Ok, there were a lot of unanswered questions from the last chapter. This chapter will explain a lot. There is minimum Samcedes interaction but you'll understand why.
On to an unrelated subject, I was right when I told you there will be no Samcedes on the past 2 episodes. The writer's loves you torture us fans. What did you think about the Artie and Mercedes kiss? I thought it was so adorable. Both episodes were good but it would've been great if there were some Samcedes scenes added. I take my hat off to Tina for standing up for herself. She was right; she was always being left behind. Did you guys cry when the New Directions won Nationals and when Mr. Shue got teacher of the year? I sure did.
Anyway, enjoy the chapter you guys. As always, I will post shout outs at the end of the chapter.
Summary: Quinn Fabray has a crush on the new boy at school, Sam Evans, but is afraid to get close to him. So she decides to seek help from her best friend Mercedes Jones. Little does she know that Sam is interested in Mercedes. What happens next? This is a fun and angsty Samcedes fic with bits and pieces of season 2 but the story will mostly be original.
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Glee or any of the songs that might be featured. I would be rich if I did. :)
Mercedes walked around the school grounds in a daze. She was still in shock by what Sam had confessed to her, she couldn't believe that Sam actually liked her. He likes me and can't stop thinking about me! But why would he kiss someone else if he really did?
Although, she was angry at him for kissing her, she could not deny that the kiss was amazing and like him, she too could not stop thinking about him, but she was afraid that if she laid her heart out on the line she was going to get hurt yet again. Sam was not the first boy Mercedes ever had a crush on.
Her first crush was Matt Rutherford; it had happened during her freshman year. Matt was another glee clubber/football player. He was always nice and supportive towards Mercedes; they had gone out on a few dates and were in what Mercedes had thought was an exclusive relationship. Well, she was dead wrong. She had found out through Quinn, that Matt was seeing a Cheerios cheerleader behind Mercedes' back. At first, Mercedes didn't want to believe it. She wanted so much to trust Matt that she ignored her best friend's warning. Her eyes were finally opened when she caught him kissing said cheerleader under the bleachers. She was devastated. Mercedes confronted Matt afterwards where he broke her heart a little more when he told her that although he liked her, he was never attracted to her.
From that day forward Mercedes swore not to let another guy hurt her again. She had successfully avoided any romantic feelings, until she met Sam Evans. There was something special about him, Sam always made Mercedes feel at ease whenever she was around him. She also felt beautiful, whenever Sam would look at her. She was feeling confused about the whole situation. Maybe Sam was telling the truth when he said that Sarah Jenkins had kissed him, but Mercedes' stubborn heart refused to believe it out of fear of being hurt again.
Mercedes was in the quad when she saw Sarah sitting at one of the tables with her friends. She wanted to turn around and leave but decided that it was better if she found out the truth. So she marched over to Sarah.
"Hi, I'm Mercedes Jones. You're Sarah Jenkins right?" Mercedes said with all the politeness she could muster.
Sarah looked up at her bored, while her friends carried on what they were doing, "Why do you want to know?"
"Do you know Sam Evans?" Mercedes said, slowly losing her patience.
Sarah's face suddenly brightens. She then said dreamily, "Sam… I know him. He is such a great kisser."
Mercedes' heart dropped when she heard this but she decided to ignore it and continue with her questioning.
"All I want to know is, did he kiss you or was it you that kissed him?"
"Again, what business of yours is it?" Sarah looked at Mercedes wickedly and then continued, "You don't happen to have a crush on him do you? Oh honey, I'm sorry to tell you this but Sam is not interested in you. How could he be? When he has me to satisfy him…"
"You're lying." Mercedes retorted with disbelief.
"Am I? He spent Saturday night making out with me at Karofsky's party. If I were lying why would other people not say otherwise?" Sarah sneered and carried on. "You need to know your place hon, people like Sam belong with people like me, not some fat ass like you."
"You know what? You can have him. I don't want to be with someone who would kiss a whore like you anyway." Mercedes said to cover the hurt that she was experiencing, and without saying another word she walked away.
She could still hear their snickering as she walked away but she kept walking not wanting them to know that they had affected her.
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When she got home, she called Quinn. She needed someone to talk to, and who better to do it with but her best friend. Quinn came over almost immediately, when she walked in Mercedes was curled up in bed, crying. Quinn approached her concerned over what had caused this.
"What's the matter Ebby?"
"Sam said that he likes me…" Mercedes stopped, too choked up to continue the conversation. When she had composed herself she continued "He kissed me and I slapped him."
Quinn gasped in shock, "Why did you slap him? Isn't Sam liking you a good thing?"
"I did it because he kissed Sarah Jenkins and… and I was right, I confronted her about it just now and she didn't deny it, she even said that she spent Saturday night making out with Sam." Mercedes cried into her pillow.
"Oh sweetie, don't cry… Everything will be ok."
Mercedes looked up from her pillow and said, "How could it be ok? I like him Ivy… And I find out that he had kissed some other girl. No, not just some other girl but a Cheerio!"
Mercedes grabbed a few tissues on her nightstand, blew her nose and said, "It's just like what happened with Matt all over again. You knew how much it hurt me when that happened. How could I possibly let Sam do that to me all over again? I want so badly to trust him Ivy but Matt broke something inside of me and I don't think that anyone could fix it."
Mercedes was too tired to cry, so she just sat on her bed hugging her pillow.
"Why have you never told me that you liked Sam?" Quinn questioned Mercedes rather sadly.
"Because I knew you liked him! I will not come in between someone you want Ivy, I love you too much to let that happen." Mercedes yelled frustrated with the whole situation.
"Lucky for you my crush for Sam is over. I think he's a great guy but we just don't get each other. On Saturday night before you and Puck showed up, I was so bored that I thought I was going to fall asleep. That's why I was so glad you and Puck could join us. Well that and… and I was jealous of you going out with Puck. It's stupid I know." Quinn looked embarrassed by her confession.
Mercedes smiled at the revelation, she always knew that Quinn was interested in Puck but was too stubborn to admit it, Saturday night proofed that they were meant for each other. Mercedes was happy for both of her friends, they deserve to be with each other but she could not help but feel jealous of their happiness. When is it ever going to be my turn?
"For what it's worth, I don't think Sarah was telling the truth. Sam said he was leaving the party after the incident and neither I nor Puck saw him afterwards." Quinn said trying to convince Mercedes.
"I don't know Ivy; I'm so conflicted right now." Mercedes sighed.
Quinn wanted to defend Sam further but she decided to let it go for now. Mercedes needed a friend, and Quinn was just going to be there for her.
"You know what? I think we need a sleepover. You want me to call Tina, Santana, and Britney? We could order pizza and do makeovers or just watch some cheesy romantic comedies?" Quinn said cheerfully.
"Fine…" Mercedes sighed but agreed.
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The girls came over at about 6pm; they were now devouring the pizza that Mercedes had ordered. They were all sitting in Mercedes' bedroom floor.
"So, what's with the bitch song at glee today, Wheezy?" Santana said without hesitation.
"Leave her alone, Satan, Ebby's having a bad day." Quinn defended.
"I bet its Puck isn't it? Come on dish..."
"No… It's Sam." Mercedes replied sadly.
"Remember the Matt incident?" Quinn added coming to her best friend's aid.
The three newcomers simultaneously uttered one word "Oh" and left a moment for silent reflection of that mess. A silent skeleton in the glee club's closest that had some relief with Matt transferring to another school. There were just some topics that the club avoided. Team Edward or Jacob, the Kardashians, and the Matt/Mercedes ordeal.
"So… Who's up for a makeover?" Santana said to quickly break the ice.
The girls then proceeded with the makeover. No one mentioned Sam or Matt for the rest of the night.
The following day at school was torture for Sam; he had to face Mercedes after yesterday's catastrophe. In Algebra, Mercedes completely ignored him. He on the other hand kept glancing her way. Sam was confused by her anger, he had tried to explain himself but she stubbornly pushed him away. There must be something else going on to make Mercedes act this way. Why wouldn't she believe me? Maybe I should've let Puck taken the fall; after all he was the true recipient of the kiss. Thought Sam, but he couldn't do that to Puck. Mercedes was so happy that Quinn and Puck were together, and to change anything would be a disaster. Right now only Mercedes was upset, but to out Puck would have Quinn, Puck and Mercedes all unhappy. As much as he wanted to tell the truth, it would only make things worse.
Who is this Sarah Jenkins anyway? All he knew was that she was on the Cheerios, she had red hair, and a love of alcohol, but other than that he knew nothing. How is it that she can spread tales about me? Was she really so drunk that she actually thought that she was cuddling somebody on that bed? She was drooling on the blanket for goodness sake. Bringing his thoughts back to the present, there had to be some way to get through to her. Nothing could be worse than being ignored by Mercedes.
Glee club proved him wrong. Not only was Mercedes ignoring him, but Quinn, Tina, Santana, and even Britney kept staring at him with dirty looks.
"Alright guys, it's time for our annual mash-up competition!" Mr. Shue said to the cheers of the glee clubbers. "
"We are not doing girls versus boys this year. I will however split you up into two groups." Mr. Shue pointed to the right side of the class. "Artie, Britney, Santana, Mercedes, Mike and Sam… You will be in group A. The rest of you will be in group B."
All of the glee kids high fived each other. Sam turned to Mercedes, in his excitement to repeat the gesture but when she noticed this; her smile faded and she quickly took her seat.
"Is there going to be a genre Mr. Shue?" Rachel chirped.
"Yes, thank you Rachel for bringing that up. We will be doing ballads." He clapped his hands once and continued, "Alright, get to work. Oh and I forgot to mention, the winner of this competition gets to pick a song for Sectionals."
Sam, Artie, Mike, Britney, Mercedes, and Santana formed a small circle to start the meeting.
Britney said dreamily, "It doesn't really matter what songs we sing as long as I get to look hot…"
Mike and Artie rolled their eyes at her comment.
"Alright, song selection… I want to win people, because there is no way I am going to let that hobbit pick our song for Sectionals." Santana said pointing to Rachel. "So our performance has to rock. Wheezy, do you have any ideas what songs we should be performing?"
"Why don't you guys select and I'll help sing the glory notes. I mean that's what everybody thinks I'm good for right?" Mercedes said sarcastically.
"Cedes, what's wrong with you?" Artie questioned looking annoyed.
"Am I wrong Artie? Have you ever seen me take the lead for any competition? It's always been about Rachel Berry and it will never change. So why should I care? All I'm ever gonna be is the fat girl with the big voice, who's always left in the background." She finished with fire in her eyes.
Sam wanted to say that she was not fat; she was beautiful, who has a big heart and can out sing anyone with her melodious voice but he didn't want to cause her anymore stress so he just kept silent.
Santana patted Mercedes' back with a look of sympathy and said. "So… Why don't we meet tomorrow, after school? We can talk about song choices and costumes then."
Everybody nodded in agreement. The rest of the class went by without another incident. Mercedes looked calmer, but Sam couldn't help but feel lost without her friendship and easy smile.
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After football practice, Sam, Mike, and Puck had just left the locker room when Mike turned to Sam and said, "I'm guessing that you had a little too much to drink at Karofsky's party? Don't look surprised, Tina told me. You couldn't find two people any more of opposites than Mercedes and Sarah."
Before Sam could say anything Puck chimed in, "This man is a hero; he jumped on a grenade for me." The look of confusion that spread on Mike's face would have been humorous in any other situation, but to hear Puck say those words were endearing.
"Mike, you can't say anything about what really happened…" Sam began, and with those words Puck and Sam let Mike know the truth about Sarah, Sam covering for Puck to keep Quinn happy, and how Sam would continue with the story. Mike thought things over for a few moments before he announced his conclusion.
"Well bro, the answer should be obvious. You get Sarah to tell the truth." Mike's moment of satisfaction was interrupted by Puck's snort of laughter.
"Does anybody even know this girl? She is probably one of the most… well I don't know the word, but she will do nasty things to get what she wants. She's worse that a woman version of me. If her story hasn't changed, she wants you, Sam."
"Then we all go. We confront her in a crowd and embarrass her. She'll crack under pressure and everyone will know," Sam said while Mike gave an approving nod.
Not looking convinced Puck said, "Oh, I wouldn't miss this for the world."
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The next day during lunch, they decided to confront Sarah Jenkins. The three walked towards Sarah's lunch table. Sam was the first to speak, "Sarah right? I'm Sam Evans. I need you to tell the kids at school what really happened at Karofsky's party, which was nothing."
Sarah got out of her bench seat, moved over to where Sam was standing, clung on to his arm, and said, "Sammy… Please don't lie. We had an incredible night; if I hadn't stopped we would've gone all the way." She then proceeded to stroke Sam's arm.
Sam had never felt dirtier. He wanted to push her away from him but he needed her to confess the truth, so he just let her cling to him.
"Sarah please, you are hurting someone I really care about by lying about this. She won't listen to me, so I need you to tell the truth about how you came into the room, kissed me, and passed out." Sam said half begging.
Every kid who was within earshot of the conversation gasped when they heard what Sam had said but Sarah was relentless.
"But, Sammy… I am telling the truth… I want to be with you… Forget whoever she is and be with me. You promised me at the party that we'd be together if I let you touch me." Sarah whined.
She's not going to tell the truth. Why is she lying about this whole thing? Is she delusional or something? I've never even met her until last Saturday.
Puck looked like he was going to say something but Sam intercepted and said. "Look Sarah maybe lying had gotten you the things you wanted before, but I can tell you this, you will not win this time. I don't know who you are, except that you kissed me at a party. There will never be an, us. So do yourself a favor and tell the truth!"
Sarah looked around the cafeteria crocodile tears brimming in her eyes. "You're the one who's lying Sammy, I thought you cared about me, I guess I was wrong." She ran out of the cafeteria after that statement. Everyone stared at Sam with contempt because of what they had just witnessed. What they didn't know was, Sarah had been lying through her teeth.
Sam felt like his life was over. The girl he liked wouldn't listen to him, and the girl he pretended to kiss won't tell the truth. What am I going to do now?
The three boys walked out of the cafeteria with Sam wearing a defeated look on his face. Puck slung his arm over Sam's shoulders and said, "Don't worry dude, we'll figure this out. There has got to be a way to resolve this. I will even come clean and say that she kissed me if needs be."
"No man… What's done is done. Like you said just now, we'll figure something out. Mercedes can't be mad at me forever right?" Sam replied with false hope.
All this time, Mike had been watching everything that had been going on. He decided that this situation maybe a little too complex for the just the boys to handle. They will need someone who will fight fire with fire, who better to help them if not Santana.
Mercedes was tired of feeling sorry for herself. She had shed all the tears she could shed on the previous day. She kept telling herself that Sam Evans was not worthy of her tears but in the back of her mind she had really wanted Sam to be different. She wanted to think that he was not like Matt, but what Sarah Jenkins told her had destroyed all that. She was determined to not let this situation ruin all the progress she had made since Matt.
The next day she tried her best to stay away from Sam. She had succeeded in Algebra but no such luck in glee. Mr. Shue had announced that they were to perform a mash-up this week. At first Mercedes felt relieved, because that meant that she would not be having much contact with Sam. Mash-ups always meant that the girls would go up against the guys but Mr. Shue had to throw a wrench in her plan. He had them separate into two teams, and to her dismay, Sam was in her team.
When Santana had asked her what songs they should perform, Mercedes flipped out. She was still angry about what had happened with Sam but somehow all that boiled over to her always being in the shadows of Rachel Berry. I'm starting to act crazy! Calm down girl, you broke up with Matt and still manage a civilize friendship with him. You should be able to do the same with Sam, besides you were never in a relationship with him, so things should be easier. With that thought, Mercedes was determined to get her life back. She was not going to let anyone, namely Sam Evans, hurt her again. She will treat him the same way she treated Matt, in a friendly manner.
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Then next day after school, her team met up at the auditorium for the scheduled mash-up meeting. Mercedes was the last one to arrive.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late…" Everyone looked relieved when Mercedes arrived.
"Don't worry about it Mercedes… We were talking about how Lord Tubbington saved a baby from falling out of the tree."
Ok… Now I know why they look so happy to see me.
"Guys, I would like to apologize about yesterday. I was having a bad day and I took it out on you guys and it wasn't fair, so I'm sorry." Mercedes said looking at all her friends.
"It's ok Wheezy… We all have those days." Santana replied as she hugged Mercedes.
They then started searching for songs, when they had all agreed on which songs they wanted to perform, they went on to choreography. Mercedes was partnered with Sam, she decided that she could not take the awkwardness any longer and said "Sam, I'm sorry about what happened the other day. My feelings were hurt but I should've never slapped you."
"I'm sorry too. I should not have kissed you without your permission." Sam said, ashamed of his actions.
"So can we be friends again?" Mercedes asked holding out her hand for a handshake.
"Yes… Friends…" Sam took her hand and shook it.
At the contact she felt electricity shot through her arm. When will this ever stop?
Tina and Mike were in her bedroom, doing homework or in teenage language "having a make out session". She could tell that something was bothering him. He had been acting strangely the whole day and she just had to find out why. She pulled away from the kiss, and heard Mike grumble. "What are you doing? We were just getting into it." Mike said while peppering kisses on Tina's neck.
"Mike, what's wrong with you today? You've been so distant and when I ask you about it, you immediately start kissing me." Tina asked trying to extract her neck from Mike's lips.
Mike didn't answer; instead he dove in for another kiss which Tina avoided by getting up from the bed. Tina folded her arms and tried again. "So are you going to tell me what's going on or do you want to just leave this room and take a break?" Tina gave him a challenging look.
Mike sat up to look at her and pulled his hair. "Alright, alright, I'll tell you…" He said whining.
Tina stood there her arms still folded, with a raised brow waiting for him to continue.
"I'm not supposed to tell you this but, I'm really worried about Sam." Mike said furrowing his brows.
Tina got angry at that statement, "Why should you be worried about him! He did the same thing to Mercedes that Matt did. He does not deserve your worries!" Tina replied, now pacing back and forward.
"Baby, you got it all wrong. He did not kiss anyone that night he was just taking the blame so that Puck won't get into trouble with Quinn." Mike explained.
Tina was perplexed by this, so she asked. "Why would Quinn be angry with Puck? She doesn't even like him."
"That's where you're wrong, on Saturday night they all went on a double date… well it was supposed to be a one on one date but turned out to be a double date. That was when Quinn and Puck got to know each other. Well when they got to the party that Sarah girl kissed Puck in front of Sam. To make the story short, Sam took the fall so that Quinn won't be angry with Puck." Mike took a deep breath after explaining the situation.
So that's why Sam looked like he was in pain this whole week. He likes Mercedes! Tina thought with a smile.
"We have to help them fix this baby." Tina said to her boyfriend.
"Yes… Sam is a nice guy and I hate seeing Mercedes hurt because of a misunderstanding. I know who could help with the situation but you'll have to help me convince her." Mike said turning towards Tina.
"I'm here for anything, baby… so who is this 'her' who's going to help us?" Tina stroked Mike's arm to comfort him.
Mike scooted up, looked Tina right in the eyes and said. "Santana"
Tina smiled at her boyfriend and said, "You're a genius Mike."
"That I am." Mike said playfully.
"So… can we continue what we were doing earlier?" Mike was straddling Tina as he said this.
"Yes we can." Tina smiled, looped her arms around Mike's neck, and continued with their make out session.
So what did you think? Did you love it or hate it? I had to throw in some Tike make out session in there. I just love them.
Alliecattie3 and stefanswifey01: I hope this chapter have answered some of your questions.
Jadziwine: I'm glad you liked the cliffhanger. I thought it was clever. ;)
justjose29: I love torturing my readers. JK. Lol.
For the rest of the reviewers, thank you so very much for reviewing and keeping up with my story. I will try my best to write the best Samcedes fanfic.
Well, that all for now folks. Until next time, don't forget to review…..