Still In My Head

Through all the hook ups and what not's I wondered who checked up on . That has to be another reason we did not see Mercedes on the "I Do" episode. The Mercedes I know would check up on her heartbroken teacher. They just forget to show us that scene!

LudaNeet

Mercedes watched Mr. Schue and his Gigantic-me sitting quietly still at the alter as if any second Ms. Pillsbury would show up in her wedding dress ready to exchange vows. The sad part was Mercedes could see history repeating itself with Finn going through the same thing with Rachel. Finn couldn't have been more like Mr. Schue if he had raised him his self. They both were good men who loved difficult women. Mr. Schue could try to convince himself he didn't love difficult women if he wanted to but his ex-wife faked a pregnancy, she was mental. Ms. Emma was great but she had a couple issues.

"Finn, , "Mercedes made her presents known.

"Hey Cedes." Finn said. Mr. Schue nodded a greeting.

"Finn, if you wanted to get something to eat or drink. I will sit with for a minute, if that's okay with you, ?" Mercedes offered.

"You both should go enjoy yourself. I mean I know you guys would rather play catch up with classmates then sit here with me." Mr. Schue studied his gorgeous black shined shoes. He had hoped to share a laugh with Emma on how he had made sure his shoes were perfect for her.

"I'm not leaving you alone by yourself, ." Finn declared.

"I actually agree with Hudson that's why I'm going to sit here with you while I give Finn a break." Mercedes smiled at her former teacher.

"I don't have a choice do I?" Mr. Schue sighed.

"Neither of you have a choice, Finn bye, I gots this." Mercedes took charge.

"Finn, go talk to Rachel tell her how you feel." Mr. Schue picked off imaginary lint off his suit. He had spent an extra hour making sure his suit had nothing on it last night.

"I will be back in thirty minutes," Finn promised. Finn gave Mr. Schue a half hug before walking out of the room.

"How is the Sunny state treating you?" Mr. Schue asked? "How is Puck as a roommate, when he's not here?"

"I'm glad I have Puck as a roommate, he makes me a little less homesick. I really like California though." Mercedes allowed Mr. Schue make small talk.

"I hope you know that I'm very proud of you. I wish I could take credit of helping you getting to that point but it was Evans. I'm sorry Mercedes; I wish I had been a better teacher."

"Mr. Schue, you were, you are a great teacher. Evans would have never posted that video if you hadn't challenged me to think of what I wanted my future to be. I'm thankful to you for always challenging me." Mercedes hugged Mr. Schue.

"Are you sure I was a good teacher?"

"Yes, you are a great teacher. I mean your intentions were always good, things may have not turned out the way you intended but your intentions were always good, I respect that."

"If I was such a great teacher why did I lose you to the Trouble Tones'?"

"We were both wrong to a certain extent. I am glad I got a chance to be part of the Tones' I don't think I would have been able to grow as an artist without them. I could have tried to discuss things privately with you instead of walking away. The thing is Mr. Schue, is you let your favoritism show. It's no secret Rachel and Finn were your favorite. I could live with that. I didn't need or want to be any teacher's favorite. I am my daddy's baby girl. What frustrated me was how you bent for Rachel every time. The best thing that happened to New Direction is when Rachel got disqualified, Gave you time to discover that you had more than one student. You treated me as a gimmick. My voice was and is worth more than what you used it for. Another thing Mr. Schue the Glee club was suppose to be where we were able to be ourselves without fear, you kinda of let Santana take over sometimes. Do you really think Santana could have got away with singing "Trouty Mouth" in front of any other teacher? She shouldn't have been able to get past the second verse." Mercedes covered her mouth, "I'm sorry. We should talk about something else."

"No, I asked you because I knew you would be honest with me. But maybe you were sensitive about the "Trouty song" because you were close to Evans." Mr. Schue suggested.

"It doesn't matter if she was singing about Rachel's nose, Artie's chair or my weight, wrong is wrong. Your job was to correct her behavior. Mr. Schue a word of advice remember you have more than one student in the Glee club." Mercedes advised.

"Thanks Mercedes, I really am proud of you! I know I never said it enough or acted like I didn't appreciate your talent. Ms. Mercedes Jones you are a very talented artist and I know I will be buying your CDs' in no time. I am already a fan of yours, Thanks for gracing our club with your voice." Mr. Schue hugged her.

"Thanks."

"The reason I ask about what kind of teacher I am is because maybe I could figure out what I did wrong with Emma." Mr. Schue said.

"I don't think it's nothing you did personally Ms. Pillsbury is special." Mercedes pointed out.

"Yea, so what reality show are you watching?" Mr. Schue switched conversations.

"I really don't have time to watch a lot of TV. I do watch Scandal though." Mercedes allowed him to make small chit chat.

"Oh, I watch American Idol. I don't know if I could be that brave going on stage in front of million duking it out musically. I don't know why because that's what we do at Regionals, huh?" Mr. Schue appeared to be deep in thought.

"I could see you auditioning for American Idol, I would vote for you. If you want to audition next year Kurt can be your designer. The whole club could be your coaches." Mercedes smiled.

"Think I will pass," Mr. Schue paused, "I tried to be patient with Emma assure her I love her, I would always be by her side. What did I do wrong? Did I not prove to her how much I love her, what else could I have done to prove how much I loved her? Why would she leave me at the alter?"

"Ms. Pillsbury is a wonderful, special sweet woman but she is complicated, you knew that from the beginning. Ms. Pillsbury is the type that needs to be reassured that everything is okay constantly. Change is hard for her she really does love you. She was able to step outside her comfort box on multiple occasions with you. You have to remind her you love her on the regular" Mercedes said.

"Until when?" Mr. Schue

"Until you no longer feel like she's worth it anymore," Mercedes replied.

"Do you think I will get a second chance to prove it to her?"

"She will be back."

Mr. Schuster and Mercedes fell into a comfortable silence, gnawing over the day in generally.

Mr. Schue was the reason I started to watch Glee! I just thought it was time for him and Mercedes need to clear the air.

Love Ya, LudaNeet