space out 'surely he expected her to do that or knowing Sam maybe not' she smiled but she was going to look anyway. She looked in his wardrobe to find it neat with several sets of uniforms for his job, his Dad's suit he'd worn for their first prom; making her laugh, as she saw him standing there in that Bolo tie, his faded denim jacket he loved at school and an array of coloured sneaker's for every occasion, along with checked shirts and T-shirts his green jacket from New York and her red jacket, she thought she'd lost in transition from New York back to LA hung under his. She went to the bathroom and was shocked to see a rather large painted portrait of him and her standing on the stage at her very first mall tour "Rachel hasn't been here" he smiled
So they got lunch together and met up for break at 2.30 when Rachel and Blaine turned up, Sam started acting dumb again and Mercy knew he was in super uncomfortable mode wrapped in fake Sam, the last time she'd seen this Sam was when he was with Brittany, several times she wanted to laugh but she held it in Blaine and Rachel were there. Rachel was in a flap about making a good impression for NYADA, they had a bit of a conversation around that ending with Rachel telling them they were good friends. Sam started to challenge her but Mercy was around and he didn't have time to think about Rachel's whims so he let it slide, but he was concerned
What time are you due back?" he asked her when Blaine and Rachel left the canteen
"6 pm and I'm gone"
"So soon?"
"Sorry Sam this really was just a booty call" she laughed
"I'm doing booty calls" he smirked
"Seriously; I need you to give me some more on this booty call, can we go back to your place?"
"Why are we still standing here?" he asked grabbing her hand
"Have you finished work yet?" she said as they made their way out of the building
"What's work?" he asked smiling
They couldn't drive fast enough to get back to the flat, Sam flicked the playlist on and stripped before he got to the bathroom pulling her in with him "Hold up let me get undressed" she said pulling away from him
"Hurry up" he said stood in the bedroom naked waiting for her to strip, she was undressed in seconds ready for the shower. 20 minutes later they were out the shower and going for round two in the bedroom
"I got to move" Mercy said moving the only part of her body that didn't feel tired
"Tired" Sam got out as their eyes closed
"Shit it's 5.25 pm" Sam jumped up saying "quick, up, dressed" he said shaking Mercy awake "Late" he said when she looked at him "Flight" he said and she jumped up and went into automatic mode
"I don't know when I'll be back Sam"
"Booty calls are good" he smiled "Just to let you know" he said stopping to look at her "I'm going to have a conversation with Rachel about NYADA I don't think she's making the right choice about that"
"You're entitled to your opinion babe, you know our project's been Rachel all year, and you've had the most contact so you know best" she smiled kissing him as she grabbed her bag and he grabbed her suitcase
"I found a dream that I could speak to, a dream that I can call my own" she sung as she stood ready for her journey back
"For you are mine" he sung back as he grabbed his keys to take her to the airport
"At last" they both sang
The End