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50 Cents: The Future

She was in the library when she got a call from Shane, her ex boyfriend.

"Well this is unusual."

"I want to apologize for what happened and try to work things out with you."

"Shane, we have been broken up for almost a month now, and what you did and said is something I will never forget."

"Babe what about our future? I know what I did was wrong and that I mainly broke up with you, but you were in the wrong too and I forgive you for that."

"Shane you really hurt me. You basically called me a cheater in front of the whole school!" Mercedes heard a couple of people telling her to quiet down. She grabbed all of her things and walked out the library to the parking lot to talk to her ex.

"I never called you a cheater." He said when she answered the phone again.

"Shane there is no way I am talking to you about this right now. You broke up with me."

"Yeah but I thought it would give you some time to realize how much you really miss me. It worked for the twig, why not me?"

"So let me get this straight, you think that the reason why I still have feelings for Sam even when we were dating was because he was out of my life for a period of time? And you thought you could do the same?"

"Because it worked babe!"

"Stop calling me 'babe'. I am no ones 'babe' as far as I know. "

"But we had plans Mercedes. Huge plans that would benefit the both of us."

"Shane-"

"You wanted a chance in the spotlight. A chance to get a record out and win all the Grammys you could get. You wanted a chance to have a family and you would have had all of that if you were with me. Once I get into the NFL, you can do whatever your heart desires since I will be able to support you. I can get the connections for you and make sure that you will get those Grammys babe. It's all in the plan I got, and I can't do it without you."

"Those are your plans Shane, not mine. I don't want to go to Ohio State."

"Look, you have to apply there so that we can be together!"

Mercedes didn't realize that she was on the floor crying until she felt tear drops stain her knee. She knew that if she just stayed with Shane, she would have a great planned out future. But would she be happy? She knew, deep down that this was not what she wanted, but it was safe plan to lean on right?

"Mercedes, where are you? Let's meet up so that we can get back together officially and then we can talk about your app to Ohio State."

"No I don't want to." She said sobbing between her words.

"Look, you know this is the best for you. You know that this is what you want."

"NO."

"Damn it Mercedes we are getting back together and that is final. I have waited for you and now I have waited long enough. Where the fuck are you?"

Mercedes' sobs got louder when he demanded that she tell him where she was. Suddenly, her phone was taken away from her and a deep voice she knew instantly as Sam's answered the phone.

"Hello who is this...Oh it's you…I'm not at liberty to answer you…No I will not put her back on the phone…Well why would I? She is sitting her crying! What the hell did you say to her? Oh yeah that's a laugh…Me getting in-between your future with her? Seriously? That's another laugh…No I'm serious…Look obviously, you don't get the picture, so let me break it down for you: You and Mercedes are not getting back together… I may not be her boyfriend, but I am her friend. And as her friend….Do not interrupt me….well obviously you won't listen to me so how about I do this: I will call Mr. Jones and tell him what you have been saying to his girl and he will kick your ass all the way to Alaska…You don't want that? Well that's too bad since I just sent a text to him. Later."

Sam ended the call and sat down next to Mercedes. She watched him as he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her into a soft hug, where she cried even more. They sat there, missing lunch and most of their seventh period class so that she could just everything out. Mercedes was tired, grumpy, and beyond pissed. And she felt bad for using Sam at the moment too. Here he was, comforting her about a boy she dated while he himself still had known feelings for her.

"I'm sorry Sam. This is not fair for you." She finally said after an hour straight of crying.

"We are friends Cedes. I'm here as a friend right now. When I saw you in tears walking past me in the hallway, I had to follow you to make sure you were okay. No matter if we are together or not, I always hate seeing you with tears."

"What do I do Sam? He has offered me a lifetime with him, basically telling me that I have a complete and planned out life with him, that I will be able to fulfill my dreams with his help. But I don't want to do it. I know that I won't be happy with him in the picture; I will never become what I want to be. I will only be in his shadow." She started to cry more and Sam just started to rub her back to try and calm her down a little. "I know all of this because I still have feelings for you! Out of all the talks with Shane about my future, all I could think about was some crazy fantasy of a future with you. I tried to picture Shane and mine's "coco babies" but all I could see was little brown, curly hair children with the most beautiful green eyes I have ever seen. I don't see me in the football stands every Monday, I saw me at your movie premier of your latest comic book. I saw us singing loudly in the car while traveling across country. I just saw us all that time. Is that bad Sam? Does that make me a bad person?"

"No," Sam said hugging her tightly. "That just makes you human." They sat there for a little while longer until Sam realized they had missed the beginning of their eighth period class. He stood up and grabbed Mercedes hand and led her to her car. He asked her for her keys and then he drove her home. He walked her up to her house, and up to her room where he laid her down and pulled the covers over her shoulders. She heard him walk down stairs and call what sounded like Santana to bring over both his and Mercedes backpacks over to her house. She stand awake to hear Santana come by demanding to see her, followed by her mother asking what was going on and thanking Sam for taking care of her. When she heard Santana agree to take Sam home after almost an hour of yelling at Sam to see her, Mercedes finally fell asleep. She laid there thinking, how did she end up with such a great, caring, lovable, friend like Sam. That she would never know.