Here is the next chapter! So this one came out longer than I thought it would, but I couldn't stop writing. Little instances just started to spill out my head an I just had to write them. So this is in a "I remember..." form of writing in the POV of Sam. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee.

Chapter 3: 30 Cents

I Remember...

I remember when I first arrived in Lima, Ohio with my family. I had no clue what to expect; A new town, my dad's new job, and a whole new life for me to start.

I remember when I first stepped foot into William McKinley High School. It was the first time I had been to a co-ed school let alone a public one. I was use to all boys schools and not having to impress girls.

I remember when I first saw them singing. The McKinley High New Directions were singing my summer anthem. They looked flawless, but then the rumor of them "being lower than the low" helped me make my mind up. I wanted to be someone new and different. I didn't want to be some dork.

I remember when I first kissed her. Quinn Fabray was the perfect model of what kind of girl a Quarter Back should have on his arm. Blond hair, blue eyes, skinny body, head cheerleader, you know the works. It felt surreal when we started to date. I tried to be the perfect guy for her, but my inner dork came out. I blamed going to an all boys' school for so long and the creation of Avatar.

I remember when I first officially meet Mercedes Jones. She wore her confidence like it was Superman's cape. Her voice was powerful and she had an attitude to fit a queen. Mike, my new friend at the school besides Quinn, told me, however, that Mercedes was one of the nicest people he has ever known.

I remember when we performed Rocky Horror for Glee club. I was assigned Rocky, the creation. When Mike's parents forbid him from performing as Dr. Frank-n-Furt and also in the show period, then I started to wonder who will play the doctor. Mike and I joked a lot before we started practicing about how I was "made" for him. However when Mercedes stepped up as the doctor and performed Sweet Transvestite, I nearly doubled over. Who was this girl?

I remember when Quinn called me a dork to my face. Not in a nice way and not directly either. She said, "Impressions are cute in private, but if we are to become Prom King and Queen, you need to change those habits." Meaning, I could never be myself.

I remember when Quinn broke my heart. It was after Valentines and I quickly started to date Santana. Quinn cheated on me with Finn, another football player and the guy who took my position of Quarter Back. I gave Quinn everything. I gave her my heart and promises of the future. But she stumped all over them like Lucy did with the grapes trying to make wine. I was lost until Santana showed up. I was then back with a hot cheerleader on my side and the title of football player still in tacked.

I remember when my family became poor. My mother cried, my father isolated himself often, and my siblings were always confused. We moved from our comfortable house to a small-crowed motel room by the high way.

I remember when my heart was broken a second time. I wasn't sad about. Upset? Yes, but not sad. Santana had decided suddenly that she would start dating Dave Karofsky, a football player who bullied Kurt, a fellow Glee club member, into changing school because he was gay. Personally, if broke up with me to be with anyone, I would have it be Britney.

I remember when Mike invited me to his house and Mercedes was there. I never really talked to her outside of Glee Club and even then we never really talked. Mike was having a couple of his buddies over for his Birthday. He didn't want to invite all of the Glee Club so that he could have a drama free birthday. Tina, of course, was there, along with Puck who brought Lauren; Artie showed up even though he use to date Tina, the two guys became close friends over the year; a guy name Matt who use to attend McKinley and who was also in Glee Club last year; a few family friends; and then Mercedes. I asked Mike how him and Mercedes were close and he had said that Mercedes and him were both in the same SAT prep class and they just became close through that and through Tina, her friend. That night, I hung out with her and Artie, in which I found out how nice and awesome Mike said she was. She also had a smile that made me smile more like a dork each time I saw it. I could tell that Artie had a small crush on her, but who didn't?

I remember when Quinn and Kurt started helping my family and I. Kurt caught me delivering pizzas and Quinn found out through the church we both attend. She asked if she could baby-sit so that I could work and so my parents could find work, and Kurt brought over tons of clothes for me and sometimes even my dad.

I remember when my heart broke a third time. Most of the New Directions thought I was seeing both Quinn and Kurt behind their boyfriend's backs. Mercedes being one of the accusers, made me even more upset. Told them my secret; I told them all how my family was poor. I watched as they all stared at me as I told them how I sold my guitar so that I could put some sort of food on the table. And then I ran.

I remember when I started to question what love was.

I remember when I got my guitar back. It was bittersweet and I didn't want Finn or Rachel's help. But they kept saying that we were "family" and "family" sticks together. If we were a "family" how come we always hurt each other?

I remember when I went to Prom. I was suppose to go with both Mercedes and Rachel as a budget date, but then when Jessie St. James, Rachel's old fling, showed up Mercedes and I were left to be together. Not like that was a problem. It was one of the reasons I agreed to go on this budget date since I really wanted to go with Mercedes. I had a crush on her since Mike's party and I couldn't stop thinking about her. But when Prom happened everything changed.

I remember when I asked her to dance. She was so beautiful and I wasn't about to pass up a chance to dance with her. We danced to a slow song first and then when a fast one came on, we started dancing like to crazy people. I broke out with my sad excuse of dance moves. She laughed and then broke out into the robot.

I remember when Prom ended. Rachel had left without Mercedes and I, upset with how Jessie and Finn fought over her. I wanted to punch Finn for hurting Quinn but I felt that both deserved what happened.

"Poor Quinn." I heard Mercedes say when I walked her back home. I insisted in her wearing my jacket and she accepted.

"Why do you feel bad for her?" I asked.

"The girl has been through so much since last school year with the baby and then her father leaving her, that of course she would go crazy like this. I sorry you were included in the mess."

"No it's no problem. I learned a lesson. Plus if I never dated her then tonight wouldn't have happened."

"Whatcha talkin' about Sam?" she said in her best Gary Colman voice. We both laughed a little bit.

"I'm saying that we would have never met. If I never joined Glee Club, then I would have never had this wonderful night with such a wonderful girl."

I remember when she kissed me. Even though it was on the cheek and it was a "friendly thank you" kiss on the cheek, it was still a kiss. And it had me dreaming about her for days.

I remember when I started to flirt with her. It was a mess, but I could tell that she loved my James Earl Jones impressions.

I remember New York and how I took her on our first date. When everyone was stuck on writing songs and people started to separate into smaller groups, I texted her to see if she wanted to go grab some coffee. She said yes and I almost screamed like my little sister would. It started out awkward, but then it ended off with me kissing her. I tasted her strawberry lip gloss on my lips and even tasted a hint of mint from her coffee. I swore that mint would always be my favorite coffee flavor.

I remember when she held my hand for the first time. We were walking back from our date and she grabbed my hand to lead me to the park.

I remember the first time I ate white chocolate. We were still in New York and there was a note by the door the day of Nationals. The note said, "To Thor: Thanks for the coffee. Let's try it again when we get back. I would love to learn more about how Spiderman and got together with Mary Jane. ~Storm" Under the note was a bar of Hersey's white chocolate. I swore on that day to lay off the Doritos for now on.

I remember our second date. We went to the Lima Bean and saw Kurt and his boyfriend Blaine. We were able to lie to them but once we got to the counter to order our coffee, I took her hand and smiled. I had never, at that moment, felt so happy to be with a girl before. Out of all the girls I dated, she was the one I felt something more for.

I remember when I asked her to be my girlfriend. It was a few days before our first final and Mercedes came over to both study with me and watch over Stacy and Stevie. Stevie, before Mercedes came over, had told me that if I didn't ask Mercedes out, then he would. So while they were taking a nap, I gave Mercedes a purple ring pop and asked her if she wanted to be my girlfriend. Her response was a small peck on the lips, which almost turned into a heavy make-out session thanks to me and my hormones.

I remember when we decided to keep our relationship "our little secret".

I remember every kiss we shared. There was one when we went to the park. We shared another one right after finals in her car. And I will never forget the one when I kissed her at the end of Finding Neverland; Secretly her favorite movie.

I remember when she taught me how to dance. It started out with simple moves. But then it got hot and sexy with the intense grinding we started doing that was caused by her iPod. That left me running to a cold shower when she left my place.

I remember when we almost went all the way. She told me she was ready, but I didn't want to have our first time to be in a small motel room where my family slept. I wanted to spoil her even though she told me not to. But I did. I wanted her first time to be the best Cinderella moment she ever had and more. I watched as she cried into my arms. She asked me why I was with her and I told her that her heart was the reason why.

I remember when she called herself ugly. I wanted to hurt the person who told her that. Mercedes Jones was nowhere ugly. She said she was too dark for me, and I responded with kissing every inch of her face going down to her ear and then her neck and lower towards her shoulder. She told me she was too fat for me, and I responded by squeezing her sides, loving every inch of her beautiful curves. I then slowly moved my hand up her side and her beautiful breast, which she had to know I was crazy about by now. She then told me that she was a nerd and that a jock like me would never be with a girl like her. I responded by telling her I loved her in Na'vi.

I remember when I watched all the Indiana Jones movies with her. She had never seen them. After watching all of them I asked her how she liked them and she hit me on the head saying, "How could I know what happened when you were kissing me the whole time?" I told her, "The rules of the Indiana Jones game is to kiss your girlfriend every time Dr. Jones talks about history or runs away from something." She started laughing at me and told me that we were going to watch Harry Potter next time and that we would be watching it with Stacy and Stevie. Like that would stop me from kissing her.

I remember when my heart broke again. It was the first week of July and my dad got a job in Kentucky. We were to move right away and I started to panic. Not just three days ago did Mercedes indirectly tell me that she loved me. And now I was leaving her. I escaped to her house about an hour after my dad told me what was happening. I told her the situation and she started to cry.

I remember not remembering. I was lost on the car ride up to Kentucky. All I could think about was Mercedes' tears. How the watery liquid started to stain her perfect brown face. How I blanked out entirely when we both agreed that it was for the best we broke up. After that I found myself already four weeks into the new school year without Mercedes. I had missed almost two months of my life. Whatever happened during that time, I will never remember.

I remember when I go the job at the strip club. I lied about my age so that I could have extra cash for Stacy and Stevie. The Dairy Queen wasn't paying much, but this gave me a chance to not only make money, but forget. When the owner asked what my stage name would be, I thought about Mercedes and said, "White Chocolate".

I remember when I found out I was madly in love with Mercedes Jones. Rachel and Finn somehow found me at the strip club and asked me to come back to Lima. They were short Glee Club members due to the fact Mercedes, Santana, and Britney left to be with a rival show choir at the school and also since Rachel was suspended from school. My parents asked me if me moving back to Lima would make me happy and I said yes. My heart was still there on Mercedes' doorstep. It was still beating madly for her. It was there waiting for the two of us to be together again. On the way back to Lima, after my parents gave me the okay, I found out, through Rachel's gossiping, that Mercedes now had a boyfriend who she had been dating since August and he was "as big as a bulldozer and built like one too". But that didn't matter to me. I was ready.

I remember when I first saw her again. I walked into the school and was first approached by Quinn telling me that since Mercedes had a boyfriend, that we should get back together. I told her no and telling her that she had "Rich White Girl Problems" and that she needed to hold onto sixteen. I walked away to head to the office to fill some forms out and that's when I saw her. She was as beautiful as ever and her smile made my heart warm up. I smiled as she walked out the office and down the hall with a petit blond girl in toll. I was definitely in love with her. Later that day, I told her that I would fight for her. Just like her second favorite Disney movie Mulan, she was most certainly a girl worth fighting for.

And here I was now. School about to start back up after the New Year with a few plans to win her heart back on my list. Because once she is back in my arms, I know that my heart will find me again. Because she is my heart and I will never lose her again.