Ok, I'm a little nervous about this chapter. I won't ruin the story, so you guys will just have to read to understand why.

Enjoy the story guys, as usually shout out will be posted at the end of the story.

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 stood behind one set of the auditorium doors while Sam stood behind the other. She glanced at her boyfriend and saw that he was fidgeting and biting his lower lip. She moved towards him and trapped his shaking hands in her own, "Relax, Sammy… You are going to be fine."

"Are you sure, Mercy? I feel like throwing up right now." Sam looked like he was ready to blow chunks all over the back stage floor.

"Breathe, baby…" She took a breath and exhaled, repeating this, so he would follow her example.

"Feeling better?" Mercedes asked as she smiled at him.

"A little… I've never gone on stage to perform for a competition before, Mercy. What if I screw up?" Sam frowned.

"We've practiced a million times, Sammy… You sounded great, and you will kill the performance today. You know what I used to do whenever I got nervous?" She smiled at Sam.

"What?" He questioned.

"I used to think of all the things that would make me happy. Whenever I think of them, all the nervousness and fear would melt away. What makes you really happy, baby?"

"You…" He whispered.

Mercedes smiled at his answer and said, "Well, just think of me and I promise you that all the uneasiness will disappear."

"Thank you, Mercy." Sam kissed her right cheek.

DING

The warning bell dinged to inform them of the one minute warning to show time.

"I better get in position… You're going to do great, baby. I just know it…" Mercedes caressed Sam's cheek before she left him to take her position.

She rushed back to her side of the door, gave her boyfriend one last look, and walked into the auditorium to perform.

That night the New Directions won the Regionals title and secured themselves a place to compete for the Nationals trophy.

Sam glanced nervously at Mercedes who was sitting on his right side, on the plane en route to New York City; it had been three months since they had won the Regionals title.

She looked up at him and must have seen his uneasiness, so she asked. "Are you ok, Sammy?" Mercedes had been calling him "Sammy" and "baby" since they started dating six months ago. Sam would usually get annoyed if anyone else had used those nicknames on him, but with Mercy, he found it endearing.

"I know it's not very manly of me to say this, but I'm afraid of flying... I've flown plenty of times before but I would start to sweat during takeoff s and landings." Sam confessed.

"Don't worry about it baby, just hold my hand during those times. I'll be there for you, just like you were there for me at Santana's party." At her words, Sam was reminded of what happened at that party.

"Party at my house…" Santana announced after they got back to Lima, upon returning from their Regionals victory.

Mercedes was sitting on Sam's lap, when she turned and brightly asked "Do you want to go?"

"I'll go, if you go." He beamed at her.

"Well, I want to go. Pick me up at 8?"

"Sure." Sam replied as he kissed Mercedes' cheek.

When they got to the party that night it was already in full swing. Sam saw kids from the football team, cheerios and the rest of glee enjoying the drinks and dancing to the music. Sam looked to Mercedes and spoke over the blaring music. "Would you like a drink?"

"Yes, please…"

"I'll be right back" Sam kissed her lightly on the lips and went off to the kitchen to get the drinks.

He noticed a fellow football player, Zachary Williams, hovering over Mercedes when he got out of the kitchen. As he got closer he heard what Zachary was telling Mercedes "Come on what would you want with white ass Sam Evans anyway?" The chocolate skinned guy stated.

"Oh hell to the no! I know you did not just call my boyfriend 'white ass'." Mercedes was pushing him away from her but Zachary wouldn't budge.

Sam was proud that his girl knew how to handle herself but he would not stand back and do nothing in the off chance that Zachary might hurt Mercedes.

"Is he bothering you, Mercy?" Sam asked as he reached them; a frown plastered on his face.

"No, baby… Zachary, here was just leaving." Mercedes replied as she wrapped her arm onto Sam's side.

"Who says I was leaving?" Zachary said indignantly.

"Look, Zack. I don't want to create trouble but Mercy is obviously not comfortable with you being around her. So I suggest you leave." Sam responds with all the politeness he could muster.

"And your skinny white boy ass is going to make me?"

At that comment, Sam peeled Mercedes' arm from around him and stepped up to the boy. "Yes, I'm going to make you… You're making my girl uncomfortable and it's really starting to piss me off!"

Zachary pushed Sam back which pissed him off even more, so Sam threw the first punch, his fist connecting to the taller boy's eye.

Zachary countered with a punch to Sam's mouth, before Sam could throw another punch, Puck and Mike intervened. They dragged the other boy outside and probably helped Sam finished what he had started.

Santana looked livid at what she had just witnessed, she began rambling but all Sam caught was "No me gusta!"

Mercedes came running towards him with a bag of ice "Oh my god, baby… Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Sam lied, he could tell that his mouth was bruised and it stung to talk but he had to say something to convince Mercedes that he was fine.

"Here…" Mercedes held the bag of ice up to Sam's mouth.

Sam held up the ice bag that she had placed on his lips.

"Thank you for defending my honor, Sammy. That was the first time a guy stood up for me. I'm so glad you're my boyfriend because of it." Mercedes grinned and kissed him on his cheek.

After five minutes, Sam pulled the ice off of his face to reveal the damage done by Zachary's fist.

"Okay guys, be honest, how bad is it?" Sam asked to a choir of 'fines' and 'not bads'

Santana, though, had a look of complete wonderment. "I didn't think your lips could get any bigger," she said slowly and after a reflecting pause she continued, "I was wrong."

At her statement, Puck and Mike burst into laughter. Mercedes, smacked the both of them and said, "It's not funny guys…"

"Don't listen to them, baby. Your lips still look fine to me." Mercedes said as she kissed his cheek.

Sam ran to the nearest mirror, to look at the damage. What he saw made him cringe. I wouldn't blame, Mercy, if she left me. He thought. Sam knew that he had an abnormally large mouth but the punch that he had received from Zachary engorged his lips to gigantic proportions.

The landing announcement jolted Sam out of his recollection; he turned to his girlfriend and saw that she was napping. A tendril of her hair touched her face, Sam tried to move it but as if she could feel his intention, she woke from her slumber.

Mercedes stared at his face for a little while, before asking, "How long have I been asleep?"

Same caressed her face and said, "Not very long. You were snoring like a chainsaw though…"

"Shut up. I was not…" Mercedes sat up and swatted his hand away.

"How do you know? Can you hear your own snores?" Sam teased.

"Whatever… I know you're lying Sam Evans." She looked out the window, annoyed at him.

Sam reached over and turned her towards him. "I'm sorry, baby… You were not snoring. I was just teasing you. You look so cute when you're angry." God, I love this girl. He had not told her that he loved her yet, but he was going to do it really soon.

Sam tried to kiss her but she pulled away. "No. You're not getting any kisses from me after teasing me like that." She turned to look out the window once again.

Sam did the only thing he could think of, he grabbed her chin and kissed her senseless. She tried to fight it at first but relented after a while.

They were interrupted when Santana bellowed, "Stop sucking her lips, Trouty. You're going to suck it right off with your giant mouth."

They both laughed at her statement and got up to deplane. New York City here we come!

"I love you." Mercedes heard Sam say. He was standing behind her massaging her shoulders, while waiting for the New Directions turn to perform at Nationals.

Mercedes knew that she should be shocked by his confession, oddly enough she wasn't. She knew that he loved her; he didn't have to profess it for her to know it. The way he acted and treated her informed her of his true feelings. Sam was a considerate and affectionate boyfriend; he never failed to make her smile and was always making sure that she knew how much he cared about her. Mercedes still couldn't believe that she had landed herself such a gracious boyfriend, sometimes when no one was watching she would pinch herself just to make sure she was not dreaming.

"I love you too, Sammy." She looked back at her boyfriend with a smile.

"Whew… For a minute there I thought you didn't return my feelings." Sam sighed.

"Of course, I love you… I would be crazy not to feel the same way." She turned around to look at him while saying this.

"I wish I could kiss you right now but I don't want to ruin your makeup." Sam kissed her cheek as a replacement.

"Good choice, you'll get the kiss after the show. After we win Nationals." She promised confidently.

"I'll hold you to that promise…"

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Unfortunately for them the New Directions lost, they ranked twelfth because of Finn and Rachel's public kiss. Santana was going crazy, promising to go all 'Lima Heights Adjacent' on their butts. She watched as Sam and some of the other guys try to hold her back from Rachel.

When the drama subsided, she stepped outside of the hotel room and saw that Sam was already standing outside talking to Mike. She went to him and said, "Hey, you ok?"

"Yeah... I'm fine. A little bummed that we lost Nationals but I'll live." Sam hugged her from the side and kissed her hair.

"You wanna go for a walk?" Sam asked.

"Sure."

"Mike, can you cover for us?" Sam looked to Mike waiting for his confirmation.

"Yeah… You guys go enjoy yourselves." Mike smiled at the both of them and went back into the boys' room.

Sam laced his fingers with Mercedes and led her out of the hotel. They took a stroll and eventually ended up at Central Park where they found a bench seat and sat down.

They cuddled up and sat in silence observing the beauty of Central Park, the sun was setting; there were people jogging, playing ball and taking a walk with their love ones. Mercedes could actually see herself living in a city like New York one day.

"Isn't this place beautiful?" Mercedes said.

"Yes but not as beautiful as you." Sam smiled at her. He paused for a bit then continued, "I love you, Mercy... God, it's good to get that out of my chest."

"I love you too, Sammy." She truly did love him; she knew that she had loved him for a while now but not being able to say it felt like her feelings were being stifled. Ever since they had said those three precious words she somehow felt freer.

"You know, I've wanted to say that for a while now but I was afraid that I might scare you away." Sam admitted.

"I feel the same way. I didn't want you to think that I'm one of those girls who gets clingy and goes all psycho on you if you don't return my feelings. So I just didn't say anything."

They both laughed at her remark, and then Sam said, "You know, you still owe me a kiss…"

"I do, huh…" Mercedes leaned in and kissed him. She was addicted to her boyfriend's lips; it was like his lips we made for her. She loved the way it felt against hers; they were pillow soft and almost always taste like vanilla. Must be from the chapstick he puts on. Mercedes giggled at the thought.

Sam pulled away and frowned. "What's so funny?"

Mercedes giggled some more and said, "I was just thinking about you applying chapstick."

"Are you mocking my chapstick moisturized lips?" Sam asked as he inched closer to her.

"No, Sam. I just like the way they taste, your lips always taste like vanilla. Delicious." Mercedes replied as she licked her lips.

"Well, since they taste so good, why don't you come back here and kiss them some more?" Sam leered at her and crushed his lips on to hers.

The kiss was passionate; Sam was moving his hands all over her which was not helping her sanity. Truth be told, Mercedes had been thinking about taking the next step with Sam but she was too afraid to say anything.

Maybe he'll let me know when he's ready...

Aside from losing Nationals, Sam had a pretty good trip in New York. He had finally told Mercedes that he loved her and she had returned the sentiment. Sam couldn't be happier with what had happened. Sure, they had lost Nationals but they always had next year to redeem themselves and even if they lost again, he wouldn't care as long as he had his girl by his side. He broke from his thoughts smiling down at Mercedes who was currently busy searching for her cell phone in her sling bag.

The New Directions members were now at the arrival hall of the Lima airport, waiting for their parents to pick them up. Sam saw that his and Mercedes' parents were standing together chatting while waiting for their arrival. Mercedes quickly grabbed his hand and led him towards their parents.

"Mom, dad, I've missed you both." Mercedes said excitedly to her parents.

"Oh, Mercy… I've missed you." Andrea Jones hugged Mercedes tightly as she said this. Adam Jones followed adding a kiss to her cheeks along with the hug.

He then turned to Sam and said, "How are you Sam?"

"Very good, sir." Sam was now a lot closer to Mercedes' parents but he was still afraid of Adam. The man was intimidating and Sam suspected that Adam would carry out his threat of pulling out all of his teeth, if Sam were to act inappropriately with Mercedes.

After exchanging pleasantries with Mercedes' parents he greeted his own. He was really glad to be home, New York was great but he had missed his parents and siblings while he was gone; he was also glad to finally be home. He was disappointed that his siblings couldn't come to greet him; it was late so they were at home with the babysitter. They all chatted for a little while longer before leaving the airport.

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Two weeks after coming home from New York, Mercedes informed Sam that her parents were going on a three day trip to the Bahamas for their twentieth anniversary; she wanted Sam to stay the night at her place saying that she didn't want to be alone.

So there he was standing in front of her front door waiting for her to greet him. Mercedes opened the door and said, "Hi, baby. Come in." She gave him a quick kiss and closed the door.

"So I was thinking we could watch a few movies and maybe order a pizza later for dinner." Mercedes suggested.

"Sounds good to me…" Sam replied as he sat his overnight bag by the edge of the sofa on the floor.

They sat down, snuggled up and watched 'What's Your Number'. Sam hated watching romantic comedies but Mercedes would always watch an action movie with him so he didn't have the heart to say no when she put the movie on.

He was starting to doze off but Mercedes jolted him out of his drowsiness when she said, "Sam, I think I'm ready. I want you to be my first."

Sam felt his heart beat a mile a minute at her request. He had always dreamed of doing it with Mercedes, he was a teenage boy after all but he was nervous because this would also be his first time. What if I screwed up? What if I can't satisfy her? The thoughts running through his mind scared him. What do I do now?

They were both snuggling up on the couch watching the romantic comedy that she had put on when Mercedes turned and said, "Sam, I think I'm ready. I want you to be my first."

"Are you sure?" Sam asked, looking at her making sure that she really wanted it to happen.

"Yes… I love you and I've been thinking about it ever since that night at Santana's party." Mercedes glanced down at her hands not wanting Sam to see how nervous she truly was.

Sam cleared his throat and said, "Mercy… This will be my first time too, so I want you to tell me if I'm hurting you. God, I'm scared I'm going to screw this up and hurt you…" He pulled the ends of his hair showing his anxiousness.

Mercedes stopped him by lifting his chin and giving him a kiss, to reassure him that he could never intentionally hurt her. What started out as chaste slowly turned steaming hot.

Mercedes drew back from the kiss, took Sam's hand and said, "Let's go up to my room."

They walked up to her room in silence with Mercedes leading the way, once inside she closed her bedroom door and gently pushed Sam onto her bed.

Mercedes knew that Sam was too nervous to make the first move, so she straddled his lap and started kissing his neck softly.

Sam tugged on her shirt as a sign for her to lift her arms up, she did as he asked and in one swift motion she was half exposed. Mercedes ran her hand under Sam's shirt feeling his rock hard abs; she then started to unbutton his shirt. When his shirt was out of the way, she peppered soft kisses on to his torso which elicited a small moan from him.

She didn't know how it happened but in the next minute they were both naked with their bodies entangled. Sam then put his hand on her bare chest, looked at her lovingly and said, "You are so beautiful."

His tender phrase made her heart swell with elation, tears forming in her eyes; she kissed him before her emotions could overwhelm her.

"Tell me if I'm doing anything that is making you uncomfortable." Sam whispered in her ear.

Mercedes nodded as a sign of acknowledgement. Sam laid her down, and placed his hand onto her core, rubbing her. "Oh…" Mercedes moaned she had never felt such a sensation before; it was like a burning flame was travelling throughout her body.

Sam grabbed his wallet, took out the prophylactic and placed it appropriately. When he was ready, he moved in between her legs and slowly entered her. Mercedes clenched her teeth at the action; Sam seeing her discomfort, asked "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, just give me a minute." She said as she took in the much needed breath.

When she was ready, she signaled him to start moving again. It was still a little painful but as they moved the pain slowly turned to pleasure. She felt her center tingle, Sam touched her core again helping her find release and before she knew it, her body shook and stars erupted across her vision. It was the most intense sensation she had ever felt. Sam's release followed not too long after that.

After catching their breath, Sam said. "I love you, Mercy." He then kissed her gently on the lips.

"I love you too, Sam. Thank you for being my first." Mercedes professed as she snuggled onto him.

They stayed in that position, until they both fell asleep.

So what did you guys think? Did you love it or hate it? Sorry if you were not satisfied with the love scene. This was my first attempt and I wanted to keep it PG. Also, I always believed that less is more.

Another thing, I'm pretty sure that Lima, OH doesn't have an airport but this is fiction, so just go with it.

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