Title: I Need You Now
Category: Glee
Pairing: Sam/Mercedes
Genre: Romance/Angst
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee. I also do not own any of the songs, bands or artists mentioned in this chapter.
A/N: So here`s chapter 2. I`m so glad that people are actually reading my story. It makes me really happy when I get a review, or story alert, or favourite. So thank you so much. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 2 –
"You... you..." she shrieked, balling her hands up into fists and shaking with rage. "I can't believe you just did that! You just ruined a $150 jacket AND wasted about $35 worth of drinks. Argh!"
"I am so sorry!" Sam exclaimed, emphasizing each word with meaning. "I could buy you a new one, and new drinks."
Sam pulled out his wallet and started leafing through a large wad of bills. "You obnoxious jerk!" Mercedes yelled. "I don`t want your stupid money! I can`t stand that you think you can do whatever you want, just because your band is somewhat popular!"
Sam frowned. "What are..." Sam started to say, looking completely confused, but Mercedes interrupted him.
"Don`t go acting like you don`t know what I`m talking about! You just go around flaunting your money, and fame and whatever and think that girls are just going to melt at your feet. Well guess what! They don`t! Well not me, at least."
Sam looked around and saw that people were starting to stare. "Could you calm down just a bit? People are staring."
"Do you think I care!" she screamed. "You`re just too worried about your image, and how people see you to think that you may have messed up and your over-sized wallet can`t get you out of it this time!"
Mercedes shrugged off her purple jacket that now had many different colours on it now, blending with the purple. It did look pretty bad, but Sam couldn`t understand what the problem was; just put it in the wash and good as new. He was quite distracted by the tight black tank top that Mercedes was wearing underneath the jacket, though. Were people allowed to look that hot? he thought.
At this point Kurt and their friends had started walking over to see what the problem was, and wondering why Mercedes was taking so long with the drinks. When Kurt saw Sam standing there looking completely bewildered and Mercedes gesturing angrily at the jacket in her hand, he understood what had happened and knew that Sam was in BIG trouble.
"I saved up for months to get this jacket!" Sam couldn`t believe that she was still yelling at him. It was an accident, and truth be told, they were probably both at fault for not looking where they were going. "And you go and ruin it in a matter of seconds!"
Sam was starting to get a headache. He knew he should have just stayed backstage like Blaine had suggested, and avoided this whole mess, but he had insisted that he needed some air. He had promised to stay behind the stage to avoid any run-ins with over-excited fans. That worked out great, he thought.
By now some other teenagers had walked up and were talking to Mercedes. Sam assumed that they were her friends because a couple of them kept sending him murderous glares as she talked. He also noticed how her features softened when she talked to them, especially the skinny brunet that he had noticed Blaine staring at through the first half of the show.
The skinny guy came over to him and said, "It`s probably best if you get back to your band. Don`t worry about the jacket or the drinks, we`ll deal with Mercedes. She was just kind of dragged here and is in a pretty bad mood right now. You guys have been playing great. Mercedes will probably go home now, though."
"Can you convince her to stay for a few more songs?" Sam asked, an idea forming in his head. He just couldn`t get the way she looked at the skinny boy out of his head, and he wanted her to stare at him like that. He wasn`t really sure why, because he had just met and she had been screaming at him the whole time, but he liked her. He liked her a lot.
Kurt looked at Sam. "I`ll see what I can do, but it won`t be easy."
"Thanks," Sam replied, smiling at the boy.
A few minutes later, Sam was standing backstage talking to Blaine. "Is that weird? I should hate her for trying to humiliate me like that, but I just can`t get that brief smile out of my mind and I wish she would smile at me like that."
"Nah, it`s you being a guy. What are you going to do about it?" Blaine asked. Blaine still couldn`t get the wide grin on Mercedes` beautiful friend`s face when he had winked at him out of his head. "I would love if you would introduce me to that beautiful boy that was with her, the one who talked to you."
"I`ll see what I can do. But I have an idea for a song that we can perform to get Mercedes to maybe not hate me as much. Or maybe she`ll hate me more but it will be worth it, just to try."
"Ok," Blaine said slowly. "What song?"
"Need You Now by Lady Antebellum."
Blaine gave Sam a weird look, but said, "Alright, let`s tell the others."
By that point, Kurt had managed to somewhat calm down Mercedes. He had helped her wipe down her jacket, and then all 8 friends had trooped back to the refreshment stands to get new drinks. Mercedes was still scowling, but she had promised Kurt that she would stay for a little while longer and listen to him talk about Blaine while she tried to ignore Sam.
The friends made themselves comfortable on their blankets again and prepared for the second half of the show to start. They were just talking about nothing in particular, enjoying being in each other`s company.
The show started again with some newer songs. The band played Forget You by Cee Lo Green, If Today Was Your Last Day by Nickelback and Move Along by The All American Rejects. Then, Sam stopped before they started their next song and turned around to nod at his other band members. They all understood the signal and got prepared to play a song that was not in their normal shows.
"The next song we are going to do is very different from anything else that we normally play," Sam stated to the crowd. This caused some excited murmuring to erupt in the crowd. "There is someone I have been trying to apologize to but she just won`t hear it, so I hope this song helps. Here we go; I think you all will know it."
All of Mercedes` friends turned around to look at her and she just scowled, but there was a faint blush barely visible on her dark skin. She crossed her arms over her chest and prepared for some cheesy "I`m sorry" song.
Sam started singing, staring straight at Mercedes as he did.
Picture perfect memories
Scattered all around the floor
Reaching for the phone
Cause I can`t fight it anymore
And I wonder if I
Ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time
At this point Blaine joined in on the chorus, staring right at Kurt and smiling. Kurt blushed, his cheeks tinted a dark red, but he was smiling at Blaine as well.
It's a quarter after one
I'm all alone
And I need you now
Said I wouldn't call
But I've lost all control
And I need you now
And I don't know how
I can do without
I just need you now
The crowd really loved the song, swaying and some were even singing along. Mercedes still looked quite angry, she didn`t know why Sam would have picked this song to sing to her, it almost seemed like he was trying to ask her out. He couldn`t be, could he? she thought.
Kurt, on the other hand, looked overjoyed by the way Blaine was singing and staring right at him the whole time. He made sure not to break eye contact with Blaine, so Blaine knew that Kurt got the message that he was singing to him.
Mercedes looked away from the stage and saw Finn looking lovingly at Rachel, and then back up to the stage where Mike and Tina were staring at each other. Mercedes was getting sickened by all the love around her and she just wanted to leave.
As the song drew to a close, Mercedes gathered her stuff and made to leave but Kurt looked up at her with glassy eyes and begged her to stay. She honestly couldn`t refuse when he looked at her like that, and she also knew that there was an apology in the look he was giving her. He was promising to make it up to her, for spending her entire afternoon at a concert for a band she didn`t even like, and getting food spilled on her.
Sam looked over at her pleadingly, hoping she would get the message that for some strange reason, though she had been nothing but rude to him, that he liked her. She just narrowed her eyes at him and turned away.
Darn, Sam thought, this is going to be harder than I thought. When he glanced over at Blaine, he noticed that the boy had a huge goofy grin on his face and was looking towards the skinny brunet. I guess one of us got our point across, Sam decided. He was genuinely happy for Blaine because he had been so lonely these last few months, with Mike and Tina being together and Puck finding a different girl in every city. Sam had had a girlfriend until a couple weeks ago when she had dumped him saying he traveled too much and had to pick the band or her. He didn`t want a girlfriend that made him choose between what he loved to do, and who he loved to be with, so he chose the band which did not make his girlfriend, well now his ex-girlfriend, happy.
The band played a few more songs by Nickelback, Lincoln Park and Theory of a Deadman before the show ended. All in all, it had ended up being a pretty good show and the crowd had clearly loved it.
After the concert, Sam went to get some fresh air again. He went behind the stage and just sat on the bottom step of the stairs leading onto the stage. He had been staring intently at the ground but he looked up when a pair of fashionable shoes appeared in front of him. He looked up into the bright blue-green eyes of the skinny brunet.
"Hi," Sam said. "Does she still hate me?"
"Hate is a pretty strong word. I think maybe, strongly dislikes you would be a better way to put it," Kurt replied. He gave Sam a pitying look. "I`m Kurt, by the way."
"Nice to meet you, Kurt," Sam said. "I don`t know why your friend doesn`t like me, I mean all I did was accidently spill food on her, and it wasn`t even entirely my fault. I can`t imagine that that is the reason she would despise me so quickly."
"Well..." Kurt hesitated, not knowing if he should trust Sam with this information. "If you can ever get her to talk to you, she might tell you the whole story."
"Would you please help me? I just want to talk to her. Well I want her to like me, but talking would be a good start. I could give you something in return. Hmm, let`s see." Sam tapped his finger on his chin, thinking. Then his face lit up. "I got it! I`ll introduce you to Blaine."
Kurt couldn`t hide his delighted smile. "I honestly don`t know how much help I will be, she`s pretty stubborn. But you`ve got yourself a deal, Mr. Evans."
Sam smiled at Kurt and shook his hand. "Let`s do this."
A/N: So I hope you liked it. Please review, or something, it makes my day when you do! I`m going to be going away for a week, in a week, so I`m really busy this week, but I will try to update again at least once, maybe twice depending how much time I can get to write. Thanks so much for reading! And if you haven`t already, check out the stories by my cousin, EragonArya.