The Titled Samcedes Project
A Samcedes behind the scenes take on the Untitled Rachel Berry Project Episode
Mercedes offers Sam some finger food and he refuses it because he's got this big audition for Treasure Trailz and his dream was so close to coming true. But that wasn't the end of it, Brittany turned up and only had eyes for Sam, he tried to avoid all the throws she was sending but for Mercy it wasn't about him missing them, it was about her throwing them in the first place
Mercy's House
"So" she threw her jacket on the couch before turning to face him, he knew something was wrong before they left Rachel's she'd gone quiet and was actually listening to Blaine's nonsense conversation "What the fuck was that about?"
"What?"
"First off she called me a fucking bitch and you let that slide"
"She said bitches, she was talking to all of us" Sam shouted back
"That's even worse you actually fucking heard it" she threw her hands in the air frustrated
"She was talking to everyone"
"There were two females in that fucking room, and I was one of them"
"Mercy"
"And before you get into begging mode, she also cooed when she said 'it was castaway'" she said in a mimicking voice "What the fuck was that?"
"It wasn't castaway I just happen to know how she thinks"
"And that's the fucking problem, why are you still tuned in to how she fucking thinks?" she roared "And you wonder why we're not past our shit yet"
"Our shit?" he asked unaware they actually had any
"Sex Sam" she rolled her eyes
"What's sex got to do with this?"
"Are we in the same fucking room?" she rolled her eyes and raked her hand through her hair "Because I keep thinking your thinking about all those women you've been with"
"That's absurd" he rolled his eyes at her ridiculous "Mercy I'm with you, I want to be with you, what do you expect me to do ignore Brittany?"
"You fucking ignored me when you were with her"
"You mean you ignored me and I understood"
"Deflecting" she hissed rolling her eyes again
"Look Mercy we need to get past this shit, I'm not a cheat, I'd never do that to you"
"You've always been a cheat Sam, you've done it with me, I've been the one you've been cheating with all the time you've been with other girls remember?"
"Yeah" he rolled his eyes guilty "I get that I've made you think cheating is easy and possible, but Mercy I've always told you and you know I mean it, you're my one"
"And you're my one Sam" she sighed as she walked towards him "I'm trying real hard but I can't get past the Quinn, Santana and definitely not Brittany of all this"
"I'm past it and I understand, I've said it before, this relationship is important to me and I'll do anything I have to do to make you feel safe in it"
"I'm trying" she rested her head on his chest
"I know" he kissed her forehead
She was fine when they were alone but as soon as Quinn, Santana or Brittany showed up she always performed and he knew that was down to his behaviour, he'd pursued her from the off, giving looks, gestures, remarks, he let her know he was into her, leaving her with mixed messages as he passed from girl to girl. At first she was a pipedream, he never thought he'd get the chance but when the Prom thing came about and they slipped into friend mode and straight into relationship mode on the way home he was over the moon. For a while he couldn't see anything or anyone else and in hindsight he didnt want to, he'd got what he wanted, but she'd always been the sensible one so when she told his they were too young to settle down, coupled with her going away to college, he took that, and although she meant they were done, their relationship only went on hold for him.
They'd never got that comfortable with the situation for him to ask why his makeshift relationship with Brittany hurt more than any other, but he knew that was the case, and now she'd turned up again and he could feel there was going to be trouble. He'd saw her trying to make eye contact to share a private look, but there was no way he was going to reciprocate it, he didn't even know why she was stood there visiting Santana and making a play for him, knowing he was with Mercy, she of all people knew how he felt about Mercy
"I've calmed down" she looked up at him smiling again
"Do you want something to eat?" he asked, smiling because they were back to normality, he moved towards the kitchen
"No we just ate" she giggled
"I fancy something, I'll just run to the deli, back in a second" he walked past her and out the door
Sam
Sam got down the street before he took his phone out dialling her number he'd made up his mind he was going to shout when she answered but it came out as a frustrated "Brittany" when she answered, this was the girl who had pulled him through some difficult times back in school, he was on the brink of total destruction himself when he used her meltdown to save himself, at times he knew he asked too much of her, but Mercy was making that time even harder by blocking him on her phone, refusing to talk to him and killing him with her dirty looks whenever they were in the same room
"Sam" she laughed sarcastically "Why did you ignore me earlier, a few months ago you had your fucking tongue down my damn throat, fighting Santana for me and everything"
"I'm just calling to say you need to calm that shit down, I'm with Mercedes now and we're serious, I don't need you stirring shit up"
"What shit is that?"
"You know how you felt when we were together about Mercedes speaking to me"
"But that was us, and I knew you were in love with her" she laughed "What are you saying are you in love with me now?" she asked shocked
"No" he laughed "Please Brittany, just respect our relationship and leave us alone"
"Respect your relationship, how many times did I catch you on your damn phone to her when we were together, and you want to tell me about respecting relationships?"
"I was calling her, she wasn't even answering my calls"
"You would say that" Brittany laughed down the phone "You know what, if you guys are as strong as you try to make out. my shit won't matter will it" she told him closing the call
He stood wondering if he'd just made things better or worse by making that call, she sounded like her game had just started and that scared him because as brave as she thought she was right now, Mercy's game was fierce especially when it came to him, she was rough and dirty, none of their friends knew how she'd made him pay for the Santana move he'd thrown at her back then. "Fuck" he laughed, his girl, when she wanted to be, was fucking crazy, but hell did he love her and the way she made him feel "If you're mother knew all of the things that we do, if your mother knew she'd keep me so far from you.." he laughed thinking about her as he walked along singing, he could do with something crazy right now 'Mother' by Charlie Puth
He finally made it to the Deli ordered a dirty burger, two fries and salad, Mercy would want to eat something once she saw him eating, he walked back to the house thinking on the prospect of losing her if Brittany really started acting up. He remembered the hurt for a second when Quinn left him, so he might admit he felt something but in all honesty, with any other girl he'd been just as eager to see the back of them as they were to see his back. Mercy on the other hand, he'd never wanted or even thought of not seeing her back, front, side whatever, not only had he dreamt about it, he'd talked to their friends about it and sometimes when they lay in bed after a heavy make out session they'd talked about it, a lot, and it didn't have to happen he knew it would hurt him like crazy if she walked away "I wouldn't recover" he told himself, shocked at how much he actually loved her
Mercy's House
"So what did you get?" Mercy shouted through from the kitchen on hearing the door shut
"Dirty burger, fries and salad" a smile on his face because he knew what was coming next
"Did you get two fries?"
"Yep" he walked into the kitchen smiling "I know my girl"
"And I want to feel like I know my Man" she turned to kiss his lips, grabbing the bag out his hand in the process
"Hey" he shouted as he watched her running away "Just don't touch my burger" he warned before going after her, chasing her around the couch a couple of times before finally climbing on it and catching a screaming Mercy, rightly so she didn't know if he was going to tickle her until she cried, she hated being tickled, or kiss her into submission
"That's not fair" she screeched as his hands caught hold of her around her waist suggesting it was going to be the tickle
"Everything's fair when it comes to food, you know that" he laughed pulling her towards him, quickly he positioned himself so that she had no choice but to fall over the couch he'd just climbed on, he carefully and slowly fell on top of her bombarding her senses for a while making full use of his mouth, hands and tongue in an effort to make her surrender. When she moaned his name loudly he knew he'd succeeded, she lay letting him send tingles through her, he knew how to make her feel good, he'd spent months perfecting his technique, everything ended with the usual loud scream and the purr of satisfaction
"Come upstairs" she grabbed his hand when her mind came back into the room, he didn't answer he let her lead him to their bedroom, he knew what this was and that he'd be satisfied when they came back down to moan about the cold food. There was a reason Blaine spent most of his time at Kurt's, the two of them were loud about their love life and carried no shame when they swanned downstairs afterwards. For how free she was about giving and receiving stimulated pleasure he was puzzled as to why she never wanted to go any further, he knew it was her mind and not her body that was resisting
He lay smiling looking up at the ceiling with her laying in his arms "I'm such a nice boy, so well-mannered, so much better than the last one you brought around, please and thank you, everything matters, I'm gonna make sure that she knows I'm the best she's found" he sang giggling, looking down at her
"The moment she walks out that door, we're not pretending anymore" she laughed "You mean your Mother would keep me the hell away from you"
Then of course there was that scene where Brittany just turned up at the Mall tour lead dancing, here's how that came about
"Dinner" she smiled when his eyes opened, she was sat watching him sleep with a tray of food in her lap
"Just what I needed" he stretched before sitting up to take the food
"I just got word from Ricky about the Mall tour, apparently he wants Brittany to lead the dance group" she told him rolling her eyes
"Seriously?" he asked shock on his face "How did they find out she was a dancer?"
"Apparently she'd forgot to tell us she'd been in town for a fucking audition, making out like she was looking for Santana"
"Sneaky"
"Typical Brittany bitch move"
"I called her yesterday when I went to the deli and warned her off"
"What did she say?"
"I think shit's about to get real, I think she was offended" he frowned "This Brittany dancing thing, is it just for this local one or is it the whole tour?" he asked trying to work out eh level of stress he was going to have to deal with for the next month or so
"The whole tours local"
"You know what I mean" he laughed
"Damn straight I know" she smiled cheekily "But I've got to get to the studio, I only have a day left before the big show"
"Exciting isn't it" he leaned forward kissing her "I'll be about an hour" he took the tray of food off her
"Why, what have you got to do?"
"This body don't get like this without effort" he flexed his biceps at her laughing
"I know how this body gets when that body touches it" she moved in and kissed him on the lips, her eyes holding his
"Tease" he laughed "Get out of here" he fanned her off, no matter how she played he knew she wasn't giving that up
"Later" she kissed him one last time, he pulled her to him and kept her there, she'd got his mind racing and of course he was a healthy 19 year old man, he'd rose to the occasion "Sam" she whined knowing his intentions as the tray full of food attempted to fall to the floor
"Mercy" he whined back
"Practice" she rolled her eyes at him "Gym" she told him "Tonight I promise"
"We said we were going to Rachel's tonight didn't we?"
"Early night for us" she got up "Feel my love all day babe"
Only if you promise to feel mine"
"Promise" she grinned before shutting the bedroom door behind her
The Studio
Mercy was more than fed up of hearing Brittany's voice she'd been there a hot minute and she was telling everyone how she thought things should go, it was fast turning into Britany 4.0. Mercy was on the other side of the room from her, her choice, learning some move from the real choreographer when she heard the voice again setting off her automatic eye-rolling action, her head turned in shock as she heard a name she wasn't expecting to hear come off the girls tongue
"Talk of the devil, hi Sam" the bitch screeched, sounding like one of her damn cats
Mercy stood thinking they weren't even talking about him and she needed to get her head off this girl because she was being professional right now "Brittany" she heard Sam reply and she still didn't rise to it
"I didn't know you were coming to watch?" Brittany seemed even closer to her than when she'd spoke a second ago, she broke and against her better judgement she turned to pay attention, Brittany was standing in Sam's space well within kissing distance
"I'm here because it's my lady's big day tomorrow" he told her as he stepped back from her
"Oh Sam" she whined "You used to love watching me move, on top, underneath, against the wall, remember that?" she stepped up to him asking
"Brittany I've asked you to respect our relationship" he didn't even have to look at Mercy he knew what was going on there
"Respect?" she asked like it was a stupid request, Sam wasn't dealing with it and Mercy was way past being reasonable or even professional, she rolled her eyes and stepped in
"He said step fucking back bitch" she stepped in between the two of them looking into Brittany's eyes as she pushed her slightly
"Mercy" Sam grabbed her hand "Leave it, she's not worth it"
"Not worth it?" Brittany stepped forward clearly offended "You were willing to fight Santana for me, you fucking married me, and cried like a fucking baby when you thought I'd been shot, I guess you thought I was worth it then"
Sam wanted to let Mercy go and thump her himself, but he wasn't about to let Mercy get into trouble the day before her big day and fuck it all up, that was obviously what Brittany was all about right now "That was me trying to make you feel better about our situation, it's called being a friend"
"My situation?" she gasped, staring at him before looking down at Mercy "He called me earlier today, warned me off, did he tell you that?"
"Yeah" Mercy smirking
"You didn't fucking know I can tell, he's still lying to you and your the fucking idiot putting up with it" she looked up at him as she called him a liar "He begged me to tell him I loved him Mercedes, he's not who he's pretending to be"
"But you still went there didn't you?" Mercy hissed at her
"To prove to you he's a liar"
Mercy looked back at Sam, he couldn't say anything, she knew he was a liar, he'd told her himself that he'd lied to all of them, how was he going to convince her right now that he was different with her "He wasn't lying to me, he lied to you" Mercy told her
"But Mercedes …" Brittany went to carry on
"Stop it Brittany, I'm fed up of it, just fucking stop with your shit" she walked across the room, picked her bag up and left the studio so fast the door banged open and shut
"What the fuck are you playing at?" Sam asked Brittany shaking his head "We had fun Britt at a time when we were both hurting, both needed a distraction and I thought we helped each other out, I didn't know you were gathering events, information and fucking warped memories to fuck my life up"
"Fuck your life up?" she asked shocked
"There are a few things I've regretted so far in my life, I never thought striking up a friendship with you would have been one of them, but it is" he walked away from her disgusted making his way to the door Mercy had just walked out of "Mercy" he called as he got outside the studio, searching the carpark for her "Babe" he walked towards her watching her pacing back and forth by her car "Babe"
"Don't" she stopped him as he went to get close "I did it again didn't I?" she looked up at him still pacing "Now everyone in there's seen me as that fucked up diva, and I knew she was playing for a raise and I walked straight into it" she grabbed her head "I'm such a fucking idiot"
"You're not an idiot, she's trying to get back at me for something, I don't know what it is yet, but it's me not you" he told her
"But it's me she's fucking with, and next time Sam" she looked up into his eyes "Please don't stop fucking me... I mean it"
"Just let me find out what this is all about first, please"
"No, next time she comes at me she's really going to see that this bitch fights dirty" she hissed through her teeth "Bitch doesn't know who she's fucking with"
"Let's just concentrate on the tour for today" he pulled her to him "Calm down" he held her to his chest telling her "She means nothing to us"
Mercy lay there for a while, her mind in overtime, she had that bitch on a stretcher, she smiled at the great satisfaction she'd get out of that being true "I'm alright" she looked up at him still smiling
"You just did something to her didn't you?" he laughed "Whatever it was you know it can never come true" he warned hugging her for as long as she needed him to
Eventually she went back to the studio, she needed to learn her steps for the show because she needed to at least get her first show right, everyone who might matter in her career right now was going to be there, the whole team had worked hard for this day she couldn't mess it up. They finally finished around 8pm and popped into Rachel and Kurt's for a quick catch up, sharing cutting looks with Brittany before they went home, everyone excited for the event
First Mall Tour Day
"Hey" Sam nudged her, she was already awake and getting more and more stressed about the show "You know you've got this don't you?" he told her "And I promise you're going to feel my love all day"
"All day?" she turned her head smiling
"All damn day" he laughed tickling her
"Sam stop" she finally got out when she was able to speak "My voice"
"Is perfect no matter what" he pulled her into him and hugged her "Just like you"
"And you" she turned to kiss his lips "Feel my love?" she asked but told him pushing him to lay on their bed
Breakfast was brought on the way to the mall, they were going to help with setting up and sound testing before the place got too busy ready for the 1pm show, Mercy was getting ready in the room they'd provided
"Mercedes" her Manager knocked the door calling "Can I come in?"
"Sure" she shouted back, Sam was sat on the dresser watching her put her make up on
"Sam" the man smiled before turning his attention back to Mercy "We've had a change in the line up"
"At this late stage?" Mercy's head left the mirror to pay attention to what was being said "What's changed?"
"The duet's been cancelled, he's not coming and I have men with Brittany dancing for Shaking My Head"
"Why was it changed"
"We took advice"
"From?"
"Brittany actually"
"Okay" she told him watching the door close behind the man "I'm not rising to it, not today" she looked up at Sam telling him as she grabbed her phone, to deal with this shit once and for all "Santana" she smiled as she got an answer, Sam sat listening as she made arrangements for Santana to join the tour when she finished the commercial she was currently doing, she took a bit of convincing when she heard Brittany was one of the dancers but Mercy sealed the deal by asking her to sing a duet with her for at least three of the shows, and suddenly she was on board. "Something's going on between those two, Santana didnt want to come if Brittany was here"
"That's a first"
"She's telling us about lies and she'd here because somethings going wrong with her girl and she hasn't said a word"
"Maybe that's what it is and somehow she thinks it's all my fault, maybe Santana's jealous of what Brittany and I had too"
"Maybe" Mercy grabbed her head with her hands and shook it "You're fucking up my vibe babe"
"Sorry babe" he leaned in to kiss her lips "I just have this habit of telling you everything that's in my head"
"And I like it, but not right now"
"So mall tour" he quickly changed the subject "Let's do this"
"Okay" she took one last look in the mirror, smiled at his reflection looking back at her and she was ready "I got this"
Mercedes performed a plectra of songs and ended with a very rowdy 'Shakin My Head' which she just about finishing when Sam jumped up on the stage, and then
Mercy had dedicated some time to the small group of fans that had formed and of course there were reporters to talk to before she was finished. She moved around the room talking to these individuals sneaking looks at Sam he was mad about something but she couldn't for the life of her think what, she'd made sure Brittany only danced to one song to get back at her and surly that was a good thing
"What's up with you?" she asked when she finally got to him
"Nothing" he snapped cutting his eye at her before walking off
"Sam" she stepped to go after him but was stopped by some guy talking about her doing an audition for some supporting artist spot in Los Angeles, she talked to him for a while before he let her go she was actually smiling at the prospect of more work, but looking around the room she couldn't find Sam "Blaine where's Sam?" she interrupted Kurt and him trying to get Kurt some sponsors
"He asked us to wait for you and make sure you got home safe" Blaine told her
"Oh" she smiled concerned "I'll just go get changed and I'll be right with you" she ran off to get changed, she was sat getting her make up off wondering what she'd done wrong, she'd done everything alright "It's the dancers" she grinned "He's fucking jealous of the damn dancers" she went faster to get ready and got back downstairs to her waiting friends
"Coming to ours?" Rachel asked
"No I'm going home, I need to bask" she smiled
"We'll just drop you home and get back" Blaine told her, Mercy followed them to the cab and was delivered safely home, happy to see the back of Brittany
Mercy's House
"Sam" she shouted as she walked into the house, not really expecting an answer his arguments were always quiet, he'd just let you talk until you guessed what was pissing him off and then he'd batter you with his feelings and demand change, she was ready for it, but she didn't know how this change was going to look, especially as she just been made an offer she really couldn't refuse "Sam" she looked in the kitchen, before wondering upstairs, he wasn't home. She made some sweet tea and sat letting the TV watch her wondering where he was "What?" she jumped feeling the cup slip out of her hand
"I got it" Sam told her pulling the cup out of her hand and putting it on the coffee table
"Where have you been?"
"At Rachel's she was reading that script that Mary whoever wrote, it's crap, she called me Jam for fuck sake" he laughed
"What did you expect when two narcissists get together" she laughed sitting up "Do you want to talk about earlier?"
"Not really, I had a moment of rage"
"And?"
"I just had to get out of there before I said or did something and ruined your day"
"Thank you" she smiled pulling him to her for a kiss "But you can't run away every time I perform and there are men on the stage"
"It was what you were doing with them"
"I wasn't doing anything with them, we were in a mall"
"As I said crazy" he laughed "I saw one man literally fall at your damn feet"
"That scared me to be honest" she laughed
"You were enjoying it"
"I was performing Sam, we did it in school"
"I know, it just sent me a bit crazy, first time and all"
"But we're over it?"
"I eventually realised it was just another one of Brittany's games and I refused to rise to it"
"Good" she pulling him with her "Was Brittany at Rachel's?"
"Yeah" he laughed "The script had her sleeping with Blaine"
"I bet Kurt wasn't pleased" she giggled
"I know Blaine wasn't" he frowned "Come on lets go to bed, you're tired"
The Next Day
"Morning" he smiled at her kissing down his chest
"I missed you last night" her head popped up to tell him
"I'm gonna miss you and this" he smiled laying back to take the pleasure she was about to deliver, of course he was loud about it, laughing at her being just as loud with her delivery
"Do you miss actual sex?" she lay on his chest asking, knowing he was more than ready for sleep again
"Mercy" he moaned, he hated this line of questioning it always left them both feeling guilty, him for wanting and her for not being free enough to give
"Sam" she looked up at him
"Yeah I miss it like a mother fucker but I want you more"
"You would say that" she giggled "I know you're going to be the one I just don't know when"
"I know, could we stop talking about it"
"Yeah" she lay her head back on his chest, she'd got him listening "I think Santana doesn't want to get back with Brittany"
"They are back together, they went off to that lesbian island together didn't they?"
"Yeah but, Santana's been raving about that Dani girl she met when she was up here a while back and she did follow her to Iowa"
"Did she?"
"Yeah when she was up there we spoke all the while"
"So what, Santana's in love with someone else?"
"She was, and I think that's the problem, just like when Brittany was in love with Artie back then and Santana played up with you to get her back"
"So what, she wants to play up with me to get Santana back?" he asked puzzled
"She's done it before"
"She has" he smiled
"Usually I'd send Santana in to deal with her shit but she's not here" she looked up at him "And I hate to say this, but I think you might be her next best friend, I think you might need to speak to her"
"No"
"Yes"
"Mercy, no" he pushed her off him and sat up "All the shit I go through on a daily basis because of her and now you want me to go sit and talk to her on a fucking level?"
"Sam, she's family"
"She wasn't fucking family when she was standing telling everyone our fucking life story the other day"
"She trusts you" Mercy sat up looking at him "And I trust you, please do this for me, her heart is breaking"
"And I care because?"
"I'm not saying you care, this is nothing to do with us, we're fine" she gave him her puppy eyes "Please Sam just talk to her"
"So what if that isn't it at all?"
"At least we'll know why she's doing all this shit"
"A talk, in daylight, in public" he warned
"Why don't you trust yourself?" she laughed
"I don't trust her"
"I'll call Rachel see where they are" Mercy took her phone off the side table and made the call, Sam sat listening wondering how the hell she'd talked him into this, knowing full well there were going to be tears because he'd taken too long or she'd dreamt up some imaginary picture of them getting up to something, or god forbid Brittany made a play for him, something about this was going to go wrong. The conversation ended with Sam meeting up with Brittany for lunch while Mercy was using the same time to catch up with Rachel somewhere else "Thanks" she pecked his lips smiling before she jumped of the bed
Rachel & Mercy
"Hi" Rachel smiled up at Mercedes as she walked towards her
"Sorry I'm a bit late"
"That boy of yours never wants to let you go, how's that going for you two?" Rachel asked before she could even sit down
"We're going fine, thank you" Mercy's mind went into overdrive, maybe Brittany have been talking about something
"I've noticed you go off and do your thing together a hell of a lot"
"Yeah" Mercy rolled her eyes "It's called a relationship" she looked at her friend blankly wondering where this was going from
"It's just that..."
"Look Rachel" she suddenly felt like she was defending something here "This isn't some high school crush shit like what we had going on back then, Blaine and Kurt might still be living in that world but we're two adults with eyes wide open going into an adult relationship and yes we need time to get to know each other, our relationship is for the two of us no one else"
"Sor..ry" Rachel almost sung at her
"So you should be I don't remember questioning any of your relationships in school, regardless of what I thought, and you need to know I don't appreciate this"
"God" Rachel huffed "I said sorry"
"And I'll take that" Mercy looked around the café "Now can we order?"
"Kurt" Rachel looked at him surprised "What are you doing here"
"Blaine's fucked me off again" he rolled his eyes "He's the biggest liar" he sat in one of the empty chairs at the table "I don't even know what I'm doing here"
"Coffee?" Rachel asked
"I mean in this damn relationship"
"Because you love him" Rachel reminded him
"And it's not always just about the love is it, there are more facets to a relationship than just the good times Kurt, you know that" Mercy added
"I know, but why do bad times have to be so damn bad"
"Because the making up is fun" Mercy replied
"What would you know about make up sex?" Kurt looked at her shocked "Don't tell me you guys did the nasty and didn't talk to me about it first"
"We're always doing the nasty and we talk about it before and after thank you very much" Mercy laughed
"People please, have some consideration for the dry spell this soul is sitting here in" Rachel butted in
"Considered" Kurt told her turning back to carry on his conversation with Mercy "Remember when we used to sit in each others rooms talking about love, how sweet it all was, Rachel getting married to Finn, me to Blaine and Mercy feeling like she was going mad with Sam all in her head?" he laughed
"Yeah" Rachel sat remembering those days "I miss those days" Finn still heavy on her mind
"We should have one tonight" Kurt announced excitedly
"Thursday, Sam's got something going on I want to be there for him tomorrow" Mercy announced "And you need to go sort things out with Blaine, he's your one remember?"
"I guess if I'm going to love him, I'm going to have to love all of him, even the lying bits" he frowned
"He wasn't lying, he thought he could do something that it turned out he couldn't and don't think he's not hurting as much as you right now" Rachel pointed her finger at him as she spoke "About that make up sex" she turned back to Mercy
"That subject is off limits, a girl never tells"
"Well I've seen him naked in the shower and I'm excited for you" Kurt tapped her hand smiling cutely, Rachel picked her coffee up and took a sip looking over the cup at the two of them, she missed Finn right now
"Are we ordering lunch?" Mercy asked changing the subject
Sam & Brittany
"Hi Brittany" Sam sat at the table late because Mercy and he had some unfinished business "Sorry I'm late"
"It's fine, think time, I need it" she smiled "Should we order?"
"Yeah sure" he held his hand up for service, he already knew what he wanted "Caesar Salad for me please and a glass of water" he told the waitress watching her pour coffee without him asking for it
"Make that two" Brittany looked up at her smiling "So" she looked at Sam when the waitress left "Why are we meeting?"
"It's basically just about the way you've been lately, mean, whirling out of control again and here, I just thought you might need a friend to talk to"
"I forget you know me well" she smiled her hand stretching over to cover his resting on his coffee cup, he looked down at it, his instinct was to move it but he was trying to be a friend so he left it there
"So..." he sat looking at her waiting for her to talk "I'll start you off shall I?" he told her after a long silence "Santana is.."
"How did you know it was Santana?" she laughed
"There's only the person you love that can affect your mood for days" he watched her rolling her eyes, laughing as her whole head moved for the gesture, she looked at him and took a deep breath before she started talking
"When Glee club was finishing I went all out, filled the choir room with her favourite flowers and asked her to be with me, it took some convincing but she did and I thought that was it, we were together forever.." she looked up at him a tear in her eye
"You guys are forever" he squeezed her hand, he'd forgotten how vulnerable and fragile she could be
"That's what I thought until I asked her to marry me and she tells me she's not ready"
"She didn't say no"
"She wasn't ready because she still had this Dani in her fucking head, some bitch from around here that wasn't going away"
"You know Santana Britt, she just wants you to be sure of what you're asking, she's always been insecure when it comes to you"
"I know but it hurt, I gave her me on a fucking plate and she threw it back in my face, I told her she was never going to see me again, I jumped on the first flight back, I didn't want to go home, so I came here"
"So why all that shit with Mercedes and me?"
"I don't know, I guess you were someone that loved me once, I needed you to love me again"
"We all love you Britt"
"Try telling Mercedes that after the way I've behaved" she chuckled sarcastically, wiping tears as she spoke
"She asked me to come speak to you, she saw you needed this"
"I'm such a bitch" she looked up at the waitress bringing their food to them
"An apology might go down well"
"And I will, but I just need to get right with myself first"
"And Santana will be back, don't even stress about that, she loves you, plus Mercedes roped her into the tour"
"She did?" Brittany sat forward in her chair excited
"Yeah she announced it at the mall performance"
"I didn't hear her, maybe she's changed her mind"
"Maybe" Sam smiled tucking into his meal, the rest of the meal was taken up by the latest cat adventures and how the Tubbington's were set to rule the house, before they hugged and parted company
Sam & Mercy
"Hi" Mercy threw her coat on the stand and plonked herself on the couch beside him
"Hi, what's up?" he watched her asking
"Brittany called and apologised this afternoon, thanks for that" she looked over at him for a second
"And?"
"They had an intervention, telling me shit about what we have isn't going to last and I'm being cruel not letting you go" she looked at him
"Who the fuck are these people, what did you say?"
"That I thought we were strong enough and serious enough but..."
"Blaine and Artie had the same conversation with me earlier, they were here"
"What's going on, why does everyone think we're doomed?"
"We don't do we?"
"No" she looked at him smiling
"So fuck them, no one defines us"
"Come here I need a hug" she held her arms out for him to fall into "Am I being cruel?"
"Not if it's what we both want, and I want us"
"So do I" she looked up at him "Are you ready for this audition tomorrow?"
"As ready as I can be, I've been watching what I eat, going to the gym twice and day and I feel good so... let the body do the talking" he tapped his chest telling her
"If my opinion counts for anything, it's yours no contest"
"It means everything" he leaned in to kiss her lips
"I'll bake us a cake to celebrate"
"Can you have my slippers, a hot bath and maybe you naked in bed waiting too" he laughed
"Be very careful what you wish for" she giggled getting up to grab something to eat "Thanks" she shouted through when she saw he'd plated up some food for her
"It's from the deli" he laughed
"For thinking about me I mean"
"Always on my mind babe"
"Hope so" she peeped around the kitchen door telling him
The Next Day
"I'll call you" he kissed a still sleeping Mercy
"Sam" she jumped up realising what he was doing "Sam" she called wiping her sleepy eyes "Break a whatever it is they say in the business, and.. feel my love all day"
"You're gonna feel mine when I get back so keep that in your mind" he went back for another kiss "Later" and he was gone
"Cake" she got up ready to bake
So the audition happened, skip forward to the confession, the cakes are down, the deed has been discussed and now Mercy's sitting in front of him trying to let him down easy and breaking her own heart in the process
"Hold up" Sam stopped her mid sentence, wiping tears away "One fucking glitch that I come clean about, and you're willing to throw everything away, is that what I'm hearing here?"
"Did you hear anything I just said?"
"Yeah I did actually, there was some bullshit, some more bullshit and I guess you finished it off with a large amount of fucking bullshit for good measure" he hissed "We're not splitting up for this"
"So I don't have a say in this?"
"Yeah but.. not that one"
"If I'm here in New York and that shit's happening what's it going to be like when I move back to LA?"
"You already said it wasn't my damn fault" he shouted, he was getting angry "We're planning our wedding, was that a fucking joke to you?"
"No, none of it's a joke Sam I never said that"
"So what are you saying?"
"That I think this no sex thing might be a little difficult for you, and I don't want you to hate me for stopping you from having it"
"I've never denied this is hard Mercy, but I know it's worth it, it's not that great a sacrifice waiting for the woman that I love to trust me enough, I made you this way, what will you think of me if I throw everything in the air for one near miss" he grabbed her hand "And the fact that I love you stopped me, it's that strong"
"Sam"
"Don't Sam me, I'm not letting go"
"I... "
"Okay here it is, I don't want to do modelling, that July woman said the one thing I had to discard in that industry was guilt" he huffed "I can't live like that, you know I can't it's not for me, so if it's between this and that I choose this"
"So now I feel like that's all my fault"
"It's not, you know me, you know I can't cheat, not like that"
"I know" she chuckled
"Do you love me?"
"Yes, you know I do"
"And I love you so we'll work it out, please tell me you think we're worth fighting for?"
"We're worth fighting for Sam" she giggled rolling her eyes
"God" he gasped walking towards her pulling her into his arms "This list of apologies is getting bigger"
"For both of us" she giggled "I'm sure I'll have many more by the end of this tour"
"Well now I've done the modelling thing I can be your groupie for the summer before I go back to Lima"
"Please don't be a Lima loser because of me"
"I intend of doing something, I have my finger in a few pies"
"You've been thinking about it?"
"Yeah, when I knew you weren't staying I started planning, I really don't like New York" he frowned "Except for our bed" he smiled
"I love our bed" she giggled
"Talking about our bed..." he looked up the stairs "I remember telling someone they were gonna feel my love when I got back"
"Grab the cakes" she giggled louder climbing over the back of the couch giggling at him laughing at her
The Next Day
"De-fucking luscious" she purred as his head popped out the top of the covers, making him laugh
"You know I'm still puzzled at how Mercedes Jones my prudish, virgin girlfriend turn into a fucking screaming cat in our bedroom"
"That's for us to know and everyone else to wonder about" she laughed
"That waiting till you're thirty shit you talk about all the time ain't happening, you're going to be ready well before that, you want too much, to often, you asked for sex again last night"
"Did I?"
"You know you did" he laughed
"So we have another summer?" she changed the subject quickly
"Another one, and lots of malls" he looked at her ringing phone as she picked it up "Who's that?"
"Santana" she raised her eyebrow telling him, taking the call while he went to the bathroom "She's travelled down to surprise Brittany, she wants to meet her here, in half an hour" she jumped up going towards the bathroom "Lets get dressed" that happened quickly "Call Brittany invite her round for coffee or something" she told him when they jumped out the shower
"She's not going to come"
"Tell her I'm not here or something"
"No" he took his phone out looking at her funny "Brittany" he called when she answered "You got some time to pass through the house?" he listened while she spoke "Ten minutes?" he smiled before closing the call "And not a lie in sight" he turned to Mercy smiling "I'm out of here" he pulled his trousers on, zipped them up, kissed her "Feel my love all day" he whispered and left
"Feel my love all day babe" she smiled, she was in a good place today for some reason it felt his unconditionally, blindingly, unadulterated love, she needed to sing about how she felt, she grabbed the quilt and started singing 'Looking For You' by Fantasia
I've been looking for hope, been looking for strength, been looking for someone I can always call my friend
I guess I've been looking for you whoa, I guess I've been looking for you hmm
I've been looking for peace, been looking for love, been looking for a rock that I can always lean on hmm
I guess I've been looking for you, I guess I've been looking for you
Whoa, cause for so long, I've wandered and roamed, searching for a place to call home
Woo, just to find you've been there all along
Cause I've been looking for you yeah, yeah, I guess I've been looking for you...
She smiled when he came walking back into the room, grabbed her round the waist and kissed her "You were looking for me, I found you babe"
"I thought you'd gone out"
"Your voice stopped me in my tracks, you don't have a quiet" he laughed
"I can be..."
"Don't even go there" he laughed "I don't know what you're going to be like when we actually start having sex"
"You neither" she giggled, watching him walk away
Brittany & Santana
"Brittany" Mercy smiled letting her in
"I thought... "
"Sam's popped out" she smiled "Come on in" she moved out the way for her to come in, smiling at Brittany's uncertainty "We're fine" she told her, a smile appeared on the girls face
"Did Sam tell you what we talked about yesterday?"
"Do you want me to lie?"
"So he didn't?"
"He did Brittany" she smiled at the knock at the door
"He doesn't have a key?" Brittany asked watching Mercy walk towards the door to answer it "Santana" she gasped as the door opened to reveal her person "What are you doing here?"
"I finished that commercial a day early and came to find you"
"I'll leave you guys to it" Mercy smiled grabbing a hug and her coat as she left
"So" Santana turned to Brittany smiling "That proposal"
"You mean the rejection" Brittany spat
"I didn't reject you, I just asked you to be sure, we needed to give ourselves time to be sure, a year ago you told me you were in love with Sam, I was seeing someone else, and the next thing I know you want to get married, I just want to know we're doing this for the right reasons"
"I don't understand" Brittany looked at her puzzled
"I love you Britt of course I do, but I want us to be so sure when we finally decide to get hitched"
"So you're not finishing with me?"
"No of course not" she hugged her
"Hey" Artie's wheelchair banged on the door as he shouted "Open the door" he shouted smiling when Santana came to the door "I saw you come in" he took her hug "I thought you might have been fighting over me again" he laughed
"Someone fancies their chances" Santana laughed
"Not at all alas my heart, I've recently found out, belongs to another"
"Tina" Santana and Brittany said at the same time
"How did you know?" he held his chest surprised
"Third eye" Santana laughed
"It's real" Brittany told him laughing
"So you're here for an impromptu booty call" he laughed
"Wedding planning" Brittny told him
"Congratulations, bags singing you guys down the isle"
"Sorry Artie I already booked Mercedes for that honour" Santana told him
"We can duet, no problem"
"I go for the duet, I'd love you guys to sing at our wedding" Brittany told him
"Duet it is" Santana laughed hugging her girlfriend
"Pizza?" Artie asked, smiling at nodding heads
Mercy, Blaine, Kurt & Sam
"I cant believe she's made that stupid decision" Kurt slammed himself on the couch in the café telling Blaine and Sam
"What she's decided to go to LA for that Mary Halloran project thing?" Sam asked shocked "That woman's a crackpot"
"Well Rachel seems to think she's her saviour" Blaine told him
"And who are we to argue?" Mercy walked into the café asking
"Babe" Sam smiled happy to see her
"Babe" she sat on his lap "We all know Rachel's going to be Rachel we just need to be there for her whatever happens"
"I know you're right but I hate to see her making big mistakes like this" Kurt told her
"Anyway lets get back on point, Blaine's performance" Mercy looked at Blaine smiling "Are you nervous?"
"Always nervous, but I'm ready for this"
"You're going to be great" Kurt squeezed his hand telling him "And we'll all be there for you"
"I think we might have to excuse Brittany, Santana's in town" Mercy told them
"Great, she might be able to put a smile on that girls face" Blaine commented
I guess we all saw when Artie lost his damn mind and slapped Mercy on her booty, Sam laughed about it, and we all thought he was taking things in his stride when we saw him dancing along, but of course in the real version...
Mercy walked towards him at the end of the show, but Sam's eyes told her that wasn't a good move she changed her mind, she couldn't even get to Artie to tell him shit was about to go down because Sam was all over him ready to pounce "What the fuck was your hand dong on my lady's booty?" he jumped in front of Artie's wheelchair asking him as they made their way home
"What?" Artie asked shocked at the outburst
"You heard" Sam stood in front of him, the veins in his head popping "You're disrespecting my lady like that in front of everyone"
"I didn't mean to disrespect Mercedes Sam, why would you think that?"
"Why would you do that to my lady?"
"Sam I.." Artie was stuck for words, he really didn't expect this "Dude I'm sorry, Mercedes I'm sorry" he looked from one to the other "It won't happen again"
"You're safe only because I won't hit a guy in a wheelchair but Dude, please, don't do that again"
"I hear you" Artie told him, everyone stood around wondering where this version of Sam had come from, Mercy stood feeling sorry for Artie, she knew it was a joke but she also knew she couldn't interfere with what Sam was trying to say, they weren't in Glee Club anymore, they were adults, living an adult life in an adult world, she smiled inside at the fact that he'd just showed her he understood that
"Please treat my lady right and you'll be fine with me"
"I said I hear you" Artie told him again
"Girl whatever you're giving him that's bringing the fucking he man out, I need you to give me some for Blaine" Kurt whispered in Mercy's ear making her giggle
"Okay, tomorrow afternoon, my house, the script is ready I want to share it with you guys" Rachel told them all
"I think Santana's going back early in the morning but everyone else should be there" Mercy told her as they hugged
Mercy's House
"Hi" they walked in to Santana and Brittany cuddling on their couch
"Hi" they smiled back
"Is it alright if I crash here till in the morning?" Santana asked
"Sure Blaine's room's empty tonight" Sam told them as they took their coats off and walked round to join them "What are we watching?"
"Re-runs of Power I loved that show, I'm pissed they cut it" Brittany told them, they sat in silence, cuddled up watching the show
"We're thinking of getting married" Santana turned to tell them "Not straight away, but soon"
"Congratulations" Sam smiled hugging Mercy closer, that was something they'd talked about, it felt like everyone else was racing ahead and leaving them behind
"Yeah, that's really cool" Mercy smiled
The Next Day
"This is the day" he woke up to Mercy's voice in his ear "Come on bill board man let's go find your ass on a bus or something"
"I told you after all that crying she wouldn't have used it, I didn't even get a damn cheque"
"Oh he of little faith" she giggled "Come on get up"
"You come here" he pulled her into bed "I need a hug"
"Arrh" she purred hugging him tight, they stayed that way for a while until Santana popped her head round the door a few hours later, waking them out their comfortable sleep to say goodbye, she needed to get back to Lima for family business "Rachel's reading" Mercy jumped up reminding him "We're going to be late"
The reading was done, Sam saw his half naked splash on the side of a bus, they were all cheering him on when he decides to share his news, he's going back home
"So you made it then" Rachel smiled at him "I remember when you came to LA with Blaine not so long ago saying this was your dream"
"Yeah I did it" he smiled walking back towards them, Mercy grabbing hold of him as he walked towards her
"I had every faith babe" she smiled up at him from under his arm
"You did didn't you?" he kissed her nose
"So what's next?"
"Playboy?" Kurt suggested
"No" that's it I'm done, I'm going back home after Mercy's tour" he looked down at her
"I thought you were..." Brittany tapered off
"Serious about this modelling thing I know, me too" Rachel finished off for her
"Why does he have to define what he wants to be now, he's 19 years old?" Mercy asked
"I choose my relationship and yes I have other skills that I can make use of, actually I've applied for some jobs back home" Sam told them
"Well I for one am glad you guys are sticking it out, and that you have a plan" Blaine hugged Kurt as he spoke
"Me too" Kurt smiled
"Me three, and I would normally hug a girl right now but" he smiled at Sam "High five" he held his hand up for Mercy to slap as everyone laughed
"So everyone's happy" Rachel smiled "Group hug" she held her arms out everyone chattering as they went in
It had been a busy week, Brittany had gone back home for a visit before the tour started, she needed to be near Santana, Artie's film had caught on and he was interviewing for jobs all he had to choose was were he was going to be, Rachel was packed and ready to go off to LA to pursue her acting career, Kurt and Blaine were staying in New York for shows and Sam and Mercy were seeing the last of the rental furniture out the house ready to hotel hop while touring New York. They all parted outside Rachel and Kurt's place promising to meet up again in six months time
6 Months Later
Summer had finally been over, Mercy had done her mall tour and enjoyed every minute of it, especially as Sam was by her side the whole time, but life had to go on and they returned to Lima for the holidays happy that Sam had got two interviews for jobs he'd applied for. They'd gone back to their parents homes for a while but that wasn't what they wanted so they found an apartment and moved in together, it was kind of convienient because Sam got the job at the historic Lima Stadium next door, teaching the Junior team, something he'd always wanted to do. Mercy was in the studio regularly trying to get something down for a new single, he told her every day she had it but she still pushed herself to get perfection, she was perfection but he guessed he'd need to sit back and let her catch up to what he knew.
"How did it go?" he asked watching her throw her bag indicating it was a crap day
"Ray told me to stop battering the song and get it out"
"Sorry babe but I agree with Ray" he giggled
"Hey" she looked at the calendar on the wall "It's 6 months today"
"Is it" he smiled
"Are we going to link up?"
"Yeah if you want"
"Don't you?"
"I want to go to bed" he leaned his head back to look at her behind the couch he was sitting on
"You been feeling my love all day?" she laughed
"You told me to" he grabbed her arm and pulled her on top of him
"Sam" she giggled "Santana and Brittany could walk in at any time"
"They don't have a key to our home do they?"
"No but.." she trailed off in a giggle as he tickled her into submission "Okay" she laughed watching him stop to get serious, he was right it hadn't taken till she was 30, she'd given in just weeks after they left the others, and it was still very new and real for them "Okay" she sat up an hour later "Get dressed lets make this call" they straightened themselves up before getting comfortable on the couch "Could you get that please" she looked at the knocking door, they knew who it was, they welcomed Brittany and Santana telling them what was going down before they sat in front of the TV ready for the catch up "Artie" she smiled at seeing his face come up
"I didn't think anyone was going to remember, how are you guys?" he laughed
"Good, and you?" Mercy asked
"More than good I just hooked up with this pretty lady and we're going on a date" he turned the camera to a waving Tina, Mercy was past excited
"Hi" they shouted as Blaine and Kurt popped onto the screen
"Hi Guys" Kurt smiled "We're still in New York with June and Co. having a blast"
Sam was busy getting everyone connected as they talked "Hi" Rachel smiled
"What is it?" Mercy and Santana asked suspiciously
"Don't judge me" she giggled turning the camera to reveal Jessie St James "He's my significant other"
"Good on you" Mercy told her
"He's the leading man in my sitcom" Rachel hummed "I was just... hold on...call Puck" she looked up at the camera " I was just talking to Puck and Quinn" Sam did as told and they were hooked up to everyone, conversations going on all over the place
"Pregnant" Santana shouted covering her mouth "Congratulations, you two" she said sincerely to the happy couple
"Thank you" Quinn smiled "Thank you all" she looked around her screen as everyone echoed the same
"Day for celebrations I guess" Mercy looked at Sam smiling
"Yeah, Mercy and I are getting married next year"
"Yes" Brittany smiled hugging Mercy "You're my favourite pairing"
"We are?" Mercy looked at her puzzled before looking back at Sam, shrugging his shoulder as she giggled for the irony, they sat catching up for a while before Mercy caught Sam looking at her "What, am I talking too much?"
"No" he laughed
"So what's the matter?" she rolled her eyes at the look she knew well in his eyes "Don't" she looked at his mischievous face giggling "I mean it"
"Loved chatting with you guys but Mercy and I have..."
"Sam" she warned covering his mouth
"What?" he laughed moving her hand "I was only going to say we have an unfinished project we need to get done"
"Oh" she grinned at him behaving himself
"Project?" Blaine asked
"Cherry plucking, long process, you have to be thorough" Sam laughed, Mercy rolled her eyes giggling
"Sam" she tapped his shoulder as everyone cheered
"You guys finally..." Rachel asked
"Project Samcedes officially titled" Sam laughed
The End