Mercedes felt her heart sink at Finn's words. Sam had a girlfriend and she just had sex with him. She glanced at Sam and saw the guilty look on his face. She glanced back at Finn and noticed the confused expression on his face.
"Did i say something wrong?"
Mercedes scoffed. "No, you didn't Finn. I am just tired I think I am going to get some sleep."
She smiled slightly at Finn then cut her eyes at Sam as she brushed past him. Sam hurried behind her grabbing her arm.
"Mercedes its not like that."
Mercedes yanked her arm away from Sam angrily. "Do you have a girlfriend Sam?"
Sam backed away from her slightly and looked to the ground. "Its complicated."
"Well consider me no longer a complication. You lied to me. Used me just for sex. Giving me that "I never do this" bull. Don't look at me, don't talk to me just leave me the hell alone."
Sam moved towards her but Mercedes slapped him away. She turned away and ran to her room slamming the door behind her.
Confessional:
Mercedes: Ok so I know I know I look like a fool I mean dancing and kissing a guy with a girl, but I didn't know. I really thought he liked me but all guys are the same. They use you for what they want. I came here for a reason and being screwed over by Sam is not one of them.
Producer: So what exactly happened between you and Sam?
Mercedes: Nothing. We danced and made out. That was it and that is all that I am saying on this subject. I am going to bed.
Confessional:
Producer: So Mercedes said all you guys did was dance and make out.
Sam: That is all we did. I hurt her I know and I know I need to be focused on the show but if I don't make this right. My next few months are gonna be hell.
Producer: Why didn't you tell her you had a girl?
Sam: Because Marley and I are together but we aren't. We agreed to not be exclusive while I was here.
Producer: So why not just tell Mercedes that?
Sam: She is a beautiful, amazing woman who can have whoever she wants. if I told her she wouldn't have given me the time of day. It was a risk that backfired on me. I just want to go back.
Confessional: Puck, Santana, Quinn, Mike and Artie
Puck: I don't know what happened but I do know they had sex.
Quinn: You can't know that for sure.
Santana: Quinn you saw the way they were bumping and grinding all on that dance floor. They had sex I just can't tell if it was good or not.
Artie: Do we have to talk about this?
Puck: No one invited you in here you just showed up so yes if you are here you have to.
Mike: Ok so even if they did or did not have sex, why the anger I mean i heard that door slam and I saw Sam's face. How did it go from hot and heavy to sleep with one eye open?
Puck: Cause Finn said that Sam has a girlfriend back home and she is coming here.
Santana: That lying bastard no wonder she is hurt she done gave up the goodies and he has a girl.
Quinn: Again we don't know that they had sex.
Puck and Santana: Oh they had sex
Mercedes sighed heavily as she tried on another outfit. She and the girls were asked to host a VIP pool party and they had spent the last hours trying to find the perfect outfits. As a part of their trying to get their career's started, they also needed to get their profiles up. Make people take notice of who they were and what they were about.
Coming out of the dressing room, Santana twirled around in a skimpy red two piece and a sarong.
"Ok so we have spent the last few hours dodging this convo but what the hell happened between you and big lips mcgee?"
Mercedes sighed checking herself out in the mirror, she was wearing an all purple two piece with a skirt that clung to her hips.
"Nothing happened. He has a girlfriend."
"Uh huh you can lie if you want too but I heard some moaning going on when I came to the room. I figured you guys were going to be a while so I just headed back to the pool."
"FIne we made out but like I said none of that matters. He lied to me and used me to get something he wanted. I just I can't see myself falling for a guy like that."
Quinn walked out in her baby blue two piece. "I think its a little late for that. You seem to have already fallen or you wouldn't be so hurt."
"I am hurt because he lead me on I am hurt because I was lied too and I am hurt because honestly he made me look like a fool."
Mercedes walked into the dressing room and got dressed. She sighed leaning against the mirror. It had only been a few days but she could still feel Sam's lips against her skin. Still feel his her eyes she frowned heavily. She had to get him out of her mind.
Sam had tried to talk to Mercedes but it was a no go, she made a point to continue to ignore him. It had been a week and he really missed talking to her. He sat in the waiting area, waiting for Finn to return from his audition. Sam had turned his designs into a studio and was waiting to hear back so he and Finn were going to support each other on their goals. He was also worried because despite his best efforts, not only was Marley coming up to see him, she was bringing Sam's cousin Chord with him. Not that Sam hated the thought, he and Chord were thick as thieves growing up. Though they only saw each other in the summer, until he moved closer, they were like brothers. So Sam hoped Chord could help him with his Marley and Mercedes situation.
Finn walked out with a wide grin and Sam stood.
"You got the role?"
"I did, they said I was exactly what they were looking for."
"That is awesome. We should get the house to celebrate. I mean if we had to celebrate Rachel getting a role on General Hospital we can celebrate you getting a role in a movie."
"Well hopefully the whole house will come. Ever since you pissed Mercedes off, the girls haven't really been receptive to us."
"Its my fault I know and I tried to fix it but I don't know how. She won't talk to me. She thinks I am scum."
"Dude you came onto her with a girlfriend. And your girl is coming here in what a day? Yeah its your fault."
Sam walked towards the car and sighed. "Well are we going to this pool party the girls are hosting?"
Finn got into the car and nodded. "Santana said we had to be there. You know man candy and all that. We are to hand out drinks and basically well in Santana's words...be their bitches for the night."
"Well maybe I can get her to talk to me there."
Finn sighed as they made their way back to the house. They pulled up just as Mike and Puck were helping the girls with their bags. Mike grabbed two and sighed.
"I will never understand why you girls had to get so much. I mean its just a pool party so that would mean what? A swim suit and shoes?"
Quinn rolled her eyes. "Look we create looks and in order to be noticed and talked about the looks we create have to be worth looking at."
Puck held up his bags. "So all this is for tomorrow?"
Santana smirked. "Some of it is." As they walked into the house Sam walked over to Mercedes.
"Can we please talk. Please?"
"Sam what do we need to talk about?"
"Please? We are living in a house together and things shouldn't be stressed like that, we shouldn't be causing a rift either."
Mercedes sighed nodding. "Fine."
She lead him to the confessional and folded her arms leaning against the wall.
"Okay, talk."
Sam licked his lips sighing. "Look I know that I shouldn't have lied to you but I didn't think you would give me a chance if you knew."
"Knew what that you had a girl back home?"
"Knew that we were not exclusive. That she didn't want us to break up but she didn't want to hold me back either. So we agreed that we would still be together but be free to see other people."
Mercedes laughed. "Yeah well I would have more respect for you if you were honest with me but you weren't, you lied to me and now I have to deal with the fact that I made a fool out of myself."
Sam looked up at her. "What?"
"I am mad at you Sam, because I made a fool out of myself and on TV at that. I saw you and even though I came here knowing I was going to focus on my music and getting my name out there I still allowed myself to be pulled in because you reminded me of someone I knew a while ago. Someone who just up and left me but I was very much in love with. And i let that plus your charm fool me into believing that there really was something here. Something between us."
"Mercedes what we shared."
"Was a passing thing. I get not wanting to stress over this, not wanting to cause a rift in the house and you are right. We are living together so we need to get along. You were not the only one in this. I didn't ask if you were single and I kissed you back. What happened is on both of us and now we just have to move on from it."
Mercedes walked to the door but Sam beat her to it. He turned her around and placed his hand over her cheek.
"Mercedes I don't want to stop getting to know you, I don't want to walk around pretending."
"No one is pretending Sam. You don't even know me and I sure as hell don't know you. And maybe that is why this is so bad for me, because I let my guard down for once in my life and it backfired. I need to get back to worrying about this VIP pool party for tomorrow and starting my new demo tape, and you, well your girlfriend is on her way so I say you need to start worrying about that."
Mercedes pulled away from him opening the door and walking out the room. Sam started after her but Puck stopped him along the way.
"Hey dude your girl is here."
"What?"
"Brunette, looks a little too innocent for my taste, very pretty though, that's your girl well she and some guy who could pass as your twin are at the door waiting for you."
Sam took one last look off to where Mercedes walked and then followed Puck down the stairs. Marely smiled running to him and hugging him as Sam tried to seem excited to see her and Chord.
"What are you guys doing here? You weren't supposed to be coming in until tomorrow?"
Chord walked up to Sam and hugged him. "They offered us an earlier flight, and we wanted to surprise you, hey man are you okay?"
"Yeah I am fine I am just surprised that's all. Well come on in and I can give you guys the tour."
Sam grabbed Marley's bag as he started showing them around. He wanted to be a good host so he placed his feelings about the Mercedes issue on the back burner. Maybe while they were here, his cousin could tell him what to do, because he was not sure how to handle living with her.
Santana lay across Mercedes lap as they went over the plans for the pool party. Quinn glanced towards where the voices were coming from and smiled a small smile.
"I am telling you Mercy, she has nothing on you. I mean she is cute but definitely not as hot as you are."
"I don't care Quinn."
"Oh good Lord there are two of them."
Santana jumped up walking over to where Quinn was standing. "Two of who?"
"Two of Sam. His cousin looks almost identical to him. How bizarre is that?"
Santana glanced in their direction and shook her head. "That's a damn shame, two guys with mouths that huge. Can you imagine how much chapstick they go through a year?"
Mercedes rolled her eyes looking back down to the plans.
"Ok, anyways I think the last thing we have to do is get the list of songs from the DJ."
Santana turned towards her. "Oh production called and they want you and Rachel to sing tomorrow too."
"Wait waht?"
"Yeha i meant to tell you earlier but you were locked away in the confessional with trouty mouth over there."
"Whatever, you sure they want Rachel to sing? You know she refuses to do anything that wasn't on broadway right?"
"Hey them is the orders so you both have to comply."
Quinn jumped pulling Santana back to their chairs.
"Girl sit down they are coming in here."
Grabbing papers from the table Quinn and Santana busied themselves with the papers on the table.
Sam cleared his throat glancing over to Mercedes who wouldn't make eye contact with him.
"Marley, Chord this is our Media room and three more of my roommates. That is Quinn, Santana and Mercedes."
Mercedes rolled her eyes before glancing up with a smile. She nodded towards Marley but her eyes stopped on Chord. Her face mirrored one of confusion and she placed the file down that was in her hand. She had to be seeing things because there was no way she was face to face with the one guy who was both her first love and first heartbreak. Chord moved closer shocked himself to see Mercedes sitting right there in front of him.
"MJ?"
Hearing his nickname for her was all the confirmation she needed. It was indeed him, Sam's cousin was Chord and Chord was Sam's cousin and she was now officially in hell. She stood slowly from her seat as emotions ran through her. She wasn't sure what she really wanted to do. Hit him, kiss him. Kick them both. Chord moved over to her and Sam stood watching the interaction.
"Wait do you two know each other."
Chord smiled. "You can say that."
Mercedes watched him smile and that was all she could take. First Sam and now this...she moved slowly towards them both and got a sick feeling him her stomach. Chord reached out to her and she did the only logical thing she could think of. She punched him in the face. Shoving Sam out of her way she walked out the room angrily. She really needed to get out of that house...now