Gravity
The force that attracts objects / People towards one another especially the force that makes things fall to the ground or keeps things grounded
Friday
They felt like they'd been promised a weekend of fun, Rachel, Kurt and Santana lived in New York, sharing an apartment together, and although financially that brought benefits, almost on a daily basis there were arguments, about bathroom time, lack of food, invasion of personal space or just plain bitching for no reason.
So it was a breath of fresh air for Rachel when Mercedes called to ask if she could stay for the weekend, she was doing a photo shoot for her new album cover on Sunday afternoon, at the park across the way. They'd had such a good time together by the end of the conversation, Rachel was looking forward to some real girl time with Mercedes, maybe they could get some singing in there too, she missed the challenge. They hadn't really finished on happy terms in the past, Sam was always a bone of contention between them, Rachel wanted him and he'd made it clear so many times he wanted Mercedes, but she was plain jealous of that fact and seriously, as much as she tried she could never let it go
"Mercedes I'm going back into class now, so I'll see you tomorrow" she said closing the call down as she entered her class
Kurt had just finished his self defence class when Blaine called him all excited about something, rambling on, in there somewhere Kurt heard him say he needed to get to New York "Wait" he stopped him saying "Did you say you're coming to New York?"
"Yes tomorrow, I have an audition on Sunday, are you not listening to me?" he laughed
"That's brilliant news Blaine, how long for?"
"A weekend I guess I couldn't get a week, is that alright?"
"That's fine, so I'll see you what, tomorrow?"
"You will" both past excited at the prospect of having each other around for a weekend visit, as they closed the call
Santana was at the diner when she got a call from a distraught Marley, saying Jake had cheated on her with some random and she really needed to get away. She rolled her eyes as she remembered she had offered that olive branch a while back, problem right now was that the house was in discord and she didn't know how the others would take Marley staying over.
"Only for the weekend" Marley interrupted her thoughts confirming
"That's fine, just come down we'll find a space" she replied unable to refuse a girl in distress
"So I'll be down tomorrow afternoon" Santana could hear the smile in her voice as well as the relief
The Apartment
"Hi" Kurt just about said rolling his eyes as walked in to see the two girls sitting watching television obviously not speaking "What's happened now?"
"She's asked Marley to stay over for the damn weekend without even confiding in any of us" Rachel blurted out looking at Kurt for support
"And you?" he looked at Santana saying
"She's invited Mercedes for the weekend, not that there's anything wrong with that, but I'm just pissed as her one rule for her and another for every one else attitude"
"I don't see the problem" he looked from one to the other saying "Mercedes is with Rachel, Marley is with you and Blaine's with me, everyone's happy"
"What" they both shouted
"Blaine's coming too?" Rachel asked standing up
"Yep and I dare any of you to say anything about that" he laughed "Stop stressing there's more than enough space"
Saturday
The three spent the morning making space for their visitors, cooking a hearty lunch and trying to change the atmosphere between them before they arrived, telling their web of stories surrounding the visits, Marley's being the most intriguing, followed by what they might get done as a group while their guest were there.
Marley and Ryder turned up with large suitcases, Rachel looked at Kurt and Santana mouthing 'Weekend' for how big the cases were
"Hi Ryder" Rachel smiled wider than usual "I heard no mention of you coming?" she hugged him saying "Nice to see you"
"Marley's in too much of a state to travel alone so I came with her hope you don't mind" he came out of the hug looking surprised for seeing Santana standing there "Santana" he hugged her saying
"No that's fine I'm sure we can squeeze one more in" Santana smiled her look of lust alerting Rachel and Kurt to her intentions
"Hi guys" Marley just about got out before she started crying again and Santana let Ryder go and took her to her room to have a chat
"Gravity" Ryder stood there smiling having seen Santana and clocked her look at him "She's been like this all the way down, reckons she's still in love with the jerk" he told Rachel and Kurt as he walked
"You guys hungry?" Rachel asked acknowledging the statement with a nod as she watched Ryder and Kurt dragging the bags across the floor to outside Satan's room
"No we ate already" he told her as he came back and crashed on the couch, where they sat catching up on life drama
There was a knock at the door, Kurt jumped excited to get it, he knew it was Blaine "Hi guys" they heard as footsteps came into their space, everyone looking round to see Blaine and Sam coming in
"Hi" Kurt said hugging Blaine and looking at Sam "Sam, didn't know you were coming too" he smiled excitedly giving him a hug "Good to see you" he said looking at Rachel, he wasn't sure how things had ended between them back then, one day he was her person and the next day it was bye Lima, thanks for being a friend Sam and she was gone, that was six years ago
"Sam" Rachel went towards him saying her arms open for his hug
"Rachel" he smiled hugging her "Good to see you, it's been a while"
"You too" she looked up at him saying, her eyes telling him she was waiting for something more, but he didn't have it to give
"Not this fucking shit again" he thought smiling to himself
"Santana" he looked up to see her coming out the bedroom with Marley
"Sam" she looked around wide eyed as she walked towards him getting a hug as she pulled his face to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek "Great to see you, why so long? no don't answer that" she looked at Rachel smirking
"What no poem?" he asked, making her smile as he hugged Marley
Finally they all sat down to lunch, chatting away about life in general, who they'd seen, who was doing what and night life "Oh we can't go out just yet" Rachel finally announced "I'm waiting for my plus one" she told everyone but was looking at Sam, he saw the look but didn't know what to make of it, surely she knew he wasn't jealous, their thing was a lifetime ago and it was never like that.
It was soon 8pm and everyone was itching to get out "Who are we waiting for?" Marley finally asked, to hear a knock at the door
"That's for me" Rachel jumped up running towards the door saying "Hi" she said as she opened it her arms stretched out welcoming Mercedes
"Mercedes" everyone jumped up walking towards the door, Sam sort of stood at the back waiting, they hadn't really spoken face to face for a while. Everything had been stiff since the healing her heart thing got out of control and he'd ended up tongue kissing Rachel, a one off, but it happened. He'd told her about it just before she got her big record deal and she just accepted it and went off on her tours, they'd kept in contact by phone and stuff but commitment was a dirty word for her right now she was only committed to the music, he actually understood that. Around the same time Rachel and he parted company, he'd never had time for her anyway, he was happy when she met some old flame and fucked off back to New York, he'd devoted his life to getting Miss Mercedes Jones, but she hadn't told him about this trip
He stood watching as everyone hugged her and moved out the way until he was the only one left "Mercedes" he smiled hugging her
"Sam" she smiled hugging him back pulling away from him much too early, but surprising him when she went back in and kissed him on the lips, it was only a peck but it happened "I missed you" she held his face telling him, looking into his eyes "Did you miss me?" she thought smiling
"I missed you too" he smiled before she let him go 'Gravity' he thought
"We were ready to go out, we were just waiting on you but, if you're too tired you can always stay here" Rachel told her cutting her eye at the exchange
"What and miss a party? Never" she laughed "Where can I throw my bags?"
"Oh in my room" Rachel said pointing to her space
"Give me a minute" Mercedes said disappearing into Rachel's space, minutes later she was running across the lounge into the bathroom, and came out looking glamorous, Sam knew what he wanted to say, but he did all that in his head, looking round the room he could see Santana was on heat, Rachel was expecting something and Mercedes was definitely going to get something.
Finally they were ready for the off, Ryder went towards the door just as it knocked "I'll get it" he rolled his eyes saying at everyone's expectation for him to do just that "Jake" he opened the door saying "What are you..." he got out before Jake delivered a punch to his face
"You mean what the fuck are you doing here" Jake asked him as he looked down at Ryder laying on the floor "She ain't even dry yet and you've got yourself settled in there"
"There's nothing going on between us Dude" Ryder told him "I'm just being a friend" he jumped up
"She's got enough of them back home" Jake told him, going in to give another punch, but Sam stood in front stopping him
"He's telling the truth Jake, we're friends" Marley shouted from behind Sam, she came forward, and Jake's face melted
"Marley" he said sounding like he'd let all the air out of his lungs in saying her name "I came to say again I'm sorry, momentary weakness and as God is my witness it will never happen again" he said tears in his eyes as Ryder stood willing her to slap him or something just get him out, looking around the rest of them to see Santana watching him
"Jake you can't treat people like that and expect to get away with it" she said
"I don't expect to get away with it, I need to be punished but not like this Marley" he said looking up at Ryder
"You betrayed me Jake, and there has to be a consequence regardless of what we feel about each other" she looked into the eyes of this man she knew she loved not just with her heart but with everything she was "Damn I still love him" she thought making her sigh
"Just this weekend, just gives me this weekend, a chance to prove myself, and I promise you won't regret it, please Marley"
Marley stood looking between Jake and Ryder, unsure what to do at this precise moment she loved Jake, Ryder was a good friend she stood hovering between those familiar places her heart, and her mind saying two different things for different reasons
"Ryder go get cleaned up" Kurt finally ordered "Jake, I know you're a Puckermen, and that in itself dictates but Dude, please no more fighting and definitely not in our house"
"I'm sorry, I just get so mad where Marley's concerned" Sam stood shaking his head, understanding what Jake meant
"Ready" Ryder came out saying minutes later, he'd been in the bathroom slapping himself for how stupid Jake had made him look to Santana, everyone got up and made for the door again
Everyone went out with a problem, or the situation had created a problem that night and without a conversation, they'd all, in their minds, decided that drink, in excess, was the short term cure
Rachel had met back up with Jessie four days ago, she'd had yet another argument with Santana about nothing, the problem being she really couldn't remember if she'd used protection, she knew she didn't have any, but did he? Life hadn't dealt her the hand she'd asked for, disappointment didn't fully cover the way she'd felt about things that had happened since that damn sitcom thing, she hadn't been lucky in love, relationships or even her career. She'd gone back to New York to make it, against what everyone told her she went back to do yet another crappy sitcom, got herself a bad name and ended up doing a few commercials, Jessie had left her for a lower maintenance model a while back, but he kept flipping back every now and again, when she was vulnerable. If she could have gone back she'd have changed things but of course that's never an option in life, gravity keeps us right were we are and the damn wheel keeps turning "Gravity" she thought rolling her eyes "and now Sam turns up with Mercedes in the mix" she thought "Fuck" she said as she jumped in the cab
"Kurt had failed one of his research projects for his Doctorate and was keeping that to himself for now, he was hoping his Professor would give him another opportunity to retake it before he had to tell Blaine. He was having a hard time with life at the moment, like everyone he understood you had to take the rough with the smooth, it was a case of balancing like 'Gravity', 'I can do that or I have to do that, for Blaine' he looked at him wondering if he could read his mind. He'd opted not to drink for fear of letting the cat out that damn bag but he knew everyone would just be throwing the rounds so it was inevitable he maybe needed to get Blaine drunker than him so if he did slip he wouldn't remember it, 'he'll never fucking know'
Blaine was totally stressed out about his pending audition, he'd practised until he was singing in his damn sleep, but these nerves just wouldn't calm down, he needed a blow out, Kurt would understand that, he needed to chill and at the moment, he needed to get his career kicked in, he had to show Kurt he was growing up, because he'd woken up one morning last week to find his feelings had moved on, something was pulling him out of this infatuation focused relationship he was in and throwing him towards something lasting, he was excited but at the same time he was mourning for the excitement of being a new couple "Gravity" he smiled as he slammed the door behind him looking at Kurt to see if he'd picked anything up from that slam 'What makes this damn man it for me'
Santana had been so stressed after her phone conversation with Marley, plus she was thinking about the tension with Rachel back home, she was pissed because yet again Lentil would have something else to say against her, she'd got herself wound up and ended up slapping out at her work colleague just because she'd asked her about cleaning the toilets, result; suspension until an enquiry had taken place, so as well as everything else now she was stressing about the rent too. Then as if that wasn't enough Ryder turns up at their apartment looking all that, he didn't know that after Brittany he was the next best thing for her, she was super pissed to see him fighting over Marley but when you treat people the way she treated people back then, there had to be someone come back to bite her and he was it "Gravity" she thought, somewhere in the world someone is living the life I really should be living 'This guy wants to see me on my damn knees, begging fuck sake' she almost cut her eye at him for him having her like that
Jake had the regret of an affair to deal with, he had the knack to press his own self-destruct button, he couldn't get it into his head that Marley had all the love he'd ever need, maybe there was something in that Puckerman thing everyone always talked about. He'd missed her so much he'd sat down, had words with himself and come back with she was worth everything, her love was worth everything and he had to get her back, "Gravity" he'd thought feeling the pull as he jumped on a train and heading to New York to get his girl back, now he sat opposite her in the cab trying to find the words, any words that could try to let her know how sorry he was 'You need to stop dreaming of ways to throw it all away'
Ryder had somehow put himself in the middle of this relationship between Jake and Marley because Jake thought he wanted his girl, he'd sort of wanted her back in the day, but moved across because she'd told him she liked Jake, on top of that he'd accidentally found he had a thing for Santana. Yeah it was a kind of a big thing but he'd kept it on the back burner because he knew she was with Brittany. He knew he was guilt tripping Marley on the 'I want you' thing, but that was purely because Santana wasn't anywhere near free so when Marley finally called her she'd relayed to him that Brittany had married someone, and he was on cloud nine. Seeing her again things had flooded back for him, they were both free for once "Gravity" he smiled as he sneak looked at her to find her eyes on him 'Nothing ain't better than that one' he thought
Marley sat thinking she had a decision to make, or did she? Someone was trying to weigh her down but who she looked at Ryder sitting smiling to himself, he was trying to get her to finish with Jake and it might have been the right move but he had an agenda and she knew it, he was playing with her head, telling her constantly she knew the right thing to do. He was right, she knew it, but someone needed to let her heart know it shouldn't ask for the impossible, but was it impossible? She loved Jake she knew this and why should her life be turned upside down because her heart's broken, surely it's better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all, everyone knows love hurts sometimes, Ryder told me that, leave it to the gods "Gravity" she thought sitting back seeing Jake smile at her as she did so 'I need him to feel complete'
Sam had been dating Rachel way in the past, and although he'd originally started it with Mercedes consent, he'd overstepped the mark and put his relationship with Mercedes ten steps backwards, he loved her, maybe he always would, but even he knew he'd gone too far. She'd been silently telling him that for the last six years, but for some unknown reason they had been forced together again and if he didn't listen to this higher being that was telling him she was his grounding, his light he'd be letting his life pass by heading on the wrong path. Life with Mercy was no doubt going to be a struggle she was famous, he knew that. She didn't know it just yet, but he was supposed to be there with her for this struggle she was going to have ahead of her, he looked at her and smiled 'I'm going to marry this woman' those words rung like a church bell in his ears "Gravity" we need to be together to survive this world, she knows that
Mercedes was still madly in love with Sam, she was really struggling to resolve this two way split in her life, she was music, she'd always been music, that was some of what Sam loved about her, the passion for it, but was it worth actually losing love over she was struggling. She'd sat so many times and thought about the consequences of choosing one over the other and come to the conclusion that she needed more time, right now that didn't feel like an option any more, she needed to stop making excuses and make her life changing decision. She closed her eyes needing to make that decision, praying for strength to make the right one "Guide me" she looked up asking as she sat feeling Rachel daggering her "But I want him, he's mine" she looked at her thinking 'Stay the hell away from us' she smiled back at her, he's where I should be, everything else with work itself out "Gravity" she looked over to see him looking and smiled, life was going to be hard this weekend
"Here we are" Kurt announced as they came to a halt "Hope there's more conversation in there than there was in this damn cab"
The Night Club
They'd lost count of the number of drinks they'd had within two hours of being in the club "Where's Ryder?" Jake asked as he brought drinks back for the group to see him missing
"I'll go find him" Rachel said, getting up to venture near the claokrooms
"I thought Mercy went with you to the bar?" Sam asked Jake looking behind him and seeing no one
"No she didn't follow me"
"So where is she?" Sam got up asking looking around the dance floor and tables "I'll go find her" he headed towards the bar scanning as he went 'how could she just walk away without telling anyone where the hell she's gone, without telling me' somewhere in that thought he'd got more urgent with his search, he was pushing people out the way "Mercy" he said breathing heavy when he saw her standing with some girls talking "You alright? We were worried"
"Yeah I'm fine" she turned to say in the middle of her conversation with them, grabbing his arm as she spoke "I met these girls in LA, they dance" she smiled up at him "This is Sam ladies"
"Hi Sam" they sung
Mercedes smiled "Down ladies" she giggled "I got to go, he's missing me" she looked up at him saying, he smiled at the girls in acknowledgement before he turned and walked off with her on his arm, rolling his eyes as they cooed after him
"Mercy we need to talk" he stopped to say looking at her "Can we get some time, I really need to talk to you"
"At some point I guess" she smiled obviously intoxicated, with all the giggling she was doing
"Sam" Rachel called "Come help me" he looked up to see her waving at him, he got Mercy back as close to the others as he was comfortable with, and went to see what Rachel wanted
"What's up?" he asked as he got to her concerned something might be wrong with Ryder
"I needed to speak to you about our thing back in Lima" she smiled "I know it was a while ago but I was thinking, technically we never really finished things and well, why was that?"
"Well because we di..." he got out before she grabbed his lips, he was shocked and maybe the fact that he'd had a few to drink brought on the delayed reaction but he let her cling on for a while until he looked up and saw Mercedes looking at them, he pushed her off him but not hard enough to release his lips as he watched Mercedes walk off into the crowd "Shit" he said pushing her away harder "Rachel, what the fuck?" he asked wiping her lipstick off his lips before walking away
"She doesn't want you back Sam" she shouted after him
He didn't acknowledge her comment, she didn't now shit about Mercy and him anyway, he walked around the club looking for Mercedes but didn't find her, took his phone out and called her "Where are you?" he asked before she cut the phone off from him, he carried on looking
"Ryder" Santana said shocked at finding him slouching on a chair the other end of the dance floor "What are you doing here?" she asked going to pick him up
"Santana" he said grabbing for her "I need the bathroom" he slurred
"Okay lets go" she pulled him up and threw his arm around her neck, grabbing hold of it to keep him up
"Santana" he slurred as she carried him towards the men's bathroom "I've always loved you, you know, but you don't even see me"
"What?" she laughed, more out of relief that this thing she'd felt was two way than anything else
"I've always loved you" he repeated
"You're drunk Ryder" she giggled
"I've had a lot to drink and I may not have good coordination right now, but I love you" he looked down at her saying as they stopped walking "What?"
"The bathroom" she said as she let him go to walk in
"Come in" he pulled her to go in with him, she looked around and went in with him, as soon as the door shut the fact that he needed the toilet was forgotten, they were at each other, drink a large part of it, as Santana shouted her instructions and Ryder set about making sure they were followed to the tee, flipping the coin on her once she was satisfied, he was determined to show her he knew what she needed. Some twenty minutes later the two emerged from the bathroom looking guilty, but pleasured making their way back to their friends.
Blaine had fell asleep on Kurt some time ago, if everyone had stayed in place Kurt would have called time a while ago, he was tipsy and giggly himself, but everyone was all over the place "Where's Jake and Marley?" Kurt asked Sam as he neared the sitting couple
"Why am I finding everyone tonight, we're all adults?" he snapped
"Okay, so where's Mercedes then, you went off to find her didn't you?"
"She's on the dance floor" he lied standing at the top of the stairs looking for her as he spoke, suddenly he saw Rachel making her way across the dance floor following her trail ahead of her he saw Mercedes, standing near the far exit wiping her face "She's crying" he said, not loud enough for anyone to hear, 'and that bitch is going to tell her something random again' he thought as he made his way towards her too
"Mercedes" Rachel and Sam said at the same time, she looked up and smiled
"Sorry guys, I'm having a moment" she told them
"I was worried again" Sam smiled "And that kiss was all her"
"I know" she smiled back at them
"Mercedes I can't help it, I'm still attracted to him" she looked between the two of them as she spoke
"We're all still attracted to him Rachel" she almost shouted as the music seemed to take a pause, Sam stood thinking no competition, he knew who he wanted and fuck everything else "When did that happen?" she looked over Sam's shoulder seeing Santana and Ryder deep in smooch, definitely something in their eyes.
"I don't know" Sam smiled "But I guess that means Jake's a happy man"
"Oh to be Jake" Mercy rolled her eyes again
"I guess now the opportunity's there I guess I really want to ask if we could take things to the next stage for us" Rachel looked at Sam asking ignoring the conversation
"No" he looked at her, his face full of fuck you, for her saying that especially in front of Mercy, knowing how he felt about her 'Total bitch' he stood there thinking, watching Mercy walk off yet again, this time in the direction of Blaine and Kurt "And Rachel I wish you'd stop doing that, every time Mercy's around you act like we've got something going on. I need you to stop it, because if ever you fuck things up for us, I will blow you out the fucking water big time" he warned before walking away from her
He walked past Jake and Marley on the dance floor moving but clearly not actually dancing, they were in conversation 'if only I could get Mercy to stand and talk' he rolled his eyes thinking looking up to see her looking back at him, he smiled for a second before rolling his eyes, he was going to take the plunge "Mercy" he got to her "Now can we talk?"
"Yeah" she looked around saying as he guided her to a booth at the back of the club
"I've said it before but things got a bit out of hand back in Lima I just want you to know, whatever she said, nothing happened between us, except the kisses I told you about" he cocked his eye saying "You asked me to do something and I did it to the best of my ability, she has a good imagination that one" he smiled "And I'm sorry about hurting you"
"So what do you want me to say?"
"You forgive me"
"Oh I forgive you" she told him attempting to get up
"Mercy, wait" he pulled her back to sit down "I need to know..." he rubbed the back of his neck looking up at her "I need to know if anything can ever happen for us again?"
"Like?"
"You're determined not to make this easy for me yeah?" he smiled "I want to know if we can be together again, I miss you and you know I love you"
"I guess you told me you missed me yeah, I think I said the same thing" she smiled
"So I guess I'm at beg yeah?" he laughed knowing their game had started "Please take me back Mercy, I love you" he asked giving his puppy eyes
"Oh shit you used them didn't you" she laughed tapping his chest "You know I love my puppy eyes" she grabbed hold of his cheeks puckering his lips enough to kiss them "I love you too Sam Evans, and yes" he grabbed hold of her this time pulling her to almost sit on his lap as he watched her close her eyes in expectation, smiling before he took her lips, he knew this place well, it was their place
"Come with me" he jumped up and grabbed her hand to make their way to the cloakroom, taking care not to be seen, coming to a halt by the large closet attached "In here" he pulled her in
"Sam Evans I am not..." was all she got out before he was all over her it didn't take long to change her mind about it, she had more than missed his touch and right now her head was only in their place "Sam" she called through the kiss "Sam" she pushed him off her saying "I need to take my trousers off" she whispered
"Stop talking" he told her as he took them off for her, leaving one leg flapping around her ankle as he took what he needed, he was ready, some ten minutes later she was still reeling in front of him he needed to grab time, he pulled out and used his mouth and hands smiling when he heard her begging for him to fill her again, both finding satisfaction quickly "God Mercy" was all he could muster as they stood lifeless, undressed and satisfied in the back of the cloak room
"I missed you Sam" she grabbed his face saying pulling him towards her, he didn't waste time it had seriously been a while, he had no problem going again
"You still missing me?" he finally asked
"I want to say yes but those guys will be looking for us" she laughed
"I guess you'll be sleeping in Lentil's bed tonight, leaving me thinking about you all night, I'm lucky there's nowhere to wash this off" he laughed
"Nasty" she laughed as they got dressed to rejoin everyone else
There was a big thing going on when they got back apparently Kurt had gone into the men's bathroom to find Marley and Jake in some compromising position that he said he'd never get out his head. He was shouting at Jake about the place being public and that could have been anyone walking in
"You could have at least gone into a cubicle" Blaine laughed
"What about waited until you got back to Lima?" Kurt asked looking at Blaine and them as he spoke
"Come on Kurt, they're making up, they weren't going to do that at your place were they, and that's the alternative, you willing to give up your bed for that?" Blaine asked
"Hell no" he looked at him shocked "Mercy" he said as they got closer "You hearing what's going on here?"
"Sort of Kurt and I agree with Blaine" she giggled for what he didn't know, Sam just smiled and Ryder wasn't bothered about it this time round
"We're just waiting for Rachel and then we're ready to go get something to eat" Kurt announced
"Food glorious food" Sam and Ryder sung together, their eyes widening
"I already know what I wanna eat" Sam looked at Mercy smiling
"Me too" Ryder smiled at Santana
"Are you blushing?" Sam asked Santana, looking at Ryder who was definitely giving him a 'fuck you' look, he laughed pulling Mercy towards him "We're an item again" he told them, smiling as everyone cheered
"What's going on?" Rachel came up behind them asking
"Sam just announced Mercedes and him are back together finally" Kurt smiled
"Back together?" she looked at Sam
"Yeah Mercy and I ar….."
"Rachel" Mercy butted in "I'm sorry if you're still attracted to Sam and everything but he's mine, he's always been mine and you need to back the fuck off" she cut her eye at her saying "I know, you know I asked him to help heal your damn heart, and somehow you turned that into whatever, and that was my bad, I set that up, but that was it girl, if that's what you've got to live on that's it, because that's all your getting" her face like stone telling Rachel she wasn't backing down on this "We'll stay at a damn hotel if you want us out"
"You will not" Kurt piped up
"Seconded" Santana smiled at her holding her hand up
"Food" Ryder announced and everyone jumped up grabbing their coats and bags
"Fix up Rachel, just because Jessie isn't around, don't mean you have to act like a fucking cat on heat" Kurt snapped
The Restaurant
"Okay grubs up" Blaine shouted across the table he'd sprung back to life again once they'd left the club
"How crass" Kurt noted smiling at his love
"So" Marley looked at the menu "I guess we'll have a few buckets of ribs and things say four should be enough"
"I'm glad your moods changed" Ryder smiled at her as he hugged Santana "I guess before the food comes I should let you guys know, it's not something new, well the feeling isn't anyway, but Santana and I are an item"
"When did that happen?" Rachel asked looking around the table
"There's been a lot happening tonight" Blaine looked at Kurt saying "I know you flunked your research project"
"I'm sorry" he cut his eye at Rachel saying "I just didn't want to see the disappointment in your eyes and I thought I could right it before it meant anything, plus you have your audition I just didn't want to..."
"It's fine I know you'll get back on it" he kissed him
"It's been a great night" Marley looked at Jake saying
"Not for me I've been knocked back..." Rachel tried to tell her plight
"You're killing the mood Rachel" Santana cut her eye at her
"As I was saying I've decided to give Jake another chance, so I guess we will be going home tomorrow as a couple again" she smiled at Kurt, hugging Jake and making everyone laugh from her funny face
"Four buckets of ribs and things" the waitress called as two of them brought the food over
"Sam" Rachel said as Mercy and him looked up and rolled their eyes which would have been funny in any other circumstance but this was Rachel trying again "I need to say this to you both, I'm sorry and I guess I'm happy for you guys honestly I am" she smiled "I was just being …. Jess" she looked past the group saying, everyone turning to look in the direction she was looking
"Rachel, I've been looking for you" he walked up to the table saying
"How did you know where I ..."
"I introduced you to these parts remember" he laughed
"Rachel, why are you still messing with this damn man?" Kurt hissed
"Sorry we linked up again about a week ago" he smiled "I've been meaning to call but I left my phone in that cab I took home and well …." he smiled at her "It's been the glass slipper thing" he laughed
"Grab a chair come join us" she smiled telling him to sit by her, introducing everyone, smiling as they said their hello's
"Sorry Dude, I know you're a friend of Rachel's, but I don't know you enough to share finger food without you washing your hands" Sam told him as Jessie got up to find the bathroom, coming back with a plate and a folk too
"Sorry I don't know you guys either" he laughed making everyone laugh as they dug in
They finished up their meal grabbed a few bottles and headed back to the apartment "Everyone fall where you fall" Santana announced as they walked in Blaine and Kurt went for the glasses while everyone else found a seat and drunk into the night laughing and talking
Sunday
The late morning was spent panic rehearsing, doing make up and making up, then Blaine and Kurt went off to his audition, Sam went to watch Mercy at her shoot, Ryder and Santana stayed in bed, Marley and Jake went sight seeing and Rachel and Jessie had a lot to talk about she said. They all met up early evening, kind of a last supper before everyone went their way the following morning
The girls were in the kitchen cooking up a storm for an early evening meal "So Santana" Marley pipped up "When did you and Ryder happen?"
"Do I detect a hint of jealousy there?" she asked
"No I don't think so I guess I liked the thought of being loved by two men but no there was never a chance that I'd leave Jake for him, he's sweet that's all" she smiled "So when did that happen between you two?"
"Last night at the club we went at it like rabbits" she laughed
"I hear that girl" Mercy did a high five with her laughing which quickly turned to a solemn second as her mind ticked over in slow motion "Why the fuck did I not think?" she stood in the middle of the kitchen asking "Why did I not …." she threw the cooking spoon down saying as she left the kitchen the others following her
"What's up?" Rachel asked as they went past a napping Sam on the couch
"You know what's up" Santana snarled at her "unprotected sex that's what's up"
"Shit" Marley echoed as they ran faster, all four squeezing into the bathroom
"I have tests" Rachel called out as everyone shut her up
"Just get the damn morning after pill" Mercy whispered
"The morning after pill?" Marley shouted horrified "You know if you're pregnant your forcing your body to reject your baby by using that stuff don't you?" she looked at them saying "All it does is causes a chemical abortion, do you guys really want that on your heads and if so don't you think the other responsible person needs to know about this?"
"Shit, talk about guilt tripping" Mercy said looking at Marley
"We just this second got together, we don't even need this kind of conversation" Santana told them
"Jessie's got a regular girl, I slept with him a few nights back and I'm fucked if I remember using protection, I was having a blow out" Rachel told everyone "And we probably went there again last night"
"What is it with you and unprotected sex?" Santana asked
"You're standing there with the morning after pill in your damn hand asking me that?" she laughed at the nerve of the girl
"Hey" Sam shouted through the house alerting them to the fact that the guys were about
"Fire" Ryder shouted rushing towards the kitchen to help Sam, as the girls piled out the bathroom
"What..." Jake asked looking at them all piling out before he saw the fire and went to help tackle it
"What's with all the noise?" Jessie came out of Rachel's bedroom asking looking at the smoke coming from the kitchen "Dinner" he laughed
"What the hell happened?" Kurt asked as Blaine and he walked towards the fire damaged kitchen "How have you left stuff cooking and gone off?" he asked Sam
"I doubted the fire, I had nothing to do with the cooking" Sam informed him
"So who..."
"The girls" Jake replied "Who were all coming out the bathroom together I might add"
"My girl gone kinky on me?" Sam asked throwing the wet towel down to go grab Mercy
"No" she smiled up at him kissing him "Hi"
"Hi" he kissed her back
"No time like the present" Marley announced as all the girls looked around at each other "Kurt can we borrow your bedroom for a while we need to talk?"
"Yeah" he looked around the room "We'll go buy something" they walked back to their bedroom to go get dressed
"Can we do our shit first?" Santana asked agitated
"Good idea" Rachel replied as they all left the room to go do their thing
"What do you thinks up?" Jake asked the guys
"Really?" Kurt looked at them as they re-enter the room
"Yeah really" Ryder told him a serious look on his face "They could only be having second thought about this whole together thing" he snapped
"Or they could have had unprotected sex with their new boyfriends last night and stressing about taking the morning after pill"
"What!" Jake shouted looking at the bathroom door
"We didn't have sex last night" Jessie told him a smile on his face
"So what's Rachel doing in there?" Blaine asked
"Maybe a week ago we did" his smile dropped
It seemed like seconds later they were all coming out again "Right we've got time to have this conversation" Santana dragged Ryder to her bedroom saying
"Jess" Rachel called walking towards her room already
"Sam" Mercy went to the far side of the main room saying, wondering if she really needed to leave the apartment for Sam's shouting, she knew it was coming
"Just a minute" Kurt told Marley as she looked at him as they ran off to straighten up "There you go" he came out saying a few minutes later, smiling at Marley as they walked past them
Marley & Jake
"So Marley what's up" Jake sat on the bed asking
"I was muddled yesterday, my head was all over the place, I felt like I was trapped between my head and my heart thinking about what to do about us" she sat beside him saying "And well" she grabbed his hand "I know we're nowhere near... steady should I call it, but Jake we had unprotected sex last night and well I just did a test"
"So what's up with the morning after pill?"
"Well, that was the first thing I thought, but then I realised that if there was anything there it was already something and I needed to have this conversation before we decided what we needed to do"
"Marley you know me" he pulled his hand away saying "My whole life to date has been full of fuck ups, I'm a fucking Puckerman for crying out loud, it seems to come as standard" he smiled at her nodding in agreement "But I love you, I'm behind you whatever you choose to do, but I want to break the chain, someone out there is getting all my good and it's my turn, so I'll do right by you whatever" he smiled "I don't want to keep throwing this relationship away" he hugged her
Rachel & Jessie
"This is so awkward" Rachel rolled her eyes "I need to ask because well... well I can't remember"
"What?" Jess questioned
"Did we use protection?"
"Well I usually do but seriously I can't remember"
"I've just pissed on a damn stick"
"We're not even like that Rachel" he jumped up out the chair and walked over to her "You'll need to deal with this if it's positive I'm nowhere near ready for shit like this" he stood in front of her "I've got plans, serious plans, and this isn't a part of that"
"And you think it's part of my damn plans?"
"No I... I'm sorry this is such a damn shock" he paced the floor stopping in front of her "Every fucking time I think I've got my life straight something comes to bring me fucking down" he slammed on the bed raking his hand through his hair "What do you want to do?" he finally looked at her
"I don't know, but abortion isn't something I'd ever seen myself doing" she cried
"We'll work something out" he hugged her saying "I won't walk away from my responsibilities" he told her kissing her head
Santana & Ryder
"You're pregnant aren't you?" Ryder asked walking towards their unmade bed to sit down
"I don't know" she sat next to him saying "But I understand if you want out I mean nobody signs up for this shit do they?" she looked at him asking
"I feel like your trying to push me away without an argument"
"I'm not it's just that well, you have your life plans, we talked a lot last night, and well I don't want to be the reason you missed out on those"
"Shits just working against me right now" he smiled "I've been in love with you for over seven years, I've dreamt about you having our children, us married, growing old all that and if this is how it's going to happen so be it" he laughed "Gravity"
"What?"
"Someone in the world is so fucking unlucky right now" he smiled "Like sods law?"
"Whatever" Santana looked at him puzzled
Mercy & Sam
"Sam please don't shout" she threw herself on the couch begging
"I'm not going to shout Mercy, I just need you to tell me what's going on in that head of yours" he sat beside her
"I've just done a pregnancy test, we didn't use protection yesterday"
"I know we didn't" he looked at her, his eyes like slits
"What, you wanted this to happen?"
"No but I know what the consequences of unprotected sex are, and I also know it couldn't be an STD"
"So if I'm pregnant what do you plan on doing?" she smiled
"It'll just force us to rush things on, I'll probably propose" he smiled "On my knees and shit"
"And what about me, what about my dreams?"
"All that can still happen, I still need us to be who we were meant to be" he kissed her forehead "So come on let's find out about this sprog, and make some plans"
Mercy got up to see the doors opening as Rachel, Santana and Marley came back into the room, they all looked at each other before Rachel called them to her room
Rachel's Room
"How did it go?" she asked as all four landed on her bed
"Jake said he doesn't want to throw everything we have away" Marley smiled "I'm happy"
"Jessie said something about there always being something to bring him down, so I guess he was in shock at first but he'd support my decision" Rachel smiled
"Ryder just came out with something about shit being against him, I didn't really get it, but the end was something about sods law" she told them puzzled
"Sods law" Mercy flicked her hands saying indicating everyone knew what that was, looking around at puzzled faces "It sort of means hope for the best, expect the worst"
"He said he felt lucky, I think" she smiled
"Sam said he'd maybe propose, make us a proper family" Mercy purred
"You always have to rub you guys shit up in my face" Rachel jumped up shouting "I told you how I felt yesterday, can you not respect that?"
"Respect?" Mercy jumped up asking "Can you not respect the fact that he doesn't want you, he chose me?"
"Mercedes Jones you are such a bitch" she walked off shouting, swinging the door open and walking over to the bathroom before the girls clocked on to where she was going and jumped up to follow
"What's happening?" Ryder asked as they passed through the main room, no one answered
There was suddenly a scream which sounded like Santana and all the guys went running to the bathroom, just as Blaine and Kurt walked through the door "What the hell..." Kurt walked over to the bathroom door asking "Open the damn door" he banged it asking "Give me a minute" he looked back a the guys saying when the door clicked open, he slid in "What the hell is going on?" he looked at the four girls asking
"Rachel threw the damn sticks in the bin" Santana told him
"Why would you do that?" he asked her
"Mercedes got me mad with her Sam shit" she said like a spoilt school girl
"Get them out the bin" he looked at Rachel saying
"We don't know which one belongs to who" Marley told him a cry in her voice
"We'll get some more tomorrow" Kurt told them as he and Marley sat with Mercedes, Santana and Rachel trying to work things out
The Guys
"How did that go for you?" Jake asked the guys as they sat trying to listen to the conversation in the bathroom
"Sshhh" Jessie hissed at him
"Never mind them, I kept it cool during our conversation but my head was on continuous buzz" he replied "My whole life is a map of fuck ups, the only thing I got going for me is Marley, I got to have her by any means necessary and if it includes a baby then so be it" he smiled "Two women ain't shit, I didn't even feel good when I was with that other bitch" he frowned looking up at the guys looking at him "And that's me in a nut shell"
"There's always a consequence for the things we do, you know?" Blaine told them as everyone nodded their acknowledgement
"I need the strength to fight that temptation" Jake told them making everyone laugh
"As soon as there's any sort of meet up and I get in a damn room with any of my fucking ex's I just want to grab Mercy and run the fuck out, they're always so fucking up on me, especially Rachel, I bet that's what all that shit in there's about" he looked at the bathroom door
"As soon as you make your mind up about what life's going to be like for you, something comes along" Jessie said his hands in his hair
"Yeah like my girl just got herself this new record deal, she's always wanted it, and now this baby thing..." Sam sat considering, how this would impact on their lives
"But a baby, wouldn't that be worth giving up everything for?" Blaine asked
"Maybe we'll look at moving things around I wouldn't want us to miss out on life" he smiled back at Blaine "You know me"
"Do people really see you, I mean want you, or even need you? or do you think it's all just for fun?" Ryder asked
"I've never seen Santana so smitten, she needs you Dude" Jake laughed
"I'm kind of concerned because she was lady fab before, and I guess I'm sort of hoping she's not just up for something different for a while before she goes back to her ex"
"It's important to make sure you can still love yourself, after you do what you do, if that makes sense?" Blaine told them
"Keep yourself level, grounded even" Jake smiled
"Learn to say no to the negatives" Ryder added
"And maybe yes to the forever stuff" Sam added
"Every single god damn day" Jessie told them nodding as they all went into thought
"Gravity" Sam said as everyone echoed his word "We were brought together for this, John Mayer said this best" he jumped up grabbing the house guitar, strumming and singing as everyone joined in
Gravity By John Mayer
Sam: Gravity, is working against me, Ryder: and gravity wants to bring me down
Blaine & Jake: Oh, I'll never know, what makes this man, Sam & Jessie: with all the love that his heart can stand
Jake: Dream of ways to throw it all away, (Guys) Blaine: (Woah, woah) Gravity is working against me, Jessie: and gravity wants to bring me down
Jake & Ryder: Oh, twice as much ain't twice as good, and can't sustain like on half could, Sam: it's wanting more that's gonna send me to my knees
"This is so my fucking Jam" Jake announced as they came to the part where Sam was playing the hell out of the guitar
Everyone
"That's a song babe" Mercy walked out smiling at Sam, who stopped playing to give her attention
"Yeah it fits how we're feeling right now" Santana added
"So" Kurt said bringing order "Rachel threw her toys out the basket and threw all the test in the bin, one was positive but we won't know who until tomorrow guys" he told them, watching them roll their eyes
"But we've had a talk and everything's been sorted out" Rachel waved her hands about saying
"Actually gravity's been a word that's been thrown about in our heads and conversations, can we have the rest of the song?" Marley asked knowing there was no way the guys were going to say no right now "Sam will you play for us?" she asked getting everyone organised as Sam started his solo guitar piece again before they started singing
Marley & Rachel: Oh, twice as much ain't twice as good, and can't sustain like on half should, Santana: it's wanting more that's gonna send me to my knees
(Guys) Mercy: (Woah Woah) gravity, stay the hell away from me, (Girls) Guys: (Woah, woah) gravity has taken better men than me, Girls: now, how can that be?
Jake & Marley: Just keep me where the light is, Ryder & Santana: just keep me where the light is, Jessie & Rachel: just keep me where the light is,
Blaine & Kurt: Come on, keep me where the light is, Sam & Mercy: Come on, keep me where the light is
All: Come on, keep me where, keep me where the light is
"Sweet" Sam smiled kissing Mercy when they'd finished "I want to marry you, will you marry me?" he pulled her back to him asking
"Yes" she smiled "Everything can work around us"
"I agree" he kissed her again "We're our light"
"So true" Jake said grabbing Marley's hand "Whatever happens we're our light" making her smile
Blaine and Kurt hugged for the love in the room right now, Jessie looked at Rachel and smiled, they weren't there just yet, but if he had to man up, he'd do it
"I need you to know you're my light" Ryder looked at Santana telling her
"I needed to hear that" she smiled kissing him before resting her head on his chest, as everyone took a moment
"Can I trust you girls with the microwave, that lot needs heating up?" Kurt asked making them laughed
"It's alright" Ryder jumped up telling them as Sam jumped up to help him, Jake and Tom just followed anyway, Blaine going in when the food was plated up to bring the meal to their other halves
Everyone sat to eat in silence, hoping, wishing, regretting, praying, everything as they reflected on what this shift in gravity would mean for them "Whoever it is" Blaine finally broke the silence looking around the room "I just want to say you've got my support"
"Mine too" Kurt echoed looking at everyone
"If it's not us, you've got ours too" Mercy smiled looking up at Sam
"Yeah mine too" Rachel put in
"Ours" Jessie looked at her saying
"And you know I got yours" Ryder pulled Santana to him saying
"So how did things go with the audition this afternoon?" Santana asked Blaine
"Everything crossed but I think I got the part" he squeezed Kurt saying
"He was good" Kurt told them "Brilliant actually"
"No Mercy was brilliant" Sam disagreed "You should have seen her getting her sexy on" he smiled looking at her
"Thanks babe" she kissed him saying
"Great weekend" Jake added
"Except one of us is leaving here with something extra" Santana looked around the room
"Yeah" Marley gasped sending the room into silence again
"Let's lighten this shit up" Mercy stood up telling everyone "A baby isn't the end of the damn world" she clapped her hands "It's the beginning of a new way of living, come on guys"
"Mercy's right come on let's sing something" Rachel suggested
"Yeah eerrmm Gravity let's sing Gravity" Jake suggested
"Again?" Kurt asked
"No not again" Jake replied "Gravity by Leo Stannard & Frances" he laughed
"Oh" Sam smiled as he began to play the intro, and Jake started the singing
Jake: Life goes flashing by, lifts me off my feet, Jessie: Broken wings don't fly, Ryder: I can't breathe, you know that I need you
Sam: You smile and it pulls me through Blaine: Spinning out of time, falling far too deep, Kurt: You're my perfect sky, sets me free,
Sam: You know that I need you, you smile and it pulls me through
Boys: When never I feel far from home, facing the world on my own, you are the calm in my storm
You are the light, you are the light this guarding me, the only one I see, the only one I need, you're my gravity
Marley: Waves come crashing in I can't find my feet Rachel: There you walk behind Santana: holding me you know that I need you
Mercy: You smile and it pulls me through
Girls: When never I feel far from home facing the world on my own, you are the calm in my storm you are the light
You are the light this guarding me, the only one I see, the only one I need, you're my gravity, you're my gravity you're my gravity
Boys: You're my gravity
Sam: Whenever I feel far from home Mercy: You are the calm in my storm,
Everyone: When never I feel far from home facing the world on my own you are the calm in my storm you are the light
You are the light this guarding me, the only one I see the only one I need
Jake & Blaine: You're my gravity Ryder & Jessie: You're my gravity Sam: You're my gravity
"It's me" Rachel looked around the room announcing "I'm pregnant" she looked at Jessie saying before bursting into tears, everyone watched as Jessie walked over to hug her
"It's alright, I'm here" he whispered as he let her cry in his arms "I'm here, I'm going nowhere"
"We're all here" Mercy told her as they formed a hug around them both
Jessie looked up, his eyes met Sam's, sadness in both as Sam mourned for the life he'd built in his head and Jessie mourned for the life he now had to leave behind "Gravity" Sam said smiling, Jess could do nothing but nod his head in agreement
The End