„Are you sure?"

Sam could feel his heart leap in his chest, and do salto, all at the same time. Instant happiness was followed by a mild panic attack. Father? There was nothng he wanted more than family with her, bunch of caramel babies with woman of his dreams and a house a tad bigger than this one, but... But. What if he fail? What if he—

Glancing at her, he realized she was staring at him. ''Were you planning names and what college we'll send them to?'' she asked in mocking tone, managing to hold back a chuckle.
Oh ha, ha, ha. That woman will be the death of him. ''No. I was planning where to hide riffle with which I'll get rid of stalkerish boys such as myself, if we have a girl."

Cedes stared at him for a second, without a word, before a loud laughed escaped her lips. This was why he fell in love with her. Her capability to be happy out of blue, to laugh due something idiotic he said.

''All that Avatar in youth fried your brain, Evans.''
''Hey, hey. Don't mock the movie, Evans.''
Tilting her head, the girl's smile widened; ''I mock what I want.'' she muttered, leaning in to peck the side of his lips. ''And not yet.''

''Oi.''

His hands moved, palms pressing to her cheeks. "Where do you think you're going?" he whispered, lips barely brushing against skin of her forehead, down her face and finally, her lips. ''Whatever is crossing your mind… Stop. Rachel and Kurt will be here in 15 minutes.''

''Mh-hmm.''

He wasn't listening to her. ''Sam.''

''Mhm.''

Wrapping his arm around her shoulders, Sam pressed closed.

~~~~~ Retrospective ~~~~~

„Sam..."

A small moan escaped his lips at the sound of his name. How did she manage to make it sound so... lovely? So hers.

All sense of guilt evaporated from his mind, along with all 'sin' talks from his mother and all warnings from his father. It was her. Mercedes. A girl which he managed to bond with in a heart beat, and to fall for during a single dance. She didn't stare as he did his 'dork' moves, but joined in. He couldn't remember when was the last time he was as shocked.

''Sam, we c-can't...''

The blonde boy shifted slightly, moving slightly away from her... Yelping. One of her shoes, that somehow managed to end up in bed was jabbing him in the ribs. Ow...

''I'm sorry...''

''Don't aplologize. Please.''

One of misfortunes of being pale was this. The face he could already feel bright pink blush stream up his face. But even so, he couldn't help himself. He had to peek. And good Lord, was she beautiful. Half dressed and flustered, still somehow managing to look innocent. ''Kurt and Rachel will be here soon...'' Her two best friends were taking oportunity to visit Broadway and Gershwin theatre during few free hours they had free, before the competition. Loosing her trail of thougths, 'Cedes's eyes grazed up his bare skin Her fingerprints were still visible.

''We can just...''

''... Pretend we're not here.''

And before she could wrap her mind around it, she was pressed down, with her back against bed sheets.

~~~~~ Now ~~~~~

He could feel the warmth of her body in his palms, a little sound she made reminded him of New York. The moment he knew they were forever. ''Remember when we—''

''You locked the door, right?''