"Dad! Mercedes is here!" Rachel screamed as she ran out to the driveway of her home.
Leroy jogged outside to help the small girl with her bags. Mercedes's father stepped out of the black BMW and grabbed a suitcase and a duffel bag from the trunk of the car.
"Thanks for letting her stay for the summer, Lee. She's really excited to meet Rachel's friends."
Leroy guided Allen up to Rachels room where the girls were already organizing where Mercedes's things were going.
Allen said goodbye to his daughter and his cousins and drove off. Shortly after Allen's departure, a blue convertable pulled into the driveway and out ran little Kurt Hummel with his over-night bag.
"Rachel! I got here as fast as your dad would drive!" He screamed running up the stairs of the house he categorized as a second home.
Kurt was trying to catch his breath when he got to Rachel's room and saw Mercedes. His eyes trailed up and down her body and a smile grew on his face. Kurt, no doubt, had a crush on the girl and it was safe to say that she felt the same way.
Rachel ran to hug her best friend and introduced him and her cousin to one another. "Mercedes, Kurt. Kurt, Mercedes." They shook hands and one of the Berry men called them downstairs for dinner.
All of the kids sat down and waited for the two boxes of pizza to be brought to the table. Hiram sat the boxes down, separated them, and opened them. He looked over at Mercedes and walked over to her.
"You must be Mercedes! Its nice to meet you, sweetheart. I'm Hiram but you can call me Uncle Harry. That's what Kurt calls me." He gave her a kiss on the forehead and went back into the kitchen to fetch their drinks.
"I like your house Rachel. Its really nice." Mercedes commented.
"Thank you. I'm so happy you're gonna be here all summer! We have so much fun stuff planned!" Rachel said excitedly.
The girls and Kurt discussed summer plans until they had finished eating and went for a walk to the park. At the swingset Rachel saw Noah Puckerman and Finn Hudson racing.
"You see them?" Rachel said as she pointed to the boys. "That's Noah and Finn. I love Finn and we're gonna get married."
Kurt laughed at Rachel's fantasies and Rachel poked out her bottom lip. Mercedes looked around and saw a boy with straight blond hair, big lips, and a guitar and nudged her cousin.
"What about him? He's cute."
Rachel scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Sam Evans. He's pretty quiet. I heard he was nice but he doesn't really talk to anyone... except that guitar."
Mercedes kept her dark brown eyes locked on the boy and before she could top herself, she was walking over to the grass where the boy was sitting. As she got closer she noticed that he was playing a song, and he didn't notice her approaching.
/I'm givin' up this restless life
My wayward friends
The bad advice they give.
I'm settlin' down
To keep you company.
I'm starting over
One more time
A change of heart
I've crossed that line again
It took me
All this time to see
That what we've got is
Something short of paradise
A little bit less
Than we might like
I know this ain't heaven.
It's close enough for me.
I know this ain't heaven.
It's close as ill ever be./
She tapped him on the shoulder and he jumped. "Woah! Hi. Uh... did you hear that?"
She apologized for scaring him and said yes. "You're a good singer... and guitar player."
He smiled shyly at the compliment and asked her name.
"Mercedes Jones."
"Sam Evans."
They sat in awkward silence for a moment and Mercedes decided to break the awkwardness. "What was that song you were singing? It was really good."
"Something Short of Paradise. I don't know who it's by but my grandma used to sing it to me when I was a baby."
She smiled at the cool tone in his voice and asked him to play another song. He happily accepted a song request and strummed the chords to Somewhere Over the Rainbow from the Wizard of Oz.
/Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I dreamed of
Once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Someday ill wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind
Me
Where trouble melt like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops
That's where
You'll find me.
Oh somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then oh why can't I?
I?/
She applauded and Rachel yelled for her across the playground. "I guess its time for me to go... but ill be around here all sunmer so maybe we'll see each other again?" She said as she stood up and walked away slowly.
"Sure. See you again Mercedes!"
"See you again Sam!"
She went back to Rachel blushing and neither Kurt or her cousin dared to ask what had happened.
(A/N: Okay, I think its safe to say that Mercedes has gotten over her crush on Kurt and moved on to Sam. There will be no HBICs as long as they are kids because Quinn is still Lucy when they are all nine. I know its stupid to go and not follow any real glee storylines except the "half black" Rachel and the Kurtcedes Crush thing but its my story and ill write it like this if I want to. Reviews are loooooved)