The Worm Hole That Got Missed
I know you all remember when Brittany went down her wormhole, they gave her a whole Brittany 2.0 week. And when Santana went through her identity ending with there Finn slap thing they gave her 'Girls just want to have fun' so sweet. Then when Quinn went through her I'm having a baby multiple Daddy thing they gave her 'Lean on me'. Even Rachel had her Flash Mob performance of Barbra Streisand to keep her nose and Tina got her Diva Award well earned too but Mercedes Jones goes into a wormhole and what? indeed the one that got missed
Mercedes Jones
Sam had finally left Ohio after a beautiful summer shared with Mercy, they'd made it that way, somewhere along that road they'd found they actually meant something to each other. They both had their own stuff to deal with, Sam was her first boyfriend she'd fell so hard she was petrified she was on an emotional rollercoaster, her emotions were all over the place. Sam had actually received a rather hot slap in the face, he wasn't expecting his initial attraction to produce what he was feeling by the end of the summer, he'd thought he'd found something in Quinn but this was something else, this was stuff you read about he was smitten he turned into someone else when he was with her and he really didn't care what anyone thought about that, except her.
"Mercedes" Quinn called down the phone "I just got news that Sam has a new girl" she giggled down the line
"I don't think so he just called me last week he didn't say"
"I have it from a seriously reliable source"
"Who?" Mercy asked totally stressed, this was not what she needed
"His Mom told my Mom" Quinn took great pleasure in telling her
"I don't believe it" Mercy snapped putting the phone down abruptly, of course she didn't see the smile on Quinn's face
Mercy had stood in the park a week before the new school year had started listening to, Jacob Ben Israel, Mike Chang, Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson talking about the year ahead
"We're going to miss Sam that's for sure" Mike told them
"I heard he has a new girl up there now" Jacob informed the guys 'He has a damn girl?' Mercy thought gasping at the information she was hearing 'It's been three fucking weeks, he hasn't even gone back to school yet and he has some bitch on his arm?' she huffed as her mind worked overtime 'I'll fucking show him' she walked off leaving the guys to chat, as she hatched her plan for that two timing... she struggled for which swear to use to describe him
Now, on the first day back at school, she was listening to Quinn confirm it all again from her fucking mother, she believed it, she just didn't want to be the last one to know, and right now she felt like she was. He'd said things to her, made her feel special, she'd told him it was going to take her a hell of a long time to get over him and this is how he was treating her feelings, she stomped across the field angry, walked across the recreation space and banged the bathroom door open so hard she had to catch it to save her face from being hit by the rebound.
"Mercedes" she heard as she stopped the door, she needed a place to get her bawl on, and she was hoping for the bathroom to be that place, she needed to bawl instead of pretending at being happy to see her friends again, because as far as he was away from her right now, after nearly three weeks her feeling like shit was still all down to Sam fucking Evans, she fought back her tears and turned to see who was calling her
"Yes?" she asked as she saw this bulldozer standing in front of her
"I know you've never noticed me before, I heard Sam's left and I wondered if well..." he looked around the hall sweat pouring from his forehead "I guess I should say first my names Shane" he smiled holding his hand out "I see you at church sometimes"
"Nice to meet you Shane" she grabbed his hand smiling, she'd never have noticed him if she was being honest, but suddenly he was her plan
"I was … as I was saying, I wondered if you'd like to go on a date with me?" he mumbled as she stood feeling sorry for him the poor guy was ready to combust
"Are you asking me to be your girl?" she smiled trying to help him do this
"I want to, I mean ...I want you to be my girl" he stuttered
"Then I accept" she smiled as she let go of his sweaty hand, and tiptoed up to him to snap a kiss on his lips, she was going to get super friendly with this guy, everyone was going to see she'd moved on too "When are we going to eat?" she looked into his eyes asking, she needed him to get comfortable, quick
"Tonight" all the breath left his body as he gasped and spoke at the same time "I thought tonight" he muttered, his wasn't a voice she was ever going to get used to but for now, it would serve a purpose
The date that night was mediocre, his football friends took up most of the night and he really didn't seem to care about that, she forged on, at least he brought her a few drinks and tried to get her involved in conversation, she sat getting pissed at Mike constantly tutting at her every time she smiled at this Shane guy. Mike finally got fidgety and asked his question "Are you guys an item?"
"Yeah, Mercy's with me now" Shane smiled grabbing her round the waist and pulling her to him
"And Sam?" Mike asked surprisingly looking at Shane as he spoke
"I heard the man had moved on" Shane told him
"What he told you that?" Mike asked shocked
"No but he's..."
"Not my business" Mike held his hands up telling Shane "But I'm just saying you know that guys coded" he added as he jumped up and walked off, Shane stood watching him obviously pondering on what Mike had said
"Are we okay?" Mercy asked grabbing his hand, wondering what the hell this code was
"We're fine" he smiled as he put his arm around her shoulder
The next day two faced Jacob gets all in Mercy's face with his "Quitters says your officially dating Sam Evens aka Trouty Mouth aka Hobo McBeanber"
All she could honestly remember about that whole fiasco was Shane talking about some coco fucking babies, she hadn't past a serious kiss yet and he was seeing fucking babies
The next day she sat in the choir room not feeling very much like being with her so called friends, they all knew about Sam, she knew that, but none of them came to her with it, except fucking Quinn with her ulterior motives. She rolled her eyes as she sat there listening to them all talking about college, pianos and Finn and Rachel's fucking kiss that made them look like the laughing stock of the show choir world last year.
She rolled her eyes as Mr Schu talked about recruiting for the club, trying to understand why, when the man knew he had his full choir in Rachel fucking Berry and her giant Finn Hud, she smiled as she looked at Finn.
Quinn was staying out of her way and she was unusually happy about that, she couldn't understand how she'd expected Rachel to step aside when Finn chose her but the concept didn't apply when Sam chose to choose his girl, Quinn had insisted on being all over him like a rash, or a slimy slippery snake. Sam knew she'd never been comfortable with that, and sometimes he'd play that up to get a rise out of her, she couldn't lie more often than not she'd rise and he'd love cooling her back down, but hell that girl was predatory
A week later everyone gasped when they saw Quinn dressed in tatty clothes with tattoos all over the body, pink hair and generally looking like a crazy person, smoking didn't even look good on her. Rachel told everyone she'd been dating some 40 year old skateboarder during the summer and that was getting consuming for her. Mercy felt sad about that, but worse for herself when Quinn's dress sense was the main topic of conversation in the school mag, and not her thing with Shane, she'd slid to this place where she was finding it hard to see herself, it was so subtle even she took a while to notice something was changing for her, all she knew for sure was that she missed Sam
Shane was in the canteen with his friends, nobody really knew anything about them yet, and Mercy thought she'd play around a bit, put them on the map, and get tongues wagging, the news according to Jacob Israel next edition wasn't coming out until next week, of course things ended badly
"So Mercedes" Kurt walked up to her, after the food fight "I didn't know you guys were an item?" he asked
"Yeah we've been seeing each other for a while" she lied
"You still going to be in choir?" he asked as they stepped into the choir room
"Of course, why would you think that I wouldn't be?"
"Because he was one of the ones that was most against it when we did Thriller"
"He's a puppy" she laughed as the memory flashed through her mind
"Be careful" he warned
The next thing she knew the fucking piano's were on fire, the cheerios were dancing around it and that's a definite link with the football team, so what Kurt said to her last week just came to the forefront of her mind, Shane's definitely fucking dangerous, she sort of tried to keep her distance for a while, making silly excuses about not seeing him at break times or going on dates. Then Mr Schu informed the club that Santana had been behind it and everyone could breathe again, but there were some funny conversations happening with Shane and his friends that sort of led Mercy to believe Santana was the scapegoat for the whole outfit
She was pondering over something Shane had said the night before as she looked over at Santana, when she heard Rachel's voice and the look on Tina's face told her she needed to get this "It just so happens to have a lead role that showcases my talent and essence perfectly, Maria" Berry announced
"For which there will be open auditions right, because Mercedes Jones is feeling extremely pretty this year?" Mercy announced, but as usual everything that was ever said that wasn't based on Berry or that they didn't like got ignored, so no one acknowledged that she'd said it and she was pissed that even after that they did a song of Berry's choice yet again. Of course she joined in she wasn't giving them a reason to choose Rachel for that lead part without a fight
"Booty fucking Camp" she'd walked out of the Choir room thinking a few days later after Mr Schu singled her out as one of those in need of his special needs kick up the ass crew, in need of help with her dancing. 'So I don't do their fucking choirs moves do they not know I'm a sister? You don't go to a club and dance in formation to fucking everything' "I'm glad Artie got the student director role though, he deserved it" she nodded smiling as she walked
She met up with Shane a few times during that next week, her focus was more on getting that information back to Sam, through that Mag, she was sure Mike and even Artie would have told him something but they'd get the facts when the next issue of the school magazine was published.
They were on maybe the fourth booty camp session when of all the people in the world, fucking Quinn walks in, if Mercy had told anyone she wasn't pleased to see her she'd be lying, she'd heard her sister was in a dark place and that wasn't something she'd wish on anyone, she knew it well. She welcomed her back with a hug and they started learning to dance, there was some healing to do, and she felt like she might get something from that too.
She was on the phone to Sam, he was trying to tell her there was no girl, she wasn't listening because he wasn't coming straight there was someone, she could feel it, plus everyone had already told her about this girl he was supposed to be seeing. She walked into booty camp late to everyone taking a dig at her, she might not have kicked off if it hadn't been Quinn that came at her first after all the love she'd shown her over the past week "It's 4.30 in the afternoon" Quinn blurted out with so much sarcasm Mercy wanted to vomit
She wasn't even feeling this damn dance thing, she actually wanted to leave, Sam was still much more important than this shit, even though they were arguing his was the only voice that stopped her head buzzing
She went out and did her audition song and felt so sexy and deserving, she hugged Shane for the encouragement he'd given her earlier. She was pissed when they did a call back and they both ended up doing a sing off singing some song the panel picked. Rachel came at her with that hugging for luck shit, she refused it, she wasn't even playing with this bitch, she was going to have to earn this part
Then surprised not, Mr Schu started picking on her again they had an exchange of words ending with him shouting "Mercedes, you walk out that door you're out of glee club" she looked back shocked, she'd heard it but she didn't think it was fair, Rachel had walked out so many fucking times and she'd never heard him say anything to her about being out the line
"Fuck it and fuck you" she spat at him, earning herself a detention
"She's changed, swearing, bad attitude, kissing random boys and everything" Mr Schu acknowledged as everyone stood looking at the door she'd just walked out of
The sing off came and she could see Rachel on the other end of the stage, she was please with her performance "She was better than me" she heard Rachel tell Finn at the end of it, that made her smile because she knew that too
"That parts yours" Shane told her smiling as he hugged her, she was feeling pleased with herself
As if the dancing wasn't enough, they threw this double casting thing at her she was on her last nerve, she was spinning down that worm hole that seemed to have no end "Are you double casting any other roles?" she sat in Miss Pilsbury's office asking, looking at Rachel sitting next to her
"No, just this one" Artie, Coach and Miss Pilsbury looked at each other uneasily telling her
"Thank you for your time" she got up saying
"Where are you going" Coach asked her
"Tell me you were better than me" she looked at Rachel asking "Tell me" she asked to still no answer "Why is it that no one ever wants to hurt her feelings, you know its always been the Rachel Berry show around her, but it's not going to be for me, not my senior year" she told the panel
"Mercedes" Artie called "Don't make this a stupid pride thing"
"Oh this is a pride thing, but it's not stupid" she told him before turning to Rachel "Congratulations you got the part, I don't want it" she told her walking out
She walked away wondering why she was constantly pressing this self destruct button on her life, hating her friends, leaving New Directions, swearing at Mr Schu, walking around with her fake boyfriend and seriously thinking about joining Sugar Motto's singing group
She cried the evening they put the list up, Shane's chest was soaking wet by the time she'd finished, she couldn't stop the tears her heart was calling for Sam while her body was making do with Shane.
By the end of the week she'd started to look about making good of Shelby's new group she was trying to build, she tipped some oil in Santana's ear and watched her rub at it until she talked Brittany into leaving with her
"Yes" she screamed when Santana walked up to her and announced they were joining her in the group that soon became the Trouble Tones
Sam called her a few times but she was ignoring him, he'd done what they said they wouldn't do to each other, he'd lied to her and she couldn't build anything on that Shane really wasn't the answer but for now he was a plaster, and she needed that plaster 'I know you quit the glee club, you have to talk to me Mercy somethings wrong' his most recent message said, she looked at it wondering how he was so far away and knew so much and her friends sitting around her knew nothing
They were practising for a while before they finally agreed to do their thing for Mr Schu and Finn they smiled as they watched the blood drain out of their faces as they watched them doing their number dressed as sexy Wren's
"Baby, that was great" Shane came from nowhere telling her
"Thanks" she smiled, she couldn't look him in the eye too long she was actually singing about Sam
She'd spent most of her time doing everything Rachel Berry wasn't, Artie, Tina and Kurt came by to visit a few times and filled her in on what Rachel was doing, she'd even turned against Kurt, her so called Brother-in-law to be, what chance had Mercy ever had.
Kurt confided in her about going all the way with Blaine "I guess you'll know when the time's right" she told him "Don't get forced into anything"
"And you and Shane, have you guys...?"
"God no, that's not what this is" she held her hand up at him producing her disgusted face
"What is it, because according to Mike, that's very much what it is, for him anyway?"
"He's going to be so disappointed" she giggled
"Please don't tell me this is all to spite the one Sam Evans?"
"Who?" Mercy flashed her hair off her chest walking away from him
"Mercedes Jones" he ran after her saying "You know your boy doesn't do well with the games thing, what if he fights Shane?"
"Then I'll choose Shane" she walked with her books pressed against her chest telling him
"Bull shit" he jumped in front of her saying, stopping her from walking "You told me you loved him, that shit doesn't just go away"
"It does when he's found someone else" she told him looking at him as he took his phone out to check a message "It's Blaine yeah?" she asked, his look telling her she was right "You should go see him" smiling as he walked away hugging his phone "Hey tell him to break a leg tonight" she shouted for Blaine debuting on Westside Story
Shelby argued that they had something and talked Mr Schu into letting them enter the group for Sectionals, representing the school, everyone was pleased.
Then suddenly Santana wanted to turn everything into a bloodbath, she wanted to wreak havoc for the New Direction and if that was just Rachel and Quinn she might have let that slide for maybe a minute but Tina, Mike, Artie, Finn, Kurt and Blaine were in there she knew she had to put a stop to it. The whole thing ended with Mercy announcing she was the leader, of course Santana challenged it but everyone voted Mercy in and Brittany sang Santana down.
Mercy sat in the choir room, wondering why Shelby was always bringing them back to this damn place, when she caught a look at Quinn sitting there looking all pleased with herself over something, 'I wonder if she's back with Sam?' she thought cutting her eye at her with the thought. Then Finn announced he had a song to sing and she didn't know how she ended up sitting next to Berry but it happened, she bit her lip hard, this was about her girl Santana, apparently she was in denial.
"It's true" Tina told her as Mercy stood in the choir room holding her mouth for what she wanted to let come out of it after the session
"How do you know?"
"I was passing Figgins' office when he told her, she's been banned from competing at sectionals, the incident had been put on her permanent records and he suspended her for a week"
"So she really rigged the ballots, and the stuff about Quinn?"
"Puck told Mike she's trying to make another Beth with him because she can't get Beth off Shelby"
"I thought … never mind" she waved at Tina standing in front of her, unable to grasp everything "I miss the New Directions" she giggled hugging Tina as she spoke "I'll see you later yes?"
"Yeah, breadsticks"
"Are you bringing Shane?"
"I'm not bringing him but he knows if he wants to find me I'll be there, why?"
"I'm rooting for you and Sam I can't be around him"
"Did you not hear Sam had a new girlfriend?"
"Did you not hear Quinn's looking for a new baby Daddy?"
"That's not Sam" Mercy laughed
"And you know Quinn" Tina gave her the eye saying
"Later T" Mercy turned flicking her hand at her as she walked away, actually she did know Quinn and if that was what Sam wanted then so be it, she was so over crying about that damn man, rolling her eyes as her phone beeped again, she knew it was him bugging her again "What?" she asked her phone as she unlocked it to see what his message was 'Call me' she read and threw it back in her pocket
"Everything alright?" she heard, her head popping up remembering to find a smile when she saw Shane standing in front of her
"Fine why?"
"I just needed to ask you a question can we" he looked around as he spoke "Go in here?" he pointed to an empty classroom, walking over to the nearest desk to sit down, there was something about his tone that chilled her but she left it "I just overheard a conversation about you, and I just needed to ask you, are you still holding feelings for Sam?"
"Sam's a friend, he'll always be a friend, do you have a problem with that?"
"If you have feelings for him yes"
"Shane I'm not about to change who I am or who I speak to, to accommodate your insecurities"
"You didn't answer my question, are you with me to teach him a lesson?"
"He's not even here, how can I be teaching him a lesson?"
"You know your whole fucking club are Sam Evans crazy, a pin doesn't drop that he doesn't get to hear about"
"Is everyone swearing at their girlfriends now?" she moved her head asking him, ready for her pissed off diva to come out
"When she's standing in front of my face lying yes" he snapped
"So nothing happens without him hearing about it, so he already knows about us then and of course you knew that before you approached me, so what are you asking?"
"You guys were done yeah?" he asked for confirmation
"Look Shane, there is no part of me that you own, I was in Glee Club when you approached me, I'll be in Glee Club long after you've gone, I see those people as my family you can work with that or we can part company, it's your choice"
"So now you want to split up?"
"No Shane, now you want to act like a possessive, spoilt brat and I don't need that" Mercy stood shocking herself for speaking to him like this
"You still didn't answer my question"
"Because there's no part of me you own, I told you already" she got up and walked away from him leaving him to think whatever he wanted, they both knew where her heart was if it was ever put to the test, and why shouldn't he feel like he needed to fight for her, she was worth it
"Mercedes" he shouted after her watching as she turned to hear what he had to say "I love you, that's why I need to know, I love you" she stood wishing she could tell him that back, but there was nothing, at that moment she couldn't find it to tell him back, she half smiled and turned walking out leaving that silence in the air. A guilt washing over her as she left him there feeling exactly how Sam had left her feeling a few months ago, 'this too will pass' she rolled her eyes as she remembered what her Mom had said to her when she was crying her heart out, touching her chest for the pain that was still there
Rachel couldn't keep it in, she told Kurt, who told Mercy that Puck was sleeping with Shelby, as much as she was shocked about that, all she was thinking was that Quinn was free to pursue Sam again
Before she could even think about how she was going to tackle that Tina came to tell her that Rachel and Finn were going to Kentucky to fetch Sam, this was all working in Quinn's favour. She spent the rest of the week thinking about what her next play was going to be if he was actually coming back, she hadn't planned on him coming back and she was with Shane now, who'd just professed his love for her
Sam sat on the coach with his suitcase and his guitar, his worldly possessions on his lap, and the biggest smile on his face, he was destined to see Mercy again. He loved helping his family, they were his life, he knew that somewhere inside him but it had hit him harder than he'd ever imagined when they packed everything up and made their way to Kentucky, he wanted to shout as the car moved off and he sat looking at her crying. He smiled at how much he'd hated his Dad for that moment he'd sat in the driving seat telling him something about him making new friends, he had no idea his heart was being ripped out.
He was so scared for where his mind had taken him, distracted only by the stories he was hearing about Mercy and what she was getting up to, that wasn't her, something was wrong and he needed to at least talk to her but she wouldn't listen. She'd have to if he was standing in front of her and now that was going to happen he was happy, he understood the pain she was in, knew the wormhole she was travelling through
"Merc I'm back" he smiled as he heard the engine start up, looking out the window at his family standing there waving, he was upset he couldn't lie, they'd been through so much together but his heart was destined to help his someone special. If someone had sat him down and told him that the shy girl with the weave, amazing voice and rather large booty was going to turn into his soul mate he would have laughed. She wasn't someone he'd imagined for himself maybe someone like Quinn or even Brittany if she wasn't totally lesbian but Mercy, he smiled, he thought she was out of his league
Back then he was totally in it for the trophy girl and where the hell did that get him, he wasn't looking for anyone when she knocked him the fuck over "You like those skinny white girls?" she'd asked as they danced around the stage to Valerie, he had to grab breath, Quinn was right there, he'd just finished singing a duet with her told her she was fucking beautiful and then bam Mercy Jones descended. He soon let her know what his preference was and it wasn't about skinny, thick, white, black or even Hispanic, something about the way she said what she said made him react or want to react, by the time the music finished he was lit.
He'd done just one thing wrong since he'd left her and he knew she was going to kick off big time about it but, he'd reckoned if he could get her to a good place quick he could get that out the way before too many lies were told. Hours later he was sitting in his new bedroom at Finn's house strumming his guitar feeling unusually lonely and longing to see Mercy but that was definitely something to be done in company. He sat strumming his favourite tune of the moment 'Tuesdays' By Jake Scott humming along until he burst into quiet song "It's not just picture perfect dancing in a white dress, it not just rainy days when nothing stops you fighting, its not just highs and low of champaign toasts, I've come to know that loves not only the best days or the worst days, love is the Tuesdays" as he smiled at his memories
It was Monday the next morning, he'd made a deal with Finn and of course he was going to follow that through, he walked back into McKinley looking around every corner for Mercy, if she'd bumped into him that wouldn't be any of their faults, he wasn't happy when he didn't see her before he got to the choir room for his surprise entrance
She'd seen the back of him walk into the choir room and knew just then were his damn priorities lay, she peeped in to see him hugging Quinn and she was hanging on, really hanging on, she rolled her eyes and walked away
"Trouty's back" Santana rushed past her saying "I got to say hello" she ran into the choir room saying, Mercy stood nearby listening to her giving him a Santana welcome it made her smile no doubt but couldn't these bitches back the fuck off
Then she saw Sam and Quinn talking in the corridor, rolled her eyes and stepped off, she turned for a second unable to believe this shit was happening to see Quinn looking deflated 'He blew her off' she smiled 'He fucking blew her off' she carried on walking with a smile on her face
But he wasn't going to get her back just like that, he'd told her he loved her, said he'd never get over her and then went out with another girl just weeks afterwards, furthermore he hadn't even bothered to tell her "What are you dong?" she looked at Sam asking, wondering how he'd invaded her space without her knowing about it
"Holding your hand" he smiled down at her "Look you need to come see me tonight after club or I'm blowing that whole thing up with you and Shane"
"What?" she stopped to look at him
"It's not negotiable after club tonight or I'm doing it"
"Sam" she moaned she hated when he put her in these positions, and she'd never been brave enough to call him on any threat he'd ever made
"Be there" he walked away from her saying, she was so frustrated at him winning she wanted to throw her books on the floor and jump up and down on them
"What the fuck did he want?" Shane walked up behind her asking
"He just said hello" she smiled back at Shane looking back at where Sam had gone, her heart sank for seeing the hurt on his face, as he turned to look at Shane draping his arm over her shoulder
"Come on I'll walk you to class"
"Yeah" she said as she turned to go to class "I'll be staying late tonight so Dad will pick me up" she told him not showing her face for the lie she was telling
They went through their day pretty much avoiding each other, Sam had too much to say, while Mercy didn't know what he wanted to hear from her, well she did but she didn't know how that was going to happen with Shane on the scene, Sam would want her to do something harsh and she really wasn't up for hurting people like that.
Finally it was the end of the day, club happened and they met in the choir room, Sam was already sitting with his feet up on the chair in front of him tipping his chair back and checking his phone
"You're here" he smiled when she finally put her head round the door
"I had no choice"
"You always have a choice Merc"
"So what was it this time?"
"Come see me or I work this shit out with Shane, choice" he smiled
"You call that choice?"
"I heard you'd sung Spotlight and I pretty much thought that was your way of getting over me and I was ready to take that because basically I couldn't see a way back"
"I was singing that to Rachel, she assumed she'd get the lead and I was telling her no"
"You can tell yourself whatever you want, we both know the truth, and you're better than Maria, Mercy you're Effie White Remember" he laughed "Out Here On My Own, guess I was feeling pretty much like that myself, I'm lost without you, I recognised the wormhole"
"That was a sing off nothing to do with you yet again" she rolled her eyes at him
"And don't do that, how many times do I need to say that to you?"
"Sam Evans you don't own me" she stood unable to understand why he was being like this, she wanted to swear but he'd have something to say about that too, she closed her mouth and took it, knowing he could go orbital if he really wanted to
"I think you know that's not accurate" he looked at her serious enough for her to know he wasn't even joking on that "Then I heard you done that Rumour mash up and I knew you'd believed all the hype I was hearing about this other girl I was supposed to have and I knew you'd do something to get me back, but it wasn't true, I really do love you"
"You love me?" she laughed
"Yeah I do enough to know I want you to hear the truth from me"
"Truth?"
"I need you to stop this journey your on Merc, I see you" he grabbed her hands telling her "I was working in a strip club, making money for my family, we needed to get back on our feet"
"Strip club?"
"Yeah, the punters didn't touch me or anything except to put money down my pants, I mean I didn't sleep around or anything"
"Everybody's going to hear about this, it's shameful" she spun round looking at him
"I called myself White Chocolate" he smiled
"White Chocolate" Mercy screamed as he stood in front of her pretending nothing about this whole mess as wrong "Sam"
"My ying to your yang White Chocolate and Chocolate Thunder" he laughed Mercy couldn't help but laugh
"I saw you, I wasn't the first person on your mind when you stepped back in Lima, You had Quinn in your arms and you swept Santana off her feet"
"You so were the first person on my mind, only they came to get me to help with the New Directions, if that's what I had to use to come back, I used it" he stood in front of her saying "Merc you don't even know" he grabbed her lips telling her they both fell into it she found it really difficult to let go but the fact that she was making this all too easy for him pulled her away finally
"Sam, I'm with Shane now" she looked up at him ignoring that glazed look in his eyes
"I don't want to hear that dude's name again unless your telling me it's over, and that needs to happen soon"
"Sam, I can't he loves me"
"And who do you love Mercedes?" he looked into her eyes asking
"Sam"
"Answer the question" he demanded not allowing her eyes to leave his
"You Sam, I love you" she confessed, bringing a smile to his face
"When I told Finn and Rachel I'd come back I told them categorically I wasn't going up against you, they told me I wasn't coming back then, so I agreed to do it so I could see you, It's just for this once and then I can join the Trouble Tones or stop singing whatever I just need to be near you, there's something wrong, and this is too hard, I didn't expect to feel like this"
"Sam"
"I know it was Quinn that started that rumour about that girl, she came to me earlier on taking great pleasure in telling me you were with him now, trying to sell her body to me, even talking about how I'd make a perfect Dad for Beth" he laughed "I basically told her to step off, because I want you"
"Hold up, a what?" Mercy gasped she couldn't catch her breath "Beth's Dad?"
"Beth's perfect Daddy" he laughed again "Can you believe that?" he stood looking down at her saying "Are you going to finish with him?" his tone serious again
"Sam, seriously I can't do this to him, give me some time"
"Merc I don't have time, I need you to be with me now" his eyes begging "Quinn is nothing more than a friend, I don't even look at her as an old flame because that went out a while ago, granted she thinks different and I don't think she'll ever stop hanging off me, but everything I am is you"
"I went out with Shane because I heard you'd moved on and I was hurting so bad from that" she flopped on the chair in front of her saying "I was petrified"
"Of what?"
"You don't even know what it's like to have someone love you so full on and then just walk away"
"And you think it wasn't the same for me?"
"I didn't know what to think Sam, you loved me, left me and found someone else, that's your MO"
"Granted" he laughed "That was my MO until I met you"
"And what makes me so fucking different?"
"What have I told you about swearing at me"
"Sorry"
"Don't be sorry Merc just stop doing it, if we don't respect each other, where's the hope, we've already got so much going against us, we don't need to be against each other like that"
"I know that Sam, I've just been in a bad place for a long while, I swore at Mr Schu and got detention"
"I know, I heard" he laughed "And now you're stressing about letting lover boy down, you want to do it easy don't you?"
"Yeah I do you know I'm not the hurting type Sam"
"But when it comes to him I am, because I told them all to keep away from you, but he thinks he can laugh up in my face and come take my girl from under my nose, it's not happening" he raked his hand through his hair telling her "I so want to swear right now" he laughed
"So you told the team to leave me alone?"
"And the club guys"
"So you were always coming back for me?"
"Always" he smiled "I told you that already, you're going to have to tell me to stop"
"Well I won't let you lose face either, if you told the boy already and he didn't want to hear, deal with it" she got up telling him
"Wait, I had a song" he smiled "For us, I need to change some words up because he is me and stuff but you'll get it as we go along, I think we both need this"
"What is it?" she asked as she watched him go over to the piano and start tapping out the tune
"Love You Right' by Next Town Down it kept me alive back in Kentucky" he told her before he started humming
"I love this song" she smiled
"I knew you would" he smiled as he watched her sit beside him before he started singing
Sam (with Mercy)
So I see how your heart is so beat down and broken, I know why your eyes hide the hurt, you don't have to tell me we can let the truth go unspoken, I can't undo what I did to you, but I can help you forget if you just let me love you, let me love you right, cause I wanna hold you, hold you when you're all out of fight, yeah I took you for granted, I left your heart stranded and made you believe love's a lie, I left you wrong, but I'm gonna love you (right, right) I'm gonna love you (right, right)
Mercy (with Sam)
I know that you know forgiveness is a hard pill to swallow, follow me and I'll show you how, (Follow me) I've been where you've been and yeah it's lonely and it's hollow, but two broken souls taped together can make a whole if you ever ever, just let me love you, let me love you right now, (love you right baby) cause I wanna hold you, hold you when you're all out of fight, yeah I took you for granted, I left your heart stranded and made you believe love's a lie I left you wrong, but I'm gonna love you right (said I want to love you right) I'm gonna love you, love you, love you right
Both (Sam)
For the rest, for the rest of our lives, I wanna love you, (let me love, let me love you right, cause I wanna hold you, wanna hold you when you're all out of fight) when you're taken for granted, forsaken abandoned, I'm standing here right by your side, life leaves you wrong, but I'm gonna love you right, right, (ooh but I'm gonna love you) right, right I'm gonna love you
"I missed you Sam" she lay her head on his shoulder telling him
"You don't even know" he nudged her head off his shoulder and grabbed it catching her lips before she could protest "And I'm going to deal with him alright?" he held her head looking into her eyes, she'd lost the will to protest
"Alright" she settled back onto his shoulder saying, she could have slept there she was so at home
"Come on let's get you home" he finally said with some reluctance, they both looked like they needed more time, but he knew her curfew "Come on"
"Sam"
"I know babe, but I need you to get your weekend, I need time"
"Will all this mess I've created be gone by then?"
"You didn't create it babe, this wormhole and he did, he was given one simple instruction everyone else followed it so he's looking for something ain't he?"
"I can't be involved in that you know that right?"
"Of course I know that" he laughed "Stop stalling come on lets go"
"Spoil sport" she giggled
"You're the one trying to spoil my weekend" he laughed as he got up dragging her up with him
"Sam" she moaned
"Merc" he moaned back
"Okay yours was sadder than mine" she laughed following him our the choir room
Sam walked into school the next day to see Shane all over Mercy he was infuriated, he slammed around all morning and by lunch he couldn't take it any more he was in the changing room waiting for him "Tinsley" he shouted as everyone came in from practice
"Sam" he walked towards him smiling "Can I help you?"
"You can leave my girl alone, I struggle to find the complicated words I used when I told you all to stay the fuck away from her"
"There were no complicated words Evans, I chose not to listen"
"You know I was all up for fighting you about this, but I guess I can just ask you to solve this problem" Sam looked up at him telling him
"What problem?"
"Next time you're sitting all cosy with my girl" Sam pointed at himself "Just catch her off guard and ask her who she loves, and ask her specifically not to lie, I mean look in her eyes and ask her not to lie and then come back we'll have this chat"
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" Shane asked him
"This game ends when you finally pluck the courage up to ask her" Sam smiled "And just so you know I'm not backing off, I unlike you, don't do behind the back shit" Sam walked off telling him
"You constantly talk in fucking riddles Evans" Shane laughed as he watch Sam walk away, nobody else was laughing, they knew Shane was in the wrong this time
"He did tell us, all of us" Mike told Shane as he walked past him
"And we got told twice" Finn told him shaking his head "Don't think anyone in here's going to defend you with that shit"
"Did I ask you to defend me?" he shouted as everyone walked past him
"If you'd have asked a question originally you wouldn't be in this shit right now" someone shouted from behind the lockers
"I said I don't need advice" Shane shouted throwing his kit down "Fucking Evans"
He was scared to ask her, he'd professed his love to her just yesterday and she'd said nothing back, and he'd sort of brushed that aside, but now Evans had turned up, he rolled his eyes and went to shower he needed to get to class, he passed by her music class to make sure she was there, cussing himself for having to do that, but smiling when he saw her in there singing away with the girls, now Sam was back he'd have to work faster to get her away from that damn club
Break time came and he was waiting at the door for her to come out "Mercedes" he smiled "Can we talk?"
"Sure" she smiled up at him, wondering when Sam was going to have it out with this damn man, walking with him as he manoeuvred them into an empty classroom
"I just needed to ask you a question" he turned her round to look at him saying "And please don't lie to me" he looked in her eyes asking
She was fidgeting because he was using Sam's moves on her and she really didn't feel comfortable about it "What?" she asked
"Look at me Mercedes" he pulled her hand making her look up at him "Who do you love?"
"What do you want to know that for?" she pulled away from him asking
"Just tell me Mercedes, I won't be angry honestly"
"I'm sorry Shane it's not you"
"I asked who it was not who it wasn't"
"Sam" she told him "I'd like to say I've tried not to be in love with him but I haven't I've always loved him, I'm sorry" she walked away from him and straight into the choir room "Sam" she shouted interrupting their dance lesson but she really didn't care
He looked up and saw thunder in her eyes made his excuses and left the room as the guys let out a hiss telling him he was for it "What's up?" he asked as she pulled him with her into an empty classroom "I can't believe you fucking did that to me" she hissed at him "I asked you specifically to keep me out of it, you promised me you would and then I get him asking me to not lie, what the fuck?"
"Merc …."
"Don't even mention the swearing thing Evans I can go fucking further" her arms flying everywhere
"Okay" he grabbed her arms to focus her "I was going to fight him, I saw you guys this morning and I was hoping mad, I walked into that changing room ready, and when I faced him I stood thinking what the hell am I fighting him for, we already know we belong together your mine, I have no reason to fight for someone I already have the heart of. I knew he wasn't going to hear that from me so I told him to ask you not to lie to him and ask you himself, what? did you want me to fight him?"
"I wanted you to keep me out of it"
"Merc it was all about you, he was never going to hear that from me"
"It's called a fucking heads up Evans"
"It's actually called truth time Miss Jones, and that's enough swearing"
"Sam" she cooed remembering not to roll her eyes at him "No more drama please, you know I don't work well with that stuff"
"You bring it to me often enough" he laughed "Quinn, Santana, I guess soon you'll add the rest of them in there for some reason or the other"
"You bring them I'll find a place to put them" she laughed "But you know it will always be me right?"
"I know that" he smiled "I'm sorry I didn't think, plus he's a big guy" he laughed hugging her "Am I going to see you later?"
"Yeah at the cafe about 5, is that alright?"
"Yeah 5" he kissed her and went back to his class
He walked back into the choir room to the guys smiling impressed he'd dealt with that so quickly and Quinn looking jealous as hell that Mercy had so much control over him, it made him laugh, before he brushed all that had just happened off, and got back to work.
"Mercedes" she heard as she went to go into her next class, spinning round to find Shane standing there "I get that you still love Sam, he's a cool guy but you'll stop that soon yeah because we have something don't we?"
"Shane" she more than rolled her eyes saying "I'm not going to apologise for loving someone, and right now I can't see myself stopping, we can't be together any more and I'm sorry for leading you to believe there was ever going to be anything to come of us being together"
"So your finishing with me?"
"I guess I am" she laughed nervously
"You can't play with people's emotions like this Mercedes, it's hurtful and vindictive"
"I didn't play..."
"I told you I loved you and you treat me like this" he shouted as she stood watching everyone walk past, praying Sam was late for class or broke something during practice and wasn't going to be walking by in less than a second
"I said I was sorry"
"Your sorry don't mean shit, your a fucking tease, I should tell everyone what a bitch you ar..." he got out before he felt a blow to his jaw which moved him
"Who the fuck are you talking to?" Sam stood square in front of him asking
"This bitch" Shane told him smiling, Sam conscious that everyone was watching
"Merc do you want to get to class, your going to be late?" Sam asked, he'd said it like he was asking her a question but his eyes were telling her he wanted her to leave
"Yeah" she stood looking between Sam and Shane
"Merc" he looked at her again saying his look telling her it was an order, she smiled turned and went to class, this boy could go at her for days about her treating him like a damn child, plus she had told him she wanted him to deal with this "So I'm guessing you asked?" she heard Sam say as the door closed behind her, of course Santana and Brittany were watching everything and filled her in about the fight, surrender and then the acknowledgement of Shane having done wrong
"Sam was like a fucking animal" Santana ranted too excited to get it all out, it was all Mercy could do when she established the facts before walking away to go find a quiet place to gloat
"Hey" Sam walked into the Café that evening saying making Mercy smile, before she frowned at his swollen eye and skin grazed cheek "It's alright I won"
"We've got sectionals in ten days, look at your face" she hugged him saying, as everyone started clapping him, she pulled away and saw him flinch with the pain he was in
"Thanks" he smiled before looking down at Mercy "Let's get out of here" he grabbed her hand as they waved to their friends and left for the golf course, they loved sitting down there looking up at the adults drinking in the bar knowing they couldn't see them sitting just under the glass walls their activities reflecting on the lake below them "So" he pulled her to lay her head in his lap saying "Finally some us time"
"I feel like my heads had nothing but you in it since you got back" she laughed up at him
"That's what I wanted" he laughed taking his phone and beat box out his pocket "Some music" he smiled knowing she was always up for the no sex chat anytime they got cosy "We're not having sex Merc I heard you on that already" he laughed "But we are going to make out, I got this prime spot it's a shame to waste it" he looked around telling her as 'I Got You (I Feel Good)' by Jessie J pumped out
He looked down at her for a while, laying there in his lap it wasn't a sight he thought he'd ever see again "You don't know how much I've missed even this" he smiled "I'm calm when I'm around you, you mean everything to me"
"You mean everything to me too" she reached up and grabbed his lips, he brought his legs up to hold her there and took what she was giving him
Just somewhere past that second kiss, they fell into themselves as she felt his fingers touch her neck and move her hair, sending a shiver through her she'd felt before, she smiled at the familiar touch before she allowed herself to relax and let his lips run their trail down her neck and back up to her ear. He pulled away for a few seconds and looked into her eyes as his hand firmly grabbed her head and pulled it back close "I love you Merc, I always will"
"I love you Sam" she told him closing her eyes and reaching up for his lips again
"Merc" he muttered through the kiss, she thought he was just getting carried away and decided she could afford to push his buttons right now she went in harder "Merc" he called again, making her smile he was making this too easy "Mercy please" he jerked her off him
"What?" she finally pulled away asking, sitting off him by now "What the ...what's wrong?" she finally looked back at him asking
"I have a confession to make" he looked at his hands telling her before he raked his right hand through his hair, Mercy kicked off as Jessie's mood was still flying through the air
"I knew it, I fucking knew it, that shit about that girlfriend was true wasn't it?" she punched the ground telling him
"Not a hundred percent" he looked up at her "But please listen to me before you kick off or judge me, and please don't laugh"
"Okay" she looked at him worried for that last bit of his comment
"I went for an interview at that Stallionz I wanted a bar job, anything really to help the family out. Tess the Manager smiled nicely and told me interviews were round the back, she asked me how old I was and I lied and told her I was 21, I have that kind of look I guess, and the next thing I know she's all up on me telling me this is the interview. I had no clue, I was watching this happen to someone else, but I'm ashamed to say I was fucking excited about it, but I guess she raped me, afterwards it felt like rape and well she gave me the job, so I said nothing"
"You fucked someone?" she moved away from him saying
"Merc" he tried to pull her back but she was too fast for him, or maybe right then he didn't feel worthy
"Take me home" she told him it was clear she was crying, he sat looking at her, standing there hurting because of him "Take me fucking home" she yelled at him
He jumped up and grabbed hold of her "I'm sorry, I really am but, technically we weren't actually together"
"And that makes this fine?" she stopped bawling to ask "I can't believe I've allowed you fuck with my heart"
"It's killing me to tell you this, but I need to because I don't ever want any secrets between us"
"Take me fucking home Sam" she rolled her eyes telling him, he stood looking into her wet eyes trying to search for the words but found none, he let her go and followed her back to the car and took her home
They made the journey in silence "Mercy" he jumped out the car to let her out saying "I need you to remember despite all of this I love you, and I mean that"
"Fuck you Sam and I mean that" she cut her eye and walked away from him, she didn't even turn to look at him when she got to her door, Sam sat in his car banging the wheel for a while asking himself why he couldn't just make life easy for himself and lie to this fucking woman, writing her a long message, and attaching a song before he finally drove off
Mercy stood in the living room window watching him have his fit in the car, she was still crying when her Mom walked into the room "I didn't hear you come in" her Mom walked over to her saying, noticing her daughter was crying "Tell me about it?" she sat her down saying listening as Mercy told the story Sam had just told her "That woman was wrong she abused that boy, he probably feels worse than he did before he told you for your reaction, she needs locking up"
"His parents don't know what he was doing"
"And that's why people like her get away with doing things like that" her Mom told her as she heard her phone beep and went back to the window to see Sam finally driving off
Merc
You'll never know how much I wanted to hold that to myself for the rest of my damn life, but then I have this girl who I love so much I can't even consider lying to and although I'll never tell anyone else in the world, I had to tell you and I'm sorry because I know I hurt you and right now I don't know what to do about that. Tell me to leave you alone for a while and I'll try, whatever you want but please don't let this be it forever because if I lose you … I can't think, I'm rambling I know, sorry, I need you, I can't breathe without you, okay I'm going to stop and leave you with this song, you know how we are with those, so follow the link, I hope you'll know the bits that apply
Mercy pressed the link and sat listening to 'Lose You' by Andrew Garcia she'd never actually heard the song before but it made her cry it was so Sam, she finally got up and went in the bath before finding her bed, Sam's song on repeat in her pod playing through the night.
She woke up the next morning thinking she'd done the wrong thing leaving him like that last night but she had her own shit to work through. Now she was walking through school and all she really wanted to do was get to her class but ahead she could see Shane and Sam standing round waiting for something, she wanted to scream 'What?' very loudly in their damn ears. When she saw Sam's face she knew he'd been up stressed all night, he looked like a lost puppy, she glanced at Shane as she rushed towards Sam, watching his face light up as she made her way "Sam" she lunged at him saying smiling as his arms wrapped around her "You won't lose me"
"You sure?" he asked as their cheeks stayed connected
"Positive, I'm going nowhere, your home"
"We survive this we can survive anything, there's never going to be anything as bad as this I promise"
"Grab a mirror you need to remind yourself you said that" she giggled as he pulled her off him and found her lips
"Has someone sneaked you our set list?"
"No why?" she stood wondering what she'd said "Shit you guys are doing MJ"
"And you guys are doing..."
"A mash up that's all I'm saying" she laughed moving away from him
"Merc please, don't say anything about the list, you'll get me shot"
"Do you have a front spot?"
"A bit" he smiled
"Then I hope you win" she laughed "I can't go hard against you"
"But I want you to win"
"We already won"
"I guess" he kissed her saying
The rest of the week was taken up with rehearsals, Tina and Mike drama and bickering, Mercy had to laugh when Santana offered the New Directions join the Trouble Tones if they lost. Sam, over stressing his point stood right back away from the rest of the New Directions letting her know he was for her making her laugh, she was just pleased Santana's shit was going on so no one noticed
Then suddenly the Trouble Tones were up singing and when she looked Sam was standing side stage watching her, she left the stage and ran straight into his arms at the end of their performance"That was great, so you've got all your love to give?" he kissed her saying raising his eyebrow as he spoke
"You got this" she giggled, ignoring his gibe, she sat laughing at his body roll, rocking to his solo and looking very proud when they finally finished their impressive set list, they had hope but deep inside she knew New Directions had won, but she'd won the most she'd got her man back and no amount of singing was going to reach her happy on that, she wasn't even bothered about Quinn's mess, she was secure in their love
"We out of that wormhole?" he asked when they met up after sectionals
"We're out, thank you for seeing me"
"I'm always going to see you Merc" he hugged her telling her
The End